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Martin, David, Italian merchant, 113.

-, -, attends board, 118.

-, -, letter from, 119.

-, -, letter to, 114.

-, -, memorial from, 134.

Martindale, Captain, 183.

Martyn, Mr., inspector general of customs, attends board, 207.

-, -, instructions to, 107–8, 118, 126, 196, 201, 205, 214, 250.

Macburny, Mr., letter from, 303.

-, -, attends board, 305.

Macdowal, William, for St. Kitts council, 24, 28.

Mackdonald, theft of slaves by, 6.

Madera Island, consulate at, 15, 19, 25–30, 32, 37–8, 41.

-, trade with, 15–6, 25, 82, 202, 206, 210, 292, 299–301.

Madrid, Spain, 26, 159–160, 169.

Mahon Port [Minorca], 221.

Maine, province of, woods, in, 4, 5, 9, 105.

Maine, Mr., attends board, 140.

Malaga, Spain, 56.

Malamoco, Malamocho, port, Venice, 226, 267.

Manneke, Philip, silk weaver of Canterbury, attends board, 119.

Marble Head, New England, fishing at, 33–4, 78.

Marbletown, Ulster county, New York, 62.

Marley, Marly, France, 98.

Marsh, Mr., agent for Antigua, attends board, 141, 335–6, 391.

-, -, letters from, 311, 371.

-, -, requested to attend, 136, 139, 305, 389.

Martin Abby. See Merton Abbey.

Martinique Island, West Indies, 5–8, 90, 106, 109, 144, 151, 179.

-, for governor. See Fauquier.

Martin, Captain, 372.

Maryland, 234.

for proprietor. See Baltimore.

for governor. See Hart, Calvert.

acts of, 38, 43, 52, 55, 81, 106, 168–9, 175, 197.

boundaries of, 87–106.

council of, 172, 194.

courts in, 81.

Indians, relations with, 99, 186–7.

pirates in, 218.

population, 186–7.

proprietors, 92, 102, 243.

trade of, 187, 210.

Mary Town, Nova Scotia, 165, 185.

Mascarene, Major Paul, engineer, 249.

Massachusetts Bay, New England, 71, 82, 108, 245.

for governor. See Shute.

-, instructions to, 316.

for agent. See Dummer.

for secretary. See Willard.

acts in, 32, 44, 47, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72–4, 82, 91, 267–8, 270–1, 289, 312, 355, 363.

assembly of, 267, 315, 327–8.

-, minutes of, 32, 108, 312, 379.

-, speaker of, 193.

council of, 315, 319, 389, 391.

-, minutes of, 132, 312, 379.

-, members. See Cook, Elisha, Taylor, Colonel.

charter of, 66, 240, 252, 254, 267.

courts in, 247.

defence of, 9, 192.

fisheries in, 34, 43.

government of, 193, 240.

pirates in, 3–4, 52.

revenues of, 9, 193, 253.

settlement of, 34–5.

woods in, 1, 4, 154–5, 345.

Masset, William, 261.

Matthew, Colonel, lieut. general of Leeward Islands, attends board, 24.

-, -, letter to, 75.

-, -, letters from, 77, 237, 291.

-, -, memorial from, 23.

Mauvillon, Mr., of Merton Abbey, printer, 114.

-, -, attends board, 126.

Maxwell, Thomas, of Barbados council, 260.

May, or Allatamaha river, Carolina, 198, 348.

Maycock, Thomas, on Barbadoes council, and ex-treasurer of Barbados, 255, 260, 372.

Mayo, Mr., 348.

McPhedris, Archibald, for New Hampshire council, 256, 283.

-, -, affidavit of, 9.

-, -, complaints against, 391, 393.

Meabourn, Westmorland, 206.

Meggison, Michael, of Virginia, 39.

Melmoth, Francis, Madera merchant, attends board, 300.

Merryweather, John, attends board, 199–200.

Mertins, Sir George, treasurer of Christ's Hospital, accounts of, 152.

-, -, letter to, 132.

Merton Abbey, Surrey, 114.

Messina, Sicily, trade with, 225–6.

Metcalf, Mr., journal of, 89.

Metcalf, Bennet, factor for weavers, attends board, 119.

Methuen, Mr., late ambassador to Portuguese court, 28–29.

-, -, -, to Spain, 160.

Mexico, Bay of, 86, 89, 189.

-, coast of N.W., 97.

-, kingdom of, 181.

Micklethwaite, Mr., agent for Barbadoes, attends board, 8.

Middleton, Mr., letter from, 209, 213, 219, 237.

Miles, John, of Madera, merchant, attends board, 30, 300.

Miller, Thomas, of company of weavers, inquiry of, 121.

Millikin, Mr., of St. Kitts, 13.

-, -, grant of land to, 107.

Mills, John, of council of Barbadoes, 112.

Milner, James, attends board, 25–6.

-, -, requested to attend, 24.

Minis, Nova Scotia, inhabitants of, 36, 249.

Minorca, salt in, 76–77, 106.

-, for lieut. governor. See Kane.

-, Spanish consul in, 221.

Minot, John, merchant, deposition of, 155.

Miscellanies.

accounts of, 39–40, 104, 136–8, 187–8, 250–1, 277–8, 345, 386.

Board of trade commissioners. See Ashe, Bladen, Chetwynd, Cook, Docminique, Hobart, Holderness, Molesworth, Pelham, Plumer, Pulteney and Westmoreland, Earl of.

New commission, 69, 178, 322.

clerks of, 60, 253, 327, 350, 359.

legal points, 144, 163–4, 203–4.

new seals for, 169–170.

orders, 32, 60.

quarantine measures, 225–8, 232–3, 236.

rooms for, 192, 194, 325.

trade, 156, 340, q.v.

Miserol, John, of New York.

Mary alias Davenport, wife of, 367.

Mississippi, river, 180, 202.

-, ascent of, 89.

-, settlements by French, 82, 91, 94, 98–9, 127, 130, 132–3, 139, 198, 234, 396.

-, Company, charter of, 99, 132, 136, 144, 147, 150, 151.

Mobile, Florida, 202.

Mogul, Great, of Delhi, intrigues of foreign powers with, 216.

Molesworth, Robert, commissioner of trade, 25, 46, et passim.

-, -, reappointed, 69.

-, -, relieved of office, 178.

-, -, appointed minister at Turin, 329.

-, -, letters from, 329–330, 340.

Molinier, James, Italian merchant, attends board, 116.

Monks Hill, Antigua, 304, 349.

Monro, Colonel, attends board, 310–1.

Montagu, Duke of, petition of, 338– 341, 375, 378, 384.

Monte Leone, Marquis, memorial from, 102, 268.

Montgomery, Sir Robert, 209.

Montreal, Canada, 207, 249.

Montserrat, Leeward Islands.

for lieut. governor. See Talmash.

for agent. See Nivine.

acts in 107, 291, 306, 348, 366, 382, 391–5.

accounts, 392.

assembly, of 393.

-, minutes of, 252.

council of, 74–5, 77, 106, 393.

-, minutes of, 107, 292.

-, members. See Cockran, Cooke, R., Guerish and Irish.

duties in, 393–4.

losses in, through French invasion, 87–8, 92–4, 97, 101–2, 104.

Plantations in, 124, 126, 288, 290, 329.

seal for Island, 92.

Mony, Captain John, of Hudson Bay company, attends board 89.

Moody, Colonel, attends board, 78, 139– 140, 149, 157, 377.

-, -, letters from, 100, 153, 376.

