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Title: Maury, Rev. James to Rev. William Douglass, 1758 May 31; No. 916 Rev. James Maury to Rev. William Douglass
Identifier(s): text:353588
Description: Discusses his own problems in attempting to serve "the most extensive & inconvenient Parish in the Colony" and mentions his chapel "near Mrs. Jeffersons" [Jane Randolph Jefferson's]; discusses political matters involving [John Campbell], Lord Loudoun, "the antiministerial Party," and [Henry] Fox; discusses fellow-clergymen and sarcastically refers to "that truly constitutional, equitable, & righteous Law, ... the 2 penny Act."
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Clergy; Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; Douglas, William, 1708-1798; Jefferson, Jane, 1720-1776; Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782
Date: 1758-05-31; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 February; No. 922 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353567
Description: Memorandum and sketch of a fort to provide defense against Indians.; Enclosure in no. 923.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America
Date: 1756-02; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Rev. William Douglass, 1759 November 20; No. 918 Rev. James Maury to Rev. William Douglass
Identifier(s): text:353675
Description: Informs him in detail about the success of their agent in England, Rev. John Camm [in attaining disallowance of the Two-Penny Act], and requests that he contribute to the support of the suit; includes a copy of a circular letter from the Committee of Correspondence [named] of William and Mary College [Williamsburg, Va.], Do Nov. 1759, that requests subscriptions in behalf of Camm.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; College of William and Mary; Douglas, William, 1708-1798; Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779
Date: 1759-11-20; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Philip Ludwell, 1756 February 10; No. 923 Rev. James Maury to Philip Ludwell
Identifier(s): text:353642
Description: Discusses depopulation of the frontier because of attacks "by those bloody Instruments of French Policy, the Indians" and describes in detail a plan to build a chain of forts across Virginia.; Moses Fontaine's copy?; includes a transcription of the letter, 15 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Virginia--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Date: 1756-02-10; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Rev. William Douglass, 1759 October 25; No. 917 Rev. James Maury to Rev. William Douglass
Identifier(s): text:353584
Description: Urges him to attend a convention of Anglican clergymen in order to consider Rev. John Camm's efforts in England in attaining disallowance of the Two-Penny Act; comments that whatever is baneful to the church is also baneful to the state and that Maury has observed "a long Train of public Measures" whose end is "reducing & degrading the Church from a federal Equality & Alliance with the State, its indubitable Right by the British Constitution"; includes a copy of a letter from [Rev.] Alexander White to Maury, 19 Oct. 1759, and a copy of a letter from [Rev.] Thomas Dawson, William and Mary College, [Williamsburg, Va.], to the Reverend Clergy of Virginia, 15 Oct. 1759, regarding the matter.; Partly illegible
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Clergy; Anglicans; Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; College of William and Mary; Douglas, William, 1708-1798; Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779; Dawson, Thomas, 1715-1760
Date: 1759-10-25; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1755 August 9; No. 919 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353617
Description: Discusses a map of Virginia, points out where their relatives reside, and mentions the place on the map "where our brave [George] Washington was last Year attacked by the French & Indians" and the fort from which the "brave but unfortunate. . . & imprudent" Gen. [Edward] Braddock marched; discusses the "suffering & calamitous Condition" of society because of the war between Britain and France and also problems of debt, taxes, drought, and attacks on frontier settlements by Indians and "papists"; argues that France's resources in America compare unfavorably with Britain's except in regard to "Wisdom & Prudence"; points out the desirability of a defensive coalition of the British colonies in America and remarks that Americans do not want British soldiers to fight for them, but instead want money and supplies to equip themselves; complains about an official who recently infringed on the liberties of the people and the constitution of the government.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; Taxation; Droughts; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755
Date: 1755-08-09; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 June 10; No. 920 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353679
Description: 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.; Erratum on microfilm: last page not filmed; includes a transcription of an extract from the letter, 11 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Canoes and canoeing; Tobacco; Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
Date: 1756-06-10; 2023