Lot 86
1719/20 Receipt For 190 Flints For Governor Phillips' Regiment, Partly-printed document signed by Robert Wroth, "adjutant of His Excellency Governour Phillips's Regiment," one page, 8 x 12¾ inches, February 4, 1719/20, Annapolis Royal (Port Royal, Nova Scotia). An indenture between "His Grace ye Duke of Marlbrough Master General of His Majesty'[s Ordnance…and Robert Wroth…Witnesseth, That the said Robert Wroth hath received out of His Majesty's Stores within the Office of the Ordnance, at Annapolis Royal by an Order from ye Honable John Doucett Esqr. for ye Use of ye five Companys Vizt Flints…190." A scarce Annapolis Royal document.
Annapolis Royal, originally Port-Royal, was settled by the French in 1605. It was the first European settlement in Canada, settled three years before Quebec City and two years before Jamestown, Virginia. It became Annapolis Royal (after Queen Anne) when the British took sovereignty of Nova Scotia from the French in 1710. It was the capital of Nova Scotia from 1713 to 1749. The defeat of Port Royal in 1710 marked the final conquest of Acadia by the British. Under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Acadia was granted to the British; however, the vague boundary definitions saw only the peninsular part of Nova Scotia granted to Britain, and the next half century would be turbulent years as Britain and France acted out the final struggle for Acadia and North America.
Estimated Value $600 - 800
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