V W Y Z
V
Valladolid, 104 i.
Valle, Don Juan del, 350; and see
Nuestra Senora de Belem.
-, -, complaint by, 131 iv.
-, -, -, reply to, 131 v.
-, -, mission of, to Jamaica,
for restitution of Spanish losses,
681.
-, -, -, -, reply to,
681, 681 ix.
-, -, -, -, -, requested to leave, 681, 681 ix.
-, -, suspected of spying, 681,
681 ix.
Van Dam. See Dam.
Vane (Vaine), Charles, pirate, depredations and cruelty of, 551, 551
i–x, 730.
-, -, French ship captured by,
737.
-, -, Hornigold sent in search
of, 737.
Vaudreuil, Marquis de, Governor of
Canada and Quebec, letter
from, 789 i, iii.
-, -, -, reply to, 789.
-, -, letter to, 565, 565 v.
Vaughan, George, Lt. Gov. of New
Hampshire, 307.
-, -, waste of woods encouraged by, 283.
-, -, departure for England,
object of, 283.
-, -, letter from, 782 i.
-, -, letter to, 782 ii.
Vera Cruz, 271, 310 ii, 423, 447.
-, British prisoners at, 10, 10
i–viii.
-, expedition preparing at, 797.
Verchild, Jasper, proposal to purchase plantation in St. Kitts,
62.
Vernon, James, Clerk of the Privy
Council, document signed by,
52, 57, 60, 61, 75, 629, 674, 790.
Villegas, Don Philippo de, 104 i.
Virginia, Act, for altering day for
holding Courts rejected, 568.
-, -, ascertaining officers' fees,
desired, 568.
-, -, -, rejected, 568.
-, -, -, -, reason for,
568.
-, -, -, -, observations
on, 657.
-, -, declaring what shall be
accounted a sufficient seating,
568 i.
-, -, -, dispute concerning
interpretation of, 799, 800, 800
ii (b).
-, -, -, Attorney General's
opinion on, alleged, 800.
-, -, declaring who shall not
bear office, 800 i.
-, -, -, objection to,
ignored, 800.
-, -, -, new, passed by
Council and Assembly, 800.
-, -, -, -, repealed,
59 ii.
-, -, entrusting public money
to Mr. Blair, rejected, 568.
-, -, for defence of the
country, 406.
-, -, for dividing Westopher's
parish, observations upon, 657.
-, -, concerning foreign debts
(1663), 281 ii.
-, -, -, objection to, 174.
-, -, -, referred, 263.
-, -, -, repeal of, 380, 395.
-, -, -, -, proposed, 343.
-, -, -, -, proclaimed,
657, 657 iii.
-, -, -, report upon, 281.
-, -, -, General Court
(1705) amendment to, 456.
-, -, granting rewards for
pirates captured, 800.
-, -, limiting times of receipt
of public tobacco (1676), objection to, 174.
-, -, -, repeal of, 174.
-, -, -, clause in, thought
to be in force, 174.
-, -, for maintaining scholars
at the College of William and
Mary etc., Lt. Govr's. observations upon, 657.
-, -, concerning posts, rejected, by Lt. Govr., 568.
-, -, for preventing frauds in
tobacco payments, repeal of,
proclaimed, 406, 657, 657 ii.
-, -, -, -, regretted,
406, 699.
-, -, prohibiting unlawful
assembly of Quakers, 281 i.
-, -, -, objection to, 174.
-, -, -, referred, 263.
-, -, -, repeal of, 380,
395.
-, -, -, -, proclaimed,
657, 657 iii.
-, -, -, -, proposed,
343.
-, -, -, report upon, 281.
-, -, concerning quit-rents,
422.
-, -, -, attempts to repeal,
422.
-, -, -, interpretation of,
by Council, 422.
-, -, for the better regulation
of the Indian trade, 568.
-, -, -, repeal of, 63, 631,
660.
-, -, -, instruction concerning, 63.
-, -, -, bad effect of, 406,
699.
-, -, -, repeal of, proclaimed, 406, 657, 657 ii.
-, -, regulating quality of
pitch and tar, difficulty in
obtaining, 699.
-, -, for the better securing
payment of levies, observations
upon, 657.
-, -, for settling lands etc.,
objection to, 568 i.
-, Acts, 657.
-, -, affecting trade and
shipping of Great Britain to
be passed with suspensory
clause, 90 i., 111, 142.
-, -, -, instruction prohibiting, 568.
-, -, -, Address of Assembly for revoking, 568, 568 iv.
-, -, -, -, Governor's
dissent from, 568.
-, -, concerning collation to
benefices, 657, 657 i.
-, -, printing of, 174.
-, -, private, observations
upon, 657.
-, -, relating to Courts,
opinion on, 275.
-, Agent of. See Blackiston, Col.;
Byrd, Wm.
-, armourer, salary of, 422 ii.
-, Assembly, and Act for regulating frauds in Naval Stores,
699.
-, -, Address of, 568, 568 iii,
iv, 757 i.
-, -, -, referred, 757.
-, -, -, for grant of quitrents, 456.
