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Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville

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Title

Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville

Collection

William Smith Jr. papers
I. William Smith Jr. papers
Correspondence and documents
Correspondence and drafts relating to the Canada Bill [Constitutional Act of 1791]

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1790-02-08

Library Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2796

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: Dorchester's letter No. 15 in reply to Grenville's letter No. 2, identifying enclosures A through G. Some are present as copied or drafted by Smith

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11985427
Archives ID: 2796
Other local Identifier: 72
Archives EAD ID: 2113530
Archives Components ID: 1388937
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 30b97b70-9532-0134-9b4a-00505686d14e

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1790. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30b97b70-9532-0134-9b4a-00505686d14e

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1790). Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30b97b70-9532-0134-9b4a-00505686d14e

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30b97b70-9532-0134-9b4a-00505686d14e

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