William Bollan papers, 1749-1757. [manuscript]

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William Bollan papers, 1749-1757. [manuscript]

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Collection consists primarily of petitions and memorials presented by colonial agent Bollan to the British parliament and/or Lords Commissioners and correspondence exchanged with British and American government officials. The government officials include William Wildman Barrington, Viscount Barrington; Thomas Hubbard (speaker of Massachusetts House, 1750-1758); Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; George Montague-Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax (president of the British Board of Trade); and John Pownall (secretary to British Board of Trade and Plantations). Subjects include the sugar trade, colonial boundaries, the Louisburg Expedition, and British military forces in America.

[438] p. ; 24-38 cm.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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