-, -, -, not agreed to by
Lt. Govr. Spotswood, 456.
-, -, -, against Lt.
Governor, 799, 800, 800 ii (a).
-, -, -, -, how passed,
800.
-, -, -, -, instructions
for presenting, 799, 800, 800 ii
(b), iii.
-, -, -, -, -, altered,
800.
-, -, -, presentment of,
entrusted to Agent, 568, 568 v,
799, 800, 800 ii (b), iii.
-, -, -, -, only permitted through Governor, 568.
-, -, -, for revocation of
instructions as to Acts affecting
British trade and shipping, 568,
568 iv.
-, -, -, -, Lt.
Governor's dissent from, 568.
-, -, adjourned, 568.
-, -, Agent of. See Byrd,
William.
-, -, -, instructions to,
568 v, 799, 800, 800 ii (b),
iii.
-, -, -, need for, 800 ii.
-, -, allowance for Lt. Governor's journoys refused by,
588 ii (b).
-, -, bill for entrusting public
money to Mr. Blair, sent up by,
568.
-, -, -, rejected by Lt.
Govr., 568.
-, -, compensation to Indian
trading Company refused by,
568.
-, -, Councillors to be sole
judges in Courts of Oyer and
Terminer requested by, 568,
568 iv.
-, -, election literature, 568 i.
-, -, elections for new, 568.
-, -, -, how managed,
568.
-, -, -, -, opposition
to Lt. Governor, 568.
-, -, enquiry by, into furnishing of Governor's House,
800, 800 ii.
-, -, Lt. Governor's speeches
to, complaint concerning, 800 ii.
-, -, Indian war anticipated
by, 456.
-, -, instruction communicated to, 406.
-, -, insulting behaviour of,
to Lt. Governor, 568.
-, -, Journal of, 568 v, 657.
-, -, Journals, abstracted in
margins, 334.
-, -, Lt. Governor's message
to, 800 iv.
-, -, -, speech to, 568,
568 ii, 588 ii (b), 800 v.
-, -, -, -, reply to,
588 ii (b).
-, -, new, character of, 568.
-, -, objection of, to post,
568.
-, -, opposition in, to Lt.
Governor, 588, 699.
-, -, -, led by Councillors,
588, 799.
-, -, payment of members,
cost of, 657.
-, -, -, levy for, legality
of, questioned, 406, 800 ii.
-, -, proceedings of, account
of, by Lt. Governor Spotswood,
568.
-, -, prorogation of, 657,
657 iii, 800 v.
-, -, -, under adjournment, question concerning, 657,
731.
-, -, Rangers reduced by,
456.
-, -, refuse to pay for fort at
Christanna, 568, 699.
-, -, relations of, with Council,
568, 588, 799.
-, -, renewal of treaty with
Indians refused by, 699.
-, -, tampering with, by
Council, alleged, 456.
-, -, Attorney General, opinion of,
59.
-, -, salary of, 422 i, ii.
-, Auditor General, perquisites
of, 422 ii.
-, -, salary of, 422 ii.
-, Auditor, Deputy. See Grymes,
John.
-, Beverley, Capt., seized by
Spaniards, case of, 10, 10 iviii.
-, -, -, affidavit by, 10
vii.
-, -, -, commission of,
10, 10 iv–vi.
-, -, -, testimonial to,
10 iii.
-, boundary with N. Carolina,
proposal for, 63.
-, -, -, referred, 58.
-, Charter of, 213, 275.
-, Christanna, Fort, 101 i.
-, -, -, maintenance and
re-building of, 406, 699.
-, -, -, Assembly refuse
to pay, 568, 699.
-, -, -, -, school for,
Assembly refuse to pay for,
568, 699.
-, collation of benefices, Acts
relating to, 657, 657 i.
-, -, -, Governor's instructions concerning, 657,
657 i.
-, -, -, -, right to,
challenged, 657.
-, -, -, -, question
concerning, 731.
-, College of William and Mary,
grant for scholars. See Act for
maintaining scholars etc.
-, Commissary, salary of, 422 i;
and see Blair.
-, condition of, quiet, 568.
-, Council, 59, 101 i, 406, 657.
-, -, amendments by, to
Judge's oath, 456.
-, -, and appointment of
County Court Clerks, 568.
-, -, charges by, against Lt.
Governor, 456, 588, 588 i ii.
-, -, Clerk of, salary of, 422 ii;
and see Robertson, William.
-, -, "Creolean" views of,
657.
-, -, Crown rights, opposition to, 657.
-, -, instructions communicated to, 456.
-, -, -, ignored by, 456.
-, -, message to Assembly,
456.
-, -, Minutes of, 59, 406,
456, 456 i, 657, 779, 800, 800 i.
-, -, -, abstracted in
margins, 334.
-, -, on prorogation of Assembly, 657.
-, -, opposition of, to quitrent Act, 422.
-, -, reconciliation with Lt.
Governor, failure of attempts
at, 588, 588 i, ii.
-, -, relation of, with Assembly, 568, 588, 799.
-, -, treaty with Five Nations,
renewal of, rejected by, 657.
