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17 July 1687
Jacobse, Ryer (fl. 1687)
to Thomas Dongan
Jacobse writes of a recent battle between the French and Indians, and gives speculated casualty counts. Docket notes that this is a translation of the original.
GLC03107.01999
1742/11/01
Reid, John, Jr.
Indenture of apprenticeship with Robert Livingston, Jr., merchant
The indenture sets the terms of John Reid, Jr.' s apprenticeship with Robert Livingston, Jr. to learn the trade of a merchant for 5 years. It commands Reid to obey his master's every command, to maintain his secrets and confidence, and to abstain...
GLC03107.02668
1733
Popple, Henry
A Map of the British Empire in America... [index sheet, with 20 plates]
Large engraved map composed in sheets. Streeter Sale 676.
GLC04526
20 September 1680
Culpepper, Thomas (1635-1689)
to his sister
Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia Culpepper mentions his arrival in Boston, his impressions, and a near shipwreck. Claims success in governing Virginia. An addendum is dated 5 October 1680.
GLC04298
17 February 1689
Danforth, Thomas (fl. 1689)
to Charles Frost
Writing to Major Charles Frost in Kittery, Maine, at the beginning of King William's War (1689-1697), Provincial Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Danforth orders him to go to Boston and gather troops: "You shall in all places and by all ways & means...
GLC05580
1760
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
The interests of Great Britain considered...[with]Observations on the Increase..
[title continued] "... with regard to her colonies, and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe, to which are added, observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, etc." Printed by T. Beckett. 8vo. Franklin argues for...
GLC06065
22 May 1755
Maryland Gazette
Maryland gazette. [No. 524 (May 22, 1755)]
View of conduct of French in America
GLC08719
24 July 1746
Johnson, William (1715-1774)
to Jacob Glen
Written in perceptible haste at the height of King George's War, probably from Fort Oswego. "... there is an Onondaga Indian now come from Canada... says that... there was an Army of the french &ca, ready to march towards these parts, In order he...
GLC07132
1 March 1755
Dinwiddie, Robert (1693-1770)
to Horatio Sharpe
GLC07850
20 October 1708
Oliver, Thomas (fl. 1708)
[A Memorial of the State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England to Queene Anne during Queen Anne's War]
A petition from the Massachusetts colonists requesting help in quelling the hostile Indians allied with the French during Queen Anne's War. Gives insight into the conflict's costs upon New England. Discusses the Indians' barbarity and the French...
GLC04891
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