1King George III: Commission for Determining the New York–New Jersey Boundary, 26 June 1767 (Franklin Papers)
Approved draft: Public Record Office By documents dated June 23 and 24, 1664, the Duke of York granted to his friends, John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, a tract of land to be called New Ceserea or New Jersey, part of the much larger territory his brother, Charles II, had recently granted him. In these indentures the duke had defined the boundaries of the New Jersey grant in part as...
2George III: Commission for David Hartley, 14 May 1783 (Franklin Papers)
Copies: Massachusetts Historical Society (four), Library of Congress, National Archives; transcript: National Archives George R. George the Third, by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh, Arch Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas for the...