-, Council and Assembly, Agent
of. See Byrd, Wm.
-, Councillors, 800.
-, -, absentees, 699.
-, -, acting in dual capacity,
opinion of Council of Trade,
63.
-, -, -, -, communicated to, 406.
-, -, -, reference to Minutes concerning, 406.
-, -, charges against, by Lt.
Gov. Spotswood, 456, 588.
-, -, -, to be communicated to, request for, 456.
-, -, -, reply to, 456.
-, -, claim to be sole Judges
in Court of Oyer and Terminer.
See Court of Oyer and Terminer.
-, -, -, intrigues for, 568.
-, -, -, -, object of,
422, 456, 568.
-, -, -, offer by Lt.
Governor Spotswood concerning, 588 i.
-, -, -, -, opinion on,
275.
-, -, -, petition concerning, 342 i, ii.
-, -, -, -, referred,
342.
-, -, dismissal of, caveat
against, 770.
-, -, -, -, requested
by Lt. Gov. Spotswood, 568,
588, 699.
-, -, intrigues of, 568.
-, -, majority of, related,
568.
-, -, -, -, evil of, 588.
-, -, -, -, list of, 209.
-, -, new, request for, by
Lt. Governor, 568.
-, -, opposition of, 568, 588.
-, -, persons proposed as,
588, 699, 799, 800.
-, -, refuse Governor's hospitality, 568, 588 i.
-, -, remote, unwilling to
attend, 800.
-, -, salaries of, 422 ii.
-, -, -, from quit-rents,
project of, 456.
-, -, terms offered by, to
Lt. Governor Spotswood, 588 i,
ii.
-, Counties, grievances of, 568.
-, Court party, 568 i.
-, Court of Admiralty, trial in,
406.
-, -, County, Clerks of, bill
concerning appointment of, objection to, 568.
-, -, General, Act concerning,
amendment to, 456.
-, -, of Oyer and Terminer,
agitation concerning, failure of,
568.
-, -, -, appointment of
Judges by Governor, admitted,
398.
-, -, -, -, objection
to, 342 i, ii.
-, -, -, -, petition
concerning, 342 i.
-, -, -, -, -, referred, 342.
-, -, -, opinion, report
upon, 63, 275, 334, 410; and
see following.
-, -, -, Councillors's claim
to be sole Judges of, 59, 153,
207, 208, 342, 342 i, ii, 456,
588, 588 i.
-, -, -, -, Assembly
support, 568, 578 iv.
-, -, -, -, enquiries
concerning, 213.
-, -, -, -, -, instruction by Council of Trade
concerning, 63, 334.
-, -, -, -, -, reception of, 568.
-, -, -, -, -, report
upon, 410.
-, -, -, -, -, -, request for, 398.
-, -, -, -, -, reply
to, 207, 456.
-, -, -, Judges' allowances,
422.
-, -, -, -, cessation of,
proposed, 422.
-, -, Act for altering date,
rejected, 568.
-, -, Acts relating to, opinion
on, 275.
-, -, Ministers of, salaries
of, 422 ii.
-, -, -, -, payments
for, 422 ii.
-, Creoles, 657, 799.
-, defence of, 699.
-, -, measures for, 568.
-, -, -, rejected by
Assembly, 568.
-, -, -, Rangers reduced
by Assembly, 456.
-, deserters from Navy, Proclamation prohibiting harbouring of, 657, 657 iii.
-, fees. See Act for settling.
-, forts. See Christanna.
-, French, attack upon Cherikees
intended, rumour of, 800.
-, -, encroachments, danger
of, 657, 699.
-, German mines, 800.
-, Government, establishment,
422, 422 i, ii.
-, -, expences, account of,
required, 63.
-, Governor of, See Orkney,
Earl of; Spotswood, A.
-, Governor's House, extravagance in furnishing alleged, 800,
800 ii (b).
-, Governors, policy of opposition to, 456.
-, -, powers of. See Courts:
Collation to benefices.
-, grievances, absence of, 799, 800.
-, guardships, 657.
-, -, men furnished by,
against pirates, 800.
-, -, Indian Company, the, 699;
and see Act for better regulation
of Indian trade.
-, -, compensation for, recommended to Assembly, 406.
-, -, -, refused, 568, 568 i.
-, -, continuation of, sanctioned by Council, 406.
-, -, traders of, report by,
800.
-, -, "Thomas Jones & Co.,"
568 i.
-, Indian trade. See Act regulating; and Indian Company.
-, -, regulation of, continued,
406.
-, -, -, necessity for, 59.
-, -, -, -, denied by
Assembly, 568.
-, -, with Tuscaroras, restricted, 59, 59 iv (a).
-, Indian traders, character of,
59.
-, Indians, Cuttaba, attack upon,
by Senecas, and Tuscaroras,
59, 59 iv (a), 101 i.
-, -, -, attack upon, by
Shawanois, denied, 101 i.
-, -, -, treaty with Virginia proposed, 101 i.
-, -, -, -, rejected by
Pennsylvania, 101 i.
-, -, -, at Christanna, 59.