-, -, petition of, 136, 148– 9, 151, 378–9.

-, -, requested to attend, 124.

Moore, Edward, of St. Kitts, 104, 108.

-, -, attends board, 288–9.

-, Colonel James, governor of Carolina, 198.

-, -, letters from, 265, 307.

-, John, of Jamaica council, letters to, 306, 311, 333.

-, Samuel, of Jamaica council, letter to, 333.

-, -, letters from, 338, 341.

Morley, William, merchant, attends board, 57.

-, -, requested to attend, 54.

Morrice, Humphrey, attends board, 199–200, 259, 307–8.

-, -, letter from, 247.

-, -, letters to, 197, 306.

Morris, Lewis, junr., proposed for New York council, 270–1, 284.

-, Colonel Thomas, of council of Antigua, his suspension, 39, 41–3, 48–9.

-, -, reinstated, 55, 77.

-, -, leave of absence for, 292.

-, Colonel Valentine, president of council of New Jersey, leave of absence for, 26.

-, -, letter from, 243.

-, Mr., chief justice, of New York, opinion of, 239.

Morse, Humphrey, letter from, 219.

Mosquito Indians, Central America, 224.

-, for king. See Jeremy.

Moville, North America, French settlement at, 189, 234.

Mulford, Samuel, of New York, 64.

Muscovy Company. See Russia.

Musquittos. See Mosquitoes.

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Nailor, Mr., secretary to commissioners of excise, letters to, 83, 130.

Naples, Italy, for consul. See Fleetwood.

-, merchants of, 135, 144, 153, 227.

-, trade with, 102–3, 116, 151, 321.

Nash, Mr., attends board, 67.

Nassau, Providence, Bahamas, 85, 356, 392.

Naylor, See Nailor.

Negon, M., intendant of Canada, letter from, 362.

Nelson, Mr., memorial of, 92–3.

Netherlands. See Holland.

Nevis, Leeward Islands, 291.

for lieut. governor. See Smith, Daniel, and Sibourg.

-, instructions to, 358.

acts in, 85, 107, 122, 141, 303, 305.

accounts, 292.

assembly of, 90, 246, 292.

council of, 246, 316, 382–3, 390.

-, minutes of, 79, 107, 292.

-, members of. See Abbot, Burt.

defences of, 365.

French, invasion by, and capitulation to, referred to, 8, 35, 73, 76, 81, 84–5, 87, 89–90, 97, 104, 107, 120, 127, 177, 189, 229, 246, 292.

Newcastle, Duke of, Lord Chamberlain of household, letter to, 194.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1.

New Castle, New Hampshire, 193.

Newcastle County, Pennsylvania, 58.

New England.

for governor. See Dudley; Shute.

-, instructions to, 28, 65, 71, 256.

for surveyor of woods. See Bridger, 204.

attorney general, appointment of, 368, 376–7.

accounts in, 124, 126, 245.

acts in, 363.

charter of, 362–3.

boundaries of, 89, 93, 161, 244, 372.

fisheries in, 31, 33–6, 48, 100, 122, 132, 168, 267–8.

French encroachments, 92–3, 369.

imports and exports, 21, 86.

Indians in, 155, 253, 238, 362, 365, 376, 380.

manufactures in, 110, 113, 122, 373.

mines in, 25.

prisoners in Canada, 193, 217.

settlement of, 161–2, 164–6, 244, 344, 365.

trade, illicit with French, 198, 200, 284, 377.

-, with Newfoundland, 55, 78, 131, 157, 347, 354.

-, with West Indies, 198, 200.

-, sturgeon, 172–3; and See Borland.

-, timber, 15.

Newfoundland.

for governor. See Phillips.

-, instructions to, 74–77.

acts of, 150, 309.

boundaries of, 91.

buildings in, 37–8, 40, 43, 76, 136, 139–140.

cession by French, 80, 97, 151.

convey, 33, 55, 69–70, 74–5, 131, 157, 252, 254, 346–7.

-, for commodores of, See Atkins, Ogle, Percy, Scott and Stuart.

crime in, 264.

discovery of, by Cabot, 91, 98.

fishery in, 9, 13, 15, 18, 32–3, 43, 49, 55, 78, 90, 97, 100, 102–5, 133, 135, 150, 152, 157–8, 246, 267, 346–7, 350, 373.

hemp in, 229.

Indians in, 347.

pirates in, 225.

roads, 124.

settlement of, 376–7; and see also Moody, Placentia.

New Hampshire, 81.

for governor. See Shute.

for lieut. governor. See Wentworth.

-, instructions for, 85, 395.

for agent. See Newman.

for collector of customs. See Armstrong, Robert.

acts in, 105, 308–9, 314, 341–2.

assembly of, minutes, 194.

council of, 256, 283, 301, 393.

-, minutes of, 105, 194, 341, 376.

-, for members. See Atkinson, Guerish, Gilliman, Hunckins, Jeffreys, J., Mc Phedris, Philips, Th., Sherborne and Ware.

boundaries of, 320, 380.

defence of, 193, 253, 271, 341.

exports and imports in, 43, 193.

hemp in, 316.

map of, 253.

revenue of, 9, 193, 256, 362.

trade in, 34, 43.

Newhaven (Conn.), 250.

New Jersey.

for governor See Burnet, Hunter.

-, instructions to, 160, 163, 241, 258, 272.

for secretary. See Basse, Smith, Jas.

acts in, 2, 4–6, 8, 10, 12, 17, 53, 163–4, 167, 169, 172–3, 175–6, 182, 204, 257, 335–6, 343–4, 373–4.

assembly of, 163, 167, 186–7, 204, 335, 358–9, 373, 375, 389.

charter of, 296.

council of, minutes of, 24, 186, 204, 244, 335, 373, 375.

-, for president. See Morris, Colone.

-, for members. See Anderson, Smith, J.

boundaries of, 243–4, 278–9, 281–3, 293–6, 312, 318, 364, 367,; and see Gookin.

mines in, 372.

proprietors of, 92, 243, 281–3, 286, 293–6; and see Cox, Richier.

revenue of, 61, 167, 187–8.

trade with Holland, illicit, 285–6.

Newman, Mr., agent for New Hampshire, attends board, 34.

-, -, memorial of, 271, 308–9, 314, 320, 338, 341, 380.

Newnham, Mr., linen draper, attends board, 123.

Newport, Mr., attends board, 146, 260, 271, 335–6.

-, -, requested to attend, 147.

Newth, Mr., grant of land in St. Kitts to, 107.

Newton, Sir Isaac, master worker of mint, letter from, 133.

New York.

for governor. See Burnet, Fletcher, Hunter.

-, instructions to, 160, 163, 196, 241.

for agent. See Philips, Ambrose,

for chief justice. See Morris.

for surveyor. See Jarrat.

acts in, 1, 36, 39, 60–4, 67–71, 77–8, 82–4, 106, 149, 169, 177, 241, 243, 246, 251–2, 318, 334–5, 360, 363, 367–8.

assembly of, 61, 115, 132, 186, 196, 198–9, 239, 243.

boundaries of, 87–8, 124, 243–4.

council of, 60–1, 129, 141, 186, 248–9, 270–7, 283–4, 360, 375–6.

-, minutes of, 61, 243, 246.

-, for president. See Schuyler.

-, for members. See Anderson, Byerley, Colden, Depeyster, Harrison, Heath– cote, Johnston, Morris, Provoost, Schuyler, van Horn, van Renslaer.

defence of, 317, 334, 337–340, 342, 358–360.

