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Do not deface books by marks and«rriting. Cornell University Library E187 .A56 Guide to thie manuscript materials for th olin 3 1924 030 920 742 -/^' Hr_ Guide to the Manuscript Materials for the History of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in Minor London Archives, and in the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge BY CHARLES M. ANDREWS Professor in the Johns Hopkins University AND FRANCES G. DAVENPORT Of the Carnegie Institution of Washington WASHINGTON, D. C. Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1908 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030920742 Guide to the Manuscript Materials for tiie History of tiie United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in Minor London Archives, and in the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge CHARLES M. ANDREWS Professor in the Johns Hopkins University FRANCES G. DAVENPORT Of the Carnegie Institution of Washington WASHINGTON, D. C. Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1908 y carnegie institution of washington Publication No. 90 ^$< £ot6 l$iAfHmor« (piece BALTIUORB, HD,, IT. 8. A. PREFACES The present volume is part of a series, in which the Carnegie Institution of Washington proposes to present inventories guiding the student of American history to such manuscript materials as are to be found in the archives and libraries of foreign countries. The previous issues in the same series have been Mr. L. M. Perez's Guide to the Materials for American History in Cuban Archives, and Professor W. R. Shepherd's Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in Spanish Archives (Simancas, the Archivo Historico Nacional, and Seville). The next archives to be dealt with in simi- lar volumes are those of Paris, Mexico and Rome. The project of a comprehensive and detailed Guide to the Manuscript Materials for American History in London Repositories antedates the Carne- gie Institution of Washington. In the belief that such a manual would be a boon to many workers in the history of the United States the writer of these lines began in 1899 to plan for it and to attempt to bring it into existence. The American Antiquarian Society was approached, with a view to persuade it to use for the preparation of such a book the income of one of its funds. At a meeting of the council of that society in October, 1900, an appropriation was made, and the society's committee of publication was authorized to pro- ceed. The plan then in mind contemplated three forms of entry under each subdivision of each archive — e. g., of the Public Record Office. First, the body of original papers composing that section should be described, with spe- cial reference to the question, what it contained for American history. Sec- ondly, there should be a list of transcripts, made from documents in that section, which were to be found in American archives and libraries. Thirdly, there should be a list of references to documents from that section which had anywhere been put into print. This last portion was first provided for by the society, and the data for the desired list were searched for and noted by Miss Gertrude S. Kimball of Providence. It had at first been planned that the portion of the volume which would have to be made in London, corresponding to the first of the three sorts of material noted above, might be prepared by a competent official of the Public Record Office. This proving impracticable, endeavors were made, and suc- cessfully, to enlist for the project the services of Professor Charles M. An- drews, then of Bryn Mawr College, who had already spent much time in London archives, and was preparing to spend the ensuing year in further in- vestigations in England on his own behalf. A few months after this, however, the Advisory Committee on History appointed by the Trustees of the Carnegie Institution urged, as one of the iv Prefaces. chief recommendations of its preliminary report, that systematic searches of European archives for materials for American history should hold a prom- inent position among- the activities of the Institution in the field of history. The suggestion was adopted, and in December, 1903, the decision was finally reached that the work in England should be at once begun, under the aus- pices of the Carnegie Institution instead of the American Antiquarian Society, which had found difficulties to stand in the way of what it had first resolved on. That society generously presented to the Carnegie Institution the mass of data which had been accumulated at its expense, relating to documents from the British archives already printed. Immediately Professor Andrews, who had already since August been at work in the Bodleian Library, was informed by Professor McLaughlin, then director of the historical work of the Carnegie Institution, of the decision of the trustees, and was engaged to continue the work in the interest of the Carnegie Institution. His instructions, at his request, confined him to mate- rials for the period preceding 1783, the period subsequent to the British recognition of American independence having a distinct character, and in London to the two chief public repositories — the Public Record Office and the British Museum — and the Privy Council Office. The inclusion of the Oxford and Cambridge libraries was also resolved upon. Nearly all the period from November, 1903, to September, 1904, was spent in careful searching of the repositories named, volume by volume, and in many cases page by page. Never before, it is certain, had any search of them so thorough and systematic been carried out in the interest of any one large field of history. A preliminary report of the results was read at the meeting of the American Historical Association at Chicago in December, 1904, and printed in the American Historical Review for January, 1905 (vol. X., pp. 325-349). The summer months of 1905, and eventually of 1907 also, were spent in the continuance of the same task, and the material on the Public Record Office and British Museum was practically completed. But it was concluded that the work would better answer the purposes for which it was composed if it were extended to include, still within the same chronological limitations, the minor public archives of London as well as the great collections of the Public Record Office and the British Museum. As it was impossible for Professor Andrews to go to England in the summer of 1906, Miss Frances G. Davenport of the Department of Historical Research in the Carnegie Institution was requested to go thither, and to complete the work by cataloguing the American materials in minor London archives, with instructions intended to make her work harmonious in character with that of Professor Andrews. It subsequently appeared that, through inadvertence these instructions diverged at one point in such a manner as to cause a dif- ference in the product, deserving to be noted at this point. Whereas Pro- Prefaces. v fessor Andrews had, for excellent reasons, systematically included papers relating to Canada and the British West Indies, treating them with the same degree of fulness as papers relating to any of the thirteen continental colo- nies. Miss Davenport's instructions were such that, in her portion oi\ the work, documents relating to Canada exclusively have not as a rule been in- cluded, while documents relating to the British West Indies, though included, especially if of general interest to the history of the empire, have been treated on a lesser scale. The line of demarcation between the work of Professor Andrews and that of Miss Davenport in the present volume is easily drawn, the former having dealt with the manuscripts in the British Museum, Privy Council Office and War Office Library, and at Oxford and Cambridge, and the latter with the minor archives (though both, it chanced, examined the records of the Corpo- ration of the City of London) . With these minor archives Miss Davenport was occupied from July, 1906, to February, 1907, Professor Andrews mean- while spending such time as he could command in the preparation of his material for the press. The plan contemplated two volumes, of which the first should be entirely devoted to Professor Andrews's notes on the American materials in the Pub- lic Record Office. But when the volume was already in the printer's hands and proof-sheets of the earlier pages had been received, in the summer of 1907, all work upon it was stopped by the arrival of news from Professor Andrews, then in London, to the effect that the authorities of the Public Record Office had begun to make a new classification of some of the collec- tions bulking largest in such a volume, especially the Colonial Office Papers. The changes of arrangement were to be so thoroughgoing as to make a re- casting of much of the volume necessary, and the process would last so long as to postpone for more than a year, perhaps for two years, the possibility of progress in the remaking of the book. It appeared that there was no course but to go forward with the other volume as an independent publica- tion, and to place it at the service of scholars without waiting for the com- pletion of the volume on the Public Record Office, which would naturally have preceded. The order of arrangement in the present volume is based upon the fol- lowing classification : the British Museum, a quasi-goverimiental establish- ment; archives of the national government; archives of the local govern- ment; archives of religious bodies or of libraries primarily theological, con- taining material for the history, in the colonies, of the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Presbyterian and Congregational churches, and the Friends; the archives of the leading British scientific society of the period ; and of a great trading company ; finally, the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge. vi Prefaces. Although it is believed that the most important bodies of material relating to the history of the plantations and preserved in the minor London archives are noticed in the following pages, yet it is certain that some additional material is to be found in archives not therein described. Thus, in the archives of the church of the Moravian Brethren, 32 Fetter Lane, which it was not practicable to inspect, are some diaries and letters bearing on the early history of that sect in this country. So far as ascertained, however, these papers are neither numerous nor of much general interest. The churchwardens' accounts of city parishes contain entries of payments for various charitable uses connected with the colonies, such as the sending of poor children to Virginia, etc. Several references to such items are given by Mr. W. A. Bewes in his work on Church Briefs, or Royal Warrants for Collections for Charitable Objects (1896). The records of Bridewell also contain some matter pertaining to the transportation of vagrants to this country, as has been pointed out by Miss E. M. Leonard, Early History of English Poor Relief.^ It is possible that the records of the Royal Mint, which, in a fragmentary way, go back to 1580, may contain some references to America, but the in- formation received relative to these records indicated that the expenditure of time required for a search for the scattered items that might possibly be found, would not be justified. The Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, Baptist Church House, Southampton Row, W. C, has informed us that their library contains nothing that comes within the scope of this volume, and similar in- formation has been obtained from the London Missionary Society, 16 New Bridge St., E. C, and from the Royal Geographical Society. The wills at Somerset House have not been included because already so well dealt with by Mr. Henry F. Waters. Limitations of time, necessary dependence on indexes probably imperfect, or, in a very few instances, restrictions imposed, prevented as complete a search in certain of the minor archives as, under different circumstances, might have been expedient. It is not improbable that the future investigator may find material not here referred to in the archives of the House of Lords, the diocese of Westminster, the Royal Society and the Hudson's Bay Com- pany, if not in other of the repositories. The degree of completeness attained, however, is in great measure due to the assistance so courteously rendered by the officials of the various reposi- tories examined. As a rule, much liberality was shown in permitting the in- spection of documents, and in several instances, especially in the case of some of the smaller archives where special accommodations for searchers are not 'Pp. 229-230, note. Prefaces. vii provided, valuable aid was extended by the officials in charge at the cost of no small inconvenience to themselves. For permission to examine the contents of libraries and archives, grateful acknowledgments are due to the Trustees of the British Museum, to the Clerk of the Privy Council, to Sir Henry Graham, K. C. B., Clerk of Parlia- ments, to the Postmaster-General, to the Court of Common Council and the Library Committee of the Guildhall of London, to the Clerk of the Peace, Guildhall, Westminster, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Bishop of London, to the Secretaries of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowl- edge, of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and of Dr. Bray's Associates, to the Archbishop of Westminster, to the Librarian of Dr. Williams's Library, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society, to the Right Honorable Lord Strathcona, K. C. M. G., Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and to the Librarians of the Bodleian Library, of the several college libraries at Oxford and of the Pepysian Library at Cambridge. It may be useful to remark that, when there is no indication to the con- trary, year-dates are given in new style. The fact that a document is a copy is often, but not invariably, noted. No prediction is ventured as to the time when Professor Andrews's volume relating to the Public Record Office will be published, nor as to any dispo- sition in print of the great store of data which the Department of Historical Research has accumulated respecting transcripts from the British archives now preserved in America and respecting printed documents from the same repositories. It may, however, be well to mention that the sUps containing these data, gathered in pursuance of the original plan described at the open- ing of this preface, are in the possession of the Department and are at the service of historical scholars. J. Franklin Jameson. In the preparation of this volume one object has been kept constantly in view, namely, to furnish a guide which should be as helpful as possible to students unfamiliar with the contents of British repositories of historical manuscript and with the procedure to be followed in gaining access to them. A complete history of documents in all the archives was manifestly impossi- ble, considering the limitations of time and space, yet in the collections herein described, an effort has been made either to enter each docimient individually, or to furnish such description or statement as would guide the investigator in pursuing his researches further. No attempt has been made either by Miss Davenport or by myself to exercise editorial judgment; our object being simply to note each document or to describe each collection that concerned viii Prefaces. American history, without attempting to indicate its value for historical purposes. Certain features of the work as finally executed may be briefly mentioned. In scope it includes not only the original thirteen colonies but, except in so far as is indicated in Mr. Jameson's remarks above, the Canadian and West Indian colonies also. Though the date 1783 marks its limit in time, it has been deemed worth while to include occasionally docimients of later date when they appeared among the collections examined. No attempt has been made to reproduce exactly the original titles or endorsements, even when placed here within quotation marks, as to have done so would have cost much valuable time and have furthered in no way the object of the undertaking. References to works wherein documents are printed have been given when known, but such references do not pretend to be complete. The same may be said of references to transcripts. The largest collection of transcribed docu- ments from the British Museum and Bodleian libraries is in the Library of Congress, and a complete list of all there to be found is printed at the end of this volume. Annotations have been furnished when manifestly needed or in cases where the interest of the document seemed to demand some quotation or comment, but any elaborate system of annotations was clearly inadvisable. It is a pleasure to recall and to acknowledge the courtesies extended by those in charge of the various repositories. In common with all who work in the British Museum and Bodleian libraries I enjoyed the opportimities offered to those who come of serious purpose. To Mr. F. Kenyon of the for- mer library and Mr. Falconer Madan of the latter I am specially indebted for their kindness in reading the statements here printed introductory to those collections. To Mr. Almeric W. FitzRoy, Clerk of the Privy Council, 1 am exceedingly grateful, not only for the liberality with which he placed the valuable collections of that office at my disposal, but also for the interest that he has taken in the furtherance of the cause of colonial history. To Mr. Harrison of the same office I am also indebted for many helpful suggestions, and to Mr. Moon for much personal aid in the actual work of investigation. Dr. R. R. Sharpe, Records Clerk of the City of London, and the learned edi- tor of many volumes relating to its history, facilitated in every way my search among the records of the Town Clerk's Office. Among the librarians of the Oxford colleges Mr. Pottinger of Worcester and Mr. Holden of All Souls placed me under many obligations for assistance rendered; while in Cambridge, through the kindness of Dr. J. R. Tanner and of Mr. A. S. Ram- sey, Fellow of Magdalene, I was able to examine the contents of the Biblio- theca Pepysiana. To Dr. Tanner in particubr I am grateful for many courtesies. The difficulty of preparing the manuscript for the press, at so great a dis- tance from the repositories themselves, has been greatly lessened by the effi- Prefaces. ix cient assistance of Miss Edith Moodie, formerly secretary of the late Benja- min Franklin Stevens and now superintendent of the historical department of the firm of B. F. Stevens and Brown. Her knowledge of the material in England for American history is almost unrivalled, and the ability with which she has met the various difficulties that have arisen is deserving of hearty appreciation. I am painfully aware that in a work containing so many details of volumes, folios, pages, dates, names and descriptions errors are inevitable, but I can say very earnestly that every care has been taken to render the work accurate and reliable. While a re-examination of all the collections has not been pos- sible, the majority of the references to the documents in the British Museum and Bodleian libraries have been carefully verified. It is needless to say that corrections of any kind will be heartily welcomed. Charles M. Andrews. Grateful acknowledgment of aid in determining the character of the con- tents of the several archives examined by me is due to the following gentle- men : Mr. Cuthbert Headlam, one of the editors of The Manuscripts of the House of Lords; H. Buxton Forman, C. B., Second Secretary of the Post- Office; Mr. J. G. Hendy, Curator of the Record Room of the Post-Office; Mr. A. Owen, of Trinity House ; Dr. R. R. Sharpe, Records Clerk to the Cor- poration of the City of London ; Mr. E. M. Borrajo, Librarian and Curator of the Guildhall Library and Museum ; Mr. W. J. Hardy, editor of Middlesex County Records; Calendar of the Sessions Books, i68g to 1709 ; S. W. Ker- shaw, M. A., Librarian of Lambeth Library ; Rev. Sadler Phillips ; Rev. Ed- mund McClure, one of the Secretaries of the Society for Promoting Chris- tian Knowledge ; Mr. C. F. Pascoe, Secretary of the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; Monsignor Bernard Ward, of St. Ed- mund's College, Old Hall, Ware; Rev. Thomas Hughes, S.J.; Rev. T. J. Crippen, Librarian of the Congregational Library; Mr. Norman Penney, Librarian of the Friends' Reference Library ; Mr. Robert Harrison, Assist- ant Secretary of the Royal Society; Mr. William Ware, Secretary of the Hudson's Bay Company ; and Mr. H. P. Biggar ; and to Miss Agnes C. Laut and Miss Adelaide L. Fries. I am also indebted to Miss Louise F. Brown for listing the papers at Fulham Palace ; and, for much valuable advice and aid, generously given, to Mr. Hubert Hall, of the Public Record Office. Frances G. Davenport. ABBREVIATIONS Add. MSS. = Additional Manuscripts (British Museum). A. W. I. = America and West Indies (Public Record Office, Colonial Office Papers). Bodl. Lib. = Bodleian Library. Cal. Col. = Calendars of State Papers, Colonial. D. K. Rep. = Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. H. =Dr. F. L. Hawks's transcripts. N. Y. Docs. = Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. P. or Perry's Hist. Colls. = Bishop Perry's Historical Collections relating to the American Colo- nial Church. Rec. Va. Co. = Records of the Virginia Company (as published by the Library of Congress). R. H. S. = Royal Historical Society. TABLE OF CONTENTS Prefaces iii The British Museum .■ i Introduction I Collections of Manuscripts 7 Cottonian 7 Royal 8 Lansdowne 8 Stowe 17 Harleian 20 Hargrave 24 King's 25 Egerton 28 Sloane 50 Additional Charters 71 Briefs or Church Briefs 71 Additional Manuscripts 72 Newcastle Papers, pp. 123-143 Privy Council Office 170 Privy Council Register 170 Unbound Papers 177 Miscellanea 185 War Office Library 188 House of Lords 189 Introduction 189 List of Documents 192 General Post-Office 273 Trinity House 277 Guildhall 280 Corporation Records 280 Guildhall Library 283 Westminster Guildhall or Sessions House 284 The Central Criminal Court or " Old Bailey " 285 Lambeth Palace Library 286 FuLHAM Palace 302 Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England 330 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 331 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 332 xiii xiv Contents. Manuscripts of Dit. Bray's Associates ; 334 SioN College Library 33^ Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster 339 English Province Archives S. J 342 Dr. Williams's Library v 343 Congregational Library 347 Friends' Reference Library 350 The Royal Soctety 355 Printed Material 356 Archives 363 Library 368 Hudson's Bay Company 369 Oxford : The Bodleian Library 372 Introduction 372 . Collections of Manuscripts 374 Tanner 374 Ashmolean 376 Rawlinson, A 380 B 396 C 399 D 407 " Letters 410 Clarendon 410 Copper Plates 421 Oxford College Libraries 422 Cambridge : Magdalene College 424 Bibliotheca Pepysiana 424 The Ferrar Papers 429 Transcripts in the Library of Congress 431 Index 447 THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The British Museum on Great Russell Street is open every day in the week except Sunday, and except Good Friday, Christmas day, and any fast or thanksgiving day appointed by authority ; except also the first four week- days of March and September. The Reading Room or Round Room is open from nine in the morning until eight in the evening from September to April, inclusive, and till seven during the other months. The Manuscript Room or Students' Room is open from ten in the morning till five in the afternoon. Manuscript volumes must normally be used in the Students' Room, but by special permission ordinary manuscripts may be transferred to the Read- ing Room after the Students' Room is closed. Printed books may be brought from the Reading Room to the Students' Room, if sufficient reason can be shown therefor. Manuscripts cannot be obtained after four o'clock nor printed books after half-past three in January, February, November and December, half-past four in March and October, half-past five in April and September, and half-past six in May, June, July and August. 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Once admitted the student will find the procedure very simple, involving merely the choice of a seat, the finding the press-mark of the printed book (from the Catalogue in the Reading Room) or the number of the manu- script volume (from the catalogues of manuscripts in the Reading Room or the Students' Room), the filling-out of the ticket furnished, and the placing it in the receptacle provided. It is important to know that large numbers of printed books (including all the Calendars of State Papers, other govern- ment publications, publications of private societies, reference books such as the Dictionary of National Biography, etc.) are directly accessible to the student on the shelves of the Reading Room. A catalogue of these books entitled List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room of the British Museum (including a subject-index) stands in the Reading Room, and copies can be obtained at the desk at the entrance to the Museum for six shillings. The tickets provided for the Reading Room and Students' Room are as follows : Introduction. For the Reading Room: (Date) (Signature). (Number of the Reader's Seat) . Farmlialon to nae the Seadlng Soom will be withdrawn from any person who shall write or make marks on any part of a Printed Book, Manuscript, or Hap belonging to the Uusenm, Beaders are not, nnder any circumstances, to take a. Book, Hanuscript, or Hap out of the Beading Boom. Before leaving the Boom, Beaders are particularly requested to return Books, for which they have given Tickets, to an attendant at the centre counter, and to reclaim the Tickets. BEAPEBB ABE BEBPOKBIBLE FOB THE BOOKS BO LOUO A8 THE TICKETS BEMAIN TTNCANCELLEB. Press-Mark. Name of Author, or other Heading of Work, as in Catalogue. - Title of Work- Date of Publication. FIEABE TO BESTOBE EACH VOtTTHE OF THE CATALOOUE TO ITS PLACE, AS BOOK AS BONE WITH. Reverse : READERS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUIRED 1. 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Beaders are not, under any circumstances, to take a Book, Manuscript, or Map out of the Beading Boom or Students' Boom, Before leaving either Boom, Beaders are particularly requested to return MSS. to an attendant at the receiving counter, and to reclaim the Tickets, BEADEBS BEING BESFONSIBLE FOB THE MSS. SO LONG AS THE TICKETS BEMAIN UNCANCELLED. Collection and Number of MS. wanted. (Date) (Signature). Please to restore each Volume of the Catalogue to its place, as soon as done with. Reverse : READERS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED 1. Not to ask for more than one MS. on the same ticket. 2. To quote accurately the name of the Collection and the Number of the MS. wanted. 3. To write in a plain, clear hand, in order to avoid delay and mistakes. 4. To bear in mind that no MS. will be left at a seat unless the Reader who asks for it is there to receive it. 5. When any cause for complaint arises, to apply at once to the Superintendent. Introduction. 5 The rules laid down for the guidance of those who use the manuscripts are as follows: 1. Readers are particularly requested not to write for more than one Volume, Charter, or Roll on the same ticket, unless the numbers required form a series. 2. They are also requested to use the Manuscripts with care and especially to avoid placing the hand on the written page or miniature before them; and in no case to place a Manuscript or Book on an open Manuscript. 3. As a general rule Manuscripts, while in use, are to be placed upon book-rests or in glazed cases. 4. There is no restriction on copying Manuscripts. 5. Manuscripts of more than ordinary value can be used only in the Department of Manuscripts. 6. Permission to draw from the Illuminated Manuscripts can be granted only on the production of a special Letter of Recommendation for that purpose, addressed to the Keeper of the Manuscripts. 7. 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Books, MSS., Prints, and Drawings are to be indicated by the press- mark or reference-number, as well as by the title. 3. The number of every page to be photographed from a book or MS. must be quoted. 4. Leave cannot be granted to photograph objects indiscriminately. 5. A distinct application should be submitted for each Department, if the objects are in more than one Department. 6. As there is no official photographer attached to the British Museum, the applicant should name the photographer whom he proposes to employ. [If the applicant does not know of a suitable photographer, the officers of the Department concerned can generally give the name of some photogra- pher who is accustomed to do work there.] 7. The work shall be done under the superintendence and control of the Keeper of the Department in which the object to be photographed is preserved. 8. If required, two copies of any photograph taken in the Museum shall be deposited with the Director. 6 The British Museum. g. 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This great work, plan- ned as early as 1863 and prepared during the years 1868-1875, is a general subject catalogue of all the collections combined. It consists in part of cuttings from the printed catalogues and in part of manuscript additions and corrections. Its large folio volumes, fifty-seven bound in red and the remainder in brown, green, or blue, are labelled as follows : 1-3, History; 4, Public Records; 5-6, Church History; 7 (two volumes) State Papers Collected, Great Britain and Foreign ; 8-9, Single State Papers, Great Britain, 995-1873; 10, Id., Foreign, Passports, Treaties; 11, Political Tracts ; 12-13, Public Revenue, etc. ; 14, Trade ; 15-18, Single State Letters, Great Britain, 1 176-1558; 19-20, Id., Domestic Series, 1558-1875; 21-25, Id., Foreign Series, 1558-1873; 26, Scotland, 1506-1603; 27-28, Foreign Series, to 1873; 29, Letter Writing, Collected Private Letters, Albums; 30-38, Single Private Letters, British Series, arranged alphabetically ; 39-42, Id., Foreign Series ; 43, Civil and Canon Law ; 44, Laws of England : Stat- utes, Commentaries ; 45, Id., History and Practice of Courts, Opinions, etc. ; 46, Id., Treatises, Commonplaces, Writs; 47, Parliament: Treatises, Jour- nals, etc.; 48, Id., Miscellaneous Proceedings, Speeches, Trials; 49, Naval and Maritime; 50, Military; 51, Biography: Collected Lives, Single Lives, Diaries, Parish Registers, Wills ; 52-56, Id., Notes and Genealogies, arranged alphabetically; 57, Id., Foreign; 58, Geography, Topography; 59-62, Id.. Cottonian Manuscripts. 7 Great Britain, arranged by counties ; 63-68, Heraldry ; 69-73, Theology ; 74, Bible and Service Books; 75, Bibles, Commentaries, etc.; 76-77, Service Books; 78, Lives of Saints; 79-80, Religious Orders and Monasteries; 81, Philosophy; 82, Bibliography, Literary History, Antiquities, Manners and Customs, Societies; 83, Latin Classics; 84, Greek Classics; 85, Greek General Literature; 86-90, Poetry; 91, Fiction and Drama; 92, Illuminated Man- uscripts; 93, Drawings; 94, Music; 95, Mathematics, Chronology; 96, As- tronomy, Astrology; 97, Natural Science, Magic; 98, Chemistry, Alchemy; 99-101, Medicine; 102-103, Owners; 104, Donors; 105-106, Index of Seals; 107-108, Chronological List of Manuscripts. This catalogue is on the shelves in the Students' Room. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. By Pascual de Gayangos. 4 vols. In volumes II. and IV. under the heading " Spanish Settlements in America " will be found many Spanish documents relating to North and South America, geography, and travel. Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., in the King's Library. 2 vols. (1829.) Catalogue of Printed Maps, Plans, and Charts in the British Museum. 2 vols. (1885.) Catalogue of the Manuscript Maps, Charts, and Plans, and the Topograph- ical Drawings in the British Museum. 3 vols. (1844-1861.) Catalogue of Pamphlets in the King's Library. 9 vols., folio. In the Reading Room. Catalogue of Pamphlets, etc., published during the Civil War and the Com- monwealth, called the " Thomason Collection ". 12 vols., folio. In the Reading Room. Catalogue of Seals. By Walter de Gray Birch. (1887.) Catalogue of Newspapers in the British Museum-. 4 vols. In the Reading Room. Subject Index of the Modern Works added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1881-1900. 3 vols. (1902.) Ditto, 1901-1905. I vol. (1906.) COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS. The following pages contain, for each of the manuscript collections of the British Museum, notes, in the form of lists, of such of the manuscripts contained in them as relate to American history. COTTONIAN MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library deposited in the British Museum. (London, 1802), fol. Augustus I, vol. II., no. 46. Chart of the James River in Virginia, possibly that referred to in letter of Tindall to Prince Henry. Harleian 7007, f. 139. (See Brown, Genesis, I. 151, where the chart is reproduced.) 8 The British Museum. Otho E. X, f. 121. A note of such [arms in the Tower as the] Virginia Company ar[e humble suitors for, to] be presently delivered to [them, their ships being] redie to departe. 1622. (Chiefly armor and firearms ''which are at Sir Richard Morrison's house in the Minories layd by as altogether unserviceable", etc. Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 32; Acts of the Privy Council (Colonial), I. S4-) Otho E. viii, f. 145. Account of a country between 35 and 45 degrees lat. fit for a settlement. ROYAL MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of George III. MS. 1841. (Manuscripts collected by James I. for his son. Prince Henry, who died in 1612.) 18. A. xi. John Rolfe's " A True Relation of the State of Virginia ". At the end is, " The number of Neate Cattle, Horses and (joates which were alive in Virginia at S'' Thomas Dale his departure thence". (Printed, Virginia Historical Register, I. 109-110.) LANSDOWNE MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum. (London, 1819), fol. 93. f. 185. Reply from [Capt. CuUick and others] to " paper of the i8th inst." regarding the question of a council to settle the breach in the church at Hartford, f. 187. Communication from John Wilson, Richard Mather, Samuel Whiting, John Sherman, John Norton, to the brethren at Hartford, regarding " the lamentable division ". 6 die 4, 1656. f. 189. " Mr. Stone's speech when he laid down his place." (Draft unsigned, undated.) fF. 191-215. Papers relating to the controversy in the church in Hart- ford, 1656-1659. (Conn. Hist. Soc. Colls., II. 51-125.) 100. Art. 14. A discourse on the discovery of the hithermost parts of America written by Capt. Carlehill to the citizens of London. 142. flf. 300, 302, 304, 305, 306. Have to do with the question of employing English ships and mariners and the lading of goods on English in preference to foreign ships. 156, f. 58. " A plaine declaration, how greatlie the farmours of the Tobacco impost have been endamaged by that farme, and what proffitt and benefitt their labour and travail have brought to his Majestic." Probably 1606. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) 162. f. 159. Project for patent for the sole import of tobacco for seven years. April, 1620. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) 194. ff. 12, 13. Copies of communications from Estates General of Holland regarding peace, and Charles II.'s reply thereto. Oxford, Decem- ber 16, 1665. (In French.) Lansdowne Manuscripts. 9 ff. 14-25. Copies of orders in Council and instructions to the Com- missioners of Prizes for the port of London, with rules and direc- tions for the High Court of Admiralty in adjudication of prizes. 209. f. 100 ff. A Relation of New England. 661. ff. 51-150. Papers from the Register General of Tobacco of importance for study of the tobacco trade. Also several representations sent to the Commissioners of the Customs. 1752-1760. 673. Establishment of their Majesties' Guards, Garrisons and Land forces. April I, 1694. (Contains mention and charges of troops in Barbadoes, Leeward Islands, Jamaica, New York. Duplicate of document in P. R. O.) ff. 36-40. Account of the gross and net produce of the several duties of Customs in England. 1741-1746. 691. " The Meanes of a most Ample Encrease of the Wealth and Strength of England. In a few years. Humbly Represented to Her Ma- jestie. In the Fifth Year of her Reign " [by Dr. Nehemiah Grew, 1707?]. (P. 76, remarks on the plantations.) 707. " A Geographic, historical Narrative or summary of the present con- troversy between Daniel Nimham, a native Indian, king or sachem of the Wappinger Tribe of Indians so called, in behalf of himself and the whole tribe aforesaid on the one part; and Messrs. Roger Morris, Beverley Robinson, and Philipse, all of the city and prov- ince of New York, heirs and legal representatives of Col. Fred- erick Philipse, late of New York, deceased ", with plat of the territory. (A true copy). {Cf. despatch from Sec. Shelburne to Gov. Moore, evidently in response to this narrative, October II, 1766, in P. R. O., Colonial Office, Class S, 222 — A. W. I. 389, pp. 7-9, old reference.) 733. " James West's Book ", containing a report from the commissioners appointed to examine into the state of the revenue and the debts due to the army. Also a letter from Maj.-Gen. Macartney, who in December, 1708, was proposed as commander of "an expedition to Canada, on a scheme recommended to her Majesty by the Com- missioners of Trade and projected by one Mr. Vetch ". 809. ff. 1-32. " Historical Account of the Revolt of the Chactaw Indians in the late war from the French to the British alliance and their return since to that of the French. In which are contained the public and private measures pursued on that occasion in the prov- ince of South Carolina and wherein the respective services of the several persons claiming the merit of effecting that revolt are placed in their proper light and the true causes shewn of each event." Dated London, January 20, 1753, and addressed to James West by Edmd. Atkins. (Upholding claims of Charles McNane.) 821-823. The documents in these volumes have been rearranged chrono- logically, as follows: 821, April 24, i6S4-March 24, 1656/7; 822, March 24, 1656/7-December 28, 1657; 823, December 28, 1657- 1659 and undated. The Classified Catalogue is of no value for the volumes and letters relating to the colonies can be discovered only by a page by page examination. 10 The British Museum. 825. fF. 8-13. Letter from one John Morley giving account of Sir Josiah Child. 846. f. 187. " Observations in relation to the powers lodged in the Lord High Treasurer, as it concerns the office and officers in America, submitted by Henry McCuUoh of North and South Carolina, Com- missioner of Quit rents, regarding the support that he should receive from the Lords of the Treasury in his work as commis- sioner of quit rents." (Warrant issued May 16, 1739. Communication is undated.) f. 245. " The Interest of Great Britain with regard to the Importation of Bar Iron from America, impartially considered." n. d. f . 249. Statement submitted by Mr. John Collins to the Council of Trade and Plantations regarding liberal attitude of the French king toward merchants and shipping; and containing translation of edict of the French king. 1671. 849. f. 27. List of papers inclosed in letter from the Board of Trade to Sec. Vernon, February 17, 1698/9; followed by copies of all the papers in full. Fifteen papers. 1. Considerations offered by the Board of Trade on Bellomont's pro- posals regarding security of the plantations in the northern part of America and to supply the kingdom with naval stores. October 4, 1700. 2. Extract of letter from Mr. Stoughton, lieutenant-governor of Mas- sachusetts Bay, relating to encroachments of the French upon English territories by land and the right of fishery by sea. October 24, 1698. 3. Copy of letter from Mons. De Villebon, French governor of Nova Scotia, to Mr. Stoughton, relating to pretensions of the French and the rights of fishing. September 5, 1698. 4. Testimony of John Swasey, master of sloop Dolphin and William Jeggels, master of sloop Sparrow. Salem, October 18, 1698. 5. Memorial concerning English title to Penobscot and other lands adjacent in America. 6. Petition of John Nelson, nephew and executor of Sir Thomas Temple, late governor of Nova Scotia, to Lords Justices. 7. Memorial of John Nelson to the Board of Trade. 8. Extract of memorial from Mr. Nelson, July 2, 1697. 9. Mr. Nelson's memorial relating to fishery on coast of Nova Scotia. November 2, 1697. 10. Mr. Nelson's letter from Paris relating to designs of the French in America. December 2/12, 1697. 11. Mr. Nelson's letter from Boston, relating to French pretentions to sole right of fishing upon coast of " Accadie ". November 4, 1698. (On Nelson's claims see P. R. O., Colonial Office, Class S, 115, 753— .4. W. I. 294, 564; and for a brief sketch of Nelson, N. Y. Docs., IV. 211.) 12. Extract of letter from Edward Randolph relating to encroachments of the French upon English plantations. New York, May 16, 1698. 13. Memorial drawn by the Board of Trade, July, 1697, relating to frontiers of New York and his Majesty's right to sovereignty over the Five Nations of Indians bordering thereupon. Lansdowne Manuscripts. 11 14. Depositions of William Teller about the right of the crown of Eng- land to sovereignty over the Five Nations. New York, July 6, 1698. 15. Memorial presented to the Earl of Bellomont by Col. Bayard relatmg to the same. July 6, 1698. 178(82). Extract of letter from Earl of Bellomont to Board of Trade. October 17, 1700. {N. Y. Docs., IV. 712.) f. 80 (84). Copy of address to Bellomont from some of the principal inhabitants of the city and county of Albany. f. 84. Letter from Board of Trade to Sec. Vernon regarding defence of New York. Etecember 19, 1700. f . 86. Letter from the same to the same, enclosing additional extracts. October 25, 1700. f. 88. Extract of letters from Bellomont, July 31, 1700; with proposi- tions made by the sachems of the Five Nations, June 30, 1700; and information given by the Indians, July 3, 1700. f. 256. " An account of all the patents, etc., that have passed the office of privy scale from April i, 1709, to March 31, 17 10, and the fees that arise to his grace the Lord Privy Scale out of the same, together with the Pri-vy Scales." (A few colonial items.) 885. ff. iii-ii4b. Report on demands from New England, for expeditions against Cape Breton, made to Lords Commissioners of his Ma- jesty's Treasury, December 29, 1747, signed J. West, P. Leheup. f. 150. "An Account of all moneys which have been issued and paid out of the Receipt of his Maj. Exchequer ", etc. March 25, 1721, to March 25, 1725. (Includes entries of money paid to 56 emigrant ministers to the plantations, and of presents to the Indians.) 1012. An Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts established by the Royal charter of King William III. (London, 1706) ; also A Collection of Papers printed by order of the Society (London, 1706). (Interleaved and elaborately annotated by Bishop Kennett. On f. 192 is a " Catalogue of Books and Papers relating to the past and present state of the British Plantations in America".) 1032. f. I. Commonplace-book of Bishop Kennett in which are copied many extracts from books and papers that came into the hands of the society. On f. 109 is a copy of Baron Graffenried's letter to Gov- ernor Hyde of North Carolina, October 23, 171 1, relating his adventures among the Tuscuroras. f. 128. Treatise on the Virginia Company, saying that it " encouraged the publication of several treatises very useful to the Propagation of Learning and Religion in those Parts " and mentioning John Brinsley's Consolation for our Grammer Schools (1622). It in- quires into the reasons why the company was dissolved and con- cludes that it was owing to the jealousy of the Spaniards and the influence of Gondomar upon the English court, and it quotes from the work accredited to Thomas Scott, rector of St. Saviours, Nor- 12 The British Museum. wich, entitled Vox Populi or News from Spain, a pamphlet against the Spanish marriage. (For Vox Populi see Somers Tracts, II. 508; Bod. Libr. Ashmolean 1153, ff. i7-29b; Brit. Mus. Harleian 6827, Stowe 281, Sloane 1435, ff. 194-203.) f. 147. Bishop Kennett's account of America. (On the left side of the page are quotations and references.) 1049. "An Alphabetical Index of the Names of Authors of Commercial Books and Pamphlets. November 29, 1764." fF. i-5b. " This Index was made in the year 1762 and is now completed to the present time, as to the entry of all Commerical Books and Pamph- lets which I have as yet indexed anywhere; there not being any such book or pamphlet entered in my former alphabetical and chronological Indexes (that ought properly to be so entered) but what is now transfered into this index, together with such dupli- cates as differ in years printed or No. of pages from the other editions of tracts to which they are duplicates; but neither Ab- stracts of British Laws, nor Single Acts of Parliam*, nor Treatises of Commerce, etc. are transfered from former Indexes to this, it appearing to me improper to have them indexed otherwise than under those Three general Heads, as they have hitherto been indexed .... J. Massie." flf. 6b-s8. (In the original list pamphlets relating to the Continental colonies are indi- cated by the name of the individual colony; pamphlets relating to the West Indies are indicated by the terms, " Colonies Sugar, In General " ; " Colonies Sugar " ; and " Trade with Spain ". The following selected entries include only such pamphlets as relate to the thirteen original colo- nies or their interests.) NO. TITLE. 3. Laws relating to British Colonies, selected by the Board of Trade for the governors of said colonies. 4. Laws relating to British Trade {ibid.). 21. Brief account of Pennsylvania, by William Penn. 123. Further Account of Pennsylvania. 139. Charter of Maryland. 144. Considerations on State of Affairs in the Northern Colonies, Arch. Kennedy, Esq. 146. Laws made in the City of New York. 147. The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina. 242. Select Tracts relating to the Colonies. 270. Discourse on North American Paper Currencies. 324. Tailfer, Narrative of Colony of Georgia. 351. Accompt of Monies and Effects received and expended by the Trus- tees for Georgia. 436. Relation of Occurrences in Virginia from First Planting (1608). 442. Hakluyt, Virginia Richly Valued. 446. Declaration of Purpose of Plantation in Virginia (1610). 447. Declaration of Estate of Colony of Virginia (1610). 482. Declaration of the State of Virginia (1620). 489. Relation of Discovery and Plantation of New England (1622). 492. Waterhouse, Declaration of the State of the Colony of Virginia (1622). Lansdowne Manuscripts. 13 529. New England's Plantation or Description (1630). 531. The Planter's Plea (New England, 1630). 541. Smith, General History (1632). 548. Wood, New England's Prospect (1634). 557. Morton, New English Canaan (1637). 614. New England's First Fruits (1643). 659. Williams, Virgo Triumphans, or Virginia in General (1650). 660. Williams, Virginia's Discovery of Silkworms (1650). 713. Strong, Babylon's Fall in Maryland (1655). 714. Langford, A Just and Clere Refutation (1655). 733. L. G. Public Good, etc. Remonstrance on Sad State of Virginia (1657). 742. Everard, Dr., Panacea, etc.. Virtues of Tobacco taken in a Pipe (1659). 749. Gerbier, Summary, etc., manifestly hot better than cold parts in America (1660). 819. Description of Province of Carolina (1666). 847. Morton, N. New England's Memorial, Relation of Events (1669). 859. Denton, Description of New York (1670). 893. King James, Counterblast to Tobacco (1672). 958. Mather, History of Indian Wars in New England (1676). 983. Hubbard, Present State of New England (1677). 1065. Frame of Government for Pensilvania (1682). 1067. W. L., Plantation Work, Work of this Generation (1682). 1069. Wilson's Account of Province of South Carolina (1682). 1071. T. A., gent., Carolina, or a Description of that Country (1682). 1075. Account of East Jersey and Proposals for Settling (1682). 1087. Letter giving an Account of Pensilvania (1683). 1099. Planter's Speech to his Neighbours in Pensilvania (1684). 1 145. Declaration of Protestants in Maryland for arming (1689). 1 148. Relation of State of New England from First Planting (1689). 1 149. Byfield, N., Account of late Revolution in New England (1689). 1171. New England's Faction Discovered, by C. D. (1690). 1 1 72. Short Account of the Present State of New England (1690). 1514. A Trip to New England with a Character of the Country and People (1699). 1561. Letter concerning Clandestine Trade (1700). 1628. Essay on Government of British Colonies in N. America (1701). 1655. Plantation Justice, shewing the Constitution, etc. (1702). 1694. Case of Scotsmen residing in England and in the Plantations (1703)- 1696. Case of Wm. Atwood, Esq., Chief Justice of New York (1703). {N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1880.) 1702. An Account of the Trial of Nicholas Bayard, Esq., for Endeavor- ing to Subvert Government in New York (1703). 1703. News from Pensilvania, or Narrative of Remarkable Passages in Government of Quakers (1703). 1808. Modest Inquiry, etc., about Memorial of Deplorable State of New England (1707). 1890. Letter, etc., Description of South Carolina (1710). 14 The British Museum. 1939. Virtues and Excellency of American Tobacco (1712). 2101. Passages in Philip's War (with Indians in N. E.) by T. C. (1716). 2127. Discourse for Establishing a Colony south of Carolina by Sir R. Montgomery (1717). 2157. Letter from South Carolina giving an Account of it (1718). 2187. Charter of City of New York, granted by Lieut. Govr. Dongan, April 27, 1686 (1719). 2213. Acts of Assembly passed in the province of New York, 1691-1718 (1719)- 2279. Dissertation on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco (1720). 2308. Letter concerning the Naval Stores Bill (1720). 2407. Letter concerning the Naval Stores Bill (1721). 2413. Dummer's Defence of New England Charters (1721). 2459. Daniel Coxe, Description of Carolana or Carolina (1722). 2485. Acts of Assembly passed in Maryland, 1692-1715 (1723). 2520. Apology or Vindication of F. Nicholson, Esq., Govr. of Carolina (1724)- 2621. Advantage of Great Britain considered in Tobacco Trade, by John Nicoll (1727). 2634. Hartwell, Blair and Chilton, Present State of Virginia and the College (1727). 2635. Papers about an Affidavit made by Revd. James Blair, Presd. of William and Mary College (1727). 2680. Acts of Assembly passed in Virginia from 1662 (1728). 2724. Proceedings of Assembly in Massachusetts Bay (1729). 2726. Robert Burton, English Empire in America (Dublin, 1729). 2747. Case of Sir Alexander Cuming, Bart., truly stated in Relation to Merchants in So. Carolina (1730). 2772. Natural History of Chocolate, by R. Brookes, M. D. (1730). 2805. Observations on Case of Northern Colonies (1731). 2816. Importance of British Plantations, etc. (1731). 2846. Considerations on bill in House of Lords about Trade between Northern Colonies and Sugar Islands (1732). 2856. British Empire in America, Second Letter (1732). 2861. Comparison between Sugar Colonies and New England (1732). 2867. Letter from So. Carolina, giving an Account of it (1732). 2924. Discourse on Trade, particularly Sugar and Tobacco (1733). 2954. Reasons for Establishing Colony of Georgia, Benj. Martin. 2958. Reply to Vindication of Case of Tobacco Planters (1733). 2961. Case of the Planters of Tobacco in Virginia (1733). 3018. Representation of the Board of Trade (1734). 3019. Representation of the Board of Trade to the House of Lords (1733/4)- 3034. Extracts about Saltsburghers sent to Georgia, Commr, von Reck (1734)- 3125. Charter and Statutes of College of William and Mary in Virginia (1736). 3170. New Voyage to Georgia (1737). 3250. Considerations on the American Trade (1739). 3257. Abridgment of Acts and Clauses relating to Trade and Navigation between Great Britain and the British Colonies (1739). Lansdowne Manuscripts. 15 3271. British Sailor's Discovery. Title to our Colonies Prov'd (1739). 3323. Don John further displayed: American Trade (1740). 3340. True Interest of Great Britain, Ireland, and Plantations, by Sir A. Murray, Bart. (1740). 3341. Memoirs, etc., of Trade and Revenue of British American Colonies, by John Ashley, Esq. (1740). 3376. Description of Georgia (1741). 3389. Account of Money rec^ and disburs'^ for Orphan House in Georgia, by G. Whitefield (1741). 3394. Account of Progress in Georgia, by Benj. Martyn, Sec. (1741). 3397. Enquiry into the State and Utility of Georgia (1741). 3403. Charters of Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia (published in folio, 1741). 3476. Brief Account of Causes that have retarded Progress of the Colony of Georgia (1743)- 3532. Method to Determine the Best Climate, by John Peter Purry (1744). 3556, 3617, 3618, 4209. Cape Breton Fisheries (1745, 1746, 1758). 3557- Considerations on State of British Fisheries in America (1745). 3572. State of British and French Trade to Africa and America (1745). 3603. Seasonable Considerations about Smugglers (1746). 3622. Importance of Cape Breton and about Northern Colonies in Gen- eral (1746). 3668. Three Sermons on taking Cape Breton and other Successes in War, by Tho. Prince (1747). 371 1. State of Trade in Northern Colonies considered, by Otis Little (1748). 3738. Apology in behalf of Smugglers (1749). 3757. Sermons Preached to Congregation of Black Slaves (1749). 3812. Colden's History of the Five Nations (1750). 3853. Present State of the Tobacco Trade, by Britannicus (1751). 3871. Appeal to the Public in relation to Tobacco (1751). 3879. Bartram's Observations, Pennsylvania to Canada (1751). 3917. Report upon the Petition relating to the Manufacture of Hats (1752). 3918. Ruinous Condition of the Tobacco Trade, by Britannicus (1752). 4054. Remarks on British, French, and Spanish Colonies (1755). 4056. Observations on Conduct of France (in America), by Wm. Clarke, M. D. (1755). 4059. Description of English and French Possessions in America, by J. Palairet. 4064. Essay on Courses, etc.. Governments, etc., of British Colonies (1755)- 4065. State of British and French Colonies in North America (1755). 4067. Colden's History of the Five Nations (1755). 4105. Letter from New Jersey, describing that Province, by T. T. (1756). 41 13. State of the Province of Pennsylvania (1756). 4147. Letter on the Importance of the American Colonies (1757). 4157. Memoirs of War in North America from 1744 to 1748 (1757). 16 The British Museum. 4205. Consideration on State of Affairs, etc. Description of Northern Colonies, by Peter Williamson (1758). 4243. Enquiry, etc. Causes of the Discontent of Delaware Indians (1759)- 4284. Interest of Great Britain as to her Colonies (1760). 4321. Importance of the Colonies to Great Britain, by John Rutherford (1761). 4325. Description of South Carolina (1761). 1052. A collection of deeds and other exhibits in the case of the Mohegan Indians, f. I. Indian deed from Uncas, sachem of the Moheegs, and Oaneko, his son, to Tho: HoUister of Wethersfield in the Colony of Con- necticut (for kindness received) of 100 acres of land in the Mohe- gan country. March 18, 1675/6. (Certified by John Talcott that Uncas appeared before him, June 19, 1677, and acknowledged this deed.) f. lb. Assignment of above mentioned land by Tho. HoUister to Nath. Bowman, September 9, 1682, witnessed by Samll. Talcott and Nath. Butler and signed by Tho. HoUister. (Below is assignment by Nath. Bowman of right and title to CapL Fitch of Norwich, October 21, 1682.) f. 3. Deed from Uncas and Owaneto to Tho. Tracy and Thomas LeflSngwell of Norwich of 400 acres according to the grant of the general court of Hartford, October 10, 1677, lying eastward from Showatuckket River. (Taken from colony record of deeds, voL III. in secretary of state's ofiSce, Hartford, Connecticut) f. 4. Deed, partly mutilated, of Mohegan territory, to whom gone. Signed Uncas, Owaneco, Atawanhood. June 6, 1659. ("This deed is recorded in the [cu]ntry Book, [A]ugust Allyn, Sec.") f. 5. Deed to Maj. John Mason from the same. December 14, 1663. (" Entered in the Stonington Book of Records for Land, ff. 353, August IS, 1705, Elnathan Minor, Town Qerk" " Entered in second book of Deeds in Preston, folo. 165, January 12, 1708/9, Jonathan Tracy, Record^." Also "Questions proposed to Onato by an interpreter under oath", with answers.) f. 6. Deed from Uncas and Watu-quay (probably Waurkete, see Love's Samson Occam, p. 366), sachems of the Mohegans, Au- gust 15, 1659, to John Mason. ("Entered in Stoningrton 2 Book for Deeds, August 15, 1705, Elnathan Minor, Town Clerk." Other affidavits attached with attestations and places of record.) f . 7. " Covenants and Agreements made between the English Inhabi- tants within the jurisdiction of the River of Connecticut of the one part and Miantonome the chief sachem of the Indians called the Narregansets in the behalf of himself and other sachems there, Anepoquaum or Uncas, the chief sachem, etc. September 21, 1638." (Then follow twelve sections relating to peace with the Indians. Sections 9-12 are torn away at the bottom. Copy made May 25, 1665, by Daniel Clark, Secretary.) Stowe Manuscripts. 17 1177. f. 217. Dissertation sur les cotes occidentales de I'Amerique Septen- trionale. n. d. f . 268. Remarque sur les cotes occidentales de I'Amerique Septen- trionale, la terre de Jesso et la Californie. 1215. f. 30. Declaration (in Latin) of receipt and revenues from September 28, , apparently for a year. (Per Reddit Novi Ebor . . . oooooi .. o.. 0.) f. 163. Abstract of his Majesty's Quit-Rents in North Carolina, re- ceived by Eleazer Allen, from September 29, 1729, to March 25, 1742. 1219. ff. 11-16. Various Indian Testimonies: (a) regarding civilized nation in the northwestern part of America; (&) regarding a strait " in the bottom of the Northern Bay where they can easily discover land on the other side, in which there is ice all the year round"; (c) travels by land along the coast of California, f. 17. " Account of such captures of the Americans as the London merchants have had advice of." February 14, March 10, June 6, 1777. ff. 18-31. Correct Hst of ships taken, etc., since the trouble with America. January 27, 1777. (Alphabetical list, masters' names, from where to where, tonnage. Total taken 332, retaken, etc., 63.) f. 32. Standing interrogatories to be administered in behalf of our sovereign (George III.). "To all Commanders, masters, officers, mariners and other persons found on board any ship or vessel which hath been taken." ff. 34, 36 and 38 (dupl. of 34), 40, 43 (dupl.), 47-53b (papers), 54, 56 (dupl.), 59-60, letters, etc., from D"^ Andrew Turnbull to Sec. Shelburne and to Lord George Germain regarding his settlement of Greeks in East Florida, his suit in Chancery, and other personal affairs. St. Augustine, 1780. f. 61. Petition of five American prisoners confined in Mill prison at Plymouth. September i, 1782. f. 63. Regarding Irish troops to be sent to America, n. d. f. 65. Minute of proceedings in Parliament regarding non-intercourse bill with amendments and division. STOWE MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts (MS.). (The Stowe collection was purchased of Lord Ashburnham and is so called because it was made by the Grenvilles, dukes of Buckingham, at Stowe.) 119. f. 164. Names of the Committee appointed in 1777 to consider estab- lishment of Episcopacy in America. 142. f. 125. Specimen of stamps designed for use in America (two shillings, six pence). 156. f. 59. Account of a voyage by James Barker, and four others who sailed from the Summer Islands, July 27, 1617, to the coast of Ireland. 18 The British Museum. 163. f. 72. " Observations on my voyage to Canada, made in July, 1682 ", signed Jo. Nelson. 172. f . 307. Letter from Sir John Digby to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Madrid, Jtme 20, 1612. (They are much displeased here with our plantation in Virginia, etc.) 173. f. 222. Letter from Sir John Digby to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Madrid, November, 1612. (Reporting news from Lisbon and Seville "that the Spaniards have certainly overthrowen our people in Virginia with a fleete and an army, which thei sent from the Havana".) 174. f. 170. Letter from Sir John Digby to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Madrid, September 14, 1613. (" They have here lately resolved, since they understand that our Plantation of Virginia is likely to sinke of itself, to remove us from the Islands of tile Bermudos.") 184. ff. 123-127. Correspondence of Lord Warwick r^arding the Hanta- tions. New England, Virginia, etc. 1646, 1648. (Copies of letters sent to the " court and council of New England ", to Virginia, to (Tapt Mathews, to C. Bell, West Indies, to C. Drax, Barba- does, to the council of Barbadoes, to Brisket, to Sir Thos. Warner, etc.) 185. f. 83. Instructions for Adm. Penn and others regarding expedition to the West Indies. August 18, 1654. 186. f. 3. Letter from Arthur Hopton, English agent at Madrid, to Viscount Dorchester, with relation of discovery of New Mexico by the Franciscans. Madrid, August 22, 1631. 201. f. 145. Letter from Lord Willoughby, governor of Barbadoes, Feb- ruary 8, 1672/3, relating capture of Tobago from the Dutch. 222. f. 352. Letter from J. Dudley, Boston, February 6, 1705, to J. Belcher, speaking of the gift by Princess Sophia " of her eflSgies " to the province of Massachusetts Bay. 223. flF. 171-172. Letters from J. Belcher regarding his journey to Hanover to acknowledge the gift by Princess Sophia and to bring it back to New England, March i, 1707/8, September 12, 1708. Also a letter from John Chamberlayne to the princess, July 30, 1708, and another from (k)v. Dudley to Chamberlayne, March i, 1707/8. 246. f. 214. Letter from Mr. Popple to Mr. Bladen of the Board of Trade, January 28, 1718/9, saying that Mr. Lowndes is opposed to taking off duties on American lumber on the supposition that it is not properly naval stores, f. 216. Letter from Sir Charles Wager, lord of the Admiralty, r^ard- ing Richard Rigby, provost marshal of Jamaica. January 29, 1718. 256. f. 305. Copy of letter from William Godolphin, Madrid, May 10/20, 1672, on the right of the English to cut logwood at Campeche and other places. ff. 308-318. Copy of representation of Board of Trade to the king. May 25 - September 25, 1717, regarding logwood cutting at Campeche. 261. f. 123. Letter from J. C. Roberts, appointed by the king secretary to the province of East Florida, regarding his salary. London, Feb- ruary II, 1768. Stowe Manuscripts. 19 264, 265. Two volumes of transcripts and printed papers relating to the Stamp Act and its consequences in America. (This collection of copies with the printed matter which it includes forms a convenient series, readily accessible to the student. Original documents, consisting of letters and enclosures from governors of the colonies to the Secretary of State and the Board of Trade, are in the Public Record Office.) 305. f. 238. Proclamation against the Scots at Darien by Sir William Bees- ton, governor of Jamaica. April 2, 1699. 316. Statistics regarding the revenue, 1710-1746, prefaced by customs sta- tistics, 1679-1710. 317. Particular State of the Revenue, 1688-1710. 318. Abstract of the Inspector General's Account of importations and ex- portations, 1697-1698. 320. Complete state of all branches of the revenue, 1710-1742. 323. f. 40. Estimate of revenue and expenditure, 1681. 324. No. 3. Account of English Sugar Plantations. (Appears to be the original from which Egerton 2395, f. 629, was copied. Tempus, Charles II.) Nos. 4, 5. Accounts of the London Custom House, 1671-1694; and of customs in general, 1671-1723. (Ff. 13 to 252, with other documents interspersed.) f. 147. " Copy of my letter to the Lords of Trade " from Lord Corn- bury. New York, October 14, 1706. {N. Y. Docs., IV. 1 186.) 326. ff. 53-116. Regarding farming of customs. 463, 464, 465, 477. Newfoundland Papers ; Collections of Michael Richards, engineer in the employ of the Board of Ordnance: Regarding two expeditions to Newfoundland. 1696. Regarding fortifications at Newfoundland. 1700. Logbook regarding fortifications at Newfoundland. 1701-1702. Regarding fortifications at St. Johns, Newfoundland. 1711-1714. 482. State of ordnance and stores at ... . Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and Placentia, Newfoundland. 1725/6. 484, 485. Returns of his Majesty's forces, June 2, 1762, including troops in America. 499, 500. Docket-books of Privy Seal. May, 1661-August, 1669. 746. ff. 89-89b. Letter from William Stoughton, Boston, May 5, 1684, to Mr. Richard Streton, London, regarding affairs in Massachusetts Bay. 748. f. 12. Letter from Gale to " Hon Father " from Perquimans River in county of Albemarle, North Carolina. August 5, 1703. f. 30. From William Penn to . October 6, 1704. 755. f. 19. Letter from Lord Willoughby, governor of Barbadoes, to Lord , September 16,* 1667, asking for supply of Scotsmen. f. 96. Letter from B. Franklin to Richard Bache. Passy, November II, 1784. On private matters. 792. Account written by a ranger in (Georgia to show that report spread by W. C, to the effect that Oglethorpe had no rangers in Georgia, was false. Gives account of tour with Oglethorpe to establish peace with the Indians (July 8, 1740) and with the Spaniards (September 4, 1742). 20 The British Museum. 921. Abstract of British West Indian trade and navigation, 1770-1805, by Sir William Young, Bart. (The manuscript, but not the tables, is printed in Young's West India Com- monplace Book (1807). See 922 and 923 for an account of Tobago in 1802 and 1810.) HARLEIAN MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, with in- dexes of persons and places. 4 vols., fol. (London, 1808-1812). 167. f. 105. Simonds d'Ewes, Notes on New England. (Notes, in five sections, on the origin, condition, and loyalty of New England. Cf. D'Ewes, Autobiography and Correspondence, ed. Halliwell, 1845.) 466, 467 (in one volume). Journals of ship Woolff, Capt. George Purvis, bound as convoy to Virginia. August 19, December 20, 1690. 1012. Dockets of Patents, 10-16 Charles I. 1634-1640. (See also 2262-2264, 7344-7351, 7639.) 1038. f. 83. D. Standish to the Bishop of London. July 17, 1728. 1039. f. 134. Letter from the Archbishop of York to the church in Boston. February 9, 1711. 1223. No. I. " Remarks on the Decay of that soe useful Trade the English had before 1661 to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia." No. 7. " S"' William Pen his Quantulumcunque concerning Money." 1682. No. 9. Memorial concerning a Council of Trade, presenting " A Scheme". N. B. §10. (Nos. I and 9 probably by Charles Davenant.) 1238. A Collection of Papers concerning Tobacco. f. I. Proposals humbly offered to the Honorable House of Commons to prevent tobacco being carried from the plantations in America to any place but England, n. d. f. 2. The Advcnttages of the Tobacco Trade, against increasing the duty, 1685. (Printed.) f. 3. A Demonstration of the New Proposal on Tobacco (figures and tables illustrating the tobacco trade), f. 4. Petition from tobacco dealers and workers in London begging for prohibition of " plantation working and use of English tobacco ". n. d. f. 5. Reply from the Custom House to the Petition, n. d. f. 7. Proclamation " By the King " concerning tobacco, January 6, in the sixth year of Charles I. f . 8. Heads of Act regarding tobacco, evidently designed to be passed by Parliament, n. d. f. 9. Petition of merchants and dealers in tobacco for restraint in abuse of tobacco, n. d. (Evidently aimed at adulteration of tobacco. Many signatures.) f. 12. List of abuses above mentioned, f. 13. Royal proclamation concerning tobacco. February 17, 1626. (Marginal notes and underlinings in the manuscript.) f. 16. Another proclamation. March 14, 1637. Harleian Manuscripts. 21 f . 20. Long paper against the duty on tobacco. (Throws light on the business of importing Virginia tobacco to England.) f. 29. Proposals for increasing their Majesties's revenue on tobacco and the benefit of trade. (Answers to each proposal in another hand.) f. 36. Calculate of tobacco stalks as sold in the year 1694 " till this present March ". n. d. flf. 37-62. Draft of tobacco bill. 1686. 1243. f. 346. Account of the King's Revenue as it was delivered to the House of Commons 1663, by Sir Philip Warwick. (Cost of Jamaica estimated at £5000.) 1282. S. 19, 20. Abstract of the public revenue, 1688-1696. 1324. ff. 1-14. Three copies of representation of the Board of Trade, Janu- ary 13, 1698/9, regarding woolen manufactures of England. 1488-1497. Revenues and Accounts, 1690-1697. (Cf. 1898 and 7051.) 1509. f. 256. Definition of Contraband : " naval stores, warlike utensils, and provisions for the support of life ". May 17, 1665. 1510. f. 577. Inspection order to view tobacco of the growth of St. Chris- topher, " which to outward seeming was good but underneath was rotten and corrupt ". Shipped by the French, August 10, 1666. (See f. 582.) flf. 704, 791. Letter from Commissioners of Prizes to Lord Wil- loughby, governor of Barbadoes, regarding Dutch ship taken into Barbadoes as a prize. May 8, 1667. f. 787. Letter to Sir Thos. Modyford, governor of Jamaica, bidding him send account of all prize ships brought into that island. 1667. 1511. f. 34. Establishment of prize offices at Kinsale in Ireland, Leith in Scotland, and Barbadoes. May, 1672. ff. 124, 131. Regarding order for sale of sugars in "the Nassau", ff. 314, 316. Letter to Lord Vaughan, governor of Jamaica, regard- ing pardon of 244 negroes. January 31, 1675. 1583. f. 196. Proposal for erecting a society in England to trade in the West Indies. 1589. S. 22-22b. Histoire de la Floride, par Bazanier. 1760. f. 10. Instructions to Sir Isaac Wake, resident with the French King. Endorsed " Fr the king ". June 12, 1631. (Contains a few lines regarding title to Canada. For Wake see Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 60.) 1898. f. I. Paper " setting forth the public revenue due and payable in the reigns of the late King Charles the Second and King James the Second, which remained and had continuance on the e^^^ of Novem- ber, 1688, and became payable to their Majestie's from the 25* of March, 1698, by vertue of an Act of Parliament made in the first year of their Majestie's reign, intituled an Act for preventing of doubts and questions concerning the collecting the publick reve- nue, as the same stood on the first of May ". 1690. f. 29b. List of Ships intended for the Main Fleet, in the channel, and for service in the Mediterranean and the West Indies. 1694. (With notes.) 22 The British Museum. 2204. II. Manuscript book entitled, " A Discourse of Trade, for the King's Most Excellent Majesty ". September 3, 1622. III. " An Excellent Treatise of the State Merchant or Merchandizing State, consisting of Commerce, Trade, and Traffique, the sundry defects and abuses therein, and absolute remedyes for the same ", by William Sanderson. 2244. f. 15. Several grievances presented to King James by Sir Robert Heath (then solicitor general) upon Friday, the 28th of May, in the name of the Lower House of Parliament in the Banquetting Hall at Whitehall, 1624, concerning Trade and Tobacco. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) 2262-2264. Dockets and Warrants for Privy Seals and other documents relating thereto, from 1705-1711, formerly belonging to John Hol- ies, Duke of Newcastle as Lord Privy Seal in the reign of Queen Anne. Earlier volumes of the series are in 7344-7351 and other similar volumes are 1012 and 7639. See Lansdowne 849, Stowe 499-500. (The dockets in these three large folio volumes and in the later seven volumes are all originals and have been doubly stamped according to law. They belong to the series now in the P. R. O. and a calendar of them is printed in D. K. Rep. XXX., app. 10, pp. 360-503. The Harleian Catalogue, II. 596-632, contains list of the dockets in the volumes 2262-2264. The two collections contain a large number of references to colonial officials.) 2334. ff. 86b, 88. In this small commonplace-book are two items, " Off America ", which is divided into two parts, Mexicana and Peruana, the first of which is divided into subordinate items, such as, Nica- ragua, Yucatan, Florida, Virginia, Escotiland ; and on f . 88, the second item " OE the American Islands ", divided into two parts, " In the Virginia Sea or Mare del Norte " and " In the Pacifique Sea or Mare del Zur ". On 89b is a note about the Spaniards and their conduct in America. 3790. ff. 1-4. Documents regarding appointment of Alexander Murray, rector of Ware parish in Virginia, as bishop of Virginia. (Printed in Perry's Hist. Colls., I. 536-542.) 4034. Voyage to the South Sea, with charts. 1699. 4888. f . 86. " The Second Part of the Fryer's case mentioned and recited in the Roman Horse leech, or an Account of an as famous and Rediculous Action and Dispute that happened in New England about the year 1633, whether the Red Cross in the Banner of England was an Idol or no, with the argument urged on both sides." 5101. ff. 1-69. John Strong's Journal of his voyage to the South Seas, 1689, 1690-1691. (Bound up with 4753 and 6245, neither of which have to do with America.) 5910. Part IV. f. 7. Account of printing in .... the West Indies. 6067. f . 6. Command from the council of Virginia to the College of Heralds to " marshall and set in order the names of such noblemen, knights and doctors, as you shall receive herewith, in the right places and send them on to us fair written on paper with your hand and names subscribed '. May 9, 1609; signed E. Worcester. (Printed, Brown, Genesis, I. 308-309.) Harleian Manuscripts. 23 6273. f. I. Letter from Robert Quary to the Board of Trade. June i6, 1703. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 1045.) 6425. Establishment of guards, garrisons, etc., in England. 1679-1680. {Cf. P. R. O. War Office, 24, Establishments.) 6494. ff. i87b-i88. A kind of commonplace-book with notes on Bermuda, Newfoundland and navigation in Western Seas. ("A certain strange beast in New England which the natives call a Moss " ; and in Virginia " a little beast of a strange incredible nature called the Apossume ".) 6806. f. 188. " How his Maj. may pay his forces (w* the 2 governors of Barbadoes and the Leeward Is''') w"' the Duty of 4j4 per cent. w*^ an adition of £3823.10 more to it and save above £7000 per ann. Humbly offered per Jno. Thrale." 6836. ff. 60 fol. Memorial from Charles Davenant regarding the gathering of statistics of trade, of exports and imports for the preceding 25 years. The Custom House officials did not approve of the plan and were doubtful whether such a state of the trade could be obtained. Davenant was at that time inspector-general of customs. Correspondence is dated May-September, 1704. 6922. f. 34. Hurricane on voyage to the West Indies. f. 38. Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica. June 22, 1692. 700L f. 297. Letter from John Fenwick to his wife, dated Bray, month 3, IS*"", 1662. (Speaks of going into the malting business.) f. 299. [Copy of a] letter from the Duke of York to Col. Lovelace, rehearsing the terms of his grant to Carteret and Berkeley and stating that grants made by Nicolls in New York were void in law. n. d. (On same page is a copy of the king's letter to Capt. John Berry regarding disaffection in New Jersey, December 9, 1672 ; and of another to the county of Navesink containing instructions for election of delegates to the assem- bly, .December, 1675.) f. 300. Letter from William Penn to John Fenwick, London, 20*, 1 1*'', 1674, followed by " Heads of my answer to W. P." ; letter of Penn to Fenwick, dated 30*'', 11*, 1674, in which he speaks of Fenwick's arrest at the hands of Berkeley; letter dated is"", 12"^, 1674. "A Copie of William Gibson's letter from Gravesend, S**", 2""°, 1677 ". (Incomplete.) f. 301. " The State of the Case between John Fenwick, Esq. and John Elridge and Edmund Warner " ; including, on f. 302, Maul- sen's oath. 7006. ff. 178-179. Copy of King Charles's letter to the corporation of Rhode Island, attested, John Sanford, Recorder, made by John Fones, February 12, 1678/9. 7007. f. 139. Letter from Robert Tindall, gunner to Prince Henry, to the prince. James Towne in Virginia, June 22, 1607. (Printed, Brown, Genesis, I. 108. See Cottonian, Augustus I., vol. II., no. 46.) 24 The British Museum. 7009. f. 58. Letter of the governor and council of Virginia to the Virginia Company of London. July 10, i6io. (Printed, Brown, Genesis, I. 402.) 7020. f. 31. " The Royal American Office for enlarging her Majesty's Ter- ritories and Dominions. Kept in Broad St. London." (Projected by Moses Stringer, proprietor of Tobago, and relating only to that island. See Add. MSS. 22265, f. 94.) 702L f. 279. Account by James Du Pre of (jov. Hunter's relations with the Palatines: (i) memorial representing the materials, etc.; (2) account of money disbursed; (3) copy of covenant with the Pala- tines ; (4) estimate of things necessary for completing settlement of the Palatines; (5) Id. Dated Westminster, June 11, 1711. f. 289. Manuscript of Donne's Virginia Reviewed. (Hostile to New England and of little value.) 7051. State of Receipts and Issues during reign of William III. {Cf. 1488-1497, 1898, 7404-7411, 7422, 7432, 7433.) 7194. Account of Land Forces in 1689-1690. Large folio. 7310. no. 17. Account of supply of Barbadoes with Negro servants, ad- dressed to the African Co. by Gov. Edwyn Spede. February 28, 1693. no. 18. Printed order of governor and House of Representatives of New York. 1691. (This volume contains many documents relating to the Royal African Company.) 7344-7351. Dockets and Warrants for Privy Seals and other Documents relating thereto, formerly belonging to John Holies, Duke of New- castle as Lord Privy Seal in the reign of Queen Anne. Vol. I. Charles I., 1634 — 23 Charles II. ; vol. II. 4 Anne ; vols. III., IV., v., VI., VIL, VIIL, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Anne, 1706-1711. (See 2262-2264.) 7365. General Survey of the Post Office, by H. Gardiner. 1685. 7404-7413. States of the Public Revenue, and abstracts of divers accounts, 1688-1697. (See 7422.) 7422. States of the Public Revenue and abstracts of divers accounts. (See 7404-7413.) 7432. List of Officers of customs. 171 1. 7433. Continuation of trade and customs. 1699-1721. 7436-7444. Establishment of Land Forces in 1689, 1690, 1691. 7639. Dockets of Privy Seals of Grants of Royal Revenue, 1688-1696. HARGRAVE MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of the Francis Hargrave Manuscripts in the British Museum. (London, 1818.) 141, 231, 275, 493. Opinions of Attorney General Northey upon Customs Cases. 141, f. 44b. On some Acts of Assembly of Maryland. f. 45. On English Merchants importing gooids from America requiring a premium. King's Manuscripts. 25 f. 87. On naturalization of foreign master and seamen serving on British ships. September 18, 171 1. f. 136b. On reshipping of logwood in plantations. (See Add. MSS. 8832, ff. 198-200.) 231. ff. io-i2b. On carrying logwood from Campeche to Leghorn. f. 19. On case of French Protestant, who having made two voyages un- molested, was seized at Charles Town Road, Nevis, on the third voyage and deprived of his ship for breach of navigation acts. 275. f. 45. On case of bonds lost in Annapolis, taken out for landing tobacco in England or the plantations. (See Add. MSS. 8832, ff. 260-262; also Hargrove 275, ff. iiib-ii4b.) 493. ff. 22-23b. On four queries propounded by the Board of Trade regard- ing government of Pennsylvania and quarrel between Penn and Quary. July 7, 1702. Penn's commission to Farmer is given. f. 104. On case of Mohegan Indians vs. the colony of Connecticut, f. 257. State of the different Laws and Modes respecting the Barring of Entails in the several American colonies. (Based on letters from the colonies and replies of Ja. Booth, Lincoln's Inn Fields, May 2, 1743, to queries put to him. Date of the paper appears to be 1773-) 494. f. 46-56. Report of case between governor and House of Burgesses of Virginia, heard before the Privy Council, June 18, 1754. (William Murray, later Lord Mansfield, and Mr. A. C. Campbell for the governor; Mr. Robert Henley, K. C, later Lord Keeper, and Mr. For- rester, author of Chancery reports, for the assembly. Copied from paper in handwriting of Dan. Dulany, eminent lawyer of Maryland, under inspection and correction of George Chalmers. December 3, 1782. For Dulany, see Pa. Mag., III. i.) KING'S MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogue of the King's Manuscripts in the British Museum. (MS.) A new catalogue is in preparation. (These manuscripts, the property of George III., were presented by George IV., when the nation paid that king's debts.) 201. " Original letters from Dr. Franklin to the Rev. Dr. Cooper, written in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773 and 1774, on American politics." (Printed in Franklin's Works.') 202. " Original letters from Gov. Pownall to the Rev. Dr. Cooper, writ- ten in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773 and 1774, on American politics." (Printed, Griffin, Junius Discovered (1854). Transcripts of these letters are among the Bancroft papers. New York Public Library.) 203. "Original letters from the Rev. Dr. Cooper to Dr. Franklin, written in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775, on Amer- ican politics." (A few of these letters have been printed in Franklin's Works, ed. Bigelow.) Original letters to Gov. Pownall, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774. (Printed, Amer. Hist. Rev., VIII. 301-330.) 26 The British Museum. 204. "Letters from Doctor Franklin to the Rev"! Doctor Cooper, Minister of the Gospel in the Town of Boston in New England, in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, upon the subject of American Politics, together with Doctor Cooper's answers and some few letters from Governor Pownall to Docf Cooper upon the same subject. Taken from the Originals. To which is added a short history of those Letters or an acount of the manner in which they happened to fall into the hands of the present possessor of them." (According to this account Cooper sent the letters to Jeffries, one of the selectmen of Boston, for safekeeping. Jeffries, apparently forgetting where he had put them, gave the trunk containing them to his son, who took them to Halifax and thence to London, where he made a present of them to Mr. Thompson, " who now presumes most humbly to lay them at His Majestjr's feet as a literary as well as a political curiosity". This volume contains copies of all Franklin's letters to Cooper found in 201, with a selection of the Pownall letters in 202. It contains copies of all Cooper's letters to Franklin found in 203, but none of Cooper's letters to Pownall, that are in that volume.) 205. " Report on the State of the American Colonies ", containing copies of letters from governors and others in America and elsewhere, prob- ably obtained from Board of Trade papers. (Quebec (Gov. Murray, Lieutenant-Governors Burton, Gage, 1762) ; Nova Scotia (Morris, surveyor general, 1762, 1764) ; Massachusetts (Bernard, 1763) ; New Hampshire (B. Wentworth, 1754) ; Connecticut (gov. and Co., 1762) ; Rhode Island (gov. and Co., 1731) ; New Jersey (Belcher, 1754) ; Pennsylvania (Gordon, 1730) ; Maryland (Sharpe, 1762) ; Virginia (Fau- quier, 1763) ; North Carolina (Dobbs, 1763) ; South Carolina (Glen, 1749) ; Georgia (Wright, 1766) ; Newfoundland (Palliser, 1764) ; Bermuda (Popple, 1749) ; Bahamas (Gambler, 1755) ; Jamaica (Littleton, 1764) ; Leeward Is. (Mathew, 1745) ; Southern Caribbee Is. (Scott, Dalrymple, Rufane, 1763) ; Barbadoes (Pinfold, 1762) ; Plantations in general (Pro- posals for better government of the Plantations and the Administration of American Affairs, by Sir William Keith, 1728, and by the Earl of Stair, 1721). Glen's letters, without the table regarding the weather (f. 583), are printed in Weston's Documents connected with South Carolina. The proposals by the Earl of Stair are printed in Carson's Constitution of the United States, II. 460-464. Keith's work is printed in Wynne's edition of Byrd's Dividing Line, II. 214. With Kings 205, should be compared Add. MSS. 23615. 206. " State of Manufactures, Mode of Granting Land, Fees of Office, etc., in America." (Contains copies of and answers to circulars, as follows: August I, 1766 {N. Y. Docs., VII. 847), asking for exact account of manufactures; December 11, I76(5 {N. Y. Docs., VII. 880), asking for cost of maintaining and supporting entire establishment of each colony; January 13, 1767 (N. Y. Docs., VII. 889), asking for account of the manner of granting land and imposing quit-rents, and list of established fees of the different offices and other charges attending grants of land. There were at least two formal requests for lists of fees : one sent out in 1764, answers found in Colonial OMce, Miscellanea 207, old reference; the other sent by Secretary of State Shelburne, January 13, 1767, answers con- tained in this volume. Letters of Gov. Moore, in reply, are printed in N. Y. Docs., VII. 888-889, 900-909, 921-926. Copies of circulars of December 11, 1766, and January 13, 1767, and of the answers thereto, are in P. R. O., Colonial OMce, Class 5, 112-113 — A. W. I. 291-292, old reference.) King's Manuscripts. 27 208. " A General Description of the Province of Nova Scotia, by Lieut. Col. Morse, Chief Engineer in America", 1783-1784. ("Nova Scotia" included New Brunswick at this time.) 209. Maps and plans to accompany Morse's Description of Nova Scotia. Chiefly of Nova Scotia. Chart of coast of New Jersey and Delaware. 210. 211. " Report of the General Survey in the Southern District of North America. Delivered to the Board of Trade and Plantations in three separate Returns and Sections entering with the History of South Carolina and Georgia, then proceeding to the History of East Florida; and Surveys, containing in general of said Provinces, the Climates, Beginnings, Boundaries, Figures, Contents, Cultures, Soils, Natural Products, Improvements, Navigable Streams, Rivers, Cities, Towns, Villages, Vapours, their Effect and Remedies, burn- ing of Forests, Winds, how to preserve Health, Pathology, Materia Medica, Diet and Regimen, Ports, Bars, Number of Inhabitants and Negroes, Exportations, Riches, Number of Trading Vessels, Cattle, Governments, Forces, Fortifications, of Fort Loudoun in particular, Indians and Appalachian mountains, their Soil, Natural Produce, Air and Communications, compiled from the Surveys, Voyages, Astronomical, Philosophical, and Chymical Observations and Experiments, Sea and Land Surveys of William Gerard de Brahm, His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America." (De Brahm was appointed to his office in 1764. He spent twenty years, 1751- 1771, collecting material for this work. He appears to have delivered transcripts of a portion of it to the Secretary of State and the Board of Trade in 1772 and a more complete transcript to the king, April 2, 1773. Copies of his letters to the Earl of Dartmouth and the Board of Trade and of his address to the king are on pp. loi, 69 and i. Probably this manuscript in the British Museum is the copy sent to the king. It con- tains in addition to the contents noted in the title "A Compendium of the Cherokee Indian tongue in English " and a series of finely executed plans, maps, charts, etc., in pen and ink, of harbors, inlets and fortifications, of the cities of Charleston, Savannah and St. Augustine, of the Salzburger and Bethanian settlements in Georgia, a hydrographical map of the Atlantic Ocean and a view and profile of a pharus. The work contains many tables of observations and surveys and ends with tables of measurements, mate- rials and expense for building two pharuses in Florida. De Brahm's services were ill-requited, if we may judge from the many peti- tions addressed to the King, Treasury and Board of Trade, and from his own statement that he was " left unprovided from 1783 to 1798 in the 81 of age". The original materials, of which the British Museum manuscript is an early copy, remained during these years unrequested in his possession. Consequently, in 1798 he delivered them in four folio volumes to Consul General Phineas Bond of Philadelphia. The history of these volumes cannot be traced, but eventually two of them fell into the hands of Henry Stevens of London who sold them in 1848 for fi2 lOf., to the Library of Harvard University where they now are. The two manuscripts present a number of points of difference. The H. C. L. copy is bound as one volume and covers many more pages than the B. M. copy. The address to the king in the H. C. L. copy has two additional paragraphs, also an address to the Treasury, and an appendix in Latin, of a philosopho-mystical nature, entitled " Hercules ex rore sub flora corona", which was written in 1763, but is not found in the B. M. copy. The maps and plans are the same in both copies, with slight differences in the wording of the titles. 28 The British Museum. Portions of the H. C. L. copy have been printed in P. C. J. Weston's Docu- ments connected with the History of South Carolina and by Wymberly- Jones de Renne in the second of his Wormsloe quartos, 1849, with en- gravings of seven of the plans. In the latter are printed the letter to the Treasury, address to the king, synopsis, letter to the Board of Trade and the portion of the text relating to Georgia. In Weston are printed the address to the king, synopsis and section on South Carolina. The remain- der of the work has never been printed and only the plans in the Wormsloe quarto have been reproduced. No clue can be obtained to the character or whereabouts of the other two volumes that De Brahm delivered to Bond. It is not impossible that he made other compilations than those relating to South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.) 212. " Journal of General Braddock's Expedition in 1755 ", prefaced by six colored maps : ( i ) Map of the country between Wills Creek and Monongahela River showing route and encampment of the English army in 1755 ; (2) " Line of March with the whole Baggage " ; (3) " Plan of the Disposition of the Advanced Party consisting of 400 men " ; (4) " Line of March of the Detachments from the Little Meadows "; (5) " Encampment of the Detachment from the Little Meadows " ; (6) " A Plan of the Field of Battle and Dispo- sition of the Troops as they were on the March at the time of the Attack, July 9, 1755." (See Winsor, Nar. and Crit. History, V. 498, note 3. Orme's Journal has been printed, Mem. Hist. Soc. Pa., V. 281-351. Cf. Eng. Hist. Rev., I. 150.) 213. " Journal of an Officer who travelled over a part of the West Indies and of North America in the course of 1764 and 1765." From the West Indies the author crossed to Pensacola, thence to Savannah and northward to Canada. Folio 59 begins " Some Thoughts rela- tive to Canada, as it appeared affected in 1765." The author left Montreal, August, 1765, passed through Lake Champlain to Albany, thence to Barrington, through Connecticut to Hartford, thence by way of Enfield, through the woods, to Boston. From Boston he returned to New York and embarked for England, October 14, 1765- EGERTON MANUSCRIPTS. The Egerton Manuscripts are listed in the same volumes that contain the lists of the Additional Manuscripts and Additional Charters. Vols. 1-606. Index to the Additional Manuscripts with those of the Eger- ton Collection, preserved in the British Museum, and acquired in the years 1783- 1835. Vols. 607-888. Catalogue of Manuscripts in tlie British Museum, acquired 1836-1840. Vols. 889-1139. Id., 1851-1845. Indexed. Vols. 1140-1149. Id., 1846-1847. Indexed. Vols. 11501636. Id., 1848-1853. Indexed. Vols. 1637-2399. Id., 1854-1875. Two volumes ; index in separate volume. Vols. 2400-2600. Id., 1876-1881. Indexed. Vols. 2601-2678. Id., 1882-1887. Indexed. Vols. 2679-2790. Id., 1888-1893. Indexed. Vols. 2791-2826. Id., 1894-1899. Indexed. Vols. 2827-2861. Id., 1900-1905. Indexed. Egerton Manuscripts. 29 281. Treaty of Navigation and Commerce between Great Britain and Spain, made May 23, 1667, ratified and confirmed by the treaty of Utrecht, December 9, 1713. In Portuguese. 770. Demonstracion del derecho que tiene el Rey Catholico al territorio de Nueve Georgia en las provincias de Florida, por A. de Arre- dondo. 921. ff. 3-8. Report on State of Trade of Newfoundland, 1705-1706 (cover- ing also 1698-1704), showing fisheries, number of vessels trading, etc. 929. ff. 90-97. Proposal that a colony of Scotsmen be permitted to take and settle the Territory of Canada. Followed by proposals for supply of naval stores from America and proposal for a colony on Kennebec River. (Author of these proposals not given, but John Chamberlayne who sent them in 1705 to Lord Montague calls him " an old Buccaneer tho' a young man".) ff. 1 19-122. Letter from Jer. Dummer, London, October 6, 1709, to Lord Montague, enclosing " A Memorial shewing that the French Possessions on the river of Canada doe originally and of right belong to the Crown of Great Britain ", etc. September 10, 1709. f. 146. Petition of Col. Nathaniel Byfield, " for many years a resident of New England and judge of the Admiralty there " to be governor of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, n. d. f. 168. Letter from Rear-Adm. Warren to the Duke of Newcastle, regarding troops required for Nova Scotia, Louisburg, Placentia, recommending civil government in Nova Scotia, and grants of land without quit-rent, urging fitness of Gov. Shirley for the post. f. 173. Copy of letter to Gov. R. H. Morris, from William Trent, Benjamin Franklin's trading partner in western Pennsylvania and Washington's lieutenant on expedition against Pittsburg, dated " Mouth of Conicocheg ", July 16, 1755, saying, " we are informed that our army is beat and the Artillery taken, but that the general and the rest of the army are making a good retreat." f. 176. Draft of letter from the Earl of Halifax to Pitt, relative to reduction of neutral West India islands, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica and Tobago. November 5, 1758. 1337, 1338. Georgia in North America, Drawings and natural history of the birds of, by J. Abbot. 1804. (Duplicate of part of the collection in Add. MSS. 7944-7960.) 1717. f. 117. Extract of letter respecting discoveries of the Russians on northwest coast of America. September 23, 1764. 1720. Documents relating to Demerara and Berbice. Correspondence of Gedney Clarke, sr., and Gedney Clarke, his son, on affairs of these colonies. July 12, 1762-August, 1766. (Supplemental to P. R. O., Colonial Office, A. W. I. 384, old reference.) 1747. f. 362. Letter from Gen. Bouquet to Count Bentinck. 1752. (French.) 1756. f. 183. Memoir by Sir Joseph Yorke, British minister at Paris, on right of England to island of Tobago, April 12, 1749. Reply of the French government. (French.) (Yorke was minister at Paris 1749-1751, and afterwards in Holland, 1751- 1780.) 30 The British Museum. 1941. f. 23. " Eugenius " to Dr. William Lewis, with an account of a " machine for maintaining the uniformity of heat ". Philadelphia, October 9, 1767. 2087. f. 3. Certificate of share in stock of the Virginia Company. May 23, 1610. (Fine impression of seal. Printed, Brown, Genesis, I. 391.) 2134. ff. 12, 13. Jamaica Certificates: (i) of Duke of Portland that Joseph Maxwell is secretary and notary public, October 30, 1725 ; (2) of Joseph Maxwell that John Ayscough is justice of the island. f . 34. Address of the merchants and other loyal Inhabitants of the city of New York, to the Hon.' John Vaughan, Esq., Major General of his Majesty's Forces in North America, on his leaving the country. Forty-seven signatures. New York, August 20, 1779. f. 38. Proclamation by William Mathew Burt, governor of the Lee- ward Islands, regarding negro slaves for the army at 2s. ^d. a day. f. 41. Warrant of George III. authorizing Maj.-Gen. John Vaughan, commanding the forces in the Leeward and (>ribbee Islands, to hold courts-martial. March 24, 1781. f. 43. Instructions to Adm. Rodney and Maj.-Gen. Vaughan, on dis- posal of property captiu-ed in the Dutch islands of St. Eustatius, St. Martin and Saba. March 31, 1781. ff. 54-61. List of Negroes and other slaves on Nutt River Plantation, property of Sir Thomas Champneys, Bart. January i, 1790. (Many other papers in this volume deal with the Revolutionary War and its management) 2135. f. I. Capitulation of Martinique. February 7, 1762. f. 5. Letter from "A Real Churchman" to "Dear Vardell", New York, May 2, 1775, about the situation in New York and the country generally at that date. (Vardell is mentioned in Add. MSS. 34414, f. 447, as professor of history in "The New York College" in 1777.) f. 7. Journal of the operations of the American army under (jen. Sir William Howe, from the evacuation of Boston to the end of the Campaign of 1776. March 7, 1776, to December 26, 1776. ff. 9-18. Concerning military operations in America. Two papers: (i) without heading or endorsement, June 11 to July 31, with a page showing " Distribution of the Part of the Army not moving with the main Body ", written by some one in Clomwallis's army ; (2) "A Plan of Military Operations in America ". n. d. f. 19. Letter from CJeorge Jackson. Admiralty, August 22, 1776. f. 30. Copy of a journal of an officer of the 31st regiment serving on the expedition up the North River. October 4-9, 1777. f. 41. Paper by Andrew Dumford, entitled " C^neral Ideas for taking Possession of the Highlands and intercepting the Rebels in the construction of their new fort at West Point and other works near New Windsor ". 1778. f. 73. Letter from H. Sheridan. Savannah, 1779. f. 193. Account of the battle of Long Island. Egerton Manuscripts. 31 f. 205. Memorial of Sir Jas. Wright. 1785. (The remaining documents in this volume relate mainly to the West Indies and are military in character: letters to Maj.-Gen. Vaughan from Lord George Germain, Lord Amherst, Adm. Rodney, Charles Jenkinson, Col. St. Leger, W. Houghton, etc. ; some are to Lord Lisburne (Wilmot Vaughan) from his brother, the general, from Lieut.-Col. Ferguson, Lieut Geo. Bowen, Lieut. Brooks and Alexander Bradshaw ; copies of letters from Lord George Germain to Gen. Grant; copies of letters and articles of surrender of Grenada; and one or two enclosures of papers of intelli- gence or line of battle. The dates range from 1762 to 1795.) 2136. f. 176. Letter from P. Campbell to Lieut. Sanxay, on board the Sandwich. Barbadoes, April 29, 1781. f. 183. Letter from George Jackson, commenting on the loss of St. Eustatius. May 18, 1781. f. 193. Letter from Gen. St. Leger to Gen. Vaughan. St. Lucia, May 17, 1781. ff. i95-204b. Letters from George Jackson, July 8, 11, 23, 1782, on home politics. 2168. f. I. "A Catalogue of Parchm'= and Papers in a Small Deal Box. N" A." (List of Penn papers, including " Edward Byllynge's East Jersey Deed " ; " Wm Penn's Sale of Lands to W>n Haige " ; " W™ Penn's, Gawen Lour/s, &c. Deed to W" Haige, 1676 ", etc. There were fourteen bundles of these papers. One bundle (no. 6) was labelled "John Fenwick's Papers".) f. 5. Petition of Hannah Penn and creditors, stating that Pennsylvania had been mortgaged for £6600, unpaid. Date probably after 17 14. f . 9. Letter from Ferd. John Paris to John Penn, " in Pensilvania ". November 7, 1734. 2395. This well-known volume was purchased at Sotheby's, February 16, 1875. Its title as entered in the sale-catalogue was as follows: "West Indies (State Papers relating to). — A Volume containing several hundreds of original papers, petitions, patents, memorials, descriptions, letters and other documents transmitted to the Lords of the Council of State and Privy Council, during the reigns of the Commonwealth Authorities and King Charles the Second, relative to the Plantations and Settlements in the West Indies, Jamaica, Caribbee Islands, New England, Virginia, Newfound- land, and Nova Scotia." The documents were collected by Thomas Povey, merchant under Cromwell trading with the West Indies and member of the com- mittee for managing the affairs of Jamaica. After the Restoration, he became a member of the Council for Foreign Plantations, was treasurer to the Duke of York and receiver general of the planta- tion revenues. He was thus officially interested in the colonies and gathered these documents to a large extent as material for his reports as member of the committee and member of the Council. See also Add. MSS. 11411 ; Pepys, Diary, I. 288, passim. f. I. Copy of the Mercurius Publicus, no. 49, November 9-December 6, 1660, containing announcement that (Charles II. has appointed a standing council for trade and commerce consisting of many of the Privy Council and other select persons. ff. 3. 5-16, 30, 31. 37, 62, 66, 69-77, 342-349. 385, 443, 493, 503, S08, 677, 678. Papers relating to St. Christopher. 32 The British Museum. S. 17-26. Papers relating to English claim to New Scotland (Nova Scotia) . 1629-1630. ff. 27-29. Quo Warranto against Massachusetts. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 210-216.) f. 36. Letter from his Ma*y concerning Lady Hopkins, dated New- port, November 11, 1648, addressed to Sir David Kirke signed " your f rend Charles R ". f. 46. Privileges granted to the people of the Hebrew Nation That are to goe to The Wilde Custe [?]. n. d. (From Zealand to Guiana. See Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, no. 8, pp. 91-97, no. 16, pp. 108-129, 176-178.) f . 48. " A Brief Relation of the Beginning and ending of the Troubles of the Barbados, with the true causes thereof. Set forth by A. B., a diligent Observer of the Times." London, 1653. f. 54. Financial accounts of Montserrat and Antigua of the year 1654. (Chiefly relating to tobacco. See f. 174 for continuation. f. 60. Abstract of a Journal of the Conquest of Jamaica. Date of abstract, 1675. f. 68. Draft of commission for Christopher Cannell (Kaynell) to be governor of Antigua. August 6, 1656. ff. 78-83. Account of the stranger's goods seized upon for the use of his Highness in the island of Nevis. October 25, 1656. f. 84. Petition of the Carlisles (Barbadoes) to the Protector, n. d. f. 86. Queries concerning his Highness' interest in the West Indies. No name, date or place ; probably 1656. f . 87. Proposition for erecting a West India Cbmpany and better serving the interests of this Commonwealth in America. No name, date or place. f. 89. Plan for such a company. No name, date or place. f . 90. Id. f. 91. " A Proposition for the improving the interests of the Com- monwealth in America and tending eifiier to the continuing of the war with the Spaniards to more advantage or the necessitating him to seek a peace." (Plan for a company.) f . 93. Original draft for the above proposition. f. 96. Considerations for the more convenient supplying of his High- ness affairs in the West Indies. (Urging the sending of the expedition.) f. 99. Overtures touching the West Indies. Probably 1657. Cf. ff. 270271. (Begging the Protector to constitute a select council dedicated solely to the inspection, care and charge of America.) f. loi. Considerations for the better carrying on of the design in the West Indies and the ordering of our fleet for the interrupting the Spanish fleet in their going from Spain to the Indies and in their return thence for Spain. f. 103. Reasons propounded by the adventurers for America why they desire to be incorporated by act of Parliament and not by letters patent under the great seal. (Act of Parliament authorizes the exercise of powers that cannot be con- veyed by letters patent.) Egerton Manuscripts. 33 f. 105. Proposition and queries regarding the West Indies, notably Barbadoes. No signature or date. f. 106. Regarding Spanish control of trade in the West Indies, by Capt. John Limbrey of the Bermudas. f. 107. Humble petition of Martin Noell and William Watts, mer- chants, in behalf of themselves and others interested with them. (In behalf of a West India Company; first draft; cf. f. 109, which is 107 carefully written out.) f. 108. Particular and private undertaking between Francis, Lord Willoughby, Martin Noell, Thomas Povey and William Watts, that they as partners and principals of the West India Co. to be settled doe agree among themselves to enter presently upon the prosecution of the Proposition for the Improvement of the English Interests. f. no. Proposition for improvement of English Interests in the West Indies against the Spaniards. (Letters patent wanted from Cromwell, with powers similar to those granted to the Guinea and other companies; cf. ff. iii, 112.) f. 113. "At the Committee of Foreign Plantations at Grocers Hall", minute, January 14, 1686 (1660), regarding some military under- taking in connection with trade and settlement. (Date, 1686, must be a mistake. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §5.) f. 114. Copy of commission for Daniel Searle to be governor of Barbadoes. Nine folios. f. 123. Report concerning affairs of America made to Cromwell by committee for managing the affairs of Jamaica " and other your Highness' affairs in the West Indies ", signed Tobias Bridge, Martin Noell, Stephen Winthrop. June 2, . (See Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 445; on ff. 136-139 date is given as June 15.) f. 124. Proposals of certain ships for the West Indies and other necessaries for fleet and army, humbly represented by Capt. Wil- liam Goodsonn to Col. Doyley. 1657. f. 128. Letter from Col. Doyley to Martin Noell. July 5, 1657. (Glad that Noell thinks so well of Jamaica as to venture with him and others. ) f. 129. Letter from Capt. Wm. Brayne to Povey, Noell and Watts. Jamaica, July 8, 1657. f. 131. Grant to William Povey of provost-marshalship of Barbadoes. First patent, " which was during pleasure ". September 16, 1657. f. 136. Copy of Report to the Lords of his Highness Privy Council, from Povey, Noell and six others. (Refers to order of October 21 [20?], 1657; see Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 460.) f. 138. Effect of some Propositions tendred by Adm. Goodsonn from Lieut.-Gen. Brayne and reported to his Highness " the 2"^ of June last " by the Committee of America. (For order of June 2 see Add. MSS. 18986, f. 258, and ante, f. 123.) f. 139. Papers from the Admiralty touching provisions sent to Ja- maica. December 14, 1657. f. 140. List of ships remaining at Jamaica when the last account came from thence, dated September 10, 1657. 34 The British Museum. f. 141. Account of provisions sent to Jamaica in three victualling ships under convoy of the Marston Moor, which sailed from the Downs, December 7, 1657. f. 142. To the Committee of the Council for the affairs of America. Estimate for the first expenditure handed in by committee on Jamaica in answer to request of the higher committee, December II. Report dated December 15, 1657, signed by Thomas Povey, Ro. Bowes, Rich. Sydenham. f. 144. Letter from Col. Doyley to the committee upon death of Gen. Brayne, stating condition and needs of the island of Jamaica, n. d. f. 147. Report on affairs in Virginia from committee for managing the affairs of Jamaica. (1657, December?) (Recommending Edward Digges as governor. Povey was added to the committee in October, 1657, Col. Col. 1574-1660, p. 460. Report calendared, p. 461.) ff. 148-151. Reports of Committees; first (i48-i48b), on revenues of Barbadoes; and second (149-151), on insurance of ships, n. d. (Ff. 152-153 contain a letter (modem) regarding insurance scheme here presented, printed in the Liverpool Mercury, March or April, 1846.) f. 155. Extracts from Ligon, History of Barbadoes. f. 157. Report to the Committee of the Council for the affairs of Jamaica from the subcommittee, concerning state of Jamaica. January 11, 1657. f. 158b. Report from the committee to the Lord Protector, Richard Cromwell, October 17, 1658, endeavoring to arouse interest in affairs of Jamaica, f. 160. Draft (probably by the same committee) of scheme for forti- fying Jamaica, n. d. f. 161. Draft of paper to be submitted to the Protector regarding Jamaica, ff. 163-165. Papers relating to soldiers, costs and charges of Jamaica, ff. 166-170. Papers regarding soldiers, customs, etc., of Jamaica. 1658. f. 171. Petitions of merchants and seamen and others (nineteen names) trading to the West Indies, to the Council of State, in behalf of Jamaica, begging that Capt. Watts be entrusted with commission as governor, n. d. (Martin Noell and eighteen others.) f. 175. Address of the assembly of Barbadoes to Oliver Cromwell, September, 1653, asking as Englishmen, " of as clear and pure extract as any " their " part of liberty " and protection from Cromwell. (Evidently written by Col. Th. Modyford.) f. 176. Draught of letter from Thomas Povey to Daniel Searle, governor of Barbadoes. October 20, 1659. f. 182. Petition of the assembly of Barbadoes, for and in behalf of the inhabitants thereof, addressed to the supreme authority, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. (Asking, I. to have their ancient liberties and privileges; 2. to have no officer imposed upon them except the governor; 3. to choose their own governor by a representative body of the people out of the freeholders, etc.) Egerton Manuscripts. 35 f. 184. " A Reply to the Exceptions taken to the Waie of Proceedings and the desires of the Cheife Merchants and Planters in relation to the Barbadoes." n. d. f. 186. League offensive and defensive concluded between the English and French in the Leeward Islands against the Indians. 1659. f. 187. Draft of commission of Col. Ward to be governor of Nevis. 1659- f. 199. " Queries and Objections against the Massachusetts encroach- ing power on several other propriaties." (Strangely worded, almost unintelligible statement, evidently drawn up by the Godfreys.) f. 202. Draft of act incorporating company for the trade of America. f. 238. Declaration and act of governor, council and assembly [of Barbadoes] for continuance of the peace of the island. January 12, 1659. f. 239. Copy of power of attorney given by Thomas Povey to Edward Bradbourn of Barbadoes to demand of his brother, Wm. Povey, provost marshal of Barbadoes, certain goods and money. February 9. 1659. f . 240. " Desires by waie of instruction to Tho : Noell, Esq. concern- ing the settling some matters in difference between Mr. Tho: Povey and Mr. W" Povey." n. d. f. 241. State of Affairs of the English in Jamaica. Report from the Committee for Foreign Plantations of the Cotmcil of State. March 27, 1660. f. 243. Order from Committee of Council for Foreign Plantations to Mr. Povey to report to them the present state and wants of Jamaica. March 29, 1660; signed Edward Harley. f . 244. Report of Thomas Povey on present state and wants of Jamaica. April 9, 1660. f. 245. Copy of commission for Col. Thomas Modyford to be gov- ernor of Barbadoes. April 24, 1660. (Additions and erasures.) f. 252. Draft of commission for Col. Thomas Modyford to be gov- ernor of Barbadoes. (Originally drawn for Gov. Daniel Searle.) f. 257. Order of Council of State, Whitehall, referring petition of the merchants concerning future government of Jamaica. f. 258. Petition to the king from Lady Sara Kirke, wife of Sir Daniel Kirke, living in Jamaica. f. 259. Narrative made by the late Sir David Kirke, knight and gov- ernor of Newfoundland, giving account of the island and his connection therewith. (Newfoundland had been granted to Kirke in 1637.) f. 262. Petition of John Treworgey, commander of the English colony in Newfoundland, appointed in 1653, begging commission for ordering affairs there. (Draft unsigned. Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, pp. 415, 416.) 36 The British Museum. f. 263. Report by Thomas Povey to Committee of Council on Foreign Plantations regarding Newfoundland, upon Lady Hopkins's infor- mation. May II, 1660. f. 265. Record of Council of State sitting at Whitehall, concerning Newfoundland. May 17, 1660. f . 266. " The information and relation of the Lady Hopkins who came purposely from Newfoundland to make known to his Royal Majesty, as follows." (After May, 1660.) f. 267. His Majesty's letter in behalf of Lord Willoughby. June 23, 1660. f. 268. Instructions for the Council of Trade, f . 269. Instructions for the Council of Trade. f. 270. Overtures touching council to be erected for Foreign Planta- tions, f. 276. Paper, unsigned and undated, but probably drawn up some years later than the preceding documents, criticizing position and functions of Council for Foreign Plantations, f. 277. Report from Committee to Council for Foreign Plantations regarding the better accommodating the plantations with servants. n.d. f . 279. Reasons offered by Lord Willoughby why he ought not to be confined in his settlement upon Surinam. (Draft with marginals and frequent erasures. Last paragraph scratched out and new one inserted below.) f . 280. " Reasons why Syrranam should be permitted to subsist." (Contains Willoughby's statement regarding his right to the settlement of Surinam; cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §83.) f . 286. " Considerations about the peopling and settling the island of Jamaica." (Deals with condition of Jamaica, the disbanding and paying the army, building of forts, free trade and discouragement of settling new planta- tions.) f. 287. Humble demands of governor, council and assembly to (jOv. Willoughby of Barbadoes for confirmation of certain rights and liberties belonging to the inhabitants of the island. Barbadoes, 1660. (Regarding government according to the liberties of Englishmen.) f . 288. Most humble proposals of merchant planters and traders of the island of Antigua. (Description of the advantages of the island, speaks of losses in number of inhabitants and prays for help.) f. 289. Record of a meeting of the Committee of the Council of For- eign Plantations, January 10, 1660/1. (Containing draft of recommendation from subcommittee regarding Jamaica.) f. 291. " Proposals about the speedie settling and securing of Jamaica." January 23, 1660. f. 292. " Considerations to move the council to send the money ordered by his Majesty to build the fort of Cagway in Jamaica." n.d. Egerton Manuscripts. 37 f. 293. " The conveniences that will aryse are Many as." (Then follow first, secondly, thirdly; related to the considerations above.) ff. 294b-295. " Concerning a supply of shipping and provisions to Jamaica." f. 296. Letter from Mr. Povey concerning natural products of Vir- ginia in behalf of the Royal Society. March 4, 1660/1. (Chiefly regarding the raising and manufacture of silk in Virginia. Speaks of the king as having ordered a "Gardin for plants and simples".) f. 297. " The paper of Inquiries from Gresham College to Virginia." (These are the queries referred to in Povey's letter, f. 296, "concerning those several kind of things which are reported to be in Virginia and the Bermudas, not found in England".) f. 299. Report of Council for Foreign Plantations, concerning en- croachments of the Massachusetts Colony. April 8, 1661. (Ordered that the report be amended "by Mr. Kendall and Mr. Nowell." Petitions of Lionel Copley, John Gifford and others, Archibald Henderson and Gyles Silvester, here referred to, may be found in Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §50, 51, 52, and that of Copley in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 378-379) f. 301. Overtures for the better providing for Jamaica before the Lord [Thomas] Windsor's going away governor of that place. June 10, 1661. f. 303. Letter from Col. Wm. Watts, governor of St. Christopher, June 19, 1661, to Mr. Povey; endorsed, "Received August 29, 1661 ". f. 305. " A copy of the letter to the Secretary of State, from Barba- does, July 10, 1661." f. 307. " A Draught of a letter for his Majesty's signature, to Barba- does, 1 66 1." To be sent to Lord Willoughby and to inhabitants of Barbadoes, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and other Caribbee Islands, f. 308. Letter to John Kirke from Charles Hill, Ferryland, Sep- tember 12, 1661, " concerning L"* Baltemores interest in Newfound- land ". f. 309. Testimony of Wm. Wrixon and others concerning the same, f. 310. The Lord Baltemore's Case, concerning the Province of Avalon in New-Found-Land, an Island in America. Printed broadside, ff. 311-328. Copies of papers relating to Nova Scotia, ff. 311-313. "Indenture, made before Josue Mainet, Royal Notary living in London, 30 April 1630, between Sir William Alexander .... on the one part .... and Sir Claude de Saint Estienne Knight Lord of la Tour .... and .... his son on the other part." (Translated into English, February i, 1655.) ff. 3i3b-320. Indenture made 20 Sept 1656, between de la Tour of the one part and Thomas Temple and William Crowne, Esq., of the other part. (Entered and recorded in the book of records for the county of Suffolk in N. E.) f . 320. Test, of Robert Howard, Not : publ : Massachusitt : Coloniae novae Angliae:, Boston i August 1678. 38 The British Museum. ff. 320-32 lb. Historical account of the "Restitution of Acadie", by the ambassador of France, ff. 32ib-323b. " An answer to the French Ambassadours Claime to the Forts and Country in America Exhibited in the behalfe of the Lord La Tour, Temple and Crowne, Proprietors." ff. 324-325. Extract from several pieces relating to title to Nova Scotia (ranging from 1606 to 1656). ff. 326-327. Account of Nova Scotia or Acadia, f. 328. Memorial of the French Ambassadors about the restitution of part of Acadia to Mon='' le Borgne. Read in Council November 27, 1661. ff. 329-330. Draft of Lord Willoughby's letter to the council of Barbadoes. (Povey's handwriting.) f. 331. Lord Willoughby's interest in Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands. (Neither date nor signature.) f . 332. " The 16*'' article agreed and concluded upon the surrender of the Barbadoes and afterwards confirmed by Parliament (in haec verba) vizt." f. 333. Letter from Council of Trade and Plantations to Barbadoes. f. 335. Letter from Council of Trade and Plantations to Virginia. (These letters are in the same handwriting though differing in content. That to Virginia is the longer of the two.) f. 336. Draft of clause in the above letters designed to encourage the colony to have agents in England "because it will be difficult to make any certain judgment of affairs of such a variety at such a distance ". (Many erasures and changes.) f. 339. Proposal for removing spices [ ?] and other plants from the East to the West Indies. 1661. (Endorsed " Sir Richard Ford's paper concerning fetching plants, etc. from the East Indies". Duplicate of this proposal follows without the endorsement.) f. 340. Minutes from the records of the Privy Council at Whitehall relating to Nova Scotia. February 26, March 7, 166 1, and April 23, 1662. f. 342. Articles, accorded, concluded and made between the English and French nations on St. Christopher. July 29, 1662. (Also ff. 347-349) f. 351. Order in Council regarding payment of military expenses in Jamaica. Accompanied by itemized and tabulated statement, en- dorsed " Gen" Abstract and Acco. of the Army in Jamaica and the Devident, 1662 ". f. 354. Discourse and View of Virginia, by Sir Wm. Berkeley. (Apparently the same as Berkeley's " A Perfect Description of Virginia " in Force, Tracts, II.) f. 360. Copy of Letter (to "Your Lordship"), James City, March 28, 1663, from Gov. Berkeley and others of Virginia protesting against grant to Lord Hopton and others of land lying between the two rivers of Potomac and Rappahanock. Also copy of lease Egerton Manuscripts. 39 made by the aforesaid lords, dated August 20, " in the fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign ". f. 362. Copy of Letter of Gov. Berkeley to "My ever Honored Lord", March 30, 1663, regarding silk raising, tobacco stinting, the growth of Virginia, coming of settlers from New England and Barbadoes, etc. f. 365. Copy of letter from Gov. Berkeley to the same, April 18, 1663, regarding " Potashes .... made by my own family ", trade with Indians (commission for himself, " cozen " Norwood, and Francis Moryson). f. 366. Copy of letter from Anthony Langston giving description of the country and colony of Virginia, and saying that neglect of Iron and Steel is injurious to colony, due to belief that money can be made more quickly by tobacco raising, f . 367. Computation of an Iron Work in Virginia, f. 370. Grant of office of receiver general of revenue of foreign plan- tations in America and Africa to Thos. Ross and Thomas Chiffinch. September 9, 1663. {Cd. Col. 1661-1668, §435.) f. 380. Draught of patent for Thomas Povey, to be receiver general of the revenues arising to his Majesty out of America and Africa. {Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §488, where name is wrongly given "George" Povey.) f. 383. Letter from William Povey to Thomas Povey, Barbadoes, September 9, 1663, regarding act of assembly imposing the Four and a half per cent, custom duty. Second letter dated October 21, 1663. f. 387. Instructions to the Royal Commissioners appointed to visit the colony of Massachusetts Bay. April 23, 1664. (Signed, sealed and countersigned by H. Bennett.) f. 393. Instructions to the Royal Commissioners for the visitation of the colony of Connecticut, f. 396. Memorandum of important points for the settlement of New England. ("That in adjusting the affaire of New England there must be a p'fect establishment of the King's sovereignty and the subjects property. And in order to their dependence. Appeals, Militia, Oaths of Allegiance, Annual Homage, a Seal, Money raised in the King's name, the King's arms in their Courts, Vice Admiralty, Customs to be established, Liberty of Conscience, Favor to the Church of England, Acts of Trade and Navigation, to abolish the Laws made against those of England, to settle bounds to the respective proprietors, Gov'', Council, Judges, Customs; and contra. An Act of Ob- livion, Charter of Confirmation, New Privileges to be added.") f. 397. Mavericke's A Breife Discription of New England, etc. (Also in Bodl. Lib. Clarendon 103, and printed in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXIX. 33-48.) f. 412. Names of the rivers and of the chief sagamores that inhabit upon them, from the river of Quibequissue to the river of Wenes- quawam. f. 414. Certain notes and informations concerning New England, relating chiefly to churches and militia, with some historical data at bottom, 414b. 40 The British Museum. f. 425. " Proposals for New England for the Incouragement of mer- chants Inhabiting and Residing in New England and other his Maj*'«* Plantations In those parts of America and for the Benefit and Advantage of his Maj. customs ", signed James Bollen. ff. 426-435. Report of the Royal Commissioners in 1665: state of the colony of Kenebeck (426) ; state of the province of New Hamp- shire (427) ; state of the province of New Plymouth (428) ; state of the colony of Rhode Island (429) ; state of the colony of Con- necticut (432) ; state of the colony of the Massachusetts (433) ; list of magistrates (435). Letter of Geo. Cartwright to Lord Arlington (426), written after his capture by the Dutch and land- ing in Spain ; without place and undated. f . 436. Certificate concerning the northern limits of the Massachusetts colony. 1665. f. 437. Letter from Gov. Bellingham, Boston, May 30, 1665, con- cerning the northern boundaries. f. 438. Extract of minutes of general court held at Boston, October 18, 1654. f. 439. Extract of same, October 19, 1654. f. 440. Report from Peter Weare, on subject of northern boundaries. May, 1665. f. 441. Report from Richard Waldron, on the same subject. (All copies, and endorsed, "From Mr. Povey, 30 May, 1665, from the Gov- ernor of New England with affidavits enclosed". Below in another hand is written, "To Secretary Morris, being an Answer to his Maj" of the I I'll of June, 1664, which requires restitution to S^ Ferd. Gorges or there reason to the contrarie, 1665 ". Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §750. A copy of the king's letter of April 10, 1666, is given, f. 442. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1171.) f. 444. Transactions of Lord Willoughby in Barbadoes, in connection with estate of Col. Waldron (Walrond). f. 446. Memorial for warlike stores for Caribbee Islands. January 30, 1666. f. 447. Copy of petition of De Belleville and others, householders and inhabitants of the province of " Avilonie " (Newfoundland), etc., March 18, 1666, addressed to George Kirke, one of the proprietors of Newfoundland. f. 448. Original order of the Privy Council, August 30, 1667, " to the committee concerning the rendition of places in America", signed by Sir Edward Walker, clerk of the Council and Garter King at Arms. f. 449. Order for committee of the Privy Council for the affairs of New England and for the bounding of Acadia. October 2, 4, 1667. f . 450. Names of the committee : Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Albe- marle, Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Anglesey, Lord Holies, Mr. Vice-Chamberlain, both secretaries " or any 4 ". Lord Ashley, Sir William Coventry added by the King. October 4, 1667. f. 451. Directions for the bounding of Acadia, " in order to the resti- tution thereof to the French ". f . 452. Rough minutes of the meeting of the Committee of the Council for the affairs of New England. October 4, 1667. Hgerton Manuscripts. 4:1 f. 454. Account of the boundaries of Acadia, Nova Scotia and Penob- scot, delivered by Mr. Newdigate. September i8, 1667. ff- 455-456. Proposals humbly offered to his Majesty by planters and merchants concerned in the island of Nevis and other Leeward Islands. 1667. To be heard at the committee, October 29. f. 457. Answer from J. Champante, agent for Lord Willoughby, gov- ernor of the Caribbee Islands, to proposals of planters, merchants, etc., in Nevis and Leeward Islands, to be heard at the committee. October 29, 1667. f. 459. Past and present state of the Leeward Caribbee Islands, etc. f. 461. Nevis. Account of such debts as were contracted and paid for his Majesty's service by command of Henry Willoughby, Lieutenant-General. June 19, 1668. f. 462. Order in Council referring the Willoughby matter to Council for Foreign Plantations. f. 463. Order in Council, concerning the farm of the Four and a half per cent, of Barbadoes and the farm of the Caribbee Islands. December 22, 1669. f. 465. " The heads of addresses which we desire your excellency to present to his Majesty " from Barbadoes, concerning the Four and a half per cent., soldiers, etc. f . 466. Some reflections on the Royal African Company's interest in the plantations and the use of a major-general in the island of Jamaica. Neither signature nor date. f . 468. Arrears of the Caribbee Islands to Jamaica for the estates confiscated and applicable to the benefit of the island. Neither signature nor date. f. 469. Letter of Charles II. to the governor of Jamaica to restore one Richard Povey to the office of secretary of that island. (C/. Cal. Col. 1669-1674, §165.) f. 470. Letter from W. Willoughby to Mr. Povey concerning St. Christopher and the Leeward Islands. September 24, 1670. f. 471. Letter from J. Mathews concerning the French in Newfound- land. January 27, 1670. f . 472. " An Account of the Bahama Islands that are most consider- able with their Latitudes, given by Solomon Robisone, Master of the ship Barmudians Adventure who hath been a coaster amongst the said Islands." Dated " Somer Is.", March 13, 1670. f. 474. Copy of letter " to my Lord Ashley from Mr. IDarrell from Sommer Islands." March 15, 1670/1. (Contains good description of the islands.) f. 477. Lord Willoughby's proposals concerning the West Indies. April 8, 1672. f. 479. Copy of letter from Lord Willoughby to Lord Clifford. Ports- mouth, England, July 3, 1672. On reverse is Clifford's letter to Willoughby. f. 480. Copy of letter from Lord Willoughby to Thomas Povey. Portsmouth, England, July 4, 1672. f. 481. Five affidavits concerning logwood at Yucatan, 1672, with endorsements summarizing contents of the affidavits. 42 The British Museum. f. 483. Letter form Lord Willoughby to Thomas Povey, Barbadoes, November 14, 1672, concerning expedition to Tobago, f. 484. Letter from Lord Willoughby to Thomas Povey. December 29, 1672. ff. 485-486. Petition of Lord Willoughby concerning his salary, and account of £3000 demanded by Lord Willoughby. f . 487. Letter of advice from Thomas Povey to Lord Willoughby. March 15, 1672/3. f. 490. " M"" Gorges concerns the Plantations." Read in Council, March 17, 1672. (Asking that the kingdom of Scotland be granted a trade with the Sugar Islands "as Ireland hath". Also that English provisions and manufac- tures be allowed to be exported from the several parts of England free of duty, as formerly, "the said plantations being members of England".) f. 491. Copy of Spanish letter "endeavoring to prevail with that court " to obtain sufficient support for reducing Jamaica, f . 492. Copy of petition from the governor, council and assembly of Nevis, for redress of grievances and confirmation of arrears, n. d. f . 494. Abstract of patent granted to the West India Company by the States General of Holland. September 20, 1674. f . 496. Copy of proceedings sent by Gov. Berkeley at a general court held at James City, regarding trouble with Giles Bland, collector of customs for Virginia. November 21, 1674. ff . 497-498. Draft of letter from King Charles II. to Corporation of Boston in New England, about New Hampshire and Maine. December 18, 1674. " A Draught of his Ma*"" pleasure to be signified upon the petition of Ferdinando Gorge and Robert Mason." f . 499. Letter from Col. Warner, brother of Sir Thomas Warner, to Sir John Atkins, brother of the Earl of Carlisle, upon his arrival at Barbadoes. n. d. f. 501. " Considerations about the Spaniards buying Negroes of the English Royal Company and receiving % at Jamaica and Ys at Berbadoes." Jamaica, February 2, 1674/5. f. 510. Copy of letter from Mr. Thornton to the Duke of Albemarle, from the Bahamas. August 18, 1675. f. 511. Letter from Mr. Bland to the governor of Virginia concern- ing execution of his office as collector of the customs in Virginia. (Refers to his instruction and his deputies, and speaks of the difficulty of enforcing the acts of trade. The letter is dated " Bartlett ", September 16, 1675) f. 515. Letter from Giles Bland to the Commissioners of Customs concerning his suspension from the office of collector by (jOV. Berkeley. (Details of illicit trading.) f. 517. Giles Bland's case as collector of the customs in Virginia, n. d. f. 518. Extract of letter from New England "concerning the Indian Warr ". 1675. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 381-382.) f. 520. Pages 9-12, inclusive, of printed work giving account of " the Battel with the Indians on the 19*^ of November, 1675 ", with list of the English slain and wounded. Egerton Manuscripts. 43 f. 522. This Account of New England. 1675. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 379-380.) f. 523. Letter from Jamaica, January 25, 1675, to the Lords of Trade, regarding state of the government there. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §799.) f. 525. Brief Account of the West Indies, with particulars regarding soldiers, forts and other means of defence, and details regarding commodities and shipping, n. d. f. 529. State of the Leeward Islands, n. d. f. 531. Extract of points relating to the defence, trade and security of the Leeward Islands, n. d. f. 533. Account of the Caribbee Islands. Endorsed, from Col. Warner. April, 1676. {Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §861.) f. 535. Letter from Col. Warner, governor of Antigua. April, 1676. f. 537. Letter from the same, April 17, 1676, " from on board the Phenix in the Hope ". f. 539. Proclamation by the governor and captain-general of Vir- ginia, May 10, 1676, referring to the Indian war in New England. Endorsed, " Virginia News ", " S"" W™ Berkeley's Declaration, 1676 ". f. 540. Proclamation, 1676, " dissolving the present Assembly and ordering a grand assembly to be held at James City in June next ". f. 541. " Copy of M"' Bacon's letter sent by mee May the 25"! 1676 ", signed Nathaniel Bacon, f. 542. Copy of description of the Fight in Virginia. May, 1676. f. 544. Copy of " The humble appeale of the Volunteers to all well minded and charitable men." f. 545. " The Virginians Plea for opposing the Indians without the governor's order ", etc. ff- 547-550- Copy of " The Declaration of the People ag» S"" W" Berkeley and present govern'' of Virginia " (signed by Nathaniel Bacon, general by the Consent of the People). Two copies. {Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §1010. Many copies in various depositories. See Bod. Lib. Rawlinson A. 180, f. 306, 185, f. 257; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 17019, f. no.) f. 550. Copy of a letter from Mrs. Bacon, wife of Nathaniel Bacon in Virginia, June 29, 1676, to her sister, regarding the Indian attack. (Speaks of the murder of their overseer at an outward plantation.) f. 550b. Relation of Mr. Bird, who lived near Bacon in Virginia and went to England in July, 1676, for fear of the Indians. f. 551. Mr. Bacon's account of their troubles in Virginia by the Indians. June 18, 1676. f. 552. Copy of the declaration of the chief persons in Virginia, touch- ing their adherency to Bacon. August, 1676. With list of names of the signers. f. 554. Copy of Mr. Chillingworth's commission as governor of the Bahamas, signed Shaftesbury, G. Carteret, Albemarle, Craven, and dated July i, 1676. 44 The British Museum. f- 555- Copy of Giles Bland's letter to Mr. Povey, July 8, 1676, con- cerning grievances in Virginia. On reverse " A copy of a Remon- strance of the several counties in Virginia ", which is a form, not filled out and undated. f. 556. Copy of letter from the proprietors of the Bahamas, dated London, 13, 1676, to Giov. Wentworth, expressing disap- proval of him as governor of that island. f. 557. Copy of letter from the proprietors of the Bahamas to the governor and council there stating that they have dismissed Went- worth and put in Chillingworth. f . 560. Copy of " A Brief Narrative concerning Newfoundland " by John Downing. Sent by Mr. Downing and received October 24, 1676. f. 564. Notes on the same regarding current price of fish, train oil, and about boats built in the country. f. 565. Description by Downing of the manner of catching and mak- ing " drie fishe " there. Endorsed, 1676. f. 567. Account of a fight between the French and the Dutch at Tobago, February 21, 1676, with statistics at the end. f. 568. Report of Lords of Trade concerning Col. Warner, governor of the Leeward Islands, received May 17, 1677. " Disallowed." {Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §§254, 260.) f. 569. Account of Statia [St. Eustatius], Saba and Tortola. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §260.) f. 571. Narrative of Brown's case, "how he was executed in Ja- maica ", endorsed " Received, 22 Oct. 1677 ". iCf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §383.) f. 573. List of all books in the plantation office, treating of New England. (Printed N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 261-262, and in the Nation, October 24, 1895, p. 291.) f. 574. Considerations about present affairs in the West Indies. April 7, 1678. f. 576. Breviate of what passed in the assembly called by his excel- lency Charles, Earl of Carlisle, governor of Jamaica, at St lago, October 2, 1678. Endorsed "To Mr. Blathwayt, Esq: To be showed noebody, 1678 ". f. 584. Report touching the Laws of Barbadoes. Read at the meeting of the Lords of Trade, June 26, 1679. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §1034.) f. 587. Consideration touching council to be appointed by the gov- ernor of Barbadoes. " Received from Cap* Langford." n. d. f. 589. Pretensions of the Dutch to Tobago. f. 591. Pretensions of the Duke of Curland to the Island of Tobago, " as it is set forth in a memorial from his envoy ". n. d. f. 593. Letter to Mr. John Lewin at New York " concerns M"' Pen's Patent ". (Without place, date or signature, but evidently written by some one in England well informed of the circumstances, between June, 1680, and March, 1681.) Egerton Manuscripts. 45 f- 595- " Copy of Mr. Randolph's queries and R. Sawyer's opinion thereon." f. 597. Extract of letter to Mr. Piatt from Mr. Wilkins in Nevis concerning his estate there, with the prices that provisions, etc., bear in those parts. December lo, i68i. f. 598. " The State of a Sugar Plantation." Brief account, f- 599- Jamaica, " An Account of necessaries to be sent once a year by M"" Tho: Duck to S-" T. L." for his plantation there. (For clothing the slaves, tools, utensils, medicines, thread, needles, etc.) f. 600. Opinion of Lord Chief Justice North concerning laws. f. 601. Rough account of the history of New York and affairs there, in support of act of naturalization for foreigners in New York, n. d. f . 602. Printed folio containing " A true state of the case between the heirs and assignees of Sir William Courten, knight, deceased, and the late earl of Carlisle, etc., in Barbadoes." Petition presented to Parliament, f. 603. State of Jamaica with a proposal concerning method of mak- ing laws, f. 609. " Brief survey " of Jamaica. (Elaborate account.) flf. 613-617. Four papers setting forth reasons why the king should keep Jamaica in his possession, n. d. f. 619. Concerning hurricanes and their prognostics and observations " of my own experience thereupon ". No date or signature, f. 625. An estimate of Barbadoes and of the new inhabitants there, followed by lists of inhabitants, christenings and burials, n. d. f. 628. Considerations concerning the Caribbee Islands, f . 629. Account of the English sugar plantations, f. 636. True state of the manufacture of sugar within our plantations, which requires all manner of encouragement. (Both papers by the same hand, written in England probably about 1670.) f. 642. Letter prepared by Council for Foreign Plantations to the governor, council and assembly of Barbadoes concerning manufac- ture of sugar. (Probably 1661. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §158.) f. 643. Description of the Cocoa [Tree] . By Sir Thomas Lynch of Jamaica, f. 649. Account of the Island of Madeira, by John Shattock. f. 651. Rough draft of what appears to be an abstract of this paper in Povey's handwriting, f. 652. Reasons for permitting productions of the English plantations in America to be brought directly to Tangier before being landed in England. " Submitted to consideration if valuable to what hath been said in contra." (Long paper asserting that Tangier is a plantation and that trade should be directly with her.) f. 661. Proposals in order to improvement of the county of Albemarle in Carolina in point of towns, trade and coin. By George Milner. n.d. (Plea for closer settlement, use of wampum and peage, markets and towns.) 46 The British Museum. f. 666. Proposals concerning building of towns in Virginia, f. 667. Proposals concerning custom of tobacco. (Concerning methods employed whereby the king is defrauded of the cus- toms duty on tobacco.) f . 668. Reply to petition and declaration of the owners of Plymouth, Dartmouth and other ports, concerning fisheries question, f. 670. " An account of all the trading Townes and Ports lying upon the Sea and navigable rivers, with number of Houses in every Towne " [in New England] . (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 380-381.) f. 671. Petition of Lionel Copley and others concerning the Iron Works in New England. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 378-379. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §50.) f. 672. (i) Proposition de Louis Le Page. (2) Description des Lacs nouvellement descouverts a la source du Fleuve de St. Laurent. f. 679. Series of title pages with names of colonies upon them. f . 686. Index to papers relating to the West Indies, Jamaica, Caribbee Islands, New England, Virginia, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. f. 697. Heads of Index. (Indexes show that original collection was arranged by colonies. Its con- tents are now rearranged chronologically.) 2423. " Journal by a Lady (of Quality)" of a Voyage from Scotland to the West Indies and North Carolina, with an account of personal ex- periences in America during the year 1775 and a visit to Lisbon on her return. October 25, 1774-December, 1775. (Voyage to Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, to North Carolina — Shawfield, Point Pleasant, Wilmington. Graphic and interesting.) 2429. f. 49. Copy of address of William Penn, in the name of the Quakers, to James II., on the Declaration of Indulgence, with the King's answer. 1687. 2519. f. I. Pedigree of the family of Samuel Disbrow(Disborough) : father, mother, sisters and brothers, children and grandchild. Disbrow was living in 1685, aged 65. f. 2. Print of John Disbrow with autograph. f. 10. Letter from William Leete to Samuel Disbrow, Guilford, Octo- ber 10, 1654, referring to " straitened and afflicted condition of the [New Haven] colony" and to Cromwell's proposal that " New England remove to some place where they have cities ready builded and land ready tilled ". f. 32. Declaration of Samuel Disbrow, accepting pardon offered in the king's general amnesty " with all humbleness and unfaigned thankfulness ". " Signed, owned, and acknowledged before me, George Monck." 2526. Journal of John Knepp, in H. M. S. Rose, William Phips, Com- mander, from the Downs to Boston in New England, September, 1683- January 15, 1684. Including "An Account of the Proceed- ings of the Company belonging to his Majesty's ship Rose since their departure from Boston ", January i6-May 2, 1684 ; and journal of voyage back to England, May 13, 1684-June 24, 1684. Also lists of ship's company, articles of agreement, etc. Egerton Manuscripts. 47 2637, 2538. Letters from Sir George Downing to Sir Edward Nicholas. i66i, 1662. In 2538, f. 102 is " The Reply of Sir George Down- ing .... delivered July 13, 1662, upon the answer of the Estates General of the United Provinces to his Memorial concerning the ship Charles." 2541. " A Proposition of Profitt and Honor Proposed to my dread and Gratious Soveraigne Lord, King Charles. By his humble subject, Robert Hayman." (Proposition concerning settlement of Newfoundland and securing of the fishing trade, with prefatory letter to the Duke of Buckingham.) 2543. f. 15. Concerning the Quakers. f. 33. Order in Council regarding act of Parliament prohibiting the planting, setting and sowing of tobacco in England. March 20, 1660. f. 123. " A State of Yo'' Mat^ Interest in the West Indies ", chiefly regarding Barbadoes. No date but probably about 1660-1661. f. 125. Regarding the Somers Islands, signed Nathaniel Butler, beg- ging the king to take the islands into his own hands "as he did Virginia ". n. d. f. 127. " The Importance of the Somers Islands ". Unsigned, f. 137. Minute of meeting of Council of Trade. Thursday, December 17, 1663. (Consideration of the business of the fisheries.) f. 205. Paper regarding standing committees of the Privy Council, appointed, 1667, " under whose consideration is to come whatso- ever concerns his Majesty's Foreign Plantations ", " to meet every Thursday in the Council Chamber or oftener as he that presides shall direct and hereof three or more of tliem to be a quorum ". f. 295. Printed list of land forces in England and the West Indies. 1698. 2597. ff. 180-191. Drafts of four letters from the Earl of Carlisle to Capt. Ashton in Barbadoes, Waltham Abbey, November 12, 1640, October 12, 1641, and memorial (f. 185) from John Wode to Lord Carlisle on his services as a foreign messenger. About 1630. f. 192. Letter from the French governor of St. Kitts to " M. Warnard" (Sir Thos. Warner), "General des Isles de I'Ameri- que ". 1640-1650. 2612. f. I. Letter from William Atkinson of Dominica to G. Lowdon. 1782. 2643. ff. I, 3. Letters from Roger Williams to Lady Barrington at Hatfield Priory. May 2, 1629. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XLIII. 316-320.) 2644. ff. 196, 203, 240, 251. Letters from Ezekiel Rogers, minister of Row- ley and of New England, to Lady Barrington. 1621-1632. (See also 2645, ff. 142, 224, 281; 2646, f. 3.) 2645. f. 245. Letter from John Masters to Lady Barrington. Watertown near Charles River, New England, March 14, 1630. (Masters was probably one of the " servants " who came over with Saltonstall.) 2646. f. 58. Letter from Hope Sherrard, minister at Providence Island. January 6, 1633. 4 48 The British Museum. f. y6. Id. February 25, 1634. ff. 104, 109, 163. Letters from Ez. Rogers to Sir T. Barnngton. 1636- 1641. (See also Egerton 2650, f. 333 and reverse; also f. 348 referring to letter from Rogers.) f. 181. Letter from George Fenwick to Sir Thomas Barrington, Say- brook, October 10, 1642, speaking of his own heavy expenses in establishing the Saybrook colony. f. 182. Note from George Fenwick, October 10, 1642, asking Sir Arthur Haslerigg to make certain payments to the Barringtons. f. 240. Letter from George Fenwick, May 24, 1643, regarding certain business ventures. 2648. f. I. Letter from George Fenwick to Sir Thomas Barrington, dated Saybrook, November 10, 1643, regarding condition of the Say- brook colony and the proposed sale of it to the colony of Con- necticut. (Transcripts of the Fenwick letters are in the possession of the Connecticut Historical Society.) ff. 6, 74, 84, 105, 120, 133. Letters from Ez. Rogers to J. Kendall, agent for Sir Thos. Barrington. 1643-1646. ff. 10, 12, 74b. Correspondence of Samuel Shepard of Cambridge, New England, with Sir T. Barrington. 1643, 1644. (See also 2650, f. 348.) ff. 245-249. Letter from Francis Barrington, St. lago, Jamaica, July 14, 1655, containing full account of " our first invading the Spanish plantation " from departure from England, December 15, 1654 (Barrington was with the expedition. For other letters in the same volume see ff. 227-228, 232, 234, 240, 244, 256, 257, 263, 267, 271, 280, 281, 293, 29s. 299, 302, 303, 322, 339. The letters, in many of which are duplicates, are addressed to Sir J. Barrington and J. Hawkins.) ff. 311, 326, 327, 333, 346, 367. Letters from John Povey to Sir Th. Barrington and J. Kendall. (See also Egerton 2649, ff. I, 8, 10, 23, 27, 50, 76, 122, 126, 126b, 170, 171, 183, 192; 2650, ff. loi, 363.) 2650. ff. 10-17, 27. Correspondence relating to property in Bermuda Islands. 1675. f. 354. Note on adventures of Robert Barrington, son of Sir F. Bar- rington. in New England, about 1645. 2659-2675. Hutchinson Papers. These volumes contain the papers and correspondence of the Hutchinson family, from 1741 to 1880. They include the letter-book, diary, memoranda, will and general correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson, governor of Massachusetts Bay, 1 769- 1 774; letters of his sons, Thomas and Elisha, and of his daughter Margaret or Peggy ; letters of Thomas's son, Thomas ; of Edward Hutchinson, of Cambridge, New England, to Elisha, the second son, and of John, Elisha's son, perpetual curate of Blurton and canon of Lichfield, relating to his history of Massa- chusetts Bay, 1817-1823. They contain also correspondence of Elisha's grandson, John Rogers Hutchinson, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and of Thomas's grandson P. O. Hutchinson, the Egerton Manuscripts. 49 editor of the Diary and Letters of Thomas Hutchinson, 2 vols. (1884-1888). Besides the Hutchinson letters are the letters, diaries (1776, 1741-1821) and other papers of Chief Justice Peter Oliver, of his brother Andrew, the brother-in-law of Hutchinson, of Gage, Clarke and others. But a small amount of the correspondence belongs to the period before 1783, chiefly that in volume 2659 much of which has been printed in the Diary and Letters. Upon the documents may be found occasional notes of P. O. Hutchinson, made in 1880-1881, explanatory of persons and events. Letters of Peggy Hutchinson touching upon family history and happenings in London are exceedingly entertaining. Although the diary and a large number of the letters of Gov. Hutchinson have been printed, the letters of many of the others of the family and of the Olivers have not been published. Hosmer, in his Life of Hutchinson made no use of the material beyond that portion printed in P. O. Hutchinson's Diary and Letters. Reference to Index in B. M. Cat. Add. MSS. 1882-1887, under the headings " Hutchinson ", " Oliver ", etc., will give the clue to the greater part of the correspondence, but some of the other papers of special interest and importance are listed below. 2659. f. 19. Letter from Ex-Gov. Bernard to Thos. Hutchinson. 1771. ff . 50, 56-59, 68, 70. Letters relating to tea destroyed in Boston harbor. 1773- 1774. (F. 58 is a letter from John Rowe to consignees of tea destroyed, 1773 ; and f. 68 is a letter from Gen. Gage to Th. Hutchinson, 1774.) f. 54. Letter from Andrew Oliver to W. Whately. 1773. f. 141. Letter from Judge Robert Auchmuty of Boston to Thomas Hutchinson. 1775. f. 163. Letter from Lord Loudoun to Th. Hutchinson. 1775. flf. 166, 196-202. Letters from Philip Yorke, second Earl of Hard- wicke, to Th. Hutchinson. 1776. f. 235. Letter from Maj.-Gen. Amherst to Th. Hutchinson. 2660. if. 164-212. Relating to Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts Bay. 1817-1828. f. 214. Printed statement of the case of uncompensated American Loyalists. 1828. 267L Origin and progress of the rebellion in America, to 1776, by Peter Oliver, written in 1781. 2672, 2673. Journal of voyage from America to England, and of other tours, by P. Oliver. 2675. Hubbard's History of New England from 1620-1680. (Printed, Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., second series, vols. V., VI., 1848.) 2686. ff. 62, 169. Letters from Charles Calvert to W. Titley. 1739. 2694. ff. 98, 168, 192. Papers relating to French encroachments in America, 1750-1760. 2697. f. 9. Memorial to the secretary of state in behalf of Alexander McDougall, merchant, of New York. 1768. 2698. ff. 231,232. Letters from the governor of the Danish islands in America. 1769. 2703. f. 444. State of the possessions of Great Britain in America. 1713. 2803. Coast Maps. f. i. East coast of N. America and S. America to about 40° S. lat. 50 The British Museum. flf . 7b, 8. The West Indies and S. America from the mouth of the Magdalena to Trinidad, ff. 8b, 9. The Atlantic showing Labrador and Newfoundland. (Portolano containing thirteen coast maps, of which the above show America. "The volume appears to be a copy of one of the earliest portolani of Visconti Maggiola of Genoa and is the earliest Italian portolano now known which shows the North Atlantic coasts of America." For other portulani, see 2854, 2856, 2860.) SLOANE MANUSCRIPTS. Volumes 1-4100, of which Additional Manuscripts is a continuation, consti- tute the Sloane Collection, and are inadequately described in: Ayscough's Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the British Museum, hitherto undescribed, including the Collections of Sir Hans Sloane, the Rev. T. Birch, etc. 2 vols, in one. (London, 1782.) (Describes vols. 1-5017. The same, rearranged in numerical order, with corrections and additions, is on the shelves of the Manuscript Room of the British Museum.) Index to the Sloane Manuscripts in the British Museum, by Edward J. L. Scott, Litt. D. (1904). (Vols. 1-4100. The preface gives an account of the catalogues.) The pagination in the Sloane volumes is often perplexing. Some of the volumes appear to have been repaged four times and the references in the Classified Catalogue and even occasionally in the Index are not always to be depended on. Failure to find a document from the references given does not indicate that the document is not in the volume. It may always be found if searched for. In the Sloane Collection are letters to Sir Hans Sloane from various persons in the colonies, regarding fauna and flora, etc., references to which can readily be found in the Index under the following names : Boylston, Zab', Boston. Clayton, Rev. Thomas. Dickinson, John. Douglass, John, Antigua. Ellis, Robert, Charlestown. Farmer, , Bermudas. Fellowe, Rice, St. Christopher. Francklyn, George, South Carolina. Fuller, Henry, Jamaica. Gregory, Capt., and son, Jamaica. Grew, Nehemiah. Grigg, Thomas, Antigua. Halsted, William, Charlestown. Harris, Robert, New England. Harward, Rev. Thomas, Boston. Jenner, Thomas, Charlestown. Jones, Rev. Hugh, Virginia. Lawson, John, No. Carolina. Lewis, Stephen, Jamaica. Sloane Manuscripts. 51 Lord, Joseph, Carolina. Lotten, William, Jamaica. Mather, Cotton, Boston. Moore, Rev. Garrett, Jamaica. Oglethorpe, J., Georgia. Peck, Richard, Antigua. Pinckney, Thomas, Charlestown. Reid, G., Jamaica. Rogers, Gov. Woodes, Bahamas. Rose, Francis, Jamaica. Standish, D., South Carolina. Tennent, John, Virginia. Totterdell, Hugh, Jamaica. Towne, Richard, Barbadoes. Trousdale, Thomas, Maryland. TuUidelph, Walter, Antigua. Vesey, Rev. William, New York. Vincent, Francis, St. lago, Jamaica. Walduck, J., Barbadoes. Walker, Thomas, Bahamas. Walker, William, Rhode Island. Weir, J., Barbadoes. Williams, Hannah, Charlestown. Winthrop, J., Professor in Harvard College. (Letters of a few of these correspondents will be found entered in the list given below.) 42. John Chilton's Narrative of his voyage to New Spain. 1568. (Folio of 36 pages. Printed, Hakluyt's Voyages, new ed., IX. 360-367.) 46-49. Various Voyages to the South Seas. These manuscripts seem to have been drafted by William Hack about 1687. Nos. 46A and 48 probably relate to the same voyage though text and plans are quite different. They narrate a voyage, 1680-1682, from Panama down the western coast of S. America around the cape and ending at Barbadoes and Antigua; and contain drawings of Cividad de la Serera, Juan Fernandez, bay of Arica, Colon, port of Parta, Duke of York's island, etc. The journal in 46A was kept by (Taptain Bartholomew Sharp, that in 48 by Basil Ringrose. Vol. 45 is a large folio of painted geographical sketches with descriptions. Part I. describes the sea-coast from Acapulco toward " Cali- fornia ", taken from original Spanish manuscripts by Hack ; part II. contains descriptions of the Bahama Banks, by Mr. Salmon under Capt. Phips, and of the west end of Nevis, of the harbor of St. Thomas, of St. lago de Cuba, of St. Martha's Bay and Guara, and of the bay of Sino, by Mr. John Jenefer. Vol. 47 contains various instructions for sailing from Callao to the city of Panama, from the city of Panama to Callao, Port of Perico to Callao, the city of Panama to " Callifornia " and Cape Medinino, and Port Acapulco to " California ". (No maps.) Vol. 49 contains " John Cox his Travells over the land into the S° Seas from thence Round the S" parte of America to Berbadoes and Antegoe." This seems to be a master's log, recording wind. 52 The British Museum. weather and nautical observations ; possibly, as the catalogue sug- gests, the journal from which the voyages and adventures of Capt. Bartholomew Sharp and others in the South Sea were published in 1684. (See 86, 3820.) 