-, -, -, hostages given by,
59.
-, -, -, sterility of, 800.
-, -, Cherokee, arms supplied
to, 800.
-, -, -, French designs
against, alleged, 238, 256, 800.
-, -, -, importance of
friendship of, 800.
-, -, -, invasion by, feared
(Car.), 384.
-, -, -, numbers of, 800.
-, -, Creeks, proposals for
peace, 423.
-, -, Delaware etc., conference with, 101 i.
-, -, -, -, deputy for,
101 i.
-, -, -, proposal for treaty
with, 101 i.
-, -, -, -, rejected by
Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, 101 i.
-, -, expresses for, payments
for, 422 ii.
-, -, Five Nations, conference of Governors concerning,
59.
-, -, -, march of, prevented, 406.
-, -, -, negotiations with,
578 i.
-, -, -, Agent for, 578 i.
-, -, -, presents for,
necessary, 578 i.
-, -, -, renewal of covenants of 1685 proposed, 59.
-, -, -, refuse to treat
except at Albany, 59.
-, -, -, Treaty with, renewal of, rejected by Council,
657.
-, -, hostages at Fort Christanna, 406.
-, -, -, return of, ordered,
568.
-, -, murder by, 699.
-, -, Northern, incursions by,
renewed, 699.
-, -, -, threaten Saponies,
699.
-, -, -, -, prevented
by Spotswood, 699.
-, -, -, treaty with,
refused by Assembly, 699.
-, -, peaceful, 568 ii.
-, -, Saponie, attack by
Northern indians threatended,
699.
-, -, -, protected by
Spotswood, 699.
-, -, treaty with, 699.
-, -, Tributaries, protection
for, refused by Assembly, 568.
-, -, -, fort for, ordered
to be destroyed, 568.
-, -, Tuscarora, incursions
by, renewed, 699.
-, -, -, trade with, restricted, 59, 59 iv (a).
-, -, -, traders suspected
of encouraging to attack
Cuttabas, 59, 59 iv (a).
-, -, war with, anticipated
by Assembly, 456.
-, -, Westward, communications with, attempts to open,
by Lt. Govr. Spotswood, 657.
-, iron mines, discovery of, 800.
-, James City, 800.
-, King's Birthday, celebration
of, 568, 588.
-, lands in, escheated, grants of,
payments for, 422, 422 i.
-, -, grants of, account of,
required, 63, 334.
-, -, -, by Lt. Gov.
Spotswood, 657, 657 iv.
-, -, -, forfeited on nonpayment of quit-rents, 422.
-, -, -, -, complaint
concerning, 800 ii (b).
-, -, -, -, -, reply
to, 800.
-, -, -, payments for,
422 ii.
-, -, -, new regulations
for, 59.
-, -, -, -, necessity for,
described, 59 i.
-, -, -, -, Proclamation concerning, 59 iii, iv (b).
-, -, sale of, new method
commended, 334.
-, Lt. Governor of. See
Spotswood, A.
-, -, salary of, 422 ii.
-, lottery, 671 i.
-, Militia, 699.
-, minors, German, employed by
Spotswood, 800.
-, mines, iron, discovery of, 800.
-, -, gold, expected, 800.
-, -, Spotswood's interest in,
800.
-, ministers, salaries of, 422 ii.
-, naval stores, Act regulating
quality of, difficulty in procuring, 699.
-, Northampton County, Act
concerning Courts in, rejected,
568.
-, oath of Judges, amendment to,
456.
-, officers appointed by Crown.
objection to, 800.
-, -, fees, regulation of,
proposed, 568.
-, Ouacock, intended as rendezvous for pirates, 800.
-, pirates, capture of, 10 vi,
800.
-, -, -, reward offered
for, 800.
-, -, off coast, 657.
-, -, effects of, piratically
taken, enquiry concerning, 800.
-, -, -, action by pirate
for recovering, 800.
-, -, expedition against, 800.
-, -, favoured by inhabitants,
800.
-, -, increase of, 5, 5 i.
-, -, pardon for, extended,
800.
-, -, -, commission for,
800.
-, -, trial of, 800.
-, -, -, commissions for,
405.
-, -, -, -, validity of,
questioned, 800; and see Plantations, Governors of.
-, -, unlawful concourse of,
Proclamation prohibiting, 657
iii.
-, -, -, -, reason for,
657.
-, posts, fortnightly, to Pennsylvania, established, 568.
-, -, -, objection to, 568.
-, prerogative of the Crown,
defence of, 456.
-, -, infringement of, 568,
588, 657.
-, -, opposition to, 657, 800.
-, Proclamations, 59 ii, iii,
iv (a), (b), 657, 657 ii, iii.
-, prosperity of, 568, 568 ii,
800.
-, Quakers. See Act prohibiting
unlawful assembly of.
-, quit-rents, 657.
-, -, accounts of, 422, 422 i,
657 v.
-, -, -, required, 63.
-, -, Act concerning payment
of, 422.
-, -, -, attempts to repeal,
422.
-, -, -, interpretation of,
by Council, 422.
-, -, appropriation of, to
support of Government, proposed, 456.
