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Mac. See Mc.

Mackworth, Sir Thomas, 95.

Madox, Mr., 359.

Madrid, Spain, 69.

Madelaine, Magdalen, Magdelaine Islands, St. Laurence Gulf, 219, 227, 288.

Maitland, Mr., agent for Grenada, attends Board, 162–3, 169.

Majendie, Rev. Dr., 276.

Makens, Messrs. petition of, 216.

Manchester, Lancashire, merchants of, 389.

Mansfield, Mr., counsel, attends Board, 400.

Marble Town, New York, 109, 114.

Marchant, Mr., of Twickenham, 93.

Margarett, Francis, of Dominica, 198, 274.

-, Judah, of Dominica, 274.

Markham, Major Enoch, and George, his brother, 301.

-, Major William, 240–1.

-, Mr. Antigua Councillor, deceased, 209.

Marques, Suzanne Louise, of St. Vincent's, 334.

Martel, Rev. Mr., minister in Nova Scotia, 276–7.

Martin, Charles, of Dominica, 319.

-, Josiah, appointed Governor of North Carolina (1770), 218.

-, -, correspondence with, 370, 425, 445–6, 451.

-, Thomas, memorial of, 227, 229.

-, Colonel, memorial of, 188.

-, Mr., memorial of, 443, 448.

Maryland: Proprietor. See Calvert.

Lt. Governor. See Eden, Sharpe.

Acts in, 213, 258, 328, 339–40.

Assembly of, 213, 328.

boundaries of, 49, 55, 57.

counties in, 129.

Governor appointed in, 47–8, 57.

inhabitants' petition, 90.

land grants in, 163.

laws of trade in, 129–130.

murderer in, 129.

naturalizations in, 339.

Mason, John, guardians of Mohican Indians, 113.

Massachusettss, New England, 100, 318.

Governor. See Bernard, Gage, Hutchinson.

Lt. Governor. See Hutchinson.

Advocate. See Bollan.

Secretary. See Flucker, Oliver.

Acts in, 4, 9–10, 12, 32, 37, 52, 127, 225–6, 232, 238. 248, 250, 255, 272, 275, 286–8, 310–2, 327, 334, 348–9, 357, 363, 365, 369–70, 386, 393, 395–7, 399–400, 402, 408, 422.

Council, 125–7, 233, 317, 348, 352–3, 395–6.

-, minutes of, 34–5, 126, 205, 265, 355, 450.

Assembly, 9–10, 26, 35, 125, 232, 265, 272, 348, 355, 370, 378, 450.

accounts in, 233, 266.

advocate's memorial in, 333–4, 336, 339, 342–3.

agent for, 9–10.

auctioneers in, 357, 363, 387.

Baptist Church in, 250, 255.

bills of credit in, 238.

boundaries of, 9, 11, 15, 37, 366–7, 411, 413.

courts in, 35, 127, 205, 226, 232, 265, 303, 351, 355, 450.

charter of, 349, 393.

Governor appointed in, 183–4, 392, 395–6.

idiots and lunatics in, 327.

jurors in, 393.

land grants in, 124–5, 158, 161–2, 187, 323, 386–8.

-, inspection in, 209.

manufactures in, 151.

marriage and divorce in, 352.

Marine society in, 393.

merchants of, 35.

newspapers in, 125–7, 151.

pine trees in, 16, 253.

Receiver General in, 382.

revenue tax assessments in, 168–70.

riots in, 34, 125–6.

Sons of Liberty in, 127.

state of, 233–4.

towns incorporated in, 272, 393–4.

troops in, 126.

wills in, 317, 352.

Massett, Samuel, coppersmith, and Elizabeth his wife, of Barbados, 220.

Massingham, Mr., London merchant, petition of, 436, 439.

Mather, James, London merchant, petition of, 430–1.

Mathew, Daniel, of Felix Hall, Kelvedon, 396.

Mauger, Joshua, petition of, 5.

Maulion, Lucy, widow of Jean, of Dominica, 319.

Maurice, Major, petition of, 50, 55, 57.

May, Rose Henry, proposed for Jamaica Council, 56, 140–1.

Maynard, William, Nevis Councillor, 57.

Mayne, Sir William, memorial of, 71, 75, 77.

Mayo, Joseph, of Virginia, 324.

McAllister, Alexander, of Dominica, 363.

Macartney, Sir George, K.B., appointed Governor of Grenada, Tobago, etc. (1775), 456.

McBride, Dr., 92–3, 113.

-, -, letters from, 115, 165, 168–9, 188.

McCulloh, Henry Eustace, North Carolina Councillor, attends Board, 55.

-, -, letters from, 53, 58, 88, 202.

McDonald, Lt., attends Board, 172.

McDonough, Donogh, Thomas, agent for Governor Wentworth, attends Board, 338, 350.

-, -, letters from, 343, 350, 356.

McDougal, Captain, petition of, 21, 23.

McGuire, Thomas, proposed for North Carolina Council, 387.

McHenry, Matthew, pastor at Pensacola, 28.

MacKintosh, Duncan, of Dominica, 283.

McIntosh, Mr., 23–4.

MacKay, Francis, memorial of, 307.

McKenzie, Mr., 23–4.

MacKinnen, Charles William, memorial of, 236.

-, William, proposed for Antigua Council, 373.

McLean, MacLeane, Lachlin, Secretary to Earl of Shelburne, 1, 74.

McLeane, Colonel, attends Board, 412–3.

Maclellan, Mr., of West Florida, 137.

McNutt, Colonel, memorial of, 448.

Meade, David, and Sarah, his wife, of Virginia, 210.

Mease, Mr., merchant, petition of, 38, 40–1, 46.

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 285, 345.

Mekatinat, Great, Gros Mecatinat, Quebec, 317, 322–5.

Melvill, Robert, Governor of Grenada and Southern Charibee Islands, 12, 148.

-, -, land assignments approved by, 99, 189, 198, 244, 248, 259, 264–5.

-, -, letters from, 19–20, 22, 26, 36–7, 163, 214, 226–7, 269.

-, -, letters to, 269.

-, -, memorials of, 171–2, 187, 196, 394–5, 401.

Mercer, Colonel George, agent for Ohio Company, attends Board, 29–30.

-, -, petition of, 159–60, 163, 188.

Meredith, Sir William, M.P. for Liverpool, 416, 418.

Merry, Anthony, petition of, 3.

-, -, agent for Poole merchants, 192–3.

Meseres, Mr., late Attorney General of Quebec, 322–3.

Metcalfe, Simon, petition of, 317.

Michel, Adelaide, Elizabeth, and Victoire, of St. Vincent's, 367.

-, Nicholas August, of St. Vincent's, 367, 429.

-, Renette and Hulaly, of St. Vincent's, 429.

Michell, Mr., Secretary of East India Company directors, letters from, 164, 375.

Mico, Otis, Indian Sachem, 118.

Middlesex county, Jamaica, 191.

-, -, Massachusetts, 348.

Middleton, Mr., South Carolina Councillor, 227.

Mill, David, Governor of Cape Coast Castle, letters from, 247, 249, 271, 278, 318, 331–2, 367, 405, 447.

-, (another ?), proposed for Tobago Council, 340.

-, James, London merchant, 165.

Millar, William, of Dominica, 363.

Miller, Mr., a tanner, attends Board, 169.

Milligan, Mr., attends Board, 433.

Milliken, John Taylor, son of James and Elizabeth, of St. Kitts, 276.

Mills, Mr., Receiver General of Revenue in Quebec, 96.

Milner, George, of Poole, petition of, 270, 278, 280.

Minas, Nova Scotia, 75, 449.

mines, 108–9, 158, 186–7, 190–5, 231–2, 246, 249.

Mingan Island, Quebec, 119.

Miquelon, island off Newfoundland, 70, 282, 286–7, 290.

Miscellanies. Commissioners of Trade and Plantations. See Clare, Dyson, Eliot, Fitzherbert, Gascoyne, Greville, Jenyns, Jolliffe, Keene, Lisburne, Northey, Rice, Roberts, Robinson, Spencer, and Stewart.

New Commissions appointed, 38, 64, 185, 226, 283, 316, 383.

adjournment of Board due to general election, 15.

accommodation, inadequacy of, 400–1.

chairman appointed (1775), 444.

clerks appointed, 164, 316, 330, 421, 429.

-, dismissed, 98–101, 105.

-, resigned, 421, 429.

Councillor at law. See Lamb, Jackson.

-, appointment of, 185.

-, demise of, 59.

debts of office, liquidation of, 64.

hours of attendance, 444.

memorials, copies not to be given, 310.

notary public's petition, 209–10.

procedure of business, 33.See also Plantations General, Trade.

Mississippi Company. 90.

-, river, 117, 131, 137, 174, 212, 282, 320, 325–6, 332, 430.

Mobile, Mobille, Alabama, 137, 256, 300, 314.

Moe, Irenaeus, appointed to Barbados Council, 8.

Mohawk river, New York, 43, 279, 327.

Mohican, Moheagan, Indians, New England, 113, 116, 175.

Molineux, Mr., St. Kitts' planter, 62.

Monboucher, Jacques, of Dominica, 374.

Monlouis, Louis Martin, 156.

Montagu, Montague, Lord Charles Greville, Governor of South Carolina, 53.

-, -, attends Board, 242.

-, -, letters from, 17, 102, 132.

-, -, supersession of, (1773) 361.

-, Edward, agent for Virginia, attends Board, 29, 31, 39, 169.

-, -, petition of, 166.

-, Mr., agent for Georgia, 400.

Montego Bay, Jamaica, 315.

