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James West collection [textual record]

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Date:

1697-1747.

Reference:

R17029-0-3-E, MG21-LansdowneMSS.-733,849,885

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

105357

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James West collection
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Collection includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1697-1747.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

2.1 cm of textual records (110 p.) : transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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The collections consists of copies from Lansdowne manuscripts. Lansdowne Manuscript 849 is a volume containing a great number of articles, chiefly state papers, many of them original, collected by John Strype (1643-1737) and James West (1704-1772). Chief topics include French encroachments on British rights in North America, fishing rights, and English claims to sovereignty over the Five Nations Indians and the French efforts to detach them from their British allegiance.

Lansdowne Manuscript 733 is a book that formerly belonged to James West, which contains copies of some reports made by the Commissioners for Examining Public Accounts, with their remarks on several misapplications and unwarrantable practices in persons concerned in the management and disposal of public revenue. Lansdowne Manuscript 885 is a volume containing an historical collection of 16 miscellaneous articles on the subject of a petition from Massachussetts Bay for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the taking of Cape Breton in 1745. Transcripts, 110 pages.

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West, James, 1704-1772

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Great Britain. Privy Council

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West, James, 1704-1772 : Politician and antiquary.

James West (1704-1772) was the son of Roland West of Prior's Marston, near Southam, Warwickshire. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1728, and went into politics, in which he was a supporter of the Pelhams. He was secretary to the chancellor of the exchequer, 1743-1752, and joint secretary to the treasury, 1746-1762. He was a fellow of the Royal Society from 1726; its treasurer, 1736-1768; and its president, 1768-1772. West was a notable collector of manuscripts, rare books, prints, coins, and pictures. After his death, his manuscript collection was sold to Lord Shelburne, and now forms part of the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Library.

The Reverend John Strype (1643-1737) was the youngest son of John Strype or van Strijp (d. 1648) by his wife Hester (d. 1665), daughter of Daniel Bonnell of Norwich. He held various church preferments but is best known as an ecclesiastical historian and biographer, and for his magnificent collection of original documents. In 1711, he sold the Foxe papers to Robert Harley, afterwards 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). These now form part of the Harleian MSS. in the British Library. After his death, his representatives sold the rest of his collection, amounting to 121 folio volumes, to James West (1704-1772). These now form part of the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Library.

Cape Breton is an island and county of Nova Scotia. When France ceded Newfoundland and Acadia to Great Britain in 1713, the French retired to Cape Breton, named it Ile-Royale, and built the fortress of Louisbourg. In 1745, Louisbourg was captured by New England forces, under William Pepperell (1696-1759), aided by the British navy. It was, however, returned to France in 1748. It was recaptured by the British in 1758, and finally ceded to them by France in 1763, when it was united to Nova Scotia.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a descriptive list of the material in Lansdowne MSS. 849. For the comments upon it of the first Dominion Archivist, Douglas Brymner, see also his copying proposals in the Report on Public Archives of 1881, pages 17-19. MSS0599-4 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002412.pdf

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Custodial history:

The Lansdowne Manuscripts were collected by William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805). They were purchased from his executors in 1807 by the British Museum (now the British Library), where they are kept as a separate collection numbered Lansdowne 1-1245. At some time, probably before the end of the nineteenth century, the National Archives of Canada transcribed excerpts from Lansdowne MSS. 849 (Nos. 14-28, and 31-36. ff. 28-78 and 82-95) that were of Canadian interest. These originally constituted volume 381 of the old "M" Series., In 1914, the National Archives of Canada transcribed a small excerpt (ff. 2-11) from Lansdowne MSS. 733 because of its Canadian interest. In 1912, The National Archives of Canada transcribed Article No. 12, (ff. 111-114v) from Lansdowne MSS. 855 because of its Canadian interest. It was not received in Ottawa until 1914.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the British Library, London, England.

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John Nelson - Claims, [1697-1701] Great Britain. Board of Trade, 1697-1701

Indians of North America - Relations - French, [1697-1701] Thomas Temple, [1697-1701]

Fisheries - North America, [1697-1701] Great Britain. Commissioners for Examining Public Accounts, 1714

Indians of North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, [1697-1701] George Maccartney, 1714

Iroquois Indians - Canada, [1697-1701] Great Britain. Treasury, 1747

Jurisdiction (International law), 1697-1701 Cape Breton (N.S.), 1747

Great Britain - Relations - France, 1697-1701 James West, 1747

France - Relations - Great Britain, 1697-1701 P. Lekeup, 1747

Great Britain. Army - Officers, 1714 Connecticut, 1747

Great Britain. Army - Appropriations and expenditures, 1714 Rhode Island, 1747

Great Britain. Army - Finance, 1714 Providence (R.I.), 1747

Great Britain. Army - Pay, allowances, etc., 1714 James Gibson, 1747

Petition, Right of - Massachusetts (Colony), 1747 Boston (Mass.), 1747

New England - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1747

Great Britain. Army - Recruiting, enlistment, etc., 1747

Military service, Voluntary - Massachusetts (Colony), 1747

Boston (Mass.) - Military service, Voluntary, 1747

Bills of exchange - New England, 1747

Louisbourg (N.S.) Siege, 1745

Louisbourg (N.-É.) 1745 (Siège)

Canada To 1763 (New France)

Canada Jusqu'à 1763 (Nouvelle-France)

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Nova Scotia To 1784

Nouvelle-Écosse Jusqu'à 1784

France

New Hampshire (Colony)

Massachusetts Bay (Colony)

Massachusetts Bay (Colon)
Source:

Private

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MG21-LansdowneMSS.-733,849,885
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Lansdowne Mss. 733] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Lansdowne Mss. 849] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Lansdowne Mss. 885] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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