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13 August 1764

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Faneuil

GLC03902.278

13 August 1764

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph document signed

Title: Purchase agreement between Richard Budden and Joshua Mauger, for Warborne farm

GLC03902.302

13 August 1764 - 1 October 1767

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lynch Killikelly & Morony to John Butler to Michael Francklin to Pantalian Fernandez & Co. to Thomas Cottle to Walter Franklin and family

Document contains six copied letters.
The first letter, on page 1, was from Mauger to Messrs. Lynch Killikelly and Morony, dated 13 August 1764, and was written in London.
The second letter, which spanned from page 2 to page 8, was from Mauger to John Butler, dated 24 August 1764, and was written in Poole.
The third letter, which spanned from page 8 to page 14, was from Mauger to Michael Francklin, dated 24 August 1764, and was written in Poole.

GLC03902.279

16 August 1764

Richard Budden (fl. 1764)

Autograph document

Title: [Agreement for Mr. Richard Budden to sell his lands to Joshua Mauger]

Agreement for Mr. Richard Budden to sell his lands to Joshua Mauger. Large stains throughout document. Signed by Richard Budden. Red wax seal stamped next to Budden's signature. Docket on verso.

GLC03902.335

13 September 1764

Bestland, Cantlo (fl. 1764)

Autograph document

Title: An inventory of the stock at Warborne taken by Mr. Cantlo Bestland for Joshua Mauger

GLC03902.303

29 October 1764

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Michael Francklin

GLC03902.280

1 November 1764

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Butler

GLC03902.281

10 November 1764

Colville (fl. 1764)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sir Charles Hardy

Original letter sent to Joshua Mauger who sent a copy to Hardy and made this copy for himself.

GLC03902.282

5 December 1764

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Pownall

GLC03902.283

8 December 1764 - 31 May 1766

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Letterbook

Title: Letterbook 3 by Joshua Mauger

p. 1: ? December 1764, London. Mauger to <?>. Full date and recipient lost due to damage.
p. 1: 8 December 1764, [s.l.]. Mauger to John Butler, Halifax.
p. 2: <date lost>, [s.l.]. Mauger to <J>ohana Fla<nagin>, Castle Lyons, Ireland.
p. 2: 11 December 1764, [s.l.]. Mauger to George Peirsy & Co., York.
p. 3: 15 December 1764, [s.l.]. Mauger to Michael Franklin, Halifax.
p. 4: 17 December 1764, [s.l.]. Mauger to Michael Franklin, Quebec.

GLC03902.252

1765

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: Act for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties...in America...

The Stamp Act. Paginated 499-520 + unpaginated title page.

GLC00769

1765

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for granting and applying certain stamp duties... [Stamp Act]

original London edition of the Stamp Act

GLC03562.11

1765

Unknown

Autograph document signed

Title: Bill to Richard Budden

GLC03902.304

15 January - 9 October 1765

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Faneuil to Messrs. Crisp & Warren

GLC03902.284

1765/02/01

Rogers, Nathaniel

Letter

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

GLC07654.08

17 April 1765

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: taxes in Virginia, Stamp Act

Good political content. Discussing taxes in Virginia and the imposition of the Stamp Act. "...The House of Commons resolved to & ordered a bill to establish a Stamp duty.... Poor America!"

GLC00099.026

20 April 1765

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: Mr. Mauger presents his compliments to Mr. William Mackenzie

Presenting his compliments to William Mackenzie and the merchants of Quebec.

GLC03902.285

22 April 1765

Mauger, Joshua (1725-1788)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Comte & Co.

GLC03902.286

30 May 1765

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1901 (May 30, 1765)]

Contains an announcement of the passage of the Stamp Act on p. 2 and mentions the new stamp duties in other sections. Reports news from around Europe and the colonies, including an act passed in Philadelphia for the maintenance and repair of roads. Contains various advertisements.

GLC01714

25 June 1765

Watson, Brook (1735-1807)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joshua Mauger

A Captain Richard Linthorne from Poole wishes to purchase a ship. Watson hopes the captain's destination is Halifax or Holland rather than America; any number of ships are willing to go to the former destinations. [Written during the stamp act disturbances.]

GLC03902.003

1765/07/09

Great Britain. Treasury Council.

Manuscript document

Title: Treasury minutes re: Stamp Act revenue

"...[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.

GLC07654.11

18 July 1765 - 19 September 1765

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1908 (July 18, 1765), no. 1910 (August 1, 1765), no. 1914 (August 29, 1765) - no. 1917 (September 19, 1765)]

In addition to news from Europe and the colonies, and various advertisements and announcements, each issue touches on the controversy surrounding the Stamp Act. Issue 1908 reports on an upcoming colonial assembly which will seek relief from the Stamp Act (p. 2). Issue 1910 contains a letter opposing the Stamp Act (p. 2). Issue 1914 has a letter on the proposed Quartering Act, mentions the burning in effigy of a distributor of the stamps, and has a letter from the General Assembly in Providence seeking relief from the Stamp Act (all on p. 2).

GLC01715

2 August 1765

Washington, George (1732-1799)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Burwell Bassett re: poor crops, election to House of Burgesses, Stamp Act

Writes about the dry weather's effects on crops, his loss of wheat to rust, etc. Washington also notes receipt of the Governor's proclamation proroguing the assembly

GLC04441

19 August 1765

Hinshelwood, Archibald (fl. 1765)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joshua Mauger

A first-person account of the escalating conflict over the Stamp Act from a pro-British perspective. Hinshelwood thanks Mauger for helping him get an appointment for the "disposal of the stamps" in Nova Scotia. Discusses his position as secretary in the military department, observing that the frequent change in commanding officers makes his retention of the position more likely. Comments on resistance to the Stamp Act in Boston, where a mob burned Mr. Oliver, the stamp officer, in effigy and have threatened to burn the stamp office.

GLC03902.061

1765/09/14

Conway, Henry Seymour (fl. 1765)

Manuscript document

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

GLC07654.12

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