Montgomerie, Archibald, 11th Earl of Eglintoune, petition of, 282, 325–6, 332.

Montgomery, James, Lord Advocate of Scotland, petition of, 306, 309, 361, 363, 443.

Montgomery county, Virginia, 369.

Montreal, Canada, merchants of, 26.

Montserrat, Leeward Islands. Chief Justice. See Dyer.

Acts in, 44, 54, 143, 208, 251, 254, 268, 276, 316, 328, 345, 347, 358, 380, 444, 453, 455.

Council, 45, 56, 340, 399, 424.

-, minutes of, 54, 142–3, 208, 316, 328, 356, 380, 453.

-, members. See Dorset, Duckworth, Dyer, Frye, Piper.

Assembly, 142–3, 356, 453.

-, minutes of, 208, 316, 380.

absentees in, 251.

Court of Chancery in, 345.

negroes imported to, 380, 453.

powder accounts, 304, 453.

vital statistics, 380, 453.

Moore, Bernard, of Virginia, 210.

-, Daniel, of Jamaica, 445, 455–6.

-, Sir Henry, Governor of New York, letters to, 11, 14, 76–7, 109.

-, -, letters from, 5, 20, 23, 25, 32, 38, 40, 50–1, 59–60, 79, 89, 104, 107–11, 159.

-, -, demise of (1769), 112, 115.

-, Henry, of Dominica, 274.

-, Thomas, of Virginia, 68.

-, William, Solicitor General of Barbados, 144.

-, Mr., South Carolina Councillor, 153.

-, Mr., London merchant, petition of, 434, 438.

Moquet, Francois, 156.

Morandais, John Lambert, of Dominica, 280.

-, Louis Lambert, of Dominica, 353.

Morris county, New Jersey, 203–4.

Morris, Charles, Chief Surveyor of Nova Scotia, 1, 337.

-, Francis, of Massachusetts, 10.

-, Mr., attends Board, 28.

Morse, Messrs., merchants, petition of, 441.

Morson, James, of Dominica, 283.

Mosquetto inlet, East Florida, 74, 136.

Mosquito, Musqueto Shore, Central America, settlements on, 139–140.

-, arms exported to, 435, 439, 443, 454.

Mothe, Pierre Maceron la, of Dominica, 313.

Mounier, M., Quebec Councillor, de ceased, 120.

Mount Desert, Massachusetts, 158, 161–2, 187.

Mowat, Lt., copies for, 251.

Moysen, Francis, of Dominica, 283.

Mulcaster, Frederick George, proposed for East Florida Council, 313.

Mumford Village, West Africa, 358, 360, 367.

Murray, Charles, petition of, 247.

-, James, ex-Governor of Quebec, 3, 6, 88–9.

-, James (another), North Carolina Councillor, 186.

-, John, fourth Earl of Dunmore, appointed Governor of New York (1769), 115–6.

-, -, appointed Governor of Virginia (1770), 218–9.

-, -, instructions for, 177, 187–8, 199, 249.

-, -, letters from, 231, 252, 293, 420, 426.

-, -, letters to, 252, 342, 344, 346, 451.

-, -, petition of, 189, 385, 398.

-, Walter, deputy Naval Officer in Jamaica, letters from, 5, 36, 151, 160.

Murrell, Mr., London merchant, petition of, 434, 438.

Musqueto. See Mosquito.

Mutter, William, ex-Governor of Cape Coast Castle, 80.

Mutts, Johannes, 25.

Muy, Monsieur de, a Canadian, 69.

N

Nantes, France, 430, 448.

Naples, Italy, British factory at, 150, 363.

Nassau de Zulestein, William Henry, fourth Earl of Rochford, 84, 104, 209.

-, -, letters from, 153, 270, 282–3, 307.

-, -, letters to, 105, 181, 184, 290, 305.

-, -, petition of, 278, 282, 284, 288–91.

Natchez, Mississippi, 137, 171.

Neale, Thomas, of St. Vincent's, 312.

Neave, James, of Dominica, 390.

-, Richard, London merchant, 188.

Neil, Arthur, proposed for West Florida Council, 175, 177.

Negroes, imported to West Indies, etc., 71, 145, 191, 195, 198, 203–4, 210, 216, 259, 314, 333, 344, 358–9, 379–80, 401–5, 410–1, 415–8, 428–9, 452, 454.

Nelson, William, Commander in Chief in Virginia, 257, 293.

-, -, President of Virginia Council, 272.

Neschaming Creek, Pennsylvania, 286.

Netherlands, the, Holland, and the Dutch:

correspondence with, 318.

obstructions by, 96, 105.

whale fishery, 230.

Dutch West India Company, disputes with, 153, 155–6, 181, 184, 249–50, 258, 260, 262–4, 270, 278, 329–30, 332, 358–60, 367–8, 371–2, 374–7, 381, 383, 396, 398.

-, Commissioners of, attends Board, 368, 371.

-, -, return to Holland, 381.

Nevin, James, New Hampshire Councillor, deceased, 124.

Nevis, Leeward Islands:

Acts in, 142, 208, 251, 273, 316, 328, 346, 356, 358, 444, 453, 455.

Council, 45, 56–7, 60, 91, 268, 325–6, 362, 373, 423.

-, minutes of, 207, 268, 316, 356, 380, 452.

-, members of, See Browne, Dasent, Herbert, Maynard, Pemberton, Pinney, Smith, Taylor, Vanderpoole, Ward.

Assembly, 142, 208, 328, 356, 452.

-, minutes of, 380.

defence of, 142.

forts in, 380.

negroes imported to, 452.

powder accounts in, 304, 380, 453.

vital statistics, 380, 452.

New Bern, North Carolina, 35, 218.

New Bourdeaux, South Carolina, 291, 309.

New England, Acts in, 383, 395.

roads in, 119.

woods in, 318; see also Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

New Hampshire, New England, Governor. See Wentworth.

Acts in, 34, 42–3, 76–7, 79, 95, 97, 122–4, 193–4, 203–4, 226, 250, 265, 303, 314, 348, 353, 355–6, 369, 378, 391–2.

Council, 16, 34, 45, 102, 124, 151, 199, 209–10, 303, 314, 317, 355, 399, 404, 422.

-, minutes of, 265, 341, 343, 349–50, 378, 450.

-, members. See Atkinson, Barrill, Boyd, Cutter, Gilman, Livius, Nevin, Peirce, Rogers, Sherburne, Waldron, Wentworth.

Assembly, 34, 123–4, 193, 303, 314, 341, 355, 365–6, 378.

bills of credit in, 238.

boundaries of, 111, 124, 323, 414. 420–1.

counties in, 42–4, 123, 203–4.

customs in, 122.

gold and silver mines in, 158, 186–7. 190–1, 193–5.

Governor, complaints of his conduct, 311–2, 338, 341, 343, 346–50, 352–3, 356–7, 361, 364, 373.

idiots and lunatics in, 94, 97, 338.

land grants in, 4, 199–200, 252, 342.

loyalty of province, 123–4.

murders in, 122.

ordnance stores in, 34.

pine trees in, 16, 336.

revenues of, 311.

ships condemned in, 151.

state of, 34.

survey of, 124.

townships in, 50.

vessels cleared in, 123–4, 265, 355, 378.

woods in, 124.

New Haven, Connecticut, 37.

New Jersey, Nova Cæsarea, Governor. See Franklin.

Chief Justice. See Smythe.

agent. See Franklin.

Acts in, 31–2, 51–2, 58, 74, 80–1, 127, 134, 180, 182–4, 203–4, 206, 219–20, 248, 261–2, 266, 279, 286, 314, 348, 355, 358, 360, 369, 382–3, 403–5, 450.

Council, 51, 55–6, 127, 152, 244–5, 263, 392–3.

-, minutes of, 127, 206, 266, 314, 355, 450.

-, members. See Ashfield, Coxe, Hopkinson, Ladd, Lawrence, Ogden, Skinner, Smith, Stockton, Woodruff.

Assembly, 127, 203–4, 266, 270, 312, 314, 450.

-, minutes of, 270, 355.

barracks in, 4, 58.

bills of credit in, 80–2, 89, 127, 182, 184, 404.

boundaries of, 4, 104, 118, 229, 358.

Chief Justice in, 127.

courts in, 219.

debtors in, 248, 261–2, 279.

elections in, 203–4, 270.

idiots and lunatics in, 327.

interest, rate of, 404.

land grants in, 95, 451.

lotteries in, 382–3.

naturalizations in, 369.

ships stranded in, 58, 134.

troops in, 31–2.

New Orleans, Louisiana, 137–8.

New Quay, Virginia, 369.

New River, Virginia, 325.

New York, 50, 98.

Governor. See Moore, Murray, Tryon.

Lt. Governor. See Colden.

Attorney General. See Kempe.

Secretary. See Clarke.

agent. See Charles.

Acts in, 9, 15, 25–7, 49, 59, 104, 108–12, 114–6, 152, 154, 159, 167, 173, 182–4, 186, 190–2, 194, 196–7, 222, 237, 239, 266, 275, 298–300, 308, 314, 317, 342, 360, 365–7, 369–70, 378, 381–3, 393–5, 408–9, 415, 445.,

Council, 5, 32, 51, 56, 61, 108, 112, 190, 299, 308, 317, 323, 342, 353–4, 378, 399.

-, minutes of, 25, 108, 206, 231, 244–5, 266, 314, 355, 378, 445.

-, members. See Alexander, Axtell, Cruger, Delancey, Jauncy, Johnson, Livingstone, Reade, Smith, Wallace, Wright.

