Jenings family papers, 1737-1837.

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Jenings family papers, 1737-1837.

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The collection contains the letterpress copybook of Edmund Jenings, kept in London and Richmond, England, concerning Horatio Sharpe, Richard Lee, Edward Braddock's campaign in 1755, horse racing in Virginia, Frederick Lord Baltimore, John Randolph, the Ohio Company, Peyton Randolph, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, William Byrd III, and William Pitt. Other subjects include the Board of Trade of Great Britain, Jewish immigration to Great Britain, Maryland Land Office, slaves, paper currency in Virginia and Maryland, pistole fee, plantations in Virginia and Maryland, salt, Seven Years' War, tobacco, and the Virginia and Maryland boundary. Also discussed are copper mines, the East India company, pamphlets of Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) and Dr. John Mitchell, the Stamp Act of 1765, taxation, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the College of William and Mary. There are also letters (1789-1818) written to Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) concerning land in Anne Arundel County, Md.; a letter (1783) concerning American property rights in England; a copy of a 1795 act of the Maryland General Assembly concerning land of Edmund Jenings in Anne Arundel County, Md.; the wills (1737) of John Clayton (1665-1737) and (1774) of John Clayton (1694-1773); affidavits (1790) concerning John Clayton (1694- 1773) and William Clayton. Also includes Jenings family genealogical notes and letters.

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

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Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, ...

Jenings, Edmund, 1703-1756.

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Jenings, Edmund, 1731-1819

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Political writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1766 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487901 Pamphleteer of London, Eng.; close friend to John Adams. From the description of Letters to Richard Henry Lee [manuscript], 1767-1769. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647863610 ...

Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, Baron, 1731-1771

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Governor of Maryland colony. From the description of Frederick Calvert, Baron Baltimore, deeds and grants, 1752-1766. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451374 ...

Clayton, John, 1694?-1773

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Botanist. From the description of Will : proved January 6, 1774, 1773 October 23 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647835963 From the description of John Clayton correspondence, 1748. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453660 ...

Clayton, John, 1665-1737

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Resident of James City County, Virginia. From the description of Will : James City County, Virginia, 1737 December 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555833 ...

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)

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The Society was founded in 1701 to provide orthodox clergy to the British colonies. From the description of Records, 1701-1786. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489525 From the guide to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) records, 1701-1786, 1701-1786, (American Philosophical Society) In 1965, merged with the Universities' Mission to Central Africa to form the United Society for the Propagati...

Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784

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John Randolph (1727–January 31, 1784) was an American lawyer in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. He served as king's attorney for the Province of Virginia from 1766 until the American Revolution. He was also a somewhat reluctant examiner on the board that granted famous American patriot Patrick Henry his licence to practice law in the state of Virginia. Randolph at first attempted to reconcile the rebelling Burgesses with the Royal Governor Dunmore, but when revolution became inevitable he left ...

Great Britain. Board of Trade

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Founded in 1784. Responsibile for the merchant fleet 1854-1939. Absorbed by the Dept. of Trade and Industry in 1970, but continues as a legal presence. From the description of Certificate of competency as master 1876. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45671728 In 1851 it became compulsory for the masters and mates of foreign-going British merchant ships to hold the appropriate government licence, issued through the newly-created marine section of the Board ...

Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790

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British colonial governor of Maryland. From the description of Horatio Sharpe papers, 1758-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980438 Colonial Governor of Maryland. From the description of Letter signed : Annapolis, to the Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office, 1761 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664850 ...

Mitchell, John, 1711-1768

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Physician and artist. From the description of Papers of John Mitchell, 1745-1749. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454577 John Mitchell (1711-1768), Virginia born and Edinburgh educated physician, botanist, and cartographer, the author of the Mitchell Map (1755). He moved from Virginia to London in 1746, and in November 1748 elected to the Royal Society. From the description of Letter from John Mitchell to Cadwallader Colden, London 1749, Mar. 25. (Huntington Lib...

Lee, Richard, 1726-1794.

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Byrd, William, 1728-1777

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College of William and Mary.

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Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : [London], to an unidentified correspondent, 1760 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270891755 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Charles Townshend, 1761 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623045 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Lord Sackville], 1758 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623042 From the description of Autog...

Ohio Company

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East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...