Correspondence, 1768-1770.

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Correspondence, 1768-1770.

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Official correspondence received by Baron de Botetourt while Governor of Virginia. Includes acts, letters, reports and representations to the King, orders in the King's council, House of Commons resolutions and circular letters. Subjects include trade; English political authority; legislation in Williamsburg and London; Indian affairs; colonial dissatisfaction with the crown, and western lands. Many letters from the Earl of Hillsborough and John Pownall. Also includes instructions from George III.

3 v. ; 28 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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