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| BOX VIII | Series VIII: Manuscript Collections, 1492-1873 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence, journals, diaries, accounts, reports, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and other material. | |||||||||||||
| Available on microfilm shelf no. 17,137, Reels 1-95. Items removed to Oversize have been filmed in their original location. Arranged in four subseries: | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII:A1-A41 | VIII A: George Chalmers Collection, 1640-1825 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence, reports, petitions, journals, broadsides, notes, and legal and financial records. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by subject, geographical area, or name of region. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:1 REEL 1 | (1) Chalmers, George, 1742-1825 . | ||||||||||||
| 27 items. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Chalmers manuscripts which the Manuscript Division in the early 20th century judged to be representative of his collection. [At that time the division placed these manuscripts under the heading "Chalmers" and assigned the remainder of the collection to various geographical miscellanies.] | |||||||||||||
| George Chalmers's testimony on behalf of the Rev. David Love, Baltimore, Md., 25 Aug. 1772 | |||||||||||||
| William Eden, Lord Auckland, to Chalmers, 14 Aug. 1806 | |||||||||||||
| Extracts of letters of Governor Francis Bernard to Lord Hillsborough and the Lords of Trade, 1767-1769 | |||||||||||||
| Notes on settlements in America, undated | |||||||||||||
| Notes on imports and exports of rum and sugar, 1726-1733 | |||||||||||||
| Report of Nevis's and St. Christopher's debts, 1731 | |||||||||||||
| Considerations on the trade with the Barbary States | |||||||||||||
| Prices current, 1769 and 1773 | |||||||||||||
| Petition concerning wool manufacture, undated | |||||||||||||
| (2) Africa, 1735-1744. | |||||||||||||
| 3 items. | |||||||||||||
| Reports and petitions to Great Britain's House of Commons concerning the establishment and administration of the Royal African Company's settlements along the coast of Africa. | |||||||||||||
| (3) Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, 1723. | |||||||||||||
| 1 item (14 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Lt. John Milledge's survey of the ordnance stores that were under the care of Lt. John Washington at Annapolis Royal. See also Container VIII A:34; Nova Scotia (53) | |||||||||||||
| (4) Bahama Islands 1807. See also Container VIII A:5; Crooked Island Letter | |||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (26 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Letter of the colonial agent for the Bahama Islands enclosing the proceedings of the Assembly and letters from the Commissioners of Correspondence requesting the removal of Alexander Murray as the agent at Turk's Island, submitted to Mr. Secretary Windham. | |||||||||||||
| (5) Bahama Islands 1742-1751. See also Container VIII A:5; Crooked Island Papers relating to the Bahama Islands | |||||||||||||
| 25 items. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, chiefly between John Hyde, Charles Wager, and Francis Gashry, regarding investments in the Bahamas. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:2 REEL 1 | (6) Barbadoes, 1702-1762. | ||||||||||||
| 30 items. | |||||||||||||
| Reports (1702-1747) of laws passed in Barbadoes sent to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, reports and accounts (1762-1763) of Governor Charles Pinfold, George Wyke, and Samuel Frith to Gen. Robert Monckton concerning the expedition against Martinque, notes on Gov. Parham's instructions of 1693, and a list (1717-1739) of exports for Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Nevis, and imports for North America and Barbadoes. | |||||||||||||
| (7) Caledonia, 1699-1703. | |||||||||||||
| 15 items. | |||||||||||||
| Broadsides and notes regarding the Scottish trading colony called Caledonia, which was established at Darien, Isthmus of Panama. Includes a broadside (1699) listing the persons who died on board the company's fleet during the voyage from Scotland. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:3 REEL 1 | (8) Cape of Good Hope, 1787-1798. | ||||||||||||
| 6 items. | |||||||||||||
| Notes and letters relating to Capt. Arthur Philip and a letter written by Chalmers at the direction of Lord MacCartney for Lord Liverpool regarding Cape of Good Hope currency. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:4 REEL 1 | (9) Charleston, S.C., 1782. | ||||||||||||
| 25 items. | |||||||||||||
