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Thomas. Bradshaw to Lauchlin Macleane, 28 August
1767, acquainting him of information from Earl of Shelburne, of the
appointment of Commissioners of Customs for the American Colonies with
headquarters at Boston.
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L. Macleane to Thomas Bradshaw Esq., Whitehall, 17
September 1767. Enclosing a
letter of 30 July 1767 from the Lt. Governor of Virginia.
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S. Macleane to Thomas Bradshaw, 17 September 1767,
enclosing an extract of a letter of Lieutenant Governor F. Fauquier to the
Earl of Shelburne, 30 July 1767, announcing the death of Peter Randolph,
Surveyor General of Customs of a district of which Virginia was a part.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Richard Phelps.
Treasury Chambers, 7 May 1768.
Copy. 4pp.
Encloses: Memorial of
the Commissioners of the Customs in America.
Bost, 12 Feb. 1768. 10
pp. Vague comment on general
American reactions, but mostly specific account of Massachusetts troubles.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Richard Philps, 7 May 1768,
concerning a memorial from the Commissioners of Customs in America dated
12 February 1768, reporting on the hostility to the revenue laws
throughout America. The
memorial transmitted for the information to Earl of Hillsborough.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Commissioners of Customs,
America. Whitehall, 11 May
1768. Asking that information
be laid before Treasury Lords respecting the leaves of several members of
the Board of Commissioners. The
Lords believing that it was necessary for all Commissioners to remain at
their posts at this time.
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Anthony Todd to Thomas Bradshaw.
Postmasters General believes Mr. Franklin, the Deputy Postmasters
General of America, should return to his duties.
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Thomas Bradshaw to John Pownall, 8 July 1768,
enclosing a memorial from Commissioners of Customs in America for the use
of Earl of Hillsborough, desiring that directions be sent to assist the
Commissioners in bringing to justice all persons concerned in the offence
mentioned in the memorial and also that the Governors of each Colony be
instructed to take every proper method of supporting the Commissioners of
Customs in the discharge of their duty.
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Thomas Bradshaw to John Pownall.
Treasury Chambers, 8 July 1768.
Copy. 4pp.
Encloses: Memorial of
the Commissioners of the Customs in America, Boston, 28 March 1768.
Copy. 8pp. More about troubles in Massachusetts.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Post Master-General, 12
July 1768, concerning a memorial from the Commissioners of Customs in
America about the posts there.
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Letter, Thomas Bradshaw to [Augustus Henry, 3rd
Duke of Grafton]. Great
George Street, 22 July 1768. 2 pp. Have communicated the contents of the letter to Lord
Hillsborough. Hillsborough
thinks Parliament should meet as soon as it can to consider the alarming
news from Virginia. Virginia
opposes the late Act of Parliament and “ have called on the other
Colonies to make it a common cause.”
The Council will meet on Wednesday and perhaps orders ought to be
given to prepare a force in the event that it is decided that one should
be sent.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Mr. Pownall, 22 July 1768,
with copies of a memorial from the Commissioners of Customs in America
together with other papers relating to the seizure of the ship Liberty,
and stating that a full state of the case is to be prepared by the
Attorney General to enquire if any irregularities or illegalities have
been taken by the Officers of the Customs in America etc.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Commissioners of Customs,
America. Whitehall, 26
July 1769. Relative to the
establishment of a Custom House at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Mr. Nuthall, 6 August 1768,
enclosing memorial from Commissioners of Customs in America concerning the
granting of Writs of Assistance to the Collectors by the Chief Justices
and asking what is the practice of the Court of Exchequer in issuing such
writs to Custom Officers in England.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Commissioners of Customs,
America. Whitehall, 9 August
1768. Relates to the
necessity of Commissioners of the Board offering securities to Mr. Nuthal
in England.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Commissioners of Customs,
America. Whitehall, 9 August
1768. Enclosing a copy of
Post Master General’s Report about the regulation of the post in
America.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Commissioners of Customs,
America. Whitehall, 1
September 1768. Enclosing a
copy of the case laid before the Attorney General with his opinion thereon
concerning Writs of Assistance as they are made out by the Exchequer in
England.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Richard Sutton, 14 November
1768, enclosing a copy of a letter from Commissioners of Customs in
America relative to an illicit trade carried on between American and
European ports etc.
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John Pownall to Thomas Bradshaw. Whitehall, 30 December 1768.
Enclosing information from Mr. President Blair regarding quit rents
in Virginia.
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Thomas Bradshaw to General Cornwallis,
Governor of Gibralter, 30 December 1768, to report to Treasury Board the
arrival of all ship from America (English) and likewise the ships sailing
to America with account of their cargo etc.
Like letters to Governors of Madeira and Minorca.
Thomas Bradshaw to Auditor Plantations, 25 January
1769, with copy of an extract of a letter from Mr. Blair, President of
Virginia Council concerning the collection of Quit Rents.
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Thomas Bradshaw to Commissioners of Customs,
America. Whitehall, 31 May
1769. About establishing a
Custom House at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Letter from Mr. Bradshaw.
Treasury Chambers, 12 January 1770.
The Treasury has no objection to the remission of fines on two
women in Virginia
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Mr. Bradshaw, of the Treasury, to John Pownall,
12 January, 1770. Remission
of fines to two poor women in Virginia.
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