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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Boston, under the Acts of Trade. Copy in Randolph's hand and signed by him. Inscribed. Read at a Court held at … to England. Ordered that Colonel Kemp order Lord Culpeper's company to their arms to-morrow. Proclamation against … to have demanded my assistance to compel Shepherd as well as the others, for which last I admit that he pressed …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… under a show of public utility. Still, under Lord Culpeper's wise and prudent rule, we may promise ourselves calm and … on us. It is therefore proposed that, with the King's consent, the Indian trade should be confined to the hands … and save the cost of transportation, for we have plenty of well-principled men, who for regular pay would cheerfully …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and Plantations. I beseech you to let me know the King's pleasure on the heads of the enclosed petition, that I may … on the 25th April, and next day was presented to St. James's parish. Signed, Wm. Stapleton. Holograph. 1 p. Endorsed. … do not attribute this to the body of the people, who are well-disposed, but to particular persons who have infected it …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to the Earl of Sunderland. Thanks for his lordship's thoughts amid the pressure of great affairs. Signed, … Willymot. The Council resolved to comply with his Lordship's commands therein. Order for a writ of error in the case of … and will order that Sir Richard Dutton's witnesses, as well as all others, shall be admitted to give evidence. Draft …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Papers, Vol. LX., No. 37.] May 4. 1,235. Copy of the King's Commission to John Usher to be Treasurer and Receiver … for the Superior Court of Essex. Fees of the secretary's office referred to a Committee for report. May 6. Bills for … buoys them up against surrender. Sir Edmund Andros cannot well deny that Connecticut is necessary to New York, for …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… from the Governor, pointing out that it is the Colony's duty to help New York, and that New York is in great peril. … Governor complaining of the fee charged by the secretary's clerk, and asking for his order that it be abolished. A … Jago had an opportunity of escaping. This being proved, as well as several other charges of extortion and oppression, I …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the fishing ships to and from the West Indes. It would be well to send a squadron or at least a strong convoy to … settlements on the Island also, and to fortify St. John's Harbour as a refuge for British ships and inhabitants … Howard of Effingham. Rough draft, in William Blathwayt's handwriting. 1 p. [ America and West Indies. 601. No. 2.] …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… be sent for a fort to be built at the mouth of St. John's Harbour. Agreed to advise that the condition of the … for building a small fort at the entrance to St. John's Harbour, their cost not to exceed 3,000. As to Maryland, … a friend at Boston." In violent changes the people can as well authorise civil as military Government, and meanwhile …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… said) three passages to Canada, viz. Cadaraqui, Canada's path, and the sea coast. We do not wish the enemy to escape us, so let us beset him by sea as well as by land and encompass all his three forts. We desire … Referring the petition of transported men of Monmouth's rebellion to Lords of Trade and Plantations for report. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of affairs in New England from the date of Sir E. Andros's departure. Feb. 13. Sir E. Andros sailed. Feb. 17. Advice … of arrears of rates left uncollected in Sir E. Andros's time. The condemned pirates told that they might have their … Danforth answered that Jesus Christ was king of earth as well as heaven, and that if Jesus Christ did not help them, …