Document Information Date: 1774-06-22 By: George III Citation: Quebec Act (UK), 14 Geo III, c 83, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 2. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 14 George III, c. 83 (U.K.) An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America. “WHEREAS his Majesty, by his Royal Proclamation bearing Date the seventh Day of October, in the third Year of his Reign, thought fit to declare the Provisions which had been made in… Read more Quebec Act, 1774 (UK) →
Document Information Date: 1774-05-20 By: United Kingdom (Parliament) Citation: An act for the better regulating the government of the province of the Massachuset’s Bay, in New England, UK, 1774, c 45. Other formats: N/A. An act for the better regulating the government of the province of the Massachuset’s Bay, in New England. WHEREAS by letters patent under the great seal of England, made in the third year of the reign of their late majesties King William and Queen Mary, for uniting, erecting, and incorporating, the several colonies, territories, and tracts… Read more The Massachusetts Government Act, UK, 1774 →
Document Information Date: 1763-12-07 By: George R. Citation: George R. to Governor James Murray, Royal Instructions, 7 December 1763 reprinted in Sessional Papers (1907). Other formats: Republication in Sessional Papers (PDF). INSTRUCTIONS TO GOVERNOR MURRAY. GEORGE R. Instructions to Our Trusty and Wellbeloved JAMES MURRAY, EsQ.r, Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Province of Quebec in America, and of all Our Territories dependent thereupon. Given at Our Court at St James’s the Seventh Day of December 1763 in the Fourth Year of Our Reign. 1.… Read more George R. to Governor James Murray, Royal Instructions, 7 December 1763 →
Document Information Date: 1763-11-21 By: George R. Citation: George R. to Governor James Murray, Royal Commission, 21 November 1763 reprinted in Sessional Papers (1907). Other formats: Republication in Sessional Papers (PDF). COMMISSION OF CAPTAIN-GENERAL & GOVERNOR IN CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. GEORGE THE THIRD by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth; To our Trusty and well beloved James Murray Esquire, Greeting. We, reposing especial trust and Confidence in the prudence, Courage and loyalty of you the… Read more George R. to Governor James Murray, Royal Commission, 21 November 1763 →
Document Information Date: 1763-10-07 By: George III Citation: George R, Proclamation, 7 October 1763, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 1. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The Royal Proclamation, 1763 October 7, 1763 BY THE KING, A PROCLAMATION GEORGE R. Whereas We have taken into Our Royal Consideration the extensive and valuable Acquisitions in America, secured to our Crown by the late Definitive Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February last; and being desirous that all Our loving Subjects, as… Read more Royal Proclamation of 1763 (7 October 1763) →