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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… these Islands are healthy. Ever since Sir F. Wheler's departure we have been very busy over our fortifications, … but I have heard nothing about it from the Governor of St. Domingo. We are so thin of people that any great loss in … in my absence, and set out for Maryland. I arrived at St. Maries on the 25th, and found the Council and Burgesses …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Oct. 2. 590. Minutes of Council of New York. The Governor's Commission to command the militia of Connecticut read. The … Order to permit the French flag of truce to return to St. Domingo. [ Board of Trade. Jamaica, 77. p. 260.] Oct. 9. … or not, and whether they will settle themselves at Lake St. Sacrament or on this side the Great Lake, is to send …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… stores is 3 a ton in the ships that carry men, and 3 10 s. 0 d. on the ships that carry stores only. You need not … to the Council as to the petition of the Corporation of St. Maries against moving Courts and Assemblies from thence; … Oct. 13. Petitions from the Mayor and Corporation of St. Maries praying for confirmation of their former …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Oct. 19. The Answer of the Representatives to the Governor's speech was considered, and the following reply to it sent … but that Sir Edmund never inspected the militia nor left St. Maries at all, except when he departed from it for good. … Albany. 1 p. Governor of Maryland to Governor Fletcher. St. Maries, 18 October, 1694. Your letter of 24 September …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… October 1696 October 1696 Oct. 1. Sir William Beeston's letter of 8 April read. Order for an answer to be drafted. … and all the ships up the Potomac to meet at the mouth of St. Maries River, thence to sail to join the Virginia fleet … take care of the French prisoners, late of the garrison of St. Johns. [ Board of Trade. New England, 49. pp. 5255.] Oct. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to the Lords Justices of England. In reply to Mr. Vernon's letter of 21st inst., we represented to you on 26 July last … [ Board of Trade. Barbados, 44. pp. 104105.] Oct. 28. H.M.S. Deptford, Cowes. 4. Earl of Bellomont to William Popple. I … will be to send them in a regular body and in the King's pay and to continue them some little time in pay, that they …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Stepney. [ Board of Trade. Bermuda, 29. pp. 4849.] Oct. 2. St. John Street. 1,361. Sir Henry Ashurst to Council of Trade … professed willingness to vacate the charter if the Company's powers be misused, we may as well set bounds to the sea. … for alterations. The Assembly brought up a Bill for St. Andrews parish to choose a vestry, and the bill for …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… as to Virginia further considered. Oct. 30. Mr. Burchett's two letters of yesterday read; and orders given to the Secretary for his reply thereto. Mr. Merret's letter of yesterday read. Order given for one of the two … Agreed that Symons be tried as speedily as possible in St. Christophers and that, for fairer proceeding, he name the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… in Council of 29th September, as to Colonel Blakiston's commission and instructions, and the devolution of the … The Regiment of Horse Colonel Sir William Beeston. St. Jago Regiment of Foot Colonel Peter Beckford. Port Royal … also commander of the fortifications at Port Royal. St. Andrew's Regiment of Foot Colonel Nicholas Lawes. St. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… from the Governor. Copies of this, of Captain Schuyler's Journal and of the Minutes of a Council held at his return, … having no pass was refused. 30 th. Entered Wood Creek. 31 st. Reached the little falls. 1 September. Got four miles … to westward never extended beyond the eastern bank of St. George's river, and that only by the Treaty of Breda, …