Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 40, 1733. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1939.
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Madeira, trade with Bermuda, 72 i (iii).
Madrid, Treaty of, 70.
Maine, annexed by Massachusetts Bay, effect of, 116 i.
Margaretta, dangerous coast of, 235 p. 136.
-, Governor of, English sloops detained by, 235 i.
-, -, offer to return Industry and Endeavour sloops by, 235, 235 i.
Martiers Islands, 338 i.
Martinique, French troops at, 131 i p. 90.
-, Governor of. See Champigny, Marquis de.
-, -, instructions concerning evacuation of Sta. Lucia etc., 40, 40 i.
-, -, representative from Barbados sent to, 119.
-, ship stationed at, 313 iii.
Mary sloop, captured by Spaniards at Port Morant, case of, 76, 76 i-viii, 101, 101 i, ii, 145 vi, vii.
-, -, master of. See Harris, John.
Maryland
-, account of, by Lord Baltimore, 191.
-, -, the state of, 61 i.
-, boundaries of, 42 p. 38.
-, -, with Virginia, 249.
-, -, importance of settling, 42 p. 39.
-, debts in, method of recovery, 21 p. 22.
-, exports of, 61 i.
-, Governor of. See Ogle, Samuel
-, Calvert, Charles
-, Hart, John.
-, -, instructions for, 32 p. 32.
-, inhabitants, number of, 61 i.
-, Lord Proprietor of. See Calvert, Charles.
-, manufactures of, 61 i.
-, poverty in, 61 i.
-, Proprietors of, claims to lands beyond the Great Mountains, Va., 42.
-, shipping of, 61 i p. 50.
-, tobacco, 61 i.
-, trade of, 61 i.
-, -, illegal, 61 i.
-, -, with Lisbon, 61 i.
-, -, with Madeira, 61 i.
-, -, with New England, 61 i.
-, -, with West Indies, 61 i.
-, Watkin's Point, a boundary, 42 p. 38.
-, white servants in, 61 i.
-, woollen and linen manufacture in, 61 i.
Massachusetts Bay And New Hampshire
-, and see New England.
-, Act in addition to Act for erecting a powder house at Boston, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act in addition to Act to prevent unnecessary lawsuits, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act in addition to the Act for review in civil causes, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act in addition to an Act for the suppression of lotteries, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act for allowing necessary supplies to the Eastern and Western Indians, and for regulating trade with them, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act for apportioning and assessing a tax of 8007-16 and for assessing a tax of 80 laid on the towns of Needham, Hatfield, Sutton and Tiverton for not sending their representatives etc., referred, 33.
-, -, transmitted, 16 i.
-, Act authorizing Commissioners to determine the time between that part of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, late the Colony of Plymouth and the Colony of Rhode Island, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act for emitting 50,000 bills of credit, 15.
-, -, Governor's assent refused, 14 i, 345 p. 194.
-, -, passed by Council and Assembly, 14 i, 345 p. 194.
-, Act for erecting all lands on the easterly side of the Merrimack, belonging to the town of Dunstable, into a township by the name of Nottingham, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act for erecting a new town within the county of Middlesex at the north part of Turkey Hills (so called) by the name of Townshend, referred, 33.
-, -, transmitted, 16 i.
-, Act for erecting a new town within the County of Worcester by the name of Harvard, referred, 33.
-, -, transmitted, 16 i.
-, Act granting unto H.M. an excise upon wines, liquors, etc. sold by retail, referred, 33.
-, -, transmitted, 16 i.
-, Act granting 3000 towards the support of H.M. Governor, assent to, 27, 34 i, 50.
-, -, -, order for, 51, 52, 52 i.
-, Act for granting 3000 for the support of H.M. Governor, Governor to assent to, 386, 394, 433 i.
-, -, passed by Council and Assembly, 229, 229 i, 230, 375 ii, 433 i.
-, -, petition for Governor's assent to, 375 i.
-, -, referred, 309 ii, 345 p. 194.
-, Act for preventing unnecessary expence of time of pikt jurors etc., referred, 309 ii.
-, Act providing pay for keeping petty Juries, referred, 33.
-, -, transmitted, 16 i.
-, Act for the relief of poor prisoners for debt, referred, 309 ii.
-, Act for securing the seasonal payment of town and precinct rates, etc., referred, 309 ii.
-, Act (1693) in support of Assembly's claim to vote supplies, quoted, 9.
-, Act for the trial of capital offences etc. in the island of Nantucket, referred, 309 ii.
-, Acts of, copies of, 16 i.
-, -, list of, 309 i.
-, -, opinion upon, 69.
-, -, transmitted, 355.
-, Acts for striking and issuing bills of credit, Governor's instructions concerning, objection to, 163.
-, -, -, report upon, 163.
-, Agent for. See Wilks, Francis.
-, Assembly of, Acts for striking and issuing bills of credit passed by, effect of, 163 p. 98.
-, -, Address from, 163 p. 99.
-, -, -, and memorial from, 229.
-, -, adjourned, 350.
-, -, attitude of, influences other Colonies, 124 p. 86.
-, -, -, towards Governor's salary, 170.
-, -, -, better, 7, 384 p. 236.
-, -, Boundary Commissioners to be appointed by, 116 i p. 78.
-, -, complaint against Governor's 15th Instruction, 14.
-, -, difficulties with, 5, 14, 345.
-, -, dispute over Governor's salary, 170, 229 p. 132, 230, 345.
-, -, dispute over supplies, 350, 384 p. 236.
-, -, -, intervention from home contemplated, 345.
-, -, dissolution of, 7.
-, -, Governor's salary voted by, 7.
-, -, Governor's speeches to, approval of, 345.
-, -, journal of, 5, 127, 157, 170, 229, 355.
-, -, message from, 170.
-, -, money due to Governor Burnet's family granted, 384, 384 ii.
-, -, new, meeting of, 229.
-, -, obstructive attitude of, 170.
-, -, powers assumed by, 5, 9, 14.
-, -, refusal to vote supplies, 229.
-, -, remonstrance from, rejected by Parliament, 345.
-, -, Royal Prerogative infringed by, 5.
-, -, support of Governor voted for a year, 230.
-, -, votes of, 384 i.
-, bills of credit, decline of, scheme for a private bank to counteract effect of, 389.
-, -, effect of issues by private individuals, 384 p. 237.
-, -, need for issuing, 229 p. 132.
-, -, striking and issuing of, dispute over acts for, 163.
-, Boston. See Boston.
-, boundaries with New Hampshire, 453.
-, -, Commission to settle, 116 i p. 77.
-, -, -, failure of, 116 i p. 78.
-, -, delay in settling, hardships caused by, 183.
-, -, -, petitions concerning, 183-190, 192.
-, -, disputes concerning, 116 i.
-, -, encroachments on, 15.
-, -, settlement of, papers relating to, 345 p. 194.
-, -, -, urged, 15, 292 p. 157.
-, Casco Bay, Falmouth, paper mill set up at, 32 p. 30.
-, Castle William Fort, Commander of. See Phipps, Spencer.
-, -, officers and soldiers of, petition from, 5 i.
-, -, provisions for garrison, 5 iii.
-, -, repair of urgent, 5, 6 vi.
-, -, account of, 6 vii.
-, -, victualler for. See Larrable, John.
-, Charter of, 5, 5 vi, 9, 14, 116 i pp. 77-79, 163 pp. 98-100, 229 p. 132.
-, -, Governor's powers under, 384 p. 236.
-, -, 30th instruction to Governors, opinion upon, 163 p. 100.
-, Clerkship of Common Pleas and Sheriff's office, appointed by Governor, 354.
-, coins, currency, bills of credit, 14.
-, -, paper money, 229.
-, -, -, excess of, issued, 345.
-, contribution to public charges, 116 i p. 77.
-, Council of, Minutes of, 157, 355.
-, -, order concerning lands between Kennebeck and St. Croix, 157 i.
