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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