Assembly, 5, 16–7, 25, 27, 104, 107–12, 114, 116, 152, 154, 159, 182–4, 186, 190, 192, 266, 305–9, 342, 378, 445.

agent for, 110–1.

aliens in, 186, 192.

bills of credit in, 110, 112, 114, 116, 152, 154, 167, 173.

boundaries of, 4, 9, 11, 14–5, 37–8, 40–2, 44, 58, 104, 108, 111, 118, 299, 323, 358, 366–7, 411, 413–4, 417–8, 420–1, 445.

counties, new, in, 110.

debtors in, 59, 298.

Governor appointed in, 115–6, 218–9.

-, instructions for, 60, 117, 187–9, 225.

idiots and lunatics in, 336.

Indian lands in, 43, 76–7, 88, 92, 109–11, 279–80, 327, 349, 361, 366, 404.

judges in, 20–1, 23–4, 27, 107, 184.

land grants in, 4, 25, 38–41, 56–9 69–72, 75, 85, 87, 100, 102, 104, 108, 111, 159, 175, 181–2, 188, 199–200, 240–1, 243, 252–7, 279, 301, 316–7, 322–6, 335, 340–1, 361–6, 403–4, 411–6.

land patents in, 363, 369, 381–3, 412–4, 438.

lotteries in, 365.

militia in, 445.

mines in, 108–9, 231–2, 246, 249.

naturalizations in, 25, 112, 194, 196–7, 206, 266.

official salaries in, 395.

Presbyterian church in, 4.

quit rents in, 107, 115, 222, 304–6, 317.

riots in, 107–8, 190.

Secretary's petition, 389–91.

sketch of country, 79.

state of, 10, 187.

townships, new, in, 89.

trees in, 109.

troops in, 9, 27, 49, 108, 190.

University of, 304–6, 310.

New York city, 237, 275, 412.

-, boundaries of, 366.

churches in, 111.

college of, 304–6, 310.

mail to, 392.

Rector and inhabitants, their petition, 304–5.

riots in, 108.

Newbern, North Carolina, 133, 379.

Newcastle county, Delaware, 112, 200, 357, 432.

Newfoundland, Governor. See Byron, Duff, Palliser, Shuldham.

Customs house in, 384, 386.

fisheries in, 12–4, 18, 21–2, 62, 67, 69–70, 115, 227, 241, 243, 278, 280, 282–3, 286–7, 292–3.

French court, memorial of, 183–7, 282–3, 286–7, 290.

-, islands off coast of, 70. 282–3, 286–7.

Governor appointed in, 81–2, 285, 417.

-, instructions for, 84, 115, 286, 418.

-, suit against, 62, 69–70.

inhabitants' petition, 5.

land claims in, 8, 219.

merchants' petition, 65, 67, 270, 335.

mines in, 360–1.

missionaries in, 73–5, 385–6, 447.

salmon fishery, 192–3, 341, 343–4.

sea cow (manatee), fishery, 219, 288.

seal fishery, 308–10, 324–6, 333, 335, 341, 343–4.

surveys in, 337. See also Labrador.

Newry, Ireland, 437.

Nice, Piedmont, trade with, 50, 150.

Nicholls, Mr., appointed Judge in Barbados, 144.

Nicholson, Mr., ex-Governor of South Carolina, 376.

Nixon, Thomas, of London, 320.

Noble, John, of Bristol, petition of, 243, 341.

Normand, James, 136.

North Carolina, Governor. See Martin, Tryon.

agent. See McCulloh.

Acts in, 4, 7, 26, 30, 33, 35, 53, 206, 214, 217–9, 266, 285–7, 293, 301–2, 315, 345–6, 368, 370, 379, 390, 392, 444, 451.

Council, 29–30, 45–6, 52, 185–6, 202, 217–8, 245, 379, 387, 423, 445–7.

-, minutes of, 17, 32, 52, 133, 206, 266, 273, 303, 315, 355, 379, 451.

-, members. See Cornell, Dobbs, Dry, Duckinfield, Howard, Jones, McCulloh, McGuire, Palmer, Strudwick.

Assembly, 29, 35, 132, 206, 266, 301, 315, 379, 423, 425, 451.

accounts in, 32, 133.

agents in, 133.

bills of credit in, 29, 52, 132–3.

boundaries of, 53, 132, 159, 242–3, 253–4.

college in, 285, 345

Court of Exchequer in, 8, 10.

Courts of Judicature, 368, 423, 425, 451

Customs officers in, 17.

emigration to, 261–2.

fees received in, 266.

Governor appointed in, 218–9, 225.

idiots and lunatics in, 353.

Indian lands in, 7, 35, 55, 59–60.

insurrections in, 52, 132.

judges in, 32.

land patents in, 30, 40, 133–4, 266, 273, 363.

manufactures in, 52, 133

merchants' petitions, 88.

ministers in, 285.

murders in, 132.

naval stores in, 175.

ordnance stores in, 134.

orthodox clergy in, 26.

post office in, 285, 293, 296, 301–2.

quit rents in, 45, 58, 134, 451.

riots in, 285, 301–2.

settlers in, 285.

troops in, 133.

Northey, William, appointed Commissioner of trade and plantations, 185.

-, -, attends Board, 185. et passim.

-, -, demise of (1771), 226.

Nouaille, Mr., silk merchant, 60–1.

Nova Caesarea. See New Jersey.

Nova Scotia, Acadia: Governor. See Campbell, Legge.

Lt. Governor. See Franklin.

Naval Officer. See Tony.

Registrar. See Collier, Goold.

Surveyor. See Morers.

agent. See Cumberland.

Acts in, 16, 31, 34, 44, 50, 52, 81–3, 85, 87, 121–2, 153–4, 202–4, 213, 224, 226–7, 247, 272, 281–2, 284, 328, 346–7, 378, 391–2, 408–9, 444, 448–9, 454–5.

Council, 16, 34, 82, 122, 190, 213, 224, 313, 328, 374, 399, 407.

-, minutes of, 120–2, 205, 265, 272, 328, 378, 448–9.

-, members. See Burrow, Buttler, Collier, Creighton, Goold, Guerish.

Assembly, 16, 34, 82, 120, 205, 213, 221, 272, 328, 378, 407, 444, 448–9.

Acadians in, 51.

accounts in, 93–4, 449.

agent appointed, 122.

capital offenses, 52.

courts in, 226, 407, 409.

debts in, 444, 454.

devolution of Government in, 92, 94–5.

estimates of, 1–3, 9, 64–5, 72, 92, 165, 167, 192, 220, 223–5, 246, 279–81, 294, 308, 331, 385, 419.

excise in spirits in, 12–4, 21, 24, 34, 121–2, 249–50, 281, 388, 434.

felonies in, 154.

forfeitures in, 153.

Governor, instructions for, 33, 361–2, 366.

idiots and lunatics in, 336.

impotent persons not to be admitted, 81, 85.

Indians in, 121, 195–7, 201.

land grants in, 16, 39–40, 46, 58, 62–3, 71, 75, 77, 121, 166, 172, 175–6, 180–2, 189–90, 247, 403, 449: and see Cape Breton and St. John's island.

land taxes in, 407, 449.

lotteries in, 213, 224, 227.

missionaries in, 1, 64, 276–7.

Naval officers' complaint in, 384–5.

officers' petitions in, 13–4, 65, 67, 312.

official salaries, 1–2, 65.

plans of, 158.

quit rents in, 154.

representatives, payments to, 346.

roads in, 1, 122.

settlers', grievances, 448.

solicitor appointed for, 449.

state of, 7.

surveys of, 51, 65, 407–8.

timber in, 223, 449.

treasons in, 154, 281.

troops in, 120–1.

vouchers for bills in, 165.

Nugent, Oliver, of Dominica, 280.

-, Robert, 1st Viscount Clare, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 9.

-, -, attends Board, 1, et passim, to 33.

-, -, instructions for, 3, 12.

-, -, letters to, 1, 174.

Nunes, Mr., Indian interpreter, 151.

Nuthall, Mr., 113.

Nutt, Mr., attends Board, 454.

O

Ochterlony, Alexander, 264, 319.

Odgers, William, murder of, 74, 122, 128–9, 132, 134.

Ogden, William, New Jersey Councillor, 312.

Ohio Company, 29, 159–60, 163, 188.

-, river, 173, 212, 293–4, 321, 351–2, 354, 356.

Oliver, Andrew, Secretary for Massachusetts, letters from, 52, 232–3.

-, -, suspension of, 233.

Oporto, Portugal, 430, 437, 448.

Orange county, New York, 25, 114, 369.

-, North Carolina, 52.

Ordnance stores, permission to export, 430, 434–43, 448, 453.

Orsbridge, Mr., 45.

Ossabaw, Osabaw, island, Georgia, 41.

Osten, Monsieur, Danish Minister, 289.

Ostend, Belgium, 430, 448.

Ottley, Drewry, Junior, St. Kitts Councillor, 19, 56, 362.

-, Thomas, of St. Vincent's, 211.

Ourry, Captain, 411.

Owen, William, proposed for East Florida Council, 313.

P

Pacific Ocean, 290.

Page, John, Virginia Councillor, 340, 409.

Palairet, Elias John, of Grenada, 390–1.

Pallisser, Capt. Hugh. Governor of Newfoundland, 69, 185.

-, -, attends Board, 8, 67, 184, 186–7, 287.

-, -, attendance requested, 65, 286, 335.

-, -, letters from, 18, 21–2, 62, 65, 70.

Palmer, John, proposed for Jamaica Council, 319.

-, Robert, North Carolina Councillor, 423.

-, William, proposed for North Carolina Council, 423.

Panmure Island, off New Brunswick, 320.

Pantier, George, of Dominica, 215, 334.

