Records of the Commission Appointed to Enquire into the Losses of American Loyalists (Great Britain), 1784-1790.

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Records of the Commission Appointed to Enquire into the Losses of American Loyalists (Great Britain), 1784-1790.

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Minutes consisting of reports, claims, notes of proceedings, statements, and evidence taken before the Loyalist Claims Commissioners in London and in Canada in settling claims for losses sustained by American loyalists during the Revolution. Includes reports by Commissioners John Wilmot, Robert Kingston, John Marsh, and Robert Mackenzie on claims examined at Lincoln's Inn Fields (London) and by Jeremy Pemberton and Thomas Dundas at Halifax, St. John, Quebec, and Montreal.

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Mackenzie, Robert, active 1778-1787

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Marsh, John

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Kingston, Robert Hildreth, 1928-....

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Dundas, Thomas, 1750-1794

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English major-general-commissioner at capitulation of Yorktown. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arlington Street, to Simon Fraser, Esq., 1787 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744095 ...

Eardley-Wilmot, John, 1750-1815

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Eardley-Wilmot was a politician and author. He received his B.A. from University College at Oxford in 1769. He represented Tiverton, Devonshire in parliament, 1776-1784; and represented Coventry in Parliament, 1784-1796. In 1778, he wrote "Short Defense of the Opposition." In 1783, he was appointed to inquire into the claims of American Loyalists for their losses suffered during the war; and in 1790, organized the Freemason's Hall Committee for the relief of French refugees. He was instrumental ...

Pemberton, Jeremy

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