| Papers including proceedings, orders, letters, memorials, resolves, and a copy of the articles of agreement concerning the evacuation of the British garrison from Charleston. Includes exchanges between Governor John Mathews and the citizens committee, exchanges with British commanders, a letter of Nathanael Greene, and "Articles of a Treaty Respecting Slaves within the British Lines, British Debts, Property secured by Family Settlements & c." | |||||||||||||
| (10) Connecticut, 1746. | |||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (76 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Appeal of the Moheagan Indians against the Colony of Connecticut and others. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:5 REEL 1 | (11) Crooked Island, 1795-1805. See also Container VIII A: 1; Bahama Islands (4) (5) | ||||||||||||
| 21 items. | |||||||||||||
| Papers, chiefly letters from the inhabitants, governor, and committee to Chalmers, colonial agent for this island in the Bahamas. Correspondents include John Douglas, William Dowdeswell, and William Ogilvy. Includes a list (1805) of white inhabitants. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:6 REEL 1 | (12) Falkland Islands, 31 Mar.-30 June 1749. | ||||||||||||
| 5 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters between Benjamin Keene and John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, concerning British interest in the Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina). | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:7 REEL 1 | (13) Great Britain Accounts, . 1774-1789. | ||||||||||||
| 4 items in 4 vols | |||||||||||||
| Accounts of goods, wares, and merchandise imported from all parts of the world. The sales catalog of the Chalmers Library notes that these were copied from the Custom House Books for Mr. Chalmers, by order of the government, and the originals are believed to have been destroyed in the Custom House fire. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:8 REEL 2 | (14) America-West Indies, 1716-1759. | ||||||||||||
| circa 25 items. | |||||||||||||
| Extracts of legal opinions in cases relating to America and the West Indies. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:8 REEL 2 | (15) Great Britain Commonplace book of Edward Canby, 1675. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol.(296 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:9 REEL 2 | (16) Great Britain Duke and Dutchess, 1708-1717. | ||||||||||||
| circa 35 items. | |||||||||||||
| Accounts of a privateering expedition around the world under Capt. Woodes Rogers which rescued Alexander Selkirk, whose name appears in the division of piratical spoils. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:8 REEL 2 | (17) Great Britain Ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the British Colonies, 1662-1759. | ||||||||||||
| 10 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters, orders, laws, and notes regarding the Anglican church in America, particularly in North Carolina and Virginia. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:8 REEL 2 | (18) Great Britain Expenses of the civil establishment of the colonies, 1786-1789. | ||||||||||||
| circa 20 items. | |||||||||||||
| Includes estimates for New South Wales, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Bahama Islands, Bermuda, Newfoundland, Saint John's and the Island of Cape Breton. Labeled "New South Wales Papers, etc. 1786-1789." | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:10 REEL 2 | (19) Great Britain Exports and imports, 1771-1792. | ||||||||||||
| circa 10 items. | |||||||||||||
| Accounts of ships engaged in trade and accounts of ships clearing ports in England and Scotland and observations on the Greenland adventurers. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:11 REEL 2 | (20) Great Britain Fisheries, 1677-1701. | ||||||||||||
| 11 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters, broadsides, and notes concerning off shore fishing rights, particularly off the coast of Newfoundland. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:11 REEL 2 | (21) Great Britain House of Lords, 1707, 1778. | ||||||||||||
| 6 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters and resolves addressed to the King on colonial matters, Jan.-Feb. 1707, and one document, 1778. Labeled "Papers re: to Howe &c." | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:12-14 REEL 3 | (22) Great Britain "House of Peers," 1641-1735. | ||||||||||||
| 1 item in 2 vols. | |||||||||||||
| Quotations and collections relating to the Judicature of the House of Lords," and in Relation to Protestations and Dissent of that House Collected from History and the Rolls in the Tower." Also, protestations and dissents entered in the House of Lords' journals. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:15 REEL 4 | (23) Great Britain Letters of marque, 1762. | ||||||||||||
| 4 items. | |||||||||||||
