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B., A., letter from, 508.
Bacheler, Marmaduke, document signed by, 413.
Bahama Islands, The.
-, Abacoa I., 737.
-, Admiralty Court, Judge of. See Fairfax, W.
-, aid for, solicited from Jamaica and New York, 737.
-, Assembly, proposed, 737.
-, -, report concerning, required, 220 ii.
-, Carolina, relations with, 389, 423, 737.
-, Catt I., raided by Spaniards, 737 vii, viii.
-, Civil Government for, prospect of, 220, 220 ii.
-, Collector of Customs, 737.
-, Company, charges of, compensation for, requested, 807.
-, -, ships of, detained, 737.
-, condition of, neglected, 220 i.
-, -, report upon, awaited, 220.
-, Council of, 220 i.
-, -, Minutes of, 737 ii.
-, Councillors, appointment of, by Governor, 737.
-, -, -, confirmation of, requested, 737.
-, -, persons to be recommended for, 220 ii.
-, Crooked Island, 551 vi.
-, Eleuthera, I., (Islethera), 551 iv.
-, -, attack on, by Spaniards, designed, 737.
-, -, Lt. Governor of. See Holmes, E.
-, Exuma, 551 ii, 737 vii.
-, French, attack by, feared, 737.
-, garrison ordered for, 64, 220 i; and see Independent Company at.
-, Governor of, 64; and see Rogers, Woodes.
-, guardship at, 556, 737.
-, -, complaint concerning, 807.
-, -, to be under direction of Governor and Council, request for, 737, 807.
-, Harbour I., attack on, by Spaniards, designed, 737.
-, -, fortification of, 737.
-, -, inhabitants of, 737.
-, -, Lt. Governor of, 737.
-, -, map of, 737.
-, -, militia of, 737.
-, -, pirates at, 64.
-, importance of, recognised, 64.
-, Independent Company at, 167, 737.
-, -, commissions for, 278.
-, -, establishment of, requested, 287.
-, -, losses of, 737, 737 i.
-, -, victualling of, 287.
-, -, second, request for, 807.
-, inhabitants, character of, 737.
-, Islethera. See Elouthera.
-, Lords Proprietors, rights of, leased to Capt. Rogers, 183.
-, -, minors, 183, 221.
-, -, Secretary of. See Shelton, Richard.
-, -, surrender of Government by, 166, 183.
-, -, -, deed of, 166, 176, 420.
-, -, -, -, delay in, proposed, 183.
-, -, -, -, -, rejected, 184.
-, -, -, -, validity of, enquiry concerning, 183, 220, 221, 249.
-, -, -, -, -, -, reply to, 250.
-, -, -, -, -, report upon, 255.
-, map of, 737.
-, marooners, 737.
-, memorial of merchants concerning, 286.
-, Militia formed, 737.
-, Nassau. See under Bahamas, Providence I.
-, Naval officer, 737.
-, Palatines, estimate of transporting to, 76.
-, pirates at, 64, 220 i., 551, 591 ii; and see Hornigold; Vane, etc.
-, -, atrocities by, 551 i–x.
-, -, captured, 807.
-, -, dislodgement of, 64, 389, 471, 551, 737.
-, -, inhabitants' sympathy with, 737, 807.
-, -, numbers of, 474, 551 iv, 556.
-, -, rendezvous of, 389.
-, -, ships taken by, 737, 797, 797 vi.
-, -, pardon of, Proclamation for, 345, 720.
-, -, -, extended, 737.
-, -, surrender of, 345, 345 i–iii, 384, 474, 485, 720, 736.
-, -, -, checked, 474.
-, -, -, instructions concerning, requested, 474.
-, -, surrendered, effects of, question concerning, 720.
-, -, -, revert, 737, 797.
-, -, trial of, commission for, 405, 737; and see Plantations, Governors.
-, -, -, sent home for, 807.
-, -, threaten H.M.S. Phœnix, 551.
-, -, Virginian sloop sent to investigate, 10, 10 i–viii.
