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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 1697 Feb. 1. 649. Minutes of Council of Massachusetts. On the petition of Ruth Rowe, praying that all suits against her … said Indian to be transported. Order for payment of 16 to Bartholomew Green for printing of public documents, and of 4 … spoil the French had made of all the harbours to south of St. Johns, and that they were at Ferryland with two …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Edmund Harrison to Council of Trade and Plantations. (1) The answer of the Agents of New York ( No. 691) agrees that … all victualled for four months. We think that thus St. Johns could be retaken and the whole land thereby … is apparent, though the Agents, as it seems, have been less successful than they expected. Further, the fleet is to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and West Indies February 1697 February 1697 Feb. 26. The Assembly brought up four bills, to enable Quakers to make affirmation in lieu of taking an oath, to settle the militia, to prevent the escape of white men, negroes or … intelligence that Mons. Pointis's squadron had arrived at St. Domingo, orders were given for proclamation of martial …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Thornburgh to William Popple. With reference to yours of the 2nd inst., the Proprietors of the Bahamas have no cause … by a different policy. The desired union of New York, the less, with Boston the greater will infallibly bring about the … the erection of a store-house for salt and powder at St. Jago de la Vega. On the petition of the masters of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… February 1698 Feb. 1. 199. Minutes of Council of Barbados. The President announced the reasons for calling the Council, … send for the witnesses from H.M.S. Jersey, then lying in St. John's Harbour, and make full enquiry. Presuming that … have no specie besides Spanish money, nor any of a less denomination than a royal plate, to which these will …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… William Bridgeman to William Popple. Forwarding a list of the officers appointed in the Courts of Admiralty in North … received by the East India Company. Letter from Fort St. George, 19 January, 16967. Every letter from the coast of … which each of them was sent, especially since there is less occasion for the same since the conclusion of peace, and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Lattimer Richards was allowed 4 1 s. 11 d. on his account. The Bill for the Provision of Servants was passed. The … Letters to the Governors of Barbados, Jamaica, New York, St. Christopher's, signed. Copy of the establishment of the … ordered to be drawn upon the memorial of Sir Bartholomew Gracedieu and Mr. Gilbert Heathcote relating to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 16. Whitehall. 102. Council of Trade and Plantations to the King. We are using all diligence in preparing a draft of … invaded them by force and took the habitation of one M. St. Castine, a Frenchman, who thereupon instigated the … further than the river St. George, be not allowed of; much less that any concession be made for extending their …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Barbados. Writs were ordered for a new Assembly. The cost of erecting a free school was considered. Two … Walter Yonge, Samuel Clark, Benjamin Overton, William St. Quintin. Copy. 2 pp. [ Board of Trade. Proprieties, 2. … late Attorney-General, were delivered to his successor, Bartholomew Fowler, who, on the petition of John Wicket of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to Council of Trade and Plantations. I wrote to you on the 4th, giving an account of this Colony. On the 23rd the Council met, but only five councillors, some of … are described as rendering him not fit for human much less Christian society, and his appearance as deformed, …