Papers related to William Gordon, 1772-1928; bulk: 1772-1799.

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Papers related to William Gordon, 1772-1928; bulk: 1772-1799.

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Collection of papers related to Congregational minister Rev. William Gordon consists of three letters to Joseph Parker in London, 15 Dec. 1780, 25 Mar., and 22 June 1782; minutes taken by Gordon of a council of inquiry into the affairs of the Gordon's Church of the Third Parish in Roxbury (now Jamaica Plain, Mass.) in 1773; draft of a speech Gordon delivered ca. 1778 before a committee of the Massachusetts General Court concerning the disputed will of William Burroughs; and several photostat negatives of letters to various people from Gordon, 1772-99. Also includes an introduction to the letters by Worthington C. Ford, 1928, and a few handwritten copies of letters from Gordon to the Earl of Dartmouth, ca. 1772-3.

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Massachusetts. General Court

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The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, chartered by the English Crown in 1629, sat as a General Court, which after the 1630 emigration to America became the government of the Massachusetts Bay colony. It consisted of colony freemen (company stockholders); and the governor, deputy governor, and assistants (magistrates) chosen by them. The latter group met separately as a Court of Assistants, but in 1634 its legislative powers were ceded to the General Court as a whole (Ma...

Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of, 1731-1801

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This volume contains a list of offices and office holders in the North American and West Indian colonies created by the British Secretary of State of the colonies in 1775. The item was created by or for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, who was Secretary of State from 1772 through November of 1775, when he resigned and was replaced by Lord Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. The official title for this cabinet level office was "Colonial Secretary," a position created in 1768 to help manage the ...

Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941

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Librarian and historian. From the description of Papers of Worthington Chauncey Ford, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068790 American historical editor, bibliographer, and statistician. From the description of Letters of Worthington Chauncey Ford [manuscript], 1886-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806452 Worthington Chauncey Ford (1858-1941), the eldest son of Gordon Lester Ford and Emily Fowler Ford, first worked as a cas...

Parker, Joseph, fl. 1780-1782.

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Burroughs, William James

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 4034 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x00027a Genealogist, local historian, and rice planter, from Brunswick, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1872-1938. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276876 Epithet: Advocate General in India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030....

First Church (Jamica Plain, Mass.)

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Gordon, William, 1728-1807

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Massachusetts minister. Author of The rise, progress and establishment of the United States of America (1788). From the description of ALS : Jamaica Plain, N.Y., to Nathanael Greene, 1785 Sept. 26. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525034 ...