50 or 1070. [Journal] " on board the James and Mary, Capt. Wm. Phips, commander, in company with the Henry, Capt. Francis Rogers, commander, from Samana Bay bound for the Wreck ". September II, 1686. (This journal is written on the back of another journal of a voyage to the East Indies — therefore, reversing the volume, Phips's journal, beginning at folio 99b, occupies every right-hand page of folios ggb-pob, 88b-67, S8b-s8.) 54. " The Voyage of William Ambrosia Cowley, marriner, from the Capes of Virginia to the Islands of Cape D'Verd " and so on around the world. (A narrative of the voyage, probably collected from this journal, was pub- lished by Hack in 1699. Copy of this document, without the heading, is in Sloane 1050, and another in Bibliotheca Pepysiana 2826.) 79. ff. 193-199. Draft of government framed by William Penn, Anno 1682, for Pennsylvania and West Jersey. (Copy of Penn's Frame of Government, containing the "Laws agreed upon in England".) 159. ff. 1-6, 7-14. Charter of Avalon in Newfoundland, April 7, 1623, on parchment. In Latin, ff. 1-6; in English, ff. 7-14. (Printed. See Winsor, Nar. and Crit. Hist., III. 561, note i.) ff. 20-21. " Certaine overtures made by the Lord Willoughby of Parham unto all such as shall incline to plant in the Colonye of Saranam on the continent of Guaiana." 1662-1665. 172. Relation concerning New England beginning : " For the perfect understanding of the state of New England these three things deserve consideration viz'': (i) The Countrie; (2) The Comodi- tie; (3) The Inhabitants." (Written probably between 1635 and 1638. The "relation" is followed by list of the patents granted by the New England Council, nineteen in number. Other copies are in Sloane 3105, 3448, ff. 1-15, and the whole is printed in Jenness, Early Documents relating to New Hampshire, 21-25.) 363. ff. 72-76. Letter from Wm. Chillingworth to John Lewgar persuading him to return to the Church of England. (John Lewgar was the first secretary of Maryland. The letter which is wholly theological is printed in Chillingworth's Works (1742), p. 391.) 379. ff. 22-26. Apparently accounts of a custom officer of the port of Lon- don. November 16, 1672-February 17, 1673/4. (Only one reference to the colonies. On p. 2 " Visitting the Ketch Adventure of London Capt Ffrancis Steward, Mr ffrom Virginia, to London .... 001 ".) 665. (jeneral state of Receipts and Issues of Public Revenue. 1702-1710. (Plantation duty.) 750. Materials for the History of the Bermudas, etc. (Printed, Hakluyt Society Publications (1882), ed. Lefroy, who believes that the work was written by Capt John Smith.) Sloane Manuscripts. 53 758. Various Notes and Observations on the Bermudas, by N. Butler. (F. 3 begins "A Dialogical Discourse concerning Marine Affairs between the High Admiral and a Captaine at Sea. Represented in Six Dialogues or Discourses .... Collected and Penned by Captain Nathaniel Butler, Anno 1634." Then follows a diary " of my personal employment ", Feb- ruary 10, 1639, to May, 1640. Various other notes complete the manuscript.) 793 or 894. Small manuscript volume entitled : " Mercurius Americanus. A Briefe Joumall or A Succinct and True Relation of the most Remarkable Passages observed in that voyage undertaken by Captaine William Jackson to the Western Indies or Continent of America." 1642. 856, Letter-book of Commissions, royal Letters, etc. of Charles IL f. 37 is to [the council of Jamaica] notifying it of the appointment of Lord Windsor as governor in Col. Doyley's place, July 20, 1661. {Cal. Col. 1661-166S, §135.) f. 37b is to the Committee of the East India Co. to carry out an experiment in Jamaica as to how well the spices and plants of the East Indies might agree in that island. August 20, 1661. 857. f. 93. Letter from Ed. Greene to his uncle, John Green, glassmaker in London, from " on board their Majestie's ship The Loyall Mer- chant in Antigua ". About 1690-1692. 922. f. 90. Letter from Master Welles from New England to his people in Tarling in Essex. Charles Town, 1633. f. 94. Letter from James Cole to his wife. June 30, 1634. (Dated from Ipswich, England, speaking of his creditors, his misery and his children and bidding her not to ask him to return. Ff. 96-101, letters relating to the same subject to his wife and parents. That of November 29, 1634, says " The Lord's desier is to employ me for New England." F. 104 is from Nehemiah Wallington to Cole in New England, 1642, and f. 107 from Cole to Wallington, dated " Hertford in Queneticote ", and f. 173 from Wallington to Cole. Wars in England and the sins of the times.) ff. log-iisb. Part of letter from Anthony Thacher to his brother Peter. New England, 1635. (Account of shipwreck, going to Marblehead, and his deliverance from the " deapes of the sea ".) ff. I44b-i45. Letter from Edward Browne to Neh. Wallington, Ips- wich, New England, December, 1644, describing the conditions there. ff. I45b-i47b. From Wallington to Browne, 1645, bewailing the times in England. 978. Journal, by some one not named, of voyage to the Mediterranean and home, and of second voyage to Antigua on board the Turkey Merchant. (On f. so are entries of his leaving for Antigua, his arrival there, and vari- ous accounts of sugar received, etc., to f. 56. F. 64, reversing the book, is his private barter account at Antigua. Of value for the lists of commodi- ties purchased at various places in the West Indies and their prices.) 1008. f. 335. Letter from J. Clayton to [Dr. E. Borlase], James Citty, April 24, 1684, giving account of Virginia and stating that he had received orders to preach before the general assembly the following Sunday. 54 The British Museum. 1039. f. 90. " A True Answer to a writing of information, presented to his Majesty by Captain Nath. Butler, intituled: 'The Unmasked Face of our Colonie in Virginia as it was in the winter of the year 1622 '." (Imperfect, one leaf missing. Cf. Cal. Col. 1574- 1660, pp. 38, 39-40; Brown, Republic, 518.) 1139. ff. 1-172. Jonathan Goddard, Gresham Professor. Collectanea de chemia, medicina, et naturali historia. 1378. ff. 2i4-233b. Copy of Acts passed "at a Grand Assembly held at James Citty in Virg*, March 13, 1657 ". 1394. ff. 1-27. Duplicate of Egerton 2395, f. 609, with some verbal altera- tions and a number of additions and omissions. (After the section " Number of the English ", Egerton 2395, f. 612 reverse, IS a section " The State of the Spanyards on this Island " Shane omits Items l-io, Egerton, i. 617, and adds a new paragraph, 29, on f. 28.) 1426. ff. 78-82. Journal of ship Goodfellow, from Nevis to Bristol in 1667. ff. 83b-94. Journal in the Swan Pucke from Poole to Virginia in 1667 and back in 1668, with tobacco accounts and tables of courses, ff. 94b-ioob. Journal of voyage from England to Virginia and back in the Constance in 1668. ff. 101-105. Journal of voyage in the William to the Madeiras, West Indies, Virginia and back to England. 167&-1671. 1447. " The Relacon of Davyd Ingram of Barkinge in the Com' of Essex, Taylor of sundrye thinges w'='" he w*"" others did see in travelinge by land for the most northerlie pte of the Baye of Mezico where he w**" many others weare sett on shoare by M"' Hawkyns throughe a greate pte of America until they came w*hin fivetye leagues .... of Cape Britton .... August and Septem- ber, 1582." 1519. ff. 241-242. Protest of Ck»v. Willoughby of Barbadoes against the governors for the king of France with regard to restitutions of that part of St. Christopher belonging to the king of England in 1665, pursuant to treaty of Breda. May 2, 1668. In French, f. 243. The same in English. ff . 246-248. Copy of answer to the French ambassador's memorial relating to that part of St. Christopher which did belong to the king of England. 1599. ff. 1-127. Minutes of the council of Jamaica. December 20, 1687- February 18, 1688/9. 1622. ff. 1-97, 98b-i04. Strache/s Travaile in Virginia. (See Bodl. Libr. Ashmolean 1758. Brit. Mus. text has maps and pictures which are engravings colored by hand and pasted down into the book. Those on fF. 70-91 are all De Br/s engravings [marked T. B. or G. Veen] and numbered to xxiii. as in De Biys Hariot, part i. Folios 93 to 97 are five pictures of Picts marked T. B., as are the others. Of those on flf. 3, 4, 14, one is marked De Bry; one is reproduced by Major in his edition of the Historie as from De Bry; the third is Smith's map "graven by William Hole".) 1815. f. 35. " An Abstract of Tobacco imported in the Port of London for three years and one quarter." 1685-1688. (Pounds of Spanish tobacco and tobacco from English plantations are given in separate columns. F. 5 mentions "Virginia Sassafras".) Sloane Manuscripts. 55 1831. ff . 35-42. " Part of a voyage made to the West Indies in the Gilli- Aower bound with the rest of fleet from Stoaks Bay, December 19, under Rear Admiral Deakens in the year 1654 this containing only some passages among the Caribe Islands." 1968. f. 182. Seeds received from Barbadoes. January 29, 1696/7. 1983B. f. 2. General account of the receipts and issues of the public reve- nue taxes, etc., from Michaelmas, 1691, to Michaelmas, 1692. (Shows receipts from the 4^ per cent, for year stated.) 2179. ff. 1-23. " The Intollerable Injuries and Indignities which are offered to his Ma*' subjects in the Government of Theise bodies polliti- que." n. d. (Treatise on corporations and trading companies.) 2202. Volume lettered " Doody Plants of Virgin.", containing brief entries of plants, in Latin. 2282. ff. 6b-7. The horoscope of Col. William Beeston, governor of Jamaica, 1692. (Small quarto, entitled "H Cole/s Schemes of Nativities".) 2291. Journal of voyage from Plymouth, England, to Maryland, October 2, 1705-June, 1706. Without heading or signature. (Interesting description of Maryland and the Chesapeake. Printed, Amer. Hist. Rev., XII. 327-340.) 2292. The volume is labelled " Rutters {i. e. routes or courses) at Sea ". (F. IS. " Here foUoweth .... a Rutter with general notes and many pticulars of the islande of the West Indies and also of Terra Firme and Hispaniola with Nova Hispania." On f. 30 begins another rutter to the West Indies from the Canaries. On f. 34, various signs and courses, Dominica, Mattalino, Dominica to the mainlie land, the region about Car- thagena. F. 37 about Dominica and St. Domingo. F. 37b contains course from St. Domingo to Honduras, marks of Cape de Tiburon, etc., with other courses between West India and other points to S. America. 39 folios in all.) 2302. Letters from J. Walduck to J. Petiver, respecting Barbadoes. 1710- 1712. (Chiefly copies ; two originals at the end.) 2337. "A Description of American Plants with their Figures. By R. P. Charles Plumier, Religieuse Minime. Paris, By the Printer Royall A. D. 1693." English translation. 2346. fl. I97b-i99. " A Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubbs w"''' James Reed the Quaker brought for K. William from the Maderas, Bar- badoes, etc., in October, 1690." f. 200. " A catalogue of such trees and hearbs as are found to grow in the Charybby Islands, 1658." 2375. Specimens of New England paper currency: (i) two shillings, Massachusetts Bay, October 14, 1713; (2) three shillings, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, July 5, 1715. 2441. if. 1-22. "An Account of Barbadoes and the government thereof with a mapp of the Island." (Map is on vellum, colored. At the end are various tables — survey of acres, etc., numbers of militia, the fortifications, numbers of ships trading, etc., names of the council, 1684, judges, justices, etc., 1683.) 56 The British Museum. 2448. f. 3. Journal of voyage in the Castle Frigate to New York, July 3, 1674-June, 1675. (This vessel carried the soldiers to New York and wintered in Turtle Bay.) ff. 50-56. Letter from Clement de Leneuille to Lord Win[d]sor, gov- ernor of Jamaica, apologizing for the accompanying paper, " Ex- plication du Plan et description de Lislet et de la Villa de Porte- rico ". September i, 1662. In French. 2496. ff . 70-1 12. Ship's log of voyage to the West Indies, November, 1699- April, 1702. 2717. f. 9. Order in Council, March 2, 1682, requiring the governor of Jamaica to account to the Court of Exchequer for allowances he has received for repair of the forts. Cf. f. 10. f. 12. Royal Warrant to the paymaster of forces to pay Sir Thomas Lynch and the Earl of Carlisle, as governors of Jamaica. March 15, 1681/2. f. 28. Pass, signed "Chris. Merchant, Albemarle County in Carolina". August 18, 1690. ff. 48-63. Various papers relating to tobacco. 2723. f. 25. Petition of John Hewit to the Earl of Carlisle, governor of Jamaica, that Ensign Bere pay his medical expenses, f. 35. Letter from Rowland Powell to Madame Mary Weekes of Westfield, Sussex, as to her arrangements for coming to Jamaica. Port Royal, May 5, 1680. (Powell was secretary of Jamaica. Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §1466.) 2724. Volume lettered " Papers of the Earl of Carlisle relating to Jamaica ". Chiefly of dates 1680-1683. (F. I. Order from Gov. Henry Morgan to " all ofiScers " to assist the Royal African Co. On reverse is copy of the king's proclamation announcing incorporation of the Royal African Co. See Sloane 2728B, f. 193. F. 28, letter from Sir Thomas Lynch to the earl, November 9, 1682, and f. 30, from Morgan to Carlisle, August 18, 1680. Ff. 86, 87, 88 are Carlisle's accounts in connection with Jamaica. F. 197 is a letter from Wm. Penn to Carlisle, loth ii™o 81; f. 198 from Morgan; f. 202 from Phill Hubbard, both dated 1680. Ff. 211, 213, 215, 219, 220b concern Carlisle's controversy with Col. Samuel Long, member of council, clerk of Jamaica assembly, and chief justice, regarding which there are many papers in Cal. Col. 1677- 1680, 1681-1685. The articles against Long (f. 211) bear date July 6, 1704, and a rough draft of them may be found in. Sloane 2728B, flf. 195-197- F. 221, letter from Col. Byndlos, Morgan's son-in-law, given Long^s place as chief justice, 1681 ; ff. 223, 225, 227, letters from Thomas Martyn, receiver of customs; ff. 228, 229 from Sir Thos. Lynch; f. 232 from Maj. Wm. Parker, judge of court of common pleas. F. 234, communication from the council; f. 235, letter from Capt Charles Morgan, member of the council, July 10, 1682; f. 236, letter from Sir Henry Morgan, July 5, 1680. Ff. 237-255, letters from Port Royal, St lago, etc., of character similar to those above.) 2728B. ff. 209b-2i2. Proposals .... for yearly consumption of wool, en- couragement of the sowing of great quantities of hemp, improve- ment of woolen manufactures, and benefit of English plantations in America, n. d. (F. 209b is the rough preparatory draft for f. 211.) Sloane Manuscripts. 57 2752. fF. 29-35. " Ann account of o' Indended voyage from Jamaco w*'' a party of shipps, departing from the aforesaid Island to Poartanell. Receiving Letpasses to goe unto his Maj''^^ Reall Subject the Earle of Carlisle." 1679-1680. (Voyage of Capt. John Coxon with five ships. Coxon was a well-known pirate and privateer in the service of Jamaica. See ff. 36-71.) ff. 36-71. " The Journall of our Intended Voyage .... overland into the South Seas leaving our ships at the Goulden Islands and land- ing on Munday Apr' the fift." 1682. 2902. Volume entitled " Papers concerning trade, taxes, etc., collected by Abraham Hill ". Hill was a member of the Board of Trade, 1696- 1705- f. 20. Letter from Hill to Joseph Barton about to go to Barbadoes. Personal letter. December 10, 1697. ff. 70-73. Remarks upon foreign trading, with brief allusion to the West India trade. ff. 75-78. Letters Patent from William III., constituting the Board of Trade. This is preceded (f. 74) by a slip with names of commis- sioners. ff. 81-84. Act for better securing the liberties of His Majesty's sub- jects within the island [Barbadoes]. November 3, 1697. ff. 85, 86, 87. Jottings of instructions to the governor of Barbadoes. (At foot of f. 87, an instruction to the governor of New Hampshire.) ff. ICO- Id. Petition of Edward Jones to the king for the secretary- ship of the Bermudas. Referred April 2, 1699. f. 102. Number of inhabitants in the Bermudas between January i, 1697/8 and January i, 1698/9. f. 107. Proclamation by Edward Fox, lieutenant-general and com- mander-in-chief of Leeward Caribbee Islands. August 15, 1700. f. 114. Receipts of customs and new impositions from Lady Day, 1692, to Lady Day, 1696. f. 115. Estimate of present state of trade of England. January 14, 1697. f. ii7-ii8b. Revenue of the customs of England. March, 1676- March, 1677. (F. ii8b has total value of all the goods exported and imported from London, 1662, 1663, 1668, etc.) f. 120. Receipts and salaries of the customs for 1679. f. 151. Estimate of what value is shipped every year from Jamaica to England. 1700. ff. 152-154. Notes relative to the Jamaica trade, ff. 162-163. Two letters from J. Barksdale to Sir John Houbland, merchant in London. South Carolina, April 4 and August 10, 1697. f. 164. Notes of the boundaries of Pennsylvania, f. 166. Number of inhabitants of Albany, the Five Nations and the River Indians. (Ff. 167, 168, 169 are notes on various slips of paper on trade of the different American colonies.) 58 The British Museum. S. 171-180. Report to the king by the Commissioners for Trade as to general, particularly foreign, trade of England. One paragraph relates to the plantations. December 23, 1697. (Between nos. 57 and 58, ff. 181 and 195, are numerous rough notes on various sized pieces of paper, most of them concerning American affairs.) f. 196. Newfoundland fishery, followed by notes relating to New England. Further notes as follows : ff. 202-202b, on Newfound- land ; f. 203, on New England ; f. 204, on Massachusetts and Maine ; ff. 205-217, on New England, notes of business to be con- sidered ; f . 224, list of places with many American names ; f. 229, note, dated New York, July 19, 1699, Frederick Phillips to Geo. Sayers concerning Capt. Kidd. f. 231. Ships arriving at New York. Paper of Intelligence, New York, August 12, 1699. f. 244. Clause for appointing ports in H. M. plantations. (Ff. 245-246, notes on Rhode Island; f. 2(6, id. and on Tobago.) f. 269. Case of Nich. Trott, late governor of Bahama, pirates. From here to end of the volume are numerous notes concerning Amer- ican affairs, as follows : f . 276, a few lines on New Providence ; f. 289, tobacco ships from Maryland, 1698-1699; f. 286, ships from Patuxent and Pocomock ; f . 287b, id. from Annapolis, etc. ; f . 288, Virginia ; f. 289, militia, Maryland ; f. 290, Virginia. (The entries in this volume are confusing, as the folios given above cover other matters than those relating to colonial history. Some of the items are mere notes or jottings. The papers relating to America are, however, important.) 2941. ff. i-4b, 9-12, 14-55. Observationes de earum naturali historia a G. J. Camel. (Relating to the Philippines.) (Ff. I to 18 are noted in the catalogue as printed in the Transactions of the Royal Society. Ff. 19-55, as " Exstat impress, in appendice ad Johannis Rail Historiam Plantarum." London, 1704.) 3105. " A True Relation concerning New England, as it was presented to his Majesty." (Duplicate of Sloane 172, and 3448, ff. 1-15.) 3299. f. 211. Title of commission to Sir Nathaniel Johnson to be captain general and governor of Nevis, St. Christopher, Montserrat, Antigua, etc. n. d. 3321. ff. 1-8. Letters from Rev. John Banister of Virginia, 1689 to 1691, with lists of plants, etc., together with "A List of divers physi- ological collections or writings " made by him. Drawn up after his death. Charles City County, June 27, 1692. (Two of the letters are so faded as to be almost illegible. Cf. Sloane 4002.) 3324. f. 4. " Some further remarks by J. Petiver, Apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society, on the animals. Plants, and ffossills collected in Maryland by the Reverend Mr. H. Jones, D''- David K [ ]. etc." n. d. ff. 2S4-256b. [Account of a book entitled A] Voyage to the Islands of Madera, Barbados, Nieves, St. Christopher and Jamaica with the Natural History of the Herbs, Trees, foorfooted Beasts .... etc., of Jamaica, by Hans Sloane, M. D In two volumes, in folio. Shane Manuscripts. 59 3328. f. 88. Trees from Virginia as received from Char: Hartgill, 1694, and some sent to Esq. Blathwait. 3329. ff. iiS-iigb. Account of tobacco brought into the Port of London, March, 1682-March, 1683. 3332. f. 28b. Catalogue of such trees, shrubs, herbs, roots .... etc, as hath been lately sent from the Isle of Barbadoes. n. d. 3338. flf. 33-36. Letter from Mary Stafford to Mr. Randall, London. Dated South Carolina, August 23, 171 1. 3339. f. 73b. Seeds from Virginia sent by Mr. Catesby to Mr. Dale. (Three i>ages and a quarter. The "Mr. Dale" is probably Dale the botanist of Braintree, Essex Co., England ; Catesby was the author of The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.) S. 93-98. " Mr. Charles Lodwick his Ace* of New Yorke in a Letter to his Unkell Mr. Francis Lodwicke & M"" Hooker, members of the Royal Society." " Dated from New York, May 20, 1692. Rec"^ September 5, 1692, and read before the Royal Society, 26 Nov. 1713." (Charles Lodwick was a merchant and attorney resident in New York for a number of years.) f . 99. Curiosa Americana, communicated to the Royal Society by Cotton Mather in letters beginning November 12, 1712. (Continued, Sloane 3340, ff. 277-297. See post, the Royal Society, Letter- Books, M. 2.") ff. 153-160. Account of Madam Maria Sybella Menan's History of Surinam Insects: abbreviated and methodized with some additional remarks. 3340. ff. 277-297. " Curiosa Americana, continued in Letters to the Learned and Famous John Woodward, M. D. etc. from Cotton Mather. In the year 1716." (Seven letters as follows: f. 277, July 2; f. 280, July 3; f. 282b, July 4; f. 284b, July s; f. 290b, July 11 ; f. 293b, July 12; f. 296, July 13, 17 16.) 3448. ff. 1-15. See Sloane 172 and 3105. ff. 16-44. Abstract of the Laws of New England. (Copy in Worcester College library and Bodl. Libr. Tanner 99. Reprinted, Hutchinson Papers, Prince Society; Force, Tracts, III. ix.) 3511. f. 134. Letter (personal) from Nicholas Spencer, of the council in Virginia, mentioning his desire to be confirmed as commissioner of customs " of all ships coming into our river ". Alludes to Gov. Berkeley. June 13, 1672. 3527. ff. 1-38. " Relation du voyage fait par le Sieur Pierre Esprit Radis- son au nort de Canada pour la compagnie Royalle de la baye de Hudson en I'annee 1684, coutenant le retablissement des Anglois dans les habitations que les Franqais avoient dans le pais pour la traitte du castor." (See Add. MSS. 11626.) 3607. "A Coppy Book Begune June 6, 171 1, containing several orders and letters relating to the affairs of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, under the government of Gov. Samuel Vetch." (Entries continue to October, 1713.) 60 The British Museum. 3644. if. iii-i2ib. "A book of Voiage into the West Indies in the time of Queen Elizabeth." (A note adds, " This is a particular account of Captain Jean Ribault's first voyage from Havre de Grace to Florida and New France, begun February i8, 1562, and ended July 23 following.") 3662. f. 24. Account of the relation of Sir George Calvert with Newfound- land, Virginia and Maryland, 1670. (Contains much valuable information.) ff. 37b-49. Description of Guiana, Surinam, Trinidad, Tobago, ff. 62-50. (Reversing the volume.) John Scott's Description of Bar- badoes. (An independent work of value, not based on Ligon. Good statement of the 4H per cent, duty, f. S7b.) flf. 78b-6i. (Reversing the volume.) John Scott's Preface to his intended History of America. (Another copy, Bodl. Libr. Rawlinson A. 175, f. 372.) 3665. Volume lettered " Kempthorne's Sea Views." About 1688-1690. f. 48. Map (colored) marked " Manilla ", but rather a map of the Philippine Islands. 3820. Journal into the South Seas by Basil Ringrose. (The same as Sloane 48, but the sketches are in black and white, and the various plans are folded up into the text. Original draft from which 48 was written out and colored for presentation purposes.) 3828. ff. 205-210. Essay on decay of rents and their remedies, by Sir Wil- liam Coventry. About 1670. (Speaks of the "long continued diverting of the young and the prolifick people to the Plantations " Of general interest.) 3861. ff. 67-62. (Reversing the volume.) " King of England's Territories in America." (Paragraphs on Jamaica, Barbadoes, St. Christopher, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, etc. Writing is very small, eighty-six lines or more to an octavo page. Will require magnifying glass to read it.) 3918. Volume lettered " Barham's Account of Jamaica ". ff. 1-140. " A most correct and particular account of the Island of Jamaica. From the time of the Spaniards first discovering and settling upon it. Together with a full and succinct account of the present government." Ends about 1722. (Much scribbled and blotted. Quotes letters; minutes of councils of war; royal warrants; commission to Lord Windsor, 1662; his instructions, March 21 ; order in council ; additional instructions to Modyford ; instruc- tions to Morgan, Modyford, L3mch and others ; a long report of the Lords of Trade, May 28, 1679 ; minutes of assembly, etc., to 1715 ; proclamation, September 3, 1722.) 3926. if. 1-39. " Jornall of a Voaidg from Stokes Bay .... and intended for the West Inga .... and prformed by the R* Hon. Gen. Penn Ad' as folowes : Taken by me Henry Whistler 1654." (Begins December 26, 1654, and ends July 22, 1655.) Sloane Manuscripts. 61 3962. f. 51. "Essayes for Improvem.** and to keep New England intirely depend* on and make it useful! to the Crowne and Kingdome of England ", signed Wm. Charleton. n. d. (Proposes enlargement of fishing trade; search for mines, gems and metals; raising of naval stores, traffic in French wines and salt; demonstrations in England of proper processes for making naval stores; formation of chartered company.) 3984. f. 36. Catalogue of books sent to Mr. Tullidelph, surgeon at Antigua, by Sir Hans Sloane, May 13, 1735. f. 191. Information by James Farmar of Bermudas as to a Spanish wreck. (Probably referring to wreck at Hispaniola, for which see Cal. Col. 1685- 1688, Index, "Wreck".) f. 192. Letter from Thomas Bridge, governor of Bahamas, to the Duke of Albemarle, governor of Jamaica, on behalf of inhabitants of New Providence. September 7, 1688. f. 194. Inquiries recommended to Col. Lynch going to Jamaica, December 16, 1670. (Twenty-six queries, some of them of an astonishing character, regarding natural history. From Henry Oldenburg, Pall Mall.) f. 198. Proposals presented to the king in 1687, by James Whiston, for the advantage of trade, recommending establishment of stand- ing committee of about thirty practical traders. (" Sent to his Grace (Duke of Albemarle) in Jamaica by Mr. Dassigney in his I're, dated 10 Dec. 1687.") f. I99b-20i. Abstract of ships and vessels with their lading imported into Jamaica December 25, 1687-March 25, 1688. f. 214. Moderate calculation of the annual charge and produce of a plantation in Barbadoes. John Whetstone, deputy secretary. En- closed in address following. f. 221. Address of the lieutenant-governor, council and general as- sembly of Barbadoes for selves and inhabitants. September 15, 1685. {Cf. Cal. Col. 168S-1688, §§367, 368, 369.) f. 223. Another address. February 14, 1687. (Referred to, Cal. Col. 1685-1688, §1628.) f. 282. Medical account of the illness and treatment of the Duke of Albemarle, f. 285. Preservation of his body. (This unworthy son of Gen. Monck died apparently of drink at the early age of 33, after a life of dissipation and folly.) ' f. 302. Petition of Isaac Rush for self and distressed inhabitants of New Providence to the Duke of Albemarle. Imperfect. 3986. ff. 5-7. Some observations and reasons offered on behalf of the gov- ernment of Jamaica in support of bill lately passed there, called the duty bill. n. d. ff. 8-9. Proposals for improving Jamaica to the advantage of the king and the inhabitants thereof, n. d. ff. 32b-33. Outline plan and description of the island of New Provi- dence. 62 The British Museum. i. 38. Account of designs of Trustees for establishing colony of Georgia in America, n. d. 4002. Volume entitled, " Papers and Draughts of the Rev. Mr. Banister in Virginia sent to Dr. Henry Compton, Bishop of London, and Dr. Lister from Dr. Petiver's Collection." Cf. Sloane 3321. if. 1-30. Alphabetical Catalogue of plants, in Latin." A few notes in English, fif. 31-91. Drawings in pen and ink of plants, flowers, leaves, etc. ff. 92-109. More notes, English and Latin, ff. iio-end. Drawings of insects and mollusks. 4015. f. 36. Two water-color drawings of figures, without accompanying description. Catalogue says, " coloured figures of a male and female American Indian ". 4017. ff. 1-37. " Delineationes Plantarum Americanarum Auctore Carolo Plumier." Pen and ink drawings. (Not a complete set "but only some duplicates which belonged to Dr. Sher- rard" The catalogue says that "they differ from the engravings in Plumier's published works ".) 4019. ff. 1 30-13 1. "John Bartram's remarks on the insects sent in a box to Sir Hans Sloane in 1742." (Thirty-three items : bees, wasps, tumble-turds, etc.) 4020. f. 22. "A memorial of what I observed during my being in the island of Jamaica, from Jaii the tenth 1670 to June the 12*, 1673." Signed, "Bromfield Corbett". f. 113. Description and ordering of seeds from New England. Eight lines only. 4025. f . 96. Letter from S. Dale, botanist of Braintree, England, September 26, 1732, saying he has sent a paper relating to a moose deer, ff. 97-99. Description of deer, with diagrams showing horns. Read before the Royal Society, March 15, 1732. (Dale mentions a paper in the Transactions by Mr. John Clajrton, Virginian Quadrupedes, no. 210, p. 122.) 4028. ff. 3-5. Route to be taken from Gomera to the West Indies. In Spanish, ff. 6-7. " Derrotero de Honduras ", that is, the route from St. Do- mingo to Honduras. 4036. Contains number of letters to and from Jamaica, of date 1687-1695; with many references to Sloane's visit to Jamaica, to his specimens from there and to his catalogue of Jamaica plants, etc. Other volumes of Sloane's correspondence contain similar letters and references. 4036-4056. These volumes are marked "Original letters to Sir Hans Sloane" and are numbered I. to XXI. The letters are dated from all parts of England, from Dublin and Edinburgh and from Paris, Amster- dam, Leyden, Italy and Spain. They either relate to medicine, bot- any, natural history and the business of the Royal Society, or are private, from or in behalf of his own patients. The following are from the colonies in America and the West Indies. 4037. ff. 102-103. Wm. Vernon, Annapolis, July 24, 1698. Has a collection of plants. Shane Manuscripts. 63 ff. 281, 331, 361. Three letters from John Ray, refer in part to a Maryland plant. Black Notley, June 2, September 13, 16, 1699. 4038. f. 138. Thos. Henshaw, February 22, 1670 [1690?]. Wanting a Jamaica gourd to sow. f. 330. P. Gordon, chaplain in the navy. Portsmouth, April 27, 1702. On his leaving for New York where he is to reside for some years. 4039. f. 37. John Jones, no place, October 25, 1702. Asking news of his brother Hugh in Maryland. Intends for the plantations himself if his brother is alive, f. 47. John Chamberlayne, Petty France (Westminster), November 29, 1702. One paragraph asks return of two discourses of Col. Dudley, of New England, if the society does not publish them, ff. 51,87. December 17, 1702, February 15, 1703, on the same subject, f. 394. Thomas Smith, no place, November 23, 1704. Thanks for loan of books. Refers to a treatise on the Northwest Passage and gives reasons for not thinking Mr. Briggs the author. 4040. f. 151. William Byrd, Virginia, April 20, 1706. "Here be some men indeed who are called doctors but they are generally dis- carded." f. 209. F. Ruysch, Amsterdam, August 26, 1706. Regarding some curious toads (East and West Indies) — will send a specimen of one from America. f. 354. Jos. Browne, Bow Street, May 5, 1707. Is on his way to Jamaica, and begs favor of Sir Hans's Natural History of that island. Sends book in return. 4041. f. 202. William Byrd, Virginia, September 10, 1708. Largely about ipecacuana. 4042. f. 65. James Sherard, November 8, 1709. Books for Mr. Stuart in Jamaica. If History of Jamaica is finished desires that, f. 77. Ralph Thoresby, Leeds, December 23, 1709. On behalf of his nephew Rayner who desires to be recommended to Jamaica as surgeon, f. 143. William Byrd. Virginia, June 10, 1710. 4043. f. 45. Henry Barham, " From my house in St. lago de la Vega ", May ID, 1712. Long letter — plants, f. 136. Hugh Tetterdell, Jamaica, March 28, 1713. Remittances for Mrs. Ballard, ff. 144-145. Note signed " Tim Cockleshell " accompanying a face drawn on wood (apparently with a red-hot tool), said to be one of the ancient kings of Mexico, f. 208. Henry Barham. Page 5 only of a letter. Spanish Town, November 13, 1713. Medicinal plants. 4044. f. 222. Francis Rose (brother-in-law to Sir Hans), Jamaica, Septem- ber 19, 1716. Affairs of the assembly and council, and private, f. 234. William Vesey, New York, October 30, 1716. Sending bill of 5 guineas for recovery from the small-pox. f. 250. John Burnet, Kingston, November 30, 1716. Arrival. Will send plants, shells, etc. Wishes to go to Panama instead of Portobello. f. 281. Matthew Gregory, Spanish Town, May 4, 1717. Apologies and reasons for not writing. 64 The British Museum. 4045. f. 55. Henry Barham, Great Carter Lane, October 21, 1717. Re- counts his life. Was at one time surgeon to the forces at Jamaica, f. 58. Id., November 6, 1717. Long description of certain medicinal plants of Jamaica, f. 68. Id., November 21, 1717. Medicinal mineral water of St. lago de la Vega, ores, etc. fi.77, 89, 108. Id., December 11, 1717, January 9, 1718, April 17, 1718. Ores, plants, diseases, f. no. Id., Chelsea, April 29, 1718. American seeds in the physic garden, f. 159. Thomas Knapp, London, October 23, 1718. About a strange creature exhibited at Jamaica, f. 317. Francis Rose, Jamaica, April 2, 1720. Introducing Capt. Byndloss. 4046. f. 140. Henry Barham, St. lago de la Vega, October 26, 1721. f. 201. W. Derham, Windsor Castle, February 13, 1722. Concern- ing letters from Mr. Robie, Boston, re inoculation. f. 227. John Burnet, Carthagena, April 6, 1722. f. 242. Henry Barham (no place, but mentions "this island"), May 14, 1722. f. 260. Id., July 5, 1722. f. 288. John Burnet, Carthagena, September 12, 1722. Sends obser- vations, etc. f. 289. Henry Barham, St. lago de la Vega, September 13, 1722. f. 325. Id., Jamaica, January 3, 1723. f. 353. Marie Catesby, Charles City, May 10, 1723. Natural history. f. 354. Thomas Ekines, London, May 22, 1723, sending the following copy, f. 357, of a letter to the " Earl of Cartwraight ", Secretary of State, London, May 20, 1723, on the French and the Sugar Islands. Seems to be a bid for office in Tobago or elsewhere. 4047. f. 29. John Burnet, Carthagena, August 6, 1723. Diseases, etc. f. 90. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, November 15, 1723. Plants, f. 126. W. Sherard, February 7, 1724. Sends a box arrived from Mr. Catesby. f. 147. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, March 12, 1724. Birds, shells, etc. f. 164. John Burnet, Carthagena, April 2[ ], I72[ ]. Short letter — arrival or non-arrival of ships, f. 165. Henry Barham, April 30, 1724. Sends logwood; virtues of plants, etc. f. 169. Thomas Ekines, London, May 2, 1724. Three lines, asking that the enclosed be recommended to Mr. Walpole. (The enclosure is a description of an uninhabited island over against Jamaica and near the Spanish coast called by the English " Monkey Key ", by the Dutch " The Grout ", and by the Spanish " Little Jamaica ". Ad- vising a settlement.) f. 198. John Burnet, Carthagena, July 17, 1724. Concerning a quad- rant and other subjects. f. 213. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, August 15, 1724. Collections, etc. f. 229. Thomas Cooper, Charles Town, September 3, 1724. Proposed exi)edition with Catesby, etc. Sloane Manuscripts. 65 f. 290. Mark Catesby, Charles Town, November 27, 1724. Sends boxes of plants, etc. (A list of plants follows, but not apparently in the same hand. It may, how- ever, belong to the letter.) f. 307. Id., Carolina, January 5, 1725. Is going to Bahamas, etc. f. 323. John Burnet, Carthagena, February 24, 1725. Has been ill. Hopes court of directors [So. Sea Co.?] will allow physician fees. Arrival of galleons, ff- 329, 333- Id., March 17, April 7, 1725. General affairs — distemper, f. 337. Henry Barham, April, I72[]. Ores or minerals in Jamaica, f. 347. Benj. Franklin, June 2, 1725. Offering an asbestos purse. (Asbestos was called by the inhabitants " Salamandar Cotton ".) 4048. f. 9. Matthew Gregory, Jamaica, June 25, 1725. Sending an account of money. Purchase of land, f. 15. Henry Barham. Jamaica, July 3, 1725. Plants, f. 26. John Burnet, Carthagena, July 17, 1725. Personal prospects, f. 70. Id., October 6, 1725. His enemies, f. 120. Id., January 5, 1726. f. 156. Henry Barham, Spanish Town, May 24, 1726. His father's death and affairs, f. 183. H. Elking, South Sea Co.'s Dock, August 6, 1726. Sending head of a walrus. Ships from Greenland expected, f. 217. Id., November 16, 1726. Thanks for book in return for Greenland trifles. f. 238. Zab. Boylston, Boston, December 14, 1726. Sends stone taken from a gelding, f. 241. Id., Saturday, 1726. " I pray you'll either let the Princess see this Dedication or give me orders for the printing of it off." f. 299. Henry Barham, jr., May 20, 1727. History of Jamaica in his father's papers. 4049. f. 3. Mr. TuUidelph, Antigua, July 5, 1727. Plants. f. 41. John Burnet, Kingston, Jamaica, October 2, 1727. Asking his intercession for preferment, f. 44. H. Elking, South Sea Co.'s Dock, October 5, 1727. Curiosities from Greenland and Davis Strait, f. 50. John Burnet, Kingston, Jamaica, October 10, 1727. Reasons for leaving Carthagena — ^his affairs, etc. f. loi. Id., February 7, 1728. Acknowledging favors, f. 117. Mr. TuUidelph, Antigua, February 24, 1728. Appears to be managing plantations, f. 151. Mary Dering, Charles Town, April 29, 1728. Specimens, f. 160. Mr. TuUidelph, Antigua, May 7, 1728. f. 250. D. Standish, South Carolina, October 21, 1728. Sends ore and petrified wood. 4050. f. 54. John Burnet, Jamaica, February 4, 1729. Begs his interest with the company. Mentions Gov. Hunter's arrival, f. 199. Mary Dering, Spring Garden, September 20, 1729. Asking him to see what she has brought home. 4051. f. 64. William Brown, Kingston, Jamaica, July 4, 1730. Has been thirteen years in the practice of surgery. Has lease of the " wind- ward bath ". Intends sending a cask of the water, etc. 66 The British Museum. f. 85. James Houstoun, Carthagena, August 16, 1730. Sends obser- vations of Don John de Herrera (not here). Refers to his friend Will. Houstoun. Mentions arrival of galleons. f. 141. Will. Houstoun, Kingston, December 9, 1730. Sends collections of plants from La Vera Cruz. Wants advice what to do next. f. 255. Thos. Harward, Boston, June 16, 1731. Arrival. " Amber- greise " from whales. Mentions various persons. Dr. Boylston and others. f. 295. C. Lockyer, Jerusalem Coffee House, August 5, 1731. Capt. Urin informs that when he came from Jamaica he left his surgeon, Mr. Houstoun, there in health ; his books and papers are saved ; he intends to return in next ship. f. 310. A. Anderson, Red Lion St., Clerkenwell, August 21, 1731. Sends books and papers. Is endeavoring to obtain some account of the New England Society and will wait on or send it to him. f. 311. Copy of a minute of general meeting of " the gent™ associated for executing Mr. D'Allone's will by Instructing the Negroes of the British plantations in the Xian religion and also for settling parochial libraries in G. Britain and Ireland and for establishing a Charitable Colony in America: on the 12 August, 1731." f. 313. Statement headed "Religious missions from Scotland", be- ginning " The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge of Scotland by Dr. Daniel Williams' will has to support 3 mission- aries to instruct the Indians of America in the Christian religion." 1731- (For an account of this society see Love, Samson Occam. Boards repre- senting this society existed in Boston, in New York and in Connecticut) 4052. f. 82. Will. Houstoun, La Vera Cruz, March 5, 1732. Loss of vessel. Asks assistance, and to be surgeon of new vessel, (joes to Caro- lina, etc. f. 105. Richard Towner, Barbadoes, April 30, 1732. Introducing bearer (not named). Is preparing second edition of his treatise on the diseases of these parts. f. 299. Rose Fuller, Spanish Town, March 16, 1733. Regarding his health — likes the country. f. 352. Id., May 21, 1733. On the desirability of knowing the virtues of properties of the plants here. Refers to Dr. Houstoun, sup- posed to be very ill at Portobello. 4053. f. 32. Henry Barham, Jamaica, August 25, 1733 [5?]. Introducing Capt. Wm. Playters with a curiosity. Has acquired a fortune and intends coming to England. f. 53. James Oglethorpe, Savannah, September 19, 1733. Note of apology for not writing. Sends piece of bark. f. 167. Note from Harman Verelst, February 13, 1734, written at foot of a list of " Subscribers for Improving Botany and Agricul- ture in Georgia." Additional note " Mr. Houstoun dyed 14 Aug. 1733." f. 193. Extract of minute of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Bartlett's Buildings, April 9, 1734. (Mr. Copping reported that Sir Hans Sloane had presented memorial relating to the support of the Salzburg ministers gone to Georgia to the Countess of Harold and the Trustees of the late Earl of Thanet's Charity.) Sloane Manuscripts. 67 f. 227. Rose Fuller, Spanish Town, June 4, 1734- Medicinal prop- erties of a certain plant. f. 237. Mr. Tullidelph, Antigua, June 25, 1734. f. 277. Harman Verelst, October i, 1734. Visit of Indians to see his collection of curiosities. f. 284. David TuUidelph, [Ab]church Lane, [Oc]t. 8, 1734. Deliver- ing a turtle from his brother in Antigua. f. 298. Printed folio sheet. (On p. I is a circular letter from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowl- edge, Henry Newman, Secretary, Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn, October 4, 1734, desiring assistance for the poor Salzburgers going to Georgia. On p. 2 is account of money received and disbursed by the trustees .... for Salzburg emigrants, March 14, 1732, to October 4, 1734, and the Rev. Mr. Urlsperger's receipts and disbursements. On p. 3 is an estimate of charges for 51 Salzburgers now going to Georgia.) f. 320. Henry Newman, Bartlett's Buildings, November 20, 1734- (Thanks of society for motion made previous day in behalf of the Protestant Salzburgers, according to which a memorial to Earl of Thanet's trustees is here enclosed (not now here), with request to recommend it to the honorable persons it is addressed to.) f. 331. M. Harold (Countess of Harold), Bill Hill, December i, 1734- (Received letter of 27th and will not fail to recommend to the trustees the poor Protestants. Wishes he would .send " such a memorial to Mr. Cook and Mr. Lamb". Thanks for medical assistance to her housekeeper.) f. 336. Henry Newman, Bartlett's Buildings, December 5, 1734. Thanks for recommending memorial to Countess of Harold. f. 350. Robert Millar, Kingston, August 8, 1734. Arrival. Goes to Portobello. Dr. Cochran will neither give nor lend anything be- longing to Dr. Houstoun. 4054. f. 50. Rose Fuller, Spanish Town, June 2, 1735. f. 107. Thomas Prior, Dublin, September 30, 1735. Plants from Jamaica, f. 138. P. Hardisway, Dover, November 13, 1735. His affairs. Would like advice as to going to Georgia or South Carolina, f. 147. Robt. Millar, Kingston, November 25, 1735. Is detained here for want of conveyance for New Spain. Specimens, seeds. Goes to Campeche, etc. f. 148. W. Williams, Seat of P. Egerton near Chester, November 26, 1735. Medical advice. In P. S. mention of (Dglethorpe and request for advice as to going to Georgia. f. 247. Francis Clifton, Kingston, Jamaica, June 3, 1736. Personal. Is at work on his " Diseases " of this country, f . 304. Jno. S)'mmer, Gloucester Co., Virginia, September 2[o?], 1736: Offer of services. Sends products, f. 306. Contents of box, signed Symmer, dated September 20. 4055. f. 57. Robt. Millar, Kingston, Jamaica, February 12, 1737. Arrival. Offer of service, etc. f. 64. Robt. Harris, Boston, New England, February 23, 1737. Tides, f. 69. Rose Fuller, Spanish Town, March i, 1737. His marriage. About a comet. 68 The British Museum. f. 112. William Byrd, Virginia, May 31, 1737. (About ginseng, rattlesnake root and Virginia herbs in general. Speaks of his own experiments with hemp and says that in this, as in other industries, labor was so much dearer in Virginia than in Muscovy and freight expenses so much that they "could make no earnings out of it".) f. 138. List of plants or specimens [West Indies]. At the foot is a note signed Walter Laurie, July 9, 1737, hoping that they will be acceptable. f. 147. Robt. Millar, Kingston, July 22, 173 []. Specimens. Move- ments in the port. f. 150. Walter Laurie, Bristol, July 23, 1737. Refers to box sent. Is going to Guinea. f. 197. John Tennent. Letter so faded as to be almost illegible, September 28, 1737. About rattlesnake root. See 4056, f. 153. f. 212. Robt. Paul, Custom House, London, October 10, 1737. Offer- ing a young eagle from Carolina. f. 244. Robt. Millar, Kingston, December 6, 1737. His movements. f. 248. Zab.' Boylston, Boston, December 19, 1737. Recommends his son. His own health. Judge Quincy intends inoculation. f . 259. Note by P. CoUinson describing a wasp " sent by John Bartram ". 1737. 4066. f. 95. Mr. Tullidelph, Antigua, June 4, 1739. Civilities. Has re- turned to country life. f. no. Andrew Scott, Maryland, August 6, 1739. Rattlesnakes, etc. f. 155. Rose Fuller, Jamaica, December 22, 1739. General Affairs. f. 211. Will. Walker, Rhode Island, March 5, 1740. Sends maple sugar and worm-eaten wood. Recommends one Coker for license (medical). f. 217. John Tennent, London, April i, 1740. On his treatment by or in Virginia. Wishes to go to Jamaica. f. 235. Edward Lloyd, Maryland, Wye River, May 14, 1740. Oyster with two pearls. f. 242. Tho. Jenner, Charles Town, New England, May 29, 1740. Petrified tooth of a fish from Virginia. f . 290. " A short description of a MS. in Arabic." (On the back is the following memorandum — " This paper was given and the manuscript shewn to Sir Hans Sloane by John Winthrop of New England, Esq", August 8, 1740.") f. 349. John Tennent, January i, 1740. Sends copy of testimony lodged with the Board of Trade and asks help to pay a debt, f. 366, 367. William Byrd, Virginia, August 20, 1738. Virtues of roots, etc. f. 370. Alexander Light, Moose River, James Bay, N. America, August 25, 1738. Esquimos, etc. 4057. f. 20. Letter to Sir Hans Sloane from William Byrd. Virginia, April 10, 1741. f. 56. To the same from John Bartram, Schuylkill, July 22, 1741, sending curiosities, f. 157. To the same from the same, November 14, 1742, sending curiosities. At the end is a crayon drawing of an Indian stone pipe. Shane Manuscripts. 69 4068. f. 99. Note from Col. Byrd, without date, stating that he is sending sassafras berries, f. 198. Letter from Daniel Coxe. (See 4036, f. 147.) 4062. ff . 29, 30. Letter from J. Winthrop without date ; list of samples given by Winthrop to Sir Hans Sloane. ff. 235-236. Letter from Sam' Lee to Dr. Nehemiah Grew, Secretary of the Royal Society. Three closely written pages, apparently answers to questions, although no questions are given. Mount Hope, June 25, 1690. (Subjects chiefly medical, touching the Indians. Note at the end says, "I reed most of this intelligence from one M^ Arnold, a practitioner in physick .... in Rhode Island, who hath conversed much with the Indians.") 4064. f. 53. Letter from Hannah Williams to Sloane. Charles Town in South Carolina, February 6, 1704. (Says that she has sent him several sorts of snakes, scorpions, lizards, etc., in a bottle; also some skulls, a Westo king's tobacco pipe and a queen's petticoat made of moss. Asks for medicines and newspapers and promises to send some mocking birds and red birds next spring.) f. 55. Letter from (signature cut off), dated Carolina, February 15, [1704], about Capt. Thomas Walker and his desire for salary as judge of admiralty in Bahamas. f. 58. Letter from Thomas Walker, South Carolina, February 20, 1704/S, to Mr. Petiver, about his salary. (Speaks of his distress, of having sent letter to Gov. Nicholson of Virginia, and of having a great charge of children.) f. 86. Letter from J. Abeel to " Viscount Cornbury ", governor of New York, October 20, 1705, concerning discovery of bones of a " creature ". (Abeel was alderman, recorder and mayor of Albany and afterwards com- missioner of Indian affairs. Letter followed (f. 93) by one from Cornbury to Lord Clarendon, November 30, on the same subject.) f. 93. Letter from Lord Cornbury, New York, November 30, 1705, about a tooth he has sent and which he calls the tooth of a giant ; also of bones which he found afterwards of a " monstrous creature ". f. 192. Letter from Joseph Lord in Dorchester, Carolina, March 7, 1708/9. Speaks of "Mad. Williams". Has sent a good deal and is sending more, f. 233. From the same, August 9, 1710. (Also f. 258, March 15, 1710/11.) f. 249. Long letter from John Lawson, Neuse River, North Carolina, December 30, 1710, describing the country. (Copy, f. 264.) 4065. ff. 34, 53. Letters from Geo. Franckline from South Carolina. 1700. f. 68. Letter from Rev. Hugh Jones, February 26, 1701/2, telling of his serious sickness during the winter. f. 69. Letter from Thomas Gregg (Grigg) from Antigua, October 24, 1712, regarding plants and insects. (Also f. 214, May 5, 1715.) 70 The British Museum. f. 79. Letter from John Lawson, Bath County, " on Pamplicough River ", North Carolina, April 12, 1701. Speaks of making col- lections and adds, " my journal of my voyage through Carolina I shall send to you with the rest ". f. 121. Letter from Jo. Douglass, from Antigua, November 16, 1713, regarding plants and shells. f. 123. Letter to Mr. James Petiver from Thomas Walker. New Providence, November 13, 1701. (Speaks of receiving communication from South Carolina describing the country.) ff. 208, 217. Letters from Rice Fellowe. St. Christopher, May 16, 1715, June 8, 1715. f. 255. Letter from Cotton Mather, Boston, 24*^, 7™°, 1716, beginning " 'Tis high time for me to make you some return ". 4066. f. 114. Letter from Prof. Bourquet, Neufchatel in Switzerland, to Sir William Thompson of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. Latin, f . 334. Letter from Laur. Dowdill [ ?] to Hon. Col. [Fulke] Rose, of Jamaica, regarding effects of a storm or hurricane. (Probably the great hurricane of Jamaica, 1692.) 4067. f. 105. Letter from Leon. Plunkett to Col. William Byrd " a little before he went to Virginia ". Draft, f. 140. Letter from Samuel Sewall, the diarist, to Dr. Nehemiah (jrew. Secretary of the Royal Society and son of Dr. Obadiah Grew, formerly of Balliol College, Oxford. (Sewall in his diary refers to his visit with the Grews when in England in 1689. Letter undated, but date can be ascertained by reference to Diary, vol. I. 310, to be February i or 2, 1690/1. Postscript was added February 2 or 3. Letter contains interesting comments on Boston, the Indians, etc. Somewhat mutilated.) 4068. f. 54. Letter from Sir Hans Sloane to Col. William Byrd, December 7, 1709; observations on specimens of plants received. 4069. f. 90. Draft of letter from Sir Hans Sloane to Dr. John Bartram, acknowledging curiosities, and saying he would like samples of seeds. 4070. Volume entitled "Catalogues of Plants". if. I7b-i8. " These are the names of [torn] Sortes of [ ] groweth in Barbados Collected and gathered for the King's Use." [ ] By James Reed gardner. if. 19-21. " These are the names of the plants w"" grow in Barbadoes Collected by me James Reed gardner in the year 1690." 4072. f. 299. Paper endorsed " An Accompt of Plants and Seeds sent from Barbados by James Wier ". 1696. 4080-4083C. Sex volumina chartacea in fo. continentia icones rerum naturalium in Insulis Philippensibus nascentium, manu P. Georgii Joseph Camelli, Soc. Jes., delineatas, cum earundem descriptio- nibus manu ejusdem. I. 4080. 135 folios, of which 30 are Latin manuscript. II. 4081. 146 folios, of which about 73 or more are Latin manuscript. III. 4082. 120 folios : about 18 separate manuscript leaves and many com- bination drawings and manuscript. Briefs or Church Briefs. 71 IV. 4083A. 135 folios : at the beginning of this book is a printed broadside in French, n. d., headed " Avis aux personnes d'esprit et aux curieux ", stating that Paul Boceone, " herboriste " of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, had come to Paris with his botanical collections and would hold conferences every fortnight, etc. The volume deals chiefly with shells, corals, fungi, etc. At the end, five letters to and from Camel, dated 1698, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1702. V. 4083B. ff. i-ioi. Insects, moths, caterpillars, etc. VI. 4083C. ff. 1-129. Animals, reptiles, fishes, butterflies, many painted. Also letter from Camel to Petiver. (The six volumes are all similar — pen and ink drawings of plants, insects, etc., mounted, on right hand pages, on dark purplish paper; descriptive matter in Latin, written sometimes on separate leaves, sometimes on back of drawings, sometimes on face.) ADDITIONAL CHARTERS. Listed in printed catalogues of Additional Manuscripts. Catalogues of the Harleian, Cottonian, Sloane, and Old Royal collections of charters and rolls can be consulted in Students' Room. 5976. Letters of attorney from James Craven, of Edenton, in Chowan county. North Carolina, administrator of Capt. Robert Hatton, deceased, to Thomas Child, attorney general of North Carolina, dated November i, 1751 ; certificate and seal annexed of Gabriel Johnson, governor of North Carolina. 13585. Original grant of portion of Virginia to Lord Hopton et al., issued at St. Germain en Laye, September 18, 1649. (Two skins, braided ribbon and seal, the latter showing faintly a seated figure with head and feet gone.) 15568. Gov. Leverett's certificate regarding death of the son of Esther Howchine "in the 30* yeare of His Maj. reign". October 15, 1678. 26400, 26404. Assignments by Jonathan Forward, tobacco merchant of Lon- don, of his business debts in Virginia and Maryland, to John Goodwin of London ; and of his trade in Virginia to Jonathan Sydenham and Thomas Hodgson. 1747. 43062. Exemplification of William Penn's charter to Germantown, repeat- ing the terms of the charter of 1691 and closing with these words, " All and singular which premises at the request of Benjamin Vining of the City of Philadelphia in the province of Pensilvania, Esq, by the tenor of these presents are exemplified. Witness Charles Brocton, deputy to the master of the Rolls for the s"* province at Philadelphia, the Twelfth day in the fifth year of our sovereign Lord George King of Great Britain and in the year of our Lord, 1718." Seal (gamboge) attached by blue ribbon. BRIEFS OR CHURCH BRIEFS. Collection, classed among the charters and rolls, consists of letters patent to authorize collection of alms for restoring churches destroyed by fire or for similar purposes. Manuscript list of them from 1755 to passing of act by which briefs were abolished, 1827. Num- ber of briefs in this collection, 663. Indexed in catalogue of Additional Manuscripts. Collection relates almost wholly to Eng- lish churches, only two briefs having to do with the colonies. 72 The British Museum. B. II. 9. Brief in support of the college in Philadelphia ; and of the college in New York, 2 George III. (Large sheet of parchment with great seal attached, bearing letters patent, dated August 19, 1761, which, after reciting the needs of the two colleges, authorizes making collection from house to house for joint and equal benefit of the two, and appoints the Archbishop of Canterbury and others trustees.) B. IV. 8. Brief in support of sufferers by the great fire in Montreal, 6 George III. ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogues of Additional Manuscripts. Vols. 4101-5017. See list of catalogues under " Sloane Manuscripts ", above; Ayscough's Catalogue. Vols. 4324-4326, 5015-6666. "A catalogue of the additions made to the Library of MSS. in the British Museum since the publication of Mr. Ayscough's Catalogue." This continuation, which is in manu- script, consists of five volumes bound in one: Vol. I. repeats 4324-4326, 5015-5017 and then extends to 5711; vol. II., 5712- 5832; vol. III., 5833-6113; vol. IV., 61 14-6402; vol. v., 6403-6666. Dated, 1817. Vols. 6666-12229. Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, 1828-1841. Index to the Additional Manuscripts with those of the Egerton Collec- tion, preserved in the British Museum and acquired in the years 1783-1835 (London, 1849). Vols. 9913-11748. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, acquired 1836-1840. Indexed. Indexed. Indexed. Vols. Vols. Vols. Vols. Vols. 11749-15667. Id. 1841-1845. 15668-17277. Id. 1846-1847. 17278-19719. Id. 1848-1853. 19720-24026. Id. 1854-1860. 24027-29099. Id. 1861-1875. years 1854-1875. Vols. 29100-31896. Id. 1876-1881. Vols. 31897-33344. Id. 1882-1887. Vols. 33345-34526. Id. 1888-1893. Vols. 34527-36297. Id. 1894-1899. Vols. 36298-37232. Id. 1900-1905. Additions made after date of last Index in separate volume covering Indexed. Indexed. Indexed. Indexed. Indexed. printed volume can be seen in proof on catalogue shelf, but without index. Additions not in proof are entered in manuscript in same temporary volume with the proof, titles being briefly stated. 4159. f. 177. Declaration of the people of Virginia, signed Nathaniel Bacon, " Gen' by consent of the People ". {Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §1010, and elsewhere.) 4164. f. 32. Extract of letter from Lieut. Wm. Jacobs to Spellman, September 30, 1755, giving an account of America. (Sailed from Woolwich, June 3, 1754, for Halifax, then to Bay of Fundy, then to Boston, where he arrived April 17, 1755.) 4275. f. 154. Letter from John Cotton " To my Reverend & deare friend Mr. Hildersam, Preacher of the word at Ashby ". Additional Manuscripts. 73 f. i58ff. Letters from John Davenport to Lady Vere, at The Hague. London, January i8, 1627; June 30, 1628; December 26, 1629; about 1633. Rotterdam, December 25, 1635. Quinipiack, "28"' of 7^^ mo ", 1639; " 13*1' day of 9"' mo. 1647." 4279. f. 313. Letter from John Winthrop, Boston, October 11, 1670, to " Right Honorable ". (Regarding Mr. John Pell who had come over to enter into possession of estate of Thomas Pell, deceased of Fairfield. Also about a hill near Kennebunk " which is removed out of its place and its bottom turned upward ".) 4432. f. 27. "A Journal from Virginia beyond the Appalachian mountains in September, 1671 ", of a journey taken " in order to the discovery of the South Sea ". (Sent to the Royal Society by " Mr. Clayton " and read August i, 1668, before the society. See the Royal Society, Guard Books, 7.) f. 182. Communication from Is. Greenwood, Cambridge, December 8, 1730, regarding " Inscriptions on the Rock in Taunton River ", with two drawings. 4435. f. 13. Letter from Barbadoes to Mr. Philip Miller. July 12, 1737. (Speaks of attempt to make wine by mixing grape juice with juice of sugar. Tried, also, to make wine out of sugar cane juice. Sends two bottles.) 4437. f. 58. Communication from Mr. Watson of Aldersgate St., May 9, 1740, sending specimens of " curious Turpentine from America .... the most odiferous came from Boston, the other from Annapolis Royal ". 4438. f. 32. " The manner of making Tarr and Pitch in Carolina ", by Mark Catesby, F. R. S., endorsed May 19, 1743. (Printed in Catesbys The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Is., London, 1731-1743.) 5027A. Map of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Also (f. 8) harbor of St. lago, Cuba. 5138. f. 145. " Considerations concerning Free Ports and Free Scales in England." (Date is about 1657 or 1658. Paper deals with the question of free trade vs. monopolies under Cromwell.) 5253. Art. 18. Costumes of the Indians in neighborhood of New York. n. d. 5270. " Representations of West Indians, Groenlanders, etc. ; Also of Birds Fishes, Plants, etc; By Mr John White who accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh on his voyage." n. d. (This collection has now been transferred to the Print Room. Dr. Eggles- ton in the Nation, April 23, 1891, pp. 340-341, expressed the opinion that these drawings are but clumsy, early copies of the original White draw- ings in the Grenville Collection, British Museum. Dr. E. E. Hale in Archaeologia, IV. 21-24, thought them originals. See also Proc. Mass. Hist. Sac, October, 1866, p. 12.) 5414. Roll 17. Draft of Boston Harbor by Capt. Cyprian Southake. 1694. Roll 19. Map of the coast region from Mexico to Gulf of St. Law- rence. " Philip Wells, Fecitt." 1686. (Attempts to show boundaries of the colonies, particularly of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Latitude and longitude wrong, but comments generally correct. Rhode Island spelled Road Island. Susquehanna fort called "Virginia fort" and placed on 40°.) 74 The British Museum. Roll 21. Map of New England from Sagadahoc to New Jersey. (Veiy important map, containing great deal of detail. Towns are repre- sented by little houses. Date probably before 1691, as boundary line be- tween Massachusetts and Pls^mouth is given.) Roll 22. Map of New England from Sagadahoc to Cape Cod. (On vellum, crudely drawn, and highly colored in red. Appears to have been made to uphold Mason's claim. Mason territory, called New Hamp- shire, extends to Naumkeag river.) Roll 23. " A Map of the improved Part of the Province of Penn- sylvania in America Begun by Mr. Penn proprietory and governor thereof, 1681." (At the top righthand comer is a plan of the city of Philadelphia, below that the following title, " A Map of the Province of Pennsilvania con- taining the Three Counties of Chester, Philadelphia and Bucke, as far as yet Surveyed and Layd out y* divisions or distinctions made by ye different CouUers, respecte the Settlements by way of Townships. By Tho^ Holme, Surv"" Gen', Sold by Rob : Greene, at the Rose and Crowne in Budge Row And by John Thornton at the Piatt in the Minories London" Dedication to Wm. Penn is in lefthand corner at top. Letter press, '' A / general Description / of the Province of / Pennsylvania / in / America /", runs along the foot of the map and begins "His late Majesty". Map is bril- liantly colored. See Pa. Mag., XIX. 422, 423, note. One of Holme's maps was published in 1846 and again in 1870.) Roll 24. Map of Carolina, from Virginia to (jeorgia. (Contains "A Table of Names of the Several Settlements upon Colleton, Stono, Ashley and Cooper Rivers ". Date must be 17th century. Also an inset, "A Particular Draught for the going in Ashley and Cooper Rivers".) Roll 28. Map of Pennsylvania and Nova Caesaria vulgo New Jersey. (On vellum. Contains more detail of New Jersey than of Pennsylvania. Shows Bridlington (Burlington), Portland Point, Newark alias Milford, Col. Morris Iron-works, etc. Endorsed " Pennsylvania from Mr. Benjamin Furley" For Furley, 1636-1714, see Pa. Mag., XIX. 277.) 5415G. 2. Map of "Nouvelle France", made by William Hack at the sign of Great Britain and Ireland near New Stairs in Wapping. 1648. (Early map of region from Gulf of St Lawrence to Capes Henry and Charles. Highly colored, crude, full of quaint errors, but valuable as show- ing state of geographical knowledge at the time.) 5489. Miscellaneous Papers of the Hill Family. f. 36. Letter from Samuel Hill to his brother, Thomas Hill. Am- sterdam, September, 1664. f. 39. " Advice regarding Husbandrie, Fishing, and Plantations ", signed Hugh Lamy, " Pieter le Preevost ". n. d. f. 41. Articles for Newfoundland Fishing. (Sequel to previous paper.) f. 70. "A true copy under seal of the King's Charter for incorporat- ing the Company of Massachusetts Bay in 1628." Attested April 21, 1635. f. 85. " List of masters names, servants, goods, money to receive, money received, remaining due to pay in the countrie." (Date, August 25, 1642 [5?] ; name of ship, the Unity. No clue as to desti- nation of the vessel, but as the country pay is given in pounds of tobacco, Additional Manuscripts. 75 presumably it was bound for Virginia. Marsden, in R. H. S. Transactions, XIX. 333, mentions a Unity engaged in the Virginia trade. Vessel carried 22 passengers and over a hundred servants.) 5540. f. 43. William Penn's speech to the king at Windsor, May 24, 1687, when he delivered the Quakers' address ; the king's answer. (See Egerton 2429, f. 49.) Letters and papers of John Cary, merchant of Bristol. fF. 59-82. Correspondence of Cary with Edmund Bohun, John Locke and G. B. of Amsterdam, chiefly regarding Cary's Book of Trade. January-February, 1695/6. ff. 83-96. Correspondence of Cary and other Bristol merchants with Sir Thomas Day and Maj. Yate, their representatives in Parliament. Beginning December 14, 1695, and extending to January 21, 1696. (Throws light on the inner history of the appointment of the Board of Trade, and the rivalry between London and the outports in trading matters.) 5757. Eight original letters of Gen. Washington to Sir John Sinclair. 1 792-1 797. (These letters to the President of the British Board of Agriculture, partici- pant with Washington in the Braddock expedition of I7SS, were engraved in facsimile and published in London, 1800. They have since been printed in the collection of Washington's letters to Sinclair and Arthur Young, 1803, 1847.) 5829. f. 137b. " American Scholes, 1769." (Evidently written by William Cole of Cambridge regarding the project to establish an Indian school in America and the efforts of " the Independent Preachers from New England who went all over the kingdom with Mr. Occam, an Indian in Presbyterian orders and preached in all their meeting- houses ", to raise funds. The writer, who is intensely opposed to the scheme, this " cheat upon the country ", says that in England alone they got £9494. Part of the paper is called " A continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity School in Lebanon in Connecticut, formed and carried on by the Rev. Dr Eleazar Wheelock. London, 8°, 1769." At the end is a " Fanatical List of Subscribers ". The letter was written, September 30, 1778. For Occam and the Lebanon school, see W. DeLoss Love, Samson Occam and the Christian Indians of New England, 1900.) 5847. f. 192b. Copy of letter from Gen. Burgoyne, giving description of battle of Bunker Hill, with clipping from the London Chronicle, August 5-7, 1777, containing Gen. Burgoyne's proclamation from his camp at Putnam Creek, June 29, 1777. ("I much lament Tom's absence. It was a sight for a young soldier that the longest service may never furnish again ".) 6058. Short account of Bahama Islands, their climate, production, etc. ; strictures upon their relative and political situation, defects of their present government, etc. By a Barrister of Gray's Inn, late her Majesty's Solicitor General of those islands and King's Council for Province of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. April 30, 1788. 6190. f. 50, 54, 60, 65. Letters from Sir William Keith to the Society for the Encouragement of Learning. February 1737/8 to September 25, 1738. (Concern Keith's projected History of the British Plantations, of which only vol. I., History of Virginia, ever appeared. " It was at the desire of cer- tain persons of distinction that I have employed myself for a few months past in compiling a regular history of the British Plantations in America, with proper remarks on their trade and government ", etc.) 76 The British Museum. 6194. f . 39b. Paper by Dr. Daniel Coxe on " the effects of tobacco oyl ", i. e., on the influence of nicotine upon animals, delivered before Gresham College, May 3, 1665. f. S9b. Memorandum of a brief description of Carolina. 1660. 6394. Boswell Papers. Vol. I. Relative to the English Church in the Netherlands, f. 35. Letter from John Cotton to the Bishop of Lincoln. Boston in England, January 31, 1624. (Cotton acknowledges that his former arguments against kneeling are not as forcible as he thought them. The letter contains this striking sentence, " Alas, Alas, (my deere Lord) I see by often experience the shallowness of mine own judgment, especially in comparison of many centuries of Godly Learned men ", etc Cotton was thirty-nine years old at the time.) fif. 134, 144, 188, 194, 198. Letters from Stephen (Joffe, preacher of the regiment in the Netherlands of which Lieut.-Gen. Vere was head, to Sir William Boswell. 1633, 1634. (Containing information regarding early life of Davenport, Cotton and others. In one letter (f. 144) is the following : " For that reason (because Cotton has convinced Davenport that kneeling is idolatry) Mr. Davenport hath absented himself every sacrament day, which is once a month, since Christmas, and Mr. Cotton is going to New England.") f. 161. " The 15 Artickells and Covenant of Mr. Hugh Peter of Rott" ". (See also ff. 150, 153, 158.) f. 190. Letter from John Webster to Sir William Boswell. Amster- dam, February 25, 1634. (Information about John Davenport.) f. 196. Letter from John Davenport to Sir William Boswell. Am- sterdam, March 18, 1634. f. 200. Letter from Dr. Griffin Higgs to Sir William Boswell. 1634. (Information about Davenport and others.) f. 237. Letter from Beaumont, preacher to the Merchant Adven- turers, to Sir William Boswell. Rotterdam, April 30, 1636. (Regarding Davenport in Rotterdam. As to Beaumont, see ff. 326, 331.) f . 244. Letter from John Davenport to Sir William Boswell. The Hague, May 7, 1636. 6727. f.84. Charter of Carolina, 17 Car. II. 6807. f. 108. Regarding surrender of Louisburg, August, 1758. (See also 6816, f. 85, and 682S, f. 42.) 6865. ff. 97-104. This volume contains the propositions and counter pro- positions of the French and British governments in 1755 regarding limits of Acadia, Canada, territories on the Ohio and disputed islands. 7944-7960. Colored drawings and natural history of insects of (jeorgia, by John Abbott of Savannah. 1792-1804. 17 volumes. 8133B. Large volume containing papers as follows: f. 2. Observations on the " American Drawback " act of 4 Geo. III. Date after 1783. f. 7. Account of total amount of old subsidy retained upon foreign goods exported from England to N. America, 1773-1774. Additional Manuscripts. 77 f. 141. Account of amount of bounties paid on hemp, flax and wood imported from America, 1771-1775. ff. 160-165. Indigo statistics, 1771-1775. ff. 177-179. Naval stores statistics, 1771-1775. ff. 194-195. Plantation rum statistics, 1770-1779. f. 280. Essence of spruce from Canada, 1778- 1782. if. 283-302. Many sugar statistics, 1770- 1779. f. 309!?. Many tea statistics. (See also ff. 316, 326, 341.) f. 35oflf. Many tobacco statistics. (See also ff. 355, 363, 364.) 8133C. Volume, similar to 8133B, containing the following papers: fF. 1-4. Small printed book containing lists of the " commissions of the customs and successors of the commissioners " from 1672 to 1785, with dates of letters patent, number of commissioners and their salaries, names of new commissioners with dates when they died or were superseded, names of commissioners who had died or were superseded with dates of their first appointments. This book is followed by many papers relating to the consolidation of customs duties in 1777, none of which, however, relate directly to the colonies. f. 85. Report of September 16, 1763, concerning what further checks and restraints may be necessary to be imposed by Parliament for preventing frauds in the colonies by the Commissioners of Cus- toms, with " list of seizures to be sued for in any court of record, [though if] made by admirals or commanders at sea to be delivered into the court of admiralty there to be proceded against ". ff. 89-94. Agreement of the West Indian and North American mer- chants, March 10, 1766, regarding opening the island of Dominica. Proposals for indemnifying purchasers at Dominica. f. 96. Negroes and cattle in Jamaica. 1768. f. 97. Regarding St. Lucia and Dominica, present state, products and commercial advantages, by Jno. Geo. Felton. f. 131. In the list of customs officers at the port of London discon- tinued, 1771-1782, are "assistant plantation clerk in the secretary's office ", £80, and " assistant to the husband of the Four and a half per cent duty ", £20. f. 140. Annual amount of salaries paid to officers in the plantations out of the revenue of customs, 1766-1778. f. 149. " The underwritten articles are entitled to bounty on im- portations from the British plantations in America." November 6, 1781. ff. 163-168. In accounts of bounties paid at London and the outports are figures for " American raw silk ", 1770-1775, and " Newfound- land fishery ". f. 179. Account of the value of exports from England to North American colonies, 1763-1767, distinguishing each colony. (See also ff. 181, 182, 183.) f. 202. " Plan for the better examining and passing the accounts of the several plantation collectors, whereby their respective debts to the Crown may be the more speedily recovered ", by Mr. Felton. 78 The British Museum. S. 204-217. Memorial of merchants and planters, interested in and trading to Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, to Lords of the Treasury, with objections and observations upon it. f. 218. Account of gross and net produce of such part of the Four and a half per cent, as has passed through the hands of the hus- band and comptroller of that duty, 1770- 1777. (See also ff. 219-232.) f. 233. Account of enumerated and new duties received in the ports on the continent of America since September 29, 1764, so far as the accounts have been received and also of the remittances made on account of said duties, distinguishing ports, f. 234. Annual amount of the enumerated duties, 1761-1765. Account of goods entered in his Majesty's custom houses in the American plantations as exported from one plantation to another in the respective times hereafter mentioned, 1677-1678. (Note on the back says, "This account was called for just after the dis- turbances in Virginia and Maryland about the Act 25 Charles II., Ch. 7, sect. 2, imposing the following duties on goods the produce of the planta- tions if carried to other colonies without coming to England.") 8829. Gross and Net Produce of all the Branches of the Revenue under the Management of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs in England. (Entries of " Enumerated Duties ", that is, plantation duties, from the Amer- ican plantations, annually from 1699 to 1742.) 8830. Complete State of all the Branches of the Revenue under the Man- agement of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs in England. (Contains "Enumerated Duties", that is, plantation duties, in lump not itemized as in 8829.) List of Commissioners and Officers of his Majesty's Customs in England and the Plantations with their respective Salaries as they stood at Xmas, 1744. (Folios 121 to 134 cover the continental colonies and the West Indies, as follows : 8831. Town Names of Officers Annual Salaries pr Es- tablishment Annual allowances pr Inci- dents Annual salaries p. Dorm< War- rants Occasionally additional information is given.) 8832. Opinions of Council relating to her Majesty's Customs, 1708 to 1724. (Ff. 1-2, prize case, condemnation in American court of admiralty; ff. 20-21, prize carried to Jamaica; ff. 67-72, exporting cases from England, tobacco case from Virginia; flf. 192-197, tobacco cases; ff. 198-200, case of logwood reshipped at Boston; ff. 222, 230-232, tobacco cases; ff. 245-249, case of plantation duty, on sugar ; ff. 249-254, case of suspension of Luke, collector in Virginia, by Keith, surveyor general ; ff. 260-262, case of forfeited bonds in Annapolis, Maryland; ff. 262-263, case of Peregrine Brown in Virginia; ff. 269-272, " Plantation duty received ought to answer sterling money in England " ; ff. 272-273, case of Spanish tobacco ; ff. 273-274, case of for- eign seamen on board; ff. 274-279, case of merchant's difficulty in paying Additional Manuscripts. 79 duties on tobacco; ff. 280-281, case of running of tobacco into England on pretence of exporting it to Ireland ; ff . 285-289, tobacco cases ; ft. 308-309, case of cocoanuts from New York (cf. Hargrove 275, f. 6sb) ; f. 311, case of bribing customs officer.) 8833. Continuation of 8832, pagination continuous. (Ff. 405-414, case of plantation bond sued and judgment passed for the king in 1696, but reversed in 1714 — -the final decision in case noted on ff. 260- 262, with many questions and answers about plantation bonds; ff. 415-418, regarding powers of officers seizing goods in the plantations. Kay case in Rhode Island where five hhd. of claret were seized; ff. 425, case of indi- vidual disqualified from practicing law in plantation — Pennsylvania, name Thos. Macnemara, 1718; ff. 445-446, 452-453, case of prize sugar in planta- tions; if. 461-462, custom bonds on tobacco, not paid, when due to pay 6% interest; fl. 526-527, case of tobacco stalks re-exported, drawback to be allowed; ff. 534-535, id.; ff. 527-532, important Maryland bond case.) 8949. Journal of the Travels of Jonathan Carver in 1766 and 1767- ( (l) Survey journal from Detroit to Michilimackinac ; (2) journal, begin- ning May 20, 1766; (3) dictionary of the Naudouwessie language; (4) map of the Great Lakes from middle of Lake Huron westward, with col- ored plots of various Indian "kingdoms"; (5) id. engraved, 1769, not colored; (6) same as (5), colored to correspond to original map (4); (7) different version of the journal with comments on the country; (8) additions in the form of numbered notes; (9) pen and ink drawing of pipe, tent, Buffalo snake, sword, tomahawk called " Naudouissie Break- head".) 8950. Fair copy of Carver's Survey and Journal. Also map, engraved, finely colored with the drawings in 8949 better executed. (Following these documents comes "The Same Journal put by the Author into a form which he intended for publication with several additions which seem to have been made from memory". Some additional pen and ink drawings with explanations, signed " Jonathan Carver " ; also copies of speeches interchanged with the chief of the Naudouwessie, "when he was adopted chief in their Bands ", May i, 1767, with notes for the revision.) 9344. Letters to George Jackson. 1764-1790. (Ff. 29-32. Letter from Pitt (Lord Chatham) wishing to be informed as often as any ship is to go from the Admiralty to New York or Quebec. July 29, 1774. Also letters from Adm. Jervis with references to naval matters ; two letters from Adm. Rodney, New York, October 12, 1780, and November 12, 1780, regarding his work in checking the junction of Washington and the French, speaking of his personal feelings, and inveighing against the cold- ness of the climate. Another from the same, Bath, October 19, 1781, re- garding "the St Eustatius affair". Ff. 93, 100, 108, 114 are letters from Lord Sandwich regarding crew of an American privateer and other naval matters.) 9747. Collection of Papers and Letters relative to the English Dominions in America. 1698- 1705. f. I. Account of what is due to Capt. Webb's company, according to establishment, who were employed in the late Expedition at Albany, New York, May 7, 1689. Signed, Robert Livingston, Commissary. " Certified to :" Thos. Dongan. (C/. N. Y. Docs. III. 592.) f . 2. Itemized account with names of the entire company. f. 3. Statement regarding shoes and stockings to be sent to New- foundland, from Wm. Bridges. Admiralty Office, May 3, 1698. f. 5. Letter from Col. Fletcher, late governor of New York, regard- ing his administration. London, August 5, 1698. 80 The British Museum. flf. 7b-8. Account of tonnage in Patuxent, Maryland, 1699, sent by George Plater, collector and receiver, f . 9. Copy of letter from N. Blaldston, March 11, 1699, r^arding the Maryland act of September 20, 1694, warranting Plater to pay above amount to him. f. ID. Invoice of goods shipped on board the Hopewell, Thomas Yerkly [?], master. Endorsed, "Ace' of arms shipt in London for Maryland ". (F. II is a duplicate; both are copies.) f. 12. Mr. Plater's account of the 3'' per tim. 1699. Maryland. (Five pages of figures with items. Dated, March 11, 1699-1700. F. 16 con- tains Gov. Blakiston's warrant, March 11, 1699.) ff. 17-21. Three letters from Wm. Popple, secretary of the Board of Trade, to William Blathwayt, auditor general, Whitehall, August 4, II, 22, 1699, regarding the business transacted by the board. (Concern Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island, and repeat informally what will be found in journal for August, 1699.) f. 23. Instructions to the captain in charge of convoy to Newfound- land. f. 25. Letter regarding charting a ship in order to carry soldiers to New York. Dublin, May 25, 1700. f. 27. Petition from the planters of Newfoundland. St. John's Harbor, August 30, 1699. ff. 29-36. Various papers regarding military establishment in New- foundland. {Cf. ff. 40, 42, 44. Ff. 32-36 concern proposal to deduct from the pay of the company in order to maintain a minister at St John's who is likewise to be chaplain of the fort) f. 38. Letter from J. Basse, London, August 20, 1701, regarding the Jersies. f . 46. Petition of Mrs. Bennet, wife of John Bennet, lieutenant of one of the Four Companies in New York. (Mrs. B. was left in London with a child and no means of support) 9764. f. 3. Copy of report of Mr. Charles Bertie, July 23, 1677, regarding Lord Willoughby's debts, f. 7. Abstract of seamen permitted to go out for the West India trade, 1690-1691. f . 8. Abstracts of ships allowed to sail " to the ports hereafter men- tioned ", with tonnage and nimiber of men on board. October 27, 1691. f. 68. Abstract of shipping and men allowed the merchants. Sep- tember, 1692. f . 74. Rules regarding passes, f. 76. Abstract of order relating to next year's trade, explaining ff. 8, 68. f . 82. Abstract of proposals " for this year's trade ". Tabulated summary, ff. 84b-8s. Abstract of the number of English seamen with the times of their going out upon the plantation trade for the four last years, 1690-1694. (With memorandum on the Virginia trade.) Additional Manuscripts. 81 f . 86. Recommendation by the commission for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of England regarding trades, convoys and seamen fit to be allowed. September i8, 1694. f. loi. Heads of his Majesty's commission for a Council of Trade. 1696. f. 107. Letter from , explaining the working of the naviga- tion acts. August 23, 1698. f. 116. List of ships arriving in Bristol, with their number, burthen, sailing port and cargo. (Many from the plantations.) f. 119. Prices of Masts. (Valuable for comparison with the prices of masts sent from the colonies.) 9767. Entry-book, giving itemized statement of expenses of Council Com- mittee on Trade from 1674 to 1688. Covers salaries, fees, current expenses, cost of books, maps, etc. Well indexed. 9768. Id. for the years from 1689 to 1696. (Evidently charges of extravagance were brought against the earlier com- mittee and a careful comparison was instituted. From 1676 to 1688 the quarterly expenses ranged from £275 to ^400, with a slight reduction after 1685. From 1689 to 1696 the quarterly expenses ranged from £250 to £300.) 9828. f. 122. Gov. Pownall on " whether lands granted in America can be resumed and regranted upon bare suggestion that the Conditions have not been complied with and without any legal inquest ". July 22, 1773. f. 169. Letter from Benjamin Franklin to W. F., London, February 2, 1774, speaking of the office of deputy postmaster as taken from him. f. i69ff. Letters from Benjamin Franklin to his son, London, Feb- ruary 2, 1774, February 18, 1774, August i, 1774; Passy, August 16, 1784. 10077. Among other items: Nicolae Boebodae Maurocordati epigramma in Americam et Christ. Co- lumbum ; Historia de America et Clhrist. Colombo. 10119. Papers Relative to Trade, Revenue, etc. 1618-1700. Vol. L f. 9. " State of the Debt of the Commonwealth ", dated England, 1659. (Total £1,747,584 ss. gd. to which is to be added the " Growing debt " of the navy and the probable deficit for 1659, making a total of £2,220,090 os. id. This volume is valuable for the information it gives of the finances of Charles II.'s reign.) f. ICO. Account of the surveyor general's office in England. f. 165b. Statement regarding impost on tobacco. f. 166. Statement of plantation duty from 1700. f. i66b. Account of character and history of the 4j^ per cent, of Barbadoes. f. 215. Itemized list of revenues, 1685-1688. (No mention of revenue from plantation duty because at that time it was farmed. Same is true of the years 1688 to 1698. The first mention in these statistics of revenue from plantation duty is under years 1698-1699 ) 83 The British Museum. 10120. ff. 77-78. Letter from Mr. Taylor concerning naval stores in New England. July 2, 1695. (Answer to Montague's query regarding naval stores. John Taylor was a New England ship-builder and contractor. There is a report by him to the Board of Trade, B. T. Plantations General, C 19, old reference, but it differs in many particulars from this letter, which is an original.) 10122. This volume is a duplicate of Add. MSS. 29446, and is entitled " A General Abstract of the Account of the Kingdom from November 5, 1688, to March 25, 1702 ". 10131. Copies of several deeds relating to five shares of land in Paget's tribe in the Bermudas, purchased on the fourth of February, 1673, by Nicholas, Earl of Thanet, of Hugh and Edward Boscawen. 10402. Brief Discourse concerning the Trade, Bullion and Money of England. (P. II, f. 7. "The greater part of the merchants of the Low Countries have been merchants and by this addition all power given to them by their knowledge of all maritime affairs and trade are able to do their country singular good service.") 10453. Treasury Papers. 1703-1725. flf. 28-29. Copy of report of the Commissioners of Customs touching drawbacks upon exported goods, March, 1703/4. f. 42. Copy of report regarding petition of the officers, soldiers and others of the Four Companies of New York. Covent Garden, February 19, 1703/4. f. 106. Estimate of guards, garrisons and land forces in Great Britain, Jersey, Guernsey, the plantations and for sea service, with the charge thereof for service of the year 1709. f. 190. Id. 1710. f. 220. Id. 1711. (This and the following volume, 10454, contain statistics of all the soldiers in the plantations at different years. Similar lists may be found in the P. R. O., War Office, Class 24, Establishments. See also Add. MSS. 11286, 21188, 28323, 29268, 33046, ff. 113, 138, 319; 33047, ff. 215, 359; 33048, ff. 81, 89; ff. 182, 31S, 317.) f. 158. Copy of representation of the Board of Trade regarding the Royal African Company, with figures (f. 168) showing number of negroes imported into the plantations. January 27, 1708/9. f. 283. Debts of the Ordnance office to November 30, 1711. (A few items relating to the colonies.) 10615. A volume of letters in shorthand from Sir Nathaniel Rich, com- missioner for the Somers Islands, Sir Robert Rich, Earl of War- wick, governor of the Somers Islands Company, and William Jes- sop, clerk of the Council of State under (Cromwell and secretary of the Company for Providence Island (in the Caribbean). The volume is endorsed " Letters of Virginia Company, 1633-1641 ". By charter of 1612 Bermudas was joined to Virginia. (The letters of N. Rich are to Hugh Wentworth, captain of Pagett and Warwick tribes, Somers Islands; Thos. Durham, Thos. Kemble, Capt. Wood, all of Somers Islands; the governor, Philip Bell, Mr. W. Painter, E. Hanmer, Mr. Sowle, R. Huson, of Providence Island, 1633 -1634. See also ff. 30-32. Earl of Warwick to Hugh Wentworth, 1634, and, by the ship Robert of London, August, 1634, to Gov. Philip Bell, Capts. Elfrith, Hook and Axe in the service of the company, Lieut. William Rous, cap- Additional Manuscripts. 83 tain of Fort Henry on Providence Island, S. Rishworth, councillor, and Mr. Halhead. William Jessop (by the same ship, August 1634) to Mr. Yeo, Mr. HoUigrove, planters with servants, Wettenhall, marshal, Ran- dall, settler, Albertus Bluefield, mate of the Expectation, Forman, Hincson, gunner, Capt. Sussex Camock, captain of Warwick Fort, Purdy, Rev. Hope Sherrard, minister (see Egerton 2646, ff. 58, 76), Mr. Acton, settler. Heath, settler and company's agent, Isaac Barton, sheriff, Capt. Axe, Thomas Fitch, clerk of the stores, Bartlett, Gilbert, Butler, Lieut. Hugh Price, Capt. John Francis, councillor, Lewis Morris, servant for three years, discharged from company's service, 1633, William Hurd, Robert Davies, released from company's service, 1638, Thomas Jenks, clerk of the stores, dated August 9-12, 1634. Additional letters from William Jessop continue to f. 29 and from f. 32b, etc. The collection is a valuable supplement to the documents calendared in Cat. Col. 1574-1660, where most of the names mentioned above can be found.) 11038. Collection of papers including specimens of writing in European characters by Taddesee or Saganee Indians, in Eastern Canada, with translations ; specimen of writing by native Indians of New- foundland. 11268. ff. 66-79. Letters and papers relating to Jamaica and Capt. Morgan's expedition against Carthagena. 1670, 1671. (Concerns expedition against Panama, etc., led by one of the most famous of seventeenth-century buccaneers. Cf. 11410, 25120, 27968, 36320.) 11286. Military establishment of Land Forces in Great Britain, Ireland, Minorca, Gibraltar and the plantations. 1733. 11287. Map of Cantonment of Forces in North America, October 11, 1765, showing regiments, companies, half-companies, detachments, capi- tal towns and forts. This note is added, " The particular quarters of the 34* regiment in the Illinois country are not ascertained." 11288. " Cantonment of his Majesty's Forces in North America, according to the Dispositions now made and to be compleated as soon as prac- ticable, taken from the general Distribution, dated at New York, March 29, 1766, by Dan. Patterson, As* Q"" M"' Gen'"; showing regiments, companies, half-companies, detachments (all of foot) ; companies and half-companies of artillery, troops of rangers, capi- tal towns and forts. This note is added, " 7 companies of the 42<* are stationed in the inhabited country of Pennsylvania and 8 com- panies of the 2^ Bat. of the 60"" in New York, but have no par- ticular quarters assigned them in the last general return." 11409. Papers concerning the " Difference between English and French at St. Christophers ", arising out of alleged failure of the French to carry out terms of treaty of Breda, July 21 and 31, 1667. {Cal. Col. 1669-1674, passim.) 11410. Papers relating to the West Indies. 1654-1682. (Accounts of Jamaica by Doyley, Littleton, Sir Thos. Modyford, October 20, 1664, extracts from proceedings of council, Qctober 20, 1664, concerning orders and rules about courts of judicature, with tables of fees; draft of original design to capture Hispaniola, in letter from J. B. to Capt. John Plye, instructions to Gen. Venables in West India Expedition; short ac- count of the Hispaniola undertaking; commission, 1656, to Venables, Penn, Winslow. Searle, Butler, etc.; commission and instructions to Penn, De- cember 9, 1654; account of the expedition; account of earher successes from Col. Doyley, 1652; description of Isle of Providence, 1666; various instructions for Lord Windsor, February 19, 1662; account of Jamaica 84 The British Museum. from Modyford, 1663 ; copy of relation of Mr. Frogg concerning action of English privateers at Panama, 1671 ; relation of Adm. Morgan concerning expedition against the Spaniards, April 20, 1671; relation of isle of Cuba, 1670; copies of letters from Sir Thomas Lynch to Lord Arlington, June 27, 1671-December 27, 1672; Mr. Worsleys discourse of the privateers of Jamaica and their expedition to Darien and attempted journey to the South Seas. Barth. Sharp was captain of a bark on this expedition. The voyages at the end of the book seem to be copies of Shane 2752, ff. 29-35, .36-71.) 11411. " Book of Entrie of Forraigne Letters .... 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660." With Thomas Povey's signature on the fly-leaf, and date 1655. (Supplemental to Egerton, 2395.) f. I. Petition of the Merchant Adventurers to Antigua, to Oliver Cromwell, f. lb. Petition of Cecilius, Lord Baltimore. (This document speaks of earlier petition.) if. 3-3b. Propositions concerning the West India Council, n. d. f . 4b. The State of the difference as it is pressed betvsreen the Mer- chants and the Planters in relation to Free Trade att the Caribbee Islands And the meanes of Reconciliation and general satisfaction proposed, f. 5b. Letter from Thomas Povey to his brother Richard at Jamaica. November 17, 1655. f. 6b. Letter from Thomas Povey to the governor of Barbadoes, Col. Daniel Searle, concerning his brother, William Povey. n. d. f. 7. Letter from Martin Noell to William Povey. Old Jewry, November 22, 1655. f. 7b. Letter from Thomas Povey to Lord Willoughby concerning presents from Surinam. Gray's Inn, January 23, 1655. f. 8. Letter from Thomas Povey to his brother William. Gray's Inn, November 10, 1655. ff. 9-11. "The Planters of Barbadoes humbly insist that according to their petition they may pay no customs for the exportacon of necessaries for their subsistance ", etc. n. d. ff. iib-i2b. Essay or Overture for regulating affairs of his Highness in the West Indies, ff. 13-14. Instructions to governor and council of Barbadoes to observe Navigation Act of 1651. (Refers to petition presented to the council by Col. Draxe, evidently the same as that given, S. g-il. Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, pp. 427, 451.) f. 15. Letter from Thomas Povey to Gen. Brayne, commander-in- chief at Jamaica. Gray's Inn, April 7, 1657. ff. 16, 17. Letters from Thomas Povey to his brother, Richard Povey, commissary general of provisions at Jamaica. April 7, 1657, and f. 19. Letter [from Thomas Povey?] to the governor and council of Virginia, n. d. (Seemingly a bid by Povey for the agency of Virginia. The letter may be from some one else. Cf. Egerton, 2395, f. 147.) f. 21. Letter to Gen. Doyley, governor of Jamaica. Without date or signature. Additional Manuscripts. 85 f. 24. Letter from Thomas Povey to Edward Digges, concerning presents of silk to the king from Virginia. Lincoln's Inn Fields, March 2, 1660. f. 25. Letter from Thomas Povey to his brother, Richard. Lincoln's Inn Fields, October 29, 1659. f. 27. Letter from Thomas Povey to Col. Temple, lieutenant-gov- ernor of Nova Scotia. Lincoln's Inn Fields, April 3, 1660. f. 28. Letter from Francis, Lord Willoughby, to the council of Bar- badoes. n. d. f. 30. Id. February 19, 1660. (To Col. Humphrey Walrond, " to be communicated to my council ".) f. 31b. Letter from Lord Willoughby to Col. Osborn, governor of Montserrat. London, February 19, 1660. f. 32. Letter from Lord Willoughby to Col. Russell, governor of Nevis. London, February 19, 1660. f. 33. Letter from Thomas Povey to his brother [Richard?]. Lin- coln's Inn Fields, July 14, 1661. f. 36b. Draught of " brother William's 2^ patent as provost marshall gen" in Barbadoes ". September 16, 1657. f . 39b. Letter from Thomas Povey to William Povey, provost mar- shal of Barbadoes. Gray's Inn, August 20, 1657. f. 41b. Letter from Thomas Povey to Gov. Searle of Barbadoes. Gray's Inn, August 27, 1657. f . 43b. Letter from Martin Noell to William Povey. Old Jewry, London, August 27, 1657. f. 44. Note regarding box containing William Povey's patent des- patched by Capt. Watts, to Gov. Searle from Martin Noell, August 23, 1657. f. 45. From Martin Noell to the governor of Barbadoes in behalf of Thomas and William Povey. Old Jewry, August 27, 1657. f. 46. Id. Same date. f. 48. Letter from Thomas Povey to Col. Doyley of Jamaica. Gray's Inn, December 18, 1657. ("To Col. Doilie after his letter to the Committee of America.") f. 49. Indenture between Thomas Povey and William Povey, con- cerning profits of provost marshal's place in Barbadoes. n. d. f. Sib. Letter from Thomas Povey to William Povey. Gray's Inn, January 7, X657. f. 53. Letters from Thomas Povey to (jOv. Searle. Gray's Inn, January 8, 9, 1657. f. s6b. Id. April 3, 1658. f. 57. Letter from Thomas Povey to Edward Bradboume regarding value of provost marshal's office in Barbadoes. Gray's Inn, March II, 1657. f. 58. Letter from Thomas Povey to Gov. Searle of Barbadoes. Gray's Inn, March 27, 1658. f. 61. Letter from Thomas Povey to Col. Doyley. Gray's Inn, March 28, 1658. f. 62. Letter from Martin Noell to Col. Doyley, regarding the Florida trade. Old Jury, March 28, 1658. 86 The British Museum. f . 62b. Letter from Thomas Povey to Richard Povey, " commissary of the musters " at Jamaica. Gray's Iim, April 3, 1658. f . 67. Letter from the governor of Virginia. Virginia, April 9, 1658. (At the bottom of f. 68 are the words "vide the Loose Page" but the loose page is wanting and the last part of the letter with the signature is also gone.) f . 68. Letter from Thomas Povey to Richard Povey. Gray's Inn, July 20, 1658. f. 71. Copy of letter from Gov. Searle of Barbadoes to Martin Noell. Barbadoes, May 10, 1658. f. 73. Letter from Thomas Povey to William Povey. Lincoln's Inn Fields, February 9, 1658. f. 78b. Letter from Thomas Povey to Edward Branboume. Lin- coln's Inn Fields, April 26, 1659. f. 80. Letter from Thomas Povey to Mrs. [William] Povey in Bar- badoes. Lincoln's Inn Fields, May 3, 1659. f . 82. Letter from Thomas Povey to Edward Branboume, in Bar- badoes. Lincoln's Inn Fields, May 3, 1659. f. 82b. " Desires by waie of Instruction to Thomas Noell, Esq, Secretary of Barbadoes, and brother of Martin Noell, concerning the settling some matters in difference between Mr Th. Povey and Mr. W™ Povey", signed Thomas Povey. Lincoln's Inn Fields, May 3, 1659. f . 83b. Letter from Thomas Povey and Martin Noell to Gov. Searle of Barbadoes. April 30, 1659. (Touches on political affairs at home.) f. 87b. Letter from Thomas Povey to Gov. Searle of Barbadoes. Lincoln's Inn Fields, June 8, 1659. f . 87b. Letter from Thomas Povey and Martin Noell to Gov. Doyley of Jamaica. May 12, 1659. f. 89. Declaration from Council of State to governor and council of Barbadoes. Whitehall, June 9, 1659. {Cal. Col. iS74-l66o, p. 475, gives date June 6.) f . 90. Letter from Thomas Povey to Gov. Searle of Barbadoes. Lin- coln's Inn Fields, October 20, 1659. f. 95. Copy of Articles agreed on between Lord Willoughby and Gen. Ayscue, January 11, 1652, for the surrender of Barbadoes. {Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 369; 1675-1676, §199-) f. 98b. Letter from Thomas Povey to Gov. Temple of Nova Scotia. Gray's Inn, May 20, 1658. (Referred to in Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 469.) 11514. Essay on Trade in America. To the Right Honorable Earl of Hali- fax Signed Henry McCulloh, dated London, December 10, 1750. 11697. Among other papers one entitled "considerations concemmg free ports in England. 17*^ cent ". r^ <. nyr 1, 11602. f. 123. Letter from Samuel Pepys to Sir William Coventry. March 7, 1663. (About masts with a table. Much information about masts from New England.) Additional Manuscripts. 87 11626. Relation of Voyage made by Peter Radisson, to the north parts of America in the years 1682 and 1683. (Cf. Shane 3527 and Bod. Libr. Rawlinson A. 329.) 11863B. Agricultural memoranda, in handwriting of Gen. George Wash- ington. 11759. f. 169. Letter from Robert Quary, Philadelphia, April 20, 1703, regarding South Carolina expedition against St. Augustine and the reason for its failure. 11813. f. 82. Capt. Parry's account of the expedition against Louisburg. 1758. 12098. f. 14. Letter from Wm. Penn to Sir Robert Southwell, Walthams- tow, II, i=* mo. 1676. "I will call upon thee on the day called Tuesday about 11 in the morning." 12099. f. 22. Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Gov. Bernard, Philadelphia, January 11, 1764, regarding a son of Gov. Bernard. 12402-12440. Papers collected by Edward Long, judge of admiralty in and historian of Jamaica. Of these volumes 124^02-12436 deal with the history and condition of Jamaica. To the same general col- lection belong 18269-18275, 18959-18963, 21931, 22639, 22676- 22678, 27968. Some of the volumes are listed in the catalogues, others are entered and described only in general terms. A few of the documents are listed below. 12423. f. 35. Journal of Col. Edward Doyley in Jamaica. 1657-1662. (Cf. 12410, 12428. The first portion of the book consists of entries of min- utes of council or councils of war at Jamaica from 1655. Reversing the volume we find copies of licenses, commissions, general orders or instruc- tions to Doyley.) 12429. Patent from Charles II. to William Blathwayt to be surveyor and auditor general of the revenues of America. May 19, 1680. (See Add. MSS, 22357, f. 197. This volume contains many documents relating to the West Indies, particularly Jamaica.) 12437. Proposal for settling on the isthmus of Darien in 1701. 12438. f. 17. Origin of the Board of Trade. (Of value for the Cromwellian period but of little worth for the period after 1660. Written by Edward Long, governor of Jamaica, about I773-) 12440. Correspondence of ministers with Gov. Moore of New York. 1766. Duplicates. 12496. f. 121. "A letter from the King to me and others concerning the advancement of trade." January 23, 1624. (Urging the commissioners of trade to meet constantly once a week_ at Haberdasher's Hall, because the work of the committee is of great im- portance for the kingdom, trade and customs.) f. 357. Letter from Charles I. to the Commissioners of Trade re- garding revision of the book of rates at the request of the House of Commons. December 20, 1627. f.425. Petition to the Privy Council from Lewes Hughes regardmg the wrongs which the writer has suffered in the service of the " Summer Islands ". Earliest date given about 1613. (Small printed pamphlet, probably handed in to the Privy Council about 1625. Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 72. This volume, 12496, is apparently 88 The British Museum. the one referred to in P. R. O. S. P. Domestic, Miscellanea, 46, which contains a description of Sir Julius Caesar's various volumes. It seems to be no. 79 in that list.) f . 440. " Considerations touching the new contract for Tobacco as the same hath been propounded by Maister Ditchfield and other undertakers, printed 1625." Addition no. 2. refers to dissolution of the London Company, which in some way seems to have injured the business of the tobacco merchants. (To he printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) f. 447. New offer made " by divers honest men for the good of the plantation and presented to Mr Sollicitor the 28"" of October, 1624 ". f. 448. Letters Patent for a plantation in Virginia; with list of names in the handwriting of Sir Julius Caesar, f. 450. Letter from James I. to the Privy Council concerning decree in Chancery in the case of Bargrave against Sir Thomas Sm)rthe. June 17, 1622. (CA Cal. Col. 1574-1660, pp. 31-32; Brown, Republic, p. 480; to be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) f. 452. Proposals of Capt. Jo. Martin (brother-in-law of Sir Julius Caesar) respecting the question between the Virginia Company and himself. December 9, 1622. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) f. 454. " (Tapt Bargreave's project touching Virginia." December 8, 1623. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) f. 456. " The manner howe Virginia, if his Ma**** and his Counsell and company agree may be made a royal plantation for (jod's glory his Maj"™ and royall progenies ever happiness and the Companies exceeding good and all this land shall receive dalye profitt thereby." Signed Jho. Martin. Endorsed December 15, 1622. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) f. 458. Printed broadside, " Proclamation of the Cbmmissioners for Virginia stating that they will sit weekly and every Thursday in the afternoon at the house of Sir Thomas Smith in Philpot Lane." 1624. f. 459. " The manner how to bring the Indians into subjection with- out making an utter extirpation of them together with the reasons, by Jho. Martin December 15, 1622." (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) f. 461. Proclamation of James I. prohibiting importation and use of tobacco not of proper growth of the colonies of Virginia and the Summer Islands. March 2, 1624/5. (Hazard, Hist. Coll., I. 224-230.) f. 462. Letter from C!apt John Martin to Sir Julius Caesar. March 8, 1626. (Speaks of Wyatt and Sandys as making " no more account of the Lords Letters than if it had come from the meanest one in England ".) ff. 464-473. Commission to certain Lords of the Privy Council and others for settling a government in Virginia. July 15, 1624. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) Additional Manuscripts. 89 f. 464. Commission of James I. for the settlement of Virginia, with some marginal notes by Sir Julius Caesar. July 15, 1624. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 63. To be printed in Rcc. Va. Co., III.) f._66i. King James' Proclamation "for the utter prohibiting the importation and use of all tobacco, which is not of the proper growth of the colonies of Virginia and the Summer Isl. or one of them ". March 2, 1624. (Hazard, Hist. Coll., I. 224-230.) 12505. f. 477. " A brieflfe platform for a voyadge with three shippes into the iland of Ramea, in Canada, to leave inhabitauntes which shall keepe the iland to her Majestie's use, as allso forbid the Frenchmen from the trade of fishinge in that place ", by Charles Leigh. October 4, 1597. 13879. Reports on state of the islands of Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica and Guadeloupe. 1763- 1765. 13964. Collection of Spanish documents relating to America, West Indies, South America, Porto Rico, California, etc. (See also Add. MSS. 13974-13975. Volume 13992 has at the end a few documents relating to the Philippine Islands. See also 14012.) 13970. a. Colored map of Maine from " Saca de Hock " to Cape Ann, showing Mason's patent, b. Id., on vellum, of coast line from Cape Henry to St. Augustine. (Date of each map is about 1680. The first map is printed in Jenness, Docu- ments relating to the Early History of New Hampshire.) 13972. a. " An Account of the Colony and fishery of Newfoundland and the present state thereof ", with map of the whole island. 1672. (Endorsed "Put together by Sir Peter Thomson, a collector of papers".) b. Printed consideration on trade of Newfoundland, by Tho. Thomp- son. 1711. c. Copy of memorial concerning Cape Breton and the Newfound- land fishery, 1744, to the secretary of the Duke of Newcastle. 13974. fj. 103, 463. Papers relating to Havana. 1622. (See also 13976, f. 24.) f. 474. Report relating to payment of tithes by the Jesuits in America. 1765. f. 502. Tables of exports and imports with America, 1748-1815. 13976. f. 154. Commerce between Barcelona and America, 1778. f. 268. Commerce of Spain with America, 1750. 13977.11.393-456. Papers relating to California (some printed). 1632, 1645. 14002. f. 502. Paper on disturbances in Manila, 1668-1669. 14027. f. 289. " The Relation of Mr Stephen Bellanger of Roan, of his late voyage of discovery of 200 leagues of coast from Cape Bryton nere Newfoundland west southw." Endorsed "A Discourse of the Newfoundland. 1584." 14034-14035. Two volumes of papers of the Board of Trade. 1696-1786, 1710-1781. Purchased of Thomas Rodd, the bookseller, March 11, 90 The British Museum. 1843. These volumes came originally from the library of George Chalmers. (Vol. 14034 closes with many notes taken by Chalmers, evidently after 1766 or thereabouts.) 14034. ff. 1-117. Papers and maps relating to the West Indies and Canada. flF. 118-119. Copy of letter from P. S. (Peter Sonmans) to the Earl of Clarendon, Burlington, February 12, 1710/11, regarding affairs in Pennsylvania. f. 122. Copy of a letter from Peter Soimians to Mr. Birchfield, sur- veyor general of her Majesty's colonies in North America, Sep- tember 9, 1710. f. 124-142. Copies of many papers endorsed " Copy out of Coll. Daniel Coxe his letter from New Jersey, dat. Mar. 27, 171 1 ". (Chiefly of interest for New Jersey affairs.) f. 143. List of books and papers belonging to the secretary of Antigua, n. d. f. 143-174. Papers relating to Barbadoes, the Bermudas and the Leeward Islands; f. 176, letters of Gov. Cornwallis of Nova Scotia, 1732; f. 213 relates to St. John's Island; f. 221, to Quebec; f . 245 has to do with Gov. Legge of Nova Scotia ; ff. 288, 337, abstracts of acts concerning taxes, duties, imposts, etc., passed in American and West Indian colonies, 1683-1774; remaining papers relate to the West Indies and Cape Breton. f. 145. Letter from Wavell Smith, secretary of the Leeward Islands. f. 178. Extract of letter from William West to the governor of Pennsylvania, regarding the Indians and lands on the Ohio. May 7. 1753- f. 202. King's Warrant to Matthew Woodford for i4i3 i8j. yd. to complete £1616 due for provisions delivered at Annapolis to the New England recruits sent there. June 5, 1754. f. 213. Memorial for the cultivation of St. John's Island, f. 227. Copy of proceedings of a congress held in East Florida, November 21, 1767. f. 382. Memoranda relating to the colony of West Florida, by Capt. Johnstone. (This volume contains documents relating to Canada not listed here. See Brymner's Report on Canadian Archives, 1882.) 14035. Imports and exports compared with the excess of each country, 171S-1723. (Large sheets divided into eight spaces, containing statistics: (i) for all countries not English; (2) for the British Isles; (3) for the British plantations.) 14036. I. Plan of York Harbor on the Labrador coast, 52° 15' north lati- tude. August, 1760. 2. New Hampshire, showing the Merrimac River in order to settle the question of the boundary, n. d. 3. Small map of the sea-coast of New England, with outlines of several of the provinces lying therein. 1738. (Printed; the outlines are filled in with color.) 4. Map of the southern Indian district. 1764. (Pen and ink map covering the region from 40° to 29°, west to the Missis- sippi, including that river, and containing Indian names and other details.) Additional Manuscripts. 91 5- Map of the Cherokee Country, by John Stuart. (Showing the back country of Virginia and Carohna, the location of Fort Loiidoun, 35° 15' north latitude, 450 miles to Charleston, with route taken by Capt. Stuart in his escape to Virginia.) 6. Map of Georgia, by the surveyor general, De Brahm. (Beautifully lettered, with Indian boundary lines.) 7. Map of Georgia, by the same. 1763. (Inferior to no. 6. Shows sea-coast from Hilton Head to St. Mary's River with the back country.) 14038-14039. Papers regarding the conduct of Vice-Adm. Graves during the period he held command of his Majesty's naval force in North America, 1774- 1776. 14285. ff. 49-53. Form of a Patent for such as are adventurers by payinge money into the treasury of the Company undertaking to' transport and plant 100 persons, ff- 54-57- Form of patent for a planter only, ff- 58-64b. " The forme of a Patent to such Adventurers whose shares exceedinge 50 *"- are exempted from paying any rent to the Company for the persons they transporte." ff. 65-68. (^rant of a private plantation to John Bonnall, a French- man, ff. 69-69b. Commission granted by the Treasurer and Company for Virginia unto our loving friend Theodore Wadsworth for a voyage intended to Virginia, ff. 70-7oa. Covenant to pay Capt. Guy, Robert Toakley and John Packesall 300 lb more for victual and transportation of said 100 persons, ff. 72-72b. Covenant to pay Capt. Guy et al. £3 for each tun of goods, provisions and commodities here put aboard and then delivered, ff- 73-74- Commission granted to Sir Thomas Smith for free fishinge on the coast of America by the Treasurer and Company of Virginia, ff- 74-75- Grant to Daniel Gats to be master of the Darling, and a permit to fish on the coast of Virginia between 33° and 45° N. lat. ff. 75-76. Commission granted to John Huddleston for a voyadge to Virginia and for a free fishinge on the coast of America, ff. 77-78. Commission granted to Capt. Tho. Jones M"" of the Dis- covery, for the free fishinge on the coast of America, trading for furs in Virginia, ff. 80-81. Covenant by William Ewens to fit out the ship Carlos and take the same with freight and passengers to Virginia. (All of the above documents are to be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) 14821. Particular State, etc., of the Public Revenues, 1688-1710. {Cf. Add. MSS. 10122, 29446, 15633, 15634.) 14936. f. 99b. Instructions for collecting natural curiosities in America. 14957. f. 149. Letter concerning a colony of Welsh Indians in America. March 23, 1791. 15317. Copy of proceedings in the general court of Virginia between John Hite et al., plaintiffs, and Thomas, Lord Fairfax, defendant, rela- tive to certain lands there; with various other papers relating to the same suit. 1771. 92 The British Museum. 15331. Maps from the Collection of Barbie du Socage. f. 35. " Passage par terre a la Califomie de couvert en 1701." (Covers Lower California, Gulf of California, New Mexico and part of Mexico.) f. 36. Plan of New Orleans as it was in 1729. (Showing the city, the fortifications, a portion of Reuve St. Louis Cf ff. 37. 38.) f. 39. Rough sketch map of Bay of Pensacola. 15332C. Copy of map presented to Congress by Peter Pond, native of Milford in the state of Connecticut. (Covers region west of Hudson's Bay, from Lake Superior northwest. There is a draft in the previous volume. Cf. also maps D and E. Pond's map was presented March i, 1785. For " Sir " Peter Pond, see Connecti- cut Magazine, August, igo6.) F. (I!hart of the St. Lawrence from Isle of Orleans to Anticosta Island, with reduced drawings of roadstead of Quebec. After the cam- paigns of 1730-1732. {Cf. G.) H. Plan and map of Niagara. Begun January, 1756, finished October 12, 1757- I. Region along Lake Chambly between Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence. (Showing paths to different points and location of Fort de Chambly.) K. Plan and map of the Mississippi from New Orleans to the Delta, with enlarged plan of Delta. 15483. Lists of the present councils in the several plantations in America. Also list of persons recommended to fill vacancies in said coun- cils. 1703-1711. (Evidently from the Chalmers Library.) 15484. Ports, districts and towns of America. About 1770. (Description, beginning with Casco Bay, district of Falmouth, of each im- portant port, district and town of the colonial sea-board. From Chalmers's Library.) 15485. Account of shipping, imports, exports, their value and character of articles carried. 1768- 1769. (From the Chalmers Library.) 15486. "Documents relating to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1720- 1723." ff. 1-8. Report by Robert Raymond and Philip Yorke, attorney and solicitor generals, to the Lords Justices, December 2, 1723, as to whether Massachusetts has encroached on the king's prerogative in connection with woods and trees and other matters in which Massachusetts was charged with assuming powers that she did not possess. Unfavorable on the whole to Massachusetts. f. 9. Letter from Lords Justices on the Report. September 6, 1723. f. 10. Communication from the Board of Trade on same subject. September 3, 1723. f. 16. Extract of the votes of the lower house of assembly of Mas- sachusetts. July 19, 1721. ff. 20-4ob. Report from the attorney and solicitor general regarding the trouble between Gov. Shute and the Lower House. October 31, 1724. Additional Manuscripts. 93 15487. (Same subject.) f. I. Order in Council regarding boundaries between Massachusetts and New Hampshire; appointing a commission. January 22, f. 2. Report of the Committee of Council to the king upon the same subject. December 15, 1735. f . 4. Petition of William Bollan, agent for Massachusetts Bay, con- cerning boundary dispute between Massachusetts and Connecticut. N. d. but later than 1749. f. 18. Certificate from Governor Wolcott of Connecticut, bearing wit- ness to the authority and trustworthiness of Erastus Wolcott and Daniel Bissell, appointed to survey the line. February 28, 1750/1. (Evidently a duplicate, and bearing a fine copy of the Connecticut seal.) f. 19. Evidence given by Wolcott and Bissell who surveyed the line, f. 20. Evidence of Daniel and Ebenezer Hayden. if. 22-23. Map-plan of the boundary controversy, f. 24. Map of country adjacent to north boundary line of Rhode Island " as the same was run by commissioners appointed for that purpose by the General Assembly of the said colony in the year 1750 "._ f. 25. Evidence of surveyors, Woodward and Saffery, who ran the line in 1713. f. 26. Copy of official map in the secretary's office, Connecticut. Similar to that in f. 18 but larger, f. 28. Letter from Gov. Wolcott regarding the boundary difficulty, and giving Connecticut's side of the case. Windsor, June 10, 1752. (Written to the agent of Connecticut in London, Richard Partridge, to give him the requisite information for defeating " BoUan's activity".) f. 30. List of Connecticut dates, by Gov. Wolcott, 1636-1750. f. 31. Certificate from Gov. Wolcott that George Wyllys is secretary of the colony. Certificate followed by series of papers attested by Wyllys relating to Connecticut's history as indexed on f. 30. f. 63. Series of similar papers from Massachusetts local records, chiefly those of Medfield, Medway, Dedham and Wrentham. Signed and sealed, S. Phips, January 10, 1753. f. 69. State of the case in controversy between Massachusetts and Connecticut about the dividing line between the two governments. Summing up by Partridge upon evidence furnished by Connecticut. f. 75b. State of the case in controversy. Slightly fuller statement than that above. f. 82b. Statement by William Murray, attorney general, November S, 1754. Unfavorable to reopening of dispute; thinks that the re- arrangement of 1713 should stand. f. 84. Printed copy of charter of 1691 of Massachusetts Bay. f. 92. Paper discoursing on illegal actions of Massachusetts, with following title : " The Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Grants no power to lay Impositions or Taxes nor any other liberties or priviledges not according to the Course of Corporations in Eng- land." No clue to date or author. 94 The British Museum. fF. 96-103. Plans and explanations of plans of Massachusetts and New Hampshire touching the boundary question and the bounds of certain towns as Rumford, Suncook, Bow. iCf. 36218, f. 181.) f. 104. Map of sea-coast of New England, according to actual sur- vey made by Capt. Cyprian Southact. 15488. f. 32. " Remarks on the plan and extracts of deeds lately published by the proprietors of the Township of Brunswick (as tiiey term themselves) agreeable to their vote of January 4, 1753." (Printed quarto, 8 pp. and 4 pp.) f . 38. " An Answer to the Remarks printed ' Boston in New Eng- land, Printed in the year MDCCLIII '." Printed pamphlet, 33 pp. f. 55. "A Defence of the Remarks of the Plymouth Company of September 5, 1753." Printed pamphlet, 50 pp. flF. 81-98. First and second drafts of the Kennebec case, drawn up probably by Partridge. Second draft dated August 27, 1755. (With plan. At bottom is signature, Jos. Sharpe.) f. 99. Attorney general Murray's opinion on the case of the Ken- nebec Company. f. 100. Id., dated September 9, 1755. Endorsed, " Case of the Ken- nebeck (Company. M'' Atty General For your opinion, 8 Sep 1755 — Transcribed fair for the atty gen' opinion with a fee of 5 g°' " — " 15 Sep. laid before him again w* two additional queries and a fee of 2 g«. At bottom, " Jos. Sharpe ". f. 113. Id., similarly endorsed. f . 130. Printed brief of the case : Thos. Dudley, appellant— Sami Scarborough and his wife and others Respondent. f. 131. List of twenty-four papers on the Kennebec affair,^ " sent by the Proprietors of a Tract of Land lying on both sides of Kennebec River by the Ship Halifax, John Phillips, commander, to the care of Florentine Vassall, Esq". The papers are as fol- lows: (i) Evidence of Philip Coll, Obedial Coll, James Coller. York, May 25, 1753. (2) Evidence of John Herron. Same date. (3) Report of committee appointed to run the lines between province-land and town of North Yarmouth. May 3, 1735. (4) Testimony of John Phillips. November 20, 1750. (5) Id. John Gyles. January 15, 1753. (6) Id. Sam. Welles. April 7, 1753. (7) Id. Francis Pircey. February 15, 1753. (8) Id. Thomas Pearcy. May i, 1753. (9) Id. John North. May 12, 1753. (10) Id. Joseph Beane. October 21, 1752. (11) Id. Joseph Beane. October 19, 1752. (12) Id. Edward King. February 15, 1753. (13) Certificate from notary public that Edward Winslow was justice of the peace, October 17, 1753. Additional Manuscripts. 95 ( 14) Petition for meeting of proprietors of tract of land on both sides of Kennebec River. (15) Copy of proprietary resolution empowering F. Vassall to be their agent in defence of their lands. (16) Supplemental grant from the council of Plymouth to Beauchamp and Leverett. (17) Extract of Duke of Yorke's patent. hS) Extract of George's patent. (19) Indenture: Aldsworth and Elbridge grant. (20) Deed of Monquine (alias Matahamada) to the Plymouth colony. (21) Deed of Elsemenosque to John Winslow. (22) Deed of Baggacusetts to John Winslow and the rest of his partners. (23) Deposition of Samuel Godwin. (24) Deposition of Capt. John North. f. 139. Affidavit of Gov. S. Phips that Josiah Cotton is register of County of Plymouth. March 13, 1753. f. 140. " A Patent for Plymouth in New England. To which is annexed Extracts from the Records of the Colony, etc. etc. Boston, New England, Printed by John Draper, 1751." Some marginal notes. 19 pp. f. 151. Printed Extracts from the Massachusetts Laws. 4 pp. f. 153. Extracts from the Plymouth Records, 1640. " Gov' Brad- ford's Surrender, 1640." f. 155. Copy of deed of October 7, 1660, between Plymouth Colony and the Kennebec Company. f. 156. The Kennebec Company. 440 signatures. f. 162. " A List of the Gentlemen of the Council of Massachusetts Bay who have been Turned out of the Council since the repeal of the Stamp Act." (With dates and a brief account of each.) ff. 163-164. Extracts of letters from Gov. Bernard of Massachusetts. (Thirteen volumes of Bernard's letters purchased by Sparks in London in 1846, are in the Harvard Library. The first eight volumes are Bernard's letter-books, 1758-1772 ; vols. IX.-XIL contain letters received by him, 1758- 1779; the last volume is made up of orders and instructions, 1758-1761.) ff. 165-174. Extracts of letters from the Earl of Shelburne and others to Gov. Bernard of Massachusetts, f. 175. Extracts of the Journals of the House of Assembly, Mas- sachusetts. 1761-1764. 15489. f. I. Petition from the town of Rumford, New Hampshire, saying that the colony has denied them the privilege of incorporation. (The town had been incorporated by Massachusetts (f. 3) and after 1740 by a temporary measure to 1749 by New Hampshire.) f. 3. Copy of act for erecting a new town within the county of Essex at a plantation called Penny-cook by the name of Rumford. May 30, 1733. f. 5. Deposition of Benjamin Rolfe of Rumford regarding extracts from the proprietor's book of Rumford. (Concerns the case in Add. MSS. 15487, f. 99.) 96 The British Museum. f. 19. New Hampshire. Act for the settlement and distribution of estates of intestates. Passed, May 13, 1718. (Printed, Laws of New Hampshire.) f . 20. Printed brief of intestacy case : Sherburne, youngest son, plaintiff — elder son and others, respondents, f. 24. Copies of papers relating to Usher's case in New Hampshire, 1689, and years following, f. 26. Letter from Messrs. Waldo and others to William Bollan, begging him to obtain confirmation of grant of land to them. Boston, July 8, 1762. f . 27. Letter from William Bollan to Joseph Sharpe asking what steps have been taken in the matter. Leicester Sq., December 3, 1762. (For Bollan see Amer. Hist. Rev., II. 233 ff.) f . 29. Account of voyage of the Jupiter from Newport to Hispaniola and her seizure at Jamaica. September, 1750, to April, 1752. f. 33. Instructions to the Committee of the Privy Council to hear appeals from the plantations bidding them sit to hear two appeals from John Freebody and others against Jahleel Brenton and counter appeals from Brenton. March 13, 1766. ff. 34-43. Orders in Council, July 14, April 14, 1769, regarding appeal of Freebody against Brenton. In the first order the report of the Council Committee appointed to hear the case is given in full. The king in Council approved the finding of the committee which was adverse to the colony, f. 44. Copy of representation from the Board of Trade regarding islands in the Etelaware between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. July 14, 1722. (Fourteen islands in all.) f . 47. " Petition of the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania considered and partly answered." n. d. (Petition concerns defenceless character of Pennsylvania and dangers from the French and savages. Answer declares that the petition " under the plausible pretence of providing for public safety aims at nothing less than the subversion of the present constitution of Pennsylvania".) f. 51. Report of the Board of Trade on petition of Daniel Evans for grant of the islands in Delaware Bay. (On reverse is written " Those papers have been layed before Mr Franklin for his advice".) f. 53. List of the islands "in the Bay and River of Delaware as exhibited in the annexed map, w'='' Cadwalader Evens .... prays may be taken into consideration w"' his petition now before the R* Hon^'e the Lords of Trade and Plantations ". (Twenty-nine islands in all.) f. 55. Mr. Pike's case and letter to Messrs. Evans and Pemberton. Philadelphia, December 10, 1756. f. 57. Extract of letters from Joseph Reed to Joseph Sharpe, of Lincoln's Inn. Philad,elphia, February 13, 1775. f. 59. Petition from Peter Wikoff and Joseph Reed to the kmg. New Jersey, September 6, 1772. Additional Manuscripts. 97 f. 6i. Copy of proceedings of the county court of Prince Georges county, held at Upper Marlborough Town. 1740. (Case of Daniel Carroll vs. Michael Taylor. F. 62 contains certificate of Gov. Ogle that copy is by an authorized justice. November 21, 1748.) f. 63. Bond given by Michael Taylor and Thos. Butler to pay amount of judgment of £107 by November i, 1733, signed Novem- ber 27, 1730. Reverse, two endorsements. In 1748 Carroll received £50. f. 64. " The Representation of several Gentlemen, Merchants, Planters, and others. Inhabitants in the province of Maryland in America " to Lord Baltimore. (Petitioners were Roman Catholics.) f. 69. Certificate of William Sligh that the Hon. George Stuart is one of the justices of provincial court of province of Maryland, f. 70. Papers relating to laws for preventing growth of popery. The laws, all copies, date from 1751. Maryland, 1755. fF. 76b-77. (iopy of articles of agreement between Lord Baltimore and commissioners, Bennett and Mathews. (Printed, Md. Arch., III. 332-334.) f. 77b. " Instructions directed by the Right Honorable Caecilius, absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Province of Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore etc. to his Lordship's Lieutenant and the rest of his Lordship's council of the said Province of Maryland." (Printed, Md. Arch., I. 324-327.) f. 83. Sight draft in favor of Frederic, Lord Baltimore, for £216 2S. gd. Signed Horatio Sharpe, March 19, 1766. f. 84. Copy of letter written by Gov. Horatio Sharpe to Philip Sharpe, his brother. Maryland, May 27, 1771. f. 86. Power of attorney to Peter Legh from I. Legh, " Master of the Province". December 4, 1771. f. 87. Letter from Tho. Ringgold to Horatio Sharpe. Chester Town, Maryland, August 4, 1773. f. 89. Letter from Tho. Jenings to Horatio Sharpe. Annapolis, April 20, 1774. ff. 91, 93. Letters from Dave Love to Horatio Sharpe. London Town, May 23 and 25, 1774. f . 94. Communication from four men who had petitioned Gov. Eden for land under royal proclamation of 1763 and wish Gov. Sharpe to support their petition. fF. 96-109. Letters to Gov. Sharpe as follows: from Milligan, Bo- hemia, August 3, 1775; Love, September 15, 1775, June 7, 1776; Carmichael, Paris, April 6, 1777, asking questions about Maryland in behalf of Abbe Reynall [Raynal] ; Milligan, May 12, 1779; Love, Baltimore, November i, 1779. f. no. Mr. Gordon's letter regarding grass seeds sent to Maryland. 1783- f. 112. Letter from J. W. Thomas to John Ridout of Annapolis. West River, December 2, 1785. 98 The British Museum. ff. 114-117. Letters from Dr. Scott from Annapolis, and draft of letter to Dr. Scott, 1786; letter to Mr. Ridout, 1786. f. 118. Long, half-erased statement of the case of John Key and Michael Hubbard against Vincent Pearse, commander of H. M. S. Flamborough, in plea of trespass and contempt, n. d. f. 139. Petition to the king from Charles Scot, of London, and Henry Holding, of London, merchant, who have hunted for gold in New York, have found none and wish to be recouped, n. d. f. 143. Order in Council on petition, with another copy. Referred to the Board of Trade, November 19, 1762. f. 146. Letter from G. Banyar to Sec. George Clarke of New York, August 31, 1 77 1, relating to the prerogative office, f. 148. Id. f. isoff. Letters follow from Clarke, Hyde and others. 15490. " New York Considered and Improved, 1695 ", addressed to the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry Lord Bishop of London, by John Miller. (Printed from new transcript by Burrows Bros., 1902; edited, with a sketch of the author, by V. H. Paltsits.) 15491-15492. Papers relating to Montreal, Quebec and Newfoundland. (15491, dated 1771; 15492, 1696/7.) 15493. " Some facts collected and observations made on the fisheries and government of Newfoundland, showing the many advantages which will arise to this kingdom in colonizing that island, to which is added a plan for a speedy settling it." Undated, but probably written after 1784, by Dr. Gardner, late of Boston. (Essay, 57 folios, written on one side and entitled " A Disquisition on New- foundland and the Fisheries".) 15494. Maps of various ports, etc., in Canada and the West Indies. 15495. Draft of the Mississippi River from its mouth to the Iberville River. Charts of eastern half of Newfoundland. 1770. 15535. Various plans of military operations in America, 1755, 1759, 1782, including Bowles's engraved map of the United States, 1783, with continuation of boundary line in manuscript. 15556. f. 109. Abstract of title, etc., with opinion of counsel W. Norton, regarding estate in Barbadoes, with pedigree of Rawdon. 1765. 15563. a, b. Two maps showing the country between Fort Cumberland and Lake Erie. 15640. Articles and orders of the Company of Adventurers to Bahamas. 1672. f. 16. Minutes of a meeting of the company at Exeter House, September 9, 1672. (The first meeting for organization. The only familiar names among those present are John Locke, who was in attendance at each of the four meet- ings, and John Darrell.) 15717. Collection of maps — headlands of West India islands, Campeche, mouths of the Mississippi, Cartagena. 15741, Ship's log of the St. Ann, on voyage to the West Indies in 1762, with observations, views and charts. 15742. Chart of sea-coast of N. America. 1732. Additional Manuscripts. 99 15857. f. 38. Letter of attorney from Sir John Berkeley to his brother Gov. William Berkeley, in connection with the Hopton grant, empower- ing him to act for him. November 8, 1649. (Lord John cannot go to Virginia because he is " in his Maj. service at Castle Elizabeth at Jersey".) f. 40. Letter from Gov. William Berkeley to Sir Richard Browne. Virginia, April 2, 1670. 15858. f. 165. Printed blank with seal and signed " W" Steele pres^ ", for use of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. 15874. f. 208. Narrative of what passed upon the river Ohio, August, 1753, to July, 1754. 15895. f. 339. Letter from Lord Cornbury, New York, March 9, 1708/9, giving account of his relation with De Lancey, a French merchant, of his debts, and of his being turned out of his government. (F. 341 contains a duplicate; one letter was sent by way of Jamaica, the other by way of Barbadoes.) f. 344. Petition from Lord Cornbury, mentioned in his letter of March 9, begging to be allowed to return to " Great Britain " in order to answer for his administration. Duplicate follows. ff. 347b-348. Charges against Cornbury and his answers thereto, f. 349. Account of Cornbury's debts. (Duplicate sent to his father "by the Mast Fleet", 1708/9.) f. 350. Second account sent to his father " of warrants now in my hands, this 4* day of March, 1708/9, due to me for my salary " as governor of New York, New Jersey, etc. f. 351. Id. Warrants due with reasons why the warrants had not been paid, f. 352. Id. Account of money due " for which I have not yet any warrants ". f. 354. Letter of attorney empowering his father and Lord Rochester " to receive the money due to me from the Queen ". f. 356. Certificate, signed and sealed, of Ebenezer Willson, mayor of New York, regarding Cornbury's warrants. March 10, 1708/9. f. 357. Similar to ff. 350-352. f. 360. Another certificate from Willson. April 19, 1709. f. 361. Duplicate of f. 350. f. 363. Deposition of Roger Brett. April 19, 1709. f. 365. Letter from Cornbury to William Lowndes, begging him to help him as his timber has been cut down and his house is to be pulled down, etc. 15896. Account of her Majesty's Revenue for the province of New York, as it ariseth from its several branches under the management of Peter Fauconnier, Esq., commissioner appointed by his excellency Edward, Viscount Cornbury, etc. to receive the same commencing Sp* 29, 1705, and ending Dec. 25 next following, f. 197. General Account of the same, giving total receipts and total expenses. 15898. ff. 27-49. Commission and instructions to Sir Richard Dutton, gov- ernor of Barbadoes " and the rest of the Caribbee Islands ". October 30, 1680. 100 The British Museum. f. 129. " An Account of His Majesty's Plantations in America." (Brief statement, often consisting of but one line for a colony, of the plan- tations. Has neither name, date, nor place, but is of about 1670-1679. In- cludes Hudson's Bay.) f. 133. List of Planters and Inhabitants in the English Ports, etc., in Newfoundland, Anno, 1680. Account of ships which have fished in the English Ports, etc., in Newfoundland, 1680. List of ships which go for Sacks out of the English Ports, etc. New- foundland, 1680. 15903. f. 116. Report relative to the English discoveries in Carolina and Florida and the settlement of English and French claims by Edward Byllynge, governor of West Jersey. 1687. 15945. f. 108. Note from Abbe Niccoli to Benjamin Franklin, Luxembourg, May, 1777, with comment explaining its purpose written by Frank- lin below. 15948. if. 121, 140. Letters from Thomas Povey. 1670. 15957. f. 344. Colored plan of Louisburg. 16367. a-n. Maps and plans of various places in N. America: New York, Brooklyn and port of Long Island, 1781 ; battle of White Plains, October 26, 1776; Falmouth harbor, 1777; West Florida, St. Augustine. 16371. Pen and ink drawing of the " Island of Manhados ", extending as far north as where the Harlem enters the Hudson, south to Staten Island, east and west to include small strip of land on each side. Also an inset showing " The Towne of New York ". Date not later than 1690, perhaps earlier, for the town does not seem as large as in Miller's map. 16603. Collection of letters from Maj. Pierce Butler of South Carolina, who came to England in 1784 to place his son at school and to procure a minister for the parish of St. Michaels. The letters were written from New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, 1784-1799, to Rev. Weeden Butler of Chelsea to whom Maj. Butler entrusted his son. 17018. f. 61. Docket of commission to John, Lord Vaughan, to be governor of Jamaica. April, 1674. f . 89. Report of Lords of Trade regarding government of Jamaica, November 13, 1677, with the King's order thereon, f. no. Declaration of the people of Virginia against Sir WilUam Berkeley. July, 1676. f. 112. Commission and instructions to Lord Culpeper. 1680. 17019. f. 37. " State of an Accompt of his Majestie's revenue arising in Jamaica for one year ended July 18, 1679." 17276. I. Chart of coast of the British Isles, Holland, France, the Spanish peninsula, the northwest coasts of Africa, with a portion of N. America. 2. Chart of eastern coasts of North and South America, with the West Indies. 17476. Papers collected by Adam Anderson for his Origin of Commerce, 1764. flF. 177-188. Section entitled "Benefit of our Plantations, 1754", with this motto " Trade is grown the Design of all Nations in Europe that are possessed of any maritime Provinces, as being Additional Manuscripts. 101 the only unexhausted Mine, and out of whose Treasures all Great- ness at Sea naturally arises." (Authorities quoted are worth noting: Lawson's History of Carolina; Temple's Miscellanea, 1680; Davenant's Report to the Commissioners of Accounts, 1712; a small tract printed at New York, 1726, called The In- terest of the Country in laying Duties; Gage's Survey of the West Indies, London, 1699; Carew Reynell's The True English Interest, London, 1674; Gary's Essay toward regulating the Trade and Imploying the Poor of the Kingdom, second ed., 1719; Wood's Survey of Trade, London, 1718; Gee's Trade and Navigation of Great Britain Considered, 1729; Davenant's Essays upon the Balance of Power, London, 1701 ; a treatise entitled The Importance of the British Plantations in America, London, 1731 ; Repre- sentation of the Board of Trade, 1734/S ; Purr/s Memorial presented to the Duke of Newcastle ; Sir F. Brewster's New Essays on Trade, London, 1700; Archdale's New Description of Carolina.') 17477. Id. contains only a copy of the charter of Georgia. 17482. " Giornale del Viaggio da Londra a Petersbourg nel vascello The Augusta di Mylord Baltimore nel mese di Maggio ", 1739, by Count Francesco Algarotti. 17560. " Diario y Derrotero de los nuevas descubrimentos de tierras a los rumbos N. N. O., E'^ y 0'= del Nuevo Mexico, por Fr. Silvestre Velez Excalante y Fr. Francisco Atanasio Dominguez." 1770- 1776. (Included in the volume are diaries of the journey of Fr. Francisco Garces to the river Colorado, 177s, f. 117, and of the journey of Fr. Pedro Font to Monterey, in 1777, ff. 237, 303.) 17566. f. lib. Spanish accounts of missionary expeditions to Texas, 1691- 1692, and other papers relating to missionary settlements in Texas, 1715-1767. 17569. f. 126. Report of Francisco Honibrados on the climate and com- mercial advantages of Louisiana. 1763. In Spanish. (Ff. 119-125 contain " Luisiana, oficio del Sr. Regis Loisel al Marques de Casa Calvo, sobre los indios, inmediatos a la Luisiana ", May 28, 1804 ; and the papers after f. 161 treat of the district of Colorado, especially of the Indians. Earlier folios (f. 38ff.) contain papers relating to Campeche and Yucatan.) 17570. f. 178. Description of Campeche and Yucatan, 1766. In Spanish. {Cf. 17654 B.) 17583. f. 175. Medios que Don Alonso de Arcos Moreno propuso para recuperar la Ysla de Jamaica. 1747. f. 283. Various routes, among them one from Acapulco to Manila. 17626. Journal of expedition to the Philippine Islands. 1525-1528. (The volumes to 17630 relate to Cuba and the Philippines. See also 17634, 17641 C, D, 17642, 17643, 17644 A, E, 17645.) 17637. f. I. " Posiciones de la America Meridional y Septentrional geo- graficas." 17637-17645. These volumes belonging to the collection of Spanish docu- ments made by D. Felipe Bauza, contain a number of papers relat- ing to Cuba and the Philippines, especially 17641D-17645. The dates are various, 1750-1800. 17648 A. " Descripcion geographica de la parte que los Espaiioles poseen actualmente en el continente de la Florida; del dominio en que estan los Yngleses"; by Fernando Martinez. 1768. A paper roll. 102 The British Museum. 17693A-D. Four charts of coast of Newfoundland, as surveyed by James Cook, 1764-1767. 17748. Volume of dockets of patents, commissions, pardons, proclamations, etc., passed in the clerk of the Crown's Office. (A description of the Crown Office is given in the volume devoted to the PubHc Record OflBce. The clerk of the Hanaper met the expenses of the office for paper, books, pens, ink, Indian dust, etc. Parchment is men- tioned at £1 per roll.) f. 5. Docket of commission to Lord Culpepper, with orders and in- structions for better governing his Majesty's plantation of Virginia. November 23, no year given, f . 9b. Docket of commission constituting a president and council in his Majesty's dominion of New England with authority to govern the same according to methods and regulations therein specified. October 8, no year. 17749-17754. Series of volumes containing statistics of revenue and cus- toms. Volume 17749 contains statistics regarding French tobacco imported. Volume 17751 contains a few items recording bounties for French Protestants and for ministers going to the plantations, the earliest being dated 1693. Volumes 17752-17754 contain many such items regarding ministers, chaplains, schoolmasters, etc., covering the years 1694, 1695, 1696. 17756-17759. Account of the incomes and issues of the revenue from 1688 to 1703. 17938. 2. Colored chart, vellum roll, of coast line of North and South America. 1655. 18046-18051. Series of volumes relating to revenue and customs, beginning in some cases as early as 1673 and continuing till 1742. Volume 18050 relates to excise only and contains nothing for plantation history, but volumes 18046, 18047, 18048, 18049, 18051 contain items of importance, particularly in connection with the plantation duty. Figures given in 18051 should be compared with those given in Add. MSS. 8829. There are apparently discrepancies in the lists that might be reconciled. (See P. R. O., Treasury Accounts, Revenue Accounts, Miscel, England, 50.) 18206. Admiralty Causes tried by Sir Leoline Jenkins, 1672-1680. ff. 6rb-62b. Petition and report about goods of DaJvall, an English- man, confiscated at New York, laden on a Dutch prize for Hol- land and driven to New England and seized there. Dalvall peti- tioned that the goods might be released to him on salvage. Entered, September 11, 1674. 18274. "A Review of Observations on the Commerce of the American States so far as those observations relate to the immediate and constant supply of the British West Indies." In letter addressed to Mr. Debrett of Piccadilly, editor of the Observations, by Edward Long. (Ansvirer to Sheffield's work some parts of which Long declares to be "not only absurd and inconsistent but a mockery of common sense".) 18286. Papers relating to the Philippines, particularly concerning disturb- ances at Manila and death of the governor of the Philippines in 1719. Additional Manuscripts. 103 18389. Original despatch of Adm. Benbow reporting action off Santa Martha. Jamaica, September 24, 1702. 18399B. View of City of Quebec. 1740. 18556. Notes by Rev. Richard Kaye, died 1809. f. 13. Contains a few lines on Virginia, describing the colony as a field for transported convicts. " The greater felons were hanged, the lesser sent to Virginia .... The person who transports them indents them for the term of their transportation to be pro- vided with food and raiment." 18683. Claims on property left to Robert Cunningham in Montserrat and St. Christopher, as contained in correspondence (copied) of Archi- bald Hutcheson with Gov. Mathews of the Leeward Islands, 1733- 1744. 18986. f. 205. Letter to the Commissioners of the Admiralty from Thomas Modyford and others, constituting a prize court at Barbadoes. August 9, 1655. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §219.) f. 209. Letter from Robert Wadeson [Madison], William Crispin, Thos. Broughton, to the Commissioners of the Admiralty. Boston in New England, August 29, 1655. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, pp. 431, 437-438, 441; 1675-1676, §220. This letter contains an account of the experiences of the commission with information as to the character of the provision purchased.) f. 257. Report to his Highness from committee for the affairs of America. June 2, 1657. (Tobias Bridge, who was a member of the committee and signed this report, was a privy councillor who assisted in proclaiming Richard Cromwell. The report gives an account of the business touching Jamaica. Cf. ante, f. 123, and Egerton 2395, ff. 157, 158b.) f. 346. Letter from Gov. Doyley of Jamaica, regarding victualling the Hound. Jamaica, April 10, 1660. 19038. f. 31. Note of the governor of Nassau, attached to copy of letter by Peter Goudet, February 27, 1729/30. f. 4J8. Letters from F. Gastry to Adm. Charles Knowles, governor of Jamaica. 1753. 19049. f. I. History and description of Nova Scotia, n. d. (Flattering; object, erection of a colony there to unite with the northern colonies to curb the growth of the French in Canada. Evidently by Samuel Waldo, of Boston, who laid claim to the territory.) f. 7. Regarding negroes in Jamaica, advocating their suppression, September 16, 1733. On f. 9 remarkable description of a Jamaica plantation. 19069-19076. Volumes containing letters of Col. Paul Mascarene, com- mander-in-chief of Nova Scotia, 1735-1737, memorials and other papers, 1710-1746. Volumes 19072 and 19073 contain collections of Dr. Andrew Brown relating to Nova Scotia; 19074 contains journals of meteorological observations made at Halifax, 1776- 1794; and 19075, 19076 contain a rough draft of the history of Nova Scotia by Dr. Brown. 19071. f. 88ff. Copies of seven important letters concerning the Acadians from the collection of Dr. Belknap. 104 The British Museum. 1. Gov. Shirley's representation. September 9, 1745. 2. Despatch to Shirley from Townshend and Knowles. Septem- ber II, 1745- 3. Gov. Shirley to Gov. Wentworth. October 25, 1746. 4. Id. November 4, 1746. 5. Hamilton to Cornwallis. 1749. 6. Id. 1749-1751. 7. Annapolis repairs and Gov. Philips to Col. Mascarene. 1720- 1721. (This volume, which is entitled " Papers relating to Nova Scotia, 1720-1791 ", is important for the history of the Acadian removal (fif. 36-6sb) and for all that has to do with Nova Scotia during the colonial period. See Selec- tions from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia.) 19073. f. 2. Commission to Hon. Edward Cornwallis, governor of Nova Scotia. 1749. 19293-19298. Papers relating to the Philippines. (F. lib, 19297, contains a translation by Sir H. Parker of Don J. G. C. Bueno's description of the coast of California. See also, 17634, 17651, 17661 C, D, 17660 C. 19298 contains plan for conquering the Philip- pines in 1762, and 19293, 19294 contain extracts of voyages from the Philippines to New Spain, 1699-1740; 19299 contains a description of the Sulu islands, 1763.) 19332. ff. 29, 130, 132. Letters from Gov. Trelawny of Jamaica. f. 33. Papers relating to Adm. Vernon's command in the West Indies. 1740-1741. 19350. Very small volume containing vocabulary of the language of the Newfoundland Indians, with a narrative of the Indian woman from whom it was obtained. 19374. Fundamental constitutions of Carolina, March i, 1669; to which is prefixed an abstract of the charter of 1665. 20102. f. 22. Letter from Gov. Burnet of Massachusetts, to Mrs. Robert Clayton, July 7, 1729, saying that he has sent her a young beaver alive and giving directions for its care, together with the fur of a white beaver. 20733. Almon Correspondence. 1766-1805. f. III. Comment by Thos. Pownall, former governor of Massachu- setts, upon the retirement of Lord George Germain and the abolition of his office. November, 1781. {Cf. ff. 106-110.) f. 145. Letter from Dr. Hugh Williamson, author of a History of North Carolina, to John Almon. Philadelphia, December 11, 1766. (Has been altered somewhat by another hand, possibly by Almon himself for publication.) 20926. f. 340. Diaries of the naval campaign of Spain against England in 1779, with map of the movements and various naval reports for 1780, etc. (In Spanish. Cf. ff. 108, 238.) 21004. ff. 27-58. License to an English company for importing negro slaves into America. 1723-1743. Spanish. 21133. f. I. King's warrant licensing Thos. Sheridan, merchant, for the space of seven years to import tobacco out of the English plan- Additional Manuscripts. 105 tations in America into the kingdom of Ireland, without first put- ting such tobacco on shore in England, n. d. ff. 3-5. Request that such licensing be stopped and that a commis- sion be appointed to prevent that trade. Draft of warrant for a commission follows, f. 7. Draft of warrant for special license. 21134. f. 42. Observations on trade between the English plantations and Ireland; also on that part of the petition of the inhabitants of Barbadoes to the king that relates to Ireland. (Upholds free trade, and argues that England's acts relating to Ireland are an injury to Ireland, a great loss to the plantations and no benefit to Eng- land. Duplicate begins on f. 46.) 21136. f. I. Accounts respecting imposts on tobacco, signed and remitted to the treasury by Lord Baltimore. September, 1691. (Giving Baltimore's share of the two shilling per hogshead impost and the fourteen pence per ton impost. Baltimore petitions for leave to receive the total sum of £1484 16s. lod.) f. 63. Draft of proclamation against Scots at Darien. 1699. 21384. ff. 1-27. Journal of explorations by M. de Kerasoret, July, 1753, among the Bahama islands. 21494. f. 37. Lords Justices' opinion upon report of the Board of Trade, regarding Lord Bellomont's salary. July 16, 1695. f. 60. Memorial to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, on a plan- tation of land between Maryland and Carolina. Tempus, Anne. 21497. ff. 108, 158b. Opinions on the right of impressing seamen. 1709. 21506. ff. 161-166. Letters from Benjamin Franklin to Capt. Paul Jones. Passy, March 25, 1784; June 5, July 9, 1785. f. 168. Thomas Jefferson to same. 1786. 21631-21660. Bouquet Papers. (These volumes contain letter-books, disbursement accounts, warrants, gen- eral and regimental orders, etc., of Brig.-Gen. Bouquet. Gen. Bouquet was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Royal American regiment in 1754. In 1763 he was sent by Gen. Amherst to Canada with military stores for the relief of Fort Pitt and gained a notable victory over the Indians. At the conclusion of the peace with the Indians, he was made brigadier-general and commandant of all troops in the southern colonies. He died in 1765 of an epidemic at Pensacola. His correspondence includes letters to and from Amherst, Gage, Stanwix, Moncton, St. Clair, Loudoun, Forbes, Washington, and letters from large numbers of the officers, commissioned and non-commissioned, of lesser rank, and from governors of some of the colonies, agents, paymasters and civilians in Philadelphia, New York, Charleston, etc. The documents in these 17 volumes are calendared in Brymner's Canadian Archives, issued as appendices to the Report of the Minister of Agricul- ture, 1889, pp. 1-137. Complete copies of the entire collection are in the archives of the government at Ottawa, constituting vols. A1-A30 of the government series. As the printed calendar is readily accessible no attempt has been made here to list any of the documents of this collection. An excellent account of Gen. Bouquet may be found in the Diet. Nat. Biog.) 21661-21892. Haldimand Papers. (General Sir Frederick Haldimand was born in 1718 and died in 1791. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 62d Royal Americans in 1756 under Lord Loudoun, and rose steadily in rank, serving in northern New York and Canada till 1766 when he took command at Pensacola, Florida. 106 The British Museum. In 1778 he was appointed governor of Canada. His papers cover the years, 1758-1785, and consist of correspondence with Gens. Amherst, Gage, Stan- wix, Robertson, Taylor, Abercrombie, Murray, Sir Ralph Burton, Sir William Johnson, Col. Guy Johnson, Hon. John Stuart; the governors of the various colonies; agents, paymasters and superintendents, both in America and in England, the subordinate officers in America, and the various officials, secretary of state and others, in England. The volumes include also many copies of reports on conditions in Canada under Haldimand's predecessors; many papers relating to Indian affairs and ordnance matters; account-books, regimental returns, commissariat statistics; general orders and instructions from Amherst, Gage, Maitland, Carleton and others ; government instructions, military rules and direc- tions, journals, diaries, maps, plans, bills of exchange, naval and military commissions, warrants; and many letters from and papers relating to the Loyalists. In addition, the later volumes contain secret intelligence papers, documents relating to prisoners and suspected persons, packet boats, in- voices of cargoes, and letters of advice of stores shipped, statistics of trade, and, finally, memorials, speeches, addresses, commissions, advertise- ments, valuations and inventories. A copy of this great collection of 232 volumes is in the government archives at Ottawa, numbered B1-B232, many of the volumes being in two parts. The documents are calendared in Brymner's Canadian Archives, 1884, pp. 1-136; 1885, pp. 137-382; 1886, pp. 383-741 (completing vol. I.), 1-84; 1887, pp. 85-564; 1888, pp. 565-1028 (completing vol. II.), 1-52; 1889, pp. 53-299 (completing vol. III.). Though the calendar forms but a part of each appendix for the year of issue, a continuous pagination has been adopted so that bound separately it consists of three volumes of pp. 741, 1028 and 299 respectively. Add. MSS. 20237, containing letters from Gen. Haldimand to Sir John Johnson, superintendent of Indian affairs, belongs properly speaking to the Haldimand collection, but has not been included among those docu- ments copied by the Canadian government. The Haldimand papers were presented to the British Museum in 1857 by Haldimand's grand-nephew, William Haldimand, M. P., and are fully indexed in the separate index- volume covering the additions of the years 1854-1875. So accessible is the calendar that none of the documents are here listed.) 21893. " Reasons and uses of the Georgian Calendar and of Octave Com- putation or Natural Arithmetic, by Rev. Hugh Jones, M. A. Minister at Jamestown." 21931. List of testators, 1663-1700, 1731-1750, and lists of marriages, 1669- 1679. Jamaica. 21947. flf. 47, 59, 149. Letters from Lieut.-Gov. Atkins, of Barbadoes, to the Duke of Richmond. 1667. ff. 63, 190. Letters from Edward Randolph, June 6, 1667, June 22, 1668. (The first letter speaks of his safe arrival at Edinburgh and the second, dated Cromarty (north of Inverness) has remarks about the woods.) 21993. f. 190. " The coppy of some of the old instructions which were with others formerly delivered to S'' Thomas Gates, Knight, at his going to Virginia, for his direction in his government there and now are by us his Mat^ Councell for the Company of adventurers for Virginia given to the Ho*"'* the Lord Lawarre to looke into and advise on and at his discretion to use or forbeare to put them in execution." Signed, "your loving Freind, Alexander Whitaker, Virginia this f^ of August, 161 1 ". (Also, ff. 174-189.) 