Papin, Marc, of St. Vincent's, 313.

Parise, Therese, of Dominica, 319.

Parker, Mr., H.B.M.'s Consul in Galicia and Asturias, 69.

Parry, Edward, petition of, 450.

Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, 449.

Paterson, Patterson, Walter, Governor of St. John's island (1769), 103–5, 320.

-, -, attends Board, 450.

-, -, letters from, 223, 361.

-, -, -, to, 306, 309.

-, Mr., silk merchant, 60–1.

Pattee, Eliphalet, of Chester, and Abigail, his wife, 391.

Patterson. See Paterson.

Payard, Pierre, Jean Baptist, Rose Julie, and Elinor, of Dominica, 248, 363.

Payne, Sir Ralph, K.G., appointed Governor of Leeward Islands (1771), 245.

-, -, instructions for, 354.

Peale, Francis, 435, 438, 442.

Peirce, Daniel, New Hampshire Councillor, deceased, 399.

Peltier, Jean Baptist, of Dominica, 297.

Pemberton, Robert, proposed for Nevis Council, 373.

Pembroke, Massachusetts, 4.

Penn, John, 264, 286, 359, 364, 424.

-, -, appointed Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1769), 112.

-, -, re-appointed Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1773), 357, 432–3.

-, -, attends Board, 359.

-, -, petition of, 382.

-, John, an infant, 424.

-, Lady Juliana, petition of, 424, 433.

-, Richard, Senior, 264.

-, -, Junior, his nephew, appointed Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1771), 264–5.

-, Thomas, Senior, demise of, 420–1, 433.

-, -, an infant, 357, 382, 433.

-, William, founder of Pennsylvania, 417.

-, Mr., agent for Denis Rolle, 135.

Pennsylvania, Deputy Governor. See Penn.

Secretary. See Shippen.

agent. See Franklin, Wilmot.

Acts in, 7, 22, 61–3, 177, 198–200, 204, 208, 232, 244–5, 275, 285–6, 296, 334, 340, 344, 347, 386, 393–5, 402, 408, 422, 447, 454.

Assembly, 129–30.

bills of credit in, 198, 200.

boundaries of, 49, 55, 57, 382–3, 403, 418–21, 424, 426–7.

Delaware river, counties on, 245, 265.

Deputy Governor, appointments of, 112, 264–5, 357, 432.

-, instructions for, 156, 359, 364, 433.

Indian lands in, 87, 170–2.

islands in Delaware, proposed grant of, 278, 282, 284, 288.

lotteries in, 130.

murders in, 128–9.

naturalizations in, 93, 129, 184–5, 327.

navigation in, 286.

negroes imported to, 394.

pilots in, 394.

Proprietor, demise of, 420–1.

settlements, unauthorized, in, 192, 195–8, 417–9, 424, 428–9, 443.

Penobscot, New England, 387–8,

Pensacola, West Florida, 28, 137–8, 314.

Peronneau, Henry, Treasurer of South Carolina, 243.

Petit, Jean Baptiste, of Dominica, 280.

Petrie, Gilbert, Governor of Cape Coast Castle, letters to, 66, 80.

-, -, letters from, 15, 45, 66, 92, 96, 105, 150, 375.

Petty, William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1–2, 74.

-, -, letters from, 1, 6, 8–9, 11, 14–5, 109.

-, -, -, to, 5, 17, et passim, and 350.

Pettypool, Colwell, and Mary, his wife, of Virginia, 324.

Peyster, Abraham de, ex-Treasurer of New York, 299.

-, James de, of New York, 237.

Phelps, Richard, 120, 133, 140–1.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 129.

Philipsburg, New York, 232, 246, 249.

Phillips, Francis, proposed for St. Kitts' council, 186.

Phillipse, Frederick, memorial of, 231–2, 234, 246, 249.

Pichoudire, Catherine Pierre, Elizabeth Pierre, Rose Pierre, and Margaret la, of Dominica, 313.

Picolata, Florida, congress at, 18, 73.

Pinckney, Charles, proposed for South Carolina Council, 319.

Pinney, John, proposed for Nevis Council, 91.

Pinnock, Philip, of Jamaica, 83, 139.

Pinson, Andrew, of Dartmouth, petition of, 243, 335, 341.

Piper, Robert, proposed for Montserrat Council, 56.

Pipkin, William, Governor of Connecticut, 128.

Pipon, Thomas, Deputy of States in Jersey, petition of, 65, 67.

Piscataqua, New Hampshire, 124, 147, 265, 355, 378.

Pitault, Alexis, and Mary Anne, his wife, of Dominica, 222.

Pitt, George, attends Board, 80, 82.

Placentia, Newfoundland, 403.

Plantations General:

Orders in Council, 3–5, 58–9, 158–9, 204, 330, 333–4, 430, et passim, to end.

Acts of Plantations sent to House of Commons, 454–5.

charters, land under old, surrendered, 38, 40–1, 43–4.

charts, claim to recompense for making, 100–3, 156–7.

Councillor at law to Board, demise of, 59.

Councils in, 398–9.

debtors in, 280–1.

discoveries, bounties for, 164–5, 290–1.

divorces in, 369, 372.

estimates in, 2–3, 9, 64, and see East and West Florida, Georgia and Nova Scotia.

forts in, 257.

Governors, correspondence with, 34, 205, 265, 272, 279, 303, 313, 353, 356, 360–1, 377–8, 398–9.

idiots and lunatics in, 313.

Indians, in, 5, 25, 33, 77–8, 80, 84–5, 87, 117–8, 156, 314.

Indian service, expenses of, 240.

land grants, petitions, 21, 23–4, 76–7, 180, 306, 320, 325–6.

laws of Plantation considered, 44–5.

lotteries in, 77, 89–91.

lumber bounties in, 224–5, 233–5, and see Trade.

manufactures in, accounts of, required, 11–2.

mines in, 13, 21, 23, 27, 40–3, 99, 104, 238–9, 256–8, 260–1.

missionary societies in, 73–5, 351, 398.

naturalizations in, 369, 372.

naval stores in, 240–1.

plantation Acts received during recess, 51–2, 205.

-, referred to Councillor at law. See Jackson, Lamb.

prayers for Royal family, 283.

public papers in, 313, 328, 354–6.

salt importations from abroad, 168–9.

seals, defacement of, 59.

settlements, new, in, 89–90, 282, 372.

silk trade, 60, and see Georgia.

surveyor general. See Holland.

survey ship for, 387–9.

surveys in, 2, 13, 65, 72, 92, 118, 156–7, 165, 167, 192, 220, 223–4, 250–1, 272, 279–81, 308, 318, 331, 385, 394, 419, 427.

taxes, legal tender in discharge of, 353.

viniculture in, 271, 275, 291–2, 297.

woods, survey of, 249, 255–6, 318.

See also Antigua, Bahama, Barbados, Bermuda, Connecticut, Dominica, East Florida, Georgia, Grenada, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montserrat, Nevis, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, St. Christopher's, St. John's, St. Vincent's, South Carolina, Tobago, Virginia, West Florida, Trade, and Miscellanies.

Plowden, Francis, of Virginia, 369.

Plymouth, Devonshire, 99.

-, New England, Council of, 249, 252–3, 256.

Poirier, Samuel, Secretary to African Committee, letters from, 15, 45, 51, 92, 105, 150.

Pope, Mr., a tanner, attends Board, 169.

Poole, Pool, Dorsetshire, 192–3, 270.

Port Antonio, Jamaica, 315.

-, Royal, Jamaica, 49.

Porte, Frederick de la, 159.

Porten, Starrier, 209.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 338.

Portugal, and the Portuguese, arms exported to, 430, 437–8, 443, 448.

ships in West Africa, 96, 105, 153, 155–6, 249–50, 258, 262–4, 370–2, 375–6.

tobacco trade with, 181, 184.

Powell, John, appointed clerk to Board, 164.

-, Mary, mistress of George Brooks, of Jamaica, 234.

Pownall, Captain Edward, 321.

-, George, appointed clerk to Board, 330.

-, -, resignation of, 421.

-, John, Secretary to Board, 350, 357, 397.

-, -, his conduct approved, 208.

-, -, letters from, 8, 87, 197, 348, 390, 395.

-, -, -, to, 1, 13, 87, 109, 124, 129, 143, 150–1, 160, 173, 184, 223, 234, 246, 270, 272, 276, 294–5, 314, 375, 381–4, 388, 397, 427, 455.

-, John Lillington, appointed clerk to Board, 164.

-, -, resignation of, 330.

-, Mr., petition of, 188.

Price, Mr., 130, cf. Pryce.

Prince Frederick county. South Carolina, 211.

Prince Rupert's bay, Dominica, 446.

Prince William county, Virginia, 208.

Pringle, Robert, of Grenada, 171.

-, Walter, proposed as Lt. Governor of Dominica, 26.

-, Mr., Dominican Councillor, deceased, 36.

Providence Massachusetts, 126.

-, island, Bahamas, 147.

Pryce, Capt. David, memorial of, 69–71, 75.

-, -, correspondence with, 72. Cf. Price.

Pugh, Thomas, 7.

Pullen, Christopher and Richard, London merchants, petition of, 432–6.

Q

Quebec, 372. Governor. See Carleton, Murray.

Lt. Governor. See Cramahé.

Attorney-General. See Meseres.

Acts in, 16, 25, 33.

Council, 118–120, 202, 244, 328.

-, minutes of, 16, 32, 40, 120, 205, 265, 272, 314, 328, 355, 378.

