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Letters to the Board of Trade

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File

Date:

1766-1767

Reference:

MG11-CO5, Microfilm reel number: B-6118

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3115459

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Colonial Office fonds

CO 5. America and West Indies, Original Correspondence, etc.

Board of Trade

Letters to the Board of Trade
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Date(s):

1766-1767

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

45 pages on microfilml

Language of material:

Undetermined

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Despatches from Shelburne and from traders to the Board of Trade regarding the Colony. Shelburne discusses the Wappinger Tribe and those of that tribe who were carried to Britain. He also discussed Indian affairs in general and the fact that the enormous costs in North America "arise from the present manner of managing Indian Affairs by the intervention of Superintendents who necessarily have a power of drawing for such sums as they shall judge expedient.". Shelburne writes about disputes to claims for lands between the provinces of Quebec and NewYork, particularly near to Lake Champlain. Discussion on the necessity to encourage the culture of cotton, vines, silk and other articles of commerce in East Florida.

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MSS0090

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Location of originals note:

National Archives (London, Great Britain) vol. 223. Letters to the Board of Trade.

Source:

Private

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MG11-CO5
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