Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Includes letters between Charles Townshend and General Conway, the Duke of Grafton, Dr. Powell, William Dowdeswell, William Pitt, Sir Edward Walpole, Lord Hardwicke, John Morton, Lord Bute, John Douglas, D. Jenkinson, John Townsend, Charles Yorke, Lord Chatham, Lord Northington, Lord Temple, and James Sayer.

Includes letters between Charles Townshend and George Macaulay, Lady Townshend, Col. George Townshend, Gilbert Elliot, Capt. Tonyn, and others.

Includes content relating to Dominica, Granada, Jamaica, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Cape Breton, and Louisburg. Content on finances, military affairs, taxation and the Stamp Act, trade and customs, free ports, agriculture and plants. Also present is a report on North American salaries for officials "concerned in the administration of Justice;" "Papers relating to plan for Indian trade;" and estimated expenses for armed vessels on the Great Lakes.

Includes several letters, with one referring to Ireland, a list of plates and housewares, a memorial for William Earl of Stirling, a chronology of "Events in the Prosecution of the Present War," and a genealogy of the Townshend family.

With content relating to Prince Ferdinand, judges' ranks and salaries, a printed essay on Dorophagus, a newspaper clipping, a resignation letter, politics, raising a Highland Company for Nova Scotia, coinage and money, a mutiny case, and smuggling.

Includes an account of proceedings against John Wilkes in the House of Commons; financial details on the Townshend estate; material relating to taxes; a petition from creditors; financial account regarding lands in Nova Scotia; the Earl of Hardwicke's case; papers regarding Col. Charles FitzRoy and the 119th Regiment; a memorandum on the Radnor Compromise; and various letters and documents.

Approximately 175 items.

Topics include politics, finances, taxation, commerce, distilleries and the Gin Bill, "trade of Spain and Holland," a "History of the Reign of G. the 2d," and recommendations for positions. Also present is a printed 1755List of the Flag-Officers .