22129. Register of civil offices in the royal colonies, from Quebec to Do- minica, giving name of the office, name of the incumbent, how appointed, salary and how paid. With one page of promiscuous offices, chiefly of Indian affairs. Compiled probably about 1776. Additional Manuscripts. 107 For example: New Jersey. Gov. W" Franklin Great Seal £750 Paid by the Province Lt. Gov. No Salary Chief Justice Fred. Smith Sign Manuel £400 Out of Tea Duty Att. Gen. Josh Warrell No Salary Secretary Maurice Morgan Great Seal £300 or thereabouts, paid by deputy. 22130. f. 16. Letter from Gen. Washington to Col. Menenville, aide-de- camp to Comte de Rochambeau, New Windsor, N. Y., May 9, 1 78 1, regarding a supply of artillery for the defence of Rhode Island. 22186. f. 87. Letter from Gov. Beeston of Jamaica, November 30, 1697, regarding Maj. Noble and his will, f. 153. Letter from J. Goodsole to Sir Henry Johnson. Montserrat, July 17, 1706. (Goodsole sailed from Cape Coast Castle, with 330 slaves. Gives an account of his experiences at Montserrat.) 22265. f. 94. Regarding settling and fortifying the island of Tobago. (Petition on behalf "of me and my company", signed Moses Stringer, and dated London, April, 1706. F. 96 is an essay on " The preserving the trade of America to the subjects of the Crown of England being of the highest importance and no way to the effect but by a vigorous war to drive the French out of America, settle King Charles the Third, and oblige the Span- yard to a free and uninterrupted traffic and commerce with her Majesty Queen Anne's subjects". Also f. 98, and Harleian 7020, f. 31.) 22357. Copies of patents, commissions and instructions. 1660-1702. f. 197. Commission of the auditor general of the revenue of the plantations, Blathwayt. (" And whereas there is an auditor general established by our authority within our colony of Virginia, we do hereby especially provide and require that the auditor general of Virginia for the time being do from time to time transmit and deliver", etc.) 22564. " A Discourse of Newfoundland ", by Capt. Richard Whitbourne. About 1620. 22616. f. 129. Letters from and to Francis Nicholson, governor and com- mander-in-chief of the royal forces at Annapolis, in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and commissioner for examining into the public accounts of N. America. (Nicholson seems to have been at Cork. These particular letters have nothing to do with the plantations as such.) 22617. f. 134. Papers regarding packet-boat service and Ed. Dummer's connection with it. (There were five boats under the direction of the postmaster-general, sailing to the Mediterranean, Holland, the West Indies, etc. Dummer was master of the packet-boats. See Hist. MSS. Comm. Report XV. MSS. of the Duke of Portland, VIIL, and, post, documents listed under the General Post Office.) f. 138. Letter from Dummer to Thos. Harley. 1712. f. 141. Copy of report concerning the naval office in Barbadoes, giving in brief a history of the office to date. The report was sent from the London Custom House, and is dated, February 16, 1693/4. 108 The British Museum. f. 143. Paper on the naval officers in the plantations, from Edward Perrie, London, December 29, 1713, sent to Charles Carkesse of the customs board. f. 145. Letter from Charles Carkesse to Richard Powers, stating duties of the naval officer. Custom House, London, December 30> 1713- f. 149. Memorial of the clerks of " the Navall or Navy Office " in the Leeward Islands, Barbadoes, Jamaica, etc. 22639. Regfarding the Company of the Mines Royal in Jamaica, 1726-1727. 22676-22678. Papers relating to the Island of Jamaica, 1662-1791, among which is a paper on the necessity and usefulness of packet-boats (f. 23, 1719), another outlining plan for the same (f. 24). 22679. f. I. " Objections offered by the Magistrates of the City of New York to his Honor the Lieutenant Governor in Council, against a Commission of the Peace being issued for the city and county of New York." (Read in council, December 20, 1764. The paper was drawn up on the 19th and signed by Cruger, Johnson, Jilkin, Bogerth, Jr., Nich. Roosevelt, Brewerton, Hicks, Van Wyck, Com. Roosevelt.) f. 4. Petition to Gov. Moore of New York from a number of Indians of the Mohheekunnuck tribe residing on the Housatonic River regarding claim to lands on the Hudson River. Stockbridge, April I, 1765. f. 7. Dr. John Gordon, on account of Sir Henry Moore, for orders of Council. 1763-1766. f . 8. Letter from J. IngersoU to Gov. Moore. New Haven, January 3, 1766. (IngersoU requests the governor to receive into the fort at New York the stamp papers consigned to him.) f. 9. Letter from Gov. Bernard to Gov. Moore, Boston, February 23, 1766, telling about the rioting at New London because of the stamps. (F. II contains an unsigned, undated statement in Bernard's handwriting telling of the same.) f. 12. Letter from Lieut. Colville to Gov. Moore. Halifax, April 17, 1766, promising aid in case of need, f. 14. Letter from (jov. Bernard to Gov. Moore, Boston, May 29, 1766, regarding Gov. Colden's letter about Bernard communicated to the newspapers, and adding, " The popular madness has not abated here so much as I could wish ". f. 16. Formal communication from CjOV. Wm. Pitkin of Connecticut, Hartford, June 4, 1766, regarding selling liquor to the Schaticook Indians, f. 17. Protest addressed to FoUerker Dow, mayor of Albany, against the late unwarranted proceedings of a number of people under the influence of Col. John Van Ransler at a place called Noble Town. Signed by Indians of Stockbridge, June 30, 1766. (Similar communication, dated July I, 1766, follows.) f. 21. Letter from J. IngersoU to Gov. Moore, New Haven, July 14, 1766, asking that he and Lieut.-Gov. Golden will see that the stamps, which are to be taken back to England, be put safely on board ship bound for London. Additional Manuscripts. 109 f. 23. Indian sale to Rev. John C. Hardwick. July 15, 1666. f. 25. Letter from Wm. Gilliland to Col. Bird, Willsborough, Sep- tember 19, 1766, regarding his title to lands on Lake Champlain. f. 29. " Some sensible remarks on Canada boundaries ", in the hand- writing of Edward Long. f. 31. State of the paper currency at New York, dated November 14, 1766, contained in a letter from Abraham Lott, merchant of New York, to Gov. Moore. f. 33. Address of the general assembly of New York to Gov. Moore, December 15, 1766, in reply to the governor's message of November 17, 1766. (F. 35 is a duplicate.) f. 36. Letter from Gov. Bernard to Gov. Moore, December 18, 1766, regarding his own claim to lands in New York. f. 38. Letter from Peter Hasenclever to Gov. Moore, New York, May II, 1768, regarding money and business matters. f. 42. Letter from Sir William Johnston to Gov. Moore, Johnston Hall, July 20, 1768, regarding money matters. f. 44. Id. August s, 1768. f. 46. Id. Fort Stanwix, September 20, 1768. f. 50. Letter from Capt. Sam. Holland to Gov. Moore. Quebec, October 9, 1768. f. 52. Copy of proclamation regarding religion. f. 56. Communication from Grov. Moore, addressed to " My Lord ", regarding the state of the chancery court at New York. n. d. Unfinished. 22680. f. 5. "A Brief Relation of the expedition to Cartaxena being an extract of a letter wrote by a Spanish officer (that was in the said siege) to his Friend at the Havana." f. 9. Minutes of council of war held at camp at Cuba, October 31- November 7, 1741. f. II. "Reasons humbly offered for fortifying Port Royal harbour in So. Carolina and for erecting an Hospital and Store house there." f. 13. List of shippings in Port Royal harbor on the fifteenth of April, 1729. f. 14. " A short abstract of the contract for transporting a number of Swiss to South Carolina." f. 16. " Proposals for paying off all plantation bills or paper cur- rency in his Majestie's colonies and plantations in America; and for the due application of the money granted by Parliament to the four New England provinces and colonies for reimbursing their expence in the Cape Breton expedition." (Endorsed "A sensible plan".) 22781. Treatise to prove England by its trade and commerce is equivalent in wealth and strength to a far greater territory (France) ; that taxes rather increase than diminish the commonwealth; that Eng- land has stock sufficient to drive the trade of the whole world. (Ch. v. contains remarks on the plantations. A true mercantilist docu- ment. About 1675.) 110 The British Museum. 22851. £f. 65, 170. Letters from Elihu Yale to Thos. Pitt, governor of Fort St. George, Madras, February 4, 1701/2, February 12, 1701/2. Chiefly about money and business. 22875. Plans, etc., of fortifications in British North America. 1750. Small book, finely bound and tooled, entitled " Plans ", containing plans of fortifications. A few of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia but none of the plantations southward. 22919, 22920. Collection of letters of Sir George Downing. On f. 51 is a letter from Holies to Downing about the " Duch ", Paris, October 17 and 27, 1669. " By a state of the case now sent me by this post it appears the fort belonged to us and they were intruders." Ff. 195, 207, 209 contain letters from merchants regarding the Dutch ; f. 236 is a letter from Sir Richard Ford. 22920 contains claims of merchants against the Dutch. Note flf. 6, 8, 11; also letter from the East India Co., London, September 25, 1663, signed by Ford, Martin Noell and others. (Ford was on the " private committee " of the East India Company.) 23122. f. 27b. Letter from Lord Bellenden to Lord Lauderdale. May 7, 1664. (Rather important for the customs. Contains this sentence " Dear My Lord do what you can to prevent a war with Holland for we shall be sunk by it".) 23206. f. yy. Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, London, dated Passy, April 14, 1782, regarding the general treaty of peace. 23242-23251. Papers and Correspondence of John Maitland, second earl of Lauderdale, created duke of Lauderdale in 1672 and earl of Guildford in 1674. (The papers have been rearranged in a chronological series and are indexed in the Index, 1854-1875. The classified catalogue, British Museum Manu- script Room, is not to be depended on for this series. The volumes con- tain but little relating to colonial history. Cf. 23108-23138 and 35125.) 23615. State of America. Representation of the Board of Trade, September 8, 1 72 1, with map of the English and French possessions on the continent of North America, 1727. H. Popple. Original, colored. 23618. 14. Plan of engagement between the British and French at Do- minica, April 12, 1782. 17. Plan of siege of Havana. 1762. 22. Sketch of part of the Island of St. Lucia, with the operations between the Dutch and French. 1768. 23651. Rainsford Papers, relating to the Hanau and Anspach troops. 1776-1778. (Rainsford was aide-de-camp, and commissary of (Jeorge III. to receive the German troops and transport them to America. The volume contains com- missions, instructions, various memoranda, remarks, etc., concerning trans- portation of troops to America. Also lists of necessaries, equipment, oaths of loyalty, summaries of costs, accounts of expenses and much correspond- ence, including letters from Lord Suffolk, G. Cressener, Gen. Faucitt and Sir Joseph Yorke.) 23678. Narrative and remarks on the siege of Havana, 1761-1762, by Adm. Sir Charles Knowles. (Ff. 36-end is a journal of the siege of Havana, June 6, 1762, printed in the London Gazette, September 11, 30, 1762, and reprinted by Rev. E. E. Hale, in 1898, in a pamphlet entitled An Authentic Journal of the Siege of the Havanna, by an OMcer.) Additional Manuscripts. Ill 23725. flf. 3, 5. Letters from John Smibert to Mr. Arthur Pond, Painter, London, dated Boston, March 15, 1744/S and April 6, 1749. (The first letter mentions expedition to Cape Breton, but is chiefly about paintings and materials received. The second speaks of £63 to be laid out in colors, cloths, gold frames, colored mounts, etc.) f . 49. Letter from John Moffatt to the executors of the will of the late Mr. Arthur Pond. Boston, July 2, 1759. 24131-24138. "Abstracts of English State Papers in the collection formed by William, Earl of Shelbume, i'' Marquis of Lansdowne, and now preserved at Lansdowne House." The papers concern the peace of 1763, the American war, the general pacification in 1783, navy, trade, customs, etc. 24320. Papers relating to the surrender of Ft. Sackville (Vincennes) by Lieut.-Gov. Henry Hamilton, to George Rogers Clark, February, 1779. ( (i) Gov. Henry Hamilton's Diary, August 6, 1778-October 6, 1778; (2) dates of March, February 24, 1779, copy of parole, March i — Start for Richmond, May 27 ; {3) reasons for not making an attempt on the Illinois this winter, Vincennes, December 19, 1778; (4) copy of proposals to Col. Qark, February 24, 1779; (5) letter regarding Gov. Hamilton, April 18, 1779! (6) letter from Gov. Hamilton to Maj.-Gen. Wm. Phillips, speaking of his misfortune in having to sign the capitulation of February 25, dated May 21, 1779; (7) terms of the capitulation, signed G. R. Clark, together with Hamilton's reasons for capitulating; (8) letters from Phillips to Hamilton, Charlottesville, May 29, July 5, 1779; (9) letter from Hamilton to Phillips, Williamsburg Jail, July, 1779; (10) letter from Gen. J. Hamil- ton to Gov. Hamilton, July 19, 1780; (11) letter from Gov. Hamilton to the governor and council of Virginia, July 30, 1779; (12) Phillips to Maj. Hay regarding exchange of prisoners, August 19, 1779; (13) Phillips to Gov. Hamilton, August 19, August 25, 1779; (14) Wm. Collier, writing for Phillips, to Hamilton, September 11, 1779; (iS) Phillips to paymaster- general, David Geddes, September 4, 1779; (16) Hamilton's parole, ten- dered to all the prisoners of war, October 2, 1779; (17) Phillips to Hamil- ton, Bethlehem, Pa., November 2, 1779; (17) copy of letter from Gen. Hamilton to Gen. Haldimand, Jermyn St., London, July 6, 1781, giving report of the whole affair. Hamilton's report to Gen. Haldimand has been printed in Michigan Pioneer Collections, IX.) 24321. Letters in cipher (deciphered) relating to American affairs. 1777- 1781. ( (i) Victor Amadeus II., king of Sardinia, to Marquis de Cordon, Turin, April 26, 1777. " Should the colonies win their independence it would be difficult for England to regain her superiority over the navies of France and Spain"; (2) D. H. [David Hartley] to Franklin, London, February 20, 1778, hoping to see a treaty begun, " It is demidium facto " ; (3) letters from Samuel Wharton to Mr. Benson, London, February 24, March 13, 21, April 28, 1778; (4) Gerard, French envoy to the U. S. to ■ (a frag- ment) ; (s) Vergennes to Gerard, June 26, 1778; (6) James McMasters to Robert Ellison, Paris, September 8, 1777; (7) F. Lewis to the same, Sep- tember II, 1777; (8-9) keys to the cipher. The despatches from Vergennes to Lucerne were taken up by British seamen after being thrown overboard when the vessel that carried them was captured. Endorsements are, " Secret, Read by the King ". The papers were deciphered by Francis Willes, one of the king's chief decipherers, who afterward petitioned for some recompense or douceur.) 24322. Miscellaneous Letters, etc., relating to American Affairs, 1718-1796. ((i) Copy of Gov. Robert Hunter's letter to the justices of Westchester on the complaint of the inhabitants of Rye being distrained upon by the officers of Connecticut, April 19, 1718; (2) order for payment of £400 to 112 The British Museum. Gov Robert Johnson of South Carolina for expenses of seven Cherokee Indians then in England; receipt of Robert Johnson on the back; (3) copies of letter from Earl Percy to Gen. Gage, April 20, 1775 (the original is in the P. R. O.) ; (4) letter from John Staples to Lord Rochford, Stepney Green, September 20, 1775 ; (s) extract of a letter from Alderman William Lee to Nathan Rumsey at Nantes, London, October 25, 1776; (6) copy of letter from S. Deane, Paris, December 9, 1776; (7) copy of letter to Mr. George Carlting, Paris, April 24, 1777 [from Carmichael?] about the American situation and the attitude of France; (8) letter from E. Gerry to Joseph Gardoqui & Sons, Philadelphia, September i, 1777, regarding Burgoyne's movements; (9) Capt. Stanhope's account of his seizure of the ship Rittenhouse, December 27, I77S; (10) extract of letter from Capt. Chester of Pensacola to Lord George Germain, October 6, 1777 ; copy of letter from the same to the governor of Louisiana, Pensacola, May 28, 1778; (11) De Brahm's petition for his salary as provisional sur- veyor of East Florida, I77S-I777; (12) copy of letter from Lord George Germain to Sir Henry Clinton, January 23, 1779 (secret and confidential, outlining the future conduct of the war in N. America) ; (13) copies of various letters from Maj.-Gen. Prevost, Sir Henry Clinton, Gov. Tonyn, 1779; (14) letter to Curzon and Gouverneur, St. Eustatius, fromW. Savage, Edenton, North Carolina, November, 1780; (15) copy of letter to Adm. Rodney from the Lords of the Admiralty; December 7, 1780; letter from Baron Steuben to Benjamin Walker, merchant. New York, regarding the sale of property in Virginia; (17) copy of letter from Cornwallis to Phil- lips, April, 1781 ; (18) letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord George Ger- main, New York, April 30, 1781 (duplicate) ; (19) letters from Susanna Riddell to William Innes, dated Williamsburg, Virginia, October 5, 1781, August 7, 1782, January 12, August 10, 1783 ; the papers of date later than 1783 relate to Canada, the Western Forts and the Indians, and the Bahamas.) 24323. Letters from Sir William Johnson, Sir J. Johnson and Col. Guy Johnson to John Blackburn, merchant, Cannon St., London, chiefly relating- to Canada. 1770- 1780. 24456. " Puritan families emigrating to New England in the reign of Charles I., from Harleian 6071, followed by notes on Winthrop's History of New England." (Part of the Hunter Collection. See 24516, 25463, 25466.) 24516. f. 115. "Emigration in 1635. From a Record of the time in the custody of the Queen's Remembrancer. I have copied every name of persons going to New England. in a greater number than to Barbadoes, Providence and Bermudas." (The book, which contains about 100 leaves, is entitled, "A Register of the names of all the passengers that passed through the port of London, in one year, 1635 ".) 24666. Collection of printed tracts relating to the English church at Am- sterdam. 1634, 1635. 24982. Memoirs and other papers relating to the English and French pos- sessions in America and the West Indies. " Repertoire de ce qui est contenu dans ce livre '' : — " Etat present des isles et Territoires du Roy de France, et d'Angle- terre en Amerique, avec I'histoire ancienne et modernes de leur Colonies et des Tables Astronomiques qui montrent le levee et le couche du soleil, &c, dans les dites colonies, et un Traite historique des Vents et des Moussons, par M. E. Hallei." 1. Martinique. 2. "Estat present des Isles et Territories du Roy d'Angletterre en Amerique." Those to Virginia are St. Christopher, New Additional Manuscripts. 113 25115. A volume containing copies of various petitions presented to the Council of Trade, earliest dated, November 13, 1660, and latest, March 12, 1661/2. 25117-25125. The Coventry Papers (Henry Coventry, Secretary of State, 1672-1680) were presented by the Duke of Northumberland in 1863. Consist of letter-books chiefly. Only 25120 is of import- ance here. This is entitled " Letters to Governors of Plantations in North America and the West Indies, 1674-1679 ". Some of these letters are calendared in Cat. Col, but a number of them are not calendared and supplement the documents in the Public Record Office, ff. 41-151. Letters from Henry Coventry to Gov. Atkins of Barba- does, Gov. Vaughan of Jamaica, Sir Henry Morgan of Jamaica, the buccaneer, knighted by Charles IL, chiefly in connection with the enterprises at Panama, etc. (Cf. 11268, 11410.) Some of the letters to Atkins are calendared. Letter to Gov. Berkeley of Vir- ginia, July 10, 1676, about sending troops to put down Bacon's rebellion (flf. 82-83, not cal.) ; another, July 14, 1676, about the same, (f. 88, not cal.); a third, November 15, 1676 (f. 94, cal.). Letters to Mr. Witham at Barbadoes, and to the Earl of Carlisle. Important letter to Jeffreys, Berkeley's successor as governor of Virginia, dated December 5, 1678, contains this suggestive state- ment (f. 136, not cal.), "The difficulties we are in at present by reason of a late Conspiracy discovered of the utmost consequence, and the combined and long sittings of Parliament, have given us so little time to consult at the Committee of Plantations, that you will want many directions which else you would have had." Cf. also f. 138 (not cal.). Letter to Sir Henry Chicheley, governor of Virginia, April i, 1679, is calendared. Another to Maj. Andrews (Andros), governor of New York, September 26, 1679, bidding him receive Mr. Randolph kindly, is not calendared. Letter to the governor of New Plymouth, same date, brought as was that to Andros by Randolph, is calendared. 25302. f. 96. Regarding a suit at law, between Cecil Calvert, Lord Balti- more, Sir Thomas Reynell and others. 1639 [?]. 25463. f. 78. Founders of New Plymouth, in the Hunter Collection. Cf. 25466. 25466. " Collections concerning the Early History of the Founders of New Plymouth " by Joseph Hunter. (An imperfect draft of the work published by Hunter, London, 1849, with slightly different title. Differs, also, in some respects from, the printed version.) 25490. f. 31. Observations upon the attack made by Commodore Sir Peter Parker upon Fort Sullivan, South Carolina, June 28, 1776. (Evidently written by some one connected with the land forces.) 25699. Chronicles of the Indians of North America, by S. G. Drake. Boston, 1836. 25893-25895. "Extracts for a fair and impartial history of Paul Jones." In ten copy-books, lettered A-K, partly printed, manuscript auto- graph, by Dr. Richard Filkin. 114 The British Museum. 26062. Code of law, civil and criminal, for the province of Quebec, by Sir James Marriott. Doctors Commons, December 30, 1772. (Cf. P. R. O., A. W. I. 516, old reference.) 27382. f. 191. " The present State of Justice in the American plantations and particulariy in the Isle of Barbados, with some thoughts how the same may (in a great Measure) be amended for the future." (Relates solely to Barbadoes. No date but probably before 1660.) f. 197. An Account of the Present State of Virginia, signed Hen. Hartwell, James Blair, E. Chilton. (An excellent clear copy of this well-known work Printed, Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., first series, vol. 5.) f. 256. Two letters recommending liberty of conscience. 1662. 27392. k. Map of the Mosquito Shore on the Bay of Honduras. 1784. 27402. f. 124. Copy of commission from Charles II. to Sir George Carteret. 1649. (Mutilated. To the commission the following autograph note is added: "Carteret, I will add this to you under my owne hand that I can never forgett the good services you have done to my father and to me, and if God pleas me you shall find I doe remember them to the advantage of you and yours: and for this you have the word of Your very loving friend, Charles R.") 27578. Correspondence of Rev. W. Butler. Vol. II., 1763-1771. f. 109, 114, 116. Letters from Rev. Tho. John Claggett, July i, 1768, September i, 1769, September 19, 1769. Maryland. 27777. f. 10. Letter on the appointment of Charles and William Wyndham secretaries of Jamaica. 27856. Notes on voyages and the discovery and geography of America. 27859. f. 22. Petition of Alexander (self-styled), earl of Stirling, claiming the lordship of Nova Scotia and Canada, with printed copies of original charts. 1831. (See Brimmer's Report, 1882, where a history of this grant is given.) 27891. Sailing directions for different parts of the eastern coast of the North American seaboard. 1772-1778. 27916, ff. 5-1 1. "A Short Hint to both sides of the Atlantic", written by Francis Godolphin Osborne, Secretary of State, before the Decla- ration of Independence. 27918. This volume contains many memoranda of the career of Francis Osborne, Secretary of State, in Parliament with occasional refer- ences to American matters. (For example, f. 87, memorandum, with the following: " [Lord Shelburne] told me he knew we agreed about America and declared that if he was forced to acknowledge her independence, it should not be for nothing, but upon condition of a Federal union between the two countries.") 27957. Various directions for navigating the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1755- 28076. Register of Treasury Warrants. 1673-1674. ff. 3, 100. Warrant to Edmvmd Andros, of his Majesty's bounty for his service in the recovery of " Tyn at Ostend ". if. 43. Warrant for payment of five ministers at Jamaica. March 6, 1674. Additional Manuscripts. 115 ff. 78, 190b, 409. Warrant for payment of Lord Culpeper for one year of allowance as vice-president of his Majesty's Council for Foreign Plantations. January 13, 1673/4. 11.111,125. Warrant to Maj. Edmund Andros for pay of arrears due the officers and soldiers of the Barbadoes regiment. June 22, 1674. ff. 211,377. Warrant for payment of charges of Plantation Council. February 13, 1674. 28079. f. II. Report to the king on the state of the revenues, signed Albe- marle, Ashley, Clifford, Coventry, Duncome. Endorsed "Rec'^- Oct. 8, i66i ". f . 26. Proposal for encouragement of trade by resettling the admi- ralty courts and giving them power to settle all differences concern- ing trade and navigation. Tempus, William and Mary. (Only indirectly of interest for colonial history. Cf. ff. 37, 38.) f. 39b. Account of Mr. Michael Wicks, receiver of the plantation receipts. Richard Mounteney, mentioned as collector. 28080. f. 84. Some observations about the plantations in relation to the several acts of Parliament. (Without name or date. Contains reference to Virginia act of assembly imposing ten shillings per hogshead on all tobacco.) f. 244. Table giving average value of British linens exported in seventeen years, 1698-1714; and average value of foreign linens exported in the same years " to our colonies ". 28089. f. I. Proposals of Ferdinando Gorges, for the sale of the province of Maine in New England to his Majesty. Signed February 24, 1675/6. (For £1000 down and £10,000 when in possession, at £2000 a year.) f. 3. " What is to be done with the New Englanders trading directly from France and other places." Endorsed " Notes upon N. E. trade, August i, 76". (The last note is " The New Englanders can revolt to no other nation because they can have no plantations to trade with all".) f. 6. " The Present State of New England. To the Right Hon. tne Lords of his Maj. most Hon. Privy Council appointed a Committee for Trade and Plantations ", by Edward Randolph. October 12, 1676. f. 21. Continuation of Randolph's narrative " touching the delivery of your Ma"" Letters to the Magistrates of Boston in New Eng' ". September 20, 1676. Badly mutilated. f. 24b. " A Petition signed by one hundred of the principal Inhabi- tants of Massachusetts and presented October 1666." f. 31. Instructions from the Commission for managing his Majesty's Customs in England to .... the Collector of his Majesty's Cus- toms in Virginia " in pursuance of the direction of the Rt hon'''= Thos. Lord Viscount Latimer, Ld Hgh Treas. of Engl ". f. 34. Instructions to the Surveyor from the same. Date is after 1672. ff. 41-46. Papers regarding farming of the Four and a half per cent, duty in Barbadoes. 116 The British Museum. 28103. f. 117. Letter from Adm. Rodney. H. M. S. Sandwich, Barbadoes, June 30, 1781. (Speaks of the French in the West Indies and adds "If they make the least movement I follow them and if the proper opportunity offers will cer- tainly attack them".) 28140. f. 34b. General Description of the American Coasts and Seas, with bearings and distance of capes and headlands, observations on cur- rents, etc., translated from a Spanish manuscript written by Capt. Domingo Gonzales Caranza. 1718. (The same work, with a different title, etc., is in P. R. O. Colonial OMce, A. W. I. 450, old reference.) 28218. f. 14. Two letters from Gov. Wm. Berkeley of Virginia, to " My Deare, Deare General ". Green Spring, May 26, 1666, and May 4, 1667. 28269. Copies of four letters from William Penn to George Fox and others, dated 20, 9, 1674; 21, 9, 1674; 4, 8, 1681 ; 12, 11, 1694; one from Hannah Penn, Philadelphia, 6, i, 1700. 28323. Establishment of the land forces .... at home and in the colonies. 1739- (Ff. 61-70 relate to the colonies.) 28456. Papers relating for the most part to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in America and in Tangier, 1624-1688. See also volume 28457 which relates to South America and to trade and commerce. In Spanish. 28605. Journal of John Lees of Quebec from London in 1768. (Journey was from London, April, 1768, to Boston, Rhode Island, New York, Albany, Mohawk River, Fort Stanwix, Fort Oswego, Fort Niagara, Lake Erie, Detroit and thence to Montreal, which was reached in October of the same year.) 28609. Nova plantarum Americanarum genera, by P. C. Plumier, 1703, with pencil drawings. 28620. Journal of the Dividing Line drawn between the Colonies of Virginia and North Carolina, begun March 5, 1728, by Col. Byrd and others. (Printed in The Westover Manuscripts, 1841, again with other of Byrd's papers in 1866, and finally in Bassett's edition, 1901. In P. R. O., Colonial OMce, Class 5, 1323 — B. T., Virginia, R, f. 124, old reference, is Byrd's letter of June 27, 1729, regarding " the difficulties attending the service and the pay of the persons employed therein" and in R, f. 125 is the "Journal of the Commissioners for settling the Bounds between Virginia and North Carolina, with a chart of the dividing line". This chart with others will be found in B. T. Maps, 12, nos. 2, 10, 15, for which see cata- logue of Maps in Government Search Room. There can be little doubt but that the copper plate in Bodleian Library, " Copper Plates, C. 29 ", represents the beginning of this dividing line ; the date of the plate, March 6, 1727/8, seems to bear this out.) 28727. fF. 1 18-123. Letters from John Bartram to Peter CoUinson. 1768- 1772. 28749. f. 170. Paper on the granting of offices to non-residents in Barba- does. About 1700. 28788. "Journal du voyage de Guinee, Cayenne, et Illes Antilles de L'Amerique ", 1678-1679, by Jean Barbot. (The catalogue says that this work formed the basis of the author's History of Guinea, published in Churchill's Collection of Voyages.) Additional Manuscripts. 117 28851. (i) Narrative of secret negotiations with Spain, 1 780- 1 781. (This book was written by R. Cumberland before April 2, 1789, and read by the king and by Lord Walsingham when nominated ambassador to Spain. The narrative itself was addressed to Lord Shelbume and is dated May 20, 1782. It narrates the efforts which Great Britain made, from April, 1780, to June, 1781, to break up the " family compact " between France and Spain and to prevent Spain from aiding France in the American cause. An appendix contains a large number of documents, ff. 49-120. After f. 121 there are a few miscellaneous documents, such as copies of orders of John Parr, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, for payments to R. Cumberland, agent for that province, 1786-1791.) 28943. f. 72. Orders for treatment of the Indians Hving between New York and Canada. 1700, 1701. French, f. loi. Letter from Wilham III. to the governor of Antigua. 1699. 28944. f. 132. Address from the inhabitants of the Bermuda Islands to the governor, 1701-1702. 28948. f. 459. List of proprietary governments in America in 1703. 29237. Original letters and papers of the family of Johnson, Johnson Hall, New York, relating chiefly to transactions with the Indians and to the American Rebellion. 1774- 1783. (This volume contains a number of letters from Gen. Haldimand, S. 24-32, 34, 36, that supplement the larger Haldimand collection.) 29256A-29259L. "Returns of his Majesty's forces at home and abroad." Monthly tables extending from November, 1768, to September, 1775. Forty-three volumes in four. Series is imperfect. 29263. " An enlarged and improved survey of the British Customs ; con- taining the rates of merchandize as established by the Acts of 12"" Car. 2<^"^ and the ii"" Geo i. cap. 7, and other statutes, with particular states of all the branches of duties, drawbacks, bounties, etc, payable thereon under all circumstances of importation and exportation ; the whole continued to the end of the session 23'' Geo. 3d." (Worth noting, though not of special value for colonial history.) 29268. Establishment of guards, garrisons and land forces in Great Britain, etc., including the plantations. 1727-1728. 29446. Particular State of the Receipts and Issues of the Public Revenue, November 5, 1688-March 25, 1702. (Duplicate of Add. MSS. 10122.) 29447. Particular State of the Receipts and Issues of the Public Revenue from Lady Day, 1702, to Michaelmas, 1710. 29495. f. 2ib. (In " Profitable Poems " by W. Lodington, 1653-1698.) " To W™ Pen author of England's present Interest, printed 1675 ". 29546. f. 67. Letter from Robert Browne to his uncle, Flower. December 31, 1588. 29549. f. 109b. Letter from Cotton Mather to Lord Hatton, Boston, New England, November 26, 1703. (Mather asks Lord Hatton to obtain the governorship of Massachusetts for Charles Hobby, late of Jamaica. Hatton had showed great kindness to Increase Mather when in England.) f. III. Letter from Increase Mather to Lord Hatton. December 8, 1703- (Handwriting of a secretary. Note in Mather's hand is added : " If yo"" Lordship shall be instrumental in procuring a charter for our coUedge you will bring this whole province under the greatest obligation and gratitude ".) 118 The British Museum. 29553. f. 208. Letter from Lord Baltimore. June 3, 1671. f. 272. Id. London, July 22, 1671. f. 397. Id. March 7, 1671/2. f. 421. Id. April 10, 1672. (All written evidently to Lord Hatton. Baltimore speaks of his daughter Blackiston. The last two letters are autographs.) 29554. f. 65. Letter from Lord Baltimore to Lord Hatton. London, Jan- uary 6, 1672/3. 29557. f. 46. Early letter of Sir Edmund Andros. September 22, 1678. (See also 29559, ff. 298, 442; 29563, f. 213; 29568, f. 170, for later letters to Lord Hatton, 1682-1704) 29563. f. 213. Letter from Sir Edmund Andros to Lord Hatton. (Contains this sentence, " Nothing new to trouble y"" LordP from this distant and generally plenty but otherwise poor place much obliged to fishermen".) 29587. f. 79. Case of the proscripts from Surinam against Gkjv. Byam, about 1660-1670. Address to the Privy Council by R. Sanford. ff. 101-106. Draft instructions to Adm. Sir David Mitchell proceed- ing to Holland to induce the Dutch to join a naval expedition to the West Indies. September 29, 1702. 29589B. ff. 19, 20, 22. Letters from Adm. Francis Holbourne. H. M. S. Newark, Halifax, etc., August, September, 1757. 29591. Papers relating to the naval campaign of 1702-1704, including cam- paign in the West Indies. 29600. Papers relating to America, 1725-1776, chiefly about the iron in- dustry in America (Maryland). f. I. Letter to Mr. Chetwynd, Birmingham, February 27, 1725, speaks of Thos. Mabrey who wants to go to America because of scarcity of pigs (iron) in England " for want of which several other forges as well as that at which he worked stand still ". The writer thinks that Mabrey is likely to be useful in the Jerseys where plans for erecting forges are under way. Chetwynd, his brother, Russel, and Gee were all interested in the undertaking. f. 3. Letter from same, April 17, 1725, says " We shall have men sufficient to make a quantity of iron, if we can but run pigs suffi- cient which we need not fear if there be no want of a mine." f. 5. Letter from the same to Jno. England, October 5, 1725, urging him to begin a forge or two both at Camp Washington and also " at the land in the Jerseys. The iron masters here being resolved to put a stop to the building any more forges in America." f. 6. Letter from the same to the same, Grendon, August 19, 1726, regarding progress of the work, with some notes on ff. 7 (re- versed) and 7b. f. 8. Letter from Russell to Chetwynd regarding financing of the company. f . 9. Statement showing Russell's share, and also proportions to be paid for Principio works in Maryland and Potomack works for Jno. England's share. Other financial statements follow. f. 13. Copy of letter from William Smith, Annapolis, March 17, 1729, to John Wightwick, about the Maryland mine. f. 14. Letter from [the Company?] to Mr. Chapman, London, De- cember — , 1736. "The works at Principio entirely thro Mis- Additional Manuscripts. 119 management have cost us a large sum ", etc. Evidently the com- pany wishes Chapman to manage both works. f. i6. Principio Company's Quarterly Accounts to December 31, 1769. Gives many names, mentions Mr. Osgood Gee, the late Col. A. Washington (younger brother of Geo. Washington), etc. Shows value of pig and bar iron exported by this company to London, Bristol and Liverpool. f. 20. Letters enclosed in Mr. Thos. Russell's letter of June 22, 1772: (i) letter from Anne Washington regarding her husband's share in the iron-works. May 28, 1772; (2) answer from Thos. Russell, North East Forge, June 15, 1772, to Mrs. Washington at Wakefield near Leed's Town, Virginia. (The old Washington plantation on the Potomac.) (Principio and North East are near Port Deposit, Md. ; Leed's Town is on the Rappahanock, Va.) f. 22. Letter from Thos. Russell to Messrs., the Widow Wightwick, Wm. Pillas, Wm. Russell and Co., regarding the company and the business. June 22, 1772. f. 25. Letter from the same to Michail Harris, agent at no. 16 Cul- lum St., London, dated New York, July 4, 1772. f. 27. Letter from the same to same, regarding the condemnation of one of the company's sloops before the court of admiralty. Williamsburg, August 4, 1772. f. 29. Letter from the same to the same, regarding the same busi- ness. Norfolk, August 14, 1772. f. 31. From same to the Widow Wightwick, Wm. Pillas, Wm. Rus- sell and Co., about the business, giving list of bills of exchange drawn on the company for the use of the works in 1772. f. 39. Short note from Russell to Harris referring to enclosures that are missing. Philadelphia, February 24, 1773. f. 40. Letter from Geo. Randell to Thos. Russell regarding some difficulties. Lancaster Furnace, May 22, 1773. (Possibly this is the enclosure referred to above.) f. 42. Letter from Russell to Harris, on business. North East, May 26, 1773. f. 44. Letter from Nath. Martin to Harris. Back River, Maryland, June 8, 1773. f. 46. Balance Sheet. June 30, 1776. (This collection supplements the papers on the Principio works used in the article on " Principio Iron Works ", Pa. Mag., XI. 63, 190, 288.) 29613. Register of Custom Officials for 1768. (Relating solely to England and probably duplicate of register for that year in P. R. O., Custom House, Registers, Series I., Establishments.) 29800. Entry-Book of Cases of Chancellor Finch. 1673-1682. no. 136. Case of Sir Thomas Modyford. (Modyford was arrested and committed to the Tower in 1671 " for several misdemeanors committed during the time of his government of Jamaica", 1672-1673.) 29869. " Memoirs of Sir John Berkeley." (Covers years 1647-1649, speaks of Mr. Peters, a preacher and a powerful person in the army.) 120 The British Museum. 29973. " A Short Description of the Province of South Carolina, by Sur- geon General George Milligen Johnston, M. D. 1763." (Printed work, with some corrections and notes by the author.) 29975. ff. 63-64. Commission to Sir William Jones, Sir Nicholas Fortesque, Sir Thomas Gofton, Sir Richard Sutton, Sir William Pitt, Sir Henry Bourchier and Sir Henry Spiller or any four of them to investigate condition of disputes in Virginia and report method of procedure. May 9, 1623. (To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) 29990. Gross and net produce of his Majesty's customs. 1710-1713. (Contains statistics regarding the Enumerated Commodities or Plantation Duty and the Four and a half per cent.) 30089. f. 70. Spanish ships taken in the West Indies. 1762. 30094. f. 149. Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Capt. Dawson. Craven St., London, May 29, 1772. (Contains advice as to proper placing of lightning rods on gunpowder maga- zine at Purfleet, and speaks of the writer's electrical experiments. Note added, signed H. S. C, May 29, 1772, orders that Capt. Dawson cause the same to be executed.) f . 238. Paper regarding the Royal Society and its relation to Frank- lin's electrical conductors before and after the Revolution. 30163. "An inquiry into the causes of the present scarcity of money and the bad consequences of it " to the island of Jamaica, " with a remedy ". 1750. 30200-30201. General and particular state of the public revenue. 1693- 1694, 1688-1710. 30218. Opinions of the law officers of the Crown upon matters connected with the revenue, 1673-1707. This book formerly belonged to James West, and contains 360 cases with the opinions of the attorney and solicitor general and others thereon. Of these a large number relate to the colonies. p. 65. Ships built in Ireland are English built. p. 73. Concerning the discharge of plantation goods in Ireland. pp. 187-21 1. Goods to and from the plantations ; many cases under the Navigation Acts. p. 229. Case of ships giving bond according to Act of Navigation. p. 261. Case of Muscovado sugar from plantations. p. 272. Case of sugar from the French plantations brought to France, there refined, and afterward the molasses or dregs imported to England. p. 463. Abraham Mendez born of Jewish parents in Barbadoes trades as merchant in the port of London. Is he to be esteemed an alien in point of customs and other duties? p. 492. Scotsman who had lived five or six years in England or the plantations or for five or six years been employed by Englishmen in English shipping as a mariner navigating from England to the plantations ; is he not qualified according to Act of Navigation, to be master of an English ship from England or from plantation to plantation ? p. 555. Should snuff pay as tobacco? p. 591. No enumerated commodity, in this case tar, to be imported in Swedish-built ships. Additional Manuscripts. 121 p. 604. May a merchant ship coal to plantations on a French-built ship on equal advantages with an English-built ship? p. 666. Case of Dantzig-built ship importing potash into England : master a Dutchman, ship manned with Swedes or Dutch. For- feited by 10 Car. II. p. 678. Revenue cases, drawbacks and debenture on tobacco, see pp. 219, 226, 247, 255, 301, 358, 428, 436, 628, 64s, 674. (.Add. MSS. 36109, duplicate of this volume. 36110 is a continuation.) 30262. f. 52. Letter from Gen. Benedict Arnold to Col. Beverly Robinson. Headquarters, Robinson House, September 18, 1780. f. 54. Answer from Col. Robinson. Vulture oif Teller's Point, September 19, 1780. 30307. Prince Rupert's voyage to the West Indies, 1649-1653, narrative by one of his followers. (Published in Warburton's Memorials of Prince Rupert, 1849.) 30372. " Abstract of the Commissions and Instructions formerly and at this time given to the governors of his Majesty's Plantations in America with References to the Books and Papers shewing the Alterations that have been made therein, as also Observations on the most remarkable Occurrences in each Government especially before the Establishment of the Office in 1696." (A valuable volume, though probably containing little that is absolutely new. All that relates to the titles, instructions and commissions is important. The following references under the head of " Observations " are interesting : " 1688. King James granted the Northern part of Virginia to Lord Fairfax." " 1691/2. Lord Effingham Howard's ' State of Virginia '." " Connecticut. The Crown has no revenue in this government, nor is it known here how they support their government." " Rhode Island." Id. The volume is dated MDCCXL.) 30567. f. 207. Letters patent of James I. for the colonization of Virginia in 1606. 30868-30875. Correspondence of John Wilkes containing letters from John Almon (1764-1769), John Adams ( 1 768-1 769), B. Church (1769), Samuel Adams (1770), Joseph Warren (1769-1770), chiefly in volumes 30870, 30871. 30999. f. 100. Directions for the capes of Virginia and the channel up to Hampton Road. i8th cent. 31043. f. 64. Receipts and Expenses. 1664. (Accounts often go into minute details, difficult to decipher.) 31321. Map of Western Europe, Africa, and America, by Joseph da Costa e Miranda. London, 1688. 31357. Collection of maps, transferred from the department of printed books in 1881. Each map is mounted on cardboard or linen, those noted below are in india ink or pencil. P. Narragansett Bay with the lower part of Rhode Island and all Conanicut. Q. Lower part of Lake Champlain and all of Lake George with trail routes. R. Eastern end of Long Island showing Oyster and Montauk Points. Extends west to junction of these two points. 122 The British Museum. 31858. Map of the eastern coast line of N. America from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and of the coasts of Central America and the northern part of South America, with the West Indies. Vellum roll, with- out date. 31866. Collection of maps sent over by General Haldimand. A. Southwestern part of New Brunswick including the St. John River as far up as the " Great Falls ". Gives boundaries of counties and parishes, of the grants and allotments made before 1786. Com- piled from actual surveys made by order of Gen. Carleton by George Sproude, surveyor general. 1786. B. Portage from St. John River to St. Lawrence River, that is from Lake Madowasca. C. Territory from Bay of Fundy to St. Lawrence River, including the course of St. John River. D. Plan of River St. John. 1792. E. Lower part of St. John River, showing the allotments to pro- vincial regiments, beginning at the lower boundaries of the towns of Sunbury and Newtown. F. Bay of Fundy from Fredericton to Halifax, including towns and roads. G. Minas Basin, Nova Scotia. 1791. H. Nova Scotia — the entire peninsula with post roads. I. Route of Canadian couriers from Montreal to Skenesborough. J. New Settlements above Montreal, showing connections by land and water with Lake Huron. 1789. 31981. B. Plan of mouth of Cape Fear River in North Carolina. 1749. 32093. f. 365. Proposals for better trade with Spain. 1654-1658. (Also f. 368.) f. 370. Letter from James Howell to the Council of State oflFering to compose a new treatise " touching the primitive and inalienable right that Great Britain claims to the sovereignty of her own seas ", notwithstanding change effected by overthrow of the mon- archy and establishment of the commonwealth, n. d. 32094. f. 17. Considerations relating to a vote about the Dutch. Copy delivered to his Royal Highness, April 24, 1664. Endorsed " Con- siderations in order to a Dutch war ". f. 50. Paper about the Dutch war " showed over to my Lord Fal- mouth and to no one else ". No date and no signature. (According to this writer the plantation trade will sufifer by the war " be- cause they cannot be supplied with least people or commodities soe freely or soe cheape and their own commodities will not be taken of them at soe good rates as in peace and this will probably make them over to the French plantations and soe our plantation trade will be in worse condition than before the war ".) f. 65. From the Duke of York to Adm. Sir William Penn, to fit out a squadron against the Dutch. Oxford, October 3, 1665. f. 160. From Sir T. Clifford. 1666. 32096. This volume contains copies of letters from and to William Penn, as follows: (i) May II, 1703, signifying his willingness to surrender the govern- ment of Pennsylvania to the Crown. (2) May 12, 1703. Answer of the Board of Trade thereto. Additional Manuscripts. 123 (3) May 18, 1703. Penn's reply. (4) May 21, 1703. Letter to the Earl of Nottingham on Penn's proposal. (5) May 22, 1703. Letter to Penn from the Board of Trade. 32303. Deciphers of Diplomatic Papers, vol. 51. America, 1780-1841. 32413. " Some Account of the American war between Great Britain and her colonies, in the form of a diary by Lieut. William Digby, 53"* Regiment serving under Gen. Guy Carleton in the campaign from 8 April to 16 November, 1776, and under Gen. John Burgoyne in the campaign from 6 May to the surrender at Saratoga, 17 Oct. 1777." 32420. f. 147. Observations on present state of the Germans in Pennsyl- vania, by Benjamin Franklin. 1753. 32450. Y. Town of Porto Rico, West Indies, with soundings of the harbor. 18th century. 32496. ff. 44b-47b. " A copy of a letter from Major Chr. Gale, dated from Charles Town in N° Carolina, November 2, 171 1, followed by a memorial." (Narration of a "bloody tragedy", the murder of Baron and Lawson, Sep- tember 22, 1711.) 32523. if. 222-268. " A Digest of the Book of Rates and some other lawes relating to the Customs. 1682." (Useful digest. On f. 250 are the laws relating to the plantations.) 32627. Journal of Alexander Chesney, endorsed, " Memo, by my Father of some of the events of his life. F. R. C." (See Life of Gen. F. R. Chesney by Stanley Lane-Poole, 1885. Alexander Chesney was born in Ireland in I7SS, emigrated to South Carolina in 1772, served as a loyalist in the War of Independence and returned to Ireland in 1782. His diary gives lively picture of life in Carolina, 1772 and follow- ing years.) 32681. f. 209. Letter from William Penn to Henry Sydney at The Hague, dated " From me at one Fords in Bow Lane, London ". Before September, 1682. ("I perceive the Dutch air is taking and that thou art resolved to keep out of harm's way. So shall I, too, when I am got to my new granted province in America where the change of the voyage will secure me from the revenge of my enemies." Signed " thy very true old friend, W™ Penn ".) 32686-33057. Newcastle Papers. Official Correspondence of Thomas Pel- ham Holies, Duke of Newcastle, 1697-1768. The correspondence is arranged chronologically in 307 volumes. To the end of the year 1723 it is contained in one series ; from 1724 to 1754 it is divided into two series : Home Correspondence and Diplomatic Correspon- dence ; from 1755 to 1768, it is again contained in one series. The volumes are not listed in the Add. MSS. Catalogue, 1882-1887, but are indexed very fully. Volumes 33028-33030 are a part of the Newcastle Papers, and relate wholly to the affairs of the American and West Indian colonies, 1701-1802. Papers other than letters are listed below under the volume number. Letters are arranged alphabetically under the name of the writer, as follows: Abercrombie, Ma j. -Gen., to W. Pitt, 1758, 32881, f. 279; to J. Abercrombie, 1758, 32884, f. 360. 124 The British Museum. Amherst, Maj.-Gen., to Newcastle, 1756, 1757, 32863, f. 234; 32876, f.449; to W. Pitt, 1760, 32906, f. 143. Banyar, Goldsborow, deputy clerk of council of New York, to Marchand de Ligneris, 1749, 32818, flf. 49, 55. Belcher, Jonathan, to Newcastle, 1739-1753, 32692, f. 54; 32704, f. 547 ; 32706, ff. 292, 314 ; 32707, f. 413 ; 32711, f. 81 ; 32731, f. 503 ; to Lord Hardwicke 32707, f . 298. Belcher, Jonathan, Jr., to Hon. T. Townshend, 1741, 32696, f. 430. Bladen, Col. Martin, Commissioner of Trade, to Newcastle, 1738, 1740, 32691, f. 374; 32694, f. 165. Blenham, Jonathan, attorney general of Barbadoes, to J. Sharpe, 1745, 1746, 32705, f.454; 32706, if . 69, 131. Cf. 32921, f. 27. Bollan, WilHam, to Newcastle, 1751-1766, 32725, f. 182; 32861, f.98; 32974, f. 364; to Col. Amyand, 1751, 32725, f. 75 ; to the Board of Trade, 1759, 32890, f. 496. Braddock, Gen. Edward, to Newcastle, 1758, 32853, ff . 346, 356, 388 ; 32854, f. 188 ; 32855, f . 338 ; to the governor of Pennsylvania, 1755, 32853, f. 356; to Sir T. Robinson, 1755, 32853, f . 346. Brown, Capt. Charles, commander-in-chief of English ships in Ja- maica, 1739, instructions for, 32692, f. 142. Calvert, Cecil, 32708, f. 371. Calvert, Fred., 32726, f. 100. Cathcart, Lord, general and commander-in-chief in America, 1740, various papers of and instructions for, etc., 32694, if. 1-71, 258, 261-272, 274. Choiseul, French minister of Foreign Aifairs, to Pitt, Newcastle and others, see B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882- 1887. Index. Clinton, Geo., governor of New York, to Gen. Shirley, 32818, if. 82, 84, 86, 90. Clinton, Sir Henry, to Newcastle, 1749, 32719, f. 6r. Golden, Cadwallader, 32698, f. 383. Corbiere, Anthony, naval officer, Jamaica, to Newcastle, 1741, 32696, f. 225 ; 32697, f. 222. Gushing, speaker of assembly, Mass., to Newcastle, 1766, 32975, f. 475;32977, ff. 113, 115. Dawes, J., member of assembly in Jamaica, memorandum regarding, 1755, 32852, f. 250. De Lancey, James, governor of New York, 32735, f. 147 ; 32858, f. 22. Dinwiddie, Gov., to the Board of Trade, 1753, 32732, f.452; to Lord Holdernesse, 1754, 32735, f. 186; 32850, f. 221 ; to Sir T. Robinson, 1754-1755, 32736, f. 85; 32850, f. 227; 32853, f. 321; to Messrs. J. and C. Hanburv, 1754, 32850, f. 229; to Newcastle, 1755, 32853, f. 325 ; to J. Hanbury, 1755, 32854, f. 378. Dobbs, afterwards governor of North Carolina, to A. Stone, 1749, 32718, f. 51; to Newcastle, 1752, 32730, f. 301. Duquesne, Marquis, to Newcastle, 1758, 32884, f. 55. Earnshaw, Rich., late receiver general, Guadalupe, to Newcastle, 1766, 32974, f.429; 32975, f.47o. Fuller, Stephen, agent for Jamaica, chiefly to Newcastle, 1760-1766, 32912, f.487; 32917, if. 61, 106; 32921, if . 88, 146; 32923, f.292; Additional Manuscripts. 125 32925, f. 107; 32926, f.386; 32927, ff. 224, 265; 32948, f.79; 32975, f. 400. Galissoniere, Marquis de la, governor-general of New France, to Gov. Geo. Clinton of New York, 1749, 32818, ff. 21, 30, 37, 41, 61 ; commission of, 32819, f. 236. Gage, Gen., to Newcastle, 1755, 32857, f. 342; to Lord , 175S, 32857, f.338; to Lord Gage, 1757, 32870, ff. 345, 393; 32871, f. 125 ; petition of, to George IL, 1755, 32857, f. 340. Gooch, Gov., to Newcastle, 1735, 32789, f. 353. Gregory, John, chief justice of Jamaica, to C. Delafaye, 1734, 32689, f. 465 ; to Newcastle, 1748, 32714, f. 229. Grenville, Gov., of Barbadoes, see B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Haldane, Gov., of Jamaica, see B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Hammerton, John, secretary and treasurer of South Carolina, 1744- 1760, see B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Hardy, Gov., of New York, to Newcastle, 1756, 32868, f. 606; to the Board of Trade, 1759, 32890, f. 507. Holland, Capt. Hitchin (Fort Oswego), to governor of Virginia, 175s, 32853, f. 359. Hopson, Gov., of Cape Breton, 1746-1748, to Newcastle, 32709, f. 194; 32713, f. 507; 32716, f. 299; to the Board of Trade, 32733, f-93- Howe, Viscount, governor of Barbadoes, to Newcastle, 1732, 1733, 32687, ff. 451, 453, 455, 462 ; 32782, f. 261. Howe, Adm., 1758, 32880, f . 369 ; 32881, ff. 145, 147. Hunter, John, of Virginia, to J. and C. Hanbury, 1755, 32853, f. 29. Hunter, Robt, governor of Jamaica, 1728-1733. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1 882- 1 887. Index. Johnson, Col. Wm., to Gov. Clinton, 1749, 1752, 32818, ff. 75, 79, 91 ; 32833, f. 404. Johnston, G., governor of North Carolina, to Newcastle, 1740, 32693, f. 45 ; to J. Courand, 1747, 32711, ff. 364. La Jonquiere, Gov., of Canada, to E. Cornwallis, 1750, 32822, ff. 5, 8. Lawrence, Gov., of Nova Scotia, 32861, f. 140. Lee, Egerton, of South Carolina, to Newcastle, 32894, ff. 436, 438. Leech, vendue master of Jamaica, 32731, f . 323 ; 32733, f. 140 ; 33066, ff. 211, 271, 272, 278, 290. Littleton, Gov., of South Carolina, 32859, f . 18 ; 32866, f . 227. Long, Beeston, chairman of West Indian merchants, correspondence with Newcastle, 1760, 1766, 32902, f.458; 32975, ff.416, 430. Loudoun, Lord, commander-in-chief in N. America, to Newcastle, 1742-1754, 32699, f. 525 ; 32700, f. 268; 32703, f. 186; 32712, ff. 51, 133; 32727, f. 140; 32735, f. 262. Lowther, Kath., widow of R. Lowther, governor of Barbadoes, to Newcastle, 1753, 1759, 32731, f.49; 32894, f. 109. McCulloh, Henry, to Newcastle, 1753, 1756, 1757, 32731, ff. 177, 338, 410; 32732, f.86; 32862, f.394; 32863, f.316; 32864, f.536; 32866, ff. 156, 357; 32874, f. 308. Martyn, Benjamin, secretary of Georgia Trustees, to Newcastle, 1737, 32794, f. 252. 126 The British Museum. Mathew, Gen. Wm., governor of Leeward Islands, correspondence, 1735-1750, see B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Moore, Gov., of New York, to Newcastle, 1758, 32880, f.497- Munro, Geo., late comptroller of customs, Antigua, correspondence, 1756-1759, see B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Murray, Alex., naval officer. South Carolina, to A. Brett, 1743, I745i 32700, f. 121 ; 32705, f. 199. Murray, Gov., of Quebec, correspondence, 1758-1767, including in- structions, memorial to Sir John Ligonier and letters and memo- randum to Gen. Amherst. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Oglethorpe, Sir James, to Newcastle, 1738-1755, 32702, f. ■147: 32797, ff. 52, 292; 32859, f. 185. Penn, John, 1738, 1741, 32891, f. iii; 32696, f.69. Penn, Thomas, 1747-1756, 32710, f. 511 ; 32737, f. 236; 32862, f. 159; 32868, f. 7. Pinckney, Charles, of South Carolina, to Col. A. Van der Dussen, 1743, 32700, f. 42. Pinfold, Gov., of Barbadoes, to Newcastle, 1756, 32867, f. 446. Pitt, Wm., correspondence of, with Newcastle, Hardwicke, Holder- nesse, Choiseul, etc. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Popple, Gov., of Bermuda, to Newcastle, 1747-1761, 32710, f. 138; 32861, f. 251 ; 32864, f. 401 ; 32919, f. 497 ; 32926, f. 173 ; to Messrs. Hunt, Mitford and Adams, 1725, 32744, f. 641. Pownall, John, secretary to Board of Trade, 1758-1765, 32881, f. 170; 32884, f.96; 33087, ff . 366, 374-376. Pownall, Thos., 1761-1765, 32927, f.301; 32928, ff.274, 278, 286, 294; 32968, f.2S8. Remsen, Hendrick, of New York, to Newcastle, 1753, 32733, f. 100. Robinson, John, to Newcastle, 1756, 32864, ff. 237, 257, 259, 462. Robinson, Thos., governor of Barbadoes, letter and papers of, 1744- 1756. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Russell, Lord John, Secretary of State, to governor of Leeward Islands, 1750, 32822, f. 15. Sawco, Robt., of Jamaica, to Newcastle, 1758, 32489, f. 340. Sharpe, H., governor of Maryland, 32858, f . 1 10. Sharpe, J., treasury solicitor, colonial agent, and M. P. for Calling- ton, Cornwall. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Shirley, Gen. Wm., governor of Mass. Bay, correspondence of, with Newcastle, Bedford, Holdernesse, Sir T. Robinson, Lincoln, etc. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Thomas, Sir Geo., governor of Pennsylvania, to Newcastle, 1752- 1767, 32730, ff. 275, 289; 32979, f. 359; 32980, f. 22; 32984, ff. 102, 281. Trelawny, Ed., governor of Jamaica, to Newcastle and others, 1738- 175 1. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Tubieres-Grimoard, Marquis de Caylus, governor of Windward Is- lands, correspondence, 1749-1750. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Verelst, Harman, to Newcastle, 1756, 32866, f. 363; 32868, f e,e,S- 32881, f. 102; also 32884, f.240. Additional Manuscripts. 127 Wager, Sir Charles, correspondence, 1727- 1742. See B. M. Cat. Add. MSS., 1882-1887. Index. Ware, Nath., to Newcastle, 1758, 32881, f. 82. Webb, Gen. Daniel, commander-in-chief in N. America, 1754, 32851, f. 114. Wentworth, Benning, governor of New Hampshire, to S. P. G., 1745, 32704, f. 13s ; to J. Thomlinson, 1745, 32705, f. 308. Wilks, Francis, agent for Connecticut and Mass. Bay, to Newcastle, 1741, 32696, f. 109. Worseley, Gov., of Barbadoes, to Newcastle, 1730, 32770, f. 32. Ximenes, Gov., of St. lago de Cuba, to Adm. Stewart, 1731-1732, 32773, f. 100; 32778, f. 335. (In addition to the correspondence noted above and the documents listed below, the Newcastle Papers contain a great number of minor documents and references relating to America, particularly to the West Indies. A list of such items has been prepared, but it is too long and the items of too little individual importance to be all inserted here. The character of the information may be gathered from a brief survey of a few volumes. 32691. f. 34, Delaware — death of Capt. Dick of Independent Company at Albany — asks post for his brother, Justin MacCarthy; f. 61, Capt. Dand- ridge (of Virginia Regiment) to Albemarle; f. 95, petition (by John Douneker) on behalf of two free black men of Antigua; ff. 109, iii, Hard- wicke to Newcastle, April 4, 1738, about Mr. Charles, naval officer of Pa.; f. 206, Gashry to Wager, about the squadrons; f. 208, Hosier's and Brown's squadrons ; f. 284, Kinnoul — asks government of Barbadoes ; f. 362, Egmont — in favor of James Glen for government of S. Carolina ; f. 42s, John Savy, London, October 27, for H. M. pardon and to return to Carolina; f. 427, Wm. Wood to Crouand [?] — French and Spanish cap- tures; f. 429, memorandum (enclosure) re the Scipio and other ships; f. 458, directors of the South Sea Co. to Mr. Keene, re Spanish reprisals ; f. 462, list of papers sent to Sir Robert Walpole; f. 472, Sir Robert Wal- pole, November 16 — returning the packets ; f. 533, J. Frontin — applies for government of Bahama Islands ; f. 535, Earl of Essex — forwarding above ; f. 544, rough draft to " H. R. H. the Duke " — mentions French squadrons gone to W. Indies, 1738. 32692. f. 7, copy of letter from Capt. May, commander of Loyal Charles, dated from his confinement on board same in harbor of Havana, August 14/25, 1737 (ship stated to be a prize) ; f. 118, Hardwicke — mentions Ver- non's going to W. Indies, July 10, 1739; f. 126, Newcastle to Vernon (draft) — sending H. M.'s instructions, July 16, 1739; f. 128, instructions to Vernon ; f . 134, separate instructions ; f. 140, secret instructions ; f. 142, instructions for Brown, commander of ships and vessels ; f. 168, T. Stowe to " Sir " — asks commission in Island of New Providence for James Howe ; f. 194, Admiralty to Newcastle, August 3, 1739 — transmitting the three following papers; f. 196, extract of Capt. Brown's letter from Jamaica, June 3 ; f. 198, extract from a Gentleman at Carthagena re the treasure fleet; f. 200, South Sea Co.'s factors at Carthagena to their agents at Jamaica; f. 220, Newcastle to Vernon (draft), August 13, 1739; f. 288, Wm. Wood to Newcastle, September 12, on conduct of war with Spain; ff. 290, 291, extracts (same hand) from papers of observations; f. 294, Sharpe to Newcastle, September 13, on the following paper; f. 296, state of the nature and value of the office of receiver general in Jamaica ; f. 316, George Clinton; ff. 340, 342, Newcastle to Vernon (draft), September 28, 1739 (W. Indies); f. 346, intelligence sent to Vernon; f. 387, T. Lyon, intelligence apparently of W. Indian affairs and the war, " Rec^ 26 Oct." ; f. 426, [Wm.] Douglas — suggests attack on Cuba, October 26; f. 475, J. Windham Ashe, November 23 — recommends Benning Wentworth for N. H. ; f. 502, Thomas Innes, Boyne, Nore, December 4 — war in W. Indies ; f. 510, Hardwicke — on conduct of war — orders (December 10) to be given to American governors; f. 521, Robt. Moiiro — to obtain for Wm. Mackay the post of clerk of assembly of N. Carolina in place of Amyand; f. 523, Hardwicke — on the war; f. 534, Jno. Marchant, December 26 — fraud 128 The British Museum. intended in plantation paper money — (memorandum enclosed as to print- ing above paper money) ; f. 536, Thos. Coram — same subject; f. 538, Hard- wicke, December 27 — the war — mentions Florida and Louisiana; f. 540, J. Windham Ashe, December 30 — about Wentworth; f. 544, Lord Cath- cart [n. d., probably 1740] — about the war; f. 546, Newcastle to Lord President (draft) ; f. 548, id. to Sir Robert Walpole. 32693. f. g, draft to Col. Spotswood, January s, 1739/40 — war in W. Indies; f. IS, id. to lieutenant-governor of Va., January 5, 1739 [40] ; f. 21, id. (circular) to governors of America, same date; f. 90, R. Fitzwilliam, March 8-— wishing to retire from post held in the Bahamas; ff. 109, 112, Newcastle to Vernon (draft), March 26, re Portobello; f. 121, Ch[auncy] Townsend, March 28, about America ; f. 125, instructions to Col. Blakeney, April 2, to go to N. Y. ; f. 130, schedule of papers he is to carry; f. 134, draft to Spotswood, April s, 1740; f. 141, instructions to Spotswood; f. 150, royal order to governor of N. Y., April 2 ; f. 152, schedule of money, arms, etc., carried by Blakeney; f. 154, draft to lieutenant-governor of Va., April s ; f. 156, instructions to Gooch, April 2 [at end is " Mch 1741/2 "] ; f. 158, draft to governor of Mass., April s; f. 161, instructions to Belcher, April 2 ; f. 169, secret instructions to same, April 2 ; f. 171, memoranda for Blakeney, April 5 ; f. 175, considerations by Henry McCTuUoh about en- listing; f. 177, letter to Shirley; f. 180, instructions to Gooch, April 2; f. 182, schedule of papers delivered to Blakeney, April 7; f. 188, draft to governor of Mass., April s ; f. 190, id. to lieutenant-governor of Va. and Spotswood; f. 192, original letter to Vernon; f. 210, Eunice Wharton, April 14, 1740, about lands in Boston; ff. 217, 223, 225, 227, drafts (mostly private) to Vernon; f. 241, draft to Gen. Mathew, Leeward Islands, April 30; f. 281, H. Walpole, Cockpit, May 13 — sends papers about Vera Cruz; f. 289, Hy. Frankland, Boston, May 19— asks coUectorship for B. Pollard; ff. 294, 296, drafts to Vernon, May 29; f. 298, A. Stone to Vernon; ff. 309, 313, drafts to the Lord Chancellor, June 4 and S — dispute over prizes ; f. 326, Hardwicke, June 8, about prizes ; f. 330, Tankerville, June 9, about the government of N. Y. ; f. 332, draft to the Lord Chan- cellor — prizes ; f. 334 draft to Lord Harrington, June 10, about an " expedi- tion " ; f. 336, rough draft to Lord Har[rington] ; f. 341, id. to Lord Harrington — part only about W. Indies ; f. 348, id. to same (private) ; f- 359. rough draft again to Harrington — private and particular (W. Indies) ; f. 398, Geo. Clinton, June 17, about government of N. Y. ; f. 408, H. Pelham, June 24 — mentions Cathcart's expedition; f. 410, draft to Harrington, June 24, about same; f. 412, id. to Cathcart, June 26; f. 414, G. Clinton, June 26 (about ships) ; f. 443, draft to Harrington, July 4 — part about Cathcart; ff. 448, 450, drafts to Vernon; f. 483, H. Osborn, July 13 — pineapple shoots from the governor of Barbadoes. 32695. f. I, G. Clinton, dated " Pr. Frederick off St. Helens ", September 17, 1740 — sends horses; f. S, Newcastle to Harrington (draft, and on private business), September 6— mentions W. Indies; f. 24, G. Clinton, September 7 — his ship ordered to W. Indies; f. 30, draft to Cathcart, September 9; f. 32, G. Clinton, September 9, about ships; f. 47, draft to Vernon, Sep- tember 12; f. S3, paper containing extracts of letters from Belcher, Clarke, Gooch, etc., April 30, etc. ; f . $6, Hardwicke, September 12, about the fleet ; ff. 69, 71, 84, drafts to Cathcart, September 15, 16 and 18; f. 134, draft to Sir C. Ogle, September 25 ; f. 136, secret instructions for same by the Lords Justices; f. 140, draft to Cathcart, September 26; f. 142, id. to Vernon; f. 144, additional instructions for Vernon; f. 174, draft to Cath- cart, September 30 ; f. 186, A. Stone to Cathcart, October 2 ; f. 190, extract of letter from Pinckney, August 20; f. 192, draft to Cathcart, October [2?]; if. 196, 217, id. to Vernon, October 2 and 7; ff. 219, 221, id. to Cathcart; f. 223, observations of Richard Farrish — W. Indies — his capture by the Spaniards; ff. 227, 229, 245, 247, drafts to Cathcart, October 8-10; f. 249, id. to Vernon, October 11; f. 251, account of naval stores sent to Jamaica, October 10; f. 253, tonnage of stores, October 8; f. 261, Hard- wicke, October 12, on the war in the W. Indies; f. 267, draft to Ogle, October 15; f. 280, James Knight, October 17, about the fleets; f. 284, Richard Farrish to T. Hyam, October 18; f. 309, observations on St. Domingo — Mr. Knight, October 21; f. 319, draft to Ogle, October 23; f. 359, Capt. James Adair to "Dear brother", October 30; f. 411, Benjamin Additional Manuscripts. 129 Pemberton, Boston, November 15; f. 427, Wm. Bull, Charles Town, November 22; f. 435, Wm. Trelawny to John Sharpe, Jamaica, November 25 — long letter apparently about a council dispute; f. 448, J. Sharpe to " Dear Sir ", Wednesday — on the enclosure [enclosure 450, see below] ; f- 4S7> draft to Cathcart, December 4; f. 460, id. to Vernon; f. 465, Capt. Mitchell of the Buckingham, Spithead, November 16 — damage sustained; f. 467, extract, Mr. Thompson, December 7 — a few lines about French fleet; f. 469, id. Ab. Cayley, October 25; f. 471, draft to Cathcart, Decem- ber 4 ; 1 473, id. to governors of America, December 4 ; f. 475, id. to other governors; f. 507, Lieut. Wilmot, Dominica, December 20 — death of Cath- cart; f. 529, Dupplin, December 20 — recommends Kinnoul for government of Barbadoes; f. 535, John Gray, December 30 — is going to W. Indies; f. 552, draft of letter to be written to various counties by Mr. Stone — part about the victory in the W. Indies, n. d. 32720. f. S, John Russell, Falcon at Spithead, January 2, 1749/50 — has arrived from Jamaica and asks to be continued in command of the sloop; f. 15, John Eadie (his mark), S. Carolina, January s — ends by asking for £2000; f. 74, Lord Colvill of the Success to Capt. Holbourne [copy], Car- lisle Bay, February 5 1749/50 — fired at by the French; f. 84, Ab. Cayley, February 8 — sends thoughts" on trade to Spanish W. Indies; f. 85, paper — same hand; f. 151, Thos. Graham (enclosure), n. d. — complains of having been " divested by the Assembly of Jamaica from the office of Receiver" — his deputy also is dead; f. 156, Bishop of London, March 23 — sends representation of the Church of England in America, etc. [not here] ; f. 160, Newcastle — answer March 25; f. 311, H. Pelham to his brother (Duke of Newcastle), May 11 — sends for H. M.'s signature, warrants, one for Sir T. Robinson — mentions his residence in Barbadoes — no dishonesty in his conduct — rest of letter English affairs; f. 405, Hardwicke, May 25, 1750 — one paragraph relates to the S. P. G.'s entering on consideration of bishoprics in America; f. 409, proceedings of the S. P. G. 32721. f. 39, H. Pelham, June 5 — on f. 42b is a mere mention of letters from Nova Scotia — does not like them ; f. 47, Hardwicke, June 6 — a paragraph on f. 49 refers to the S. P. G. and the Bishop of London [America?]; f. 58, H. Walpole, Cockpit, June 7, about the following paper; ff. 6o-i68, long letter to Bishop of London, May 29, about bishoprics in America; f. 79, Newcastle to Pelham, Hanover, June 9/20 — ff. 816-82 are about the Duke of Bedford and the Nova Scotia business; ff. 85, 87, id.; ff. 9l-93b, Dupplin, Bath, June 9— ^ff. 92b, 93b refer to the letters received from Gov. Cornwallis concerning Nova Scotia and the French; f. 109, Bishop of Salisbury, June 14/25 — has a paragraph on the meeting of the S. P. G. [American business?] ; f. 113, Pelham to his brother, June 15— one sentence is noticed in which he says he likes not the situation of affairs in the W. Indies; f. 119, Newcastle to Pelham, Hanover, June 17/23 — one or two references to Nova Scotia; f. 145, Hardwicke, June 22 — f. I4sb has a paragraph on Nova Scotia ; f. 153, Newcastle to Pelham, June 23/July 4 — long letter — f. lS7b, is about same ; f. 167, Newcastle to Horatio Walpole, June 24/July S — answer to f. 58 ; f . 185, H. Pelham, June 26 — has a men- tion of Nova Scotia; f. 192, Newcastle to Pitt, June 26/July 7 — ^partly on the same business; ff. 248, 251, id., July 4/15; f. 254, H. Pelham, July 2 — f. 256 is about Nova Scotia ; f. 283, W. Pitt, July 6— has some words about the same; f. 341, Newcastle to Pelham — postscript [July 11/22] has fol- lowing sentence, " I think the King is for bishops in the W. Indies " ; f. 369, H. Walpole, July 14 — first few lines are about episcopacy in the W. Indies; f. 386, Newcastle to Pelham, July 18/29 — ff. 39ob-39i, about Nova Scotia; f. 394, duplicate; f. 406, Dunk Halifax, July 20, about Nova Scotia; f. 449, Wm. Mathew [from the Leeward Islands], July 26— asks continuance of support.) 32692. f. 31. Letter from councillors and others of New Hampshire to J. Thomlinson. 1739. 32693. f. 37. Letter from Lord Carteret to the Duke of Newcastle regard- ing his proprietary rights in Carolina. Arlington St., January 25, 1739/40. (Gives history of the case.) 130 The British Museum. 32694. ff. 3-100. Papers relating to the Spanish Possessions in America and the West Indies, 1727- 1740. flf. 101-118. Minute of what is to be found in the office-books upon the expedition against Canada in 171 1 ; id. in 1709. ff. 101-152. Papers relating to expeditions against Havana, 1695- 171 1. Copies made in 1740. Ff. 72-100 contain accounts of Havana, f. 119. Instructions to Col. Vetch. 32695. f. 309. Observations by James Knight on San Domingo or Hispan- iola. 1740. (See also letter on the commerce of San Domingo in 1751, 32828, f. 72.) f . 450. Regarding conduct of Jonathan Belcher, governor of Mas- sachusetts Bay and of New Jersey, in 1740. 32700. f. 19. Petition to the Treasury from holders of bills drawn by Gen. James Oglethorpe for the King's service. 1743. 32702. f. 320. Robert Auchmuty on the importance of Cape Breton to Eng- land. 1744. 32705. f. 157. Letters from the assembly of Barbadoes to J. Sharpe. 1745. f. 296. Petition from the same to George II. 1745. 32707. f. 121. Minutes of assembly. Barbadoes, 1746. f. 397. Copy of correspondence between the governor and speaker of assembly. Barbadoes, 1746. 32709. ff. 123, 125. Letters, etc., concerning disputes of the colony of South Carolina with their agents in England. 1728. 32710. f. 475. Description of Carthagena. f. 513. Bill for naturalization of foreign Protestants in America. 1747- 32713. f. 267. Letter from Francis Fane, legal adviser to the Board of Trade. Bath, October 15, 1747. (Fane was brother-in-law to the Dean of Wells, Dr. Creswicke, and mem- ber of Parliament from 'Lynn Regis, a borough in the control of the Duke of Newcastle. Cf. 32852, f. 461, letter of February 14, 1755 ; 32857, f. 14s, letter of July 16, 1755; and 32867, letter of September 29, 1756.) 32715. f. 170. Complaints against Gov. Gabriel Johnston of North Carolina. 1748. f. 172. Observations on the colony of North Carolina. 1748. 32718. f. 43. Letter of the inhabitants of Barbadoes to J. Sharpe. 1749. 32732. f. 663. Letter from the Board of Trade to the governor of New York. 1753- f . 668. Minutes of meeting of Gov. Clinton with the Mohawk Indians at New York, in June, 1753. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., VI. 781.) 32735. ff. 119, 123, 129. Papers relating to the province of Massachusetts Bay. 1754- ff. 152-170. Papers relating to the province of New York. 1754. 32736. f. 515. Plans for defence of the colony of Virginia. 1754. 32737. f. 16. Thoughts on supporting military force in America. 1754. 32756. f. 433. Memorandum (in French) relating to Oswego Fort. 1728. 32758. ff. 464, 471, 484, 486, 488, 490, 492, 494, 498. Correspondence of Capt. St. Lo with the governor of Cuba. 1728. 32769. ff. 228, 232. Letters from the governor and council of the Bermuda Islands to the Duke of Newcastle and the Board of Trade. 1730. Additional Manuscripts. 131 f. 230. Petition from the same to George II. 1730. f. 248. Letter from Jamaica merchants to Adm. Stewart. 1730. f. 251. Letter from Adm. Stewart to the governor of Cartagena. 1730. 32770. fF. 145, 304. Orders to the governor of Barbadoes to evacuate St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominica. 1730, 1731. (See also 32771, f. 85; and for orders to Gov. Grenville and Marquis de Caylus to evacuate the same, including Tobago, in 1749, 32819, ff. 25, 106, 13s. For the evacuation of Tobago in 1750, 32821, ff. 52, 56, 58; and of St. Martin in 1751, 32827, f. 99.) 32773. f. 96. Letter from Capt. Henry Reddish to the governor of Porto Rico, Joseph Antonio de Mendes Yarcoa. 1731. f. 98. Letter from Gov. Yarcoa to Capt. Reddish. 1731. 32775. f. 206. Letter from Adm. Stewart to the governor of Havana. 1731. 32778. ff. 327, 332. Narration of proceedings at Havana in 1732, by Capt. Wm. Douglas, R. N. f. 345. From W. Nicholson, South Sea factor at the Havana. 32779. f. 53. Letter from Antonio de Salas, governor of Cartagena, to Rear Adm. C. Stewart. 1732. f. 75. Memorial from the governor of Porto Rico. 1732. 32785. f. 103. Memoir from Baron Waldegrave, ambassador at Paris, con- cerning French establishment in Newfoundland. 1731. 32796. f. 46. Letter from John Savy to the trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia. 1737. 32797. f. 246. Newcastle to Keane, 1738, with about fifty enclosures refer- ring to depredations of Spanish Guarda Castas and mentioning a petition of merchants to King and Parliament (see 35909, f. 82). The enclosures include, further, resolutions of the House of Com- mons, information from the West Indies, etc., to f. 300. This volume contains a great many other letters and papers regarding relations with the Spaniards in America. 32816. f. 374. Memoir of the pretensions of the French to the island of Tobago. 1749. French. (For description of the island in 1752, see 32840, f. 367.) 32818. ff. 53, 67. Copies of council minutes of council held at Ft. George in New York City, March 27, 1749, February 23, 1748, March 23, 1748, March 9, 1748, March 22, 1748, March 27, 1749 (duplicate), April 4, 1749. f. 73. Extract of letter from Gov. Shirley to the Marquis de la Galis- soniere, governor-general of New France. Albany, July 29, 1748. ff. 75-93. Copies of documents relating to the French and Indians. (Printed in N. Y. Docs.) 32819. ff. 25, 106, 135. Orders to Gov. Grenville of Barbadoes for evacuat- ing St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica and Tobago. 1749. ff. 147-181. Papers relating to the Assiento of negroes. 1749. f. 188. Consideration on British trade to the Spanish West Indies. 1749- ff. 258, 271. Orders for the exchange of Indian prisoners, with re- marks. 1749. 32821. f. 52. Commission to Lieut. Patrick Drummond for evacuation of the island of Tobago. 1750. 132 The British Museum. f. 54. Letter from the same to Gov. Grenville. 1750. f. 305. Memoir (in French) protesting against insult to the French flag at Nevis. 1750. f. 345. Journal of detachment under command of Maj. Charles Law- rence, governor of Nova Scotia, in the basin of the Chinecto. 1750. 32826. f. 182. Decree of Benjamin Greene, judge of the Vice Admiralty Court in Nova Scotia, concerning a French vessel seized by an English ship. 1751. f. 192. Memoir from the French ambassador in England concerning fishery off Nova Scotia. 1685. 32828. f. 142. Means of conciliation between France and England in Amer- ica. 1751. 32831. ff. 231, 233. Correspondence of Comte Raymond, governor of Louis- burg, with Gov. Cornwallis. 1751. 32833. f. 402. Extract from the register of Indian affairs in Albany. 1694. 32835. f. 156. Transactions relative to the boundaries of Nova Scotia. 1752. 32837. f. 223. French commander's summons to Lieut. Ward, April 16, 1754, enclosed in letter from Gov. Dinwiddie. f . 240. Remarks on Crown Point. 32850. f. 231. Extract from the Gazette relative to action with the French. Virginia, 1754. 32851. f. 108. Intelligence of French troops being sent to the Mississippi River. 1754. f. 309. News-letter from New York. 1754. (For other similar letters, during years 1755-1760, see 32854, flf. 347, 526; 32860, flf. 301, 4S9; 32868, f. 9; 32880, f. 273; 32885, ff. 124, 130; 32892, f. 233 ; 32906, f. 152.) f. 370. Action of French troops on the Ohio. 1754. 32852. f. 108. Address of the assembly of Pennsylvania to George III. 1755. 32853. f. 13. Instructions to missionaries in N. America, agreed on at a special meeting of the S. P. G. Document, not dated but as it was transmitted in a letter from the Archbishop of York to the Duke of Newcastle dated March i, 1755/6, it probably was drawn up in 1755 or 1756. 32854. f. 252. Proposals concerning French ships trading to the West Indies. 1755. f. 379. News from Virginia from John Hanbury. 1755. 32856. ff. 195-203. Papers relating to the capitulation of the forts in Nova Scotia in 1755. 32857. f. 218. Copy of letter from Col. George Washington to Gov. Din- widdie. 1755. 32859. f. 235. Memorial from Joseph Whipple of Rhode Island to the Duke of Newcastle, 1755, asking to be appointed comptroller of New- port. 32860. f. 301. News from Newberry in South Carolina. 1755. 32864. f. 68. On opening the French West India trade. 1756. ff. 107, 109. Papers relating to Royal American regiment. 1756. (See also 33055, f. 143.) 32868. f. II. Information concerning state of Niagara Fort. 1756. Additional Manuscripts. 133 32873. f. 332. Letter from Mr. Acklorn, dated from Wyseton (Wiston, Eng., possibly in Pembrokeshire), asking that the collectorship of New Haven, Connecticut, be given to Mr. Jos. Harrison of New- port, Rhode Island. August 28, 1757. (See also 32905, f. 107.) 32874. ff. 280-286. Petitions from Gov. Wm. Shirley to George H. 1757- 1758. (See also 32877, f. 317.) 32882. ff. 149-177. Papers relating to Newfoundland. 1758. f. 245. Resolution as to carrying on the war. 1758. 32888. f. 252. Proposals for stamp duties. 1759. (In two columns, one having query marks or memoranda.) 32895. ff. 89-94. Papers relating to the town of Quebec, from Gen. Wolfe. 1759- ff. 449-457. Account of battle before Quebec. 1759. 32900. f. 86. List of troops at Quebec. 1759. 3290L f. 219. Petition of inhabitants of the Mosquito Coast to the governor of Jamaica. 1760. f. 417. Account of free schools in Pennsylvania. 1760. (See also 32932, f. 68.) 32902. f. 460. Memorial to the Duke of Newcastle on the sugar trade. 1760. 32906. f. 96. Notes of occurrences at Quebec. 1759- 1760. 32911. f. 373. Affidavit of Jeronomy Clifford relating to his estate in Suri- nam. 1760. (See P. R. O., Foreign OfUce, Holland, 588; Massie's Catalogue, no. 62.) 32931. f. 350. Memorandum as to the patent of vendue-master in Jamaica. 1 761. (For letters of William Leech, vendue-master, see 32731, f. 323; 32733, f. 140; 33066, ff. 211, 271, 272, 278, 290. See also 32930, f. 250.) 32933. f. 430. British investment of island of Martinique in 1762. (See also 32936, ff. 36, 247; 32937, f. 282, and map of siege, 1762, 33231, O 6.) 32934. f. 283. List of those holding money for the German emigrants. 1762. Printed paper. 32938. f. 356. Reflections on British interests in the Caribbee Islands, by a Barbadoes planter. 1762. 32941. ff. 289, 293. News-letters from Havana. 1762. (See also 32942, f. 206.) 32942. f. 215. Notice of naval attack on Cuba in 1762. 32969. f. 380. Circular letter of Charles Lowndes of the Treasury to the governors in America and the West Indies. 1765. 32971. ff. 16-68, 93-128. Many papers ; endorsed " Mr. thoughts on American Trade ", regarding importation of bullion in "foreign vessels to the plantations and the bringing of bullion by the Spaniards into the West Indies. (The first paper is evidently a commentary on some memoir of the war of 1739. Additional papers relate to the same subject such as, " Considera- tions on the laws rnade for the increase of navigation and for the regula- tion of the plantation trade so far as they relate to the bullion trade"; " Memoir on the treaty with Spain " ; " Reflections upon trade in general and upon the trade with the Spanisli West Indies in particular." F. 18 134 The British Museum. says, " As to the French, Dutch, and Danes he would make the law stricter against their importing or exporting any goods to andfrom our colonies for they are the great smugglers of European goods into our colonies". Dated 1765. Cf. also 13-15, 69-70, 81.) f. 64. " An Acc* of Bullion imported and brought to the Bank from the several colonies in North America from 1748 to 1765 inclusive." (Total £287,236. Chiefly from Virginia and South Carolina. The figures for the West Indies follow.) f. 93. Copy of letter from the British government to Gov. Bernard, taking him to task for not suppressing tumults in Massachusetts. Other similar letters follow to other colonial governors (to f. 128), October 24, 1765. Many copies of documents relating to the tumults, etc., in the colonies, owing to the Stamp Act, follow. 32973. S. 246, 332. Resolutions as to affairs in America. 1766. (F. 332 is a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a similar set of resolutions.) 32976. f. 250. Resolution of the House of Commons respecting imports into America. 1766. f . 477. Vote of thanks to the Duke of Newcastle from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay. 1766. 32980. f. 116. Protest of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay against the Stamp Act. 1767. 32981. ff. 48, 51. Extracts from Journals of the Upper House of Assembly of Georgia. 1767. 32982. ff. 16, 21, 29, 79, 225. Papers relating to the province of Quebec. 1764, 1767. f. 25. Copy of report of the law officers on the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Canada. 1765. e. 62, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 97, 121, 134, 198. Papers relating to the prov- ince of Massachusetts Bay. 1767. 32992. f. 114. Libellous letter on Gen. James Oglethorpe, addressed to the Duke of Newcastle, n. d. 33028-33030. Newcastle Papers. "Papers relating to America and the West Indies." 33028. ff. 10, 16. Instructions to Gov. Selwyn of Jamaica, on Adm. Ben- bow's expedition to the W. Indies. 1701-1702. f. 22. Copy of New York act for raising a revenue within the prov- ince. March 3, 1710. (At the end is, "We approve the draught, Ed" Northey, Rob. Raymond".) f . 47. " A schedule of such losses as have been sustained by British subjects in their shipping and effects taken from them by the Spaniards between the Peace of Utrecht and the Treaty of Han- over in 1725, so far as they have come to the knowledge of the L,^ Comn" for Trade and Plant"'." f. 177. Instructions for Adm. Edward St. Lo, for his proceedmg to the West Indies. 1727. f. 185. Calculation of the revenue of South Carohna, November 29, 1728. f. 187. List of officers to be appointed for South Carolina with sala- ries. Same date. . , , . . , f 188. Extracts of orders given to his Majesty s ships stationed at Jamaica since the Peace of Utrecht for guarding trade and cruiz- ing against pirates and enemies. Additional Manuscripts. 135 f. 192. Order in Council concerning Newfoundland fisheries. April 19, 1729. f. 198. Report of the king's advocate, attorney and solicitor general, concerning the Anne Galley taken by the Spanish, n. d. f. 209. Memorial regarding the Camberwell seized by the Spanish. In French, f. 221. Extracts of letter from the president of the council of New York concerning erection of fort at Crown Point by the French in 1730 or 1731. f. 227. " A bill entitled an act for the better securing and encourag- ing the Trade of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America." (Commonly called the Molasses Act.) f. 246. Copy of Representation of the Board of Trade to Parliament in 1733. f. 275. Extracts from treaty of 1729 between Great Britain and Spain relating to commerce. (Whole document from ff. 275 to 329 shows state of the depredations com- mitted by the Spanish Guarda Costas on British ships and subjects since the treaty of Seville in 1729.) f. 330. Copy of list of the several representations of the Board of Trade to the king and of letters written or other representations made by them to the secretaries of state since March 25, 171 5, so far as they relate to N. America, concerning state and condition of any of the British colonies in America, trade, commerce and dangers of the colonies from the growing power of the French in America. (Copies of these representations were laid before Parliament on February 20, I73S/6.) f . 344. Continuation of subject dealt with on ff. 275-329, carrying it to the year 1737. f. 354. Copies of Proceedings in Privy Council regarding petitions of merchants who have suffered from depredations of the Span- iards. October 15, 1737, October 21, 26, February 15, February 27, March 14, April 10, 1738, November 12, 1739. f. 374. " Proposals for reducing Cape Breton and Canada whereby his Britanic Majesty may acquire the sole sovereignty of North America." f. 376. " Reasons Humbly Offered in Support of a Proposal lately made to extend the Duties on Stampt Paper and Parchment all over the British Plantations ", by Sir William Keith. December 14, 1742. (Regarding this paper, published in London, see John Adams, Works (1856 ed.), X. 74, 80.) f. 378. Paper endorsed " Extracts of Papers referred to in the case of Henry Lacelles ". The " Case " follows : ff. 382-385. (Lascelles was collector at Bridgetown, Barbadoes, and the dates given are from 1733 to 1743) f. 386. Instructions to Lord Cathcart for his expedition to the West Indies in 1740. (See also 32694.) 136 The British Museum. f. 398. " Of the number of trading vessels entered inwards in the port of New York from and to the distinguished times herein." 1733-1739- f. 400. Account of the number of ships entering in and clearing out from the several ports in North Carolina for the years 1739 and 1740. 33029. f. I. Order in Council regarding defence of Newfoundland. July 19, 1744. f. 3. Order in Council approving of conduct of Gov. Shirley. Sep- tember 6, 1744. flf. 5-20, 26, 32, 37. Papers relating to affairs in Barbadoes. 1744- 1746. f. 21. "The Deplorable State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, occasioned by the Unjust Emisions of Paper Bills of all the New England Colonies." Endorsed : " An Abridg- ment of a Treatise on the New England Paper Currency ". f . 34. Copy of commission for Robert Hunter Morris to be lieu- tenant-governor of New Jersey., 1746. Parchment. f. 40. Extract of letter from the Rev. Mr. John Barnard to his brother in London. Marblehead near Boston, March 3, 1746/7. if. 41-45. Abstract of letters from Knowles, Shirley and Qinton. 1747- (Knowles from Louisburg, September 4, 1747 ; Shirley from Boston, October 20, 1747 ; Clinton from New York, September 27, October 9, 1747.) f. 46. " Mr. Charles' Proposals relating to the Indians in North America." October, 1747. f. 50. Copy of letter from Grey Cooper to Gov. Francis Bernard, regarding attitude of Lords of the Treasury toward stamp trouble in Boston, October, November, 1765. f. 53. " An Ace* Stated which if pursued proves the Ruin and De- struction of the Massachusetts." (Endorsed: "A Debit and Credit Ace* arising from the issue of bills of Credit and entitled ' D""- The Crown of Great Britain with the Creditors of the Massachusetts Bills of Credit, Cr." "This Ace' was stated to prove to the Inhabitants of New England their danger of Ruin in being Reimbursed for the Cape Breton expedition & bills of Exchange ".) f. 54. " An Account Stated proving the Method to secure and safe- guard New England." (The people of New England must be reimbursed in silver.) f. 56. Note unsigned and undated regarding Richard Corbin, of York River, Virginia, " to become one of upper house of assembly in Virginia ". if. 57-62. Extract of Act of Parliament regarding allowance of six pence per every pound weight of indigo of the growth of the Brit- ish Plantations in America imported into England from and after March 25, 1749. f. 63. " The State of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Planta- tions in America." n. d. f. 65. For the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Plantations. (Repeats proposal made on f. 63 to divide the care of the plantations among bishops other than the Bishop of London.) Additional Manuscripts. 137 f . 67. Extract of papers relating to releasing prisoners of war at New York and Canada. 1748/9. f. 71. Regarding expiration of Trusteeship in Georgia. 1751. f. 72. Copy of Memorial of Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, f. 76. Extracts from Charter of Georgia, f. 77. Contract for victualling the forces in Nova Scotia. f. 83. Memorial of Peter Schuyler sent to Gov. G. Clinton of New York, July 19, 1751. Clinton's reply thereto, f. 85. Schuyler's commission as colonel " upon the intended expedi- tion against Canada ". Attested copy. S. 88-90. Papers relating to the Board of Trade sent by Lord Holder- nesse to " my Lord President ". January 22, 1752. (Endeavoring to bring about a reorganization of the board.) f. 92. " Memorandum of the State of the Naval Offices in America that are not filled up from home, most humbly submitted to the consideration of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle." f . 94. Abstract of a letter from Gov. Knowles of Jamaica to the Earl of Holdemesse, March 26, 1753, re Mosquito Shore. On the back is a list of the papers enclosed, ff. 96-103. " The Proceedings of the French in America of which Great Britain has cause of complaint." (Endorsed "from Lord Halifax".) f. 104. " Considerations with respect to the manner of appointing a secretary of state for Plantation affairs." (Speaks of revival of the Board of Trade and its new powers in 1752. Cf. Add. MSS. 33030, f. 295.) f. 106. Abstract of letter from Gov. Dinwiddle. Virginia, March 12, 1754- f. 109. Proposal for building forts, etc., upon the Ohio and other rivers to put a stop to hostile encroachments of the French, f. 113. Proceedings of the French in America, delivered by the Earl of Halifax to Sir Thomas Robinson. April, 1754. f. 119. " Heads of Gov. Shirley's despatches. April 19, and May i." [1754?] f. 122. " An Estimate of the Charges of the Civil Establishment of his Majesty's colony of Georgia and other incidental expenses attending the same from June 24, 1754, to June 21, 1755." f. 124. Minute of a [Council?] meeting at Newcastle House regard- ing the French in N. America. June 26, 1754. f. 126. Draft of the king's warrant authorizing application of £3544 ID J. 5 d. of Virginia's revenue to defence of the frontiers. f. 128. Draft of similar warrant. f. 130. Extract of letter to Messrs. John and Capel Hanbury. Vir- ginia, July 23, 1754. f. 132. Extract from the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, July 19, 1754, regarding conflict with the French. f. 136. Schedule of papers relating to N. America in letter from Lord Halifax, August 15, 1754. f. 138. " Methods of disappointing the French encroachments in North America." Delivered by Lord Halifax, November 7, 1754. 138 The British Museum. f. 144. " Sketch for the Operations in North America." November 16, 1754. . . , . . f. 152. Extract of letter from Bristol contammg mformation given by certain persons from New York regarding Spanish attacks on the Mosquito Shore. December 16, 1754. f. 156. Copy of representation of state of the colonies in N. Amer- ica. 1754. f. 165. Estimate of charges of supporting and maintaining settlement of his Majesty's colony of Nova Scotia for the year, 1755. f. 167. " Lord Halifax' observations on Thomas Robinson's paper of Points." February, 1755 [?]. (Series of observations on English and French settlements in America, probably drawn up about 1755- ) f. 172. " Extract of private letter, dated New York, March 19, I7S5-" f. 174. " At a council held at the Camp at Alexandria in Virginia, April 14, 1755 ", contained in Gen. Braddock's letter of April 19, 1755- f. 178. Id. f. 182-196. Extracts of various letters and other papers relating to Jamaica. (See also 32852, ff. 200, 250-258.) f. 198. (i) Account of Braddock's defeat; (2) plan of operations for destroying the French settlements on the Lakes, from Maj.- Gen. Shirley. f. 202. " Plan for the Reduction of Canada ", from Maj.-Gen. Shir- ley. Oneida, August 15, [1755]. f. 204. Extracts of letters — Pres. Phips, August 30, Massachusetts ; Mr. Fitch, August i, Connecticut; Gov. Dobbs, August 25, North Carolina; Rhode Island, April 17, 1755, and Agent's petition in July, 1755. f. 206. " A Representation of the C^e of his Maj. province of Mas- sachusetts Bay, contained in a letter from the (^neral Assembly to their agent, dated Boston, September 25, 1755." f. 210. Letters from Gov. Dinwiddle of Virginia, August 17, 20, September 6. ^ t f. 212. Regarding disputes between Gov. Shirley and Gen. Johnson. September 3. .. , j f. 219. From Gov. Lawrence, of Nova Scotia, regardmg forts, and French inhabitants. f. 223. From Maj.-Gen. Shirley. Oswego, September 19. f . 227. From Deputy Governor Morris. October 28. f. 229. From Gov. Fitch of Connecticut. October 30. f. 232. From Gov. Lawrence. Nova Scotia, November 10. f. 234. From (k»v. Dinwiddle. November 15. f. 238. From Sir C. Hardy. New York, November 27. f. 242. Mr. Hanbury's paper containing proposal regarding employ- ment of Indians and formation of men. f. 243. " Information prealable, pour servir d' Introduction au Narre." (The Narration follows beginning f. 255. " Narre des Hostilites commises sur I'Ohio en Amerique, par les Frangois, et de la Negociation que sen est suivie entres les couronnes de la Grand Bretagne et de France', from April 1754, to 1755. On f. 272 begins translation of the Narration.) Additional Manuscripts. 139 f. 289. " Upon the Four Points to be discussed relating to America." (The only one of importance here is point 3, "the Course and Territory of the Ohio", flf. 300-309.) f. 313. Memorandum relating to French project. f- 31S: Project for proper separation of the British and French do- minions in N. America, endorsed " from Alderman Baker, North America ". f. 318. " Draft of a preamble to an order granting general reprisals against France." f. 322. Extract of letter from New England, without date or signa- ture. (Important from point of view of New England's trade with Canada. "There are few ports here that scarce serve to any other purpose than to screen a clandestine trade", etc., referring to illegal trading under the Sugar (Molasses) Act.) f . 324. State of New England and French forts, garrisons and militia in Nova Scotia. f. 330. Advertisement to be prefixed to English and French memo- rials. f. 332. State of Actual Possessions of the Crown of Great Britain ; inquiry into state of the actual possessions of the Crown of Great Britain in N. America at time of the treaty of Utrecht in order to discover " whether all the encroachments or most of them com- plained of to have been made by the French in North America have been since the conclusion of the treaty or contrary to the con- ditions of the cessions made thereby ". f. 337. Paper (imperfect) on recruits for established regiments. f. 341. Account from Pennsylvania of the raising of militia there under Militia Act. f. 343. Paper given to Lord Barrington, Secretary at War, by Lieut.- Col. Bouquet relating to the raising of militia in Pennsylvania. f. 345. Reflections on the Present State of America. f. 349. Scheme for the taking of that part of the island of Dominique, etc., by Thos. Cole. (Followed by other similar papers. Documents relating to the same subject may be found in Add. MSS. 33030.) f. 354. " Members of the House of Assembly in Philadelphia as they stood October 14, 1756." f. 355. Extract of letter from Christopher Wilson and John Hunt, dated Philadelphia 4 of ii"° 1756. f- 357- " Pls^ for protection of Carolina and Georgia and for con- quest of Louisiana." 1756. f. 372. " Instructions for Dan. Webb, Esq., General and Commander of all our forces in North America." March 11, 1756. f. 378. " To his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. Some thoughts on the French scheme and the importance of the country on the river Ohio to Great Britain " by Peter Collinson. February 25, 1757. f . 385. Memorial of William Bollan, agent for Massachusetts Bay, to Lords of the Admiralty. 33030. f. I. Speculation regarding division of territory after the war between England and France. April 13, 1761. 140 The British Museum. f. 3. Complaints of colonels of battalions in the Royal American regiment, their widows and executors upon accounts with the agent. f. 5. Concerning French rights to catch fish at Newfoundland. (Extracts from other documents of similar character follow, all endorsed, "collection relating to fishing".) f. 15. State of duties on rum, etc., imported into America. 1763. f.47. Query regarding the importation of coin into the plantations in foreign bottoms. Answer, which is from York and de Grey, attorney and solicitor generals, is dated November 11, 1765, and is favorable. See also f . 69. f. 54. " Precis of the American Correspondence from August 31 to November 9, 1765." f. 74. Various papers belonging to or coming from a committee [of the House of Commons or of the Privy Council?] on American Papers. January 31; February 11, 12, 13, 17, 1766. Copy of " resolution proposed " by the committee, January 31, 1766, regard- ing the " tumults and insurrections " in America. f. 78. Account given at the hearing on January 31, by Dr. MofFatt of Rhode Island of riots at his house, etc. Long accounts of riots in New York (f.84) and Virginia (f.86b). f. 88. Petition of the Merchants of London. f. 206. Agreement reached at a meeting of committees of West In- dian and North American merchants at the Kings Arms tavern, March 10, 1766. f. 208. Petition of merchants trading to N. America to Parliament. f. 210. Petition of London merchants. f. 214. Allegations in petition of London merchants with Mr. Treco- thick's proofs and observations. f. 318. Observations on the Trade of Great Britain to her American colonies and on their trade to Foreign Plantations with plan for retrieving, extending and securing thereof. Endorsed " Mr. Huske's scheme for free ports in America ". Undated, but prob- ably between 1764 and 1766. (An exposition of conditions of trade and scarcity of ready money in the colonies.) f. 334. Plan for raising a fund in America to be applied in defraying necessary expenses attending the defence and protection of the British possessions in America. Without signature or date. (Contains this recommendation : " That the use of stamps on paper and parchment be introduced in America by the authority of Parliament to be adapted to the several negotiations there".) f. 339. Albany Plan of Union. 1754. (Though often printed the scheme of union here jriven is important as con- taining marginal comments in another hand. It is followed by a paper by Lord Dupplier on the same subject.) f. 346. Regarding governorship of South Carolina, salary of which was to be made up to £2400. f. 351. Extract of act for establishing agreement with seven of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, for surrender of their title and interest in that province to his Majesty. Additional Manuscripts. 141 f- 353- " Observations on a petition to the king now lying before the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, from some merchants and others trading to and interested in the province of So. Carolina." (Original petition may be found in the original papers in the Privy Council office.) f- 355- Note from Lord Lyttelton to the Duke of Newcastle, regard- ing demand for cannon from Gov. Lyttelton of South Carolina, n. d. f. 357. Statement apparently by the Earl of Lincoln, of what is to be written to Gov. Clinton of New York by the Council or by the Duke of Newcastle, n. d. (Clinton cannot be permitted to return; is to be authorized to form one of the council of military operations in his government ; as Gen. Gooch is in- firm it may be urged that the command should devolve on Gov. Clinton, it being advisable that the command of the American corps be given to one of the governors.) f- 359- Statement, unsigned and undated, regarding the Indians, en- dorsed " From Mr. Penn ". f. 364. " Account of what the agents in America had in store and were providing in April last." f. 365. " Notes regarding certain things that ought to be done." f. 372. State of the crown's title to Nova Scotia. f. 384. Description of the Havana. f. 392. " Consideration on the laws made for the increase of naviga- tion and for the regulation of the plantation trade so far as they relate to the Bullion trade." f. 394. Draft of letter to New England concerning the violation of the plantation laws. f. 401. " State of an illegal and clandestine trade carried on by the British Northern Colonies in America with the French and other foreign nations both in Europe and America destructive to our own sugar settlements and greatly detrimental to the Navigation, Trade, and Manufacturers of Great Britain." Without name or date. (Deals chiefly with the Sugar (Molasses) Act and is written from the standpoint of the upholders of that act.) f. 404. Draft of bill " for repealing certain duties in the British colo- nies and plantations granted by several acts of Parliament and also the duties imposed by an act made in the last session of Par- liament upon certain East India goods exported from Great Bri- tain and for granting other duties instead thereof and for further encouraging, regulating and securing several branches of the trade of this kingdom and the British Dominions in America, as relates to the Exportation of non-enumerated Goods from the British colonies in America ". (6 Geo. III., ch. 52. Cf. 7 Geo. III., ch. 2.) f. 452. " Narrative of the circumstances attending General Dalrym- ple's taking possession of his employment as quarter master general in America." f. 464. Memorandum of Lord Sheffield on the West Indies. 1802- 182 1. 33046-33048. These volumes contain a great deal of information and many statistics regarding the army and navy arrangements of the years 1755-1756. 142 The British Museum. 33046. f. 1 80. List of all the king's ships in their respective stations. November 25, 1746. (Giving names of ships, commanders, guns, men, station and service in the West Indies and the plantations, as well as elsewhere.) f. 212. Memorandum, that the post of naval officer for the South Potomac was granted to William Crouch and Richard Lee, Novem- ber 30, 1747; and that Crouch being dead it was desired for Wil- liam Griffin, f. 214. Bond given by Mr. John Hanbury to William Crouch, November 30, 1747, promising to pay him a fixed sum of £7 a year in lieu of salary and perquisites. As payments were continued to 1748, probably Crouch died soon after, f . 240. An account of Captain Henry Clinton's services in the army. (Clinton in June, 1745, was appointed lieutenant in one of the Four Com- panies, New York. He afterward went to Cape Breton, Louisburg, Canada. On February 23, 1748, he was made captain-lieutenant to the Four Companies.) fF. 293, 295, 299-301, 315. Various data concerning Shirley and Pep- perrell's regiments in the Louisburg expedition. f. 321. Estimate of charge of officers to go on expedition with Brad- dock. 1755. f. 361. List of his Majesty's ships in commission, including those in American waters, 1755, 1756. 33047. f . 22. Data concerning Shirley and Pepperrell's regiment ; ff. 45, 47, 61, loi contain lists of ships in American waters ; f. 65 is an ac- count of the French and English army and fleet, dated 1756; ff. 108-109 containing lists of troops destined for Louisburg and of troops remaining with Lord Loudoun, sent by Ligonier; f. 127 is " augmentation of plantation forces ", and ff . 205-207 deal with forces in America, 1757, 1758. See also ff. 239-304. 33048. Of character similar to preceding volume. F. 14 contains list of ex- penses of the fleet, including ships in American waters. 33054. f . 1 10. Memorial of Wavell Smith, secretary of the Leeward Islands, to the Duke of Newcastle. 1736. f. 376. Petition of captains who raised companies for Canada in 1748. (This volume contains a large number of petitions relating to the American service, many of which are not dated.) 33055. ff. 27, 286, 310. Various memorials from John Hammerton, secretary and treasurer of South Carolina, to be reinstated in the council. f. 33. Memorandum of state of naval offices of the colony of Virginia, before they were filled up by the crown. About 1752. f. 143. Paper relating to the Royal American regiment. 1756. f. 240. Memorial from Gov. Shirley of Massachusetts Bay for repay- ment of expenses. About 1759. f. 294. Memorial from Lieut. Robert Hodgson to succeed his late father as superintendent of the Mosquito Shore. About 1760. f. 340. Memorandum by Capt. Prescott, aide-de-camp to (jen. Am- herst, of his expenses in the public service. About 1761. 33056. ff. 54, 202. Appointment of William Tryon as governor of North Carolina, and warrant for salary. 1765, 1766. f. 56. Appointment of Henry Moore as governor of New York. 1765- Additional Manuscripts. 143 f. 350. Recommendation of Lieut. Johnson for a vacant company in AJmerica. fF. 404, 405. Petition of hat makers and others to the Duke of New- castle to support their projects for encouragement of the hat trade. Date is uncertain, probably, 1730- 1740. 33057. f. 93. Memorial from Geo. Clarke, lieutenant-governor of New York, regarding his losses from the rebels, to the Duke of Newcastle. ff. 87, 91. Memorials from Geo. Clarke, son of the above, regarding promotion of his brothers, to the Duke of Newcastle. f. 435. Memorial from Gov. Shute of Massachusetts Bay to the Privy Council. 1728. f. 501. Memorial from Francis Whitworth, secretary of Barbadoes, to the Duke of Newcastle. 1728. 33118, 33119. Papers relating to Ireland on the defence, trade and general business of the country. For the most part the official papers of Thomas Pelham, 2d, when Irish secretary. 1656-1679, 1770-1812. (These papers contain very little relating to the colonies or colonial trade.) 33231. G. G. Canada: plan of Wolfe's attack on Quebec in 1759, and other (13) unidentified plans. H. H. Chart of the coast of Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England. 171 1. (Shows the St. Lawrence to Montreal and the New England coast to Cape Cod.) 1. 1. 1-16. Map and charts relating to Newfoundland, etc. N. N. I. Sketch of action between the British forces and the Amer- ican provincials, June 17, 1776. (Engraved by Jeffreys and Faden.) N. N. 2. Plan of the city of Albany shewing the several works and buildings made there in the year 1756-1757. N. N. 3. Detailed map of Crown Point showing woods, roads, look- outs, etc. N. N. 4. Id. Ft. Ticonderoga. 1759. N. N. 5. Id. Ft. George, Lake (jeorge, with barracks, etc., erected in 1759; also road to Fort Edward through the woods south' ward. N. N. 6. Id. New Fort at Pittsburg. 1759. N. N. 7. Id. Fort Ligonier (Loyalhanna Creek, Pa.). N. N. 8. Rough sketch plan of the Delaware River and islands from Chester to point above Philadelphia, showing some partic- ular operations there on the part of a fleet (November 15, ^777)- N. N. 9. Fort Bedford on Juniata Creek, Pennsylvania. 0.0. I. Map of West Indies. O. O. 2-5. Plans of forts in Carlisle Bay. Barbadoes. (The majority of the maps were handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner, R. E., by his father in 1872. For the forts see Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania and Hulbert's Historic Highways.) 33275. f.20. Reissue of Edward Slaney's map of Jamaica, in 1678, by P. Buache. i8th cent. 33316,33317. Brief diary (1758-1794) and account-book (1758-1810) of James Pinnock, a Jamaica barrister. 10 144 The British Museum. 33350. f. 13. Instructions for Lord Vere Beauclerk, captain R. N., as com- mander-in-chief of the convoy appointed for the preservation of the fishery of Newfoundland. June 3, 1729. 33411. f. 96b. Produce of Europe and America, n. d. Probably nineteenth century. 33440. " Correspondence of Louis Phelypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain, French Secretary of State, with Camille d'Hostun, Comte de Tal- lard, and Antoine Frangois Phelypeaux, Marquis d'Herbault, am- bassadors in England, chiefly on negotiations concerning North America", July 23-August 13, 1698, January 28- June 25, 1699 (in French). Pontchartrain's letters are originals; the others offi- cial copies, ff . 1-26 contain the correspondence ; ff. 27-61 contain copies of replies from London. 33763. " Idea di una nuova Istoria Generale dell' America Settentrionale." Translation in Italian by MacEgan, colonel in the Neapolitan service, from a Spanish work. Idea de una nueva Historia General de la America Septentrional, of Lorenzo Boturini-Benaduci (Mad- rid, 1746). 33845. Notes relating to Barbadoes, including extracts from some memoirs of the first settlement of the island, 1741. Reversing the volume we find matters of a legal character of date about 1750. 33923.3.510-521. Wolfe-Amherst Correspondence, June-August, 1758. A series of copies evidently made in the interest of a monument to be erected to Wolfe in the parish of Westerham, Kent. April 5, 1760. The letters addressed to the Rev. Mr. Streatfield, Charts Edge, Westerham, Sevenoaks. (Following the letters are a few notes of value regarding Wolfe's life, the monument and epitaph, to f. 526.) 33929. ff. 60-62. Extracts from letters of Gen.Wolfe to his parents. 1749-1759. (Letters relating to Wolfe, of later date, follow, ff. 44-48, 582.) 33964. f. 7. Letter from William Penn to E. Southwell. 1704. 33983. f. 324. Depositions relating chiefly to Florida and Terra-Nova. Madrid, 1568. 34015. Vol. II. " A Book contayning the names as well of all such persons as have come from beyond the seas and made their personal ap- pearances at this office, as also of the places from whence they came and where they intend to lodge, together with their business and the correspondents of such of the said persons as are for- raigners." 1655-1657. (The persons are chiefly from Barbadoes and Virginia; four from New England and one from Nevis. Those from Virginia are chiefly merchants and planters engaged in selling tobacco and other commodities. For ex- ample : " Hugh Stanford of London, M'^'^ant, landed at Dover the 4'h p'sent out of the Hono'' of London, Capt John Price, commander, from Virginia and came to London on the 6* and lodgeth at the White Swan in Shoe Lane in the p'ish of Bride, and saith that his buisines is to make sale of tobacco by him imported and to negotiate his affairs in order to his intended return to Virginia.") 34079. f. 58. Letter on Jamaica from the governor to the Prince of Wales. 1723. Additional Manuscripts. 145 f. 68. Letter from Capt. Hood to Commissioners of the navy, giving account of a hurricane in Halifax harbor, April 4, 1768. 34097. f. 37. Journal of Col. William Burrard when on an expedition to the West Indies, May 19, 1740-September 21, 1742. 34121. Parliamentary diary of John Smith of Nibley, Gloucester County. 1621. 34181. S. 119b and 175. Copy of abstract of wills proved in Jamaica, between 1625 and 1792. In the latter part of the volume are entered copies and abstracts of other documents, including: f. 183b. Losses sustained by proprietors and inhabitants of St. Chris- topher, with the abatements, February, March, 1705. f. 207b. Baptisms and burials, 1 721-1730, from the parish registers of St. Christopher. fF. 218-223. Various titles of documents relating to early history of Carolina. 1630-1673. (Merely modern copies of titles in Cal. Col. and the Shaftesbury Papers.) 34187. Letters addressed to George Jackson, second secretary of the Admi- ralty and judge advocate. The first series relates chiefly to the American Revolution, 1776- 1777; the second to suits arising from the capture of property in the island of St. Eustatius in 1781. (The letters are from Adm. Arbuthnot; William Vaughan, Lord Lisburne, Lord of the Admiraltj' ; Capt. Jervis, Capt. Hood, Samuel Barrington, etc. ; are of a private character but contain comments on affairs in America. See Egerton 2136, 2137.) 34207. Letters from Col. William Burrard to his brother, Sir Harry Bur- rard, written chiefly from the West Indies, 1740-1766, including: f. 9. Description of the attack on Carthagena, April 9, 1741. f. 28. Description of the taking of Fort Louis, March 8, 1748. f. 39b. Plan of Santiago de Cuba, 1748, and many papers relating to his case, 1748- 1766. 34217. f. 14. " That there may be free trade of buying and selling ", remedy for decay in the cloth trade. (_Cf. also 34324, nos. 38, 39.) f. 26b. Letter from James I. to Sir George Calvert. 1621. 34324. f. 290. Letter from Sir George Calvert to Sir Julius Caesar. 162 1. 34335. f. loi. Proclamation (in French) prohibiting the importing of Vir- ginia tobacco into Spain. Issued at Seville, August 2, 1701. f. III. "Concerning the trade of the Spaniards about the Assiento and Galeons." n. d. f. 146. " Losses sustained by Spanish depredations at sea and in port in the years 1718, 1719, 1720, of which the necessary proofs and vouchers were delivered into the Commissaries." (Over the page are added losses to 1727. Ships and goods. No plantation vessels.) 34348. fF. 1 14-135. Various letters to J. Vernon, Secretary of State, from correspondents, governors and others, in the West Indies. 1693- 1701. 34412-34471. The Auckland Papers. Correspondence and papers, political and private, of William Eden, first baron Auckland, together with a few earlier diplomatic papers collected by him. William Eden was under secretary of state (northern department), 1772-1778; 14:6 The British Museum. member of the Board of Trade, 1776-1782 ; joint commissioner to treat with the revolted colonies, 1778-1779. During the period from 1772 to 1779 the papers " deal largely with the American rebellion and the proceedings of American spies and agents in France and England ". Eden married, September 26, 1776, Elea- nor, second daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, of Minto. She was niece of Andrew Elliot, collector and later lieutenant-governor of New York, 1 780-1 783. For the career of Andrew Elliot and references to his family based in part on the Minto and Cathcart MSS., see Pa. Mag., XI. 129. Many of the documents are of a family character, and many relate to Eden's career as peace com- missioner. Only vols. 34412 to 34418 concern us here. The papers were purchased of Lord Auckland in 1893. 34412. f.29ff. Copies of Pitt's correspondence with Dr. Benjamin Keene, relative to Gibraltar. 1757. f . 269b. Statistics showing duty on tobacco imported into Holland. f . 320. Printed list of goods prohibited to be imported into or ex- ported from Great Britain. January i, 1775. ff. 321, 322. Id. With references to the Acts of Prohibition. f. 345. Draft of proclamation suppressing rebellion and sedition. 1 77 1. With marginal notes. ff- 366-368. Paper headed " Minutes ", i. e., notes of a speech to be delivered by Eden against the American Revolution. October 26, 1775- 34413. The letters in this volume contain occasional reference to affairs in America. A few are from Lord George Germain. f. 25. Letter from Gen. Amherst to W. Eden. 1776. f . 29. Copy of warrant to pass the Great Seal, appointing Lord Viscount Howe and Gen. Howe commissioners for restoring peace. April 27, 1776. f. 45. Copy of orders and instructions for the same. May 6, 1776. f. 52. Copy of additional instructions for the same. May 6, 1776. f. 54. Minutes of a speech. May 23, 1776. f. 56. Copy of letter from Adm. Howe to Benjamin Franklin, dated EO'gle, June 20, 1776, with copy of Franklin's reply, dated Phila- delphia, July 30, 1776, directed to Adm. and Gen. Howe. f. 94. Copy of letter from Lieut. Hugh Lamont of the 71st reg^ent, Banners Island, October 22, 1776, with account of the situation in America. f. 103. " Cipher settled with Mr. Wentworth, Oct 5 ", for corre- spondence on the American question. (C/. f. 107.) f. 109. Copy of Sir William Howe's orders. December 13, 1776. f. III. Copy of letter from Robert Morris to Silas Deane, with post- script narrating events from December 20, 1776, to January 29, 1777. f. 121. Id., differing in the matter of additions and omissions. f. 130. Copy of letter from Benj. Harrison, Richard Henry Lee, Jno. Wither spoon. Baltimore, December 21, 1776. f. 149. Letter from Sir Joseph Yorke to William Eden, with a num- ber of references to American affairs and to Franklin. The Hague, January 3, 1777. Additional Manuscripts. 147 f. 152. Copy of letter from New York unsigned. January 3, 1777. f. 158. Communication to Franklin, Deane and Lee from Robert Morris, enclosing resolves of Congress. Philadelphia, January 14, 1777. (An original, somewhat mutilated.) f. 161. Letter from Wentworth with account of the reception of the American commissioners in Paris. Poland Street, January 25, 1777. f. 165. Fragment regarding the defeat of the Hessians at Trenton. f. 166. " Transcript of a warrant in the handwriting of Mr. Arthur Lee and supposed to be an extract copy of that which was signed by the three commissioners in Jan^ last." ff. 169-196. Many papers relating to negotiations with France. 1777. Entirely copies. f. 202. Letter from Lord George Germain on the defeat at Trenton. Pall Mall, February 10, 1777. f. 294. Letter from Wentworth regarding Arthur Lee's journey to Madrid. March 3, 1777. f. 311. Communications from the commissioners apparently to Con- gress. March 12 and April 9, 1777. f. 330. Paper regarding sailing of Lafayette with list of those who accompanied him. Also copy of a tobacco contract with France, signed by the three commissioners. ff. 338-359. Papers relating to the commissioners in France, contain- ing narrative of events in France by Col. Smith. f. 361. Extract of letters from Congress, October i, 1776, to Feb- ruary 19, 1777, and of letter from the Massachusetts assembly, March 28, 1777. ff- 390, 396, 404-405, 408-409, 414, 433. 435, 439-442, 444, 45°, 4S6, 466 are letters from Wentworth, Geo. Lupton and others. Of interest for American affairs. f. 462. Letter from Silas Deane to John Hancock. 1777. f. 468. Letter from George Chalmers to Mr. Geo. Carlting, regard- ing the war in America. May 26, 1777. f. 477. Id., without signature. 1777. 34414. f. 4. Letter from Silas Deane to Capt. Hynson. Paris, June i, 1777. (Capt Hynson who had the confidence of the American commissioners and to whom they gave their packets of despatches for conveyance, was in the pay of the English government. He conveyed the papers entrusted to him, or a portion of them, to intermediaries, Lieut.-Col. Smith, Car- michael and others, who placed them in the hands of the under secretary. Hynson was an American and the commissioners did not suspect him until late in 1777. A number of papers in previous volume relate to the same matter. It is impossible to tell whether all of these intercepted papers are in the Auckland collection or not.) f. ID. " Etats et divers articles de marchandize a foumier par le Sieur de Montien pour le service des colonies unies de I'Amerique Septentrionale." ff. 15, 22, 27, 43, 56, 85, 90, 116, 176, 488 are letters from George Lupton, and deal with American affairs, f. 20. Letter from Carmichael to Capt. Hynson. June 18, 1777. f. 29. Letter from Silas Deane to Capt. Hynson. Also ff. 149, 173, 193, 225, 261. 1*8 The British Museum. ff- 3i> 58. 92, 95. "o, 122, 162, 166, 200, 234, 400, 410, 423, 433 (long despatch from Paris), 448 (despatch from Paris), 463, 520, 522, 534 are letters from Wentworth. f. 41. Letter from Lambert Wickes to Capt. Hynson. St. Male, July 8, 1777- f. 52. Copy of memorial from Deane and Franklin to Portugal 1778. . f. 60. Mmute of intelligence " from a very undoubted authority ", concerning many questions of importance in the negotiations with the colonies, ff- 73> 78, 136, 191 are letters from Sir Joseph Yorke to Eden, f. 74. Extract of letter from the Count of Hastang [Count d'Es- tamg?] to the Count of Seinsheim, July 11, 1777 (reed), f. 108. Letter from W. G. to Franklin. Jamaica Plains, August i^ 1777. ^ ^' (W. G. is William Gordon.) f. 142-144. Abstract and extract of letters from the Commissioners to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, sent by the Lexington. f. 151. Instructions to commanders of ships of war and other Amer- ican vessels to allow the ship Harriot to pass. Signed Franklin, Deane and Lee. f. 152. Papers (incomplete) on the course of events. Two letters from America follow. f. 158. Letter from Silas Deane to Benj. Harrison, n. d. f. 172. Letter from Simeon Deane (brother of Silas) to Capt. Hyn- son. Passy, September 21, 1777. f. 193. Letter from Silas Deane to Capt. Hynson. September 27, 1777. (Accompanying this letter are extracts from despatches brought to the com- missioners by various ships from America.) f. 207. Letter from Arthur Lee. Paris, October 4, 1777. f. 211. Letters from Arthur Lee. (These letters were apparently to Richard Henry Lee and Robert Morris. Upon one of the letters is a note by Hynson, or one of the intermediaries, dated October 4, 1777, " The uppermost of the enclosed papers was in a separate sealed cover and directed to R^. H. Lee Esq", member of Con- gress from the state of Virginia. The other was also in a separate unsealed cover and directed to Robert Morris Esq" Philadelphia".) f. 218. Letter to H. Lee in America from his son Ludwell Lee, who was with his uncle in Paris. October 5, 1777. f. 219. Letter from George Carlting. Paris, October 6, 1777. f. 221. Letter from Arthur Lee. Paris, October 6, 1777. f. 225. Letter from Silas Deane to Capt. Hynson. (The following note was added. "Hynson received this at Havre with the despatches in a large bundle of private letters, the whole directed either to the care of Capt. Folger or Capt Hynson. He contrived to take out the despatches, made up the bundle again so as to avoid the discovery and Folger sailed with it".) f. 228. Letter from Carmichael to Capt. Hynson. f. 230. " Letters from Mr. A. Lee and others October 7, 1777. Sent under different covers in a packet directed to the Hon'''« the Chair- man of the Committee for Foreign Correspondence, Philadelphia." (This packet was brought by Hynson to Lieut.-Col. Smith, October 20, and by him delivered unopened the same day to Mr. Eden.) Additional Manuscripts. 149 f. 231. " The 'Packet contains the whole correspondence of the Rebel agents at Paris with the Committee of Congress at Philadelphia, from March 12 to Oct. 7, 1777, and was brought by Hynson to Lt. Col. Smith, Oct. 20, and by him delivered to Mr. Eden." (The various memoranda, letters, etc., which follow relate chiefly to the work of the commissioners at Paris, the intercepting of their letters and the Burgoyne campaign in America.) f. 261. Letter from Silas Deane to Capt. Hynson, after he had heard of the latter's treachery. October 26, 1777. (Hynson offered to hetray the English government but Deane refused to have anything more to do with him.) Many extracts follow of intercepted letters sent from France^ to America and England. Nearly all comment on affairs in America. The papers here and there give information about the secret service. There are also narratives of intelligence or post-news from Lup- ton and others, f. 302. Printed news-sheet, with account of Burgoyne's surrender. Baltimore, November 2, 1777. f. 309. Letters from Lord North. (Note the following: "My pen is wretched and I am very melancholy not- withstanding our victory. My idea of American affairs is that if our success is as great as the most sanguine politician wishes or believes the best use we can make of it is to get out of the dispute as soon as possible".) f. 337. Letter from Eden to Lord North, with a draft of the king's speech " on the supposition of goodish news ". f. 361. Intelligence from Wentworth in Paris. November. (Wentworth was sent to Paris by Lord North for the purpose of getting information before Parliament met.) f. 395. Letter from Eden to Lord North, regarding the question of North's resignation because of Burgoyne's surrender. December 7. 1777- (This letter probably had something to do with Eden's selection as peace commissioner.) f. 406. Letter from Capt. Hynson, from Paris. December 10, I777- f . 447. Regarding Vardell as professor of history in " the New York College ". December 23, 1777. ff. 497-503, 507-509. Letters exchanged between Eden and Lord North. At the end of the volume are some of Eden's memoranda and some of the original covers of the packets. 34415. The documents in this volume lead up to and concern the work of the peace commission in America. Advice from America seemed to show that there were many there who were averse to inde- pendence. While the British agents were watching the American commissioners at Paris, the British government was preparing its peace commission at home. Will France " take off the Mask " and join America? — that was the great question. The documents in- clude letters from Eden's brother-in-law, Hugh Elliot, at Berlin, his brother, Morton Eden, at Munich, Sir Joseph Yorke at Amster- dam and other official representatives of Great Britain on the Con- tinent. 150 The British Museum. f. 92. Letter from Lord North, containing a line about the appoint- ment of Adam Smith. f. 108. " Copy of proposed Act ", regarding the peace commission and its powers, endorsed, " The first sketch of an idea for a con- ciliatory act", with important comments by Eden. {Cf. ff. 117, 122, 126.) Further draft of bill for the purpose (f. 134). The' whole is endorsed, " Correspondence and original drafts relative to the two conciliatory bills on Feb. 17, 1778." On f. 163 we have letters and drafts regarding the bill itself and the men to be sent, etc. Following these papers and to f. 192 are drafts of speeches, statements of existing conditions in America, men and parties there, a long paper on each colony taken singly (if. 170-184); also the resolutions of the Committee of Parliament (f. 186), printed copy of the Declaratory Act, with written statements of various acts, commissions, etc. f. 199. " Negotiations for a new arrangement in March, 1778 which failed " to f. 231. {Cf. f. 246.) Then follow papers relating to Eden's going to America, etc., with abstract of Lord George Ger- main's " most secret " letter to Sir Henry Clinton, March 8, and the king's secret notification, March 21. (Eden went to America with his wife, who was Miss Elliot. "Little Eleanor " was left behind. Various letters follow from old correspondents on his appointment (note f. 305). The question arose as to whether his appointment vacated his seat in Parliament (ff. 317-322). Copies of re- solves in Congress regarding a treaty that Eden sent to Lord North between Great Britain and the United States; Eden's own letters, ff. 32s. 327-331. regarding the extent of the commission's authority, f. 344, about the commission and the intended voyage; hints from someone reg^arding America and the Americans, dated April 11, 1778 (ff. 339-343) ; the king's instructions received April 13, 1778, from Lord George Germain (ff. 358-388) ; other miscellaneous papers, personal and private regarding trip to America (ff. 389-391). Eden sailed in the Trident, April l6, and his letters to his brother Morton are full of interesting details. F. 398, letter from Lord North with en- closures; f. 410, copy of address to Congress "to be enclosed in a short line to his Excellency the president ". Other papers follow connected with the mission: draft of note to Washington (f. 420), letters to his brother Morton from Philadelphia telling of the voyage, giving first impressions (f. 424, June IS, 1778), copy of letter from Henry Laurens, president of Congress (f. 428), draft of a long letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord George Germain (sent to the commissioners before being sent to England) dated July 29, letters from Lord Suffolk to Eden, July 30, 1778 (f. 450), from Lord George Germain to Eden (ff. 448-452). This volume should be used with P. R. O. Colonial OMce, Class 5, 180, 181—^. W. I. 299, 300, old reference.) 34416. This volume continues the subject of the preceding. F. 7. Brief itinerary of events from June 4 to Augnist 2, 1778. Further papers concern the work of the commission to f. 25; one or two private letters (ff. 26, 39) ; printed proclamations. New York, September 26, 1778; another, October 3, 1778; letter from Clinton who has taken Gov. John- stone's place, October 12 (f. 51) ; printed manifesto of Congress, October I3> 1778, with printed answer. Then follow letters, etc., received by Eden in New York during October, with papers and statistics concerning sus- pension of the intercourse act; letter from Eden to Lord Suffolk, New York, October 25, and Lord George Germain's despatch, to f. jy, pro- ceedings of the commissioners with occasional comments by Eden; letters and other documents (f. 123, Richard Harrison, intelligence on affairs in America) bearing on the proceedings, to f. 133. The commission prepares to embark for England (f. 134) • Additional Manuscripts. 151 Eden writes from "off coast of England", November 19, about the return voyage; other personal letters follow, to f. 152.) f. 153. " Estimate of Rebel property on York Island ", and " Notes of Sir Henry Clintons relation to the campaign of 1778 ". f. 173. " On the mode and terms of a treaty of peace with America ". London, 1778. f. 188. " Proposed appendix to the several publications " relating to the proceedings of the commissioner. f. 192. " To the People of America ", signed " A British Officer ". f. 233. Draft of letter from Eden to Lord North regarding the work of the commission. f. 235. Printed broadside issued by Adm. Hyde Parker from Savan- nah. January 4, 1779. f . 236. Printed oath of allegiance to King George ; followed by draft of letter to Sir Henry Clinton regarding matters of trade with New York. January 9, 1779. (No signature.) f. 241. Letter from Eden to the attorney general on the general situa- tion, criticizing the government and stating his forebodings; fol- lowed by copy of attorney general's reply to Lord North. f . 246. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Col. Arch. Campbell. Savannah, January 19, 1779. f. 249. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton. June 21. f. 250. Draft of letter to Campbell, and another to " My Lord " [George Germain?]. On f. 253, copy of Eden's letter to Lord George Germain, January 31, 1779, and of two letters to the Treas- ury on the application of the merchants relative to exportation of stores and ammunition. f. 261. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton, February 5, 1779, regarding the Georgia campaign. One from Eden to Lord North (f. 264) and from North to Eden (f. 265) regarding inquiry into American affairs, which he opposes, and a motion which Eden proposed to make in Parliament. f. 271. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton, February 14, 1779, and an- other dated February. f. 276. Drafts of Eden's letters to various persons, chiefly about the government. f. 291. Accounts of American affairs sent to Eden by Clinton. They give a consecutive narrative. f. 296. Extracts of several letters from New York. On f . 305, letter from the Admiralty. On f. 308, letter from headquarters. New York, about the engagement of Mrs. Eden's niece, daughter of her brother, Andrew Elliot, of New York, from her fiance. Lord Cath- cart (also f. 423). f. 311. Letters from Sir Henry Clinton, April 2, 1779. Another from W. C. T. and copy of Lord George Germain's letter to Clinton, of April 22, 1779. f. 329. Regarding the inquiry into Howe's conduct, and other papers relating to the same matter. f. 339. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton, May 4, 1779. Many similar letters follow. The inquiry into Howe's conduct was the issue of the moment. 152 The British Museum. i. 368. " Extracts of letters from General Washington to Major Tal- madge taken upon him ". May, June, 1779. f. 370. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton saying " July and no rein- forcements ". f. 381. Letter dealing with the situation in the West Indies, dated Havana, August 11, 1779, and written to Secretary of State Galvez, in Madrid. See also the next letter, and ff. 402,404. f. 391. Letter from Eden giving his views on the situation. f. 398. Letters from Clinton and copies of letters from Adm. Arbuth- not to f. 457. On f. 460 is Clinton's letter of October 26, 1779, with intelligence and letter from Clinton to Elliot (f. 465). f . 472. Letter from Adam Smith to Lord [ ?] on free trade to Ireland. November i, 1779. f. 478. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton. November, 1779. f. 481. Letter from A. S. Hamond. " Roebuck at New York ", Nov- ember 20, 1779. f. 486. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton. December 11, 1779. 34417. ff . 3-1 lb. Letter from Adam Ferguson, the distinguished Scottish metaphysician, who had been secretary of the peace commission in America. There are a number of his letters in the previous volumes but largely of a clerical character. The present letter was written from Edinburgh after his return from America and is dated 1780. References to the other letters can be found in the index to the cata- logue, 1888-1893. f. 47. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton. April 25, 1780. f. 49. Copy of intercepted letter from B. Smith to Mrs. B. Smith, Charleston, April 30, 1780, with a broadside dated May 11, 1780. f. 50. Copies of letters from the commander-in-chief of the British armies in America, also from the admiral of the fleet, f. 52. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton. Charleston, May 12, 1780. (Cf. ff. 59. 61, 124, 223, 342.) ff. 80-89. Copies of letters and papers dealing with the campaign in the south, chiefly from Arbuthnot, Patterson and Clinton, f. 108. " Notes on the Campaign, Aug. 2, 1780." (Apparently by the chief justice and historian, William Smith, at this time in New York where he remained until the evacuation. The narrative which is in Smith's handwriting is followed by letter dated August 3, 1780; another dated August 26, 1780, is on f. 142. He seems to have sent over a number of enclosures with his letter to Eden such as f. 162, " Mr Heron's Information at a Conversation in New York, Monday, Sept 4, 1780". (Printed, N. Y. Docs., VIH. 804-808.) Intelligence from New York, September 14, 19, October 4, 1780, the last named of which (f. 217) is a valuable account of the Arnold-Andre affair, written by Andrew Elliot, Eden's brother-in-law and lieutenant-governor, between the dates of Andre's capture and execution; further intelligence is sent October 26, 1780 (f. 242). Smith's letters are dated from New York, September 12, 19, October 26, November 20, endorsed " Ch. J (Chief Justice) Smith", f. 245 (^Cf. P. R. O. Colonial OMce, Oass s, 265— A. W. I. 430, old refer- ence), December 18, 1780, January 21, 1781. On f. 152 is a writing, without signature or address or other clue to authorship, dated Philadelphia, Sep- tember I, 1780, and f. 282 is " The Present State of the American Rebel Army", endorsed "Heads of Arnold's information".) 34418. As Eden in October, 1780, became secretary to the Earl of Carlisle, governor-general of Ireland, we meet with almost no further papers relating to American affairs. In this volume the only documents Additional Manuscripts. 153 that are of interest are two letters from Sir Henry Clinton, dated December 7, 1781 (f. 209) and 1781 (f. 282). 34419. f. 103. Letter from George Johnstone, governor of West Florida, to WilHam Eden. 1783. f. 276. Letter from William Knox to W. Eden. 1785. (See also 34413, f. 389; 34414, S. 445, 447; 34417, f. 263; 34420, ff. 280, 351.) 34428. f. 162. Losses sustained by British settlers in Honduras from the Spaniards. 1779. 34444. f. 374. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord Auckland. (See also 34460, f. 252, and 34416-34418, passim, 1778- 1792.) 34461. ff. 302-328. " General Reflexions and Remarks on the state and dis- position of the country and people of New England, and particular descriptions of Worcester in the province of Massachusetts Bay, and other parts of the four Provinces, tending to furnish ideas and hints toward a plan for its speedy reduction to the legal authority of Parliament." (The " ideas " in 48 sections follow the " description ", etc. There appears to be no clue to author or date.) f. 331. Pen and ink map, folio, of part of Pennsylvania, all Maryland, part of Virginia. 1778 [?]. (The name "Virginia" covers Maryland as well as Virginia.) f. 332. Memorandum of goods shipped to N. America from Great Britain, with marginal note regarding the manufactures of France. About 1778. f. 334. Notes of what appears to have been a speech on the subject of the troubles in America, n. d. f . 336. " State of Facts to prove against popular and received opin- ions." (Sketch of colonial history from the British point of view.) 34599. Spelman Correspondence. 1600-1633. (Contains number of letters referring to intended departure in the Virginia fleet of Henry Spelman, " cognatus " of Sir Henry Spelman, the scholar and antiquary, as follows: f. 24b (1611), f. 29 (1612), f. 31 (April 19, 1612), ff- 34. 36, 38, 39 (May 9, 1612). See also f. 61 for a letter from the same, Toulon, November 22, 1619.) 34712. f. 218. Proceedings in Council on new charter for Massachusetts Bay. 1691. f. 235. Legal opinion on address from the Independent ministers in New England. 1725. 34727. f. 157. Letter from Thomas Mariett to William Penn. 1688 [?]. 34728. f. 10. Account of the cruise of the Mermaid in the West Indies and N. America. 1745. ff. 21, 36, 52, 54. Letters from Peter Razer to Hon. James West, Lin- coln's Inn Fields. Dated Philadelphia, May, 1754, October 6, 1755, December i, 1756, March i, 1757. (Razer was appointed searcher in the port of Philadelphia. His letters which contain a good deal of local color and give an account of the system of collection are evidently a bid for the ofSce of surveyor.) 34729. f. 112. Constitution of the Council of Trade. November, 1660. f. 263. Regarding English title to St. Lucia. 1700. (See also 34712, f. 273; 36219, f. i.) 154 The British Museum. f. 348. Petition of William Shobrook to the Duke of Newcastle. About 1754. (Shobrook wishes the oflSce of comptroller and gives account of illicit trade in New England.) f. 350. Humble petition of the subscribing planters and merchants in- terested in and trading to his Majesty's sugar colonies. About 1754- (Complains of illicit trade in French sugars. Petition is followed by draft of bill to prevent "the importing of British sugars from any other place but the British sugar colonies, with the reasons in support of the bill.) f . 360. Inquisitio post mortem of Patrick Smith who died intestate in New York. The case came before the court of chancery in New York. 1759. (Number of papers, all copies.) 34730. ff. 87-95. Letters from Lord Bellomont to T. Mariett. 1683, 1684. 34756. f. 60. Extracts from the Madrid Gazette of March 19 and May 14, 1776, translated by Dr. Thomas Percy, bishop of Dromore, refer- ring to naval expeditions to California. 34813. f. 68. Statement of " the sufferings of Arthur Rowland " and Eliza- beth, his wife. Plymouth Jail, June 6, 1684. Photograph. Pre- sented by D. W. Rowland of Boston, f . 88. Letter from Mathew Pope to John Jacob. York Town, Vir- ginia, August 25, 1775. (On the sheet is a clipping from an American newspaper and on the next sheet three samples of linen. Writer does not believe independency is desired in the colonies.) 34990. f. 156. Address to Prince William, Duke of Clarence, from Virgin Islands, West Indies, 1783. 35105. f. 20. Letter from Dr. John Robinson, afterward Bishop of London, to William Blathwayt, in which it is stated that the latter had ob- tained the post of secretary of Virginia for Robinson's brother, Christopher Robinson. January 11, 1693. 35124. Memoranda of John Winthrop as attorney in the court of wards and liveries, 1623-1630, including: ff. 8-9. List of cases and clients. (Presented by R. C. Winthrop.) 35125. f. 74. Copy of Licence from Charles II. to John Browne, for four Scottish ships to trade contrary to acts of navigation, "provided always the said ships return directly either into Scotland or Eng- land". January 16, 1662/3. (Attest is as follows: "This is a true copy of his Maj. warrant examined by me and given to Captaine Tennant, who commands one of the four ships employed by Mr. John Browne, signed, Lauderdaill".) 35155. ff. 13-20. Various papers relating to the West Indies, Grenada, Do- minica, St. Vincent. 1764- 1774. 35192. ff. 1-18, 49. Letters from William Pitt, earl of Chatham, to Adm. Rood. 1 773- 1 777. (There are many Pitt letters among the Hardwicke papers, for which the index should be consulted.) Additional Manuscripts. 155 35251. f. 39. Protestation of loyalty to the Protector's government by Thomas Modyford of Barbadoes, 1656, addressed to Maj. Thomas Noell, brother of Martin Noell, and secretary of Barbadoes. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 408.) 35335. f. 47. Poem on Walpole by Mathew Concanen, appointed attorney general of Jamaica, 1732. (Cf. Pownall's letter on Walpole, f. 65. There are many letters from Gov. Pownall to the second Lord Hardwicke among the Hardwicke papers, written between 1778 and 1789, for which one should consult the index. f. 62. Letter from Holdemesse regarding West Indies. 35349-36278. Hardwicke Papers. Correspondence and collections of the first four earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Divided into A. Correspondence, 35349-35813; B. Papers, 35814-36278. The following documents relate to colonial affairs before 1783. 35374, 35375. Letters of Hon. Joseph Yorke to Lord Hardwicke. 1747- 1787. (These volumes contain occasional references to American affairs, as in vol. I., ff. 129, 156, 164, etc., and would probably repay a careful examination.) 35376. f. 127. Letter from Elizabeth Yorke, Lady Anson, to her brother Philip Yorke, Lord Hardwicke, giving long account of Braddock's defeat. July 9, 1755. 35406. f. 193. Draft of instructions given to Lord Cathcart, leader of expe- dition against Spanish America. 1740. 35407. f. 21. News-letter from South America on the taking of Carthagena. 1741. 36414. f. 155. " Plan for a concert of the colonies." 1754. Albany plan. 35415. f. 55. " Considerations of what may be necessary to be done in con- sequence of the late defeat in North America, upon same discourse with my Lord Anson, Sir Thomas Robinson, and Sir John Ligo- nier." Claremount, August 25, 1755. 35421. f. 18. Notes concerning Louisiana. 1761. (See also 35913, f. 73.) 35427. Letters to Philip Yorke, second earl of Hardwicke, from Thomas Hutchinson. 1774- 1778. (These letters from Thomas Hutchinson, former governor of Massachusetts, supplement the letters from Lord Hardwicke in the Hutchinson papers, which are often the answers to the letters in this volume. We are told that "Lord Hardwicke honored Gov. Hutchinson with his entire confi- dence on American affairs". The letters are dated from St. James St., New Bond St., Sackville St., and contain a number of enclosures. At the end is a letter from John Hutchinson, Blunton Parsonage, Saturday, October 15, 1825, speaking of his intended publication of his grandfather's manuscripts. Also letter from Gov. Wright of Georgia to Thomas Hutch- inson, 1779, f. 173.) 35433. ff. 174-178, 184-189. Memoirs from the British government to the United Provinces to engage their neutrality in the war with Amer- ica and to prevent the supply of ammunition of war to the rebels. 1775-1778. (French.) ff. 180, 182. Resolution of the States of Holland on the request by George IH. for the loan of the Scottish brigade serving in the Netherlands, with protest by Baron Johan Dirk van der Capellen. 1776. 156 The British Museum. 35444. ff. 163, 168, 334, 336. Papers on the Dutch trade to Essequibo in Demarara. 1772. 35478. ff. 241-266. Dispute between England and France concerning Nova Scotia, 1755. (Also 35479, ff. 57-65, 123, 131-137. 257-273-) 35504. f. III. Letter from Sir Basil Keith, governor of Jamaica, to his brother Sir R. M. Keith. 1772. (See also 35506, f. 141, and letters from his wife, 1777- 1778, 35512, ff. 198, 221, 269; 35513, ff. 153, 188; 35514, f. 119.) 35509. f. 203. Letters from Sholto Douglas of Jamaica to Sir R. M. Keith. (See also 35510, ff. 107, 199; 35512, f. 159; 35514, f. 125; 35523, f. 342; 35525, f. 141. These letters are dated from 1775 to 1782.) 35511. ff. 208, 232, 234, 236, 243, 256. Copies of correspondence of George Cressener, British resident at Liege and minister to Cologne, with Count Mettemich and others, regarding the stoppage of the Hes- sians at Coblentz, 1777. (French.) These copies were transmit- ted to Sir R. M. Keith. 35513. f. 180. Copy of " L'ambassadeur soussigne de la Majeste tres Chre- tienne a regu I'ordre expres de remettre a la cour de Londres la declaration suivante." Then follows, in French, a declaration of France regarding a treaty with America, signed, by de Noailles, London, March 13, 1778. 35525. ff. 94, 99. Letters describing Rodney's victory over De Grasse in the West Indies. 1782. 35588. ff. 33, 224. Letters from Jonathan Belcher, Jr., chief justice of Nova Scotia, to Lord Hardwicke. 1742-1755. 35590. ff. 251,273, 407. Letters from Count Zinzendorf, founder and bishop of Herrnhut sect of Moravian brethren, to the first Lord Hardwicke. 1749. 35591. f. 258. Letter of Richard Rigby, paymaster of the Forces, to W. Sharpe, 1757. For additional letters from the same to Sir R. M. Keith, see Catalogue Index. 35593. f. 234. Narrative of the defeat of Gen. Braddock. 1755. 35597. f. 153. News-letter from Havana. 1762. (Also 35898, f. 276.) 35606. f. 150. Letter from Gov. Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire to Sir T. Robinson. 1755. 35609. f. 36b. Letter from Thomas Yorke of Philadelphia to the second Lord Hardwicke. 1771. 35613. f. 277. Letter from Robert Auchmuty, late judge of admiralty in Massachusetts, to the second Lord Hardwicke. (See also 35614, ff. 7, 11, 15, 30, 32, 36, 58; 35620, ff. 135, 160, 181-185; 35621, ff. 38, 61, 63. 1777-1782.) 35616. f. 9. Intelligence from Gov. Hay of Barbadoes regarding movements of the fleet in the West Indies. 1779. 35621. f. 364. " Extract of a letter from an American at New York." No name is given and no date is attached but it speaks of " Col. Tarle- ton not leaving us " as good news. 35639. f. 202. Memorial from Edward Dismore, postmaster-general of Ja- maica, to Lord Leicester, postmaster-general. 1758-1759. Additional Manuscripts. 157 35640. ff. 211, 301. Letters from Dr. Samuel Cooper to Charles Yorke, Lord Hardwicke. 1767, 1768. 35641. f. 252. Declarations (in French) by Charles IV., king of Spain, concerning Nootka Bay. 1790. 35655. Correspondence of Walter Pollard with his father, Dr. Thomas Pol- lard of Barbadoes, and others chiefly in the West Indies and America. Vol. I., 1771-1778. (The earlier portion of this volume is taken up with correspondence of Walter Pollard with his brother Thomas. But one letter from Barbadoes before 1781. Beginning with f. 205 are letters from Walter Pollard to his father dated from Charleston, Philadelphia and Trenton.) 35838. f . 233. " Analise et reflexions pour men usage sur I'etat des colonies angloises et frangaises en Amerique." 1755 [?]. (Brief account with reflections.) 35839. f. 363. Declaration of Louis XVI. concerning the United States of America. 1778. 35865. f. 247. " Tobaccoes entered in the porte of London in fower years from Lady Day, 1637", [to 1640]. (Tobaccos noted are from Virginia, Barbadoes, St. Christopher and Spain.) 35870. f. 222. Minutes by Lord Hardwicke of cabinet council, on " sending a further sea-force to Nova Scotia", March 28, 1751. ff. 280, 284. Minutes of cabinet relating to the war. September S and October 7, 1757. (There are other minutes of cabinet councils in this volume.) 35872, 35873, 35874. Warrants addressed to Philip Yorke, as Lord High Chancellor, regarding passes prepared by the Secretary of State for ships exporting American tobacco from England to France. 1745- 1748, 1756. (The ships were not to be of less than 150 tons burden. In vol. 35873 there are great numbers of these warrants, all couched in the same form.) 35877. f. 38. Bill relating to bequests of real estates in America. 1752. 35893. f. 90. " Account of the extra services in Georgia for the preservation and defence of his Majesty's dominions on the continent of North America, from September 22, 1738 to July 22, 1743, when Gen. Oglethorpe sailed for England." (Concerning services of the Georgia Rangers.) ff. 232-237. Copies of correspondence of Gen. Wolfe with his brig- adiers relating to plan for the attack on Quebec, August-September, 1759. Also letter from Capt. Alexander~Schomberg to Adm. For- bes, Boston, September 5, 1759. f. 245. Lists of troops serving in America. 1759. 35894. f. 28. Minutes of court martial of Lieut. Charles Lord Hay for muti- nous speeches in N. America in 1757. 1760. 35898. f. 105. Copy of Journal by Patrick Murray, Lord Elibank, " of the expedition that sailed from Spithead to the West Indies under the command of Lord Cathcart ", October, 1740. f. 264. Extract of a letter from Adm. Rodney. Martinique, February 10, 1762. (For other Rodney letters, see ff. 27, 28, 32, 33, 35.) 158 The British Museum. f. 276. Intelligence from Havana, endorsed in Lord Halifax's letter, August 18, 1762. f . 278. Letter from Adm. Cornish to Lord Anson on operations at Manila. November i, 1762. f. 291. Account of the number of merchant ships, with special men- tion of the fisheries. f . 292. Letter from the collector of customs, Rhode Island, regarding burning of the Gaspee. July 23, 1772. (Other evidence follows: Lieut. Dudingston's account; midshipman Dick- erson's account; also that of Aaron Biggs, a free negro. All copies.) f. 300. List of ships that sailed with ordnance stores for America, 1775. 1776.. ff. 304-310. List of ships in America under command of Lord Howe. 35907. Hardwicke Papers relating to America. 1721-1736. f. I. Map of British empire in N. America by Henry Popple, being key-map to his large map in 20 sheets. (1733.) f. 2. Report of committee of the Board of Trade to George I. on the American Plantations. September 8, 1721. f. 50. Printed Representation of the Board of Trade. January 23, 1734/5- f. 6r. Id. January 14, 1734/5- f. 70. " Some Observations relative to the Boundarys of Florida and Carolina, to be discuss"* by Plenipotentiarys in consequence of the late Convention with Spain." 1739 [?]. f. 76. Memorials presented by the Deputies of the Council of Trade in France to the Royal Council in 1701. Printed. 35908. Hardwicke Papers. Law OflScers' Opinions on American Trade and Plantations. 1720-1733. f. I. Popple to Yorke, sending him patent for curing sturgeon. 1720. f. 3. Cadogan to Yorke, with Gookin's petition for islands in the Delaware. 1721. ff. 17-24. Carteret to Yorke regarding complaint that Massachusetts was encroaching on the king's prerogative. 1723/4. ff. 26-30b. Notes by Yorke touching the Massachusetts question. f. 31. Communication from the solicitor general. Sir Clement Wearg, on the same. f. 33. Newcastle to Yorke, regarding dispute between the provincial judge and the judge of admiralty in South Carolina. 1724. f. 43. Board of Trade to Yorke, regarding grants of land by Spots- wood in Virginia. 1724. (Cf. f. 114.) f. 45. Newcastle to Yorke, regarding the Massachusetts matter. f. 49. Id. f . 50. Copy of representation to the Lords Justices in Council re- garding Massachusetts. f. 63. From the Bishop of London begging to submit to Yorke's consideration a few thoughts relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the plantations. May 20, 1725. f. 64. Regarding non-juring clergymen in the West Indies, ff. 68-74. Regarding synod in New England, September 25, 1725, with letter from Ch. Delafoye asking if such synod could be called. {Cf. Cross, Anglican Episcopate, pp. 67-70.) Additional Manuscripts. 159 f . 