Documents relating to the colony of Antigua, 17[4-?]-1788.

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Documents relating to the colony of Antigua, 17[4-?]-1788.

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Eleven ALS and other manuscript documents written in unidentified hands, most dated at Antigua. Documents are a copy of a letter, written in manuscript in an unidentified hand, from George Watkins to Mr. Townsend, dated 17[4-?], regarding land in Antigua inherited by Townsend from Thomas Inett; copy of an order issued by King George II, dated 1757, regarding a case involving landowners in Antigua; ALS from John Congers and Edward Horne to Henry Wilmot, London, regarding an appeal made by Robert Ritchie in a legal case, 1757; a brief for appeal in the same case, 1759; ALS from [J.?] Evans to Mr. Cross regarding Evans's experiences and employment in Antigua, 1759; and six subsistence warrants for the British Army, 67th Regiment, signed by Sir Thomas Shirley, 1786-1788.

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Congers, John.

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Wilmot, Henry, 1710-1794

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Evans, J., fl. 1759.

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Inett, Thomas.

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Shirley, Thomas, Sir, 1727-1800.

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George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

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King of England from 1727-1760. From the description of Writ, 1748 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629412 George Augustus was born in Hanover, Germany on November 10, 1683, the only son of the elector of Hanover. In 1705 he married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and they had nine children. During his reign as King of England, George II granted the charter to James Edward Oglethorpe, allowing for the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733. George ...

Ritchie, Robert, 1757-1759.

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Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 67th (South Hampshire)

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Watkins, George, 18th cent.

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Horne, Edward P. W

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