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User-Contributed Transcription George R. [in circle] L. S. [above: Indians 472]Additional Instruction for our trusty and well Beloved Robert Monckton Esq, our Captain General and Governor in Chief of our Province of New York, and the Territories depending thereon in North America; and in his Absence to our Lieut Governor or Commander in Chief of said Province for the Time being. Given at our Court at St James's the ninth Day of December 1761 in the Second Year of our Reign. Whereas the Peace and Security of our Colonies and Plantations upon the Continent of North America, does greatly depend upon the Amity and Alliance of the Several Nations, or Tribes of Indians, bordering upon the said Colonies, and upon a just, and faithful Observance of those Treaties and Compacts, which have been heretofore solemnly entered into with the said Indians, by our Royal Predecessors, Kings and Queens of this Realm. And Whereas, notwithstanding the repeated Instructions which have been from Time to Time given by our late Royal Grandfather to the Governors of our several Colonies upon this Head, the said Indians have made, and do still continue to make, great complaints, that Settlements have been made, and Possession taken of Lands, the Property of which, they have by Treaties reserved to themselves, by Persons claiming the said Lands under Pretence of Deeds of Sale, and Conveyance, illegally, fraudulently, and surreptitiously obtained of the said Indians; and whereas it has likewise been represented unto us, that some of our Governors, or other chief Officers of our said Colonies, regardless of the Duty they owe to us, and of the Welfare and Security of our Colonies, have countenanced such unjust Claims and Pretentions, by passing Grants of the Lands so pretended, to have been purchased of the Indians. We therefore taking this Matter into our Royal Consideration, as also the fatal Effects, which would attend a Discontent amongst the Indians, in the present Situation of Affairs, and being determined upon all Occasions to

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Title Orders additional instruction for our trusty and well beloved Robert Monckton Esqr., our Captain General and Governor in Chief of our Province of New...

Creator Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)

Date 1761

Place Great Britain, New York (State)

Language English

Subjects Governors, Great Britain, Indians of North America, Indigenous peoples, Land grants

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Signed: Geo. Banyan (?) D. Secry.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary A copy of royal instructions (1761) from George III to Robert Monckton, governor of New York. The successful administration of the British colonies required the alliance of many Indian tribes. In this document it is stated that numerous treaties with the Indians of New York had been violated by the sale of illegal land grants to settlers. Monckton is instructed to strictly forbid the sale of any further land grants and to remove and prosecute persons who have made fraudulent purchases. He is also ordered to obtain permission from the Commissioners of Trade for any future applications to purchase Indian lands and to make these orders known to the public and to the Indian tribes involved.

Biographical/Historical Note Robert Monckton, British General, served as governor of New York from 1761 to 1763.

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 32 cm

Format Orders (Military records)

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 341

BibID 140630

Size 2114px × 3475px 21.05 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991406308805867_Ayer_MS_341_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I9C2