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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Jamaica. The Governor reported that he had sent H.M.S. Drake to fetch the prisoners from Campeachy. Order for … of this province; so if he would run a line from 41 40' in Delaware river to the Susquehanna, and let Mr. Penn keep all … our fur trade, I would ask leave to build a fort on the Delaware in latitude 41 40'; another on the Susquehanna, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… procedure, which will shortly be submitted for the King's approval, and if approved will be good precedents for the … of Chancery, which appeal is granted on the defendant's bare report, whether there be any matter of equity at issue … the Jerseys, Pennsylvania and the three lower counties of Delaware, and by the interruption of the beavertrade through …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to William Blathwayt. Enclosing a list of Captain Wright's squadron. p. Annexed, 1,343. I. List of ships under Captain Wright's squadron. Mary, third-rate, 280 men, 54 guns. Fourth-rates, … at sea and a fortified post ashore. The whole country from Delaware to Pemaquid is much damaged by the late ill-managed …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… consideration. A clause, referring to the Treasurer's accounts and discharge, to be inserted in the Tax Bill, was … March 5. Order for the clause relating to the Treasurer's discharge to be inserted in the Tax Bill and sent down to … Thomas Meech to Governor Nicholson. 24 September, 1695. Delaware River. I arrived here on the 18th. Hamilton had just …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Islands, and to my knowledge he sent them all home by H.M.S. Hastings. He is preparing them since that time for … may send us a small vessel to cruise by turns in this and Delaware Bay. I shall then hope to put some stop to the … part. He did little mischief, though when he ran out of Delaware Bay he plundered some of the inhabitants. The bay …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… It is almost 20 years since I came hither with the King's Letters Patents to the Proprietor and his Commission to … malicious minds have been busy to overthrow the Proprietor's government, to accomplish which they have forged … ever since the first pirates landed at the Capes of Delaware Bay, when he wrote to a magistrate there to acquaint …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… one year as they have given for the Company now there. P.S.The Agent for the Company will attend you. [ C.O. 195, 2. … men-of-war. Pennsylvania and the three lower Countyes upon Delaware Bay are exposed to all danger. It is against the … sword. 'Tis absolutely necessary to secure the entrance of Delaware Bay by sending a small frigott thither, which will …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… last, relating to the state of defence of your Majesty's Plantations in America, we have received letters from Coll. Nicholson, your Majesty's Governor of Virginia, wherein he gives us an account, that … about July, 1699, as to Pirates landing some goods in Delaware Bay. Duplicate of Cal. A. & W.I., 1699, No. 877.i. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… by him this day. Ordered that the Defendant have a month's time. Petition of David Provoost, John Depeyster, Matthew … of the Corporation of Kingston, and easterly by Hudson's River, which the Indians Proprietors are willing to sell to … seized by the King's Officers for importing into the River Delaware within the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… required for Barbados. [ See Feb. 28.] Total, 7,667 l. 6 s. 5 d. 3 pp. [ C.O. 28, 7. Nos. 22, 22.i.; and 29, 8. pp. … of a Commission for Col. Handasyd to be your Majesty's Captain General and Governor in Chief of Jamaica, together … of, in so wilde a bay and so full of creeks as that of Delaware. 4. Nor is this enough to content him and his secret …