Assembly for, 49, 95–6.

bankrupts in, 16, 25.

boundaries of, 9–10, 38, 40–2, 44, 58, 108, 417–8.

courts in, 205, 244, 378.

currency of, 3.

customs in, 118.

ecclesiastical affairs in, 97.

fires in, 378.

fishing concessions in, 322–4.

government of, 402, 417.

Governor appointed in, 1, 5–6, 13–4, 401–3, 405–6.

-, complaints of his conduct, 3.

Indians in, 307.

Jesuits in, 119–20, 190–1, 193.

Labrador, proposed annexation of, 308, 335–7, 343–4.

land grants in, 15–6, 76–7, 119, 166–7, 237–9, 241–2, 260, 317.

-, tenure in, 242–4.

liquor licenses in, 3, 33.

lotteries in, 119.

merchants' petitions, 16, 26, 62, 199, 201–2, 235, 288.

official fees in, 50.

ordinances in, 3, 5, 33, 48, 378.

pilots in, 3.

revenue of, 96, 119.

state of, 56, 95–8, 101, 103.

trading posts in, 3.

Quebec City, citadel for, 119.

Queens College, North Carolina, 285, 345.

R

Ramsey, George, 247.

Randolph, John, Attorney General of Virginia, 130–1.

-, Thomas Mann, of Virginia, 210.

Rashleigh, Mr., London merchant, 383–4.

Ravinier, Louis Fournier de, 156.

Rawlins, Stedman, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 429.

Read, William, master of Ann, 430.

-, Colonel, attends Board, 416, 419, 422.

Reade, Joseph, New York Councillor, deceased, 244.

Reed, James, of Bristol, petition of, 219, 227.

Remsen, Henry, memorial of, 279–80, 327, 335, 340–1.

Renslaer, New York, 413.

Renslaer, Col. John van, of New York, 4, 411–3, 416.

Reuss, Henry, Count, Advocate of Unitas Fratrum, 351, 397.

Rhode Island, New England. Governor. See Lyndon, Wanton.

Assembly of, 127–8.

bills of credit in, 238.

duties in, 127.

Governor appointed in, 128.

Indians in, 113, 175.

murders in, 128.

Ribaut, Monsieur, Dutch Commissary, 368.

Rice, George, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board, 6, et passim, to 185.

-, -, re-appointed, 38, 64.

-, -, instructions for, 72, 87, 167.

-, Henry, of Dominica, 274.

Richardson, Anthony, of Dominica, 334, 404.

Richmond, Duke of. See Lennox.

Ricketts, George, of Jamaica, 261, 276.

-, William Henry, his son, 276.

Rigal, Peter, of Dominica, 217.

Rindge, David, memorial of, 124, 151.

Rivière, André, of St. Vincent's, 312.

Roberts, Benjamen, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 246, 298.

-, John, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board, 11, et passim, to 310.

-, -, re-appointed, 38, 64, 185, 226, 283.

-, -, recommendation by, 164.

-, John (another) of Royal African Company, 372.

Robinson, John, Secretary to Lords of Treasury, letters from, 215, 222–3, 233–4, 240, 246, 263, 294–5, 311, 321, 327.

-, -, Commissioner of Customs in North America, petition of, 320, 369.

-, -, -, letters from, 388, 394–5.

-, -, of Dominica, 334.

-, -, of Virginia, 210.

-, Thomas, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board, 3, et passim, to 169.

-, -, re-appointed, 38, 64.

-, -, instructions for, 87.

Roche, Jean Baptiste and William la, of Dominica, 319, 363.

Rocheford, Earl of. See Nassau.

Rogers, Daniel, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 16, 45, 123.

-, Major Robert, petition of, 159, 254, 290–1.

Rolle, Denys, petition of, 74, 135.

-, Louise Longvilliers, of Dominica, 211–2.

Rootes, John, of Virginia, and Sarah, his wife, 222, 225.

Roquemont, Elizabeth, of Dominica, 215.

Roscow, John, of Virginia, 104.

Rose Island, West Florida, 300.

Roseau, Dominica, 149, 446.

Rosewell, Virginia, 340.

Ross, Daniel, of Dominica, 440.

-, Gilbert, London merchant, 165.

-, Mr., agent for Sir Jeffrey Amherst, 193.

Rotterdam, Holland, 430, 440.

Roubeau, Monsieur, a Jesuit, 120.

Rous, Samuel, President of Barbados Council, letters from, 1, 5, 8, 37, 337, 373.

Roux, Antoine, and Rosette, his wife, of St. Vincent's, 367.

-, John Daniel, citizen of Lausanne, memorial of, 294, 298, 300–2.

Royal African Company, 332, 372, 375; and see Africa.

Rugely, Rowland, proposed for South Carolina Council, 102.

Ruggles, Timothy, Inspector of taxes in New Hampshire, 336.

Rullier, Marie Angelique Gayard, of Dominica, 362.

Russia, Empress of. See Catherine. exports from, 176–7, 279, 327, 352.

tariff of rates, 66.

whale fisheries in, 66.

Russian Company, memorial of, 79–81.

-, Governor and members, attend Board, 82–3, 289, 291.

Rutherford, John, Receiver General of quit rents in North Carolina, 134.

S

Sagadehock, New England, 162, 386, 388.

St. Andrew's parish, Jamaica, 445.

-, Constant Spring plantation in, ibid.

St. Augustine's, Florida, 18, 37, 65, 136, 320, 451.

St. Catherine's Island, Georgia, 41.

- parish, Jamaica, 60–1.

St. Christopher's, St. Kitts', Leeward Islands.

agent. See Georges.

Acts in, 54, 59, 62–3, 83, 143, 207, 251, 254, 267, 273, 276, 304, 316, 328, 349, 355, 358, 380, 396–8, 408, 456.

Council, 56, 141–3, 186, 218, 254–5, 319, 362, 373, 424, 429.

- minutes of, 54, 141, 143, 267, 273, 315, 355, 380, 452.

- members. See Crooke, Esdaile, Estridge, Gallwey, Johnson, Ottley, Phillips, Rawlins, Stanley, Thomas, Vanderpoole, Wells.

Assembly, 141–3, 251, 273, 302–3, 305, 452.

- minutes of, 19, 54, 141, 143, 207, 267, 316, 328, 355, 380.

Court of Chancery in, 59.

Court of errors in, 253–5.

defence of, 142.

elections in, 251.

exchange of lands in, 396–8.

forts in, 380.

judges in, 251.

lands sold in, 276.

negroes imported to, 452.

powder accounts in, 304, 380, 452.

vital statistics, 380, 452.

water supply of, 62–3.

St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 234, 403–4.

St. George à la Mina. See Elmina.

St. Helena island, Atlantic, 442.

St. James' parish, Jamaica, 309–10, 333, 336, 338, 340, 348.

St. John's (now Prince Edward) Island, Governor. See Patterson.

Lt. Governor. See Debrisay.

Acts in, 52, 380, 392, 450, 453.

Council in, 273, 380.

agents in, 241.

devolution of Government in, 92, 94–5.

distressed state of, 382.

finances of, 93–5.

Governor appointed in, 103–5.

houses erected in, 223.

land grants in, 3, 13, 39, 46, 51–2, 58, 306, 309, 320, 361, 363.

Lt. Governor's petition, 364.

ordnance in, 329.

Quakers in, 450.

quit rents remitted in, 13, 46, 94–5, 273, 382–3.

roads in, 294.

sea cow fishery in, 268.

seal of, 300.

settlement of, 121.

St. John's parish, Jamaica, 191, 441.

- river, Nova Scotia, surveys of, 165.

St. Juan, St. John's river, East Florida, 135–6.

St. Lawrence gulf, Quebec, 70, 219, 343.

- river, Quebec, 119.

St. Lucar, Spain, 49–50, 397, 426.

St. Luke's parish, South Carolina, 211.

St. Malo, St. Maloes, Côtes du Nord, 440.

St. Mark's, Appalache, East Florida, 74.

St. Martin's parish, Virginia, 97.

St. Mary Cayon, parish, St. Christopher's, 396.

St. Mary pass, Lake Superior, 257.

St. Mary's river, East Florida, 18, 53, 79, 134.

St. Matthews' parish, South Carolina, 5.

St. Michael's parish, Barbados, 144, 220, 351, 356.

St. Orge, Cecile, of Dominica, 297.

St. Peter's parish, Barbados, 145.

St. Petersburgh, Russia, 66, 176, 279, 327, 352.

St. Pierre, St. Peter's, island off Newfoundland, 5, 70, 282, 286–7, 290.

St. Pierre, Lewis Dumesnil de, petition of, 271, 275, 291–2, 297, 308–9.

St. Vincent's, West Indies, 36, 331–2.

Governor. See Leyborne.

Acts in, 19, 30, 149, 236–40, 268–9, 329, 346–7, 358, 453.

Council, 252.

-, minutes of, 149, 453.

-, members. See Fitzhugh, Ingram.

Assembly, 19, 37, 329.

arms for, 143, 181.

autonomy requested for, 456.

Caribs, mulattoes and negroes in, 149, 181, 269, 310.

cattle in, 236.

ecclesiastical jurisdiction in, 236, 238, 240.

frauds in, 427.

Governor appointed in, 235–6.

lands leased in, 49, 151, 181, 211, 222, 244, 259, 274, 279–80, 297, 311–3, 319, 334, 367, 271, 429, 457.

roads in, 235.

survey of, 181.

Salem, Massachusetts, 349.

-, New Jersey, 348.

Salmond, William, proposed for Antigua Council, 302.

Salter, Richard, Barbados Councillor, 8.

saltpetre, permission to export, 437, 439.

Samber, James, clerk to Board, deceased, 164.

Sandars, Mr., Jamaica merchant, 435.

