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Shelburne, East Bourne, Sussex, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1763?] Octob[e]r 24

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: id89191
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Scope and Contents [1763?] Octob[e]r 24. Shelburne, East Bourne, Sussex, to [John, 4th Earl of] Dunmore. Re: vacation; trip to Ireland in the apring. 3 pages.

Dates: [1763?] Octob[e]r 24

Shelburne, East Bourne, Sussex, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1763?] November 11

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: id89248
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Scope and Contents [1763?] November 11. Shelburne, East Bourne, Sussex, to [John, 4th Earl of] Dunmore, Dunmore Park. Re: purchase of house from L[or]d Bute; general news. 3 pages.

Dates: [1763?] November 11

Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1764 January 20

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: id89249
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Scope and Contents 1764 January 20. Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: financial obligation to Sir Lawrence Dundas; trip to Ireland during renting season. 3 pages.

Dates: 1764 January 20

Fitzmaurice, (later Lord Shelburne), Bowood Park, to [John, 4th Earl of] Dunmore, 1764 March 14

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Identifier: id89250
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Scope and Contents 1764 March 14. Fitzmaurice, (later Lord Shelburne), Bowood Park, to [John, 4th Earl of] Dunmore. Re: wintered at Whitton; business in Ireland; [?] Parker has gone to Lisbon. 2 pages.

Dates: 1764 March 14

Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1764 March 31

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Identifier: id89251
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Scope and Contents 1764 March 31. Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: trip Dublin. 2 pages.

Dates: 1764 March 31

[William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord] Shelburne, Bowood Park, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1764?] November 17

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Identifier: id89252
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Scope and Contents [1764?] November 17. [William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord] Shelburne, Bowood Park, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: European trip; land dealings, especially in Ireland; his retirement; his house is finished. 4 pages.

Dates: [1764?] November 17

Shelburne, Wycombe, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1765?] February 11

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 31
Identifier: id89253
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Scope and Contents [1765?] February 11. Shelburne, Wycombe, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: his wife; [Isaac] Barre. 2 pages.

Dates: [1765?] February 11

Shelburne, York, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1765?] July 20

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 32
Identifier: id89254
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Scope and Contents [1765?] July 20. Shelburne, York, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: anxious to know if [Dunmore] succeeds to the place of Fincastle; questions of succession in Perthshire will be raised by [John, 3rd] Duke of Athol 2 pages.

Dates: [1765?] July 20

Sophia Shelburne, Bowood Park, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1765 August 7

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 33
Identifier: id89255
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Scope and Contents 1765 August 7. Sophia Shelburne, Bowood Park, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: [Dunmore]'s neglect of their family. 2 pages.

Dates: 1765 August 7

Shelburne, Hill Street, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1765 December 10

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 34
Identifier: id89256
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Scope and Contents 1765 December 10. Shelburne, Hill Street, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: birth of his son soon after their arrival in town. 1 page.

Dates: 1765 December 10

John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, London, to Catherine, Countess Dowager of Dunmore, 1766 February 15

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 35
Identifier: id89257
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Scope and Contents 1766 February 15. John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, London, to Catherine, Countess Dowager of Dunmore. Re: management of the factory of Taymount; of Mr. [?] Rutherford of Perth; of tenants. 1 page.

Dates: 1766 February 15

Sophia Shelburne, Kensington, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1766?] August 23

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 36
Identifier: id89259
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Scope and Contents [1766?] August 23. S[ophia] Shelburne, Kensington, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: politics; Lady Louisa; calls Lord Fitzmaurice a monkey. 3 pages.

Dates: [1766?] August 23

L[?] de Brunsviy, La Hague, to [?] Albesse Royale, 1766 December 19

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 37
Identifier: id89260
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Scope and Contents 1766 December 19. L[?] de Brunsviy, La Hague, to [?] Albesse Royale. Re: unfavorable reports of John, 4th Earl of Dunmore who wishes a post in the government. 2 pages. In French

Dates: 1766 December 19

Edward Foy to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1770 July 16

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 38
Identifier: id89261
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Scope and Contents 1770 July 16. Ed[war]d Foy to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: true copy of commission from the Treasury, signed by North, Geo. Onslow, and Townsend, assigning Dunmore's salary, to be taken from money collected from customs and duties enacted [in 1767]. 3 pages. Copy of document signed.

