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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1699 August 1699 Aug. 21. 726. Council … of H.M. Council and is besides H.M. only sworn Counsel at law in that province, should have known better than to advise … on every 100 acres at the least, and I think there was a law among those that were called the Duke's laws directing it …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1699 August 1699 Aug. 28. Boston. 746. … not reach the life of a pirate is this: [Pira]cy by the Law of England is felony without benefit of clergy and … neither is felony punishable with death, but by their law the felon is only to make a threefold restitution of the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1699 August 1699 Aug. 7. Whitehall. … nor Juries are ever sworn upon trial. They have passed a law repeating a former one, which obliged their Deputies at … officers of the Admiralty Court, the Attorney-General and Clerk of the Council. Allowance made to the Officers of the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1700 August 1700 Aug. 1. Council … Aug. 1. Whitehall. 679. Circular Letter to the Governors and Governments in America. Enclosing a copy of the order of … Leeward Islands, Barbadoes, Pennsylvania; to the Governor and Company of Rhoad Island and Connecticut, and to the Lords …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1700 August 1700 716. John Montagu to … to be passed. Now, either these gentlemen were obliged by law antecedent to this Act to give an account required, or … a very arbitrary proceeding and a great violation of the Law, and this Act is made to countenance or excuse his …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1700 August 1700 Aug. 16. Col. … the opinion of His Majesty's Solicitor General in point of law, we humbly crave leave to lay them before your … Storekeeper of the Magazine. Salaries of the Storekeeper, Clerk and Marshall voted. A Bill, entitled an Additional Act …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1700 August 1700 Aug. 21. Letter from … yesterday. [ Board of Trade. Journal, 13. pp. 156158; and 97. Nos. 143145.] Aug. 21. 728. Council of Trade and … Solicitor General for his opinion upon them in point of law; but since you desire us to defer the laying of those you …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1700 August 1700 Aug. 26. 735. Minutes … such ships should escape upon the quibbles and niceties of law, no doubt 'twould be a president for others, and may be … Admiralty Court was referred to Sept. 5th. On the point of law, I am of opinion that the ship, not being wholly and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1700 August 1700 Aug. 6 Bill … in it, which gave greater liberty to negroes than the Law of England did to Englishmen, and would encourage them in … himself from Adams' service. Salary paid to James Mashart, Clerk to the Committee of Public Accounts. William Cole paid …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies August 1701 August 1701 [? Aug. 1.] 686. … service in that office the year last past; to John White, Clerk of the House of Representatives, 10 l. in part of what … years agoe I prevailed upon ye Assembly to alter a former Law, in wch. they gave every man servant when free four …