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Mr. Harford's claim, with account of remittances from 1761 to 1771.Memorial to the assembly of Maryland, of Samuel Chase, agent for the recovery of the bank stock, printed at Annapolis, 1786.-Claim of Chase against Russell.-Petition of Robert Christie, Daniel Dulany, R. Alexander, J. Banatyne, Rev. Gilbert Buchanan, Perry, Hay, and Co., of Bristol, Alex. Stenhouse, James Christie, James Miller, John Mason, Henry Riddel, and Hugh Dean, on behalf of themselves, and other holders of the Maryland paper bills; with memorial of the same, and report to the lords thereon.-Autograph letter from James Miller, about his case as a holder of more than one thousand dollars of Maryland paper money, 1800.-Letter to Mr. Vansittart, on the subject of the Maryland paper bills, 1801.—Information relating to the holders of Maryland paper money.-Copy of the report of the solicitor of the treasury, of the proceedings in the cause relative to the Maryland trust money, 1802; together with autograph letters from Sampson Hanbury, Ph. Deare, Daniel Dulany, James Miller, G. Leckie, W. Sturges Bourne, R. Christie, Henry Glassford and W. Herrick, all relating to the Maryland paper money, 1802-12, &c. &c. NEW YORK, 1608-1792. 4 vols.

The following is a list of some of the papers in these volumes :-Notices of Hudson's voyage, 1608-10.-Extracts relating to New York, from 1639 to 1664.-Papers for the revision of the political annals.-Dongan's answer about New York. Notes relating to New York, from the Revolution to 1695.-Estimate of the general charge that is necessary for the defense of Albany, and securing the adjacent colonies from the attempt of the French, &c., 1691-5.— Copy of His Majesty's declaration at the treasury board, in 1697.-New York Revenue, 1687-97.-Expense of forces at New York, from 1692 to 1697.— Notes relating to New York, from 1701 to 1714, thirty-seven pages.-Secretary St. John's sentiments of Quaker Bromfield, 1710.-Sentiments of Col. Hunter, with regard to colonial policy, 1711.-Mompesson's curious letter to Lord Nottingham, 1704.-Governor Hunter's curious letter to Secretary St. John, giving his sentiments on the constitution of the colonies, 1711.-Governor Morris's speech on the attempts of the Assembly to be independent, 1726–30.— Partridge's letter to the Duke of Newcastle, about the Sugar Bill, stating the rights of the colonies, &c., 1733.-Various notices, extracts, &c., relating to New York in the time of George I. and II.-Letter from G. Clarke to Lord Delaware, showing that New York had long been aiming at independence, 1740.-Speech of Lieutenant-governor Clarke to the Assembly of New York, telling them that a jealousy had for years gone forth in England that the colonies were not without thoughts of throwing off their dependence, 1741.—Letter from Governor Clinton to the Duke of Newcastle on the proposal of imposing stamp duties in the colonies by Act of Parliament, 1744.-Conduct of the Assembly, 1743-5-Clinton's account of smuggling at New York and in the colonies, 1752.-Plan of union of board of trade.—Proceedings of the board of trade, touching a boundary line to be established between New York and Massachusetts Bay, 1757.-Copy of a representation to his Majesty, 1757.— Autograph letter from Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey to General Monckton, relating to the forces at Louisbourgh, 1758.-Copy of a letter to Lieutenantgovernor De Lancey, relating to the quartering of the troops, &c., 1758.— Various letters from Oliver De Lancey to General Monckton, 1763-5.-Extract of a letter from the board of trade about settling lands in the frontiers of New