Dates: 1770 July 16

Extract of a talk from Conoquieson to Sir William Johnson, circa 1770 July or August

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 39
Identifier: id89262
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Re: extract of a talk from Conoquieson to Sir William Johnson, at a Congress with several nations of Indians, July 22, 1770; Indians request that the English honor their treaties. 2 pages. Manuscript.

Dates: circa 1770 July or August

John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Fort George, to Granville, 2nd Earl Gower, 1771 March 9

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 40
Identifier: id89263
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Scope and Contents 1771 March 9. John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Fort George, to [Granville, 2nd] Earl Gower. Re: appointment as Governor of Virginia and his desires to remain at Fort George; dispute between New York and New Hampshire. 2 pages. Typewritten.

Dates: 1771 March 9

John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Fort George, to Lord Willis Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, 1771 March 9

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 41
Identifier: id89264
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John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Fort George, to Lord Willis Hill, 1st Viscount] Hillsborough. Re: prefers to be Governor of New York than Governor of Virginia. 2 pages. Typewritten. Photostat.

Dates: 1771 March 9

William Johnson, Johnson Hall, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1771 March 16

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 42
Identifier: id89265
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Scope and Contents 1771 March 16. William Johnson, Johnson Hall, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: Congress of Commissioners for regulating Indian trade and Indian information from Sir Henry Moore; trouble with the Oneidas occasioned by the mistake of a missionary. 3 pages. Typewritten.

Dates: 1771 March 16

William Johnson, Johnson Hall, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1771 March 22

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 43
Identifier: id89267
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Scope and Contents 1771 March 22. William Johnson, Johnson Hall, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: copies of regulations for Indian trade at Niagra and Detroit, and regulation of English travel; establishing blacksmiths to work for the Indians. 2 pages.

Dates: 1771 March 22

George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1772 July 30

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 44
Identifier: id89268
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1772 July 30. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: candidates for commissary office upon death of Mr. [James] Horrocks; Washington suggests Rev. [?] Scott; meeting of Lord Fairfax and [Dunmore]. 2 pages. Typescript.

Dates: 1772 July 30

"4 letters from General Washington to Jo. Earl of Dunmore.", 1773

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 45
Identifier: id89269
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1773. [?] tp [?]. Re: "4 letters from General Washington to Jo. Earl of Dunmore." 1 page. Card.

Dates: 1773

George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1773 Ap[ri]l 13

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 46
Identifier: id89270
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Scope and Contents 1773 Ap[ri]l 13. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord [John, 4th Earl of Dunmore]. Re: taking his son-in-law [stepson], Mr. [John Parke] Custis, to Doctor [Myles] Cooper of Kings College in New York; [Dunmore]'s proposed visit to western areas; mention Colo. [George] Croghan, deputy Indian Agent, of Pittsburg. 2 pages. Typewritten.

Dates: 1773 Ap[ri]l 13

George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1773 September 12

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 47
Identifier: id89271
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Scope and Contents 1773 September 12. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord [John, 4th Earl of Dunmore]. Re: [Dunmore]'s trip west; surveying expeditions of Captn. [?] Bullet and Mr. [?] Wood; Washington has a commission for land he would like fulfilled. 4 pages. Typewritten.

Dates: 1773 September 12

George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1774 February 11

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 48
Identifier: id89272
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Scope and Contents 1774 February 11. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord [John, 4th Earl of Dunmore]. Re: procuring royal lands as payment to Valentine Crawford and Hugh Stephenson for their services to the King; arrival of Dunmore family at New York. 1 page. Typewritten.

Dates: 1774 February 11

Admiral Richard Howe, the "Eagle," to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1776 September 15]

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 49
Identifier: id89273
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Scope and Contents [1776 September 15]. [Admiral Richard] Howe, the "Eagle," to [John, 4th Earl of Dunmore]. Re: colonial evacuation of New York City. 1 page. Typewritten.

Dates: [1776 September 15]