dorchester guy carleton (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Facsimile. 16 Pages.

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Very good set in gilt-blocked cloth. New endpapers. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Institute of Historical Research. Physical description; 2 vol. ; 25 cm. Notes; vol. 1 & 2 out of 4. At head of title: Historical Manuscripts Commission. Edited by B. F. Stevens, and completed by H. J. Brown. Includes indexes. Contents; V. 1. July 1747-July 1779 -- v. 2. August 1779-June 1782. Subjects; Royal Institution of Great Britain. 1760-1820. Manuscripts Great Britain ; Catalogs. Archival resources. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Sources. Great Britain History 1760-1820 Sources. United States Politics and government Sources. 3 Kg.

Edition Unstated. Good copies in cloth with gilt-blocked leather labels. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date is suggested between 1907-09. Physical description: 2 v. ; 25 cm. Contents: -- v. 3. July 1782-March 1783 -- v. 4. April-November 1783. Subjects: Royal Institution of Great Britain. Manuscripts Great Britain ; Catalogs. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Sources. Great Britain History 1760-1820 Sources. 3 Kg.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. small 4to. one page, with integral blank (docket title on verso) (laid down). CARLETON, Sir Guy, First Baron Dorchester [1724-1808] [Lieutenant-Governor (1766-68) and Governor (1768-78) of the Province of Quebec; Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America (1782-86); Governor of Quebec and Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1786-96). Manuscript letter, signed Dorchester , dated Quebec, January 13, 1791, to Alexander Adair in London, marked Duplicate . Informing Adair that "I drew on you in favour of Mr. T.A.Coffin for Five hundred pounds sterling in two billsInclosed is a certificate that Lady Dorchester is living." Carleton served as quartermaster of the expedition led by Wolfe against Quebec and was wounded at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. When James Murray was recalled from Quebec in 1766, Carleton was sent there as lieutenant-governor and was appointed governor in 1768. As governor he favoured the maintenance of French laws and customs rather than the introduction of British law and representative institutions and played a crucial role in the framing of the Quebec Act of 1774. It was through his efforts that the American invasion of Canada in 1775-76 was defeated, a service for which he was created KCB. As Governor-in-Chief of British North America he directed the evacuation of the troops and Loyalists from New York in 1783. Signed by Author(s).