80. Newcastle to Yorke, regarding the Earl of Sutherland's peti- tion for the three lower counties of Pennsylvania, " which his Lordship apprehends to be in his Maj. disposal ". November 18, 1725- ff. 82-86b. Earl of Sutherland's petition, with Yorke's notes thereon, ff. 95-102. " The Several Methods of establishing an ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the plantations." f. 103. Lords of Admiralty to Yorke, regarding case of vice-admi- ralty court in New England, as stated in a letter from Mr. Menzies, May 25, 1726. f. 116. Popple to Yorke, regarding Massachusetts matter. Septem- ber 14, 1726. f. 154. Committee of Privy Council to Yorke, asking in whom the nomination of a governor in South Carolina is vested and how the right ought to be exercised. November 21, 1727. (Cf. f. 214.) f. 156. Copy of petition from the proprietaries of Carolina. St. James, June 14, 1726. S. 181-188. Copy of bill for the better regulation of the charter and proprietary governments in America and of his Majesty's planta- tions. f. 196. Newcastle to Yorke, regarding trial of pirates in the plan- tations. October 4, 1728. Also f. 206. f. 237. Popple to Yorke, saying that the Board of Trade wishes to know if Connecticut under her charter has the right of making laws that affect property. August 21, 1730. f. 241. Popple to Yorke, regarding Carolina question. June 5, 1730. f. 244. Popple to Yorke, saying that Board of Trade wishes to know whether any fine or recovery levied in England will cut off entail of land in America. December 8, 1730. f. 246-251. Petitions from London merchants for grants of land in New York province. Also letter from Board of Trade to Privy Council and order in Council, March-April, 1731. (Cf. 36129, f. 174.) f. 258. Popple to Yorke, regarding paper money in Rhode Island. April 13, 1732. f . 262. " Some Short Observations humbly laid before M'' Attorney and M'' Solicitor General in behalf of the pioneers of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." f. 264. Popple to Yorke, regarding surrender of charter of North Carolina. June 30, 1732. (Many cases relating to the West Indies, particularly Jamaica, are not listed. On f. 293 is copy of charter of the Bahama Islands, 1670.) 35909. Hardwicke Papers. Papers relating to American Plantations. 1710- 1758. ff. 1-7. Letter from Wm. Penn to " My Ould Friends " in Pennsyl- vania. London, 29**^, 1710. (Gives a history of the settlement. The letter is a severe indictment of the colony.) f. 9. Brief of Sir Philip Yorke on petition of inhabitants of South Carolina against the proprietors. 172 1. f. 24. Various extracts of papers from records of the Board of Trade regarding French encroachments in America. 1726-1732. II 160 The British Museum. f . 54. Articles of agreement between Lord Baltimore and the Penns, regarding boundary. May lo, 1732. Printed. (See ff. 129, 131.) f. 66. Petition of Richard Penn regarding disputes with Lord Bal- timore. December 19, 1734. (See also 36054, f. i; 36063, flf. 46b, 54; 36068, i 51; 36179, f. 138; 36182, f. 194,) f. 70. Petition of Sir William Chapman and 35 others, for commis- sion to establish a new colony in S. America. Before 1737. f. 74. Papers relating to Georgia. 1737. f . 82. Petition of merchants and others interested in the colonies for redress against Spanish depredations, with other doctmients. 1737. f. 88. Answers to queries of Lord Cathcart relating to city of Panama. 1740. ff. 96-104, 107-109, 112, 114, 140, 150, 217, 271. Letters from Jona- than Belcher, his son Jonathan Belcher, Jr. (ff. 92, 94, 172, 206), Capt. John Reynolds, governor of Georgia (for many other letters, see Index to Catalogue) , and the Bishop of London, to Lord Hard- wicke. 1743-1758. f. 119. Papers relating to dispute between Lord Baltimore and the Penns together with Hardwicke's autograph notes, printed papers and maps. 1750. f. 137. Resolutions of the S. P. G. concerning bishops in America. 1750. f. 156. Abstract of negotiations at Paris about limits of Nova Scotia. 1752. ff. 168, 169. Statements of annual expense [about 1765 ?] and debts [about 1772?] of the British American colonies. ff. 176-278. Various papers relating to defence of the colonies. 1754- 1756. (Valuable series of letters, despatches, plans, projects and accounts.) 35910. Hardwicke Papers relating to America. 1759-1764. ff. I, 3, 32, 34, no. Correspondence of Philip Yorke, Lord Hard- wicke, with (3apt. John Reynolds and Capt. Edward Smith. 1760. f. 5. Memorial relating to bounties on linen. f. 9. Memorial against Hudson's Bay Company. f. 14. Memorial about naturalizing foreigners with a view to their holding military commissions in the colonies. f. 16. Plan by Earl of Morton for settlement of troubles with France in N. America. January 15, 1760. f. 36. Draft reports by solicitor general, Charles Yorke, to the com- mittee of the Privy Council, on report of Board of Trade concern- ing nineteen acts passed in Pennsylvania. August 19, 1760. f. 108. Copy of letter from Ck>v. Bull of South Carolina to Board of Trade. September 9, 1760. f. 116. Notes "of the Pretence set up by France of a Ball[ance] of power in America ". f. 1 18. " State of the case relating to importation of American iron." n.d. ff. 130,229,231,292. Copies of letters from Sir William Johnson, to Board of Trade. 1763, 1764. Additional Manuscripts. 161 f. 134. Order in Council relating to alteration of boundaries of Geor- gia. October 5, 1763. ff. 136-205, 310-323. Papers relating to Stamp Act, particularly the proposals by Henry McCulloh, October 10, November 8, 1763, and Mr. Whately's plan of a stamp act (f. 311). (For McCulIoh's proposals and other matter bearing on the subject, see 32888, f. 252; 33028, f. 376; 33030, f. 334; 36226, ff. 353, 357. Also introduction by W. A. Shaw to McCulIoh's Miscellaneous Representa- tions relative to our Concerns in America, 1761. Reprinted 1905. There is a large amount of McCulloh material elsewhere in England and in North and South Carolina. That McCulloh was solely responsible for the proposal to tax the colonies, as Dr. Shaw contends, needs further consideration.) f. 160. Extract of act " granting to his Majesty several duties upon vellum ", etc., 28 Geo. I., 1754, ch. 7. f. 164. Act for erecting stamp office in New York. 1757. ff. 166-203. List of stamp duties intended to be used in America and the West Indies. (Ff. 206-21S are extracts from colonial laws which show the fees imposed.) f. 218. Papers regarding Lord Hardwicke's appointment as chancel- lor of William and Mary College. 1764. ff. 224, 225. Papers relating to establishment of an admiralty court in America. May 18, 1763, June 18, 1764. flF. 229, 231. Treaties with Indians in America. 1764. f. 233. Papers relating to disputes between Gov. Boone and the as- sembly of South Carolina. 1763- 1764. f. 292. Copies of various letters including extracts of letters from Gen. Gage to the Earl of Halifax. 1764. f. 302. Letter of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay to I. Mauduit, their agent in England. 1764. 35911. Hardwicke Papers relating to America. 1765. Incompletely cata- logued. (These papers relate to jurisdiction of the admiralty court and to Stamp Act, with copies of letters from the colonies concerning the discontent and the outrages on account of the Stamp Act, printed folios containing proclama- tions, extracts of letters, etc., the importation of bullion into the planta- tions, trade from the Spanish plantations, Georgia and the Cherokee Indians, closing with large printed folio, entitled, " Copies and extracts of several newspapers printed in New England in the months of Septem- ber, October and November, 1765, and referred to in the letters transmitted from Francis Bernard, Esq., governor of Massachusetts, to the Lords Com- missioners for Trade and Plantations". On f. 60 is copy of letter from Benjamin Franklin to William Shirley, December 4, 1754, from Boston, written apropos of the Albany convention and discussing question of colonial taxation.) 35912. Hardwicke Papers relating to America. 1766-1783. (Contains many papers relating to the Stamp Act and letters regarding its repeal, manuscript and printed. On f. 158, printed copy of William Bol- lan's " An Appeal to the World or a Vindication of the Town of Boston ", 1769. On f. 221, Lord Camden's speech in the House of Lords, May 11, 1774, and other proceedings in the House of Lords concerning America, ff. 76, 108, 112, 151, 221. The papers after f. 223 relate to the war. See catalogue.) 35913-35915. Hardwicke Papers relating to Canada and Newfoundland. 1712-1773. Three volumes. Well catalogued. 162 The British Museum. 35913. f. 67. Intelligence from Col. Peter Schuyler, of the New Jersey regi- ment, taken at Oswego and now prisoner at Quebec, by Joseph Morse, who left that place, October 4, 1757. (Information regarding the French forces in Canada.) f.69. Paper by Baron Lyttelton on the war in America. 1758 [?]. f. 73. Considerations regarding the colonies in view of approaching peace between France and Great Britain. April 19, 1761. 35914. f. I. Appointment of Fowler Walker as agent for Quebec. (See also 3591S, ff. 20, 258; 36226, f. 396 and Catalogue Index.) f. 47- Papers relating to Prince Edwards Island. 1765. 35916. Hardwicke Papers relating to the West Indies. 1734-180^. Well catalogued. 35932. List of passengers sailing from Ireland to America, with particulars of age, occupation and place of abode, as sworn by the masters of the several vessels. 1803-1806. 35933. S. 11-30. Memorials and correspondence relating to settlement of 800 Protestant Palatine or German families in Ireland. 1710-1718. 36054. f. I. Notes in Chancery relating to Maryland. 1743-1755. (Also 36063, ff. 46b, 54; 36068, f. 51; 38179, f. 138; 36182, f. 194.) 36063. if. 89, 91. Suit, Attorney General vs. Jonathan Belcher. 1750. (Also 36184, f. 75, I7S3-I7S4-) 36109. This volume is a duplicate of Add. MSS. 30218. 36110. (Continuation of 30218 and 36109.) p. II. Case of cocoanuts from New York, growth of Africa or Asia. Are cocoanuts and ship forfeited ? p. 20. Past offences of informers against the Navigation Acts not pardoned. p. 117. Dues of wharfingers and coopers in case of tobacco seized on board ship from Virginia. How can they be collected ? p. 123. Case of Michael Miller, whose tobacco bonds were burned in fire at court house, Annapolis, 1704. pp. 149, 159. Case of French ship with sugar from Martinique com- pelled to put in at Bideford. Was the special duty of 25% ad valo- rem, imposed by act 7, 8, William III. due in this case ? p. 163. Case of land (Turkey Point) in Maryland, sold by Wright to Cihilton and by Chilton to Gov. Copley, 1692, with later sales in- volving payment of debts and title. Last purchaser Richard Ben- nett. pp. 165, 173. Should duty on sugar of the French plantations brought to England be the same as that on sugar from English plantations, or shall it pay the higher duty on French sugars? 36125-36133. Hardwicke Papers, containing warrants to the attorney or solicitor general for patents for public officials, etc., with accom- panying papers, 1720-1733, 1756-1766. Signed by the king or lords justices and countersigned by the secretaries of state. The follow- ing concern colonial officials, etc. 36125. f. I. Viscount Howe, governor of Barbadoes. 1720. f. 19. John (barter, secretary of Virginia. 1722. f. 54. John Anthony Balaguier, under-secretary of state, reversion of secretaryship of Jamaica. 1724. Additional Manuscripts. 163 f. 260. College in the Bermudas. 1725. f. 365. Explanatory charter for Massachusetts Bay. 1725. 36126. f. 135. Thomas Pitt, governor of Leeward Islands. 1727. f. 157. A. Henderson, attorney general of Jamaica. 1727. f. 159. Jon. Blenham, attorney general of Barbadoes. 1727. f. 209. Bryan Wheelock, clerk of markets, Jamaica. 1727. 36127. S. 189, 198. John Montgomery, governor of New Jersey and New York. 1727. 36128. f. 17. Arch. Kennedy, receiver of revenues. New York, 1728. ff . 32, 42. William Burnet, governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 1728. f. 54. Jonathan Blenham, attorney general of Barbadoes. 1728. f. 56. Geo. Clarke, secretary of New York. 1728. f. 58. A. Henderson, attorney general of Jamaica. 1728. f. 64. Josiah Willard, secretary of Massachusetts. 1728. f. 95. Henry Worsley, governor of Barbadoes. 1728. f. 141. Col. Rich. Phillips, governor of Nova Scotia. 1728. f. 261. Adm. Osbom, governor of Placentia, Newfoundland. 1729. f. 335. Robt. Johnson, governor of South Carolina. 1729. f. 343. Wm. Forbes, governor of Leeward Islands. 1729. ff. 354, 362. Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 1729. 36129. f. 6. George Burrington, governor of North Carolina. 1730. f. 144. Edward Bertie, secretary and register of South Carolina. 1731- ff. 156, 170. Thomas Robinson, governor of Barbadoes, baronetcy and discharge of fees, 1731. For Robinson letters, see Catalogue Index, f. 190. William Cosby, governor of Leeward Islands. 1731. 36130. f. 23. William Cosby, governor of New York. 1732. f. 69. Colony of Georgia, charter. 1732. f. 103. Leonard Thompson, register of servants for the plantations. 1732. f. 107. Viscount Howe, governor of Barbadoes. 1732. f. 240. Robert Burnett, secretary of New Jersey. 1733. 36131. f. 50. Maj.-Gen. Abercrombie, commander-in-chief, N. America. 1757- f. 61. Henry Ellis, governor of Georgia. 1758. f. 82. Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts. 1759. f. 94. Thomas Boone, governor of South Carolina. 1759. f. 118. Lord Amherst, commander-in-chief, N. America. 1760. f. 237. James Webb, governor of Newfoundland. 1761. 36132. f. 125. William Franklin, governor of New Jersey. 1762. f. 259. Thomas Graves, governor of Newfoundland. 1763. ff. 313, 315. Percy Charles Wyndham, secretary of Barbadoes and register of Jamaica in reversion. 1763. 36133. f. 21. Edward Bishop, clerk of naval office in Canada. 1763. f. 25. Edward Horn, attorney general of Grenada. 1763. f. 51. James Murray, governor of Quebec. 1763. f. 61. James Grant, governor of East Florida. 1763. f. 71. George Johnstone, governor of West Florida. 1763. f. 151. Lord Charles Grenville Montague, governor of South Caro- lina. 1766. 164 The British Museum. f. 241. John Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire. 1766. 36134. f. 61. Notes concerning boundary between New Jersey and Penn- sylvania. 1 72 1. 36156. f. 129. Case of appeal from Jamaica relating to gold and silver mines there. 1747. 36194. f. 93. Lawsuit of Francis Tench of Philadelphia. 1767. (See also 36225, f. 309.) 36196. f. 52. Suit, attorney general vs. Elihu Yale. About 1720. (See also suit, Katherine Yale, widow of Elihu Yale, vs. Regem, 1721, 36147, f. 116.) B -, / , 36216-36220. Printed statements of cases on appeal from the plantations to the Privy Council, first of plaintiff or appellant and then of defend- ant or respondent. The case was heard before the Council Com- mittee on Appeals from the Plantation (see Privy Council Office). These printed documents, probably not readily accessible elsewhere, are full of valuable information, and many of them bear marginal notes (difficult to read) by Yorke as attorney general. 36216. f. 8. Isaac and Abraham Mendez. Barbadoes, July 25, 1722. f. 19. William Moore. Barbadoes, March 11, 1723/4. f. 24. Richard Morris. Barbadoes, 1730. f. 53. Nathaniel Carpenter. Antigua, 1729/30. f. 81. John Humphrey. Jamaica, 1734. f. 90. John Lewis. Jamaica, 1736. f. 103. Lemuel Gulliver, Lancaster, Virginia, appeal from judgment of court in Virginia rendered in 1736. Appeal heard, 1739. 36217. f. I. James MacSparran, of St. Paul's Church in Petequamscut, Rhode Island. 1752. (On this famous case see Talcott Papers, Conn. Hist Soc. Coll., V. 462. Important endorsement on the respondent's brief reads as follows: "On the word Orthodoxy, whether a Church of England or a dissenting min- ister should be understood by it ... . a£Srmed the sentence in favor of a dissenter. It seemed agreed the word shod give it to a Church of England minister, if other circumstances had not shown a contrary intent in die Donors".) f. 25. Bontien, naval officer. Jamaica, 1753. (Case of ship seized. Also flf. 27, 30.) ff. 34, 38. Antigua case. February 6, 1753. (John Dunbar vs. attorney general of Leeward Is.) f. 46. William Vassall. New England, January 22, 1754. (Case of defamation of character.) f. 70. Vassall's petition with notes by Yorke on the back of last folio. (Manuscript.) f. 103. St. Christopher case. January 11, 1757. f. 123. Jamaica case. March 22, 1757. f. 139. Jamaica case. n. d. f. 152. St. Christopher case. May 19, 1757. f. 161. Dunbar. Virginia, June 24, 1757. (Charles Dunbar, of Antigua, vs. Daniel Parke Custis, [first husband of Martha Washington?] appellant.) f. 172. Barbadoes case. July 8, 1757. Additional Manuscripts. 165 f. 185. Jamaica case. n. d. f. 199. Lidderdale. Virginia, February 27, 1758. (Lidderdale and Harmer, merchants of Bristol, vs. John Chiswell of Vir- ginia, planter.) f. 208. Jamaica case. March 6, 1758. 36218. f. I. Stanton. Rhode Island, March 2, 1759. (Daniel Stanton of Philadelphia vs. Elias Thompson, a case of land owner- ship in Misquamacuck.) f. II. Jamaica case. Rev. John Poole vs. Bayley. March 8, 1759. f. 38. Important series of notes by Yorke on various colonial acts declared null by the king. Beginning with Rhode Island acts of 1703. (Manuscript.) f. 40. Jamaica case. July 7, 1760. f. 44. Bering. New England, July 10, 1760. (Thomas Dering vs. Thomas Packer, a New Hampshire case.) f. 66. Jamaica case. n. d. f. 78. Nevis case. n. d. (An admiralty case.) f. 86. Jamaica case. January 20, 1761. f. 90. Barbadoes case. July 5, 1761. f. loi. Larkin. Rhode Island, June 26, 1761. (John Larkin, yeoman, of Westerly, Rhode Island, vs. Edward York, mari- ner, of North Kingston. Difficulty over land.) ff. 105, 113, 121. Jamaica cases. June, 1761. f. 133. Nevis case. March 16, 1762. (ChoUett of St. Eustatius vs. Mackay. Interesting case of smuggling.) f. 138. Burwell. Virginia, March 16, 1762. (Lewis Burwell estate vs. Philip Johnson and others. Endorsed " affirmed ".) f. 144. Jamaica case. March 16, 1762. f. 147. Sherburne. New Hampshire, March 16, 1762. (John Sherburne vs. Samuel Sherburne. A will case.) f. 151. Trecothick. New Hampshire, March 16, 1762. (Trecothick of London, merchant, vs. Wentworth of New Hampshire.) f. 154. Jamaica case. April 6, 1762. (A number of Jamaica and Barbadoes cases follow, April- July, 1762.) f. 181. Rolfe. New Hampshire, December 17, 1762. (Rolfe et als. vs. the proprietors of the common and undivided lands of Bow. This appears to be the old Rumford case again. 15487, ff. 96-103. Depositions and an engraved map accompany the respondent's brief.) f. 199. Rickards. Virginia (probably 1763). (Samuel Rickards, Archibald Maclane and others, merchants and factors, vs. John Hudson and Anne his wife. Notes by Yorke and on f. 202 is written "Lord Mansfield's reasons for revising the Decree of the Court below".) f. 218. Richard Crosse, planter in Jamaica, vs. Atkins. 1763. (See also 36226, f. 39.) f. 223. Camm. Virginia, March 12, 1763. (John Camm, clerk, vs. the Rector, Visitors, and Governors of William and Mary College. Camm had been appointed professor of divinity on May S, 1749, and was "without any reasonable cause" removed.) 166 The British Museum. f. 225. Graham. Virginia, 1763. (Similar case, Richard Graham had been appointed professor of natural philosophy. These briefs throw valuable light on the history of William and Mary before 1763. John Camm, the date of whose appointment Pro- fessor Adams gave as 1752, and whose chair he did not know {The Col- lege of William and Mary, p. 20), was afterwards commissary and presi- dent of the college. Adams does not mention Richard Graham.) f . 236. Case of illegal importation of Irish goods into Newfoundland from Ireland. 1763. f. 240. Potter. Rhode Island, 1763. (John Potter of South Kingston vs. George Hazard of Newport. Land difficulty.) f. 248. Tabb. Virginia, December 17, 1763. (William Tabb of Virginia vs. Thomas and John Edmundson.) 36219. f. II. Petition of the Earl of Cardigan and others regarding the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent. (Many papers in manuscript, to f. 74.) f. 75. Freebody. Rhode Island, 1764. (John Freebody and bros. vs. Jahleel Brenton.) f. 85. Cleeve and Huide. Virginia, July 27, 1764. (Richard Cleeve and John Huide vs. James Mills, William Bird and others.) ff. 94-114, 140-226. Jamaica and Barbadoes cases. 1764. f. 227. McMurterie. Pennsylvania, 1765. (David McMurterie and William McMurterie, merchants and insurers of the brjgantine Providence, vs. John Brown of Providence, Rhode Island, surviving owner of the Providence. Statements contain a great deal of information about the commerce of Philadelphia at this date.) f. 269. Parsons. Virginia, 1765. (John Parsons vs. William Parsons.) f. 273. Howlett. Virginia, 1765. (Thomas Howlett vs. Thomas Osburn.) 36220. ff. 1-50. Brief on the part of the crown, in regard to establishment of officers at Guernsey, Jersey and Aldemey. To be heard before the Committee of the Council, Thursday, June 19, 1766; postponed, November 29, 1766. (Many manuscript papers, especially report of commission appointed Sep- tember 4, 1764, to inquire into illicit trade carried on by the Channel is- lands. Report is dated July 4, 1765, and recommends the appointment^ of custom officers much to the disgust of the islanders who deny the exist- ence of illicit trading. These papers have much to do with the plantation trade.) f. 52. Camm. Virginia, 1765, 1766. (John Camm, clerk, vs. Charles Hansford. This is the appeal of the well- known "parson's cause.") f. 59. Extract of order in Council, dated March 7, 1753, approving report made by the Committee of the Council, dated March i, 1753, which stated that it was not advisable for the king to authorize a colony (in this case Virginia), to repeal, alter and amend laws after they had received the royal approbation without inserting a suspending clause therein. Additional Manuscripts. 167 f. 73. The Pennsylvania Land Co. Pennsylvania, July 8, 1766. (Pennsylvania Land Co. vs. Christian Stover. Many marginal notes by Yorke. Appendix to the appellant's brief contains plot of the survey. The respondent's brief also contains charts.) f. 80. Dominique case. July 8, 1766. (Breach of Act of 1763, tried first in the vice-admiralty court, Antigua. The case was between four London merchants and Thomas Knowles, com- mander of the ship Milford, and was famous in its day. Judgment of forfeiture was affirmed, IJecember 11, 1766.) f. 105. Long. Pennsylvania, July, 1766. (John Long and William Plumstead, of Philadelphia, merchant freighters, vs. Thomas Harper, John Nixon and Co., owners of the ship Molly. Many printed papers, giving considerable information.) f. 115. Shearman. Rhode Island, July 8, 1766. (Thomas Shearman, of Portsmouth, vs. Gideon Cornell, of Newport. Con- cerning a mortgage.) f. 117. Corbin. Virginia, July 8, 1766. (Gawin Corbin vs. Lunsford Lomax. Case of ejectment. Judgment af- firmed, June 10, 1767.) f. 127. Lewis. Rhode Island, 1766. (Robert Lewis and Ellis Lewis of Philadelphia, merchants, vs. Benjamin Wilkinson. Case of mortgage on land sold to respondents.) f. 135. Barbadoes case. June 10, 1767. (Breach of act of 1763 tried first in vice-admiralty court of Barbadoes. Rear- Adm. Tyrrell, of H. M. S. Greyhound, as deputy officer of customs, seized vessel, vice-admiralty court decided against the seizure, but Privy Council reversed the decision.) f. 142. Antigua case. June 10, 1767. (Smuggling case, vice-admiralty court condemned the vessel, Privy Council reversed judgment on the ground that the vessel had been employed as passage not trading boat.) f. 148. Grenada case. 1767. (Case where vessel broke the law without intending fraud. Vice-admiralty court in Grenada condemned the vessel, but Privy Council reversed the judgment.) f. 155. Lieut.-Gen. Christie vs. Knipe. 1768. ff. 156-217. Jamaica, Barbadoes and St. Christopher cases of local interest, f. 218. Freebody. Rhode Island, March 15, 1769. (Second appeal, Freebody and bros. vs. Jahleel Brenton, 36219, f. 75. The judgment was affirmed.) f. 60. Letter from Thomas Penn to Charles Yorke. 1759. 36225. f. 179. Papers relating to court martial in Martinique. 1763. 36226. f. 132. " Copy of a paper containing the opinion of a gentleman of the law in New York." (The paper contains this clause, " It often happens that merchants offending against the laws respecting commerce rather than contend chuse to com- pound with the prosecutor ".) f- 353- "Mr. Curuy's [Thomas Augustus Cruwys?] scheme for an American stamp bill, presented to the Commissioners of Stamps." Dated September 30, 1763. (Four folios with tabulated lists of articles, etc., to be stamped, together with the amounts. Should be compared with proposals of Keith and of McCuUoh, 33028, f. 376; 3S910, f. 137; and with 33030, f. 334.) 168 The British Museum. f. 357. " Draft of conference with Mr. M'Culloh I2*i' October, 1763. Copy for the Board [of Stamps]." 36270. ff. 104-iiob. Sketch of life of Sir John Berkeley. (Hostile to Berkeley. "From the hour of the king's cominginto England the new Lord [Berkeley] set his heart upon nothing but getting money for himself by all the ways imaginable ". Refers to Sir Ralph Hopton.) ff . 104-1 14b. Character of Sir John Berkeley, of Stratton. i8th cent. 36592. ff . 34, 36. Papers regarding Whitefoord's services in the West Indies. (See Hewins, The White foord Papers, 1739-1810, Clarendon Press, 1898.) 36593. f. 53. Letter from Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia, December 9, 1762. (Refers to his son's marriage and to the taking of Havana, and adds, " Painting has yet scarce made its appearance among us but poetry has some votaries ". Also 210, 227. In 36596 are memoranda concerning Franklin by W., and in 36593, ff. 165, 202, 214, 36595, f. 116, letters to W. from W. P. Franklin.) 36596. ff. 1-13. Preliminary articles of the peace of 1783, said to be in Caleb Whitefoord's handwriting. flF. 22-27. Notes of conversations on the subject of the peace and kin- dred matters, particularly regarding alleged disagreement at the council over question of compensation to the loyalists. 36731, 36732, 36733, 36734. Revenue Receipts and Issues, 1710-1720; 1720 1732; 1732-1743; 1743-1753- (Important volumes showing yearly revenue from the plantation duty and uses for which it was appropriated each year: annuities, interest on loans, ordnance, navy, army, for raising naval stores in plantations, allowances for colonial governors, agents, presents to the Indians, auditor general's salary and sundry colonial expenses. Also revenue from the Four and a half per cent., much of which was appropriated for purposes named above. Also revenue from Virginia quit-suits, for which see, for example, 36732, ff. 39. 45b, 60b, 74b, etc.) 36806. Letters to Viscount Montstuart, ambassador to Spain. 1783-1784. ff. 130-139. Copy of first operation of Spanish fleet in So. America, 1776-1777 ; account of insurrection in Peru, 1781 ; hints given by E. Barre regarding Mediterranean passes, f. 145. Some observations on probability of success in case attack should be made on the island of Trinidad, Santa Fe, Cumana, Car- acas, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, by Gen. John Dalling. n. d. (Two papers follow, the first on Trinidad, 1781, and the second on Caracas and the province of Cumana, November 16, 1782, written by an inhabitant of Trinidad, Louis Flislale, a native of Tuscany.) ff. 183-226. Papers on Honduras Bay and the Mosquito Shore ; letter from Gov. Dyer to Alexander Murry, March 17, 1783 ; with addi- tional remarks on same subject, and on trade carried on there. 36807. Volume entitled " Negotiations with Spain, 1672-1762 ". f. I. Letter from Sir Wm. Godolphin to Lord Arlington, Madrid, May 10 and 20, 1672, regarding logwood or Ompeche trade. f. 18. Copy of draft of letter from W. P. to the Earl of Bristol, August I, 1758, summing up England's relations with Spain chiefly in Honduras and the West Indies. Cf. another despatch, December 13, 1759, in French (f. 30). f. 46. Letter from the Earl of Bristol to William Pitt, December 19, 1759, regarding the King of Spain as mediator, and other papers Additional Manuscripts. 169 regarding Honduras and the right of Biscayans to fish at New- foundland. Notice Pitt's despatch of September 26, 1760. The volume contains many copies of Pitt's despatches to the Earl of Bristol at Madrid and the earl's replies. The subjects are Bristol's disputes with Spain, efforts of the King of Spain to act as mediator, Honduras question, Newfoundland fisheries. On f . 225 points in dispute are summed up as follows : ( i ) right of cutting logwood and having settlements at Honduras ; (2) right of fishing at Newfoundland; (3) offences pretended to have been committed by the English men of war and privateers in violation of Spain's neutrality. The first of these disputes had existed since the treaty of 1670, the second since Utrecht, the third arose out of exigences of the war. 36859-36865. Minute Books of the Commissioners for Public Accounts. Six volumes. 1702- 1704. (Vol. I. contains many references to William Blathwayt and to plantation accounts. Mention is made of papers and accounts not contained in the volume. Indexed. Vols. II. and III. contain no papers relating to the colonies. Vol. IV., ff. 20, 25 (special collector of plantation duty) ; f. 41 mentions the office, clerks and papers of the auditor general; ff. 183, 214, 242 are estab- lishments of guards, garrisons and land forces, beginning June i, 1690, probably duplicates of the same in War Office papers ; ff. 248, 277 (relating to the Four and a half per cent, of the Caribbee Islands) ; flf. 284, 287, 290 (mention of plantation accounts and journals of the Four and a half per cent.) ; f. 296 (regarding the Four and a half per cent.). Index missing. Vol. V., ff. 348, 421, 461, 475, 497, 498, 502 are the weekly ac- counts of Haler, who was one of the six collectors in the Custom House, London, having charge of the plantation duty. Vol. VI., ff 669, 676, 685, 787, id. Vol. VII. Entry book of copies of the various reports of the commissioners.) 36995. Letters and papers relating to the secret expedition under Gen. Stud- holme Hodgson for the capture of Belleisle. 1761. 37021. f. 27. Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson. Phila- delphia, April 30, 1764. 37047. f. 25. Draft of King's Warrant, with corrections, for grant of part of Virginia to Hopton and others. 1649. (" And more special consideration of many faithful services done to our late royal father of blessed memory and to ourselfe ", etc. ; after " Chesa- payake Bay " is inserted on the margin, " and all islands within the said rivers together with the fishing of the same " ; at the end, the phraseology of the empowering clause has been worked over.) f. 135. Letter from Sir George Carteret. May 8-18, 1650. (Carteret says that the castle at Jersey was so full of the Duke of York's ser- vants " (which are all lodged here except the footemen and coachmen) with my lord keeper and Dr. Steward that I have scarce room to put in that little provision I have into the castle. In so much that to show good example to others I am sending all my family out of this castle, and those 4 or s rooms which I did use for them I do intend this week to fill with corn, a chamber excepted for me to eat and sleep in.") 37067. Alphabetical list of surnames, with dates appended, of testators whose wills are preserved among the records of the Island of Barbadoes, compiled by Edwin Fitzpatrick, Pinfold House, Bridgetown. PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE. Whitehall, S. W. 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When the King was not present the Lords Justices took his place and the procedure is indicated in an entry of the year 1755, which says: "The Lords Justices having resolved that the same rules and methods be observed touching the Privy Council as formerly concerning their manner of sitting at the Council Board, vizt., that the King's chair should not be set, that the Clerks of the Council should attend my Lord President with the paper or list of business, and in his Lordship's absence one of the secretaries of state leaving the Lords Justices out of the summons, and that the Privy Council be summoned to meet at each time as the Lords Justices shall ap- point." Orders issued during the King's absence were called Orders of Council instead of Orders in Council and instead of beginning with the usual ordering clause " His Majesty is pleased ", etc., they begin " Their Excel- lencies the Lords Justices are pleased to order " or " to approve ". In other respects the procedure was the same as that followed when the King was present. If neither the King nor the Lords Justices were present the order began " It is ordered in Council ". According to an order of 1627 no quo- rum was required but three lords and the clerk must be present. E^ch order whether of or in Council was fair copied, signed, and sealed by the Clerk of the Council, and transmitted to the proper board or official. An entry of it was also made in the Register, but such entry does not always appear to be a copy of the complete order. The orders found among the Board of Trade papers, the Admiralty and Navy Board papers, and else- where are, therefore, the original documents and are in some cases of greater value than the corresponding entries in the Register. 2. As an entry book of the proceedings of committees, the Register is invaluable. Though the volumes of date earlier than 1660 contain a great many references to colonial affairs, there are no proceedings or reports of committees, mentioned as such (except the subcommittees of 1638-1640), till 1660 (July 16), in which year (June 4) was appointed the first council committee of foreign plantations. The activities of the committees of the Council to which were entrusted colonial business can be followed from this date continuously to the close of the colonial period. On November 28 a com- mittee for Jamaica was instructed to meet at 9 o'clock on Friday morning, and at a later time business relating to Algiers, Tunis, and the Netherlands 1Y2 Privy Council Office. was referred to it On May 17, 1661, a committee on New England was appointed; on Augfust 17 a cx>mmittee on the restitution of Acadia; on November 6 a committee on Scottish trade with the plantations. On Sep- tember 5, 1662, the committee for foreign plantations was enlarged and on the loth was instructed to meet every Thursday in the Council Chamber, at 9 o'clock in the morning, beginning on the i8th instant (the first meeting was actually on the iSth), but there is no evidence to show that such meetings were regularly held or that such committee acted as a standing committee. Occasional matters were referred to it from time to time till 1666, though the records of its action are few.' In the reorganization of the committees which took place in 1668 ' the committee system seems to have been put on a more definite foundation and new committees appear, such as for " Trade, Jersey, and Guernsey ", " Trade and Plantations ", " Complaints and Griev- ances ", which were probably not stated committees but committees appointed to consider some special business. That the committees on " Trade and Plantations " and on " Complaints and Grievances " were unlike what we know as standing committees seems evident from the order of February 12, " to the two last committees any of the council may have liberty to come and vote, and that his two principal secretaries of state be ever understood to be of all committees and hereafter three or more to be a quorum ". When in 1674, the Shaftesbury Council of Trade and Plantations was dissolved, " all matters under their cognizance were left loose and at large " and were entrusted to " the committee of this Board appointed for matters relating to Trade and his Foreign Plantations ". This committee, familiar to all students of colonial history as the Lords of Trade, had charge of colonial affairs from 1675 to 1696, and continued to report to the Council as it had done before. Its commission is dated March, 1675, but its first recorded meeting was held in February. Its membership was frequently changed, but it was to all intents and purposes a standing committee of the Council during these years. After the appointment by Parliament of a permanent Council of Trade and Foreign Plantations in 1696, the practice of referring colonial business to committees of the Coimcil was resumed and continued, and the proceed- ings and reports of such committees were duly entered in the Register. No appointment of such committees was made at the beginning of the year or of a reign, but as each matter came up for consideration, a committee was named to examine the question and to make report. Though two commit- tees stand out with special prominence during the eighteenth century — the " Committee for Hearing Appeals, Complaints, etc., from the Plantations " and the " Committee for the Affairs of the Plantations " — ^yet other names of committees show that colonial business was not referred exclusively to these two bodies and that committees were appointed only when they were wanted and did not exist otherwise. We read of the " Committee for Jersey, Guernsey, and the Plantations ", the " Committee for the affairs of Jersey and Guernsey ", the " Committee for Plantation and Other Affairs ", the " Com- mittee for Irish Bills and Plantation Affairs ", the " Committee for Irish Bills and the Affairs of Carolina ", the " Committee for the Affairs of Carolina ", ^ Privy Council Register, Charles II., III. 125, 128, 139, 147; IV. 302; VI. 231 ; VII. 92. 'Ibid., VII. 176-177, February 12, 1668. The order of this date mentions an earlier order of January 31, 1668, but there is no entry of it in the Register. It will be found in Brit Mus. Egerton 2543, ff. 2OS-20Sb. Privy Council Register. 1Y3 the " Committee for the Aflfairs of New England and the Bounding of Aca- dia ", etc. Sometimes the business of the committee is not named, as when a reference of some colonial matter is referred to a " Committee " or to a " Committee of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council ". At times, it would appear that the terms " Committee on Appeals " and " Committee for Plantations " were interchangeable. The membership of such committees was not fixed, even during a single sitting of the Privy Council; in one case when certain members, whose names are given, were appointed a committee to consider a plantation question, the record adds " also all others who are in town, of all of whom any three could do business " 3. Colonial matters could be brought to the attention of the Privy Council : either directly by petition from the person or colony concerned, in the latter case generally through an agent; or indirectly through the Secretary of State or one of the departments to whom the petition might be sent. A copy of the petition, when received, might be referred at once with proper in- structions to the departmental board chiefly interested in the question, and the report or representation of such board was sent to the Privy Council or not infrequently sent directly to the committee of the Council appointed to review the question. If the Council referred the petition first to its own committee, the latter before considering it sent a copy to the Board of Trade, were the date later than 1696, or to one of the departments with instructions for a report. By far the greater number of references after 1696 were of course to the Board of Trade. As soon as the committee received the report it reviewed the entire case, generally calling for such evidence or witnesses as it desired and finally drafted its own report to the Council. The recom- mendation of the committee was almost invariably accepted by the Council without demur and embodied in an order. All colonial acts of date later than 1696 came to the Board of Trade before going to the Council but the Board's report was always reviewed in committee whose approval or disapproval, generally in accordance with the decision of the Board of Trade, was always confirmed by the Council. Thus a large amount of the business that came before the Council will be found rehearsed at length in the proceedings of the board. In the case, however, of petitions of appeal from the plantations, first for the right to appeal and then the appeal itself, no reference of the petition was ever made to the Board of Trade or to any of the departments, and generally speaking no copy of such petitions will be found elsewhere than in the Register or among the unbound papers of the Privy Council. The matter was referred only to the Committee on Appeals, which took the case into a leisurely consideration. It heard the parties in the person of their learned counsel, sent a copy of the petition to the crown lawyers or the judges of the superior court in England, sometimes allowing three or four months for an opinion to be returned, occasionally recommended that a copy of the petition be sent to the colony in America, generally allowing six months or seven months for a reply to be sent back, and then having re- ceived legal advice and having given both sides a hearing it reported either to dismiss the case or to uphold the petitioner. The committee might send to the Board of Trade for information, which that board would have to get from its own records or from the colony; it might instruct the Board to prepare lists of precedents and to have copies made of colonial charters ; it 174 Privy Council Office. might call witnesses and agents and listen to their statements ; it might order the solicitor for the appellants to bring forward books, accounts, letters, and other papers as evidence, but it never referred an appeal from the planta- tions to any other body for report. Though minutes were kept of its meet- ings, probably no systematic attempt was made to preserve such record after it had been entered in the Register, except so far as it might be filed away among the unbound papers in the form of loose sheets. Large numbers of such sheets may be found, which are of value as supplementing the entry in the Register.^ Apart from its intrinsic value as a journal, entry book, and register, the Privy Council Register is an index to nearly every important matter that came before any branch of the British government for adjustment or adjudi- cation. Though the Privy Council worked chiefly through committees whose recommendations it approved, though appeals were generally decided in accordance with the opinions of the crown lawyers, and though the Council after 1688 had been shorn of much of its political and judicid power as far as Great Britain was concerned, nevertheless the fact remains that during the colonial era it was the highest authority in the Empire in all that related to colonial management. As it was the only body possessing plenary powers over the royal colonies it alone could render the ultimate decision in all that concerned the law and administration of the British dominions beyond the seas. It was the court of appeal from all the colonial tribunals and it alone could give legal sanction to the decisions of the Board of Trade. Its records are, therefore, of the highest significance. With some exceptions, the volumes of the Register form an unbroken series from August 10, 1540, to the present time. The earlier volumes, 23 in number, 1540-1598, were removed to the Public Record Office in 1905; one volume of Elizabeth's reign is in the British Museum, Add. MSS. 5476. Volumes to 1601 will be transferred to the Public Record Office as fast as calendared. Those listed below will be retained permanently in Whitehall. The volumes are arranged and numbered according to reigns, as follows : James I. Volumes for the years 1603 to 1613, together with the last four volumes of Elizabeth's reign, were destroyed by fire in the reign of James I. (1619).' I. May I, 1613-May 31, 1615. II. June I, 1615-March 31, 1617. III. April I, 1617-October 31, 1618. IV. November i, 1618-February 28, 1620. V. March 4, 1620-May 30, 1623. VI. June 4, 1623-March 28, 1625. ^In the Public Record Office, War OMce, Class i, Vol. 404, will be found what appears to be a commonplace book of colonial business that came before the committees of the Council during the years 1763-1766, kept by a secretary or clerk. ' " The twelfth day of this instant, January 1618 [9] the Great Banquetting House at Whitehall was by casualty of fire quite burnt to the ground, under which the Records of Council were kept, which being not possible to bee all saved from so furious and suddaine a conflagration All the bundles papers and also all the Registers and Books of Councill from part of the year 1601 inclusive until May 1613 were quite consumed." P. C. R. James I., Vol. IV., p. 73- List given on p. 36. Privy Council Register. 175 Charles I. Volumes for years 1645-1649 are missing. I. March 27, 1625- July 17, 1626. II. Pt. I. July 18, 1626-December 30, 1626. II. Pt. II. January i, 1627- June i, 1627. III. June I, 1627-February 28, 1628. IV. March i, 1628-December 19, 1628. V. December 24, 1628-May 31, 1630. VI. June I, 1630-May 31, 1 63 1. VII. June I, 1631-April 30, 1632. VIII. May I, 1632-April 30, 1633. IX. May I, 1633-May 30, 1634. X. June I, 1634-June 30, 1635. XI. July I, 1635-February 28, 1636. XII. March i, 1636-November 27, 1636. XIII. December 4, 1636-May 30, 1637. XIV. June I, 1637-February 28, 1638. XV. March i, 1638-December 24, 1638. XVI. January 4, 1639-October 30, 1639. XVII. Pt. I. November 2, 1639-March 27, 1640. XVII. Pt. II. April I, 1640-September 25, 1640. XVIII. October 4, 1640-August 30, 1645. Charles II. The Council Books and other proceedings during the time of the Commonwealth are among the Records of the State Paper Office in the Public Record Office. I. May 3, 1649-September 28, 1660. II. October 3, 1660-May 30, 1662. III. June 4, 1662- January 29, 1664. IV. February 3, 1664-December 23, 1664. V. January 2, 1665-April 27, 1666. VI. May 4, 1666-September 30, 1667. VII. October 2, 1667-August 28, 1668. VIII. September 2, 1668-October [September] 28, 1669. IX. October i, 1669-April 28, 1671. X. May 10, 1671-April 10, 1673. XI. April II, 1673-September 30, 1675. XII. October i, 1675-April 27, 1677. XIII. May 2, 1677-December 31, 1678. XIV. January i, 1679- April, 1679. XV. April 21, 1679-May 29, 1680. XVI. June I, 1680-May 31, 1683. XVII. June 13, 1683-February 4, 1685. James II. Part I. February 6, 1685-March 18, 1687. Part II. April 4, 1687-December 16, 1688. William III. I. February, 1688-August, 1690. II. September, 1690-September, 1692. III. October i, 1692-August 2, 1694. IV. December 2, 1694-April 23, 1697. V. May 5, 1697-December 21, 1699. VI. April 4, 1700-February 19, 1701. 176 Privy Council OMce. Anne. I. March 8, 1701-January 18, 1703. II. January 20, 1703-September 29, 1705. III. October 11, 1705-February 29, 1707. IV. March 5, 1707-May 2, 1710. V. June, 1710-July, 1712. VI. August, 1712-July, 1714. George I. I. August I, 1714-March 2, 1716. II. March 2, 1716-Septeniber 13, 1720. III. September 15, 1720-May 31, 1722. rV. June I, 1722-August 25, 1724. V. September, 1724-May, 1727. George II. I. June 14, 1727-May 22, 1729. II. June I, 1729-June 16, 1732. III. July, 1732-July, 1734. rV. August I, 1734-September 23, 1736. V. October i, 1736-September 4, 1738. VI. October i, 1738-March 27, 1740. VII. April I, 1740-August 7, 1741. VIII. October i, 1741-September 29, 1743. IX. October i, 1743-February 27, 1744. X. March i, 1744- July 23, 1746. XI. August I, 1746-April 26, 1748. XII. May I, 1748-March 29, 1750. XIII. May I, 1750-March 20, 1752. XIV. April I, i7S2-December 26, 1753. XV. January i, 1754-December 31, 1755. XVI. January i, I7s6-December 28, 1757. XVII. January 5, I7s8-May 21, 1759. XVIII. May 2, 1759-July 10, 1760. George III. I. October 25, 1760-December 31, 1761. II. January 2, 1762-April 29, 1763. III. May, 1763-October, 1764. IV. October i, 1764-August, 1766. V. August, 1766-January, 1768. VI. January i, 1768-April 27, 1769. VII. May I, 1769-December, 1770. VIII. January i, 1771-December 31, 1771. IX. January i, 1772-December, 1772. X. January i, 1773-April 30, 1774. XI. May I, 1774-May 31, 1775. XII. June I, i77S-May 31, 1776. XIII. June I, 1776-May 31, 1777- XrV. June I, 1777-March 31, 1778. XV. April I, 1778-September 30, 1778. XVI. October i, 1778-June 30, 1779. Unbound Papers. 177 XVII. July I, 1779-February, 1780. XVIII. March i, 1780-December 31, 1780. XIX. January i, 1 781 -September 30, 1781. XX. October, 1 781 -September, 1782. XXI. October i, 1782-December 31, 1783. UNBOUND PAPERS. The unbound papers of the Privy Council have been sorted and arranged in chronological order. They are tied up in packets of from thirty to fifty papers each, ranging from one to four packets to a year, and are deposited in one of the rooms on the ground floor of the building in Whitehall. They are accessible to any one to whom may be accorded the privilege of inspec- tion. The collection contains a few documents of the seventeenth century, chiefly after 1690, though single documents, chiefly copies, are dated as early as 1624, 1631, 1650, 1673, 1677, and 1685. The earliest papers which bear either directly or indirectly on colonial history are these: an undated draft of an act of St. Christopher regarding the Four and a half per cent, duty; a group of papers regarding pirates which bears somewhat on West Indian history, 1694-1696; papers relating to the imprisonment of Edward Randolph in the Bermudas, 1699; and a presentment by the committee for managing and causing to be collected his Majesty's customs, subsidies, and other duties, dated Custom House, London, July i, 1699. The earlier papers, after 1613, have not been lost but are to be found in other collections. That it was customary for the Clerk of the Council to keep such papers at his own house or to remove them thither on the expira- tion of his tenure of office is evident from an order of Council, January 20, 1636, instructing two councillors to view the papers in the study of the house of the late clerk, John Dickinson, in the Strand, and to cause such as concerned his Majesty's service to be brought to the Council Table. (P. C. R. Charles I., Vol. XL, p. 359; Cal. State Papers, Dom., 1635-1636, p. 281.) Most of the papers probably found their way eventually into private hands or into the State Paper Office. An examination of the Calendars of State Papers, Domestic and Colonial of date before 1700 discloses petitions, minutes, notes, and other memoranda that were originally Privy Council Papers, undoubtedly belongfing to this collection of unbound i>apers. The importance of the papers for colonial history can best be determined by a survey of the contents of certain selected packets. The years chosen for description are 1700-1702, 1724-1727, and 1765-1774. Unless otherwise stated the date denotes the time when the document was received or read. Frequently no other date is given. Many Board of Trade reports are not entered here. 1700. Petition of Dorothy Bishop, wife of Robert Bishop of Barbadoes. January 11, 1700. Representation from the Board of Trade regarding pirates in the planta- tions. January 11, 1700. Id., regarding the pay of the soldiers at New York. January 16, 1700. Presentment from the Commissioners of Customs for Samuel Cox to be councillor in Barbadoes. January 23, 1700. Petition of Capt. Elias Haskett to be confirmed as governor of Barbadoes. 1Y8 Privy Council Office. Petition of William Crouch, Joseph Tatem, Henry Phillips and other merchants of the city of London trading to New England with woolens and other manufactured goods, in return for which they ' have taken pipe staves, deal boards and lumber which in turn they have shipped to Spain and Portugal receiving there in exchange silver, wine, oil, fruit, etc., against Bellomont's refusal to allow the trade to be carried on. April i8, 1700. Papers regarding governorship of Bermudas. Petition from Isaac Hawkins of Barbadoes, and other petitions regard- ing estates in Barbadoes. December, 1700. 1701-1702. Order in Council referring to the Bishop of London's communica- tion regarding 30 parishes newly constituted in Maryland and pray- ing for Bibles and Prayer Books to be supplied at the cost of the Maryland government. Letter from Gov. Nicholson, dated Virginia, on board the Southampton off Cape Henry, July 29, 1702, regarding the proclamation of Queen Anne's succession to the throne. Report of the Ordnance Department upon the memorial of Gov. Dudley for powder. May 26, 1702. 1701. Report of the Committee for hearing appeals from the plantations, December 10, 1701, on the petition of Samuel Allen, proprietor of colony of New Hampshire, admitting the appeal (another report, December 8, 1702; the original petition in packet 1702 (2) ). Petition of Micaiah Perry, who is doing considerable building in Virginia, for leave to sail despite the embargo, March 26, 1701. 1702 (i). Many petitions to sail despite the embargo to Virginia and Mary- land (see also 1702 (2) ). Papers relating to appeals from condemnation of ships in Barbadoes; quarrel with collector, for the report on which by the Committee see 1702 (2). 1702 (2). Walker's and Taylor's contracts for masts from New England. Papers connected with prizes in the West Indies and elsewhere. Petition of 55 merchants trading to Maryland on behalf of Capt. Mathew Smith as governor, December 10, 1702. Petition and appeal of Nicholas Bayard of New York, December 17, 1702, against sentence of high treason. 1724 (i). Papers regarding Keith vs. Moore in Pennsylvania including an original petition from Keith, marked " duplicate ", April 16, 1727, and many other documents relating to the same matter, all of which appear to have got into the wrong bundle. Report from the Commissioners of Customs, May 8, 1725, on the Keith petition and another original Keith paper, together with Keith's observations on the commissioner's report and on Moore's petition, also many affidavits and other papers relating to the same trouble. Papers relating to the case of Gov. Hope of Bermuda vs. John Eveleigh, petitions and replies, 1724-1725. 1725 (i). Petition from Mark Legaur, mariner, praying reward for taking and convicting three pirates in New York. Several reports of Committee of Council on plantation affairs. Unbound Papers. 179 Papers relating to Gov. Shute's memorial, consisting of the report of the crown lawyers, November 7, 1724, reference to the Committee of the Council, petition of the agents enclosing the answer of the Massa- chusetts House of Representatives, May 29-October 23, 1723, peti- tion of Elisha Cooke, agent for Massachusetts, January 26, 1724, and copy of votes of House of Representatives, May 20, 1718-July, 1721. Petition of George Mumford of South Kingston, Rhode Island, May 15, 1725- 1725 (2). Petition of Jonathan Forward, merchant of London, under con- tract with the government for transporting criminals to Maryland and Virginia, mentioning 150 persons, October 29, 1725. Id., on the same subject. Petition of Col. Spotswood on behalf of Sir William Keith, November 20, 1725- Complaint of merchants and traders to South Carolina against Nicholson, November 4, 1725. 1726, 1727 (i). Petition of John Winthrop, against the governor and com- pany of Connecticut, February 8, 1726. Order referring to a committee the answer of the governor of Connec- ticut to Mr. Winthrop's complaint, December 4, 1728. Gov. Talcott's answer, September 19, 1727. Answer of Rhode Island to the objections of Connecticut regarding the boundaries between the two colonies, March, 1726. Thanksgiving proclamation by Gov. Talcott, October 15, 1727. Letter from Gov. Talcott, containing " Answer of the Gov"" of the colony of the Connecticut to Mr Winthrop's complaint", received from Mr. Dummer, November 29, 1728. Report of Board of Trade with draught of instructions for proprietors of Pennsylvania. Jamaica revenue act, with attorney and solicitor general's report there- upon, June 21, 1726. Sundry committee reports on various petitions. Order referring the petition of Winthrop to a committee, February 18, 1726. Report of Board of Trade on Mr. Calvert as governor of Maryland, De- cember 18, 1726. Id., touching Gov. Shute's having a salary settled upon him in New England, August 5, 1726. Report of committee on boundary dispute between Connecticut and Rhode Island, February 8, 1727. Order referring to a committee the Board of Trade's report on Newman's petition regarding New Hampshire boundary, February 15, 1726. Report of the Board of Trade with draft of additional instructions to the several governments in the West Indies about allowing of appeals, etc., November 22, 1726. Order referring to a committee a representation of the Board of Trade about settling the boundaries between Virginia and Carolina, Feb- ruary 22, 1726. Collection of extracts from court records regarding the distribution of estates of Nathaniel Foot (November 20, 1644, December 25, 180 Privy Council Office. 1655), Thomas Wells (November 5, 1668), Richard Jones (Sep- tember 7, 1671) of Connecticut, signed by Hezekiah Wyllys. Copy of capital laws established by General Court of Connecticut, Decem- ber, 1647. Report of committee on the complaint of John Winthrop, March 28, 1727. 1727 (2). Many committee reports on confirmation of acts and on gov- ernors' instructions and many orders referring such documents to committees. Petition of Revs. Timothy Cutler, Samuel Miles, James MacSparran, and other ministers of the Church of England, March 20, 1727. Petition from planters and merchants of Jamaica against impressment of seamen out of merchant ships. May 31, 1727. Petition of John Penn, Thomas Penn, and other surviving children of William Penn regarding the sale of their proprietary powers of government, May 27, 1727. 1765 (i). Petition of Thomas Wilson, William Huggins and Ann his wife of the colony of Virginia from a decree made in the court of chancery there, July 10, 1765. Order referring to a committee a representation from the Treasury for removing the vice-admiralty court established at Halifax to Boston and for establishing in like manner two other vice-admiralty courts, one at Philadelphia and the other at Charleston, August 22, 1765. Memorial from the Treasury on the subject, July 5, 1765. 1765 (2). Report of a committee proposing that the secretary of state may be directed to appoint clergymen to be ministers in the provinces of East and West Florida, March 29, 1765. Id., relative to the riotous proceedings of several persons at New York, who seized and burnt a boat belonging to his Majesty's armed sloop, the Chaleur, March 19, 1765. Petition of Robert Charles, agent for New York, September, 1765. Many petitions for grants of land in New York, East and West Florida, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, New Hampshire, etc. Petition of Thomas Mant, in behalf of himself and others, to make a settlement at Detroit, with names of officers (among whom is Israel Putnam), the number of families that are to settle there, and an interesting description of Detroit, May 15, 1765. Case of Zachary Bayly against James Ord, Jamaica. 1765 (3). Letter from the secretary of the Treasury Board transmitting a copy of a letter from John Temple, the surveyor general of the customs in New England (in this bundle are a number of papers relating to this subject and an original letter from Temple, October 3, 1764). Copies of letters and papers sent by the surveyor general and collector of Rhode Island relative to the seizure and rescue of the sloop Polly, October i, 1765. 1765 (4). Representation of the Board of Trade with a memorial of Maj. Robert Rogers regarding the northwest passage from North Amer- ica to China, September 24, 1765. Many papers (chiefly copies) relating to the riots at Boston, including four elaborate representations of the Board of Trade. Unbound Papers. 181 1766 ( I ) . Report of committee for approving the conduct of the lieutenant governor of South Carolina in not suspending Douglas Campbell, clerk of the court of common pleas, from his oflfice for refusing to enter up a judgment of the said court on unstamped paper and for remitting a fine imposed upon the same, September lo, 1766. 1766 (2). Representation of Thomas and Richard Penn for the king's ap- probation of John Penn as governor of Pennsylvania. Petition of Dennis RoUe, setting forth his discouragement in endeavoring to settle in East Florida, October 30, 1766. Petition of the freeholders and inhabitants of and dwelling in the several townships called Kinderhook, Noble Town, and Spencer Town (so called) in the county of Albany and province of New York (names of subscribers follow), August 30, 1766. Commission for settling the boundary between New York and New Jersey. Petition of English Presbyterian church in New York regarding incor- poration, etc.. May 28, 1766. Memorial of the auditor general of the plantations (Cholmondely) relative to quit-rents payable by the inhabitants of the Ohio river (important), April 17, 1766. 1766 (3). Many lists of colonial acts. Report of committee upon the memorial of John Thompson and others on behalf of John Gordon of South Carolina, praying to be quieted in the possession of sundry lands purchased from the Spaniards in East Florida, November 24, 1766 (another paper in next bundle). Petition of George Clarke, secretary of New York, complaining that the governor has removed him from a branch of his office and praying to be restored, December 3, 1766. Report of committee for dismissing appeal of John Camm against Charles Hansford, jr. and William Moss of Virginia, December 3, 1766. Memorial of Anthony Merry of London, merchant, in behalf of himself and several merchants and inhabitants of Canada relating to their being prevented from establishing a trade with the Indians at a place called the king's posts of Tadousac and Chegotimi (modern Chicoutimi) on the river Saguenay in that province and praying relief, December 3, 1766 (original petition with copies of evidence; the report in two papers in 1767 (3) ). Report of committee on appeal of William Stead of London, merchant, from a judgment given in the superior court of Rhode Island, re- versing the judgment of the superior court and upholding judg- ment of the inferior court of common pleas, (given) May 28, 1764, (read and approved) December 3, 1766. Letter from the Treasury to the Council regarding the petition of John Campbell and 29 other reduced officers for lands on the Hudson river near Kinderhook (enclosing papers submitted by the Board of Trade and a colored map of the region) . 1766 (4). Report of committee on 31 acts of Pennsylvania, 1763-1765. Map of Lake Champlain " including Crown Point and St. John's, on which are affixed such of the grants made by the Crown of France as are at present known, with sundry observances taken in order to fix the boundaries between the provinces of New York and 182 Privy Council Office. Quebec. By order of his Excellency Sir Henry Moore, by Mr Harper, professor of the Mathematics for the province of New York, and John Collins, Esq., deputy surveyor general for the province of Quebec ", dated Quebec, September i6, 1766 (evidently sent by Gov. Guy Carleton). Various references of appeals from plantations to committee. List of papers laid before the House of Commons relative to the estab- lishment of vice-admiralty courts in America, February 20, 1766, prepared in pursuance of an address of that house to his Majesty, February 15, 1766 (14 papers, October 4, 1763-May 9, 1764, with another list to December 21, 1765). Papers relating to the riots in Rhode Island in 1765, consisting of the report of the committee, March 19, 1765, letters from the Treasury transmitting several letters from the Admiralty relating to the riots, from Robinson, the collector of customs in Rhode Island, November 5> I765> and other papers, October 26, 1764 (valuable). Petition of John Cathcart and others for grants of land including the island of St. John (original, long, with information of value). 1767 (i). Minutes of committee, dealing with Massachusetts act of Decem- ber, 1766, for granting compensation to sufferers (the committee examined all colonial precedents available, including Bacon's rebel- lion; a valuable paper). Report of committee dismissing the petition of the ministers, elders, etc., of the Presbyterian church of New York, praying to be created a body politic and corporate, August 16, 1767. Report of the Board of Trade on the same, July 11, 1767. Report of a committee upon the North Carolina act passed May, 1765, for establishing an orthodox clergy. Report of a committee to prevent the governor of New York from making grants of land on the west side of the Coimecticut river, July 24, 1767 (report from the Board of Trade enclosed). Petitions for land in Nova Scotia and the Floridas. Petition of the trustees of the college of New Jersey, " commonly called Nassau Hall", for 60,000 acres of land (a township) under the name of Hanover, on the west bank of the Connecticut river, out of the unpatented lands in the province of New York, March 27, 1767. 1767 (3). Report of a committee upon acts of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, New York, Virginia, North Caro- lina, South Carolina, and West Indian colwiies, June 26, 1767. Order referring to a committee the appeal of John Bannister, merchant, ag^ainst decision in Rhode Island in favor of Jane Brown and others, July 7, 1768 (reported to be dismissed with £20 stg. and costs). Id. petition of David Jeffries for leave to appeal against Nathaniel Don- nell, Massachusetts Bay, February 23, 1768 (report in bundle 1768 (2) ). Report of committee on appeal of John Long and William Plumstead against Thomas Harper and others. Pennsylvania, June 26, 1767. Id. appeal of Gawin Corbin against Lunsford Lomas, Virginia, June 26, 1767 (ejectment based on patent to Sir Thomas Lunsford, knight, October 24, 1650; judgment of Virginia court (April 26, 1764), affirmed). Unbound Papers. 183 Id. dismissing appeal of Benjamin Arnold and others against Nathaniel Greene, Rhode Island, June 26, 1767. 1767 (4) . Report of committee on draught of a commission for settling the boundaries between New York and Pennsylvania, June 26, 1767. Id. upon the appeal of Thomas Shearman against Gideon Cornell, Rhode Island, June 26, 1767. Order referring to committee the petition of the agent of New Jersey for altering the commissioners named in a draught of a commission for settling the boundaries named above, April 2, 1767. Petition of Samuel Robinson, on behalf of himself and other New Hamp- shire grantees, March 25, 1767. Memorial of Samuel Bowen regarding the manufacture of sago powder, and vermicelli, March 23, 1767. Petition of the S. P. G. praying that the grants made by the governor of New Hampshire of lands lying on the west side of the Connecticut river, with reservation of several shares for pious uses, may be ratified and confirmed, March 28, 1767 (sent from the Secretary of State's office). 1768 (i). Report of committee upon an extract of a letter from the governor of New York for settling the boundary between New York and Quebec, August 12, 1768. Id. upon the memorial of Henry M'CuUoh, George Augustus Selwyn, and others praying that a bond, given with respect to the quit- rents in North Carolina on escheated lands surrendered, may be cancelled and that the memorialists may be otherwise received in respect of their lands, February i, 1768. Petition of William Gerard de Brahm for grant of land in Florida, Decem- ber 16, 1768. Two copies of petition of the Mississippi Company for 2,500,000 acres between 38° and 42° n. 1. (Washington's name among the signa- tures). 1768 (2). Report of committee for dismissing the appeal of John Ban- nister with i20 and costs, July 7, 1768. Memorial from the Admiralty proposing a settlement of £600 on each of the judges of the four vice-admiralty courts, August 25, 1768. Report of committee for dismissing appeal of Charles Ward Apthorpe against Richard Pakshall, Massachusetts Bay, February 17, 1768. Representation of Frederick Lord Baltimore, recommending Robert Eden as governor of Maryland, July 28, 1765. 1769. Report of the Treasury to the committee of the Council regarding the preservation of white pines in America (many enclosures), Jan- uary 28, 1769. Report of committee on boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland, January 11, 1769. Id. upon the petition of Capt. Jonathan Carver praying for a recompense for his expense and trouble in exploring certain interior parts of North America, November 29, 1769 (read and approved). Petition of Gov. Bernard of Massachusetts for a grant of Mt. Desert (an original, with copies of grant of Mt. Desert and other enclosures; referred to the Board of Trade), November 29, 1769. 184 Privy Council OMce. 1770 (2). Report of Committee upon a state of the disorder, confusion, and misgovernment which have prevailed in Massachusetts Bay, July 6, 1770 (with a committee minute dated July 4, 1770, and a number of depositions relating to the same). Report on appeal of Edward Dixon and others against Thomas Turner and others from Virginia, July 6, 1770. Report of the crown lawyers regarding the power of the crown to lay embargo in times of peace (report embodied in order in Coimcil of December, 1770). 1770 (3). Report of committee upon appeal of John Holmes against Thomas Freebody, Rhode Island, April 7, 1770 (a long report giving a history of the case). Id. on appeal of Jacob Isaacs against William Stead, Rhode Island, April 27, 1770. Docket of fees for Dominica. Memorial of Jonathan Carver, with many papers enclosed, including a report from the Board of Trade. Two draughts of committee report (valuable as showing such report in process of draughting) on the Massachusetts disorders, with long statement from Pownall, and depositions by Capt. James Scott, Benjamin Hallowell, John Robinson, Bridgeman (made before the committee on June 26, 1770). A valuable group of papers. 1771 (i). Report of committee for dismissing appeal of Alexander Grant against Charles Handy, Rhode Island, July 19, 1771. Id. confirming grant of Mt. Desert to Gov. Bernard. 1771 (3). Charter for Lake Superior Mining Company (copper chiefly, see also 1772 (2) ). 1772 (i). Minutes of committee, April 10, 1772, regarding grant of islands in the Delaware river ; a long meeting, the minutes include deposi- tions of witnesses and interesting account of the islands (see 1772 (2) for minutes of March 31 and April 9, 1772, and consideration of the same subject). Order referring to a committee the petition of Thomas Freebody, Rhode Island, with other papers, including the original petition from the solicitor for the petitioners, June 26, 1772. Petition of Thomas Walpole, Richard Walpole and others (including Benjamin Franklin) praying for a grant of land " at the back of the settlements in Virginia", July 24, 1769 (the original petition), with a long representation from the Board of Trade on the subject (see 1772 (2), 1773 (i), 1774 (i) and Va. Mag., XII. 159-161). 1773 (i). Order for the attorney and solicitor general to prepare a draught of a grant of lands in Ohio to Walpole and others, to be erected into a province and called Vandalia, October 28, 1773. Petition of the deputies of the townships on the west side of the Connec- ticut river, now within the government of New York, praying to be reannexed to the government of New Hampshire, October 16, 1773 ("nothing further to be done upon this petition, the same having been desired to be withdrawn by Mr Paul Wentworth, the agent for the petitioner ", September, 1775). Letter from Gov. Tryon regarding his quarrel with Secretary George Clarke (many papers). Miscellanea. 185 Petition of Uncas and the Mohegan Indians, by John Mason, praying for a grant of land from the falls of the Ohio to the entrance to the Mississippi, offering to remove the tribe thither (an unsigned original), March 15, 1773. Petition of Maj. Robert Rogers for a grant of land, June 14, 1773. 1774 (i). List of council business. Memorial of Walpole and others praying that the establishment of the government of the new colony of Vandalia may be no longer delayed and that the grant of lands on the Ohio agreed for by the memorialists may be expedited, August 8, 1774 (long and import- ant paper, probably an original). 1774 (2) . Report of committee on the boundary line between Massachusetts and New York, February 2, 1774. 1774 (3). Papers relating to the Boston riots, including seventeen deposi- tions taken before the Privy Council (valuable), February 19, 1774. Report of committee on petition of the House of Representatives in Massa- chusetts, complaining of the conduct of the governor and lieutenant governor and praying that they might be removed from their posts, February 7, 1774. Petition of the proprietors of Pennsylvania against the intrusion of Con- necticut, August 19, 1774. Id., praying to have persons appointed to set out the northern and western limits of Pennsylvania (original), March 27, 1774. MISCELLANEA. Precedent Book. This volume of precedents and precedent forms contains a collection of entries made by Mr. Harrison, Senior Clerk of the Privy Council Office, and is kept by him in his room. It may be inspected on application to him. The Ust of precedents does not pretend to be complete. The following items are of interest for students of colonial history. List of Precedents. Complaints from and against judges, etc., in the plantations, 1737-1815. Proceedings in Council upon divers complaints against governors in the plantations, 1704- 1764. Precedent Forms. For summoning individual members of committees of the Council, such as committees for plantation affairs and for hearing appeals from the plantations, stating in each summons the object of the meeting, 1770. For serving notice on parties concerned in a particular case, such as " appeal of Mohegan Indians ". For postponing meeting of the same committees. Of prosecution issued against rioters; of proclamation issued for the suppression of riots. For appointment of councillors in the plantations, 1 781. For approval of colonial acts, 1771. For bond to be given when any party prays to be heard against a rep- resentation of the Board of Trade. 186 Privy Council OMce. Extracts of reports on complaints of governors in the plantations. Instances in which public bills passed in the plantations have been con- tested before the Privy Council. Various papers relating to embargoes, 1778-1779, including dates of orders laying general embargoes, April 15, 1689, to December, 1795, directed to the Lord High Admiral and the Lord High Treasurer. Miscellaneous Volumes in the Board Room of the Privy Council. Irish Affairs. Minutes and entries of the Committee for Ireland, February 14, 1688-September 25, 1691. Admiralty and Naval Affairs. Extracts from the Privy Council Register, May 31, 1660-March 27, 1674. Account Book of Fees received, including many entries relating to the colo- nies, chiefly the West Indies, 1778-1783. Privy Council Papers, 1702, similar to those in the unbound packets. The English Pilot, the Fourth Book, describing the West India Navigation from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones, .... also a New Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West Jersey, Delaware Bay, Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina (London, MDCCLX). • (A printed work, filled with maps and charts of the coasts of North America. Valuable. See P. R. O. C. O., B. T. Books of Maps (old reference). Proclamations in eight large volumes covering the period from 1613 to 1819, as follows: I. King James, vol. II. 1613-1624. II. Charles I. 1625-1629. III. Charles I. 1625-1645. (This large volume includes a very fine series of proclamations relating to the plantations, all but ten of which are in voL II. At the beginning of the volume is a manuscript list of the contents.) IV. Charles II. February, 1664-March, 1684. V. James, William and Mary. 1684-1697. VI. William and Anne. 1686-1714. VII. George II. 1714-1758. VIII. George III. 1760-1819. (Outside of the Privy Council OflSce copies of Ro3ral Proclamations may be found in the Public Record Office (.S. P. Dom. James I.. 73, 187; Charles I., 541 ; Proclamations, 1-8, 1627-George III.) ; Queen's College, Oxford; British Museum; Society of Antiquaries, Collection of Broad- sides; Private Collections: Earl of Crawford (see Crawford, List of Proclamations, "Bibliotheca Lindesiana") ; Earl De La Warr (Collection Lord Sackville, Knole Park, Kent). For the procedure followed in issu- ing a proclamation see Scargill-Bird, Guide to the Public Records, third ed., p. 84. A volume containing reprints of all proclamations relating to the colonies is in preparation under the auspices of the American Anti- quarian Society. The original proclamations will be found in the Privy Seal and Signed Bill bundles in the Public Record Office.) Plantation Registers. This series of thirteen volumes of entry books covers the period from 1677 to 1784. The volumes contain entries of a great variety of documents, chiefly of a legal or official character. In many cases, particularly of colonial acts — ^Jamaica, Barbadoes, Miscellanea. 187 Virginia, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, Leeward Islands, etc. — of governor's commissions and instructions, and of colonial chart- ers, the entries are duplicates of documents found elsewhere. But a very large number of the entries are of documents that are no longer in existence and the entries have, therefore, all the value of original material. Furthermore, the entries of colonial acts furnish considerable information regarding the procedure followed before the Privy Council or in the preparation of acts for a given colony by the Council committee and on that account are of value to the student of colonial legislation. The documents, of which copies are entered in these volumes, con- sist of colonial acts, public and private, and forms of confirmation; charters; commissions, instructions, additional instructions, trade instructions, circular instructions, orders, letters, etc., issued to the colonial governors ; commissions of enquiry and review, commis- sions to colonial officials of rank below that of governor, and other commissions in great variety ; orders of and in council ; surrenders, as of the Carolinas and the Jersies ; royal warrants for councillors, for leaves of absence, and warrants for the issue of letters patent under the Great Seal, letters of marque, grants and surrenders of land, etc. Except for volume eleven the books are well indexed. I. February 15, 1677-August, 1700. II. October 22, 1700-August 24, 1702. III. August 24, 1702-August 18, 1708. IV. December 25, 1709-December 21, 1718. V. May 19, 1720-July 20, 1725. VI. April 18, 1728-December 14, 1732. VII. May 18, 1732-January 23, 1737. VIII. February 15, 1738-July 30, 1741. IX. February 2, 1741-March 29, 1750. X. April II, 1 750- June 21, 1754. XI. August 6, i7S4-May 13, 1755. XII. November 18, 1767-June 14, 1771. XIII. April 5, 1771-January 14, 1784. Volume XI. is largely blank and contains no index. No en- tries appear for the period from 1755 to 1767. WAR OFFICE LIBRARY. Whitehall, S. W. In the parliamentary and reference library of the War Office, Whitehall, are four small folio entry books, discovered by Messrs. Hodgson when cataloguing the books from the library of the Royal Military College, Sand- hurst. These volumes contain manuscript copies or extracts of orders, returns, and capitulations relating to the Revolutionary War. They are not open to public inspection, but by application to the War Office permis- sion could probably be obtained to examine them. Three of the volumes are apparently in the same handwriting, the fourth (No. II.) is partly by another hand. The books contain a number of blank pages at the end of each. By whom the copies were made is uncertain. A Hessian return in the third volume is stated to have been made by Major Mackenzie of the 23d or Royal Welsh Fuziliers and the opening order in the first volume concerns that regiment. It is, therefore, possible that the books were the property of an officer of that regiment, perhaps of Major Macken- zie himself, who as deputy adjutant under Sir Henry Clinton would have every facility of obtaining copies of the returns and capitulations. I. M. H. 334. Lettered : — " Orders, America, from 10 June, 1773 to 1776." Contains extracts of orders given to the British Army in America. The book ends January 10, 1776. Some of the orders are duplicates of those preserved in the Royal Institution, calendared by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, but others are not. II. M. H. 335. A similar book lettered "Rhode Island, 1776-1779", and containing extracts of orders given by the different British general officers who commanded at Rhode Island from the time of taking possession of that colony in December, 1776, to the final evacuation in October, 1779. The orders are by Ointon, Lord Percy, and Brig.-Gen. Smith. The volume ends at January 6, 1778. III. M. H. 336. Lettered :—" Returns, America, 1776-1783." Among the items are the following : State of the corps under the command of Ma j .-Gen. Howe as embarked at Boston, March 17, 1776. Returns of accoutrements lost on April 19, 1775. Various returns or distributions of troops at Halifax. Distribution of the army in America at various dates. Return of drivers, horses, and wagons furnished by Dalrymple, October i- December 31, 1780. . , • ^u Comparative view of expenditures m certam departments during the com- mands of Howe and Clinton. Table of distances from Kingsbridge to various places. A list of the troops of Hesse Cassel cavalry and infantry, showing the reg- iments, date when raised, commanders, numbers, stations, (Europe and America). . . , ^.^ , (A copy of this paper is in the calendar of Hessian papers in the Library of Congress.) IV M H 337 A volume of copies of capitulations during the Revolu- tionary War' Included are St. Johns, Saratoga, Pensacola, St. Eustatius, Pondicherry, Minorca, etc. At the end are one or two of subsequent date. 188 HOUSE OF LORDS. Westminster, S. W. The House of Lords MSS. are accessible to any one desiring to use them for purposes of serious work. Application for permission to examine them should be made to the Clerk of Parliaments. There are no fixed rules regard- ing hours or days available for searchers. In general MSS. may be in- spected from II a. m. to 5 :30 p. m. except on Saturdays, when, as a rule, the messenger is in attendance only in the morning. When the House is not sitting there are likely to be more difficulties than at other seasons in arrang- ing for a search. Comfortable accommodation is provided in rooms in the Parliament Office, to which a messenger will bring the desired documents from their place of deposit in the Victoria Tower. As a rule no charge is made for the inspection of documents for historical purposes. The House of Lords MSS. were fortunately preserved when, in 1834, the Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire. For many years following they were stored in rooms on the basement story of the House, in confusion and practically lost. About the time of the creation of the Historical Manu- scripts Commission, however, an historical scholar obtained permission to examine them and recognized their great value. One of the earliest of the labors begun by the Commission was the arrangement of the manuscripts in chronological order, the preparation of a MS. list that would render them accessible, and the publication in the appendixes to its Reports of a calendar, which gives the substance, or in many cases the entire text, of papers not printed in full in the Journals. The documents calendared by the Commission come down to the year 1693 and are dealt with in the various Reports as follows: First Report, p. xi, and App. i-io. Second " " ix, " " 106-109. Third " " xi, " " 1-36. Fourth " pp. x-xi, " " I. 1-170. Fifth " p. vi, " " I. 1-134. Sixth " pp. viii-x, " " I. 1-221. Seventh " "vii-xiii, " " I. 1-182. Eighth " " viii-x, " " I. 101-174. Ninth " " v-viii, " " H. 1-125. Eleventh " " H. 1-373. Twelfth " " VI. 1-S07. Thirteenth " " V. 1-557. Fourteenth " " VI. 1-430. Since 1900, the calendar, entitled The Manuscripts of the House of Lords, has been issued by order of the House but not under the authority of the Historical Manuscripts Commission. The fourth volume of this new series has been recently published and comes down to March 1701/2. No arrange- ments have been made for printing MSS. of later date than 1714. i8g 190 House of Lords. The character of the House of Lords MSS. may be most readily indicated by means of a classification in which they are grouped according to their origin. Two main groups may be distinguished, those that originated within Parliament and those that are not of Parliamentary origin. The former group consists of documents emanating from the House as a whole, or from the Lords and Commons jointly, from a select committee of the Lords or from joint committees of Lords and Commons. Among the MSS. in this group are the records of the proceedings of the House and of its committees. The proceedings are in part entered in the printed Journals but the informa- tion contained therein is supplemented by a number of MS. volumes, the most important series of which, known as " MS. Minutes ", contains rough minutes of the procedings of the House kept by one of the clerks of the Table. Among the valuable classes of entries found here are particulars of proceedings when the House was put in committee of the Whole House and proceedings in appeals. Notes of debates, evidence, opinions of judges and legal assistants, and the numbers of those voting for or against measures are included. A second series of MS. volumes contains minutes of the proceed- ings of select committees; the third, minutes of the proceedings of joint committees of Lords and Commons. A more precise idea of the character of these manuscript books may be obtained from the extracts printed in the calendar. Besides these volumes many classes of separate documents belong to this group, such as bills, reports of committees, depositions of witnesses, etc. ; drafts of amendments, resolutions, motions, orders, reports of committees, etc., are also preserved. Bills that became Acts were first enrolled sepa- rately in the time of Henry VII. and were engrossed on parchment. The " Parchment Collection ", however, to which reference is made in The Manu- scripts of the House of Lords, does not refer to the enrolled acts, but to a collection of documents engrossed on parchment, such as bills which passed either the House of Lords or the House of Commons but did not become acts of Parliament, prorogation writs, lists of the peers, etc., etc. A MS. list is accessible of the acts both public and private, numbered consecutively for each regnal year, in the order in which they are kept in the Victoria Tower While the public acts for the period dealt with in this report have been printed, many of the private acts have not.' Manuscript copies of many private acts, taken from the originals in the House of Lords, may be con- sulted in the Newspaper Room of the British Museum. Among these are copies of private acts to make various prize ships free, of which some throw light on American trade.' Bills that failed to become acts are also preserved among the papers in the Victoria Tower. In so far as they fall within the period covered by The Manuscripts of the House of Lords, they are pnnted * Addresses and many resolutions, motions and amendments to bills, are prhited in the Journals, while, as has been said, additional papers of these kinds are found in the MS. volumes of proceedings. ^ -A set of public acts, co-plete for t^^^^^^^^^^^ the SSrof ^'e fctsSng t'o" imericf ifbeTng prepared b^ ^Tofessor William Mac Donald of Brown University. . ^^^^ ^^^ g^^jig^t ^^^^ to idlSr of tTe^sSs, and will be published by the government. Introduction. 191 The documents originating outside the House may be divided into two classes: (i) those delivered to the House without being ordered and (2) those ordered by the House. The first group includes royal speeches and messages, printed in full in the Journals ; copies of treaties and other papers of special importance, usually copies, which the sovereign desired to bring to the attention of the House, e. g., the numerous papers relating to the Stamp Act disturbances (L. J. XXXI. 235 flf.). The originals of many of these papers are doubtless in the Public Record Office. In the same group are the petitions and memorials — original documents of much value as throwing light on current opinion on economic and political events and as giving the names of leading merchants and others directly or indirectly interested in American affairs. Still other papers were prepared in accordance with statutory requirement and sent to the Lords without order from them, e. g. the reports on the state of the African Company's forts. The papers delivered as the result of an order or address came mostly from the various departments of the government — ^the Admiralty, Colonial Office (Board of Trade), State, Treasury (Commissioners of Customs), and War Office, and include accounts, letters, commissions, instructions, reports, minutes of proceedings, etc. Many of these papers are doubtless also to be found in the Public Record Office. The subject-matter of the various papers precisely reflects the dominant interests of the government at diflferent times. Before 1765, the topics chiefly dealt with in relation to America were the state of trade, imports and exports and such allied subjects as the protection afforded to trade by cruisers and convoys, money, the African trade, the South Sea Company, depreda- tions of the Spaniards and proceedings of the English commanders in the West Indies. The settlement of Nova Scotia and the encroachments of the French in North America are the theme of many papers. After 1765 the number of MSS. relating to America greatly increases. Through letters of governors, distributors of stamps, collectors and comptrollers of customs, and others, a vast amount of detailed information on the disturbances and their causes in the colonies, especially in Massachusetts, was laid before the House. After 1775 the shipment of goods to America, the transport and maintenance of troops, the state of the army and navy, the care of prisoners of war, the steps taken by the commissioners for restoring peace, Burgoyne's expedition, foreign relations, and the operations and capture of the army of Cornwallis were particularly considered. The following list of House of Lords papers relating to America and dat- ing from 1702 (the year in which the fourth volume of The Manuscripts of the House of Lords ends), to 1783, is based upon an examination of docu- ments and bundles of documents referred to in a MS. list accessible in the offices of the Clerk of Parliaments.' It has not been possible to test thor- oughly the completeness of this list. It refers with but very few exceptions to all the American documents delivered to the House and noted in the printed Journals; also to a small number of bills, and of motions, resolutions and similar documents originating in the House and entered in the Journals. Many papers, however, originating in or delivered to committees are not ' Many of the papers up to the year 1709 were out of strictly chronological order, in process of rearrangement for editorial purposes. This involved difficulties in discover- ing the specific papers desired, and the MS. list, which is chronological, was not service- able. It is supposed, however, though it is by no means certain, that all of the Ameri- can papers were seen. 13 192 House of Lords. mentioned in the Journals. Some of these are noticed in the MS. list, but in what proportion it would not be possible to assert without an examination of the references to documents in the MS. minutes of proceedings, or an examination of the entire body of MSS. which it was not practicable to make. The editors of the calendar have found a very few MSS. to whose existence neither the Journals nor the MS. minutes afforded a clue. Of the American papers referred to in the MS. list some drafts of entries in the Journals — ^motions, amendments to bills, addresses for papers, etc., have been omitted from the ensuing pages ; and many other addresses and resolutions printed in full in the Journals but not entered in the MS. list are not mentioned here. In many cases titles of documents given in the Jourtuds appear in the following Ust, but in other cases a general description of a series of papers has seemed sufficient and the several titles in the Journals are not repeated here. As a rule the leading date is that under which the documents are entered in the MS. list, and this is generally the date on which they were delivered to the House. In the following pages, the abbreviation L. J. signifies Journals of the House of Lords. The pages of the Journals referred to are those on which the document is mentioned. When the document is printed in the Journals in extenso, this is stated. LIST OF DOCUMENTS. 1702, November 20. Account of state of trade since last session of Parlia- ment, from Board of Trade. 1 (Ordered November 7 ; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 162, 169.) 1702, November 30. Army accounts. List of regiments, garrisons, etc. No details. 2 (Ordered November 27 ; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 174-) 1702, November 30. Papers from Board of Trade. Extract of report from Board of Trade to House of Commons concernmg trade and courts of justice in plantations, setting forth some of the chief irregularities and abuses in the colonies under proprietary and charter governments. April 23, 1701. Id. of report from Board of Trade to House of Lords, relatmg to irregu- larities in proprietary colonies. (Delivered February 16, 1702. L. J- XVII. 36) Id. of a representation from Board of Trade to his late Majesty upon letters from the Eari of Bellomont, relating to irregularities m Rhode Island, dated April 8, 1700; together with copy of governor of Rhode Island's (Cranston's) speech to the general assembly, August 21, 1699. , ,, . ^ 1 «.„„ Id. of a representation from Board of Trade to her Majesty, upon letters from Col. Dudley relating to irregularities in Rhode Island. Nov- ember 24, 1702. . . Tl , • Several papers relating to irregularities in Pennsylvania. Irregularities in Newfoundland trade and fishery . . -o a 1703, December 21. Account of state of trade smce last session, from Board of Trade Contains many particulars regarding colonies ; Penn s proposals' to Board of Trade about the surrender of Pennsylvania; state of defence in colonies; convoys; governors salaries; naval House of Lords. 193 stores ; rates of coin ; scheme for establishing packet boats between England and colonies; Newfoundland fisheries, etc. 4 (Ordered November 22; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 337, 357. Printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, XL ^(ii^-iQy, October, 1907.) 1704, January 4. Address of Irish House of Commons to House of Lords asking liberty to export linen cloth made in Ireland directly to plan- tations. 5 (L. J. XVII. 360-361. In extenso.) 1704, January 18. Report of judges on laws relating to exporting goods from Ireland to the plantations, etc. 6 (Ordered January 4; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 360, 375.) 1704, January 24, et post. Papers read relative to no. 5. Report of Board of Trade upon an order of Council of the 17th instant, relating to exportation of linen from Ireland to the plantations. December 23, 1703. Copy of letter from Commissioners of Customs to attorney-general relat- ing to same. January 25, 1704. Account of East Country, Germany and Holland linens exported from England to the plantations, Christmas 1700 — Christmas 1702. 7 1704, February 8. Admiralty papers. List of H. M.'s ships in sea service, November i, 1703, with their complements of men and how they were employed. 8 (Ordered February i ; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 391, 398.) 1704, February 8. Admiralty papers. Vice-Adm. Greydon's orders and in- structions from the Admiralty; with numbers of ships, rates and complements under his command, on his expedition to West Indies. Titles in L. J. 9 (Ordered February I ; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 391, 399.) 1704, February, March. Papers relating to Vice-Adm. Greydon's expedition to West Indies, including petition of merchants in Jamaica to queen praying for men-of-war and troops to defend island against threat- ened attack by French and Spaniards ; extracts and copies of several letters from Jamaica complaining against Greydon for not attack- ing French men-of-war; for his impressment of men at Jamaica and ill-treatment of masters of ships under his convoy ; and depo- sitions of witnesses for Jamaica merchants and for Greydon. 10 (Depositions are included in no. 15.) 1704, March p. Mr. Mason's papers relating to injury to trade from French privateers. One paper is a list of vessels taken by the French with names of commanders, ports where they belonged, ports to which or from which bound, date when taken, tonnage, men and guns. Many of the vessels either belonged in American ports or were sailing from or to American ports. 11 1704, March 9. Account of French ships-of-war in West Indies since Octo- ber, 1703. States that ships may be designed to take Jamaica or " to secure home the produce of that unlimited rich trade they now enjoy in the Spanish West Indies uninterrupted ". 12 1704, March 17. Report of committee appointed to consider nos. 5 and 6. 13 (L. J. XVII. 485-487. In extenso.) 194 House of Lords. 1704, March 23. Address of committee appointed to consider nos. 5 and 6. 14 (L. J. XVII. 507. In extenso. Answered March 27. Ihid. S35.) 1704, March 23. Report of committee on Admiralty papers. Vice-Adm. Greydon's expedition, etc. 15 (L. J. XVII. 507-511. In extenso.) 1704, March 29. Address concerning Vice-Adm. Greydon's expedition to West Indies and other matters. 16 (L. J. XVII. SSO-554. In extenso. Answered March 31. Ihid. 557.) 1704, June 18. Proclamation for settling and ascertaining current rates of foreign coins in American colonies. 17 1704, November 50. Account of state of trade from Board of Trade. Deals with relations of plantations with Ireland and Spanish trade; rates of coin ; prizes and admiralty courts in plantations ; piracy ; naval stores ; account of number of ships, their burden, guns and lading cleared from Virginia and Maryland from July, 1703, to May, 1704; laws; reports on conditions in each colony, with detailed account of trade and shipping of Jamaica and Barbadoes; also queen's proclamation (no. 17); proposal by Col. William Part- ridge touching supplying her Majesty with tar from New England; act of general assembly of Rhode Island and Providence Planta- tions for an admiralty court, 1694. 18 (Ordered October 31 ; delivered this day. L. J. XVII. 570, 587.) 1704, November jo. Account of what number of ships and of what rates have been employed as cruisers and convoys for protecting the trade, and in what stations and for how long upon each station, from the first of January last to the first day of this instant November. As also what ships have been within that time employed for defence of the plantations, annoying the enemy and security of the trade in those seas, etc. 19 (An Admiralty paper prepared in pursuance of an order from the special committee, which was appointed November 14, 1704, and reported January 18, 1705. L. J. XVII. 578-579; 622-625.) 1706, January 2j. Petition of John Lesley and Thomas Maxwel, members of the late assembly of Barbadoes, and of John Kirton, in behalf of themselves and of many other inhabitants of said island against the oppressions of Sir Beville Granville, governor of the island. 20 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XVIII. 74-) 1706, January 25. Particulars of the several grievances mentioned in above petition, no. 20. 21 1706, February 7. Petition of agents for Barbadoes relative to no. 20, with annexed order of Council of July 20, 1705, in which her Majesty approves proceedings of governor of Barbadoes. 22 (Read this day and referred to committee on no. 20. L. J. XVIII. pi-) 1706, February 8. Deposition of Edward Cordwent as to what money he gave to the governor of Barbadoes or to any other person to his use for stopping the convoy to the merchants. 23 1706, February 13. Answer of John Kirton to no. 22. 24 1706, February 15. Answers of William Cleland and Mel Holder, agents for Barbadoes, to a question given them in committee on the 13th in- House of Lords. 195 stant, viz. : What money has been remitted to you from Barbadoes since the complaints to her Majesty of the governor of that island, and how have you disposed of it? 25 1706, February so. Bill ' to make free the ship L'Amazone, taken and con- demned as prize and sold in Barbadoes. 26 (From House of Commons, February 19; royal assent, March 19. L. J. XVIII. 112, 164.) 1706, February 28. Petition of Joseph Boone, merchant, on behalf of himself and many other inhabitants of Carolina, and of several merchants of London trading to Carolina and neighboring colonies. 27 (Read this day. L. J. XVIII. 130.) 1706, March 2. Charles II. 's grant of the province of Carolina, and two acts of assembly passed there : Act for the establishment of religious worship, etc. Id. for more effectual preservation of the government, etc. 28 (Delivered this day. L. J. XVIII. 134. These papers were not found. The proceedings in the case are recorded in the MS. minutes.) 1706, March 5. Petition from Lord Craven, asking that hearing of Boone's petition (no. 27) be deferred. 29 (Read this day. L. J. XVIII. 138.) 1706, March p. Arguments of counsel for proprietors of Carolina. 30 (Heard this day. L. J. XVIII. 143) 1706, March 12. Petition of John Graves relating to Bahama Islands and memorial relating thereto. Shows why the islands should be valued but says they are ruined because they have never received assistance from the lords proprietors. 31 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XVIII. 152.) 1707, November ip. Petition of merchants on behalf of themselves and others, traders of the city of London, praying for remedy against losses through ill-timing of convoys and want of cruisers. 32 (Read and referred to House in committee to consider state of fleet and trade, who reported. Two special committees appointed, one to consider above petition and hear petitioners, the other to receive proposals for encouraging privateers in West Indies. L. J. XVIII. 341-343.) 1707, November 22. Answer of Board of Trade to order of committee ap- pointed to consider petition of merchants, complaining of losses through ill-timing of convoys, etc. (no. 32), containing copies and extracts of various papers complaining against Commodore Kerr (Jamaica), etc. 33 1707, November 25. Proposals for encouragement of privateers in West Indies. 34 1707, November 26. Thomas Wood's complaint against Commodore Kerr for not convoying ship engaged in West India trade. 35 1707, November 28. Account of state of trade from Board of Trade. 36 (Delivered this day. L. J. XVIII. 348. This paper was not found.) 1707, November 28-December. Depositions, representations, accounts and other papers relating to ill-timing of convoys, want of cruisers and ' The complete listing of bills of this character has not been attempted. Cf. above, p. 190. 196 House of Lords. loss of ships engaged in plantation trade, laid before committee on merchants' petition, no. 32. 37 (Many of these are printed in report of committee, no. 40.) 1707, December 4. Merchants' papers relating to privateers in West In- dies. 38 1707, December 15. Report of committee for encouraging privateers in West Indies. 39 (L. J. XVIII. 361-362. In extenso.) 1707, December if. Report of committee on petition of merchants complain- ing of losses for want of cruisers. 40 (L. J. XVIII. 366-392. In extenso. This MS. was not found.) 1707, December 20. Accounts from the Admiralty of ships and goods taken from the enemy from the beginning of the war to December i, 1707- Some were brought to American ports. 41 (Ordered December 13 ; delivered this day. L. J. XVIII. 360, 397.) 170S, January. References and reports from Ordnance Office about stores for New York, 1703-1706. 42 1708, January i. Paper giving dates and titles of representations from the Board of Trade to her Majesty from 1704 to 1707. 43 1708, January 5. Account of what ordnance stores have been delivered out of the Ordnance Office for service of the Leeward Islands since November, 1704, and also what was left ashore by Sir John Jen- nings. 44 1708, January 7. Report from committee appointed to examine a State of Trade of this kingdom received from Board of Trade. 45 (L. J. XVIII. 403. In extenso.) 1708, January 8. Report from Ordnance OfiBce on the fortifications of New York. 46 1708, January 8. Abstract of letters from and to Secretary of State relating to arms sent to Nevis. 47 1708, January 8-28. Papers by Commodore Kerr relative to complaints against him. *8 1708, January 10. Copy of papers from Board of Trade relating to proprie- tary and charter governments : Extract of representation from Board of Trade to her Majesty, July 10, 1704, upon Col. Dudley's letter of April 20, 1704, relating to Rhode Island's refusing assistance to Massachusetts. Copy of report of attorney general and solicitor general to his late Ma- jesty in 1694 relating to Pennsylvania and mentioned in foregoing extract. Id. of order in Council of August 3, 1704. Referring the foregoing ex- tract to attorney and solicitor general for their report to the queen. Id. of report of attorney and solicitor general in pursuance of foregoing order. Charge against proceedings of the charter government of Connecticut. Id. against proceedings of the charter government of Rhode Island. Copy of representation from Board of Trade to her Majesty, December 20, 1705, upon Dudley's letter of July 25 relating to Connecticut and Rhoide Island. House of Lords. 197 Id. of order in Council on aforesaid representation, directing Board of Trade to lay before the queen the misfeasance of the proprieties. Id. of representation from Board of Trade to her Majesty, January lo, 1706, touching the misfeasance of the proprietary and charter gov- ernments. Id. of queen's order in Council of February 7, 1706, directing said rep- resentation to be lodged with Secretary of State Hedges. Id. of letter from Sec. Hedges to Board of Trade enclosing draft of bill relating to the proprietary governments. February 8, 1706. Id. of letter from Board of Trade to Sec. Hedges returning draft of bill relating to proprietary and charter governments in America with some amendments. February 19, 1706. 49 1708, January 16. Accounts relating to forces in Leeward Islands, Jamaica and New York. 50 1708, January 19. Computation by Sir Isaac Newton, master-worker of the mint, according to which all foreign coins may pass in the planta- tions in proportion to the rate limited in her Majesty's proclama- tion for pieces of eight of Seville, Mexico and pillar. 51 1708, January 19. Papers relating to petition of merchants, etc., trading to American plantations for fortifying Crookhaven in the west of Ireland. 52 VJQ&y January 20. Letter from William Lowndes, Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, to Earl of Sunderland, on application of four and a half per cent, duty in Barbadoes. 53 110%, January 21. Account of money arisen by four and a half per cent, duty from March 8, 1702, until Michaelmas, 1707, and of application thereof; also an account of stores sent from Ordnance Office to Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands. 54 (Delivered this day. L. J. XVIII. 432.) 1708, January 27. Memorial from Micajah Perry and others to committee to consider bill of settling the coin in the plantations. 55 (This bill 6 Anne was reported from the Lords Committees and read first time February 27; royal assent, April i. L. J. XVIII. 486, 566.) 1708, January 2y. Memorial of Samuel Sandford and others to committee for inspecting into, in order for settling and ascertaining, the cur- rent rates of foreign coins in American plantations. 56 1708, January 29. Depositions and other papers relative to convoys, includ- ing those to Virginia, West Indies, etc. Also list of ships taken in channel soundings, etc., since December i last with names of ships and of masters, whence or whither bound and their value. Some were sailing from or to Jamaica, Virginia, etc. 57 1708, February 2. Answer of Admiralty to order of committee of January 20. Includes list stating ships lost and in what manner; many ref- erences to ships taken or destroyed in American waters. 58 1708, February 2. Copy of Lord High Admiral's orders to Sir Thomas Hardy relating to convoys. Includes reference to American con- voys. 59 1708, February 5. Account of time when ships cruising in the Soundings did sail, how long they continued cruising and the reasons of their coming off. Contains such entries as " brought in some Virginia ships which he found at sea separated from their convoys ", etc. 60 198 House of Lords. 1708, February j/. Second report from committee on merchants' petition complaining of losses for want of cruisers, etc. Cf. nos. 32, 33, 37, 40. 61 (L. J. XVIII. 466-472. In extenso.) 1708, March 20. Petition of East India Company against some clauses of bill for encouragement of the trade to America. 62 (Read this day. L. J. XVIII. 545. This bill 6 Anne was brought from House of Commons, March 19, 1708; royal assent, April i. L. J. XVIII. 543, S66.) 1708, March 22. Petition of Hudson's Bay Company against bill for en- couragement of the trade to America. 63 (Read this day. L. J. XVIII. 547. Cf. no. 62.) 1711, Jamiary 22. Estimate from War Office of all the forces in her Ma- jesty's pay for 1707. 64 (Ordered January 15; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 194, 199.) 1711, March 22. Answer of the Board of Trade to an order of the Lords of the 17th instant requiring an account of what has been done pur- suant to the late act of Parliament for encouraging importation of naval stores from American plantations. 65 (Ordered March 17; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 259, 264.) 1711, Junes. Petition of merchants trading to America relative to prize- goods bill (bill for the encouragement of the trade to America). 66 (Read this day. L. J. XIX. 319. This bill 10 Anne was brought from House of Commons, June 5 ; royal assent, June 12. L. J. XIX. 319, 322.) 1711, June 12. Report of Commissioners of Customs on draft of bill for encouragement of the trade to America. 67 (Ordered June 9; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 321-322. In extenso.) 1713, May 28. Papers from Board of Trade relating to treaties of commerce with France and the Barrier treaties. Letter from Mr. Tucker, by order of Sec. Trumbull, to inquire about the readiness of the merchant ships designed for Barbadoes, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands ; and to consider matters fit for a treaty of commerce between England and France. January 4, 1697. Copy of a memorial from several merchants concerned in the tobacco trade; proposing that, by a treaty with France, tobacco may be allowed to be imported into that kingdom under an easy duty, without farm or monopoly. May 23, 1709. Memorial from Mr. Harris, about the French settlements at Hispaniola, etc., and the ill consequences to Jamaica. May 27, 1709. Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth; enclosing two memorials of the merchants trading to Turkey and Hudson's Bay, and desiring to know what is proper to be offered at a treaty of peace, in relation to those trades. December 21, 171 1, Petition of the governor and company of adventurers of England, trading into Hudson's Bay, to her Majesty ; praying, " That, at a Treaty of Peace, the French may be obliged to renounce all right to the said Bay." December 22, 171 1. , , , • Memorial from the Hudson's Bay Company, containing what they desire may be stipulated for them at the ensuing Treaty of Peace. Feb- ruary 8, 17 12, House of Lords. 199 Letter from the Board of Trade to the Earl of Dartmouth, on the petition of the Hudson's Bay Company; containing what they desire may be stipulated for them at the ensuing Treaty of Peace. February 25, 1712. Memorial from several West India merchants and planters, relatmg to a treaty of commerce with France. January 9, 171 3. 68 (Ordered May 19; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 543, S49-SS2. A com- plete list of these papers is printed in the Journals. Only those that more directly relate to America are noted here.) 1713, June 4. Copies of minutes of all proceedings of the Board of Trade from May 9, 1712, to July 24 following, inclusive. 69 (Ordered June 2; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 557, 561.) 1713, June 15. Representation from the Board of Trade relating to the general state of the trade of this kingdom. December 23, 1697. 70 (Ordered June 10; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 571, 575.) 1713, June 17. Petition of Royal African Company and of their creditors united in pursuance of an act passed the last session of Parliament that they may be heard against the bill for establishing the trade to Africa free and open to all her Majesty's subjects of Great Britain and the plantations. 71 (This bill was brought from the House of Commons on June 9 ; committed June 25. No further proceedings recorded. Read June 17 and June 23. L. J. XIX. 577, 583. S86.) 1713, June ip. Petition of West India planters against the African Bill. 72 (Read this day and June 23. L. J. XIX. 580, 583.) 1713, June 24. List of papers relating to the trade to Africa. 73 (Printed in L. J. XIX. 584-585.) 1713, June 25, et post. Papers read in committee on the African Bill. Reasons humbly offered by merchants and traders to Guinea and West Indies against bill for settling the trade to Africa. Broadside. Broadside stating what the African Bill sets forth. Undated. Planters' reply to African Company's answer to objections against the bill for settling the trade to Africa, wherein the errors and mistakes of the company are detected and laid open. Broadside. (On the back of the paper is a note dated Westminster, June 9, 1698, stating that certain members of the African Company promised the free traders certain trading privileges herein enumerated. Signed, Benjamin Harrison, et al.) Copy of some general observations and particular remarks on report made by Board of Trade, February 3, 1708, touching contents of the Royal African Company's petition referred to them by her Majesty. Presented to their lordships, January 3, 1709. Price of several ships' cargoes of negroes sold at Jamaica, freight and all other charges thereon included. 1706, 1707, 1710, 171 1. Signed, Isaac Millner. Reasons for making duties easy upon the trade to Africa. Broadside. Reasons offered in behalf of the plantations, against bill for settling the trade to Africa. Broadside. The humble proposition of the Royal African Company of England and of their creditors united with them in pursuance of an act passed 200 House of Lords. the last session of Parliament in relation to the trade to Africa. June 26, 1713. The Company " will raise an additional stock for the effectual carrying on the trade .... so as the Company's ex- clusive right .... be made effectual and confirmed to them ac- cording to their charter ", etc. Representation of merchants trading to Africa relating to that trade. June 29, 1713. 74 171i, June §. Paper from Board of Trade relating to the tobacco trade. States that Virginia and Maryland are " in a very miserable con- dition by the low price of tobacco here occasioned by the great quantity and cheapness of European tobacco sold ", etc. Details regarding trade in Holland. Quotation from observations by Col. Spotswood on Virginia act for preventing frauds in tobacco pay- ments and for better improving the staple of tobacco. 75 (Ordered June I ; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 699, 705.) 171i, June 2p. Papers from Board of Trade concerning trade with Spain. The titles are given in L. J. XIX. 734-735. A few and unimportant references to the West Indies or the Assiento are contained in the following : Letter from Sec. Bromley, September 24, 1713, referring to Board of Trade several papers relating to a treaty of commerce with Spain, enclosing among other papers a letter to him from Mr. St. John from Utrecht, September 20, 1713, with some brief observations on article 19 of treaty of 1670, and enclosing Spanish ambassador's observations on article 19 and other articles of same treaty. Copy of Lord Lexington's memorial to the King of Spain relating to commerce, with his Majesty's answer by the Marquis de Bedmar, July 13, 1713. 76 (Ordered June 25, 1732; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 732, 734-735- ) 171i, June 30. Admiralty papers, September 1712-June 1714, concerning ships for South Sea Company, including letter from Bolingbroke to Lords of Admiralty, July 17, 1713, signifying queen's pleasure in relation to fitting out men-of-war for service of South Sea Com- pany. 77 (Address for papers, June 28; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 733, 736-737-) 1714, June 30. Book from directors of the South Sea Company entitled " An account of all proceedings in the South Sea Company, relating to the Assiento trade; together with all orders, directions, letters or informations, which the directors or any committee of directors, have received, concerning the same." 78 (Ordered June 28; delivered this day. L. J. XIX. 733, 7Z7- This paper was not found.) 1715, May 25. List of land forces now in Great Britain, the plantations, etc. (Address for same, May 23; delivered this day. L. J. XX. 54, 57- Paper not mentioned in House of Lords MS. list and not found. See P. R. O. War OMce, 24, establishments.) 1716, March 5. Petition of tobacco and wine merchants to be heard by coun- sel touching a bill " for relief of merchants, importers of tobacco House of Lords. 201 and wine, concerned in bonds given for part of the duties on the same ". 80 (Read this day. L. J. XX. 302. The bill was received from the Commons, August II, 171S, L. J. XX. 161; rejected March 12, 1716. Ibid. 306.) 1717, July I. Assiento contract, 1713. Assiento Treaty, May 15/26, 1716. 81 (Address for papers, June 19; delivered this day. L. J. XX. 503, 523.) 1718, February 18. Papers from Secretary at War concerning the Forces. 82 (Delivered this day. L. J. XX. 613. Not found.) 1718, March 10. Petition of West India merchants and others, fair-trading dealers in coffee, tea and other goods, together with the sugar- bakers of London to be heard in behalf of bill against clandestine running of uncustomed and prohibited goods; and for the more effectual preventing of frauds relating to customs and excise. 83 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XX. 645-646. The bill viras brought from Commons, March 7, L. J. XX. 641. Before House at close of session, March 20, 1717. Ibid. 661.) 1718, March 10. Petition of masters and others of the company of distillers of London in behalf of bill against clandestine running of uncus- tomed and prohibited goods, etc. Cf. no. 83. 84 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XX. 646.) 1719, March 2. Petition of plantation merchants, shipwrights and rope- makers against clauses in bill against clandestine running of un- customed goods, relating to premium on importation of pitch and tar from American plantations. 85 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXI. 85. This bill s George I. was brought from House of Commons, February l6, 1719, and received the royal assent, April 18, 1719. L. J. XXI. 70, 150.) 1719, March 5. Papers relating to bill 5 George L for giving further en- couragement for importing naval stores. (This bill was brought from Commons this day, L. J. XXI. 88; sent to Commons for concurrence in amendments, April 13. Ibid. 128.) Extract from minutes of Board of Trade, January 2, 5, 13, 20, 22, 1719, relating to subject of bill. Id. from minutes of council and assembly of Massachusetts, June 6, 1718, relative to encouragement of the iron manufacture. 86 1719, March 12. Extracts of minutes of Board of Trade relating to clause in bill against clandestine running of uncustomed goods concerning premium upon the importation of pitch and tar from America. Cf. no. 85. 87 (Ordered March 7; delivered this day. L. J. XXL 92, 98.) 1719, April y. Petition of Jeremy Dummer, agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut, against clause in Naval Stores Bill (cf. no. 86) pro- hibiting the making of iron wares in the plantations. 88 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXI. 120, 121.) 1720, Aprils. Petition of London merchants trading to West Indies relative to bill 6 George I. for preserving woollen manufactures, etc. Peti- tioners pray that since in Jamaica, Barbadoes and other American 202 House of Lords. plantations the most common clothing and great part of the house- hold furniture is of calico printed in this kingdom, the printing and selling of calicoes printed in Great Britain for exportation may be excepted in said bill. ' g9 (Read this day. L. J. XXI. 298. The hill referred to was brought from Commons on April 4. On May 3 it was agreed to adjourn for six weeks the debate on commitment of bill. No further proceedings. L. J XXI 288, 316.) 1720, April 11. Petition of mayor, aldermen et al. of Weymouth and Mel- combe Regis, Dorsetshire, together with the merchants, masters of ships, master workmen, weavers and spinners of cotton wool im- ported from British plantations against the Calico Bill. Cf. no. 89. 90 (Read this day. L. J. XXI. 302.) 1721, February 2. Representation from Board of Trade relating to prohibi- tion of calicoes, etc. The only reference to America is the recom- mendation " to prohibit the importation of all East India goods into any of the British Colonies in America, except such as shall be car- ried thither directly from Great Britain, on the same penalties .... as goods of ... . Europe are now prohibited . . . . " 91 (Address for representation, May 3, 1720; delivered this day. L. J. XXI. 316, 414-) 1721, February 25. Petition of manufacturers of and dealers in cotton wool in Manchester for the Calico Bill 7 George I., but praying that cloths manufactured in this kingdom from cotton wool grown in American plantations may be printed and worn in Great Britain. 92 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXI. 448. The bill referred to was brought from the Commons on February 21 ; royal assent, March 23, L. J. 443, 483) 1721, February 27. Petition of London merchants trading to America against the CaUco Bill 7 Ckorge I. Cj. no. 92. 93 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXI. 450.) 1721, February 28. Petition of cotton manufacturers and traders in and near London regarding CaUco Bill 7 (George L Cf. no. 92. 94 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXI. 452.) 1721, July II. List of demands remaining undetermined by commissicMiers for examining and determining debts due the army. A few Amer- ican items. (Ordered July 6; delivered this day. L. J. XXI. 559, 562.) 1721, July 13. List of all signs manual which the late commissionCTS for examining and determining debts due to the army and the former commissioners have received, expressing what services they were for, and what sums they have issued certificates for, thereupon. A few items relate to America. ^^ (Ordered July 11; delivered this day. L. J. XXI. 562, 566.) 1721 July J? List of certificates issued by the late commissioners appointed ' to take, examine, state and determine debts due the army. A few American items. (Ordered July 11; delivered this day. L. J. XXI. 562, 566.) House of Lords. 203 1722, January -?j. Copy of memorial of Henry Newman, agent for New Hampshire, to Board of Trade in relation to the bill 8 George I. for encouraging importation of naval stores from the plantations; and copy of clause in said bill ordered to be reported on January lo, 1722. 98 (This bill was brought from House of Commons this day; royal assent, February 12. L. J. XXI. 660, 683.) 1722, February 23. Report from commissioners for examining and deter- mining debts due the army. Very few American items. 99 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXI. 701.) 1727, January 21. Copies of correspondence between the courts of Great Britain and Spain relative among other matters to proceedings of Adm. Hosier's squadron in West Indies and to alleged depredations committed by either nation upon commerce of the other in the seas of America. July, 1726- January i, 1727. 100 (Address for papers, January 19; answered January 20; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 11, 14.) 1729, March 7. Bundle containing copies of instructions and letters to Vice- Adm. Hosier and the later commanders-in-chief in West Indies ; and copies of letters from the vice-admiral and commanders-in-chief since 1725, including considerable information regarding Spanish and English trade in vicinity of the West Indies. Titles listed in L. J. 101 (Address for papers, February 27; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 336, 344-346.) 1729, March 11. Copies of instructions and letters to and from admirals and commanders in Mediterranean, including some information on Spanish treasure-ships from West Indies. In same bundle as cor- respondence of March 7. Titles listed in L. J. 102 (Address for papers, February 27; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. .336, 3SI-3SS-) 1729, May p. Return of Commissioners of Customs relating to drawbacks or premiums allowed upon importation of naval stores from America. 103 (Ordered May 8; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 424, 426.) 1730, January 15. Copy of treaty with France and Spain concluded at Se- ville, November 9, 1729, with the separate articles thereunto be- longing; together with translations of the same. 104 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 451.) 1730, March 25. Copies of correspondence between Duke of Newcastle and Gov. Hunter of Jamaica relative to threatened attempt of Spanish against Jamaica, and the embargo at Jamaica; with other papers referring to defence of the island and the embargo. Titles listed in L. J. 105 (Address for papers, March 19; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 512, 523.) 1730, April 8. Report from Board of Trade relating to proposals made by merchants or formed by the board, regarding " furnishing this kingdom with naval stores from our own plantations and also the establishment of the governors and governments of the several plantations as they were when this office was first established, the 204 House of Lords. variations that have since been made therein, and who are the present governors and when appointed ". Information regarding appointment, powers and salaries of governors and in some cases of other officers, and regarding state of defence. The report is accompanied by the following papers : Copy of representation from Board of Trade to his Majesty, proposing taking off duty on timber. Extract of letter from Board of Trade to Sec. Stanhope, upon Brig. Hunter's and Lord Archibald Hamilton's letters, relating to inter- ruption of trade in West Indies, and to naval stores. Copy of representation from Board of Trade to his Majesty, relating to production of naval stores in plantations. Id. of representation from Board of Trade to the king, relating to encour- agement of importation of naval stores and mineral ores from plantations. Id. of letter from Board of Trade to Lords of Treasury, upon petition of importers and dealers in tar, etc. Id. of letter from Board of Trade to Lords of Treasury, relating to de- struction committed in his Majesty's woods in New England, and misconstruction put upon some of the acts relating to importation of naval stores. Id. of a representation from Board of Trade to the King for encouraging importation of naval stores from America. Colonial establishments. 106 (Ordered March 19; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 512, 528.) 1730, May 11. Two extracts of representations from Board of Trade relat- ing to rice, September 8, 1721, and July 24, 1724, respectively. 107 (The second does not relate to sugar and tobacco trades as stated in L. J. (Ordered May 9; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 568, 570.) 1730, May 12. Five papers relating to trade in rice from Carolina. Titles listed in L. J. 108 (Ordered May 9; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 569, 573.) 1730, May 12. Five accounts of imports and exports of rice. Titles listed in L. J. 109 (Ordered May 9; delivered this day. L. J. 569, 573.) 1731, April 22. Petitions : Of London merchants trading to New York ; Of the same trading to Virginia and Maryland ; Of the agent of New Jersey and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; Of the agent of Massachusetts and Connecticut ; Of the agent of South Carolina ; Of William Penn et al. for Pennsylvania ; all against bill 4 Greorge II. for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America. 110 (Read this day. L. J. XXIII. 682. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons on April 14; proceedings put off, April 30. L. J. XXIII. 676, 696.) 1731, April 22. Papers from Commissioners of Customs : Account of value of exports to Barbadoes, Jamaica and Leeward Islands, Christmas, 1714 — Christmas, 1726. House of Lords. 205 Id. of value of exports from England to Barbadoes, Jamaica and Leeward Islands, Christmas, 1714 — Christmas, 1726. Id. of quantity of sugar imported into England from Barbadoes, Jamaica and Leeward Islands, Christmas, 1714 — Christmas, 1726. Id. of value of exports to New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia, Maryland and Carolina, Christmas, 1714 — Christmas, 1726; distinguishing goods exported by certificate and what were the product and manufactures of England. Ill (Ordered April 15; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 676, 677, 681.) 1731, April 2y. Papers from Board of Trade : Extract of report from Cadwallader Colden, his Majesty's surveyor in New York, so far as the same relates to the navigation of the river of Canada. Id. of report made by Board of Trade to his late Majesty in 1721, so far as the same relates to trade carried on between New England and foreign sugar colonies in America. Copy of an act passed in Massachusetts in 1693, entitled, " An Act for the better Government of the Indians, in their several places and plan- tations." Id. of an act laying an imposition on all sugars, molasses, rum, cotton and ginger imported into this island, which are not the natural product, growth and manufacture of some of his Majesty's colonies; passed at Barbadoes, March 21, 1716. Id. of an order in Council, October 17, 1717, for confirming the above act passed in Barbadoes, March 21, 1716. Id. of his Majesty's 96th instruction to Henry Worsley, governor of Bar- badoes. 112 (Ordered April 15; delivered this day. L. J. XXIII. 676, 677, 689.) 1731, April 28. Petition of merchants trading to and interested in northern colonies of America against Sugar Bill. Cf. no. 110. More than one hundred signatures are attached to this petition. 113 (Read this day. L. J. XXIII. 692.) 1732, January 21. Report of Board of Trade to the king on petition of Lon- don merchants for recovery of their just debts in plantations. Cf. no. 116. 114 1732, March ly. Petition of Isham Randolph, agent for Virginia, against bill 5 George II. for more easy recovery of debts in his Majesty's plantations in America. Petition states that " provisions .... for establishing a method of proofs to be taken in England and trans- mitted to ... . America [are] greatly defective and inconsistent with all the rules and nature of evidence hitherto observed .... Bill will greatly affect the rights and properties in the landed interest of his Majesty's subjects residing in the said colony." 115 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXIV. 54. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, March 15; royal assent, April 3. L. J. XXIV. 48, 79-) 1732, March 20. Papers touching recovery of debts in America : Report of Board of Trade. January 21, 1732. No. 114. Copy of forty-fifth clause of king's instructions to governor of Jamaica directing him to recommend to the assembly the passing of a law for more easy recovery of debts. 206 House of Lords. Extracts from journal of assembly of Virginia in May, June and July, 1730, relative to bills connected with recovery of debts. 116 (Address for papers this day; delivered March 21. L. J. XXIV. 56, 58.) VJ2,2, March 21. Petitions: From agent for Pennsylvania ; From merchants for New York ; From agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut; From agent for South Carolina ; From agent for Virginia ; From agent for Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and New Jersey ; all against bill 5 George II. for better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America. 117 (Read this day. L. J. XXIV. 58, 59. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, March 16 ; proceedings put off, May 2. L. J. XXIV. 52, 107.) 1732, March 23. Account from Commissioners of Customs of importation and re-exportation of sugars from British plantations for the last fourteen years, distinguishing each year. 118 (Ordered March 21 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 58, 63.) 1732, March 2Q. Petition from Samuel Hyde, London merchant, that counsel may be heard for Maryland against Sugar Bill. Cf. no. 117. 119 (L. J. XXIV. 69.) 1732, March 29. List of acts passed in New York, New England and Vir- ginia which have been transmitted to Board of Trade for prevent- ing sale of rum to Indians, and other papers, viz.: Printed journal of assembly held at Cambridge on May 27, 1730, and thence adjourned to Boston on December 16, following. Extract of representation from Board of Trade to his Majesty, September 8, 1 72 1, relating to trade from New England to the French Islands. Extract of a memorial presented to Gov. Burnett by Cadwallader Colden, dated November 10, 1724, so far as the same relates to navigation of the river [of] Canada. 120 (The listed papers were ordered March 27 and delivered on March 29, L. J. XXIV. 67-69, and were returned, "being originals". May 8 following. Only the list remains in House of Lords' archives.) 1732, April 4. Returns of Commissioners of Customs : Accounts of exports of sugar, 1710-1720. Customs paid for sugar imported, 1720- 1730. Annual account of number of ships with their tonnage entered at the several ports of Great Britain from the sugar colonies, 1720-1730. Id. of number of ships with their tonnage that have been entered at the several ports of Great Britain from the northern colonies, 1720- 1730. 121 (Ordered March 29; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 69, 81.) 1732, April 4. Returns of Commissioners of Customs : Account of value of exports to New England, New York and Pennsyl- vania, 1714-1726, distinguishing each country, what were the goods exported by certificate, and how much thereof was the produce and manufacture of England. Id. of exports to sugar colonies, 1714-1726. House of Lords. 207 Id. of value of exports to Africa, 1714-1726. 122 (Ordered March 30; delivered this day. (?) L. J. XXIV. 74-) 1732, April 6. Papers from Board of Trade : Copy of order in Council, October 17, 1717, confirming act passed in Barbadoes in 1716, laying duties on sugar, molasses, rum, cotton and ginger (not the product of British colonies) imported. Id. of 96th article of his Majesty's instructions to governor of Barbadoes. Id. of an act passed in Barbadoes, 1715-1716, laying duties on sugar, rum, etc. [This act wras not found, though listed in House of Lords MS. index.] Cf. no. 112. 123 (Ordered April 5; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 82, 85.) 1732, April 6. Return of Commissioners of Custrans. Account of rum im- ported into England, 1720-1730. 124 (Ordered April 5; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 82, 85.) 1732, April 25. Petition of merchants, ironmongers and others of London for clause to prevent the exportation from America of any wrought or manufactured iron to be added to bill s George IL to prevent the exportation of hats from America. 125 (Read and committed this day. L. J. XXIV. 97. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, April 17; royal assent, June i. L. J. XXIV. 86, ISS.) 1733, April 5. Papers from Commissioners of Customs : Account of gross receipts, payments and net produce of duties on tobacco for seven years to (I!hristmas, 1731. Id. of the quantities of tobacco imported into and exported from England together with gross and net produce of duties, Christmas, 1716- Christmas, 1731, distinguishing each year. Return of Commissioners of Customs with account of the quantities of tobacco seized and condemned with money paid into the exchequer thereon, Christmas, 1724 — Christmas, 1731, distinguishing each year. 126 (Ordered March 20 and 21 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 218, 219, 223.) 1733, April 4. Account of money annually paid into the exchequer for import duty on tobacco from 1 717 to 1732. 127 (Address for account March 20; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 218, 225.) 1733, April 5. Petitions: Of agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut ; Of Samuel Baker et al. for New York ; both against bill 6 George II. for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America. 128 (Read this day. L. J. XXIV. 227. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, April 3 ; royal assent, May 17. L. J. XXIV. 223, 269.) 1733, April p. Petitions : Of agent for Pennsylvania ; Of agent for Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; both against Sugar Colony Bill. Cf. no. 128. 129 (Read this day. L. J. XXIV. 228.) 1733, April 12. Petition of agent for South Carolina against Sugar Colony Bill. Cf. no. 128. 130 (Read this day. L. J. XXIV. 231-) 14 208 House of Lords. 1733, April 12. Papers from Commissioners of Customs : Account of gross and net produce of duties arising from tobacco imported into Scotland from Michaelmas, 1721, to Michaelmas, 1731. Id. of quantities of tobacco imported into and exported from Scotland from Michaelmas, 1721, to Michaelmas, 1731. 131 (Ordered March 20; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 218, 231.) 1733, April 16. Papers from Board of Trade : Conference between Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts, and the chiefs of Indian tribes at Falmouth, July, 1732. Printed, 23 pages. Journal of House of Representatives of Massachusetts, November i, 1732- November 4, 1732. 132 (Ordered April 10; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 229-230, 234.) 1734, January 23. Representation of Board of Trade relating to laws made, manufactures set up and trade carried on, in his Majesty's planta- tions in America. Printed copies in British Museum, nos. 357. c. 2. (38.) and 102. k. 41 (1734) and 8223. e. 5. (15.) (1749). 133 (Address for paper, June 13, 1733; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 309, 328.) 1734, March 11. Copies of charters : Of Massachusetts, 3 William and Mary. Of Connecticut, 14 Charles II. Of Rhode Island, 15 Charles II. Grant of Maryland to Lord Baltimore, 8 Charles I. Grant of Pennsylvania to Penn, 33 Charles II. 134 (Address for charters, March 7; delivered March 11. L. J. XXIV. 368, 372.) 1734, April 2. Account of what ships or vessels of the Royal Navy have been sent from Great Britain to his Majesty's several plantations in West Indies, for their defence since 1720, with times when sent, and when they returned. Includes ships to South Carolina, New York, New England, Virginia and Maryland, as well as to West Indies. 135 (Address for account, March 26 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 393, 40S-) 1734, April 5. Report from Lords Committees appointed to consider repre- sentation of Board of Trade (no. 133). 136 (L. J. XXIV. 411-412. In extenso. Not found.) 1735, February 13. Representation from Board of Trade relating to state of British islands in America, with regard to their trade, strength and fortifications ; and to what may be further necessary for en- couragement of their trade and security of those islands ; as like- wise to encouragements of the British continental colonies to culti- vate naval stores of all kinds and such other products as do not interfere with the trade or produce of Great Britain. In MS. and also printed. There are printed copies of same in British Museum, nos. 8223. e. 5. (4-) and 102 k. 42. 137 (Addresses for representation, April I and S; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 404, 412, 458.) 1735, February 13. Annexes to representation of Board of Trade. Cf. no. 137. House of Lords. 209 Copy of representation of the general assembly of Barbadoes to Board of Trade, August 27, 1731, complaining of trade between foreign sugar colonies and British northern colonies and proposing restric- tion of such trade. Id. of representation from the lieutenant-governor, council and assembly of Antigua to Board of Trade complaining of trade between New England and French and Dutch plantations. Undated. Id. of representation of the president, council and assembly of St. Chris- topher to Board of Trade, September 24, 1731, relating to trade from some of his Majesty's northern plantations to the French islands, in prejudice to our sugar colonies. Observations on and reasons in answer to the representations from Bar- badoes, Antigua and St. Christopher relating to trade between northern colonies and French and Dutch settlements. For and on behalf of several of the northern colonies. Undated. Copy of reasons offered to Board of Trade on behalf of Pennsylvania, against the representation and request of some of the sugar islands. Undated. Id. of representation to his Majesty from the president, council and assembly of New York against request of sugar colonies, dated September 15, 1731. " The Case of the British Northern Colonies." Undated. Broadside. Case of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, the colonies of Rhode Island with Providence Plantations, Connecticut and New Jersey, with respect to bill now depending in the House of Commons, entitled, " A Bill for the better securing and encouraging the Trade of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America." Broadside. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Gooch of Virginia to Board of Trade, September 8, 1731, against Sugar Bill. Extract of report from the council of Virginia to Board of Trade in answer to petitions from sugar islands, n. d. Copy of reply in behalf of Leeward Islands and Jamaica to paper entitled " some short observations on and reasons in answer to the three representations from the Assembly of Barbadoes and the Island of Antigua and St. Christopher complaining of the trade between the Northern Colonies and the French and Dutch Plantations, for and on behalf of several of the Northern Colonies." Reply on behalf of Island of Barbadoes to observations on their petition and to address from the northern colonies, n. d. Copy of address and representation of council of Jamaica, November 27, 173 1, complaining of the unhappy situation of [their] affairs. Id. of address and representation of assembly of Jamaica, undated, com- plaining of the declining condition of the island. Undated. " The Case of the British Sugar Colonies." n. d. Broadside. 138 1735, May Jj. Copies of commissions, instructions, letters and other papers relating to depredation of Spaniards in Europe or the Indies. Bundle containing one hundred and twenty documents, including papers relating to South Sea Company, duties on negroes, ships taken in America, Spanish claim of fishing on coast of Newfound- land, cutting of logwood, etc. Titles listed in L. J. 139 (Address for papers, March 28; delivered this day. L. J. XXIV. 505, 552- SS3) 210 House of Lords. 1736, May 3. Petition of the several agents for Barbadoes, Jamaica, Anti- gua, St. Christopher and Nevis and of merchants, planters and others trading to and interested in the British sugar colonies in America against bill 9 George II. for laying a duty on retailers of spirituous liquors. Arguments presented at length. 140 (Read this day. L. J. XXIV. 657. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons April 21 ; royal assent, May 5. L. J. XXIV. 653, 660.) VIZ%, April 25. Fifty-five papers relating to depredations of the Spaniards on English shipping and including accounts of captures of various ships ; several affidavits and depositions concerning losses, etc. ; let- ters from Mr. Keene, Duke of Newcastle, Mons. de la Quadra, Consul Cayley, Luke Jefferson, Francis Musgrove, James Peutron and the governor of Porto Rico; two petitions from merchants; and three memorials relating to depredations in America. Titles listed in L. J. 141 (Addresses for papers, April 17 and 24; delivered this day. L. J. XXV. 216, 22s, 227-2^.) 1739, February 8. Copy of convention between Great Britain and Spain, concluded at the Pardo, January 14, 1739; also of two separate articles and the ratifications of the conventions and articles; with translations. 142 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXV. 287.) 1739, February ip. Extracts and copies of letters, with translations of the same, relating to the signing of the convention of Pardo; also copy of papers signed by Mr. Stert, stating sums total of his Ma- jesty's subjects' demands upon the crown of Spain, including de- mands on account of vessels taken in America since June 22, 1728. Titles listed in L. J. 1*^ (Delivered this day. L. J. XXV. 293) 1739, February 22. Copy of a letter from Board of Trade to Lord Carteret, with a representation to his late Majesty upon the Spanish ambas- sador's complaint relating to a fort lately built by the governor of South Carolina, dated December 20, 1722. Id of a letter from Board of Trade to Duke of Newcastle, with a rep- resentation and state of British possessions in America, disputed by the King of Spain, dated June 20, 1728. Id of representation to his Majesty from the governor, council and assembly of South Carolina, relating to state of that province. April Id of ?epr?stntation of William Bull, president and commander-in-chief of South Carolina, to Board of Trade, May 25, 1738, setting forth his Majesty's title to that province. 1*4 (Ordered this day; delivered March I. L. J. XXV. 298, 3C^. Two other papers ordered at same time were apparently not dehvered.) 1739, February 23. Petition of merchants, planters and others trading to and interested in the British plantations in America to be heard against Spanish depredations. One hundred and eighty-eight signatures^^ (Read this day. L. J. XXV. 300.) House of Lords. 211 1739, February 23. Petition of common council of the city of London against Spanish depredations. 1^ (Read this day. L. J. XXV. 300.) 1739, February 23. Papers relating to South Sea Company : Copy of address of court of directors of the South Sea Company to the king. June 30, 1737. Id. of letter from Duke of Newcastle to sub-governor and deputy gov- ernor of the South Sea Company. July 29, 1737. Id. of address of court of directors of the South Sea Company to the king. December 21, 1737. The above relate to a plan for accom- modating the matters concerning the Assiento in dispute between the court of Spain and the company. 147 (Addresses for papers, February 19 and 20 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXV. 29s. 296, 299) 1739, February 26. Petition of trustees for establishing the colony of Geor- gia in America, for protection on behalf of the colony. 148 (Read this day. L. J. XXV. 304-) 1739, February 26. Copies of papers relating to Spanish depredations and to Georgia, 1736-1738. Titles listed in L. J. 149 (Delivered this day. XXV. 303, 304.) 1739, February 2y. Admiralty papers. Extracts and copies, numbered 1-143, of which titles are given in schedule included in bundle and en- titled as follows : " Schedule of all representations, memorials or petitions; also copies or extracts of any letters from any of the British (governors in America, His Majesty's Minister in Spain, and Consuls in Europe; as also copies or extracts of any letters from any Commander-in-Chief, or Captains of His Majesty's ships of war ; to the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, relating to any losses sustained by His Majesty's subjects, since the Treaty of Seville, by depredations committed by the Spaniards in Europe or America." 150 (Address for papers, February 23 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXV. 3n7 J and 5. Petitions (12) against bill 23 George II. to encourage importation of pig and bar iron from colonies in America and to prevent erection of rolling mills in said colonies. 183 (Six petitions read April 3 ; three read and committed April 5. L T XXVII 447-448 451-452. The bill referred to was brought from House of Com- ^ mons, March 30; royal assent, April 12. L. J. XXVII. 442, 460.) 1750, ^^n7^ Copies of the several reports made to the Commissioners of the Navy by the officers of his Majesty's yards of the trials of iron imported from the plantations. 184 (Ordered April 2; delivered this day. L. J. XXVII. 446, 447.) 1750, April 5. Papers from Custom House : Account of quantity of iron imported from British colonies in America, Christmas, 1710 — Christmas, 1749, distinguishing each year and quantity imported from each colony, and distinguishing how much in pigs and how much in bars. Id. of quantity of bar iron exported to British plantations, Christmas, 1746 — Christmas, 1749, distinguishing each year. 185 (Ordered April 2; delivered this day. L. J. XXVII. 445, 451.) 1150, April 5. Account from Excise Office of the produce of all duties pay- able on leather, 1732- 1738, inclusive. This relates to bill 23 George II. {Cf. no. 183.) It was thought that destruction of iron works would lead to destruction of coppices, thus depriving leather works of bark and ruining leather trade. 186 (Ordered April 2; delivered this day. L. J. XXVII. 445, 451.) 1751, Jamtary 31. Copy of treaty between Great Britain and Spain, con- cluded at Madrid, October 5, N. S., 1750; and translation. 187 (Presented this day. L. J. XXVII. 484.) 1751, February 8. Admiralty papers, relating to state of African forts and settlements of Royal African Company. Thirteen papers scheduled, of which nos. 4 to 12 are wanting. Copy of letter from Capt. Pye to Secretary of the Admiralty, March 18, 1749, communicating his own observations on the coast in general. Id. of letter from chiefs of the blacks at Cape Coast to Capt. Pye, Feb- ruary 10, 1749, begging that Richard Stockwell may be restored to the government of Cape Coast Castle. Id. of letter from Mr. Stockwell and company to Capt. Pye, dated at Cape Coast Castle, January 18, 1749. Account of state of Cape Coast Castle, belonging to Royal African Com- pany, together with the castle, slaves, military stores, canoes and other vessels thereto belonging, according to a survey made by order of Thomas Pye, commander of H. M. S. Humber, February 4, 1749. Prepared pursuant to act 23 George II. for extending and improving the trade to Africa. 188 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXVII. 488. The act referred to was brought from House of Commons, March 19, 1750; royal assent, April 12. L. J. XXVII. 427, 460.) House of Lords. 219 1752, January jj. Further report of commissioners for examining into claims of creditors of the Royal African Company of England, made in pursuance of an act of Parliament pased the last session. (Cf. no. 188.) 189 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXVII. 622.) 1763, February is. Itemized accounts of money received and expended by the committee of the company of merchants trading to Africa, for support and improvements of forts and settlements upon said coast, (Delivered this day. L. J. XXVIII. 19.) 1763, March I2. Papers from Secretary of State and Board of Trade. Two large bundles of correspondence relating to settlement of Nova Scotia, 1 749- 1 752. One hundred and forty-three, with enclosures; titles listed in L. J. 191 (Address for papers, February 13; delivered this day. L. J. XXVIII. 21, 43-47-) 1753, March 75. Petition of Daniel Quare and Benjamin Brain Quare, his eldest son, praying leave to bring in a bill to enable them to sell their propriety and shares of the provinces of East New Jersey in America for payment of debts. Judges' report. Amendments to bill. 192 (Petition read and referred to Judges this day. L. J. XXVIII. 48-49. This bill 26 George II. was first read April 2; royal assent, June 7. L. J. XXVIII. 71, ISS) 1766, January 27. Account of proceedings of commissioners appointed by " an Act for the application of a sum of money therein mentioned, granted to His Majesty for making compensation and satisfaction to the Royal African Company of England for their charter, lands, forts, castles, slaves, military stores and all other their effects whatsoever, and to vest the lands, forts, castles, slaves, and military stores, and all other their effects, in the company of merchants trading to Africa and for other purposes in the Act mentioned." 193 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXVIII. 317. This act 25 George 11. was brought from House of Commons, March 13, 1752; royal assent, March 26. L. J. XXVII. 68s, 704.) 1766, February 20. Papers (210 besides enclosures and translations) from Secretary of State relating to encroachments committed by the French in N. America, all (except some enclosures) dating from 1749 to 1755, as follows: Extracts of or copies of 144 letters between the Duke of Bedford, Duke of Newcastle, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Holdernesse and Sir Thomas Robinson, with the following enclosures : Copies of letters, memorials, depositions, instructions or extracts, with translations from the French, from the above or from (jov. Shirley, Lieut. -Col. Mascarene, M. de Puyzieulx, Gov. Comwallis, the French Court, M. de la Jonquiere, M.Rouille, officers of the Albany, the Endeavour and the St. Frangois, M. Desherbiers, John Bruce, Abbe Le Loutre, Gov. Glen, Count de Raymond, Col. Johnson, Lieut. Lindesay, commissary of Oswego, Mr. Stoddert, a trader of Os- wego, Gov. Clinton, M. Duquesne. 220 House of Lords. Journal of proceedings of detachment under command of Maj. Charles Lawrence after entering the basin of Chignecto. Memorials concerning some French vessels taken by English ships on coast of New France. Memorial of French ambassador on the fishery of Acadia. 1685. Decree in Nova Scotia court of vice-admiralty against the French brigantine St. Frangois. Invoice of ammunition, etc., taken out of the king's storehouses at Quebec and loaded on board the London to be delivered to Abbe Le Loutre as presents to the savages. Instructions to the master of the London. Extracts from the register of Indian affairs in Albany. August 16, 1694. Representations against proceedings of French in West Indies. March 7. 