Box 3
Contains 116 Results:
Shelburne, East Bourne, Sussex, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1763?] Octob[e]r 24
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.
Shelburne, East Bourne, Sussex, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1763?] November 11
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.
Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1764 January 20
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.
Fitzmaurice, (later Lord Shelburne), Bowood Park, to [John, 4th Earl of] Dunmore, 1764 March 14
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.
Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1764 March 31
Scope and Contents 1764 March 31. Shelburne, Whitton, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: trip Dublin. 2 pages.
[William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord] Shelburne, Bowood Park, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1764?] November 17
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.
Shelburne, Wycombe, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1765?] February 11
Scope and Contents [1765?] February 11. Shelburne, Wycombe, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Re: his wife; [Isaac] Barre. 2 pages.
Shelburne, York, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1765?] July 20
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.
Sophia Shelburne, Bowood Park, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1765 August 7
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.
Shelburne, Hill Street, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1765 December 10
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.
John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, London, to Catherine, Countess Dowager of Dunmore, 1766 February 15
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.
Sophia Shelburne, Kensington, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1766?] August 23
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.
L[?] de Brunsviy, La Hague, to [?] Albesse Royale, 1766 December 19
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
Edward Foy to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1770 July 16
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.
Extract of a talk from Conoquieson to Sir William Johnson, circa 1770 July or August
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.
John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Fort George, to Granville, 2nd Earl Gower, 1771 March 9
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.
John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Fort George, to Lord Willis Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough, 1771 March 9
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.
William Johnson, Johnson Hall, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1771 March 16
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.
William Johnson, Johnson Hall, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1771 March 22
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.
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1772 July 30
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.
"4 letters from General Washington to Jo. Earl of Dunmore.", 1773
1773. [?] tp [?]. Re: "4 letters from General Washington to Jo. Earl of Dunmore." 1 page. Card.
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1773 Ap[ri]l 13
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.
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1773 September 12
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.
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Lord John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1774 February 11
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.
Admiral Richard Howe, the "Eagle," to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, [1776 September 15]
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.