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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/29/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the William Blathwayt Letter to Col. Morgan, 1702 May 21 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2003.5.2

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation William Blathwayt Letter to Col. Morgan 1702 May 21 MS 2003.5.2 On site. 1 item. English Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

William Blathwayt Letter to Col. Morgan, Manuscript #MS 2003.5.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2003

Biographical/Historical Information

William Blathwayt was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the Thirteen Colonies of North America.

Scope and Content

A retained copy, entirely in Blathwayt's hand, to a Col. Morgan. Blathwayt says he hopes tents have arrived in the West Indies, that the Fusiliers are at Spithead, and reports that the Duke of Ormonde will command the expedition about to be launched against Spain.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717 Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758 Geographical Names: United States-History-Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713