1752. Declaration of John Patten and Thomas Bourke, taken prisoners by the French and sent from Canada to France. A map. Remarks on fort built by the French at Crown Point. Extract of minute taken between Due de Mirepoix and Duke of New- castle. December 20, 1752. Also, extracts of letters between Col. Yorke, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Holdernesse, 1749-1751, of which one encloses a copy with trans- lation of a memorial of M. Durand relating to Nova Scotia, June 17, 1749, and of a memorial in answer thereto. Extracts and copies of letters between the commissaries, Shirley and Mildmay, and the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Holdernesse (en- closing letters from and to Board of Trade and drafts of memo- rials), the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Amyand and Mr. Aldworth. Extracts of letters from Messrs. Mildmay and DeCosne to Duke of New- castle, Sir Thomas Robinson and the Earl of Holdernesse. Id. from Mr. DeCosne to Mr. Amyand (enclosing copy of declaration of James Devoy and others from Philadelphia, taken at Paris) and between Mr. DeCosne and Sir Thomas Robinson. Also, extract of minute. March 27, 1752. The Memorials of the English and French Commissaries, concerning the Limits of Nova Scotia, or Acadia. Memorials and answers thereto exchanged by the Due de Mirepoix and Sir Thomas Robinson, 1755. Copies of projects of preliminary convention, delivered to and by the Due de Mirepoix, 1755. Id of extracts of letters from M. RouiUe to the Due de Mirepoix, 1755. Id. of notes of a memorial and the answer thereto, by and to the Due de Mirepoix, 1753, I755- „- Titles listed in full in L. J. •i"* (Address for papers, December s, 17SS ; delivered this day. L. J. XXVIII. 440, 4^0-457-) 1756, February 24. Papers (149) from Board of Trade, relating to encroach- ments committed by the French in N. America, I749-I75S- All are copies or extracts. Forty-five letters from Board of Trade to Secretaries of State, enclosing: Letters from Paul Mascarene, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, to Board of Trade, April 28, June 2, 1749- House of Lords. 221 Letter from M. de la GalHssoniere, governor of Canada, to Paul Mas- carene, January 15, 1749. Letter from Paul Mascarene to M. de la GalHssoniere, April 25, 1749. Letters from Gov. William Shirley to Board of Trade, May 10, July 4, 1749; October 22, 1753; January, February 20, May 23, 1754. Letter from Gov. Shirley to M. de la GalHssoniere, May 9, 1749. Articles of submission and agreement entered into at Boston, 1725, by sachems of the several tribes of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New England. Extract of letter from Gov. Shirley to Edward Cornwallis, governor of Nova Scotia, July 3, 1749. Letters and extracts of letters from Gov. George Clinton to Board of Trade, July 7, October 17, 1749; October 4, December 19, 1750; January 17, July 17 and August 30, 1751. Extract of letter from Capt. Marshall to Gov. Clinton, June 23, 1749. Letter and extracts of letters from Gov. Edward Cornwallis to Board of Trade, July 24, September ri, October 17 and December 7, 1749; March 19, April 30, August 19, September 22 and November 27, 1750; June 24, November 3, 1751. Letter from Gov. Cornwallis to Capt. Rous of his Majesty's sloop Albany, without date, enclosing copy of ordinance to be delivered by him to the officer commanding a detachment of French soldiers at St. John's River, dated July 9, 1749. Id. from Gov. Cornwallis to M. Desherbiers, governor of Louisburg, without date. Id. from M. Desherbiers to Gov. Cornwallis, October 15, 1749. Id. from M. de la Jonquiere to Gov. Cornwallis, October 25, 1749. Id. from Gov. Cornwallis to M. de la Jonquiere, November i, 1749. Id. from James Hamilton, lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania, to Gov. Clinton, enclosing a declaration made by M. Celoron ; and a letter to him from said officer, without date. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton to Gov. Clinton, September 20, 1750. Speech made by the French officer commanding detachment of French troops on the Ohio, to Indians of said river. Letter from M. Lery, chief engineer at French fort at Niagara, to M. de la Jonquiere, July 5, 1749. Proclamation published at Piziquid, Nova Scotia, December, 1749, by three Indian chiefs. Extracts of letters from Col. Lee, president of the council in Virginia, to Board of Trade, May 11, November 6, 1750. Extracts of several French letters taken on board a French vessel in Bay of Fundy. Letter from Lieut. Butler to Col. Johnson, Oswego, September 3, 1750. Message from the Twightwees, delivered May 29, 1750, to the lieu- tenant-governor of Pennsylvania but addressed to all his Majesty's governors. Decree of court of admiralty of Nova Scotia against the brigantine St. Frangois, seized by Capt. Rous in his Majesty's sloop the Albany, dated November i, 1750. Letters from Col. William Johnson to Gov. Clinton, September 25, 1750, July 27, 1751. 222 House of Lords. Inscription on leaden plate lately got from the French containing a pre- tended claim of theirs to lands on both sides the Ohio, 1749. Speech of a Cayuga sachem to Col. William Johnson and said colonel's answer, dated December 5, 1750. Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton to Board of Trade, Feb- ruary 8, 1 75 1. Letter from M. Celoron, at Fort Detroit, to Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton, August 6, 1749. Id. from Phineas Stevens to Spencer Phips, lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, April 4, 1751. Letters from Lieut. Lindesay, commissary of Oswego, and Mr. Stod- dert, a trader there, to Col. Johnson, July, 1751. Letter from Gov. Clinton to M. de la Jonquiere, June 12, 1751. Id. from M. de la Jonquiere to Gov. Clinton, August 10, 1751. Notes by Gov. Clinton on letter of M. de la Jonquiere to Gov. Clinton dated August 10, 1751. Extracts of letters from Lieut.-Gov. Robert Dinwiddie to Board of Trade, December 10, 1752 ; June 16, 1753 ; January 29 and May 10, 1754- Journal of William Trent, sent with his Majesty's present to the Twight- wees, June 21, 1752. Letter from the Twightwees to Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie, June 24, 1752. Id. from the Indians to Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie, without date. Account of number and strength of French forts and of the state of New France, by a deserter from the French, without date. Letter and extracts of letters from Peregrine Thomas Hopson, governor of Nova Scotia, to Board of Trade, May 29, October i and October 18, 1753. Letter from Capt. William Trent to Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton, April 10, ^753- ^ ^,. ^ ., Id. from Col. Johnson to Gov. Chnton, April 20, 1753. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton to Gov. Clinton, May 10, 1753. Id. from Capt. Benjamin Stoddard to Col. Johnson, May 15, 1753. Id. from Capt. Holland, at Oswego, to Gov. Clinton, May 15, 1753. Representations from Board of Trade to his Majesty, August 16, De- cember 7, 1753. r. T . . Letter from Father Germain, Jesuit priest of river St. Johns, to an inhabitant of the district of Annapolis River, without date. Extract of letter from Capt. Handfield to Paul Mascarene, dated Fort at Annapohs Roval, September 2, 1753. Extracts of letters from Lieut.-Gov. De Lancey to Board of Trade, Nov- ember 29, 1753 ; October 8, 21 and December 15, 1754. Resolution of assembly of New York, November 13, 1753. Extract of letter and copy of extract from Lieut. Holland to Lieut.- Gov. De Lancey, Oswego, November 8, 1753. Extracts of letters from Charies Lawrence, commander-in-chief of Nova Scotia, to Board of Trade, January 15, August i, 1754, and Janu- Commission given by Lieut-Gov. Dinwiddie to George Washington, dated October 30, 1753. . .,,. ^ ,,.r u- _^ Instructions given by Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie to George Washington, House of Lords. 223 Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie to the commander-in-chief of the French forces on the Ohio, October 31, 1753. Id. from M. de St. Pierre to Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie, October 15, 1753. Journal of Maj. George Washington's transactions with the French on the Ohio in 1753. Extract of letter from Mr. Smith to Gov. Shirley, Cape Cod, December 24, 1753- Address of Massachusetts assembly to Gov. Shirley. Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. De Lancey, May 21, 1754. Letter from George Washington to Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton, without date. Two copies of summons from M. Contrecoeur to the commander of British troops at mouth of the Monongahela, dated April 16, 1754. Letter from George Washington to Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie, April 25, 1754- Deposition of Ensign Ward made before Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddie in council, dated May 7, 1754. Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Delancey to Marquis Duquesne, October 16, 1754- Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Lawrence to Gov. Shirley, without date. Titles listed in L. J. 195 (Address for papers, December S, 1755 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXVIII. 440, 490-495) 1756, March i. Petition of William Bollan, agent for Massachusetts, to be heard against bill 29 George IL to enable his Majesty to grant commissions to certain foreign Protestants who have served abroad as officers or engineers to act and rank as officers or engineers in America only, under certain restrictions and qualifications. 196 (Read and rejected this day. L. J. XXVIII. 504. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, February 27; royal assent, March 9. L. J. XXVIII. SOI, 517.) 1762, January 2p. Diplomatic correspondence (59 papers, including enclos- ures and translations) touching rupture with Spain. Titles listed in L. J. Includes papers on disputes relating to America: Restitution of prizes. Liberty to Spain of the Newfoundland fishery. Destruction of English establishments in Bay of Honduras (logwood question) . Account of arrival of Spanish flota from West Indies at Cadiz. 197 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXX. 149-ISO.) 1762, April 21. Commons' reasons for disagreeing with Lords' amendments to bill 2 George III. " for naturalizing such foreign Protestants as have served, or shall serve, for the time therein mentioned, as offi- cers or soldiers in His Majesty's royal American regiment or as engineers in America ". 198 (L. J. XXX. 236-237. In extenso. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, April i ; royal assent, June 2. L. J. XXX. 217, ^i.) 11%2, April 23. Bill 2 George III. entitled, "An Act for the more speedy and effectual trial and punishment in His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America of persons guilty of murder, within the limits of the Admiral's jurisdiction." I99 (Presented this day; committee put off. May 5. L. J. XXX. 240, 257.) IS 224 House of Lords. 1762, November 29. Papers (6) relating to Treaty of Paris : Copy of preliminary articles of peace, signed at Fontainebleau, November 3, 1762, by plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France and Spain; and translation. Id. of a declaration, signed at Fountainebleau, November 3, 1762, by the French plenipotentiary, relating to 13th article of preliminaries; and translation. Id. of preliminary articles of peace, signed at Fontainebleau, November 3, 1762, by plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Spain and France; and translation. 200 (Presented this day. L. J. XXX. 298-299.) 1763, March 18. Papers relating to Treaty of Paris. Two copies of defini- tive treaty, and three separate articles, signed at Paris, February 10, 1763, between France and Spain, with full powers of the re- spective ministers ; and translations. 201 (Presented this day. L. J. XXX. 361.) 17G3, March 25. Papers from War Office: Estimate of the charge of his Majesty's forces in the plantations for 121 days, December 25, 1762-April 24, 1763. Id. of the charge of his Majesty's forces serving in the plantations for 244 days, April 25, 1763-December 24, following. Id. of the charge .... of four regiments of foot serving in N. America, on the Irish establishment, for 121 days, December 25, 1762-April 24, 1763. 202 (Address for papers, March 18; delivered this day. L. J. XXX. 361, 375.) 1764, March 13. Admiralty Office papers, relating to forts, castles, etc., of the African Company, prepared in pursuance of act 23 (jeorge II. {cf. no. 188), comprising copies of reports by six captains. Thirty papers. Titles listed in L. J. 203 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXX. 498-499.) 1765, January 15. Accounts and papers from Secretary of State relating to maintenance of English and French prisoners of war. Six papers, including translations, showing expenses incurred in maintaining French prisoners in West Indies and Canada, as well as in England. Titles listed in L. J. 204 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 9.) 1765, February 8. Admiralty Office papers relating to state of forts and settlements of merchants trading to Africa. Cf. no. 188. Reports by two captains. Four papers. Titles listed in L. J. 205 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 31.) 1765, February 22. Letter transmitting account of com and meal exported, 1754-1764, distinguishing each year, with names of ports whence and countries whereto exported. Cf. no. 239. 206 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 47-) 1765, March 6. Resolutions regarding bringing from America any Indians who are under his Majesty's protection, without proper authority, and making a public show of Indians. 207 (L. J. XXXI. 64. In extenso.) House of Lords. 225 1765, March ii. Bill 5 George III. entitled, " An Act to prevent any free Indian under His Majesty's protection from being carried by sea from any of His Majesty's colonies in America without a license for that purpose." 208 (Read first time, March 11; sent to House of Commons, March 28. L. J. XXXI. 70, 106.) n%Q, January 14. Large bundle of papers (190, with enclosures) from Sec- retary of State, relating to measures for executing Stamp Act 5 George III., and disturbances resulting from its attempted enforce- ment. Mr. Brettell, secretary to Commissioners of Stamps, to Mr. Jenkinson, secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. Jenkinson's answer to Mr. Brettell, of April 3, 1765, with list of stamp officers appointed by the Treasury. March 30, 1765. Mr. Whately, secretary of the Treasury, to Commissioners of Stamps, to send a plan for carrying the act into execution. April 20, 1765. Mr. Brettell to Mr. Whately. Contains list of distributors of stamps appointed by Treasury warrant, dated May i, 1765. April 25, 1765- Representation from Commissioners of Stamps, with a plan. April 27, 1765. Mr. Brettell to Mr. Whately. July 3. Treasury minute. July 5. Mr. Whately to Commissioners of Stamps, approving their plan. July 6. Mr. Whately to Morgan Vane, comptroller of stamps, approving his appointing two additional clerks on account of American stamps. July 9. Mr. Whately to Commissioners of Stamps, about vacancies of distributors of stamps abroad. July 9. Treasury minutes. " A proposition for obviating the inconveniences of bringing into this kingdom the money to be raised by the Stamp Duties." July 9. Mr. Whately to Commissioners of Stamps, about distributors paying their money to deputy paymasters abroad. July 10. Mr. Lowndes to Commissioners of Stamps ; enclosing copy of circular letter to the governors abroad, about the Stamp Act. September 14. Representation from Commissioners of Stamps, for £6000. September 10, 1765. Treasury minute. September 13. Mr. Lowndes to Commissioners of Stamps, for particulars of expense already incurred. September 16. Treasury minute. September 17. Mr. Lowndes to Commissioners of Stamps, to recommend a distributor for the Bahamas. September 19. Treasury minute. October 7. Mr. Cowper to clerk of the Council in waiting; transmitting two letters from Mr. Oliver, with enclosures. October 8. Mr. Cowper to Gov. Bernard, about the riot at Boston. October 8. Mr. Cowper to Gov. Shirley, about distributing stamps at the Bahamas. October 10. Mr. Brettell to Mr. Lowndes, about stamps abroad. October 11. 226 House of Lords. Treasury minute. October ii.. Treasury minute. October 14. Mr. Cowper to Sir Henry Moore, about distribution of stamps at New York, on Mr. M'Evers's resignation. October 16. Mr. M'Evers's letter to Mr. Trecothick. August 26. Mr. Cowper to Mr. Brettell, about a distributor at the Bahamas. October 17- Mr. Cowper to Gov. Franklin, about the distributor at New Jersey. Nov- ember 5. Mr. Brettell's letter to Mr. Lowndes, enclosing Mr. Cox's resignation as distributor at New Jersey. November 14. Extract of Mr. Lowndes's letter to Mr. Brettell, about Mr. Cox's resigna- tion. November 15. Treasury minute. November 25. Treasury minute. December 23, 1765. Mr. Lowndes's letter to clerk of the Council in waiting, transmitting Mr. Fremantle's letter, with two extracts of letters from the collector and comptroller of New York. December 24. Extract of Mr. Brettell's letter, transmitting letters from Mr. Coxe, August 24, 1765, Messrs. Saxby and Lloyd, October 31, 1765, and Mr. William Whitehead, November 10, 1765. January 4, 1766. Collector of customs at Rhode Island, to Commissioners of Customs. August 28, 1765. Mr. Johnson, distributor of stamps, to Commissioners of Stamps. August Collector of customs at Rhode Island, to Commissioners of Customs. September 5. Intelligence from the colonies, about the Stamp Act. September 6. Mr. Brettell to Mr. Lloyd, distributor of stamps for South Carolina. Sep- tember 6. Comptroller at Boston to Commissioners of Customs. September 7. Mr. Temple, surveyor general of the northern district of America, to Commissioners of Customs. September 9. Mr. George Meserve to Commissioners of Stamps. September 30. Mr. John Hughes to Commissioners of Stamps, October 12, with eight enclosures : John Hughes to John Penn, lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania. Sep- tember 17, 1765. W. Dowell to John Hughes, n. d. John Hughes to Mr. Dickinson. October 2, 1765. John Hughes to John Penn. October 3, 1765. Paper to John Hughes, " A great Number of the Citizens of Philadel- phia assembled at the State House to demand of Mr. John Hughes, distributor of stamps for Pennsylvania, that he will give them assurance .... that he will not execute that office." .... Octo- ber 5, 1765. Answer from John Hughes. October 5, 1765. Another answer from John Hughes that he will not "put the Stamp Act into execution in Pennsylvaftia until the said act shall be put into execution generally in the neighboring colonies ". October 5, 1765- John Hughes to John Penn. October 8, 1765. House of Lords. 227 David Colden to Commissioners of Stamps. October 26. Mr. John Hughes to Commissioners of Stamps, with two enclosures: Letter to John Hughes from customs officers, November 4, 1765, and answer of John Hughes to same, November 5, 1765. Novem- ber 2. Zachary Hood to Commissioners of Stamps. November 10. Account of ships in which stamps were sent to America. Copy of representation from Board of Trade, relative to proceedings of assemblies of Massachusetts and New York, with respect to acts and resolutions of the legislature of Great Britain. December 11, 1764. Id. of his Majesty's order in Council, referring the aforegoing represen- tation and papers thereto annexed to Committee of Council. De- cember 12, 1764. Id. of report of Committee of Council, upon the aforegoing representation and papers, proposing that the same may be laid before Parliament. December 14, 1764. Id. of his Majesty's order in Council, approving said report, and directing the Earl of Halifax to receive his Majesty's pleasure as to time and manner of laying the said papers before Parliament. December 19, 1764. Id. of representation from Board of Trade, transmitting: Extract from printed votes of assembly of New York; containing an extraordi- nary order, or resolution, relating to impending dangers which threaten the northern colonies, of being taxed by laws to be passed in Great Britain. January 17, 1765. Id. of his Majesty's order in Council, directing the Earl of Halifax to lay the preceding representation and extract before Parliament at same time with the other papers directed to be laid before Parlia- ment by his Majesty's aforementioned order in Council, Decem- ber 19, 1764. February i, 1765. Extract of representation of Board of Trade, with papers thereto annexed, so far as relates to resolutions of House of Burgesses of Virginia, with respect to late act of Parliament for levying duty upon stamps in America. August 27, 1765. Copy of his Majesty's order in Council, referring aforegoing represen- tation and papers to Committee of Council. September 6, 1765. Id. of representation of Board of Trade, touching proceedings and reso- lutions of House of Representatives of Massachusetts, with respect to act for levying duty upon stamps in America, and to other acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. October i, 1765. Id. of his Majesty's order in Council, referring aforegoing representation to Committee of Council. October 2, 1765. Id. of report of Committee of Council upon the two aforegoing represen- tations and papers thereto annexed, proposing that the same may be laid before Parliament. October 3, 1765. Id. of his Majesty's order in Council, approving the above report, and directing Sec. Conway to receive his Majesty's pleasure with re- spect to time and manner of laying said papers before Parliament. October 18, 1765. 228 House of Lords. Id. of representation of Board of Trade, with several papers transmitted by the governor of Massachusetts, relative to outrageous behavior of the people in Boston, in opposition to act for levying duty upon stamps in America. October ii, 1765. Id. of another representation of Board of Trade, with several papers thereto annexed, transmitted by the governor of Massachusetts, relative to the aforementioned riots. October 17, 1765. Id. of letter from Secretary of the Treasury to clerk of the Council in waiting, transmitting several papers from the person appointed distributor of stamps in Massachusetts, relative to the said riots. October 8, 1765. Copies of two of his Majesty's orders in Council, referring the two afore- mentioned representations and letter, together with papers thereto annexed, to Committee of Council. October 18, 1765. Copy of report of Committee of Council upon the two aforementioned representations and letters. October 22, 1765. Id. of his Majesty's order in Council, directing Sec. Conway to signify his Majesty's pleasure to the several governors in N. America, to cause a stop to be put to the said riots. October 23, 1765. Id. directing Lords of the Admiralty to give necessary orders to com- manders of his Majesty's sea forces in America, for their concur- rence and assistance in suppressing riots, when called upon by the governors for that purpose. October 23, 1765. Id. directing Secretary at War to give necessary orders to commanders of his Majesty's land forces in America, for their concurrence and assistance in suppressing riots, when called upon by the governors for that purpose. October 23, 1765. Copy of representation of Board of Trade, with several letters and other papers from the governor of Massachusetts, giving an account of some further unconstitutional resolutions and proceedings of the council and assembly of that province. Includes copy of minutes of town-meeting of Cambridge, October 14, 1765, and of minutes of council, October 29-31, November 4, 1765, also a printed paper (108 pages) entitled Copies and Extracts of several Newspapers printed in New England, in the months of September, October, and November, 1765, and referred to in the letters transmitted from Francis Bernard, Esq., Governor of the Massachusetts Bay, to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. December 17, 1765- Copies of extracts of two letters from the collector and comptroller of New York, to Commissioners of Customs, relating to their inability to discharge their duty conformable to the Stamp Act, on account of the riotous proceedings there in opposition to said act. November 4, and 6, 1765. Copy of Gov. Bernard's letter to Earl of Halifax, Boston, November 10, 1764; enclosing: Petition of Council and House of Representatives of Massachusetts, to House of Commons. Gov. Bernard's speech to the Assembly. Address of Council and House of Representatives to Gov. Bernard. Copy of Gov. Hopkins's letter to Earl of Halifax. Rhode Island, Novem- ber 12, 1764. House of Lords. 229 Id. of Gov. Fitch's letter to Earl of Halifax. Norwalk, Connecticut, Nov- ember 13, 1764. Id. of Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier's letter to Earl of Halifax. Williamsburg, Virginia. June 14, 1765. Id. of Gov. Bernard's letter to Earl of Halifax, Castle William, August 15-16, 1765; enclosing Gov. Bernard's proclamation. Id. of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Halifax, Castle William, August 22, 1765; enclosing: Copy of minutes of council held at Boston. Id. of letter from Mr. Robinson, collector of customs at Rhode Island, to Earl of Halifax, Rhode Island, August 28, 1765 ; enclosing printed copy of The Providence Gazette Extraordinary. Id. of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Halifax, Boston, August 30, 1765. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Halifax, Castle William, August 31, 1765 ; enclosing copy of minutes of council and copy of Gov. Ber- nard's proclamation. Id. from Deputy Governor Sharpe to Earl of Halifax, Annapolis, Mary- land, September 5, 1765. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Halifax, Castle William, September 7, 1765- Extract of letter from Ma j .-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway, New York, Sep- tember 23, 1765 ; enclosing resolutions of council and statement of general distribution of his Majesty's forces in N. America. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Sec. Conway, New York, Sep- tember 23, 1765 ; enclosing copy of letter from Mr. James M'Evers, appointed distributor of stamps in New York, to Lieut.-Gov. Col- den ; and minutes of Council. Id. from Gov. Franklin to Sec. Conway, Burlington, New Jersey, Sep- tember 23, 1765 ; enclosing copy of letter from Gov. Franklin to Gen. Gage and of Gen. Gage's answer, and copies of three letters : from the speaker of New Jersey, from William Coxe, and from Gov. Franklin to Mr. Coxe. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Sec. Conway, Boston, September 28, 1765 ; en- closing Gov. Bernard's speech to the assembly, and copies of min- utes of council, of message from Gov. Bernard to the general court, and of answer of House of Representatives. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson to Sec. Conway, New York, October i, 1765- Extract of letter from Gov. Wentworth to Sec. Conway, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 5, 1765. Id. from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway, New York, October 12, 1765. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Sec. Conway, New York, Octo- ber 12, 1765, enclosing printed copy of The Constitutional Courant. Id. of Lieut.-Gov. Colden's letter to Sec. Conway, New York, October 26, 1765, enclosing copy of paper posted up at corners of streets, etc., in New York. Id. of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson to Sec. Conway, Boston, Octo- ber 27, 1765, enclosing copy of his petition to the king in Council, appraisement of damages, etc., printed copy of The Boston Evening Post, and Supplement. 230 House of Lords. Printed copy of The Newport Mercury. December 13. Copy of letter from Ma j. -Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway, New York, Novem- ber 4, 1765, enclosing extract of printed paper published at New York, and copy of Lieut.-Gov. Colden's declaration. Id. of Lieut.-Gov. Colden's letter to Sec. Conway, New York, November 5, 1765, enclosing minute of council. Id. of letter from Ma j .-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway, New York, November 8, 1765, enclosing copies of letter from Lieut-Gov. Colden to Maj.- Gen. Gage, of minute of council, and of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Lieut.-Gov. Colden. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Sec. Conway, New York, November 9, 1765, enclosing copy of minutes of council, and printed copy of The New York Gazette. Copy of paper put up at the coffee-house at New York. November i, 1765. Id., November 6. Extract of printed paper published at New York. Id. of letter from Sec. Conway to Maj.-Gen. Gage. October 24, 1765. Copy of letter from Sec. Conway to Gov. Bernard. October 24, 1765. Copy of circular letter from Sec. Conway to the rest of the governors of his Majesty's colonies in N. America. October 24, 1765. Extract of letter from Sec. Conway to Maj.-Gen. Gage. December 15, 1765- Copy of letter from Sec. Conway to Lieut-Gov. Colden. December 15, 1765- Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier, to Board of Trade. Wil- liamsburg, June 5, 1765. Copy of resolutions of House of Burgesses of Virginia. Extract of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to Board of Trade. Boston, July 8, 1765. Id. from journal of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. June 25, 1765- Copy of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to Board of Trade. Castle WiUiam, August 15, 1765. Id., August 22. Copy of minutes of council. Boston, August 14, 15 and 21, 1765. Id. of proclamation issued by Gov. Bernard. August 15, 1765. Id., August 28. Id. of letter from Gov. Bernard to Board of Trade. Castle William, August 31, 1765. Id., September 7. Copy of minutes of council. Boston, August 27-29, 1765. Extract of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to John Pownall, secretary to Board of Trade. Castle William, Sep- tember 7, 1765. Copy of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to Board of Trade. Boston, September 28, 1765. Extracts from journal of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. September 25-27, 1765. Extract of letter from William Franklin, governor of New Jersey, to Board of Trade. Burlington, October 10, 1765. Copy of minutes of council of New Jersey. September 13, 24, 1765. Extract of letter from Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, to Board of Trade. October 5, 1765. House of Lords. 231 Id. from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to John Pownall, secretary to Board of Trade. Boston, October i, 1765. Copy of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to Board of Trade. Boston, October 12, 1765. Id., October 17. Extract of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to John Pownall, secretary to Board of Trade. Boston, October 19, 1765. Id., October 26. Id., Castle William, November i. Copy of minutes of the council of Massachusetts. October 29-31 and November 4, 1765. Id. of resolve of a committee of the council and representatives of Massa- chusetts. October 25, 1765. Id. of votes at a meeting of freeholders and other inhabitants of Cam- bridge. October 14, 1765. Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier, to Board of Trade. Wil- liamsburg, October 2, 1765. Extract from journal of House of Burgesses in Virginia. May 29, 30, 1765. 209 (A number of papers in this bundle were referred to the committee that reported April 20, 1774, and are noticed in their report as nos. 11 (3), 17, 21, 22, 34, 68, 71, 74. L. J. XXXIV. 124-125.) Royal order, December 17, 1765; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 228, 235- 239. This stamp act S George III. was brought from House of Commons, February 28, 1765 ; royal assent, March 22, 1765. L. J. XXXI. 5S-S6, 93) 1766, lanuary 22. Copy of letter from Gov. Moore to Sec. Conway, New York, November 21, 1765, enclosing minutes of council relating to Stamp Act and on oaths being administered to Sir Henry Moore as govemor-in-chief. October 23-November 15, 1765. 210 (Royal order, December 17, 1765 I delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 228, 246. These papers were not found. The proceedings regarding them are recorded in the MS. minutes.) 1766, January 2y. Papers from Secretary of State relating to Stamp Act disturbances : Copy of letter from Sec. Conway to Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier, St. James's, September 14, 1765, relating to the Virginia resolutions. Id- from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier to Board of Trade, Williamsburg, Novem- ber 3, 1765, regarding the Stamp Act disturbances and especially Col. Mercer, distributor of stamps, and enclosing copy of speech made by Col. George Mercer, referred to in Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier's letter, and extracted from the Virginia Gazette of October 25, 1765. 211 (Royal order, December 17, 1765; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 228, 249.) 1766, January 28. Copy of letter from Gov. Fauquier to Board of Trade. Williamsburg, November 8, 1765. " Capt. Stirling has with great readiness taken all the stamped papers brought in by Col. Mercer on Board the Rainbow for their security, till the madness of the People shall abate." 212 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 250.) 1766, January 28. List of military officers in Admiralty department who are employed in N. America, distinguishing which are on the place and which absent. A similar list of civil officers in same department. 213 (Address for papers, January 20; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 245, 250.) 232 House of Lords. 1766, January sp. Papers from Secretary of State relating to Stamp Act disturbances in America. Copy of letter from Lords of the Admi- ralty to Sec. Conway, January 27, 1766, enclosing the following advices from Virginia and New Jersey : Copy of letter from Capt. Stirling, commander of H. M. S. Rainbow, to Mr. Stephens. Virginia, November 5, 1765. Extract of letter from Capt. Hawker, commander of his Majesty's sloop Sardoine, to Mr. Stephens, the River Delaware, November 19, 1765, stating he has just received an express from Gov. Franklin of New Jersey with extract of minutes of the council of that prov- ince. Copy of letter from Gov. Franklin to Capt. Hawker of his Majesty's sloop Sardoine. Burlington, November 9, 1765. Extract from minutes of a council held at Burlington, November 7, 1765. " We think it by no means safe or advisable to send for the stamps from under Capt Hawker's protection ..." 214 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 252.) 1766, January 2p. List of civil officers employed in N. America, January, 1766. 215 (Address for papers, January 20; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 245, 252.) 1766, January ji. Copy of letter from William Franklin, governor of New Jersey, to Board of Trade, November 13, 1765, relating to Stamp Act. 216 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 253.) 1766, February 3. List of civil officers employed in N. America, whose appointments arise at the Treasury, dated January 31, 1766. Id. of customs officers in N. America, distinguishing such as are absent, dated January 28, 1766. List of all officers appointed to carry the stamp laws into execution in America and West Indies, dated January 28, 1766. Extract of letter from collector and comptroller at Philadelphia to Com- missioners of Customs. December i, 1765. Copy of letter from Mr. Brettell with extract of letter from Mr. Hinshel- wood, distributor of stamps at Nova Scotia; and with copy of an incendiary letter to him, dated November i, 1765. 217 (Address for papers, January 20 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 245, 255.) 1766, February 6. Stamp Act papers from Secretary of State. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier to Sec. Conway. Williamsburg, Virginia, December 11, 1765. Copy of letter from Qxiw. Tryon to Sec. Conway. Brunswick, North (Caro- lina, November 5, 1765. Extract of private letter from a merchant at Charles Town, October 29, 1765 (in Gov. Tryon's, November 5, 1765). Extract of letter from Lieut.-(^v. Fauquier to Sec. Conway. Williams- burg, November 24, 1765. Id. to the Board of Trade. Williamsburg, December 17, 1765. 218 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 258.) 1766, February 10. Five resolutions reported from committee relating to riots in America. 219 (Adopted this day. L. J. XXXI. 262. In extenso. Also printed in L. J. XXXIV. 125-126.) House of Lords. 233 1766, February lo. Papers relating to tumults in America. Copy of letter from Gov. Franklin to Sec. Conway, Burlington, New Jersey, November 30, 1765, enclosing: Two copies of minutes of council at Burlington, November 6-7, 1765. One printed and one MS. Votes and proceedings of general assembly of New Jersey, November 26-30, 1765. Printed. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Sec. Conway, New York, Decernber 13, 1765, enclosing: Id. to Maj.-Gen. Gage. September 2, 1765. State of the province of New York. December 6, 1765. Printed votes and proceedings of general assembly of New York. Nov- ember 12, 13 and 19, 1765. Copy of letter from Sir Henry Moore to Sec. Conway. New York, De- cember 21, 1765. Copy of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway, New York, Decem- ber 21, 1765, enclosing: Extract (no. 1196), New York Gazette, Thursday, December 5, 1765. Printed. General Advertiser to the New York Thursday's Gazette (no. 1196). Printed. New York Gazette, Thursday, December 19, 1765. Printed. Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway, New York, De- cember 21, 1765, enclosing: Copy of Maj.-Gen. Gage's letter to Sir Henry Moore. December i, 1765. Resolves of general assembly of New York. December 13, 1765. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Sec. Conway, Boston, November 25, 1765, enclosing: Journal of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. September 25, 1765. Printed. Resolves of said House. October 29, 1765. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Sec. Conway, Boston, December 18, 1765, enclosing: Copy of Mr. Oliver's letter to the governor. December 17, 1765. Printed extract of a Boston newspaper. December 18, 1765. Copy of Mr. Oliver's second letter to the governor. December 19, 1765. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Sec. Conway, Boston, December 19, 1765, enclosing copy of a memorial of Boston, to the governor in council, December 17, 1765. Printed. Id. Boston, December 21, 1765, enclosing: Copy of a memorial of Boston to Gov. Bernard in council. Copy of minutes of council. December 19, 1765. Copy of letter from Gov. Ward to Sec. Conway. Newport, Rhode Island, November 6, 1765. 220 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 263.) 1766, February 14. Papers relating to tumults in America. Two bundles. First bundle from Secretary of State : Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier to Board of Trade. Williamsburg, November 11, 1765. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier to naval officers of Virginia. November 7, 1765. 234 House of Lords. Id. of printed certificate of Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier, relative to declaration of George Mercer, appointed distributor of stamps for Virginia. Id. of letter from Cadwallader Golden, lieutenant-governor of New York, to Board of Trade. December 6, 1765. Id. of minutes of council of New York. September 4, 1765. Extract from journal of assembly of New York. 1765. Id. of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to John Pownall, secretary to Board of Trade. Boston, November 26, 1765. Gopy of letter from Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to Board of Trade. Boston, November 30, 1765. Extracts from journal of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. November 6-8, 1765. Printed copy of speech of Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts, to general assembly of that province. November 8, 1765. Extract of letter from William Franklin, governor of New Jersey, to Board of Trade. Burlington, December 18, 1765. Id. from votes of assembly of New Jersey. November 30, 1765. Id. from minutes of council of New Jersey. November 30, 1765. Id. of letter from Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, to Board of Trade. November 25, 1765. Id. December 16, 1765. Gopy of letter from William Bull, lieutenant-governor of South Garolina, to Board of Trade. Gharles Town, November 3, 1765 (not signed). Id. from inspector and distributor of stamps for South Garolina to Lieut.- Gov. Bull. October 29, 1765. Extract of letter from James Wright, governor of Georgia, to Board of Trade. Savannah, November 9, 1765. Second bundle from Marquis of Rockingham: Gopy of letter from Mr. Archibald Hinshelwood, distributor of stamps for Nova Scotia to Gommissioners of Stamps. November 21, 1765. Id. from Sir Henry Moore, governor of New York, to Lords of the Treasury, relative to putting in execution the Stamp Act in that province. December, 1765. Id. from Mr. Ingersoll, distributor of stamps for Gonnecticut, to Gom- missioners of Stamps. December 2, 1765. Id. from Mr. Meserve, distributor of stamps for New Hampshire, to the same. December 3, 1765. Id. from Mr. Oliver, distributor of stamps for Massachusetts, to the same. December 13, 1765. Gopies of two letters from Mr. Meserve, distributor of stamps for New Hampshire, to the same. December 16 and 26, 1765. Gopy of letter from Andrew Elliot, collector, and Lambert Moore, comp- troller, at New York, to Gov. Moore. November 18, 1765. Id. from Gapt. Archibald Kennedy to collector at New York with his answer thereto, dated December 10, 1765. Extract of letter from collector of customs at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to Gommissioners of Gustoms. December 7, 1765. Id. from collector and comptroller of customs at New York to Gommis- sioners of Gustoms. December 20, 1765. Copy of letter from Mr. Henniker to Mr. Gooper, enclosing letter from Messrs. Bayard and Gompany at New York, dated December 21, 1765- House of Lords. 235 Id. from several custom-house officers in Maryland to Commissioners of Customs. November 2, 1765. Id. from comptroller of customs at Boston to Commissioners of Customs. December 17, 1765. Copies of letters from Charles Stewart, surveyor-general of the eastern middle district of America, to officers of customs in his district and to Commissioners of Customs. December 7-8, 1765. Copy of letter from Mr. Houston, distributor of stamps for North Caro- lina, to Commissioners of Stamps. November 20, 1765. 221 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 267-268.) 1766, February 17. Nine papers relating to tumults in America : Copy of letter from Samuel Ward, governor of Rhode Island, to Board of Trade. Newport, November 19, 1765. Extract of letter from William Bull, lieutenant-governor of South Caro- lina, to Board of Trade. Charles Town, December 17, 1765. Copy of letter from same to same. Charles Town, December 19, 1765. Extracts from journal of Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina. November 26-29, ^Z^S- Extract of letter from James Wright, governor of Georgia, to Board of Trade. Savannah, December 2, 1765. Copy of minute of council at Savannah. October 31, 1765. Id. Novem- ber 12, 22, 1765. Extract of letter from James Grant, governor of East Florida, to Board of Trade. St. Augustine, December 9, 1765. 222 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 271.) 1766, February /p. Admiralty Office. Eighteen papers. Reports on state of African Company's forts. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George H. Cf. no. 188. 223 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 278.) 1766, February ip. Papers from Marquis of Rockingham : Copy of letters from Charles Stewart, surveyor general of the eastern middle district of America, to officers of customs and Commis- sioners of Customs. December 8, 1765. Gov. Johnstone, with estimate of repairs of works in that garrison, etc. Pensacola, October 24, 1765. Copy of letter from Mr. Lloyd, distributor of stamps for South Carolina. December 12, 1765. Id. from Mr. Grahame, distributor of stamps for East Florida. December 9. 1765. Paper from Gov. Samuel Ward, Newport, Rhode Island, concerning resig- nation of distributor of stamps and opinion of the people respecting the Stamp Act. December 26, 1765. 224 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 279.) 1766, February 21. Papers from Bank of England: Account of bullion brought to the bank from the several colonies in Amer- ica, 1748-1765. Similar account of bullion from Jamaica and the other West India islands, 1748-1765. 225 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 268-269, 280.) 236 House of Lords. 1766, February 24. Admiralty papers (11) relating to appointment of courts of vice-admiralty in America, 1763- 1764. Enclosure under no. 2 wanting. Titles listed in L. J. 226 (Address for papers, February 17; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 270, 282-283.) 1766, February 25. Papers from Custom House : Account of value of exports from England to North American colonies, Christmas, 1739— Christmas, 1764, distinguishing each year and place and what part thereof was foreign goods and what the pro- duce or manufacture of Great Britain. Account of value of imports into England from North American colonies, Christmas, 1739 — Christmas, 1764, distinguishing each year and colony. 227 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 268, 284.) 1766, February 25. Return from Board of Trade including state of annual expense of the several establishments of American colonies in times of peace, distinguishing each colony; and state of debts incurred by American colonies for extraordinary expenses of the last war, as they stood at end of war, distinguishing what part of said debts remains undischarged and provision made for discharge. 228 (Address for paper, February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 269, 285.) 1766, February 25. Memorials and other papers relating to appointment of vice-admiralty courts in America and copies of Council orders and proceedings had thereupon. Eighteen papers. Titles listed in L. J. 229 (Address for papers, February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 269, 284- 28s.) 1766, [March?]. Memorandum respecting despatch and arrival of New York mail packet. 230 1766, March 5. Petition of London merchants trading to N. America in favor of bill to repeal Stamp Act of last session. Forty-four sig- natures. Petition of master, wardens and commonalty of the Society of Merchants Venturers of Bristol, in behalf of bill 6 (ieorge III. to repeal Stamp Act. 231 (Read this day. L. J. XXXI. 292. The bill 6 George III., to repeal Stamp Act Bill 5 (leorge III., was brought from House of Commons, March 5; royal assent, March 18. L. J. XXXI. 291, 314.) 1766, March 5. Account of all ships arrived in ports of this kingdom which have been cleared out from British colonies in America since November i last, specifying colonies whence cleared and which of said ships have offered to make entries here without having their clearances properly stamped and what has been done in conse- quence thereof. 232 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 268, 291.) 1766, March J. Similar account of all ships arrived in ports of North Britain, January 14-February 14 last. Also specifying which of said ships have offered to make entries here without having their clearances or other papers properly stamped agreeable to an act passed last House of Lords. 237 sessions of Parliament and what has been done in consequence thereof. Cf. nos. 209 and 231. 233 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 268, 297) 1766, March 7. Petition of Glasgow merchants trading to America praying relief in relation to Stamp Act. Cf. no. 209. 234 (Read this day. L. J. XXXI. 296.) 1766, March 7. Petition of Edward Montagu, agent for Virginia, in behalf of bill for repealing Stamp Act. Cf. nos. 209 and 231. 235 (Read this day. L. J. XXXI. 297.) 1766, March 10. Letters from Lieut.-Ck)v. Hutchinson and Gov. Bernard with enclosure and resolves agreed to " at a large meeting of the respectable populace held at the town of Pomfret, in the county of Windham", (Connecticut, December 25, 1765. 236 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 300.) 1766, March 11. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard enclosing copy of journal of Massachusetts House of Representatives, January 15, 16, 1766; and copy of message of House of Representatives to Gov. Bernard, January 17, 1766. 237 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 302.) 1766, March 13. Papers relating to Stamp Act matters ; of which three — a letter from surveyor general at Boston, a letter from collector and comptroller at Boston and a letter from collector at New London — are listed in L. J. XXXI. 308. In addition there are copies of some forty letters from and to the surveyor general of the northern district (Mr. John Temple) ; collector and comptroller at Boston (William Sheaffe and Benjamin Hallowell) ; stamp master (An- drew Oliver) ; (jov. Bernard; advocate general at Boston (Robert Auchmuty) ; attorney general (Edmund Trowbridge) ; also copy of letter from Francis Dana to collector and comptroller, Decem- ber 6; and forms of custom-house clearance certificates. The let- ters date, October 30-December 17, 1765. 238 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 308.) 1766, November 25. Account from Commissioners of Customs of all corn, etc., exported from Scotland before August 26, 1766, by virtue of Act 6 George III. A few bushels were exported to South Carolina. Cf. no. 206. 239 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 436. The Act referred to, prohibiting exportation of corn, etc., for a limited time, was brought from House of Commons, February id, 1766 ; royal assent, February 19. L. J. XXXI. 261, 277.') 1767, February 4. Admiralty papers (12) relating to state of African forts and settlements. Reports by Capt. Macartney. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 240 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 474-475) 1767, March 12. Letters from colonial governors relating to repeal of Stamp Act, quartering of troops, etc.: • Annual accounts of export of grain from Scotland and England were rendered up to 1776. The amounts sent to America were so insignificant that it has not seemed worth while to note the separate papers. 238 House of Lords. Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway. New York, November 9, 1765. Id. December 21, 1765, enclosing: Copy of Maj.-Gen. Gage's letter to Sir Henry Moore. New York, December i, 1765. Copy of resolves of general assembly of New York. December 13, 1765. Id. February 22, 1766, enclosing answer of magistrates of Albany to Col. Bradstreet, about his demand for quarters for troops. Albany, January 23, 1766. Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Bull. May 9, 1766. Copy of letter from Sir Henry Moore to Sec. Conway. New York, May 27, 1766. Id. from Gov. Franklin to Sec. Conway. Perth Amboy, June 19, 1766. Extract of letter from Sir Henry Moore to Sec. Conway, New York, June 20, 1766, with enclosures : Copy of Sir Henry Moore's first message to House of Assembly. June 13, 1766. Answer of House of Assembly to above. June 19, 1766. Copy of Sir Henry Moore's second message to the assembly. June 20, 1766. Answer to Sir Henry Moore's second message. June 23, 1766. Sir Henry Moore's speech to council and general assembly of New York. June 12, 1766. Address of council of New York to Sir Henry Moore, June 14, 1766; his answer to same, June 16, 1766. Address of general assembly of New York to Sir Henry Moore. June 16, 1766. Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway. New York, June 24, 1766. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Sec. Conway. New York, June 24, 1766. Id. from Gov. Bernard, to Sec. Conway. Boston, June 29, 1766. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier to Sec. Conway. Williamsburg, Virginia, June 27, 1766. Id. from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Sec. Conway. New York, July 15, 1766. Copy of letter from Gov. Ward to Sec. Conway. Newport, Rhode Island, June 25, 1766. Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Sec. Conway, Boston, July 19, 1766, enclosing: Copy of proceedings of the governor, council and House of Represen- tatives of Massachusetts, on indemnification of sufferers by the rioters in Boston, March 31-June 28, 1766. Observations on proceedings for indemnification of sufferers in the riots at Boston. Id. from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Duke of Richmond. August 25, 1766. Copy of letter from Gov. Pitkin to Sec. Conway. Hartford, Connecticut, August 4, 1766. Id. from Gov. Grant to Sec. Conway. St. Augustine, East Florida, August 21, 1766. Id. from Gov. Tryon to Sec. Conway, Brunswick, North Carolina, August 2, 1766; enclosing: House of Lords. 239 Address of borough of Wilmington to Gov. Tryon ; with his answer. Mayor and gentlemen of Wilmington to Gov. Tryon ; with his answer. Id. from Horatio Sharpe, deputy governor of Maryland. Annapolis, June 27, 1766^ Extract of letter from Ma j. -Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelbume. New York, October 10, 1766. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelbume, Boston, November 14, 1766, enclosing: Speech of governor of Massachusetts, October 29, 1766; answer of the House, November 12. Speech of the governor, November 13. Printed copy of act passed by assembly of Massachusetts " for granting compensation to the sufferers, and of free and general pardon, in- demnity, and oblivion to the offenders in the late times ". Extract of letter from Gov. Ward to Earl of Shelbume. Newport, Rhode Island, November 6, 1766. Id. from Sir Henry Moore to Earl of Shelbume, December 19, 1766, en- closing : Copy of Sir Henry Moore's message to general assembly of New York. November 17, 1766. Address of general assembly of New York to Sir Henry Moore. Id. from Gov. Franklin to Earl of Shelbume, December 18, 1766, enclos- ing copy of act passed in New Jersey " appointing commisioners for supplying the several barracks erected in this colony with fur- niture .... for .... the King's troops in or marching through this colony, and for defraying other incidental expenses ". Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelbume. Boston, December 6, 1766. Copy of letter from Deputy Governor Sharpe to Earl of Shelbume. An- napolis, Maryland, December 9, 1766. Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Earl of Shelbume. New York, December 26, 1766. Id. from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelbume, New York, January 17, 1767, enclosing: Return of his Majesty's forces quartered in the provincial barracks in New York. Copy of act to furnish the barracks in New York and Albany with fire- wood, candles and other necessaries therein mentioned for his Majesty's troops. October 6, 1766. Copy of Sec. Conway's circular letter to the govemors in America. March 31, 1766. Id. of Duke of Richmond's circular letter to the governors in America. July 10, 1766. Id. of letter from Earl of Shelbume to Sir Henry Moore. August 9, 1766. Id. from Earl of Shelbume to Gov. Bernard. September 13, 1766. 241 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. S16-517.) 1767, April j. Papers relative to quartering of troops, etc. : Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelbume. Boston, December 24, 1766. Id. from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelbume, New York, February 20, 1767, enclosing: 16 240 House of Lords. Copy of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Gov. Pitkin. January 8, 1767. Id. from Gov. Pitkin to Maj.-Gen. Gage. January 20, 1767. Id. from Gen. Gage to Gov. Pitkin. January 25, 1767. Id. from Gov. Pitkin to Gen. Gage. January 31, 1767. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelbume, February 14, 1767, enclosing copies of two messages from Massachusetts House of Represen- tatives to Gov. Bernard and two messages from Gov. Bernard to the House. 242 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 553.) 1767, April 6. Copy of journal of general assembly of New York. November loDecember 19, 1766. 243 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 558.) 1767, May 11. Votes and proceedings of general assembly of New Jersey, June ii-June 28, 1766. Printed. 244 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 594.) 1767, May 18. Copy of report of Committee of Council, of orders in Council and of representation of Board of Trade relating to act passed in Massachusetts " for granting compensation to the sufferers and of free and general pardon, indemnity, and oblivion to the offenders in the late times ", with copy of said act. Five papers. Titles listed in L. J. In another bundle, also endorsed " May 18, 1767," are duplicates of some of the above-mentioned papers, a copy of letter from John Pownall to his Majesty's attorney general and solicitor general, March 13, 1767, desiring their opinion upon said act, extracts of minutes of the proceedings of Board of Trade upon said act, and a copy of report of his Majesty's attorney general and solicitor general, on it, dated April 10, 1767. 245 (Address for papers, May 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 599, 604-605.) 1767, May 21. Notes of Canadian affairs. 246 1767, May 22. Copies of precedents of orders in Council declaring acts of assemblies in America to be null, illegal or void, togetfier with reports of the several attorneys general and solicitors general, or either of them, in similar cases. Nine papers. Titles listed in L. J. 247 (Address for papers, May 18 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 605, 613.) 1767, May 22. Questions to be put to judges touching act passed by assembly of Massachusetts. 248 1767, May 27. Papers ( 19) relating to civil and ecclesiastical state of Que- bec. Titles listed in L. J. 249 (Address for papers, May 20; delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 610-611, 620- 621.) 1767, June j. Extract of letter from governor of Georgia, enclosing extracts from journals of Upper House and of minutes of Commons. Janu- ary 20, 1767. 250 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXI. 630.) 1768, /awMory 2p. Admiralty Office. Report by Capt. Lambert of state of forts and settlements on coast of Africa. Six papers. Titles listed House of Lords. 241 in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 251 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 54.) 1768, November 28. One hundred and eight papers and enclosures relative to disturbances in Massachusetts : Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelburne. Boston, Janu- ary 21, 1768. Id. January 30, 1768. Id. February 2, 1768. Id. from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. Whitehall, April 4, 1768. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelburne, Boston, February 18, 1768, enclosing copy of circular letter from House of Representatives of Massachusetts to the other assemblies in N. America, February 11, 1768. Id., March 5, 1768, enclosing copies of: Resolves of House of Representatives. February 26, 1768. Letter printed in Boston Gazette of February 28, 1768. Proceedings of council on the libel in Boston Gazette, February 28, 1768. Gov. Bernard's message to the council. The council's address, in answer. Gov. Bernard's reply. His message to the assembly, and the assembly's answer thereto. Appendix to journals of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. February, 1768. Copy of circular letter from Earl of Hillsborough to governors of the several colonies in America. Whitehall, April 21, 1768. Id. of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. Whitehall, April 22, 1768. Id. to Maj.-Gen. Gage. Whitehall, April 23, 1768. Id. of letter from Mr. Bradshaw to Mr. Phelps, Treasury Chamber, May 7, 1768, enclosing memorial of Commissioners of Customs in America, February 12, 1768. Id. of circular letter from Earl of Hillsborough to all the governors in N. America. Whitehall, May 14, 1768. Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelburne. Boston, March 12, 1768. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelburne, Boston, March 19, 1768, enclosing resolution of council, relative to riots at Boston, March 18, 1768, and affidavit of William Wooton, inspector general of customs. Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Shelburne, March 21, 1768, enclosing extract from Boston Gazette containing account of meeting of merchants on March 18. Copy of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Maj.-Gen. Gage. Whitehall, June 8, 1768. Id. to Lords of the Admiralty. Whitehall, June 11, 1768. Id. to Gov. Bernard, June 11, 1768. Id. from Mr. Bradshaw to Mr. Pownall, Treasury Chambers, July 8, 1768, enclosing memorial of Commissioners of Customs in America, March 28, 1768. Id. of circular letter from Earl of Hillsborough to all the governors in N. America. Whitehall, July 11, 1768. 242 House of Lords. Id. of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. July ii, 1768. Id. from Mr. Pownall to Mr. Bradshaw. Whitehall, July 11, 1768. Copies of letters from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, June II and 13. Copy of letter from same to same, Boston, June 14, 1768, enclosing: Minutes of council. June 11, 1768. Depositions of a riot at Boston. June 10, 1768. Copies of letters between Gov. Bernard and Commissioners of Customs June, 1768. Id. June 16 and 18, 1768, enclosing : Incendiary paper stuck up at Boston, June, 1768. (Begins—" Gentlemen I think this a ready way to get rid of our burthens. As soon as Mr. W.ll.m.s returns from Salem I. Then let us all, as one combine To make them every one resign . . . ." Signed "Plain Dealer." On next sheet, Boston, June 16, 1768: "It is thought by the real friends to LIBERTY that the fate of America depends on the steady and firm resolu- tions of the town of Boston at the adjournment of their meeting to- morrow", etc. Signed, "A Thousand.") Copy of petition of Boston to Gov. Bernard. June 14, 1768. Id. of Gov. Bernard's answer to petition of Boston. Instructions to the members for Boston. Copy of letter from Mr. Bradshaw to Mr. Pownall, Treasury Chambers, July 22, 1768, enclosing : Copy of memorial of Commissioners of Customs, June 16, 1768, and several papers thereunto annexed. Annexes relate to seizure of Hancock's sloop Liberty and include copies of: Minutes of com- missioners on board the Rotnney, June 13 and 14, 1768; Deposition of Thomas Kirk, tidesman at Boston, June 10, 1768 ; Deposition of Joseph Harrison, collector of customs at Boston, June 1 1 ; Deposi- tion of Benjamin Hallowell, comptroller of customs, June 1 1 ; Deposition of Richard Acklom Harrison, son of Joseph Harrison, June 1 1 ; Deposition of Thomas Irving, inspector of imports and exports, June II. Letters from: Andrew Oliver to John Robinson, commissioner of customs; Commissioners of Customs at Boston to Capt. Corner, Gov. Bernard, the collector and comptroller, Com- mander Hood, Gen. Gage at New York and Col. Dalrymple at Halifax. Letters to : Gov. Bernard, the Commissioners of Customs from the collector and comptroller. Three anonymous letters de- scribing the state of Boston, June 14. The letters date from June II to June 14. Copy of examination of Mr. Hallowell, Treasury Board, July 21, 1768. Copy of letter from Mr. Bradshaw to Mr. Pownall, Treasury Chambers, November 22, 1768, enclosing corrections in examination of Mr. Hallowell, July 21, 1768. Memorial in behalf of inhabitants of Boston, presented by Mr. Dennys de Berdt, July 21, 1768, with thirteen depositions relative to conduct of customs officers and to seizure of the Liberty. Copy of letter from Mr. Bradshaw to Mr. Pownall, Treasury Chambers, August 4, 1768, enclosing case and opinion thereupon, of his House of Lords. 243 Majesty's attorney general, respecting seizure of vessel at Boston in June, 1768. Copy of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Earl of Shelbume. White- hall, July 27, 1768. Id. to Lords of the Admiralty. Whitehall, July 28, 1768. Id. to Maj.-Gen. Gage. Whitehall, July 30, 1768. Id. to Gov. Bernard, Whitehall, July 30, 1768, enclosing opinion of Sir Edward Northey, Sir Dudley Ryder and Sir John Strange upon act of 6 Anne, for encouraging trade to America. Id. from Mr. Pownall to Mr. Bradshaw. July 28, 1768. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. June 17, 1768. Id. June 25, 28 and July i, 1768, enclosing: Messages and answers between the governor and House of Represen- tatives of Massachusetts. June 1768. The answer of House of Representatives of Massachusetts to the gov- ernor. June 30, 1768. Id. to Earl of Hillsborough from speaker of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. June 30, 1768. Extracts of printed journal of proceedings of House of Representatives of Massachusetts. December 30, 1767- June 30, 1768. Id. of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, July 9, 1768. Copy of supplemental letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, July 9, 1768. Id. of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, July 18, 19, 1768, enclosing copies of papers published at Boston: " This is to inform the public that John Williams, Esq., .... has promised to meet the Friends of Liberty this day at 12 o'clock at the Town House ", etc. July 16, 1768. " Mr. Draper you observed lately that the people of this province have been and still are great encouragers of the Liberty of the Press ", etc., etc. Id. July 16, 1768, enclosing petition of council of Massachusetts to his Majesty. Id. July 18, 1768. Id. from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. September 14, 1768. Id. from Mr. Bradshaw to Mr. Pownall, Treasury Chambers, August 31, 1768, enclosing memorial of Commissioners of Customs in N. America, July 11, 1768, and papers thereunto annexed, and letters from Gen. Gage, Commodore Hood and Col. Dalrymple to Com- missioners of Customs. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, July 30, 1768, enclosing : Copies of letters between Gov. Bernard and Gen. Gage. July, 1768. Minutes of council of Massachusetts. July 27, 29, 1768. Observations on the council's answer to Gov. Bernard. July 29, 1768. Id. August 6, 1768. Id. August 9, 1768. Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, August 29, 1768, enclosing extract from Boston Gazette. Copy of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. Whitehall, October 12, 1768. 244 House of Lords. Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. September 9, 1768. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, Sep- tember 16, 1768, enclosing: Extract from Boston. Gazette. September 5, 1768. Proceedings at town-meeting, Boston. September 12, 1768. Printed. Circular letter from selectmen of Boston to the several towns and dis- tricts in Massachusetts. September 14, 1768. Id. September 23, 1768. Id. September 26, 1768, enclosing minutes of council, September 19, 22 and 26 (extracted from Boston Gazette), and paragraph proposed to be inserted in council's answer to governor's message. Id. September 27, 1768, enclosing proceedings of convention assembled at Boston, September 22, 1768. Id. October i, 1768, enclosing minutes of council, September 29, 1768. Id. October 3, 1768, enclosing result of proceedings of convention. Printed. Id. October 5, 6, 1768, enclosing: Minutes of council. October 3, 5, 1768. Letter from the town of Hati^eld to selectmen of Boston. September 22, 1768. Printed. Extract of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard, Whitehall, November 15, 1768, enclosing copy of letter from Mr. Sayre to Earl of Hillsborough. Minutes of treasury board, transmitted to Earl of Hillsborough. Novem- ber 28, 1768. 262 (Royal order, November 15 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 174, 182-184.) llGi, December 7. Nine papers relating to affairs in Boston, especially to landing of troops there. Copy of letter from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Hillsborough, De- cember 2, 1768, enclosing: Id. from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens. Halifax, October 12, 1768. Id. from Col. Dalrymple to Capt. Smith, commanding officer of his Ma- jesty's ships at Boston. Boston, October 2, 1768. Id from Col. Dalrymple to Commodore Hood. Boston, October 4, 1768. , , . Id. from Capt. Smith, commanding officer of his Majesty s ships at Boston, to Commodore Hood. October 5, 1768. Copy of diary kept by Capt. Comer. Extract of letter from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens, dated on board the Viper, Halifax Harbor, October 23, 1768. Copy of letter from Gen. Gage to Commodore Hood. Boston, October Id from Gov Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, October 14, 1768. 253 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 192-193) 1768, December 15. Resolutions (8) upon American papers. 254 (Adopted this day. L. J. XXXII. 209-210. In extenso.) 1768, December 21. Admiralty Office. Reports of captain on state of forts and settlements on coast of Africa. Fourteen papers. Titles House of Lords. 245 listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 255 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 219.) 1769, January 20. Papers (28) relating mostly to occurrences in Boston and largely to quartering of troops there : Extract of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Maj.-Gen. Gage. White- hall, December 10, 1768. Copy of letter from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Hillsborough, December 14, 1768, enclosing copy of letter from Capt. Smith, Boston, October 26, 1768. Id. from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, October 31, 1768, enclosing copy of address of the subscribers, members of his Majesty's council of Massachusetts, to Maj.-Gen. Gage, with the general's answer thereto. Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, November 3, 1768. Copy of letter from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough, November i, 1768, enclosing: Copy of answer of the justices. Copy of Gov. Bernard's order to Joseph Goldthwaite. Minutes of council. Boston, October 12, 17 and 26, 1768. Id. November 5, 1768, enclosing copy of address of the subscribers, mem- bers of his Majesty's council of Massachusetts, to Maj.-Gen. Gage, with the general's answer thereto. Extract of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Maj.-Gen. Gage. White- hall, December 24, 1768. Copy of letter from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. Whitehall, December 24, 1768. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, November 12, 1768. Id. November 14, 1768. Id. from Earl of Hillsborough to Gov. Bernard. Whitehall, January 4, 1769. Id. from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Hillsborough, January 7, 1769, enclosing: Extract of letter from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens. Boston Harbor, November 15, 1768. Id. November 22, 1768. Copy of letter from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens. November 25, 1768. Id. November 27, 1768. Copy of letter from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Hillsborough, January 13, 1769, enclosing extract of letter from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens, Boston Harbor, December 7, 1768. Id. from Gov. Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, November 30, 1768. Id. December 5, 1768. Id. from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Hillsborough, January 19, 1769, enclosing copy of letter from Commodore Hood, Boston Harbor, December 12, 1768. 256 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 229.) 246 House of Lords. 1770, February 26. Admiralty papers. Copies of captain's reports of state of African forts and settlements. Eleven papers. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 257 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 446.) 1770, May 4. Twelve papers relating to " Boston Massacre " and to trouble between citizens and soldiers in New York. Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gage to Earl of Hillsborough. New York, February 21, 1770. Id. from Lieut. -Gov. Golden to Earl of Hillsborough. New York Feb- ruary 21, 1770. ' Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, March 12, 1770, enclosing copy of minutes of a council held at Council Chamber, Boston, March 6, 1770. Copy of letter from Lieut.-Col. Dalrymple to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, March 13, 1770, enclosing: Narrative of transactions at Boston. March 2, 3 and 5, 1770. Case of Capt. Thomas Preston of 29th regiment. Depositions and informations respecting transactions referred to in Capt. Preston's case. Contains twenty-four depositions relating to " Boston Massacre." Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Gag-e to Earl of Hillsborough, New York, December 4, 1769, enclosing extract of letter from Lieut.- Col. Dalrymple to Maj.-Gen. Gage, Boston, October 28, 1769. Id. from Earl of Hillsborough to Maj.-Gen. Gage. Whitehall, January 18, 1770. Id. to Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson. Whitehall, January 18, 1770. 258 (Address for papers, April 30 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 559, 566.) 1770, May 8. Nine papers relative to disturbances in Boston and to attack on Capt. Reid, commander of revenue sloop Liberty, at Newport: Extract of letter from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens, dated on board H. M. S. Romney, Boston Harbor, July 10, 1769. Id. to Mr. Stephens, dated on board H. M. S. Romney, Boston Harbor, July 25, 1769. Copy of letter from Commissioners of Customs at Boston to Commodore Hood, July 24, 1769, enclosed in Mr. Hood's letter of July 25, 1769. Id. from Capt. Reid to the governor of Rhode Island, enclosed in letter from Commissioners of Customs at Boston to Commodore Hood, dated July 24, 1769, and enclosed in Mr. Hood's letter of July 25, 1769. Id. of Capt. Reid's deposition, enclosed in letter from Commissioners of Customs at Boston to (Commodore Hood, dated July 24, 1769, and enclosed in Mr. Hood's letter of July 25, 1769. Id. of letter from collector and comptroller of the Custom House at Rhode Island to Gov. Wanton, dated July 21, 1769, enclosed in letter from Commissioners of Customs at Boston to Commodore Hood, dated July 24, 1769, and enclosed in Mr. Hood's letter of July 25, 1769. Extract of letter from Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens, on board H. M. S. Romney, Halifax Harbor, November 23, 1769. Id. from Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson to Commodore Hood, Boston, October 31, 1769, enclosed in Mr. Hood's letter of November 23, 1769. House of Lords. 247 Copy of letter from Capt. Caldwell, commander of H. M. S. Rose, to Mr. Stephens, dated on board said ship, Boston, March 14, 1770. 259 (Address for papers, April 30; delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. SS9. S7I-S72-) 1770, May 75. Copy of Earl of Hillsborough's letter. May 13, 1769, to colonial governors, together with speeches of Gov. Tryon, Lord Botetourt, Lieut.-Gov. Colden and Gov. Wright, referring to said letter, and answers of assemblies of North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Georgia to the same. Titles listed in L. J. 260 (Address for papers, May 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXII. 582, 583.) 1770, December 11. Motion for address as to defense of British possessions in Mediterranean and West Indies. Negatived. 261 (L. J. XXXIII. 25. In extenso.) 1771, February 27. Nine papers. Captain's reports on African forts and settlements. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 262 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIII. 87.) 1772, March 11. Admiralty papers. Captains' reports on African forts and settlements. Eleven papers. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 263 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIII. 294.) VlIZ, February ig. Admiralty papers (9). Captain's reports relating to African forts and settlements. Titles listed in L. J. Presented pursuant to act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 264 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIII. 519-520.) Vn^, February 21. Admiralty papers (9). Captain's reports relating to state of forts and settlements of African Company. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 (jeorge II. Cf. no. 188. 265 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 30-31) 1774, March 7. One hundred and nine papers relating to disturbances in America connected with importation of tea. Massachusetts. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth, Boston, November 4, 1773, enclosing: Copy of letter to Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson, delivered at their house in Boston, November 2, 1773. Id. of printed paper posted up in Boston, on November 3, 1773. Copies of two narratives. Copy of letter from (jov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth, Milton, near Boston, November 6, 1773, enclosing: Id. from Mr. Richard Clarke and Company and Benjamin Faneuil and Company, to John Hancock. November 4, 1773. Id. of vote of town-meeting. Boston, November 5, 1773. Id. of letter from Thomas Hutchinson, Jr., to John Hancock. Undated. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth. Boston, November 15, 1773. Copy of letter from (ifov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth, Boston, December 2, 1773, enclosing: 248 House of Lords. Id. of petition of Richard Clarke and Sons, Benjamin Faneuil and Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson; and of proceedings of council thereupon. Extract from Massachusetts Gazette of November 26, 1773. Copy of paper printed at Boston. December i, 1773. Id. December 15, 1773. Id. December 17, 1773. Id. December 20, "1773. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth, Boston, December 24, 1773, enclosing extract of minutes of council of Massachusetts, December 21, 1773. Id. January 4, 1774. New York. Extract of letter from Ma j .-Gen. Haldimand to Earl of Dartmouth. New York, November 3, 1773. Id. December 28, 1773. Id. January 5, 1774. Copy of paper referred to in Ma j. -Gen. Haldimand's letter of January 5, 1774- Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Haldimand to Earl of Dartmouth. Feb- ruary 2, 1774. Copy of letter from Gov. Tryon to Earl of Dartmouth, New York, Nov- ember 3, 1773, enclosing: Copy of printed paper entitled The Alarm, no. i. New York, October 6, 1773- Id. October 9, 1773. Extract from The Alarm, October 19, 1773. Id. December i, 1773, enclosing: Memorial of agents of East India Company, praying that tea shipped by the company may, on its arrival, be taken under protection of government. Minute of council relative to tea shipped by East India Company. Id. January 3, 1774. ... • . < -i * xt Id. January 5, 1774, enclosmg extracts from minutes of council 01 New York. South Caiolina. Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Bull to Earl of Dartmouth. December 24, 1773- New Hampshire. Extract of letter from Gov. Wentworth to Earl of Dartmouth, New Hampshire, December 17, 1773, enclosing: Notification of selectmen of Portsmouth. Resolves of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, respecting the tea. Admiralty. Copy of letter from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Dartmouth, January 20, 1774, enclosing copy of letter from Rear-Adm. Montagu to Philip Stephens, secretary of the Admiralty, Boston, December 8, 1773- House of Lords. 249 Id., January 27, 1774, enclosing copy of letter from Montagu to Stephens, Boston, December 17, 1773. War Office. Copy of letter from Viscount Barrington to Earl of Dartmouth, War Office, January 28, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter from Alexander Leslie, lieutenant-colonel of 64th regi- ment of foot, to Viscount Barrington. Castle William, December 6, 1773- Extract of letter from Leslie to Barrington. December 17, 1773. East India Company. Copy of note from chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, December 20, 1773, enclosing account of tea exported by East India Company to his Majesty's colonies in N. America, with the quan- tities and to whom consigned. Id. December 23, 1773, enclosing: Extract of letter from Boston. October 18, 1773. Id. of two letters from New York. November 5, 1773. Copy of letter relative to advices received from Philadelphia and New York, dated December 21, 1773. Id. of letter relative to advices received from Philadelphia, dated De- cember 21, 1773. Id. relative to exportation of tea to Boston. December 21, 1773. Id. to South Carolina. Id. to New York. Copy of note from chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, December 24, 1773, enclosing: Extract of three letters from Philadelphia. October 5 and 30, 1773. Copy of note from chairman and deputy chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, January 10, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter from East India Company's agents at New York to court of directors. Id. of memorial of Henry White and others, merchants, to governor of New York. Copy of letter from agent of East India Company to his correspondents in London. Boston, November 15, 1773. Id. November, 1773. Id. to the chairman. Boston, November 17, 1773. Copy of note from chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, January 21, 1774, enclosing copy of letter signed " Anglo Ameri- canus ", to East India Company, Boston, December 17, 1773. Copy of note from chairman and deputy chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth. January 26, 1774. Id. January 26, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter to the Delaware pilots and to Capt. Ayres. Philadelphia, November 27, 1773. Declaration of Messrs. James and Drinker, agents for East India Com- pany at Philadelphia. Postscript to Pennsylvania Gazette of December 24, 1773. 260 House of Lords. Copy of letter from Messrs. James and Drinker to directors of East India Company. Philadelphia, December 28, 1773. Id. from Messrs. Thomas and Isaac Wharton, Jonathan Browne and Gilbert Barkley, to East India Company. Philadelphia, December 28, 1773. Copy of note from chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, received February 3, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter from Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson, Richard Clarke and Sons and Benjamin Faneuil, to directors of East India Com- pany. December 2, 1773. Id. December 17, 1773. Copies of two letters from Messrs. Smith, Leger and Greenwood, to secretary of East India Company. December 4 and 18, 1773. Copy of note from chairman and deputy chairman of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, February 9, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter from Henry White, Abraham Lott and Company and Pigou and Booth, to directors of East India Company. New York, December 27, 1773. Id. from Henry White and others to Capt. Benjamin Lockyer of the Nancy. New York, December 27, 1773. Id., February 15, 1774, enclosing: Questions proposed by Francis Rotch, an owner, and James Hall, master of the Dartmouth, with answers of the consignees. Id. proposed by James Bruce, master of the Eleanor, with answers of the consignees. Copy of letter from Mr. Rotch, owner of the Dartmouth, to Richard Clarke and Sons, etc. Boston, January 6, 1774. Id. from Richard Clarke and Sons and Benjamin Faneuil, jr., to direc- tors of East India Company. Castle William, January 7, 1774. Copy of letter from Mr. Michell, secretary of East India Company, to John Pownall, February 16, 1774, enclosing copy of memorial of East India Company to Earl of Dartmouth, February 16, 1774. Treasury. Copy of letter from Grey Cooper, secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, to John Pownall, March 7, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter from Mr. Mather, acting as secretary to Commissioners of Customs in America, to John Robinson, secretary to Lords of the Treasury. October 7, 1773. Id. from Commissioners of Customs in America to Lords of the Treas- ury, Boston, January 4, 1774, enclosing: Id. from collector and comptroller of customs at Boston to Com- missioners of Customs there. December 17, 1773. Id. December 23, 1773. Id. December 31, 1773. Copy of protest of James Bruce, James Bruce, jr. and John Finney. Id. of Hezekiah Coffin and others. Id. of Francis Rotch and others. Deposition of Samuel Hunt and others. Id. of Thomas Rick and others. Id. of William Elliot and others. House of Lords. 251 Id. of Alexander Hodgson. Id. of James Bruce and others. Report of Arthur Savage. Id. of Robert Parker. Memorial of Francis Rotch. Id. of James Bruce. Id. of Hezekiah Coffin. 266 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 58-61.) 1774, March 11. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dart- mouth, January 28, 1774, enclosing extract from Boston Gazette, January 27, 1774. 267 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 70.) 1774, March 24. Papers (11) relating to free ports in Jamaica. Titles listed in L. J. 268 (Address for papers, March 17; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 78, 91.) 1774, March 28. Petition of Stephen Sayre, William Lee, Benjamin Frank- lin and twenty-six other natives of America, praying that the Boston Port Bill 14 George HI., may not pass into a law. 269 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 98. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, March 26; royal assent, March 31. L. J. XXXIV. 96, loS) 1774, March jo. Petition of Mr. William Bollan, agent for council of Mas- sachusetts, praying to be heard against bill 14 George HI. " for the immediate removal of the officers concerned in the collection and management of His Majesty's duties of customs from the town of Boston ; and to discontinue the landing of goods at Boston ". Cf. no. 269. 270 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 104.) 1774, April 14. Reports (2) of committee to inquire into riots at Boston. 271 1774, April 15. Papers relating to disturbances in Massachusetts, referred to committee appointed to inquire into the several proceedings in Massachusetts, in opposition to the sovereignty of his Majesty in his Parliament of (jreat Britain over that province, etc. The papers are numbered 317-344, as well as 1-28, and are referred to by the former numbers in report of committee, April 20, L. J. XXXIV. 124-136. Extract of letter from Gov. Bernard to Board of Trade. Boston, July 7, 1766. Id. to Earl of Shelburne, Boston, February 7, 1767, enclosing two mes- sages from Massachusetts House of Representatives to Gov. Ber- nard and two messages from him to the House. Undated. Id. February 21, 1767. Id. March 21, 1768. Id. to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, May 30, 1768. Answer of House of Representatives of Massachusetts to governor's mes- sage of June 30, 1768. Printed account of the associations at Boston and proceedings in conse- quence thereof. Extract of letter from Sir Francis Bernard to Earl of Hillsborough. Boston, June i, 1769. 252 House of Lords. Id. from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, July ii, 1769, enclosing extract of letter from Gov. Bernard. " Extracts from the Resolves of the Representatives of Massachu- setts Bay, passed July 8, 1769." Copy of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, March 27, 1770, enclosing: Message from House of Representatives to governor and from governor to House of Representatives, March 15, 16, 1770. Message from House of Representatives to council, March 17, 1770. Address of council to governor, March 20, 1770. Message from House to governor, March 23, 1770. Report of committee of House of Representatives, March 24, 1770. (All the above relate to removal of House of Representatives to Cambridge.) Extracts of letters from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough. Bos- ton, April 27, May 21, 1770. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, July 6, 1 77 1, with copy of his message to House of Representatives and of answer of House. Copy of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, November 28, 1771, enclosing: Copy of letter from Commissioners of Customs to Gov. Hutchinson. November 26, 1775. Memorial from comptroller of customs at Falmouth, New England, to Gov. Hutchinson. November 27, 1771. Copy of letter from Mr. Savage, comptroller at Falmouth, to Commis- sioners of Customs at Boston. November 19, 1771. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Hillsborough, Boston, May 29, 1772, enclosing extract from Massachusetts Gazette, May 29, 1772. Id. to Earl of Dartmouth. Boston, October 23, 1772. Copy of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth. Boston, October 30, 1772, with enclosures. Id. November 3, 1772. Printed copy of votes and proceedings of the freeholders and inhabitants of Boston. Extract of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth. Boston, February 22, 1773. Printed copy of speeches of Gov. Hutchinson to general assembly of Massachusetts, with answers of the council and House of Repre- sentatives. Copy of petition and remonstrance from House of Representatives of Massachusetts. July 14, 1772. Id. of petition to the king from House of Representatives of Massachu- setts. March 6, 1773. Id. of letter from Gov. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth, Boston, Feb- ruary 14, 1774, enclosing: Id. of Gov. Hutchinson's speech to council and House of Representa- tives and their answer. Id. of requisition from House of Representatives of Massachusetts to judges of the superior court. House of Lords. 253 Id. of remonstrance of House of Representatives of Massachusetts against the chief justice. Id. of vote of council and House of Representatives of Massachusetts for adjourning the superior court ; not consented to by the governor. Id. of Gov. Hutchinson's answer to remonstrance of House of Repre- sentatives against the chief justice. 272 (Address for papers, April 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 109, 113- 114.) 177i, April 20. Report from committee appointed to consider disturbances in Massachusetts. 273 (L. J. XXXIV. 124-136. In extenso.) 177i, April 20. Drafts of report from committee appointed to consider dis- turbances in Massachusetts ; together with notes, rough drafts of portions of the report, etc. The draft differs from the report as printed in L. J. XXXIV. 124-136. Cf. no. 273. 274 (Also supplemental lists of papers, A, C and D.) 177i,May2. An act (14 George III.) for making more effectual provision for government of the province of Quebec. Printed and MS. copies. 275 (Bill read first this day; royal assent, June 22. L. J. XXXIV. IS4, 259.) 1774, May 6. Itemized accounts of exports from England to Jamaica, Christ- mas, 1748 — Christmas, 1755, and for seven years since the establish- ment of the Free Port Act 6 George III., viz.: Christmas, 1766- Christmas, 1773. 276 (Ordered March 17; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 78, 169. Bill 6 George III. for establishing certain free ports in Jamaica and Dominica was brought from House of Commons, May 28, 1766; royal assent, June 6, L. J. XXXI. 406, 417. Continued by Acts 13 George III. and 14 George III. L. J. XXXIII. 680, 697; XXXIV. 69-70, 209.) 1774, May 6. Copy of instructions from his Majesty to Guy Carleton, gov- ernor of Quebec, respecting granting of lands in that province. August 12, 1768, July 2, 1771. Id. to the governors of Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, New York, Vir- ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, (jeorgia, East Florida and West Florida, respecting granting of lands in those provinces. February 3, 1774. 277 (Address for papers. May 3; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 15s, 169.) 177A, May p. Papers (13) relating to province of Quebec. Copies of com- missions, of warrants appointing officers, and of ordinances. Titles listed in L. J. 278 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 172.) 1774, May 11. Petition of " several natives of America " against bill 14 George III. for better regulating the government of Massachusetts and bill 14 CJeorge III. for impartial administration of justice in Massachusetts. Signed by Stephen Sayre, B. Franklin and twenty- eight others. 279 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 182. The bill first referred to was brought from House of Commons, May 3; royal assent. May 20. L. J. XXXIV. IS5. 209. The second bill was brought from Commons, May 9 ; royal assent. May 20. L. J. XXXIV. 171, 209.) 254 House of Lords. 1774, Moy ii. Petition of Mr. BoUan, agent of Massachusetts, to delay proceedings on bill 14 George III. {Cf. no. 279) for better regu- lating the government of Massachusetts. 280 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 182.) 1774, May 12. Nine papers relating to Quebec. Ordinances passed Febru- ary 23, 1768-May 22, 1773. Titles listed in L. J. . . 281 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 185-186.) 1774, May 17. Papers (6) relating to proceedings at Boston, especially to impeachment of Chief Justice Oliver ; also to " Tea Party ", mili- tary stores, etc. Copy of letter from Ck>v. Hutchinson to Earl of Dartmouth, Boston, March 9, 1774, enclosing extracts from Boston gazettes referring to matters connected with impeachment of chief justice. Id. March 21, 1774, enclosing: Id. of resolution of House of Representatives concurred in by the council. Id. of message from House of Representatives to Gov. Hutchinson. Id. of Gov. Hutchinson's message to House of Representatives. 282 (Delivered this day. L. I. XXXIV. 198-199.) 1774, May 18. Petition of Mr. Bollan, agent for Massachusetts, against bill 14 George III. for impartial administration of justice in Massa- chusetts. Cf. no. 279. 283 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 205.) 1775, January 20. Papers ( 149) relating to disturbances in various colonies. All not otherwise designated are copies and date from 1774. Massachusetts. Extracts of 18 letters between Gov. CJage and Earl of Dartmouth, April 9-December 15, 1774, with the following enclosures: Minute of Treasury Board. March 31. Extract from Massachusetts Gazette. May 19. List of councillors and governor's speech to both Houses. Address of council and Gov. Gage's reasons for refusing it Resolves of House of Representatives before they proceeded to business at Salem. Address of House of Representatives. Resolves of House of Representatives. June 17. Proclamations. Circular letter and a paper called a League and Covenant. Proceedings at town meeting, Boston. June 27. Protest of several inhabitants of Worcester against proceedings of town meeting on June 20. Notification for town meeting. List of councillors. Extract of letter from Hampshire County. August 10. Copy of letter from Boston committee of correspondence to the several counties. Paper posted up at Salem. Minute of council held at Boston. August 31. Letter from Lieut.-(^v. Oliver to Gov. Gage. September 2. House of Lords. 255 Id. from judges of inferior court of the county of Hampshire. Account of proceedings against inferior court at Springfield in the county of Hampshire. Mr. Paine's account of proceedings at Worcester. Letter to Josiah Edson and form of a resignation as councillor therein enclosed. Proceedings at meeting of delegates of the county of Suffolk. Proceedings of committee of correspondence in the county of Worcester. Id. at Worcester. August 9. Reasons of grand and petit juries for declining to serve, delivered into court August 30. Extract of letter from Maj.-Gen. Haldimand. September 15. Paper posted up at New York. Messages to Gov. Gage and his answer. Two resolutions entered into by the Congress at Philadelphia. Proclamation issued by Gov. Gage and resolves of a committee for the county of Worcester. Instructions given by committee of the county of Worcester to Timothy Bigelow, a member chosen to represent them in the General Court of Massachusetts. Id. to represent them in the provincial congress at Concord. Two addresses of the committee of the county of Worcester to Gov. Gage. Gov. Gage's answer to committee of the county of Worcester. Proceedings of a congress of committees for the county of Hampshire, and resolves of the county of Bristol. Resolves of a provincial congress at Concord. October 14. Message from provincial congress at Concord to Gov. Gage and answer thereto. Letters between Hon. Peyton Randolph and Gov. Gage. Message by committee from the provincial congress to Gov. Gage. Proceedings of a provincial congress at Cambridge. Letter from Boston Gazette. Votes of assembly of Rhode Island. Act passed by assembly of Rhode Island. Admiralty note from Viscount Lisburne to Earl of Dartmouth, October i, enclosing letter from Vice-Adm. Graves to Mr. Stephens, Septem- ber 3. Letters from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Dartmouth, enclosing extracts of letters from Vice-Adm. Graves to Mr. Stephens, Sep- tember 23, December 15 ; and from Capt. Wallace to Vice-Adm. Graves, dated New Port, December 12. New Hampshire. Extracts of eight letters from Gov. Wentworth to Earl of Dartmouth, June 8-December 2, enclosing : Letter from Samuel Adams. May 12. Resolution and vote of New Hampshire House of Representatives. May 28. Gov. Wentworth's message to assembly of New Hampshire. June 8. Letters from Mr. Parry to Gov. Wentworth. June 29, September 8. 17 256 House of Lords. Letters between Gov. Wentworth and Capt. Cochran. June 29, 30 and July 18. Two letters from Mr. Parker to Gov. Wentworth. June 30. Gov. Wentworth's speech to committee of correspondence. Instructions for Col. Folsom and Maj. Sullivan, delegates for New Hampshire. Letter from committee of correspondence in New Hampshire and form of non-importation and non-consumption agreement sent to towns in the province. Vote of town meeting at Portsmouth. Extracts from proceedings of council of New Hampshire. September 9, 12. Resolves of committee of Portsmouth and Rochester. Advertisements from committee of Portsmouth and Durham. New York. Extracts of eight letters from Lieut.-Gov. Golden to Earl of Dartmouth, May 4-December 7, enclosing extract from New York Gazetteer, April 28, and a hand bill. New Jersey. Extracts of letters from Gov. Franklin to Earl of Dartmouth, May 31, June 28, of which the latter encloses resolves of freeholders of the county of Essex, New Jersey, June 11. Pennsylyania. Extracts and copies of letters from deputy governor of Pennsylvania to Earl of Dartmouth, May 31-December 6, enclosing: Extracts from proceedings of House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. Extracts from Pennsylvania Gazette. July 27. Three resolutions of the Congress at Philadelphia, extracted from Pennsylvania Gazette. Virginia. Two letters and extracts of letter from Earl of Dunmore to Earl of Dart- mouth, May 29-August 14, enclosing: An order of House of Burgesses. May 24. Association signed by 89 members of the late House of Burgesses. Resolutions of inhabitants of Annapolis. May 25. Association resolved upon at a meeting of delegates from the different counties in Virginia. Instructions for Virginian deputies for the general congress. South Carolina. Extracts of three letters from Lieut.-Gov. Bull to Earl of Dartmouth, July 3 1 -November 23, enclosing: Extract from South Carolina Gazette. July 11. Proceedings in Commons House of assembly. August 2. House of Lords. 257 GeoigU. Extracts of four letters from Sir James Wright to Earl of Dartmouth, July 2S-October 13, enclosing: Two hand bills. July 14, 27. A proclamation issued by Sir James Wright. Resolutions entered into at Savannah. August 10. Protests of inhabitants of several districts in Georgia. Petition of sundry persons on behalf of themselves and the inhabitants of several of his Majesty's colonies in America, received December 21. Extracts from votes and proceedings of the Continental Congress. Sep- tember 5. Titles listed in L. J. 284 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 286-290. 1 1775, February i. A provisional act for settling the troubles in America and for asserting the supreme legislative authority and superintending power of Great Britain over the colonies. 285 (Read first time this day and rejected. L. J. XXXIV. 299.) 1115, February 2. Papers (18) relating to occurrences in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsyl- vania and Maryland: Extract of letter from Gov. Martin to Earl of Dartmouth, Newbem, North Carolina, September i, 1774, enclosing: Resolutions entered into at meeting of inhabitants of the district of Wilmington, July 21, 1774; and an address to freeholders of Craven County. Copy of paper addressed to the freeholders of Craven County. Resolutions of inhabitants of sundry counties in North CaroUna; taken from North Carolina Gazette, no. 287, September 2, 1774. (A copy of this number is in P. R. O. Colonial OMce, Class 5, vol. 318, f. 33 — old reference, A. W. I., 222.) Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Bull to Earl of Dartmouth, Charles Town, December 19, 1774, enclosing charge given by Judge Dray- ton, of South Carolina, and presentments of the grand jury. Copy of letter from Sir James Wright to Earl of Dartmouth, Savannah, December 13, 1774, enclosing extract from Georgia Gazette, De- cember 14, 1774. Extract of letter from Gov. Gage to Earl of Dartmouth, Boston, Decem- ber 26, 1774, enclosing: Copy of letter from Gov. Wentworth to Gov. Gage. December 14, 1774. Id. from Capt. Cochran to Gov. Wentworth. December 14, 1774. Extracts of letter from Gov. Wentworth to Gov. Gage. December 16 1774- Extract of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Earl of Dartmouth. New York, January 4, 1775. Id. from deputy governor of Pennsylvania to Earl of Dartmouth. Phila- delphia, December 31, 1774, enclosing. Extracts from printed votes of assembly of Pennsylvania. Id. of letter from Dep. (k)v. Eden, Annapolis, Maryland, December 30, 1774, enclosing: 258 House of Lords. Extract from Maryland Gazette. December 29, 1774. Copy of paper handed about in Annapolis. 286 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 301.) 1775, February J. Admiralty papers (9). Captain's reports relating to forts and settlements in Africa. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 287 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 304.) 1775, February 7. Address of both Houses to the king touching American disturbances. 288 (L. J. XXXIV. 305-307. In extenso. Answered February 10. Ibid. 312-313.) 1775, February 7. Petition of merchants, traders and others, of London con- cerned in American commerce. 289 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 307-308. In extenso, but without signers' names.) 1775, February 7. Petition of planters of his Majesty's sugar colonies, resid- ing in Great Britain, and of merchants of London trading to said colonies. 290 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 308. In extenso, but without signers' names.) 1775, February 14. Extract of letter from Earl of Dunmore, to Earl of Dart- mouth, on state of public affairs of the colony. Williamsburg, December 24, 1774. 291 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 317) 1775, February 20. Account of value of exports and imports to and from Africa and England, Christmas, 1739 — Christmas, 1773, distinguish- ing each year and the value of British goods from foreign. Only totals given. 292 (Ordered February 7; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 308, 321.) 1775, February 20. Account of quantity and value of all tobacco exported from England to foreign countries, Christmas, 1769 — Christmas, 1773, distinguishing each year and country. Id. of quantity and value of all tobacco imported into England from British plantations in America, Christmas, 1769 — Christmas, 1773, distinguishing each year and plantation. 293 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 317, 32I-) 1775, February 20. Account of proceedings at meeting of deputies appointed by the several counties of Maryland, at Annapolis, December 8-12, 1774, extracted from Maryland Gazette, received from Robert Eden, deputy governor, February 17, 1775. 294 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 322.) 1775, February 24. Resolutions on book entitled The Present Crisis. Two papers. To be communicated to House of Commons at a confer- ence for their concurrence. 295 (Adopted this day. L. J. XXXIV. 324. /» extenso. Also, ibid., 326. Cf. no. 297.) 1775, February 24. Papers (12) relating to disturbances in New Hampshire and Rhode Island : Extract of letter from Gov. Gage to Earl of Dartmouth. Boston, January 18, 1775- House of Lords. 259 Id. from Gov. Wentworth to Earl of Dartmouth. New Hampshire, De- cember 28, 1774. Id. January 14, 1775, enclosing copy of a proclamation. Copy of letter from Lords of the Admiralty to Earl of Dartmouth, Feb- ruary 21, enclosing: Extract of letter from Vice-Adm. Graves to Mr. Stephens. January 8, 1775. Copy of letter from Gov. Wentworth to Vice-Adm. Graves. December 20, 1774. Id. from Capt. Barkley to Vice-Adm. Graves. December 20, 1774. Id. from Gov. Wentworth to Vice-Adm. Graves. December 30, 1774. Id. from Capt. Wallace to Vice-Adm. Graves. December 15, 1774. Id. from Capt. Wallace to Gov. Wanton. December 15, 1774. Id. from Vice-Adm. Graves to Mr. Stephens. January 15, 1775. 296 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 325.) 1775, February 27. Resolutions and orders on pamphlet entitled, The Crisis with respect to America. Five papers. Resolutions same as in no. 295. 297 (Adopted this day. L. J. XXXIV. 326. In extenso.) 1775, February zy. Petition of aldermen and inhabitants of Nottingham touching restoration of order in American colonies. 298 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 326. /« «;rJfn.so, but without signers' names.) 1775, February 28. Resolutions of both Houses on paper entitled Crisis No. 3. Also report of committee, same business. 299 (Adopted this day. L. J. XXXIV. 331-332.) 1775, March j. Custom House papers : Account of value of exports and imports to and from N. America and England, Christmas, 1739 — Christmas, 1773, distinguishing each colony and year and British goods from foreign. Id. to and from West Indies and England, Christmas, 1739 — Christmas, 1773, distinguishing each island and year and British goods from foreign. 300 (Ordered February 7; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 308, 339.) 1775, March 6. Papers (11) relating to occurrences in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Copy of letter from Lieut.-Gov. Colden to Earl of Dartmouth, New York, February i, 1775, enclosing copy of lieutenant-governor's speech to general assembly, and copies of addresses of the council and assembly. Extract of letter from Gov. Franklin to Earl of Dartmouth, New Jersey, February i, 1775, enclosing: Copy of governor's speech to general assembly. Copy of address of council and of the governor's answer. Copy of resolves of assembly and of their address. Id. from Dep. Gov. Penn to Earl of Dartmouth, Philadelphia, January 30, 1775, enclosing: Copy of proceedings of a provincial convention at Philadelphia. Copy of testimony of the people called Quakers. 301 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 341.) 260 House of Lords. 1775, March 8. Account of net produce of duties and customs on tobacco in England, Christmas, 1769 — Christmas, 1774, distinguishing each year. 302 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 317, 344.) 1775, March 10. Copy of letter from Gov. Thomas Gage to Earl of Dart- mouth, Boston, January 27, 1775, enclosing a petition from Loyal- ists of Scituate and Marshfield praying that " we may be assisted with one hundred of His Majesty's troops .... by whose assist- ance we will .... repel and resist any violent or rebellious at- tempt that may be made against us ... . There are about two hundred and forty in Marshfield and Scituate who are loyally dis- posed." n. d. Gov. Gage states that he has sent a detachment of one hundred men and that this petition is " the first instance of an application to government for assistance ". 303 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 346-347.) 1775, March 15. Petition of lord mayor, aldermen and commons, of the city of London, against bill 15 (^orge III., to restrain the trade of Massachusetts and other colonies. 304 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 353. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, March 9; royal assent, March 30. L. J. XXXIV. 345, 380.) 1775, March 15. Petition of merchants, traders and others, of the city of London, against bill 15 George III. {cf. no. 304), to restrain the trade of Massachusetts. 305 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 353.) 1775, March 15. State of exports from Great Britain to, and fisheries of, N. America in 1764. 306 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 3S4-) 1775, March 17. Account of net produce of duties and customs on tobacco in Scotland, October, 1769-October, 1774, distinguishing each year. 307 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 317, 360.) 1775, March 22. Account of quantity and value of all tobacco imported into Scotland from the plantations, October, 1769-October, 1774, dis- tinguishing each year and plantation. Id. of all tobacco exported from Scotland to other countries, October, 1769-October, 1774, distinguishing each year and country. 308 (Ordered February 14; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 317, 367-368.) 1775, March 30. Letters from Gov. Gage to Earl of Dartmouth, enclosing extracts from records of provincial congress held at Cambridge, 1774-1775. Four papers. Titles listed in L. J. 309 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 381.) 1775, May 17. Petition from his Majesty's ancient subjects settled in Que- bec, to repeal Quebec (Government Act 14 George III. Cj. no 275. 310 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 4S8. In extenso, but without signers' names.) 1115, October 26. Petition of lord mayor, aldermen and commons of the city of London, praying that the House will " adopt such measures House of Lords. 261 for the healing of the present unhappy disputes between the Mother Country and the Colonies as may be speedy, permanent and honor- able ". 311 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 489.) 1775, October 26. The address, petition and memorial of representatives of the freeholders of Nova Scotia, acknowledging authority of the king and Parliament and praying for redress of grievances. Hali- fax, June 24, 1775. 312 (Read this day. L. J. XXXIV. 489.) 1775, November 6. Copy of petition of the Continental Congress to the king, presented September, 1775. 313 (Address for petition November i ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 496, 499-) 1775, November 10. The examination of Richard Penn upon petition of the Continental Congress. 314 (L. J. XXXIV. 504-506. In extenso.) 1775, November 20. Account of value of exports and imports to and from N. America and Scotland, Christmas, 1739 — Christmas, 1773, distin- guishing each colony and year and British goods from foreign. Id. of exports and imports to and from West Indies and Scotland, Christ- mas, 1739 — Christmas, 1773, distinguishing each island and year and British goods from foreign. 315 (Ordered February 7; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 308, 512.) 1776, February 16. Treaties with Brunswick and Hesse. Copy of treaty between his Majesty and Duke of Brunswick, January 9, 1776; and translation. Note concerning levy money; and trans- lation. Id. between his Majesty and the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, Cassel, January 15, 1776; and translation. Id. between his Majesty and the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Cassel, signed at Hanau, February 5, 1776; and translation. 316 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 559.) 177Q, April 12. Admiralty papers (10). Captain's reports relating to forts and settlements of the African Company in Africa. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George H. Cf. 188, 317 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 641.) 1776, April ip. List of ships entered in port of London for any part of N. America under Admiralty licenses and lists of cargoes of the Renown and City of London bound for Boston. 318 (Ordered March 27; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 617, 653.) 1776, April 29. Copies of all licenses granted by Lords of the Admiralty for exporting provisions to America, since passing of act 16 George HI., to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the thirteen colonies. Schedules of cargoes. Also, copies of all licenses granted for trans- ports, victuallers and ordnance storeships, since the act aforemen- tioned. 319 (Address for papers, April 24; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 671, 679- 680. The bill referred to was brought from House of (Commons, December 12, 1775 ; royal assent, December 22. L. J. XXXIV. 530, 542.) 262 House of Lords. 1776, May I. Copy of treaty with Prince of Waldeck, April 20, 1776; and translation. 320 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXIV. 685.) 1776, May 7. Copy of the ulterior convention between his Majesty and the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Cassel, concluded at Hanau, April 25, 1776; and translation. 321 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXIV. 698.) 1776, November 4. Numerous papers, mostly dated 1776, dealing with goods and merchandise entered for N. America and with provisioning of troops, viz.: Treasury warrants to Commissioners of Customs of Scotland. Minutes of board of customs of Scotland. Correspondence between Commissioners of Customs of Scotland and col- lector and comptroller of Port Glasgow. Id. between Commissioners of Customs of Scotland and Lords of the Treasury. Application to Commissioners of Customs of Scotland. Copies of entries made at custom house of Port Glasgow and of Greenock. Detailed accounts of goods shipped by license from Port Glasgow and Greenock to thirteen colonies since passing of act 16 George III. {Cf. no. 319.) Treasury minutes. Letters from Mr. Robinson to Admiralty, Commissioners of Customs, Secretary at War and Mr. Pownall, in relation to licenses to ship provisions to America. Letters from Sir Grey Cooper, secretary at war, and Mr. Pownall relative to same. Treasury contracts to supply army with rum. 322 (Address and order for papers, May 13; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 719, XXXV. 12-13.) 1776, November 8. Copies of 28 letters, warrants and minutes of the board from office of Commissioners of Customs, touching shipment of goods to American colonies. Titles listed in L. J. 323 (Address and order for papers, May 13 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 719, XXXV. 17-18.) 1777, January 27. Papers (7) touching entries of exports from Ireland to N. America since passing of act 16 George III. {cf. no. 319), pro- hibiting all trade with the thirteen colonies. Itemized statements of cargoes, etc. 324 (Order for papers, May 13; delivered this day. L. J. XXXIV. 719, XXXV. 37-) 1777, February 6. Copy of a convention with the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, December 11, 1776; and translation. 325 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXV. 4S-) 1777, February 26. Admiralty papers (11). Captain's reports on condition of forts and settlements on African coast. Titles listed in L. J. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. 188. 326 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 72-73) 1777, March 19. Treaty between his Majesty and the Margrave of Branden- burg Anspach, February i, 1777; and translation. House of Lords. 263 Copy of an ulterior convention between his Majesty and the Hereditary Prince of Hesse, February lo, 1777; and translation. 327 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXV. 103.) 1777, December 11. Admiralty papers. Accounts (not itemized) : Of transports, ^77S-^777- Of number of seamen and marines in navy, 1776-1777. Of unpaid navy, victualling and transport bills, 1777. 328 (Address for papers, November 27; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 255, 270.) 1778, January 20. Copies of papers (24) relating to steps taken by commis- sioners for restoring peace : Copy of letter from Viscount Howe to Lord George Germain, dated Eagle, off Staten Island, August 11, 1776, enclosing: Copy of circular letter from Lord Howe to governors, etc., of the respective colonies, dated off the coast of Massachusetts, June 20, 1776. Id. of Lord Howe's declaration. June 20, 1776. Id. of resolution of Congress. July 19, 1776. Id. of letter from Mr. Nicholas Cooke of Rhode Island to Lord Howe. Newport, Rhode Island, July 21, 1776. Copy of letter from commissioners for restoring peace to his Majesty's colonies in America, to Lord George Germain, dated Staten Island, August II, 1776, enclosing: Copy of their letter to Gov. Tryon. July 14, 1776. Id. of declaration of the commissioners. Staten Island, July 14, 1776. Id. of the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. Copy of letter from Lord Howe to Lord (jeorge Germain, dated Eagle, off New York, September 20, 1776, enclosing copy of resolution of Congress, September 5, 1776. Copy of letter from commissioners for restoring peace to his Majesty's colonies in America, to Lord George Germain, New York, Septem- ber 20, 1776, enclosing copy of declaration of the commissioners, September 19, 1776. Id., November 30, 1776, enclosing: Copy of proclamation issued by the commissioners. November 30, 1776. Copy of representation and petition of inhabitants of the city and county of New York, to the commissioners. Id. of King's county. New York, to the commissioners. Id. of Queen's county. New York, to the commissioners. Copy of letter from commissioners for restoring peace to his Majesty's colonies in America, to Lord George Germain. New York, De- cember 22, 1776. Id. March 25, 1777, enclosing: State of the number of declarations subscribed in consequence of proc- lamation of November 30, 1776. Copy of Mr. Washington's proclamation. January 25, 1777. Id. of address from city and county of New York. Id. of address from Suffolk county. New York, to the commissioners. 329 (Address for papers, December 2, 1777; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 259, 271-272.) 264 House of Lords. 1778, January 20. Account of all general courts-martial held in N. America and West Indies since August i, 1774. 330 (Address for account, December s, 1777; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 262, 273.) 1778, January 23. Account of expense of victualling transports hired by the Navy Board, October i, 1775 — September 30, 1777; and what has been paid for same. 331 (Address for account, November 27, 1777 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV 2SS, 274-) 1778, January 26. Account of men lost and disabled in his Majesty's land service, including two battalions of marines and foreign troops in British pay, by death, desertion, captivity, wounds or sickness in N. America, since August i, 1774; distinguishing each year, corps and service. Copy of monthly return of his Majesty's forces in N. America under command of Gen. Howe. July i, 1777. State of troops, British and German, under command of Gen. Howe, en- camped at (jemiantown, Philadelphia, etc. October 13, 1777. Copy of monthly general return of army in (Canada. October i, 1777. Id. of return of additional companies. Quebec, July i, 1777. Id. of monthly general return of British troops. Canada, May i, 1777. Id. of German troops. Canada, May i, 1777. Abstract of last monthly general returns of his Majesty's forces in West Indies. 332 (Addresses for papers, December 2, 1777; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 258-259, 277.) VnS, January 2p. Admiralty Office accounts (5), touching ships at home and in N. America; expense of freight of victuallers and value of provisions shipped to troops in N. America, 1775-1777; list of ships of war employed in N. America since August i, 1774; guard ships; ship timber, etc. Titles listed in L. J. 333 (Addresses for accounts, November 27, December 2, 1777, January 20, 1778; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 255, 258, 271; 281-282.) 1778, January 30. Admiralty Office papers : Account of all bills issued and current on the different services of the navy and victualling since January 5, 1777, made out to December 2, 1777. Includes bills for rebel prisoners. Id. of ships of war and armed vessels appointed to convoy since act 16 George III. (cf. no. 319), to prohibit trade with thirteen colonies, etc. The like of ships of war employed as cruisers, etc., smce act above men- tioned. 33* (Addresses for papers, December 2, 1777; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 258, 259, ^3.) 1778, January 30. Papers relating to American prisoners at Forton and Mill prisons, Plymouth. Titles in L. J. 33S (Addresses for papers, December 8 and 11, 1777; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 266, 267, 270; 283-284. Documents not found.) 1778, February 2. State of British and foreign troops under command of Gen. Howe, including those at New York and posts depending Philadelphia, December 14, 1777- ^''^ (Address for state, January 23; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 27S, 285.) House of Lords. 265 1778, February 2. Returns of regiments raised or ordered to be raised De- cember 10, 1777- January 29, 1778; letters from Secretary at War (nos. 15-19) containing terms on which regiments are to be raised. Twenty papers. Titles listed in L. J. 337 (Address for papers, January 29; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 282, 286- 287.) 177S, February 2. Papers (4) relating to expense of freight of victuallers hired to carry provisions to N. America and account of ships. Titles listed in L. J. 338 (Address for papers, November 27, 1777; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 255. 287.) llli, February 5. Embarkation returns of troops and returns of recruits sent to N. America, etc. Thirteen papers. Titles listed in L. J. Also paper entitled " Copies of the Embarkation Returns of all the Marines sent from Great Britain to North America in the years 1774, 1775. ^77^' and 1777 ". 339 (Address for papers, January 26; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 278, 290-291.) 1778, February 6. Extracts of letters (11) received by Secretary of Admi- ralty from commanders of ships charged with care of the trade of his Majesty's subjects to and from Great Britain, so far as relates to separation of any merchant ships from their convoy without leave. Titles listed in L. J. 340 (Address for papers, February 5 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 291, 293.) 1778, February 6. Extract of letter from Vice-Adm. Gayton, commander-in- chief of his Majesty's ships at Jamaica, to Secretary of Admiralty, July 2, 1776; so far as relates to the opinion he gave merchants of the danger to which their ships would be exposed if they proceeded without convoy. 341 (Address for paper, February s; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 291, 293.) 1778, February p. Copies of all instructions and other papers relative to expedition from Canada under Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne; and copy of such parts of instructions given Gen. Howe as relate to any in- tended co-operation with Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne. Sixty papers. Titles listed in L. J. 342 (Address for papers, February 4; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 290, 297-299.) Vm, February II. Papers (16 and enclosure) relating to American ves- sels taken by British ships. Titles listed in L. J. 343 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 301.) 1778, February 11. Resolutions ( 14) relating to American debts ; prizes taken, retaken and released; value of prizes; African trade; insur- ance of ships; prices of seamen's wages, commodities from West Indies and naval stores from N. America; and to American priva- teers. All negatived. 344 (L. J. XXXV. 303-304. In extenso.) 1778, February 13. Account of value of cargoes of ordnance ships taken by Americans. 345 (Address for account, February 9; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 300, 306.) 266 House of Lords. 1778, February i6. Admiralty Oflfice : Account of his Majesty's ships and armed vessels employed in N. Amer- ica in 1774, specifying number of seamen and marines on each ship Id. of his Majesty's ships and armed vessels which have sailed from Great Britain to N. America, 1774-1777, with number of seamen and marmes on each ship, and distinguishing their rates. 346 (Address for accounts, January 29; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 283, 309*/ 1778, February 16 Admiralty Office papers (9). Captain's reports on forts and settlements on coast of Africa. Titles listed in L. T Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 347 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 309.) in^, February 16. Resolutions (12) relating to land forces and military operations in America, 1774-1778. All negatived. 348 (L. J. XXXV. 310-312. In extenso.) 1778, February jp. Embarkation returns (26) transmitted by the lord lieu- tenant of Ireland, of the corps sent from that kingdom to N. Amer- ica, 1774-1777. Titles listed in L. J. 349 (Address for returns, January 26; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 278, 315.) 1778, February ip. Lists (3) of officers of newly raised corps : Col. Cor- don's, Lord Seaforth's and Lieut.-Col. Campbell's corps. 350 (Address for papers, January 29; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 282, 315) 1778, February ip. Papers (36 and enclosures) relating to Gen. Burgoyne's expedition. Titles listed in L. J. 351 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 315-316.) 1778, February ip. Resolutions (6) regarding expenses of navy and army. All negatived. 352 (L. J. XXXV. 316-319. In extenso.) 1778, March 2. Admiralty Office. Copy of last return of the state of his Majesty's ships in America under command of Lord Howe. 353 (Address for return, February 25; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 326, 330.) 1778, March 2. Resolution relative to ships on service in America. Nega- tived. 354 (L. J. XXXV. 333. In extenso.) 177S, March 3. Printed copy of bill 18 (George III. entitled "An Act for removing all doubts and apprehensions concerning taxation by the parliament of Great Britain in any of the colonies, provinces, and Plantations in North America and the West Indies; and for re- pealing so much of an act made in the seventh year of the reign of His present Majesty as imposes a duty on tea imported from Great Britain into any colony or Plantation in America, or relates thereto ". 355 (Brought from House of Commons, March 3; royal assent, March 11. L. J. XXXV. 335, 360. Act 7 George III. referred to was brought from House of Commons, June 23, 1767; royal assent, July 2. L. J. XXXI. 648, 665.) House of Lords. 267 1778, March i6. Papers ( lo) relating to contract made by the Treasury with Mr. Atkinson for supplying 100,000 gallons of rum to his Majesty's forces in America. Titles listed in L. J. 356 (Address for papers, March 9; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 356, 372.) 1778, March 16. Papers (18) relating to agreement made by Daniel Cha- mier, late commissary general in America, and Mr. Loring, agent to Messieurs Mure, Son, and Atkinson, for 350,000 gallons of rum. Titles listed in L. J. 357 (Address for papers, March 9; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 356, 372- 373-) 1778, March ly. Copy of paper delivered to Viscount Weymouth by Marquis de Noailles, March 13, 1778; with translation. States that a treaty of friendship and commerce has been signed by plenipotentiaries of France and the United States. 358 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 376.) 1778, May 12. Copy of treaty between his Majesty and the Prince of Anhalt- Zerbst, April 23, 1778; and translation. 369 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXV. 481.) 1778, May 18. Extract and substance of several letters and papers received by his Majesty's principal secretaries of state for foreign affairs, in relation to equipment of the French fleet lately sailed from Toulon. Extracts of intelligence received by Lords of the Admiralty in relation to the same fleet. 360 (Address for papers, May 7; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 472, 496.) 1778, December y. Collection of Papers that have been published at dif- ferent times, relating to the Proceedings of His Majesty's Com- missioners. Title at top of first page: Letters and other papers relating to proceedings of his Majesty's commissioners. By the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, William Eden and George Johnstone, commissioners appointed by his Majesty in pursuance of an act of Parliament (18 George III.) to treat .... upon means of quieting the disorders now subsisting in certain of the colonies .... of North America. (Pamphlet printed by James Rivington, New York, 1778, pp. 55.) Also in British Museum 8133. b. 13. 361 (Address for papers, December 4; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 529, 530. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, March 3 ; royal assent, March 11. L. J. XXXV. 335, 360.) 1778, December 15. Ordnance Office papers : The state of fortifications on the island of Dominica, specifying when the diflferent works were executed and expense for same, together with particulars of the quantities of ordnance stores with which that island had been supplied since January, 1770. Account of the number of the royal regiment of artillery in the island of Dominica at time of its being attacked by the French. 362 (Address for papers, December 7; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 530, 537- ) 1779, January 21. Extract from War Office monthly returns. Strength of 48th regiment at Dominica. 363 (Address for paper, December 7, 1778; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 530, 549) 268 House of Lords. 1779, March 8. Admiralty Office. Instructions sent Adm. Byron so far as they relate to time of sailing, June last, and to first port to which he was destined. 364 (Address for paper, February 19; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV 583, 614.) 1779, March 30. List of ships lost, taken or destroyed, 1771-1779. Account of ships in commission, 1 771-1778, both inclusive; and the same account, 1751-1759, both inclusive, distinguishing each year. 365 (Address for papers, February 19; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV 583 673.) 1779, May 11. Account of extraordinary services incurred and paid by Rich- ard Rigby, paymaster general of his Majesty's forces, March 9, 1 775- January 31, 1776, and not provided for by Parliament. Id. of the same, January 31, 1776-February i, 1777, and not provided for by Parliament. Id. January 31, 1777-February i, 1778. Id. January 31, 1778-February i, 1779. Id. of distribution of £970,000, part of the sum of ir, 000,000, granted to his Majesty to defray any extraordinary expenses incurred, or to be incurred, for military services for 1776. Id. of distribution of £793,300 lis. 9>y^A., part of the sum of £1,000,000 granted to his Majesty to defray any extraordinary expenses in- curred, or to be incurred, on account of military services for 1777. Id. of distribution of the sum of £1,000,000 granted to his Majesty to defray any extraordinary expenses incurred, or to be incurred, on account of military services for 1778. 366 (Address for accounts, April 21 ; delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 696, 731-732.) 1779, June 17. Copy of paper delivered to Viscount Weymouth by Marquis d'Almodovar. Translation of same. 367 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXV. 801.) 17S0, Febniary 2. Account of Spanish and Portuguese coins purchased by Messrs. Harley and Drummond for use of the army in N. America, distinguishing the quantity and species of such coins, persons to whom, and time when, delivered in Europe, and the persons to whom they were directed in America. 368 (Ordered December 17, 1779; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 22, 28.) 1780, February 8. Papers concerning relations of Great Britain with France and Spain: . t- 1 j Exposition of motives of the French king's conduct respectmg England. French text printed ; MS. translation. Justifying memorial to serve as answer to the exposition, etc., of the court of France. French text printed ; MS. translation. Copy of manifesto of motives which have guided the Catholic Kmg for the manner of his proceeding with England. Spanish text and translation. ^ c • u Royal order published in Madrid Gasette, no 51, June 25, 1779. bpanish text and translation. _ . .< d v Declaration which Marquis d'Almodovar is ordered to deliver to the Brit- ish ministry before his departure, published in no. 51 of the Madrid Gazette. Spanish text and translation. House of Lords. 269 Royal order published in Madrid Gazette, no. 52, June 29, 1779. Spanish text and translation. Copy of answer transmitted to Marquis d'Almodovar by Lord Weymouth, July 13, 1779; and translation. Printed. 369 (Address and order for papers, December 15, 1779; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 21, 29.) 1780, February 21. Petition of planters and others interested in Jamaica, pointing out defenseless state of the island. 370 (Read this day. L. J. XXXVI. 39-40. In extenso.) 1781, January 23. King's message relative to rupture with Holland. 371 (L. J. XXXVI. 203. In extenso.) 1781, January 25. Copies of papers relating to rupture with Holland. Copy of his Majesty's manifesto. December 20, 1780. Jd. of precis of what Sir Joseph Yorke said to deputies of the States General, November 2, 1778; and translation. Jd. of memorial presented by Sir Joseph Yorke to the States General, July 22, 1779; and translation. Jd. of memorial presented by Sir Joseph Yorke to the States General, November 26, 1779; and translation. Jd. of Sir Joseph Yorke's declaration to the States General, November 10, 1780; and translation. Jd. of memorial presented by Sir Joseph Yorke to the States General, December 12, 1780; and translation. Translation of extract of resolutions of the States General. December IS, 1780. Copy of the American treaty. 372 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 203.) Vl%\,March8. Petition of Henry Harford and others to bring in bill 21 George HI. for confirming articles of agreement between the de- visee and heirs-at-law of Frederick Lord Baltimore, deceased, re- specting Maryland. (Read this day. L. J. XXXVI. 235.) Order on same. March 8. Judges' report, read April 4. 373 (L. J. XXXVI. 260. The bill was first read April 4; royal assent, June 19. L. J. XXXVI. 260, 323.) 1781, June ig. Petition of upwards of two hundred American prisoners con- fined in Mill prison, Plymouth, on behalf of themselves and others their countrymen and fellow-captives. 374 (Read this day. L. J. XXXVI. 324. In extenso but without signers' names.) VJ%l,June 28. Account from Admiralty Office of quantity of bread and diy stores that appear to have been damaged and rendered unfit for use by weevils and other insects on board his Majesty's ships of war since January i, 1778, distinguishing each year. 375 (Ordered June 27; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 331.) 1781, July 2. Evidence on petition of American prisoners. Cf. no. 374. 376 (L. J. XXXVI. 335-339- In extenso.) 270 House of Lords. 1782, February y. Resolution that house resolve itself into committee of the whole House to inquire into the capture of the army under Lord CornwaUis. 377 (Adopted this day. L. J. XXXVI. 383. In extenso.) 1782, February 18. Admiralty papers (57) relating to movements of Spanish, French and English fleets in 1781, including instructions, intelli- gence received and account of number and state of ships; lists of ships, letters from Admiralty Office, Vice-Adm. Darby, Sir Samuel Hood, Rear-Adm. Graves, Adm. Sir George Rodney and Lord CornwaUis; copy of engineer's report of Old Point Comfort, July 25, 1 781. Titles in L. J. 378 (Addresses for papers, February 11, 12; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI 38s, 386, 388-389.) 1782, February 18. One hundred and fifty-six papers, copies or extracts of all instructions or orders from his Majesty's ministers to Lieut-Cien. Sir Henry Qinton and Lieut-Gen. Earl CornwaUis, touching opera- tions of the army under their command, 1780-1781. Also, copies or extracts of all correspondence between Sir Henry Clinton and Earl CornwaUis, particularly relative to his lordship's taking post at Yorktown and Gloucester, his remaining and fortifying himself there and the expectation of relief. Titles listed in L. J. 379 (Addresses for papers, February 11; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 38s, 390-392) 1782, February 25. Twenty-eight papers from Admiralty Office. Copies of all correspondence between generals or admirals employed in N. America or West Indies and his Majesty's ministers and Secretary of- the Admiralty, touching the giving succor to the army under Lord CornwaUis in 1781. Titles listed in L. J. 380 (Address for papers, February 18; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 389, 396-397) 1782, February 25. Thirty-nine additional papers relative to capture of Lord Comwallis's army in Virginia. Titles listed in L. J. 381 (Address for papers, February 18; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 389, 397-398.) 1782, March i. Admiralty correspondence with Sir G. B. Rodney, Vice-Adm. Parker, Rear-Adm. Graves and Vice-Adm. Arbuthnot, 1780, 1781, in so far as it bears upon capture of army of Lord CornwaUis. Forty-four papers. Titles listed in L. J. 382 (Address for papers, February 25; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 398, 403-404.) 1782, March 4. Further Admiralty correspondence relating to capture of army of Lord CornwaUis. Letters and information sent to Vice- Adm. Arbuthnot, 1780, 1781 ; names and rates of ships sent home from Sir George Rodney, Vice-Adm. Peter Parker or Rear-Adm. Graves; state and condition of ships under Rear-Adm. Graves. Twenty-six papers. Titles Usted in L. J. 383 (Address for papers, February 25; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 398, 404-405.) 1782, March 6. Resolutions relative to capture of army of Lord Cornwall^. 004 House of Lords. 271 1782, December 6. Sir George Rodney's answer to thanks of the House. 385 (L. J. XXXVI. S78. In extenso.) 1783, January 2y. Copy of preliminary articles of peace between England and France, January 20, 1783; and translation. Id. of preliminary articles of peace between England and Spain, January 20, 1783 ; and translation. Id. of provisional articles, November 30, 1782, between England and the United States. 386 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXVI. 586-587.) 1783, February 5. Papers re Mitchell and Gay vs. Sir George Rodney and Gen. Vaughan, in error. Action brought for recovery of value of a quantity of goods, property of petitioners, seized and sold by de- fendants' orders at island of St. Eustatius, March, 1781. Writ of error. Tenor of judgment. Assignment of errors. Petition of plaintiffs in error for a bye-day. November 12. Judgment of court of King's Bench affirmed, sustaining defendants' order. November 24. 387 (L. J. XXXVI. 587; XXXVII. 7, 11-12.) 1783, February ly. Motion for and address to the king relative to the peace with France. 388 (L. J. XXXVI. 598-599- In extenso.) 1783, February 20. The king's answer to the preceding address. 389 (L. J. XXXVI. 599. In extenso.) 1783, June ly. Admiralty letter transmitting annexed report on African forts. September 15, 1782. Presented in pursuance of act 23 George II. Cf. no. 188. 390 (Delivered this day. L. J. XXXVI. 694-) 1783, June 25. Petition of American agents on behalf of Loyalists. Eleven signatures. 391 (Read this day. L. J. XXXVI. 708. In extenso.) 1783, June jo. Message from the king, recommending grant of annuity to Lord Rodney and address to the king thereupon. 392 (L. J. XXXVI. 711. In extenso. Address answered July i. Ihid. 712.) 1783, November 17. Copies and translations of definitive treaties : Copy of preliminary articles between England and the Netherlands, Sep- tember 2, 1783 ; and translation. Id. of definitive treaty of peace between England and France, September 3, 1783; and translation. Id. between England and Spain, September 3, 1783 ; and translation. Id. between England and the United States. September 3, 1783. 393 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXVII. 8-9.) 1784, January 26. King's message touching Hessian troops employed in America. 394 (L. J. XXXVII. 34- I» extenso.) 1784, June 8. Copy of definitive treaty of peace between England and the Netherlands, May 20, 1784; and translation. 395 (Presented this day. L. J. XXXVII. 88.) 18 272 House of Lords. 1786, July J. Petition of naval officers entitled to distributive share of pro- perty captured at island of St. Eustatius and its dependencies, against bill 26 George III. for vesting this property in trustees. 396 (Read this day. L. J. XXXVII. 553. The bill referred to was brought from House of Commons, June 26; committee put off July 5. L. J. XXXVII. 536, 564-565.) 1786, /w/y 5. Petition of Lord Rodney against the St. Eustatius Bill. Cf. no. 396. 397 (Read this day. L. J. XXXVII. 562.) 1786, July 5. Copies of several letters from Sir George Rodney, commander- in-chief in West Indies, to Secretary of the Admiralty, 1781, with his answers thereto. Titles listed in L. J. 398 (Address for papers, June 28; delivered this day. L. J. XXXVII. 541, 563-564.) GENERAL POST-OFFICE. St. Martins le Grand, E. C. These archives are not kept in an office where they are open to pubHc in- spection, but can only be consulted by permission of the Postmaster General. Applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Post Office, St. Martins le Grand, E. C. A good account of the British Post-Office in its relation to the history of the postal service in the American colonies before 1710 is in Herbert Joyce's History of the Post Office from its Establishment down to 1836 (1893), chapter viii., in which several of the documents referred to below are quoted wholly or in part. The search in the voluminous records for the scattered items relating to America was greatly furthered by the aid rendered by Mr. J. G. Hendy, curator of the record room. The classes of records containing matter relative to America before 1783 are as follows : I. Treasury Letter Books containing letters, reports and memorials from the Post-Office to the Lords of the Treasury, and warrants, orders of refer- ence, letters, etc. issued by the Treasury in reply thereto. The American items are listed below. The numbers in heavy-faced type indicate volumes. 2. (1691-1699), p. 137. Letter from the Postmasters General to Mr. Blath- wayt, January 10, 1696, concerning an act for settUng a post-office at Boston in New England. p. 211. Representation of the Postmasters General, July 9, 1696, that a person may be deputed to state the accounts of the Post-Office in America. p. 213. Letter from Captain Meech to Gov. Nicholson, dated from sloop Speedwell, Delaware River, September 24, 1695, relating to the intercepting of illegal trade, and apparently implicating Hamil- ton. pp. 252-255. Memorial of Thomas Neale enclosing A. Hamilton's memorial. p. 256. Lords of Treasury's order of reference of Neale's and Hamil- ton's memorials to the Postmasters General. pp. 256-257. Report of Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, April 27, 1699, on the memorials of Neale and Hamilton and on the accounts of profit and charge. p. 258. " A Calculation what Charge will carry the Post from New- castle in Pennsilvania to James Cyty in Virginia about 400 Miles ", by Andrew Hamilton, April 26, 1699. p. 264. Memorial of Thomas Neale to Lords of Treasury, April 28, 1699, offering to resign his patent of the American post-office. pp. 265-267. " The Charge of setling and carrying on the Post in North America from the beginning of May 1693 to May 1697 ", by A. Hamilton. 3. (1699-1705). Twelve letters from Mr. Edmund Dummer and the Post- masters General relating to the West India packet boats. 273 274 General Post-OMce. pp. 66-67. Petition of Andrew Hamilton and Robert West to the king, praying that the king take the Post-Office in N. America or grant them a further term of years therein, and additional privi- leges. pp. 126-127. Representation of Jeffry Jeflfrys to queen, offering to carry mail direct to New York, with Postmasters General's report on representation. pp. 250-251. Royal warrant, February 12, 1704, authorizing new rates of postage between England and the plantations. 4. (1705-1712), pp. 32-35. Petition of Robert West and Agnes Hamilton, the relict and executrix of Andrew Hamilton, praying the queen for an extension of the term of their patent and for further privileges, with order of reference of same petition and report of Postmasters General, February 7, 1707, recommending purchase of patent. pp. 137-138. Undated proposal to Lords of Treasury from William Warren offering to establish a monthly packet service from Eng- land to New York, with order of reference, dated December 28. 1709. (The report is said to be entered in the West Indian book, but no such book is known.) 6. (April, 1715-October, 1724), pp. 205-207. Petition to Lords of Treasury from John Hamilton, late deputy postmaster of N. America, con- cerning arrears of salary due him, with letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, August 10, 1722, concerning the same, and warrant to Postmasters General, October 5, 1722, for payment of same arrears. 8. (June, 1760-March, 1771), pp. 95-105. "Memorandum relating to some Improvements suggested to be made in the Management of the Post Office in North America ", dated January 28, 1764, relating to survey of post-roads undertaken by Franklin and Foxcroft; estab- lishment of packet boats to southern colonies ; modifications in the existing law relating to the delivery of ship letters, and a regular post between New York and Quebec, pp. 57-74. Representation to Lords of Treasury from Postmasters General " in relation to the several Vessels now employed as Packet- boats by this office in its Foreign Correspondence"; Treasury warrant to the above memorial ; a further representation about the four N. American packet boats ; warrant to the same. p. 258. Letter from secretary of post-office to Thomas Bradshaw, June 4, 1768, on Mr. Franklin's returning to N. America. p. 258. Letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Postmasters General, Whitehall, May 27, 1768, on improving the packet service to the West Indies and to the southern parts of the contment of America. pp. 260-263. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, June 6, 1768, advocating the establishment of four packet boats to be employed between Falmouth and Charles Town, S. C, and relat- ing to the land post in the southern part of the continent and to the post of the West Indies, and expense of victualling New York packets. ^ , t 1 p. 264. Letter from Lords of Treasury to Postmasters General, July 5, 1768, authorizing them to contract for four packet boats from General Post-OfUce. 273 Falmouth to Charles Town, and to increase the allowance for vic- tualling the packet boats to New York. pp. 273-277 ; 283-285 ; 293-300. Memorials, etc., concerning packet boats between Pensacola and Jamaica, 1768- 1770. pp. 285-287. Correspondence on the delivery of ships' letters, includ- ing a letter from J. Foxcroft to the (American) Commissioners of the Customs, dated Philadelphia, January 11, 1769. pp. 301-302. Letters, June 6, 1770, on establishing a fifth packet boat between Falmouth and New York. 9. (April, 1771-December, i778),pp. 4-7. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, September 23, 1771, proposing an increased estimate for the New York and Carolina packet service. pp. 129-134. Letter from the Postmasters General to the Lords of Treasury, February 14, 1776, regarding the arming of the American packet boats, with a proposed estimate for the same; and on dis- patching of a packet boat to Halifax, N. S., with warrant, March 5, 1776, for increased expenditure for purpose above mentioned. pp. 153-156. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, November 13, 1776, proposing to allow Michael McDonogh, com- mander of the packet boat employed between Jamaica, Pensacola and Charles Town, the sum of £300 for meritorious services, with certificates of merit from Sir P. Parker, July 19, 1776, and Lord William Campbell, July 24, 1776, and warrant to allow sum above mentioned, dated November 26, 1776. pp. 216-220. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, August 13, 1777, enclosing memorial of Ebenezer Mackie, late merchant and deputy postmaster of Baltimore, Maryland, who re- quests relief on account of his being deprived of his office and on account of his other losses, with warrant to pay £50 to E. Mackie, dated January 24, 1778. pp. 221-228. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, October 8, 1777, proposing a new estimate for the packet service between Jamaica, Pensacola and Charles Town, enclosing a letter from Capt. Clarke, dated Kingston, Jamaica, July 23, 1777, setting forth the hardships of the service, with warrant for new estimate, November 25, 1777. pp. 345-347. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, October 30, 1778, on the capture of four packet boats by American privateers, and enclosing a letter from Lord George Germain, Sep- tember 18, 1778, on the packet service. 10. (December, 1778-September, 1783), pp. 14-15. Letter from Postmasters General to Lords of Treasury, March 17, 1779, referring to the late disarrangement of the American postal service. 2. Orders of the Board, 1737-1771. Volumes L-IIL, bound together, contain orders appointing deputy post- masters general in America (Elliott Benger in place of Head Lynch, de- ceased, L 79; Benjamin Franklin and William Hunter, L 180; Benjamin Barons for the southern department, H. 126; Hugh Finlay and John Fox- croft, HL 25) ; riding surveyor [of the post roads] for the continent of North America (Hugh Finlay, HL 10, 11); and estabhshing "a regular central office" at New York (HL 10). 276 General Post-OfHce. 3. Commission Book, 1759-1854. An entry book containing copies and memoranda of commissions signed by the Postmasters General appointing postmasters, commanders of packet boats, etc. 4. Instructions, 1763-1811. Instructions given by Postmasters General to Benjamin Barons, deputy postmaster general of the American southern department, January 5, 1765, pp. 53-56; the same to Capt. Arthur Clarke, commander of the Diligence packet boat employed between Jamaica, Pensacola and Charles Town, March 24, 1769, pp. 82-83; the same to Capt. Terence MacDonagh, commander of the Comet packet boat employed between Jamaica, Pensacola, and Charles Town and the intermediate places, July 30, 1770, pp. 93-95. 5. General Accounts. The volume for 1721-1730 (p. 13) contains an entry of payment to John Hamilton for salary due November 23, 1721. The volume for April 5, 1761, to April 5, 1770, contains statements of moneys received quarterly for let- ters sent to the northern and southern American departments, and to the West Indies ; and of the charges of managing the post office at Jamaica and in the northern and southern American departments. 6. American Letter Book, 1773-1783. This is a volume of much interest containing letters from the General Post-Office to the postmasters in America. On p. 15 is the letter dismissing Dr. Franklin from the office of deputy postmaster general, January 31, 1774, printed in Joyce's History of the Post Office, p. 204. On p. 50 is the account of cash paid by Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft to the receiver general of the Post-Office. Several letters contain the request that the postmasters send by every ship complete files of newspapers and " such Pamphlets as may serve to shew the temper and spirit of the times for the Information of the Board ". But these, if sent, appear not to have been preserved. Among the subjects treated are the dispatch of packet boats and, occasionally, their seizure by the enemy ; the question of defraying out of the army contingen- cies the postage of letters for poor soldiers ; and accounts and remittances, including a form of a general account for the northern department in N. America. 7. Falmouth Packet Office Letter Book, 1778-178 1. This volume contains letters from the agent at Falmouth addressed mostly to the secretary of the London Post-Office, treating inter alia of the arrival of mail and government despatches from London for America, of the arrival of American mails, sailing of packets, capture of packets, complaints of smuggling by packets, etc. 8. Falmouth Account Book, 1773-1785. This volume contains account of money received and expended by packet- boat agent at Falmouth, including receipts for passengers, letters and freight to and from Falmouth, New York, Charles Town, West Indies, etc., accounts of victualling passengers, and incidental charges incurred. 