-, Council and Assembly of, Act in support of Governor passed by. 375 ii.
-, -, address and memorial from, 5, 9, 14.
-, -, address for revoking 16th and 30th instructions to Governor, report upon, 163.
-, -, -, -, approved by H.M., 163 p. 101.
-, -, disputes with Governor. 354.
-, -, disputes over supplies, 5, 5 vi, 9, 14.
-, -, Governor's salary voted by, 433 i.
-, -, memorial concerning support of Government, 170.
-, Court, General, sessions of, 354.
-, Courts, claims to New Hampshire lands heard in, hardships of, 116 i p. 76.
-, effect of emission of Rhode Island bills of credit in, 384p. 236.
-, encroachment on New Hampshire, 116 i.
-, Fort George, Brunswick, officers and soldiers of, petition from, 5 v.
-, -, St. George's River, officers and soldiers of, petition from, 5 iv.
-, Fort Mary, officers and soldiers of, petition from, 5 ii, 6 i.
-, -, ruinous condition of, 5 ii.
-, Fort Richmond, officers and soldiers of, petition from, 6 viii.
-, forts and fortifications of, garrison of, maintenance and supplies for, 163 p. 101.
-, -, -, pay in arrears, 5, 5 i-v, 6 i-viii. 170.
-, -, lack of provision for repair of, 384 p. 236.
-, -, ruinous condition of, 5, 5 ii.
-, -, state of, 170.
-, -, survey of, 5.
-, Governor of. See Belcher, Jonathan
-, Burnet, W.
-, -, instructions of, differences in, 32 p. 33.
-, -, -, concerning passing of bills of credit Acts, dispute over, 163.
-, -, instructions, 16th and 30th, reasons for, 163.
-, -, salary of, petition concerning, 375 i.
-, Governor and Council, dispute with Assembly, 5, 9, 14.
-, Governor, Council and Assembly of, memorial to, 5 iii.
-, House of Representatives, addresses and petitions from, 163.
-, -, journal of, 110, 115.
-, -, petition against Governor Burnet, 163 p. 99.
-, Indians, conference with Governor Belcher, at Falmouth, papers laid before Parliament, 110, 115.
-, lands between Kennebeck and St. Croix Rivers, claim to, 157 i.
-, -, order in Council concerning, 157 i.
-, lands between Penobscot and St. Croix, claim to, 157 i.
-, -, instructions concerning, revoked, 157 i.
-, lands in New Hampshire claimed and townships sold by, 116 i pp. 77, 78.
-, Martha's Vineyard, Le Caesar seen off, 443 p. 267.
-, naval officer. See Pemberton, Benjamin
-, Cooke
-, Belcher, J. junior.
-, -, Clerk of. See Pemberton, Benjamin.
-, -, question of power to appoint, 354.
-, naval Stores, encouragement of, 345.
-, New Hampshire inhabitants rated and assessed by, 116 i p. 76.
-, officials of, salaries not paid, 350.
-, Pemaquid, 170 p. 108.
-, -, fort and settlement at, supplies from Winter Harbour for, 384, 384 i.
-, Prerogative of the Crown, disregard of, 170.
-, -, infringement of, 384 p. 236.
-, query concerning laws etc. affecting Great Britain, reply to, 345.
-, revenue of, lack of, 350.
-, Secretary of. See Willard, J.
-, Surveyor General of Customs, 454
-, and see Peagrum.
-, trade of, increasing, 14.
-, Treasury of, Assembly's refusal to supply, 350.
-, -, closed, 157.
-, -, supply of, 170, 345, 354,
-, -, -, dispute over, 5, 5 vi, 9, 229 p. 132, 384 p. 236.
-, -, -, -, memorandum on, 5 vi.
-, -, -, voted, 384.
-, Winter Harbour, Fort Mary, dismantled, 384.
-, -, -, garrison and stores removed to Pemaquid, 384, 384 i.
Merrimack River, a boundary of New Hampshire, 116 i pp. 77, 78, 183.
-, townships on, claimed by Mass. Bay, 116 i p. 76.
-, -, taxation of inhabitants of, 116 i p. 77.
Minis. See under Nova Scotia.
Mississippi River, branches of, 42 p. 38.
Montserrat
-, and see Leeward Islands.
-, Council of, Minutes of, 334.
-, -, person recommended for, 446 i.
-, Councillors. See Fenton, William, senr.
-, White, Michael
-, Lee, Peter
-, Roynon, John
-, Bouveron, Simeon
-, Fenton, Randal.
-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Osborn, John
-, George, Paul.
Muscovada sugar, larger imports of, 349 i p. 200.
N
Naples, sugar for, 349 i p. 200.
Naval Stores in the Plantations
-, encouragement of, 345
-, and see under separate Colonies.
Navy, the Royal, lands for use of, in Jamaica, Council reject bill for, 414 i.
-, H.M. Ships :
Experiment.
Fox.
Kingston.
Romney.
Rupert.
Scarborough.
Sheerness.
Shoreham.
Solebay.
-, White Squadron, to go to the Mediterranean, 468.
-, -, Rear Admiral of. See Stewart, Charles.
Nevis
-, and see Leeward Islands.
-, assembly of, address from, 357 i.
-, -, Speaker of. See Dasent, John.
-, Council of, minutes of, 334.
-, -, persons recommended for, 446, 446 i.
-, -, President of. See Smith, Michael.
-, Council and Assembly, address from, 357 i.
-, Councillors. See Pym, Thomas
-, Clarke, William
-, Herbert, Thomas
-, Abbot, Edward
-, Woodley, John
-, Williams, John, Junior
-, Bridgwater, Charles
-, Bridgwater, Charles, Jun.
-, Richardson, John.
-, forts, fortifications of, condition of, 357 i.
-, -, stores of war for, 357 i.
-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Hanmer, William
-, Sibourg.
-, Secretary of. See Smith, Wavell.
-, -, Deputy, See Bridgwater, Charles, Junior.
Newbury, Mass. Bay, meeting of Boundary Commissioners at, 116 i pp. 77, 78.
New Cambridge, ship, 355.
Newcastle, N.H., petition of Freeholders of, 184.
New England
-, and see New Hampshire
-, Massachusetts Bay.
-, boundaries of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, petitions relating to sent to, 192.
-, Collectors of Customs in, 376
-, and see Fairfax.
-, Indians, method of securing trade with, 372 pp. 231, 232.
-, laws etc. affecting Great Britain, Lieut. Governor Gooch's remarks upon, 32 p. 30.
-, naval officers in, 376
-, and see Boston, Salem.
-, -, functions of, 376.
-, naval Stores, encouragement of, 345.
-, Pennycook, lands claimed by Indians at, 372 p. 232.
-, sloops engaged in whale fishing from, 372 p. 231.
-, trade of, with Newfoundland, 347 i p. 196.
-, traders of, entice seamen from Newfoundland, 347 i p. 196.
-, treasury of, supply granted, 376.
Newfoundland, Bona Vista, fur trade of, 347 i (xxxviii).
-, convoy for. See H.M.S. Romney, H.M.S. Sheerness, H.M.S. Solebay.
-, fishery of, 347 i p. 195.
-, -, curing of, 347 i p. 196.
-, -, queries concerning, instructions upon, 120 ii, 121.
-, -, scheme of, 120 ii, 347 ii.
-, fishing Admirals, 347 i (xxvii), (xliv), (lix).
-, -, disputes with Justices of the Peace, 120 ii.
-, French in, instructions concerning, 367 p. 224.
-, fur trade, 347 i (xxxviii).
-, Governor of. See Falkingham
-, Osborn
-, Muskery.
-, -, 65th and 66th articles of Instructions for, text of, 120 ii.
-, Heads of Enquiry for, 66.
-, -, reply to, 347 i.
-, Indians, 347 i (xxxviii).
-, inhabitants of, provisions for, 347 i (xxxii).
-, Justices of the Peace, 347 i (lxv).
