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Two documents. Item 1: Papers Relating to American Loyalists: Viz. An Account of the Dates and Descriptions of all Communications that have Taken Place between His Majestys Government and any of the Persons styling themselves American Loyalists, or their Agents, since the 4th of April 1812, to the present time; - together with Copies of such of the said Communications as bear date Respectively on or about the 5th April and 3d December 1812; the 21st April, 6th and 10th July 1813; 26th May and 2d September 1814; 31st January and 17th May 1815; 19th June 1817; 8th April 1819, and 1st May 1820. Nos 1 to 13. S.R. Lushington, Whitehall, Treasury Chambers. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 30 April 1821. Parliamentary Paper 461. London: 1821. Folio (12.75 inches). 30 pages + docket. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly stitched. Old faint cross folds. Item 2: Further Papers Relating to American Loyalists: Viz. Copy of a Letter from Germain Lavie, Esq. to the Right Honourable N. Vansittart, dated 19th March 1816; - Copy of REMARKS on the Note of the American Loyalists, dated 31st January 1815; - and Copy of a MEMORANDUM of Facts and Suggestions on the Claims of the American Loyalists. S.R. Lushington, Whitehall, Treasury Chambers. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 30 April 1821. Parliamentary Paper 462. London: 1821. Folio (12.75 inches). 11 pages + docket. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly stitched. Old faint cross folds. Prior to the American Revolution, an extensive commerce in British manufactured and other articles was carried on between America and Great Britain, during which a very large credit was given to America. When hostilities commenced in 1776, a debt amounting to several million pounds sterling was due from the citizens of America to British Merchants. Furthermore, during the continuance of the war, it was impossible to recover any of the debt. The Treaty of Peace, signed at Paris in 1783, provided that debts on both sides were to be equitably settled, but many debts remained unpaid. These papers document the continued discussions on the claims of British merchants, with an in-depth Memorandum examining the lengthy procedure of attempting to collect overdue debts.
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