9. Articles of Agreement, November 5, 1755, between the Postmasters Gen- eral and William Leslie of London, mariner, for a packet boat stationed to New York. (A separate document.) TRINITY HOUSE. Trinity Square, Tower Hill, E. C. The Library is not open to the public but it is presumed that upon proper application permission to inspect MSS. will be granted to historical investi- gators. The ancient corporation of the Trinity House, whose first charter dates from the reigfn of Henry VHI., exercises various functions connected with the protection of navigation, such as the management of lighthouses, the supervision of pilots, etc., and employs a portion of its funds in the relief of seamen and other charitable uses. An account of the manuscripts of Trinity House printed in the first ap- pendix to the eighth report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, in- cludes the American items listed below and states that the great fire of 1666 and a fire which occurred in 1714 destroyed most of their ancient documents. The page numbers following the items are those of the pages of this account. In addition to the American documents noted in the Historical Manuscripts Commission's report, is a manuscript chart drawn on vellum by Antonio Sanchez and dated 1635 or 1637 (the last figure is not clear) with many names of places on both seaboards of North and South America. Seventeenth century. In a folio labelled "Transactions, 1609-1625": Certaine articles and reasons touching a plantation to be made in Newfound- land, exhibited by certain Marchants of London and Bristol, unto the Lords of H. M. Privie Counsell, and by them referred to the consideration and reporte of the Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Trinity House, Feb. 9, 1609. It prays for a patent of a small part of the country never inhabited by Christians. P. 236a. In the same, a favorable report thereon by the Master Wardens of the Trinity House, same page. 1610. Award by the Master and Wardens of the Trinity House on a dispute between a merchant and the men of a ship arrived from Virginia. P. 236a. IBll, October 24-26. Depositions of persons engaged in the Northwest dis- covery ; log-book of voyage, and report on matter by Trinity House. Extracts printed. Pp. 236b-237a. IBll, March II. Letter from Sir Thomas Smith to the Trinity House, ask- ing for payment of the second of the three years' subscription to the Virginia adventure. P. 237a. 1611, March. Agreement that the Trinity House shall have rateably accord- ing to their adventure for Virginia their full part of all such lands as shall be recovered, planted, and inhabited, and of such mines and minerals of gold and silver and other metals or treasure, pearls, precious stones, or other kind of wares which shall be obtained or gotten in the said voyage. P. 237a. 1619, November 16. Certificate by three persons of the services and distress of Captain Reynolde Whitfield, a prisoner in the hole of the Poultry 277 278 Trinity House. Compter, who on one of his voyages had served with Sir Francis Drake to the West Indies, anno 1595. P. 239a. 1620, October 7. Certificate by the Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Trinity House, that William Locke of Ratcliffe, mariner, was in a ship cast away at Greenland in 161 1, and afterwards in another ship also cast away in Greenland, and afterwards taken by Turkish pirates in the Straights, and lost his wages, apparel and adventure; that he has a wife and 4 children, the eldest sick. Pp. 239b-24oa. 1621, May 26. Petition by the Master, etc., of the Trinity House to the Privy Council. They have received the collection for the £1,000 per annum, according to the rates presented to the Council, and mentioned in their letter of July 7, 1620 to the Custom House, towards the charge of the ships at sea against the Turkish pirates. But one Ralph Freeman, a merchant of London, who lately farmed the killing of whales in Greenland and on those northern coasts, has set forth 8 ships for the same voyage and refuses to pay the imposition. They pray that the Council will call Freeman so that he may be subject to the rate. P. 240b. 1621, August I. A note of the particular losses sustained by John Links of Limehouse, mariner, in several voyages at sea, in 1563 coming from Newfoundland, etc. Certificate that the above is true, his losses amount to £795, and he and his old wife are in distress. P. 240b. 1B25, January 3. Certificate by Thomas Gataker, parson of Redriffe, and others, that Michael Fletcher, husband to the bearer, was on his return from New England, not many leagues from Plymouth, taken prisoner by a Sallee man-of-war, and taken to Sallee and kept prisoner. He has lost all ; the ransom demanded is £300. P. 242a. 1630, last of September. Council letter to the bailiffs and aldermen of Yar- mouth that herrings, pilchards and Newfoundland fish are to be exported only in English bottoms. P. 246a. 1630, Sept. 29. Council Order to the same effect. Other letters about the matter. P. 246a. 1631, November 4. Council Order that the inhabitants of the Western parts shall have license hac vice to sell their Newfoundland fish and pil- chards to strangers, to be carried away by them in their own ves- sels. P. 246b. 1632, November 3. Calculations of the charges of a ship of 250 tons for a voyage of seven months, victualled and manned with 70 men, for fetching home 100 soldiers from the fort of Rebeck (sic) in the river of Canada. P. 246b. 1614, October 17. The Master, etc., of the Trinity House to the Privy Coun- cil. Beginning of a petition about the restraint of the exportation of herrings from Yarmouth and pilchards from Newfoundland. P. 246b. 1631, November 4. Council Order. License hac vice for the inhabitants of the Western parts using the fishing of Newfoundland to sell their Newfoundland fish and pilchards to strangers to be carried away in their own vessels. Petition by the Master, etc., of the Trinity House to the Earl of Port- land, Lord High Treasurer, against foreign ships taking off the fish. Trinity House. 279 The same to the Privy Council ; on the same business. The same to Lord Cottington; on the same business. P. 247a. 1650, September 15. Council of Trade. What convoy is necessary for the Southern and Levant trades, and what commodities are most fit to be exported and imported in English bottoms only, to be taken into consideration Friday, September 20. The Trinity House to have notice and be desired to attend the Council. P. 247a. 1650, September 20. Committee of Trade. The Masters of the Trinity House are desired to draw up something to offer to this Council about what goods are fit to be exported and imported only on English bottoms. Report thereon by the committee appointed by Parliament for the affairs of the Trinity House. P. 247a. 1633, November 13. Star Chamber. Order, on the petition of the Masters, etc., of the Trinity House, against exporting herrings, pilchards and Newfoundland fish and all other native commodities by stranger shipping. They refer the matter to the Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Dorset, Lord Cottington, Mr. Treasurer, Mr. Comptroller, Sec- retary Cooke and Secretary Windebank. The Master, etc., of the Trinity House to the Council Board. Report by them of the tonnage and costs of ships employed in fishing. Sir John Wolstenholme's narration to the Council Board concerning the fishing. P. 247a. 1652, May ^4. H. Vane, President of the Council, to the [Trinity House]. They have ordered 30 ships and men to be imprested. Tells the Trinity House to direct the 10 ships in the river ready to sail for Newfoundland to go to the Downs and join the General of the Fleet, in order to do the state service, in which case they shall be satisfied for the time they are employed. P. 248a. 1673, October p. The Trinity House to [the Commissioners of the Admi- ralty]. They think that at present there is no want of shipping to manage a trade to the northward, the Straits, East Indies, West Indies, etc. ; and if so, it will be prejudicial to our navigation to buy or make free any foreign-built ships. P. 255b. 1680, December 28. Letters about the Golden Lyon, a Virginia ship, having been cast away on Scilly ; Mr. Hoskins, the keeper of the light, was inattentive to it, and had plundered some of the goods of the ship. P. 257b. 1715, March 6. Petition of Thomas Coram read, proposing a new settlement in some uninhabited part of N. America, and praying a certificate from the corporation of his being well affected to his Majesty and the government, and of his skill in naval affairs, which was ordered to be given under the seal of the corporation, Thomas Coram being a younger brother. P. 260b. GUILDHALL. King Street, E. C. The Archives of the City of London are for the most part in the custody of the town clerk, but records are preserved in the several departments of other officers of the corporation, e. g., the city chamberlain, the comptroller, remembrancer, etc., while copies of many original MSS. preserved in the Public Record Office and elsewhere and bearing upon the city's history are also preserved in the Guildhall Library. Application for permission to search the city's records should in the first instance be made in writing to the Town Qerk, Guildhall, E. C. Since it is necessary for the Court of Common Council and the Library Committee to consider such applications, they should be made some time in advance. The applicant may be summoned before the Library Committee to explain the object of his search. The permission expires with the end of the legal year. CORPORATION RECORDS. The corporation records are accessible to authorized searchers from lo a. m. to 4 p. m. except on Saturdays. They contain two principal series of records that include documents relating to American aflfairs: i. the Journal of the Common Council; 2. the Common Hall Books, or minutes of the meetings of the mayor, aldermen and liverymen of the several companies of the city of London. Since it was not practicable to examine these numerous MS. volumes page by page, the following list was compiled from the indexes to the volumes and from the references in the valuable work of Dr. R. R. Sharpe, London and the Kingdom (3 vols., Longmans, 1894-1895). Many of the addresses noticed below are printed in a work entitled Addresses, Re- monstrances, and Petitions to the Throne, presented from the Court of Alder- men, The Court of Common Council, and the Livery in Common Hall as- sembled: Commencing the 28th October, 1760, with the answers thereto. (Privately printed. London, 1865.) This is referred to below as Addresses. JOURNAL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. 30. f . 374b. Petition of many citizens for taking up of vagrant boys and girls and transporting them to Virginia approved and committee ap- pointed to report thereon. July 31, 1618. f. 396. Action on report of committee on transporting children to Vir- ginia. September 24, 1618. 31. ff. 122 (i25)-i23 (126). Action of council upon petition of Virginia Company praying that court " would furnish them with 100 children for the next .spring for the better supply .... of their colony." December 18, 1619. (See Letter Book, GG, ff. 96, 98, 208; H H, f. 172 et seq.; Remembrancia, PP- 361-362) 32. ff. 66-67. Grant of £500 towards the transporting of 100 children to Virginia. July 19, 1622. 280 Corporation Records. 281 45. f. 89. Entry of royal proclamation prohibiting the growth of tobacco. April 6. 1661. f. i6ib. Petition of merchants touching the regulation of traffic, and deploring (i62-i62b) that " the most part of the trade of exporting the commodities of our native growth and manufacture has fallen into the hands of aliens." February 27, 1662. (See Letter Book, UU, ff. 92-93.) 57. f. 278. Motion in the Common Council against the bill in the House of Commons for repealing subsidies and on account of tobacco in the British Plantation. 58. ff. i67-i68b. Address on capture of Porto Bello in November, 1739. March 25, 1740. 61. flf. 1 1 3-1 15. Instructions to representatives in Parliament on the state of the nation, referring to losses in N. America. October 28, 1756. flf. 281-283. Address on taking Cape Breton, etc. August 24, 1758. 62. flf. 36-38, 139-140, 158. Congratulatory addresses on military successes in America, October 18, 1759; October 14, 1760. ff. 237-238. Address upon the conquest of Belle Isle, June 16, 1761. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 3, 4.) ff. 33ob-334b. Address on capture of Martinique. April 6, 1762. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 5-6.) 63. ff. 14-15. Address to king upon the conquest of Havana. October i, 1762. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 8-9.) 66. ff. 104-105. Petition to Parliament against the Quebec Bill. June 3, 1774. ff. 105-106. Petition to king against the Quebec Bill. June 18, 1774- (Printed in Addresses, pp. 31-33.) ff. 170-172. Letter to Alderman Bull from Francis Maseres, agent to the Protestant settlers in Quebec, etc. January 31, 1775. ff. 177-179. Answer to Baron Maseres's letter. February 10, 1775. ff. 179, 181, 182, 185. Various resolutions in behalf of American colonies. February 10, 13 and 21, 1775. ff. 188-190. Petition to House of Commons against " Bill to restrain the Trade and Commerce of Massachusetts Bay ", etc. February 23, 1775- ff. 191-192. Petition to House of Lords against Massachusetts Bay Bill. March 14, 1775. ff. 236-238. Letter from the general committee of the association for the city and county of New York, May 5, 1775, praying that the city of London will exert itself to restore union. June 23, 1775. r. 239-240. Address to the king for cessation of hostilities, July 7, 1775. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 44-45.) f. 241. Motion to send a reply to a letter from New York. Lost in Com- mon Council. July 21, 1775. ff. 259-260. Petitions to Lords and Commons for reconciliation with colo- nies. October 25, 1775. ff. 296-297, 299. City address on war in America and king's reply. March 14, 22, 1776. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 45-47.) 282 Guildhall. S. 296, 354. Thanks and freedom of the city to Dr. Richard Price for his publication of Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty. March 14, 1776; July 23, 1776. 67. f. 42. Petition of House of Commons against bill to empower king to secure persons charged with high treason committed in N. America, etc. February 14, 1777. f. 107. Resolutions against countenancing the American war. January 16, 1778. ff. 126-128. Address to king on America, praying for conciliatory meas- ures. March 4, 1778. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 49-53) 68. f. 217. Petition to the House of Commons that they will recommend to his Majesty that such terms of accommodation and reconciliation may be offered to the American colonies as may have a tendency to bring about an honorable peace. February 27, 1782. f. 230. Address to king congratulating him on the late glorious success of his Majesty's arms. May 30, 1782. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 67-68.) f. 239. Motion that freedom of the city be presented to Admiral Lord Hood and Admiral Sir Francis Samuel Drake for their conduct in the engagements with the enemies' fleets in the West Indies. June 20, 1782. f. 257. Motion that an entertainment be provided at the Mansion House for Lord Rodney on account of his victory over the French fleet in the West Indies negatived. October 29, 1782. ff. 265, 290-291. Thanks to Lord Rodney for his victory over the French fleet in the West Indies on April 12, 1781. October 31, 1782; De- cember 19, 1782. ff. 307b, 310. Address to king on conclusion of provisional treaty with America. February 20, 1783. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 68-69,) COMMON HALL BOOK. 8. ff. i86b-i88. Address to king against the measures adopted with respect to America and proceedings upon the same. April 5, 1775. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 34-36.) ff. 191-192. New address to king on American war and Proceedings. June 24, 1775. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 40-42.) f. 193. Letter of thanks from Continental Congress [July 8, 1775]. September 29, 1775. (Printed in Ford's Journals of the Continental Congress, II. 170-171.) ff. 194-195. Address to the electors of Great Britain on the American war. September 29, 1775. f. 228. Address to king, December 6, 1781, urging him to end the Ameri- can war. (Printed in Addresses, pp. 60-63.) The few references given below to the letters embraced in the collection of correspondence known as Remembrancia are drawn from the Analytical Guildhall Library. 283 Index to the Series of Records known as the Remembrancia, preserved among the Archives of the City of London. A. D. 1579-1664. Prepared by the authority of the Corporation of London, under the superintendence of the Library Committee, London, 1878. 5. 8. Letter from the king to Sir Thomas Smyth, concerning idle persons to be sent to Virginia. January 13, 1618 [1619]. 9. Letter from Sir Thomas Smyth to the lord mayor, concerning same. January 18, 1618 [1619]. 56. Letter from the company for Virginia to the lord mayor, concerning shipment of children to Virginia. February, 1619 [1620]. 9. 5. Letter from the Lords of the Council to the lord mayor and aldermen, desiring that the Court of Aldermen should give notice to the Greenland Company, the Incorporated Traders for the West India Plantations, and other trading companies to present the names of four of the most active members of their body from whom the king would select two to act with merchants and some of the mem- bers of the Privy Council as a committee to advise regarding foreign trade, and the clauses relating to the same to be inserted in treaties. August 17, 1660. The Repertories recording the proceedings of the Court of Aldermen con- tain but few American documents. 60. f. 238. Contributions enjoined for the propagation of the Gospel in New England. 61. ff. 75b. et seq. Precepts to issue for a contribution for the advance of the Gospel in New England. The Letter Books, which extend from the latter part of the thirteenth cen- tury almost to the close of the reign of James II., contain very few items that are not also recorded either in the Journals or the Repertories accord- ing as they fall under the cognizance of the Court of Common Council or the Court of Aldermen. Attention may be called to an important petition from Plymouth to Parliament regarding the injurious effect of Dutch compe- tition on western trade, begging Parliament to continue the ordinance of November 30, 1643, and to repeal so much of the ordinance of August 30, 1643, as concerned free trade contrary to that of November 30. 22, ff. 147- 147b. GUILDHALL LIBRARY. The MSS. preserved in the archives of the Library are accessible to his- torical investigators without application in advance. They must be inspected in the Library which is open from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. every week-day (Sat- urdays, 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.). The documents are indexed in three manu- script volumes. The only MSS. of interest found in the Library archives were some ac- counts, together with warrants and letters addressed to the chamberlain of London, relative to the disbursement of various sums for the use of the Vaudois, French refugees and Palatines designing to settle in his Majesty's plantations. See MSS. 279, 281, 282, 346 and 352. Among the rare printed books in the Library is a complete file of " The Old Bailey Sessions Paper " or " Proceedings " at quarter sessions for the city of London and county of Middlesex from 1730 to 1834, with a few num- bers of earlier date. The names of persons sentenced to be transported are given at the end of each number. WESTMINSTER GUILDHALL OR SESSIONS HOUSE. Broad Sanctuary, S. W. The Middlesex County Records, formerly stored at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, but removed to the Guildhall, Westminster, in consequence of changes in local government affairs resulting from the Act of 1888, may be consulted by historical investigators. Application for permission to ex- amine these documents should be made to the Clerk of the Peace. Office hours are from 10 a. m. to i p. m. and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., except on Saturdays. Appointment should be made in advance. These records, which date from the reign of Edward VI. and come down to the present time, are very numerous, comprising upwards of 10,000 vol- umes and nearly 5,000 rolls, admirably housed in specially constructed rooms. They contain incidental references to the American colonies, of which the most important appear to be those relating to the " spiriting away " of per- sons to the plantations and the transportation thither of criminals and of- fenders, political and other. The chief classes of documents are the Sessions Rolls and Sessions Books and Registers. The Sessions Rolls, of which the principal classes are the Newgate Gaol Delivery Rolls and the General Session of Peace Rolls, con- sist of indictments, recognizances and other documents, such as coroners' inquests, lists of jurors, etc. They include documents pertaining to the pro- ceedings connected both with the trial of offences, generally of a minor character, at the sessions of the justices of the peace for the county of Mid- dlesex, and with the trial of criminal cases before the judges at the Old Bailey, whose jurisdiction extended over the county of Middlesex as well as over the city of London. Only a few of the MS. bundles have been calen- dared. The substance of many of the entries in the rolls from 1549 to 1688 inclusive, as well as in other records of the same period, is given in the publications of the now defunct Middlesex County Record Society, entitled Middlesex County Records, edited by J. C. Jeaffreson (4 vols., 1887-1892). Copies of these volumes are purchasable at the Guildhall. The Sessions Books (1625-1759) and Registers (1608-1660) contain the orders of the court, on indictments, etc., recorded on the Sessions Rolls, and also orders as to vagrants, the rate of wages and a great variety of other subjects throwing light on local economic and social conditions. The books also contain lists of persons in the New Prison and House of Correction; lists of justices, etc. The sentences passed upon prisoners afford an illus- tration of the working of the various laws of the country. Mr. W. J. Hardy, F. S. A., has nearly completed a comprehensive MS. calendar of the entire series of Sessions Books and Registers, a volume of which, entitled Middle- sex County Records. Calendar of the Sessions Books 1689 to ^709> has been published (1905) under the supervision of the Standing Joint Committee of the Court of Quarter Sessions and County Council for the county of Middle- sex and may also be purchased at the Guildhall. 284 THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OR " OLD BAILEY ". Old Bailey, E. C. The court records have been destroyed up to about 1840, except a few bundles of indictments of earlier date. All depositions are lost. The indexes to the old records have been preserved and are alphabetically arranged lists of the names of persons indicted, whether convicted or not. Following the personal name is the name of the oflfense charged, and the year when the indictment was made. Any one desiring to examine the indexes should apply to the clerk of the court, at whose convenience they may be inspected. 285 LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY. Westminster, S. W. The Library is open to the public on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from lo a. m. to 4 p. m. (May to July inclusive, 10 to 4:30) and during the forenoon on Tuesdays ; except that it is closed during the week commencing with Easter Day, for seven days from Christmas Day and for six weeks from the end of August. Extracts from the MSS. may be made freely, but in case of a transcript being desired of a whole MS. the consent of the Archbishop must be previously obtained. No introductions are re- quired. The Library of the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury contains some 2500 volumes of MSS., to which a guide is furnished in the Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace. With an Account of the Archiepiscopal Registers and other Records there preserved, by Archdeacon H. J. Todd (London, 1812). Only one hundred copies of the catalogue were printed, of which one is accessible on the reference shelves of the Reading Room of the British Museum (press- mark, 2050. g.). The Registers, 1279-1828, contain consecrations of arch- bishops and bishops, institutions to livings, official visitations of the diocese, consecrations of private chapels, licenses to preach, and many other particu- lars ; but only the later registers contain references to America, beginning with the register of Archbishop Moore, 1783-1805, which contains the con- secration of Bishops White and Provoost, February 4, 1787, in Lambeth Palace Chapel. Succeeding consecrations follow, both to American and Canadian sees. The Act Book, 1663-1828, contains occasional references to consecrations to American sees, and ordinations to American Uvings. Each volume is indexed. A considerable number of the Lambeth manuscripts bearing upon the history of the Church of England in America, were transcribed by Dr. Francis L. Hawks, historiographer of the American Episcopal Church, dur- ing his visit to England in 1836. These copies together with other tran- scripts made by Dr. Hawks from the Fulham archives and from the archives of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, form eighteen folio manuscript volumes, which are preserved in the Church Mis- sion House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Some of these transcripts have been printed in Doctors Hawks and Perry's Documentary History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, containing numerous hitherto unpublished Documents concerning the Church in Con- necticut (2 vols.), and in Bishop Perry's Historical Collections relating to the American Colonial Church (4 vols.), treating of the colonies of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland and Delaware. In the following list the descriptions of those documents that have been identified as the originals of the Hawks transcripts are followed by (H.), except in the case of those printed in Bishop Perry's Collections, the descrip- 286 Lambeth Palace Library. 287 tions of which are followed by (P.). and in the case of a few which are noted as printed in Hawks and Perry's Connecticut. The identifications are doubtless very incomplete, since in a number of cases the data available to the compiler with respect to either the originals or the transcripts were not sufficient to establish with certainty their identity. 250. II. ff. 176-180. "A trewe Reporte of Sir Fraunces Drake's voyage as followethe (wherein he dyed) in Anno Domini 1596." 250. 17. ff. 256-267. " All the Nyne Memorable Voyages made by the Righte Honorable George Erie of Cumberland, to and from the King of Spaynes territoryes: Whereof the seaven are here onely briefly comprehended, the other twoo viz. the Eighte and Nyneth onely at large collected and written oute of Credible advertiz- mentes." (Includes "The Journall of this 9 Voyage; and his Honors Memorable Action at St. John Porto Rico, in the West India this last yeare. 1598. First penned at sea by Ro. Thornton, Mr. Walter Coxe and Peter Hay- burn Passingers 1598: Newly amplifyed and trewly written by other credible advertizmentes per me. R. R.") 250. 21. ff. 315-336. " Sir Walter Ralegh's discourse of his first voyage to Guiana, addressed to Lord Charles Howard and Sir Robert Cecil." 250. 22. if. 338-341. "A Journall of ... . the Voyadge under the chardges of ... . the Erie of Essex and the Lord Ch. Howard." 250. 23. flf. 383-392. " A Discourse of Virginia " by Edward Maria Wing- field, f. 382. This narrative is preceded by an anonymous letter relating to Virginia. (Printed by the American Antiquarian Society in i860 in Archaeologia Americana, IV. 61-103.) 250. 25. ff. 406-412. " The Jornall of our voiadge in the Indeavour [New- foundland] begunne the 7 of October 1612 ", by John Guy. 250. 26. ff. 414-416. " Captain William Morgans discourse conceminge the Northwest passage, from thence to the South Sea." 250. 27. f. 419. " A briefe Narration of the discoverie of the Northern Seas, to approve his Majesties right to Greenland ", written in 1613. 494. 6. ff. 273-278. " An Abstract of some materiall pointes that are in my discovery of New-land [Newfoundland] wch was presented to his Majestic at Huntington the 17th day of October 1619." (Letter from Richard Whitbourne to Lord Carew.) 645. 45. From the Duke of York to King Charles H., Portsmouth, 15 November . . . . " Yesterday Cap : Grove Cap. of the Martin, brought me an account from Nichols of his proceeding at Long iland, where all things are in a very good condition, he hath also reduced Orainge fort to your Ma : obediance and had sent Sir R : Car with the Guinne frigatt and a hundred Land men to reduce what the Dutch have in Delaware bay." 688. Second part. 19. " A Breife Journall of A voyage made in the Barque Warwick to Virginia and other parts of the Continent of America. A° 1631 by Henry Fleete." 12 pp. (Printed in E. D. Neill's The English Colonisation of America, 221-237.) 711. 16. Account of Porto Rico. (Begins : " The Island of St. John de Porto Ricco is esteemed by most to bee very unhealthfuU.") 19 288 Lambeth Palace Library. 711. 17. Letter from several Indians to Archbishop Tenison thanking him and the Society for their kindness to them when in Britain. Boston, N. E., July 21, 1710. 711. 18. Bishop of London's paper about a suffragan for the plantations in America. December, 1707. (H.) 745. 3. "An answer to severall heads of enquiry concerning the present state of New England ", addressed by Mr. Randolph to the Com- mittee for Trade and Plantations. (P.) 754. " A Voyage to Virginia." Begins : " The month of August Anno 1649 being the time I engaged to meet my two Comrades Major Fran. Morrison and Major Richard Fox at London, in order to a full accomplishment of our purpose to seek our fortunes in Virginia." Quarto vol., 152 pp. (Printed in Force's Tracts, vol. IIL, no. 10.) 806. 14. " The Relation of a Voyage unto New England; Began from the Lizard, the first of June, 1607, By Captn Popham in the ship the Gift, and Captn Gilbert in the Mary and John: written by ... . [sic] and found amongst the Papers of the truly Worshipfull Sir Ferdinando Gorges Knt by me William Griffith." 20 pp. (Printed in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, voL XVIII., 1880-1881 ; by the Gorges Society of Portland, Maine, i8p2 ; and in H. S. Burrage's Early English and French Voyages, 1906.) 841. 7. "An Account Of the Colonys and Provinces of New England in generall. More particularly of that of the Massachusetts." 22 pp. (P-) (Begins: "Sir, He that stirs a nest of hornets, will have a confused dinn about his ears.") 841. 18. Proposals for erecting a School, Library, and Chapel at New York, 1712-13 by John Sharpe, Chaplain to her Majesties Forts and Forces in the Province of New York in America ; also a Cata- logue of Books belonging to John Sharpe intended to be given as a foundation of a Publick Library at New York. 34 pp. (H.) (Printed in Collections of the New York Historical Society, 1880, 34I-363-) 930. 24. Letter from Lord Somers to Archbishop Tenison. May 30, 1698. (Begins: "The king was pleased last night to determine that Coll. Nichol- son should be Govemour of Virginia, and gave mee leave to acquaint your Grace with it wch I said I was sure would please you very much ....') 930. 38. Letter from Mr. Henry Dodwell to Archbishop Tenison. August 29, 1700. (Urges that the plantations should have bishops of their own.) 933. 91. Proposals for "attempting some Advantageous Acquisition from the Spaniards in the West Indies: particularly .... the Isthmus of Darien." n. d. 933. 92. " The method propos'd for the Execution of the aforesaid (see 933. 91) Design." n. d. 937. 20. " An Abstract of Mr. Cordiner's Joumall." (Begins: "Being admitted a missionary of the Honble Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to Shrewsbury Parish in Cecil County, Maryland." Relates numerous difficulties experienced in getting out to sea, where, on the third day out, he was taken prisoner by the French October 10, 1707; also an account of his hardships while prisoner in France.) Lambeth Palace Library. 289 941. 4. Minutes of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. June 19, 1704. 941. 9. Letter to Archbishop Tenison from James Blair, President of the College of Williamsburgh, concerning the affairs of that college. Williamsburgh in Virginia, September 2, 1706. (P.) 941. 16. Address to the Bishop of London from the Episcopalians of Strat- ford, Connecticut, complaining of the ill-treatment received from the Dissenters. April i, 1707. 941. 24. Letter from Col. Francis Nicholson to Archbishop Tenison. May 22, 1710. (H.) (Relates chiefly to the need of a bishop for the colonies and the sending of some missionaries among the Indians.) 941, 39. Letter from Queen Anne to Archbishop Tenison requiring a col- lection in the city of London, and elsewhere, for the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. May 18, 1714. 941. 71. " The Memorial of Thomas Bray, D. D., Relating to the Libraries sent into America ". 1704. (Begins : " First there are 30 Parochial Libraries already sent into His Majties Plantations in America.") 941. 72. "A Draught of a Bill For Converting the Negros, etc., In the Plantations." n. d. 941. ^^. " The Missionaries Library Reviewed and Corrected and Enlarged (according to Order) by the Committee on the 13th Instant etc." (Endorsed: Missionary's Library etc. Approved by the Society, 15 March 1705-) 942. 45. " Extract from the Journals of Virginia and Maryland of 1691- 92-1694 shewing how acceptable Coll : Francis Nicholson hath been and is to those Governments." 942. 48. Copy of the charter of William and Mary College, Virginia. Dated 8 Feb. 4 Wm. and Mary. 942. 49. " Remarks from [on] the Charter of William and Mary College in Virginia." n. d. 942. so. Paper beginning " Sir E. Andr. [os] is an enemy to the College of W. and M. in Virga." n. d. 942. 82. Copy of Geo. Everett's Memorial to the Lords of the Councill, appointing a Committee of Trade and Plantations. London, Feb- „ .„ „ ™ary 25, 1694/5. 942. 98. Letter to Archbishop Tenison from the Maryland Assembly rela- tive to acts for the establishment of the Protestant religion in the province. Annapolis, May 22, 1695. (P.) 942. 149. Letter to Archbishop Tenison from the churchwardens and vestry of Trinity Church in New York concerning the enmity of the then governor to the church. May 22, 1699. (H.) 952. 24. Copy of an address from William Vesey, John Sharpe, and Wil- liam Urquhar[t] in behalf of Mr. Honyman of Rhode Island, n.d. (H.) 953. 24. Letter from council and burgesses in behalf of free schools in Maryland. Maryland, October 18, 1694. (P.) 953. 65. Letter from William Blathwayt to Archbishop Tenison touchmg Dr. Bray's petition to Lords of the Treasury. September i/ii 1699. 290 Lambeth Palace Library. 953. 103. Letter from John Chamberlayne to Archbishop Tenison in which he begs " leave that Coll. Hunter's chaplain Mr. Sharpe might be permitted to wait on your Lordship to give, you a True State of the Church at N. York, wch both he and the Governor are very Desirous your Grace should be inform'd of." August I, 1713. 954. 38. John Smith's map of New England. (Printed 1612.) 954. 60. Paper beginning " Sir E. And. [ros] no real friend to the Clergy". Imperfect, continued in 1029. 22 ; not dated or signed, but in same hand as 942. 50. (P.) 1025. 3. " An account of the Revolution at Boston ". 18 pp. Against Governor Andros, 18 April, 1689. No name. (P.) 1029. 22. Imperfect. A continuation of 954. 60. (P.) 1123. Papers relating to the American colonies, three volumes. I. I. Printed pamphlet entitled A Petition of W. C. Exhibited to the High Court of Parliament now assembled, for the propagating of the Gospel in America, and the West Indies .... by William Castell (1641). I. 2. Plain Dealing: or, Newes from New England .... by Thomas Lechford (London, 1642). I. 3. Printed paper entitled Proposal for the Encouragement and Pro- moting of Religion and Learning in the Foreign Plantations. Signed by archbishops and bishops. Undated. I. 4. Printed paper entitled The Present State of the Protestant Religion in Marylcmd. Undated. (P.) I. 5. Will of Archbishop Tenison, containing bequest to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 1715. (Printed.) I. 6. Copy of a petition dated May 27, 1725, from a convention of Boston ministers to the lieutenant-governor, council and representatives of Massachusetts, asking that a synod be convened. Signed by Cotton Mather in the name of the ministers assembled in their general convention. (P.) I. 7. Copy of letter from the Bishop of London to the Duke of Newcastle, Fulham, August 17, 1725, referring to the above petition (I. 6), and suggesting that it may be unwise to grant it. (P.) I. 8. Id. from same to same, August 21, 1725, on same subject. (P.) I. 9. Id. from same to same, Fulham, August 31, 1725, relating to pro- ceedings of the council and representatives of New England upon the petition, I. 6. (P.) I. 10. Id. from Charles Delafaye, for the Lords Justices, Whitehall, Sep- tember 24, 1725, requesting that further information be sent to the attorney-general. Relates to petition, I. 6. (P.) I. II. Id. from Charles Delafaye to solicitor and attorney-general, White- hall, September 24, 1725, directing investigation of legality of pro- ceedings with regard to the proposed synod. Cf. I. 6. (P.) I. 12. Id. from same to same, Whitehall, September 25, 1725, enclosing papers. (P.) I. 13. Id. from Charles Delafaye for the chief justices to governor or New England, Whitehall, October 7, 1725, stating that proposed synod (cf. I. 6) is illegal, and should, if in session, be interrupted. (P-) Lambeth Palace Library. 291 1. 14. Copy of petition of the Rev. Timothy Cutler and others, for the repeal of several acts passed in Massachusetts, to the prejudice of members of the Church of England. Addressed to the king in Council. 1726. (P.) I. 15. Account of the steps which were taken on the petition of the Rev. Mr. Timothy Cutler and others. 1727. (P.) 1. 16. Commissio regia pro exercenda jurisdictione spirituali et ecclesias- tica in plantationibus Americanis, printed ; dated, in writing, April, 1728. I. 17. Letter recommending Robert Auchmuty for governor of Massa- chusetts in place of Belcher. Boston, June 25, 1737. Signature torn off. (P.) I. 18. Letter from Alexander Garden to Philip Bearcroft, Charleston, May 6, 1740, proposing plan for education of negro and Indian slaves. (H.) L 19. Id. from Philip Bearcroft, Charterhouse, January 28, 1740/1. In- formation regarding converted negroes. 1.20. Id., Charterhouse, February 3, 1740/1, concerning money voted by the Pennsylvania assembly, and relations between Episcopalians and Dissenters. (P.) I. 23. Id., Charterhouse, March 14, 1740/1, dealing with attitude of colo- nial governments toward Episcopalians. (P.) 1.24. Letter from George Whitefield, London, June 9, 1741, criticising character of missionaries sent to America by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 1.26. Id., London, June 18, 1741, on same subject. I. 27. Letter from Philip Bearcroft, Charterhouse, June 27, 1741, on same subject, with copy of a letter from George Whitefield, November 30, 1740, appended. (H.) I. 28. Printed paper headed Several Proceedings in the two late Sittings of Assembly, on the Affair of raising Money, Men, &c., for the Expedition now on foot against the Spanish West-Indies, dated Pennsylvania, 1740. 1.29. Letter from George Whitefield, dated at sea, July 28, 1741, on character of the missionaries sent to the colonies by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Cf. I. 24., 26 (H.) I. 30. Bishop of Oxford to Whitefield, dated Cuddesden, September 17, 1741, answering Whitefield's objections. (H.) I. 35. Letter from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, Conn., July 25, 1745, deal- ing with training of missionaries in colonial colleges, and the need of bishops in America. I. 36. Copy of letter from Bishop of Oxford to Samuel Johnson, West- mmster, March 8, 1745/6, on same subjects. (H.) I. 37. Printed paper entitled Abstract of Two Letters from the Rev. Mr. Hoedmaeker, and the Rev. M. Pietat .... containing what they offer to the Consideration of the Ministers of His Majesty's Dutch Chapel at St. James's, and the Dutch Minister of London, and what they desire of them in Behalf of the Palatines in Pensilvama. (1746). A plea for aid in supporting the clergy. 292 Lambeth Palace Library. 1. 38. Letter from the Church of England clergy in New England and New York, dated June i, 1748. Congratulation on accession to the archbishopric. 18 signatures. I. 39. Id. from H. Frankland to his uncle, London, December 13, 1748, describing state of religion in New England, from Church of Eng- land standpoint. (P.) 1. 40. Id., from Samuel Johnson. Undated. Criticising New England government. " Liberty is here Licentiousness ; a Junto rule ", and it would be advisable for the Crown to resume the government. 1. 41. Letters from William Gibbs, Simsbury, October 9, and Hartford gaol, December 28, 1749, complaining of injustice that Episco- palians should be forced to contribute to support of a Dissenting minister, and enclosing copy of the warrant for his commitment for non-payment of church rates. 1. 42. Letter from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, March 5, 1749/50, dealing with subject of bishops for New England. 1. 43. Minutes of meeting of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, April 20, 1750, containing reports from mis- sionaries in Newport, Narragansett, Newbury, Providence, etc. 1. 44. Letter from Henry Barclay, New York, April 9, 1750. A plea for bishops. 1. 45. Paper beginning " To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, The Humble Petition of Hans Jacob Reimsperger, Late of Tuggenburgh in Switzerland, now of Saxe Gotha in South Carolina, relating to Swiss and German settlers in South Carolina. Undated. 1.47. Minutes of meeting of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, July 20, 1750. Reports of troubles on the ques- tion of church rates. 1. 48. Paper by Philip Bearcroft beginning " The Charter of the Colony of Connecticut," relating to Presb)i;erian assumption of position of established church. Undated. 1. 49-50. Papers relating to finances of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 1750. I. 51. Letter of H. Walpole, London, January 2, 1750/1, relating to the establishment of bishops in West Indies. L 52. Letter from George Cadogan et al., Augusta, August 31, 1751, on church affairs in Georgia. (H.) I. 53-56. Papers relating to collection of funds for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 1751/1752. 1. 60. Copy of a letter from Jonathan Edwards to Joseph Paice, Stock- bridge, February 24, 1752, relating to education of Indians, and contrasting French and English policies in this matter. I. 61. Letter of Joseph Paice referring to Edwards's letter. London, July 18, 1752. ^ , I. 62. Minutes of the Society for the Pennsylvanian Germans. London, March 23, 1753. . I. 63. Letter from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, June 25, 1753, mtroducmg William Smith and commending his defence of the proposed col- lege against newspaper and other opposition. I. 64. Id.j June 25, 1753, mentioning Independent Whig and Independent Reflector. Lambeth Palace Library. 293 1.65-68. Letters recommending William Smith, from Samuel Seabury, et al., John Ogilvie, Henry Barclay, James De Lancey, and Th. Penn. June 25, 1753. 1. 69. Letter from Timothy Cutler, Boston, August 30, 1753, on contro- versial pamphlets published in New England on the state of the church. I. 70. Id. from Benjamin Avery, Guy's Hospital, November 9, 1753, deal- ing with the case of John Pitts. 1. 71. Id. from David Thomson, Amsterdam, November 16, 1753, refer- ring to English assistance in his labors. 1. 72. Extract from letter of Thomas Prince, Boston, December 31, 1753, dwelling upon liberality of treatment accorded to Episcopalians in Boston. (P.) I. 73. Letter from Samuel Chandler, London, February 5, 1754, dealing with German emigrants to Pennsylvania. 1.74. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Samuel Chandler, Croydon House, February 7, 1754, on same subject. L 75. Letter from Samuel Chandler, London, February 26, 1754, on same subject. I. 76. Id., London, March 17, 1754, on same subject. I. yy. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, July 10, 1754, mentioning proposed college in New York. L 78. Id., July 10, 1754. 1. 81. Id. from Timothy Cutler, Boston, August 28, 1754, on controversial publications in the colonies, and giving opinion of Jonathan Edwards, " A New Light ". L 82. Dr. MacSparran's narrative of the lawsuit concerning the glebe land at Narragansett in New England. (1752 c.) 1. 83. Letter from WilUam Smith, Philadelphia, October 17, 1754, plead- ing for more missionaries on the frontiers. 1. 84. The Charter of the College of New York, in America. 1754. I. 85. Letter from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, October 25, 1754, dealing with troubles with Dissenters. (H.) L 88. Id. from Timothy Cutler, Boston, January i, 1755, giving informa- tion concerning William McClenachan. n. 89. Id. from Philip Bearcroft, Charterhouse, January 18, 1755, on church affairs in New England. (H.) H. 91. Paper entitled " Some Hints humbly offer'd. With a View to the preserving, supporting and propagating, the great Interests of Christianity and the Protestant Religion, amongst the numerous Body of German and Swiss Emigrants, settled in the Backparts of the Province of Pennsylvania &c., and for encouraging them and their Children to learn the English Language" Undated. n. 92. Letter from Samuel Chandler, London, February 3, 1755, on educa- tion of German settlers in Pennsylvania. II. 93. Id., February 24, 1755, on same subject. 11.94. Id. from Archbishop to Bishop of Oxford, Croydon House, Feb- ruary 27, 1755, on same subject. 11.95. Id. from Bishop of Oxford to Archbishop, London, March i 171:1: on same subject. ' 294 Lambeth Palace Library. II. 96. Address of churchwardens of St. Paul's Church, Narragansett, South Kingston, March 17, 1755, concerning difficulties with the Dissenters. (H.) II. 97. Extract from a letter to Dr. MacSparran from one of his parish- ioners " unless all the Colonys be reduced to some uniformity in Government and are by Some Means reduced to a single Direction we are all undone, and shall sooner or later, be reduced to Colonys of France ". Narragansett, March 27, 1755. II. 105. Letter from William Smith, Philadelphia, November i, 1756, begin- ning " The Misery and distress of this unhappy Province, bleeding under the murderous Knives of a Savage Enemy, instigated and led on by Popish Cruelty .... and the Confusion arising from a Quaker Government." Deals with the missionaries, and criticizes the government. II. 106. Id. from Thomas Coram, suggesting founding of a college at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to be called King's College. Undated. II. 109. Id. from Thomas Barton, York, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1757, dealing with conditions since Braddock's defeat. II. no. Supplement to the Pennsylvania Journal, No. 782, dated Philadel- phia, October 29, 1757, containing letter of William Moore to Gov. Denny, defending his conduct. II. III. Letter from Samuel Johnson, New York, December 5, 1757, deal- ing with need of bishops, and vacancies in the ministry. II. 112. Id. of William Smith, dated Philadelphia County Gaol, February 7, 1758, criticizing Quaker policy. (P.) II. 113. Paper entitled "A Brief Narrative of the Case of the Rev. Mr. Smith ", giving an account of his imprisonment for publication of letter of Moore. C/. II. no. (P.) II. 114. Letter from Robert McKean to Dr. Bearcroft, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 5, 1758, about the case of William Smith. (P-) II. 115. Extract from a letter of William Allen to Dr. Chandler, Philadel- phia, February 4, 1758, criticizing the government of the colony. II. 116. Paper entitled "The humble Address of the Governors of the College of the Province of New York". New York, May 27, 1758. II. 117. Copy of the Public Advertiser, London, June 9, 1758, contammg letter of Gov. Denny to Pennsylvania Assembly, dated April 27, 1758- II. 118. "The humble Address of the Clergy of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey in America ". New York, June 22, 1758. A request for bishops, and announcement of first commencement of King's College. II. 119. Letter from Samuel Fayerweather, New York, July 3, 1758, con- taining reference to first commencement at King's College. II. 121. Copy of letter from the Archbishop to Samuel Johnson. Lambeth, September 27, 1758. Brief notes of colonial affairs. (H.) II. 122. Letter from the Church of England clergy in Connecticut. Octo- ber 5, 1758. Congratulations on accession to the archbishopric. II. 123. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, October 25, 1758, about candidates for the ministry. Lambeth Palace Library. 295 II. 124. Id. from Robert Jenney, Philadelphia, November 27, 1758, criti- cizing William Smith. (P.) II. 125. Letters from William Allen and Richard Peters, Philadelphia, November 28, 1758, on the education of German settlers, and the case of William Smith. II. 130. Letter from Samuel Johnson, New York, March 20, 1759, mention- ing the Independent Reflector and other colonial publications. (H.) II. 132. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, April 7, 1759, on the subject of a mission in Cambridge. " Socinianism, Deism, and other bad Princi- ples find too much Countenance among us." (P.) II. 133. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, April 15, 1759, on same subject. II. 136. Minutes of a council at Philadelphia on the bill against lotteries and plays. Philadelphia, June 2, 1759. II. 139. Copy of report of the attorney and solicitor-general in the case of Rev. Dr. Smith. London, June 2, 1759. II. 140. Letter from William Smith, June 25, 1759, about his case. II. 141. Copy of the minutes of the Committee of Council in Dr. Smith's case. London, June 26, 1759. II. 143. Copy of letter from the Archbishop to Dr. Jenney, Lambeth, July 18, 1759, about Smith's case. II. 144. Id. to Henry Caner, Lambeth, July 19, 1759, about the proposed Cambridge mission. (P.) II. 145. Id. to Samuel Johnson, Lambeth, July 19, 1759, on same subject. II. 146. Letter from Samuel Johnson, New York, July 25, 1759, giving an account of church and missions. (H.) II. 147. Id. from the churchwardens of Christ Church, Philadelphia, Octo- ber 3, 1759, about William Macclenachan and other clergymen. II. 149. Id. from William Spurgeon, Philadelphia, November 29, 1758, pleading for bishops, and giving an account of William Smith's case. II. 150. Paper docketed "Case of Rev. William Smith of Philadelphia". London, January 27, 1759. II. 151. Letter from J. Wetmore to Dr. Johnson, Rye, October 12, 1759, about the case of Dr. Beach. II. 152. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, October 20, 1759, about the Cambridge mission, college and church affairs. II. 153. Paper docketed "Remonstrance of the Clergy of Pennsylvania against Mr. Macclenachan ". Philadelphia, October 21, 1759. II. 154. Letter from William Smith, Philadelphia, October 21, 1759, chiefly about William Macclenachan, with references to events of the war. II. 155. Id. from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, October 29, 1759, dealing with relations toward Dissenters. (H.) II. 156. Id. from William Smith, Philadelphia, November 27, 1759, giving an account of religious affairs in the colony, with estimate of numbers belonging to various denominations, and details of griev- ances in Christ's Church. II. 158. Copy of letter from William Smith to Thomas Penn, November, 1759, in defence of lotteries. II. 159. Letter from Henry Caner, January, 1760, on the Macclenachan affair. 296 Lambeth Palace Library. II. 162. " Observations and Questions concerning the Barbadoes Estate ". January 26, 1760. II. 163. Letter from Abraham Immer to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, February 14, 1760, appealing for assistance. (In Latin.) II. 164. Id. London, February 15, 1760, expressing thanks, and hope for continued protection of his church in Carolina. (In French.) II. 165. Id. from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, Connecticut, February 15, 1760, dealing with aifairs of King's College. II. 166. Id. from Henry Barclay, in behalf of Committee of Governors of King's College, New York, February 16, 1760, on same subject. II. 167. Extract from the last will of Gov. Christopher Codrington, be- queathing estates in Barbadoes to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Undated. II. 168. Letter from Bishop Drummond, London, February 29, 1760, deal- ing with Barbadoes plantations. II. 169. Id. from Archbishop to Bishop Drummond, Lambeth, March 3, 1760, on same subject. II. 170. " Memorandum for Mr. Trecothie of some Covenants proper for a Lease of the Society's Plantations." (Barbadoes.) March 11, 1760. II. 171. Letter from Bishop Drummond. London, March 15, 1760. II. 172. Draft of a letter from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to their attornies in Barbadoes. March 15, 1760. II. 174. Copy of letter from Samuel Nicolls to Dr. Jenner et al, London, March 25, 1760, about William Macclenachan. II. 175. Paper entitled " Mr. Morton abt Philadelphia College." April 12, 1760. Note on the support of Pennsylvania College by lotteries. II. 176. Letter from Thomas Penn, Philadelphia, April 12, 1760, on same subject. II. 177. Paper entitled " The humble Petition of a poor negro Woman, commonly called by the name of Esther Smith." July 19, 1760. Appeal of a slave born in New York and brought to England. II. 178. Letter from Lord Hardwicke, London, July 19, 1760, delivering opinion that a slave brought to England is still a slave, and that baptism does not alter this status. II. 179. Id. from Dr. Squire, Greenwich, July 20, 1760, concerning Esther Smith. II. 180. Id. July 21, 1760. II. 181. Id. from Silas Told on same subject. Undated. Received August 20, 1760. II. 182. Id. from Churchwardens and vestrymen, Westchester, August i, 1760, requesting appointment of a missionary. II. 183. " Minutes of a Convention or voluntary Meeting of the Episcopal Clergy of Pennsylvania ", Philadelphia, April 30, 1760. II. 184. " Some Account of the Missions in Pennsylvania, etc., delivered in at a Convention of the Clergy of that Province ", Philadelphia, May 2, 1760. II. 186. Letter from Presbyterian ministers of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1760, in behalf of William Macclenachan. 18 signatures. Lambeth Palace Library. 297 II. 187. " The humble Address of the Missionaries and other Clergy of the Church of England residing in and near the Province of PeM- sylvania ", 1760, setting forth difficulties facing the churches. (P.) II. 188. Letter from Thomas Penn, Spring Garden, June 13, 1760, enclos- ing copy of minutes of assembly on subject of lotteries. II. 189. Id. from WilUam Smith, July i, 1760, on church affairs in Penn- sylvania. (P.) II. 190-191. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, July i3-30> ^760, deal- ing with affairs of church and colony. Postscript mentions death of Gov. De Lancey, and importance that his successor be " not only a good Statesman, but a Friend to Religion and the Church." Printed in Hawks and Perry's Connecticut, I. 310-315. II. 193. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Lord Harrington, Lambeth, August 22, 1760, referring to Ogilvie and the Mohawk Indians. II. 194. Letter from several members of the Church of England at Phila- delphia, on behalf of William Macclenachan. Undated. Received August 23, 1760. II. 195. Id. from William Macclenachan, giving an account of himself. Undated. Received August 23, 1760. II. 196. Id. from William Smith, Philadelphia, August 26, 1760, stating his position. II. 197. Id. from Lord Barrington, War Office, August 28, 1760, dealing with question of places of worship and chaplains for the army in America. II. 198. Minutes of Committee of Council about bills from Pennsylvania, August 27, 28, 1760. II. 199. Letter from Bishop Drummond, Brodsworth, September 24, 1760, about Barbadoes. II. 200. An extract from the books of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel .... dated 1760, relating to Mr. Macclenachan. II. 201. Letter from Samuel NicoUs, Northall, Middlesex, October 3, 1760, about William Macclenachan. II. 205. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, October 6, 1760. II. 206. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Macclenachan, Lambeth, October 9, 1760, reviewing his case. II. 207. Id. to William Smith, Lambeth, October 12, 1760, about the Phila- delphia convention of clergymen. II. 208. Id. to same, Lambeth, October 20, 1760, containing reference to Free-Masons. II. 213. Id. to Samuel Johnson, Lambeth, November 4, 1760, chiefly about King's College. (H.) II. 214, Draft of proxy for Archbishop's representative on board of gov- ernors of King's College, dated 1760. III. 216. Letter from Samuel Johnson, New York, November 24, 1760, on colonial publications and affairs of King's College. III. 217. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Samuel Johnson, Lambeth, January 20, 1761, dealing with affairs of King's College and atti- tude of the king toward the American churches. III. 218. Letter from Episcopal clergymen of Boston and vicinity, Boston, January 26, 1761, enclosing No. 219. 16 signatures. 298 Lambeth Palace Library. III. 219. Address from ministers in and about Boston to George the Third. 1 76 1. A note states that it was not presented, because it asked for bishops. III. 224. Letter of Samuel Johnson, New York, May 2, 1761, concerning candidates for the ministry, and the question of bishops. III. 225, 226. Address of the Governors of the College in the Province of New York to George III. May 12, 1761. 2 copies. III. 227. Letter from Samuel Johnson, New York, May 20, 1761, chiefly on college affairs. III. 228. Draft of projected address enclosed in No. 224. III. 229. Letter from Jean Moore to Bourdillon, London, May 21, 1761, in relation to Abraham Immer. (In French.) III. 230. Id. from Bourdillon to Jean Moore, May 22, 1761, dealing with Immer's position in Carolina. III. 231. Id. from Episcopal clergy of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, May 28, 1 761, dealing with William Macclenachan. III. 233. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, June 14, 1761, on church affairs. III. 234. Id. from Charles Inglis, Dover, June 21, 1761, containing refer- ences to Dunkards. III. 235. Id. from William Smith, Philadelphia, July 20, 1761, about church matters. III. 236. Id. August 20, 1 761. III. 238. Copy of letter from Archbishop to William Smith, Lambeth, Octo- ber 10, 1761, about church matters. III. 242. Memoranda of letter from Archbishop to Samuel Johnson, Decem- ber 10, 1761. III. 244. Letter from George Harrison, New York, January 2, 1762, about church affairs on Long Island. (H.) III. 245. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, January 9, 1762, on King's College affairs. III. 246. Id. from Henry Barclay, New York, January 11, 1762, in behalf of committee of governors of King's College. III. 247. Id. of Archbishop of York to Dr. Burton, London, January 23, 1762, about estate in Barbadoes. HI. 250. Id. from Henry Barclay, New York, February 12, 1762, in behalf of committee of governors of King's College. Duplicate of no. 246. III. 251. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, February 27, 1762, on church matters. III. 252. Id. from Dr. Bentham, Christ Church, March 11, 1762, referring to Mr. Cooper's leaving Oxford for New York College, and the Archbishop's patronage of the college. 111.254. Letter from Myles Cooper, Queen's College, Oxford, March 15, 1762, relative to his appointment in the College of New York. III. 255. Archbishop's reply to Mr. Cooper approving of his having reason- able time to prepare for his voyage. An unsigned copy. III. 256. Letter from Mr. Cooper, Queen's College, Oxford, March 24, 1762, stating that he is ready to sail for New York. III. 257. Id. from William Smith, London, March 29, 1762, about college affairs, and need of more missionaries. Lambeth Palace Library. 299 III. 258. An Humble Representation. By William Smith, D. D., Provost of the College, Academy, and Charitable School of Philadelphia; in Behalf of the said Seminary, and by Appointment of the Trus- tees thereof. 1762. III. 259. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, April 10, 1762, on church and college affairs. (H.) III. 262. " An humble Address of the Governors of the College of the prov- ince of New York ", May 14, 1762, on the need of funds. III. 263. Letter from George Harison, New York, July 5, 1762, asking for recommendation as judge of vice-admiralty court. III. 264. Id. from James Jay, July 19, 1762, on the plan for raising funds for King's College. III. 265. Id. July 21, 1762. III. 268. Id. from William Smith and James Jay, London, August 9, 1762, on funds for the colleges. III. 269. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, August 9, 1762, on a rival society for converting the Indians. (P.) III. 270. Printed paper headed " Colleges of Philadelphia and New York, in America." August 19, 1762. A grant from king to collect money in Great Britain and Ireland. III. 271. An Act to incorporate certain Persons by the Name of the Society for propagating Christian Knowledge among the Indians of North America. 1762. III. 273. Letter from William Smith, London, September 27, 1762, about Mr. Harison. III. 275. Id. from James Jay, September 30, 1762, on collections for the colleges. III. 276. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Bishop of London, Lambeth, October 5, 1762, on a " Society for propagating Christian Knowl- edge among the Indians in North America." III. 277. Id. to Henry Caner, October 6, 1762, on same subject. (P.) III. 278. Id. to Samuel Johnson, Lambeth, October 6, 1762, on controversial publications, and the rival society. (H.) III. 279. Id. from Bishop of London, Bath, October 11, 1762, on the rival society. (P.) III. 281. Id. from William Smith, London, November 22, 1762, on the rival society. (P.) III. 282. Paper entitled: " Remarks on an Act lately passed in the Massa- chusetts Government erecting and incorporating a New Society ' for propagating Christian Knowledge among the Indians in Amer- ica ' ", by William Smith. (Nos. 269, 273-282, 287-289, 294, 309, refer to this act.) (P.) III. 283. Letter from Francis Alison, Philadelphia, December 2, 1762, about funds for freeing captives from among the Indians. III. 284. Id. from Myles Cooper, New York, December 2, 1762, about King's College. III. 285. Id. from Anthony Benezet, Philadelphia, December 4, 1762, against the slave trade. III. 286. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, December 5, 1762 about King's College. ' III. 287. Id. from Bishop of York, London, December 11, 1762 about the new society. ' 300 Lambeth Palace Library. III. 288. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, December 23, 1762, on same sub- ject. (P.) III. 289. Id. from Samuel Johnson, New York, January 6, 1763, on same subject. (H.) III. 290. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, January 7, 1763, about contro- versial literature published by Dissenters. (P.) III. 291. " The Address of the Trustees of the College, Academy and Charity School in the City of Philadelphia". Philadelphia, January 11, 1763. A letter of thanks. III. 292. Letter from Richard Peters, Philadelphia, January 15, 1763, on church and college affairs. III. 294. Id. from Edward Chester, London, February i, 1763, on the new society. III. 295. Id. from Jacob Duche, Philadelphia, February 4, 1763, on church affairs. III. 296. A letter of thanks on behalf of the college from governors of King's College. New York, February 6, 1763. III. 297. Letter from John Burton, Eton College, February 25, 1763, about Barbadoes. III. 298. Id. from members of St. Andrew's Church in Simsbury, Connecti- cut, appealing for aid for the church. Undated. Received March, 1763. 29 signatures. III. 300. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Samuel Johnson, Lambeth, March 30, 1763, on church affairs. (H.) III. 301. Id. to Henry Caner, Lambeth, March 30, 1763, dealing with the troubles with Dissenters. (P.) III. 305. Id. to Richard Peters, Lambeth, April 18, 1763, on the same sub- ject. (H.) III. 306. Id. from Anthony Benezet, Philadelphia, April 24, 1763, against the slave trade. III. 309. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, June 8, 1763, on troubles with the Dissenters. (P.) III. 311. Id. from Myles Cooper, New York, June 23, 1763, on King's College affairs. III. 316. Id. from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, August 10, 1763, concerning bishops and missions. (H.) III. 317. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, August 16, 1763, on the " Estab- lished Church " of New England. (P.) III. 319. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Henry Caner, Lambeth, Sep- tember 15, 1763, chiefly about the rival society. (H.) III. 320. Id. to Jacob Duche, Lambeth, September 15, 1763, stating that there is danger of the college of Philadelphia becoming " a mere Presbyterian faction." (P.) III. 321. Letter from Archbishop of York, September 15, 1763, dealing with Barbadoes. III. 322. Copy of letter from Archbishop to H. Barclay, September 19, 1763, on King's College affairs. III. 323. Id. to Myles Cooper, Lambeth, September 19, 1763, on same sub- ject. III. 324. Id. from Myles Cooper, New York, September 23, 1763, on same subject. Lambeth Palace Library. 301 III. 325. Copy of letter from Archbishop to Samuel Johnson, September 28, 1763, referring to Mr. Cooper and to missions in New England and New York. (H.) III. 327. Id. from Thomas Barnard to William Hooper, Salem, October 15, 1763, on the character of William Walter. (P.) III. 328. Letter from Richard Peters, Philadelphia, October 17, 1763, on the college ; Mr. Whitefield ; the great number of Presbyterians ; and the question of bishops. (P.) III. 329. Id. from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, October 20, 1763, on church affairs in Connecticut. Cf. Hawks and Perry's Connecticut, II. 53-5S- III. 330. Id. from Myles Cooper, New York, November 2, 1763, about his salary as president of King's College. III. 331. Id. from Henry Caner, Boston, November 16, 1763, on Dr. May- hew's publications. (P.) III. 332. Id. from William Hooper, Boston, November 22, 1763, on a bequest to the church. (P.) III. 335. Id. from Archbishop of York, London, December 16, 1763, deal- ing with Barbadoes. III. 336. Id. from Samuel Johnson, Stratford, December 20, 1763. " Is there then nothing more that can be done, either for obtaining Bishops, or demolishing these pernicious Charter Governments, and reducing them all to one form, in immediate dependance on the King?" (H.) 1124. Three volumes of MS. Journals of the S. P. G., 1758-1766, containing full abstracts of letters from the Society's missionaries in America and elsewhere. FULHAM PALACE. FuLHAM Road, S. W. Documents may be examined by appointment either at the Palace, where they are regfularly deposited, or on occasion, at London House, 32 St. James's Square. It is generally necessary to make appointments some time in advance. Satisfactory introductions must be presented. The archives of the Bishop of London, who was substantially the diocesan head of the Episcopal church in America during the colonial period, contain over two thousand letters and miscellaneous papers relating to the thirteen colonies, mostly from leading members of the Church of England in this country to the Bishop of London and treating of religious affairs. A con- siderable proportion of these documents were transcribed by Dr. Hawks {cf. above p. 286), and are thus accessible either in print in the works of Bishop Perry and Dr. Hawks or in MS. in the Church Mission House, New York. In the following list, (P.) indicates that a document has been printed in Bishop Perry's Collections; (H.), that it is among the Hawks MSS., and has not been identified with any in the printed Collections. Many documents have also been recently published in a volume entitled The Early English Colonies (London, Stock), a summary of the lecture delivered by the Bishop of London at Richmond, Virginia, October 4, 1907, with additional notes transcribed by the Rev. Sadler Phillips. This book also contains (pp. 45-48) the Parliamentarian commission appointing William Coddington governor of Rhode Island, April 3, 1651, of which the original was preserved at Ful- ham until the Bishop's visit to America in 1907, when it was presented by him to President Roosevelt. Some of the documents printed in this volume, especially those relating to the West Indies, are not listed as separate items in the following pages. The manuscripts are uncatalogued and are kept loose in some thirty paste- board boxes. They are therefore subject to rearrangement; and indeed within the last few months many documents have been transferred from one box to another. The boxes containing the more important documents bear the following labels : New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island ; Massachu- setts, two boxes; Connecticut; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Virginia, two boxes; North and South Carolina and Georgia; South Carolina; Papers collected .... 1907 ; S. P. G. Missions to American churches and West Indian Islands ; Letters about colonial churches ; Papers concerning colonial history. The papers kept in these boxes are listed in detail below, under headings cor- responding to the labels on the boxes, and a bundle of " Odd papers from London House " is also listed. It has not seemed necessary to notice in the same way the contents of the other boxes, labelled : Applications for work, colonies ; Applications for licenses, colonies (containing about a dozen papers) ; Applications for ordination, colonies ; Missionary bonds, two boxes (the bonds given by missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, before going to the colonies) ; Colonial letters of orders, 1748-1783, nine small boxes ; Queries to American clergy (printed forms, mostly relating to Maryland ; one relating to Stratford, Connecticut ; 302 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. 303 all that are dated are of the year 1724) ; West Indies ; Central and South America, Cuba and Falkland Islands, papers dating from the nineteenth century, among them three or four letters relating to Cuba, dated 1873-1874, of which the most important treats of spiritual conditions in the island. A number of the papers transcribed by Dr. Hawks were not found. NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND. Letters. (From)G. Berkeley. September 5, 1728. Christopher Bridge. June 17, 1709; December 30, 1718. J. Bridges. February 2, 1712. (H.) Arthur Browne. August 3, 1730; March 23, 1732; April 21, 1736; June 16, 1736 (H.) ; October 15, 1736. (H.) W. Burnet. October 18, 1726; December 4, 1726. Thomas B. Chandler. July 20, 1766; October 21, 1767. Timothy Cutler et al. July 21, 1725; October 6, 1726 (2 copies). Dartmouth et al. April 25, 1771 (extract) ; July i, 1771 (copy). David Dunbar. December 28, 1734; December 2, 1735; October 15, 1736.. (H.) Nathaniel Evans. February 24, 1766. John Gibbins. April 17, 1736. William Guy. December 17, 1717; October i, 1718 (2 copies). (The first letter is printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 71-72.) Johan Friderich Hager. April 2, 1718. (In German.) Josiah Hardy. July 30, 1762. William Harrison. June 21, 1738. James Honyman. November 2, 1715 (2); November 25, 1717; October 24, 1718; December 5, 1718; December 12, 1721 ; April 17, 1723 ; October 28, 1723 ; November 19, 1723 (2) ; January 26, 1725 (H.); April 23, 1724; September 15, 1725; November 24, 1725; February 23, 1726; June 16, 1726; September 23, 1726 (H.) (2 copies); October 14, 1726; October 20, 1726; June 25, 1728; December 9, 1728; April 26, 1732; September 20, 1732; May 2, 1734; October 14, 1736 (2 copies) ; March 28, 1750 (2 copies). Samuel Johnson. September 26, 1726; April 5, 1732. Nathaniel Kay. November 17, 1718. Bishop of London. February 14, 1705 ; n. d. James MacSparran. December 2, 1721 ; May 29, 1723; May 5, 1724; June 9, 1724; June 16, 1724; December i, 1724; October 15, 1726; August II, 1730; April 21, 1732; May 3, 1734; June 25, 1737; October 18, 1742 (H.) ; July 7, 1746; July 25, 1747; June 14, 1748; January 3, 1749; March 15, 1749 (H.) ; March 26, 1751 (H.) ; November i, 1751 ; November 10, 1752 (H.) ; n. d. (The letter of March 26, 1751, is printed in part in Phillips's Colonies do 75-76.) ' ^^^ Lewis Morris. July 12, 1703; June, 1704. Elias Neau. February 23, 1719. (In French.) Joseph O'Hara, July 8, 1729; September 15, 1729. Richard Peters. November 30, 1764. George Pigot. May 6, 1724. William Smith. May 12, 1768. 20 304 Fulham Palace. J. Talbot. July 2, 1725. (H.) John Usher. May 6, 1724. Edward Vaughan. February 20, 1733 ; February 26, 1733 ; February 29, 1733- William Vesey. March 26, 1730; November 10, 1738; October 17, 1739- (The second letter is printed in part in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 74-75.) William Vesey and J. Wetmore. November 2, 1729. Gov. Wentworth. September 24, 1769; April 28, 1770. (H.) J. Wetmore. November i, 1728. Anonymous. December 10, 1764. (On missionaries practising medi- cine.) Memorials, Addresses and Petitions. Addresses from churches: King's Chapel, Boston, May i, 1736; Braintree, September i, 1710; Bristol, October 29, 1722; Burlington, Novem- ber 4, 1725 (H.) ; March 12, 1730 (H.) ; Narragansett, October 20, 1715; September 13, 1716; June 15, 1720; August 7, 1723; May II, 1754 (H.); Perth-Amboy, October 2, 1765; October 4, 1765; Portsmouth, April 6, 1737; Providence, December 9, 1728. Addresses from clergy: New England, December 12, 1727; New Jersey, September 20, 1764; New Jersey and New York, December 5, 1767. (The address of September 20, 1764, is printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 76-77.) Address of trustees of Dartmouth College. December 14, 1769. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 82-83.) Petitions of inhabitants of Narragansett. October 20, 1715 ; September 13, 1716. Representation of Richard Partridge, n. d. Address of Church of England people in Portsmouth. December 26, 1734. Petitions of inhabitants of Providence. November 7, 1722 (2 copies) ; De- cember 26, 1727; December 9, 1728 (2 copies) ; July 8, 1730. Petition of Joseph Torrey. February 25, 1754. (H.) Petition of inhabitants of Warwick, Rhode Island. October i, 1731. (Two, one printed.) Miscellaneous Papers. Affidavits from Church of England members in Bristol County. December, 1 73 1. (On assessments for support of dissenting ministers.) "A Supplement to the Vindication of Mr. Alex. Campbell." New York, August 15, 1732. (Printed.) Correspondence relating to Nathaniel Harward. 1729-1730 (copies). Papers about James MacSparran. 1719, 1720, 1721, 1724, 1741, 1752, 1754- Papers in case of James MacSparran vs. George Mumford. 1723-1724. Papers (10) concerning Joseph O'Hara. 1729. A General Idea of the College of " Mirania ". 1753. (Printed.) Paper book containing copies of the following: Petitions of Philadelphia Church, December 26, 1699 ; Trinity Church, New York, November 30, 1699; letter from William Vesey, New York, December 2, 1699; petition of Church of England people of Rhode Island to Gov. Massachusetts. 305 Nicholson, n. d. ; letters of John Arrowsmith, Philadelphia, January 2, 1699; Robert Quarry, Philadelphia, November 29, 1699; Edward Portlock, Philadelphia, March 26, 1700; Philadelphia Church, March 25, 1700; Robert Gardner, Newport, November 6, 1699; William Brinley, Rhode Island, November 7, 1699 ; Robt. Gardner, December 18, 1699; Arthur Blount, Newport, December 28, 1699; Francis Foxcroft, Boston, February 27, 1699; Samuel Myles, Boston, February 29, 1700 and n. d. ; New Church in Boston, Nov- ember 17, 1699; Philadelphia Church, June 19, 1699; Thomas Clay- ton, Philadelphia, July 3, 1699; Philadelphia Church, August 21, 1699; John Arrowsmith, Philadelphia, August 24, 1699; Increase Mather, Peter Thatcher and Jonathan Pierpoint to Charleston Church, n. d. ; Christ Church's answer, n. d. ; letter from Henry Ashurst, May 24, 1699. Queries. Perth- Amboy (H.), "Providence, Warwick, Greenwich, etc., in colony of Rhode Island" (H.) ; New Bristol; Narragansett and Providence; Newport (H.) ; Salem. (H.) MASSACHUSETTS (FIRST BOX). Letters. (From)Charles Brockwell. June 15, 1741 (P.) ; January 21, 1752 (P.) ; May 3, 1753. (P.) H. Caner. December 3, 1770. H. Caner et al. June 22, 1756; September 21, 1769. John Checkley. March 31, 1728. (P.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 189-192.) Benjamin Colman. February 19, 1728. (P.) Timothy Cutler. October 10, 1728; September 11, 1728; February 4, 1730 (P.) ; June 11, 1730 (P.) ; June 25, 1730 (P.) ; May 13, 1731 (P.); October 31, 1735; December 5, 1740. Timothy Cutler et al. May 2, 1726 (2 copies) ; June 23, 1736; January 26, 1761. Addington Davenport. October 6, 1741. (P.) James Forbes et al. August 26, 1755. H. Harris. January 26, 1728. (P.) ; February 16, 1728. (P.) H. Harris and David Mossom. December 7, 1725. (P.) Thomas Harward. November 17, 1730; July 19, 1731 (P.) ; October 30 and November 16, 1732; October 28, 1735; January 12, 1736. James Honyman. October 29, 1735. Samuel Johnson. May 9, 1726; November 25, 1745. William Lambert. December 5, 1728. Bishop of London. February 12, 1705 (2) ; May 28, 1708; September 3, 1724 (copies). (P.) Alexander Malcolm. July 6, 1747. (P.) Ebenezer Miller. May 10, 1728 (P.) ; October 11, 1729 (2 copies) ; December 2, 1729. David Mossom. December 7, 1725. David Mossom et al. n. d. (Copy.) 306 Fulham Palace. Samuel Myles. July 31, 1724; October 10, 1724; April 27, 1727. Samuel Myles et al. November 18, 1714. Francis Nicholson. August 3, 1714. Joseph O'Hara. October 5, 1728. Roger Price. December 9, 1729; August 2, 1732; November 10, 1732; November 14, 1735; November 22, 1746. (P.) Roger Price et al. November 12, 1735. William Tailer. June 19, 1713. John Vesey et al. December 28, 1726. Memorials, Petitions and Addresses. Memorial of Cotton Mather, to Lieut.-Gov. Dummer, in the name of the general convention of ministers. May 2y, 1725, and the proceedings of the council and representatives upon it. (Copy.)' (P.) Memorial of the Episcopal clergy of Boston relative to the memorial of Cot- ton Mather. June 10, 1725. (P.) (Both memorials are printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 185-188.) Addresses from : Clergy and churchwardens of province, n. d. ; June 21, 1713; Juiie 27, 1767; Boston clergy, September 29, 1714; July 21, 1725 (P.) ; July 20, 1727 (2 copies). Christ Church, Boston. June 9, 1724; November 18, 1730 (2 copies); October 4, 1733 (2). (The second address is printed in Phillips's Colonies, p. 73; and the third, ibid., pp. 65-66.) King's Chapel, Boston. Between 171 1 and 1749 (17). (Several addresses are printed in Phillips's Colonies.") Trinity Church, Boston. June 8, 1717; April 30, 1736. Church of Braintree. June 2, 1713; December 11, 1713; December 28, 1726. Church of Marblehead. January 1718 (2 copies). Trinity Church. Newport, October 29, 1722. Church of Salem. August i, 1733. St. Andrews Church at Scituate. December, 1738. Petition of Henry Harris. April 24, 1724. {Cf. P.) Memorial of Timothy Cutler. August 27, 1725. {Cf. P., pp. 272, 273.) Memorial of Roger Price et al. December 9 and 15, 1731 (2 copies). Miscellaneous Papers. Papers concerning Braintree. 1708, 1713 (5). Paper " Mr. Quincy. December 26. 1744. Paper " Timothy Cutler. December i, 1724. Papers " Mr. Harris. July 21. Papers " Miles and Price. 1730, 1736. Proceedings of King's Chapel congregation. September 23, 1706; April I, 1709 (2 copies) ; March 13, 1728 (4 copies) ; March 30, 1730; November 25, 1730. " Remarks on an Act lately passed in the Massachusetts Government .... incorporating a New Society .... for propagating Christian Knowledge among the Indians in North America." 1763 c. 'The original is in Lambeth, 1123, I. 6. Massachusetts. 307 Sworn declarations of Timothy Cutler and Thomas Harward. December 23. 1731- (About a dispute with the governor concerning a fast day.) Vote of Harvard College overseers, June 22, 1730, on Timothy Cutler's memorial. (Cf. P., pp. 257-259.) Queries. Christ Church, Boston ; Marblehead ; Newbury. (P.) MASSACHUSETTS (SECOND BOX). Letters. (From) H. Addison. September 10, 1768. Jonathan Arnold. June 24, 1736 (P.) ; September 7, 1736. Henry Barnes. September 25, 1769. Jonathan Belcher. December 12, 1730 (2) ; May 20, 1731 ; July 24, 1731 (P.); December 4, 1731 ; November 11, 1732; October 5, 1733 (P.); February 4, 1734; February 25, 1734; December 8, 1735 ; March i, 1739. Jonathan Belcher, jr. November 20, 1733. John Bridges. June 12, 1712. Charles Brockwell, December 27, 1737; June 25, 1739; October 25, 1746; April 28, 1747; June 2, 1747; October 5, 1748; January 18, 1750; April 13, 1750; June 23, 1750; February 25, 1751; June 8, 1751; October 2, 1751; March 21, 1752; July 2, 1752; September 15, 1752. Arthur Browne. October 12, 1736. Isaac Browne. July 15, 1740. Gov. Burnet. November 27, 1728; May 30, 172 []. Mather Byles. September 24, 1770. Henry Caner. April 10, 1732 ; September 13, 1736 (2) ; December 3, 1747; January 31, 1750; May 6, 1751 ; October 15, 1751; Feb- ruary 25, 1755 ; August 27, 1755 ; September i, 1764; September 6, 1764; February 3, 1766; May 15, 1766; July 28, 1767. Benjamin Colman. January 22, 1725; September 30, 1726; Septem- ber 13, 1734. (P.) Timothy Cutler. May 9, 1726; September 18, 1732; May i, 1733 (P.) ; October 16, 1751; June 21, 1754. Addington Davenport. July 19, 1733 ; April 16, 1736 (2 copies) ; October 12, 1736; May 9, 1739 (2 copies) ; May 9, 1740 (2 copies) ; May 15, 1740. J. Dudley. December 20, 171 1. William Dummer. November 15, 1725; May 3, 1727. Henry Harris. January 7, 1712; January 8, 1713; September 17, 1714; December 2, 1718; May 6, 1724; December 14, 1724; De- cember 23, 1724; February 25, 1728. James MacSparran. n. d. Ebenezer Miller. February 5, 1728; December 27, 1731; May 10, 1736; October 5, 1736. Thomas Moore. March 31, 1733. 308 Fulham Palace. David Mossotn. May 2, 1720; September 23, 1720; April 28, 1724 (P.) ; July 18, 1725 ; January 7, 1726; November 10, 1726; Novem- ber 28, 1726 (2) ; May i, 1727; July 3, 1728. Samuel Myles, July 7, 1710; September 8, 1714; September 12, 1719; January 29, 1724; October 14, 1725; December 4, 1727. Henry Newman. February 26, 1726; July 6, 1731; December 22, 1733 ; March 10, 1738 ; May 14, 1739. Francis Nicholson. August 4, 17 14. Richard Peters. May 11, 1741. George Pigot. July 12, 1727; November 30, 1737. Matthias Plant. October 21, 1726; December 20, 1726. W. Powlett. January 26, 1742. Benjamin Price. November 25, 1736. Roger Price. December 27, 1731 ; May 5, 1732; May 6, 1733; Nov- ember 20, 1736; December 21, 1738 (P.) ; March 2, 1741. Stephen Roe. February 25, 1742 ; March 12, 1742. John Thomlinson. August 3, 1747. John Troutbeck. August 27, 1755. John Ussher. October 12, 1736. [ ] Walter. September 10, 1764. Anonymous. December 27, 1737. (About Mr. Davenport.) Miscellaneous Documents. Notes on salary of governors of New England, Wednesday, July 7. Paper concerning John Checkley. May 20, 1724. Paper concerning Timothy Cutler and Samuel Johnson. November i, 1722. Memorandum of action of overseers of Harvard College on Dr. Cutler's petition. June 16, 1730. (P.) Council order. September 2, 1725. (About newspapers.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 49-50.) Resolution of Massachusetts General Court. October 3, 1730. (Copy, attested by Gov. Belcher.) Notes on church matters, n. d. > Minutes of S. P. G. May 17, 1723. Boundaries of glebe land. Piscataqua, February 18, 1725. CONNECTICUT. Letters. (From) Jonathan Arnold. December 14, 1738. Joseph Browne. March 15, 1725. Peter Buor. September 13, 1728. Henry Caner. March 15, 1728; September 18, 1730; April 6, 1732; November 6, 1732 ; November 22, 1738. Ebenezer Dibble and Jeremiah Learning. August 15, 1764. Matthew Graves. July 20, 1750; April 29, 1751 ; December 17, 1751 ; December 23, 1751 ; May 29, 1754. Samuel Johnson. January 18, 1724; June 23, 1724; October 10, 1724; June 15, 1725; November 4, 1725; January 25, 1726; Feb- ruary ID, 1727; September 25, 1727; April 2, 1728; September 21, 1728; June 10, 1729; October 27, 1729; June 4, 1731; April 19, Pennsylvania. 309 1733; December 10, 1733; May 10, 1736; September 5, 1742; Sep- tember 17, 1750; March 26, 1751 ; September 25, 1751 ; October 20, 1751 ; August 12, 1764; July 15, 1765; September 5, 1765. Samuel Johnson et al. March 25, 1732; March 14, 1734; September "> 1735- Jeremiah Leaming. July 20, 1765 (2 copies). Henry Newman. November 25, 1725. Ebenezer Punderson. November 4, 1737; December 12, 1741; De- cember 27, 1756. Joseph Talcott. July 27, 1726. Addresses, etc. From Connecticut clergy. August 24, 1742; September 14, 1764; June 5, 1765; October 8, 1766; May 29, 1771. Id. from Church of England members in New Haven, West Haven, Mil- ford, Darby and Waterbury. September 25, 1735. Id. New London. February 8, 1727 (2 copies). Id. Wallingford. n. d. " Narrative of what pass'd at the Church Meeting at Pomfret in Connecticut respecting the Building a new Meeting house." n. d. " Protest of Mr. Malbone and others against the Determination to Build a New Meeting house at Pomfret in Connecticut." February 6, 1770. Miscellaneous Documents. Copy of an order of the general assembly. October 12, 1732. Papers in a quarrel between John Bliss and Jonathan Colton. 1750-1754. Bonds of James Masters and Hezekiah Thompson to John Rutgers. Novem- ber 19, 1770. Testimony of Jacob Ford et al. against Matthew Graves. January 3, 1751. Extract from laws of New England concerning worship. PENNSYLVANIA. Letters. (From) Francis Alison. June 24, 1762. Richard Backhouse. June i, 1741. William Becket. March 15, 1728 (P.) ; n. d. Alexander Campbell. September 28, 1727; February 26, 1728; May 31, 1728; June 2, 1728; July 8, 1728; November 8, 1728. Colin Campbell et al. n. d. William Chancellor. August 2, 1737; August 20, 1737; November 30, 1737- Thomas Clayton. October 20, 1698; November 29, 1698 (2). (P.) Archibald Cummings. October 19, 1726 (P.); December 15, 1726; January 31, 1728; June 7, 1728; March 29, 1732; March 6, 1733; May II, 1736; June 15, 1736; July 22, 1737; August i, 1737; August 6, 1737; March 30, 1738 (P.) ; August 12, 1738; November 17. 1739; August 29, 1740. William Currie. May 19, 1741 ; September 4, 1743. William Currie et al May 18, 1741. R. Davies. January 23, 1724. Jacob Duche. February 4, 1763 ; October 31, 1775. 310 Fulham Palace. Evan Evans. June 25, 1716. John Evans. March 13, 1716. R. W. Evans. July 26, 1737. Gabriel Falk. March 8, 1733. Charles Gookin. August 13, 1715. Charles Gookin et al. April 20, 1715 (3 copies). P. Gordon. July 19, 1726 (P.) ; February 17, 1728. W. Hall. August II, 1715. Jacob Henderson. September 30, 1736. Andreas Hesselius. April 26, 1715. Richard Holt. June 20, 1749. Alexander Howie. 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William Byrd. October 3, 1697; October 10, 1698; April 12, 1699; September 12, 1699. n. d. (all copies). John Camm. October 23, 1761 ; January i, 1762; September 8, 1768. Thomas Dawson. July 30, 1752; November 24, 1752; July 23, 1753 (P-); March 11, 1754 (P.); July 28, 1754; November 15, 1754 (P.); June 10, 1755 (P.); August 13, 1755; February 25, 1756 (P.) ; July 9, 1757- (P-) William Dawson. May 17, 1731 ; August 7, 1732; August 11, 1732; November 8, 1734 (P.); November 22, 1734; September 14, 1736 (P.) ; June 2, 1740; March i, 1748; May 5, 1749; May 10, 1749; Virginia. 31® July II, 1749 (P.) ; August 5, 1749; October 16, 1749 (2) ; July 27, 1750 (P.) ; August 30, 1750; May 7, 1751 ; July 15, 1751 (?•) > August 6, 1751 ; February 10, 1752 (P.) ; June 17, 1752; July 30, 1752. Laurence De Butts. November 5, 1721 ; 1722; July i, 1722. [ ] Dell. October 28, 1721. Adam Dickie. June 27, 1732 (extract). Robert Dinwiddie. 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January 16, 1764; November 22, 1764; September 17, 1765; October 3, 1765; December 27, 1765; January 11, 1768; June 27, 1768; November i, 1768; December 12, 1768; January 12, 1769; December 15, 1769; May i, 1770; May 15, 1770; February 12, 1771 ; October 8, 1771. Mungo Ingles. September 20, 1707. Emmanuel Jones. July 20, 1723; June i, 1724. Walter Jones. July 28, 1725. William Le Neve. July 20, 1724; July i, 1735. Bishop of London. June 14, 1759 (P.) ; October 10, 1763 (3) ; Janu- ary 7, 1766. (The first letter is printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 67-71.) Philip Ludwell. July 10, 1716. T. Marye. July 22, 1730. John Moncure. September 10, 1738. Nicholas Moreau. April 12, 1697 (P.) ; May 29, 17CK). Francis Nicholson. June 8, 1698 (copy) ; July 28, 1702. Francis Peart. April 15, 1732. William Robinson. November 3, 1761 ; January 18, 1762; June 8, 1762; September 4, 1762; May 4, 1763; October 23, 1765; October 16, 1767 (P.) ; n. d. (about College of William and Mary). Gov. Spotswood. January 27, 1714; June 3, 1717; September 3, 1718 (copy). T. Staige. July 5, 1732. 320 Fulhatn Palace. William Stith. August 15, 1752; September i, 1752; April 21, 1753; August 18, 1753. Thomas Troughear. September 3, 1729. Anonymous. September 28, 1702 (about Gov. Nicholson. Endorsed "Mr. Foace"). Acts, etc. Act for the better support of the clergy. 1749. Proclamation dissolving Wilmington parish. December 5, 1722. Copies of proclamation of General Court, allowing Samuel Davies to hold meetings of dissenters. April 14, 1747; November i, 1748. Proceedings of council in case of John Brunskill. April-May, 1757. (P.) " State of Virginia, 1726." (Table giving names of officials and clergy; and the acreage, number of tithables, number of militia and sort of tobacco in each county.) Petitions and Addresses. Commissary and clergy, n. d. Alexander Forbes. 1723. Clergy. Journals of Convention. April, 1719 (2 copies), October 30, 1754. (P.) Accounts of counties, parishes and ministers. March 25, 1735 ; December 15, 1744 ; January 4, 1758 ; n. d. List of negroes instructed and baptized. Northern Famham, March, 1724. Catalogue of the parochial library in Manicantown. 1710. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 91-93.) College of William and Mary. " An abstract of the Design and Institution of the College of William and Mary in Virginia ". n. d. Charter. Transfer and Statutes. 1758. (Printed.) Minutes of Visitors. November, 1757. Catalogue of books of Col. Nicholson, with valuations, to be bequeathed to college, taken May 30, 1695. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 39-44.) Letters of Recommendation. Joseph Ball, Adam Dickie, J. Hubbard, Mr. Lennon, James McGill (?), George Murdock, William Wilkie. Ratifications, 4. Queries. St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County (P.) ; Stratton Major (P.) ; Washington (P.) ; Wilmington. (P.) NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. Letters. (From) Martin Bladen and Richard Plummer. August 20, 1724. John Boyd. April 12, 1735. (H.) George Burrington. May 10, 1732. (H.) North and South Carolina and Georgia. 321 Nathaniel Cotton. December 15, 1768. Arthur Dobbs. August 9, 1762; March 29, 1764 (extract). (M.; Theodorus S. Drage. November 23, 1769. William Duncanson. March 26, 1762. Samuel Frink. December 7, 1770. C. Gale. April 6, 1732. (H.) A. Garden. April 24, 1740. John Garzia. March 19, 173S ; May 8, 1735. Bevill Granville. May 6, 1732. (H.) Francis Harris et al. November 22, 1770 (3). Alexander Keith. May 31, 1771. John Lapierre. November 29, 1732 (H.) ; October 9, 1733 (H.) ; April 23, 1734. (H.) Isaac Le Grand et al. December 27, 1731. Richard Marsden. June 20, 1733 ; July 7, 1735. (H.) John Pownall. November 27, 1761 ; December 3, 1761 ; March 22, 1762. Giles Rainsford. July 25, 1712. [ ] Reed. July 10, 1765 (extract). Woodes Rogers. April i, 1731. William Tryon. August 12, 1765 (extract) (H.) ; October 6, 1766 (2) (H.); April 30, 1767 (H.); January 15, 1768; February 12, 1768; June 10, 1768; June ir, 1768; October 9, 1768; July 22, 1770. John Urmston. January 21, 1712; September 29, 1712. Gov. Wright. July 2, 1770; December i, 1770. Acta, etc. Laws of North Carolina .... May 18, 1765. (Printed.) Order of Council upon the North Carolina act. June 3, 1762. " Extract of a Report of the Board of Trade upon considering an Act passed in the province of North Carolina in January, 1771, Authorizing Presbyterian Ministers to Solemnize the Rites of Matrimony." Copies of papers relating trouble between Rev. Haddon Smith and the Pro- vincial Congress of Georgia ; and the tarring and feathering of one of Mr. Smith's parishioners. July, 1775. Papers in the case of Thomas Bailey. 1725 (4). Addresses. (From) John Garzia. May 8, 1735 (2). Church of St. Thomas. Pamlico River, October 10, 1734 (2). Church of St. James. Santee, December 27, 1731. Other Papers. " Memoranda Concerning the Endowment of the Church In North Caro- lina", n. d. (H.) Memoranda concerning Col. Wyeth. n. d. Proceedings of S. P. G. May 18, 1739. ^ Appointments of ministers (3). 322 Fulham Palace. SOUTH CAROLINA. Letters. (From) James Abercromby. January 20, 1733. Andrew Allen and Charles Hill. June 23, 1727. John Barnwell. March 16, 1723. Philip Bearcroft. March 15, 1741. Albert Bouderous. April 25, 1724. Thomas Broughton. November 19, 1726. Arthur Browne. June 16, 1736. Hugh Bryan. November 20, 1740 (from South Carolina Gazette, no. 359)- Joseph Bugnion. June 20, 1733 ; July 15, 1733. William Tredwell Bull. May 15, 1718 (copy. Gives list of current prices) (H.) ; November 18, 1718; March 20, 1719; May 12, 1720; August 12, 1720; December 19, 1720; January 13, 1722 (H.) ; March 5, 1723; May 13, 1728. William Bull. February i, 1766. Alexander Campbell. February 12, 1730. Thomas Christie. July 6, 1735. Charles Craven. March 23, 171 3. James Dormer. February 25, 1762. N. Dukenfeld. October 3, 1726. Alexander Garden. January 22, 1723; January 31, 1723; May 4, 1724; July 16, 1724 (2) ; May 24, 1725; May 26, 1727; June 28, 1729; November 24, 1729; April 28, 1730; April 20, 1731 ; July 24, 1731; February 25, 1732; November 8, 1732; April 7, 1733; July 24, 1733; December 28, 1733; April 18, 1734; April 30, 1734; June 8, 1734; June 15, 1734; November 13, 1734; January 19, 1735 (2) ; May 15, 1735 (H.) ; March 8, 1736; June 4, 1736 (H.) ; October 24, 1736; March 10, 1737; December 22, 1737; May 4, 1739; June 12, 1739; May 30, 1740; January 28, 1741 (2) ; February 11, 1741 (2) ; February 21, 1741 ; July 30, 1741 ; August 15, 1741 ; July 8, 1743; September 16, 1748; December 29, 1748; October 2, 1749; October 23, 1749; February i, 1750 (H.) ; n.d. James Glen. May 15, 1749; April 10, 1762. William Guy. November 20, 1718 (H.) ; November 7, 1726. H. Herbert. April 20, 1733. James Honyman. December 4, 17 18. Brian Hunt. March 18, 1723; May 18, 1723; October 30, 1723; November 12, 1723; April 22, 1724; March 20, 1727; December 18, 1727; September 8, 1729; n. d. Robert Johnson et al. December 20, 1717. Gideon Johnston. December 9, 1715 ; April 6, 1716. Lewis Jones. June 2, 1730 (2 copies). Alexander Keith. December 30, 1766; July 12, 1770. John Lapierre. January i, 1726. Francis Le Jau. September 17, 171 1; May 26, 1712; February 23, 1713 ; February 7, 1715 ; December i, 1715 ; April 25, 1716; January Andrew Leslie. January 7, 1734. Richard Marsden. August 16, 1736; November 8, 1736. South Carolina. 323 J. Adam de Martel. July 13, 1769. (H.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 179-180.) Charles Martyn. February i, 1763 (H.) ; October 20, 1765 (H.) ; December 20, 1765. (H.) Thomas Morritt. January 24, 1732; November 7, 1732; February 3, 1735; September 18, 1735 (2 copies). Francis Nicholson. August 22, 1723 (2 copies) ; June 30, 1724 (copy) (H.) ; August 5, 1724; October 31, 1724. William Orr. April 9, 1737; February 9, 1741 ; July 12, 1750. Robert Pocklington. April 3, 1762. Dr. Scheurer. April 17, 1734. W. Sharpe. January 13, 1721 ; May 15, 1742 (about Whitefield). (H.) Michael Smith. May 13, 1753. Thomas Thompson. November 5, 1734. Nicholas Trott. February 17, 1703; June 17, 1715; September 7, 1728; January 10, 1730; March 28, 1730. B. Tustian. December 5, 1720. (H.) George Whitefield. September 8, 1740. (H.?) J. Winteley. July 20, 1728 ; February 13, 1729. Charles Woodmason. October 19, 1766 (H.) ; March 26, 1771 (long account of conditions in province, with documents bearing on the Remonstrance) ; n. d. William Wye. June 26, 1718. Acts, etc. " An act for the founding and erecting a free school." " The act in the 4th of William and Mary .... for providing missionaries." " An act for the establishment of religious worship in this province." Nov- ember 30, 1706. 4 copies of Nicholas Trott's commission as chief justice. March 8, 1707. " A further additional act to an act entituled an act for the establishment of religious worship in this province." April 8, 1716. Copy of act allowing an assistant to the rector of St. Philip's, Charlestown. June 8, 1736. An act to establish courts, etc. 1769. (Printed.) Proclamation of Lieut.-Gen. Bull. August 6, 1768. (Printed.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 170-172.) F,ight resolutions against importing European or East Indian goods. July 7, 1769. (Printed.) Extracts from instructions of Francis Nicholson. September 27, 1720. (H.) Memorials, Addresses, etc. " Copy of a Remonstrance presented to the Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina, by the upper inhabitants of the said Province." November, 1767. (With notes.) " A Short memorial of the Present State of the Church and Clergy in ... . South Carolina." By William Tredwell Bull. August 10, 172"?. (H.) Ten addresses from clergy of province. (H., several.) 324 Fulhant Palace. Addresses from Parishes. Caroline; Charleston (3); Christ Church (6); Prince Fredericks (9); Prince George; St. Andrew (3) ; St. Bartholomew (3) ; St. Helen (2) ; St. James, Goose Creek (6) ; St. James, Santee (2) ; St. John, Berkeley (3) ; St. John, Colleton (3) ; St. Mark; St. Paul (2) ; St. Phihp (4). (Several addresses are printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 166-170.) Addresses from inhabitants of Orangeburg and the same from inhabitants of Purisburg. Clergy and Churches. List of the ministers in Carolina, Pennsylvania, etc. 1722. List of the missionaries of the S. P. G. May 3, 1723. The Bishop of London's instructions to the clergy of North and South Carolina. April 22, 1717. (H.) Extract from vestry books of Caroline Church. January 25, 1730. Notes on church matters by Charles Martyn. March 30, 1762 (H.) ; April II, 1762. (H.) Proceedings in ecclesiastical court, March- April, 1734, against John Fulton. Order of commissioners, with regard to St. Paul's parish. December 3, 1712. Other Papers. Mr. Woodmason's account of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, etc. 1766. (H.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 175-179.) " A Short Discourse On the present State of the Colonies in America, with Respect to the Interest of Great Britain." Copies of papers concerning Nathan Bassett. 1724. Clipping from South Carolina papers. November 17, 1767. Letters recommending Mr. Guy, Charles Martin, Gilbert James and Mr. Morritt. Certificate about Francis Merry, signed by Gen. Nicholson, and sealed. Queries. Commissary Garden to L. Neill. June 13, 1734. " Queries to be answer'd by the persons who were Commissaries to my predecessor." Answered by A. Garden. (H.) Printed forms: Christ Church (H.) ; St. Andrew (H.); St. Dennis (H.); St. George (H.) ; St. James (H.) ; St. James, (joose Creek (H.) ; St. John (H.) : St. Philip (H.) ; St. Thomas. " S. P. G. MISSIONS TO AMERICAN CHURCHES AND WEST INDIAN ISLANDS." Letters from Thomas Bray, Aldgate, October 28, 1723, and Sheldon, July 15, 1724; B. De La Roche, Lunenburg, August 4, 1772; William Duncanson, Savannah, March 30, 1762; Nathaniel Horwood, Bur- lington, October 10, 1729; Peter Houpe, New Rochelle, May 12, 1725 (copy) ; David Mossom, Marblehead, December 17, 1724 (P.) ; A. Spencer, June 12, 1749. S. p. G. Missions, America and West Indies. 323 Paper book containing copies of letters relating to illegal trade in Virginia from William Popple, June 15, 1699; John Povey, June 17, 1699, and October 13, 1699; James Vernon, July 25, 1699, the judge, registrar, advocate and marshal of Virginia, April 6, 1700; the collectors and naval officers, April 20, 1700. " A List of Persons Licensed to the Plantations by the Bishops of London from the Year 1745 inclusive." (H.) List of the parishes in the colonies, taken from the books of the S. P. G. July I, 1724. Memoranda and observations relative to the Society, n. d. Extracts from minutes of S. P. G. " A Memoriall Conserning foraingne Plantations ", chiefly about the relations of the colonies with Canada, n. d. Copy of Gov. Nicholson's will. Papers about the appointment of bishops for America. Papers concerning the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London in the colonies. April 26, 1725, December 27, 1725, May 25, 1726, June 14, 1726, April II, 1750. Petition of James Maynard concerning the paying of taxes to support dis- senting ministers. Proposals for promoting religion, n. d. (2). " Proposals for propagating Christianity among the Native Indians of North America." n. d. " Some general Account of the Church in the British Colonies." April, 1762. (Endorsed, from William Smith.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 107-110.) Ratifications of appointments. Recommendations of Duncanson, 1761 (2) ; Mr. Lucius, Thomas Pollen. " A Discourse shewing how requisite it is to Incourage Learning, Religion, and Episcopal Church Government in the English Plantations, and that this is no way inconsistent with the Interests of Great Britain." n. d. (Printed in part in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 96-101.) Thoughts upon the present state of the Church of England in America. June, 1764. LETTERS ABOUT COLONIAL CHURCHES. Chiefly letters from or about the Leeward Islands. (Several are printed in Phillips's Colonies, chap, vi.) Letter from Governor Martin of North Carolina, about the public school at New Bern. June 20, 1772. (H.) PAPERS CONCERNING COLONIAL HISTORY. Letter from Bishop of London, September 20, 1750, about bishops for the plantations. Petition of Theodoras Swaine Drage, to governor and assembly of North (Carolina, January 10, 1773, about his salary as minister of St. Luke's. 326 Fulham Palace. " PAPERS COLLECTED . . . 1907." Letters. (From) John Banister. Virginia, April 6, 1679. (Extract printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 193-201.) Robert Dinwiddie. Virginia, July 26, 1755; July 29, 1755 (copies) ; August II, 1755. Thomas Dunbar. August i, 1755 (copy). Alexander Forbes. Virginia, July 21, 1724. (P.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 207-223.) W. Hall. May 11, 1723. John Harte. n. d. Jacob Henderson. Maryland, August 16, 1724. (P.) Bishop of London. April 15, 1718 (P.) ; April 16, 1718 (P.) ; August 6, 1718 (3); September 9, 1718 (P.); May 11, 1751 (P.); November 25, 1752 (P.) ; May 18, 1753 (P.) ; February 19, 1759. (Two draft letters, of which one is dated August 6, 1718, are printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 64-65.) William Nairn. Virginia, April 29, 1727. Robert Orme. July 18, 1755. John Salkeld. Port Mahon, November 6, 1716; November 8, 1716; January 12, 1717. Samuel Skippon. Annapolis, January 19, 1715. (P.) John Urmston. June 30, 1724. (P.) George Washington to Gov. Dinwiddie. July 18, 1755 (copy). Chris. Wilkinson. September 9, 1724 (P.) ; September 14, 1724. P. Yorke and C. Talbot. May 25, 1726; June i, 1726; January 6, []. Unsigned, n. d. Maryland. "An Act for the service of almighty God and the establishment of the Protestant Religion in this Province." n. d. " An Act for erecting free schools in Maryland under the patronage of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury." n. d. Speech of Gov. Harte at Convention of Maryland clergy. (Endorsed " 1717 or thereabouts ".) Table of Maryland clerg>', characterized as Whig or Tory, etc. n. d. (En- dorsed " about the year 1722 ".) (P.) Address of Maryland clergy. [1714.] Proceedings at visitation, clergy of Eastern shore, June 24, 1730 (P.) ; June 16, 1731. (P.) Virginia. Proceedings of council concerning the French refugees to Virginia. March 7, 1699. (P.) Extracts from proceedings of Virginia council. March 30, April 8-9, 1703. Royal instructions for Gov. Nicholson. December 12, 1702. (With seal.) (Printed in part in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 26-34.) Extracts from instructions to governor of Virginia, concerning liberty of conscience, n. d. Fulham Palace. 327 Account of protest of Gov. Nicholson against Edmund Andros. January 30, 1698. Memorial of the Virginia Indian Company to Gov. Spotswood. (Incom- plete.) Instructions from Gov. Nicholson to Robert Hicks and John Evans, concern- ing treating with the Indians, n. d. (P.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 34-36.) " Treaty of Peace made and concluded on the one part by the Honoble Alex- ander Spotswood her Majesty's Lieut. Governor and Commander in chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia for and in behalf of the said Colony : And on the other part by Ouracooras Turheer of the Nottoway Indians in behalf of the said Nation. Done and Signed at Williamsburgh the 27th of February 1713." (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 201-205.) Same with " Tuscaruro " Indians. Same date. Same with Saponie, Stukanox, Ocioneechee and Tottero Indians. Same date. Commission from King Charles concerning government of Virginia church, n. d. (In Latin.) Paper on induction of ministers in Virginia, n. d. (P.) Address of council of Virginia to the Queen. April 10, 1703 (copy). Addresses of Gov. Nicholson to House of Burgesses. March 20, March 22, April 6, 1703. Address of burgesses to Gov. Nicholson. Petition of Edmund, bishop of London, to the king about the Virginia clergy. n.d. (P.) Address of Martin's Brandon Church. July 14, 1722. Parchment headed " Present Rules and Methods settled and agreed on by us Richard, Earl of Burlington and Henry, Lord Bishopp of London for the disposicion of the Rents and profitts of the Manner of Brafferton in the County of Yorks towards the Propagating the Gospell in Virginia .... December 21, 1697." (With seals at- tached.) Other Colonies. Table of towns and clergy of New England, n. d. Address of Connecticut clergy to king. June 5, 1765. Petition to king of Charles Augustus Ninagret, sachem of the Narragansett Indians. July 13, 1727. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 226-228.) " Talk takeing in Writeing this Eleventh day of June One Thousand Seven hundred and thirty five at Savannah in Georgia from the Mouths of Chekelli Mico or King and Chief of the Upper and Lower Creeks and Antiche head Warnour from the Cowetaco Town ", etc. "A Summary of the Title of the English to the Country of Florida." (En- dorsed " Dr. Coxe's Paper. Rd. September 18, 1699.") Brief for collection of funds in aid of colleges of Philadelphia and New York. 1762. (Printed.) (See British Museum, Briefs or Church Briefs.) 328 Fulham Palace. GeneraL " A General Plan of the Constitution of the Desired Congregation Pro pro- paganda Fide et Moribus Christianis." By Dr. Bray. n. d. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 79-81.) Extract from Journal and books of S. P. G. on the subject of bishops for America. 1702-1705. S. P. G. petition to George I. [June 3, 1715.] (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 223-226.) List of parishes in the colonies and plantations, by William Hall. n. d. " A True State of the Bishop of London's Jurisdiction in the Plantations Abroad." n. d. (Printed.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 60-63.) Paper endorsed " Concerning Bishops in America by Bishop Sherlock ". n. d. Report of the attorney and solicitor-general concerning ecclesiastical jtu4s- diction in the plantations. December 27, 1725 (2 copies). Commission to the Lords of Trade. June 27, 1737. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 119-127.) Copies of commissions of Bishop of London to exercise ecclesiastical juris- diction in America, February g, 1727; May 25, 1726. (Latin originals and English translations.) Original commission for the American plantations from George II. to Ed- mund, bishop of London. April 29, 1728. (Parchment, with great seal atached.) (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 113-119.) " Bill for Allowing his Majesty's Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England the Exercise of their Religion." n. d. BUNDLE MARKED "ODD PAPERS FROM LONDON HOUSE". Letters. (From) John Barnett, Jonathan Belcher (December 9, 1737), George Bur- rington, Thomas Caner, Timothy Cutler, J. Dudley, David Dunbar, Richard Everard, H. Harris, Thomas Harward, Thomas Lawrence (1696), Thomas Martin (1698) (P.?), D. Mossom, Samuel Myles, Francis Nicholson (1696-1697), Roger Price, William Smith, Wil- liam Tryon, Richard Watts, Robert Weyman (report of a Penn- sylvanian parish, 1728). (P.) Miscellaneous Documents. List of pew-holders in King's Chapel, Boston. March 13, 1728. (Printed in Phillips's Colonies, pp. 110-112.) Abstract of sheriff's return on number of Roman (Catholic clergy, Quakers and other dissenters, in Maryland. May 24, 1698. (P.) Account of parishes of Maryland, and taxables in each. 1697. (P.) " The Case of the Clergy of Maryland under an Act of assembly made in that Province the 21st day of May 1730, Entitled an Act for Im- proving the Staple of Tobacco." n. d. (P.) " The Case of the people called Quakers ". May, 1697. (A petition to Maryland government.) (P.) Fulhatn Palace. 329 " A Memorial Representing the present Case of the Church in Maryland ". n. d. (P.) A " Scheme for the Settlement of a New colony to the Westward of Penn- sylvania", n. d. " Return of the Names of the Counties and Parishes — Estimate of the White Taxables in the Province of North Carolina. Remarks on the Ability of the respective Parishes, and the Names of the Clergy ". 1767. Other letters and papers. COMPANY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN NEW ENGLAND. I Hatton Garden, Holborn, E. C. An act establishing " A Corporation for the Promoting and Propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England " was passed by the Long Parlia- ment on July 27, 1649. After the Restoration, in 1662, the corporation was revived under the name of " The Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America ". The company carried on its work in New England until the Revolution, after which its operations were continued in British America. A volume entitled Some Correspondence between the Governors and Treasurers of the New England Company in London and the Commissioners of the United Colonies in America, The Missionaries of the Company and Others between the Years 16 fj/ and 1712, to which are added the Journals of the Rev. Experience Mayhew in 1713 and 171 4 (London, Spottiswoode, 1896), edited by John W. Ford, governor of the Company, contains " the few remaining relics of the correspondence which passed between the Company at home and their representatives in .... America ". The volume includes letters from the Commissioners of the United Colonies, who were the agents for dispensing in America the funds received by the Company in England, September 26, 1658, September 13, 1665, September 10, 1668, September 8, 1669, postscript, October 22, i66g, September 8, 1670, September 5, 1678, December 26, 1679, May 29, 1682, March i, 1683/4; from John Cotton, September 7, 1671 ; from Com- missioner Joseph Dudley, November 15, 1710; from John Eliot, October 8, 1657, September 6, 1669, November 30, 1670, September 4, 1671, December I, 1671 (2), December 17, 1675, June 17, 1681 ; from the President of Har- vard College, October 2, 1664, October 27, 1669; from Indians at Natick, Massachusetts, to John Eliot, March 19, 1683/4 ; from Cotton Mather, Janu- ary 30, 1709/10, November 9, 1710; from Increase Mather, Cotton Mather and Nehemiah Walker, March 2, 1705; from Increase Mather, January 20, 1697, July 20, 1698 ; from Thomas Mayhew, August 23, 1671 ; from Commis- sioner William Stoughton, April 14, 1693 ; from the Company, September 26, 1684; from the governor of the Company, 1664, June 4, 1668, April 28, 1669, October 13, 1682, January 15, 1711/12, January 31, 1711/12. _ A few papers relating to the early history of the Society are in the Bodleian Library, Rawlinson, C. 934. 330 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, W. C. The archives may be inspected with the permission and at the convenience of the Secretaries. The S. P. C. K., founded in 1698, carried on educational and missionary work in the plantations, up to the autumn of 1701 when the newly-founded Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts took over the care of the colonies. Even after 1701, however, the S. P. G. K. made some grants of books, corresponded with residents of the colonies, and extended to the plantations occasional aid of other kinds. By 171 1, charity schools were founded in New England and New York; church libraries were established, and negroes taught. Beginning with March, 1731, considerable sums of money were raised for the Protestant exiles from Salzburg who were helped to emigrate to Georgia, provided with missionaries and a schoolmaster and otherwise cared for. The details of the Society's work in the colonies may be gathered from the MS. records preserved in the Society's archives, consisting of the minute books ; books containing " Abstracts of Correspondents' Letters " ; and copies of outward letters. The originals of letters received have not been preserved. The minutes of the Society from March 8, 1699, till June i, 1704; and the " Abstracts of Correspondents' Letters " from November 22, 1699, till No- vember, 1701, have been printed in a volume entitled A Chapter in English Church History: being the Minutes of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge for the years i6g8-i'/04 together with Abstracts of Correspond- ents' Letters during part of the same Period, edited by the Rev. Edmund McClure, M. A. and published by the S. P. C. K. In this work are printed abstracts of two letters from Mr. Elias Neau of New York, dated June 3, and June 13, 1701. Other letters from the American continent preserved in the volumes of abstracts, but not printed in the above-mentioned book, are from Mr. Evan Evans, dated Philadelphia, 1709, praying for encouragement for a school in those parts, and from John Emerson, dated Ipswich in New England, January 7, 1713, stating that he had received a packet of books and should be grateful for more of the same kind. There are also several letters from Jamaica. While A Chapter in English Church History thus contains the full text of the principal records of the Society during the early years when it was most concerned with the colonies, a volume by W. O. B. Allen and Edmund McClure, entitled Two Hundred Years: The History of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, i6p8-i8p8, published by the S. P. C. K. in 1898, contains not only some of the documents printed in the earlier book, but an account of the later history of the Society and also the text of a considerable number of letters written by the Secretary of the Society to Gov. Nicholson of Virginia, Elias Neau of New York, Gov. Shute, Col. Drysdale, lieutenant-governor of Virginia, Hon. Paul Dudley, Rev. Dr. Col- man of Boston, Cotton Mather, and other prominent New Englanders. 331 SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. TuFTON Street, Corner of Wood Street, Westminster, S. W. Office hours are from lo a. m. to 5 p. m., Saturdays till 2 p. m. It is required that the searcher present an introduction satisfactory to the Secre- tary, with whom arrangements for consulting MSS. should be made in advance. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was founded in 1701. Its archives contain great numbers of documents that throw light on the religious, social, and to some extent on the economic history of the American colonies — the chief field of the Society's missionary activity in the eighteenth century. The nature of these records may be learned from the Hawks transcripts in the Church Mission House, 281 Fourth Ave., New York City, some of which have been printed in Doctors Hawks and Perry's Documentary History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, containing numerous hitherto un- published Documents concerning the Church in Connecticut, two volumes; in Bishop Perry's Historical Colections relating to the American Colonial Church, four volumes, treating of the colonies of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Delaware ; or from Mr. C. F. Pascoe's admi- rable book. Two Hundred Years of the S. P. G., 1701-1900, published at the Society's office, 1901. The MSS. are in bound volumes or unboimd in boxes. The bound vol- umes, which are, at present, alone accessible, consist of the following classes of records : I. Letters and reports of missionaries and other correspondents. " A " MSS., volumes 1-26, are contemporary copies of letters received, in general covering the period from 1701 to 1736, though a few documents of the seventeenth century are included. " B " MSS. are originals of letters received from 1701 to 1786 (with a few papers of later date) together with originals of some of the " A " MSS., and a few miscellaneous documents, including (B., vol. i) papers relating to the English Church in the colonies, lists of books sent to missionaries in America, some papers of Gov. Nicholson's, a memorial relating to " certain lands [in New York] to the amount of many thousand acres .... pur- chased [by Joseph Totten, Ebenezer Jessup, and others] of the native Indians on the 29 and 31 days of July 1772 ", and intended to be granted for the benefit of the Society (no. 268) ; a rough sketch map of New England with note as to towns which support their own ministers (no. 276) ; a copy of Gov. Hunter's commission, dated 19 October, 8 Anne (no. 280) ; (B., vol. 5) North and South Carolina, 1756-1781, a copy of Col. Barnwell's Joumd relating to his proceedings at Alatamaha to July 21, 1721 ; and others printed or transcribed in the collections noted above. Volumes 1-5 contain letters relating to New England, New York, New 332 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. 333 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia and Nova Scotia from 1702 to 1799; volume 6 relates to the West Indies, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Pennsylvania, 1721-1786. The documents in these six volumes are generally referred to in the Hawks transcripts as " unbound letters ". Volumes 7-20, all but two of which bear the title " New England, etc.", contain MSS. relating to North America from Newfoundland to the West Indies. Dating from 1738 to 1752,. they cover the greater part of the period when Mr. Bearcroft was secretary of the Society and are sometimes referred to as the " Bearcroft MSS." Volumes 21-25 contain letters relating to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Nova Scotia from 1756 to 1786. The scarcity of papers relating to Virginia and Maryland is explained by the fact that since the Church of England was established in these colonies they received little assistance from the Society. Of the documents contained in the above-mentioned series between one- third and one-half are represented among the Hawks transcripts, either in whole or in part. A comparison of the transcripts with the originals shows that in some cases the " transcript " is really a translation, e. g., the letters of Mr. Neau (of New York), of which the originals are in French ; and that where only extracts are transcribed, the omitted portions generally refer to personal matters, as missionaries' salaries, etc. II. The MS. Journals of the Proceedings of the Society and its Commit- tees, 1701 ff., which contain very full abstracts of letters received. III. Account Books, containing information as to payments to mission- aries, etc. Besides these bound MSS. there are many large boxes of unbound letters, many of which relate to America, in particular to the years 1752-1756. Now that the Society is installed in its new building it is intended to classify and render accessible this great mass of documentary material. MANUSCRIPTS OF DR. BRAY'S ASSOCIATES. The MSS. of the Association are preserved in the building of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in the custody of the Secretary of the Association, by whose permission they may be inspected. The objects of this Association are the establishing of clerical libraries and the administering of a trust for the support of negro schools. The former work is a continuation of that of Dr. Bray, who in 1695 began to collect funds for supplying libraries to the clergy of the plantations and later was active in the founding of parochial libraries in England and Wales. The nucleus of the trust for the support of negro schools was a sum of money given to Dr. Bray by M. Abel Tassin, Sieur d'AUone, Secretary to the King, to be applied to the instruction of negroes. In 1723 Dr. Bray nominated certain trustees who in 1733 were distinguished by the name of Dr. Bray's Associates. From the interest of this fund a catechist to teach the negroes in Georgia was supported for several years. Since 1760, the Associates have established schools in Nova Scotia and the Bahamas. The minutes of the Society contain many references to the instruction of negroes in Georgia and in Carolina. a. Dr. Bray's Accounts. Part I. Being an Account of Benefactions and Libraries for the clergy sent into the Plantations, procurd by him; and of Charges thereunto belonging from the Time he undertook the Care anno 1695 To the Time of his Departure for Maryland Anno 1699 As Given into the Society at Lincoln's Inn for propagating Christian Knowledge and Audited by the Same. Part II. Being an Account of Benefactions and Mis- sions procurd by him, and of Charges thereunto belonging. Since His Re- turn from Maryland Anno 1700. As Given in to the Incorporated Society for the propagacon of the Gospel in Foreign parts. March 6th. 1701/2 [same as in &.]. b. Account book without title containing " A List of the Benefactors towards the Plantacon Libraries under their several Distinctions of Lords, Ladys, Knights and Gentlemen, Divines, Lawyers, Physitians, Merchants and Tradesmen." — " An Account of the Libraries sent into America and their respective value."^ — " An Acco* : of Practical Books sent into the Plan- tations to promote Christian Knowledge," etc. — ^Accounts of charges in printing proposals; cost of books given in order to promote the design; charges in book presses and sending away the libraries; charges in cata- logues and registers. — " Dr. Bray's account of Benefactions and Missions and Charges relating thereunto since his Return from Mary Land as given in by him then to a Committee of the Corporacon for the Propagacon of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ". March 6, 1701/2. Same as in a. — " Dr. Brays Accounts .... since His last Account March 6, 1701/2 ". June i, 1703. — Reports of Committee for examining Dr. Bray's accounts. c. Bibliothecae Provinciales Americanae. Being the Registers of Books sent Towards Laying the Foundacon of Five more provincial Libraries in Imitation of that of Anopolis in Maryland For the use and Benefit of the 334 Manuscripts of Dr. Bray's Associates. 335 Clergy and others in the Provinces of New England, New York, Pensylvania, Carolina and Bermudas. Vol. II. By Thomas Bray, D. D." d. Two volumes of Minute Books, I., 1735-1768; II., 1768-1808; contain- ing minutes of the meetings of the Associates including abstracts of letters received from the plantations. e. " Catalogues of Books for Home and Foreign Libraries, 1753 to 1817 ", containing lists of books sent to American colonies. /. A volume without title but containing catalogues of parochial libraries. This volume was committed in 1761 to Dr. Bray's Associates by the S. P. C. K. On pp. 93-94 is " A Catalogue of the Parochial Library at Manicanton, on James River, in ... . Virginia." g. Account Book, 1777 to 1800, including statements of salaries paid to schoolmasters in plantations; charges of transportation of letters and books to plantations ; cost of books for libraries, etc. SION COLLEGE LIBRARY. Victoria Embankment near Whitefriars Street, E. C. The Library is open daily from lo a. m. until 6 p. m. (2 p. m. on Satur- days) , except at the following times, viz., on all Sundays, and from Christmas Day until New Year's Day inclusive; on the Epiphany; on Ash Wednesday; from Good Friday until the Wednesday in Easter week ; on Ascension Day ; on Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun week; and for four weeks beginning from the first Monday in August. Readers must be introduced by a clergyman of the Church of England who is a member of the college. A list of members may be seen at the Library by anyone. This is a theological library of 100,000 volumes, founded in 1629 by an executor of Dr. Thomas White, who had bequeathed funds " for the buying a house .... to serve as a College for a Corporation of all the Ministers, Parsons, Vicars, .... Lecturers within London and its Suburbs ". The " Americana " preserved here form one volume of documents, mostly by Dr. Thomas Bray, and bequeathed by him to Sion College. The contents of this volume are listed below excepting a few duplicates and rough drafts of the listed manuscripts. flF. 1-6. A Memorial representing the necessity of constituting a Suffragan Bishop in Maryland. (No date or signature. Presumed to be by Dr. Bray.) ff. 7-20. A Memorial Representing the Rise Progress and Ishue of Dr. Brays Missionary Undertaking with other Incidents during the whole To which are subjoind in an Appendix such Papers as may be material to Confirm or Illustrate the Particulars of the foregoing Account. Pencil note on f. 7 — " This seems to be the rough draft of what is contained p. 32 ff." (The substance of this, as found in the Rawlinson MSS., is printed on pp. 14-35 of B. C. Steiner's Rev. Thomas Bray, Maryland Historical Society, 1901 ; and the document is referred to in a note on p. 240 of the same work.) ff. 21-125. " ^ True Narrative or Memorial Representing the Rise Progress and Issue of Dr. Bray's Missionary Undertaking with other Inci- dents during the whole proper to come into account. To which is subjoind in an Appendix such Papers and other Miscellanies of his, as may be not only Material to Confirm or Illustrate the Chief Particulars of the foregoing Memorial But also to promote some very Useful and Publick Designs. In III. Parts. By a Member of the Society for the Propagation of the (jospel in Foreign Parts. In the year 1705 ". ff. 126-189. A Charge given to the Clergy of Maryland at their Visitation Holden at Annopolis May 1700 Giving a Scheme of Concionatory Divinity proper to be the Subject Matter of their Discourses to the People." By Thomas Bray D. D. 336 Sion College Library. 337 fF. 189-198. The Acts of Dr. Bray's Visitation, held at Annopolis in Mary- Land, May 2 J, 24, 25. Anno ijoo. (London, 1700.) (Reprinted in Hawks's Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of the United States, Maryland, app. See note on p. 245 of Steiner's Bray.) ff. 199-206. A Memorial, representing the Present State of Religion, on the continent of N orth^ America. By Thomas Bray, D. D. (London, 1701.) (Reprinted in Steiner's Bray, pp. 157-173.) ff. 207-208. A Letter from Dr. Bray, to such as have Contributed towards the Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Plantations. (Reprinted in Steiner's Bray, pp. 177-182.) ff. 209-212. " A memorial shewing the Necessity of one to Superintend the Church and Clergy in Mary Land with a proposal relating to its Suport and an Account also how far the Latter is Advanced." ff. 213-214. "A Memorial Representing the present State of the Church and Clergy of Maryland, the want of a better Provision for the Paro- chial Ministers, and of a Superintendent with Sufficient Powers to preside over them, humbly offered to the Venerable Committee of Convocation appointed to .... " [5'iV]. ff. 219-224. " A Letter from Dr. Bray to the Commissary and Clergfy of Virginia". Annopolis, April 3, 1700. ff. 224-225. Minutes of a Meeting of the Governors and Visitors of the Free School at Annapolis, May 7, 17- ff. 226-227. ^ -^"^ "/ ^*-f Majesty's Councill of Maryland and the Burgesses of the General Assembly of the said Province, with Remarques who are supposed to be for and who against passing the Act for the forty Poll for Supporte of the Ministry of the Church of England within this Province. (Printed in Steiner's Bray, pp. 230-233.) ff. 228-230. An Order of Council the 30th day of November 1699 at the court at Kensington disallowing two laws passed in the General Assembly of Maryland in 1696 and 1699. f. 231. Undated petition of Richard Smith and others to the Speaker of the House of Burgesses relative to a piece of land bequeathed to the Church by Capt. Richard Ladd of Calvert County, f. 232. Letter from Richard Smith to Mr. Hugh Jones regarding the same. St. Leonards, April 2, 1700. f. 233. " A Short State of the Case of the Church of Maryland with respect to the Law of Religion." ff. 234-235. A Memorial representing the present Case of the Church in Maryland, with relation to its Establishment by Law." (Reprinted in Steiner's Bray, pp. 183-190.) ff. 236-241. " A Letter from Dr. Bray to the Hon. Mr. Speaker Smithson." Chelsey, August 27, 1703. (Summarized in Steiner's Bray, p. 236.) ff. 242-243. Copy of a letter from Dr. Bray to Col. Quary. Chelsey, August 27, 1703. ff. 244-245. Copy of a letter from Dr. Bray to Major Dent, attorney general of Maryland. Chelsey, March 10, 1703. (Printed in Steiner's Bray, 236-239.) 338 Sion College Library. ff. 246-247. Copy of a letter from Dr. Bray to Col. Quary. Chelsey, March 7. 1703- if. 248-259. Order of Council, May 22, 1701, memorials and other papers, including second circular letter of Dr. Bray to clergy, May 20, 1701 — all relating to Quakers. ff. 262-316. " Bibliothecae Americanae Quadripartitae, viz. I. Generales, sive Bibliotheca Regia Annopolitana. II. Provinciales. III. Decana- les. IV. Parochiales, or Catalogues of the Libraries sent into the severall Provinces of America, belonging to the Crown of Eng- land ", etc. (A copy of this tract is in the Lenox Library.) ff. 317-319. The Layman's Library: being a Lending Library for the Use of the Laity. (Reprinted in Steiner's Bray, pp. IS3-IS6.) f. 320. Memorial from clergy of Maryland at a convocation of the clergy at Douglas, August 23, 1704, tendering thanks to Dr. Bray and " to all these good men whom he has engag'd in our interest." ff . 323-330. " A Plan proposed to the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts relating to the Furnishing out of Mr. Keith with Books." ff. 333-334. Letter, undated, unfinished, and without signature, beginning " My Lord — I crave leave to offer the two following Draughts to your Lordship's perusal being my Finishing Thoughts upon the two Designs which have taken up the chiefest part of my Life hitherto, the first relating to Libraries the Latter to Missionaries." ff. 342-343. A general Plan of the Constitution of a Protestant Congregation or Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge. ARCHIVES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER. Before 1784, America was nominally in the " London District " and under the London Vicar Apostolic. The archives of the Vicars Apostolic, which since 1850 have been in the custody of their successors, the Archbishops of Westminster, are temporarily deposited in the Oratory, Brompton, South Kensington, but are soon to be transferred to the Archbishop's House in Westminster. Permission to examine the MSS. must be obtained from the Archbishop of Westminster, but will be granted to persons properly intro- duced who wish to use the archives for purposes of legitimate investigation. During portions of the period before 1784 the affairs of the Church in England were in the hands of the body called the Old Clergy Chapter rather than in those of a vicar-general ; and it might therefore be ex- pected that American papers would be found in the archives of the Old Clergy Brotherhood, the present representative of that body. We are how- ever assured by the Rev. Ra)Tnund Stanfield, who has an intimate knowledge of the archives of the Brotherhood, that they contain but one American docu- ment — a letter ' from the Vicar-General in London to Bishop Smith in Paris, dated July 21, 1642, about Lord Baltimore's request for the secular clergy to send some secular priests out to Maryland. The documents at Westminster dating from 1509 to 1700 are bound in thirty-seven volumes, to which there is a manuscript index. Later documents are arranged chronologically in bundles and are unindexed. Since many of the proceedings referred to in the eighteenth-century manuscripts were illegal (Roman Catholic priests being then under the ban of the law) persons' names are often indicated by initials, and many of the papers are unsigned and undated. The following documents are, it is presumed, all that relate to American history before 1783. 16S3, February 10. (Vol. XXVII., no. 8, p. 21). A declaration of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land, nigh upon Virginia: mani- festing the Nature, Quality, Condition, and rich Utilities it con- tayneth. 1633 c [?] (Vol. XXVII., no. 10, p. 31). Draft of a memorial to the Pope about the mission in Maryland. Undated. 1633 c [?] (Vol. XXVIL, no. 11, p. 35). Idem. 1641. (Vol. XXX., no. 28, pp. 87-89). Case of conscience on the Indian lands. (Printed in Hughes's Society of Jesus in North America, I. 570-573.) 1669, December li. (Vol. XXXIIL, pp. 350-351). Report to Rome regard- ing Lord Baltimore's complaints about the want of missionaries in Maryland. (Printed in Hughes's Society of Jesus in North America, II. 197-198.) ' Printed in Hughes's History of the Society of Jesus in North America, H. 186-190. 339 340 Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. 1685 c. (Vol. XXXIV., no. 267, p. 1037). Faculties granted to the Church for Jamaica. Undated. IQVI, November 13. (Vol. XXXV., no. 65, p. 437). Faculties granted by Bishop Leybum to Thomas Churchill, whom he appoints superior of the mission of Jamaica. 1741-1745. Letter from Gen. Francis Retz to Charles Shirebum, [Provincial], May 23, 1744, referring to the proposed allotment of the Talbot money to Penn. (Extract printed in Hughes's Society of Jesus in North America, II. 93.) 1756-1758. Account in Italian of the English mission, given in by Abbe Nicolini to Benedict XIV., containing a brief reference to Mary- land and the Lords Baltimore. 1759, March 5/. From the Propaganda to the Vicar Apostolic, grant for six years of faculties " super coloniis et insulis Americanis Anglo- rum dominio subjectis." ' 1762, January. " Funds belonging to the L. District" (Sir I. I. left 4000// in my hands, principally for Missioners of the Society in Pensilvania.') 1763, July p. Letter from the Propaganda to the Vicar Apostolic, re the mission of the ceded provinces in America. 1764, December 24. Letter from the Propaganda to the Vicar Apostolic about jurisdiction over the recently ceded provinces in America. 1770, December ip. A Pastoral Letter addressed to the Catholicks of the British Islands in the West Indies. Printed. [1776-1780.] Note as to several missioners in the West Indies. 1782, October 12. Letter from John Mullowny and others addressed to Rt Rev. Father, dated, Halifax, Nova Scotia, asking for a spiritual pastor and a donation to enable them to erect a building for public worship, and mentioning enclosed papers. [1782.] Extract of Proceedings respecting Roman Catholics of the Province of Nova Scotia. 1784, January 18. Letter from John Thayer of Boston, addresed to " Most Rev'd Sir ", dated Paris, giving an account of his conversion to Roman Catholicism and stating that he is soon to return to New England, to become a missioner among his friends and asking for a gift of books " adapted to remove prejudices and promote the great work ". 1784, June ip. From the Propaganda to the London Vicar Apostolic, an- nouncing the appointment of John Carroll as superior of the mis- sion in the thirteen Federated States of North America. 1791, March 13. Letter from Bishop of Baltimore to Vicar Apostolic. Dated, Baltimore.^ The book of Monsignor Christopher Stonor, English agent at Rome for the Vicars- Apostolic from 1748 to 1790, contains copies of documents that ' Georgetown Transcripts. 'A statement regarding the account of Sir John James's fund for Pennsylvania missionaries, kept in ledger books preserved in the Westminster archives, is given in Hughes's Jesuits in North America, II. 262.) Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. 341 passed through his hands. This book, which is the property of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, was not in London when our search in Catho- lic archives was in progress. It contains a copy of a manuscript in the archives of the Propaganda, written in 1764, in Italian, and entitled " Rag- guaglio dello Stato della Religione Cattolica nelle Colonic Inglesi d'Amer- ica ", of which an English translation has been printed in the United States Catholic Historical Magazine for 1888, pp. 206-212; and several letters from Bishop Challoner to Stonor, most of which are printed in whole or in part (in translation) in American Catholic Historical Researches, volumes XII. and XIII. Several of them are also to be found among the transcripts at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. ENGLISH PROVINCE ARCHIVES S. J. 114 Mount Street, W. The older records of the English Province are preserved in the archives of the Jesuit college at Stonyhurst, near Blackburn, in Lancashire. Those here described,' which are still kept separate from the Stonyhurst MSS., are a large collection of bound and unbound documents, papers, note-books, besides a valuable set of English procurators' ledgers and waste-books, dating from 1730. They include much information about Fathers in Amer- ica, and about the young Americans of both sexes, who flocked to the col- leges and convents in Belgium and France. This occurred especially between 1747 and 1769. The money accounts, too, of Maryland and Pennsylvania with the parent Province appear from 1731 till 18 18. Here may be seen a fair portion of Carroll's correspondence with Father Charles Plowden; the remainder, now found in the Maryland Province Archives, evidently formed part of this series. Portfolio 6, now a bound volume, entitled Maryland, consisting of ff. 137, with other documents inserted, contains letters or papers of John Carroll (thirty-three in number, from January 23, 1772, to October 15, 1815) ; Leonard Neale, Charles Sewall, Grassi, Kohlmann, Grivel, Christian Mayer (Mannheim, April 24, 1778), John Ashton, W. Strickland, Ambrose Marechal, Austin Hill (Cincinnati, April 12, 1825). The correspondents are EUerker (Liege), Charles Plowden, Nicholas Se- wall, Strickland, Stone, Peter Jenkins, Korsak, Tristram, and Lord Arun- dell of Wardour. There is a set of extracts made in Rome by Father John Thorpe, from letters of the Provincials, etc., and affording us points of in- formation on America from 1713 to 1759. There is also much correspond- ence belonging to the nineteenth century — Grassi's, Kohlmann's, Bishop Milner's, etc. 'The following account is taken, with permission, from the Rev. Thomas Hughes's History of the Society of Jesus in North America, I. 14. 342 DR. WILLIAMS'S LIBRARY. Gordon Square, W. C. Open from lo a. m. to 5 p. m. ; Saturdays, 10 a. m. to i p. m. Closed throughout August. Introductions from someone occupying an official or responsible position easily verifiable by the Librarian are required. This library, primarily theological but including many historical and other works, originated in a bequest of Dr. Daniel Williams (i643[ ?]-i7i6), ^ Presbyterian clergyman of London, and a friend of the celebrated Rev. Rich- ard Baxter (1615-1691), whose MSS. are preserved in the library. The Baxter MSS. are classified as " Letters " in six folio volumes ; " Treatises " in seven volumes, and under other headings. The two most important classes of these MSS., the "Letters" and "Treatises", contain the Americana noted below. Among the " Treatises " are several papers relating to disputes between Penn and Baxter: vol. II., no. 41, ff. 232-243b; vol. V. 59-188, ff. 324-327b; vol. VI. 192; 21-215, ff- 329-337b. See also VII. 27-221. A paper by In- crease Mather, dated 1690, is in " Treatises ", VII. 26-220. The arrangement of the letters in the bound volumes is so unsystematic that they are rearranged in the following list in the alphabetical order of the writers' names. The Penn-Baxter correspondence is printed in the Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, vol. XVIII. (1823), pp. 137-140, and 193-198. Baxter's last letter to Increase Mather, August 3, 1691, printed in Samuel Palmer's Nonconformist's Memorial, III. 406, and in William Orme's Life and Times of Baxter, II. 442-443, does not appear in the collection, nor are any of Mather's father's letters to Baxter extant which are mentioned in the published letter. The letters relating to America are as follows : Richard Baxter to John Eliot, January 20, 1657, about Eliot's work among the Indians ; his own occupations ; and urging the New England ministers to promote union there. (III. flf. 9a-iob.) Same to same, not dated or signed but referring back to the years 1658- 1659, on his own work, especially the reformation at Kidderminster. (IV. ff. 6-7b, 8b.) Same to same, Acton near London, March 27, 1668, acknowledging his " corrected copy " and two letters ; and remarking on points of difference between himself and Eliot. (III. ff. 74-75b.) Same to same, September 22, 1668, answering Eliot's letter of June 15, 1668, and treating of the appointment of ministers at large as distinct from those of particular congregations. (III. ff. I33a-i34b.) Same to same, September 2, 167 1, answering Eliot's letter of June 21. (I. flf. 59ab-6ob.) Same to same, February 5, 1687, on Eliot's letter respecting preachers to infidel nations ; and on his " Church-case of baptisme ". (V. fl. 228- 229b, and III. f. I47ab.) 343 344 Dr. Williams's Library. Baxter's " Animadversions on Mr. Eliot's Booke for stated Councills ", undated. (VI. ff. i83-i84b.) Baxter to Increase Mather, at Major Thompson's house at Newington, not dated or signed, thanking him for his two books ; treating of apocalyptic subjects and commending hjs History of Prodigies. (I. ff. 217-218.) Baxter to Penn, October 6, 1675, answering him severely, putting off an appointed meeting. (II. ff. 11 3- 114.) [Baxter to Penn?], not signed, dated, or directed, challenging to a dispu- tation. (VI. f. 185.) Baxter to John Woodbridge, Totteridge, February 3, 1670, answering his theological inquiries ; saying that he " never wrote to any in New England but Mr. Elliott " ; asking whether Eliot's " method of councills be yet communicated, and how it taketh." (II. ff. 237- 239b.) Same to same, undated, remarking on Woodbridge's second letter and on books sent herewith, including Dr. Castle's Polyglot Lexicon and the first of Mr. Poole's four volumes of The Criticks, both "directed to Mr. Broadstreet at Boston as my gift to your university library." (II. ff. 240-241.) Ephraim Bendall to R. Baxter, Deale, January 20, 1674, stating that he is on his way to Barbadoes and New England. (IV. f. 6oab.) Simon Bradstreete to Baxter, Andover, February 5, 1672, acknowledging his gift of Dr. Castle's Polyglot Lexicon and other books " to our University Library ", as informed " by my cosen John Wood- bridge " ; and describing the state of religion in New England. (VI. ff. i8a-i9b.) John Bushell and others to Richard Butler, Barbadoes, April 3, 1666, refer- ring to the sad news of the silencing of great numbers of eminent and laborious ministers ; asking him " to enquire after some em- mynent good Minister that May be persuaded to undertake a Voy- age hither " ; stating the necessary qualifications and mentioning Lord Willoughby's chaplain. (V. ff. I95ab-i96b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, October 16, 1656, stating that he had received benefit from his Saint's Rest and requesting Baxter to " spend the rest of [his] life in writing practical meditations ". (III. ff. 7a-8b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, October 7, 1657, on the subject of meditation and on the work of religion going on in New England. (II. ff. 274- 275b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, December 10, 1667, answering Baxter's remarks upon Eliot's book The Communion of Churches, and treat- ing of questions of church polity. (II. ff. 276-277.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, January 22, 1668, sending a book with some corrections thereon and referring to his work among the Indians. (II. ff. 229a-230b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, June 15, 1668, discussing the points which he had brought " under present animadversion " about Eliot's ministerial office, etc. (VI. ff. I3ab-i4b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, October 28, 1668, incorporating an answer given by him to a Congregational minister " touching the 7th Dr. Williams's Library. 345 chapter of my Communion of Churches " and mentioning his son's death. (I. ff. 55ab-56b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, June 26, 1669, answering Baxter's of Sep- tember 22 and January, 1668 ; on ecclesiastical questions ; the pro- ceedings with Antipedobaptists ; and the extent of country in which the Indian languages were known and the Bible was circulated. (III. ff. I3iab-i32b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, June 27, 1671, about his own books and progress with the Indians, whose a-b-c Mr. Ashurst or Mr. Bell would present to Baxter. (III. ff. 264a-265b.) John Eliot to Baxter, Roxbury, May 30, 1682, stating that he had improved and reprinted the Indian New Testament; asking him to intercede with the corporation for reprinting the Old Testament; and refer- ring to Mr. Dudley "one of our pub. Agents." (V. ff. 83a-84b.) Stephen Hidces to his " Deare brother ", Bermudas, May 17, 1685, on per- sonal and mercantile affairs. (VI. ff. io6ab-i07b.) Matthew Hill to Baxter, Maryland, Charles County, April 3, 1669, thanking him for having enabled him to settle in Maryland ; briefly describing the religious state of the colony; and asking for books. (III. ff. 26iab-262b.) Thomas Jackman to Baxter, Worcester, May 6, 1659, mentioning the burn- ing of the chief town in the Barbadoes as a " Manifestation of divine displeasure .... for that Impious and Unchristian cus- tome .... in prohibiting theyr slauevs and Negroes to be In- structed in the Fayth " and urging Baxter to admonish them. (VI. f. 131.) Letter from a New England minister then in England [Increase Mather?], May 19, 1660, referring to former corresfjondence, describing for Baxter's information a monster born at Boston and mentioning Mrs. Diar, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Wilson. (V. f. 128a.) Commissioners of the United Colonies in New England to the Corporation for Propagating the Gospel amongst the Natives in New England, at Coopers' Hall, London, dated New Haven, September 10, 1660, on money affairs ; on the state and progress of instruction and religion ; mentioning Mr. Mayhew, Mr. Usher, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Wells, Mr. Greene, Mr. Johnson, and others ; and referring to the arrangements for printing the whole Bible for the Indians. (V. ff. 2o6-207b.) Penn to Baxter (four letters), 1675 and undated, relating to debates between them. (II. ff. 299ab-30ob ; iii-ii2b; 303-304b; 30iab-302b.) James Truman and Ann Truman to their cousin Sylvester, at Mr. White's of Codgrave, dated Patuxunt River, Maryland, April 8, 1671, about family affairs in England and America and about traffic in skins with the Indians. (IV. ff. 24a-25a.) Benjamin Woodbridge to Baxter, Newbury [England], January 6, 1659, referring among other matters to a gentleman who had left a bad reputation behind him in New England. (V. f. i6oa.) John Woodbridge to Baxter, Kenelmeworth, Connecticut, October 14, 1669, on the state of religion in New England, and on theological mat- ters. (II. ff. 235ab-236b.) 346 Dr. Williams's Library. John Woodbridge to Baxter, Killinworth, March ult., 1671, describing the religious constitution and condition of New England. (II. fF. 233-234-) In addition to the Baxter MSS. may be noted : Roller Morrice MSS., L, 8. "An Alphabetical List of Ministers who set- tled in New England, from the Year 1630 to 1670, with the Places where they officiated." 4 folios. f. I. Alphabetical list of 133 names. fF. 2-3. Brief accounts of 60 of these, as follows : Mr. John Allen was chosen Pastor of the 14th Church of Christ at Dedham in New England. Hist, of New Engl. p. 125 Mr. John Elliot went into New England in 1631. And in that yeare began a Church Society at Rockesbury. [New England] Memorialls: 85. ff. 3-4. Names of 106 other prominent settlers in New England, with similar accounts of 13 of them. CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY. Memorial Hall^ Farringdon St., Ludgate Circus, E. C. Open from lo a. m. to 5 p. m. Closed throughout August. Introductions are not required for the inspection of MSS. The only American MSS. preserved in this Library are a collection of sermons and letters (unbound) that formerly belonged to Dr. W. B. Sprague, the author of Annals of the American Pulpit, and were given by him to Jethro Wilson, who presented them to the Library. They include notes of sermons in the handwriting of Rev. Timothy Edwards of East Windsor, father of President Edwards; shorthand notes of sermons in the handwriting of President Langdon, of Harvard College ; autograph sermons of Samuel Philips, Rowley, 1683 ; Cotton Mather, Bos- ton, 1701 ; William Williams, Hatfield, 1713 ; Solomon Stoddard, Northamp- ton, undated ; Elisha Williams, Yale College, 1725 ; Daniel Brewer, Spring- field, 1706; John Rogers, Ipswich (?), 1692; Robert Breck, Springfield, 1740; Samuel Webster, Salisbury, 1751; John Hooker, Northampton, 1759; Thomas Clap, Yale College, 1761 ; Samuel Hopkins, Newport, undated. The letters, arranged in the collection and in the following list according to the alphabetical order of the writers' names, are as follows : From Susa[nna] Anthony to Rev. Samuel Hopkins, dated " Nd ", August 9, 1775, on personal matters, but referring to the confusion into which the town was thrown on a preceding Sunday by the appear- ance of " ten sail — comeing as was thought into Nd." From John Checkley to Rev. Dr. Grey, Boston, May 9, 1726, asking him to befriend his brother-in-law Mr. Ebenezer Miller, who is going to London, recommended to the Bishop and to the Honorable Society, and who may go to Oxford and Cambridge. From Thomas Clap, President of Yale College, to Rev. Dr. Doddridge, New Haven, May 6, 1751. From same, New Haven, December 5, 1763, on various matters relating to Yale College and on the prevailing hard times. From Benjamin Colman to Rev. Elisha W^illiams, Rector of Yale College, Boston, November 20, 1730, relating to books for the college, " The Gift of the Honourable Samuel Holden of London, Governour of the Bank of England, by the Direction and Disposal of Benjamin Colman of Boston." From Rev. W. Cooper to Rev. Mr. Williams, Boston, February 16, 1718/9, treating of church matters, practice of ordaining deacons, etc. From J. Dana to Rev. Mr. Macclure, Boston, July 22, 1776, referring to supplying of New South pulpit, to arrival of a " fine prize boat " and two more carried into Salem. Two letters from J. Davenport to Rev. Mr. Williams, Stamford, Conn., June II, 1722 and December 30, 1723, on personal matters and referring to ordination day at Stratford. 347 348 Congregational Library. From James Davenport to Rev. Stephen Williams, New Haven, May 30, 1733, relating to personal matters and to examinations recently held. Paper signed by Jonathan Edwards and others, Westfield, February 17, 1742/3, relative to a case of conscience. Letter from Gen. Thomas Gage to Col. Bradstreet, New York, December 4, 1763, on sending artificers to Capt. Loring for fitting out vessels " as affairs can't be too far advanced against the spring." From Rev. Dr. Macclintock to Rev. David Macclure at Portsmouth, dated Greenland, N. H., December 25, 1773, congratulating him on his acceptable labors at Dover. From Andrew Oliver to Rev. Stephen Williams, Boston, May 26, 1750, on " his service at Stockbridge '' for which the Commissioners are grateful: says that the Commissioners desire to know the character of a certain candidate for Stockbridge. Sir William Pepperrell to Rev. Stephen Williams, Boston, May 31, 1748, on personal matters. From Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, New York, August 11, 1773, relating par- ticularly to Elizabethtown and discussing the character and ortho- doxy of certain persons. From John Rogers to his brother, June, 1704, on personal matters. From Jesse Root to Oliver Ellsworth, Philadelphia, November i, 1779, con- cerning the Connecticut delegation to Congress; reported action between fleets of France and Spain and Great Britain; monthly requisitions of taxes from the States ; and urging " noble exertions to save the Republic." From J. Sergeant to Rev. Stephen Williams, Sheffield, November 28, 1735, treating of his own missionary work among the Indians. From J. Sergeant to Rev. Stephen Williams, Stockbridge, July 24, 1741, concerning two women captives among the Indians — one the sister of the addressee. From Joseph Sewall and Thomas Prince, pastors of the South Church in Boston, to the congregations at Dover Town and Duck Creek in Kent County on Delaware, Boston, April 27, 1749, recommending Rev. John Miller. From Roger Sherman to Hon. O. Ellsworth, Philadelphia, September 4, 1 78 1, referring to arrival of Col. John Lawrence from France and to his business there ; states that " the French army passed through this city yesterday toward Virginia " ; and that Congress had re- solved to put the Navy under the direction of an agent From Mr. Nathan Strong, Yale College, June 2, 1768. " College is under very good circumstances at present. The Broils we had about the time of Vacancy are mostly subsided ". From same to Rev. Dr. Williams, East Hartford. Undated. From Rev. Dr. Thacher to Rev. Thos. Prince, Providence, September 11, 1721, on religious conditions. From George Washington to Capt. Belden at Fishkill, West-point, Septem- ber 5, 1779, ordering him to join the Minister, who, probably in the company of Baron Steuben, was then journeying from Boston to Philadelphia. From President John Wheelock of Dartmouth College, Hartford, January 10, 1782. Personal. Congregational Library. 