-, -, appointed by Governor Osborn, 120 ii.
-, -, -, enquiry into effect of, 120 ii.
-, -, -, 65th article of Instructions concerning, 120 ii.
-, -, dispute with fishing Admirals, 120 ii.
-, Justices and inhabitants of, memorial from, 107.
-, merchants trading with, memorials and petitions from, 120 ii.
-, Placentia, Fort Frederick garrison, muster roll of, 347 iii.
-, -, -, provisions and stores of war for, account of, 347 iv.
-, prisoners in, 347 i (ii).
-, St. John's, public houses at, 347 i (lii).
-, St. Peter's Island, 120 ii.
-, seamen enticed by New England traders, 347 i p. 196.
-, ships from Bideford and Barnstaple at, 347 i (xlvii).
-, trade of, 347 i (xxxii).
-, Trinity Bay, fur trade of, 347 i (xxxviii).
Newgate, pardons for criminals, 248.
New Hampshire
-, and see New England
-, Massachusetts Bay.
-, Act for emitting 50,000 bills of credit, proposed by Governor, 15.
-, Act for the encouragement of iron works in, 32 p. 30.
-, agent for. See Thomlinson.
-, Assembly of, Agent for. See Rindge, John.
-, -, Boundary Commissioners appointed by, 116 i p. 78.
-, -, dissolution of, 127, 173 p. 113.
-, -, journal of, 127, 127 ii.
-, -, meeting of, 384 p. 237.
-, -, messages from, 173 i (b).
-, -, refusal to vote supplies, 127, 173 p. 113.
-, -, Speaker of, bonds taken up by, objection to, 173 i (b).
-, -, votes of, 173 ii.
-, boundaries with Massachusetts Bay, 453.
-, -, Commission appointed to settle, 116 i pp. 77, 78
-, and see Dunbar, David
-, Wonton, William
-, Whiting, John.
-, -, -, failure of, 116 i p. 78.
-, -, delay in settling, hardship caused by, 183.
-, -, disputes over, 116 i.
-, -, petition of inhabitants concerning, 183-190, 192.
-, -, settlement of, papers relating to, 345 p. 194.
-, -, -, urged, 15, 173 i(b), 292 p. 157.
-, coins, currency, lack of, 292 p. 157.
-, -, need for bills of credit, 15.
-, Collector of. See Armstrong, Robert.
-, contribution to public charges, 116 i p. 77.
-, Council of, minutes of, 127, 127 i, 173 iii.
-, -, President of, 173 iii
-, and see Walton, Shadrack.
-, -, vacancies in, Governor's instruction concerning, 170, 170 i.
-, Council and Assembly of, Governor's speech to, 173 i (a).
-, -, proceedings of, 173.
-, -, report from, 116 i p. 78.
-, -, representation from, 116 i p. 79.
-, Councillors of. See Frost, John
-, Wiberd, Richard
-, Husk, Ellis
-, Sherburn, Joseph
-, Peirce, Joshua
-, Atkinson, Theodore
-, Wentworth, Benning.
-, -, mandamus for, 173 p. 113, 173 i, 229 p. 132.
-, -, new, failure to transmit mandamus to Governor, 37, 37 i-iii.
-, -, persons proposed for, list of, 345 p. 194.
-, Government by Commission, 116 i p. 76.
-, Governor and Council, messages of, 173 i (b).
-, inhabitants rated and assessed by Mass. Bay, 116 i p. 76.
-, lands in, claimed and sold by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i pp. 77, 78.
-, lands in, grants of, 116 i p. 76.
-, -, -, disputes over titles to, determination of, 116 i p. 76.
-, -, -, for encouragement of iron works, 32 p. 30.
-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Dunbar, David
-, Usher.
-, map of Southern part of, 116 i p. 79.
-, overshadowed by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i p. 79.
-, Pennycook township sold by Mass. Bay, 116 i p. 78.
-, Portsmouth, fort at, garrison for, 292.
-, position of, enclosed by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i p. 76.
-, Secretary of. See Waldron, R.
-, settlements in, 116 i p. 76, 292.
-, Surveyor General appointed as Councillor Extraordinary in, 409
-, and see Peagrum.
-, towns in, 116 i p. 76.
-, -, claimed by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i p. 76.
-, trade, state of, 292 p. 157.
-, Treasurer of. Commissions of, 173 i (b).
-, Treasury of, Assembly refuses to supply, 173 p. 113.
-, -, supply of, 173 i (b).
Newington, N.H., petition of inhabitants of, 190.
New Jersey, Act for appropriating part of the interest payable into the Treasury etc., resolution upon, 351 iii.
-, Act for emitting 40,000, in bills of credit upon loan, 351 iii.
-, -, effect of, 351 p. 207.
-, Act for the frequent meeting and calling of the Generall Assembly, 351 iii.
-, Act for registering of deeds etc., 351 iii.
-, Act for shortening lawsuits etc., 351 iii.
-, Acts of, 351 p. 205.
-, -, failure to print, 351 ii.
-, -, repealed, 351 p. 205.
-, Assembly of, Acts passed by, 351 p. 205.
-, -, -, not printed, 351 p. 205.
-, -, address to Governor, 351 p. 206.
-, -, question of members' residence in New York, 351 p. 208.
-, -, resolutions of, 351 iii.
-, -, Speaker of, an inhabitant of Pennsylvania, 351 p. 208.
-, -, 1000 to be paid to Governor Cosby, 351 p. 205.
-, Attorney General of. See Warrell.
-, Burlington, Assembly at, 351 p. 205.
-, Chief Justices in, Governors' action concerning, 124 p. 86
-, and see Hunter, Robert
-, Burnet.
-, coins, currency, paper credit of, 351 p. 206.
-, -, system criticised, 351 p. 206.
-, -, value of, 351 p. 206.
-, Councillors of. See Hugg, John
-, Provoost, W.
-, Alexander, James.
-, debts in, method of payment, effect on London merchants. 351 p. 206.
-, Governor of, instructions for, 32 p. 33
-, and see Lovelace
-, Cosby.
-, -, residence of, 443 p. 265.
-, -, salary and perquisites of, moiety for Lieut. Governor, 45.
-, inhabitants of, complaint by, 351 p. 205.
-, lands in, cheaper than in New York, 324 p. 175.
-, Lieutenant Governor, moiety of salary and perquisites of Governor for, 45.
-, Lords Proprietors, surrender of lands to H.M., 351 p. 205.
-, President of. See Morris, Lewis.
-, proposal concerning Assembly and Courts, 351 p. 208.
-, revenue of, settlement of, 329.
-, seal of, defaced, 328.
-, -, delay in delivering up, 124 p. 86.
-, Secretary of. See Smith, James
-, Burnett, Robert.
-, separation from New York, arguments against, 351.
-, surrender to the Crown, Mr. Morris's services in connection with, 351 p. 205.
-, Surveyor General of Customs, to sit as Councillor Extraordinary, instruction concerning, 300
-, and see Peagrum, John.
-, trade of, with Boston, 351 p. 206.
-, -, with New York, nature of, 351 p. 206, 351 p. 208.
-, -, with Pennsylvania, 351 p. 206.
-, -, with Rhode Island, 351 p. 206.
-, -, with West Indies, 351 p. 206.
-, Treasury, payments to be made to, 351 iii.
New Providence, Spanish claim to, 20 ii.
New York, Act for confirming the Charter granted to the City of New York by Governor Montgomerie, transmitted, 327.
-, Act for emitting 40,000 in bills of credit, effect of, 351 p. 205.
-, Act, Revenue, passing of, impeded by Lewis Morris junior, 124 p. 85.
-, Acts of, transmitted, 327, 440 p. 256.
-, Agent of. See Partridge, Richard
-, Paris, Ferd, John.
-, -, petition against new Sugar bill sent by, 79, 79 i.
-, Albany, Charter granted to, 351 p. 203.