French in, 317, 328.

imports and exports, 194–5, 200–1.

Indians in, 181–2, 184, 186–7, 195–6, 237, 284, 298, 317, 360.

map of, 124.

merchants, 63, 68.

officials in, 132–3, 184–5.

Palatines in, 61, 188, 192, 195–6, 204–5, 207, 217, 221, 253–4, 317, 360–1.

pirates in, 117.

proprietors, 92.

quit rents, 317.

revenue of, 61, 85, 167, 175, 185–6, 196–9.

shipping in, 246, 307.

settlement of, 147, 149–150, 153, 158, 162, 169, 377–8 383–4.

Niagara, 307, 317–8, 329.

Nicholaus, a pirate, 283.

Nichols, Mr., of Barbadoes, 155.

-, Robert, of Hudson Bay company, attends board, 89.

Nicholson, General, 126.

-, -, appointed governor of Carolina, 211, 242.

-, -, attends board, 207, 213, 217.

-, -, letters from, 79, 215, 348–9, 351, 368–9, 395–6.

-, -, letters to, 77, 88, 205, 374.

-, Mr., letter from, 181.

Nightingale, Sir Robert, director of East India company, attends board, 216.

Nivine, Mr., agent for Antigua, attends board, 41–2, 75, 141–2, 145, 302, 381, 394.

-, -, letters from, 40, 74, 87, 299, 311, 348, 357, 382.

-, -, letters to, 144, 306.

-, -, requested to attend, 136, 139, 211, 389, 391, 393.

Nolan, Mr., proposal from, 207.

Norfolk County, Virginia, patent for, 89.

Northern Crowns, trade with, 15, 21–2.

Northey, Sir Edward, ex-attorney general, counsel for Antigua, 141–2.

-, -, reports of, 175, 201, 302.

Northumberland, England, woollen manufactures of, 141.

Norway, trade with, 16, 33, 51, 66–68, 75.

Norwich, weavers at, 113–4, 119, 128, 134–5, 192, 219–220.

Nova Scotia, or Accadia, 47, 53, 65, 74, 108, 184, 187–8, 190–1, 343.

for governor. See Phillipps.

-, instructions to, 74–7, 106.

for lieut. governor. See Doucet.

for secretary. See Savage.

boundaries of, 54, 70–2, 89– 91, 93.

charter of, 91–2.

council of, minutes, 249.

customs in, 108.

defence of, 86, 203–4, 206, 237, 361–2.

fisheries in, 34–6, 43, 48, 54, 72, 100, 192, 208–9, 211, 217, 220, 343, 350, 358, 361–2, 374–5, 388.

French in, 36, 43, 48, 50, 64, 70–2, 77, 79–80, 92, 97, 100, 109–110, 151, 192, 196, 209, 214–5, 220, 235, 237, 242, 249, 252, 256, 384.

Indians in, 36, 50, 70, 237, 249, 361–2, 384.

map of, 72, 217, 249, 361–2.

pirates in, 70–1.

settlement of, 14, 30–1, 35, 37–8, 40, 49, 69–70, 98, 161, 178, 196, 241, 244; and See Canso and Armstrong, Col.

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Ogle, Captain, appointed commodore of Newfoundland convoy, 69, 75.

-, -, letters from, 131, 157.

Ogleby, author of 'America,' 92.

Olmeus, John, merchant, to attend board, 56.

Oporto, Portugal, 268.

-, consulate at, 26, 29.

Orkney, Earl of, governor of Virginia, attends board, 51, 55– 6, 273.

-, -, letter from, 168.

-, -, requested to attend, 54.

Ostend, Austrian Netherlands, trade with, 216, 288.

Oulson, Captain, gift of negroes to, 148.

Oxenford, Mr., of inspector general's office, attends board, 229, 266, 274, 279.

-, -, instructions to, 273, 368.

-, -, letters from, 126, 205, 330, 334, 372.

-, -, memorial of, 266.

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Page [Francis], solicitor for Mr. Penn, attends board, 286– 7, 293–6.

Pain, Marmaduke, attends board, 199–200.

Palatines. See under New York and Weiser.

Paris, Mr., letter from, 24.

Paris, France, 113, 142, 144, 150, 176, 203.

Parke, Colonel, ex-governor of Leeward Islands, murder of, 42.

Parker, Mr., attends board, 36.

Parrott, Captain Walter, affidavit of, 32.

-, William, merchant of Antigua, requested to attend board, 40.

Parry, Mr., justice of peace, Antigua, 42.

Parsons, James, 237.

Partridge, Richard, agent for Rhode Island, letter from, 386.

-, -, petition of, 344.

Pasme, M., comptroller general in Piedmont, 340.

Paxton, Mr., letter from, 191.

Payne, Charles, recommended for council of St. Kitts, 24, 28.

Pearse, Richard, petition of, 162, 164–6.

Pelham, Mr., Thomas, commissioner of trade, 1, et passim.

-, -, re-appointed, 69, 178, 322, 324.

Pemaquid, New England, grant of lands at, 165–6.

Pemberton, Roger, of Nevis, 382–3.

Penhallow, Mr., recorder of New England, 391.

Penn, William, junior, 84–6.

-, William, senior, founder of Pennsylvania, 233, 235, 281– 2, 286, 293–5.

-, Mrs. William, widow of above, 281–3, 293.

Pennsylvania, 36, 110, 196, 368.

for deputy governor. See Keith.

for admiralty judge. See Quarry.

acts in, 10–1, 16, 24, 30, 32–3, 44, 46, 50–3, 56–60, 65, 81–4, 105, 113, 125, 127, 130, 141.

boundaries of, 87–8, 278–9, 281–3, 286, 293–6, 318, 320, 353, 362, 264–7; and see Gookin.

charter of, 47, 87–8, 281, 296.

council of, 85–6.

government of assumed, 84–6, 233–5,; and See Penn.

imports, 373.

Indians, relations with, 234.

mines in, 372, 394.

proprieties, 92, 282, 293–6.

settlement of, 153, 242.

Pensacola, North America, 189, 202.

Pensbury or Stacy Island, Delaware river, 295.

Peny, John, of Hudson Bay company, attends board, 89.

Pepper, General, letter from, 278.

Percir, John, evidence of, 210.

Percy, Captain, appointed commodore of Newfoundland convoy, 157–8.

-, -, letter from, 246.

Perry, Micajah, of Virginia, attends board, 19, 98, 201, 238.

-, -, memorial from, 373.

-, -, requested to attend, 15, 110, 209.

-, Richard, merchant, attends board, 21–2, 30.

-, -, petition of, 20.

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 204.

Percy, Mr., secretary of Royal African company, letter from 100.

-, -, letters to, 108, 148.

Petersburgh, Russia, 66.

Petit Guavas, West Indies, 223.

Pettinger, John, of New Jersey, 8, 10.

-, Richard, of New Jersey, 8, 10.

-, Sycha, of New Jersey, 8, 10.

Petty Harbour (Newfoundland), petition from, 264.

Phenney, George, appointed governor of Bahamas, 285–6, 310, 314.

-, -, instructions for, 352.

-, -, letters from, 356, 376, 392.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 59.

-, council at, 84.

-, imports to, 82.

-, lands at, 113, 125, 127, 130, 364.

Philips, Adolphus, of New York, 248, 360.

-, Ambrose, agent for New York, attends board, 86–7.

-, -, letters from, 88, 129.

-, -, petition of, 36, 62.

Phillips, Colonel Richard, governor of Nova Scotia and New– foundland, attends board, 37, 48, 76.

