Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 June 10
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 June 10 | ||
| Alternative Title | No. 920 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | Maury, James, 1718-1769 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Discusses various maps of Virginia and North America, including [Joshua] Fry and [Peter] Jefferson's and Lewis Evans's, and remarks that the latter map gives a clear idea of the "immensly valuable" land contested between Britain and France; describes the method by which canoes are lashed together in order to carry heavy hogsheads of tobacco from upland streams; discusses explorations of the Mississippi River and expands upon the "vast Importance of that prodigious River"; mentions "the present troubles" [the Seven Years' War] and complains that the Virginia frontier has been left "naked and exposed" by legislators who knew nothing about the backcountry; comments that "the Possibility of the Children doing well without the Parent" is a subject that must be treated with "Reserve & delicacy"; discusses family matters. | ||
| Note | Erratum on microfilm: last page not filmed; includes a transcription of an extract from the letter, 11 pp. | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Maps | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Great Britain--Relations--France | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Canoes and canoeing | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Tobacco | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Virginia | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Mississippi River | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 4p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1756-06-10 | ||
| Date Captured | 2023 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F327 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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