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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… The last volume of the Calendar of State Papers, America and West Indies, finished with the year 1660. This volume … of plantation, "Planting of countries is like planting of woods, for you must make account to 'leese' almost 20 years … it," the want of justice, destruction of stages, houses, woods, and harbours were said to be some of the consequences …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… of the same length as that contained in the last volume, and consists of the years 1569, 1570, and 1571. The documents have been brought together from … kingdom of Scotland. They consist principally of letters and despatches from the Earl of Sussex, the Lord Lieutenant …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… present volume chiefly concerns the history of Scotland and France. The letters and papers of which an abstract is given in the present … which occurred during the year 1560, between England and Scotland on the one side, and England and France on the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Essequibo. The documents for the year 1700 are both varied and voluminous. The story which they tell is, for the most … for supplying the Navy with masts from the Mohacks' woods, which he hoped would prove "the best bargain for the … timber with Spain, Portugal and the West Indies. That the woods were being felled in a reckless and wasteful manner is …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… the name of Edward the Sixth acted upon no settled policy, and were guided by no fixed principles; each statesman as he … ascendency aimed chiefly at the aggrandisement of himself and his family. The object of Mary was simply retrogression; … would have resuscitated that form of government in Church and State which had prevailed when the first of the Tudors …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… five weary years they had groaned under the rule of Mary and her terrible husband, and had borne with stern and sullen fortitude the fiery trial through which they were …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Benbow's Report upon the defences of the West Indies, "and particular Jamaica" (4). A little later Mr. Randolph … wood-fighting." "Soldiers from Europe cannot fight in the woods here according to the manner of fighting in Europe." … house. Care was to be taken to prevent the wasting of the woods, and an Act to that end was to be procured, if possible …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… replies furnish valuable information as to the numbers and increase of inhabitants; kinds of produce and … 20 i., 429, 430). Under pressure from the Surveyor of H.M. Woods, Governor Dudley persuaded the Assembly of New … see 1. p. 1.) The Massachusetts Bay. Act for preserving woods rejected. The refusal of the Assembly of the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… most striking events in the Colonies during the years 1710 and the first half of the year 1711 were the preparations for … by "extraordinary bad way, through most prodigious doleful woods" (377). After one day of desperately bad going and … writes Mr. Bridger, the Surveyor General of H.M. Woods in America, "that a man shall earne as much by makeing …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… in America or the West Indies during the years 1704 and 1705. But the victories of the Allies in Europe, and the … Bridger was presently appointed Surveyor General of the Woods, with the function, amongst other duties, of … occasion, "but very many of the Dutchmen ran away into the woods" ( p. 307). The Dutch party.; The Council and money …