-, -, commission for, 74, 77, 106.

-, -, instructions for, 71, 77, 187–8, 214, 239, 363.

-, -, letters from, 47, 50, 54, 64–5, 165, 184–5, 190–1, 196, 201, 235, 237, 249, 320–1, 327, 350, 358, 361, 374.

-, -, proclamations by, 225.

-, -, requested to attend, 36.

-, Thomas, of New Hampshire council, 256.

Piedmont, Italy, hemp in, 340.

Piers, Cecilia wife of Lewis, of Montserrat, petition of, 288.

-, Lewis, of Montserrat, petition of, 124, 288, 290.

-, -, attends board, 126, 329.

Piggot, Thomas, deposition of, 122.

Pilgrim, Joseph, Mary his wife, of Barbadoes, 276.

Pim, Elizabeth, of Nevis, 73.

Pinney, Mr., of council of Antigua, leave of absence for, 107.

Pitt, Ben, of Hudson Bay company, attends board, 89.

-, Colonel, letter to, 32.

-, Mr., Spanish merchant, attends board, 170–1.

Placentia, Newfoundland, 70, 124, 140.

ordnance at, 37–8, 40, 43.

fisheries at, 49, 78.

garrison at, 76, 78, 192.

fort at, 136, 151, 153, 157.

evacuation of, 89, 153.

houses at, 148–9, 377.

for lieut. governor. See Gledhill.

Plaisted, Samuel, affidavit of, 9.

Plantations General.

acts in, 73, 76, 96, 183, 261, 334, 355, 362.

agents summoned, 8, 10.

boundaries of, 86–8, 91–3, 97–8, 110, 120.

captain general for, 92.

circular letters re state of plantations, 11, 16, 88, 96, 188, 193, 229, 234–7, 248, 250, 315–320.

customs in, 12, 30, 45, 329.

French commerce with, 127, 130–3, 139–142, 206, 377.

instructions to governors, 79, 86, 102, 121, 183–5, 188, 196, 242, 297–8, 322–4, 326, 347, 353, 355, 389.

jurisdiction in, 40, 44, 175.

mines in, 234–5.

ministers in, 324, 353.

negroes in, 108.

oaths to governors, 77.

pirates in, 16, 40, 43–4, 162–3, 177–8, 319, 389, 392–3, 395.

Spain, trade with, 11, 138–9, 143–4.

stores, naval, in, 15–23, 25, 27–8, 45–6, 48, 65, 94, 96, 102, 162, 164, 168, 253, 315–6, 327– 333, 338, 355.

trade, sturgeon, 169, 172, 174; and see New England, Borland.

-, tobacco, 142.

woods in, right to, 1, 33, 35–6.

Plowman, John, fishmonger, of London, petition for curing sturgeon, 166–9, 173.

-, -, letter from, 172.

Plummer, Richard, appointed commissioner of trade, 322, 324, et passim.

Plymouth, New England, 245.

-, Montserrat, 382, 393–4.

Point Riche, Newfoundland, 97.

Poland, for envoy. See Le Coq.

-, trade with, 326; and see alsoDanzik.

Polwarth, Lord, letter for, 31, 33.

Pontchartrain, M., letters from, 80, 89.

Pont l'Abbé, Brittany, 333.

Poole, Dorset, 158.

-, -, mayor of, letter to, 37. See Skutt.

Poplar, 169.

Popple, Alured, son of Henry, to be secretary of board, 350, 359.

-, Henry, secretary of board, 327, 350, 359.

-, -, letter from, 85, 134, 153.

Portadelly, Africa, 199.

Porten, James, Sicilian merchant, attends board, 173, 236.

-, -, letter to, 225.

-, -, letter from, 226.

Portland, Duke of, appointed governor of Jamaica, 320–1, 325, 327.

-, -, attends board, 322.

-, -, instructions for, 330– 1, 333, 340, 352, 359, 387, 389.

-, -, memorial for, 342–8.

Port Royal, Jamaica, ordinance at, 2, 395.

-, -, clearances at, 223, 258–9.

-, Florida, 198.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 33, 86.

-, Hampshire, 72.

Portugal.

chancery of, 26, 29.

crown of, 25.

edicts in, 5–6.

trade with, 4–6, 71–2, 219, 222, 225, 328, 385.

wines in, 308; and see Madera.

Potomack district, Maryland, 234.

-, river, 99.

Potter, William, secretary of Hudsons Bay company, affidavit of, 95.

-, -, letter from, 98.

Poveggia Island (near Venice), 267.

Power, Mr., proposals of, 213, 221.

Poyntz, H.M. consul general at Lisbon, attends board, 222.

-, -, instructions for, 72.

-, -, letters from, 4–5, 71, 222.

Pozzo Bueno, Marquis de, Spanish ambassador, memorial from, 265–8, 300–1, 308, 312–3.

Price, John, 276.

Prince's Island, Africa, 101.

Proprieties.

boundaries in, 88.

settlement of Carolana Florida, 89, 96,

-, of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, 375.

Providence, Bahamas, 13–14, 32–3, 74, 85, 129, 180–1, 206, 208, 211, 356–7, 389, 392.

-, -, minutes of council of, 85.

Provoost, William, proposed for New York council, 375–6, 390.

Prussia, King of, 174.

Pullen, George, carpenter, of Antigua, 136, 141–2, 371, 389, 391.

Pulteney, Daniel, commissioner of trade, 46, 120–1, et passim.

-, -, re-appointed, 69, 178, 322.

-, -, attends board to give. evidence, 19–20, 22, 25, 27.

-, -, instructions for, 121.

-, -, letters from (from Paris), 127, 130–3, 136, 138– 9, 142, 144, 147, 150–2, 159, 196–7, 203, 206, 208–9, 215, 218.

-, -, thanks to, 133.

Purkis, John, deposition of, 122.

Purvis, Captain, of Dursley Galley, 256.

-, -, evidence of, 252.

Pusey, William, recommended for Jamaica council, 4–5, 8.

Pyles Island, Delaware river, 295.

Q

Quakers in Pennsylvania, 234.

-, acts touching, 44.

Quary, Colonel, judge of admiralty in Pennsylvania, cause of, 44.

Quebec, 234, 362.

R

Ragget Harbour, Newfoundland, 346.

Raimond, William, of Barbadoes, letter from, 147.

Ralé, Father, a Jesuit, intrigues of, 362.

Ramsey, Mr., of Barbadoes, attends board, 146.

Rancum, a pirate, 286.

Randolph, Mr., clerk to Mr. Woodbridge, attends board, 146.

-, -, affidavit of, 147.

-, -, letter from, 92.

Raylees, Sebastian, French friar, intrigues of, 155.

Raymond, Sir Robert, attorney general, report from, 301.

Reed, Captain, attends board, 99.

Reeve, Mr., merchant, petition of re Spanish trade, 58.

Reid, George, of Jamaica, 387, 395, 397.

Reynoulds, Moses, deposition of, 237.

Rhett, Mr., surveyor of customs in Carolina, complaints against, 226, 230, 265.

-, -, letter from, 148.

-, -, requested to attend board, 81.

Rhode Island or Providence Plantation, 245, 358, 390.

for governor. See Cranston.

acts in, 76, 347–8, 353, 355.

boundaries of, 344, 386.

charter of, 371.

customs in, 75–6.

map of, 205.

proprieties, 92.

for agents. See Partridge, Jenks.

Richards, John, merchant.

-, -, attends board, 57.

-, -, letter from, 58.

-, -, requested to attend, 56.

