Jonathan Belcher letterbooks, 1723-1755.

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Jonathan Belcher letterbooks, 1723-1755.

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Letterbooks containing copies of outgoing letters written by Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey, 1723-55. Includes official letters related to his tenure as governor; letters to Richard Waldron, brother-in-law Richard Partridge, and Benjamin Lynde among many others discussing trade, politics, his copper mine in Connecticut and farm in Milton, Mass.; and personal letters to his son Jonathan Belcher, Jr. discussing the death of his mother and family members. Includes an index.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts. Governor (1730-1741 : Belcher)

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In 1737 George II appointed a commission to settle the boundary conflict between Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire. Both sides appealed the commission's decision to the King, who settled the matter in an order in council issued Apr. 9, 1740. The order affirmed the commission's determination of the eastern boundary and established the southern boundary. Belcher, then governor of both provinces, took Massachusetts' side in the controversy. From the descriptio...

New Jersey. Governor (1747-1757 : Belcher)

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Lynde, Benjamin, 1700-1781

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Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753

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Provincial officer and legislator of New Hampshire. From the description of Richard Waldron correspondence and notes, 1725-1749. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981480 From the description of Papers of Richard Waldron, 1726-1770. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070580 New Hampshire provincial officer and legislator. From the description of ALS : Dover, N.H., to Henry Sherburne, 1733 Mar. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 1455069...

Belcher, Jonathan, 1710-1776

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Jonathan Belcher, Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, was born on July 23, 1710 in Boston, the son of Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. Belcher graduated from Harvard in 1728 and received an AM from the College in 1731, and later Master of Arts degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Dublin. He was admitted to the Bar in 1734. In 1754, he was appointed the chief justice of Nova Scotia, and later served as its Lieu...

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757

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Jonathan Belcher was born on January 8, in 1681 or 1682, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Andrew and Sarah Belcher. In 1746, upon hearing about Governor of New Jersey Lewis Morris's poor health, Belcher actively pursued the opportunity for another royal appointment. Although the Morris Family nominated the former governor's son, Robert Hunter Morris, the alliance of Quakers in New Jersey and London cultivated by Belcher and his brother-in-law, Richard Partridge, managed to obtain the appo...

Partridge, Richard, 1681-1759

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Born Portsmouth, N.H., Partridge went to England in 1701 and spent the rest of his life there as agent for various American colonies and the London Meeting for Sufferings, dedicated to relieving the hardships of Quakers. From the description of LS : London, to Daniel Smith and William Cooke, 1751 July 31. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541884 New Jersey's colonial agent in London (1727-1760); merchant. From the description of Letter, 175...