Letter - Letter requesting that the Queen of England protect the fishermen in the colony of Massachusetts | McCord Museum

Letter

Letter requesting that the Queen of England protect the fishermen in the colony of Massachusetts

Date [1695?]

Dimensions1 textual record ; 38.7 x 30.9 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Other Documents

Origin United States, North America

Object NumberS001/D1.3,2.1

DivisionArchives - Textual Archives

CollectionStewart

Scope and ContentRequest addressed to Anne (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, by merchants and notables of the towns of Boston, Salem and Marblehead, and also of villages in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, that she dispatch a frigate to protect the region’s fishing fleet during the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The date of the document is estimated to be 1704 since it mentions the series of victories won that year by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).

NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.

Signatures and inscriptions: signed by 50 people.

Physical description: handwritten document.

Restoration/Conservation: the document was removed from its frame in November 2013.

Immediate source of acquisition: the document was discovered at the Stewart Museum after the building’s renovation in [201-?].

General notes: transcription available.

Status

Not on view

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