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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 30th June, 1729. The principal place of the Bahama Islands is this of Providence, where the Governour and all … for a place of greater safety: and for the other islands etc., they are as yet uninhabited, except in the … of this place resort to Exuma for salt, and the other islands for wood which is at present their best and most …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… heard of the design of this new settlement, some of their friends waited to know ye truth, all this together has forced … I propose to settle first, but doubt not to make them friends, if they were to be allowed some small presents as at … to ye Lords of Trade who know best what condition these islands are in and how they ought to be supported as Bermuda …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the trade of the Northern Colonys Surinam and the French Islands and has made therein his observations on the vast … Colonys on the Continent to and from the French Sugar Islands and Surinam considered. [? By Mr. Dunbar. v. … of New England vessells, annually to load in the French islands melasses (a commodity there of very little value) for …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… might have raked ten times as much. The people of these islands have been so long accustom'd to neglect the salt … all people in general agree is much the best of the Bahama Islands having large valleys of fine land and plenty of … from Bermuda, St. Christophers, Barbadoes and the Virgin Islands and since they do move thence I believe there is no …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… return to our general Queries, of the state of all the islands under yor. Government. [C.O. 29, 15. pp. 212, 213.] … opinion upon the right which the French pretend to the Islands of Sta. Cruz and Tobago, their pretension to the last … or refrain from upholding his just rights over those Islands, where the English have none. His Majesty desiring …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 438. i. Minutes of Council and Assembly of the Bahama Islands, Aug. 9, 1730Sept. 8th, 1731. Endorsed, R. 21st Jan. … A particular account of all the inhabitants of the Bahama Islands. Names given. (1) On Providence, White men, 190, … 2 pp. 439. iv. Account and description of the Bahama Islands. Replies to Queries of Board of Trade. The islands of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies