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Dobbs family papers [textual record]

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Date:

1694-1775.

Reference:

MG18-D4

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

118251

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Arthur Dobbs fonds

Dobbs family papers
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Date(s):

1694-1775.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.4 cm of textual record.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of extracts of the correspondence of Arthur Dobbs and family, 1694-1775. Items of interest include a letter from a person newly arrived in Halifax, 1750, pp. 47-51; a draft of a letter from Arthur Dobbs to the Earl of Holderness with regard to a proposal to extend trade at Hudson Bay, n.d., pp. 59-60; and a series of draft letters to unidentified persons asking them to use their influence to secure a colonial governorship for Arthur Dobbs and pressing his ideas about the colonies, n.d., pp. 61-67, photostats, 118 pages, volume 1.

Series also consists of letters and speeches, 1744-1771, dealing chiefly with Hudson's Bay, the Ohio Company and North Carolina. Some items are undated, transcripts, 68 pages, volume 2.

Memoranda, n.d., written by Arthur Dobbs on various subjects including a survey of the British colonies in North America, the market for fur in Great Britain, the case of the Hudson's Bay Company as presented in 1749, the expediency of settlement in Labrador, and the probality of the existence of a North West Passage. Typescript, 0.050m, volume 6.

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MG18-D4
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Volume [MG18 D 4]

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1--2;

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6;

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