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Folio 217: Memorial from the committee of the proprietors or holders of the Canada...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/267/83

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This record is about the Folio 217: Memorial from the committee of the proprietors or holders of the Canada... dating from 1765 Sept 19 and Sept 19 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/267/83
Date
1765 Sept 19 and Sept 19
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Folio 217: Memorial from the committee of the proprietors or holders of the Canada bills delivered to Conway. Its proposals are: 1) to accept 50% of the full amount of the bills of exchange; 2) to accept 25% of the full amount of all ordonnances and cards. They specify certain conditions and ask Conway to obtain at best £150,000 sterling, at worst £100,000. In a postscript they reduce these figures to £120,000 and £80,000. Appended is an account showing the sacrifice made by this second offer. With signatures of members.

Date and place: 1765 Sept 19 New York Coffee House and Sept 19 Cleveland Row.

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Enclosed in f.212.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7344259/

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