349 From Rev. Dr. Edward Wigglesworth, professor of divinity at Harvard College, to Rev. Stephen Williams, Cambridge, August 6, 1741, on a candidate for the church at Suffield. Personal letters from various members of the Williams family: Warham Williams to his father Mr. Stephen Williams of Long Meadow, Northford, July 9, 1772 ; Rev. John Williams to Mr. Stephen Wil- liams, student at Cambridge College, dated Deerfield, December 17, 1709; Rev. John Williams to Mr. Stephen Williams at Long Meadow, Springfield, dated February i, 1719/20; Eleazar Wil- liams to his brother Stephen Williams, August 17, 1730; Warham Williams to his brother Mr. Stephen Williams, Springfield, April 2, 1728; Rev. Wm. Williams to Stephen Williams, date illegible; Wm. Williams to Stephen Williams, May 15, 1728; Wm. Williams to his grandchildren, Hatfield, April 24, 1744; to Rev. Stephen Williams, Boston, May 31, 1748; Stephen Williams to his son Lieutenant Davenport Williams in Capt. Burt's company of Col. Wm. Williams's regiment, June 24, 1758; Rev. Dr. Williams to his sister Mrs. Elizabeth Smith in New York, July 27, 1765; same to same, August 9, 1755. From Adam Winthrop to Rev. Stephen Williams, Boston, August 5, 1735, treating of various proceedings of the Commissioners. " Mr. Ser- geant proposing it necessary he should be ordained, the Commis- sioners readily fall in with it and have determined .... to make the deeper impression on the minds of the Indians it shall be performed at Deerfield in presence of the governor and the numerous as- sembly that will be there." From Oliver Wolcott to O. Ellsworth, dated Philadelphia (rest of date torn off), refers to his intention to return home, and mentions other members of the state delegation. States that " Congress are upon the subject of Finance." FRIENDS' REFERENCE LIBRARY. Central Offices of the Society of Friends, Devonshire House, 12 BiSHOPSGATE WiTHOUT, E. C. The Library is open under certain restrictions to searchers from lo a. m. to 5 p. m. except on Saturdays when it closes at 1 130 p. m. This Library has been accumulating its stores of Quaker literature in print and manuscript during more than two centuries, but only in recent years have the contents of the Library been catalogued and made readily available for purposes of research. They are now methodically arranged and well cared for, though much indexing still remains to be done. The following general account of the various groups of MSS. containing American historical material is based on information kindly supplied by the librarian, Norman Penney, Esq. No attempt has been made to search this great mass of documents in order to examine all that relate to America. From the examples inspected it appears that, as is natural, the letters deal primarily with the progress of religious work, but they incidentally throw some light on other sides of colonial history. Little of the material has been printed, although a few letters and other dociunents have appeared in the Journal of the Friends' Historical Society (Devonshire House) or in the publications of Friends in America. The collections bearing upon American History are as follows : 1. London Yearly Meeting Minutes include reports made by English Friends of their travels or missionary labors in America, and some journals as, for example, those of Edmund Peckover in North America and Barbadoes and the Journal of Samuel Hopwood. Seventeen volumes cover the period from 1672 to 1783. 2. Epistles Received. In the five folio volumes containing epistles ad- dressed to the London Yearly Meeting from 1683 to 1783, are letters dating from the continental colonies and also from some of the West Indies. 3. Miscellaneous MSS., portfolios 1-26, also contain American letters. 4. Letters to and from Philadelphia are contained in two MS. volumes of transcripts, beginning with the year 1757. The period ending with 1783 is covered by the first volume. 5. Swarthmore Letters. A collection of about 1000 letters written by Friends to Margaret Fell and others in the seventeenth century. Besides the originals there are transcripts of later date. 6. The MS. Journal of George Fox is in two large volumes, one of them containing letters from Fox's companions describing their travels in Amer- ica. The MS. Journal has never been printed although it formed the basis of the printed journal; and the letters have probably never been printed. The volumes are known as the " Spence MSS." from their owner, Robert Spence, Esq., of London and North Shields, who has deposited them in the Friends' Reference Library. 7. A. R. B. (Abram Rawlinson Barclay) MSS. consist of some 250 letters dating from about 1650 to 1690, and addressed to George Fox, Margaret Fell and others from Maryland, Carolina and the Barbadoes. In this col- 350 Perm Manuscripts. 351 lection is a letter from Josiah Cole, giving an account of his voyage from Virginia to New England in 1658 ; and John Archdale's letter to George Fox, dated North Carolina 25th of ist month, 1686, and describing the country. This has been printed. 8. The Gibson Bequest MSS., presented to the Library by the late George Stacey Gibson, were mostly collected by Thomas Thompson of Liverpool. They consist of five volumes of various kinds of original documents, and also a copy of the journal of Thomas Story, Master of the Rolls, to William Penn. Story corresponded much with James Logan and the collection con- tains original letters that passed between them. Some of these have been printed in modernized form in the Life of James Logan written by Wilson Armistead and published in London in 1851; all the correspondence will probably be printed by the Friends' Historical Society. 9. Letters not included in any of the collections : 1. Letter from William Robinson to George Fox, dated the Comon Goale in Boston, 12th of 5th mo. 1659. 2. Some letters of Penn both from England and America. 10. Wm. Penn's Tracts^ vol. I., contains what is believed to be the only extant copy of the first printed utterance of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting : A General Epistle given forth by the People of the Lord, called Quakers. Signed by William Penn. Printed at Philadelphia, Pa., 1686, by William Bradford. 11. Penn MSS. Two albums filled with a somewhat miscellaneous assort- ment of originals, transcripts, facsimiles, engravings and newspaper clip- pings, privately purchased and presented to the Meeting for Sufferings of London Yearly Meeting in 1892. The collection was formed and annotated by Philip Justice of Philadelphia, and in America was known as the " Justice MSS." A list of the several documents is given below. LIST OF PENN MSS.^ L 5. Bill of lading for fifty-two bushels of wheat shipped at Dover River (Kent) for the use of William Penn, at Philadelphia, July 12, 1704. (Printed in Journal of Friends' Historical Society, II. 76.) I. 6. Letters patent of Charles IL, November 23, 1683, charging all per- sons concerned in the Province of East New Jersey to yield obedi- ence to the government of the twenty-four grantees, and their depu- ties, agents and oificers, and requiring the governor and council to give public notice of his Majesty's will, etc. Printed. I. 7. Letter from Thomas Rudyard, governor of East New Jersey, to William Penn. Elizabeth Town, January 13, 1683." I. 8. William Penn's " Answer to Thomas Rudyard's State of his Case about his Two Patents ". June 26, 1684. L 9. Letter from George Hutchison, of Sheffield, congratulating William Penn on the safe arrival of himself and friends in America and their joyful reception by the inhabitants. Sheffield, February 17, 1683. 'This list is intended to include all of the more important papers contained in the two albums ; but it does not include facsimiles, etc. "This and the following dates are given in modernized form. The date as it stands is 13 mo/ii 1682. 23 352 Friends' Reference Library. I. lo. Id. from Thomas Rudyard to William Penn. East Jersey, March 13, 1683. I. II. Id. from Chr. Rousby to William Penn. Maryland, July 15, 1683. 1. 12. Id. from Thomas Rudyard to William Penn. East Jersey, July 30, 1683. I. 13. Id. from William Penn to the Duke of York. Philadelphia, February 2, 1684. I. 15. Id. to Lord Hyde. Chester, February 5, 1683. (Printed in Janney's Penn, 215-216.) I. 16. Id. to Lord Culpeper. Chester, February 5, 1683. (Printed in Janney's Penn, 215.) I. 17. Id. to the Duke of York. Philadelphia, June 8, 1684. (Printed in Janney's Penn, 242-243.) L 18. Id. to Charles II. Philadelphia, August 13, 1683. I. 19. Id. to the Earl of Arran. Philadelphia, January 9, 1684. 1. 20. Id. from Thomas Hayward to William Penn. Sarum, August 3, 1699. 1. 21. Id. from Thomas Fairman to William Penn. Undated. 1. 22. Id. from Anthony Lowther to William Penn. August 5, 1683. I. 24. Id. from Margaret Lowther to her brother, William Penn. I. 25. Id. from William Penn to Lord Sunderland. Philadelphia, June 8, 1684. I. 26. Counterpart copy of deed by William Penn of three thousand acres of land in Pensilvania to the children of Captain William Crispin, late of Kinsale, Ireland. August 8, 1687. 1.28. Invoice of merchandise (wampum, Indian blankets, etc.), bought in New York for William Penn by James Graham. 1683. I. 29. Letter from William Penn to Lord Sunderland. Philadelphia, July 28, 1683. I. 30. Id. to Lord Baltimore. April 23, 1683. I. 30^. Account of monies paid, 1686. 1.32. Letter from William Penn to a nobleman [Lord Sunderland?]. Philadelphia, June 14, 1683. I. 33. Id. to Earl of Rochester. Philadelphia, July 24, 1683. I. 34. Id. from William Clarke to William Penn. New (Tastle, February 27, 1701. I. 35. Id. from Adam Francke to William Penn. May 8, 1700. I. 36. Petition to William Penn of David Lloyd and Isaac Norris, execu- tors of Thomas Lloyd, late lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania, dated New Castle, October 29, 1701, and Penn's answer. (Penn's answer is printed in Janney's Penn, 438.) I. 37. " The Case of W. Penn." Penn's statement of his affairs and Philip Ford's dishonest charges. I. 38. James Logan's memorial to Lord Sunderland, March 27, 1700, asking for protection against French fleet. I. 39. Copy of will of William Penn, made for Mr. George M. Justice by Thomas Gilpin from the original then in his possession. New- castle on Delaware, October 30, 1701. 1. 40. Copy of the last will of William Penn, May 27, 1712, taken from records in will book at Philadelphia. Penn Manuscripts. 353 1. 41. Letter from Thomas Holme to the governor of Pennsylvania, relat- ing to streets and cutting trees in Philadelphia. Undated. I. 42. Id. from Penn to Edward Shippen, Th. Story, Gr. Owen and James Logan. London, January 10, 1703. I. 43. Letter to Penn from .... Charas [ ?]. Deal, August 25, 1682. (In French.) 1.45. Id. from Penn introducing Thomas Ellwood to his Commissioners of Property in Philadelphia. March 26, 1704. (Printed in the Journal of the Friend^ Historical Society, II. 31. and in The Penn and Logan Correspondence, I. 280.) L46. Id. from Andrew Hamilton to William Penn. Burlington, New Jersey, November 18, 1700. I. 51. Sealed document from John, Thomas and Richard Penn, empowering Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, Samuel Preston, and James Logan to receive rents, and money arising from sales, etc., in America. August 4, 1727. I. 57. Letter from James Logan to James Steel, Philadelphia, November 7, 1726, requesting him to " search and take out of the Records of New York Such as may be of Service in the present Dispute in England about our Lower Counties ", and giving him particular instructions how to proceed. I. 63. Bill of sale of the negro " Virgill " from Joseph Warder to Thomas Penn. January 26, 1734. I. 78. Address of the directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia to Hon. Thomas Penn. May 16, 1733. 1.80. Two receipted bills (for paper, printing, and various other items) to the proprietaries from B. Franklin, dated 1733-1745. II. 100. Release to Amy Child by William Penn of five hundred acres of land in the Province of Pennsylvania. January 25, 1681/2. II. loi. Luke Watson's deed to William Penn of all his rights in East New Jersey. July 5, 1683. II. 102. Deed by commissioners of William Penn (William Markham, Robert Turner and John Goodson), of a lot of land in Philadelphia, to Samuel Levis and William Garrett. May 13, 1691. (Recorded in the Rolls Office at Philadelphia in Patent Book.) II. 103. Warrant by Thomas and Richard Penn appointing Richard Peters and Conrad Weyser their agents to meet with the sachems of the Six Nations and give back to them certain lands comprised within the purchase deed of July, 1754 ; and to enquire into the claims made by the Delaware nation or any other Indian nation to any interest in these lands. Sealed November 7, 1757. II. 104. Treaty between the Twightwee nation and the Commissioners of Pennsylvania. July 23, 1748. II. 105. Id. between the Shawanese and the proprietaries of Pennsylvania. August I, 1739. II. 106. Deed by the Conoy nation to Thomas and Richard Penn of certain lands in the county of Lancaster, and of an island at the mouth of the river Juniata. August 24, 1762. (Recorded in the office for Recording of Deeds, Philadelphia.) 354 Friends' Reference Library. II. 107. Deed of sale of certain lands by Shawanese nation to Thomas and Richard Penn. Lancaster, August 17, 1762. (Recorded in the office for Recording of Deeds, Philadelphia.) II. 108. Copy of deed of sale of certain lands in Pennsylvania by the sachems of the Six Nations to Thomas and Richard Penn. July 6, 1754. II. 109. Patent for three hundred and thirteen acres of land granted by pro- prietaries to Samuel Wallis. September 27, 1768. (Recorded in the office for Recording of Deeds, Philadelphia.) II. 1 10. Patent for four hundred and seventy-eight acres of land granted by William Penn to John Wood. July 31, 1684. II. III. Patent for six hundred acres of land granted by William Penn to Henry Peirmeine. January 26, 1684. II. 113. " An Account of the Grant of Pennsylvania to William Penn Esquire with an Account of the Sales and other Dispositions of Land made by said William Penn the first Proprietor thereof and by other suc- ceeding Proprietors from and between the 4th Day of March 1680-1 to December 1776, with a Computation of the arrears of Quit Rent to March 1779 : and the annual value of the said Quit Rents. To- gether with an Estimate of the value of various Articles of Property, which belonged to the Honorable John Penn Junior and the Honor- able John Penn Senior in the year 1779: before the 27th Day of November in the same year, when the Act of Assembly was passed entituled ' An Act for Vesting the Estate of the late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in this Commonwealth.' " II. 114. 1779c. Duplicate of "Form of an affidavit to be made by Mr. Physick, late receiver and agent of heirs and proprietors of Penn- sylvania, and of the schedule to be annex'd ". THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Burlington House, Piccadilly, W. The archives of the Royal Society are accessible daily from lO a. m. to 6 p. m. except on Saturdays, when the offices are closed at i p. m. Applica- tion for permission to examine documents should be made to the Secretaries of the Society. The archives contain many communications that throw light on the pro- gress of the natural sciences in colonial America, on the intellectual interests and personal history of men of historical importance, on some natural phe- nomena of historical significance, and occasionally and in an incidental man- ner upon social history.' Indeed, until after the final establishment in 1769 of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting Useful Knowledge, the Royal Society was the central scientific organization for the colonies. The leading American naturalists were enrolled as fellows and published the results of their observations and experiments in its Transac- tions. (Cf. G. B. Goode's "The Origin of the National Scientific and Edu- cational Institutions of the United States " and " The Beginnings of Natural History in America ", Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1897, Part II., pp. 265-406. The former paper is also in the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1889.) Many important communications, which in the earlier period took the form of letters and later of essays or monographs, are published in the volumes of Philosophical Transactions, begun in 1665 by H. Oldenburg, the first secre- tary of the Society, as a periodical publication, continued by him to June, 1677, and afterwards edited by succeeding secretaries up to March, 1752, from which date the publication has been superintended by a committee of the Society. A General Index to the Philosophical Transactions from the first to the end of the seventieth volume (to 1781) was compiled by P. H. Maty and printed in 1787. Other communications, prior to 1688, together with the Journals (see below) from their commencement in 1660 to 1687, have been printed in Dr. Thomas Birch's History of the Royal Society (four volumes, unindexed, London, 1756-1757) ; and some additional papers and letters in C. R. Weld's A History of the Royal Society (two volumes, Lon- don, 1848). Clayton's Virginia and some other American papers are also in E. Halley's Miscellanea Curiosa (three volumes). A great part of the contents of the Society's archives remains unpublished, but the mass and character of these MSS. rendered a complete examination impracticable. The present report is therefore confined to a general descrip- tion of the various groups of documents ; to a list of the American papers contained in a few of these groups ; and to the following classified guide, compiled for the convenience of the future investigator, to documents and to references to documents contained in the printed works mentioned above. 'For material of a similar character see British Museum, Sloane MSS. passim. 355 356 The Royal Society. PRINTED MATERIAL.' Queries. One of the earliest undertakings of the Society was the drawing up of " inquiries of things observable in foreign countries, and directions of the things they desire chiefly to be informed about ". A committee to consider suitable questions was appointed as early as February, 1661 (Birch, I. 15; cf. ibid. 47, 68, 74). The queries were compiled from published accounts of the countries concerned (no. 33, III. 634; Birch, I. 144) and were distributed to ships' captains or to travellers for the purpose of obtaining accurate infor- mation. Special directions for geographical, meteorological, astronomical and other observations to be made by seamen bound for the West Indies and on other far voyages were also prepared. (Printed in 1666 in no. 8, I. 140- 143, appendix in no. 9, I. 147-149, and in enlarged form in 1667 in no. 24, II. 433-448). Copies of these directions were deposited with the Master of Trinity House to be supplied to masters of ships and others who should keep a diary of their observations, of which one copy should be delivered to the Lord High Admiral and another to Trinity House to be perused by the Royal Society. Directions and instruments were supplied to John Winthrop, jr., on his return voyage to New England in 1663 (Birch, I. 207, 212, and 280). Several sets of inquiries for Virginia were compiled. One series for Virginia and the Bermudas was prepared in 1667 (printed in no. 23, II. 420- 421) ; and when in 1669 the Society learned that Mr. Edward Digges intended to go to Virginia, another series was recommended to him (Birch, II. 395) of which a manuscript copy is preserved (see below, p. 367). In 1681 Mr. Houghton read a paper of queries, together with the answers thereto by his brother who had been in Virginia (Birch, IV, 96). A letter from Rev. John Clayton to Dr. Grew, in answer to several queries relating to Virginia sent to him by Dr. Grew in 1687, may also be mentioned here (no. 454, XLI. 143-162). Queries and directions, and in some cases answers, are printed for Green- land, 1662, 1663 (Birch, I. 155-156 and 199-202), Hudson's Bay (Birch, III. 44-46) and the Antilles, 1668 (no. 33, III. 634-639). In 1667, queries were ordered to be delivered to Mr. Lyttelton, who was voyaging to Barba- does (Birch, II. 143). In 1713, Queen Anne directed that instruction be given to her ministers and governors that go abroad to contribute all they can, towards promoting the design for which the Royal Society was first founded, by corresponding with the President and Fellows of the said Society, and by procuring as satisfactory answers as possible to such inquiries as may be sent from time to time. Committees were appointed to draw up questions, which are entered in the Register books (Weld, I. 420). A portion of a letter from Gov. Cornbury, written in response to these instructions, and relating to a palaeon- tological find near Albany, is printed in Weld, I. 421. It seems probable that letters from other governors may be preserved in the archives. Meteorological Observations. Captain Langford's observations upon hurricanes, and their prognostics in the West Indies, relate to the years 1657, 1658, 1660, 1665 and 1667 (no. ' When not otherwise indicated, references are to the Philosophical Transactions. The Royal Society. 357 246, XX. 407-416). The meteorological observations requested of seamen in the directions of 1666 and 1667 referred to under the head of Queries, consisted merely of a regfister of the direction and strengfth of the wind, of the " visible appearances of the sky ", and of " notablest eifects ", such as remarkable tides, heavy dews, etc. The earliest quantitative description of meteorological conditions in any place in North America noted in the printed records of the Society, appears to be that contained in Dr. Henry Stubbe's observations on Jamaica, 1667 (no. 27, II. 500). In 1668, the Society ordered that baroscopes be sent into " the East and West Indies, and other parts, particularly to the English plantations, as Bermudas, Jamaica, Bar- bados, Virginia, and New England" (Birch, II. 292), and in 1677 several baroscopes were sent to Barbadoes to test their use in foretelling changes of weather and especially hurricanes (Birch, III. 360). In 1680, Colonel William Sharp communicated from Barbadoes a table of barometrical read- ings made from an instrument supplied by the Society a few months before (printed in Birch, IV. 49-54). The Society ordered that a thermometer be made and despatched to Colonel Sharp (Birch, IV. 56). Later observations from the following places in the American colonies are recorded : Virginia, by Rev. John Clayton, 1688 (no. 201, XVII. 781-789) ; Acomac, by Mr. Scarburgh, October 19, 1693 (no. 231, XIX. 659) ; Jamaica, by Governor Sir William Beeston, 1696 (no. 220, XIX. 225-228) ; Cambridge, by Profes- sor Robie, 1715-1722 (" Mr. Robie's Observations want those of the Barome- ter and Thermometer : Neither of which Instruments was to be gotten in New England ") (no. 423, XXXVII. 262-273) ; Jamaica, by Henry Barham, 1717 (no. 357, XXX. 837-838). In 1725 the Society gave an impetus to meteorological science by sending barometers and thermometers to several of their correspondents abroad (Weld, I. 434) ; as a result of its action meteorological observations said to be the first made with instruments in New England were taken by Mr. Feveryear in 1725-6 (MS. see below, p. 368). Observations at Boston, by Paul Dudley, 1727 (no. 437, XXXIX. 65-66) ; Hudson's Bay, by C. Middleton, 1730, 1731, 1735 (no. 418, XXXVII. 71-78; no. 429, XXXVIII. 127-133; no. 442, XXXIX. 270-280) ; Jamaica, by C. Campbell, 1732 (no. 432, XXXVIII. 307-309) ; Charles Town, by Dr. J. Lining, 1738-1752 (no. 470, XLII. 491-509; no. 475, XLIII. 318- 330; no. 487, XLV. 336-344; XLVIII. 284-285); Antigua, by F. Byam, 1751-1754 (XLIX. 295-296) ; Maryland, by Dr. R. Brooke, 1753-1757 (LI. 58-82) ; Cambridge, by Professor John Winthrop, 1755 (L. 14-15) ; Vir- ginia, by Lieut.-Gov. Fauquier, 1758 (L. 746-747) ; Georgia, by Gov. Henry Ellis, 1758 (L. 754-756) ; New England, by John Winthrop, 1760 (LII. 6-16) ; Quebec, by Capt. Alexander Rose, 1765-1766 (LVI. 291-295) ; Hud- son's Bay, by J. Dymond and W. Wales, 17^-1769 (LX. 137-178) ; Hud- son's Bay, by T. Hutchins, 1775 (LXVI. 174-181) ; Montreal, by Mr. Barr, 1776; 1779 (LXVIII. 559-563; LXX. 272-277); Labrador, 1777, 1778 (LXIX. 657-658). Astronomical Observations. Most of these observations were taken to determine the latitude and longi- tude of different places. The observations of the transit of Venus, 1769, papers on which are also printed in the first section of the first volume of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, mark the beginning of a new epoch in American science. In 1664 the Society ordered "that some of the curious in the English 358 The Royal Society. plantations of America, as Mr. Winthrop in New England, Mr. Norwood in Bermudas, Capt. Silas Taylor in Virginia, and Dr. Henry Stubbe in Jamaica, should be desired to make the .... observation [of the conjunc- tion of Mercury with the sun] in those parts " (Birch, I. 383) ; but no report of such observations appears in the printed records. Accounts of the comet of 1664 were received from America (Birch, II. 47, 48 and 421). Observations were made at the following places : Cambridge, by Thomas Brattle, 1694 (no. 292, XXIV. 1630-1638). Boston, by the same, 1707 (no. 312, XXV. 2471). Cambridge, by Professor Robie, 1717-1722 (no. 423, XXXVII. 270- 273)- Port Royal, Jamaica, by Capt. Barth. Candler, 1722 (no. 375, XXXII. 235-236). New York, by Gov. William Burnet, Cadwallader Colden and James Alexander, 1723 (no. 385, XXXIII. 162, and cf. no. 394, XXXIV. 85-90). Barbadoes, by William Stevenson, 1729 (no. 416, XXXVI. 440-441). Jamaica, by Colin Campbell, 1731-1732 (no. 432, XXXVIII. 302-314). Hudson's Bay, by Capt. C. Middleton, 1736 and 1741-1742 (no. 446, XL. 96-98; no. 465, XLII. 157-171). Philadelphia, by Dr. Kearsly, 1736-1737 (no. 446, XL. 119-121). Jamaica, by Rose Fuller, 1737 (no. 446, XL. 122). Letter from J. Alexander concerning a place in New York for measuring a degree of latitude, 1740 (no. 457, XLI. 383). Cambridge, by Professor John Winthrop, 1740, 1743 (no. 471, XLII. 572; LIX. 505-506). Meteors in North America, by same, 1761 (LIV. 185-188). Meteors at St John's, Newfoundland, by the same, 1761 (LIV. 277-283). Barbadoes, by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, 1764 (LIV. 389-392). Newfoundland, by James Cook, 1766 (LVII. 215-216). " A new method for composing a natural history of meteors ", by Pro- fessor Isaac Greenwood, published in 1728 (no. 401, XXXV. 390- 402). For determining the length of a degree of latitude in Maryland and Penn- sylvania, by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, with map of that part of America where a degree of latitude was measured for the Royal Society, 1768 (LVIII. 270-328). Forks of the River Brandywine, Pennsylvania, by the same, 1768 (LVIII. 329-335)- Kittery Point, Maine ; Portsmouth, N. H. ; and several places in Canada, 1 768- 1 774, by Capt. Samuel Holland, surveyor general, and his assistants; (LVIII. 46-53; LIX. 247-252; LXIV. 182-189). Transit of Venus, 1769: Quebec, by Samuel Holland (LIX. 247-252). Isle aux Coudres, near Quebec, by Thomas Wright, deputy surveyor (LIX. 273-280). Norriton, Pennsylvania, by a committee of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia (LIX. 289-326). Lewes, Delaware, by other representatives of the same Society (LIX. 414-421). Cambridge, by Professor John Winthrop (LIX. 351-358). The Royal Society. 359 Ten miles east of Annapolis, Maryland, by John Leeds (LIX. 444-445). Hudson's Bay, by William Wales (LIX. 467-488; LX. 100-178). California, by Abbe Chappe (LX. 551-552). Observations on the transit of Mercury, 1769, at Norriton, Pennsylvania, by a committee of the American Philosophical Society and at Cam- bridge by Professor John Winthrop, both communicated by Benja- min Franklin (LX. 504; LXL 51-52). Anticosti, by Deputy Surveyor Thomas Wright [1774]^ (LXIV. 190- 193). Track of H. M.'s brig Lion from England to Davis's Straits and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude, etc., 1776 (LXVIIL 1057-1060). Aurora Boiealis. New England, by Professor Isaac Greenwood, 1730 (no. 418, XXXVII. 55-69). Annapolis, Maryland, by Richard Lewis, 1730 (no. 418, XXXVII. 69-70). Philadelphia, by Joseph Breitnall, 1736, 1737 (no. 456, XLI. 359-360). Philadelphia, by John Bartram, 1757 (LII. 474). Earthquakes. Account of the earthquakes in New England since the first settlement of the English in that country, especially of the last, October 29, 1727, by Paul Dudley (no. 437, XXXIX. 63-73). In New England, mentioned by Cotton Mather, 1663 et al. (no. 339, XXIX. 62-71). At Jamaica, by Sir Hans Sloane and others, 1688, 1692 (no. 209, XVIII. 81-100). Remarks on earthquakes, etc., in Jamaica, by Henry Barham, 1717 (no. 357, XXX. 837-838). At Boston and Newbury, by Rev. Benjamin Colman, 1727 (no. 409, XXXVL 124-127). Near Newbury, by Rev. Matthias Plant, 1727-1741 (no. 462, XLII. 33-42). At Maryland, by Mr. Richard Lewis, 1732 (no. 429, XXXVIII. 119-121). At Philadelphia, by Joseph Breitnall, 1737 (no. 456, XLI. 359-360). Manila, by William Pye, 1750 (XLIX. 458-459). Fort Oswego, by Mrs. Gov. Belcher, October, 1755 (XLIX. 544). Antigua, by Capt. Affleck, November i, 1755 (XLIX. 668-670). Earthquake of November 18, 1755 : At Boston (XLIX. 439-442). New York, by Cadwallader Colden (XLIX. 443). At Pennsylvania (XLIX. 444). New England and vicinity, by Professor John Winthrop (L. 1-18). Barbadoes, by Abraham Mason, 1761 (LII. 477-478). Terrestrial Magnetism. Several papers relative to the variations of the compass in American waters are printed in the Philosophical Transactions. "Bracketed dates indicate the date of the number of the Philosophical Transactions in which the article is published or the date when it was read. 360 The Royal Society. Geography. The northwest passage [1674] (no. 109, IX. 207-208). Extract of two let- ters from missionary Jesuits concerning the discovery of the New Philippine Islands, with map, 1697 (no. 317, XXVI. 189-199). Voyage to New Caledonia in Darien, by Dr. Wallace [1700] (no. 262, XXII. 536-543). Concerning a passage by land to California, taken from the letters of missionary Jesuits printed at Paris, 1702 (no. 318, XXVI. 232-240). Account of Falls of the River Niagara taken at Albany, October 10, 1721, from M. Borassaw, by Paul Dudley (no. 371, XXXII. 69-72). Distances between Asia and America, by Arthur Dobbs, 1747 (no. 483, XLIV. 471-476). Ac- count of that part of America which is nearest to Kamtchatka; extracted from the Description of Kamtchatka by Professor Krash- eninnicoff, printed at Petersburg in 1759, and translated by Rev. D. Dumaresque (LI. 477-497). Journal of a voyage, made by order of the Royal Society, to Churchill River, on the northwest coast of Hudson's Bay, etc., by William Wales, 1768-1769 (LX. 100-136). Particulars of the country of Labrador, extracted from the papers of Lieut. Roger Curtis with a plane-chart of the coast [1774] (LXIV. 372-388). Natural History and Natural Resources; the Aborigines; Diseases and Medicines. Of the manner of making tar and pitch in New England, by John Winthrop, 1662 (Birch, I. 99-102). On the conveniency of the building of ships in some of the northern parts of America, by the same, 1662 (Birch, I. 112-113). Method of killing rattle-snakes in Virginia, by Capt. Silas Taylor, 1664 (no. 3, I. 43 and 76). Observations made in the ordering of silk-worms, by Edward Digges, 1665 (no. 2, I. 26-27). Economic and social conditions in Virginia, by Alex- ander Moray, 1665 (no. 12, I. 201-202). Whale-fishing about the Bermudas and on the coast of New England and New Netherland, 1666, anon. (no. 8, I. 132-133). Locusts in New England, 1666 (no. 8, I. 137-138). Observations on the Caribbee Islands, 1667- 1668, by Dr. Stubbe (no. 27, II. 493-500; no. 36, III. 699-709; no. 37, III. 717-722.) Tides, wells, whale-fishing and whales at Bermudas, by Richard Norwood, 1667 (no. 30, II. 565-567). Tides, whales, vegetables, longevity of inhabitants, etc., at Bermudas, by Richard Stafford, 1668 (no. 40, III. 792-795). Particulars refer- ring to those of Jamaica, nos. 27 and 36, by Mr. Norwood the younger, 1668 (no. 41, III. 824-825). Extracts of letters on the natural history of Virginia, by John Banister, 1668, 1689, 1690, 1692 (no. 198, XVII. 667-672). On curiosities sent to the Society, by John Winthrop, 1670 (no. 57, V. 1151-1153). Advantage of Virginia for building ships, 1673 (no. 93, VIII. 6015-6016). Poi- sonous fish in Bahamas, by John Locke, 1675 (no. 114, X. 312). Natural history, dwelling-houses, customs, etc., at Barbadoes, by Dr. Thomas Towns, 1675 (no. 117, X. 399-400). On alleged change of temperature in plantations and on beetle found in Vir- ginia and New England, 1676, by Henry Nicholson (no. 127, XL 647-653). Use and culture of maize, by John Winthrop, 1678 (no. 142, XII. 1065-1069). Insects of Virginia, by John Banister, 1680 The Royal Society. 361 (no. 270, XXII. 807-814). Maple-sugar in Canada, anon., 1685 (no. 171, XV. 988). Bees in West Indies, 1685 (no. 172, X\. 1030-1031). Account of Virginia by Rev. John Clayton, 1688 (no. 201, XVII. 781-795; no. 205, 941-948; no. 206, 978-998; no. 210, XVIII. 121-135 ; and no. 454, XLI. 143-162). Sand from Virginia supposed to contain iron, by Dr. Allen Moulen, 1689 (no. 197, XVII. 624-626; cf. no. 432, XXXVIII. 297-302). The making of cochineal, according to a relation from an old Spaniard at Jamaica, 1691 (no. 193, XVII. 502-504). Method used by Indians in Vir- ginia and Carolina to dress buck and doe skins, 1691 (no. 194, XVII. 532-533). Jamaica pepper-tree and tree that bears the cortex winteranus, by Dr. Hans Sloane, 1693 ("o. 192, XVII. 462-468). American humming-bird, by Dr. Nehemiah Grew (no. 200, XVII. 760-761). Natural observations made at Boston, by Benjamin Bul- livant, 1698 (no. 240, XX. 167-168). Remarks by James Petiver, F. R. S., on animals, plants, etc., sent to him from Maryland by Rev. Hugh Jones, 1698 (no. 246, XX. 393-406). Animals and plants of Philippines, by Rev. George Joseph Camelli, 1699-1711 (no. 248, XXI. 2-40; no. 250, 88-94; no. 277, XXIII. 1065-1068; no. 285, 1394-1399; no. 286, 1419-1429; no. 290,* XXIV. 1591- 1596; no. 293, 1707-1722; no. 294, 1763-1773; no. 295, 1809- 1809'; no. 296, 1816-1842; no. 302, 2043-2080; no. 305, XX V. 2197-2204; no. 307, 2266-2276; no. 311, 2397-2408; no. 318, XXVI. 241-248; no. 331, XXVII. 310-315). Animals and shells sent from Carolina to James Petiver, 1705 (no. 299, XXIV. 1952- 1960). Abstract of letters from Cotton Mather, dated November 17-November 29, 1 71 2, referring to palaeontological finds, natural history, antipathies, Indians, meteorology, earthquakes, etc. (no. 339, XXIX. 62-71). Experiments made in South Carolina in 1720 and 1723 on effects of rattle-snake poison, by Capt. Hall (no. 399, XXXV. 309-315 ; cf. no. 401, XXXV. 377-381). Method of making maple-sugar in New England, by Paul Dudley, 1720 (no. 364, XXXI. 27-28). Moose-deer, by Paul Dudley, 1721 (no. 368, XXXI. 165-168). Poison-wood tree in New England, by Paul Dudley, 1721 (no. 367, XXXI. 145-146). The same, by Wil- liam Sherard {ibid., 147-148). Method for discovering where bees hive in the woods, by Paul Dudley, 1721 (no. 367, XXXI. 148- 150). Account of rattle-snake, by Paul Dudley, 1722 (no. 376, XXXII. 292-295). A new sort of molasses and the degenerating of smelts, by Paul Dudley, Roxbury, 1722 (no. 374, XXXII. 231- 232). Account of an extraordinary cure, with a description of the Indian hothouses, by Paul Dudley, 1724 (no. 384, XXXIII. 129- 132). Plants of New England, fruit trees, etc., by Paul Dudley, 1724 (no. 385, XXXIII. 194-200). Natural history of whales, by Paul Dudley, 1725 (no. 387, XXXIII. 256-269). Effects and pro- perties of damps, experiments by Professor Isaac Greenwood, of Cambridge, 1729 (no. 411, XXXVI. 184-191). Account of Mark Catesby's essay towards the natural history of Carolina and the Bahama Islands, with extracts, 1730 (no. 415, XXXVI. 425-434, ' The incorrect numbering of pages in volumes XXIV. and XXV. is followed here. 362 The Royal Society. no. 420, XXXVII. 174-178, no. 426, 447-450, no. 432, XXXVIII. 315-318, no. 438, XXXIX. 112-117, no. 441, 251-258, no. 449, XL. 343-350, no. 484, XLIV. 599-608, no. 486, XLV. 157-173). Account of a remarkable generation of insects, etc., Annapolis, by Richard Lewis, 1732 (no. 429, XXXVIII. 1 19-120). New England moose- deer and Virginia stag described by Samuel Dale, 1736 (no. 444, XXXIX. 384-389) . Effects of cold, etc., at Hudson's Bay, by Capt. Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742 (no. 465, XLII. 157-171). Let- ter from Edw. Milward concerning an antidote to the Indian poison in the West Indies, 1741-1742 (no. 462, XLII. 2). Oyster-banks and muscles of Pennsylvania, by Dr. John Bartram, 1744 (no. 474, XLIII. 157-159). Wasps' nests in Pennsylvania, by John Bartram, 1745, 1749 (no. 476, XLIII. 363-366; 493, XLVI. 278-279). Dragon-fly of Pennsylvania, by same, 1750 (no. 494, XLVI. 323- 325). Wasps of New England, by John H. Harrison, 1748 (XLVII. 184-187) . Machine for killing whales, by Dr. John Bond, 1752 (XLVII. 429-435). Toxicodendron of Carolina, by Abbe Mazeas, P. Miller, and J. Ellis, 1758 (XLIX. 157-166; 866-876; L. 430-456). Wasps' nest from Maryland, by Israel Mauduit, 1755 (XLIX. 205-208). Sea-currents at Antilles, by Dr. Peyssonnel, 1756 (XLIX. 624-634). Account of copper-springs in Pennsyl- vania, by Dr. John Rutty, 1756 (XLIX. 648-651). Epidemic in Barbadoes, by Abraham Mason, 1761 (LII. 477-478). Wasp of Pennsylvania, by John Bartram, 1763 (LIII. 37-38). Darkness at Detroit, by Rev. James Stirling, 1762 (LIII. 63-64). Dye from berries of a weed in South Carolina, by Moses Lindo, 1763 (LIII. 238-239). Observations on cicada collected by P. Collinson, 1763 (LIV. 65-68). A disease among the Indians in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, by Andrew Oliver, 1764 (LIV. 386-388). On supposed elephants' bones found near the Ohio, 1766, 1767 (LVII. 464-469 ; LVIII. 34-35) ■ Experiments for preserving acorns with a view to bringing over seeds from East Indies to plant in America, by John Ellis, 1768 (LVIII. 75-78). Letter from Dr. Donald Monro, enclosing one from Mr. James Farley of Antigua, dated 1767, on the good effects of the quassi root in some fevers (LVIII. 80-82). Voyage to Hudson's Bay, 1768 and 1769, by William Wales (LX. 100-178). On a new species of starry aniseed tree lately discovered in West Florida, 1770, by John Ellis (LX. 524-530). Method used by Indians near Hudson's Bay to dye porcupine quills, by J. R. Forster, 1772 (LXII. 54-59). Account of quadrupeds, birds and fishes, from Hudson's Bay, by J. R. Forster, 1772 (LXII. 370-433; LXIII. 149-160). Customs of Indians, by Sir William Johnson, 1772 (LXIII. 142-148). Medicinal value of bark trees of Jamaica and the Caribbees, by Dr. William Wright, 1777 (LXVIL 504-512). Inoculation. In New England, 1721 (no. 374, XXXII. 215, 223-227) ; the same place (1722) (no. 370, XXXII. 33-35 ; the same, 1723 (no. 382, XXXIII. 67-70). Benjamin Gale's historical memoirs relating to inoculation in the British American Provinces particularly in New England (LV. 193-204). The Royal Society. 363 Curiosities. The Journals contain many notices of curiosities sent from America (Birch, passim), of which those donated by John Winthrop in 1669 may be particularly mentioned (Birch, II. 418-421). Some sixty years later another John Winthrop is said to have presented the Society with more than six hundred specimens (Archaeologia Americana, IV. 123-124; Winthrop papers, Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., fifth series, VIII. 571). Descriptions and figures of American animals are included in Dr. Nehemiah Grew's Musaeum Regaiis Societatis; or a Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Arti- ficial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society, etc., first published in 1681. About 1780 the museum of the Society was turned over to the British Museum (Weld, II. 122-125). Franklin's Papers. Except when otherwise specified these treat of electricity (XL VII. 289- 291. 565-567; XLIX. 300-309; L. 481-483; LI- 514-525. 525-526; LII. 456- 461, LXIII. 66) ; meteorological and physical observations and conjectures (LV. 182-192) ; transit of Mercury, 1769 (LXI. 51-52) ; on stilling waves by oil (LXIV. 445-460). An account of Franklin's treatise, Experiments and Observations on Electricity, is in XLVII. 202-211. ARCHIVES. A card list of the principal MSS. or groups of MSS. preserved in these archives indicates the following main classes of documentary material. 1. Journals of proceedings at the meetings of the Society, which contain among other notices summary accounts of the contents of the letters received and of the collections donated. Printed from 1660 to 1687, as stated above. Unindexed. 2. Register books, 1661-1738, 21 volumes containing transcripts of the more important communications received by the Society. Volume 10, 1713- 1722, is wanting. Some but not all of these are printed in the Philosophical Transactions. 3. Thirty-nine " Guard Books " dating from the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century, arranged by groups of subjects, containing besides original MSS. of matter printed in the Philosophical Transactions, other communications not printed, many letters, etc. See below, p. 368, footnote i. 4. Letter books, coming down to about 1737, containing original letters mounted on guards and alphabetically arranged. 5. Miscellaneous manuscripts, covering same period as 3. A guide is provided to classes 4 and 5 in the Catalogues of the Miscellaneous Manu- scripts and of the Manuscript Letters in the Possession of The Royal Society, printed in 1840. The documents listed below are found in the letter books, miscellaneous MSS., and g^ard books. While the intention has been to notice all letters entered in the letter books from the continental colonies, only a few of the letters from the West Indies are included. Only those guard books were examined whose titles seemed to indicate contents of some historical interest. LETTER BOOKS. In the following paragraphs the letter and the number immediately follow- ing jointly indicate the volume of the letter book. 364 The Royal Society. B. 2. 33. Extract of a letter from C. Bouchar to E. Halley, dated Liguamen, Jamaica, March 10, 1676, referring to a recent rebellion of negroes. (The Lig^anea district is near Kingston.) B. 2. 46. Part of a letter from Benjamin Bullivant to James Petiver, dated Boston, N. E., January 15, 1698, concerning some natural observa- tions made by Bullivant. (Printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 240, XX. 167-168.) B. 2. 65. Letter from Thomas Banister to J. Chamberlayne, dated Boston, N. E., January 4, 1712, referring to a ball of fire seen in the sky. D. I. 72-95 and D. 2, 68. Twenty-five letters and papers from Paul Dudley, addressed to the Royal Society, Mr. Chamberlayne, Dr. Mortimer and Dr. Derham, dated from Boston or Roxbury between June 20, 1719 and December 27, 1736, containing references to the " defeat of the Spanish Invasion ", the prevalence of " Arrianisme " in Eng- land, " the joumall of Mr. Kellug's Trading Voyage from Canada to Mississippi " [see below, p. 367], " curiosities'" presented by him to the Society, natural phenomena, accounts of Niagara Falls, an essay upon the natural history of whales, remarkable cures, the several earthquakes which have happened in New England since the first settlement of the English in that country, especially the last, which happened in October 29, 1727, and other papers relating to natural science, mostly printed in the Philosophical Transactions. D. 2. 2. Letter from William Douglass to Dr. Alexander Stuart, dated Boston, N. E., September 25, 1721, relating to the prevalence of small-pox in Boston, inquiring as to the value of inoculation, and treating of the action of " a certain credulous Preacher .... called Mather ". " The clergy spirited by Mather preached up inoculation." G. 2. 6-10. Five letters from Isaac Greenwood, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Harvard College, to the secretary of the So- ciety, dated from Boston or Cambridge, May i, 1727 to October 24, 1730. The first letter refers to Dr. Cotton Mather's efforts " to engage his Friends in making Meteorological observations, that Our Country might not be the most backward in following your ingenious Invitatio " and to Mr. Feveryear's meteorological obser- vations (see below, p. 368), which he encloses and describes as " the first sett of such Observations that was ever made in New England." The other four letters relate to natural philosophy. (Two are printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 401, XXXV. 390; no. 411, XXXVI. 184.) G. 2. 37. Letter from Martha Gerrisk to (jov. Belcher, dated Cambridge, N. E., December 24, 1734, containing a drawing of a parhelia, seen at Cambridge, December 14, 1734. I. I. 183. Id. from Hugh Jones to Benjamin Woodward, dated Maryland, January 23, 1699, describing Maryland. (Printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 259, XXI. 436.) L. 5. 114. Id. from William London to Mr. Evelyn, dated Barbadoes, Decem- ber 28, 1680, giving an account of his collection towards a history of Barbadoes and the other English settlements in America, with the heads of the work. Cf. Birch, IV. 97, 99. L. 6. 44. Id. from Richard Lewis to Mr. Collinson, dated Annapolis in Mary- land, October 27, 1732, referring to various natural phenomena. (Printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 429, XXXVIII. 119-121.) The Royal Society. 365 L. 6. 59. Three letters from James Logan, addressed to Dr. E. Halley, Sir Hans Sloane and Mr. Peter CoUinson respectively, dated Penn- sylvania, May 25, 1732; Philadelphia, September 20, 1735] and Philadelphia, November 20, 1735, all relating to natural science. A fourth letter to Mr. P. Collinson dated Stenton, October 31, 1737, contains corrections of a paper by Logan in Philosophical Transac- tions. (Extracts of the letters of September 20 and November 20, 1735, are printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 440, 192-195, no. 441, 240, and no. 444, XXXIX. 404-40S.) M I. 36a. Extract of a letter from Alexander Moray to Sir Robert Moray, dated Ware River, Mochjack [Mobjack] Bay, Virginia, February I, 1666. (This and the following letter treat of economic and social conditions. An extract of this letter is printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 12, I. 201.) M. I. 37. From same to same, dated Ware River, Mochjack Bay, Virginia, June 12, 1668. M. 2. 21-57. Thirty-seven letters from Cotton Mather to Dr. Woodward and to secretaries of the Royal Society, dated Boston, N. E., from November, 1712, to December 15, 1724, containing accounts of many natural and supernatural phenomena, dreams, apparitions, rattle- snakes, botany, medicine, thunder, earthquakes, meteorology, Indian customs, etc. (Extracts of several letters are printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 339, XXIX. 62-71. A part of this series is duplicated in British Mu- seum, Sloane, 3339, 3340.) M. 3. 12, 35-40, 66. Eight letters from Joseph Morgan, dated Maidenhead, New Jersey, 1732- 1739, setting forth his ideas for several inven- tions, mostly devised to defend the English colonies against the French and preserve the loyalty of N. America to the crown of Great Britain ; also relating to his papers on the " Original of all Nations ", " Improvements on the Astronomical Philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton ", etc. N. I. 26. Letter from Richard Norwood to the secretary of the Royal So- ciety, dated Sommer Islands, June 18, 1667, referring to the dan- gers of the times, " some of our neighbouring plantations .... lately taken and we ourselves in continuall expectation of an enemy " ; also, containing observations on tides, wells, whales, and whale-fishing. (An extract is printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 30, II. 565.") N. I. 27. Id., Sommers Islands, July 16, 1668, referring to a free school for " the children of this place as for some Indian children " formerly supported by members of the Honorable Company, who several years before appointed the writer master of the school. He desires some members of the Royal Society to deal with the Honorable Company to restore the school and pay him a sum due for arrears of salary and for " the late Survey of the whole countrey by the Order and appointment of the Honourable Company." N. I. 89. Letter from Gov. Nicholson to Mr. Alban Thomas, dated Plymouth March 8, 1721, referring to Mr. Keatsby [Catesby] to whom Nich- 366 The Royal Society. olson had advanced a sum of money " upon supposition of his going to South Carolina ". He desires Mr. Thomas to discourse with Sir Hans Sloane and Dr. Sherrard about the affair. N. 1.90. Id., dated Charles Town, South Carolina, November 6, 1721, desir- ing that Mr. Katesby [Catesby] " repay the Ten pounds which I advanced him to our Treasurer to be there kept till the Royal Society can find another Person to come upon the same account and that Ten pounds shall be advanced him for the first half year at the Rate of Twenty pounds sterling j>er annum while I remain Governor here." P. 2. 4. Postscript, dated November i, 1727, to a letter from Rev. Matthias Plant, missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, dated Newbury, New England, October 25, 1727, referring to the earthquake of October 29. S. I. 106. Letter from Richard Stafford to the secretary of the Royal Society, dated Bermuda, July 16, 1668, writing by request of Richard Nor- wood and sending various observations on tides, whales, etc., and on the longevity of the inhabitants. (An extract of the letter is printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 40, III. 792-795) W. 3. 20-27. Nine letters from John Winthrop to Sir Robert Moray, Lord Brereton, and the secretary of the Royal Society, dated from Hart- ford, Boston and Salem, between August 18, 1668 and September 25, 1673, acknowledging receipt of volumes of the Transactions of the Society ; referring to miscarriage of letters through loss of ships, etc.; to various natural phenomena; to sending the Society collec- tions " of some of the productions of this wildemesse ". Mentions difficulty of collecting mineralogical and other specimens on account of Indian wars, refers to Col. Nicolls and to personal affairs. (Two letters are printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 57, V. 1151-1153 and no. 142, XII. 1065-1069 and one in Birch, II. 473-474.) W. 3. 28. Letter from Wait Winthrop to the secretary of the Royal Society, dated Boston, October 17, 1671, regarding some curiosities sent to the Society. (The curiosities are noted in Birch, II. 499.) W. 3. 157. Id. from Christopher Witt to P. Collinson, dated Philadelphia, July I, 1734, on the severe winter of 1733-1734. GUARD BOOKS. 7. Part I. " Description of the Towne of Mannadons in New Netherland as it was in September, 1661." 7. Part I. Concerning the building of ships in New England, by John Winthrop, 1662. (Printed in Birch, I. 112-113.) 7. Parti. "The Relacon of the late Discovery made in Florida", begin- ning " We, whose names are underwritten, who were sent in the ship Adventure, whereof Wm. Hilton is master, in August, 1662 by the Company intrusted in New England for the discovery of Cape Feare and more south parts of Florida, doe conceave ourselves bound to render this brief account of the same ", dated aboard the ship Adventure, November 6, 1662. The Royal Society. P^Y 7. Parti. "A voyage of the Sweep-stake to the straites of Magellan", by Richard Williams, from aboard the Sweepstakes, June 13, 1671, in the Downs. 7. Part I. "An Account of Virginia, its Situation, Temperature, Produc- tions, Inhabitants and their Manner of Planting and ordering To- bacco, etc. communicated by Mr. Thomas Glover, an ingenious Chirurgion that hath lived some yeares in that country." (Printed in Philosophical Transactions, 1676, no. 126. XL 623-636. Reprinted by H. Hart printer to Oxford University and sold by B. H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1904.) 7. Part I. " A briefe recitall of my travails amongst the Doeg Indians — Morgan Jones the Son of John Jones of Basley neare Newport, Monmouthshire ", dated New York, March 10, 1686. (Mr. Jones, chaplain of Ma j. -Gen. Bennett of Virginia, was sent with two ships to Port Royal. He was taken prisoner by the Indians.) 7. Parti. "A letter concerning divers particulars of Nature and Art viz. How easily they make salt in Jamaica ; the Want of it in Barbados : Salt and Sugar the condements and Preservatives of life and health if used witifi discretion : suggestions for improving our Fruit, Flowers and other Vegetables in Jamaica. Jamaica the modem Paradise, etc." 7. Part I. Copy of a " Joumall from Virginia to the Apalatean Hills ", beginning " Thomas Batts, Thomas Woods, and Robert Fallam haveing [re]ceived a Commission from the Honorable Major Gen- eral Wood ". (Printed from B. M. Add. MSS. 4432, f. 27 (cf. above p. 73) in American Anthropologist, n. s. IX. January-March, 1907, pp. 46-53. Another version of the journal is printed in Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, III. 193-197.) 7. Part. I. " A relation of the Maner of Buriale of the Indians in South Carolina by Mr. Richard Warwick who hath lived theire several years ", dated October, 1694. 7. Part I. Part of Capt. Pennycook's journal kept from Scotland to New Caledonia in Darien with a short account of that country, 1698. 7. Part 2. "A Short Account of a trading Voyage performed by Joseph Kellug an English man of New England in Company with Six French men from Canada to Missasippi in the year 1710 in two Cannoos ". (This is an account of the account. It contains some alleged corrections of Mr. Senex's map of N. America.) 19. Directions and inquiries concerning Virginia recommended to Edward Digges, Esq., July 22, 1669. (The queries relate to " the composure of a good history of the Virginia Plantations " ; the raising of tobacco and other commodities ; matters of natural history ; the making of a map of Virginia ; " Whether there be a foot-passage from Virginia to New England through Mary-land, and that not above an hundred miles, and if so, what plantations there are by the way, and at what distance from one another.") 19. "Enquiries of the thinges peculiar to Virginia and the Bermudas." (Printed in Philosophical Transactions, no. 23, II. 42Cy-42l.) 19. " Queries propos'd to the Captain that went to the place of the Bever- trade." Endorsed, " Guillaume of the Bever trade." 24 368 The Royal Society. 19. " Queries proposed to and answer'd by Captain Guillaume and Mr. Baily concerning the voyage and country of the bottom of East- Hudson-bay, one of the chief places for the Bea-ver trade ", by H. Oldenburg (1672). (Printed in Birch, III. 44-46.) 19. " Inquiries for the Antiles " together with queries " concerning sugar canes, their culture and sugarmaking." 19. " Enquiries to be made in the West Indies ", by H. Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society, 1663-1677. 19. " Experiments and observations to be made in the American Islands." MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS. 83. 12, pp. 53-55. An account of Jamaica and of the voyage thither, by George Ellwood, June 15, 1672. Meteorological Observations by Mr. Feveryear, Boston, N. E., 1725-1726. (See above, pp. 357, 364.) Several meteorological journals relating to the Hudson's Bay region and to Labrador. LIBRARY. In the Library of the Society are three volumes of papers collected by John Canton, F. R. S., the electrician, and friend of Benjamin Franklin, which include the following documents : I. xlvii and II. 21. Two copies of a facsimile of a letter from Franklin to Canton, dated Craven Street, May 29, 1765, with a magical circle of circles. (Printed in Smyth's Franklin, IV. 370-371. The original is in the Museum of the Guildhall, London.) II. 20. Extract of a letter from Franklin to P. Collinson. Undated. II. 20, 21. Franklin's two magic squares. II. 41. Two letters from James Bowdoin to J. Canton, dated Boston, October 19, 1763 and January 12, 1764, about the pedestal of a telescope. III. Letters from Franklin to C^anton, dated Philadelphia, March 14, 1764 (printed in Smyth's Franklin, IV. 218-220) ; November 27, [1767] {id., V. 69-71) ; March 9, 1768; Craven Street, August 25, 1769 {id., V. 45, where the date is incorrectly printed 1767) ; August 15, 1771 ; November 12 and 24, no year; three undated notes. Note. — Since the foregoing account of the Society's archives was set up, it has been learned that Professor A. H. Church, F. R. S., has numbered the papers in the guard books, and has prefixed to each volume a table of contents, which includes, so far as they were easily obtainable, the name of the author, the title or subject of each num- bered paper and its date. He has also prepared for deposit in the Society's library a written list of the authors represented in each volume, and, under the title The Royal Society: Some Account of the "Classified Papers" in the Archives, with an Index of Authors (Oxford, 1907), he has privately printed an alphabetical author-index to the series of guard books, a brief account of the contents of the series, and a list of the titles and numbers of the several volumes. Professor Church has also practically com- pleted in manuscript form an index to the later papers, most of them printed in the Philosophical Transactions, coming down to about 1800. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. I, Lime Street, E. C. Since the records are preserved in the building' where the business of the Company is now transacted, and since they are in the custody of an official whose time is fully occupied by the current business of the Company, no general search of the records has hitherto been practicable. Permission to consult the archives must be obtained from the Governor of the Company, and the inspection of manuscripts must take place at the convenience of the Company's secretary. 'The archives contain the records of the corporation and other documents, which furnish abundant material for the history of the Company from 1667, three years before it obtained its first charter. The grantees of this charter were the same court favorites to whom Charles II. ceded the Carolinas, and when in 1698 and 1749 Parliamentary inquiries into the legal rights of the Company took place, the papers of the early monopolists bearing upon the Company, as well as collateral papers bearing on Carolina, were transferred to the government and thus found their way to the Public Record Office. Where the originals passed to the government, copies were kept in the Company's memorial books ; where copies were transferred, the originals were kept in the Company's memorial books. Usually the copies were not made in full but only such parts were transcribed as would help the Com- pany's cause. The bulk of the originals are in the Company's archives. The records comprise several hundred memorial books, of which only those numbered 701 and 702 were inspected. Volume 701, dating from March 4, 1698/9 to August 14, 1719, is made up of petitions and other papers touching the disputes between the Company and the French; and volume 702, covering the period from March 4, 1687/8, to March 13, 1778, contains petitions, letters, etc., relating to French claims and encroachments, as well as to convoys, supplies for the forts, and other concerns of the Company. A few papers in this volume, relating to the thirteen colonies, are listed below. Daily journals were kept at each fort by (i) the governor, (2) the chief factor, and (3) inland traders or travelling " patroons ", and were sent in to the headquarters of the Company at London, to serve as checks on one another. Before 1783, they include expeditions by way of Albany River and Manitoba to what is now Minnesota, also north Wisconsin and the Mandan country. After 1787, they cover every state west of Mississippi and north of Arkansas. The minute books, nos. 200-261, contain particulars of the business transacted at the meetings of the Company. They are in two series, the foul and the fair copies, and appear to be extant in one or the other of these series for the years 1667 to the present time except from 1674 to Memorial books nos. 701, 702 and minute books up to 1700 have been copiedfor the Canadian Government, which proposes to transcribe all of the A^fes^C^ Uuf " '" '^'" '""^'P^ '""^ *^ "'^* ''"* °"^ ^''"^ I'^^n ^"PP"ed by Miss 369 370 Hudson's Bay Company. minute books to a period later than 1783, and to list and ultimately to trans- cribe the numerous journals. Radisson's Journal, 1682-1684, has been printed in the Report on Canadian Archives for 1895. Other classes of records are the outward letter books ; inward letters, of which some are detached and others in bound volumes ; some volumes of sub- committee books, 1731, 1737; the agendas, nos. 452-454, a precis of the minute books for the years 1760 to 1785 ; stock books, account books, and maps. This mass of records was not examined as a whole, but search was made for documents relating to what was probably the most important incident in the history of the Company before 1783 in which residents of the thirteen colonies were concerned — the interloping expedition to Hudson's Bay under- taken by New Englanders under the leadership of Capt. Benjamin Gillam. Several references to the action of the Company in relation to this event occur in minute book no. 205 (1682-1683), folios 30, 31, 35, 36, and 37; and minute book no. 206, folios 24, 28, 31 and 34. In minute book no. 207 (1684-1685), folio 5, is noted the receipt of a letter from the governor of New York assuring the secretary of the Company that " noe ship or ships shall goe from thence into Hudson's Bay upon an Interloping Designe." Letters relating to the New England expedition, together with some others in the same volume, and in memorial volume 702, are listed below : Letters Outward, 1680-1687. f. 62. Letter from Sir James Hayes and others to Capt. Zachary Gillam. April 27, 1683. f. 71. " A coppy of Mr. Joseph Dudley and Mr. John Richards letter (Agents from New England to the King) unto Simon Bradstreet esqr. governor of his Majestyes colony of the Massachusetts in Boston: in behalfe of the Company." London, July 11, 1683. f. 72. "A coppy of Sir James Hayes letter, dated the 30th July 1683 to the Honourable Simon Bradstreet esq'', governour of his Majestyes colloney of the Massachusetts in Boston New England." ff. 73-75. " A coppey of the letter atturney graunted to Edward Randolph Esq""- to seize upon all ships that trades to and from Hudson's Bay from New England." August 7, 1683. f. 76. Letter from Christopher Wren, Jer : Weyman, John Letten, George Baron, and William Walker to Edward Randolph. London, August 13, 1683. f . yy. " The King's letter to the government of New England to prevent interlopers." Windsor, August 12, 1683. f. 78. Letter from John Letten, George Baron and William Walker to Edward Randolph. The Hudson's Bay House, August 18, 1683. f. 80. " John Outlawes affidavit concerning the French insult from Can- ada ", containing references to the interlopers from New England. f. 164. " Part of a letter to S'. James Hayes from E. Randolph, Secretary at Boston," dated Boston, November 20, 1686, mentioning " A report from New Yorke that the French of Kebeck have againe in- vaded and taken from your Company at Hudson's Bay 2 or 3 of the forts." ff. 172-174. " The case of the adventurers of England tradeing into Hud- son's Bay in reference to the French ", entered May 6, 1687. One argument is " that the French have lately within six years (under Hudson's Bay Company. 371 the conduct of Mons"". de la Salle) discovered to the southwest of Canada a very large country which they call Louisiane ", etc. Memorial Book, 702. S. 8b-9b. Copy of a letter from Edward Randolph to Sir James Hayes, dated Boston, January 6, 1688/9, treating of relations of the Eng- lish with the French and Indians — how Col. Dongan was " wheedled by a French priest from Canada ", Indian conference with Sir E. Andros at Albany, etc. f. 47b. Copy of a petition to the House of Commons " of the merchants and others trading to New England, New York," etc., praying that they may be heard against the bill to confirm to the Hudson's Bay Company their charter and privileges. In margin : Presented to Parliament, 28 March, 1698. 21 signatures. ff. 48-49b. " Reasons .... against the bill for confirming to the Hud- son's Bay Company their privileges and trade ", delivered to Par- liament, April, 16918. (References to Pennsylvania trade; and to beaver trade of New England and New York, which the Company is said to prejudice.) ff. 49b-5ob. " An answer to the paper called reasons against confirmeing the Hudson's Bay Company, as alsoe to two others of the same nature." In margin : Presented to several members of Parliament, April, 1698. S. I03-I03a. Petition of the Hudson's Bay Company to the king. May 15, 1776, praying for license to put on their ships certain guns " for the protection of their ships against American privateers," etc. flf. 105-1053. Copy of an Order of Council, May 16, 1776, granting the petition of May 15, 1776. OXFORD. THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY. 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Certain other indexes or lists may be noted : Index of Rawlinson Collection of Copper Plates (manuscript) ; Index of Collection of Autographs (manuscript). Index of Printed Tracts, 2 volumes. TANNER MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogus Codd. MSS. Bibliothecae Bodleianae. Pars IV. Codices T. Tan- neri, ab A. Hackman. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, i860, $3.00.) 26. f. 48. Letter from Increase Mather to Anthony a Wood. July 23, 1691. f. 83. Letter from W. N. (William Norwich) contains this sentence, " An honest quarter assures me that W™ Pen is not taken up ; nay he adds he is with friends here in towne." April 22, 95. 27. f. 29. Letter from Edward Randolph, Boston, May 28, 1689, to the Archbishop of Canterbury. On f . 30b is a long note regarding " the sad and distracted condition of this territory of New England ". 30. f. 97. Letter from Edward Randolph to Archbishop Sancroft, Boston, August 2, 1686, beginning, " It is long since I received your Grace's Blessing and also your Grace's noble gift of Dr. Hammond's works bestowed on our Colledge."' f. 132. Letter from Thomas Godwyn to Archbishop Sancroft " From on board his Ma''^'' ship the Falcon in Port Royall Harbour in Jamaica, October 27, 1686 ". 31. if. 6-1 1. " An Abstract of letters sent me from Boston since the notice of the vacating of their charter." (Accompanying these abstracts taken from letters of Bradstreet, John Dud- ley and Wharton, is a letter from Edward Randolph, Whitehall, March 28, 1685, in which the abstracts were inclosed.) if. 137-140. Petitions from Mary and Michael Tany, for a clergyman at Calvert Town, Maryland. 1685. (Michael Taney was sheriff of Calvert county.) 32. f. I. " A general account granted to the governor and Company erected in Eng"^ for Evangelizing Indians in New Eng^ ", by Edward Randolph. 1684. (Criticism of the policy of the company with recommendations for an investigation.) f. 4. Brief letter from Randolph to the archbishop regarding the same company. March 26, 1684. f. 5. " A Short Account of the present State of New England " with postscript, signed Edward Randolph. (No date, but probably written in 1684. Printed, Perry, Historical Collec- lections, III. 1-24.) f. 187. Letter from Increase Mather " to my worthy friend Mr. G[ough] in Amsterdam ". Boston, " 3'* of y" 10* ", 1683. (A copy, evidently by Randolph.) 34. f. 82. " A Memorial concerning the Charter of New England ", July II, 1683, directed to the Archbishop of Canterbury. (Proposing that some person be sent to New England bearing a declaration from the king regarding the preservation of the liberties and privileges of Massachusetts, in view of the issue of the quo zvarranto against New England.) 35. f. 140. Letter from Boston (unsigned) to Dr. Laur. Womock, regard- ing the church in Boston. December 11, 1682. Tanner Manuscripts. 375 51. f. 82. " Abstracts of letters received from Jamaica from the Com- mander in Chief ". April 20, 1659, April 25, 1659, April 23, 1659, June 25, 1659. 54, f. 153. Letter from Barbadoes by way of Holland, August 9 and 19, 165 1, addressed to "my most honored and loving Father" and signed " your dutifull but much p'plexed sonne ". Signature is illegible. 65. ff. 70, 70b. Correspondence between Lord Willoughby and George Ayscue. October 16-17, 1651. {Cat. Col. 1574- 1660, pp. 362-363; Davis, Cavaliers and Roundheads in Barbadoes.) f. 71. " A Declaration from the Commissioners appointed by authority of Parliament to the Gentlemen-Inhabitants and Free Proprietors of the Island of Barbadoes." Dated, " on board the Rainbowe, 7 October 165 1 ", signed George Ayscue. (Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 364.) 67. f. 7. Abstract of commission directed " to the Lord Arch, of Canter- bury and diverse Lords and others of his Maj. most honorable Privy Council ", empowering them " to make laws as well concern- ing the public state of the colonies which have been drawn out of his Maj. kingdom for foreign plantations". (This is the renewal, on April lo, 1636, of the Laud Commission of 1634. ' Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, §§171, 232.) 73. ff. 248-253. Letters from George Calvert to the Earl of Bristol. Octo- ber 12, 1662, October 14, 1662, October 26, 1662. (All unsigned copies.) 74. f. 49. Letter from Henry Spelman to his uncle, thanking him for a letter and things sent out by " the shippe called the treasure of Virginia". James Towne in Virginia, August 15, 1615. (Cf. Spelman's Relation printed in Brown's Genesis, I. 483; see also Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 34599.) 93. f. 200. " Reasons against publishing of the King's Title to Virginia — T. R." (Document is entitled " A Justification for plantinge in Virginia ", and is accompanied by a list of inducements why such justification should -be made. Chiefly directed against Spain and Spanish sympathizers. No date or signature. To be printed in Rec. Va. Co., III.) 99. f. 208. Abstract of the laws of New England. (Book of eleven folios without date or indication of origin.) 114. f. 79. Letter from John Yeo, " Petuxant River in Maryland, May 25, 1676 ". (Seems to be original of the letter to which reference is made in Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §1005, I.) 168. Commonplace-book of Sir Stephen Powle, one of the six clerks of Chancery and a member of the Virginia Company. (Brown, Genesis, II, 971.) f. lb. Thames frozen over, 1607. (Cf. Brit. Mus. Stowe 169, f. 247.) f. 2. Memorandum, March 9, 1608, referring to delivery of the sum of fifty pounds to Sir Tho. Smith, Treasurer " of the voyage to Virginia ". 3Y6 The Bodleian Library. " My name also was inserted into the rowle and books kept by M'." Memorandum, May 15, 1609. " Oure 6 shippes lying at Blacke Wall wayed anker and fell downe to beginne ther Viage toward Virginia. S"^ Tho Gates beinge the deputye govemoure until the L^ Delawarre doth comme thiather which is supposed shall be about 2 months hence. Captayne Newport S"' George Sommers and 800 people of all sortes went in these six shippes besides 2 moare that attend the fleet at Plymmouth and ther be inhabitauntes allready at Virginia about 160 God blesse them and guide them to his glory and our good. Amen." Similar memorandum, February 13, 1609, regarding the expedition for the discovery of Guiana. {Cf. Brown, Genesis, I. 375.) f. 2b. Memorandum, March 5, 1609/10. " The L"* Delawarre tooke his leave of all the company on Monday at S"^ Thomas Smith's in Fill- pott Lane, Treasurer of the Virginia Co. and on Satterday follow- ing, 10 Martii, departed towardes his house in Hampsheere and from thence he went to meet his shippes at Southampton ready furnished with plantes, seedes, and all other provisions and grayne as well to sowe and to victule 1000 men for one year. He had 3 shippes, one of 200T one a fly boate of 400 tunnes and a pinnace of I20t. His style was Lord Governor and Captaine of Virginia." 306. flF. 286-287. " A proper new Ballett called The Summons to New Eng- land to the Tune of The Townesmens Cappe." (Ten verses and I'envoi. No date.) 447. f. 53. " An Act for the Baptizing and better ordering of Negroes and Infidells in the King of England's Plantations in America." n. d. ff. 69-76. Patent drawn by Charles II. for the erection of Virginia into a bishopric with cathedral see at Jamestown. (This patent places all the churches of Bermudas, Barbadoes, Leeward Is- lands, Jamaica, Virginia and Maryland under the authority, inspection and jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury and his successors. It erects the plantations of Virginia into a bishopric and diocese and declares all the churches in the plantations to be parts and members of the diocese of Virginia. On a separate inserted slip is the statement in a different hand- writing that the bishop of Virginia is not to have jurisdiction over New England in any way until his Majesty should see fit so to order. For en- dowment the new diocese is to have the customs and excise on 50 tons of tobacco and the quit-rents from Jamaica. Date is probably after 1667. Anderson in his History of the Colonial Church, II. 358, note 32, notes the existence of an early patent made out by Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Lord Keeper under Charles II., for an American bishop and thinks that it was prepared in anticipation of the proposed appointment of Alexander Murray as bishop of Virginia in 1673. (Brit. Mus. Harleian MSS. 3790, ff. 1-4.) He obtained his information from McVickar's Life of Bishop Ho- bart, p. 177, but the reference there is probably not to this patent in the Bodleian but to another copy, slightly different, among the Wynne papers in the library of All Souls College, Oxford, which is printed in Perry, Historical Collections, I. 537. The Bodleian patent and accompanying papers have never been printed.) ASHMOLEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogus Codd. MSS. Bibliothecae Bodleiaitae. Pars X. Ashmole Manu- scripts, by W. H. Black. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1845, $7.50.) Index by W. D. Macray (1867, $2.50). Ashtnolean Manuscripts. 377 36. ff. lOO-ioob. Satirical poems on New England. (Contains among others the following verses: " My brethren all attend me and list to my relation, This is the Day, marke what I say, tends to the renovation. Stay not amongst the wicked lest that with them you perish. But let us to New England goe and the pagan people cherish." "You talk of New England I truly believe Oulde England's grown new and doth us deceive He ask you a question or two by your leave." " Then talke you no more of New England. New England is where old England did stande New furnished, new fashioned, new womand new mand. And is not old England grown newe ".) f. 104. " New England's grace att a Friday night's Supper. Allowed by the Authoritys of the Brethren." (Cf. S. 263-263b, 826.) f. 296b, no. 309. Poem upon Sir Francis Drake's return from his voy- age about the world and the queen's meeting him. (Contains the following lines : " You gallants all o' the British blood, Why dont you sayle o' the Ocean's flood, I protest your not all worth a Philbert, If once compared to S'' Humphrey Gilbert. For he went out on a rainy day And to the New found land found out his way, With many a gallant both fresh and green. And he ne'er came home again." Cf. 830, ff. 38b, 69, 71, 80, 858.) 48. f. 140b, 141. " Have you not heard of Florida A Coontrie far bewest | where Savage Pepell planter are | by nature and by rest Who in the Mold find glittering Gold And yt for tryfells sell." 240. f. 276. Copy of statement regarding apparition of a man in the Barba- does, July 13, 1660, signed Tho. Vaughan, Jacob Luke, J. Parry, Edith Murry. 242. f. 126. Drawing of an " Apperition I see in Verginia at Blonte Point in James River one Wensday the 14* of Feb''^ 1648/9 which lasted about halfte an hower which place is Congerd to be on 37 :'^'' 30" Lattitud ", signed Daniel! Hoare. 423. f. 244. Description of a comet in Barbadoes, November 29, 1664, in letter written by Richard Morris from Col. Lewis Morris's Planta- tion. January 9, 1664/5. f. 268. Letter from William Fisher to John Champante regarding comet seen in Barbadoes, March 9, 1667. f. 270. Note on comet seen in Virginia, n. d. 749. No. IL " A Happy Shipwrack or the Losse of a late intended voyage by sea recovered by a Breife of this experience." Narrative of a projected plantation in Guiana or the Amazons. 1629. Signed Richard Thornton. 378 The Bodleian Library. 802. ff. lyi-iyib. Description of a fruit in Virginia called a mazicoke and of a plant called a mutchimin [ ?] , a broad bean, with information regarding Indian treatment of these and other fruits. 830. ff. Ii8-r22. Letter from John Rolfe to "most noble sir patron and father of us in this country " chiefly regarding his marriage with Pocahontas. (Contains this paragraph, " for the good of the Plantation, the honor of Our countrye, for the Glory of God, for myne own salvation, and for the con- vertinge the true knowledge of God and Jesus Christ, an unbelieving crea- ture, namely Pokahuntas, to whom my hart and best thoughts are and have been a long tyme soe entangled and inthralled in soe intricate a Laborinth that I was even aweaned to unwind myself thereout" Cf. Brown, Genesis, 11. 747.) 842. ff. 109-122. " An Exact Narrative of the state of Guiana and of the English colony in Surynam in the beginning of the warre with the Dutch." 846. f. 54. " Funeral Solemnities at the Interment of Mr. William Love- lace at New York, 1671." (Printed, Amer. Hist. Rev., IX. 522 ff.) 1147. ff. 155-171. Letters Patent of King James I. granting farther privi- leges to the company of adventurers for the settlement and planting of Virginia and appointing a council at home for its government (May 23, 1609). ff. 175-191. Instruccons orders and constitucons by way of advise, set downe, declared and propounded to S"' Thomas Gates Knight, Gov- ern'' of Virginia and of the colony there planted, and of all the inhabitants thereof, by us his Majesties Counsell for the direccon of the affaires of that countrey, for his better disposinge and pro- ceedinge in the government thereof, according to the authority and power given unto us by virtue of his Ma*'^^ I'res patents. ff. 191-201. The copie of the Commission granted to the right ho'''= S'' Thomas West Knight, Lo: La Warr, by the Council for the Com- pany of Adventurers (February 28, 1609). ff. 201-206. Instructions orders and constitucons by way of advise, — to the right ho''''^ S"' Thomas West Knight, Lo: La Warr, Lo: governor and capten general of Virginia and of the colonyes there planted — by us his Ma*'^^ Counsell for the Companie of Adventurers and Planters in Virginia, resident in England — with a copie of cer- tain of the cheifest instruccons w"^*" have been formerly given to S'' Thomas Gates Knight, etc. ff. 207-210. Relation of voyage to Virginia, and state of the colony, addressed unto the Council, by Sir Thomas Dale, the governor. Jamestown, May 25, 161 1. (On one of the four blank leaves that follow is written a list of the " Con- tenta hujus libri " in a later hand.) ff. 219-221. Letter from Alexander Whitaker to Air. Crashaw about the state of the colony, and two expeditions made by (governor Dale among the Indians. James Town, August 9, 161 1. {Cf. Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 21993, f. 190, for a Whitaker letter of same date containing copy of " some of the old instructions " to Gates and Delaware.) Ashmolean Manuscripts. 3Y9 1148. f. 307. Oath of Collector of the King's Customs. 1758. Strachey's History of Virginia. "A folio volume bound in old gilt calf, containing 102 leaves of paper gilt at the edges. The greater part written within red ruled margins in the time of James I." (Printed, Hakluyt Society, 1849, ed. R. H. Major. The Bodleian manu- script is made up as follows : I. The First Booke of the First Decade contayning the Historic of Travaile into Virginia Britania, expressing togither with the Conditions, manners, and Qualities of the Inhabitauntes, the Cosmographie, and Commodities of the Country : obtayned, and gathered by William Strachey gent three yeares thither Imployed, Secretarie unto the state, and of Counsell with the Right Honoble the Lord Lawarre, his Matins Lord Governour and Captayne Gen- erall for the Colonic | Alget qui non Ardit| W. St:| Between the title and the ten chapters of this first book are : a Dedication to Sir Allen Apsley (f. 2), an Epigram addressed " Ecclesiae, et Rei pub" hy the author (f. 3), and a Premonition to the Reader. After the Dedication and before the Premonition one of the engravings (XVIIL) from Hak- luyt's Book on Virginia is inserted and on the back of the first leaf the Epigram is written. After the Premonition is inserted Smith's map of Virginia, engraved by Hole. Then follows Caput L of the history which consists of ten chapters, ff. 15 to 5Sb. n. The Second Booke of the First Decade of the Historic of Travaile into Virginia Britania expressing the several voyages, and colonies addressed into these parts of America, now by us intituled Virginia, at whose chardges first undertaken, and what Captaines therein employed, with what their success, casualties, and adventures ; gathered by Willia Strachey, gent, etc] (ff. S6; 57-72.) Alget, qui non Ardet We seek not yours, but you : Pet| Res nostra sub inde non sunt, quales quis optaret sed quales esse possum. (Not printed in Hakluyt Society Publications.) W. St. Then follows engraving of Adam and Eve by De Bry pasted on f. 73 and colored roughly ; also " The True Pictures and Fashions of the People in that part of America now called Virginia, translated out of Latin into English by Richard Hakluyt, diligently collected and Draown by Jhon White who was sent thither speciallye and for the same purpose by the said Sir Walter Ralegh the year above said 1585 and also the year 1568 now cutt in copper and first published by Theodor de Bry at his owne chardges", ff. 74-111. Copper plate engravings cut out and pasted on the leaf; all are roughly colored. The same engravings, uncolored and wanting the earlier num- bers, are in Ashmolean 1756. For White's drawings, see Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5270. HL " A Short Dictionary, added unto the former Discourses, of the Indian Language, used within the Chessiopiock Bay, more particularly about the Tract and amongst the Inhabitants of the first River called by them Pow- haton, and by us, the King's-River, wherein as yet our Townes and Forts are seated. By which, such who shall be imployed thether may know the readyer how to confer, and how to truck and trade with the People." Portions of this title are not printed in the Hakluyt Society edition, and in general there are a number of variations in this manuscript when com- pared with that in the British Museum from which the Hakluyt edition was taken. The Collections of the Mass. Hist. Soc, fourth series, I. 219- 246, prints only the second part. Cf. Brown, Genesis, II. 562-568. In Ashmolean 70, f. i are printed poems by Strachey addressed (l) to "the Lord Lawarr of the heroyicke and Religious Plantation in Virginia Bri- tania", and (2) to Sir Thomas Smith (two copies).) 380 The Bodleian Library. RAWLINSON MANUSCRIPTS. Catalogus Codd. MSS. Bibliothecae Bodleianae. Pars V. Codices R. Raw- linson, a Gul. D. Macray. (Oxford, Clarendon Press.) Fasc. I. (I., II.), 1862, $3.00. Fasc. II. (III.), 1878, $7.50. Fasc. III. (IV. i), 1893, $5.25. Fasc. IV. (IV. ii), 1898, $3.75. Fasc. V., 1900, $5.25. A. 3. f. 135. Copy of a license from the governor of Barbadoes for a ship of Hamburgh. 1653. 6. ff. 320, 322. Representation from the Council of State to the Spanish ambassador regarding Peter Butler, of Boston, New England. Sep- tember 19, 1653. 10. f. 67. " Instruction for Capt. Robert Denis, R. Bennet, T. Stagge and W. Clabourne, appointed commissioners for reducing Virginia to Pari*." 1651. (Printed, Thurloe, State Papers, I. 197.) 14. f. 84. Letter from Francis Yardley to John Farrar. Lynn Haven, Vir- ginia, May 8, 1654. f . 92. Petition from Robert Telghman, merchant of Virginia, for a passage to the West Indies. 1654. 15. f. 624. Examination of Francis Fox concerning plot against the Pro- tector, June, 1654. (Fox was ordered to be transported to Barbadoes and embarked May 31, 1655. Rawlinson A. 26, f. 206, and 67, f. 275.) 16. ff. 52, 54. Letters from Gov. Leverett of Massachusetts to Cromwell. 1654. (Also A 18, f. 58.) 20. f . I . Petition to Gov. Searle of Barbadoes from John Colleton and John Yeamans. 1654. 26. f. 146. Proceedings at a session held at Barbadoes, regarding lands held by lease. May 15, 1655. 29, 1655. 27. ff. 313, 655. Letters from Adm. Penn to Sec. Thurloe, 1655; to Gen. Fortescue, January 25, 1655. (See also A 30, f. 163, letter to Thurloe; A 29, f. 686, to Cromwell; A 174, f. 50, to Pepys; f. 74, to the Commissioners of the Navy.) f. 783. Letter from Edward Digges of Virginia to Cromwell. June 29, 1655- (See A 43, f. 105.) 28. f. 550. Note from Col. R. Fortescue to Col. Anthony BuUer. Jamaica, July 20, 1655. 29. ff. 377-409. Petition from the inhabitants of Antigua to Gov. Searle, complaining of the misrule of Christopher Raynall, August- Septem- ber, 1655. 30. ff. 271-278. Adm. Penn's account to the Council of State of his voyage to and proceedings in the West Indies. September 12, 1655. 31. f. 121. Notices of attacks made by the Spaniards upon English planta- tions in the West Indies, 1629-1650. 36. f. 109. Instructions for the commander of an expedition against the Dutch settlements in the Manhattoes. (Printed, Thurloe, State Papers, I. 721.) Raarlinson Manuscripts A. 381 f. 382. Account of provisions bought for the fleet and army in Jamaica. 37. f. 35. Letter from Adm. William Goodsoon to Sec. Thurloe. Tor- rington, Jamaica, March 13, 1656. f. 197. Proposals for the government of Jamaica. 38. f. 267. Order of Council of State instructing Capt. Gookin to publish proposals for transplantation to Jamaica. March 7, 1655. i^Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 429.) f. 703. Suggestions for encouragement of the tobacco trade in Vir- ginia. 1656. (Printed, Thurloe, State Papers, V. 80-81.) f. 707. " A brief narration of the English rights to the Northern part of America." 1656. (Printed, ibid., V. 81-83.) 39. f. 218. Examination of one John de Carthagena concerning the war with the Spaniards in Jamaica. (See also 63, f. 284.) 40. f . 362. Proclamation by Gov. Searle announcing that Cromwell had been declared Lord Protector. March 14, 1654. f. 426. Statement of monies received and expended in Montserrat, Nevis and St. Christopher. 43. f. 59. Letter from Edward Doyley. Jamaica, October 6, 1656. fl. 87-109. Papers concerning Maryland, many of which are printed in Thurloe's State Papers, V. 482-487. Among them is a copy of " Babylon's Fall " by Leonard Strong, agent for the people of Providence (Annapolis), 1655. The following papers have not been printed : S. loi, 103. Order from Cromwell to R. Bennet to forbear disturbing Lord Baltimore's colony in Maryland. January 12, 1654/5, with a further letter thereupon. f. 107. Resolutions of the council of Virginia upon foregoing order. June 28, 1655. (At a court held at the house of Mr. W™ Whitaker, June 28, 1655. Present Edward Digges, Esq. and others. Letter read from the Lord Protector to Richard Bennet, governor, dated January 12, 1655. Digges to answer this letter saying that this country did never have anything to do with the affair between those men of Severn and my Lord Baltimore and his officers.) f. 125. Letter from the governor and council of New England on the proposal that people of New England emigrate to Jamaica. Octo- ber 23, 1656. 44. f. 174. Letter from the assembly of Virginia to Sec. Thurloe. October 15, 1656. (Printed, Thurloe, State Papers, V. 497.) 45. f. 174. Letter to Sec. Thurloe from the assembly of Virginia, October 15, 1656; recommending Mr. Digges, the late governor, to Thurloe, by whom they wish to make their address to the Protector. (Among the signatures is that of S. Mathews.) 65. f. 126. Concerning Col. Brayne's expedition to Jamaica, 1656. (Also 56, f. 27; 57 (expedition of 1655) ; 24, fl. 113- 116.) 382 The Bodleian Library. 60. f. 131. Proposals for the protection of British commerce and excluding strangers from trading with Barbadoes, submitted to the Protector by Simon de Casseres. n. d. 67. f. 394. Petition from Thomas Thorowgood to the Council of State for the place of treasurer of Virginia. 1660. 119. Docket-book of grants of offices, lands, pensions, etc. June 1660-Octo- ber, 1 66 1. 171. f. 199. " Commission to the Naval Officer under the Great Seal of England." The patent, dated 1687, is followed by " Naval Oificers commission from the governor of Jamaica ", " Instructions from the governor of Jamaica to the Naval Officer " and " Instructions from the governor of Jamaica to the Naval Officer ". (The naval officer in question is Reginald Wilson, of Jamaica.) f. 205. " Some brief remarks upon a Voyage made by the James and Henry of London for the Bancks and Shoals of Bahama in America." (" The said voyage and designe was firste encouraged by S"" Richd White upon the report that Capt. Phips had made that being in his Maj. Ship the Rose among the Bahama Islands hee had discovered a new banck on which he'd suppose might be found a rich treasure." See Campbell, Lives of the Admirals, II. 377-378.) 173, 175. Samuel Pepys, to vindicate himself and Sir Anthony Deane " against the oppressive proceedings of the House of Commons, Court of King's Bench, etc, upon the malicious information and practice of [Captain John] Scott, Harris, Harbords ", etc., in 1679, made a collection of papers dealing with the characters and careers of his defamers. Originals of these papers are in Rawlinson A 173, 175, often called the Pepys Papers, and copies of them are in two volumes in the Bibliotheca Pepysiana, Magdalene College, Cambridge, labelled " Mornamont ". The two series are not, how- ever, absolutely identical. Inasmuch as Scott spent a number of the early years of his life in Long Island, where he gained rather an unenviable reputation, many of the papers in these volumes throw light upon colonial history. (In "Mornamont" II. Bib. Pepys. 2882, f. 1065 is a copy of a letter from Mr. Wells to Samuel Pepys, July 26, 1679, containing some information about Scott in New England, that does not appear to be among the papers in the Bodleian.) 173. f. 184. Letter from Tho. Lovelace. London, July 15, 1680. f. 185. Petition of Tho. Lovelace to the Duke of York regarding sequestration of his property on Staten Island, f. 186. Account by Tho. Lovelace of the circumstances attendant on the surrender of New York in 1673. (On his return to England Lovelace was seized by his creditors and thrown into prison.) 175. f. 75. Letter from Governor Nicolls. Fort James, October 24, 1666. (Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1292; N. Y. Docs., III. 136.) ff- 77-79 > 81. Three letters from William Dyre. New York, October 2, 1679, February 16, 1679/80, January 4, 1680/1. (Chiefly gossip about Scott's wife, with a word about Andros.) Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 383 f. 83. Information of Jacob Milborn of London, merchant, formerly of Hartford, Connecticut, regarding Scott. (Milborn says that Scott was seized at his dwelling house at Setauket, L. I., and taken to Hartford (1663) ; that he was there committed to jail, loaded with chains, but broke prison. Interesting account of Scott's trial m Hartford.) f. 86. Deposition of Richard Charlton. August 7, 1679. (Scott was present at the meeting of the deputies at Hempstead, 1665, and was there charged with having a counterfeit patent as governor of Long Island. Summoned to New York, Scott fled.) f. 88. Similar deposition. f. 92. Statement made by Edward Sackville, July 23, 1679, regarding Scott's career. (Sackville had accompanied Nicolls to New York.) ff. 94-99. Further statements from Sackville, Hall and Milborn regard- ing Scott. ff. loi, 107. Historical account of Scott from Mathias Nicolls (Gov. NicoUs's secretary). New York, February 16, 1679/80; accom- panied by other papers regarding the dispute between Scott and the town of Setauket. f. 109. Petition from John Winthrop, governor of Connecticut, in behalf of that colony, for a renewal of the Warwick patent, the original of which was lost in a " fatall fire " at Saybrook and the duplicate lost among those papers " carried beyond the seas by the Lord Keeper Finch in the late Civill Troubles ". {Dup. 176, f. 113. Printed, Report of the Conn. Hist. Soc, 1904, p. 23.) ff. no, 113. Letter from Capt. Leverett to Scott, giving details of life in Long Island. Undated. (Scott was in London at the time.) f. 112. Petition to the king from Dorothea Scott whose husband, Daniel Gotherson, was ruined by buying land of Scott, begging for a royal letter to Gov. Lovelace. (For Dorothea Scott see Dorothea Scott, otherwise Gotherson and Hogben of Egerton House, Kent, i6n-i68o, new ed. by G. D. Scull, Oxford, 1883. It contains a chapter on John Scott, pp. S4-76.) f. 116. Letter from Capt. John Young to Scott and " Scott's turning over of Halellujah Fisher there ". Boston, June 12, 1663. f. 118. Papers of Scott. Oyster Bay, June 17, 1665. (Some of these papers are copies.) ff. 1 19-123. Information of Tho. Lovelace, July 12, 1680, regarding the Gotherson lands. (Full of information about Scott and his career.) ff. 126-129. Papers of Lovelace, given to Pepys, with Scott's covenant and letter of attorney to Gotherson. On f. 131, Scott's deed of sale to Gotherson and, f. 132, an indenture on parchment, dated June 6, 1663, between Scott and Gotherson. f. 130. Letter from Matthew Prior to Col. Lovelace. Killingworth, March, 1668. f. 136. Dorothea Gotherson's indenture with Col. Lovelace and others, 1667; on ff. 140, 144 are letters from Mrs. Gotherson to Col. Love- 384 The Bodleian Library. lace ; and on f . 141 is a letter from M. Wren to Col. Lovelace, seek- ing aid for Mrs. Gotherson. On f. 147 are Mrs. Gotherson's an- swers to questions about Scott sent to her by Pepys, giving infor- mation of Scott's early career, f. 148 ff. Papers relating to Scott's career in the West Indies, f. 356. Scott's History and Description of the River Amazon. (See Bibliotheca Pepysiana 2873, f. 351; 2882.) f. 372. Scott's Preface to an intended History of America. (See also Brit. Mus. Sloane MSS. 3662, reversed; and Bibliotheca Pepysiana 2873, f. 415. In this preface Scott gives a brief sketch of his early life and a general view of the advantages of colonies, the American colonies in particular, from the standpoint of the mercantilist; he makes a number of comments on Indians, gives a little history, and adds many reflections.) 180. f. 306. Declaration of the People of Virginia against the governor. Sir William Berkeley. 1676. {Ibid. 185, f. 257.) 183. f. loi. Chart of Newfoundland. 185. f. 256. Questions proposed by king and council and Francis Mory- son's answers thereto. October 6, 1676. (Regarding Virginia and the proposal to send troops to suppress the rebel- lion of 1676.) f . 259. Particulars to be considered in the despatch of Sir John Berry to Virginia. October 3, 1676. {Cf. Cat. Col. 1675-1676, §1051.) f. 263. Market Prices in Old and New England compared. (Articles compared are bread, sea beer, strong beer, beef, pork, yellow peas, codfish, ordinary or refuse, salt mackerel. In the English list codfish is called " habbardine.") f. 299. Abstract of journal of Capt. Ashby of H. M. S. Rose. (The Rose, with at least ten other ships, was hired by the Admiralty to carry the soldiers to Virginia in 1676. Cal. Col. 1675-1676, §§1091, 1092.) S. 357, 444, 445. Petitions from I^dy Penn, widow of Sir Wm. Penn. (Regarding arrears of Irish rents due to the king.) 186. f. 265. Letter from Capt. Spragg, April, 1688, referring to his " pack- quet " from Carolina, and speaking of Sir Peter Colleton as his enemy. 187. ff. 396, 398. Adm. Penn's account of his share in the engagement with the Dutch off Kentish Knock. 1652. 188. f. 114. Letter or account sent from Gravesend containing what may be a description of Capt. Scott. In 1680, according to this statement, Scott was 40 years old. 191. f. I. Statement by Samuel Pepys of Scott's charges against himself. 195. f. 102. Account of some proceedings of the Dutch on the coast of Virginia. June, 1667. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1508.) 214. f. 25b. Order that the commanders of the convoys going to New- foundland do not interfere with the planters there. May 21, 1677. f. 26. Inquiries to be made by the commanders of the convoys. f. 79. Instructions for Capt. John Wetwang on going with a convoy to Newfoundland. June 14, 1674. (Cf. ibid., 143b.) Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 386 ff. io6, 107. Instructions for Sir John Berry on being sent against the rebels in Virginia. November 15-20, 1676. {Cf. Cat. Col. 1675-1676, §1130.) f. 108. Instructions for Capt. John Ashby of H. M. S. Rose on being sent with land forces to Virginia. November 20, 1676. f. 114. Appointment of Thomas Skevington as purser to Virginia. May 24, 1677. 238. ff. 109, no. Reasons why clothing for the soldiers at New York should be made up in England. 241. f. 251. Grant to the Earl of Bellomont of all captures of pirate vessels, etc., made by Capt. Kidd in America. May 27, 1697. 247. Grant of Long Island to Sir Edmund Plowden and others. June 21, 1634. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1660, p. 204; Winsor, Nar. and Crit. Hist., III. 457; Pa. Hist. Mag., V. 206, 424; VI. 50; VII. 55; X. 180; and Bod. Libr. Claren- don MSS. 102, f. 231.) 255. f. 140. Commission of Charles II. appointing Council for Foreign Plan- tations. 1670. f. 150. Instructions for the Council of Foreign Plantations of 1670. 261. f. 50. Order from Oliver Cromwell to the Commissioners of Customs in favor of William Franklin of Boston, New England. July 6, 1655- f. 55b. Letter to Edward Digges of Virginia from Cromwell. October 8, 1655. 270. f. I. Regarding Capt. Kidd's running away with a French ship from St. Christopher in 1689. 271. ff. 1-6. Copies of petition and letters from George Lillington, Michael Terrill, David Ramsay and Benjamin Cryer of Barbadoes, relative to their suspension by the governor, Sir Bevil Granville. Addressed to Queen Anne, the governor and the Board of Trade. June- September, 1704. (See House of Lords MSS. nos. 20-22.) f. 26. Conveyance by Dr. Daniel Coxe of land in Carolina or Florida to French Protestant refugees. 1698. (Regarding Coxe's land in Florida and Louisiana see a representation and accompanying documents sent by Gov. Bull of South Carolina to the Secretary of State. Bull says " King Charles did pretend to this country and gave a grant of it to the Earl of Arundel which grant some years ago was assigned to Dr. Daniel Coxe, who gave it the name of Carolana and in the year 1699 he sent one Captain Bond with 200 people in two ships thither to make a settlement intending to prosecute that enterprise with despatching more ships with more people over whom S'' William Walles was to have been governor, but the French disturbing the First Adven- turers hindered their settling there and this part of the English territory in America is neglected and the French encroaches daily on Carolana." P R. O. Colonial Office, Class 5, vol. 384 (old reference, A. W. I. 623) ; see also the work of Col. Daniel Coxe, based on his father's papers, entitled A Description of the English Province of Carolana, where information on this subject is given.) ^- 29-33. Attested copies of Virginia documents regarding French refugees in that colony; petition from the refugees to Gov. Nichol- son; two acts of assembly, the first dated, December 5, 1700; pro- clamation by Nicholson, December 23, 1700; subscription list in 386 The Bodleian Library. money and kind headed by Wm. Byrd and ended by Hen. Apple- white. (Folios 7-38b concern the French refugees. See also C 933, f. 172; 984, f. 217.) f. 30. Daniel Coxe's claim to the county of Norfolk in Virginia, based on sale of tract of land " to be called the county of Norfolk " by Sir John Harvey, governor of Virginia to Henry, Lord Maltravers, authorized " by the king's letter bearing date April 1 1 in the 13 yr of his Majesty's reign ". {Cf. Cal. Col. 1574-1661, §127, p. 282.) f. 39. Copies of depositions before the court of oyer and terminer in Virginia for the trial of a French pirate captured in Lynn Haven Bay. 1700. (See also A 272, ff. 89-96.) ff. 45, 48. Regarding the capture of a French pirate by Capt. William Passenger in Lynn Haven Bay. Virginia, May, 1700. f . 47. Notes about Virginia's supplying herself with clothes and shoes, n. d. f . 48. Letter from Charles Scarborough to Gov. Nicholson, regarding pirates. May 3, 1700. f. 50. Deposition regarding Rev. J. Sharpe, chaplain of the garrison, and Anthony Van Schaick before R. Livingston, mayor of Albany, testifying to the sickness of Sharpe while on an expedition to Canada in 171 1. February 4, 1713/14. 272. Contains a collection of papers belonging to John Champante, Jr., appointed agent for the province of New York in 1699 and con- tinued to serve certainly till 171 5, the date of the latest paper in this collection. He was also agent for the Four Companies of Royal Fuzileers, established in the fort in New York as early as 1674. The collection is of value as supplementing documents printed in vols. IH., IV., V. of Documents relative to the Colonial History of New York. Ten of these documents are printed in those volumes, but the great bulk have never been printed and fill im- portant gaps in the printed series. Some of the papers are original enclosures sent by Bellomont to the Board of Trade and referred to in his letters. They were evidently transmitted to Champante by Sec. Popple at Bellomont's request and exist only in the Champante papers. f. I. Last Will and Testament of Thomas Wandall of Maspett Hills, in the bounds and limits of Newtown upon Long Island. July 31, 1699. (This document, attested by Bellomont, is apparently that which is men- tioned in Bellomont's letter of August 24, 1699, as enclosed. N. Y. Docs., IV. SSO.) f. 3. Act for quieting and settling disorders that have lately happened within this province. Passed 1691. f. 5. John Elston's account of Every's voyage and of Tew and Wake's assisting him. Perth Amboy, May 27, 1698. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 333.) Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 387 f. 7. Letter from Jer. Basse, governor of East Jersey, to Lord Bello- mont about his not delivering two pirates, Elston and Merrick. Perth Amboy, June 17, 1698. (Attested copy from Bellomont. Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 332, 606.) f. 9. Grant to the Churchwardens and Vestry of Trinity Church, of the King's Farm. New York, August 19, 1697. (Copy attested by Bellomont. Cf. N. Y. Docs., V. 23, 320. This grant was vacated in 1707.) f. ID. Copy of Representation of the Board of Trade relating to port at Perth Amboy, East New Jersey. October 27, 1697. (Deciding against the New Jersey proprietors on the ground that the Duke of York had no right to convey such power to Berkeley and Carteret, since the crown had not conveyed it to him.) f. 16. Examination upon oath of two Christian Mohawk Indians con- cerning the fraud put upon the Mohawk nation by Mr. Dellius. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 345. With this document is a copy of Bellomont's conference with the Mohawks, July 28, 1698.) f. 22. Extract of letter from Bellomont to the Board of Trade. New York, July i, 1698. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 354.) f. 24. Appeal to the court of Admiralty against seizure of sloop Mary by Weaver and Nanfan. Addressed to William Atwood, chief justice and judge of Admiralty. 1701. f. 26. Instructions to Thomas Weaver, agent for the province of New York, also agent for Bellomont's private affairs. July 13, 1698. f. 28. Bellomont's Report about the Maquase (Mohawks) in connec- tion with Fletcher's land grants. July 9, 1698. f . 30. Order in Council relating to Col. Romer, bidding him remain in New York to repair fortifications till Christmas. 1699. (Copy, attest John Povey.) f. 32. Instructions to Capt. John Nanfan, lieutenant-governor of New York, to be offered to him during Bellomont's absence from the province. Fort William Henry, May 15, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 19 in Bellomont's letter. N. Y. Docs., IV. sss. Printed, ihid. 557.) f. 34. Minutes of council held at Fort William Henry, May 25, 1699, concerning Alsop's appeal. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 20 in Bellomont's letter. A^. Y Docs., IV. 556.) f. 35. Letter from Jer. Basse to Bellomont, concerning pirates at Cape May. May 30, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont.) f. 36. Victualling rolls, lists of names of companies of foot at Fort William Henry, New York, by Col. Cortland, one of the victuallers to the companies. 1699. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 48s.) f. 44. Copy of Lieut.-Ckiv. Nanfan's letter to Bellomont about Giles Shelley. June 5, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. I2 in Bellomont's letter N Y Docs., IV. SSI.) 388 The Bodleian Library. f. 46. Council minutes authorizing summons of Giles Shelley before the Board. June 5, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 14 in Bellomont's letter. N Y Docs., IV. 551.) f . 47. Examination of Otto Van Toyle before the lieutenant-governor and the council. June 14, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 11 in Bellomont's letter. JV Y Docs., IV. 551.) f . 48. Answer of Edward Buckmaster to questions by Nanfan con- cerning pirates. 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 10 in Bellomont's letter. N Y Docs., IV. 551.) f. 51. Council minutes regarding treatment of Giles Shelley and his ship's crew. July 5, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 15 in Bellomont's letter. N. Y. Docs., IV. 552.) f. 52. Notes of letter sent by " E. B. to Lds of Trade ". n. d. f. 53. Receipt for £965 2s. od., signed Ashurst, for the subsistance of the Four Companies at New York, from March 25, 1699, to July 30, 1700. f. 56. Copy of pass granted by (jov. Basse to Sion Arnold, pirate. August 12, 1699. (Copy, signed Wm Popple.) f. 58. Council minute, August 23, 1699, regarding payment to Abra- ham De Peyster and regarding Bellomont's letter about Capt. Kidd. Id., August 25, 1699, regarding Cornelius Quick " of this City Mar- riner " and his receiving goods and money from Capt. Kidd. f. 60. Letter from Bellomont to John Champante, Boston, September 6, 1699, inviting him to be the agent of the province at f 100 a year, with allowance in addition for expenses. (Cf. Commission, N. Y. Docs., IV. 587.) f. 62. Letter from Bellomont to the Board of Trade, Boston, Septem- ber 8, 1699, expressing concern for the neglect of the New York companies, and adding postscript regarding the customs revenue of New York. f. 65. Copy of letter from Mr. Schuyler and Mr. Livingston. Albany, September 22, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 596.) f. 67. Letter from Mr. Parmiter to Bellomont. September 25, 1699. (Copy, attest Bellomont.) f. 69. Letter from Bellomont to the Board of Trade. Boston, October 20, 1699. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 587.) f. 75. Extract of letter from Bellomont to the Board of Trade. Boston, November 29, 1699. f. 79. State of the pay of the Four Companies at New York, March 26, to December 24, 1699. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 601-602.) Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 389 f. 80. Minutes of House of Assembly regarding petition of Jer. Basse, referring it to a committee, the names of which are given. February 12, 1699 (17CX5). (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 60s.) f. 83. Statement (by Lieut. -Gov. Nanfan) of his difficulties with Lord Cornbury, with a copy of Cornbury's order for deponent's arrest. No date but probably October, 1702. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. looi, 1043.) f. 85. Letter from Wm. Popple to Champante enclosing three letters from the Board of Trade and " one from myself ", with duplicates of each for the Earl of Bellomont. April 24, 1700. f. 87. Council minute dated March 13, 1700, mentioning death of Bel- lomont and that in the absence of Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan the govern- ment devolves upon the council. Speaks of need of money for the soldiers. Duplicate, f. 112. f. 89. Letter from Jno. Thorowgood, Princess Anne County, May 3, 1700, regarding pirates. On the reverse is a letter from B. Har- rison, Jr., Williamsburgh, May 4, 1700, and a letter to Capt. Wm. Passenger, James Town, May 4, 1700, regarding same subject. (Copies, attest Miles Cary, Regr) f. 91. Proceedings at a court of Admiralty held at Hampton, May 11, 1700, to try pirates seized by Capt. Passenger as a result of informa- tion given in letters above. (Copy, attest Miles Cary, Regr.) f. 98. Propositions made by a sachem of the Canada Praying Indians. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 692.) Id. Propositions made by same of the Five Nations. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 695.) f. 102. Copy of letter from Bellomont, July 26, 1700, with postscript and addition, dated July 31, 1700. Letter begins, " I embarked at Boston the 17"" inst." ; postscript, " Aquondero the chief Sachem " ; addition, " Since I had (as I thought) finished my packet ". f. 106. " At the Court at Hampton Court, October 22, 1700." Laws of Massachusetts and New Hampshire acted on by the King in Council. f. 108. Note from Bellomont to Sir John Hanley, directing him to pay £60 to Mr. Duncan Campbell. New York, November 22, 1700. Reverse, endorsements and transfers. f. 109. Similar note in favor of Abraham De Peyster. November 25, 1700. f. 1 10. Deposition of Lieut. Robert Gwyn and of two sergeants regard- ing lack of accoutrements in the Four Companies. January 7, 1700. (Copy, attest Bellomont.) f. 118. Note from Board of Trade to John Champante regarding sup- plies to be sent to Bellomont. January 3, 1700/1. f. 120. Letter from the council in New York to John Champante, ask- ing his constant regard for that province; dated May 6, 1700, with addition dated March 10, and second addition dated March 11, 1701. f. 122. Council minute, New York, May 17, 1701, regarding pay of the officers. 390 The Bodleian Library. f. 124. Letter from the council to John Champante, May 19, 1701, re- garding money and the activities of Smith, Schuyler and Living- ston. Signed by A. De Peyster, Walton, Weaver and Staats. f. 126. Petition from general assembly to Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan, regard- ing party quarrels in the assembly over question of speaker, dis- covered to be an alien. May 17, 1702. (Copy, attest Nanfan.) f. 128. Duplicate of the condemnation of ship Elisabeth and Catherine, " at a court of admiralty held in New York on Munday, November 24, 1701 ". f. 132. Petition of John Wake and the owners of the ship Elizabeth and Catherine to Board of Trade. September 16, 1701. f. 133. Letter from Board of Trade to Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan. Case of ship Elisabeth and Catherine. {_Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 817, 886, 923, 930-931, 944.) f. 134. Letter from Duncan Campbell to John Champante, New York, December 3, 1701, regarding money matters. f. 136. Copy of Mr. Lowndes's letter to Wm. Popple regarding cloth- ing for New York companies. December 22, 1701. (See D 916, f. 178.) f. 138. Minute of council of province of New York requesting Cham- pante to look after the interests of the colony in the case of Wake's appeal from the council to the king. New York, December 18, 1701. f. 139. Minute of council to same effect. Case of appeal of Samuel Vetch from sentence of the Court of Admiralty. December 26, 1701. (CA N. Y. Docs., IV. 931.) f. 142. Letter from lieutenant-governor and council of New York (Nanfan, De Peyster et al.) to Board of Trade. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 942-943.) f. 148. Affidavit of Sir Charles Hara (7"' Royal Fuzileers), December 23, 1701, regarding exact number and equipment of soldiers sent to New York. f. 149. Letter from Weaver to John Champante, addressed " Dearest (3ham ". New York, June 10, 1701. f. 150. Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan to John Champante regarding conspiracy in New York, led by " Col. Byard ", saying ti^at the same documents have been sent to the Board of Trade. (Cf. N. y. Docs., IV. 94^-943, 95i, 974-) f. 153. Draft of letter to John Champante regarding naturalization and denization of certain persons. New York, January 26, 1701/2. (Probably referring to Col. Bayard, who was of foreign birth.) f. 157. Letter from Wm. Popple to John Champante, stating that the Board of Trade considers the conspiracy important enough to be heard before the Queen in Council. April 30, 1702. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 954, 955, 961.) f. 159. Letter from Weaver to " Dearest Cham " regarding attitude of Lord Cornbury in respect of party quarrels in New York. June 2, 1702. Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 391 f. i6i. Letter from William Atwood to John Champante regarding affairs in New York. June 2, 1702. f. 163. Minutes of council stating charges against De Peyster and others, suspended from their position as councillors. June 19, 1702. (Appended note says, " This is the order we had at the suspension without any hearing or examining us upon anything, only sent to council and this read to us. A. De Peyster ". Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 959.) f. 165. Letter from Col. Romer, her Majesty's chief engineer in Amer- ica to Earl of Nottingham asking for pay. Boston, July 13, 1702. (In French. Col. Romer was in Boston finishing fortifications there and hoped to do something for Lord Cornbury at Albany. Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 888.) f. 167. Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan to [Champante?] regarding his troubles and the charges against him. n. d. f. 171. Warrant from Lord Cornbury sent to Capt. Caldwell of the ship Advice, October, 1702, forbidding the captain of sloop Royal Albany to take on board Lady Bellomont and Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan on account of their intention to sail without paying debts owed to the Four Companies in New York. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. looi, 1003, iioo-iios, 1130.) f. 172. Letter from Col. Romer to John Champante regarding New York and New York affairs. (Long letter in French.) f. 174. Extract of a letter from Lord Cornbury to Board of Trade. December 12, 1702. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 1019.) f. 176. Various communications from Wm. Popple to John Champante, bidding him send a statement of his accounts and to attend the Board of Trade, or else to send information, f. i88. Letter from Earl of Ranelagh, paymaster-general of the forces, to Merrill, Pay Office, regarding pay for the Four Companies at New York. 1704 [ ?] . {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1080.) f. 190. Copy of Memorial from Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan to Lord Cornbury, regarding adjustment of his account. August 3, 1703. f. 192. Copy of letter written to Gov. Dudley of Massachusetts regard- ing fortifications within his government. January 11, 1702/3. (Probably from Lord Cornbury. Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1 100.) f. 194. Letter from Lord Cornbury to Board of Trade regarding Lady Bellomont's accounts. October 7, 1703. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 1072.) f. 196. Abstract of the Report of the Committee that went to view the Castle (fortifications on Castle Island, Boston harbor). December 1703. f. 197. Letter from William Popple to John Champante regarding Lady Bellomont's accounts. f. 199. Statement from Capt. Rogers of ship Jersey at New York to officers and commissioners of ordnance at the Tower of London, saying that having to supply gunners with sundry stores he has' drawn bills for i7o. 392 The Bodleian Library. f. 20I. Letter from Thomas Weaver to Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan regarding condition of his affairs. April lo, 1703. Unsigned, f. 203. Letter from William Popple to John Champante regarding action of Col. Bayard, f. 204. Copy of warrant from Lord Cornbury to Lieut. Riggs to arrest Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan. May 19, 1703. iCf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1043.) f. 208. Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan to John Champante giving account of his personal affairs and his relation with Lord Cornbury. New York, May 27, 1703. f. 215. Answer of Col. Romer to memorial of the assembly, giving account of the situation in Massachusetts and of his work there. f. 217. Petition of Col. Romer to the queen for pay due him. f. 218. Letter from Col. Romer to Gov. Dudley petitioning for better allowances and more conveniences in the work of repairing fortifi- cations. f. 223. Declaration of Col. Romer to council of New Hampshire re- garding fortification of Fort William and Mary. December 9, 1703. f. 224. Letter from Col. Romer to Duke of Marlborough, the lieu- tenant-general and other principal officers of ordnance regarding rumor that he is to be sent to Barbadoes and protesting against it. Boston, March 6, 1703/4. f. 225. Letter from Col. Romer to Board of Trade speaking of his recall and saying that his " pen is not able to express the calamities and contempts I have suffered and still do suffer ". Portsmouth, March 28, 1705. f. 229. Letter from Col. Romer to Duke of Marlborough, lieutenant- general and other principal officers of ordnance regarding his recall. Portsmouth, March 28, 1705. f . 230. Letter from Col. Romer to Gov. Dudley. Boston, July 30, 1703. In French. f. 231. Two remonstrances from Col. Romer to Gov. Dudley, n. d. (Following note is added: "No answer nor redress but was send to Pis- cataqua in a strange manner ; neither could I get clear leaf to come to Boston and to add a tirde remonstrance en send it by the Jaspar Frigat, Cap Smith, commander, wen you have perused this pray let my neveu Monclare have it.") f. 233. Memorial from Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan to Lord Cornbury. July 5> 1704- (" My Lord Cornbury on June 6 last sent Mr Hamonnier to me in his Lord- ship's name with advice to put in such a memorial which I did on June 8, being Thursday.") f. 235. Letter from De Peyster, Shelley and Brett to John Champante, New York, February 20, 1705/6, charging Lord Cornbury with monopolizing business. f. 237. Draft of letters from John Champante to Col. De Peyster, with many erasures, October 10, 1707; to Roger Mompesson, Octo- ber 16, 1707, regarding letter which he calls an " account of Major Douglass's Pretensions " ; and to the same, October 18, 1707. (Roughly written yet generally legible.) Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 393 f. 243. Letter from Wm. Atwood to John Champante, proposing the removal of certain members of the council as " too long united in illegal trade ". November 4, 1709. (The councillors are Van Rensselaer, Barbaric and Rip Van Dam, repre- sentatives of "perverse politics".) f. 245. Letter (probably from Champante) to Roger Mompesson about the new governor, Robert Hunter. November i, 1709. (On reverse are drafts of letters to Adolphus Phillips, regarding choice of Col. Hunter; to Messrs. Staats and Governeur regarding Ingoldesby and the Palatines; and to John Collins, promising to recommend him to Gov. Hunter.) f . 247. Drafts of letters from John Champante to Staats, mentioning the latters restoration to the council, February 11, 1709; to De Peyster, same date; to Jacob Regnier, February 14, 1709; and to Col. Hunter, on the eve of his departure, February 25, 1709/10. (These letters were to be despatched by the vessel that carried Hunter to New York.) f. 251. Letter from William Sloper, agent of Lord Combury, to John Champante regarding payment of the soldiers, and enclosing copy of Mr. Morrice's letter, September 15, 1710. Dated Whitehall, September 20, 1710. f. 255. Letter from Francis Harrison to John Champante mentioning a former correspondence and retailing the affairs of the province. New York, October 5, 1710. ("I wish these stupid Americans were competent judges how great a man the Queen has sent 'em, but they have hved so long under the lash of the Tyrant Combury that a governor who shall restore 'em to their just rights and privileges sets the prison gates open'd to a crew of abandoned rascals ", etc.) f. 256. Letters from John Champante to Jacob Regnier, Robert Bal- lens and Adolphus Phillips, November 8 ; to Francis Harrison, November 9 ; to De- Peyster and Roger Mompesson, November 10 ; to John Collins and Gov. Hunter, November 11, 1710; and to Jacob Regnier, June 25, 171 1. (All drafts and of value.) f. 264. Draft of letter from John Champante to [Gov. Hunter?]. July 5, 1711- f. 266. Petition to the queen from several merchants and traders of New York, asking for a ship of war to guard the coast, and com- plaining that captains of royal ships do business on their own account to the injury of legitimate merchants. New York, Nov- ember II, 1 71 2. Signed by Heathcote, Rip Van Dam, etc. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., V. 306, 307.) f. 267. Letter from Jacob Regnier, New York, June 23, 1712, regard- ing attitude of the province toward Hunter, and giving account of slave uprising. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., V. 341.) f. 275. Letter from Gov. Hunter, New York, July 23, 1715, announcing the appointment of Champante as agent; expressing fear of the French, and begging for a combination among the colonies. (Cf. N. Y. Docs.. V. 343) 394 The Bodleian Library. f . 277. Petition to Parliament from Joseph Paice, merchant of Lon- don, in behalf of himself and others trading to New York, regard- ing money loaned to Nanfan, which Champante refused to pay. f . 278. " Specification of goods that are proper to be sold in New York." (List with prices.) f. 281. Draft of letter stating that Prideaux and Graves, charged with rebellion and robbery, were discharged by the " present " governor and have brought action of false imprisonment against the lieu- tenant-governor. (Undated and unsigned, but in Champante's handwriting and of date about February, 1703. Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1027-1028.) f. 282. Copy of Order in Council allowing accounts of " Royal Regi- ments of Fuzileers ", etc. 1700-1701. f. 285. Account " of several tracts of land granted by Col. Fletcher to the following persons ", etc. (Copy, attest Bellomont. Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 391, 514, 535; V. 22, 651-654.) f. 286. " Articles exhibited by the principal merchants, freeholders and inhabitants of New York in behalf of themselves and the rest of his Majesty's good and faithful subjects, the Inhabitants of this colony, against Th. Weaver, Esq. Collector of the Province." (Fifteen articles, unsigned and undated.) f. 288. " Reasons exhibited by the Earl of Bellomont, governor of New York, for suspending and displacing Col. Tho. Willet from his Majesty's Council of the Province of New York." (The four reasons here given, in an attested copy, are probably the same as those which Bellomont says he sent in his letter of December 14, 1698, enclosure no. 5, N. Y. Docs., TV. 440. This document was not found by Brodhead, so that the paper noted above inay be the actual enclosure.) f. 290. List of persons " humbly recomended to be of the council of her Majesty's province of New York ", with a list of " those of the present council omitted in the above list ", by Champante. n. d. f. 292. Petition to Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord Treasurer, regard- ing accounts of the Four Companies and presenting interesting information about them. (Unsigned and undated.) f. 295. Memorial from John Champante to the king regarding Bello- mont's debts. (Original draft, post, i. 302. No date, probably before 1702.) f. 296. Observations and reflections on revenue act of the province, signed " Paroculus Parmytor ". (Copy, attest Bellomont. Enclosure no. 7, letter of October 20, 1699. N. Y. Docs., IV. 590.) f. 298. " The Councill for Lord Bellomont to justify his jurisdiction to extend to the Jerseys that what his Lordship hath done was within his power and pursuant to his commission and instruccion for government of trade in those parts." (For instructions, N. Y. Docs., IV. 289, also 314. The date must be about 1699- 1700.) Rawlinson Manuscripts A. 395 f. 300. Petition from John Champante to the queen in behalf of Lieut.- Grov. Nanfan. (Draft only, unsigned and undated.) f. 301. Draft of petition from the Palatines for lands, forty or fifty acres for each person, n. d. f. 302. Original draft of memorial from John Champante to the queen in behalf of Lieut.-Gov. Nanfan. (Endorsed to be presented May 5, no year given.) f. 307. Copy of minutes of council meeting. Barbadoes, July 4, 1660. (Council meetings, June 26-27 and July 16, 1660, are noted in Cal. Col. 1574- 1660, pp. 483, 484, but not for July 4.) f. 308. Act for electing an agent from time to time for island of Anti- gua. (Date cut off, probably in binding.) 285. f. 79. Letter from Comte de Pontchartrain, Secretary of State in France, to Marquis de Vaudreuil, governor of New France, regard- ing cession of Newfoundland to the English. May 6, 17 13. (This is followed by similar letter to M. Phelypeaux, governor of the French West Indies, regarding cession of St. Christopher.) 286. f. 177. Letters from Lord Combury to the Bishop of London. 1712- 1719. 289. f. 180. Warrant for payments for the Four Companies in New York, and for the company serving at Newfoundland. June 16, 1705- ff. 188, 204. Regarding accounts of Capt. John Nanfan : official report. 1706. 302. f. 157. Abstract of charges exhibited against Elihu Yale, president of council of East India Company at Fort St. George. 1 690-1 691. 305. f. 2. " Draught of the scheme I drew for D"' Daniel Cox many years since for the settlement of New [ ] which we now call the New Empire, written by Mr. Spooner." (Plan of charter for a company to settle Coxe's lands in "Carolana" See Pa. Mag., VII. 323-324) 306. f. 75. Receipt from Gov. Sloughter of New York for ii20 granted for the Indians and for a schoolmaster. December 20, 1689. 306. ff. 189, 198, 205, 216. Solomon Penn's receipts for his pension of icy. a week. 1 690-1 691. 312. f. 2. Letter from Henry Brabant to Mr. Rod. Mackenzie at the African House in Edinburgh. August 3, 1699. (Brabant was to embark that week for Jamaica and thence to proceed to North Carolina, " of which province I am constituted comptroller of his Maj. Customs ". To be addressed either in Jamaica or " at the custom house on Currotuck River in North Carolina".) 326. f. 141. Letter from [ ] Montiguy concerning Indians in Louis- iana. March 3, 1609. f. i86b. Character of Comte de Pontchartrain. 1699. 329. Voyages of Pierre Esprit Radisson. 1652-1684. (French.) (Original French version is printed in Brymner's Archives, 1895, from origi- nal in Hudson's Bay House, London. See manuscript in Brit. Mus. Sloane 3527. A translation was issued by the Prince Society in 1885, edited by G. E. Scull; there is also a relation of the voyage of 1682 and 1683 in English in Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 11626. Cf. Amer. Hist. Rev., I. 226.) 396 The Bodleian Library. 478. f. 48. Paper addressed to " My Lord " [Arlington] on " the peculiar advantages which this nation hath by the trade of our plantations above any other ". (General treatise from mercantilist point of view; written some time after 1665.) f. 57. Description of Council of Trade in Sweden. (Probably 1668-1671. More legible copy on f. 65.) f. 63. Printed broadside, " The State of the Case of the Sugar Plan- tations in America ", with three marginal notes. Endorsed, " Against laying a duty on Sugar, 1670 ". f. yy. List of commissioners for Council of Trade. 1669. f. 78. List of members of Council for Foreign Plantations, 1661 ; additions and erasures in another hand, f. 85. " Proposals aiid reasons for encouragement of trade of Jamaica, the peopling and improvement thereof." 1668/9. f. 88. The sugar trade and influence of the last act of navigation upon it, especially in confining growth of plantations to England. n. d. f. 148. " State of the business of the Plantations as it is depending before his Majesty and the Committees, March, 1682/3." (Brief description of each plantation, chiefly Maine, New Hampshire, Mas- sachusetts, Plymouth and the West Indies.) B. 74. f. 3b. Notes on pedigree and arms of the Calvert family. 1679. (See also Rawlinson, K 15205, f. 129b.) f. 175b. Genealogical notes of the family of Penn. Bucks. (See also B 79, f. 123, 125; B 263, ff. 175, 277-281.) 156. William Aspinwall, Boston, New England, Speculum Chronolc^cum ; a chronology of the Scriptures. 1652. 243. fF. I2-I4b. " Points of enquiry concerning Carolina, Humbly offered to his excelency John Archdale, proprietor of Carolina dutyfully crav- ing such answers as may be depended on. 1705." (228 queries of every description, but no answers. The queries were put by a body of Lutheran settlers intending to go to Carolina.) f. 15. Plan of forts of Carolina. (Diagram.) 250. f. 33b. " Copie du Memoire pour les §"■= Interessen la campagnie de la Bay de Hudson sur le droit et la possession de la Couronne, D'ang" pour le commerce en ladite Baye." About 1687. (In parallel columns are "Responses Donnees par Mess" les coramissaires de France a ce memoire, Pour la Compagnie frangaise du Canada " ; on next folios the " Repliques a ces responses, pour la compagnie Anglaise de la Baye de Hudson." On f. 40b begins " Titres produicts de la part de la compagnie frangaise de Canada " with " Response de la compagnie Anglaise ". On f. 45 begins " Deuxieme memoire " of the French com- pany with reply of the English company. The document occupies 53 folios.) fF. 55-65. Papers relating to Jamaica and Barbadoes between the years, 1670 and 1708, dealing with such questions as powers of the gov- ernor, disputes between the governor and assembly, privileges of the assembly and trade of the colonies, with tables of goods ex- ported. Rawlinson Manuscripts B. 397 309. flf. i62-i63b. Notes of grants to planters in Virginia, Newfoundland, etc. Tempus, James I. 376. This volume contains minutes of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, see also Rawlinson C 933; letters from England and America regarding the condition of the church in the colonies and the ministers to be sent there; and many bonds of clergymen to whom money was advanced to pay charges of transportation and maintefnance. These volumes evidently belonged to John Robinson, envoy to Sweden, 1680-1709, and afterward Bishop of London, 1714-1723. An excellent account of Bishop Robinson's career is given in Va. Mag., XVI., pp. 104-106. The following documents may be noted : f. 26. Letter from Gov. Spotswood to the Bishop of London. May 6, 1713- f. 86. Certificate of birth and baptism of Peter Fountaine, son of Rev. James Fountaine of Dublin, ff. 88, 89. Testimonial for orders from the Archbishop of Dublin. 1715. f. loi. Establishment by the Bishop of London of a seminary for probation of ministers intending to serve in America, f. 104. Note of his ordination as chaplain for Virginia. 1715/6. f. 116. Letter from Rev. Hugh Jones, Jesus College, May 19, 1716, expressing desire to go to America and saying, " They tell me it will not be at all difficult for me to come in for they are at a loss for young clergymen to send over." f. 125. Request by the Bishop of London, May 8, 1717, that Mr. Wheat- ley be not allowed to proceed on his voyage to Carolina, f. 127. Wheatley's letter to James Gibbons, secretary of the bishop. May 31, 1717, protesting his innocence, f. 148. Sentence of suspension of Rev. Wm. Wye of Charleston, Caro- lina. November 10, 1718. f. 154. Certificate signed by eighteen members of French church at Charleston stating that Paul L'Escot had been their minister from 1700 to 1719. March 14, 1718/9. f. 169. Letter from Lord Cornbury to the Bishop of London, f. 171. Recommendation of Paul L'Escot for ordination over the French church at Dover. 1719. f. 172b. Certificate of Examination, f. 173. Letter from "J. L." [John of London?] to the governor of South Carolina, July 28, 1719, regarding the suspension of Rev. Mr. Wye in Charleston " and any other part of your government ". f. 178. Letter from Henry Newman to Dr. Mangey. March 10, 1719/20. f. 200. Regarding ecclesiastical affairs in the colony of Virginia. 1721. f. 234. Regarding Rev. Francis Cotton, who had been purveyor and schoolmaster in Jamaica and wished to return as a clergyman. July 20, 1720. f. 248. Letter from Zach. Brooke to James Gibbons, October 24, 1701, regarding withdrawal of his licence. f. 260. Letter from Gov. Spotswood of Virginia, to the Bishop of London, May 26, 1721, regarding Rev. Mr. Wye and the clergy and schools of that colony. 398 The Bodleian Library. f. 290. Certificate that Rev. Mr. Skinner " was this day received as the Society's missionary to Amboy with a salary of £60 ". f. 296. Letter from Rev. Wm. Vesey, New York, November 29, 1722, enclosing copy of address to the society asking for the appointment of a clergyman-catechist for the city of New York in the place of Mr. Elias Neau, deceased. Also for a good preacher for that oflBce to be Vesey's assistant " in my declining age ". f. 305. John Usher, when in priest's orders, to be missionary to St George's parish. South Carolina. January 25, 1722 [3?]. f. 328. Petition from Ben. Miller, " for near four years a schoolmaster in America and for two years past in the service of the Society in Staten Island ", asking help. n. d. f. 334. Regarding Dr. Evans, minister in Philadelphia for fifteen years. Regarding one Philips, curate to Dr. Evans, charged with scandalous behavior, n. d. f. 336. Application for the king's bounty for ministers in America, n. d. Cf. Rawlinson C 933, f. 134. Bonds. ( I ) It was customary for the society not only to pay the salaries of its missionaries in America but also to advance half a year's salary before departure and to take a note or bond in which the mis- sionary promised to refund the money in case he did not go to the place assigned. (2) The Bishop of London at his own charge established a seminary for the trial and probation of ministers to be sent to America. Cost of maintenance, estimated at £30 a year, was advanced by the bishop who required of the prospective missionary a bond, signed by two witnesses and duly sealed, that in case he did not go to the plantations he or his bondsmen would refund the money. (3) By the royal gift, known as Queen Anne's Bounty, £20 was given to each missionary from the royal treasury, on receipt of a letter from the bishop to the Lord High Treasurer, to pay the costs of transportation to America. No formal bond appears to have been required in this case. Of bonds required in cases (i) and (2) there are many examples in this volume and in Rawlinson C 393, 983, as follows : A 306, ff . 69, 73. B 376, S. 5, IS, 43, 52, 73, loi, 116, 125, 139-141, 148, 154. 173. 234> 238, 248, 260, 265, 270, 286, 290, 296, 302, 328, 333, 336, 340. C 393, ff. 65, 67, 69, 92, loi, 102. 983, ff. 179, 180. (q.v.) Material for the study of Queen Anne's Bounty can be found elsewhere, particularly in the Public Record Office, Treasury Papers {Audit Office, Declared Accounts, 2239-2291. In P. R. O., Treasury of Receipt {Exchequer), Miscellanea, 407, may be found "Applica- tions of the Bishop of London for bounties for ministers going to America ", which constitutes a list of the clergy sent to America, 16601791. Elsewhere in the Treasury Papers are entries of pay- ments to ministers in America before 1690. Fothergill's List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811, issued in this coiuitry by the Grafton Press, contains a list of over 1,200 names but no copies of bonds. Rawlinson Manuscripts C. 399 383. f. 397. Proceedings in a case in the Court of Admiralty. i6g6. ff. 543-545. Claim in Court of Admiralty on the part of some Persian merchants to goods seized from Capt. Kidd and condemned as pirates' goods, n. d. 465. f. 146. Brief notes of advice to traders to Virginia, n. d. C. 128. The Newman Papers. " Papers relating to Province of New Eng- land." f. I. " Reasons humbly offered to Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations by W™ Vaughan, Esq., against John Usher, Esq. in Confirmation of his petition to her Sacred Majesty in Cowncil." (Eight reasons, unsigned and undated.) f. 2. " Grant of the Council at Plimouth to John Mason, Esq, being from Naumkeeg to Merrymack." March 9, 1621/2. (Printed, N. H. Prov. Pop., I. 2; Tuttle, Life of Mason, p. 172.) Also, " Grant to Gorges and Mason from Merrymack to Sagadahoc." August 10, 1622. (Printed, N. H. Prov. Pap., I. 10; Tuttle, Life of Mason, p. 177. Three or four memoranda are added to these documents. Texts not given in full.) f. 6. List of papers relating to Samuel Allen, " his pretended title to the proprietaryship of the lands of the province in New England called New Hampshire .... all which papers we are ready to pro- duce." (Valuable list of titles.) f. 8. Petition of Wm. Vaughan " on behalf of himself and other in- habitants of New Hampshire ". f. 12. Letter to Jer. Dummer and John Newman, " at the New Eng- land coffee house in London ", from Deodat Lawson, begging for help. London, December 24, 1714. f. 14. Letter from Col. Dudley to council of New Hampshire. Ports- mouth, July 23, 1702. (Two copies, unsigned.) f. 18. Petition from Henry Newman, agent for New Hampshire, to Lords Justices in Council regarding Fort William and Mary, at entrance of the Piscataqua. n. d. f. 19. Order of Council in reply to Newman's petition. Favorable. f. 21. Petition for charter of incorporation from N. Byfield and others. (Copy; signed by Byfield, Sanford, Andrew Fanueil and Wm. Willard. Nathaniel Byfield was judge of the court of admiralty in Massachusetts.) f. 22. Petition from John Upson, lieutenant-governor of New Hamp- shire, to the King in Council. 1719. f. 23. Certificate from Gov. Shute that John Ballatyne is register of deeds for the county of Suffolk. 1720. f. 24. Indenture between Wm. Brooks of Boston and John Boydell and other merchants, for the better securing of his creditors; to which is added a list of the creditors, forty-one in number. (Copy from entry in Record of Deeds for county of Suffolk, Lib. 35, f. 103.) f. 27. Petition of Richard Partridge regarding his father who was governor of New Hampshire at this time. 26 4:00 The Bodleian Library. f . 28. Queries for Mr. Newman, twenty-one in number, with answers thereto. (Unsigned and undated. About 1708.) f. 32. Memorial of Maj. Wm. Vaughan to Board of Trade, regarding size of mast trees and other matters, f. 34. Certificate from Gov. Shute that Joseph Marion " is at present register of Wills for and within the county of Suffolk ". June i, 1717. f. 35. Copy of Thomas Richard's Will. Boston, Mass., November 23, 1714. f. 37. Copy of letter from the office of ordinance to Earl of Cadogan, master-general of ordnance, relating to supplies for Fort William and Mary and stating that they have money wherewith to supply any of the plantations, f. 39. Daniel Coxe's account of New Jersey. (Printed, Pa. Mag., VII. 327-329) f. 41. Another account by Daniel Coxe " of this colony ". f. 42. Account of quantity, situation and value of Coxe's land. (Printed, Pa. Mag., VII. 330-334-) f. 44. Recitation of several grants of New Jersey. f. 45. Another account of transfer of grants of New Jersey. f. 46. Proposals made by Coxe, proprietor and governor of East and West New Jersey, in America, at request of the West Jersey Society. (Printed, Pa. Mag., VII. 334-335) 151. f. 170. Letter from the Bishop of London to the Clergy of New Eng- land. 1724. 155. f. 273. Act for the better ordering of slaves in Carolina. 1701. f. 279. Act for enlisting trusty slaves in Carolina. 1708. 182. f. 43b. " Touching the office of Water bailiff ", stating functions of that official of which there were a number in the colonies. 281. A small book about six inches square, containing J. Barkstead's scheme for settling the region between the present Nova Scotia and the St. Lawrence river and west to the St. Croix river where the Duke of York's grant began. Contains a map, 18 by 24 inches, entitled " A New Map of a part of his Majesty's Empire in North America from Carolina to Newfoundland ". No dates given but as the region above mentioned was to be called " Georgia ", the document and map must be of date later than 1714. 379. The Newman Papers. Opens with a paper book of forty folios, con- taining copies of the following documents : 1. Conveyance of New Hampshire to Capt. John Mason. November 7, 1629. (Printed, N. H. Prov. Pap., I. 21; Tuttle, Life of Mason, 183-189; N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., I. 304.) 2. Attorney General Palmer's report concerning title of Robert Mason to province of New Hampshire. November, 1660. (Printed, N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., I. 328.) RawHnson Manuscripts C. 401 3. Order in Council upon Mr. Allen's petition allowing that his appeal be heard " the first council day ". August, 1702. 4. Letter from Mr. Vaughan to Const. Phipps. Portsmouth, Novem- ber 15, 1706. 5. Judgment of Queen and Council for Waldron contra Allen's appeal. December 30, 1708. 6. " About Mason's Settlement in New England .... something more considered of than in our briefs relating to the Council of New England, upon which Allen, the now appellant, builds the foundation of his Title." 7. Gov. Cranfield's commission. (Printed, N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., I. 26; brief of the commission is in Farmer's Belknap's Hist, of N. H., I. 496.) 8. Conveyance of New Hampshire to Capt. Mason. April 22, 1635. (Printed, N. H. Prov. Pap., I. 32; Tuttle, Life of Mason, p. 204; N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., I. 13.) 9. Mandamus for appointing Mr. Mack-Phedris on the council of New Hampshire. July 9, 1724. 10. Fees for Mr. Mack-Phedris's warrant to be of the council. Total £14 IS. 11. List of gentlemen of the council in New Hampshire, signified in letter from Gov. Belcher to Board of Trade. 12. Copy of report of a committee concerning the state of fortifications at New Castle. December 18, 1730. 13. Letter from Henry Newman to Board of Trade regarding a bill for encouraging importation of naval stores, followed by a copy of a clause in the bill itself. January 8, 1721/2. 14. Clause regarding surveyor-general not to be judge or deputy judge of Admiralty. See f. 69. 15. Reasons against these clauses, copies of which were put into the hands of several members of Parliament. See f . 62. 16. Letter to Gov. Shute from Mr. Popple about powder money. Feb- ruary 13, 1721/2. 17. Letter from Henry Newman to the Board of Trade. September 12, 1722. (Original has August 31, but September 12 is substituted; other portions are erased and additions made in red ink.) 18. Letter from Gov. Shute to Henry Newman, December 24, 1722. Also letter from Newman to Board of Trade, enclosing Shute's letter. 19. Memorial of Henry Newman to Lord Carteret, Secretary of State, regarding the fort. May 30, 1723. 20. Letters from Henry Newman to the Board of Trade regarding New Hampshire council, n. d. 21. Memorial of Henry Newman to Lords Justices in Council regarding the fort. (This memorial was altered by Mr. Delafaye's advice and finally presented to the Privy Council in another form. See f. 52.) 22. Memorial of Henry Newman. 402 The Bodleian Library. 23. Minutes of meeting of the Privy Council. February 9, 1708/9. 24. Letter from Mr. Delafaye to Board of Trade, enclosing Privy Coun- cil's decision and requesting the Board to investigate condition of New Hampshire. 25. Letter from Mr. Delafaye to the master general of ordnance, Earl of Cadogan. October 2, 1723. 26. Representation from the Board of Trade to the Privy Council favor- ing Newman's request. December 17, 1723. 27. Mr. Delafaye to Earl of Cadogan enclosing Board of Trade's re- presentation. 28. Memorial of Henry Newman to Board of Trade regarding coun- cillors for New Hampshire. February 27, 1723/4. 29. Letter from Gov. Shute to Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State, recommending Penhallow as secretary in New Hampshire. " Pell Mai ", April 25, 1724. See f. 56, post. 30. Report of Board of Ordnance to Earl of Cadogan. December 4, 1723. 31. Letter from Gov. Shute to Board of Trade regarding bills of credit in Massachusetts. December, 1726. (End of the Collection of Copies.) f. 41. Petition of Matthew Dudley and others for charter of incor- poration of a company to deal in naval stores. {Cf. Lord, Industrial Experiments, J. H. U. Studies, extra vol. XII., ch. 11., p. 24.) Id. Minute of Privy Council upon petition, referring the matter to Board of Trade. August 6, 1702. f. 49. Lists of ships and men coming into London and clearing thence in 1720. (Contains information regarding shipping of all the colonies.) f. 51. Letter from Mr. Delafaye to Board of Trade, enclosing New- man's petitions regarding low condition of New Hampshire in matter of military stores. f. 52. Newman's memorial to Lords Justices praying for supply of arms and stores, n. d. f. 53. Mr. Delafaye's letter to the master general of ordnance, Earl of Cadogan, concerning military stores for New Hampshire. October 2, 1723. f. 54. Memorial and petition of Newman to Board of Trade regarding military stores. (This memorial is different from those on ff. 21, 52.) f. 55. Draft of letter from Newman, unsigned, to Board of Trade, stating what action has been taken regarding condition of New Hampshire. Middle Temple, July 27, 1721. f. 58. Regarding memorial for military stores in New Hampshire, from Newman. Middle Temple, November 25, 1724. f. 59. Letter from Henry Newman to Robert Walpole, July 7, 1725, on the same subject, f. 61. Copy of plan for organizing company for raising hemp and flax in eastern part of New England, n. d. Rawlinson Manuscripts C. 403 f. 62. Clause in the bill, " now depending in Parliament ", for further encouraging importation of naval stores from the plantations ; also " Reasons against the foregoing clause ", a duplicate of no. 15. 385. Admiralty proceedings in South Carolina, in connection with seizure of ship Ludlow. 1717. 392. f. 245. Instructions for Duke of Shrewsbury for settling bounds of the fishery with France. December, 1712. f. 247. Report from Board of Trade regarding certain propositions concerning fisheries. April, 17 12. f. 309. Petition from inhabitants of Philadelphia to George I. for money for repair of their churches, n. d. (Draft in French.) 393. A volume similar to Rawlinson B 376, evidently belonging to the Bishop of London, containing a number of bonds of ministers planning to go to the colonies as rectors, chaplains and school- masters, with destination stated in each case. Latin and English. 1706-1720. See also B 376; C 983. 421. f. 158. Letter from William Blathwayt to Jerome Nipho, secretary to her Majesty, regarding one hundred rebels, supports of Mon- mouth, sentenced to be transported to the plantations. Whitehall, October 17, 1685. f. 192. Letter from Jerome Nipho to Giles Clark, regarding the same. May, 1686. 710. " Bermuda alias Somer Islands in America. The Proceeds of the Quarter Sessions There. Carolus Moore, Clericus Pacis, Anno, 1689." (Thick volume containing copy of proceedings from July 25, to October 8, 1689. On the last page, 1078, is the attestation of Nath : Bascome, cleric of the court of quarter sessions, " sworn before me the gov this p'h day of January, 1724 ".) 743. f. I. Restoration of French settlers in Nova Scotia. 17 14. f. 58. Letter from Henry Newman to R. Sherman. 1724. 872. Collection of ships' logs — f. i, log of the Leavett during voyage to Virginia in 1698 and 1699, containing amounts of tobacco taken on board; f. 42, log of the Bristow, 1699-1701, a small portion, fl. 60b- 64b has some historical interest; f. 76, log of the same vessel in a voyage to Virginia, contains a few interesting details regarding that colony. The captain of the Bristow was Bellingham West. 873. Journal of the work of T. Bell in fortifying St. Johns, Newfoundland. 1697. 879. Diatribe de sessione Christi ad dextram Dei, by Deodat Lawson, minister at Boston, New England. 932. Minutes of proceedings before Lieut.-Gov. John Nanfan and council of New York upon writ of error in case of Col. Abraham De Peyster, merchant, vs. Francis Tirene, deceased, and Valentine Cruger, mer- chant of London. February 12, 1701/2, February 19, 1701/2, March 5, 170 1/2. 34 folios. (Seal attached but half destroyed.) 933. Volume similar to B 376 and C 393, evidently belonging to the Bishop of London. Contains no bonds of clergymen but has copies of a number of minutes of meetings of the S. P. G. and many papers 404 The Bodleian Library. from the colonies which came into the hands of the bishop as head of the colonial church. The papers may have formed a part of the Newman collection, as Henry Newman was secretary of the S. P. G. as well as agent for New Hampshire, f. 14, 1702-1703; f. 42, 1706; ff. 63-73, 1708, 1709, 1712; f. 79 and fol., 1712-1713 ; f. 93, 1713. Minutes of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, f. 7. Draft of commission from the Bishop of London to a commissary in America. 1697. (Peregrine Coney, rector of Middle Neck, Maryland, appointed commissary.) f. 8. Copies of letters from Virginia, regarding arming the militia against pirates. " Kiquotan ", April 28, 1700. f. 10. Letter from William Wilson to Gov. Nicholson of Virginia. 1700. f. 12. Deposition of Wm. Fletcher, master of ship Barbadoes Merchant of Liverpool. May 2, 1700. f. 13. Statement, unsigned, dated New York, May 20, 1700, giving news of ruin of Caledonia, Scottish settlement at Darien. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 556, 595, 596.) f. 40. Petition from clergy of Virginia to the Bishop of London up- holding Gov. Nicholson and opposing Commissary Blair, signed by twenty clergymen. About 1703. f. 50. Plea, signed Evan Evans (Church of England clergyman, Phila- delphia), and dated, London, September 18, 1707, for a bishop in America " to preside over the American clergy and to oblige them to do their duty and to live in peace and unity with one another ". f. y/. Letter from John Chamberlayne, first secretary of the S. P. G., to Henry Newman, his successor, berating Newman for not lending him the books of the society, and withdrawing from membership. (See ff. 95, 96.) f. 91. Copy of Act "for ascertaining the qualifications of jurors and enabling the Quakers to serve on juries and to enjoy places of profit and trust within this province ". New Jersey, December 25, 1710. (Endorsement signed by J. Pinhome, clerk, and J. Basse, the latter certifying that the act was read a second time.) f. 103. Letter from the Bishop of London recommending Samuel Laterly, minister in the Leeward Islands, n. d. f. 124. " Reasons why the Bishop of London does conceive that the copy of a letter from the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plan- tations, upon the petition of the agents of Barbadoes to his Majesty relating to an ecclesiastical court attempted to be erected in that island, is an unfair report." n. d. Letters from Henry Newman to Samuel Mather, 1718, f. 126; to Dr. Pelling, f. 127. f. 130. Letter from Rev. William Vesey of New York to J. Gibbon, on ecclesiastical matters in that province. December 18, 1718. f. 132. Copy of Barbadoes Act relating to ecclesiastical court in that island. August 15, 1719. Rawlinson Manuscripts C. 405 f. 134. Letter from the Bishop of London to the Lord Treasurer re- garding payment of i20 bounty to Walter Foot, " appointed a min- ister in Carolina ". 1719. f. 135. Letter from Rev. Wm. Vesey to the Bishop of London regard- ing his proceedings at Amboy. New York, February 16, 1719/20. f. 136. Unsigned draft appointing Albert Ponderous minister of a French congregation at St. James Sante, Carolina. November, 1720. f. 139. Letter from Rev. Wm. Vesey. New York, December 14, 1720. f. 143. Rough draft of letter, without date or signature, containing corrections by the bishop, addressed to " My Lords " [of the Treas- ury] regarding payment of the £20 bounty. See f. 145. (At first the bounty had been punctually paid but latterly it had fallen into delays and many of the ministers had waited long and were often reduced to great straits. The Treasury claimed that many who received the bounty did not go, but the bishop answers that he knows of but two such cases, one of his own and one of the king's. Original from which corrected draft was drawn up.) f. 147. Letter from Rev. Wm. Vesey, thanking the bishop for pre- venting " the incorporation of the Presbyterians by letters patent ". New York, June 26, 172 1. f. 148. Note from Henry Newman to the Bishop of London. f. 152. Copy of letter from Gov. Nicholson. " Charles City ", South Carolina, April 21, 1723. f. 159b. Draft of clause in an act for preserving the pine forests, n. d. f. 162. Letter from Rev. Wm. Vesey, New York, March 19, [1709?], speaking of his troubles in New York and saying that efforts at redress have proved fruitless. (Mention of Rev. John Sharpe, chaplain to the garrison.) f. 164. Statement regarding the i20 bounty and salaries established in some of the western plantations. f. 166. Statement by the Bishop of London, presented to the queen, regarding " some things relating to the church and jurisdiction ecclesiastical in a very remote part of his diocese, viz*, the British colonies in the West Indies ". n. d. f. 169. Memorial from the people of Sussex County, Delaware, to the Bishop of London for a minister. f. 172. Petition presented to Gov. Nicholson of Virginia from French refugees relating to their deplorable condition. (Copy, without date.) 934. Papers relating to Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. See Clarendon 74, f. 263. f. I. Act for promoting and propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England. July 27, 1649. (Printed leaflet, 4 pp. See Scobell, Ordinances, part 11., ch. 45.) f. 3. Letter from William Steele, president of the society, asking that remittances be sent, inasmuch as provisions are about to be de- spatched to New England. Coopers' Hall, n. d. f. 5. Letter from Tho. Weld, speaking of Mr. Winthrop's letter from New England and of the person addressed as having defended him and Mr. Peters. Gatesheade, January 2, 1659 [50]. 406 The Bodleian Library. i. 7. Letter from trustees of the society at Deney House. November 27, 1652. f. 9. Letter from John Eliot to the corporation, directed to Edward Winslow in London. Roxbury, " 28"' of the 2^, '51 ". f. II. Letter from John Eliot to Edward Winslow. Roxbury, " 20*'" of the 8* 'SI ". f. 13. Letter from John Eliot to the corporation, directed to William Steele. Roxbury, " 8* of the lo'"', '52 ". f. 16. Letter from Edward Winslow, London, April, 1652 ; another on the same folio from the same. May, 1652. f. 17. Letter from Edward Cluddy to Mr. John Hooper, clerk of the society, at Coopers' Hall. n. d. f. 19. " A true account of what moneys were p'd myself and from whom, for New England." " 2^ mo. 1647 ", signed Natha. Duncan, f. 22. Letter from Richard [Onsboro?] to Edward Winslow, one of the commissioners of the New England Confederation. Falmouth, 20th day of the tenth month, 165 1. f. 24. Letter from Edward Winslow to [John Eliot?]. December i, 1653- f. 26. " Innocency cleared, containing a just defence of Mr Weld and Mr Peters, when in their sincere intentions and faithful dealings (concerning monies received for transporting poor children to New England and other pious uses there, and how disbursed) are made known to the world ". Together with the reasons " why it is now (after so many years' revolution) published and not before ". By Tho. Weld. n. d. f. 32. " Mr. Thomas Jenner Catalog of books as followeth : " (Two hundred titles of books sold to the society.) f. 34. "A Catalog of the library w'='' Mr Eliot bought of me, Tho: Weld, for thirty and four pounds, paid me by the corporation, Au- gust 16, 165 1 ", and at the end " divers of the small books that I set not down, Thomas Weld ". f . 