Richardson, Zachariah, attends board, 127.

-, -, petition of, 113, 125, 130.

Richier, Mr., proprietor of New Jersey, to attend board for New Jersey, 279, 282.

Rider, Mr., suggested for consul at Madera, 15–19, 29–30, 32.

Ridge, Mr., king's brewer at Portsmouth, letter to, 72.

Riga, Russia, 66, 174.

Rigby, James, provost marshall of Jamaica, letters from, 229, 273, 279.

Roberts, a pirate, 237, 283.

Robertson, Mr., clerk of Virginian assembly, letter from, 172.

Robinson, John, recommended for Virginia council, 235–6, 242.

Rogers, Captain, governor of Bahamas, 211.

-, -, letters from, 13, 85, 129, 180–1, 290.

-, -, letters to, 24, 84, 88.

Rope, Mr., attends re ordnance, 37.

Rose, Francis, president of Jamaica council, decease reported, 258.

Rudge, Edward, merchant, attends board, 56.

-, -, to attend board, 54, 161, 169.

Russell, Charles, consul at Seville, letter from, 160–1, 322, 374.

-, -, letter to, 247.

Russia or Muscovy, tar from, 17, 21–2.

-, -, trade with, 33.

Russian or Eastland company, 46, 59, 75.

-, -, for governor. See Ayloff.

Ryswick, treaty of, 150.

Rye [Sussex], 220, 228, 231.

S

Sables Cape, Nova Scotia, 54, 90.

-, island, 97, 209.

St. Augustine, Florida, 99, 189, 198, 211, 226, 230, 238, 265, 321, 368, 396.

St. Castin, M., 93.

St. Christophers, Leeward Islands, 74, 93, 151, 243, 366.

for lieut. governor. See Talmash.

for agent. See Nivine.

acts of, 79, 291, 303, 348, 380–3.

assembly of, minutes of, 107, 292.

council of, 23–4, 28, 55, 382–3, 390.

-, minutes of, 79, 292–3.

-, members. See Davis Duport, Garnett, Holmes, Liddell, Macdowal and Payne.

courts in, 293.

fortification of, 382–3.

French, cession by, 97, 109–110.

revenues, 292.

settlement of, 13, 38–9, 107, 242, 303, 373, 383.

South Sea company desire, 373.

stores of war in, 177, 293.

suffers from French invasion at, 8, 35, 81, 84–5, 104, 108, 127, 176, 247.

St. Croix river, Nova Scotia, 91, 100.

St. Eustacia, Dutch West Indies, 66, 74, 106.

St. George Fort, India, 245–6.

St. George's parish, Carolina, 369.

St. Hill, Sampson, attends board, 210, 213.

-, -, letters from, 219.

St. James' parish, Barbadoes, 272.

St. Jean Island, off Nova Scotia, settlement of, 252, 256.

St. Johns, Newfoundland, 264, 347, 361.

-, -, fort at, 76.

-, -, road to, 124.

St. John Island, Nova Scotia, 350.

-, West Indies, 26, 303–4.

St. Johns river, Nova Scotia, 100, 384.

St. Johns Town, Antigua, 142.

St. Lawrence, gulf and cape, 72, 97, 209.

St.Lawrence or Canada river, French settlements by, 72, 82, 89, 91, 195.

St. Lucia, West Indies, settlement of, 106, 108–9, 112–3, 116–7, 120, 136, 138–9, 142, 144, 150–2, 159, 169, 179, 277, 330, 338–341, 375, 378–9, 384.

St. Lucy's parish, Barbadoes, 152–3, 261.

St. Martin, M., to be governor of St. Lucia, 109.

St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, 91.

St. Michael, Barbadoes, 274, 337.

St. Ovide de Brouillan, governor of Cape Breton, memorial to, 54.

St. Philips parish, Antigua, 125, 141–2, 145, 297, 312.

-, Barbadoes, 255, 257, 261.

St. Therese or Hays river, Hudsons Bay, 95.

St. Thomas Island, West Indies, 26, 32.

St. Thomas parish, Barbadoes, 272.

St. Thomas in the Vale parish, Jamaica, 387, 395, 397.

St. Vincent Island, West Indies, negroes at, 106, 108–9, 120, 179, 338–341, 375, 378–9, 384.

Sainthill, Thomas, of Barbadoes, 255, 349.

Salem, Massachusetts, 284, 359.

Salisbury, bishop of, attends board, 247.

Sally, Mr., French minister, letter from, 1.

Saltatudas, . . Spaniards at, 13.

San Domingo, Island, West Indies, Spaniards at, 109.

San Lucar, Spain, 161, 322.

Santander, Spain, 171.

Santee St. James, Carolina, 369, 395.

Santiago de Cuba, West Indies, 286.

Saratoga, Saraitago, New York, 338.

Sardinia, King of. See Victor Amadeo.

Savage, Mr., secretary of Nova Scotia, letter from, 321.

Savana river, Carolina, 189, 198.

Savil, Mr., merchant, petition from, 54, 63.

Scheef, William, New York Palatine, attends board, 217, 253.

-, -, petition of, 195, 221, 254.

Schenectady, New York, 62, 338.

Schories, New York, Palatine settlement at, 195, 207, 221, 253, 317.

Schuyler, Peter, of New York, 248, 360.

-, Colonel, president of council of New York, letter to, 180–1.

-, -, letter from, 243.

Schuylkill river, New Jersey, 364.

Scotland.

Eastland trade, 174.

fisheries of, 41, 46, 51–3, 212, 220, 232, 302–5, 310–1, 313– 4, 353.

linen trade of, 121, 123–124.

Royal Burghs' petition, 301–5; and see Sinclair.

Scott, Captain, commodore of Newfoundland convoy, letters from, 55, 70.

Senegal, French company, 200–1; 247.

-, river of, 200.

Sennikee or Seneca Indians, Iroquois nation, 243, 307, 317.

Serel, Marquis de, governor, of Hispaniola, letter to, 286.

Seville, Spain, 160, 170, 247, 322, 374.

Shannon, Nathaniel, letters from, 36, 48.

Shard, Robert, merchant, petition for curing sturgeon, 166–9, 173, 175.

-, -, letter from, 172.

Sharp, Mr., attends board, 390–2.

-, -, petition against Robert Armstrong, 388.

Sharpe, Colonel, late president of council of Barbadoes, attends board, 150–2, 155–6.

-, -, complaints against, 251.

-, Mr., Solicitor for New Jersey, attends board, 286–7, 362–4.

Sheaf, Mr., requested to attend board, 33.

Shelton, Mr., Secretary to lords proprietors of Carolina, attends board, 189–190, 370.

-, -, letter to, 188.

Sherborn, Henry, of New Hampshire council, 391, 393.

Shewell, Mr., of company of weavers, letter to, 114.

Ships.

Adventure, 246, 286.

Amazon, 199.

Betty Galley, 199.

Blanco, 111.

Bumper, 324.

Callabar Merchant, 262.

Charlotte, 145.

Delicia, 129.

Dove Snow, 47.

Duke of York, 205, 240.

Dursley Galley, 252, 256.

Endeavour, 85, 391.

Enterprize, 205, 240.

Flamborough, 181, 265.

Good Fortune, 389, 392.

Katherine, 246.

L'Aimable Marie, 80.

Mary, 181.

Morning Star, 389, 392.

Nassau, 246.

Nuestra Senora de Belin alias Kensington, 223.

Pollisht, 95.

Prudence, 246.

Relief, 237.

Resolution, 224.

Rose, 168, 217, 237, 321.