-, -, traffic with, arrest for, 737.
-, position of, 737.
-, produce of, 737.
-, prospects of, 737.
-, Providence I., New, Nassau, fort at, rebuilding of, 737, 807.
-, -, fortifications at, proposed, 737.
-, -, pirates at. See Bahamas, pirates.
-, -, Spanish expedition against, designed, 797.
-, -, stores of war needed for, 737 vi.
-, salt-raking, 551.
-, settlers, expected, from Carolina, 423, 737.
-, -, -, from Bermuda, 737.
-, -, -, from Anguilla, invited, 737.
-, ships of war leave, complaint concerning, 737.
-, sickness at, 737, 737 i.
-, Spaniards, raid by, 737, 737 vii, viii.
-, -, -, designed, 737, 737 vii, viii, 807.
-, -, raid by (1682), 104 i.
-, -, ships seized by, 737, 737 iii, iv, v, vi, viii.
-, -, war with, rumoured, 807.
-, Stocking I., 737 vii.
-, stores of war required for, 737 vi.
-, trade with Cuba, 737, 737 iii.
Baird, Peter, recommended for Council, N.J., 739.
Baker, —, merchant of London, Agent for opposition to New York money bills, 650.
-, Thomas, pirate, trial of, 575, 575 i.
Balcher (Baltchin), John, Capt., R.N., contract signed by, 280 ii.
-, -, letter from, 280 i, 303.
Baldwin, R., printer, Jam., 681 iv.
Ball, Guy, document signed by, 742 xiv.
Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert.
Bambridge, John, 739.
Bampfield, George, Agent for Barbados, document signed by, 103.
-, -, Agent for Governor Hunter, 112, 274.
-, -, letter from, 14.
Bankes, Richard, proposal by, to purchase the late French part of St. Kitts, 28, 145, 156.
Baracoa, Alcaid of, 737 vii.
Baran, Nathaniel, deposition of, 737 iii.
Barbados, 345.
-, Act, additional, to act to ascertain payment of bills etc., referred, 216.
-, -, -, report upon, 273.
-, -, -, penalty extraordinary, in, 273.
-, -, to confirm certain deeds etc., 212.
-, -, defraying expenses of Commissioners of Contracts, defence of, 742.
-, -, for docking an entail and vesting the fee simple in A. Tickle and Francis Jemmot, confirmed, 52, 160.
-, -, -, referred, 70.
-, -, -, report upon, 107, 143.
-, -, empowering licentiate lawyers to practise etc., arguments for confirmation of, 517.
-, -, -, defence of, opportunity for, requested, 742.
-, -, -, objection to. 535.
-, -, -, report upon, 572.
-, -, laying duty on foreign sugar, 160, 547, 611.
-, -, -, reasons for, 103, 103 i, 148.
-, -, -, report upon, 148.
-, -, laying an imposition on wines, defence of, 742.
-, -, laying tax on negroes, 742, 742 xiii, 743.
-, Acts, affecting trade and shipping of Great Britain, only to be passed with suspensory clause, 142.
-, -, -, remarks of Council of Trade upon, 561.
-, -, -, reports upon, 471.
-, -, concerning fees, petition against, 210, 229.
-, -, -, repeal of, proposed, 259.
-, Agents of, 148; and see Bampfield, G.; Micklethwaite, J.
-, -, letter to, 159 iv, 517.
-, -, memorial by, 103, 103 i.
-, -, petition of, 68 i, 159 iii.
-, -, -, referred, 68.
-, Asiento ships sent to, 272.
-, Assembly of, Journal of, 471.
-, Attorney General of, 572.
-, Blanco, ship, case of, 742.
-, -, sale of, account of, 742 xv.
-, Clergy in, character of, 68 i, 88.
-, -, complaint against, 88; and see Gordon, W.; Langton; Acourt; Bishop of London.
-, coins, currency in, paper. See Act additional to act to ascertain payment of bills etc.
-, Commissary, appointmont of, by Bishop of London, 88.
