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American Papers
Catalogue reference: FP 41
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This record is a file about the American Papers dating from 1688-1774.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FP 41
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Title (The name of the record)
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American Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1688-1774
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers relating to the American colonies, 1699-1774 comprising:
Connecticut: extract from a letter of Samuel Johnson, 1735 (f.1).
Maryland: ordination papers of Benjamin Lindsay, 1750, and John Rosse, 1754 (ff.2-17).
New England: letter from William Sharpe, 1735 (ff.18-19).
New England, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island: copies of letters to Colonel Nicholson and others, 1699-1700 (ff.20-34).
New York: Correspondence and papers on the church in, 1718-74, including appointment of clergy and the bishop of London's commissaries, returns of clergy in New York to the bishop of London's visitation enquiry, 1724; procedure for granting marriage licences, relations with dissenters, application of Presbyterians in New York and New Jersey for incorporation, the conversion of Mohawk Indians, and the building of King's College, New York. Correspondents include: Thomas Brigden Atwood, Jonathan Arnold, Samuel Auchmuty, Henry and Thomas Barclay, John Bartow, John Beach, Daniel Bondet, Alexander Campbell, Richard Charlton, Thomas Colgan, Myles Cooper, William Cosby, John James Ehl, Alexander Farquharson, William Harrison, Charles Inglis, Robert Jenney, Samuel Johnson, Harry Munro, John Ogilvie, Benjamin Page, Thomas Poyer, Samuel Seabury, Thomas Standard, Peter Stoupe, John Talbot, John Thomas, William Tryon, Edward Vaughan, William Vesey, James Wetmore and Robert Weyman. (ff.35-343).
South Carolina: letter from Alexander Garden, 1729 (ff.344-5).
Virginia: letter from clergy of New York and Jew Jersey to James Horrocks, and extracts from correspondence between President Nelson of Virginia and Lord Hill (ff.346-54).
S.P.G.: papers on, 1707-c.1770, including appeals of the bishop of London and archbishop of Canterbury for funds for, 1747-52 (ff.355-80).
Most of the papers, which are strays from the papers of the Bishops of London originally at Fulham Palace, were given to the Library by Lee, Bolton and Lee in 1976.
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<p>For a more detailed description and index of this volume see: Thomas N. Rightmyer, 'Calendar of the Fulham Papers, volumes XLI and XLII: an addition to Manross', in Anglican and episcopal history, vol. LXII, no. 2, June 1993, pp.237-65.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/95fdff64-dd24-46a7-95b9-8b5a1dd448f4/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the fonds: FP
Fulham Papers
Within the sub-fonds: FP/1-40
Fulham Papers Colonial
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American Papers