Royal George, 205, 240.

Salamander, 95.

Scarborough, 109, 226, 230.

Squirrel, 43, 48, 54, 70–2, 208, 212, 214–5.

Susanna, 246.

Sweepstakes, 179.

Short, Samuel, Italian merchant, 113.

-, -, attends board, 116.

Shute, Colonel, governor of New England, letters from, 3, 9–11, 43, 117, 192–4, 240, 252–4, 256, 312, 314–5, 327– 328, 341, 361–2, 376, 380.

-, -, letters to, 28, 52, 54, 65, 71, 85, 105, 256–7, 284, 315–6, 342, 365, 377, 395.

-, -, certificates from, 373.

-, -, quarrel with assembly of Massachusetts, 315.

Sibourg, Major General Charles, appointed governor of Nevis, 358.

Sicily, trade with, 116, 173, 226, 235–6.

Simpson, Mr., counsel for Mr. Cracherode, attends board, 296–7.

Sinclair, Sir Robert, petition of, 301–3, 305, 314, 353.

Sitwell, Francis, merchant of Barbadoes, petition of, 144–5, 148–9.

Skeffington, George, of Newfoundland, petition of, 150, 152, 158, 346–7.

Skinner, Mr., of Bahamas council, 376.

Skutt, mayor of Poole, letter from, 38.

Slap, John, of Barbadoes, 353.

Smart, Captain, commander of Squirrel, 71–2, 208, 212, 214–5.

Smith, Colonel Daniel, lieut. governor of Nevis, attends board, 90.

-, -, letters from, 93, 316.

-, -, requested to attend, 89.

-, George, Canary merchant, attends board, 300.

-, James, secretary for New Jersey, attends board, 172–3, 257.

-, -, memorial of, 5–6, 14, 163–4, 167, 175–6, 258.

-, -, proposed for New Jersey council, 374, 390.

-, Captain John, attends board, 108.

-, Colonel, of Bermuda council, suspension of, 366.

-, Mr., of council of Virginia, complaint by, 105.

-, -, demise of, 168.

-, Mr., H.M.'s teller, attends board, 25.

-, -, letter to, 15.

-, -, requested to attend, 20, 23.

Sonmans, Peter, requested to attend board, 205.

Sound, the, Denmark, 50, 66, 75, 248–9, 325, 371.

South, Captain William, commander of Endeavour, 85.

Southack, Captain, 31.

-, -, letters from, 54, 372.

South Sea company, 170, 192, 242, 243, 310, 373.

-, for secretary. See Wescombe.

-, charter of, 301.

Spain.

consulate in Minorca, 221.

discoveries by, 91.

Carolina, menace to, 198, etc. q.v.

trade with, 4, 26, 34, 51–2, 54–8, 62–3, 78, 125, 138, 140, 159–163, 165, 169–171, 189, 247, 265–8, 308, 385.

treaty with, 275.

kingdom of, 332.

war with, 16.

wools, 50–2, 57, 118.

wines, 308; and see Canarys.

silver mines of, 234–5.

privateers, 9, 11, 226, 368.

West Indies agression, 13–4, 32–3, 68, 74, 90, 99, 109, 137–8, 140, 143–7, 154, 169, 181, 201, 211, 223–5, 230, 238, 265, 279, 283, 357.

Sparke, Mr., attends board, 36.

Spezzia [Italy], to be made a free port, 235–6.

Spittle Fields, weavers at, 113, 133.

Spotswood, Colonel, lieut. governor of Virginia, complaints against, 336.

-, -, letters from, 40, 64–5, 79, 168, 171–2, 180–1, 183–4, 235, 259, 262, 279, 315, 365, 367–8, 370, 379.

-, -, letters to, 52, 54–5, 60, 73, 79, 81, 185.

-, -, quarrel with council, 51, 56, 64, 79, 172.

-, -, relations with Indians, 234, 298–9.

-, -, pirates, 205, 262.

Spotsylvania County, Virginia, 272.

Staad, Germany, 112, 124, 164, 167.

Stanhope, Charles, letters to, 83–4, 160, 228, 263.

-, -, letters from, 83–4, 127, 163–4, 262.

-, Colonel, letters from, 90, 102.

-, -, appointed minister at Madrid, 159.

-, -, instructions to, 160–3, 168, 175–6, 192.

-, Earl of, 15.

-, -, letters from, 19, 24, 31, 33, 36, 41, 50, 54, 58, 68, 143, 158, 171, 173, 176.

-, -, letters to, 27, 51–3, 59, 62, 167, 247.

Stanley, Sir John, late commissioner of customs, attends board, 232–3.

Stanyan, Mr., to be written to, 13.

Stapleton, Colonel, 151.

-, Leopold de, 286.

Steele, William, deposition of, 142.

Stephens, James, of Nevis, 104.

Stevens, Francis, merchant of Bristol, attends board, 262.

Stevenson or Stephenson, Mr., agent for Barbadoes, attends board, 183–4.

-, -, letters from, 143, 260, 397.

Steward, Mr., attends board, 302–4, 310–1.

Stockholm, Sweden, 345.

Stoddard, Christopher, complaint of, 13.

Stola, Juan Baptista, Genoese, roguery of, 190–191.

Stonoe river, Carolina, 370.

Storey, Mr., 364.

Storke, Samuel, attends board, 63, 267–8.

-, -, requested to attend, 33.

Stuart, Captain, appointed commodore of Newfoundland, 252.

Stukely, Mr., deceased, agent for admiralty in Jamaica, debts due to, 40, 43, 81.

Subercasse, M., 100.

Sucre, D. Carlos, Marquis de, governor of Cartegena, 169.

Sunderland, Earl of, letter to, 169.

Suriquois nation, 91.

Sussex County, woolwinders in, 214, 231.

Susugula river, North America, 98.

Sutherland, Earl of, petition of, 58, 242.

Sutton, Edmund, speaker of Barbados assembly, 111.

-, -, complaints against, 336.

-, -, letters from, 259–260, 262.

-, -, petition to, 337.

-, Sir Robert, H.M. ambassador in France, letter from, 208–9, 211, 217.

Swan, Captain John, 336.

Sweden, trade with, 17, 21–2, 156, 345–6, 348, 357–8, 366–8, 372.

Swiss, in North America, 396.

Swymmer, Anthony, recommended for presidency of council of Jamaica, 258, 283.

Symmonds, Joseph, of Nevis, 382– 3.

Symms, Dorothy, of Antigua, 158.

-, George, husband of, ibid.

-, Henry, son of, ibid.

T

Tallard, M., memorial of, 139.

Talmash, Hon. Thomas, lieut. governor of Montserrat, acts passed by, 291.

-, -, license for, 382.

-, -, requested to attend board, 107, 393–4.

Tankerville, France, 122.

Tarpaulin Cove, Rhode Island, 390.

Tatem, Mr., merchant, petition of, 57–8, 63.

Taylor, Colonel, of Massachusetts council, 316.

-, -, attends board, 268.

-, Israel, 295.

-, Mr., deposition of, 14.

Teeper or Tipper, Thomas, of Nevis, 104.

Tenecunck, Delaware river, 364.

Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Spain, 125, 159, 165, 201.

Tenicum Island, Delaware river, 295, 364.

Tertuda Island, salt at, 154–5.

Thanet, Isle of, 323.

Thomas, George, of Antigua, 6, 306.

-, Thomas, attends board, 176.

-, William, of Antigua, 306.

Thompson, Josiah, attends board, 383, 385, 387.

-, -, letter from, 232.