-, -, powers of, 159; and see Gordon, W.
-, Commissioners of Contracts, Act defraying expenses of, 742.
-, -, Minutes of, 743.
-, Committee of Public Accounts, 742, 742 xiii, 743.
-, -, document signed by, 742 xiv.
-, Committee of Correspondence, letter from, 159, 159 iv, 517, 572.
-, Council, Minutes of, 471, 472.
-, Councillors, 56.
-, -, appointment of, 75, 81.
-, -, leave of absence for, 79, 87.
-, -, persons proposed for, 448, 534.
-, -, suspended, caveat against, 698; and see Cox, Samuel.
-, Court of Chancery, appeal from, 79.
-, -, causes determined in, 742 iii.
-, -, constitution of, 158.
-, Court of Errors, causes determined and depending in, 742 ii.
-, Court, ecclesiastical, attempt to erect, protest against, 68 i.
-, -, -, -, referred, 68.
-, -, -, report upon, 159.
-, -, -, repudiated by Bishop of London, 88.
-, Curl, Rebecca, pardon for, 179.
-, Customs, Collector of. See Lascelles, Henry.
-, -, Surveyor General of, 277.
-, duel in, 490.
-, -, petition concerning. See Harwood, Lucy.
-, fees, acts affecting, petition against, 210, 229.
-, fortifications, tax for repairing, 742, 742 xiii, 743.
-, -, -, accounts of, 742, 742 iv–xiii, 743.
-, -, state of, 534, 742 iv–xii.
-, 4½ p.c. duty, 534.
-, Governor of. See Lowther.
-, Grand Jury, presentment of, against clergy, 88.
-, grant of, to Earl of Carlisle, 534.
-, guardships, 298, 471; and see Scarborough.
-, -, Captains of, letters from, 821.
-, -, from L.I., victual at, 691, 797.
-, inhabitants decrease of, cause of, 93.
-, lands in, grants of, account of, 534.
-, Naval Officer. See Cornelius, John; Betts, Thomas.
-, negroes, 797 iv.
-, -, number required per acre, 103 i.
-, -, runaway, to Martinique, 77, 763, 767 i.
-, -, -, Governor refuses to apply for, 753 i.
-, -, -, return of, petition for, 753 i.
-, -, -, -, -, referred, 753.
-, -, -, -, -, report upon, 767.
-, -, tax on, 742, 742 xiii, 743.
-, patent offices in, petition concerning, 210, 229.
-, -, leave of absence for, 792.
-, pirates, 10, 298 ii, iii, 471; and see Bonnet; Teach.
-, -, depredations of, 471, 797 ii, iv.
-, -, goods captured, disposal of, question concerning, 742, 742 xv.
-, -, pardon of, commission for granting, 405, 716 i.
-, -, -, Proclamation for, 471.
-, -, trial of, commission for, despatch of, urged, 742; and see Plantations, Governors.
-, pressing of seamen, question of, 471.
-, -, -, referred, 471.
-, Provost Marshal. See Reynolds, Thomas.
-, -, deputy, 210.
-, -, fees of, petition concerning, 210, 229.
-, -, -, acts affecting, 210, 229.
-, public papers required by Council of Trade, 561.
-, purchase of, by Charles II, 534.
-, Receiver General. See Barwick, S.
-, Registrar in Chancery. See Cracherode, A.
-, -, deputy of, 210.
-, -, fees of, petition concerning, 210.
-, -, -, acts affecting, 210.
-, religious condition of, deplored, 88.
-, Revenue and public debts, account of, 742, 742 xiii, xiv, 743.
-, -, Committee of public accounts, delays by, 534.
-, -, -, instructions to, 534 ii.
-, seal, new, for, 127, 150.
-, -, -, warrant for using, 127, 135, 142.
-, Secretary of. See Micklethwaite, Joseph.
-, -, deputy of, 210.
-, -, fees of, petition concerning, 210, 229.
-, -, -, acts affecting, 210, 229.
-, ship taken by pirates, 791 iv.
-, soil exhausted, 103 i.