-, -, city and County, appointment of Mayor and Sheriffs of, 443 (xxiv).
-, -, deed of Mohawk lands, 443 (xxv).
-, -, -, minutes of Council concerning, 443 vii.
-, -, encouragement for settlers at, 438.
-, -, French fort at, 438.
-, -, Governor Cosby at, 351, 351 ii.
-, -, -, meeting with Indians, 440 p. 255.
-, -, Indian lands, claimed by, 351 p. 203.
-, -, -, deed of, 442 p. 263.
-, -, -, -, dispute with Corporation over, 440 p. 256, 441, 441 i (xxv).
-, -, -, -, destroyed, 351 p. 204.
-, -, Indians, meeting with, 351 p. 204.
-, -, lands in, 351 pp. 203, 204.
-, -, Mayor of, 351 p. 204.
-, -, Mayor and Corporation of, complaint by Indians against, 440.
-, -, right to lands under Charter of, 440 p. 256.
-, -, Sheriff of, 351 p. 204
-, and see Lindsey.
-, Assembly of, 351 p. 207.
-, -, approval of Judge Morris, 324.
-, -, and Chancery Courts, 124 p. 86.
-, -, establishing fees by H.M. authority, 124 p. 86.
-, -, election of members of, 441 i (xxvi).
-, -, present for Governor, 324 p. 175, 324 i.
-, -, question of members' residence in New Jersey, 351 p. 208.
-, -, reluctance to sanction building of forts, 438.
-, -, vote to Governor, 324 i.
-, Attorney General, 124
-, and see Bradley, Richard.
-, boundaries with Connecticut, the Equivalant Land part of, 56 i.
-, Charter of, 85.
-, Chief Justice of. See Morris, Lewis
-, Delancy, James.
-, -, Second. See Phillips, Frederick.
-, City of, Charter for, 327.
-, -, -, objection to, 327.
-, coins, currency, paper money, value of, 351 p. 206.
-, Council of, Address to Governor from, 441 p. 258.
-, -, charges against Governor Cosby concerning, 441 iii, iv.
-, -, letter to, 443 iii.
-, -, minutes of, 327, 443 (xxv).
-, -, -, relating to provisioning the French sloop, 443 vi.
-, -, -, relating to the Mohawks' deed at Albany, 443 vii.
-, -, not consulted on appointment of Judges, 324.
-, -, opposition to President Van Dam, 442 p. 263.
-, -, President of, question of salary and perquisites in absence or death of Governor, 124
-, and see Van Dam
-, Cosby, William
-, Morris, Lewis.
-, -, representation on President Van Dam's Heads of Complaint against Governor Cosby, from, 443.
-, Council and Assembly, factions in, created by Lewis Morris, 124 p. 85.
-, Councillors of. See Clarke, Geo
-, Harison, Fra
-, Kennedy, Archibald
-, De Lancey, James
-, Cortland, Phillip
-, Lane, Henry
-, Hopkinson, Daniel
-, Horsmanden, Daniel
-, Walters, Robert
-, Provoost, William
-, Van Dam, Rip
-, Morris, Lewis
-, Alexander, James
-, Richards, Paul
-, Morris, Lewis, Junior.
-, Court, Chancery, opposition to, 124 p. 86.
-, -, -, suits concerning quit rents heard in, 443 p, 265.
-, -, Equity, 441 i (xvi), 442 p. 263, 443 (xvi).
-, -, -, powers of, 324 p. 175, 324 ii.
-, -, Exchequer, 441 p. 258.
-, -, -, equity cases in, 124 p. 85.
-, -, -, Judges of. See Morris, Lewis
-, Delancey, James
-, Phillips, Frederick.
-, -, -, power to hold pleas in equity, 124 p. 85.
-, -, -, proceedings in, 443 p. 265.
-, -, -, proposal for, 324 p. 175.
-, -, -, suit against Mr. Van Dam heard in, 124.
-, -, Supreme, hearing of Van Dam's suit in, 351 iv.
-, -, -, Judge's powers in. 324 p. 175.
-, -, -, jurisdiction in, Chief Justice's opinion upon, 324 ii.
-, -, -, ordinance altering time of holding, 124 p. 85.
-, -, -, proceedings in, 441 i, 443 p. 265.
-, Courts in, legal opinion upon, 124 p. 86.
-, Courts of Common Law, procedure in, 441 ii p. 262.
-, debts in, method of payment, 351 p. 207.
-, factions in, 443 p. 264.
-, fines, forfeitures in, accounts of, 39 i.
-, forts in, importance of, 438.
-, -, proposal for line of between Hudson's River and Oswego, 438.
-, French encroachments in, 438.
-, garrison of, character of, 441 p. 258.
-, -, pay and provision for lacking, 441 p. 258.
-, Governor of. See Cosby, William
-, Lovelace, Lord
-, Montgomerie, John.
-, -, charges by Judge Morris against, 324 p. 175.
-, -, instructions for, 32 pp. 32, 33.
-, -, opposition to Sugar bill, 324 p. 175, 324 i.
-, -, present for, 324 p. 175, 324 i.
-, Governor and Council, collection of quit rents, consideration of Receiver General's petition upon, 39.
-, Grand Jury, 351 p. 204.
-, harbours of, sounded by French, 441 p. 257.
-, Hudson's River, proposal to crect forts on, 438.
-, Independent Companies at, Officers of. See Riggs, Richard
-, Nicholls (Nicol), Andrew
-, Ingoldsby, George
-, Bagley, Timothy.
-, Indians in, lands of, 324 p. 175.
-, -, -, claims to, 351 pp. 203, 204
-, and see New York, Albany.
-, -, Mohawk, grievances of, 440, p. 255.
-, -, River, presents for, 351 p. 203.
-, -, Six Nations, meeting at Albany with Governor Cosby, 440 p. 255.
-, lands in, abuses in grants of, 324 p. 175.
-, -, difficulty in acquiring, 324 p. 175.
-, -, the "Equivalent," to be annexed to a county, 256, 266.
-, -, -, -, instruction concerning, 135, 196 i.
-, -, -, claims to, petitions concerning, 58 i, 85
-, and see Eyles, Sir Joseph
-, Watts
-, Drummond
-, Pirrie.
-, -, -, granted to Sir Joseph Eyles, H.M. power to erect into a county, 126.
-, -, -, -, -, opinion upon required, 117.
-, -, -, original settlers on, claims of, 85.
-, -, grants of, increase of, 39 i.
-, -, -, security of tenure for, 124 p. 86.
-, -, H.M. prerogative and powers over, opinion upon, 126.
-, -, Swamp and Freshwater, grant of, 440 p. 256.
-, Le Caesar French sloop sent from Louisburg for supplies, 440, 440 iii, 441, 441 i (xxvii-xxx).
-, -, uneasiness caused by, 441.
-, letter from a Gentleman of, to his Friend in London, signed P.P., 324 i.
-, Louisburg garrison supplied from, 439, 440 p. 256.
-, -, account of, 440 ii.
-, naval officer of. See Lindsey.
-, Oswego Fort, new line of forts proposed for, 438.
-, H.M. prerogative in, 126, 324 p. 175.
-, -, Courts of Equity in support of, 124 p. 86.
-, proposal concerning Assemblies and Courts, 351 p. 208.
-, Quakers in, 441 i (xxvi), 443 (xxvi).
-, quit rents, in arrears, 124 p. 86.
-, -, -, action taken concerning, 443 p. 265.
-, -, collection of, petition concerning, 39 i.
-, Receiver General. See Kennedy, Archibald.
-, -, difficulties of, 39 i.
-, Schenectady, fort at, in ruinous condition, 438.
-, Secretary's Office, fees excessive, 324 p. 175.
-, separation from New Jersey, arguments against, 351 p. 208.
-, Sugar, duties on importation of, from foreign Plantations, bill for, objection to, 79, 79 i.
-, -, -, -, petition against, 79, 79 i.