Sandford, Benjamen, of Dominica, 374.

Sandys, Samuel, Liverpool merchant, 435, 439.

Sargent, Sargents, Mr., memorial of, 163, 441.

Savage, James, petition of, 412, 414, 416.

-, Nathaniel Lyttleton, of Virginia, 210.

Savannah, Georgia, 17, 263, 318.

-, river, Georgia, 296.

Savannah la Mar, Jamaica, 315, 436.

Scammel, Thomas, Inspector of lands in Massachusetts, 209, 318.

-, -, Inspector of woods, 394.

Scanderoon. See Iskanderun.

Schaack, P. V., of New York, 412.

Schotler, Garret, of New York, 194.

Scotland, 306, 309, 361, 363.

Lord Advocate of. See Montgomery.

imports and exports from, 450.

Scott, George, Lt. Governor of Dominica and Grenada, demise of, reported (1768), 19, 26.

-, Samuel, petition of, 455–6.

-, Mr., Jamaica Councillor, deceased, 373.

Seecombe, Richard, of London, 259.

Semple, William, of Bengal, 247.

Senegambia, Senegal, Gambia, West Africa: Governor. See Debat.

commerce of, 15.

estimates of, 2–3, 9, 279–81, 331, 385, 419.

gum senega in, 295.

military stores for, 441.

shipping of, 15.

Servant, Peter, of St. Vincent's, 429.

Seville, Spain, 397.

Sharpe, Charles Payne, 156.

-, Henry, of St. Vincent's, 259.

-, Horatio, Lt. Governor of Maryland, 47, 129–30.

-, Joshua, solicitor, attends Board, 219, 346, 349.

Shaw, Abraham, of Dominica, 198, 274.

-, Capt. Daniel, petition of, 321.

-, Samuel, Liverpool merchant, petition of, 432.

Shelburne, Earl of. See Petty.

Sherburne, John, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 404–5.

Sheriff, William, of New York, 104.

Shermore, Ann, widow of Nicholas, of Jamaica, 234.

Shippen, Joseph, Secretary of Pennsylvania, letters from, 93, 129, 327.

Ships named:

Active, 436.

Adventure, 442.

Alice, 439.

Ann, 430, 448.

Aurora, 35.

Beckford, 441.

Bee, 436.

Betsy, 443.

Betty and Jenny, 432, 435.

Blossom, 441.

Camelia, 434.

Derby, 433.

Earl of Effingham, 436.

Earl of Lincoln, 443.

Fox, 450.

Grantham packer, 143.

Hannah, 442.

Haughton, 448.

Hawke, 441.

Hillsborough packet, 143.

John, 329.

Juno, 430, 432, 439–40.

Lady Juliana, 439.

London, 437.

Margaret or

Peggy, 27, 99.

Meanwell, 440.

Morning Star, 439.

Neptune, 434.

Patty, 441.

Prince George, 437.

Priscilla, 437.

Rainbow, 367.

Rebecca, 435.

Romney, 121.

Royal Charlotte, 434.

Sally, 435–6, 439.

Swallow, 441.

Thomas, 432.

Two Brothers, 435.

Violet, 442.

Weston Galley, 437.

Will, 442.

Woortman's, 431.

York, 436, 439.

Shirley, Thomas, Governor of Bahamas, 14.

-, -, attends Board, 44–5.

-, -, letters from, 99, 147, 207, 248, 297, 318, 337, 371, 446.

-, -, appointed Governor of Dominica (1774), 384.

Shoolbread, John, London merchant, 431.

Shuldham, Molineux, appointed Governor of Newfoundland (1772), 285–6, 292.

-, -, attends Board, 337, 384.

-, -, attendance requested, 335.

-, -, supersession of, 417.

Sierraleone, Sierralione, West Africa, 435.

Silk. See Georgia.

Silvester, Richard, of Boston, 125.

Simpson, Mr., Chief Justice of Georgia, deceased, 187.

Sinclair, Archibald, Jamaica Councillor, deceased, 423.

Skinner, Stephen, proposed for New Jersey Council, 117, 152.

-, Mr., Counsel for Governor Wentworth, 349.

Skye, Island of, Scotland, emigration of inhabitants, 261–2.

Slater, Gill, of St. Vincent's, 312.

Smith, James, proposed for Nevis Council, 45.

-, -, of New Jersey, 95.

-, Dr. James, of New York, 369–70, 381.

-, John, New Jersey Councillor, deceased, 263.

-, Samuel, London merchant attends Board, 382–3.

-, -, self styled agent for St. John's island, 241.

-, Thomas & Co., merchants, 441, 456.

-, Thompson, proposed for Dominica Council, 370.

-, William, Quebec merchant, 76.

-, Mr., New York Councillor, 109.

Smyth, Frederick, Chief Justice of New Jersey, 127.

Snooke, Joshua, 22.

Sommerhall, Mr., 78.

Sound dues imposed, 289, 291–2, 296, and see Denmark.

South Carolina, Governor. See Boone, Campbell, Montague.

Lt. Governor. See Bull.

Chief Justice. See Gordon.

Treasurer. See Peronneau.

agent. See Garth.

Acts in, 4–5, 37, 44, 47–8, 51, 106–7, 113, 165, 191, 206, 211, 213–4, 261–2, 267, 275–6, 451, 455.

Council, 37, 102, 153, 227, 231, 242, 245, 319, 376, 387, 399, 424, 427.

-, minutes of, 106, 206, 267, 355, 379.

-, members. See Deas, Drayton, Eliot, Gordon, Gregory, Irving, Middleton, Moore, Pinckney, Rugeley, Wragg.

Assembly, 17, 53, 102, 106, 171–2, 182, 206, 233, 266–7, 276, 315, 376, 379.

bills of credit in, 211, 214.

boundaries of, 53, 132, 159, 242–4, 253.

courts in, 107, 113.

debtors in, 425.

exports from, 166.

flax and linen industry in, 262.

forts in, 117.

Gazette in, 106–7.

Governor appointed in, 361–2.

-, instructions for, 233, 239–40, 398.

Indians in, 99, 101, 117–8.

indigo from, 168, 177, 179.

insurrections in, 17, 106.

land grants in, 53, 206, 243, 267, 276, 320, 355, 379, 400.

manufactures in, 53, 57, 106.

merchants' petitions in, 454.

ministers in, 308–9.

missionaries in, 107.

money sent from, 171–2.

naval stores in, 175.

Palatines in, 105.

parishes, new, in, 5, 211, 213.

printer arrested in, 376.

Protestant settlers in, 166.

Provost marshall in, 44, 47–8.

sheriffs in, 37, 44, 47–8.

Societies in, 165, 191.

Treasurer appointed in, 243.

troops in, 106–7.

viniculture in, 271, 275, 291–2, 297.

Southwark, Surrey, 92, 113, 169.

Spain and the Spaniards, King of. See Charles.

consuls in, 27, 68–9, 72, 75–6, 99, 103, 397.

engagements with, 118.

islands of, in West Indies, 141, 147, 297, 305.

lands purchased from, 356, 358–63, 408–10, 418.

outrages against, 145.

proceedings of, 135.

ships of, in West Indies, 28, 296.

trade with, 20, 49–50.

Spanish Town, Jamaica, 84.

-, or Virgin Gorda, Virgin Islands, 396.

Spencer, Lord Robert, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 185.

-, -, attends Board, 187, et passim.

-, -, re-appointed, 226, 283, 316, 383.

Spofford, Samuel, Bermuda Councillor, deceased, 193.

Spry, William, Governor of Berumda, 29.

-, -, letters from, 29, 83, 143–5, 212.

-, -, demise of, reported, 321.

Stanhope, Mr., letter to, 307.

Staniford, Thomas, 442.

Stanley, Edward, Secretary to Commissioners of Customs, letter to, 185.

-, -, letters from, 44, 66–7, 81, 150, 160, 171, 184, 209, 271, 375–6, 405, 421.

-, John, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 218.

Stanwix, fort, New York, 78, 109, 212.

Starke, Mr., of Virginia, 6.

Staunton, George Leonard, proposed for Grenada Council, 148, 423.

Staveley, Richard, London druggist, 437–8.

Stennett, Dr., memorial of, 250.

Stephen, Capt. Adam, 132.

Stephens, Philip, Secretary to Lords of Admiralty, letters from, 5, 62, 170, 223, 234, 250–1, 271, 318, 408, 458.

Sterling, Earl of. See Alexander.

-, Mr., proposed for Bahamas Council, 318.

Stewart, Alexander, of Dominica, 189.

-, Archibald, proposed for Tobago Council, 227.

-, John (Lord Garlies), afterwards Earl of Galloway, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 316.

-, -, attends Board, 316, et passim, to 383.

-, Lt. Col., petition of, 412.

Stobo, Capt. Richard, memorial of, 69, 88.

Stockton, Richard, proposed for New Jersey Council, 51, 55–6.

Stokes, Anthony, Chief Justice of Georgia, 187.

-, -, proposed for Georgia Council, 235.

Strachey, Henry, petition of, 89–90.

Stratton, William, merchant, 117.

Strudwick, Mr., North Carolina Councillor, 217–8.

Stuart, John, Superintendent of Indian affairs in Southern district, 73, 314.

-, -, letters from, 25, 78, 84, 117–8, 130–1.

-, -, -, to, 25, 117, 176.

-, William, Lt. Governor of Dominica, 371.

-, Mr., Contractor for transportation of convicts, 39, 342.

Sueur, Leonard le, of Dominica, 274.

Suffolk, Earl of. See Howard.

Sugar, 308, 445, 455–6.

Sunbury, Georgia, 263.

