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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, 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 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