-, Solicitor General of, 572.
-, Speights Town, 490.
-, stores of war, account of, 742 iv–xii.
-, sugar, foreign, imports of, 148, 156.
-, -, trade, competition of French and Dutch, 534.
-, -, -, remedy for, proposed, 534; and see Act laying duty on foreign.
-, trade, 148, 156, 534, 742.
-, -, illegal, with French W.I., measures to prevent, 767.
-, -, with Madeira and Western Islands, 797 iv.
-, -, -, return of, 742.
-, -, -, -, ordered, 471.
-, -, with N.H., 796.
-, Treasurer. See Sutton, Edmund.
Barberie, John, Councillor, N.Y., document signed by, 738 i.
Barkeley, J. See Berkeley, Earl of.
Barker, Samuel, 738 ii.
Barkstead, J., document signed by, 445 i.
-, Joshua, letter from, 383 iii.
Barnard, James, deposition of, 729, (a) (b).
-, John, document signed by, 192.
-, Thomas, Councillor, Bahamas, 737.
Barnet, Jonathan, privateer, Jam., commission and instructions of, 131 i, ii, iv, v.
-, -, bond of, 131 iii.
Barrington, J., letter from, 567, 596, 705, 717.
-, -, letter to, 576, 710.
Barron, T., plea by, 122.
Barrow, Thomas, Jam., 322.
Barsheba, 131 iv, v; and see Jamaica, privateers.
Barton, Leonard, deposition of, 117, 131 v.
Barwick, Samuel, Councillor, Barbados, leave of absence for, 137, 138.
-, -, petition for, 57 i, 79, 87.
-, -, restored, 137, 138.
-, -, Receiver General, charges against, 476.
Barzey, William, Councillor, Montserrat, death of, 797.
Basden, James, 551 i.
-, -, robbed by pirates, 551 iv.
Baskett, John, H.M. Printer, Acts of Plantations printed by, 51, 67, 728, 734.
-, -, letter from, 469, 721, 729.
-, -, letter to, 715, 734.
Basse, Jeremiah, late Secretary, N.J., misbehaviour of, 284.
-, -, Act reducing fees of, 284.
Bassett, William, Councillor, Va., 209.
-, -, wife of, 209.
Bateman, Ja., Sub-Governor of South Sea Co., document signed by, 178 i.
Bathurst, Richard, recommended for Council, Jam., 53.
Bayer, Bayer Otto, document signed by, 413.
-, John Otto, document signed by, 413.
Beamor, John, document signed by, 399.
Beauchamp, Robert, Councillor, Bahamas, 737.
-, -, commendation of, 737.
-, -, Lt. of Independent Company, 737.
-, -, -, commission of, 167.
Beaufort, Duke of. See Somerset, Henry.
Beaver, ship, 670.
Beckford, —, 218 i.
-, -, Controller of Customs, Jam., 681.
-, Peter, Speaker, Jam., document signed by, 37.
-, -, recommended for Council, Jam., 53.
-, Thomas, 679.
-, -, Councillor, Jam., removed, 144.
Bedmar, Marquis de, 104 i.
Beef I. See Virgin Islands.
Beekman, Gerard, document signed by, 738 i.
Beersheba, sloop, case of, 681 ix.
Bellomont, Earl of. See Coote, Richard.
Benbow, Rear-Admiral, letter from, 593 iv (a), 623, 624, 624 i.
-, -, -, enquiry for, 623.
-, -, -, burnt in Admiralty fire, 624.
-, -, letter to, 593 iv (b).
Bendall, Hopefor, document signed by, 413.
Bendish, Thomas, owner of Bennet privateer, 131 v; and see Jamaica privateers.
-, -, payment of piratical effects to, 225.
-, -, prosecution of, petition for, 591 ii.
-, -, -, order for, proposed, 606.
-, -, -, ordered, 643.
Benham, —, 181.
Bennet, sloop, case of, 131 iv, v, 681 ix; and see Jamaica, privateers.
