Collection, mostly pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France [Decimalized .01-.16]

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Contains various letters documenting the attempts of Edward Bourke, (sometimes spelled 'Burke') an officer in the Regiment Irelandois of Berwick, to unearth a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France. Bourke possibly worked for, or in connection with General Dominick Sheldon, a known ally of James Stuart (the "Old Pretender"). Bourke corresponded with William Cadogan, a Britih ambassador at the Hague, regarding the Jacobite plot. Also contains several items related to the Hopkins family of Scituate, Rhode Island.

GLC#
GLC01450.446-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
1709-1874
Title
Collection, mostly pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France [Decimalized .01-.16]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
16 items
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies
Spying
Military History
Global History and US Foreign Policy
France

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Collection Item
Document signed

[Muster roll of Thomas Stanwix's regiment of foot]

October 24, 1709- December 23, 1709

Stanwix, Thomas, fl. 1670-1725

Possibly refers to Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar 24 January 1711- 7 August 1713. Signed by Stanwix, R. Bucknall, and Garvis Newton. Lists the names of soldiers in Stanwix's regiment, Captain John Caley's company.

GLC01450.446.02
Collection Item
Document signed

[Muster roll of Thomas Stanwix's regiment]

October 24, 1709-December 23, 1709

Stanwix, Thomas, fl. 1670-1725

Possibly refers to Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar 24 January 1711- 7 August 1713. Signed by Stanwix, R. Bucknall, and Garvis Newton. Lists the names of soldiers in Stanwix's regiment, Captain John Haye's company.

GLC01450.446.03
Collection Item
Document signed

[Notice of assessment]

1763-1783

Angell, Charles, fl. 1763-1783

Notice instructing Timothy Hopkins to present "to Samuel Brown, Principal Assessor for this district, a list truly stating the value of your household furniture, (excepting therefrom, beds, bedding, kitchen furniture, family pictures, and articles...

GLC01450.446.15
Collection Item
Document signed

[In French]

July 1743

Huske, John, fl. 1743

Signed by General Huske.

GLC01450.446.16