-, -, -, -, object of,
456.
-, -, -, -, opposed by
Lt. Gov. Spotswood, 456.
-, -, lands forfeited for nonpayment, complaint concerning,
800 ii (b).
-, -, -, -, reply to, 800.
-, -, -, opposition to,
422, 800.
-, -, payable in tobacco, 422.
-, -, payments from, 422 i.
-, -, payment of deficiency
of revenue from, proposed, 15,
15 i–iii, 63.
-, Rappahanock, R., iron discovered near, 800.
-, Receiver General. See
Roscow, J.
-, -, accounts of, new regulation of, 59, 59 i, iii, iv (b).
-, -, -, payment of, 422 ii.
-, remonstrances, secret, Spotswood on, 59.
-, Revenue, accounts of, 63,
406 i, 422, 422 ii, 657, 657 vi;
and see Quit-rents.
-, -, -, required, 63.
-, -, -, frauds in, 59, 59 i,
800.
-, -, accounts and auditing,
reforms by Lt. Gov. Spotswood,
59, 59 i, 406, 422, 456, 800.
-, -, -, -, opposition
to, 800.
-, -, -, -, proclamation for, 59 iii, iv (b).
-, -, deficiency in, payment
out of quit-rents proposed, 15,
15 i–iii, 63.
-, -, surplus of, 568, 568 ii.
-, seal, new, for, 127, 150.
-, -, -, warrant for using,
127, 135, 142.
-, -, old, broken and returned,
406, 568.
-, Secretary of. See Cocke,
William.
-, Sheriffs, 422.
-, ships seized by Spaniards,
5, 5 i, 10, 10 i–viii; and see
Beverley, H.
-, taxation by Parliament, right
of, denied, 568.
-, tobacco, crops, 422.
-, -, price of, 422.
-, -, quit-rents payable in,
422; and see Act for preventing
frauds in tobacco payments.
-, trade, 819.
-, -, duties on, 552.
-, -, with foreign Plantations,
instruction concerning, 598.
-, -, -, proclamation prohibiting, 406, 657, 657 ii.
-, -, illegal, seizure and trial
of sloop for, 406.
-, -, Indian. See Va., Indian
trade.
-, -, with Madeira and
Western islands, returns of,
requested, 334.
-, -, naval stores, frauds in,
699.
-, -, -, Act regulating
quality of, difficulty in obtaining, 699.
-, -, prosperous, 568, 568 ii,
800.
-, -, royal care of, gratitude
for, 568 iii, iv.
-, trade and shipping. See
Acts affecting.
-, Treasury not through binding
of, faulty, 422; and see lands
in, grants of.
-, Treaties not thought binding
unless confirmed by Act of
Parliament, 406.
-, William and Mary, College of,
Governors of, 588 ii.
-, Williamsburgh, post from, to
Philadelphia, established, 568.
-, -, -, -, objection
to, 568.
Virgin Islands, account of, 487.
-, British title to, 582, 582 i ff.
-, -, asserted, 8 i.
-, British ships seized by Spaniards at, 692, 692 vi–viii.
-, description of, 298, 487.
-, -, by Capt. Walton,
criticised, 298.
-, drought and famine in, 298 v,
442.
-, Governor of. See Hamilton, W.
-, -, instructions of, 494 i.
-, -, -, to assert British
title, 8 i.
-, -, -, to prevent
foreigners settling, 582, 582 ii.
-, -, report by, 298.
-, -, visit by, 298.
-, inhabitants of, 298, 298 iv–ix.
-, -, emigration of, proposals for, to Crab i, 40, 40 i,
298, 298 v–vii, 329.
-, -, -, to St. Cruz, 487.
-, -, -, to St. Kitts, 487,
560.
-, -, grants of land to, in
St. Kitts, proposed, 157, 231,
298, 692, 692 i.
-, -, -, promised, 329.
-, -, -, recommended,
442.
-, negroes in, 298 iv, vi, viii, ix.
-, Pirates at, 134.
-, settlement of Dutch and
Danes in, recommended, 298.
-, settlements in, by Danes,
intended, 298.
-, timber-cutting by Danes, protest against, 298, 298 x.
-, Anguilla, 442.
-, -, British settlement on,
8 i.
-, -, description of, 298,
298 v, 737.
-, -, drought and famine in,
298 v, 442.
-, -, inhabitants of, invited
to Bahamas, 737.
-, -, -, migration of, 298.
-, -, -, -, to Crab I.,
40, 214.
-, -, -, -, petition for,
298, 298 v.
-, -, -, -, -,
recommended, 298.
-, -, -, -, prohibited,
40 i, 329, 692, 692 i.
-, -, -, -, to Sta.
Cruz, 157.
-, -, -, -, -,
checked, 442.
-, -, -, -, to St. Kitts,
proposed, 560, 570.
-, -, -, -, grants of
lands to, in St. Kitts, proposed, 157, 171, 214.
-, -, -, -, -, -,
promised, 329.
-, -, -, numbers of, 298,
298 iv, 737.
-, -, Lt. Governor of. See
Howell, Abraham; Leonard,
George.
