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K004 - Records of the Legge family of Sandwell and Patshull, Barons Dartmouth, Earls of Dartmouth
- D(W)1778 - Papers of the Legge Family, Earls of Dartmouth
  - I - Public Office and political interests
    - 2 - Personal and political papers

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Alt Ref No	D(W)1778/I/ii/820
Title	New York, William Smith to Reverend George Whitfield
Date	6 Dec 1765
Description	Distress in North America and the commotions that have taken place with the causes of these, among them being, the Acts of Trade which have given a monopoly in sugar, molasses etc, to the West Indian islands, and by putting high duties on foreign produce have prevented America trading with France, Holland, Denmark etc, another cause is instruction from the verdicts of juries to the Governor and Council of New York and thence to the King in Council, a third cause is the Stamp Act which has been the occasion of many tumults and insurrections For full description see HMC Calendar (11th Report Appendix 5), 1887, available for consultation at the Staffordshire Record Office and at the William Salt Library, Stafford