Superville, Michael, of Dominica, 363.

Surinam, South America, 209.

Surrey county, England, 40.

Susquehannah river, Pennsylvania, 198, 201, 443.

Sussex county, Delaware, 112, 200, 357, 432.

-, New Jersey, 203–4.

Sutton, Richard, letters from, 84, 104, 153.

Swallow, Samuel, H.B.M.'s Consul in Russia, 177.

-, -, letters from, 66, 176, 279, 327, 351–2.

Swanzey, New Hampshire, 348, 353, 356.

Switzerland, Protestant settlers from, 294, 298, 300–1.

Sykes, Benjamin, of Dominica, 374.

Syme, Mr., of Virginia, 6.

Symmer, Andrew, agent at Turk's island, complaints of his procedings, 20–2, 24, 147, 248, 251.

T

Tadoussac, Tadousac, Quebec, 3.

Taitt, David, petition of, 102–4.

Tallichea, Creek Sachem, 54, 118.

Tantumquerry fort, West Africa, 170.

Tattnall, Josiah, proposed for Georgia Council, 455.

Taupaud, Louis, of Dominica, 99.

Taureau, Gabriel, of Dominica, 319.

Taylor, John, proposed for Nevis Council, 423.

-, Samuel Oakes, of St. Christopher's, 276.

-, Thomas, of St. Vincent's, 319.

-, Col. William, aide de camp to H.M., 282, 320.

-, Brigadier General William, 325–6.

-, Mr., a tanner, 93.

Tazewell, John, of Virginia, 370, 372.

Teissier, Lewis, London merchant, 439.

Temple Bay, Labrador, 243.

Tennant, Mr., London merchant, 436, 439.

Teteron, Toussaints, of St. Vincent's, 367, 429.

-, Minette, his wife, 429.

-, -, widow, of St. Vincent's, 371.

Thomas, Isaac, 4.

-, Joseph, 136.

-, Thomas, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 373.

Thompson, Alexander, attends Board, 431, 435.

-, Lt. John, petition of, 181–2.

Thomson, Alexander, master of Betty and Jenny, 432.

Thornhill, Henry, Barbados Councillor, deceased, 198.

Thornton, Godfrey, merchant, 166.

-, Henry, of Dominica, 334.

-, Prestley, Virginia Councillor, deceased, 167–8.

Thynne, Thomas, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, Secretary of State, 200.

-, letters from, 68, 72, 76.

-, -, -, to, 69, 99, 103.

Timberlake, Helen Maria, widow of Lt. Henry, petition of, 215–6.

Titre, Lewis Joseph and George, of Dominica, 334.

tobacco, 181, 184.

Tobago, West Indies, Governor. See Leyborne.

Lt. Governor. See Fitzmaurice.

Acts in, 149, 208, 236, 262, 268, 273, 287, 380, 388.

Council, 32, 36, 75, 226–7, 263, 313, 340, 453.

-, minutes of, 208, 268, 380, 453.

-, members. See Elder, Fairholme, Franklin, Lincoln, Mill, Stewart.

Assembly, 149, 329, 453.

exports and imports, 149.

Governor appointed in, 235–6, 456.

lands leased in, 181, 235, 268.

-, proprietors of, 32.

state of, 37.

Todd, John, mariner, attends Board, 117, 167.

-, Richard, of Virginia, 214.

-, William, of Virginia, 339.

Tong, Mr., Naval Officer of Nova Scotia, 384.

Tonna, Raymond, of Grenada, 102.

Tonyn, Patrick, appointed Governor of East Florida (1773), 363.

-, -, bills drawn by, 455.

Tortola, Virgin Islands, 396.

Tortuga Island, West Indies, 35, 55.

Touchet, Mr., petition of, 40–3.

Tour, Begayer de la, of St. Vincent's, 429.

-, John de la, of Dominica, 301.

Towden, Messrs., Liverpool merchants, 441.

Trade:

arms, licenses to export, 430, et passim, to end of volume.

bounties on hides, 65–6.

-, silk, 184.

-, timber, 79, 177–9, 288, 291–2, 294, 296.

bullion, disproportionate, 284.

consular reports, 20, 27, 49–50, 68–9, 72, 75–6, 150, 318, 426–7.

cordwainers' memorial, 56–7, 60, 63, 67–8.

cotton yarns, dyeing of, 196–8.

customs house ledgers, 44, 209, 271, 370.

exports and imports, 150, 152, 160, 279, 327, 333, 352, 384–5, 445, 450.

flax and linen, 262.

forts in African trade. See Africa.

hemp trade, 81–2.

herring fishery, 8, 12–4.

imports, valuation of, 84, 176.

indigo, 75, 168, 171, 179.

leather trade, and tanners' petitions, 56–7, 63, 67–8, 92–3, 113, 115–6, 165, 168–9, 188.

linen trade, 389.

naval stores, merchants' petition, 75, 85–8, 172–3, 175–6, 180.

prohibition of trade with colonies, prejudicial to commerce, 454.

quarantine, 216.

salt petre, 80, 82.

silver exports, 164, 166.

sound dues, q.v.

tariffs in foreign countries, 66.

tea exports, 450.

tribunals of commerce, 363.

vessels cleared, account of, 374–6, 405.

whale fishery, 66, 215–6, 228–31.

woollen manufactures, 389. See also Africa, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Senegambia, Spain, Miscellanies, Plantations General, and under separate colonies.

Traversier, Michael, of Dominica, 280.

Tregante, Marie Claude, of Dominica, 215.

Trelawney, Trelawny, Sir William, Governor of Jamaica, 2, 220.

-, -, arrival of, 139.

-, -, correspondence with, 83–4, 139–141, 191, 336–7.

-, -, demise of, reported, 347.

Trieste, Adriatic, 440.

Trinder, Thomas, Chief of Fort Appolonia, letters from, 15, 66, 170, 367.

Trott, Samuel, Senior, Bermuda Councillor, deceased, 424.

-, -, Junior, proposed for Bermuda Council, 423.

Tryon, William, Lt. Governor of North Carolina,

-, -, letters from, 8, 10, 17. 26, 29–30, 32–3, 35, 40, 45, 52, 83, 132–4, 185, 266, 307–8, 323, 336.

-, -, -, to, 134, 218, 299.

-, -, appointed Governor of New York (1770), 218–9.

-, -, attends Board, 413–4, 416, 421–2.

-, -, grants by, 323, 325–6, 412.

-, -, letters from, 317, 370, 414, 420.

Tucker, Henry, Secretary and Provost Marshall of Bermuda, 26, 145.

-, -, proposed for Bermuda Council, 193.

Tudor, John, proposed for Bermuda Council, 193.

Tully, Hilary, of Dominica, 313.

Turks' Island, Bahamas, 20–4, 147, 251–2, 255.

-, salt in, 35, 55, 248, 444. And see Symmer.

Turnbull, Mr., of East Florida, 54, 74, 76, 136–7.

Turner, Mr., Grenada Councillor, 180.

Tuscarora Indians, lands granted by, 7, 55, 59–60.

Tutté, Mr., clerk to Board, deceased, 429.

Twickenham, Middlesex, 93.

Tyler, William Clarke, of Massachusetts, 349.

U

Ulloa, Monsieur, 137.

Ulster County, New York, 114.

Unitas Fratrum Society, advocate. See Reuss.

-, memorials of, 73–5, 351, 385–6, 397.

-, report of, 447.

Upton, Clotworthy, memorial of, 92.

V

Vaille, Angelica, of St. Vincent's, 211.

Van Baal, Jan Hendrickse, of New York, 438.

Vanderpool, Vanderpoole, John, Nevis Councillor, 362, 423.

-, Thomas Pilkington, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 429.

Vaughan, Wilmot, 5th Viscount Lisburne, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 64.

-, -, attends Board, 68, et passim, to 184.

-, -, recommendation by, 181.

Verchild, James, Commander in Chief of Leeward Islands, 19, 30.

Veyrierr, Michael Nathaniel, of Dominica, 274.

viniculture, 53, 271, 275, 291, 297.

Virgin Islands, West Indies, 396.

Virginia, Governor. See Berkeley, Murray.

Lt. Governor. See Fauquier.

Commander-in-Chief. See Nelson.

Attorney General. See Randolph.

President of Council. See Blair.

agent. See Montague.

Acts in, 4–6, 10, 17, 22–3, 39, 41, 43, 48, 52, 58, 68, 84, 97–8, 104, 130, 188–9, 201, 203–4, 206, 208–11, 213–4, 222, 225, 257–60, 272, 275, 287–8, 291, 315, 319–22, 339–40, 342–6, 370, 372, 378–9, 388–9, 393, 411.

Council, 30–1, 131, 167–8, 201–2, 206, 225, 272, 284, 293, 313–5, 340, 409, 451.

-, minutes of, 52, 132, 266, 378–9.

-, members. See Blair, Camm, Corbin, Horrocks, Page, Thornton, Wormeley.

House of Burgesses, 29–30, 43, 52, 58, 257, 266, 273, 365–6, 378.

Assembly, 110, 130, 132, 206, 272.

bills of credit in, 29, 31.

boundaries of, 131, 176–7, 212, 420, 426.

convicts imported to, 342–4.

courts in, 258–9.

debtors in, 425.

disposition of inhabitants, 130–1.

duties in, 17, 203.

elections in, 204, 257, 259–60, 345–6.

estates in, 6.

Governor, appointment of, 42–3, 218–9, 225.

