James Maury royal license, 1808 Jan. 16.

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James Maury royal license, 1808 Jan. 16.

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The collection consists of a royal license signed by King George III of Great Britain to James Maury on January 16, 1808, which furnished protection for a cotton shipment from Georgia to Liverpool on the ship Georgia, James Pierce, master. The license also directs and requires commanders of ships of war and privateers not to molest or interrupt said vessel on its voyage. The document contains two impressions of the King's blind-embossed seal.

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Maury, James, 1746-1840

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James F. Maury (1746-1840), merchant at Fredericksburg, Virginia, before and during the American Revolution, engaged in the tobacco trade between Liverpool, England, and the U.S. after the Revolution. He served as the first American consul at Liverpool....

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

Pierce, James B., 1922-

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