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Series
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/55
What's it about?
PRO 30/55
These papers comprise records of British Army Headquarters in America from 1775 to 1783. They represent the official notes of General Thomas Gage, Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, Sir Guy Carleton as successive commanders in chief.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/55
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Title (The name of the record)
- Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747-1788
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Description (What the record is about)
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These papers comprise records of British Army Headquarters in America from 1775 to 1783. They represent the official notes of General Thomas Gage, Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, Sir Guy Carleton as successive commanders in chief.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The Carleton Papers were originally bound in 58 quarto and four folio volumes. In 1934-1935 they were rebound by New York Public Library into the present 107 volumes.
Each volume in the series contains a consecutive run of papers. The volumes are arranged in chronological order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 107 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- These papers were given to the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1804 by John Symmons of Paddington, who had received them from Maurice Morgann. As secretary to Carleton, Morgann was responsible for their original arrangement. They are called the Carleton or occasionally, the Dorchester Papers, as Sir Guy later became first Baron Dorchester. The papers were acquired by Dr A S W Rosenbach in 1929 and were sold by him to Mr John D Rockefeller Jr in 1930. They were stored, re-arranged and rebound in New York Public Library and were presented by Mr Rockefeller to 'Colonial Williamsburg' in 1935. On 20 October 1957, at the White House, Her Majesty The Queen received this important collection of papers from President Eisenhower, as a gift to Her Majesty from 'Colonial Williamsburg'.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- Copies of these documents are included in the Stevens Transcripts (with the reference Additional MSS 42,257-42,496, to which there is a slip index) in the
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A calendar prepared by Benjamin Franklin Stevens and Henry J Brown was printed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission under the title A Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain (4 vols 1904 to 1909).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12001/
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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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