Bennet, George, Councillor, Jam., removed, 144.
-, -, recommendation of, 53.
-, -, -, withdrawn, 116.
-, H., Baron Arlington, 104 i.
-, -, letter to, 104 i.
Bennett, Benjamin, Lt. Governor, Bermuda, 737.
-, -, certificate of surrender issued by, to pirates, 345, 345 i.
-, -, commission of, for pardoning pirates, despatched, 714, 714 i, 720.
-, -, -, for trying pirates, 404; and see Plantations, Governors.
-, -, instructions of, 720.
-, -, -, alterations in, 667.
-, -, -, concerning acts affecting trade and shipping, 90 i, 111.
-, -, letter from, 345, 384, 467, 474, 485, 486, 551, 580, 608.
-, -, letter to, 345 ii, iii, 465, 720.
-, -, public papers required from, 720, 720 i.
-, -, queries from the Board of Trade, replies to, delayed, 474.
-, Capt., son of above, 345, 345 ii.
-, Sir John, letter from, 714.
Beresford, Richard, Agent of Assembly, S. Carolina, letter, memorial from, 238, 256, 600, 699.
Berkeley (Barkeley), James, Earl of Berkeley, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, document signed by, 619.
-, William, Lord, a Lord Proprietor of the Bahamas, document signed by, 176, 183.
-, -, -, surrender of government by, 183.
-, -, -, lease to Capt. Rogers signed by, 183.
Berkley, Edmund, Councillor, Va., 209, 799.
-, -, death of, 800.
-, -, wife of, 209.
Bermuda, Act, for the better observation of the Lord's Day, additional clause to, criticism of, 720 ii.
-, -, -, to lie probational, 720 i.
-, -, limiting time the names of persons bound off the island shall be published, to lie probational, 720 ii.
-, -, prolonging act to supply deficiency for building Governor's house etc., criticism of, 345, 720 ii.
-, -, -, to lie probational, 720 ii.
-, -, -, additional clause to, criticism of, 720 ii.
-, -, -, -, to lie probational, 720 ii.
-, Acts affecting trade and shipping, instructions concerning, 90 i, 111, 142.
-, -, observations upon, by the Council of Trade, 720, 720 ii.
-, -, printing of, 728, 734.
-, Council, commissions for trying pirates, 404.
-, Council and Assembly, Minutes of, transmission of, required, 720, 720 i.
-, Elizabeth, sloop, taken by pirates, 551.
-, -, re-captured, 551.
-, Fife, Capt., taken by pirates, 551.
-, -, -, retakes ship, 551.
-, -, -, case of, 720.
-, fortifications, condition of, 551, 580.
-, -, repair of, 474.
-, Governor's House, Act providing for, 345, 720 ii.
-, guardships for, request for, 551.
-, Independent Company at, quartering and subsistence for, required, 551.
-, -, inhabitants unable to provide, 551.
-, -, recruiting of, required, 551.
-, -, additional, request for, 551.
-, inhabitants expected to migrate to Bahamas, 737.
-, -, poverty of, 551.
-, -, sea-faring, 551.
-, Lt. Governor of. See Bennett, Benjamin.
-, militia of, 474, 551.
-, Naval Officer's lists, transmission of, required, 720, 720 i.
-, negroes, rising of, feared, 551.
-, pirates, depredations of, 551.
-, -, increase of, 580.
-, -, pardon of, request for, 467.
-, -, pardon, commission for, requested, 465, 466.
-, -, -, extension of, 580, 737.
-, -, -, -, question concerning, 384.
-, -, trial of, commissions for, 91, 404.
-, -, ship taken by, 797 ii.
-, -, surrender of, 384, 465, 466, 720.
-, -, -, checked, 474.
-, -, surrendered, instructions concerning, request for, 551.
-, -, -, effects of, question concerning, 720.
-, -, threaten to seize, 551, 551 i, 737.
-, produce of, 551.
-, Receiver General of, commission for, 404.
-, Revenue, accounts of, 345.
-, seal, new, for, 127, 150.