York, 1760.-Sales of merchandise, 1760.-List of grants of land passed since the death of Lieut.-governor De Lancey, by the Hon. Cadwallader Colden, commander in chief of the province of New York, 1761.-Copy of a representation from the lords commissioners for trade and plantations to his Majesty, 1761.-Letter from the lords of trade to Lieut.-governor Colden, with the autographs of Lord Sandys, Soame Jenyns and John Yorke, relative to the instructions to General Monckton, 1762.-Autograph letter from Lieut.-governor Colden to General Monckton, relative to the conquest of Martinique, &c, 1762. -Memorial of sundry merchants within the city of New York, addressed to Lieut.-governor Colden, with upwards of fifty autographs, 1762.-Letter from the lords of trade to Lieut.-governor Colden, with autographs of Lord Sandys and others, relating to the quit rents, &c., 1762.-Copy of a letter from Col. Bradstreet to Sir Jeff. Amherst, relative to the crown lands, &c., 1762.—Copy of Lieut.-governor Colden's letter to the lords of trade, with remarks about the boundaries, 1763.—State of Canada, when conquered, 1760.—Copy of General Amherst's talk to the several tribes and nations of Indians, 1760.-Long letter from General Amherst to General Monckton, relating to Niagara, 1760.-Copy of a letter from Governor Dodds to General Amherst, relative to the success of the troops in America, 1760.-Copies of various long and most interesting letters from Sir Jeff. Amherst to General Monckton, Governor Hamilton, Governor Dodds, Governor Colden and others, 1760-2.-Autograph letter from the mayor of Albany to Col. Bradstreet, 1762.-Copy of a letter from Col. Bradstreet to Sir Jeff. Amherst, with denomination and description of the lands in Albany, &c., with answer of Sir Jeff. Amherst relating to the same, 1762. Sixty long AND MOST INTERESTING AUTOGRAPH Letters FROM J. WATTS, addressed to General Monckton, detailing proceedings at New York, &c., 1760-74.—Memorial of William Smith, a native of Buckinghamshire, to General Monckton, relative to his office, &c., 1762. -Copies of various reports, letters, memorials, &c., of the Attorney General Kempe to General Monckton, relating to the trial of J. H. Lidnis, claim of Daniel Nimham, the Indian, to certain lands, &c., exportation of provisions from the colonies, &c., 1762-3.-Heads of a dialogue between Mr. Temple and Mr. Kempe, 1763.— Copy of the first article of his Majesty's instructions to Robt. Monckton, governor of New York, 1762.-Mr. Smith's opinion on the grants for the pasture land near Albany, 1762.—Autograph letter from W. Smith to Col. Bradstreet, on the repealing the church patent, 1762.-Account of fees due to the governor from the secretary's office, 1762-3.-Deposition of Ephraim Bogardus, with his autograph, relating to the purchase of lands in Albany, 1762.-Map of the land granted to the commanding officer at Albany, and the lands adjacent, beautifully drawn out by Charles Clinton, 1762.—Deposition of Henry Hallenbeck, with his autograph, relating to the purchase of lands in Albany, 1762.— Memorial of Thomas Jones to General Monckton, relating to a commission for holding the office of clerk of the common pleas, &c., 1762.-Attorney-general Kempe's report respecting certain lands formerly granted for the use of the commanding officer at Fort Albany, now claimed by the Dutch Church, 1762. -Petition of S. Deal and others for licence to purchase of the Indians 11,000 acres of land in the county of Albany, 1762.-Accounts between the Governor and Lieutenant-governor.-Memorial of Waddell Cunningham, with the petition of Philip Livingston, 1762.-Memorial and petition of John Alsop, of the City of New York, merchant, relating to the shipping of provisions for

Jamaica, &c., 1762.-Petition of James Launcey, 1763. - Petition of James de Launcey, of New York, on behalf of his brothers and sisters, the children of the Hon. James de Launcey, 1763.—Answer of Waddell Cunningham to the petition of Capt. Samuel Wright, 1763.-Memorial of Frederick Philipse, praying that in the grant of royal mines sued for by Charles Scott, Esq., and Henry Holding, the mines in the manor of Philipsburgh may be reserved and excepted, 1763.-List of patents and warrants to survey lands granted in the province of New York, from 1761 to 1763.-Petition of John Kelly, of New York, attorney at law, 1763.-Account of fees due to the Governor, 1763.Petition of George Spencer, 1763.-Various original letters to General Monckton, from New York, 1763.-Copies of several minutes in records of the court of vice-admiralty in New York, 1763.-Nine long and most interesting autograph letters from W. Smith to General Monckton, relating to affairs of New York, proposal for a court of exchequer, colonies more terrified at the apprehension of taxes, than at the horrors of an Indian war; discontents from the late measures in Britain, stamp act tumults, &c., 1763-6.-Memorial of Daniel Horsmanden, Chief Justice of New York, 1763.-Six autograph letters from Chief Justice Horsmanden, relative to New York affairs, 1763-8.-General distribution of the king's troops in America, 1765.-Extracts of letters from Governor Carlton to General Gage, and from General Gage to Lord Shelburne, 1767.-Copies of letters between Lord Dartmouth and General Gage, 1774.— Various original letters to General Monckton, relating to the independency of the New Yorkers, paper money, &c., 1764-5.-Printed address of Mr. Justice Livingston to the house of assembly, in support of his right to a seat.—Four long and interesting letters from R. R. Livingston, on the stamp act, tumults, attack on the fort, appeal, discontents, illegal expulsion from the assembly, &c., &c., 1765-9.-Report from the Lords of Trade, 1771.-Abstract of the shipping, substance of intelligence collected at New York, account of freights, Maryland loyalists, independence of America, copy of instructions to Governors Hunter and Burnet, petition of Gerrit Van Horn and others, for relief against a seizure of effects accidentally unreported at the custom house, petition of Captain S. Wright, &c., &c.; together with a large collection of original autograph letters, &c., relating to New York, down to 1792, forming a most important and truly valuable series of papers relating to New York, its various governments, &c., &c.