-, -, soil of, exhausted, 298,
298 v.
-, Beef Island, 104 i.
-, -, description of, 298.
-, -, inhabitants of, 298 i.
-, Crab Island, attack upon, by
Spaniards, 298, 442, 652, 692.
-, -, -, representation
concerning, 582, 582 i ff.
-, -, -, reparation for,
demanded, 442, 570.
-, -, claim to, by British,
8 i, 593 iv (a), 624 i, 628 i.
-, -, -, -, reply to,
593 i–iv.
-, -, claim to, by Danes,
593 i–iv, 624 i, 628 i.
-, -, -, -, referred, 593.
-, -, -, -, reply to,
628 i.
-, -, -, -, report upon,
8 i.
-, -, description of, 298.
-, -, inhabitants of, carried
off by Spaniards, 298, 797.
-, -, -, -, enquiry
concerning, 652.
-, -, -, numbers of, 298
ix.
-, -, -, increase of, 408.
-, -, -, discouragement of,
ordered, 408.
-, -, report upon, required,
408.
-, -, withdrawal from, 593 i.
-, -, Capt. Kidd's cargo
landed at, 624 i.
-, -, -, protest against by
Admiral Benbow, 624 i.
-, -, migration to, from
Leeward and other Virgin
Islands, 40, 40 i, 214, 298,
298 v, vii.
-, -, -, -, prohibited,
40, 329, 692, 692 i.
-, -, -, -, petition
concerning, 298, 298 v, vii.
-, -, -, -, -, recommended, 298.
-, sloop captured by
pirates, 298 iii.
-, -, turtling at, 692.
-, Sta. Cruz I., description of,
298.
-, -, emigration to, checked,
442.
-, -, -, -, proposed,
487.
-, -, pirates at, 797, 797 i.
-, -, -, ship of, destroyed,
298.
-, -, settlement on, English,
298.
-, -, -, French, 298.
-, -, -, -, abandoned,
298.
-, -, turtling at, 692.
-, -, -, British ship seized
by Spaniards for, 692, 692 vi–viii.
-, St. Johns, British title to,
asserted, 494, 494 i, ii, 582,
628 i.
-, -, claim to, by Danes, 526,
526 i–iv, 593 i, 628 i.
-, -, -, -, reply to,
526, 526 i, ii, 628 i.
-, -, -, -, representation on, 582, 582 i ff, 652.
-, -, Craul Bay, fortification
of, by Danes, 526 i.
-, -, description of, 298.
-, -, settlement on, by Danes,
628 i, 736.
-, -, -, protest against,
298, 298 x, 494, 494 i, ii, 526,
526 i, ii, v, 628 i.
-, -, -, -, reply to,
526 iii, iv.
-, -, -, -, -, representation upon, 652.
-, -, -, -, -, reply
to, 593 i.
-, -, -, -, -, referred,
593.
-, St. Peter's i., description of,
298.
-, St. Thomas, Danes at, 298.
-, -, -, complaints concerning, 628 i.
-, -, -, observations on,
609.
-, -, -, enquiry concerning, 610, 652.
-, -, -, title of, 526 iii,
iv, 593 i.
-, -, -, -, denied,
526 ii, 628 i.
-, -, -, -, enquiry
concerning, 610.
-, -, -, observations upon,
609.
-, -, -, report upon, 8, 8 i.
-, -, emigration to, fear of,
408.
-, -, expedition against, by
Spaniards, feared, 818 i.
-, -, -, -, aid from
L.I., solicited, 818 i.
-, -, French privateers harboured at, 628 i.
-, -, Governor of, 593 i;
and see Bredal, E.
-, -, -, letter from, 59 i,
ii, iv (b), 736, 818 i.
-, -, -, letter to, 593 iv (a),
623, 736.
-, -, -, -, enquiry for,
623.
-, -, -, -, burnt in
Admiralty fire, 624.
-, -, -, message to, 487,
494, 494 ii; and see Bredal,
E.
-, -, -, representation to,
concerning Virgin Islands, 298,
298 iv.
-, -, negroes, runaway, harboured at, 628 i.
-, -, Phillip, —, case of,
298 x.
-, -, pirates supplied from,
797, 797 i.
-, -, settlement of Virgin
Islands from, 494.
-, -, -, protest against,
494, 494 i.
-, -, trade, illegal, with, 628 i.
-, -, trade with N.E., 620 i.
-, Spanish Town, 442.
-, -, description of, 298.
-, -, inhabitants of, migration of, to Sta. Cruz, petition
for, 298, 298 vii.
-, -, -, -, -, recommended, 298.
-, -, -, -, restrained,
442, 487.
-, -, -, -, to St. Kitts,
intended, 487.
-, -, -, -, grants of
land to, in St. Kitts, proposed,
487, 570, 736.
-, -, -, numbers of, 298,
298 vi.
-, -, praise of, by Capt.
Walton, exaggerated, 298.
-, -, soil of, exhausted, 298.
-, Tortola, British settlement on,
8 i.
-, -, title to, 628 i.
