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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… way of improving our trade than for the King to make our river Piscataqua a free port. Importation by strangers is of … Edward Randolph reported that he had seized a ship in the river for the King. The master complained that Randolph did … Note." That many of the above-said ships came into the river, being driven in by contrary winds and made but little …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to custody on board the ship Duke of York in Rappahannock river. On another page this order is dated 9 th May. [ Col. … an insurrection in Gloucester County. There being a large river and fifty miles of country between the rioters and me … less than 12,000 acres may have a frontage to a navigable river equal to the depth of the block from the river; those …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… as they could, and set up a post marked so as to claim the river for the Dutch West India Company. In 1652 some Swedes … themselves, drove out the Dutch and took possession of the river, but in 1684 were dispossessed in turn by a ship from …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of recent disturbances, the negroes' market at the River's mouth be suppressed; Captain John Ellis with three …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Charles I., made a voyage to Hudson's Bay, entered the river to Port Nelson and found a cross set up by Sir Thomas … In 1667 one Zachary Gilliam, an Englishman, sailed to a river in the bottom of the bay and called it Rupert river in honour of Prince Rupert. He built a fort there …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… tobacco would suffer much, as vessels could pass into the river Currahtuck unobserved, and carry off as much tobacco as …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… English at Northfield and Springfield on the Connecticut river. They fled to Canada afterwards, but though demanded by …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to Boston aud deserted the fort. REDOUBT ON DAMARASCOTLY RIVER. This being garrisoned from New Dartmouth was also … The commander was seized and the forces withdrawn. SACO RIVER. A fort commanded by Captain John Floyd with his own … forts were deserted by the officers and men. MERRIMAC RIVER. A company of 50 men was at the Upper Plantation, as …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to inform us of the depth of water on the bar of Ashley River, and what is the most water that a vessel can draw and … forthwith. Gilbert More appointed pilot of Smith's Island river, with a view to checking illegal trade. Other pilots …