-, -, -, warrant for using, 127, 135, 142.
-, Secretary of, commission of, 404.
-, situation of, importance of, 551.
-, sloop, 737 vii.
-, -, seizure and trial of (Va.), 406.
-, sloops, captured by pirates, 551, 551 i–x.
-, trade with Madeira and Western Islands, return of, requested, 465.
-, trade and shipping, acts affecting, instruction concerning, 90 i, 111, 142.
Bernard (Barnard), Thomas, Councillor, Jam., appointment of, 144.
-, -, -, recommendation of, 53.
-, -, Chief Justice, Jam., dedimus to, 322.
-, -, -, dismissal of, 109 i.
-, -, document signed by, 322.
-, -, oaths administered to, 324.
-, -, Lt. Governor, dormant commission for, 53, 180.
-, -, letter from, 109 iii.
Bertie (Bertye), James, a Lord Proprietor of the Bahama Islands, surrender signed by, 176.
-, -, guardian of Duke of Beaufort, document signed by, as, 360, 630–632, 687, 694–696.
Besea, Joseph, Capt., maltreated by pirates, 551 vi.
Beswick, John, petition of, 65 i.
-, -, -, referred, 65.
-, -, -, report upon, requested, 457.
Betts, Thomas, Naval Officer, Jam., commission of, 680.
-, -, -, leave of absence for, 792.
Beverley, Harry, Capt., sloop of, captured by Spaniards, 10 ii, 59, 215.
-, -, escapes from Vera Cruz, 59.
-, -, letter from, 10 ii.
-, -, redress demanded from Madrid, 64, 334.
-, Peter, proposed for Council, Va., 588.
Bevon, James, document signed by, 438, 439.
Bibby, Robert, pirate, 298 iii.
Bideford, merchants of, request for guardships at Trepassy, 394.
Bilboa, fish seized at, order concerning, 64, 527; and see Tulon, G.
Billingsley, Orlando, deposition of, 134 vi.
Billope, Chris., 445 i.
-, -, document signed by, 445 ii.
Birkhead, William, document signed by, 397.
Biscayners, 104 i.
Bishop, Robert, document signed by, 742 xiv.
Bladen, Martin, a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 233, 625.
Blair, Archibald, brother of following, 588, 799, 800.
-, -, bill entrusting money to, 568.
-, James, Commissary and Councillor, Va., 209.
-, -, -, dismissal of, proposed, 588.
-, -, -, opposition to Lt. Gov. Spotswood led by, 568, 588, 657, 790.
-, -, partner of Col. Ludwell, 568.
-, -, wife of, 209.
-, John, recommended for Council, Jam., 53.
-, -, -, removed, 144.
Blake, Pat., certificate by, 43 ii.
Blakiston (Blackiston) N., Col., 59.
-, -, Agent, Va., commission of, 771, 779.
-, -, letter from, 207.
-, -, salary of, 422 i, ii.
Blanco, ship, pirate, captured, 742.
-, -, case of, 742.
Blathwayt, William, Auditor General of the Plantations, 193.
-, -, accounts rendered to, 419.
-, -, letter to, 650.
-, -, report by, 8 i.
Blew, James, caveat by, 492.
Bloombergh, Baron, letter to, 610.
Bois, John, deposition of, 797 ii.
Bolingbroke, Viscount. See St. John, Henry.
Bolton, Daniel, letter from, 6.
Bonfils, Mm., owners of l'aimable Marie, petition of, 591 i, ii.
-, -, -, -, referred, 591.
-, -, -, -, representation on, 606, 643.
-, -, -, -, order upon, 643.
Boniett, —, Capt., 737 iv.
Bonnet, Stede, pirate, 298, 298 i–iii, 551, 737.
-, -, engagement with, 730.
-, -, capture of, 730, 787, 800.
-, -, depredations of, 298, 298 i–iii.
-, -, surrender of, 800.
-, -, reverts to piracy, 800.
Boone, Joseph, Agent of Assembly, S. Carolina, letter, petition from, 423, 536, 631.