-, Surveyor General appointed as Councillor Extraordinary in, 408
-, and see Peagrum, John.
-, -, instruction concerning, 299.
-, trade with New Jersey, 351 pp. 206, 208.
-, Westchester, High Sheriff of. See Cooper, Nicholas.
-, York City and County, appointment of Mayor and Sheriffs of, 443 (xxiv).
New York Gazette, advertisements in, 351 ii.
-, copy of, 351, 351 ii.
New York Journal, copies of, 441 iii, iv.
-, subscription of, 441 iii, iv.
Northern Colonies (Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut), bill for importation of sugar from Foreign Plantations, passed by House of Commons, 79.
-, effect of issue of bills of credit in, 384 p. 237.
-, settlers for North Carolina from, 353.
-, trade with Bermuda 72 i (i) (iii).
-, trade with foreign Sugar Plantations, 79, 79 i.
-, trade with Sugar Colonies 349 i p. 198, 416 pp. 245, 246.
Nova Scotia, Accadie. See Accadie.
-, Annapolis Fort, 203 ii.
-, Annapolis Royal, French inhabitants of, 441 p. 257.
-, -, garrison of, Chaplain of. See Cuthbert.
-, Annapolis Royal River, called British River, plan of, 390.
-, Chickenectua, Indian settlement at, 372 p. 232.
-, Cobaquid, La Tour estates in, payment of rents of, order for, 91
-, and see Campbell, Agatha.
-, Council of, petition to, 335 v.
-, -, Councillors of. See Adams, Jean.
-, fishery of, 370 p. 230.
-, French at, danger from, 370 p. 229.
-, -, encroachments by, 372.
-, -, lands claimed by, 335, 335 i-vi.
-, -, instructions concerning, 367 p. 224.
-, -, intrigues of, 247.
-, -, missionaries and priests, 247.
-, fur trade, 372 p. 232.
-, Governor of. See Nicholson, Francis
-, La Tour
-, Philipps, R.
-, Temple, Sir William.
-, grant of, by James I (1621), 367 p. 226.
-, history of, 367 p. 226.
-, Indians, danger from French intrigues with, 247.
-, -, presents to, from French, 372 p. 231.
-, -, -, importance of, 372 pp. 231, 232.
-, -, raid by, documents concerning La Tour estate lost in, 367 p. 224.
-, -, trade with, method of securing, 372 p. 232.
-, -, unrest among, 372 p. 231.
-, inhabitants of, mainly French, 370 p. 230.
-, -, French, opposition to surveyor, 390.
-, -, -, oath of allegiance taken by, 203 ii.
-, lands in, claimed by French, disputes over, 203 ii.
-, -, -, petition concerning, 307 i.
-, -, claimed by the La Tour family, history of. 367
-, and see Campbell, Agatha
-, La Tour.
-, La Tour estate, Mrs. Campbell's claim to, 203.
-, -, -, allowed and compensation ordered, 447.
-, -, -, dismissed, 203 i.
-, -, dispute over, 367.
-, -, documents relating to destroyed, 367 p. 224.
-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Armstrong, L.
-, Doucett, John.
-, Minis, French estates in, 335 i.
-, -, -, order concerning, 335 iii
-, and see Le Borgne.
-, -, French intrigues in, 247.
-, -, Grand Pr, inhabitants of, 335 iii.
-, -, -, lands granted to Le Borgne, 335 iii.
-, -, inhabitants of, order to, 335 i, iii.
-, -, inhabitants refuse to pay rent to Mrs. Campbell, 367 p. 225.
-, -, La Tour estate, order for payment of rents of, 94.
-, -, magazine built at, 372 p. 232.
-, -, troops transferred to, 247.
-, new settlers for, from Newfoundland, 370 p. 230.
-, Penobscot, 335 iii.
-, quit rents in, Mrs. Campbell's claim to, allowed, 367 p. 227.
-, -, claims of French inhabitants concerning, 203, 203 ii.
-, rights of Seigneury in, 203 ii.
-, St. John's River. See St. John's River.
-, St. Peters, French fortifications built at, 372 p. 230.
-, sale of, to Sir Thomas Temple, and William Crown (1656), 367 p. 226.
-, Seigneurs of, claims by, 335.
-, Shecanectou, La Tour estates in, payment of rents of, order for, 91
-, and see Campbell, Agatha.
-, stores of war for, 372 p. 230.
-, Surveyor, French opposition to, 390.
-, -, travelling expenses of, 390.
-, truck houses proposed for, 372 p. 232.
-, vessel from Boston for, 247.
O
Ordnance, Board of, stores of war for Nova Scotia, 372.
Oswego. See under New York.
P
Panama, President of, on the Geneosa wreck, 22.
Parliament, Houses of, petition to, 79 i.
Pemaquid, recall of troops from, 247.
-, settlements at, 247.
Pennsylvania, boundaries of, 42 p. 38.
-, -, described in its Letters patent, 42 p. 39.
-, -, importance of settling, 42 p. 39.
-, lands in, cheaper than in New York, 324 p. 175.
-, Proprietors of, claims to lands beyond the Great Mountains, Va., 42.
-, -, Commission for Lieutenant Governor Gordon, 198.
-, trade with New Jersey, 351 p. 206.
Philadelphia, case of St. Anna and St. Joachim tried at, 58 i.
-, -, goods and pirates seized, 58 i.
Placentia. See under Newfoundland.
Plantations
-, The, Assemblies in, increasing powers assumed by, 163
-, and see Massachusetts Bay.
-, bills of credit in dispute with Massachusetts Bay concerning, report upon, 163.
-, -, effect of, 384 p. 237.
-, -, question of power to strike and issue, 163.
-, British and Spanish Commissaries at Seville, account of proceedings of, 20, 20 i-xi
-, and see Seville.
-, Councils in, question of Councillors holding office of Clerk of the Council submitted, 129.
-, defence against attack by French, Some Considerations relating to, etc., 371.
-, 4 per cent duty, effect of, 349 i p. 201.
-, Governors of, circular letters to, 32 pp. 29, 30, 238, 400.
-, -, house rent for, 32 pp. 31, 32.
-, -, instructions for, 129, 306.
-, -, -, additional, 403 i.
-, -, -, attitude of Massachusetts Bay on 16th and 30th, report upon, 163.
-, -, -, concerning transmission of private debts, 238.
-, -, presents to, instructions concerning, 32 p. 30.
-, -, -, -, details of, 32 pp. 30, 31.
-, -, salary of, instructions concerning, 32 p. 31.
-, lands in, claimed by Spain, evacuation demanded, 20 iii.
-, laws, manufactures and trade affecting British Trade and Navigation, account of required, 473 i.
-, -, in South Carolina, 425 i.
-, -, in Connecticut, 48.
-, -, copies of, for Surveyor General, 177 i.
-, -, representation to House of Commons upon, 32.
-, map of British Empire in America, proposal to send to Governments in, 444.
-, negroes, duty on, effect of, 429.
-, -, -, -, on British trade, 425 i.
-, offices in, held by one person, question of, 129.
-, Secretaries of, to sit in Council, 129.
-, sugar trade, 349 i.
-, -, hindered by foreign competition, 416 i, 417 ii.
-, Surveyors General in, to sit in Councils of 177 i, 205.
-, -, -, instructions concerning, 295-301.
-, -, -, order for, 239.
-, -, to sit as Councillors Extraordinary, Order for, 400, 403-413.
Poole, merchants and traders with Newfoundland, memorials and petitions from, 120 ii.
Porto Rico, case of sloops Endeavour and Industry heard at, 235, 235 i.
-, danger from, 370 p. 229.
-, Governor of, instructions of, to take English vessels, 235 i.
Portsmouth, N.H., 116 i pp. 76, 77.
-, petition of inhabitants of, 187.
Portugal And The Portuguese, St. Anna and St. Joachim, case of, 58, 58 i.
-, Secretary in England. See Campos.
