Keen, William

Very little of William Keen's papers and business records are known to have survived, except for official correspondence to the British - government included in the records of the Council for Trade and Plantations, which was responsible for the administration of Newfoundland from - 1672 to 1782...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries 1997
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/202
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Summary:Very little of William Keen's papers and business records are known to have survived, except for official correspondence to the British - government included in the records of the Council for Trade and Plantations, which was responsible for the administration of Newfoundland from - 1672 to 1782. There may also be correspondence and reports written by Keen in other British government records and in the private papers of - British officials. A small amount of original material remains in Newfoundland in particular the report Keen wrote of his imprisonment by the - French during the winter of 1708-1709. - -