-, Sir William, counsel for Captain Gookin, attends board, 281–3, 293–6.

Thorpe, Robert, of Barbadoes, deceased, 272.

-, William, of Barbadoes, 272.

Thwaites, Mr., 221.

Tickell, Mr., letter from, 12, 16, 162.

Tidmarsh, Mr., weaver of Spitalfields, 113.

-, -, letter to, 115.

Tidmas, William, letter from, 212, 221–2.

-, -, evidence of, 213.

Tigh, Mr. consul at Elsinore, Denmark, instructions to, 33, 65, 75, 112.

-, -, letters from, 31, 53, 64, 66, 125, 248–9. 325, 371.

Tilson, Mr., letters from, 15, 34, 109, 117, 203.

-, -, letter to, 204.

Ting, of Antigua, 41.

Tobago Island (West Indies), to be joined to Barbadoes, 248, 250, 320–1, 323–4, 331, 339.

Townshend, Viscount, letters from, 250, 252, 256, 315–6, 324, 330, 345, 361, 378–381, 387.

-, -, letters to, 320, 325, 372, 387.

Trade.

acts, 138, 151, 355.

artificers abroad, 11, 15, 221–2.

caclicoes, 82–3, 85, 113–123, 126–8, 131, 133–5, 208, 216, 221, 241, 245, 247.

consulates, 19, 25–6, 28–30, 32, 38, 41, 52, 71–2, 75, 110, 125, 170–1, 222, 313, 374.

copper, 47.

courts, 241.

customs, 64, 75, 88, 100, 130, 138, 221, 372, 385, 388.

exports and imports, 14, 107–8, 132, 135, 196, 201, 213, 227, 229, 250, 269, 273–4, 279, 288, 322, 330–1, 340, 374–6, 388.

fisheries, 9, 11–12, 24, 27, 35, 37, 41, 46, 49–53, 58–9, 97, 105, 110, 124, 166–8, 226, 232, 302–5, 310–1, 313– 4, 353.

foreign impositions, 51–2, 102– 3, 219, 358–9, 367–8, 372, 378–381, 384, 387.

hemp, 316, 329–331, 340.

iron, 1, 15, 36.

merchants' memorial, 173–5, 190–1, 245–6, 273, 299–301.

naval stores. See Plantations General.

pepper, 1.

pirates, 240.

salt, 2, 11–2, 35, 76–7, 106.

shipping, 31, 54, 56–8, 63, 66–8, 102–3, 120, 188, 208, 248–9, 321, 333, 386.

silk, 113–123, 126, 134; and see Lekeux.

subsidy, 150.

sugar, 201–2.

timber, 33.

tobacco, 142.

treaties of commerce, 33, 64, 69, 143, 153, 162, 171, 235–6, 275, 324–6.

weavers' petition, 158–9, 275; and see under calicoes, silks.

weighing goods, 367–8, 372.

wool, 3, 5, 7, 27, 50–2, 57, 112– 123, 125, 127–8, 141, 152, 165, 167, 176–7, 179, 203, 205, 207, 209–10, 212–5, 218–20, 224–5, 228, 230–3, 237, 240–2, 244, 246, 253–4, 286, 334, 340, 383, 385, 387, 397.

See also Africa, Barbary, Denmark, East Indies, France, Holland, Hudsons Bay, Madera, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Venice; and under separate colonies.

Travers, Joseph, merchant, attends board, 206.

-, -, letters from, 205, 240.

-, -, letter to, 197.

-, -, losses of, 247.

-, -, memorial of, 199–200.

-, Samuel, merchant, attends board, 206.

-, -, letters from, 205, 240.

Tregonning, Richard, 253.

Trott, Edmund, Italian merchant, attends board, 116.

-, Mr., of Bahamas, memorial of, 357.

Trowell, Philip, deceased, of Barbadoes, 272.

Trueman, Thomas, of Nevis, 76.

-, -, attends board, 107, 229, 247.

Trumbol, Mr. Secretary, letter to, 93.

Tryon, Rowland, attends board, 40–1, 87.

-, -, requested to attend, 94.

-, Thomas, of Barbadoes, attends board, 6–8, 137–8, 143–4, 146, 155–6, 183–4.

-, -, letter from, 180.

-, -, requested to attend, 86, 179.

-, William, attends board, 210–1.

-, -, requested to attend, 209.

Tucker, Captain Henry, of Bermuda, recommended for council, 283.

Tunis, North Africa, 386.

Turin, Piedmont, 329–330, 340.

Turing, Mr., memorial from, 322.

Turkey or Levant company, 1, 13–4, 119, 134, 156, 379–380, 386.

-, for deputy governor. See Conyers.

Turner, Richard, junior, attends board, 116.

Tuscany, tobacco at, 9.

Tuscarura Indians, join Iroquois, 182, 187.

U

Ulster County, New York, 62.

Uring, Nathaniel, appointed deputy governor of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, 375, 378.

Usher, John, ex-treasurer of New England, attends board, 126.

-, -, petition of, 124, 245.

Utrecht, treaty of, 71, 78, 80, 89– 92, 96–7, 100, 109, 150, 160, 192.

V

Valle, D. Juan del, answer to, 2.

Vandrueil, governor of Quebec in Canada, letters to, 36, 80.

-, -, letters from, 64, 362.

-, -, instructions to, 217.

Van Horn, Alexander (or Abraham), proposed for New York council, 375–6, 390.

Van Renslaer, Kilian, of council of New York, decease of, 129.

Vaughan, George, letter from, 48.

-, Colonel, attends board, 34–5, 71–2.

-, -, letters from, 36, 81.

-, -, requested to attend, 33.

Venice, Italy, 1.

for consul. See Brown.

for secretary. See Fiorelli.

senate of, 101.

duties imposed at, 102–3, 219.

trade with, 225–7, 230, 266–7, 269.

Vernon, Mr. Secretary, letter from, 92.

-, -, letter to, 93.

-, -, evidence of, 258–9.

-, Captain or Commander, of H.M.S. Mary, 258–9.

-, -, letter from, 181.

-, -, differences with Sir Nicholas Lawes, 280–1, 285– 6, 290.

-, -, requested to attend, 319.

Versailles, France, 1.

Veryard, Ellis, to attend board, 210.

-, -, evidence of, 212.

Vetch, Colonel, ex-governor of Nova Scotia, attends board, 34–5, 166, 169, 209.

-, -, letters from, 88, 90, 236.

-, -, letters to, 88, 196.

-, -, petition of, 178, 284.

-, -, requested to attend, 165, 208.

Victor Amadeo II, king of Sardinia and Piedmont, 173, 430.

Virginia, 77, 81, 98, 184–5, 367.

for lieut. governor. See Spotswood, Drysdale.

for secretary. See Cook, Jennings.

for agents. See Blakiston, Carter.

acts in, 39, 52, 64–5, 85, 183, 259, 272–3, 314–5, 379.

assembly of, 60, 64–5, 73, 171–2, 181–2, 259.

burgesses, house of, 10, 56, 64, 79, 172, 273, 275, 278, 297, 310.

council of, 11, 40, 51, 54–6, 64, 69, 79, 168, 172, 241–2, 259, 272–3, 275, 297, 301, 310.

-, minutes of, 171–2, 365.

-, members of. See Berkeley, Beverley, Blair, Byrd, Digges, Ludwell, Robinson and Smith.

boundaries of, 89, 197.

defence of, 234, 238, 275, 279, 298–9, 301, 368.

duties in, 172, 275.

ecclesiastical benefices in, 5, 60.

instructions to governor, 183.