Postilion sloop
-, master of, trial and conviction of, 17, 18 iii, iv
-, and see Wyat.
Potomack River. See under Virginia.
Privy Council
-, The, Clerk of. See Cary, W.
-, Sharpe, William
-, Stanyan, Temple.
-, enquiry concerning lands in South Carolina, 448 i.
-, letter to, 34, 67, 129, 135, 196, 203 ii, 205, 214, 237, 260, 268 i, 277, 294, 301, 361, 362, 367, 386, 433.
-, Lords of the Committee for Plantation Affairs, order by, 16, 27, 56, 57, 116, 130, 175, 176, 177, 215, 239, 268, 270, 271, 306, 307, 309, 375, 394, 395, 425, 426, 427,
-, -, petition to, 395 i.
-, -, President of, Governor Belcher's application to, 376.
-, -, report of, 216.
Providence. See under Bahamas.
Q
Quebec, French influence at, 247.
-, Indians in Nova Scotia influenced by, 372 p. 232.
R
Rappahannock River. See under Virginia.
Rhode Island And Providence Plantation, Act, additional Act to the powder Act, copy of, transmitted, 336, 336 i.
-, Act for emitting 60,000 in bills of publick credit, transmitted, 336.
-, Act for emitting 100,000, transmitted, 336.
-, Act imposing a tax upon shipping for powder money, etc., transmitted, 336, 336 ii.
-, bills of credit, emission of, effect in Massachusetts Bay, 384 p. 236.
-, Collector of Customs, not to clear vessels under Act, protest against, 336
-, and see Kay, Nathaniel.
-, emission of bills of credit, excessive, effect of in Massachusetts Bay, 389.
-, paper currency in, 229 p. 132.
-, trade with New York, 351 p. 206.
Romney, H.M.S., 150.
-, -, commanded by Lord Muskery, for Newfoundland Convoy, 66.
Rowe, Spanish sloop, Commander of. See Simprianus.
-, seizure of Endeavour and Industry, by, 235 i.
Rum, importation of, encouragement for, 349 i p. 202.
-, superiority of, 349 i p. 202.
Rupert, H.M.S., at Jamaica, 414 i.
Rye, N.H., petition of Freeholders of, 184.
S
St. Anna and St. Joachim, Portuguese ship, captain of. See Marques.
-, case of, 58, 58 i.
-, mutiny and seizure by English sailors in, 58, 58 i.
-, -, restitution ordered, 58, 58 i.
-, -, trial for, 58, 58 i.
-, owner of. See Ribiera.
St. Augustine, 338 i.
St. Christopher
-, (St. Kitts)
-, and see Leeward Islands.
-, Act for appointing an agent for Great Britain and settling a salary upon him etc., disallowance of, 387.
-, -, -, reasons for, 387 i.
-, -, referred, 368.
-, Act for barring and cutting off all estates tail etc. appointed by Clement Crooks decd, etc., referred, 274.
-, -, report upon, 293.
-, Act for continuing the duties of gunpowder and small arms upon the tonnage of vessels trading to and with this island, referred, 253.
-, Act for continuing the duties upon wines, beer, ale, syder, etc., imported etc., referred, 253.
-, Act for docking an intail, 166.
-, Act to enable Andrew and Peter Audain, infants, etc., to sell lands to William Pym Burt and for securing the monies arising therefrom to them etc., confirmation recommended, 436.
-, -, referred, 302
-, -, report upon, 319.
-, Act for encouragement in projecting a more easy and effectual method of hanging coppers for ye speedy making of sugar, 166.
-, Act for granting H.M. a duty of 8s. per poll on all negroes and other slaves, and 5 p.c. on the rents of all houses towards the discharge of the publick debts etc., referred, 253.
-, Act for preventing the importation of foreign sugar, rum or molasses in any other than English-built shipping etc., referred, 253.
-, Act for raising a tax on all negroes and other slaves, and on all houses etc. for repairing the fortifications etc., referred, 253.
-, Acts for levying money etc., 166.
-, Acts of, transmitted, 166.
-, Assembly of, Acts for payment to Governors passed by, 32 p. 31.
-, -, case of Mr. Mun, 365, 365 vii.
-, -, journal of, 365 vii.
-, -, members of. See Thomas, Walter
-, Williams, J.
-, Chief Justice of. See Brown, Jeremiah
-, Burt.
-, Chief Justice and Justices of Court of King's Bench, representation from, 365 p. 219, 365 x.
-, -, -, reply to, 365 xiii
-, and see Browne, Jeremiah
-, Thomas, Peter
-, Pilkington, Tho.
-, Wilson, Richard.
-, Council of, case of Mr. Mun, 365 p. 219.
-, -, minutes of 334, 365 p. 219, 365 v.
-, -, persons recommended for, 446, 446 i.
-, -, under seven in number, 129.
-, Councillors. See Williams, John, Senr.
-, Ottley, Drewry Senr.
-, Boyd, Augustus
-, Bourryan, John
-, Markham, Benjamin, Junior
-, Woodley, William, Junior
-, Smith, Wavell
-, Payne, Abraham
-, Soulegre, Peter
-, Douglas, John
-, Phipps, Joseph
-, Mathew, William, Junior.
-, -, to hold office of Clerk of Council, question of, 129.
-, Court of Kings Bench, deputy Clerk of. See Losack, James.
-, -, fines imposed by, account of, 365 xi.
-, Deputy Provost Marshall of. See Donaldson, Robert.
-, -, Deputy of. See Gregory, James.
-, fines suspended by Lt. Gen. Smith, 365 p. 219.
-, Frenchmen from, settle on Sta. Cruz, 225.
-, Governor of. See Mathew, William
-, Fleming, Gilbert.
-, -, house rent for, paid in muscovado sugar, 32 p. 31.
-, offices held by Wavell Smith in, 258.
Sta. Cruz, British title to, 169.
-, -, representation upon, 225.
-, claims to, by British, 225.
-, -, by Dutch, 225.
-, French at, 225.
-, given to Knights of Malta by French, 225.
-, rumoured concession of, to Danes, by French, 446.
-, sale of, to the Danes, 169, 225, 225 i.
-, settlers sent to St. Domingo by French, 225.
-, Spanish attack upon, 225.
St. Domingo, French Colony at, settled from Sta. Cruz, 225.
St. Eustatia, trade with Bermuda, 72 i (iii).
St. Jago de la Vega, Fort House, John Stewart's title to established, 455 i.
-, High Court of Admiralty, proceedings in case of Postilion and St. William, 17, 18 iii.
St. John's Island, French fortifications on, 372 p. 230.
-, negro rising at, 446.
St. John's River, inhabitants of, orders to, 247.
-, truck houses proposed for, 372 p. 232.
St. Lawrence River, French settlements on, 370 p. 229.
Sta. Lucia, French claim to, 40 i, 313 ii.
-, French encroachments at, 370 p. 228.
-, Governor Lord Howe's commission published in, 392.
-, inhabitants of, request for longer time for evacuation of island refused, 313 p. 165, 313 v, vi.
-, Pointe de Sable, English sloop at, action taken by officers of, 313 ii, iii, iv, v.
-, Port Petit Cavenage, 313 v.
-, report of annexation by British, 313 ii-v.
Sta. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominico, evacuation of, delay in execution, correspondence concerning, 313 i-vi.
-, -, order for, 40, 40 i, 235 p. 136.
-, -, -, delay in publishing in Barbados, 313.
-, -, -, published, 313 p. 165.
-, -, instructions to Barbados concerning, 119, 167.
St. Michael, Spanish ship, wrecked on the Caymanas, case of, 22, 22 i, 144.
-, disposal of effects in, 22 i (a) (b).
-, plunder of, 22, 22 i, 144
-, and see Walker, Neal.
-, prisoners acquitted, 233.
St. Vincent, claim to, by Caribs, 313 ii.
-, -, by French, 40 i.
-, evacuation of, order for, 40, 40 i, 235 p. 136, 313 p. 165
-, and see under Sta. Lucia.
