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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to transport themselves to Newfoundland to avoid the King's service, to reside there during the winter under the name … can secure the trade but this method. It is true that St. John's may easily be fortified, for the harbour is narrow … bound for Europe to meet at the mouth of Patuxent and St. Maries Rivers and sail thence in company to join the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… in writing. The case of Mons. de la Forest and the Hudson's Bay Company was then heard, when the Company again … which puts them under apprehensions of having lost St. John's also. So that unless they find their satisfaction … was too much reason to fear that the French had taken St. John's and that they would require five, if not six, more …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… as Clerk of Council pending signification of the King's pleasure. Orders for sundry payments. The accounts of the King's revenue for 1697 were brought up after audit, and entered … by which they were formerly bounded. This is the river St. George, about five leagues to eastward of Pemaquid, which …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and bullion was ordered. The question of Thomas Hinkley's land deferred to next Session. Address to Lord Bellomont … 107. Sworn information of William Hughes, of the parish of St. James's, Westminster. I have received the enclosed letter … Ambassador. You will report how much of the island of St. Christophers is to be restored to the French in virtue of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… acquainted the Council of Trade with Sir Thomas Trevor's explanation of the delay in the report on the address from … Commissioners for the restitution of the French part of St. Christophers he must be prepared for the duty on or … has demanded the restitution of the French part of St. Christophers, and we daily expect him to come and receive …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… law and justice must cease among us and therewith the King's authority, if there be no officers to support it. Several … our traders bound thither. From thence she is to sail to St. Domingo to demand restitution of a vessel of this island … V. Governor Sir William Beeston to the Spanish Governor of St. Domingo. 14 November, 1698. I send this man-of-war to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… each place to enable them to do it. But as for His Majesty's subjects it is true that by a late Act of Parliament all … from Lord Bellomont it appears that Kidd sailed from St. Thomas's for the Island of Mona lying between Porto Rico … there meeting with one Bolton of Antegoa and one Burt of St. Thomas's he sold them several goods and sent Bolton to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 1,065. R. Yard to Mr. Popple, enclosing His Majesty's letter to Sir William Beeston about seizing Kidd's plunder … by His Majesty to Col. Codrington about Kidd's plunder at St. Thomas's. Endorsed, Recd. Read Dec. 20, 1699. p. [ Board … about 1,000 miles distant from Mexico and 300 miles from St. Augustin, the only settlement the Spaniards have in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Several petitions referred to this House by His Excellency's Council, were referred to the Committee of Public Claims. … and Thomas Ashburne, of Loganye in the Parish of St. Andrews, Jamaica. Petitioners pray to be heard before the … Act of the Assembly of Jamaica, to oblige the parishes of St. Katherine and St. Andrew to build a bridge over the Rio …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… here, settled the Government according to His Majesty's Commission, appointed officers both civil and military, … the Assembly pass'd such Laws as might tend to His Majesty's service and the good government of his subjects, by which … as ordered, the wants and defects of the Fortifications of St. Michael's Division. Petition of Mr. Frizell, setting …