-, -, -, -, referred, 525.
-, -, letter to, 423.
Booth, John, document signed by, 413.
Borland, John, contract of, 258.
-, -, petition of, for patent for sturgeon, 165 i.
-, -, -, recommended, 321.
-, -, -, referred, 165.
-, -, -, report upon, 480.
-, -, subsistence for garrison, Annapolis Royal, supplied by, 165 i.
Borneo, privateer, commission of, 760.
Bostock, Henry, captured by pirates, 298 iii.
-, -, deposition of, 298 iii.
Boston. See under Mass. Bay.
Bosworth, Joseph, 692.
-, -, deposition of, 692 viii.
Boudinot, John, document signed by, 413.
Bourryau, John, Councillor, St. Kitts, 797.
-, -, plantation of, grant continued, 574.
-, -, -, petition for, 30, 30 i.
Bowlin, Thomas, deposition of, 737 iii.
Boyd, Augustus, grant of, continued, 574.
Bradeson, John, document signed by, 413.
Bradner, John, Minister at Cape May, 378 ii.
Bramble, John, Councillor, Montserrat, refuses to serve, 797.
Bravo, —, 750 i.
Bredal, E., Governor of St. Thomas, letter from, 526 iii, iv.
-, -, letter to, 526, 526 ii, v.
Bridger, J., Surveyor General of H. M. Woods in America, Act proposed by, for preserving H.M. woods, 616, 616 v, 617.
-, -, charges against, by Elisha Cooke, 616, 616, 616 ii, iv, viii.
-, -, -, reply to, 616, 616 i, iii, vii, viii.
-, -, -, from N.H., 428, 458 ii.
-, -, Commission and Instructions of, revision of, 706.
-, -, continues to officiate, 812.
-, -, Councillor, N.H., appointment applied for, 283.
-, -, -, recommended for, 429.
-, -, deputies of, allowance for, difficulty in obtaining, 429.
-, -, -, promise of reward to, 429.
-, -, -, -, question concerning, 617.
-, -, -, removed by Lt. Gov. Vaughan, 283.
-, -, -, unpaid, 283.
-, -, difficulties of, in preserving woods in N.E., 616.
-, -, instructions of, 616, 706.
-, land of, on Merrimac River, 616.
-, -, letter from, 283, 616, 616 v, vii, viii, 617, 672, 700 i, 711 i, 735, 810 i, 812.
-, -, -, referred, 711.
-, -, letter to, 429.
-, -, misrepresentations by Mr. Dummer alleged by, 735.
-, -, prosecutions contemplated by, 672.
-, -, salary, 617, 735.
-, -, -, payment of, withheld, 429.
-, -, -, -, -, reason for, 617.
-, -, -, petition for, 812.
-, -, services of, 735.
-, -, superceded, 735.
Bridgewater, Thomas, grant of, continued, 574.
Bridgman, alias Every, Henry, pirate, excepted from pardon, 9.
Brinsden, John, killed in duel, 490.
Brissac, P. de, plantation of, St. Kitts, proposal to purchase, 48.
-, -, condition for settling late French lands, proposed by, 48 i.
-, -, complaint by, of heavy taxation, 48.
-, -, grant of, continued, 574.
Bristol, 384, 660.
-, merchants, grant of Newfoundland to, 798.
-, -, testimonial by, 64.
-, sailings for Newfoundland, 626 i.
-, ship plundered by pirates, 660.
Brixham, Samuel, 751.
Broadstreet, John, 392 ii.
Brodbelt, Carew, document signed by, 439.
-, Richard, document signed by, 438, 439.
Broderick, William, Attorney General, Jamaica, oaths administered to, 322.
-, -, dedimus to, 324.
-, -, document signed by, 324.
Brome, Col., 534.
-, -, recommended for Council, Barbados, 534.
Broughton, Thomas, Councillor, Car. S., document signed by, 730, 787.
Brouillan, M. St. Ovide de, Lt. Governor of Cape Breton, Canso visited by, 635 i.
