Report on American manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
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1904-1909
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Report on American manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Mackie & Co. Ld, 1904-1909.

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4 volumes (xix, 521, x; ) ; 25 cm.

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At head of title: Historical Manuscripts Commission
"The American manuscripts preserved at the Royal Institution, London, sometimes spoken of as the Carleton or Dorchester papers, are, briefly, the Head Quarters papers of the successive British commanders in chief in the American War of Independence" - Introd
They belonged to M. Morgann, secretary to Sir Guy Carleton (later Lord Dorchester) during the last years of the War; were given by him in 1798 to John Symmons; and were given by Symmons to the Royal Institution in 1804
Compiled by B.F. Stevens
"Presented to Pariament by command of His Majesty"
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  • Vol. 1

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    YHB.41

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