-, Governor Lord Howe's Commission published in, 392.
St. William, French sloop, owner of. See Taillet.
-, case of seizure of, 17, 18 iii, iv.
-, -, restoration of, 17.
Salisbury, N.H., claimed by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i p. 76.
Sassafras River, 42 p. 38.
Savannah River, settlement of Swiss on, 176 i.
Scarborough, H.M.S., attack upon by Spaniards, 127.
-, Commander of. See Durell
-, Gascoigne.
Seville, British Commissaries at, letter from, 20 iii, iv, x.
-, -, -, copies and extracts of, 20 i, vii, 70.
-, -, reply to Spanish proposals, 20 vi, ix.
-, British and Spanish Commissaries, conferences between, on logwood cutting, 20 iv, 70.
-, -, declaration signed by, 76 v.
-, -, proceedings of, account of, 20, 20 i-xi.
-, Spanish Commissaries' claim to lands in America, 20 ii, 70.
-, -, proposal concerning, 20 v.
-, -, -, British comments and reply to, 20 vi, viii, xi.
-, Treaty of, 20 ix.
Shark, sloop, 22.
Sheerness, H.M.S., commanded by Captain Fytche, for Newfoundland Convoy, 66.
Ships, list of :
Anne, galley.
Batchelor, sloop.
Endeavour, sloop.
Experiment, H.M.S.
Fox, H.M.S.
Genoesa, Spanish ship.
Industry, sloop.
John, brigantine.
Kingston, H.M.S.
Le Caesar, French sloop.
La Dichosa, Spanish ship.
Mary, sloop.
New Cambridge.
Postilion, sloop.
Romney, H.M.S.
Rowe, Spanish sloop.
Rupert, H.M.S.
St. Anna and St. Joachim, Portuguese ship.
St. Michael, Spanish ship.
St. William, French ship.
Scarborough, H.M.S.
Shark, sloop.
Sheerness, H.M.S.
Shoreham, H.M.S.
Solebay, H.M.S.
Woolball.
Shoreham, H.M.S., 322 ii.
Solebay, H.M.S., commanded by Captain Fanshaw, for Canso, 66.
Some Considerations relating to the security of the British Colonies in America, letter without date or signature, 370, 371.
South Carolina Gazette, 165 vii.
South Sea Company
-, Factor of. See Pratter, Edward
-, Rigby, James.
Spain And The Spanish, Anne ship seized by, correspondence concerning, 322 i, ii.
-, attack on Sta. Cruz, 225.
-, in Cuba, case of Mary sloop, 145 vi, vii.
-, danger from, in the Bahamas, 57 i.
-, designs on Port Royal, rumours of, 111 i.
-, flota, wreck of, account of, 338 i, ii.
-, -, -, description of ships, 338 ii.
-, -, -, document relating to, 420, 420 i.
-, -, salvage of, 338 ii.
-, galleons, General of. See Pintado.
-, lands claimed by, in America, extent of, 20 i, ii.
-, logwood cutting in Campeachy Bay, claim to disputed, 20, 20 v-xi, 70.
-, -, -, Commissaries at Seville, 70.
-, Mary sloop seized at Port Morant by, case of, 74, 76, 76 i-viii, 101 i, ii.
-, meeting with Commissaries at Seville, account of proceedings, 20, 20 i-xi
-, and see Seville.
-, negroes in Jamaica incited by, 131 i.
-, reparations for prizes taken, conference concerning, 20 i.
-, right to cut logwood at Campeachy claimed by, 20, 20 v, vi.
-, St. Michael sloop, wrecked and plundered, 22, 144.
-, H.M.S. Scarborough attacked by, 127.
-, ships of, seizure of, conference on, 70.
-, ships seized by, 235, 235 i.
-, ships wrecked in the Bahamas, salvage of, 423, 424.
-, sugar trade with, 349 i p. 200.
-, treaties with, 20 i.
-, vessels of, captured or wrecked, 22
-, and see Genoesa : La Dichosa
-, St. Michael.
-, war with, Some Considerations relating to the security of the British Colonies in the event of, 370.
-, West Indies, masts and timber shipped to, 454.
-, Yucatan, possession of, dispute over, 20 xi.
-, King of, cedula of, 322 ii.
Sugar Colonies, negroes from Africa for, 349 i p. 199.
-, trade with Northern Colonies, 349 i p. 198, 416 pp. 245, 246.
Sugar trade, advantage of, to Great Britain, 416 i.
-, direct export, importance of, 349 i.
-, duty upon, 349 i p. 198.
-, -, paid in Great Britain, 349 i.
-, importance of, to British shipping, 349 i.
-, importation into England, legislation concerning, 416 i.
-, memorial upon, 349 i p. 198.
-, a pamphlet on, by a Barbados Planter, 349 i.
-, -, written by Mr. Walpole's Deputy, 416 p. 245, 418.
-, petition from Barbados concerning, 416, 416 i, 417 ii.
-, refineries for, 349 i pp. 200, 201.
T
Tercera, St. Anna and St. Joachim seized at, case of, 58, 58 i.
-, Forts, Castles St. John Baptist and St. Sebastian, 58 i.
-, Treasurer and Judge of Customs at, evidence in St. Anna and St. Joachim case taken by, 58 i.
Tiononderoga (? Ticonderoga), lands at belonging to Mohawk Indians, 440 p. 256.
Tobago, Governor Lord Howe's Commission published in, 392.
-, Hog Bay, capture of sloops Industry and Endeavour at, 235 i.
-, H.M. proclamation concerning evacuation of Sta. Lucia etc. published in, 235 p. 136.
Tortola, Spanish claim to, 20 ii.
Tortuga, H.M.S. Scarborough attacked at, 127.
-, Spanish flota wrecked off, 338 i.
Trade, Board of, Office expenses, 73, 219, 346, 457.
Trade and Manufactures of Great Britain. See under Plantations and separate Colonies.
Trade and Navigation, Acts of, bond for observing, by Lieut. Governnor Gordon, 369.
-, -, complaint concerning Virginia Acts, 397.
-, -, instructions concerning, 128 ii, 149.
-, -, -, in North Carolina, 252, 289.
-, -, -, in the Leeward Islands, 259.
-, -, -, in Pennsylvania, 277, 287.
-, -, observation of, in Maryland, 250 i.
-, advantages of sugar trade to, 416 i, 417 ii.
-, prejudiced by Acts passed in South Carolina, 325.
-, laws, manufactures, and trade in the Plantations affecting, 177 i
-, and see under Separate Colonies.
-, -, account of, required, 473 i.
-, -, queries concerning, reply from Connecticut, 48.
-, -, -, reply from the Leeward Islands, 166.
-, -, -, reply from Massachusetts Bay, 345 p. 193.
-, -, -, reply from Virginia, 337.
-, -, representation to House of Commons upon, 32.
Trade And Plantations, Council of, Committee of, report on address concerning Governors' instructions from Massachusetts Bay, 163.
-, -, -, -, H.M. order concerning, 163 p. 101.
-, -, journal of, 73.
-, -, letters, instructions, representations from, concerning :
Antigua, 68, 434.
Bahamas, 12, 67, 71, 71 i, 294.
Barbados, 208, 308, 326, 380.
Carolina North, 105, 105 i, 252, 255.
Carolina South, 204, 260.
Jamaica, 224, 226, 227, 432, 445.
Laws etc. in the Plantations, 32.
Leeward Islands, 99, 99 i, 128, 128 i, 237.
Map of British Empire in America, 444.
Massachusetts Bay, 34, 345, 386, 433.
Newfoundland, 103, 103 i, 104, 104 i, 120, 120 i.
New Hampshire, 242.
New Jersey, 62.
New York, 63, 135, 175, 196.
Nova Scotia, 367.
office expenses, 100, 221.
Officers' salaries and expenses, 11, 348.
