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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… At Tobago the Admiral received the news of King William's accession, but ordered the chaplain still to pray for King … the defence of these Islands we conceive that we have as little justice as authority to remove him from the … rewards of infamy and disgrace, a person, too, of so little sense as to attempt the impossible by means just …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… declared in public that they accounted themselves the King's nominal, not real, subjects. I hope that you have received … government pursuant to the King's proclamation. There is little trade here nor has been for the past three years, so … 293. Sir Francis Watson to Lords of Trade and Plantations. Little has happened since my last. We are in a good position …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the arms for Bermuda and Newfoundland. Colonel Molesworth's commission and his proposals ( see No. 204) considered. … wanted, and that instructions are needed as to Monmouth's rebels, and as to the Assiento. Colonel Molesworth ordered … was united and formidable, is divided into about ten little independent kingdoms, each acting as if it knew no …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… arriving there the 10th. On Friday 13th I reviewed our little army, which numbered 2,300 including officers, or, … Blakiston, and the Marine Regiment, Captain Kegwyn, H.M.S. Assistance. It was resolved at a Council of War first to … to get under sail as soon as the party designed for the little bay were landed. I have since heard that this feint …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Journal of Lords of Trade and Plantations. Lady Culpeper's petition, praying for the royal approbation of the patents … have the squadron to protect our Islands, which would be little the insecurer for our defeat while we were masters at … fleet that he has not thwarted. And that he has done as little as he has proposed, he must himself confess. Yet he …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… raised by our Assembly; the remainder and one of the King's Companies are at Albany. By the Indian propositions here … it was established. In the Leeward Islands there is very little money, and trade is driven mostly by truck. The … but in hearty zeal for the King's service. We can do little: Barbados has a force sufficient to do great things, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Their Majesties' accession according to Governor Sloughter's full requisition, yet we cannot say that they are … undoubtedly expect a descent from Martinique, and we have little reason to believe that Sir Francis Wheler can be … to the woods again. It is a vast expense and loss to so little a place for all the men to be on duty daily, and we …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… (4) He used a patrol (which was employed in the country's service) to bring him his overseer dead or alive, and this several times. (5) Recently he roused Mr. John Rous's house at night with a party of armed men, and demanded to … Bay and sent all the transport ships to Limonado Bay a little to windward of the Cape, and anchored with the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… July 16. 1,962. Minutes of Council of Jamaica. The King's warrant for John Cosby to be a Councillor was read, and he … about five miles to east of Port de Paix. I received some little opposition from an ambuscade, but quickly forced them … was commanded from the adjacent hills, so that there was little cover for shot. I went ashore and found great …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Mr. Bridges attended upon the matter of Governor Russell's present, and gave an account of the origin of such … lower down they again went ashore to boil the pot, when a little boy spied a strange Indian in the wood and ran to tell … "Very good, very good." They then sat in council for a little while, after which one rose up and said: "In the fall …