NOVA SCOTIA, 1745-1817.

The following is a list of the heads of some of the papers in this volume :Representation of the State of Novo Scotia, 1745.-Long letter, of 22 folio pages, from Lieut.-Governor Lawrence to the Hon. Col. Monckton, respecting the deficiency in the supply of gunpowder; departure of Mr. Shirley; trial of some deserters, &c., &c., Halifax, 1755-Conduct of the first assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758.-Petition of the inhabitants of the town of Halifax to the Hon. Robert Monckton, soliciting a writ for calling a house of representatives, with upwards of 200 autographs, 1757.-Another petition to the same, with eight autographs, soliciting an answer to the preceding, 1757.-Memorial of the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Halifax, to the same, respecting the defenceless state of the town, &c., with 24 autographs, 1757.-Memorial of Benjamin Gurish, of Halifax, merchant, respecting the building of a wharf, &c., with his autograph, 1758.-Autograph letter from Major Roger Morris to

Col. Monckton, with journal of his proceedings, 15 pages, 1758.-Account of monies granted by parliament for the establishment of the colony of NovaScotia, from the first settlement of Halifax.-Autograph letter from Governor Horatio Sharpe to Gen. Monckton, Annapolis, 1760.—Population of NovaScotia, 1766.-Copy of a grant from Lord William Campbell, governor of Nova-Scotia, of certain lands, &c., to James Boyd, 1767.-Letter from W. Gordon to Mr. Boyd, relating to the same, 1773.-Long autograph letter from W. Nesbitt, relating to the same, Halifax, 1773.-Long autograph letter from Rev. William Boyd to the late George Chalmers, relating to the same, 1815.— Six letters from Governor Eden to Lord Hillsborough and Lord Dartmouth, 1769-73.-Autograph letter from Phil. Deare, relating to the accounts of Jonathan Belcher, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1788.-Long letter relating to the boundaries of Nova-Scotia, 1806.-State of the present estimates for Nova Scotia and the island of St. John.-Copy of a letter from Commissioner Barclay, relative to the information respecting the original limits of NovaScotia, with original letter, signed by Henry Goulburn, relating to the same, 1817, with other papers.

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The following is a list of the heads of some of the papers in this important series: Copy of Penn's letter to Lord Baltimore, on the settlement of the boundaries, &c., 1681.-Representation of the Board of Trade, relating to the several proprieties, 1701.-Imports and exports to and from Pennsylvania, from 1698 to 1704.-Case against Lord Baltimore, relating to the bounds between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1709.-Copy of the report and opinion by Attorney general Northey and Solicitor-general Thomson, on the Earl of Sutherland's petition for a grant of certain lands on the Delaware Bay, 1717.—Opinion whether the Delaware and the islands in it are in either Pennsylvania or Jersey, 1721.-Notices relating to Pennsylvania, from 1730-59.-Memorial of the merchants of the province of Pennsylvania concerned in the late trade with the Indians, with thirteen autographs, 1763.-Reports on various acts passed in Pennsylvania, 1767-75.-Report on a petition of the proprietaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1768.-Representation to the King, with draft of instructions for Robert Eden, Lieut-governor of Maryland, 1768.—Representation to the King on the instructions for John Penn, Deputy-governor of Pennsylvania, 1769-Account of losses sustained by the Hon. John Penn.-Report on a petition of the proprietaries of Pennsylvania, 1770.-Report on an act for dissolving the marriage of Curtis Grubb, 1770.-Copy of a letter to Grey Cooper, with draft of a bond for Richard Penn, Lieut.-governor of Pennsylvania, 1773.-Copy of a letter from T. Webb to Lord Dartmouth, 1774.-Population of Pennsylvania, 1774.—Copy of a letter to Henry Wilmot, relative to the lands contested between the province of Pennsylvania and the colony of Connecticut, 1776.-Congress emissions of paper, 1775-9, with other papers, the greater part official copies, by and for the late G. Chalmers, Esq.

PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1789. 2 vols.

In this important series will be found fifty long and most interesting letters from Col. Henry Bouquet, addressed to General Monckton and Major Gates; fifteen letters from Richard Peters to General Monckton; six letters from Capt. G. Croghan, with his journal to Presqu' Isle, addressed to Major Gates; four letters from Col. Hugh Mercer to General Monckton and Col. Bouquet; mes

sages from Governor Hamilton to the Assembly, and from the Assembly to the Governor; journal of the march performed by Major Robert Rogers of the rangers, in pursuance to the orders of General Monckton, 26 pages; three letters from Governor James Hamilton to General Monckton; eight letters from Capt. Donald Campbell to Col. Bouquet; letter from Lieut. Baby; copy of an Indian council; letter from W. Allen to General Monckton, 1764; letter from W. Buchanan to General Monckton; three letters from Ald. Hoops to General Monckton; copy of a representation of the behaviour of the mob at Philadelphia, by W. Sheppard; T. Robinson's estimate of the exports of sundry inlets to Philadelphia; exports from Philadelphia to Great Britain; extracts of letters from a member of the Congress at Philadelphia, containing very curious and important anecdotes; copies of letters from R. Crafton and others to Dr. Benj. Franklin and James Searle in Philadelphia; sale account of two cargoes at Kingston; letter from Capt. William Campbell; prices current at Philadelphia; letter from Dr. Andrew Ross to W. Petrie; long letter from G. Chalmers to C. Monro; with other papers.

VIRGINIA, 1606-1775. vols.

The following is a list of the heads of some of the papers in these very valuable volumes: Index of Charters, Commissions, &c., relating to Virginia, from 1606 to 1662.-Copy of a Letter from John Pory, the first Secretary and first Speaker of Assembly in Virginia, to Sir Dudley Carleton, with Report of the Assembly's Proceedings, 1619.—Copy of the Orders of Privy Council, for delivery of certain Felons to Captain Smyth, to be transported to Virginia, 1617.— Proceedings of the first Assembly in Virginia, 1619.-Extracts from the Privy Council Books, 1617-38.-Various Warrants and Papers relating to the Transporting of Youths to Virginia, 1609.-Copy of the Proclamation for Settling the Plantation of Virginia, 1625.-Captain John Harvey's Declaration of the State of Virginia, at his coming from thence in February, 1624, who was afterwards ten years Governor thereof.-Copies of various Grants in Virginia, from 1627 to 1666.-Copies of Papers about the Revolt of the Colonies, and others relating to Virginia, from 1611 to 1677.-Copies of Instructions to the Governors of Virginia, from 1639 to 1658.-Extracts from various Letters and Papers of the Discoveries of various Early Navigators, Copies of Orders in Council relating to the Government of New England, &c., 1671.-Copy of Letter from Charles I. to the Assembly of Virginia, 1642.—Articles of Agreement upon Surrender of Virginia to the Parliament, 1651-2.-Acts of the Assembly, 1657.-Virginia's Deplorable Condition, or Narrative of the Murders committed by the Indians, and of the Sufferings of his Majesty's loyal Subjects, under the Rebellious Outrages of Nathaniel Bacon, Jun., by Governor Berkeley, 1676.-Opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General on the New England Patents, 1678.- Various Papers relating to the early Attempts of the Independents in Virginia, Printing prohibited, &c.—Copies of Letters from Col. Spencer and Lord Effingham relative to Virginia, 1689.-State of Virginia at the Revolution, Minutes upon the Representation of the Assemblies of Virginia and Maryland, 1695.-Extracts from the Plantation Books relative to Virginia, 1694 to 1736.-Report upon the Case between his Majesty and the Proprietors of the Northern Neck in Virginia, with Letter from Governor Drysdale, 1727.-Journal of the Proceedings of the Assembly of Virginia, 1753-5.-Orders sent to the Governor to repel force by force, 1753.-Report

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