1Governor Burnet and the Massachusetts Assembly, 9 October 1729 (Franklin Papers)
His Excellency Governor Burnet died unexpectedly about two Days after the Date of this Reply to his last Message: And it was thought the Dispute would have ended with him, or at least have lain dormant till the Arrival of a new Governor......; and few or none of their Governors have hitherto complain’d, or had Reason to complain, of a too scanty Allowance. But the late Gov. Burnet brought with...
2On Governor Belcher’s Speech, 24 September 1730 (Franklin Papers)
...at large to the Assembly of the Massachusetts, which we have by this Post. It may suffice at present to observe from it, that he has brought with him those very Instructions that occasion’d the Difference between Governor Burnet and that People,...wealthy merchant, member of the Massachusetts Council, represented the Assembly in England in its salary controversy with Governor Burnet in 1728...
3Extracts from the Gazette, 1734 (Franklin Papers)
, the following Books. Westindia Coasting Pilot. Newhouse’s Navigation. Pattoun’s Navigation. Key of Commerce. Lex Mercatoria. Euclid’s Elements by William Whiston. Burnet’s Theory of the Earth, 2 Vols. Lock on Human Understanding, 2 Vols. Blackmore’s Prince Arthur. London Dispensatory. Blancard’s Physical Dictionary. Geo. Fox’s Journal. Basnages History of the Jews. Van Helmont’s...
4From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 25 May 1747 (Franklin Papers)
Thomas Burnet,
5To Benjamin Franklin from William Strahan, 26 August 1752 (Franklin Papers)
Keil’s Examination of Burnet’s Theory
6Appendix D. Inventory of the Books in the Estate, c.1759 (Washington Papers)
Theory of the Earth—2 vols. [Thomas Burnet. ⟨R⟩evolution Politicks—1 vol. [Gilbert Burnet.
7Board of Trade to the Privy Council Committee, 1 June 1759 (Franklin Papers)
Mr. Burnet,William Burnet; see above,
8To Benjamin Franklin from [Alexander Small], 5 July 1763 (Franklin Papers)
I do not know whether any of our Burnet Seed, ...keeps the ground warm, when a good Cover is left. If sown in August it will bear but little cutting that Season. The Weeds must be kept carefully under next Spring, the Burnet thinned where too thick, or transplanted where too thin, so that the Plants may stand in rich ground at the distance of nine Inches from one another, and of Six in poor...
9List of Books at Mount Vernon, 1764 (Washington Papers)
A specimen of some errors and defects in the History of the Reformation of the Church of England wrote by Gilbert Burnet, D.D., now Lord Bishop of Sarum
10To Benjamin Franklin from John Mills, 12 July 1764 (Franklin Papers)
and I likewise send to the same Society (at their desire) an hundred weight of Mr. Roque’s Burnet seed.For Small’s laudatory description of burnet, see above,
11From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 25 October 1765 (Washington Papers)
Gilbert Burnet’s
12To Benjamin Franklin from Deborah Franklin, 3 November 1765 (Franklin Papers)
, 426. Henry Burnet, a former apprentice of Reily’s, advertised in , Nov. 21, 1765, and some later issues, that during the illness of “ that eminent Conveyencer,” who was”lately deceased,” Burnet had transacted all of Reily’s business.
13Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 20 June 1768 (Washington Papers)
10 lb. Turnep Cabbage Seed 20 lb. Burnet Ditto 20 lb. Lucern Ditto 1 Peck earliest Garden Peas 1 Galln white Nonparel Do 1 Ditto Dwarf Marro Do
14Remarks & Observations—in April [1769] (Washington Papers)
Sowed Clover and Burnet Seeds on Do.burnet:
15[Diary entry: 18 April 1769] (Washington Papers)
Sowed Clover and Burnet Seeds on Do.burnet:
16[November 1771] (Adams Papers)
Kent brought with him, Utopia, or the happy Republic, a Philosophical Romance, by Sir Thos. More, translated by Bp. Burnet. There is a sensible Preface by the Translator prefixed, and some Testimonies concerning More by great and learned Men of different Nations and Religions. Cardinal Pool
17Sunday Novr. 10. 1771. (Adams Papers)
Kent brought with him, Utopia, or the happy Republic, a Philosophical Romance, by Sir Thos. More, translated by Bp. Burnet. There is a sensible Preface by the Translator prefixed, and some Testimonies concerning More by great and learned Men of different Nations and Religions. Cardinal Pool
18Memorandum Books, 1772 (Jefferson Papers)
Wm. Harlow (Alb.) v. Charles Goodman (Alb.) or perhaps Joseph Burnet (Alb.). If an action for a slave is brot. I am empld. by Goodman.
19II. To the Boston Gazette, 18 January 1773 (Adams Papers)
...taken from them, nor can be.” In consequence of this decision, the papists, with the king’s permission, set up every where in the kingdom, in the free and open exercise of their religion. See Rapin, Burnet, Skinner, Comberbeck, St. Fr.
Bishop Burnet said he always presumed a Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715)
21[December 1773] (Washington Papers)
William Burnet Browne (Brown), formerly of Salem, Mass., and his half-sister Anne lived in King William County.
22[Diary entry: 11 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
William Burnet Browne (Brown), formerly of Salem, Mass., and his half-sister Anne lived in King William County.
23From George Washington to James Mercer, 8 January 1774 (Washington Papers)
Mr. “Brown” was probably William Burnet Browne (1738–1784), a native of Massachusetts who married Judith Walker Carter, daughter of Charles Carter of Cleve. Browne owned Elsing Green in King William County.
24I. Charles Phelps’ State of His Case, March – May 1774 (Adams Papers)
This Consideration was so great, that Dr. Burnet in 1691 said, that he would on the first Opportunity declare, in the House of Lords that there was a greater Sacredness in the Charter of New England, than in those of the Corporations in England &c....
25From John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 3 January 1775 (Adams Papers)
I remember, that Bishop Burnet in a Letter he once wrote to Lady Rachell Russell the virtuous Daughter of the great Southampton, and unfortunate Wife of Lord Russell who died a Martyr to English
...nay open, avowed resistance by arms, against usurpation and lawless violence, is not rebellion by the law of God, or the land. Resistance to lawful authority makes rebellion. Hampden, Russell, Sydney, Somers, Holt, Tillotson, Burnet, Hoadley,
27I. To William Hooper, 27 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
In my early Youth, the Works of Sidney, Harrington, Lock, Milton, Nedham, Neville, Burnet, Hoadley,For Marchamont Needham (1620–1678), Henry Neville (1620–1694), Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715), and Benjamin Hoadly (1676–1761), consult the
28II. To John Penn, 27 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
A Man must be indifferent to Sneer and Ridicule, in Some Companies to mention the Names of Sidney, Harrington, Lock, Milton, Nedham, Neville, Burnet, Hoadley;
29III. Thoughts on Government, April 1776 (Adams Papers)
must be indifferent to the sneers of modern Englishmen to mention in their company the names of Sidney, Harrington, Locke, Milton, Nedham, Neville, Burnet, and Hoadley. No small fortitude is necessary to confess that one has read them. The wretched condition of this country, however, for ten or fifteen years past, has frequently reminded me of their principles and reasonings....
30To George Washington from the Essex County Committee of Safety, 14 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in William Burnet’s writing, William Burnet, Sr. (1730–1791), a prominent physician and political leader in Newark, became chairman of the Essex County committee of safety in 1775. During the spring of 1776 he established a hospital in Newark at his
...his son William Burnet, Jr., who was also a physician, he began caring for Continental patients. When GW decided to evacuate New York in...Burnet