Copy of a petition [to George I.] from J. Barkstead, and of a scheme for the colonization of the land lying between Nova Scotia and the State of Maine (now the province of New Brunswick), under the name of the province of Georgia, 18th century

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MS. Rawl. C. 281

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On a fly-leaf at the beginning is an engraved coat of arms [Leche, Derbyshire], ermine, in chief three ducal crowns; crest, a gauntletted arm rising from a crown, holding a wreathed sword.

At the end is "A new map of part of his Majesty's empire in North America from Carolina to Newfoundland," engraved by S. Parker.

Dates

Creation: 18th century

Extent

20 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. C. 281

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 281.

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 12139.

Physical Facet

On paper, in quarto minori

Related Names

Creator

From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)

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