-, -, description of, 628 i.
-, -, drought and famine in,
442.
-, -, lands in, grants of, 298,
298 vii.
-, -, inhabitants of, migration
of, to Sta. Cruz, checked, 442,
487.
-, -, -, -, -, petition
for, 298, 298 vii.
-, -, -, -, to St. Kitts,
intended, 487.
-, -, -, -, grants of
lands to, in St. Kitts, proposed,
487, 570, 736.
-, -, -, numbers of, 298
viii.
Virgin sloop, seized by Spaniards.
See Virginia, Beverley.
-, -, crew of, deposition by,
10 viii.
Vorst, Simon Van, pirate, trial of,
575, 575 i.
W
Wachter, Jacob, letter from, 198.
-, -, letter to, 226.
Wackee, Isaac, captured by pirates,
797 ii.
Wade, ship, taken by pirates, 797 ii.
Wager, Sir Charles, Commissioner of
the Navy, document signed by,
386, 619.
Wagstaffe, Avery, deputy Secretary,
Jam., 109 ii.
Walco, Josiah, claim to lands between
Nova Scotia and Maine, report
upon, 261.
-, -, -, reply to, 268.
Walker, Thomas, Councillor, Bahamas,
737.
-, William, Councillor, Bahamas,
737.
-, -, (Barbados), caveat by,
535, 572.
Wallwin, Thomas, junr., document
signed by, 438, 429.
Walpole, Horatio, Surveyor and Auditor General of the Plantations,
476.
-, -, patent of, 133, 154.
-, -, accounts required from,
133.
Walter, R., Councillor, N.Y., document signed by, 738 i.
Walton, Capt., report upon Virgin
Islands, criticised, 298.
-, William, document signed by,
516 i.
Ward, James, plantation of, petition
concerning, 30, 30 i.
Waring, Thomas, document signed by,
399.
Warner, Ashton, Speaker of Assembly,
Antigua, document signed by,
411, 412.
-, Edward, Councillor, Antigua,
797.
-, -, document signed by,
411, 412.
-, -, plantation of, St. Kitts,
order concerning, 817.
-, John, Judge of the Admiralty
Court, Jam., 118.
-, -, document signed by,
252 iii.
-, -, prosecution of, petition
for, 591 ii.
-, -, -, order for, proposed,
606.
-, -, -, ordered, 643.
Warner, frigate, 358.
Washington, John, jr., Va., grant of
lands to, 657 iv.
Waterman, John, document signed
by, 742 iv–xii, xiv.
Watkins, Giles, document signed by,
411, 412.
-, Samuel, Councillor, Bahamas,
737.
-, -, death of, 737.
-, -, document signed by,
413.
Watson, Capt., 423.
Watte, Mary, document signed by,
716 i.
Watts, Robert, document signed by,
516 i.
Way, —, 110.
Wear, Peter, recommended for Council,
N.H., 700.
Weatherill, James, document signed
by, 411, 412.
Weekes, Ralph, document signed by,
742 xiv.
Weiser, Conrad, character of, 600.
-, -, goes to England on
behalf of Palatines, 600.
Welch, James, deposition of, 729 (a).
Wells, John, Councillor, N.J., 613.
-, -, appointment of, 234,
348, 601.
-, -, recommendation of, 12,
194, 219.
Wensley, Anne, deposition of, 262.
-, George, 262.
Wentworth, John, Lt. Governor, New
Hampshire, Commission of, 80.
-, -, appointment of, 283.
-, -, business of, 307.
-, -, complaints against, anticipated, 307.
-, -, letter from, 307.
Wentworthy, J., document signed by,
700 viii.
West Indies, trade with N.E., 85, 85 i;
and see Trade.
-, provisions for, transport of,
from N.E., threatened by
Spaniards, 738 v.
West, Patrick, document signed by,
413.
-, Richard, Counsel to Board
of Trade, appointment of, 496.
-, -, letter from, 530, 545,
572, 581, 607, 615, 652, 663,
744, 750 ii, 755, 786.
-, letter to, 531, 564, 577, 599,
636, 706, 708, 726, 731, 741,
764.
-, Robert, conveyance of grant,
N.E., 261, 268.
Western Islands (Azores), trade with,
returns of, 85, 330, 575, 600,
618, 618 i, 736, 742.
-, -, -, required, 334,
344, 402, 408, 419, 450, 465,
471.
Weston, Ambrose, case of, report
upon, 527.
-, -, conduct of, approved, 64.
-, -, petition of, 370, 370 i;
and see Tulon.
Whale fishery, licences for, See
Mulford, S.
-, -, opinion on, 478.
Wheeler, Sir Francis, report by, 798.
-, Robert, N.J., death of, 739.
Wheelock, Bryan, Assistant Secretary,
Board of Trade, letter from,
224, 555, 599.
-, -, salary of, 233.
Whetstone, John, petition of, 753 i.
-, -, -, referred, 753.
-, -, -, report upon, 767.
Whitburn, Capt. Richard, mission of,
798.
White, William, Councillor, Montserrat, 797.
Whitney, Capt., R.N., 737.