| Instructions to the governors and commanders in America regarding letters of marque. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:16 REEL 4 | (24) Great Britain Manuscripts on bullion, 1798-1811. | ||||||||||||
| ca 50 items. | |||||||||||||
| Notes, clippings, and tables. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:17 REEL 4 | (25) Great Britain Military journal of Walter Homes, 1770-1772. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (59 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Includes description of Lord Robert Bertie's Company of Royal Fusiliers, lists of officers in Maj. Gen. George Adam's Regiment on Foot at Windsor, and various orders. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:18 REEL 4 | (26) Great Britain "Natural and Political Observations and Conclusions upon the State and Condition of England," by Gregory King, 1696. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (36 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| [Transcribed from the British Museum's Harleian MSS., 1898. Bears a Chalmers bookplate.] | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:19 REEL 4 | (27) Great Britain Navy papers, 1675-1702. | ||||||||||||
| circa 30 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters, orders, contract, lists, and broadside relating to naval engagements, convoys of merchant ships from America, capture of French vessels off Newfoundland, and the attempt by the French to take St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1697. | |||||||||||||
| (28) Great Britain Papers relating to the Colonies and plantations in America, 1691-1775. | |||||||||||||
| 9 items. | |||||||||||||
| Reports concerning colonial administration including a report (1702) by Robert Quary on the state of the Colonies and one by William Johnson and Gen. Thomas Gage regarding the disturbances along the frontier after the Peace of 1763, and a list (17681-1770) of the estimated value of exports for the continental provinces, Newfoundland, Bahamas, and Bermuda. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:20 REEL 4 | (29) Great Britain "A Prospectus of a Chronological Series of Comparative Tracts on the Power of the Sovereign," undated. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (43 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:21 REEL 4 | (30) Great Britain Revenue accounts, 1785-1789. | ||||||||||||
| 7 items. | |||||||||||||
| Accounts, customs excise, and state of revenue of the British Empire. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:21 REEL 4 | (31) Great Britain Revenue of excise, 1662-1745. | ||||||||||||
| 3 items. | |||||||||||||
| Statement on laws regarding excise. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:22 REEL 4 | (32) Great Britain Revenues, 1789-1792. | ||||||||||||
| 3 items. | |||||||||||||
| Tabular sheets on customs revenues. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:23 REEL 4 | (33) Great Britain Shipping trade revenue, 1784-1797. | ||||||||||||
| 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| Report to William Pitt on navigation, revenue, and commerce, 1797, with tables, 1784-1797, and a brief statement on Scottish revenue. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:23 REEL 4 | (34) Great Britain "A Short Account of the English Plantations in America," 1688. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (23 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Historical and geographical description of each Colony with a list of products and trade. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:23 REEL 4 | (35) Great Britain Sinking fund, 1786-1793. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (33 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Account of the Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, 1794. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:24 REEL 4 | (36) Great Britain | ||||||||||||
| State of the Trade of Great Britain in Its Imports and Exports, Progressively From the Year 1697(London, J. Robson, 1776. 91 pp.), by Sir Charles Whitworth. Includes additional notes, tabular sheets, and annotations. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:25 REEL 4-5 | (37) Great Britain Trade, 1640-1804. | ||||||||||||
| circa 45 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters, notes, lists, accounts, prices current, invoices, advertisement, and broadsides concerning trade in Denmark, Ireland, Jamaica, Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia, particularly concerning the wool trade. Includes letters of James Alsop, George Chalmers, and Robert Palmer, and one letter of Robert Morris. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII A:26 REEL 5 | (38) Great Britain Trade, 1662-1798. | ||||||||||||
| circa 45 items. | |||||||||||||
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