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Charles Montague fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1705-1709, 1747].

Reference:

R14365-0-4-E, MG21-EgertonMSS.929

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

105014

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Charles Montague fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1705-1709, 1747].

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

0.05 cm of textual records (25 p.) : transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the following copied material: 1. three anonymous and undated memoranda attributed to "an old Buccaneer, tho' a young man," sent to Lord Halifax, 27 February 1705, by John Chamberlayne, [F.R.S. (1666-1723), a member of the S.P.C.K. and miscellaneous writer]. They urge the ejection of the French from Canada and Nova Scotia, and propose that colonists from Scotland and the Palatinate be brought in, to settle these areas and the Kennebec region and to produce naval stores (ff. 90-97v). 2. A similar proposal set forth in a memorial, 10 September 1709, and letter, 6 October 1709, to Lord Halifax from the lawyer and colonial agent Jeremiah Dummer (ca. 1679-1739), who traces the whole history of Anglo-French rivalry in Canada and Nova Scotia (ff. 119-122). 3.Letter to the Duke of Newcastle (1693-1768), 17 January 1747, from Rear-Admiral [later, Vice-Admiral Sir] Peter Warren (1703-1752), giving his opinion of the number of troops and ships necessary to defend and settle Nova Scotia and secure Louisbourg and Placentia. The letter bears a note stating that a copy was sent, 30 May 1747, to William Shirley (1694-1771), Governor of Massachusetts (ff. 168-172v).

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Montague, Charles, 1661-1715
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Shirley, William, 1694-1771

Duke of Newcastle, 1747
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Montague, Charles, 1661-1715 : Statesman.

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715), was born on 16 April 1661. He was the fourth son of George Montagu of Horton in Northamptonshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Anthony Irby of Boston in Lincolnshire. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he formed his lifelong friendship with Sir Isaac Newton. He entered Parliament in 1689 and became clerk of the privy council in the same year. He became a lord of the treasury in 1692; chancellor of the exchequer and a privy councillor in 1694; first lord of the treasury in 1697; auditor of the exchequer in 1700; and first lord of the treasury in 1714. He was created Baron Halifax of Halifax in 1700, and Viscount Sunbury and Earl of Halifax in 1714. He died on 19 May 1715.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a descriptive list of the material copied. MSS0599-4 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002412.pdf

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General note:

Documents created in: London, England.

Custodial history:

Egerton Manuscripts 929 was added to the holdings of the British Library in 1841. It is a volume of miscellaneous letters and papers, mostly originals, 1692-1761, which are addressed chiefly to the Hon. Charles Montagu (afterwards, 1st Earl of Halifax), but some of the later papers belong to the administration of Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles, 5th baronet and 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693-1768). In 1915, the National Archives of Canada transcribed a number of small excerpts (ff. 90-97v, 119-122, 168-172v) that are of Canadian interest.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the British Library, London, Endland.
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Great Britain. Army - Soldiers, 1747 "an old Buccaneer, tho' a young man", 1705

Statesmen - Great Britain, n.d., 1705-1709, 1747 Lord Halifax, 1705

Politicians - Great Britain, n.d., 1705-1709, 1747 John Chamberlayne, 1705

Louisbourg (N.S.) - Forts, 1747 Scotland, 1705

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Officials and employees, n.d., 1705-1709, 1747 Palatinate, 1705

Great Britain - Colonies - Defenses, 1747 Jeremiah Dummer, 1709

Great Britain - Foreign relations - France, 1705 Rear-Admiral Peter Warren, 1747

Nova Scotia - Settlement, 1705 Louisbourg (N.S.), 1747

Military readiness, 1747 Massachusetts, 1747

Canada - Settlement, 1705

Nova Scotia - Defences, 1747

Naval stores, 1705

Kennebec (Me.) - Settlement, 1705

Military maneuvers - Nova Scotia, 1747

New England - Settlement, 1705

Lord Halifax - Memorial, 1709

Military maneuvers - Louisbourg (N.S.), 1747

Great Britain - Officials and employees, 1709

France - Foreign relations - Great Britain, [1705-1709, 1747]

Great Britain. Army - Soldiers, [1705-1709, 1747]

Great Britain - Armed Forces - Nova Scotia, 1747

Great Britain - Military policy

Placentia

Canada To 1763 (New France)

Canada Jusqu'à 1763 (Nouvelle-France)

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Nova Scotia To 1784

France

Canada
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Private

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MG21-EgertonMSS.929
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Volume [MG21 Egerton Mss. 929] 1

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