Indians, relations with, 99, 181–2, 202, 234, 298, 365, 368.

lighthouse in, 370, 372, 374, 376.

mines in, 336.

pirates in, 205, 218, 262–3.

products, 328; and see Plantations General, naval stores.

proprieties, 92.

quit-rents, 279, 298–9, 379.

revenues of, 172, 180, 279–280.

settlement of new counties, 272, 280, 298–9, 368.

tobacco trade, 210, 275, 279.

Virgin Islands, Danish settlement at, 303–4, 307, 322.

W

Wager, Sir Charles, Lord of Admiralty, attends board, 17–18, 20.

Walker, Mr., commissioner of customs, attends board, 45–6, 146, 183–4, 250.

Walpole, Horace, auditor of plantations, attends board, 205, 279, 314, 377–8.

-, -, letters from, 313, 331–2, 342–3, 347, 385, 388.

-, -letters to, 266, 269, 309, 323, 334, 336, 348, 397.

-, -, memorial from, 196– 9, 237, 244.

Walsh, Mr., governor of York fort, Hudsons Bay, 95.

Walter, Mr., attends board, 146; see also Waters.

Ware, Peter, proposed for New Hampshire council, 256, 283.

Warner, Edward, senior, of St. Kitts, 176.

-, Colonel, of Antigua, leave of absence for, 292.

Warren, Captain, deceased, 359.

Washington, Lieut., letters from, 320–1.

Waters, Mr., of Barbadoes, attends board, 137–8.

Wayland, Mark, merchant, to attend board, 56.

Weavers Hall, apprentices bound at, 114, 117.

Weavers' petition of, 113–124, 158– 9, 192, 218, 233; and see Le Keux.

Webbe, Captain John, attends board, 299, 301.

-, -, petition of, 244, 297.

Webber, Francis, attends board, 212–3.

-, -, letters from, 210, 219, 237.

Weir, Thomas, attends board, 108–9.

-, -, letters from, 106, 112– 3.

Weiser, John Conrad, Palatine, of New York, attends board, 217.

-, -, petition and misconduct of, 195, 204–5, 221, 360–1.

Welsh, James, of Antigua, deposition of, 142.

Wentworth, Benjamin, of New England, 391.

-, Colonel, lieut. governor of New Hampshire, letters from, 194, 316, 372.

-, Captain John, of New Hampshire council, complaints against, 391, 393.

-, -, attends board, 34–5.

-, -, requested to attend, 33.

Wescombe, Sir Martin, letter from, 4.

-, Mr., secretary of South Sea company, letter to, 170.

-, -, letters from, 192, 243.

West, Richard, H.M.'s counsel at law, 164, 203, 222.

-, -, attends board, 1, 4, 8, 12, 14, 39, 44, 61, 72–3, 130, 139, 149, 173–4, 184, 218–9, 228, 252, 260, 314, 354.

-, -, counsel for Captain Gookin, 281–3, 293–7.

-, -, letters from, 11, et passim.

-, -, letters to, 1, et passim.

-, -, reports of, 14, 51, 60, 67, 73, 77, 85, 122, 125, 144, 152, 175, 178, 180, 261, 269, 272, 277–8, 302, 304–6, 344, 349, 353, 363, 366, 381, 391–3, 395.

-, -, requested to attend, 139, 172, 179, 217, 227, 256, 313, 347, 378.

Westbrook, Mr., 373.

Western Islands. See Azores.

Westminster, 169, 214–6.

Westmoreland, Earl of, 159, 214, 273, 333, 338, 359.

-, -, appointed commissioner of trade, 69.

-, -, attends board, 122, et passim.

-, -, re-appointed, 178, 322, 324.

-, -, seal prepared for, 169.

Wexford, Ireland, 385.

Whaley, Thomas, recompence for, 274.

Whalley, Mr., deputy registrar in chancery of Barbadoes, attends board, 296–7.

Wheeler, Sir Thomas, 151.

Wheelock, Mr., deputy secretary, letter from, 350.

Whitehaven, Cumberland, 206, 289.

Whitney, Captain, commander of Rose, complaints against, 321.

Whitworth, Mr., secretary of Barbadoes, letters from, 262, 293.

-, -, letter to, 263.

-, -, petition of, 296–7.

Wickam, Dr., of Antigua, 311.

-, -, attends board, 41–2.

-, -, letter from, 39.

Wicker, William, mate, letter from, 147.

Wightman, Mr., attends board, 51–2, 302–4, 310–1.

-, -, letters from, 53, 59.

Wignacourt, Marquis de, attends board, 244.

Willard, Mr., secretary of Massachusetts, 373.

-, -, letters from, 32, 379.

William and Mary, acts passed under, 3, 10, 137, 139, 142, 156, 339.

-, grants by, 147, 158, 240, 252, 254, 295.

-, College of Virginia, 39, 172.

-, fort of, in New Hampshire, 193, 271, 341.

Williams, Daniel, forgery of, 286.

-, Elizabeth, of Barbadoes, 280.

-, John, Captain, of Barbadoes, deceased, 274, 280.

-, Mary, of Barbadoes, 280.

-, Mr., attends board, 102–3, 226–7, 266–7.

-, -, letter to, 225.

-, -, letter from, 229.

-, -, requested to attend, 101.

Williamsburg, Virginia, 298.

Willioughby Bay, Antigua, 142, 145. 145.

Wills, General, 278.

Wineau, Carolina, 369.

Winniett, Mr., letter from, 384.

Withers, Sir William, mayor of wool staple at Westminster, letter to, 216.

Woodbridge, Dudley, of Barbadoes, 146.

-, -, attends board, 137–8.

-, -, letter from, 142, 145.

-, -, letter to, 144.

Woodford, Thomas, solicitor to East India company, attends board, 216.

Woodward, Leonard, of Nevis, 104.

Woolley, Mr., secretary of East India company, letters from, 120, 126, 134, 180, 212, 214– 5, 230, 240.

-, -, letters to, 118, 123, 134, 205, 213, 229.

Wordsworth, Mr., attends board, 326.

-, -, letter to, 328.

Worsley, Henry, appointed govvernor of Barbadoes.

Instructions for, 331, 351–5, 379, 390.

Wright, Mr., Italian merchant, 113.

-, Mr., clerk of wool staple, attends board, 214–6.

Wrighton, Mr., 233.

-, -, memorial from, 238.

Wych, Mr., resident at Hamburgh, 167.

-, -, letters from, 24, 27, 37, 41, 46, 49, 52, 58–9, 124–5, 164–5.

-, -, letters to, 110, 112.

Wyndham, Mr., linen draper, letter to, 118.

Y

Yamasee, Indians, Carolina, peace with, 189.

Yeamans, John, recommended for council of Antigua, 3.

-, leave of absence for, 292, 366.

York Fort or Fort Bourbon, Hudsons Bay, 95. See La Fort, Walsh.

York, Duke of, James, afterwards King James II., grant to, 281, 293.

-, Mr., counsel, attends board, 141–2, 149.

Yorkshire, 231, 298.

-, clothiers of, 220.

Youghal, Ireland, 385.

Young, Captain Benjamin, attends board, 217.

-, -, memorial from, 220, 272.

-, Sir Walter, commissioner of customs, attends board, 45–6.

Younge, Frances, surveyor general of Bahamas and Carolina, 247, 351, 368–370.

-, -, attends board, 397–8.

-, -, letter from, 396.

-, -, letter to, 397.

Z

Zant, John van, 62.