Letters to Jasper Mauduit, 1762-1765.

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Letters to Jasper Mauduit, 1762-1765.

Letters from Andrew Oliver, Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Jasper Mauduit, colonial agent for the Province to Great Britain. The letters concern Mass. government, Mauduit's attempts to obtain reimbursement for Mass. for military services during the French and Indian War, claims to lands and townships and boundary questions between Mass. and Connecticut and other colonies; the reasons leading to the non-appointment of Israel Mauduit (Jasper's brother) as joint agent in London, instructions, and papers sent to Mauduit. Originals and copies.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Mauduit, Jasper

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Jasper Mauduit, who served as colonial agent in London for the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1762 to 1765, was the son of Isaac Mauduit (1662/3-1718) and Elizabeth Mauduit (1671/2-1713). The years of his birth and death are not known. He was a prosperous woolen-draper and owned a business on Lime Street in London, called Mauduit and Company, with his brother Israel Mauduit (1708-1787) and his son-in-law, James Wright. They conducted active business in Virginia and were financially successfu...

Mauduit, Israel, 1708-1787

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Oliver, Andrew, 1706-1774

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Massachusetts colonial official: lieutenant governor 1771-1774; commissioner to negotiate with Six Nations 1748. From the description of ALS, 1764 Nov. 28, Boston, to Rev. Stephen West, Stockbridge, Mass. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610623 ...