Indians in, 78, 84, 131–2, 154–5, 176, 201–2, 257–8, 302.

inhabitants' petition, 90, 130.

land grants in, 29, 32, 90–1. 131, 152, 154–5, 159–60, 163, 166, 173–4, 188–9, 192, 194, 201–4, 212, 214, 219, 284–7, 293–4, 297, 299–300, 304–5, 316, 321, 325, 351–4, 356, 369, 385, 398.

Lt. Governor. demise of, 52.

maimings in, 344.

naval stores in, 175.

negroes imported to, 195, 198, 203–4, 210, 216, 314, 333, 344.

officials fees in, 314–5.

parishes, new, in, 208–10.

quarantine in, 39.

revenue of, 130–2, 266.

salt exports to, 168–9.

seal for, 17.

slaves in, 345.

tax assessment in, 6.

treason in, 411.

vessels cleared in, 266, 378–9, 451.

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Wadman, John, petition of, 284, 286–7, 304–5.

Wagwater river, Jamaica, 445.

Waldron, Thomas Westbrooke, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 102.

Wales, Dowager Princess of, demise of, 283.

Walker, George, Barbados Councillor, resigned, 8.

-, -, agent for Barbados, 385–6.

-, -, (another) Commander in Chief of Royal ships, 189, 247.

-, William, of St. Vincent's, 224, 457.

-, Mr., of Nova Scotia, memoria of, 175–6.

Wallace. Hugh, proposed for New York Council, 51, 56, 108.

Wallin, Thomas, proposed for Jamaica Council, 456.

Wallwin, William, of St. Kitts', 276.

Walpole, Thomas, attends Board, 194, 201–2.

-, -, letter from, 302.

-, -, petition of, 152, 163, 166, 188, 192, 194, 204, 293–5, 299–300, 310, 316, 351–4, 356.

Wanton, Joseph, Governor of Rhode Island, 128.

Ward, John, proposed for Nevis Council, 56.

Wardrobe, Alexander, and David, of Dominica, 440.

Warner, William, Antigua Councillor, deceased, 302.

Warton, William, of St. Kitts'. 305.

Warwick, Earl of. See Greville.

Watson, Brook, merchant, memorial of, 165, 195–6, 383–4.

Wawayanda patent, New York, 363, 369, 381.

Welch, Richard, Jamaica Councillor, 174–5, 423.

-, Mr., Jamaica Councillor, resigned, 373.

Welderen, Count, Envoy Extraordinary of States General, attends Board, 368, 371–2.

-, -, communication to, 376–7.

Wells, Andrew Elton, Harbour Master at Savannah, 263.

-, William, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 255.

Wentworth, Benning, ex-Governor of New Hampshire, land grants of, 4, 200, 421.

-, Hugh Hall, Grenada Councillor, deceased, 423.

-, John, Governor of New Hampshire, 45, 186, 190–1, 193–5.

-, -, Surveyor of woods, 16, 124.

-, -, letters from, 16, 34, 42–3, 79, 102, 122–4, 151, 158, 199–200, 317, 338.

-, -, complaints of his conduct, 311–2, 338. 341, 343, 346–7, 349–50, 352–3, 356–7, 361, 364.

-, -, exonerated, 373.

-, Paul, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 199, 209–10.

-, -, attends Board, 421–2.

West, Francis, of Virginia, 68.

-, Richard, former Councillor at law to Board, 94.

West Florida, Governor. See Chester, Johnston.

Lt. Governor. See Browne. agent. See Ellis.

Acts in, 28, 41–3, 139, 203–4, 207, 231–2, 240, 256, 259, 267, 270, 273, 276, 300–1.

Council, 74–5, 113, 137, 175, 177, 233, 241.

-, minutes of, 28, 138, 207, 267, 273, 303, 315, 328, 355, 379, 451.

-, members. See Bruce, Clarke, Comyns, Hodge, Jones, Mac Lellan, Neil.

Assembly, 138, 207, 267, 273.

agents' petition, 116–7.

arms exported to, 430.

bills drawn in, 173–4.

clergy in, 28, 137.

coaling vessels in, 270.

courts in, 256.

debtors in, 300.

estimates of, 2–3, 9, 64–6, 68, 72, 165, 167, 194, 220, 223–4, 249–50, 279–81, 308–9, 311, 327–8, 331, 385, 419.

explorations in, 137–8.

forts in, 300.

French emigrants to, 137.

Governor, appointment of, 154, 156, 170.

-, house for, 223–5.

-, petition of, 311.

-, vindication of, 138.

Indians, relations with, 18, 138, 189.

land grants in, 28, 38, 40, 46, 70–2, 102–4, 137, 166, 171,174,176–7, 189, 215–6, 247, 308–11, 320, 349, 369, 398.

marshall in, 232.

negroes exported to, 71.

officials' salaries in, 2, 47, 57, 113, 405.

ordnance stores in, 138.

patent officers in, 18.

sloop of province, 137.

Spanish vessels in, 28.

state of, 27–8.

West Indies, duties on exports, 454.

-, sugar mills in, 308.

Westenhook patent, New York, 412, 414.

Westmoreland parish, Jamaica, 276 403–4.

Westropp, Mr., of West Florida, 138.

Weymouth, Lord. See Thynne.

Whale Island, Labrador, 243.

Wharton, Mr., memorials of, 163, 194, 201, 293, 351–4, 356.

Whately, Thomas, appointed Commissioner for Trade and Plantations (1771), 226.

-, -, attends Board, 226, et passim.

Wheelock, Anthony, Crown Agent of East Florida, 455.

White, Andrew, Liverpool merchant, 435, 439.

-, Henry, proposed for New York Council, 61, 108.

-, Leonard, Bermuda Councillor, deceased, 371, 387.

Whitehall, London, palace of, 401.

Whydah, West Africa, 271.

-, Williams' fort at, 205.

Whylly, Mr., Speaker of Georgia Assembly, 134.

Wildman, Edward, of West Florida, 166.

Wilkie, Captain Patrick, of 32nd Foot, 99.

Wilkinson, George, master of Sally, 435.

-, Dr., deceased, pastor at Pensacola, 28.

-, Mr., petition of, 40.

Wilks, Mr., clerk to Board, 98, 100, 164.

Williamos, Charles, petition of, 317, 412.

Williams, David, 136.

-, Henry, of Dominica, and Mary, his daughter, 259.

-, Dr. Richard, memorial of, 196–8, 289.

-, William, 7.

Williamsburgh, Virginia, 6, 10, 257, 259–60.

Williams Creek, Georgia, 79.

Wills, Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, Secretary of State, 38.

-, -, instructions for, 44, 48, 57, 88, 170, 187, 217.

-, -, intimations by, 64, 70, 81, 98, 117, 160–1, 183, 193, 201, 205, 212.

-, -, letters from, 7 et passim.

-, -, -, to, 9 et passim.

-, -, opinion of, 101.

-, -, papers referred to Board by, 22, 40–3, 45, 50–1, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77–80, 89, 97, 102, 167–8, 171, 176, 199, 202.

-, -, recommendations by, 164, 181.

Wilmington, North Carolina, 32.

Wilmot, Henry, Attorney for Pennsylvania Proprietors, 429.

-, -, attends Board, 171–2, 196, 245, 282, 284, 288, 357, 383, 418–21, 426, 428.

-, -, (another), of St. Vincent's, 334.

Wilson, Thomas, proposed for Dominica Council, 370.

-, -, master of Juno, 432.

-, William, petition of, 456.

-, Mr., attends Board, 175.

Windleston, Windlestone, Durham, 47.

Winebah fort, West Africa, 367.

Winstone, Charles, proposed for Dominica Council, 36, 274.

Winter, Mr., attends Board, 57.

Winyaw Society, South Carolina, 276.

Woodford, Ralph, H.M. agent at Hamburgh, letters from, 13–5, 275.

Woodley, William, Governor of Leeward Islands, address to, 305.

-, -, correspondence with, 51, 59, 83–4, 141–3, 185, 209, 216, 255, 303.

-, -, leave of absence for, 143.

-, -, supersession of (1771), 245.

Woodruff, Mr., New Jersey Councillor, deceased, 51.

Woodstock, Barnard Andreas, of Jamaica, 403.

Woodville, John, of Dominica, 265.

Woortman, Mynheer, Governor of Dutch West India Company, 249.

Wooton, William, Inspector General of Customs in America, 34.

Worcester county, Massachusetts, 9–10.

Wormeley, Wormley, John, of Virginia, 222, 225.

-, Ralph, of Virginia, 84, 225, 324.

Wragg, William, proposed for South Carolina Council, 102.

Wright, James, Governor of Georgia, 263, 276.

-, -, attends Board, 274–5.

-, -, agreement with Indians, 73.

-, -, letters from, 48, 51, 53, 58, 60, 72–3, 75, 79, 93, 134–5, 150–1, 187–8, 206–7, 270, 293–4, 320–2, 446.

-, Thomas, Deputy Surveyor of Northern district of America, 2.

-, -, progress of, 118.

Wyatt, Captain, of Woortman's, 431.

Wynne, Robert, of St. Vincent's, 156, 280.

-, Thomas, M.P., for Carnarvonshire, attends Board, 71.

-, -, petition of, 70, 89, 91.

Y

Yate, John, Liverpool merchant, 433.

Yonge, Henry, Surveyor General of Georgia, petition of, 164, 171.

-, -, proposed for Georgia Council, 234.

York county, Pennsylvania, 93.

Yorke, Sir Joseph, H.B.M.'s Minister at the Hague, 153.

-, -, letters from, 260, 270, 368, 396, 398.

Young, Sir William, Lt. Governor of Dominica, 148.

-, -, attends Board, 162, 169.

-, -, appointed Governor (1770), 193, 197.

-, -, resignation of (1774), 384.