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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 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: Rev. James Maury; No. 924 Rev. James Maury
Identifier(s): text:353502
Description: Letterbook; recipients are Molly [Maury Claiborne], Abraham Maury, Messrs. Thornton, Walker, and Servis (executors of Mr. Jackson's will), Rev. John Camm, Benjamin Waller, Rev. [Alexander] White, Thomas Moore, Rev. [James] Craig, James Eildart, John Blair, John Madison, Peter Fontaine, Archibald Gordon, Unidentified, Peter Randolph, William Byrd, Robert Page, Robert Anderson, John Fontaine, Dr. William Cabell, Thomas Walker, Members [named) of the Parish of Granville, N.C., Rev. William Robinson, Thomas Lewis, Rev [___] James, Daniel Torin, Baylor Walker, John Bolling, John Moore, Mrs. Mary Grymes, Thomas Bolling, Mrs. Mildred Walker, John Blair, Dr. Archibald Campbell, and Ambrose Coleman; subject matter includes domestic life, possible removal to a parish in North Carolina and purchasing land there, the apprenticeship of his son and obtaining a position for the latter as a tutor, a detailed account of the lawsuit related to the Two-Penny Act, including the "treasonable" speech of Patrick Henry (a "little pettyfogging Attorney"), relations between church and state, business matters, borrowing money, his own illness, purchasing servants, •the Stamp Act and Parliament's right to tax America, terms for boarding and teaching young gentlemen, a rumor allegedly spread by his daughter "Nanny" (Nancy), and spiritual rebirth and salvation; also includes a copy of the King's [George II's] disallowance of several specified acts of the Virginia Assembly, 10 Aug. 1759, regarding paying clergymen and paying taxes and debts with money, a copy of additional instructions from the King to Gov. Francis Fauquier, 1 Sept. 1759, and a copy of a testimonial given by Maury to Joseph Messenger, 26 Jan. 1767, a candidate for holy orders.; Disbound; fragment; partly illegible.
Subject: Taxation; Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; Freedom of religion; Church and state; Clergy; Clergy--Office; William Fitz-Maurice Petty, 1st Marquis of, 1737-1805; Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779; Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786; Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794; Blair, John, 1732-1800; Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799; George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760; Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768; Randolph, Peter, approximately 1708-1767
Date: 1763-1768; 2023