-, -, deception practised by, 789.
-, -, letter from, 635 i.
-, -, letter to, 565 iv, 575.
Brown, Anthony. See Antigua, Act to indemnify etc.
-, Charles, passport of, 434.
-, Henry, proposal to purchase plantation, St. Kitts, 47.
-, John, Capt., deposition of, 797 i.
-, -, pirate, trial of, 575, 575 i.
-, Thomas, pirate, 551 i.
Browne, Henry, petition of, 309.
-, Jeremiah, document signed by, 438, 439.
-, Mrs. Sarah, grant of, continued, 574.
-, Stephen, proposal by, to purchase plantation, St. Kitts, 42, 43, 61, 61 i, iii.
-, -, services of, 43, 61 ii.
-, -, -, testimonial to, 43 i, ii, 61 ii.
-, -, memorial by, 462, 470.
Buck, Samuel, document signed by, 286.
-, -, & Co., memorial by, 76.
Buckridge, —, Collector, Antigua, estimate of lands in St. Kitts by, 6.
Bull, Jonathan, Capt., taken by pirates, 797 iv.
-, -, deposition of, 797 iv.
Buor, —, dismissal of, 644.
-, -, protection of, ordered, 644.
-, Peter, plantation of, St. Kitts, proposal to purchase, 48.
-, -, conditions of settling late French lands suggested by, 48 i.
-, -, complaint by, of heavy taxation, 48.
Burchal, —, letter from, 425.
Burchall, Rev. Daniel, grant of, continued, 574.
-, -, proposal to purchase plantation, St. Kitts, 62.
Burchett, Josiah, Secretary of the Admiralty, History of Navy by, 624, 624 i.
-, -, letter from, 280, 394, 440, 624, 669, 669 i, 688, 712, 758.
-, -, letter to, 280 i, 304, 414, 427, 430, 467, 608, 623, 659, 669 ii, 678, 686, 758 i.
Burk, Richard, petition of, 177 i.
Burke, John, document signed by, 413.
Burnet, Mathias, document signed by, 603 i.
Burniston, —, Surveyor General of H.M. Woods in America, appointment of, 735.
-, -, Commission of, 735.
-, -, to act by Deputy, 735.
Burrell, Henry, 794.
Burreau, J. See Bourryau.
Burt. See Mathew, L.
Burwell, ship, 173 i.
Bustill, Samuel, document signed by, 445 i.
-, -, letter, seditious, from, 373, 373 i–iv.
-, -, -, referred, 375, 376.
-, -, reprimand of, requested, 112.
Butler, James, proposal by, 32.
-, -, Duke of Ormonde, 288.
-, John, document signed by, 413.
-, Richard, document signed by, 399.
-, Thomas, 134 iii.
Buxton, Eliz., petition of, 17.
Byam, Edward, Councillor and Lt. Governor of Antigua, 358, 515, 705, 797.
-, -, document signed by, 411, 412.
-, -, letter to, 761.
-, William, Councillor, Antigua, 797.
Byerley, Thomas, Councillor, N.J., 12, 194.
-, -, document signed by, 738 i.
Byerley, Thomas, Councillor, N.J., 12, 194.
-, -, document signed by, 738 i.
Byrd, William, Agent of Council and Assembly, Va., 209, 406, 456.
-, -, -, appointment of, 568.
-, -, -, dismissal of, from Council, proposed, 588, 699.
-, -, -, Instructions to, 568, 568 v, 800, 800 ii, iii.
-, -, -, -, prepared by special Committee, 568.
-, -, letter from, 153, 208, 209, 398, 770.
-, -, petition of, 342 i.
-, -, -, referred, 342.
-, -, -, report upon, 410.
-, -, salary of, 568, 799.
-, -, Receiver General, Va., opposition of, to reform of revenue accounts, 800.
-, -, charges against, 422, 588, 588 i, 800.
-, -, recall of Lt. Gov. Spotswood urged by, 799, 800.
-, -, wife of, 209.