Grenville, George, 1753-1813 Collection of Grenville papers re: colonial policy towards colonies [Decimalized .01- .42]

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Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister from the spring of April 1763 until July 1765, George Grenville became one of the least loved heads of government over the colonies due to two revenue bills that could be blamed, to an extent, for what eventually propagated into the Revolutionary War. These Acts of Parliament were the Sugar Act of 5 April 1764 and the Stamp Act of 22 March 1765, each designed to raise revenue for a financially limited British Empire.

GLC#
GLC07654
Type
Header Record
Date
1763-1772
Author/Creator
Grenville, George, 1753-1813
Title
Collection of Grenville papers re: colonial policy towards colonies [Decimalized .01- .42]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
42 items
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution
Government and Civics
Revolutionary War
Global History and Civics
Foreign Affairs
Taxes or Taxation
Finance
Merchants and Trade
Commerce
Law

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GLC07654.01
Collection Item
Autograph note

Anonymous note re: division of American bill

1763 ca.

"The American bill if Divided into different bills will most certainly meet with less opposition..."

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GLC07654.02
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Extract of letter from Committee of Merchants at Boston to Jasper Mauduit

1763 ca.

Committee of Merchants of Boston

Bernard has itemized one hundred and five points, ranging from the establishment of "a Nobility for life" to the redrawing of colonial frontiers according to "natural boundaries." Includes a three-page preface.

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GLC07654.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to George Grenville re: illicit trade in America, Holland, and other ports

1763/05/19

Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763

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GLC07654.04
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Principles of Law & Policy applied to British Colonies in America

[1764]

Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779

GLC07654.04
GLC07654.05
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to George Grenville re: improprieties in collecting taxes in Colonies

1764/10/03

Temple, John, fl. 1764

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GLC07654.06
Collection Item
Letter

to Commissioners of Trade and Plantation re: French under English rule in Quebec

1764/10/29

Murray, James, fl. 1764

GLC07654.06
GLC07654.07
Collection Item
Manuscript document

List of undischarged taxes from the Colonies

1765 ca.

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

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GLC07654.08
Collection Item
Letter

to George Grenville re: the Stamp Act, a need for changes in colonial society

1765/02/01

Rogers, Nathaniel, fl. 1765

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GLC07654.09
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to George Grenville re: Colonial remonstrance against Molasses Act of 1733

1765/02 ca.

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

He quotes: "'That the Complaint contained in the New England Memorial & Petition was frivolous & Groundless, an high Insult upon his Majesty's Government, & tending to shake off the dependency of the said Colony upon this Kingdom, to which by Law &...

GLC07654.09
GLC07654.10
Collection Item
Manuscript document

to King George III re: establishment of admiralty courts

1765/07/04

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

With secretarial signatures of Grenville, Lord North and John Turner. Copy of a letter to King George III discussing the admiralty and vice admiralty courts, along with a description of three new courts at Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston.

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GLC07654.11
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Treasury minutes re: Stamp Act revenue

1765/07/09

Great Britain. Treasury.

"...[I]t is expected that a full Asembly will form very different Resolutions Such as may cement the Union, which alone can establish the Safety and Prosperity of the Colonies and the Mother Country." Marked "Copy" on first page.

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GLC07654.12
Collection Item
Manuscript document

to Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier re: Va. House of Burgesses resolves on Stamp Act

1765/09/14

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

GLC07654.12
GLC07654.13
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Circular letter to colonial governors re: suppression of rebellion

1765/10/24

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

GLC07654.13
GLC07654.14
Collection Item
Manuscript document

to Maj. Gen. Thomas Gage re: mob uprisings in New York City

1765/12/15

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

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GLC07654.15
Collection Item
Manuscript document

to Lt. Gov. Cadwallader Colden re: New York City Stamp Act riots

1765/12/15

Conway, Henry Seymour, fl. 1765

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GLC07654.16
Collection Item
Autograph manuscript

Notes from Treasury Council meetings

1764/12/11-1765/12/17

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

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GLC07654.17
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Motion for an address re: Stamp Act opposition in the colonies

1766/01 ca.

Lords Treasury Committee

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GLC07654.18
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Resolutions of Lords Treasury Committee on American business

[1766]/02/04

Lords Treasury Committee

Document states that the laws imposed by the Parliment of Great Britain are to be held strictly, and any governor in those colonies that have partook in insurrection should make sure his subjects pay the proper recompensations to the Crown and to...

GLC07654.18
GLC07654.19
Collection Item
Letter signed

to [unknown] re: unifying the Sons of Liberty in New York

1766/02/14

Sons of Liberty (New York, NY)

Call to assembly of as many Sons of Liberty as possible to combat the threat of British taxation and to protest the Stamp Act, as well as demand trials by juries.

GLC07654.19
GLC07654.20
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Abstract of Proceedings in 1676 and 1677 in the case of Bacon's Rebellion

1766/02-04 ca.

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