-, -, complaint against, 807.
Whore-Kills (Cape Henlopen), 177 i.
Whorwood, Thomas, Capt., R.N., 394.
-, -, Instructions for, 394.
Wickham, Benjamin, deposition of,
729 (b).
-, -, document signed by,
192.
-, Elizabeth, deposition by, 359
xii.
-, John, deposition of, 359 v.
-, Mary, deposition of, 359 iv.
-, Nathaniel, 359 i, iv.
-, -, deposition of, 359 vi.
-, -, petition of, 477.
Wignacourt, Franconville, Marquis de,
letter from, 396, 397.
-, -, settlement between Nova
Scotia and Maine proposed by,
396, 397.
Willard, Josiah, Secretary, Mass. Bay,
fees of, Act affecting, complaint
concerning, 274.
-, -, letter from, 274, 524,
544, 776.
-, -, letter to, 616 viii.
-, -, salary of, insufficient,
776.
-, -, stationery, request for,
524.
Willett (Willet), John, Councillor,
St. Kitts, 66.
-, -, leave of absence, 736,
797.
-, -, plantation of, petition
concerning, 30, 30 i.
-, -, -, grant of, continued, 574.
-, Ralph, Councillor, St. Kitts,
559.
-, -, death of, 736.
-, -, plantation of, petition
concerning, 30, 30 i.
William, ship, captured by pirates, 660.
William and Mary sloop, captured by
pirates, 551 i, ii, v, vii, viii, x.
William III, 798.
Williams, James, 134 iii.
-, -, deposition of, 134 v.
-, John, document signed by,
399.
-, -, plantation of, petition
concerning, 32.
-, -, -, grant of, continued, 574.
Willington, Capt., 384.
Willis, Capt., 392 i.
Winchelsea, H.M.S., 10, 566.
Winkler, Herman, instructions to, 693
ii.
-, -, letter from, 690.
Wiseman, William, document signed
by, 603 iii.
Witherill, John, certificate by, 43 ii.
Witts, John, deposition of, 729 (b).
Woddrop, William, Judge of Admiralty, St. Christophers, 742.
Wood, William, letter from, 391, 415,
457.
Wooddeson, J., document signed by,
233.
Woodley, John, document signed by,
438, 439.
Woodrop, Alexander, plantation of,
St. Kitts, proposal to purchase,
83.
Woodrope, William, Councillor, St.
Kitts, 298, 736, 742, 797.
-, -, plantation of, order
concerning, 817.
Woods, H.M., in America, Act, for preservation of pine etc., 744.
-, -, -, -, for better
preservation of, proposed, 616,
616 v, 617.
-, -, care of, to be entrusted
to Governor of New England,
proposal for, 592.
-, -, claimed for Mass. Bay,
283, 616, 616 i–vi, 672.
-, -, Crown title to, 755.
-, -, -, challenged, 283,
616, 616 i–vi, 672.
-, -, -, enquiry concerning, 711, 726, 741.
-, -, -, opinion on, 744.
-, -, -, reserved by
Charter, 744.
-, -, preservation of, importance of, 755.
-, -, -, instructions for,
insistence on, recommended,
755.
-, -, survey of, in Nova
Scotia, proposed, 619.
-, -, Surveyor General of.
See Bridger, J.; Burniston.
-, -, -, to act by deputy,
592.
-, -, -, Instructions to,
619.
-, -, -, need of, 617, 735.
-, -, waste of, in New
England, 283, 428, 616, 617,
672, 735, 812.
-, -, -, -, difficulty
of preventing, 616.
-, -, -, -, measures to
prevent, 428, 429.
-, -, -, -, complaint
from N.H. concerning, 428.
-, -, -, -, prosecutions
for, proposed, 672.
Woodward, Anthony, recommended
for Council, N.J., 739.
-, John, document signed by,
399.
Wool, Carolina, 452 i.
-, manufacture of, in N.E., 620.
-, -, -, -, enquiry
concerning, 418.
-, -, -, -, remedy for,
proposed, 620 i.
-, -, in the Plantations, 819.
-, prohibition of trade in, 85.
-, seizures of, trial of, in Admiralty Courts urged, 85.
Works, Office of, 299.
-, -, letter to, 224.
Worley, —, pirate, capture of, 787.
Wright, William, N.S., 352.
-, -, document signed by,
351 ii.
Wrighte, —, document signed by,
483.
Wyke, George, Councillor, Montserrat,
797.
Wyllys, John, recommended for
Council, Jam., 53.
Y
Yate, Charles, Capt., 737 vii.
Yeamans, John, Councillor, Antigua,
appointment of, 745, 769, 775.
-, -, petition for, 705.
-, -, recommendation for,
567, 576, 596, 745, 754; and
see Barrington, J.
-, Robert, document signed by,
742 iv–xii.
Yonge, Francis, Surveyor General,
Car., commission and instructions of, 694.
-, -, document signed by,
730, 787.
-, -, return of surveys required from, 694.
Yucatan, logwood cutting in, 104 i.
Z
Zuthill, Za., Lt., document signed by,
700 ix, x.