Pennsylvania, 227.
petty expenses, 348, 458.
St. Christopher, 129, 436, 451.
Sta. Cruz, 225, 225 i.
Spain, 70, 420.
Surveyors General in America, 205, 301, 362.
Virginia, 13, 231, 303, 361.
-, -, letters, instructions, orders, memorials, petitions, references to, concerning :
Antigua, 4, 377, 379.
Bahamas, 3, 57, 81, 268.
Barbados, 21, 118, 167, 177, 193, 209, 235, 276, 330, 392.
Bermuda, 342.
Carolina North, 1, 78, 122, 123, 123 iv, 172, 353, 383, 396.
Carolina South, 10, 29, 30, 47, 60, 82, 87, 98, 106, 111, 130, 136, 140, 165, 171, 176, 195, 197, 222, 325, 338, 419, 422, 425, 426, 427.
Connecticut, 48.
Georgia, 220.
Jamaica, 17, 18 i, 74, 142, 145, 200, 201 v, 232, 244, 272, 311, 312 iii, 317, 317 i, 320, 331, 358, 381, 445 i, iii, vii, 455, 456, 459.
Laws, trade and manufacture in Plantations, 473.
Leeward Islands, 77, 166, 215, 334, 365, 446.
Massachusetts Bay, 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 27, 37, 69, 110, 170, 229, 375, 453.
New Hampshire, 116, 173, 183-190.
New Jersey, 351 i.
New York, 56, 56 i, 126, 223, 324, 327, 329 i, 351, 351 i, 438 i, 440, 441.
Nova Scotia, 89, 247, 335, 363, 372, 390.
Rhode Island, 336.
St. Christopher, 293, 319, 387.
Sta Cruz, 169.
Spain, 20.
Surveyor General, 395.
Virginia, 42, 133, 143, 250, 271, 337, 397.
-, offices of, disturbances in street, sentinel asked for, 43.
-, petty expenses and officers' salaries, 221.
-, queries from, re Bermuda, reply to, 72 i.
Treasury, H.M. Lords Commissioners of, increase of salary for Virginia Council recommended to, 248.
-, -, letter to, 11, 100, 221, 250 p. 147, 348, 444, 458.
-, -, order to, concerning Mrs. Campbell's claim in Nova Scotia, 447.
-, -, reference to, on purchase of lands in the Bahamas, 285.
Treaty of 1660 between French and English, 313 ii.
U
Utrecht, Treaty of, 20 ix, xi, 70.
-, -, Nova Scotia a British possession under, 367 p. 224.
-, -, -, ceded to French, 367 p. 226.
-, -, 14th article of, concerning French subjects, 367 p. 224.
V
Vera Cruz, Governor of, case of La Dichosa, 22.
-, Spanish vessels from, 111 i.
Vert, Bay of, French activities at, 372 p. 230.
Virginia, Act concerning entailed lands of Henry Cary confirmed, 401.
-, Act concerning entailed lands of John Douglass and John Frazer, confirmed, 401.
-, Act concerning entailed lands of Richard Randolph, confirmed, 401.
-, Act relating to entailed lands of William Randolph, confirmed, 401.
-, Act relating to entailed lands of John Sutton Farrar, confirmed, 401.
-, Acts of, private, confirmation of, 231, 303, 374.
-, -, (1732), referred, 19.
-, -, report upon, 143.
-, -, tobacco, complaint concerning, 397.
-, Assembly, copies of Acts and papers relating to Office of Surveyor General to be made, 362 i.
-, -, prorogued, 248 i.
-, -, salary of, inadequate, 248.
-, Auditor General of, objection to allowance for Militia Adjutant, 250 p. 147.
-, boundaries of, Commission to settle, petition for, 271 i.
-, -, dispute over, 42.
-, -, -, Commission at home to settle, 42 pp. 37, 38.
-, -, petitions for lands near, 42 p. 39.
-, -, importance of settling, 42 p. 39.
-, -, with Maryland, 249.
-, Cahongarooten River, Indian name for part of the Potomack, 42 p. 37.
-, -, not a boundary, 249.
-, Conneichiga River, a boundary with Maryland, 249.
-, Council, increase of salary for, 250 p. 147.
-, -, -, recommended, 248.
-, -, Journal of, 248, 250.
-, -, minutes of, 250.
-, -, representation from, concerning frauds in Customs, 133.
-, -, Surveyor General of Customs to sit as Councillor Extraordinary on, 361 i.
-, Councillors of. See Lee, Thomas
-, Lightfoot, Philip
-, Carter, Robert
-, Harrison, Henry
-, Phenney, George.
-, Deputy Auditor of. See Blair, John.
-, General Court, Judges of, salary for, 248.
-, Governor of. See Hamilton, Lord George, Earl of Orkney.
-, -, instructions for, 32 p. 32.
-, Governor and Council, dispute over boundaries of land by Rappahannock River, 271 i.
-, Indian names in, 42 p. 37.
-, Indians, Tributary, disturbances among, 250.
-, lands in, Acts confirming agreements for exchange of, 143.
-, -, grant by Charles II, 271 i.
-, -, patents for, 42 p. 40.
-, lands by the Rappahannock River, claim to, dispute over, 271 i
-, and see Fairfax.
-, lands beyond the Great Mountains, claims to, 42.
-, -, -, by Lord Fairfax, Commission appointed to settle, 361, 402.
-, laws, manufactures and trade affecting Great Britain, reply to query, 337.
-, Letters Patent of the Crown, uncertainties in, 42 p. 38.
-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Gooch, William.
-, militia, Adjutant for, appointment of, necessary, 250 p. 147.
-, mines in, copper and tin, 337.
-, Northern Neck, claims to lands beyond the Great Mountains, dispute over, 42.
-, peaceful condition of, 248.
-, Potomack River, a boundary, dispute over, 42 pp. 37-39.
-, -, named by Indians, 42 p. 37.
-, quit rents, 42 p. 40.
-, -, account of revenue from, 250 iii.
-, Rappahannock River, a boundary, dispute over, 42 pp. 37, 38.
-, -, falls on, 42 p. 37.
-, -, named by Indians, 42 p. 37.
-, -, Lord Fairfax's claim to lands on, 271 i.
-, Receiver General of. See Grymes, John.
-, Revenue of, account of, 250, 250 ii, iii.
-, rivers in, as boundaries, dispute over, 42 pp. 37-39.
-, road to Cape Fear laid out, 1 p. 5, 172 p. 111.
-, settlers, foreign, for, 42 p. 39.
-, -, -, conditions governing, 42 p. 40.
-, Shenando River, dispute concerning, 42 pp. 37, 38.
-, silver mines in, fraudulent scheme concerning, 42 p. 40.
-, Surveyor General appointed as Councillor Extraordinary in, 411
-, and see Phenney, George.
-, tobacco, good crop of, 250 p. 147.
-, tobacco trade, good prospects of, 248.
-, trade of, flourishing state of, 250 p. 147.
-, 2s. per hhd., revenue from, 250 ii.
Virgin Islands, Spanish claim to, 20 ii.
W
West Indies, Directors of the Company of, recommendation by, 335 iv.
-, trade with New Jersey, 351 p. 206.
whale fishery, at Canso, 372, p. 231.
-, licences for, 342
-, and see Bermuda.
-, -, Governors' salaries paid in, 32 p. 32
-, and see Pitt, John.
Winnisposiokie Pond, Merrimack River, 116 i p. 77.
woods H.M. in America, preservation of pine trees, evasion of Act for, 454
-, and see under separate Colonies.
Woolball, capture of, 22.
-, -, La Dichosa seized as reprisal for, 22.
Woollen manufacture, scheme for, petition concerning, 267.
Y
Yucatan, British settlement on, 70.
-, lands in, claim to, 70.
-, logwood cutting at depositions concerning, 70 iii.
-, -, dispute concerning, 70.
-, provinces of, dispute over possession of, 20 xi.
-, Spanish claim to, 70.