40. Letter from Bradstreet, Cullick, Astwood and others to Edward Winslow, " to be communicated to the Hon'''^ Corporation ". n. d. f. 42. Monies expended in work of propagating the Gospel. f. 44. " The Commissioners of the United Colonies are debtors for charges expended by Mr. Oliver and Mr. Johnson for carting goods ", etc. September 22, i6si-March 10, 1652. f. 46. " An account of such things as I have imployed in the work of civilizing the Indians by the Commissioners approbation ", signed John Eliot. 7 of 7th month, 1652. f. 48. " The Commissioners for the United Colonies are Creditors ", etc. (Long account.) f. 52. " The names of those in the parish of Winterstowe who freely contributed toward the propagation of the Gospel among the poore Indians in New England." n. d. f. S4ff. Various collection accounts. f. 67. Letter from Richard Onsboro to Edward Winslow. August 2, 1652. (Illegible and badly torn.) f. 69. Lists of subscriptions. Rawlinson Manuscripts D. 407 943. Representation of ecclesiastical affairs in South Carolina, 1713, from Commissary Johnston. 967. Log of ship John bound for Virginia and Barbadoes, January 31, 1700/1 to September 17, 1701 ; log of ship London from Jamaica, giving men's names, quality and wages, January 20, 1727/8; id., July 8, 1728. 973. Log of ship Cunningham, from Gravesend, June, 1735, to the West Indies and return, June 8, 1736. 983. f. 117. Letter and queries [from William Penn] to Dr. Bayley in the case of Magdalen College. 1684. f. 139. Statement of debt incurred by Seth Sothell, proprietary and governor of Carolina, in obtaining liis ransom from Algiers. Be- tween 1680 and 1682. f. 179. Bond in £40 from John Span of Queen's College, Oxford, that he will within three months proceed to Virginia as a chaplain. Signed by John Span and Sir Robert Dunckley, Knt. of Tower Street, London. October 20, 1710. Seal. f. 180. Bond in £40 from Joseph Cleator of Hestholme, Cumberland, that he will within six months proceed to Rye, in the province of New York as schoolmaster. Signed by Joseph Cleator and Abra- ham Isaac, merchant, of London. July 9, 1706. Seal. 984. f. 133. Letter from Lord Cornbury to the Bishop of London regarding affairs at New York. 1702. Imperfect. f. 133b. Complaints by Lord Cornbury of Earl of Bellomont's malad- ministration of the province of New York. f. 217. Questions relative to emigration to Carolina of French refugees. f. 308. Letter from [the Commissary or some one else in authority in Virginia (Gov. Nicholson?) ] to the Bishop of London. Virginia, May 23, 1716. (Imperfect, conclusion and signature wanting. Contains interesting state- ments regarding condition of church and clergy in Virginia. Refers to former letter of October 26, 1715, in which he had told of work among the Indians and of school at Christanna, sixty miles from any parish church. Writer appeals for help to the S. P. G.) 204. ff. 64b-65. Letter from Sir John Reresby to Earl of Danby regarding emigration of " Quakers and other dissenters " from Hull to West New Jersey. July 17, 1677. f. 66b. From the same to Sir John Werden regarding the same. October 20, 1677. (These letters are printed in the Amer. Hist. Rev., II. 472-474.) 702. Log-books of six voyages to and from Maryland and Virginia kept by Edward Rhodes. 1670-1676. (Little information beyond the usual incidents of the voyages. Vessels went to St. Mary's, sometimes to Patuxent and on into Chesapeake Bay; generally went into Potomac, James and Rappahannock rivers.) 764. Folio volume containing copies of Bermuda charter; grant of the Bermuda arms belonging to the company (1635) ; various rentals of public lands (1627, 1657); collection of laws, "since those 408 The Bodleian Library. printed, 1623-1660 ", passed at quarter-sessions court held in Lon- don for the company ; particulars of articles against Sir John Hey- don " pretended governor of the Bermudas ", 1681 ; copy of en- gagement of merchants in London on behalf of the inhabitants of the island to free the king from all charges and to pay 4j/$ per cent, to his Majesty, as the rest of the islands do; present state of the Bermuda Company; various accounts and letters, 1681, 1683; address to the king, 1681 ; petition to the king, 1682 ; further papers relating to the quo warranto action, 1661-1688, including Blath- wayt's report to Lords of the Treasury, March 27, 1688. Cost of serving the writ of quo warroMto, given on- f. 33 as £100. 810. f. 52b. Copies of letters from Thomas Newe, scholar of Exeter Col- lege, to his father, butler of the same college. Charles Town, May, 1682. (Printed, Amer. Hist. Rev., XII. 322-327.) f. 55. " Quaker's Account of New Jersey " in 1684. (The letters " G. L.", appended to this account, may be the initials of some member of the Lyte family. More probably, however, they are the ini- tials of Gawen Lawrie. The "account" was sent from New Jersey to Thomas Newe and by him transmitted to his father in Oxford.) 834. f. 59. Catalogue of the books given by the S. P. C. K. to Gov. Shute of New England, July, 1716. 839. This volume contains papers belonging to the Newman collection already described. C 128, 379. f. 29. Letter to Henry Newman. New Hampshire, July 27, 1720. (Badly mutilated, two signatures only remain, John Peirce and Hen. Sherburn.) f. 140. Letter from [Gov. Wentworth?] to Newman regarding affairs in New Hampshire. Portsmouth, October 4, 1717. f. 155. Letter from William Wise to Newman giving account of him- self and speaking of his " reducement " and plans for going to Georgia. April 14, 1733. (Wise was a missionary of the S. P. G.) f. 156. Letter from Gov. Shute to Newman regarding naval stores bill, timber, etc. Boston, May 28, 1722. (Mentions his letters of December and January and letters from Newman of January 25, February 19 and March 8.) f. 196. Letter to Newman regarding the boundary line between Massa- chusetts and New Hampshire. (Without place, date or signature.) f. 204. List of plantations to which the Bishop of London's letters were to be sent and of ships by which they were to be carried. August 14, 1735. 843. Volume evidently belonging to the Bishop of London. f. 187. Letter from Gov. Morgan of Jamaica regarding deputation to consecrate a church there " which is almost finished ". August 16, 1680. f. 188. Abstract of journal of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, by Archdeacon Philip Stubs, prominent member of the society. Begins June, 1701, and closes with December, 1703. " Ace' of the Appendix to the Journal " contains a list of docu- Rawlinson Manuscripts. D 409 ments, twenty-seven in number, among the papers of the society, such as Morris's "State of Religion in the Jersies"; Dudley's " Memorial " ; Keith on Quakerism ; and a description of the par- ishes in the plantations, taken from Blome's Present State of his Maj. Isles and Territories, 1687. 847. f. 109. Letter to Mr. Gaudy from Joseph Presbury. Gunpowder River, Baltimore, Md., January 28, 1714. (Short account of the province; people very illiterate, not one in ten being able to read or write ; lives of clergy debauched and wicked ; desires advice as he has been debarred from receiving the blessed sacrament.) 916. f. 163. Memorial of Col. Romer to Gov. Joseph Dudley against the insolent behavior of Capt. Clark " or any other ignorant pre- tenders who are subject very often to prescribe rules and give dic- tates in matters they are wholly ignorant of ". n. d. f. 170. " An Account of the Contingencies of New York in the late Earl of Bellomont's and the Lord Cornbury's governments for one year." Endorsed " Rec^ with his Lordships Ltre of 17 June last ". 1704. (See N. Y. Docs., IV, 1090-1099, where the financial statement is given in the letter of June 17.) f. 172. Deposition regarding the seiiure of the pink Joseph and Anne of London at Antigua, n. d. f. 174. " Extract of the General Establishment of the Army relating to the Four Companies at New York, commencing March 26, 1699." (Attest, A. D. Cardonnel, from Bellomont. Statistics here given are not the same as those sent by Lord Cornbury in his letter of June 17, 1704.) f. 176. Memorial of Robert Livingston, one of the victuallers to the Four Companies at New York, asking to be paid for the provisions furnished. 1700. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 48s, 609.) f. 178. Valuation of clothing from England for the use of the Four Companies. Dated November 4, 1702 and signed by Barberie and six others, who were appointed by Cornbury and Lady Bellomont to look into Bellomont's accounts. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1090. These lists which were sent in Cornbury's letter of June 17, 1704, are valuable for details given of uniforms and prices. The clothing was sent over by Champante, the agent of the companies, in 1702, see A 272, f. 136; N. Y. Docs., IV. 963.) f. 180. Affidavit of Ebenezer Willson, High Sheriff of the City and County of New York, concerning Lieut. -Gov. Nanfan. June 28, 1704. (The document states that it was sent over in Cornbury's letter of June 22, 1704, N. Y. Docs., IV. Iioo, but no mention of it is made in that letter. Probably the letter of June 30 is meant, N. Y. Docs., IV. H14. Cf. ff. 221, 223, 224; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 15895, if. 356-357-) f. 182. Letter from William Lowndes to Sir Joseph Tredenham and Arthur Moore, comptrollers of accounts of the army. March 6. 1705- (Regarding provisions for garrisons at St. John's, Newfoundland, for 1706.) f. 192. Letter from William Lowndes to Sir Philip Meadows and James Bruce, comptrollers of accounts of the army, April i, 1712, regarding late expedition to Canada. 410 The Bodleian Library. f. 194. " A copy of the Paper which Alderman Parker, late of Lynn, laid before the Trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America, since his retiring from that colony to complain of the administration there. 1734-1735 ". London, November, 1736. f. 196. Copy of Col. Pointz's commission to Mr. Kendall and Samuel Weall for working on the wrecks in America within the limits of the Duke of Schomburg's grant. Similar papers follow, n. d. f. 221. Report of the Commissioners about line between Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island. March 11, 1664/5. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §957, p. 342.) f. 223. " An Account of what the Excise of Nassau Island (Long Island) was let for pr. the Farmers anno 1698 according to the respective townships, vizt." (Appended note " Ebenezer Willson and Samuel Burt make oath that the above is a true account .... and Mr Chidley Brook, the King's Col- lector, never had or agreed to have any the least share ", etc. Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 418. Note is an answer to Bellomont's charge against Brooke.) f. 224. " An Account of what the Excise of Nassau Island was let for pr. the Farmers. Anno 1697, according to the Townships, bad debts included, vizt." (With note and attestation as in f. 223.) Letters. 66. Letter book of J. C, a London merchant supplying English residents in North America and the West Indies, March 3, i7ioSeptember 6, 171 7, together with a list of correspondents' names. (These letters are addressed to the following persons : Thomas Barton, Salem; Samuel Proctor, Antigua; Habijah Savage, apothecary at Boston; Conrad Adams, Barbadoes; Capt. Pitts, ibid.; Thomas Little, Plymouth; William Little, Boston; William Weaver, Barbadoes; Joseph Ward, ibid.; Thomas Greaves, Charlestown (Mass.) ; William Phyllips, Barbadoes; Thomas Huston, Salem; Richard Eyton, Jamaica; Thomas Perkins, ibid.; Edward Bulkeley, East India ; Waterhouse Femely, Jamaica ; Capt. Samuel Vassal, ibid.; George Jackson, Piscataqua; George Graemes, Barbadoes; Mr. Emerson, New Castle, New England ; Dr. Jemmet, place not men- tioned ; Robert Anderson, Barbadoes ; James Henderson, New York ; Capt. Tucker, commander of Drake, New York Harbor ; John NichoUs, apothe- cary at Boston ; William Rand, apothecary at Boston ; Dr. Lucas, Barba- does ; George Stewart, Boston ; Mr. Arbuckle, residence not given ; Craw- ford and Payne, with power of attorney; John Phillips, Barbadoes; Thomas Phillips, ibid. These letters are of considerable historical interest and value.) CLARENDON MANUSCRIPTS. Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers. Three volumes (1869-1876). Vol. I. 1523 to 1649, by O. Ogle and W. H. Bliss. (1872.) $4.50. Vol. II. 1649 to 1654. By W. D. Macray. (1869.) $4.00. Vol. III. 1655 to 1657. By W. D. Macray. (1876.) $3.50. This calendar has been extended in manuscript, in bound volumes, to about 1663. Entries in last volume of the manuscript calendar are not in chronological order and a few entries are of date later than 1663. 26. f. no. Letter from Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge, Mass., to Rev. Hugh Peters. December 27, 1645. (Printed, Amer. Hist. Rev., IV. 105-107.) Clarendon Manuscripts. 411 71. f. 274. Letter from Will. Willoughby expressing devotion to the king. April 16/26, 1660. (Evidently Lord William Willoughby, later governor of Barbadoes.) 72. f. 408. Letter from Charles II. to Gen. Monck, with reference to Gen. Penn and Col. Modyford. May 27, 1660. f. 437. Letter from Lord Wm. Willoughby to the king. May, 1660. 73. f. 213. King's Revenue, September 4, 1660. Important for customs policy, ff. 213, 214, 214b (second half of the page), f . 232. " A Memorial for my Lord Chancellor from his servant Nor- wich, September 26, 1660." (Norwich was captain of the guards, and wishes a share "as formerly'' in " customs and collections ". Begs that the king will employ him " in his customs and committees of Trade and Forragn Plantations." 74. f. 231. " Government of the New Netherland or Mannhatos." (Printed, JV. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, I.) Letters from Samuel Maverick to the Earl of Clarendon. f.238. (Printed A^. F. H. S. Coll., 1869, VII.) f.239. ( " " " " " VIIL) f.24r. ( " " " " " IX.) f.243. ( " " " " " XII.) f.24S. ( " " " " " VI.) f.247. ( " " " " " XIIL) f.249. ( " " " " " IV. For "Having form- erly presented " read " Having formerly p'sumed ".) f. 251. (Printed N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XIV.) f.253. ( " " " " " XL) f.255. ( " " " " " XVIL) f. 257. Petition of the Governor and Company of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, signed William Brenton. (Speaks of the "envious and subtle contrivances of our neighbor colonies round about us, who are in a combination united together to swallow us up " Designates the Rhode Islanders as " poore despised Peasants that live so remote in the woods " Refers to charter lately granted and asks for a better definition of boundaries. Must be of date after 1664.) f. 259. Letter from Maverick to the Earl of Clarendon. (Unsigned.) (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, V.) f. 262. Memorial concerning the Massachusetts, etc., by Col. Cart- wright. (Printed N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXV.) f. 263. Case of the Corporation of New England. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, II. See Rawlinson C 934.) 75. f. 75. Letter from Gov. John Endicott, " in the name and by the order of the general court ", to the Earl of Clarendon, thanking him for accepting the address to the king of February 11, 1660, and speak- ing of his Majesty's gracious letter in return, adding that the governor " hath transmitted to the Secretary of State an account of the proceedings touching Cols. Whalley and Goffe ". August 7, 1661. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§26, 27, 31, 153, IS4, 162.) 412 The Bodleian Library. f. 300. Letter from B. Worsley, addressed to " Madam " (Lady Qar- endon), giving account of his career and saying, " I was the first sollicitour for the act for the encouragement of navigation and put the first fyle to it and after writ the advocate in defence of it." (Dr. Benj. Worsley was secretary of the Committee of Trade of 1650-1653, and acted in a similar capacity on the later councils, 1670-1674. He was one of the committee appointed to settle the boundary between Rhode Island and Connecticut, 1663. He had been interested in plantation affairs since 1649.) 76. f. 215. Letter from Sir George Downing, The Hague, May 9, 1662; of same general interest, f. 255. Petition from John Clarke, agent of Rhode Island, to the king. May 14, 1662. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll.. 1869, XVI.) f. 272. Petition from John Clarke, agent for Rhode Island, to the king, similar to that on f. 255, but asking also that the differences between Rhode Island and Connecticut either be left for Winthrop and Clarke to agree upon or else referred to a committee of the Privy Council to decide. May 16, 1662. (Omitted from N. Y. H. S. Coll.) 77. f. 85. Printed reply of Sir George Downing upon answer of the Estates General of the United Provinces to his memorial of April 20. De- livered July 13, 1662. f . III. Warrant for Francis Moryson to be captain and commander of the king's fort, Point Comfort in Virginia, July 31, 1662. Endorsed " Recorded Att James City in the Sec"" (Office the 21=' of March 1662. Fra: Kirkman." f. 136. Copy of the Duke of York's grant to Sir John Colleton of £1500 a year in return for his giving up the business of granting licences for retailing wines. (Cf. Clarendon 81, f. 170b.) 78. f. 78. Representation of state of affairs in New England. February, 1662. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XVII. 46-48.) f. 117. Testimony of Merchants. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XVIII. 49-50.) ff. I20-I23b, 203-236. Documents regarding the Duke of York's debts. 1662, 1663. 80. f. 132. Lease of lands in America " by and within the heads of the rivers Sappahanocke als. Rappahanocke and Quiriough or Patioro- mecke ". Virginia, April 25, 1663. (Parties of the ist part: Earl of St Albans, John Lord Berkeley, Sir Wm. Morton, John Trethway, assignee of the late Ralph Lord Hopton. Parties of the 2d part: Sir Humphrey Hooke, John Fitzharbert, Robert Vit- tardge. Copy, attest Tho. Ludwell, see. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§391. 520-522.) f. 136. Letter from Col. Thomas Temple to the Earl of Clarendon. Boston, August 21, 1663. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XIX.) Clarendon Manuscripts. 413 f. 138. Id. Boston, August 21, 1663. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XX.) f. 143. Id. Boston, August 22, 1663. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXI.) f. 169. Letter from Samuel Maverick. September i, 1663. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXII.) ff. 283-285. Narrative touching the proceedings of his excellency and council against Col. Humphrey Walrond. Barbadoes, October, 1663. Attest, copy, December, 1663. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§569, S7S, 579, S9i, etc.) 81. ff. 5-6. Letter from Lord Francis Willoughby to the Earl of Claren- don, Barbadoes, December 28, 1663, regarding a vice-admiralty commission. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §617.) f. no. Id., February 18, 1664/5, regarding difficulties he has met in settling the king's affairs in Barbadoes. (C/. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §669.) f. 129. Id., March i, 1664/5, referring to Clarendon's letter of Decem- ber 24 and speaking of condition of the island, ff. 170-171. " An account of all such moneys as have been received for the use of his Royal Highness" (Duke of York), from May 25, 1660, to March 24, 1664. 82. f. 52. Memorial of Downing to the Estates General of Holland, com- plaining that the Dutch have taken no account of England's com- plaints. August 6/16, 1664. f. 53. Articles of Surrender to Capt. Nicolls ; followed by Sir Edmund Andros's Proclamation (1674). (Printed, N. Y. Docs., II. 250.) f. 83. Letter from Anna Boynton, regarding lands forfeited in England and referring to the recent visit of the commissioners to Boston. Boston, September, 1664. f. 132. Letters from Henry Willoughby to Charles II., regarding in- vasion by the French of the king's interests in the Caribbee Islands. ff. 275-279. Virginia Accounts. " Att a comittee Held at James Citty for Laying the Levy Decemb"' 13, 1662. Apprvd by the Assembly then Sitting." " Att a comittee Sep* 29, 1663, Laus Deo ", extracted out of accounts of Capt. Thomas Stegge, auditor general. (Attest H. Randolph, clerk of assembly. Items are reckoned in pounds of tobacco. Lists contain many names and charges.) 83. f. 124. " The Court's answer to the propositions made by his Majesty's commissioners." (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXIV.) f. 129. " The Assembly's paper against the King's instructions ", May 9, 1665. Addressed to Col. Richard Nicolls and the rest of his Majesty's commissioners. f. 134. Letter from Gov. Bellingham to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXV.) f. 138. From same to Robert Boyle. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXVI.) 414 The Bodleian Library. f. 150. Petition of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plan- tations. (Printed. N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLVI.) f. 155. Letter from Thomas Deane to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXVII.) f. 180. Letter from Samuel Maverick to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXVIII.) f. 184. Letter from Gov. Nicolls to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXIX.) f. 190. Letter from Samuel Maverick to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXX.) f. 219. Copy of King Charles IL's commission to Richard Nicolls and the other commissioners. April 25, 1664. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., III. 64.) f. 289. Letter from Samuel Maverick to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXI.) f. 323. Letter from Sir Robert Carr to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXII.) f. 335. Col. Cartwright's Account of Massachusetts. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXIII.) f. 337. Reasons why the King^s Province should remain to Rhode Island. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XL VII.) f. 338. Reasons for settling the Eastern Line. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLVIII.) f. 373. Sir Richard Ford on war with Holland, giving his reasons for urging war. Undated, probably 1665. f. 385. Letter from Samuel Maverick to Col. Cartwright. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XL.) f. 389. Moryson's address in behalf of Virginia. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXVI.) 84. S. 15-20. Comment by Col. Cartwright upon the Massachusetts Ac- count of proceedings in Boston, together with letter from Cart- wright to Clarendon. (Printed, A'. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXIV.) f 80 Letter from Thos. Modyford, governor of Jamaica, to the Earl of Clarendon, Jamaica, March 5, 1665/6, regarding his admmistra- tion of the island. Postscript dated June 5, 1666. f. 118. Letter from Gov. Nicolls to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXVII.) f 131. " An act for the raising a present sume of Goods for the need- ful Publique use of this Island" (Barbadoes). "Read and Past the 24 Mar. 1665". Endorsed "The Act which the Assembly p'-sented lately to the Lord W^illoughby." April 14, 1666. f. 134. Appeal from the assembly of Barbadoes to Lord WiUoughby. April 14, 1666. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1185.) Clarendon Manuscripts. 415 f. 138. Narrative of proceedings of the assembly in the matter of taxes laid by Lord Willoughby. April 20, 1666. {Cf. Cat. Col. 1661-1668, §1185.) f. 140. Narrative for the Council, signed, Will Willoughby. n. d. f. 142. Indictment against Mr. John Jennings by Lord Willoughby. Date probably 1666. (Jennings was speaker of assembly in Barbadoes, but debarred from mem- bership in 1667.) f. 167. Letter from Lord Willoughby to Earl of Clarendon. May 25, 1666. (Willoughby wrote about the same time, May 12, to the king and Lord Arlington. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§1204, 1205.) f. 228. Letter from Thomas Ludwell to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll.. 1869. XXXVIII.) f. 230. Letter from Gov. Berkeley of Virginia to the Earl of Claren- don. July 20, 1666. (Comments on condition of affairs in Virginia and wishes the king to impose "more customs and greater" on "this vile weed".) f. 327b. Petition from the inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLI. 132-134. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1301.) f . 329. Letter from Thomas Breedon to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll, 1869, XLI, 129-131.) f. 331. List of documents referred to in previous letter. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, 131.) f. 332. Papers in the case of Corbett. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLIV.) f. 335. Letter from Gov. Nicolls to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXXIX.) f. 341. Letter from the Commissioners to governor and council of Massachusetts Bay. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLII.) f . 357. Letter from Sam. Barwicke, Barbadoes, September 27, 1666 ; a second letter, November, 18, 1666. f. 363. Letter from Edward Rawson to Gov. Nicolls. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLIII.) f. 385. Petition from Rhode Island. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, L.) 85. f. 9. Letter from Robert Carr and Samuel Maverick to Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, LII.) f. 48. Letter from Henry Willoughby of Barbadoes. February 2, 1666/7. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1400.) f. 68. Letter from Thomas Ludwell to the Earl of Clarendon. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, LIII.) f. 129. Letter from Lord William Willoughby, governor of Barbadoes. March 22, 1666. f. 131. Id. March 12, 1666. 27 416 The Bodleian Library. f. 162. Order in Council of March 6, 1664, suspending Navigation Act of 1660. f. 174. Petition from Nevis, signed by James Russell, governor, and six others. March 29, 1667. f. 176. Letter from James Russell, governor of Nevis, to Henry Wil- loughby. March 29, 1667. f. 182. Letter from Capt. John Berry, speaking of his arrival at Nevis, whither he had gone to deliver French prisoners to Gov. Russell. April I, 1667. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§1446, 1458.) f. 254. Letter to Capt. Berry from Gov. William Willoughby. Barba- does, May 2, 1667. {Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1477.) f. 255. From same to Gov. Russell. May 2, 1667. f. 277. Id. May 2, 1667. f . 264. Letter from Gov. William Willoughby to the Earl of Claren- don. Barbadoes, May 7, 1667. (Willoughby wrote to the king and to Sec. Williamson on the same day. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§1476, 1477.) f. 340. Letter from Ludwell, secretary of Virginia, to the Earl of Clarendon. June 24, 1667. (Omitted from the N. Y. H. S. Coll. Ludwell wrote to Lord Arlington and to Lord Berkeley on the same day. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §§1506, 1508. f. 430. Clarendon's defence of himself against his accusers, in a com- munication to the Lords. 6 pp. closely written. (Averse to the Dutch war and deeming it the cause of the great misfortunes of the kingdom. " I did from my soule abhor the entering into this warre.") 87. f. 87. " The President of Panama's relation about the late action of the English there." 1670. f . 90. " The Relation of Admiral Henry Morgan touching the service done his Ma''* in the- late expedition against the Spaniards by virtue of an order of Council and a Commicon given him accordingly." Also copy of order of council held at St. lago de la Vega, June 29, 1670, with depositions and additional documents. (Copy dated April 29, 1671. See Cal. Col. 1669-1674, §§209-212, 213, etc., 504.) 88. f. I. Copy of letter from the governor and company of Massachusetts Bay, June 3, 1681, to Sir Leoline Jenkins, principal secretary of state. (See Cal. Col. 1681-1685, §126.) f. 3. Extracted passage from Mr. Nowell's sermon called " Abraham in Arms ", Gen., ch. 14, verse 14. (Nowell was a minister and magistrate of Boston and one of the agents chosen to go to England. Sermon advocates defence of civil and religious rights with the sword.) ff . 40-43b. Papers regarding Sir Richard Button's administration as governor of Barbadoes. 89. f. 57. List of names of his Majesty's council in Barbadoes; consider- able biographical information added. Endorsed " rec"* from Mr. Stede in his I're of 17* March 1686/7. {Cf. Cal. Col. 168S-1688, §1190.) Clarendon Manuscripts. 417 92. f. 179a. Map entitled " La description de la contree de Chiara en Amerique ", in color. Document that follows is a copy of state- ments regarding the " silver mynerall " in Chiara. 102. f. I. Case of Bermuda, concerning matter of title. Endorsed " Capt. Brett at the Bermudas ". n. d. f. 3. Description of the Bermudas. Undated. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §1110.) f. 5a. Petition from Rhode Island. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll, 1869, XLV.) f. 5b. Letter from John Winthrop to the Earl of Clarendon. Hartford, September 25, 1666. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XXIII.) f. 5d. Letter from Samuel Maverick. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, X.) f. 5f. Letter from the same. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XVIII.) f . 6. Letter from Rhode Island. (Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLIX. Copy of this letter is in Clarendon 88, f. 38s.) f. 8. " Some reasons humbly presented unto the Right Hon.", etc. {Cf. N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, XLVII. Clarendon 83, f. 337.) f. 9a. Copy of patent issued by Gov. Nicolls confirming the right of the children of Mathys Jansen to parcel of land called Papperinnimin. May 23, 1667. (Copy, attest W"" Dyre, Sec, countersigned Matthias Nicolls, Sec.) f. 12. Copy of charter of Connecticut. Transcribed, February 14, 1675- (On the margin, f. 10, is this note. " This became out of date October 31, 1687, took life again May 9, 1689, that is, one year, a half, and 8 days ".) f. 19. Letter from Lord Bellomont to Lord Keeper Somers regarding his voyage to New York and reception there. New York, May 12, 1698. f . 22. " A Manifesto or Declaration set forth by the undertakers of the New Church, now erected in Boston in New England." Nov- ember 17, 1699. Printed statement, f. 24. " A True Narrative of several remarkable passages relating to the Quaker government from the year '94 to the year 1700/1." (Very hostile to Penn and the Quakers.) f . 28. Description of the king's presents to the Five Nations, £300 value, n. d. (Probably given at the time of Nanfan's conferences, 1701, N. Y. Docs., IV. 901, 904; cf. 977, 1037) flf. 30-5ib. "My Speech to the Indians" by Lord Cornbury; other documents relating to his conferences with the Indians. {Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 977-999) f. 52. Abraham Schuyler's account of his expenses in a journey to Onandaga. n. d. (Cf. Doc. Hist. N. Y., I. 443; n. 203-204.) 418 The Bodleian Library. f. 54. Statement of Lord Combury's expenses. June, I702-Augtist, 1704. (To my Lady's account £42. Total £212 us. i}id.) f. 56. Examination of Jean Baptist van Esp and Laurence Claese, interpreters. Albany, September 4, 1702. f. 58. Report of Commissioners of Indian Affairs. Albany, March 30, 1703. f . 59. " An Act for the quieting many of the Inhabitants of this prov- ince in their future possession of their estates of inheritance." 1703. f. 61. Message from sachems of Onondaga. August 31, 1703. f. 63. Letter from Commissioners of Indian Affairs. August 24, 1703. f. 65. Id. August 5, 1703. (Only one signature common to the two reports.) f. 67. Journal of the general assembly of New York. October 5- October 23, 1703. (Copy, attest Ludlow, clerk.) f. 75. Report of Interpreters, Johanis Luykasse and Laurence Claese, Onandaga, January 7, 1703/4, to the Commissioners, f. 77. Act for the defence of the Frontier. Endorsed, October 25, 1704. f. 83. Minutes of meetings of Commissioners on Indian Affairs. Al- bany, December 13, 1704-January 19, 1704/5. ff. 88, 89. Mr. Denn's account with Lord Combury, chiefly for furni- ture and hire. May 5, 1702- 1704. f. 90. Copy of letter from Lord Combury to the Board of Trade. February 19, 1704/5. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 1131.) f. 95. Copy of an address from the assembly of New Jersey to Lord Combury. October, 1703. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1075.) f. 97. Papers (examination, letters, etc.) relating to Indian affairs. 1705-1706. f. 106. Lord Combury's speech to the assembly of New York. 1706. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., IV. 1182.) f. 109. Proceedings of the supreme court of New Jersey, May 7, 1706. (Copy, J. E. Basse, Sec.) f. 116. Copy of action of the Privy Council on Ashurst's petition to the Queen in Council regarding the Mohegan Indians. June 10, 1706. Signed John Povey. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., TV. 1176.) f. 117. Petition of William Wharton in behalf of Owaneco, chief sachem of the Mohegan Indians. (Printed, N. Y. Docs., IV. 1177.) ff. 1 18-149. Papers of various kinds relating to Indian affairs. 1706. In Dutch, French and English, f. 150. Extracts of letters and memorials relating to Lord Combury while governor of New York. 1702-1707. (From records and papers of the S. P. G. as follows: Letters from mission- aries, vol. I. so, 51, 88, IDS, 169; vol. II. 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 42, 54, 7h Clarendon Manuscripts. 419 loi, 102, los, io6; appendix, 47, 50; journal, March 15, 1705, no. 18, etc. The object of the extracts is to show Cornburjr's care for the church.) f. 157. Memorial from Robert Quary, surveyor general of his Ma- jesty's Customs in America, to Lord Godolphin, High Treasurer, regarding the French in America who were encircling the queen's dominion, absorbing the fur-trade and increasing the cost of defence to the colonies. Cop}', vmsigned and undated. f. 160. State of the Case between Penn and the Fords, account of the money paid. 1707. f. 162. Minute of meeting of Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Albany. February 16, 1707/8. f. 164. Letter from Mr. [William] Anderson, sheriff of New York, to Lord Cornbury. May 3, 1708. f. 166. Id. May 10, 1708. ff. 168-169. Col. De Peyster's account with Lord Cornbury, for Ma- deira wine. December 6, 1706- June 17, 1708. (Total £500. 20 pipes at £25 a pipe.) f. 170. Papers, in French and English, regarding Indian affairs at Albany. 1708. f. 180. " Sales of sundry merchandize at public vendue at the house of Mr. Abraham Governeur, on condition to pay ready money ". New York, November 18, 1708. (Inventory of household goods, with prices at which they were sold and names of the buyers.) f. 184. Accounts of individual purchasers. Col. De Peyster and others. (Lists of parlor and bedroom furniture and the like.) f. 195. Letter from Peter Fauconniere, who sold Cornbury's goods at Burlington. January 13, 1708/9. (Deals with Cornbury's debts. Cornbury was a drinker and a spendthrift as these documents show.) f. 197. Act supplemental to a law about the manner of giving evidence. 1712. (Printed, Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania, 11. 425-) f. 198. Act for impowering religious societies to buy, hold and enjoy Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments. 1712. (Printed, Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania, II. 424.) ff. 201-203. (i) Queen Anne's proclamation regarding the expedition to Canada. April 30, 1709. (2) Letter from Francis Nicholson and Samuel Vetch to Lord Love- lace, regarding military matters. April 30, 1709. (3) Col. Dudley's letter to Lord Lovelace. May 2, 1709. (Copies. See N. Y. Docs., V. 70, 72, 78, 80.) f. 205. Letter (holograph) from Lord Cornbury (copy of that sent) to president and council of New York, announcing death of his father and his elevation to the peerage as Lord Clarendon. April 28, 1710. f. 207. Certification by Grov. Robert Hunter of warrant, June 27, 1704, payable to Peter Fauconniere for £50 part payment of the gov- ernor's salary. 420 The Bodleian Library. f. 209. Letters from Benj. Ashe to "My Lord" [Combury, that is, Earl of Clarendon?]. First, April 27, 171 1, proposing a better method of careening men of war; second, May 31, 171 1, giving account of his misfortunes; third, July 6, 171 1, giving account of expedition. (Cf. N. Y. Docs., V. 2S7-) f. 211. Letters and speeches of Gov. Robert Hunter. January 26, 1712/3- (Letter to Mr. Poyer, printed in N. Y. Docs., V. 326, 327; speech to the convention (referred to, ibid. 324) ; address from the clergy, printed, ibid. 325 ; short state of the Church of England in New York and New Jersey with suggested changes and comments ; Col. Lewis Morris's letter to the convention, February 27, 1712/3; two letters from the clergy to Lewis Morris and to Rev. Jacob Henderson, missionary of the S. P. G.) f. 215. Letter from Peter Fauconniere. New York, March 16, 1712/3. (Partly in French. Speaks of danger in which the church stands from its not being well attended; relates his own misfortunes; mentions case of a ship ; and comments on general naturalization.) f. 217. Petition from Rev. John Sharpe to the archbishop, bishops, etc., proposing " a means of advancement in the province of New York and other parts of America ". London, July 11, 1715. (Sharpe was chaplain of the garrison in New York. N. Y. Docs., V. 315. Following the petition is a long document regarding, "A Public School, A Publick Library, A Catechising Chapel ", and a list of books given for founding a public library at New York. Dated March 11, 1715. Printed, N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1880, pp. 348-363, from MSS. in Lambeth Palace Library, no. 841. There is a manuscript journal of Sharpe's (1704-1713) in Library of Pa. Hist. Soc.) f. 229. Petition of the Earl of Clarendon (Lord Combury) to the king regarding islands in the Delaware which he wishes for the growing of hemp. n. d. f. 231. Particular of estate to be sold, adjoining "North Virginia" called New Albion in America. (In the text it is called Plowden's Island or Long Island and its boundaries are carefully described. Cf. N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, pp. 213-218.) f. 233. Account of duties payable on goods imported into the province of New York. n. d. 103. " A breife Narrative of the late negotiation betweene his Majesty's Colony of the Massachusetts and the Hon'''* Colonel Richard Nicolls, S'r Robert Carr, S'r George Cartwright, and Samuel Mave- rick Esqr, his Majesties commissioners. 18 May 1664-4 March 1664/5, followed by a comment on it." (Mass. Col. Rec, IV., part i. pp. 177-234.) Maverick's Description of New England. (Brit. Mus. Egerton 2395, ff. 397-411. Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXIX. 33-48. Cf. N. Y. H. S. Coll., 1869, IV. The Summary Cata- logue of Bodl. Libr. gives the date as 1670 but it is probably 1660-1661.) f. 141. Latin report by Dr. Walter Walker of Doctors Commons on the claim of France to the restoration of Nova Scotia (Acadia), written about 1665 and signed by the author. 104. Letters from the Earl of Clarendon to Sir George Downing, f. 65. Letter of May 16, 1662. (Charles II. and Cromwell's policy.) Clarendon Manuscripts. 421 f. 94. Letter of October 28, 1664. (Printed, Lister's Life, III. 346-347.) 107. Letters from Sir George Downing to the Earl of Clarendon, ff. 52-53. Regarding increase of shipping. 108. Letters from Downing to Clarendon : ff. 81, smuggling; 108, stop put to selling naval supplies by Holland; 119, Lister's Life, IIL 348-349; i2Sb, Dutch vs. English claims; 126, reference to the taking of New Netherland; 132, merchant adventurers ; 139, Lister's Life, 111. 352-353 ; 142. COPPER PLATES. C. 29. Virginia. Map of the Roanoke, Blackwater and other rivers, and of Currituck inlet. Dated March 6, 1727/8 and has upon it figures of plants and animals, numbered IL and may have been cut to illustrate portion of boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. See Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 28620. C. 30. Virginia. Buildings, probably in some town in Virginia or Caro- lina, with figures of plants and animals. Plate is numbered I. and seems to have been cut to illustrate some book of travels in America. OXFORD COLLEGE LIBRARIES. Catalogus Codd. MSS. qui in Collegiis Aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adser- vantur. Confecit H. O. Coxe. Tom. II. (1852.) $10.00. (Covers all the colleges except Christ Church.) Catalogus Codd. MSS. in Bihl. Aed. Christi ap. Oxon. Curavit G. W. Kitchin. (1867.) $1.75. Very little of importance to students of American history will be found among the manuscripts in the Oxford colleges. Nearly all of these manu- scripts have been calendared, very summarily, by the Historical Manuscripts Commision in its II., IV., V., VI. and VIII. Reports. In the Library of All Souls are between fifty and a hundred volumes of manuscripts, known as the Owen Wynne collection, which contain many documents bearing on colonial history. Such examination of these docu- ments as has been permitted discloses nothing of importance that is not to be found elsewhere. A thorough search might give more satisfactory re- sults. The collection is not catalogfued. In the library of Christ Church is a copy of the minutes of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1717-1725. Three of the libraries contain printed material of so valuable a character as to deserve attention here : 1. In the library of Queens is a collection of Royal Proclamations. 2. In the library of Worcester are many books and pamphlets of the seven- teenth and eighteenth centuries, among which are the following: New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton. Abstract of the Laws of New England. Letters of Mr. Cotton of Boston. New England's Lamentation. Letters from Oxford and Cambridge regarding the Gospel in New England. The Practice of the Churches in New England. New England Judged, by George Bishop. Narration of the late Wars arisen in New England. The Case of his Majesty's Sugar Plantations (1682). A Trip to Jamaica. Danger of losing the Trade of the Sugar Colonies. Essay on Trade, by J. Gary (1719). Advantage of the Tobacco Trade, by J. NicoU. Importance of the British Plantations in America, by Stubbs (1731). 3. In the All Souls library is an equally valuable collection of books, pam- phlets and newspapers: Collection of Tracts for the Years 1641-1646. Description of East Florida, with a Journal, by John Bartram (1769). Thirteen volumes of American Tracts, beginning with 1765: Vol. IV, p. 412. Observations of the Merchants at Boston in New England, upon several Acts of Parliament respecting American Commerce and Revenue {lyyd). 422 Oxford College Libraries. 423 Vol. V. Select Letters on the Trade and Government of America, written by Gov. Bernard (1774). A Short View of the History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, by Israel Mauduit (1774). A Concise Historical View of the DiMculties, Hardships and Perils which attended the planting and progressive improvement of New England, by Amos Adams (1770). Collection of English Newspapers, 1644- 1660, 1 692-1 721. (Covering eight shelves.) Collection of Sermons preached before the S. P. G., 1708, 1734-173S, 1 744- 1 746, 1756, including much printed matter of importance ; also sermons preached before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia. 1736. (Probably the best collection in this country of sermons of the S. P. G is to be found in the John Carter Brown Library.) The Information of Capt. Henry Wilkinson of what hath passed be- twixt him and some other Persons, zvho have attempted to prevail with him to swear High Treason against the Earl of Shaftesbury (London, 1681). (Wilkinson was appointed by the Lords Proprietors governor of (North) Carohna in 1680. He was actually commissioned, one of his sons was named surveyor general, another register, a ship was hired, goods placed on board, his family, servants and other passengers with goods, utensils and baggage were ready to set sail, when he was arrested and the voyage given up.) The Peoples ancient and just Liberties, asserted in the Tryal of William Penn and William Mead (1670). An Historical Account of the Rise and Growth of the West India Colo- nies, written by Dalby Thomas (1690). The Humble Request of His Majesties loyall subjects, the Governor and the Company late gone to New England (1630). (Reprinted in facsimile, 1905.) A Short Relation made by Lord De-La-Warr to the Lords and others of the Council of Virginia (1611). (Reprinted, Brown, Genesis.) A Brief State of the Proznnce of Pennsylvania (1755). A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New England between the English and the Salvages, signed P. Vincentius (1637). CAMBRIDGE. MAGDALENE COLLEGE. BIBLIOTHECA PEPYSIANA. The books and papers of Samuel Pepys were left by will to Magdalene College, Cambridge, with the proviso that if Magdalene did not look after them properly they were to go to Trinity College. Needless to say Magda- lene has fulfilled the requirements and has housed the library in a special building erected for the purpose, the Bibliotheca Pepysiana. Permission to inspect the papers must be obtained of the college authorities, application being made, in the first instance, to the Pepysian Librarian, Magdalene Col- lege, Cambridge, the present holder of which office is Mr. P. Lubbock. If permission be accorded, the documents can be examined only in the presence of one of the Fellows. The college is more ready, than was formerly the case, to allow access to its papers, and has lately sanctioned the publication of a complete catalogue of all Pepys's books and manuscripts to be edited by Mr. F. Sidgwick, and published by Messrs. Lawrence and BuUen. There is at present in print no adequate account of the Pepysian books and collections. A brief statement is contained in the Report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission on the papers of Magdalene College, but it is very unsatisfactory. A chapter on the subject may be found in Mr. H. B. Wheat- ley's Samuel Pepys and the World he lived in, and a small amount of infor- mation in the same author's introduction to the Diary and in his volume entitled Pepysiana. The best account of Pepys himself and of his naval collections is by Dr. J. R. Tanner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library, of which two volumes have appeared and a third volume is in preparation. The first of these volumes consists of a general introduction containing a very able appreciation of Pepys, the official, and of the relation of his manu- scripts to naval history, and a list of ships and of officers in the Royal Navy during Pepys's period; the second contains a precis of the letters sent from the office of the Secretary to the Admiralty during Pepys's tenure of that office, which when completed in a third volume will cover the period from 1673 to 1679 and from 1684 to 1689. Although this work is limited strictly to naval manuscripts and is concerned, therefore, with but a fraction of the entire collection, it deals with by far the most important part from the historian's point of view. Many of the documents listed and described in Dr. Tanner's Catalogue are indirectly of importance for American colonial history, containing numer- ous references to the plantations, particularly in connection with commerce and convoys. As was to have been expected the Pepys collection is peculi- arly rich in printed works and manuscripts dealing with trade, navigation and the navy. The following volumes, chiefly manuscript, contain all that is of importance in the library for colonial history {cf. Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 30221). 1477. The Trade's Decrease, by Ro. Kayll. (Probably Charles II.'s time. A valuable manuscript with comments on colonial trade.) 424 Cambridge: Magdalene College. 425 1601. A Pocket Book of Maps, made by Hollar and published by Thomas Jenner. (Curious map of "America", 1666.) 1900. Recueil de divers Voyages faits en Afrique et en I'Amerique, qui n'ont point este encore publiez a Paris, MDCLXXXIV. (Maps and description of Maryland, Virginia, New England, Barbadoes, Jamaica, St. Christopher, Caribbees. Preface dated 1653.) 2184. " Mr. Flamsteed, astronomer royal, to Mr. Pepys, giving him an historical account of the Beginning, Progress, and Present State of our Improvements and Deficiencys in the Doctrine and Practice of Navigation." April 21, 1697. (Bears indirectly on colonial navigation.) 2185. " Papers of Mr. Halleys and the learned Mr. Graves touching our yet imperfect Attainments in the Art of Navigation, with notes sup- plemental thereto." (A little about the West Indies.) 2542. A Relation of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Passage by the North East to Japan and China. Performed in his Ma''^= Ship the Speed- well and the Prosperous Pinck. In the yeare of our Lord, 1676, by Capt. John Wood. (Maps.) 2582. A manuscript volume containing the Record kept by Sam. Wiseman, " principal clerke to the Hon'''^ Commissioners ", Jeffery, Berry and Moryson, sent to Virginia in 1676. The contents of this volume are as follows : Names of the counties in Virginia: James City, Charles City, Henrico, Isle of Wight, Nancymond, Lower Norfolk, Kiquotan als. Eliza- beth City, Warwick, Yorke, New Kent, Gloster, Middlesex, Rap- pahanocic, Lancaster, Stafford, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Accomac, Northampton. Oath of secrecy taken by Wiseman, dated December 29, 1676. Copy of " His Majestys Grant and Declaration in favor of his Subjects inhabiting in Virginia ", signed " Barker " and dated October 10, 1676. " A Pardon granted unto the Governor and Assembly of his Majestys Plantation of Virginia for passing certaine acts, being under a Force." October 10, 1676. "A Commission giving Power to the Governor of Virginia to Pardon Offenses ". October 10, 1676. " Commission granted unto Herbert Jeffreys, Esq., Sir John Berry, and Francis Morison, Esq., to Inquire into the Grievances of his Ma- jestys Plantacon of Virginia ". October 10, 1676. Instructions to the same. November 9, 1676. (Privy seal, ten clauses.) Instructions to Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia. September 12, 1662. Additional Instructions. November 13, 1676. (Privy sigriet, ten clauses.) "A Letter subscribed as followeth: for our very Loving Friends His Majestys Commissioners for the Affairs of Virginia ", signed Craven, Coventry, Williamson, Ernie. Southwell, September 28, 1676. " To Sir William Berkeley " from the Lords of Trade. April 14, 1676. 426 Cambridge: Magdalene College. " Inquiries to be sent to Sir William Berkeley." (No date, thirty queries.) "A Form of an Indictment for Rebellion by Leavying War." In Latin with a translation. " An Inventory expressing what the severall particular Patents under the Broad Seale and Paper Writings are, w'^'' wer delivered to the hands of Sir William Berkeley, Knt., His Ma"^^ Governor of Virginia, as followeth (that is to say)." (C, d, e, are under the great seal; i, under the privy signet and sign manual; also five hundred printed proclamations. These are followed by Berkeley's receipt, February 6, 1677.) A series of letters, of which the following is a list : Berry to Berkeley. January 29, 1677. Commissioners to the Secretaries of State. February 2, 1677. Berkeley to the Commissioners. February 6, 1677. " From my Bed ". Commissioners to Mr. Watkins (with enclosed copy of letter to the Secretaries of State). Berry and Moryson to Watkins. February 10, 1677. A Warrant signed by Sir William Berkeley. February 3, 1677. Berry and Moryson to Col. John Custis (with enclosed note from Mori- son addressed " Honest Jack ". n. d. To Capt. Armsted at Peancatanck in Gloster County, " with the like Lre ". To Capt. John Tiplady in York County. To Berkeley from Berry and Moryson. February 8, 1677. From Berkeley to Berry and Moryson. February 9, 1677. To Berkeley from Moryson. February 11, 1677 From Berkeley to Moryson. n. d. Moryson to Berkeley. February 20, 1677. Berkeley to Moryson. February 21, 1677. Moryson to Berkeley. February 23, 1677. Berkeley to Moryson. February 24, 1677. The Commissioners to Berkeley. February 13, 1677. Berkeley to the Commissioners. Same date. A Memorandum of the Secretary. From the Council of Virginia to the Right Hon. Herbert Jeffreys, Esq., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. February 12, 1677. From the Council to the Commissioners. February 13, 1677. Jeffreys to Berkeley. February 14, 1677. From the Commissioners to the Right Hon. Henry Coventry, His Majestys Principal Secretary of State. February 14, 1677. From the Commissioners to Mr. Watkins. February 27, 1677. "A letter to the Grand Assembly, subscribed as followeth: To the Right Hon. the Governor, the Honorable the Council, and Right Wor" the Speaker of the House of Burgesses, now assembled at Green Spring. This to be communicated to the whole Assembly. From his Majestys Commiss" for the Affairs of Virginia." Feb- ruary 27, 1677. A Statement to the Assembly by the Commissioners. March 13, 1677. The Commissioners to Berkeley. March 6, 1677. Berkeley's answer to the foregoing letter. March 7, 1677. Cambridge: 'Magdalene College. 4:21 The Commissioners to Berkeley. March 21, 1677. Id. to Mr. Watkins. March 26, 1677. Id. to Sec. Coventry. March 27, 1677. (Sent with this letter are queries " for the learned council at law to resolve ".) Id. March 27, 1677. Id. to Sec. Williamson. Same date. Id. to Mr. Watkins. Same date. Id. to the Lord Treasurer. Same date. Id. to Sec. Coventry. April 5, 1677. Id. April 13, 1677. Warrant signed by Berkeley. February 3, 1677. " Names and short characters of those that have been executed for Rebellion: sentenced to death by a Council of Warr. Taken and Transcribed from Sir Wm. Berkeley's own hand. Moryson to Mr. Cooke. March 27, 1677. Moryson to Lady Berkeley. March 25, 1677. Lady Berkeley to Moryson. Same date. The Commissioners to Mr. Watkins. April 9, 1677. Moryson to Lord Culpeper. April 14, 1677. The Commissioners to Mr. Watkins. Same date. Moryson to Berkeley. April 21, 1677. The Commissioners to Berkeley. April 23, 1677. Berkeley to the Commissioners. Same date. Berkeley to Moryson. April 25, 1677. Moryson to Berkeley. Same date. "A letter written to Sir William Jones, the King's Attorney General, prefatory to the present State of Affairs in Virginia, October, 1676 ", by Francis Moryson. Instructions for the Commissioners (ten in number), with answers to each, giving " a particular account how wee y'' Majestys Commis- sioners have observed and complyed with the several articles of our Instructions ". In parallel columns. " Interlocutory Heads of such matters in Conference with Sir William Berkeley (as we conceive) necessary for his Majestys service. Reade and comunicated to him on board the Bristoll and afterwards deliv'^ him in writing at Greene Spring and by him promised to be answered." February 2, 1677. " A Declaration to His Majestys Loving Subjects of Virginia." Feb- ruary 6, 1677. (A complete record of the work of the commissioners, containing warrants, letters, proclamations, etc., covering the entire correspondence.) " A Narrative of the Rise, Progress, and Cessation of the late Rebellion in Virginia, by his Majestys Commissioners." " A Review, Breviary, and Conclusion, drawn from the foregoing Nar- rative, being a summary account of the late Rebellion in Virginia." Grievances of the counties of James City, Rappahanock, Cotterboum Parish, Stafford County, Surrey, Westmoreland, Northampton, Accomac, Lancaster, Warwick, Isle of Wight, New Kent, Eliza- beth City, Henrico, Yorke, Gloster, Lower Norfolk, Nancymond. 428 Cambridge: Magdalene College. " Personal Grievances of divers Inhabitants within his Majestys Colony of Virginia proved before us his Majestys Commissioners." (Answers to questions asked by the commissioners.) " Characters of the several com"!" of ships together with a particular account of the respective service to his Majesty in the time of the late Rebellion." " A list of the Names of those worthy Persons whose services and suffer- ings by the late Rebellion. Nath. Bacon, Jr., and his Party have been reported to us most sig^all and eminent duringe the late un- happy troubles In Virginia and particularly of such whose approved loyalty, courage, and constancy hath rendered them most deserving of his Majestys royal service. 42 names. Id., for Accomac. Articles of Peace between Charles II. and several Indian Kings and Queens. 2700. " A catalogue and Alphabet to my Books of Geography and Hydrogra- phy, containing Maps, Charts, and other descriptions in Taille- Douce, of Countries, Cities, and Townes, Seas, Coasts, Harbours, and other Places, Domestic and Forrein, Resting in my Library at its adjustment. Midsummer, 1693. And from thence by Additions Carry'd on to Midsummer, 1695. And from thence by further Additions to the completion of the Library." 2813. " A Journal of my voyage from England to Newfoundland and the Straights in his Majestys ship Leopard under command of Sir W™ Poole Kn." 1677. 2826. " The Voyage of William Ambrosia Cowley from the Capes of Vir- ginia to the Islands of Cape D'Verd ", 1683-1686. (See Brit. Mus. Shane 54.) 2869-2880. Miscellanies, Historical, Political and Naval. (2880, Index, i. e.. Table of Contents. These volumes are numbered I.-XIL, and among the papers contained in them the following may be noted : I. 215. " A Scheme of the History of the Plantations proposed to Mr Evelyn by one Mr. London from the Barbadoes." 1680. (London or Londen was formerly naval officer in Barbadoes.) II. 121. " Reasons touching the maintenance of English shipping de- livered to Sr Julius Caesar, August, 1609, by W" Holy-Day." 125. " A Petition from the Trinity House to K.^ James, July, 1609, touching the maintenance of English Shipping." III. 581. " The Report of the Council of Trade to the K. concernmg the Trade and Navigation of his Ma^y^ K^""", March 14, 1660." 586. "A Supplemental Proposal for the Convoying Mercht^ and promoting Trade, grounded on the foregoing Advice of the Council of Trade." IV. and VI. contain many papers relating to the Court of Admiralty from the time of Henry VIII. Taken from the commonplace-book of Mr. Bedford, deputy register of the Admiralty Court. V. 295. " Byam's Narrative of the State of Guiana as it stood anno 1665, particularly of the English colony of Surynam, Beginning of the war", etc. Cambridge: Magdalene College. 429 351. "Col. Scott's History and Description of the River of the Amazones found among his Papers." (See Bodl. Libr. Rawlinson A 175, f. 356.) 415. " Col. Scott's Preface to an intended History of America, found among his Papers." (See Bodl. Libr. Rawlinson A 175, f. 372, and Brit. Mus. Sloane 3662, f. 78b.) 487. Considerations tendred to the King by Sir R^ White, February 1684/S, concerning Jamaica and all our Foreign Plantations in America." (Sir Richard White is mentioned in Cal._ Col. 1681-1685, p. 768. He may have been a relative of John White, chief justice of Jamaica.) 523. " Several Consideracons relating to Trade, offered to the sub- jects of Great Britain in the year 1684, with some further specula- tions thereon ", by Geo. Carew. XI. 275. " An Account of one La Salle's Proposal touching a Dis- covery in Canada and the unsuccessful expedition of some of the K. of France's ships thither. Anno. 1684." 2881. " Momamont, Vol. I." At the end of the volume is this statement: " A List of Papers contained in my 2 volumes of Mornamont Being a collection in order to the Especial Vindication of Myselfe and Sr. Ant° Deane against the Oppressive Proceedings of the House of Cofhons, Court of King's Bench, etc., upon the Malicious Information and Practices of Scott, James, Harris, Harbords, etc. An° 1679." 2882. " Mornamont II." (These two volumes contain copies of the papers that Pepys collected to vindicate himself from the charges noted above. Vol. I. relates chiefly to the career of John Scott in France and elsewhere after he left America ; vol. II. relates largely to Scott's career in America. The original docu- ments, of which the papers in vol. II. are copies, will be found in Bodl. Libr. Rawlinson A 172. q. v.) 2901. A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, John Speed. London, 1631. (Map of the Somers Islands with descriptions, part i. p. 41. The date given is 1626. The map is large and clear with indications of tribes and land grants.) 2932. Sellers's Atlas Maritimus or the Sea Atlas. MDCLXXV. (Sellers was hydrographer to the king; see note in "Mornamont", II. 1081.) 2943. " Mr. Sellers' EngHsh, Northern, and Oriental Navigation ". Vol. II. (This work was one of four volumes of Sellers's Miscellany. 2932 and 2943 together contain maps of America, Carolina, Cape Cod, Jamaica, Mary- land, New England, Newfoundland, New Jersey, West Jersey, and Virginia.) THE FERHAH PAPERS. The Ferrar papers, also in the possession of Magdalene College, have been so thoroughly searched by Miss Kingsbury for her edition of the Records of the Virginia Company, that no attempt has been made to examine them for description here. In her Introduction Miss Kingsbury has given an account of the papers (pp. S9-61) and in her bibliographical list of the records of the Company (pp. 121-205) has entered the titles of 81 documents from this collection bearing on the early history of Virginia. These documents are num- 430 Cambridge: Magdalene College. bered in her list as follows: 40, 76, 93, 94, 115, 119, 120, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 153. 154. 156, 157. 158, 164, 166, 171, 173, 179, 180, 181, 191, 197, 211, 219, 236, 238, 239, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 258, 259, 270, 271, 275, 282, 285, 303, 304, 307, 315, 317, 343, 361, 364, 368, 394, 421, 422, 423, 466, 470, 479, 526, 539, 541, 543, 578, 581, 585, 596, 608, 669, 735. A number of these documents are printed in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, X., and one or two in Brock's Abstracts of the Pro- ceedings of the Virginia Company, 1889. With a single exception (157, already printed in Va. Mag., X. 289-290) all the documents will be printed in the third volume of Miss Kingsbury's edition. Transcripts of the docu- ments and photographic reproductions of a part or the whole of many of them are now in the possession of the Library of Congress. LIST OF VOLUMES AND DOCUMENTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY TRAN- SCRIBED FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. BRITISH MUSEUM. Cottonian. Otho E. VIII. f. 145 (167 recent foliation). Lansdowne. 100. Art. 14. 142. ff. 300, 302, 304, 305, 306. 661. ff. 51-150. 673. ff. 36-40. 707. ff. 24-51. 809. ff. 1-32. 821. ff. 121, 204, 266. Letters, Hugh Peters. 846. ff. 187, 245, 249. 1012. f. 192. Catalogue of Books. 1032. ff. 109, 128. 1052. ff. 1-7. 1177. ff. 217, 268. 1215. f. 163. 1219. ff. 11-16, i7-3ib, 34-60, 61, 63, 6s, 68. Stowe. 119. f. 164. 156. f. 59. 163. f. 172. Erroneously printed f. 72 in the text, p. 18. 172. f. 307. 173. f.222. 174. f. 170. 184. ff. 123-127. 201. f. 145. 222. f. 352. 223. ff. 169, 171, 172. 246. ff. 214, 216. 256. f. 305. 261. f. 123. 305. f. 238b. Erroneously printed f. 238 in the text, p. 10 324. ff. 4-8 (No. 3). ^ 746. ff . 89-89b. 748. ff. 12, 30. 755. f. 19. 792. 167. f. 105. 1038. f.83. 1039. f. 134. 28 Harleian. 431 432 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. 1223. Nos. I, 7, g. 1238. 1510. ff. 577, 704, 787, 791. 1511. ff. 34, 124, 131, 314, 316. 1583. f. 196. 1589. ff. 22-22b (reversing the volume). 1898. f.29b. 2204. II., III. 2262. ff. 42, 43, 104, 120, 134, 143, 251, 257, 253. 2263. ff. 18, 29, 76, 77, 187, 221, 222, 314, 330. 2264. ff. 46, 67, 68, no, 202, 203, 205, 208, 304. 2334. Selections from 86b to the end of book. 4888. f.86. 5101. ff. 1-69. 5910. Part iv., f. 7. 6494. ff. i87b-i88. 6806. f. 188. 6836. ff. 60 f ol. 6922. pp. 34, 38 (ff. i6b, 19). 7001. ff. 297-299, 300-302. 7006. ff. 178-179. 7020. f. 31. 7021. ff. 279-288, 289. 7310. No. 17, f. 149. Hargrave. 141. ff. 44b, 45, 87, 136b. 231. ff. io-i2b, 19. 275. ff. 45, iiib-ii4b. 493. ff. 22-23b, 104, 257. 494. ff. 46-56. Kings. 202-206, 213. Egerton. 770. 929. ff. 90-97, 1 19-122, 146, 168, 173, 176. 1717. f. 117. 1747. f. 362. 1756. f. 183. 1941. f.23. 2134. ff. 12, 13, 34, 38-44. 2135. 2136. ff. 176, 183, 193, i9S-204b. 2138. 2168. ff. I, 5, 9. -^395. 2423. 2429. f.49. 2519. ff. I, 10, 32. 2526. 2541, f. 163. British Museum. 433 2543. ff. IS, 33, 123, 125, 127, 137, 205. 2597. ff. i8o-i9ii 192. 2612. f. I. 2644. ff. 196, 203, 240, 251. 2645. ff. 142, 224, 245, 281. 2646. ff. 3, 58, 76, 104, 109, 163, 181, 182, 240. 2648. ff. I, 6, 10, 12, 74, 74b, 84, 105, 120, 133, 228, 232, 234, 240, 244, 245- 249, 256, 257, 263, 267, 271, 280, 294, 311, 322, 326, 327, 333, 339, 346, 367. 2649. ff. I, 8, 10, 23, 27, 50, 76, 122, 126, 126b, 170, 171, 183, 192. 2650. ff. loi, 354, 363. 2659. Selected portions. 2671. 2686. ff. 62, 169. 2694. ff. 98, 168, 192. 2697. f.9. 2698. ff. 231-232. 2703. f . 444. Sloane. Letters as listed, except those of Nehemiah Grew. 50 or 1070. ff. 99b-9ob, 88b-67, s8b-s8. 159. ff. 20-21. 758. ff. i-3b, 43b. 793 or 894. 857. f.93. 922. ff.90, 94, 96-101, 104, 107, i09-ii5b, I44b-i45. I45b-I47b, I73- 978. ff. 50 fol. 1008. f. 335. 1039. f.90. 1447. 1815. f. 35. 1831. ff. 35-42. 1968. f. 182. 2179. ff. 1-23. 2202. 2291. 2292. 2346. ff. I97b-i99, 200. 2448. ff. 3, 50-56. 2717. ff. 48-63. 2728B. ff. 209b-2i2. 2902. Selected items. 3321. ff. 1-8. 3324. f.4. 3328. f.88. 3329. ff. Ii8-ii9b. 3332. f.28b. 3338. ff. 33-36. 3339. ff. 73b, 93-98, 99. 3340. ff. 277-297. 434 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. 3511. f. 134. 3607. 3662. ff. 24, 62-50 (reverse). 3861. ff. 67-62 (reverse). 3926. ff. 1-39. 3962. £.51. 3984. f. 198. 3986. f. 38. 4002. ff. 1-30, 92-109. 4019. ff. 130-131. 4020. f. 113. 4036-4058. Selections. 4062. ff. 29, 30, 235-236. 4064. ff. 53, 55, 58, 86, 93, 192, 233, 249, 258. 4065. ff. 34, 53, 68, 69, 79, 121, 123, 208, 214, 217, 255. 4067. ff. 105, 140. 4068. £.54. 4069. £.90. Additional Charters. 5976, 13585, 15568, 26400, 26404. Additional Manuscripts. 4164. £.32. 4275. ff. 154, 158. 4279. £.313. 4432. ff. 27, 182-187. 4435. £. 13. 4437. £.58. 5138. £. 145. 5489. ff. 39, 41, 85. 6829. £. 137b. 5847. £. 192b. 6190. ff. 50, 54, 60, 65. 6194. ff. 39b, 59b. 6394. ff. 35, 134, 144, 150, 153, 158, 161, 188, 190, 194, 196, 198, 200, 237, 244, 326, 331. 6807. £. 108. 6816. f.85. 6825. £.42. 8133B. ff.2, 7, 141, 160-165, i77-i79> i94-i95, 280, 283-302, 309, 316, 326, 341, 350, 355, 363, 364. 8133C. ff. 85-87, 89-94, 140-141, 149, 163-168, 179, 181-183, 202, 233, 234. 8831. ff. 121-134. 8832. ff. 1-2, 20-21, 67-72, 192-197, 198-200, 222-223, 230-232, 245-249, 249-254, 260-262, 262-263, 269-272, 272-273, 273-274, 274-279, 280- 282, 285-289, 308-310, 310-312. 8833. ff. 405-414, 41S-418, 425-429, 444-446, 452-453, 461-462, 526-527, 527-532, 534-535. 9344. ff. 29, 32, 42, 47, 52, 59, 65, 67, 68, 93, 100, 108, 114. British Museum. 435 9747. 9764. 9828. f. 122. 10119. ff. loo, 165b, 166. 10120. ff. 77-78b. 10453. f.42. 11268. ff. 66-79. 11410. -11411. 11514. 11602. f. 123. 11663B. 11759. f. 169. 11813. f.82. 12098. f. 14. 12423. 12437. 12438. f. 17. 12440. 12496. ff. 121, 357, 448, 462. 12505. f.477. 13972. a, b, c. 13974. ff. 474, 502, 508 (list of troops, stores, etc., capitulated to the Span- iards. Providence Islands, May 8, 1782. In Spanish). 13976. ff. 154, 268. 13977. ff. 393-456. 14002. f. 502. 14027. f.289. 14034-14035. 14038-14039. 14936. f.99b. 15483-15489. 15493. 15857. ff. 38, 40. 15874. f. 208. 15895. 15896. 15898. 15903. f. 116. 15945. f. 108. 15948. ff. 121, 140. 17018. ff. 61, 89, no, 112. 17476. ff. 277-288. 17569. ff. 1 19-125, 126, 161. 17570. ff. 177-178. 17748. ff. 5, 9b. 18206. ff. 6ib-62b. 18274. 18986. ff. 205, 209, 257. 19049. f. I. 19071. 436 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. 19332. ff. 29-133. 20102. f.22. 20733. flE. Ill, 145. 20926. ff. 108, 238, 340. 21004. ff. 27-58. 21133. ff. I, 3-5, 7. 21134. f.42. 21136. ff. I, 63. 21494. ff. 37, 60. 21497. ff. io7b-iio, I58b-i59. 21947. ff. 63, 190. 21993. f. 190. 22130. f. 16. 22186. f- 153- 22265. f.94. 22357. f. 197. 22564. 22617. 22679, 22680. 22781. 23122. f. 27b. 23618. ff. 17, 21, 26. 23678. ff. i-.i";. 23725. ff. 3, s, 49. 24320. 24321. 24322. 24323. 25120. ff.41-151. 25302. f.96. 25490. f.31. 27382. f. 191. 27402. f. 124. 27578. ff. 109, III, 114, 116, 27859. f.22. 27891. 27916.ff.s-ii. 28076. ff. 3, 78, 100, III, 125, 190b. 28080. ff. 84, 244. 28089. 28103. f. 117. 28218. ff. 14, 16. 28269. 28605. 28609. 28727. ff. 1 18-123. 28851. 28943. f.72. 28946. £.459. 29237. British Museum. 437 29549. ff.ioS, III. 29553. ff. 208, 272, 399, 421. 29557. f.46. 29559. ff. 298, 442. 29563. f. 213. 29568. f. 170. 29589B. ff. 19, 20, 22. 29600. 30094. f. 238. 30218. pp. as in texf. 30262. ff. 52, 54. 30372. 32093. f. 365. 32094. f. 50. 32096. ff. 52-53. 32303. 32413. 32496. ff. 44b-47b. 32523. ff. 222-268. 32627. 32681. f.209. 32686-33057. Newcastle Papers. The minor documents in this collection are to be copied eventually. The letters and more important papers have been copied as follows : Abercrombie 32881, f. 279. 32884, ff. 360 and 362 (enclosure). Acklom 32873, f . 332. 32905, f. 107. Amherst 32863, f. 234. 32876, f.449- 32906, f. 143. Banyar 32818, ff. 49, 55. Belcher 32692, f. 54. 32704, f. 547. 32706, ff. 292, 314. 32707, ff. 298, 413. 3271 1, f.8i. 32731, f. 503. Belcher, Jr 32696, f. 430. Bladen 32691, f. 374. 32694, f. 165. Bollan 32725, f. 182. 32861, f. 98. 32974, ff. 364 and enclosure 368. 32725, f. 75. 32890, f. 496. Braddock 32853, ff. 346, 356, 388. 32854, f. 188. 32855, f. 338. 438 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. Calvert, Cecil 32708 Calvert, Fred 32726, Cathcart 32694 Clinton, Gov 32818. Colden, C 32698, Cushing 3297s 32977. De Lancey 32735 32858 Dinwiddie 32732 32735 32736 32850, 32853 32854. Dobbs 32718 32730 Duquesne 32884 Gage 32857; 3287O; 32871 Galissoniere 32818, 52819 Gooch 32789; Hammerton 32703 32709; 32852; 32909 33055 Hardy 32868 3289O; Holland 32853 Howe, Adm 32880, 32881 Hunter, John 32853 Johnson, Col. Wm 32818, 32833 Johnston, G 32693 3271 1 La Jonquiere 32822 Littleton 32859 32866; Long 32902 3297s Loudoun 32699; 32703 32712 32727. 32735 f- 371- f. 100. ff. 1-71, 258, 261-272, 274. f . 82, 84, 86, 90. f- 383- ff. 475 and 477 (enclosure), ff. 113, 115. f. 147. f. 22. f. 452. f. 186. f.85. ff. 221 and enclosures 223, 227, 229. ff. 321, 325. f. 378. f.5i. f. 301. f-55. f- 338, 340, 342. ff- 345> 393- f. 125. ff. 21, 30, 37, 41, 61. f . 236. f- 353- f. 158. f. 126. f. 548. f.441. ff. 27, 286, 310. f.6o6. f . 507. f- 359- f. 369. ff. 145, 147. f. 29. ff- 75, 79. 91- f . 404. f-45- f. 364. ff. 5. 8. f. 18. f. 227. f.458. ff. 416, 430. f- 525- f. 186. ff- 51, 133- f. 140. f. 262. British Museum. 439 McCulloh Martyn Moore Murray Oglethorpe . . Penn, John . . Penn, Thomas Pinckney . . . . Pownall Remsen Robinson . . . . Sharpe, H. . . Shirley, Wm. Shirley, Wm., Jr. .32862, 32863 32864, 32866, 32874 ■32794 ,32880, .32700, 32705 .32702 32797 32859 ,32691 32696 32710, 32737 32862 32868; 32700, 32927 32928 32968 32733 32864 32858 .32688 32691 32692 32693 32702 32703 32712, 32717: 3272O; 32722 3273O; 32731 32735 32736 32818 32874 32877. 32878, 32879 32880, 32882 32887 32890, 32891 33067 32710 32714 • 536. f • 394. f-3i' f. ff. I f. f. f. f. f. I f. ff. f. f, f. f. 56, 357- .308. ■ 252. .497. 121. [99. 347- 52, 292. 185. III. 69. 511- f. 236. i- 159- f.7. f. 42. f. 301. ff. 274, 278, 286, 294. f. 258. f. 100. ff. 237, 257, 259, 462. f. no. ff. 17, 42, 44. f.15. f. 23. f. 279. f.244. ff. 81, 458. ff. 89, 466. f. 218. ff. 55, 166, 199. f. 212. f.281. ff. 100, 518. f. no. ff. 259, 314. f.i5- ff. 31, 278, 340. ff.8o, 315, 416, 468. f . 228. f.i5. ff. 48, 210. f.69. f. 145. f. 120. ff.455, 504. ff. 138, 140 is a duplicate. ff. 379, 381. f.54- 440 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. Shirley, Mrs 32690, f. 261. 32691, ff. 254, 262. 32693, f. 123. 32697, f. 282. Thomas, Sir Geo 32730, if. 275, 289. 32979, f.359. 32980, f. 22. 32984, ff. 102, 281. Verelst 32866, f. 363. 32868, f. 558. 32881, f. 102. 32884, f. 240. Wager 32691. ff- 502, 504. 32694, ff. 362. 3269s, if. 156, 512. 32698, ff. 200, 274. 32731, f. 153. 32783, f.291. 32794, f. 161. 32992, f. 29. Ware 32881, f. 82. Webb 32851, f. 1 14. Wentworth, B 32704, f. 135. 32705, f.308. Wilks 32696, f. 109. 32692. f.31. 32693. f.37. 32695. f. 450. 32700. if. 19-20. 32702. f.320. 32709. if. 123, 125. 32715. ff. 170, 172. 32732. f. 663. 32735. ff. 152-170. 32736. f. 515. 32737. f. 16. 32756. f.433. 32758, if. 471, 492, 494. 32773. if. 96, 98. 32779. f.75. 32785. f. 103. 32796. f.46. 32797. f.246. 32818. f. 73. 32819. f. 188. 32821. f. 345- 32826. if. 182, 192. 32828. f. 142. 32831. ff. 231, 233. 32835. f. 156. 32837. f. 240. British Museum. Ml 32851. flf. io8, 309, 370. 32853. f. 13. 32854. ff. 252, 347, 379, 526. 32856. ff. 195-203. 32857. f.2i8. 32859. f.235. 32860. ff. 301, 459. 32864. ff. 68, 107, 109. 32868. ff. 9, II. 32874. ff. 280-286. 32880. f. 273. 32882. ff. 149-177, 245. 32885. ff. 124, 130. 32892. f. 233. 32895. ff. 89-94, 449-457. 32900. f.86. 32901. f.417. 32902. f.460. 32906. ff. 96, 152. 32938. f. 356. 32941. ff. 289, 293. 32942. ff. 206, 215. 32969. f.380. 32971. ff. 16-68, 93-128. 32973. ff. 246, 332, 334. 32975. ff. 250, 475, 477. 32980. ff. 25, 62, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 97, 121, 134, 198. 32992. f. 114. 33028-33030. 33046-33048. 33054. f. 376. 33055. ff. 27, 33, 143, 240, 286, 310, 340. 33056. ff. 54, 56, 202, 404-405- 33057.ff.87, 91, 93, 435. 33350. f. 13. 33411. f.96b. 33440. 33923. ff. 510-526. 33929. ff. 44-48, 60-62, 582. 33964. f.7. 34097. ff. 37-71. 34187. 34207. ff. 9, 28, 39-55. 34217. f.26b. 34324. f. 290. 34335. ff.ioi, III. 34412-34461. Auckland Papers. As most of the papers in this collection re- lating to American history are reproduced in the B. F. Stevens Fac- similes, but few, and those of minor importance, have been copied. 34599. ff. 24b, 29, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 61. 34712. ff. 218, 235. 442 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. 34727. f. 157. 34728. if. 10, 21, 36, 52, 54. 34729. ff. 348, 350. 34730. ff. 87-95. 34813. f. 88. 35105. f. 20. 35125. f. 74. 35192. ff. 1-18. 35376. f. 127. 35407. ff. 19, 21, 23. 35415. f. 55. 35421. f. 18. 35427. 35433. ff. 174-178, 180, 182, 184-189. 35478. ff. 241-266. 35479. ff. 57-65, 123, 131-137, 257-273. 35511. ff. 208, 232, 234, 236, 243, 256. 35513. ff. 179, 180. 35525. ff. 94, 99, 103. 35588. f. 33. 35590. ff. 251, 273. 35593. f. 234. 35606. f. 150. 35609. f. 366. 35613. f.277. 35614. ff. 7, II, 15, 30, 32, 36, 58. 35616. f.9. 35620. ff. 135, 160, 181-185. 35621. ff. 38, 61, 63, 364. 35640. ff. 211, 301. 35641. ff. 252, 253. 35655. 35838. f. 233. 35839. f. 363. 35865. f. 247. 35872-35874. Selected items. 35877. f. 34. 35893. ff. 90, 232-238, 245. 35894. ff. 28-39. 35898. ff. 105, 264, 276, 278, 291, 292, 300, 304-310. 35907. ff. 2, 70. 35908-35912. 36110. ff. II, 20, 117, 123, 149, 159, 163, 173. 36125. ff. I, 19, 54, 261, 365. 36126. ff. 135, 157, 159. 209. 36127. ff. 189, 198. 36128. ff. 17, 32, 42, 54, 56, 58, 64, 95, 141, 261, 335, 343, 354. 362. 36129. ff. 6, 144, 156, 170, 190. 36130. ff. 23, 69, 103, 107, 240. 36131. ff. 50, 61, 82, 94, 1x8, 237. 36132. ff. 125, 259, 313, 315- Bodleian Library. 443 36133. ff. 21, 25, 51, 61, 71, 151, 241. 36134. f.6i. 36194. ff. 93-98. 36216. f. 103. 36217. ff. I, 161, 199. 36218. ff. I, 38, 44, 78, loi, 133, 138, 147. 151, i8r, 199, 225, 233, 236, 240, 248. 36219. ff. 75, 85, 227, 269, 273. 36220. ff. 1-50, 52, 59, 73, 105, 115, 117, 127, 135, 142, 148, 218. 36223. f.6o. 36225. f. 309. 36226. ff. 132, 353, 357. 36596. ff. 1-13, 22-27. 37047. ff. 25, 135. BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Tanner. 26. f.48. 27. f. 29. 30. ff. 97, 132. 31. ff. 6-1 1, 137-140. 32. ff. I, 4, 187. 34. f.82. 35. f. 140. 51. f.82. 54. f. 153. 73. ff. 248-253. 74. f.49. 114. f. 79. 168. ff. 2, 2b. 306. ff. 286-287. 447. ff. 69-76. Printed documents and marginal notes copied in full. 36. ff. loo-ioob, 296b. 38. f. 104. 48. ff. i4ob-i4i. 240. f.276. 242. f. 126. 423. ff. 244, 268, 270. 749. No. II. 802. ff. I7i-i7ib. 842. ff. 109-122. 1148. f.307. 6. ff. 320, 322. 14. f. 84. 15. f.624. 16. ff. 52, 54. 18. f. 58. Ashmolean. Rawlinson A. 444 Transcripts in the Library of Congress. 27. ff. 313, 655, 783. 29. f.686. 30. ff. 163, 271-278. 38. f.267. 43. ff. loi, 103, 105, 107, 125. 45. f. 174. 67. f. 394. 171. ff. 199, 205. 173. ff. 184, 185, 186. 174. ff. so, 74. 175. ff. 77-172, 356, 372. 185. ff. 256, 259, 263, 299, 357, 444. 186. f.265. 187. ff. 396, 398. 188. f. 114. 191. f. I. 195. f. 102. 214. ff. 2Sb, 26, 79, 106, 107, 108, 114, 143b. 238. ff. 109-iiob. 241. £.251. 255. ff. 140, 150. 261. ff. 50, ssb. 270. f. I. 271. ff. 1-6, 7-25, 26-29, 30-3ib, 32-38b, 39-4S> 47, 48, SO- 272. (Whole volume, except documents printed in N. Y. Col. Docs.) 285. ff. 79-79b, 8o-8ib. 286. f. 177. 289. ff. 180, 188, 204. 302. f. 157. 305. f. 2. 306. f. 75, 189, 198, 205, 216. 312. f.2. 326. ff. 141, i86b. 478. ff. 48, 57, 77, 78, 81-83, 85, 88, 148. Rawlinson B. 74. ff. 3b, i7Sb. 79. ff. 123-125. 243. ff. I2-I4b, 15. 250. ff. 33b-53b, 55-65- 263. ff. 175, 277-281. 309. ff. i62-i63b. 376. Documents copied as listed. Also all bonds as noted in Rawlinson A 306, B 376 and C 393, 983. 383. ff. 397, 545-547- 465. f. 146b. Rawlinson C. 128. (Except ff. 2, 39, 42, 46.) 151. f. 170. 182. f.43b. 281. Bodleian Library. 445 379. (Except nos. i, 2, 7, 8, and f. 62.) 385. 392. fi. 24s, 247, 309. 421. ff. 158, 192. 710. 743. ff. I, 58. 873. 879. 932. 933. 934. 943. 983. ff. 139, 179, 180. 984. ff. 133, 133b, 217, 308. Rawlinson D. 764. 810. ff. 52b-5S. 839. ff. 29, 140, 146, 155, 196, 204. 843. f. 187. 916. ff. 162, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 192, 194, 196, 221, 223, 224. Rawlinson, Letters. 66. Clarendon. 71. f. 274. 72.ff.408, 439- 73. ff. 213 fol., 232. 74. f. 257. 75. ff. 75, 300. 76. ff. 215, 272. 77.ff. Ill, 136. 80. ff. 283-285. 81. ff. 5-6. 82. ff. 83, 132, 275-279. 83. f. 373- 84. ff. 80, 131, 134, 138, 140, 142, 177, 230, 357. 85. ff. 48, 129, 131, 162, 174, 176, 182, 254, 255, 257, 264, 340. 87. ff. 87, 90. 88. ff. I, 3, 4o-43b. 89. f.S7. 102. ff. I, 3, 9, 19, 24, 28, 30-5 lb, 52, 54, 56 to end of volume, except 90, 116, 117, 197, 198. 103. f. 141. INDEX. Abbott, John, drawings, 76 ; papers by, 29 Abeel, J., letter of, 69 Abercrombie, Maj.-Gen. James, correspond- ence, 106, 123 ; papers relating to, 163 Abercromby, James, letter of, 322 Abingdon, Va., church queries, 318 Aborigines, papers relating to, 360-362 ; see also Indians Acadia, Anglo-French disputes concerning, 220; boundaries, 76, 173, 220; coast fishing, 10, 220; inhabitants of, 103-104; restitution of, 172; see also Nova Scotia Acapulco, map of route from, to Manila, loi Accomac, Va., 428; church queries for, 318; meteorological observations at, 357 Accomac county, Va., grievances of, 427; records, 425 Acklorn, Mr., letter of, 133 Acton, Mr., settler, letter to, 83 Adair, Capt. James, letter of, 128 Adam and Eve, engraving of, 379 Adams, correspondence, 126 Adams, Prof. H. B., 166 Adams, Alexander, letters of, 312 Adams, Amos, book on New England by, 423 Adams, Conrad, letter to, 410 Adams, John, letters of, 121 Adams, Samuel, letters of, 121, 255 Adams and Brewster, suit against, 313 Addison, Henry, letters of, 307, 312, 313 Additional Charters, 71 Additional Manuscripts, 72-169 Admiralty, correspondence, 103, 112, 127, 151, 159, 182, 197, 200, 211, 214, 218, 232, 241, 243, 244, 245, 248, 255, 2S9, 26s, 270, 272, 279; papers of, 139, 183, 186, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 200, 211, 215, 217, 218, 224, 228, 231, 23s, 236, 237, 240-241, 244-245, 246, 2475 248-249, 258, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 268, 270, 3S6, 384, 401, 424; see also Great Bri- tain, navy Admiralty, Court of, appeals to, 387 ; in Amer- ica, 161; jurisdiction of, 161; papers relating to, 399, 428 Adventure, ship, 366 Advice, ship, 391 Affleck, Capt, on earthquake at Antigua, 359 Africa, coast forts, 218, 219, 237, 240, 246, 247, 258, 262, 266, 271 ; customs, 199 ; free trade, 199; settlements, 219, 237, 240, 246, 247, 258, 262, 266; trade, 15, 192, 199, 200, 207, 216, 217-218, 224, 26s; voyages to, 425; see also Royal African Company African Bill, papers relating to, 199 Ager, William, letter of, 314 29 Agriculture, 87; British Board of, see Board of Agriculture; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Jamaica, agricul- ture Alarm, The, copy of, 248 Alatamaha, Barnwell's proceedings at, 332 Albany, N. Y., army barracks, provisions for, 239; city plan, 143; conventions at, 161, 371; expeditions, 79; fossils, 356; Independent Company at, 127; Indian papers, 132, 220, 371; papers relating to, 181, 238; statistics, 57; travellers' accounts, 28, 116; union plan of, 140, 155 Albany, sloop, 219, 221 Albany River, expeditions on, 369 Albemarle, Duke of (Christopher Monck), ac- count of illness, 61 ; letter to, 42, 43 Albemarle, Duke of (George Monck), mem- ber of Committee of Privy Council, 40; papers of, 46, 411 ; report of, 115 Albemarle, Earl of (William Anne), corre- spondence, 127, 219 Albemarle county, improvement projects, 45 Alderney, customs, 166; illicit trade, 166 Aldsworth, grant, 95 Aldworth, correspondence, 220 Alexander, James, astronomical observations, 358; letter of, 358 Alexander, Sir William, articles of indenture, 37 Alexandria, Camp at, council held at, 138 Algarotti, Count Francesco, journal of, loi Alison, Francis, letters of, 299, 309 Allen, Andrew, letter of, 322 Allen, Eleazar, abstract of quit-rents, 17 Allen, John, 346 Allen, Samuel, papers relating to, 178, 399; petition of, 401 Allen, William, letters of, 294, 29=; Allen, W. O. B., Two Hundred Years, 331 Allhallows, Md., vestry, petitions from, 314 Allone, Sieur Abel Tassin d', 334 All Souls College, Oxford, library, 422; papers in, 422 Almodovar, Marquis d', paper of, 268, 269 Almon, John, correspondence, 104, 121 Alsop, Richard, appeal of, 387 Amazon River, 186, 384, 429; plantations on, 377 Amazone, ship, 195 Ambergris, 66 Amboy, see Perth Amboy America, distances from, to Asia, 360 American Antiquarian Society, 186 American Catholic Historical Researches, 341 447 448 Index. American Historical Association, Annual Re- port of, 35S American Papers, committee on, resolutions, 140 American Philosophical Society, 355, 358; scientific papers, 358, 359; Transactions, 355, 357 American Revolution, see Revolution, Ameri- can Amherst, Maj.-Gen. Jeffrey, 142, 163; corre- spondence, 31, 49, IDS, 106, 124, 126, 144, 146 Amsterdam English Church, tracts relating to, 112 Amyand, Col., 127; correspondence, 124, 220 Anderson, History of the Colonial Church, 376 Anderson, A., letter of, 66 Anderson, Adam, papers collected by, 100 Anderson, Robert, letter to, 410 Anderson, William, sheriff of New York, correspondence, 419 Andre-Arnold affair, 152 Andrevirs, John, letter of, 318 Andros, Sir Edmund, 382; conference with Indians, 371; correspondence, 113, 118, 318; papers relating to, 114, 115, 289, 290, 317, 327, 413 Anepoquaum, see Uncas Anglesey, Earl of (Arthur Annesley), 40 "Anglo Americanus," letter of, 249 Anhalt-Zerbst, Prince of, treaty with George III., 267 Animals, 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 360, 361, 362, 365; drawings, 62, 71, 73 ; see also names of coun- tries, colonies and places, e. g., Jamaica, ani- mals Annapolis, church convention at, 336; court house fire, 162; Dr. Bra/s visit to, 337; free schools at, 314, 337; library, 334, 338; military stores, 19; papers relating to, 104, 256, 258; shipping, 58; scientific observations at, 358, 359, 362; tobacco bonds lost in, 25 Annapolis River district, letter to an inhabi- tant of, 222 Anne, Queen, Bounty, 398, 405; interest in Royal Society, 356; papers relating to, 192, 196, 274, 289, 38s, 401, 40s ; petitions to, 193, 392, 393. 395. 418; proclamations by, 186, 194, 419; reign of, 176, 178 Anne Galley, ship, report concerning capture of, 135 Anson, Lord (George Anson), 155; corre- spondence, 158 Anspach troops, no Anthony, Susa[nna], letter of, 347 Antiche, Indian warrior, 327 Anticosta, 92; astronomical observations at, 359 Antigua, acts, 186-187; agency, 395; animals, 67; conditions in, 36; customs, 126; diseases, 362; finances, 32; free negroes of, 127; gov- ernment papers, 90, 117, 380; law cases, 164; opposition to spirituous liquors bill in, 210; petitions from, 209, 210, 380; politics, 58; scientific observations in, 357, 359; ship seized at, 409; smuggling case, 167; trade, 84, 410; voyages to, 46, 51. 53 Antilles, sea-currents at, 362; scientific obser- vations, 356; sugar trade, 368; voyages to, 116 Antipedobaptists, 345 Antiquaries, Society of, royal proclamations, 186 Apoquiniminck, Pa., condition of church at, 311 Appalachian Mountains, travellers' accounts, 73. 367 Apparitions, 377 Applewhite, Henry, 386 Apsley, Sir Allen, dedication to, 379 Apthorpe, Charles Ward, suit of, 183 Aquondero, Sachem, 389 A. R. B., see Barclay, Abram Rawlinson Arbuckle, letter to, 410 Arbuthnot, Adm. Marriott, correspondence, 145, 152, 270; papers of, 152, 270 Archaeologia Americana, 363 Archdale, John, letter of, 351 ; papers of, loi, 396 Arianism, 364 Arica, bay of, drawings, 51 Arlington, Earl of (Henry Bennet), corre- spondence, 40, 84, 168, 415, 416; instructions of, to commissioners, 39; papers of, 396 Armistead, Henry, letter of, 314 Armistead, Wilson, Life of James Logan, 351 Armsted, Capt., letter to, 426 Arnold, Gen. Benedict, 152; correspondence, 121 Arnold, Benjamin, suit of, 183 Arnold, Jonathan, letters of, 307, 30B Arnold, Sion, pirate, 388 Arnold-Andre affair, 152 Arran, Earl of, correspondence, 352 Arredondo, A. de, paper of, 29 Arrowsmith, John, letters of, 305, 311 Arundel, Earl of, grant to, 385 Arundell, Lord, of Wardour, correspondence, 342 Ashby, Capt. John, instructions for, 385; jour- nal of, 384 Ashe, Benj., letters of, 420 Ashe, J. Windham, letters of, 127, 128 Ashley, Lord (Anthony), member committee of Privy Council, 40; letter to, 41; report of, IIS ; see also Shaftesbury Ashley River, map, 74; settlement on, 74 Ashmolean Manuscripts, 376-379 Ashton, Capt. Henry, letters to, 47 Ashton, John, papers of, 342 Ashurst, Henry, letter of, 305; papers of, 345. 388, 418 Asia, distances between, and America, 360 Aspinwall, William, Speculum Chronologicum, 396 Assiento, 131, 145, 200, 201, 211 ; see also Ne- groes ; slavery Index. 449 Assiento Treaty of 1716, 201 Astronomical observations, 357-358 Astwood, Mr., and others, letters of, 406 Atawanhood, deeds of, 16 Atkins, suit against, 165 Atkins, Edmund, book by, 9 Atkins, Sir Jonathan (or John), governor of Barbadoes; correspondence, 42, 106, 113 Atkinson, R., rum supply contract by, 267 Atkinson, William, letter of, 47 Atlantic coast, maps, 27, 49-SO. 73. 89, 186; scientific observations on, 357, 358, 359; voy- age accounts, 72 Attorney-General of England, papers of, 162, 164, 193. 196, 240 Atwood, William, 13, 387; letters of, 391, 393 Auchmuty, Judge Robert, correspondence, 49, 156, 237 ; papers of, 130, 291 Auckland, First Lord (William Eden), corre- spondence, 14s, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153. 257; life, 145-146; mission to America, 150; papers of, 145, 149. 15°, 257 Auckland Papers, I45-IS3; documents among, transcribed for the Library of Congress, 441 Audit office, papers, 398 Aurora Borealis, observations of, 359 Avalon, charter of, 52; interest of Lord Balti- more in, 37 Avery, Benjamin, letter of, 293 Avery, Isaac, recommendation of, 318 Avilonie, see Newfoundland Axe, Capt., letters to, 82, 83 Ayres, Capt, letter to, 249 Ayscough, John, 30 Ayscough, Samuel, Catalogue of Sloane Man- uscripts, 50 Ayscue, Gen. George, articles of agreement, 86 ; correspondence, 375; papers by, 375 Bache, Richard, letter to, 19 Backhouse, Richard, letter of, 309 Bacon, Nathaniel, letter of, 43; papers of, 43, 72 Bacon, Mrs. Nathaniel, letter of, 43 Bacon, Nathaniel, Jr., 428 Bacon's rebellion, 113, 182 Bagg, John, letter of, 318 Baggcusetts, deed of, 95 Bahama Banks, 382; description of, 51 Bahama Islands, animals, 360, 361; charter, 159; conditions in, 195; description of, 41, 75; papers relating to, 26, 75, 98, 112, 195; politics, 43, 44, 69, 127; schools, 334; stamp- distributing, 225, 226; voyages to, 382 Bailey, Thomas, case of, 321 Baily, Mr., papers of, 368 Baker, Alderman, 139 Baker, Samuel, petition of, 207 Balaguier, John Anthony, papers relating to, 162 Ball, Joseph, recommendation of, 320 Ballatyne, John, certificate concerning, 399 Ballens, Robert, letter to, 393 Baltimore, Bishop of, letter from, 340 Baltimore, Lord (Cecil Calvert), letters of, 118, 124; papers relating to, 27, 84. 97. ii3. 32% 381 Baltimore, Lord (Charles Calvert, third lord), papers of, 105, 352 Baltimore, Lord (Charles Calvert, fifth lord), dispute with the Penns, 160; papers of, 312 Baltimore, Lord (Frederick Calvert), letter of, 124; papers relating to, 97, 183, 269, 340 Baltimore, Lord (George Calvert), corre- spondence, 145, 375; papers relating to, 60, 208 Banister, Rev. John, letters of, 58, 62, 326, 360 Banister, Thomas, letter of, 364 Bank of England, papers of, 235, 347 Bannister, John, appeal of, 182, 183 Banyar, Goldsborow, letters of, 98, 124 Barbadoes, 377, 428; acts of, 186-187, 205, 207, 404; assembly papers, 34, 130, 209, 396, 414; calico imports, 201-202; church papers, 344, 376, 404; climate, 357; conditions in, 35, 55, 60, 194, 413; cotton imports, 205, 207; coun- cil papers, 18, 85, 395, 415 ; currency, 213 ; customs, 81, 84, 115, 197, 20s, 207; defense of, 216; description of, 60, 425; diseases, 66, 3&; immigration to, 112; English interest in, 47 ; estates, 98, 178 ; farms, 41 ; finances, 194- 195 ; fires in, 345 ; Friends in, 350 ; ginger im- ports, 205, 207; gold, rates of, 213; gover- nors' papers, 36, 61, 130, 131, 207, 380, 396; history, 32, 33, 34, 364; hurricanes, 357; land- leasing session in, 380; law cases, 164, 165, 166, 167; laws, 44, 114; maps, 55, 143, 425; missionary activities in, 345, 350; molasses imports, 205, 207; naval office of, 107, loB; negroes, education of, 345; offices in, 116; opposition to spirituous liquors bill, 210; ordnance stores for, 197; papers relating to, 19, 26, 33, 34. 37. 38, 41. 55. 73. 86, 90, 130, 136, 144, 296, 297, 298, 300, 301, 360, 375, 396, 414; petitions from, 78, 84, 194, 210, 216, 414; plantations, 61, 296; plants, 59, yo, 128; politics, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 44, 57, 85, 86, 127, 129, 155, 177, 194-195, 205, 207, 396, 413, 416; prizes, 21, 103, 178, 195; revenues, 34, 415; rum imports, 205, 207; salt in, 367; scientific papers, 357, 358, 359, 360, 377 ; seeds from, 55; settlement of, 144; shipping, 194, 198 ; silver, rates of, 213 ; slavery, 24, 42, 345 ; statistics, 45; sugar trade, 45, 205, 207, 209; surrender of, 86; the 454 per cent duty of, see Barbadoes, customs; tobacco trade, 157; trade, 78, 194, 204, 205, 207, 209, 382, 396, 410; vice-admiralty commission for, 413; voyage accounts, 51, 58, 144, 356, 407; wills, records of, 169 Barbadoes Merchant, ship, 404 Barbaric, New York councillor, 393; reports of, 409 Barbot, Jean, Voyage de Guinee, 116 Barcelona, commerce of, with America, 89 450 Index. Barclay, Abram Rawlinson, manuscripts of, 350 Barclay, Henry, 293; letters of, 292, 296, 298 Bargreave, Capt. John, project and case of, 88 Barham, Henry, letters of, 63, 64, 65, 66; pa- pers of, 60, 357, 359 Barker, paper of, 425 Barker, James, account of voyage, 17 Barkley, Capt., letter of, 259 Barkley, Gilbert, letter of, 250 Barksdale, J., letters of, 57 Barkstead, J., paper of, 400 Barmudians Adventure, ship, 41 Barnard, Rev. John, letter of, 136 Barnard, Thomas, letter of, 301 Barnes, Henry, letter of, 307 Barnett, John, letter of, 328 Barnwell, Col. John, journal of, 332; letter of, 322 Baron, George, letter of, 370 Baron and Lawson murder, account of, 123 Barons, Benjamin, papers relating to, 275, 276 Baroscopes, 368 Barr, Mr., meteorological observations by, 357 Barre, E., paper by, 168 Barrier treaties, papers relating to, 198 Barrington, Lady, correspondence, 48 Barrington, Francis, letters of, 48 Barrington, Robert, adventures of, 48 Barrington, Samuel, letters of, 145 Barrington, Sir Thomas, correspondence, 48 Barrington, Second Viscount (William Wild- man), correspondence, 139, 249, 297 " Barrister of Gray's Inn," Short Account of the Bahamas, 75 Bartlett, letter to, 83 Barton, Isaac, letter to, 83 Barton, Joseph, letter to, 57 Barton, Thomas, York, Pa., letter of, 294 Barton, Thomas, Salem, Mass., letter to, 410 Bartram, John, 68; correspondence, 68, 70, 116; Description of East Florida, 422; papers of, 62, 359. 362 Barwicke, Samuel, letter of, 415 Bascome, Nath., papers of, 403 Basse, Jer., letters of, 80, 387; papers relating to, 388, 389, 404, 418 Bassett, Nathan, papers relating to, 324 Batts, Thomas, journal of, 367 Bauza, D. Felipe, Spanish documents, loi Baxter, Rev. Richard, 343; correspondence, 343, 344, 345. 346; papers of, 343, 344, 345; Sainfs Rest, 344 Baxter Manuscripts, 343 Baxter- Penn disputes, 343 Bayard, Col. Nicholas, 11, 13, 178. 39^, 392 Bayard and Company, letter of, 234 Bayley, suit against, 165 Bayley, Dr., 407 Bayly, Zachary, suit of, 180 Bazanier, Histoire de la Floride, 21 Beach, Dr. John, case of, 295 Beane, Joseph, testimony of, 94 Bearcroft, Dr. Philip, secretary of the S. P. G., 333 ; correspondence, 291, 293, 294, 322 ; paper by, 292 " Bearcroft Manuscripts," 333 Beauchamp, John, grant to, 95 Beauclerk, Lord (Vere), instructions for, 144 Beaumont, Rev., letter of, 76 Beaver-trade, 367, 368 Becket, William, letter of, 309 Bedford, Mr., papers of, ^& Bedford, Duke of (John Russell), 129; corre- spondence, 126, 219, 220 Bedford Fort, map, 143 Bee-culture, 361 Beeston, Sir William, 55; letter of, 107; papers relating to, ig, 55, 357 Belcher, Mrs., papers of, 359 Belcher, Gov. Jonathan, conduct of, 130; con- ference with Indians, 208; correspondence, 18, 26, 124, 128, 156, 160, 307, 328, 364, 401 ; papers relating to, 163, 291 ; suit of, 162 Belcher, Jonathan, Jr., letters of, 124, 160, 307 Belden, Capt., at Fishkill, N. Y., letter to, 348 Belknap, Dr., letters, 103 Bell, Mr., 345 Bell, C, letters to, 18 Bell, Gov. Philip, letters to, 82 Bell, T., journal of, 403 Bellanger, Stephen, voyage of, 89 Belle Isle, conquest of, 281 ; expedition against, 169 Bellenden, Lord, letter of, no Bellingham, Gov., letters of, 40, 413 Bellomont, Earl of (Richard Coote), corre- spondence, II, 154, 387, 388, 389, 417; papers relating to, 10, 105, 178, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 394, 407, 409, 417 Bellomont, Lady, 391, 409 Benbow, Adm. John, despatch of, 103; ex- pedition to West Indies, 134 Bendall, Ephraim, letter of, 344 Benedict XIV., reports to, 340 Benezet, Anthony, letters of, 299, 300 Benger, Elliott, deputy postmaster-general, 275 Bennet, Mrs. John, petition of, 80 Bennet, Gov. Richard, letter to, 381 ; orders to, 380, 381 Bennett, Maj.-Gen., 367 Bennett, H., see Arlington, Earl of Bennett, Richard, Md., 162 Bennett, Richard, commissioner, Va., 97 Benson, Mr., letters to, in Bentham, Dr., letter of, 298 Bentinck, Count, letter to, 29 Berbice, documents about, 29 Berkeley, Lady, correspondence, 427 Berkeley, George, letter of, 303; recommenda- tion of, 318 Berkeley, Sir John, character-sketch, 168; con- tracts by, 412; letters, 99, 416; life, 168; Memoire of, 119 Berkeley, Sir William, correspondence, 38, 39, 90, 113, 116, 415, 425, 426; instructions to, Index. 451 316, 425; opposition to, 100, 384; papers re- lating to, 23, 38, 42, 43, 59, 387, 426, 427 Berkeley, S. C, 324 Bermuda Company, papers relating to, 407-408 Bermudas, animals, 365; charter, 407; church papers, 376; conditions in, S3; court pro- ceedings, 403; customs, 408; description, 41, 417; education in, 163, 365; gold, rates of, 213; governors' papers, 117, 130, 131, 178; history, 52; immigration to, 112; Indians in, 429 ; inhabitants, longevity of, 360, 366 ; land- deeds, 82; land-grants, 429; land-renting, 407; laws, 407; libraries, 335; map, 429; pa- pers relating to, 26, 48, 90, 117. W, 365, 367, 407-408; plants, 360; politics, 57, 408; prop- erty in, 408; scientific papers concerning, 356. 357 ; silver, rates of, 213 ; statistics, 57 ; survey of, 365; tides, 360, 365, 366; title to, 417; tobacco, 88, 89; voyages to, 17; wells in, 360, 36s ; whale-fishing, 360, 365, 366 Bernard, Sir Francis, correspondence, 26, 49, 87, 95, 108, 109, 134, 136, 161, 163, 225, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 251, 423; land-grant to, 184; papers relating to, 183, 228, 229, 230, 234, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 251, 252 Berry, Sir John, arrival of, at Nevis, 416 ; com- mission to, 425 ; correspondence, 23, 416, 426, 427; despatch of, to Virginia, 384; instruc- tions for, 385, 425, 427; reports by, 427, 428 Bertie, Charles, report of, 80 Bertie, Sec. Edward, commission to, 163 Bethanian settlements, Georgia, map, 27 Bibliotheca Pepysiana, 382, 424-429; informa- tion about the use of, 424 Bibliothecae Americanae Quadripartitae, see Libraries Bibliothecae Provinciates Americanae, see Plantations, Libraries Bideford, port, 162 Bigelow, Timothy, instructions to, 255 Biggs, Aaron, account of, 158 Birch, Dr. Thomas, History of the Royal So- ciety, 3SS Birchfield, Mr., letter to, 90 Bird, Col, letter to, 109 Bird, Mr., relation of, 43 Biscayans, fishing rights in Newfoundland, 168-169 Bishop, Dorothy, petition of, 177 Bishop, Edward, papers relating to, 163 Bishop, Robert, 177 Bishoprics in America, see Plantations, bishop- rics Bissell, Daniel, 93 Black, W. H., Ashmolean Manuscripts, 376 Blackburn, John, letters to, 112 Blackburn, Lancashire, 342 Blackwater River, map, 421 Bladen, Col. Martin, letters of, 124, 320 Blair, James, letters of, 289, 314, 318; memorial byi 317; papers of, 114, 318, 404 Blair, John, letters of, 315 Blakeney, Brig. Gen. William, 128 Blakiston, Gov. N., letters of, 80, 312; warrant of, 80 Bland, Giles, case of, 42 ; letters of, 42, 44 Blathwayt, William, correspondence, 44, 80, 155. 273, 289, 403 ; papers relating to, 169, 408 Blenham, Jonathan, 163; letters of, 124 Bliss, John, papers of, 309 Bliss, W. H., Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers, 410 Blissland, Va., church queries, 318 Blome, Present State of his Maj. Isles and Territories, 409 Blonte Point, Va., 2>77 Blount, Arthur, letters of, 305, 312 Bluefield, Albertus, letter to, 83 Blumfield, Joseph, letter of, 315 Board of Agriculture, 75 Board of Trade, correspondence, 10, 11, 18, 19, 23, 27, 68, 87, 92, 123, 124, 125, 126, 130, 135, 158, 159, 160, 161, 197, 198, 199, 204, 209, 210, 212, 220, 221, 222, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235. 251, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 401, 402; history, 172-173; papers relating to, 57, 58, 75, 81, 82, 87, 89, 96, 98, 134. 135. 137, 158, 173, 177. 179. 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 192, 193, 194, 195. 196. 197. 198, 199. 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 217, 219, 220, 222, 227, 228, 236, 240, 27s, 316, 317, 321, 328, 385, 386, 387, 390, 399, 400, 402, 403, 404 Bocage, Barbie du, collection of maps, 92 Boceone, Paul, botanical collections, 71 Bodleian Library, catalogues, 372, 373, 374; copper plates in, 421; information about the use of, 372-374; papers in, 330, 372-421 ; pho- tographing of manuscripts in, 373; volumes and documents in, transcribed for the Li- brary of Congress, 443-445; see also Oxford Bogert, Nicholas, Jr., 108 Bohun, Edmund, correspondence, 75 Bolingbroke, Viscount (Henry St. John), let- ter of, 200 Bollan, William, correspondence, 96, 124; pa- pers of, 139, 161; petitions of, 93, 223, 251, 254 Bollen, James, proposals of, 40 Bond, Capt., 385 Bond, Dr. John, papers of, 362 Bond, Phineas, 27 Bonds, see names of person or societies in question; e. g., London, Bishop of, bonds to Bonnal, John, grant to, 91 Bontien, case of, 164 Books of Maps, 186 Boone, Joseph, papers relating to, 195 Boone, Gov. Thomas, papers relating to, 161, 163 Booth, letter of, 250 Booth, Ja., replies of, to queries, 25 Bordley, Thomas, letter of, 312 Borgne, Monsieur le, 38 Borlase, E., letter to, 53 452 Index. Borrasson, M., 360 Boscawen, Edward, deed of, 82 Boscawen, Hugh, deed of, 82 Boston, army in, 188, 244, 245; assembly pa- pers, 206; church papers relating to, 20, 290, 293, 297, 298, 301, 304, 30s, 306, 307. 312. 328, 347. 374; circular letters to, 244, 254; com- missioners' visit to, 413; convention at, 244; council papers, 229, 230, 233, 244, 245, 246; court papers, 40, 254; customs, 226, 235, 237, 242, 246, 250; diseases, 364; Friends of Lib- erty in, 243 ; harbor fortifications, 391 ; In- dian treaty of, 221; lands in, 128; map of harbor, 73; military stores, 254; navy at, 244; newspapers, 233, 242, 243, 248, 254; opposition to Gov. Andros, 290; papers re- lating to, 42, IIS, 161, 233, 237, 242, 251, 414, 422; post-office papers, 273; prizes, 347; riots in, 180, 185, 238, 254; scientific papers from, 345, 357, 358, 359, 361, 364; seizure of the Liberty at, 242-243; Stamp Act disturb- ances, 225, 241, 242, 246; tea disturbances, 247, 249, 251 ; town meetings, 244, 254; trade, 410; travel papers, 28; treasury board pa- pers, 244; vice-admiralty court at, 180; voy- ages to, 46, 72, 116 Boston Evening Post, copies of, 229 Boston Gazette, extracts, 241, 243, 244, 251, 255; libel proceedings against, 241 Boston in New England, 94 " Boston Massacre ", papers relating to, 246 Boston Port Bill, petitions against, 251 Boston Tea-Party, 49, 254 Boswell, Sir William, letters to, 76 Boswell Papers, 76 Botetourt, Lord, letter of, 315 ; papers of, 247 Boturini-Benaduci, Lorenzo, Idea de una nueva Historia General de la America Septentri- onal, 144 Bouchar, C., letter of, 364 Bouderous (Pouderous, q. v.), Albert, letter of, 322 Boundaries, see under colony in question; e. g., Pennsylvania, boundaries; Connecticut, boundary disputes Bouquet, Gen. Henry, 105 ; letter of, 29 Bouquet Papers, 105 Bourchier, Sir Henry, commission to, 120 Bourdillon, correspondence, 298 Bourke, Thomas, declaration of, 220 Bourquet, Prof., letter of, 70 Bow, boundaries, 94; land disputes, 165 Bowdoin, James, letters of, 368 Bowen, Lieut. George, letters of, 31 Bowen, Samuel, papers of, 183 Bowes, Robert, estimates of expenses, 34 Bowles, Carrington, map of United States, 98 Bowman, Nath., 16 Boyd, John, letters of, 315, 320; recommenda- tion of, 318 Boydell, John, paper of, 399 Boyle, Robert, letter to, 413 Boylston, Zabdiel, letters of, 50, 65, 68 Boyne, ship, 127 Boynton, Anna, letter of, 413 Brabant, Henry, letter of, 39S; voyage to America, 395 Bradboume, Edward, letters to, 85, 86; papers relating to, 13s Braddock, Gen. Edward, 138; correspondence, 124, 138; defeat of, 28, 138, 155, 156, 294 Bradford, William, 351; "Surrender" of, 95 Bradshaw, Mr., correspondence, 241, 242, 243 Bradshaw, Alexander, letters of, 31 Bradshaw, Thomas, letter to, 274 Bradstreet, Col, letter to, 238, 348 Bradstreet, Simon, 344; correspondence, 344, 370. 374. 406 Brafferton, Manor of. County of York, 327 Braintree, 306; church papers, 304, 306 Brandenburg-Anspach, Margrave of, treaty with George HI., 262 Brandywine River, Pa., Forks of, astronomical observations, 358 Brattle, Thomas, astronomical observations by, 358 Bray, Dr. Thomas, Associates of, manuscripts, 334-335; correspondence, 312, 318, 324, 337, 338; missionary activities of, 336; papers re- lating to, 289, 314, 328, 334, 336, 337, 338; visit to Maryland, 314, 334, 337; see also Libraries Bray Manuscripts, information about the use of, 334 Brayne, Gen. William, 34; correspondence, 33, 84 ; expedition to Jamaica, 381 ; papers of, 33 Breck, Robert, sermons of, 347 Breedon, Thomas, letter of, 415 Breitnall, Joseph, papers of, 359 Brenton, Jahleel, appeals, 96; suit against, 166, 167 Brenton, William, petition of, 411 Brereton, Lord, letter to, 366 Brett, letter of, 392 Brett, Capt., paper of, 417 Brett, A., letter to, 126 Brett, Roger, deposition of, 99 Brettell, Mr., secretary to the Commissioners of Stamps, correspondence, 225, 226, 232 Brewer, Daniel, 347 Brewerton, 108 Brewster, Adams and, suit against, 313 Brewster, Sir F., New Essays on Trade, loi Bridge, Christopher, letters of, 303 Bridge, Thomas, letter of, 61 Bridge, Tobias, reports of, 33, 103 Bridgeman, papers by, 184 Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, Lord Keeper, patent made out by, 376 Bridges, Charles, letters of, 315, 318 Bridges, John, letters of, 303, 307 Bridges, William, statement of, 79 Briefs or Church Briefs, 71-72 Brimley, William, letter of, 312 Brinsley, John, Consolation for our Grammar Schools (1622), II Index. 453 Brisket, letter to, 18 Bristol, Earl of (Augustus John Hervey), cor- respondence, 168, 169 Bristol, Earl of (George Digby), correspond- ence, 375 Bristol, iron trade, 119; opposition to Stamp Act, 236; opposition to Sugar Bill, 212; peti- tions from, 212, 236 ; shipping, 81 ; voyages to, 54 Bristol county, Massachusetts, church papers, 304, 318; resolves of, 255 Bristow, log of voyage, 403 British Museum, Briefs or Church Briefs, 311, 327; catalogues, 6-7, 286; collections of man- uscripts, 7-187; information about the use of, 1-6; manuscripts in newspaper room, igo; royal proclamations, 186; Royal Society mu- seum, given to, 363; volumes in, transcribed for the Library of Congress, 431-443 Broadstreet, see Bradstreet, Simon Brock, R. A., Proceedings of the Virginia Com- pany, 430 Brockwell, Charles, letters of, 305, 307 Brocton, Charles, witness, 71 Bromley, William, Secretary of State, letter from, 200 Brompton, archives in the oratory of, 339 Brompton, South Kensington, archives at, 339 Brook, Chidley, references to, 410 Brook, Thomas, letters of, 312 Brooke, Dr R., observations of, 357 Brooke, Zach., letter of, 397 Brooklyn, map, 100 Brooks, Lieut., letters of, 31 Brooks, William, paper of, 399 Broughton, Thomas, letter of, 103, 322 Brown, case of, 44 Brown, Capt., extract of letter, 127; instruc- tions for, 127; squadron of, 127 Brown, Alexander, Genesis, 375, 376, 379, 423 Brown, Dr. Andrew, collections of papers, 103 Brown, Jane, 182 Brown, John, suit against, 166 Brown, Peregrine, case of, 78 Brown, William, letter of, 65 Browne, Arthur, letters of, 303, 307, 322 Browne, Edward, letter of, 53 Browne, John, license to, 154 Browne, Jonathan, letter of, 250 Browne, Joseph, letters of, 63, 308 Browne, Sir Richard, letter to, 99 Browne, Robert, letter of, 117 Bruce, James, letter to, 409 ; papers relating to, 250, 251 Bruce, James, Jr., paper of, 250 Bruce, John, papers from, 219 Brunskill, John, case of, 320; letters of, 318; papers relating to, 316 Brunswick, Duke of, treaty with George III., 261 Brunswick, township, map, 94; pamphlet, 94 Bruton parish, Va., church queries, 318 Bryan, Hugh, letter of, 322 Brymner, Reports on Canadian Archives, go, 395 Buccaneers, see Piracy Buchanan, Neil, application from, 216 Buckingham, Duke of, letter to, 47 Buckingham, ship, 129 Buckmaster, Edward, paper of, 388 Bueno, Don J. G. C, description of coast of California, 104 Bugnion, Joseph, letters of, 322 Bulkeley, Edward, letter to, 410 Bull, Alderman, letter to, 281 Bull, Gov. William, correspondence, 129, 160, 216, 234, 23s, 238, 248, 257, 322; papers of, 210, 323, 385 Bull, William Tredwell, letter of, 312, 322; memorial by, 323 BuUer, Col. Anthony, note to, 380 Bullivant, Benjamin, letter of, 364; papers of, 361, 364 Bunker Hill battle, description of, 75 Buor, Peter, letter of, 308 Burgoyne, Gen. John, campaign of, 123, 149; expeditions of, 192, 265, 266; letter of, 75; relations with Gen. Howe, 265; surrender of, 149 Burlington, Earl of (Richard), 327 Burlington, church papers, 304; council papers, 232, 233 Burnet, John, letter of, 63, 64, 65 Burnet, Gov. William, astronomical observa- tions, 358 ; correspondence, 104, 303, 307 ; pa- pers relating to, 163, 207 Burnett, Robert, papers relating to, 163 Burrard, Sir Harry, letters to, 145 Burrard, Col. William, papers of, 145 Burrington, George, letters of, 320, 328; pa- pers relating to, 163 Burt, Capt, 349 Burt, Samuel, accounts, 410 Burt, William Mathew, proclamation, 30 Burton, Dr., letter to, 298 Burton, Lieut.-Gov., letters of, 26 Burton, John, letter of, 300 Burton, Sir Ralph, correspondence, 106 Burwell, Lewis, estate, suit of, 165 Bushell, John, letter of, 344 Buston, Thomas, letter to, 410 Butler, letter to, 83 Butler, Lieut., letter of, 221 Butler, Capt. Nathaniel, papers of, 47, 53, 54 Butler, Peter, 380 Butler, Maj. Pierce, letters of, 100 Butler, Richard, letter of, 344 Butler, Thomas, bond of, 97 Butler, Rev. Weeden, correspondence, 100, 114 Byam, F., meteorological observations, 357 Byam, Gov. William, 118; book of, 428 Byfield, Nathaniel, 399; petitions of, 29, 399 Byles, Mather, letter of, 307 Byllynge, Gov. Edward, claims of, 100 Byndlos, Col, letter of, 56 454 Index. Byrd, William, 386; letters of, 63, 68, 69, 70, 318; Dividing Line, 26, 116 B3rron, Adm. John, instructions to, 268 Cadiz, arrival of Spanish West Indian fleet at, 223 Cadogan, Earl of (William), letters to, 400, 402 Cadogan, George, letter of, 292 Caesar, Sir Julius, 428 ; letter to, 14s ; papers relating to, 88, 89 Cagrway, fort of, proposals for, 36, 37 Caldwell, Capt., letter of, 247; warrant sent to, 391 Caldwell, John, suit of, 313 Caledonia, Darien, ruin of, 404 Calendars of State Papers, Domestic and Co- lonial, 177 California, astronomical observations in, 359; description, 17, 104; naval expeditions to, 154; papers relating to, 89; passage by land to, 360; voyages to, 51 California, Gulf of, map, 92 California, Lower, map, 92 Callao, voyages to, 51 Calvert, Charles, letters of, 49, 179, 312 Calvert county, Md., church lands in, 337 Calvert family, arms and pedigree, 396 Calvert Town, Md., clergyman for, 374 Camherwell, ship, papers concerning capture of, 135 Cambridge, Mass., assembly at, journal, 206; astronomical observations, 358, 359, 364; let- ters from, 422; meteorological observations at, 3S7, 361 ; mission in, 295 ; proposed estab- lishment of King's College at, 294; provin- cial congress, proceedings of, 255; removal of House of Representatives to, 252; town meeting at, 228; townsmen's votes, 231 Cambridge University, 347 ; libraries, 382 ; man- uscripts in, 424-430 Camden, Earl of (Charles Pratt), speech by, 161 Camel, P. George Joseph, letters of, 71 ; papers by, 58. 70, 361 Camm, Rev. John, letter of, 315, 318; suit of, 165, 166, 181 Camm case, 165, 166 Camock, Capt. Sussex, letters to, 83 Campbell, A. C, report of, 25 Campbell, Alexander, letters of, 309, 312, 322; vindication of, 304 Campbell, Lieut.-Col. Archibald, corps of, 266; letter of, 151 Campbell, Colin, letters of, 309; scientific ob- servations of, 3S7, 358 Campbell, Douglas, case of, 181 Campbell, Duncan, 389; letter of, 390 Campbell, John, Lives of the Admirals, 382 Campbell, Col. John, petition of, 181 Campbell, P., letter of, 31 Campbell, Lord William, certificates from, 275 Campeche, description, loi ; logwood papers, 18, 25 ; map, c^ ; papers relating to, loi ; trade, 168 Canada, Anglo-French relations in, 29, 89; as- sembly acts, 195; astronomical observations, 358; boundaries, 76, 109; British army rec- ords, 264; British prisoners sent to France from, 220; Burgoyne's expedition from, 265; claims to, 114; conditions in, 28, 106; cou- riers' routes in, 122; English Company of, 396; expeditions against, 105, 130, 137; ex- peditions to, 9, 386, 409, 419, 429; French Company of, 396; French forces in, 162; French power in, 29, 103; German troops in, 264; government of, 195; grant of, 195; language of Indians in, 83; maple-sugar in, 361; maps of, 90, 98, 106, 122, 143; military records of, 105, 106; papers relating to, 90, 112, 161, 240, 369; prisoners of war in, 137, 224; ports in, 98; proposals for reduction of, 135. 138; relations with the colonies, 325; Roman Catholics in, 134; river of, see St. Lawrence River; Scotch settlements in, 29; title to, 21 ; trade-papers of, 139, 181 ; travels to, 28, 59 ; volunteers from, 142; voyage to Mississippi from, 364, 367; voyages to, 18, 87; wars with, 105 Canada Praying Indians, 389 Canadian Archives, Report on, 90, 370, 395 Candler, Capt. Barth., astronomical observa- tions, 3S8 Caner, Henry, letters of, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 30s, 307, 308 Caner, Thomas, letter of, 328 Cannell, Christopher, 32 Cant, Andrew, letter of, 315 Canterbury, Archbishop of, commission to, 375 ; correspondence, 293, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 315, 374; jurisdiction over colonies, 376; library of, see Lambeth Palace Library Canton, John, F. R. S., correspondence, 368; papers of, 368 Cape Breton, 89 ; conquest of, 135, 281 ; expedi- tion against, 11; expeditions to, log, HI, 136; fisheries, 15; importance of, 15, 130; papers relating to, 90 Cape Coast, letter from negro chiefs of, 218 Cape Coast Castle, account of, 218 Cape Cod, maps, 143, 429 Cape Fear River, map of the mouth of, 122 Capellen, Baron Johan Dirk van der, protest by, 15s Cape Verde, voyages to, 52, 428 Caracas, papers on, 168 Caranza, Capt. Domingo Gonzales, book by, 116 Cardigan, Earl of, petition of, 166 Cardonnel, A. D., 409 Carew, Lord (George Carew), letter to, 287 Carew, George, paper of, 429 Caribbee Islands, 45; Anglo-French hostilities in, 413; British interest in, 133; conditions in, 43; customs, 169; description, 425; farm- ing, 41; finances, 41; free trade, 84; maps, Index. 455 42s; military papers relating to, 26, 31, 40, 41, 46, 360; plants, SS, 362; provisions, 40 Carkesse, Charles, letter of, 108; papers relat- ing to, 108 Carlehill, Capt., discourse, 8 Carleton, Sir Dudley, see Dorchester, Viscount Carleton, Gov. Sir Guy, map sent by, 182; orders of, 106, 122; regiment of, 123; royal instructions to, 253 Carlisle, First Earl of (Charles Howard), 45; correspondence, 47, 56, 113; papers relating to, 44. S6 Carlisle, Earl of (Frederick Howard), 152; correspondence, 267 ; papers of, 267 Carlisle Bay, map, 143 Carlisles, see BarlDadoes Carlos, ship, 91 Carlting, George, correspondence, 112, 147, 148 Carlyle, suit of, vs. Dade, 316 Carmichael, William, letters of, 97, 147, 148 Carolina, Anglo-French disputes concerning, 100; animals, 68, 361, 421; boundaries, 158, 179; charter, 76, 104; church papers relating to, 296, 324, 40s; conditions in, 123; consti- tutions of, 12, 104; convoys to, 216; Coxe's lands in, 385, 39s ; defense of, 139 ; descrip- tions, 13, 14, 76, 186; English discoveries in, 100; forts, 396; French encroachments on, 38s; French refugees in, 385, 407; Friends in, 350; history, 145; Indian crafts in, 361; libraries, 335; Lutheran settlers in, 396; maps, 74, 91, 429 ; natural history, 361 ; negro education in, 334; papers relating to, 60, 159, 298, 384; papers relating to the proprietors of, 129, 159, 19s; papers relating to trade in, 19s, 205, 216; plants, 362, 421; Privy Council Committee on, 173; questions of prospective settlers concerning, 396; rice-trade, 204; rivers, 74; settlement of, 385; settlements, 74; slavery in, 400; surrender of, 140, 187; tar-industry, 73 Carolina, North, acts of, 182, 321 ; bills of credit, 214; boundaries, 116, 421; church pa- pers relating to, 182, 321, 324, 329; currency, 214; customs, 395; description, 69, 351; edu- cation, 32s ; governor's papers, 253 ; land- grants, 253; laws, 321; maps, 116; papers relating to, 26, 130, 257, 302, 320-321, 324, 332, 333; parishes, 329; petition to the as- sembly of, 325; politics, 127, 130, 142; quit- rents, 17, 183; ships entering and leaving, 136; Stamp Act papers, 232, 235, 238; sur- render of, 210; surrender of the charter of, IS9| taxes, 329; voyage to, 46 Carolina, South, acts of, 182, 323; admiralty proceedings, 403; assembly papers, 161, 226, 23s. 256, 323; attacks upon, 113; bills of credit in, 213-214; British navy in, 208; bul- lion trade, 134; church papers relating to, 323. 324.. 407 ; conditions in, 210, 323 ; com importation, 237; court papers, 181, 323; descriptions, 13, 14, 16, 120; disputes con- cerning, 130, 158; disturbances in, 256, 257; expedition against St. Augustine, 87; fi- nances, 213-214; fortifications, 210; free schools, 323; German settlers in, 292; gov- ernors' papers, IS9, 253, 397; grand jury, 257; history, 27; Indian burials, 367; land- grants, 253; missionary activities, 323; news- paper clippings, 324; offices, 134; opposition to Stamp Act, 234, 235 ; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 207 ; packet boat service, 275 ; papers relating to, 13, 26, 27, 130, 141, 204, 206, 207, 210, 234, 302, 320-324, 332, 333; petition against proprietors of, 159; plants, 362 ; politics, 127, 140, 142, 158 ; rates of gold and silver in, 214; relation of, to Choctaw revolt, 9; Remonstrance papers, 323; reve- nues, 134 ; scientific experiments in, 361 ; stamp-distributing, 226, 234, 235 ; Swiss im- migration, 109, 292; tea disturbances, 248, 249; trade, 179, 216, 322, 323 Caroline Church, 324 Caroline parish, S. C, 324 Carpenter, Nathaniel, case of, 164 Carr, Sir Robert, 287; letters of, 414, 415; re- port of, 420 Carroll, Daniel, case of, 97 Carroll, John, Roman Catholic superior of missions in U. S., 340; correspondence, 342; papers of, 342 Carson, H. L., Constitution of United States, 26 Carter, suit of, 316 Carter, John, commission to, 162 Carteret, Sir George, 23, 387; commission from, 43; commission to, 114; letter of, 169 Carteret, Lord (John Carteret), correspond- ence, 129, 210, 401 ; papers of, 158 Carthagena, John de, examination of, 381 Carthagena, 55 ; attacks on, 145, 215 ; descrip- tion of, 130; expedition to, 109; fall of, 155; governor's papers, 131 ; maps, 98 ; Morgan's expedition against, 83; Vice-Adm. Vernon at, 214 " Cartwraight " (Carteret), Earl of, 64 Cartwright, Col. George, correspondence, 40, 414; report of, 411, 414, 420 Carver, Capt. Jonathan, papers of, 79, 184; pe- tition of, 183; travels of, 79 Gary, John, Book of Trade, 75, 422; papers of, 78 Gary, Miles, 389 Casa Calvo, Marquis de (Regis Loisel), "Lu- isiana," loi Casco Bay, 92 Casseres, Simon de. Proposals of, 382 Castell, William, petition of, 290 Castle, Dr., Polyglot Lexicon, 344 Castle Frigate, ship, 56 Castle Island, fortifications at, 391 Catalogus Codd. MSS. Bibliothecae Bodlei- anae, 374, 376, 380 Catesby, Mark, F. R. S.,-64, 361, 365, 366; cor- respondence, 59, 64, 6s ; papers by, 73 Cathcart, John, petition of, 182 456 Index. Cathcart, Lord (William Shaw), correspond- ence, 124, 128, 129, 151, 160; papers relating to, 128, 129, 135, IS I, 157 Cathcart Manuscripts, referred to, 146 Cayenne, voyages to, 116 Cayley, consul, letter of, 210 Cayley, Ab., letters of, 129 Caylus, Marquis de, 126, 131 Cayuga Indians, papers relating to, 222 Cecil, Sir Robert, papers addressed to, 287 Cecil county, Maryland, missionary activities, 288 Celoron de Bienville, letter of, 222; declara- tion by, 221 Central America, papers relating to, 303 Chaleur, ship, burning of, 180 Challoner, Bishop Richard, letters of, referred to, 341 Chalmers, George, 25 ; letter of, 147 ; papers of, 90 Chamberlayne, John, secretary of the S. P. G., 404; correspondence, 18, 63, 290, 364, 404 Chambers, Mr., case of, 311 Chambly, Fort de, 92 Chambly Lake, map, 92 Chamier, Daniel, papers of, 267 Champante, J., paper of, 41 Champante, John, Jr., appointed agent for New York, 393 ; army supplies sent by, 409 ; corre- spondence, 377, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393; life, 386; papers of, 386-395 Champlain, Lake, 92; land-grants on, 181-182; maps, 121, 181-182; title to lands on, 109; travels to, 28 Chancellor, William, letters of, 309 Chandler, Samuel, letter of, 293 Chandler, Dr. Thomas B., letters to, 294, 303 Channel Islands, illicit trade, 166 Chapman, Mr., letter to, 118-119 Chapman, Sir William, petition of, 160 Chappe, Abbe, astronomical observations, 359 Charas, letter of, 353 Charles, Mr., naval officer, of Pa., 127, 136 Charles I., charters by, 208; correspondence, 23, 32, 87; papers relating to the reign of, 112, 17s; patents, 20; proclamations, 20, 186 Charles II., 31, 424; addresses to, 408, 411; charters by, 208; commissions by, 114, 385, 414; correspondence, 36, 40, 41, 42, 53, 352, 370, 411, 413, 415, 416; grants of, 369, 385; loyalty to, 411; order of, 100; papers relating to, 154, 287, 351, 376, 420, 428; petitions to, 4C^, 412; proclamations, 56, 186; reign of, 81, 17s ; treaties of, 428 Charles IV., King of Spain, declarations by, 157 Charles, Robert, petition of, 180 Charles, ship, memorial concerning, 47 Charles City, Va., county records, 425 Charleston, church papers relating to, 323, 397; French church at, 397; letter from, 232; maps, 27; meteorological observations at, 357 ; packet boat service, 274, 27s, 276 ; vice- admiralty court, 180 Charleston Church, letter to, 305 Charleston parish, addresses from, 324 Charlestown, Mass., trade, 410 Charleton, William, papers by, 61 Charlton, Richard, papers by, 383 Charters, see names of colonies and places, e. g., Carolina, charter ; New York, charter Charter government, see Colonies, Charter Government, also under the names of indi- vidual colonies Charts, see Maps Chatham, Earl of (William Pitt), correspond- ence, 29, 79, 123, 124, 126, 129, 146, IS4, 168- 169; papers relating to, 120 Checkley, John, letters of, 305, 347; papers re- lating to, 308 Chegotimi (Chicoutimi), 181 Chekelli, Mico, Indian chief, papers relating to, 327 Cherokee country, maps, 91 Cherokee Indians, language, 27; seven, in Eng- land, 112; trade, 161 Chesapeake Bay, 169, 407; description, 55 Chesapeake Indians, dictionary of the language of, 379 Chesney, Alexander, journal of, 123 Chesney, Gen. F. R., life, 123 Chester, Edward, letter of, 300 Chester, Capt. Peter, letters of, 112 Chester, Pa., 143 Chetwynd, correspondence, 118 Chiara, description of, 417; mines in, 417 Chicheley, Sir Henry, letter to, 113 Chicoutimi, see Chegotimi Chiffinch, Thomas, 39 Chignecto (Chinecto), basin of, 132; Maj. Charles Lawrence invades, 220 Child, Amy, land-grant to, 353 Child, Sir JFosiah, 10 Child, Thomas, letter of attorney to, 71 Chillingworth, William, commission to, 43; letter to, 52 Chilton, real estate, case of, 162 Chilton, E., Present State of Virginia, 114 Chilton, John, narrative of, 51 China, early voyages to, 425; northwest pas- sage from North America to, 180 Chiswell, John, suit against, 165 Chocolate, Natural History of, 14 Choctaws, revolt of, 9 Choiseul, Due de, correspondence, 124, 126 Chollett, suit of, 165 Cholmondely, Robert, auditor-general of plan- tations, 181 Christanna, school at, 407 Christ Church, letter of, 305 Christ Church, Boston, addresses from, 306; papers relating to, 307 Christ Church, Kent Island, petitions from, 314 Index. 457 Christ Church, Lancaster Co., Va., church queries, 318 Christ Church, Middlesex Co., Va., church queries, 318 Christ Church College, Oxford, library, 422 Christ Church, Philadelphia, papers relating to, 29s, 3". 312 Christ Church parish, S. C, addresses from, 324; queries, 324 Christie, Lieut.-Gen., suit of, 167 Christie, Thomas, letter of, 322 Church, B., letters of, 121 Church Briefs, 71-72 Churchill, Collection of Voyages, 116 Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough, see Marlborough Churchill, Thomas, papers relating to, 340 Churchill River, voyage to, 360 Churches, see names of colonies, places and individual churches, e. g., Virginia, church papers ; Trinity Church, New York Church Mission House, N. Y., papers in, 286, 302, 332 Church of Christ, Dedham, 346 Church of England, in colonies, 129, 286, 325; missionary activities, 316; Old Clergy Chap- ter, 339 ; papers relating to, 291, 292, 297, 302, 332, 339, 420 City of London, ship, cargo of, 261 Cividad de la Serera, drawings of, 51 Civil War and Commonwealth Pamphlets, catalogue, 7 Claese, Laurence, examination of, 418; report by, 418 Claggett, Alexander, letter of, 312 Claggett, Rev. Thomas John, letters of, 114 Claiborne, W., instructions for, 380 Clap, Thomas, letters of, 347; sermons by, 347 Clarence, Duke of, see William IV., of Eng- land Clarendon, Earl of (Edward Hyde), corre- spondence, 411, 412, 413, 414, 41S, 416, 417, 420, 421; papers of, 416 Clarendon, Second Earl of (Henry Hyde), let- ter to, 69 Clarendon, Lady, correspondence, 412 Clarendon, Third Lord, see Cornbury Clarendon Manuscripts, 410-421 Clarendon Press, 373 Clarendon State Papers, Calendar of, 410 Clark, Capt., complaints against, 409 Clark, George Rogers, surrender of Ft. Sack- ville to. III Clark, Giles, letter to, 403 Clarke, Capt. Arthur, instructions to, 276; let- ter from, 27s Clarke, Gedney, Sr., letters of, 29 Clarke, Gedney, Jr., letters of, 29 Clarke, George, letters of, 98, 128; memorial from, 143; papers relating to, 163; petition of, 181 ; quarrel with Gov. Tryon, 184 Clarke, George, Jr., memorials from, 143 Clarke, John, petitions of, 411, 412 Clarke, Richard, and Sons, correspondence, 247, 250; petition of, 248 Clarke, William, letter of, 352 Clayton, Rev. John, letters of, 53, 356; papers by, 62, 73, 3SS, 357, 361 Clayton, Mrs. Robert, letter to, 104 Clayton, Rev. Thomas, letters of, 50, 309 Cleator, Joseph, bond from, 407 Cleeve, Richard, suit of, 166 Cleeve and Huide case, 166 Cleland, William, answer of, 194 Clifford, Jeronomy, affidavit of, 133 Clifford, Lord (Thomas Clifford), letters of, 41, 122; report by, 115 Clifton, Francis, letter of, 67 Clinton, Gov. George, 127; correspondence, 124, 125, 128, 221, 222 ; papers relating to, 130, 137, 141, 219, 222 Clinton, Sir Henry, 112, 188; correspondence, 112, 124, ISO, 151, 152, 153, 267, 270; instruc- tions to, 270; military career, 142, 188, 270; papers relating to, 136, 151, 152, 188, 267 Cluddy, Edward, letter of, 406 Coblentz, stoppage of the Hessians at, 156 Cochineal, 361 Cochran, Capt., correspondence, 256, 257 " Cockleshell, Tim ", note signed by, 63 Cocoanuts, query concerning the shipping of, 162 Cocoa Tree, description of, 45 Coddington, Gov. William, commission to, 302 Codrington, Gov. Christopher, will of, 296 Coffee, trade, 201 Coffin, Hezekiah, protest and deposition, 250, 251 Coke, Sir John, and others, petitions referred to, 279 Colbatch, Joseph, letter of, 312 Colden, Lieut.-Gov. Cadwallader, correspond- ence, 108, 124, 229, 230, 233, 234, 238, 239, 246, 256, 257, 259; papers relating to, 205, 206, 230, 247, 259, 358, 359 Colden, David, letter of, 227 Cole, James, letters of, 53 Cole, Josiah, letter of, 351; voyage of, 351 Cole, Thomas, paper of, 139 Cole, William, " American Scholes ", 75 Coley, H., " Schemes of Nativities ", 55 Coll, Obedial, evidence of, 94 Coll, Philip, evidence of, 94 College of Heralds, command to, 22 Colleges, American, briefs for, 311; see also Education ; names of individual institutions, e. g.. King's College Coller, James, evidence of, 94 Collerburn Parish county, Va., grievances of, 427 Colleton, Sir John, petition of, 380; grant to, 412 Colleton, Sir Peter, 384 Colleton, S. C, 324 Colleton River, settlement, 74 Collier, William, III 458 Index. Collins, John, Dep. Surv. Gen. of Quebec, map by, 182 Collins, John, N. Y., letter to, 393 Collins, John, statement of, 10 Collinson, Peter, correspondence, 116, 169, 364, 36s, 366, 368 ; papers of, 68, 139, 362 Colman, Rev. Benjamin, correspondence, 305, 307, 331. 347; papers of, 359 Colon, drawings of, 51 Colonial Office, see Board of Trade Colonies, acts, 181, 186-187; acts declared null by Great Britain, 165, 240; agents' projects, 141 ; Anglo-French relations in, 132, 137, 139; Anglo-Spanish relations in, 131, 210. army papers, 83, 116, 124, 130, 142, 188, 200, 202, 203,217,224,297; balance of power, 160; British, 49, 138; British interest in, 324 ; Brit- ish title to, is; bullion trade, 235; charter governments, 192, 197, 301 ; charters, 187 ; cir cular letters to the governors of, 128, 129, 133, 221, 22s, 230, 237, 239, 241, 247, 263; coins, 192-193. 194. 197; conditions in, 12, 138, 139. 194. 324; convoys, 192, 195; court papers, 419; courts-martial, 264; crime in, 223 ; cruisers in, 195 ; currency, 212 ; customs, 90, 250; defense of, 137, 140, 160, 192, 194, 419; descriptions of, 16; disturbances in, 134 140, 146, 254-257, 259, 281; embargo of 1701, 178; entail of land in, 159; finances, 133-134 140, 160, 168, 192-193, 203-204, 212, 236; for- eign Protestant engineers in, 223; free ports in, 140; French, 15, 131, 138; French conduct in, 137; French encroachments in, 137, 139, 219, 352, 419; French forts in, 222; gold rates in, 212 ; government in, 13, 106, 203-204, 294> 423; governors, 211 ; history, 14, 153, 302, 325, 364, 384, 428, 429 ; immigration, 133, 162 ; Indian officers, 106 ; land-grants, 40, 182, 183, 184, 185; laws, 12, 161, 166, 194, 223, 419; maps, 160, 400; military commissions, 160; naturalization in, 130; naval stores, 192-193, 194, 204, 208; navy papers, 137, 194; news- papers, 297; opposition to Sugar Bill, 205; packet boat service, 193, 274, 275, 276 ; papers relating to, 15, 16, 26, 134-141. I3S. I39. 14°. ISS> 157, 186-187, 192, 204, 226, 290-301, 294, 393, 422, 426 ; parishes, 325 ; politics, 25, 26, 192, 197, 203-204 ; popular liberty, 423 ; post- office papers, 273, 274, 275, 276; proprietary government in, 117, 159, 192, 197; provisions for, 261; real estate, 157; revenues, 15, 90; shipping, 142, 193, 206; silver rates in, 212; Spanish, 7, 15, 116, 130, 287; Spanish depre- dations, 160; Stamp Act papers, 226, 227, 232; stamp duties, 161, 225; sugar, see Sugar Colonies ; taxation, 161 ; tea disturbances, 247-251; thirteen, 369; trade prohibition bill, 260, 261, 262, 264 ; transportation of rebels to, 403 ; transportation of vagrants to, 283 ; vice- admiralty courts in, 180, 182, 183, 236; voy- ages, 153, 287; war papers, 138, 196, 236; see also names of particular colonies, e. g., Georgia, Barbadoes, Connecticut; and Plan- tations Colorado Indians, 101 Colton, John, papers of, 309 Columbia University, see King's College Columbus, Christopher, 81 Colvill, Lord, letter of, 129 Colville, Lieut., letter of, 108 Comet, packet boat, 276 Comets, 67, 358 Commerce, treaty, 29; see Trade Commercial papers, Massie's catalogue of, 12-16 Commissioners for Public Accounts, minute books, 169 Committee for finance, 33 Committee of Privy Council, on Appeals, 172, 173 Commonwealth pamphlets, catalogue, 7 Commonwealth, Council Books of, 175 Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, papers of, 330, 345, 374 Compton, Bishop Henry, 62, 98, 327 Concanen, Mathew, poem by, 155 Concord, Mass., provincial congress papers, 2SS Coney, Peregrine, commissary in America, 404; rector of Middle Neck, Md., 404 Congregational Library, information about the use of, 347; manuscripts in, 347-349 Congress, Continental, Connecticut delegation to, 348; correspondence, 147, 149, 150; mani- festo of, 150; maps presented to, 92; papers relating to, 147, 257, 261, 282, 349 Congress, Library of, 188, 430; MSS. of the British Museum and Bodleian Library trans- cribed for, 431-445 Connecticut, assembly proceedings, 309; boun- daries, 93, 179, 412 ; charter, 15, 159, 208, 292, 417; charter government, 196, 197; church papers relating to, 289, 292, 294, 295, yoo, 301, 309, 327, 332; currency, 214; delegation of, to Congress, 348; encroachments on Pennsylvania, 185; history, 93; governor's papers, 179; laws, 159, 180; opposition to Stamp Act, 229, 237, 238; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 207, 209; papers re- lating to, 26, 39, 40, III, 196, 201, 287, 302, 303, 308-309, 333. 383; petitions from, 204, 206, 207 ; politics, 133, 196 ; proposed sale of Saybrook colony to, 48; relations with Mo- hegan Indians, 25; revenues, 121; seal, 93; stamp-distributing in, 234; travels to, 28, 39; Winthrop's complaints against, 179, 180 Connecticut River, west side, land-grants on, 182, 183 ; petition of the inhabitants of, 184 Conoy nation, deed of lands, 353 Constance, ship, 54 Constitutional Cowant, copy of, 229 Contraband, definition of, 21 Contrecoeur, Antoine de, summons from, 223 Conway, Henry SesTiiour, correspondence, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 238, 239; orders to, 227, 228 Cook, James, astronomical observations, 358; charts by, 102 Index. 459 Cooke, Mr., Moryson's letter to, 427 Cooke, Secretary, see Coke, Sir John Cooke, Elisha, petition of, 179 Cooke, Nicholas, letter of, 263 Cooper, Mr., letter to, 234 Cooper, Sir Grey, letters of, 136, 250, 262 Cooper, Myles, correspondence, 298, 299, 300, 301; leaves Oxford for King's College, 298; papers relating to, 298, 301 Cooper, Rev. Dr. Samuel, letters of, 25, 26, 157 Cooper, Thomas, letter of, 64 Cooper, Rev. W., letter of, 347 Cooper River, map, 74; settlement, 74 Copley, Gov. Lionel, papers of, 162; petitions of, 37. 46 Copping, Mr., report by, 66 Coram, Thomas, 279; correspondence, 128, 294; petition of, 279 Corbett, case of, 415 Corbett, Bromfield, observations, 62 Corbiere, Anthony, letters of, 124 Corbin, Gawin, suit of, 167, 182 Corbin, Richard, 136 Corbin ejectment case, 167 Cordiner, Rev., prisoner in France, 288 Cordon, Marquis de, letter to, iii Cordwent, Edward, deposition of, 194 Corn, culture, 360 ; trade, 224 Cornbury, Lord (Edward Hyde), accounts, 99, 418, 419 ; becomes Lord Clarendon, 419 ; cor- respondence, 19, 69, 90, 99, 3s6, 391, 392, 395, 397, 407. 419. 420; papers relating to, 99, 389, 390, 391. 392, 393. 407. 417, 418, 419, 420 Cornell, Gideon, suit against, 167, 183 Corner, Capt, letter to, 242 ; diary of, 244 Cornish, Adm. Sir Samuel, letter of, 158 Cornwallis, Earl of (Charles), army of, 270; capture, 192, 270; correspondence, 112, 270 Cornwallis, Gov. Edward, 129; correspond- ence, go, 104, I2S, 132, 221 ; papers from, 219 Corporations, treatise on, 55 Cortland (Van Cortlandt), Col. Stephen, lists drawn by, 387 Cosby, Gov. William, commission of, 163 Costa e Miranda, Joseph da, map by, 121 Cottington, Lord Francis, 279 Cotton, Rev. Francis, paper relating to, 397 Cotton, Rev. John, early life of, 76, 345 ; letters of, 72, 76, 330, 422 Cotton, Josiah, 95 Cotton, Nathaniel, letter of, 321 Cotton, customs, 205, 207 Cottonian Manuscripts, 7-8 Council, Privy, committees, 47, 96, 171-173, 213; correspondence, 31, 33, 87-88, 118, 143, 159, 160, 181, 283, 402; court decisions, 164- 167; history, 171-174; lawsuit papers, 164- 167, 178; mode of procedure, 171-174 ; papers in the office of, 170-187; papers relating to, 38, 47. 13s. 141. 153, IS9, 174, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185-187, 227, 228, 240, 277, 278, 289, 375, 378, 401, 402, 418; petitions to, 164-167, 279; Precedents, 185-186; Register, 170-177, 186 Council of State, 31, 122; papers relating to, 86, 380, 381; petitions to, 382 Council of Trade Papers, before 1696, see Lords of Trade; after 1696, see Board of Trade Courand, J., letter to, 125 Courland, James, Duke of, pretensions of, to Tobago, 44 Courten, Sir WilUam, petition of heirs of, 45 Courts-martial in West Indies, 30 Coventry, Henry, correspondence, 113, 425, 426, 427; papers of, 113, 115 Coventry, Sir William, member of Committee of Privy Council, 40; letter to, 86; papers by, 60 Coventry Papers, 113 Cowley, William Ambrosia, voyage of, 52, 428 Cowper, Henry, letters of, 225, 226 Cox, John, Travells, 51 Cox, Samuel, 177 Coxe, Dr. Daniel, grants to, 385; land-claims of, 386; lands of, 385, 395, 400; letters of, 69, 90; papers relating to, 76, 327, 395, 400 Coxe, H. O., Catalogus Codd. MSS. qui in Collegiis Aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie ad- servantur, 422 Coxe, Walter, papers by, 287 Coxe, William, correspondence, 229; resigna- tion of, 226 Coxon, Capt. John, voyage of, 57 Cranfield, Gov. Edward, commission of, 401 Cranston, Gov. Samuel, speech to Rhode Is- land assembly, 192 Crashaw, William, letter to, 378 Craven, Lord, petition from, 195 Craven, Charles, letter of, 322 Craven, James, letter of attorney, 71 Craven, Earl of (William), commission from, 43 ; letter of, 425 Craven County, N. C, freeholders, papers ad- dressed to, 257 Crawford, letter to, 410 Crawford, Earl of. List and collection of proc- lamations, 186 Cressener, George, correspondence, no, 156 Creswicke, Dr., Dean of Wells, 130 Crisis No. 3, paper, resolutions on, 259 Crisis imth respect to America, pamphlet, pa- pers relating to, 259 Crispin, Capt. William, estate of, 352; letter of, 103 Cromarty, woods, 106 Cromwell, Oliver, 46; correspondence, 33, 34, 84, 380, 385 ; declared Lord Protector, 381 ; orders of, 381, 385 ; papers relating to, 382 ; petitions to, 33; plot against, 380 Cromwell, Richard, 103 ; letter to, 34 ; report to, 33 Crookhaven, fortification of, 197 Crosse, Richard, suit of, 165 Crouand, letter to, 127 Crouch, William, bond to, 142; death of, 142; petition of, 178 460 Index. Crown Point, forts, 13s, 220; maps, 143, 181- 182; notes on, 132 Crowne, William, claims of, 38; papers of, 37 Crown Office, dockets, 102 Cruger, Henry, 108 Cruger, Valentine, suit against, 403 Cruwys, Thomas Augustus, (see Curuy) Cryer, Benjamin, petition of, 385 Cuba, attacks on, 127, 133 ; description of, 84 ; governor's papers, 130; military records, 109; papers relating to, loi, 303 CuUick, Capt., papers of, 8; letter from, 4/06 Culpeper, Lord Thomas, letters to, 352, 427; papers relating to, 100, 102, 115, 316 Cumana, province, papers on, 168 Cumberland, Earl of (George), voyages of, 287 Cumberland, Richard, book by, 117 Cumberland, Fort, and Lake Erie, map of country between, 98 Cuming, Sir Alexander, 14 Cummings, Archibald, letters of, 309; sermons by, 312 Cunningham, Robert, 103 Cunningham, log of voyage, 407 Curiosa Americana, 59 Curiosities, 68, 69, 70, 91, 360, 363, 364, 366 Currency, 197; paper, 12, 109, 127-128, 136; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Massachusetts, financial papers Currie, William, letters of, 309 Currituck Inlet, N. C, map, 421 Currituck River, N. C, 395 Curtis, Lieut. Roger, description of Labrador by, 360 Curuy [Thomas Augustus Cruwys?], stamp- bill scheme, 167 Curzon, Samuel, letter to, 112 Gushing, Thomas, letters of, 124 Custis, Daniel Parke, suit against, 164 Gustis, Col. John, letter to, 426 Customs, 20, 21, 23, 24, 39, 40, 411; accounts, 52, 78; Commissioners' papers, 42, 78, 177, 178, 193, 198, 201, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 214, 218, 226, 232, 234, 23s, 237, 241, 242, 243, 262, 27s, 38s; farming of, 19; papers relating to, 78, 82, 119, 192, 208, 218, 236, 237, 262, 379; produce of, 9, 120; rates, 123; spe- cial cases, 78-79, 120-121, 162, 166; statistics, 19. 57, 7(>-79, 90, 102, 168, 177, 204, 206-207, 211, 212, 218, 232, 259; the 4}4 per cent, 41, 168, 169, 177, 197, 408; see also names of countries, colonies, places, articles, e. g., Jamaica, customs ; Tobacco, customs ; Colo- nies, customs Cutler, Rev. Timothy, correspondence, 293, 303, 305, 307. 328; papers relating to, 306, 307, 308; petitions of, 180, 291, 308 Dade, Townshend, suit against, 316 Dale, Samuel, letters of, 62, 362 Dale, Sir Thomas, expeditions of, among the Indians, 378 Dalling, Gen. John, military calculations, 168 Dalrymple, Gov., letters of, 26 Dalrymple, Maj.-Gen. William, correspondence, 242, 243, 244, 246; quarter master general in America, 141 ; army supplies furnished by, 188 Dalton, John, letter of, 312 Dalvall, petition of, 102 Dana, Francis, letter of, 237 Dana, J., letter of, 347 Danby, Earl of (Thomas Osborne), corre- spondence, 407 Dandridge, Capt., letter of, 127 Danish-American islands, letter from the gov- ernor of, 49 Dantzig-built ship, case of, 121 Darby, Vice-Adm. George, letters of, 270 Darien, 360, 367, 404; British designs on, 288; expedition to, 84; Scots at, 19, 87 Darling, ship, 91 Darrell, John, 98 ; letter of, 41 Dartmouth, et al., letter of, 303 Dartmouth, Earl of (William Legge), corre- spondence, 27, 198, 199, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259 Dartmouth College, address of the trustees of, 304 Dartmouth, ship, 250 Davenant, (Dharles, papers by, 20, 23, loi Davenport, Mr., papers relating to, 308 Davenport, Addington, letters of, 305, 307 Davenport, James, letters of, 347, 348 Davenport, Rev. John, 76 ; letters of, 73, 76 Davies, R., letter of, 309 Davies, Robert, letter to, 83 Davies, Samuel, letter of, 315; papers relating to, 320 Davis, N. D., Cavaliers and Roundheads in Barbadoes, 375 Davis Straits, curiosities from, 65; voyages to, 359 Dawes, J., letters of, 124 Dawson, Capt., letter to, 120 Dawson, Thomas, letters of, 318 Dawson, William, letters of, 318 Day, Sir Thomas, correspondence, 75 Deakens, Rear-Adm., voyage of, 55 Deane, Sir Anthony, papers relating to, 382, 429 Deane, Silas, correspondence, 112, 146, 147. 148, 149 Deane, Simeon, letter of, 148 Deane, Thomas, letter of, 414 De Belleville, petition of, 40 De Brahm, William Gerard, map by, 91 ; peti- tions, 27, 112, 183; survey, 27 Debrett, John, letter to, 102 De Bry, Theodore, engravings, maps, 54, 379 De Butts, Laurence, letters of, 319 Declaration of Independence, copy of, 263 Declaration of Indulgence, 46 Declaratory Act, 150 De Cosne, correspondence, 220 Index. 461 Dedham, Mass., church papers relating to, 346; local records, 93 Deerfield, Mass., papers relating to, 349 De Grasse, Count, defeat by Rodney, 156 De Grey, William, answer of, 140 Deism, 295 Delafaye, Charles, 401 ; correspondence, 125, 158, 290, 402 De Lancey, Gov. James, 293; correspondence, 124, 222, 223; death of, 297 De Lancey, Stephen, 99 De La Roche, B., letter of, 324 Delaware, astronomical observations, 358; bills of credit, 213 ; church papers relating to, 286, 332; coast charts, 27; pilots, letter to, 249; silver rates in, 213 Delaware Bay, Anglo-Dutch hostilities, 287; description, 186 Delaware Indians, discontent of, 16; land- claims, 353 Delaware Islands, description of, 184; maps, 96, 143; papers relating to, 158, 184, 420 Delaware River, illegal trade on, 273; maps, 96, 143; missionary activities on, 312 De La Warr, Earl, collection of royal procla- mations by, 186 De La Warr, Earl, governor of Virginia, 376; commission to, 378; papers relating to, 379, 423 Dell, Thomas, letters of, 315, 319 Dellius, Rev. Godfrey, 387 Demerara, documents about, 29; Dutch trade in, 156 Denis, Capt. Robert, instructions for, 380 Denmark, trade, colonies, 133-134 Denn, account of, with Lord Cornbury, 418 Denny, Gov. William, letter of, 294 Dent, Maj., letter to, 337 De Peyster, Col. Abraham, 419; letters to, 392, 393 ; papers relating to, 388, 390, 391, 403, 419 Derby (Darby), Conn., church papers relating to, 309 De Renne, Wymberley- Jones, 28 Derham, Dr., letters to, 364 Derham, W., letter of, 64 Dering, Mary, letters of, 65 Dering, Thomas, suit of, 165 Desherbiers, Gov., correspondence, 221 ; pa- pers of, 219 Detroit, 362 ; description of, 180 ; settlement of, 180; travellers' accounts, 116 Devoy, James, declaration of, 220 D'Ewes, Sir Simonds, notes by, 20 Diar (Dyer), Mrs., 345 Dibble, Ebenezer, letter of, 308 Dick, Capt., death of, 127 Dickerson, account by, 158 Dickie, Adam, letter of, 319; recommendation of, 320 Dickinson, John, 177; correspondence of, 50, 226 Digby, Sir John, letters of, 18 Digby, Lieut. William, diary of, 123 Digges, Edward, 34, 381 ; correspondence, 85, 380, 38s ; papers relating to, 356, 360, 367 Diligence, packet boat, 276 Dinwiddle, Lieut.-Gov. Robert, correspondence, 124, 132, 137, 138, 222, 223, 3 IS, 319, 326; pa- pers relating to, 138, 222, 317 Diplomatic Papers, Deciphers of, 123 Disbrow, John, 46 Disbrow, Samuel, pardon of, 46; pedigree of, 46 Discoveries, papers relating to, 8, 12, 29, 46, 73, 8g, 100, loi, 105, 114, 277, 287, 360, 366, 429 Discovery, ship, 91 Diseases, 64, 360-362; see also names of coun- tries, colonies, and places, e. g., Jamaica, diseases Dismore, Edward, memorial of, 156 Dissenters, papers relating to, 291, 293, 294, 295. 300. 325. 328, 407 Ditchfield, Edward, considerations of, concern- ing tobacco, 88 Dixon, Edward, appeal of, 184 Dixon, Jeremiah, astronomical observations, 358 Dobbs, Gov. Arthur, letters of, 26, 124, 138, 321 ; paper by, 360 Documents relative to the Colonial History of New York, 386 Doddridge, Rev. Dr. Philip, correspondence, 3 IS, 347 Dodwell, Henry, letter of, 288 Doeg Indians, English prisoner among, 367 Dolphin, sloop, 10 Dominica, 55, 154; British artillery at, 267; British designs on, 139; conditions in, 89; evacuation of, 131; fees for, 184; fortifica- tions, 267 ; Free Port Act, 253 ; French at- tack on, 267; law cases, 167; map, no; re- duction of, 29; trade history, 77 Dominguez, Francisco Atanasio, diary of, loi Dongan, Col. Thomas, 79, 371 Donne, John, Virginia Reviewed, 24 Donnell, Nathaniel, 182 Dorchester, Viscount, letter to, 18 Dormer, James, letter of, 322 Dorset, Earl of, petition referred to, 279 Dorsetshire, petition of the inhabitants of, 202 Dottin, James, letter of, 213 Douglas, Sholto, letters of, 156 Douglas, William, letters of, 127, 364; narra- tive by, 131 Douglas, Maryland, church convention at, 338 Douglass, Maj., pretensions of, 392 Douglass, John, letters of, 50 Douglass, Joseph, letter of, 70 Dounecker, John, petition of, 127 Dover, Mass., church papers relating to, 348 Dover, S. C, French church at, 397 Dover River, Kent, wheat shipped from, 351 Dover Town, Del., church papers relating to, 348 Dow, Follerker, protest addressed to, 108 462 Index. Dowdill, Laurence, letter of, 70 Dowell, W., letter of, 226 Downing, Sir George, correspondence, 47, no, 412, 420, 421 ; papers of, 412, 413 Downing, John, Narrative, 44 Doyley, Edward, correspondence, 33, 34, 84, 85, 86, 103, 381 ; papers of, 83, 87 Drage, Theodorus Swaine, letter of, 321; peti- tion of, 32s Drake, Sir Francis, poem on, 377; voyages of, 278, 287 Drake, Sir Francis S., papers relating to, 282 Drake, S. G., Chronicles of Indians of North America, 113 Drake, ship, 410 Draper, John, 95 Drawings, 71, 351; animals, 62, 71, 73, 76; In- dian objects, 79; catalogues of, 7; plants, 62, 7Zt 116; rock inscriptions, 73; South Sea voyages, 60; see also names of colonies, places and special objects, e. g., Arica, port of, drawings; Indians, drawings Draxe, Col. C., 18; petition of, 84 Drajrton, Judge William H., paper of, 257 Drinker, letter of, 250; paper of, 249 Drummond, Lieut. Patrick, letter of, 132 ; com- mission to, 131 Drummond, Bishop Robert, correspondence, 296, 297 Drummond, Harley and, foreign coins pur- chased by, 268 Drysdale, Gov. Hugh, correspondence, 315, 318, 319. 331 Dublin, Archbishop of, orders from, 397 Duche, Jacob, correspondence, 300, 309 Duck Creek, Del., church papers relating to, 348 Dudingston, Lieut., account of, 158 Dudley, Mr., missionary agent, 345 Dudley, Gov. Joseph, correspondence, 18, 63, 307, 328, 330, 370, 374. 391, 392, 399. 409, 419; papers relating to, 178, 409 Dudley, Matthew, naval stores company pro- moter, 402 Dudley, Paul, correspondence, 331, 364; papers of, 94. 357. 359, 360, 361 Dukenfeld, N., letter of, 322 Duke of York's Island, drawings of, 51 Dulany, Daniel, 25 Dumaresque, Rev. D., 360 Dummer, Edmund, letters of, 107, 273 Dummer, Jeremy, letters of, 29, 309; petition of, 201 Dummer, Lieut.-Gov. William, letter of, 307; petition to, 306 Dunbar, Charles, suit of, 164 Dunbar, David, letters of, 303, 328 Dunbar, John, suit of, 164 Dunbar, Thomas, letter of, 326 Duncan, Nathaniel, account by, 406 Duncanson, William, letters of, 321, 324; rec ommendation of, 325 Dunckley, Sir Robert, 407 Duncome, Lord, report of, 115 Dunkards, papers relating to, 298 Dunlap, W., letter of, 31S Dunmore, Earl of (John Murray), letters of, 256, 258 Dupplin, letter of, 129 Du Pre, James, accounts of, 24 Duquesne, Marquis, correspondence, 124, 223; papers from, 219 Durand, Monsieur, memorial of, 220 Durham, Thomas, letter to, 82 Durham, N. H., committee papers, 256 Durnford, Andrew, paper by, 30 Dutch proceedings on coast of Virginia, 384; see also Netherlands Dutton, Sir Richard, commission and instruc- tions to, 99; papers relating to, 416 Dyer, Gov., letter of, 168 Dyer, Mrs., 345 Dyer, William, 417; letters of, 382 Dymond, J., meteorological observations, 357 Dyre, see Dyer Eadie, John, letter of, 129 Eagle, ship, 146, 263 Early English Colonies, 302 Earnshaw, Richard, letters of, 124 Earthquakes, observations of, 359, 361, 364, 365 East Country linens, exported to plantations, 193 Eastern Shore, Md., clergy, addresses of, 314 East India Company, 395 ; correspondence, 53, no, 249, 250; papers relating to, 198, 248, 249-250; tea trade, 248, 249, 250 F^st Indies, animals, 63; baroscopes sent to, 357; plants, 362; trade, 202, 279, 410 East Jersey, see New Jersey, East Eden, Morton, correspondence, 149, 150 Eden, Gov. Robert, letters of, 97, 257; papers relating to, 183, 258 Edmondes, Sir Thomas, letters to, 18 Edmund (Gibson), Bishop of London, com- mission for, 328; petition of, 327 Edmundson, John, suit against, 166 Edmundson, Thomas, suit against, 166 Edson, Josiah, resignajion of, 255 Education, 75, 102, 117; see also names of countries, colonies, and places, e. g., Massa- chusetts, education; Philadelphia, college, etc. ; particular titles ; e. g.. Colleges, Uni- versities; Society for the Encouragement of Learning Edward, Fort, map of road to, 143 Edwards, Jonathan, 293, 347; letter of, 292; papers signed by, 293, 3^ Edwards, Rev. Timothy, sermons of, 347 Egerton Manuscripts, 28-50 Eggleston, Dr. Edward, opinion of, 73 Egmont, Earl of (John Perceval), petition of, 127 Ekines, Thomas, letters of, 64 Elbridge, Giles, indenture, 95 Eleanor, ship, 250 Index. 463 Electricity, papers on, 363; see also Franklin, Benjamin Elfrith, Capt, letter to, 82 Eliot, John, correspondence, 330, 343, 344, 34s, 406; papers relating to, 343, 344. 345. 4o6; work among Indians, 406 Elizabeth and Catherine, ship, 390 Elizabeth City, Va., county, 425; church queries, 318; county grievances, 427 Elizabethtown, N. J., church papers relating to, 348 Elking, H., letters of, 65 EUerker, correspondence, 342 Elliot, Andrew, career, 146; correspondence, 152, 234; papers relating to, 151, IS2 Elliot, Eleanor, marriage, 146 Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 146 Elliot, Hugh, letters of, 149 Elliot, William, paper of, 250 Ellis, Gov. Henry, meteorological observations, 357; papers relating to, 163 Ellis, John, papers of, 362 Ellis, Robert, letters of, 50 Ellison, Robert, letter to, iii Ellsworth, Oliver, account of Jamaica, 348, 349 Ellwood, George, letters to, 368 EUwood, Thomas, 353 Elridge, John, case of, 23 Elsemenosque, deed of, 95 Elston, John, pirate, 386, 387 Embargo, see Shipping, embargo Emerson, letter to, 410 Emerson, John, letters of, 331 Emigration, see names of countries, colonies, and places, e. g., Boston, emigration from Endeavour, ship, papers from officers of, 219 Endicott, Gov. John, letter of, 411 England, John, letter to, 118 England, calico trade, 201, 202 ; church papers relating to, 129, 286-301 ; coffee trade, 201 ; customs. III, IIS, 117. 119; finances, 82; free ports, 86; grain trade, 237; indigo trade, 136; iron trade, 160, 207, 218; lands forfeited in, 413; libraries, 334; linen trade, 115; logwood papers, 18; missionary activities, 11; packet boat service, 193, 274 ; pitch trade, 201 ; pris- oners of war in, 224; rice trade, 204; rum trade, 207, 211; shipping, 206, 210, 212, 215, 216, 236, 261, 262, 279; silk trade, 214; sugar trade, 154, 205, 206, 211, 258; tar trade, 194, 201, 204; tea trade, 201; tobacco, 157, 200- 201, 207, 258, 260; trade, 12, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 35, 57, 58, n, 82, 89, III, IIS, 122, 131, IS3. 192. 194, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 204, 205, 206, 207, 212, 216, 217, 218, 236, 253, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 279, 283, 371, 384, 399, 428, 429; wines, 200, 201 ; woollens, 21, 201, 202 ; see also Great Britain English Channel, British fleet in, 21 English Church, in Netherlands, 76 English Church History, A Chapter in, 331 English Pilot, The, 186 English Province Archives, Jesuit, 342 30 Entails, barring of, 25 Epidemics, see Diseases Episcopacy in America, 17. 286, 291, 302, 325 Epus, Jo., vicar apostolic, 340 Erie, Lake, coast map, 98; papers relatmg to, 116 Ernie, Sir John, paper signed by, 425 Escotiland, 22 Esp, Jean Baptist van, interpreter, examma- tion of, 418 Esquimos, 68 Essequibo, Dutch trade in, 155 Essex, Earl of, letter of, 127; voyage of, 287 Essex county. New Jersey, papers of, 256 " Eugenius," letter of, 30 Evans, Daniel, petition of, 96 Evans, Evan, 398; letters of, 310, 331; plea of, 404 Evans, John, instructions to, 327 ; letter, 310 Evans, Nathaniel, letter of, 303 Evans, Peter, papers relating to, 312, 314 Evans, R. W., letter of, 310 Eve, Adam and, engraving of, 379 Eveleigh, suit against, 178 Evelyn, John, 428; letter to, 364 Evens, Cadwalader, petition of, 96 Everard, Richard, letter of, 328 Everett, George, memorial of, 289 Eversfield, John, letter of, 312; papers relating to, 314 Every, pirate voyage of, 386 Ewens, William, covenant of, 91 Excalante, Silvestre Velez, diary of, lOl Exeter College, Oxford, 408 Expectation, ship, 83 Eyton, Richard, letter to, 410 Faden, engraver, 143 Fairfax, Lord, land-grant in Virginia to, 121 ; suit against, 91 Fairman, Thomas, letter of, 352 Falcon, ship, 129, 374 Falk, Gabriel, letter of, 310 Falkland Islands, papers relating to, 303 Fallam, Robert, journal of, 367 Falmouth, Eng., packet boat service, 274, 275, 276 ; papers relating to, 252, 276 Falmouth, Mass. (Portland, Me.), 92, 252 Falmouth harbor, map, 100 Falmouth Indians, conference with Gov. Belcher, 208 Falmouth Packet OMce Letter Book, 276 Fane, Francis, 130 Faneuil, Andrew, petition of, 399 Faneuil, Benjamin, letter of, 250; petition of, 248 Faneuil, Benjamin, Jr., letter of, 250 Farley, James, letter of, 362 Farmar, commission to, 25 Farmar, James, information by, 61 Farrar, John, letter to, 380 Farrish, Richard, capture of, by Spaniards, 128 464 Index. Faucitt, Gen. William, letters of, no Fauconniere, Peter, letter of, 419, 420; papers of, », 419. Fauquier, Lieut.-Gov. Francis, correspondence, 26, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 238, 315, 316, 319; papers relating to, 234, 316, 357 Fayerweather, Samuel, letter of, 294 Fear, Cape, N. C, 366 Fell, Margaret, letters to, 350 Fellowe, Rice, letters of, 50, 70 Felton, John George, papers of, yy Fenwick, George, letters of, 48 Fenwick, John, case of, 23 ; papers of, 31 Ferguson, Lieut.-Col., letters of, 31 Ferguson, Adam, letter of, 152 Fernely, Waterhouse, letter to, 410 Ferrar Papers, Magdalene College, 429-430 Feveryear, scientific papers of, 357, 364, 368 Filkin, Dr. Richard, "Extracts for history of Paul Jones," 113 Finch, Heneage, lord keeper and chancellor, entry-book of, 119, 383 Finlay, Hugh, papers relating to, 275 Finney, John, paper of, 250 Fisher, Halleluiah, 383 Fisher, William, letter of, 377 Fisheries, 10, 15, 46, 47, 77, 91, 158, 260, 403; see also names of countries, colonies, and places, e. g., Newfoundland, fisheries; Nova Scotia coast, fisheries Fitch, Capt, 16 Fitch, Gov., letters of, 138, 229 Fitch, Thomas, letter to, 83 Fitzharbert, John, Barbadoes, contracts of, 412 Fitzpatrick, Edwin, 169 Fitzwilliam, R., letter of, 128 Five Nations, 389; British sovereignty over, 10, 11; history, 15; royal presents to, 417 Flamborough, ship, 98 Flamsteed, John, on navigation, 425 Flax, customs, 77 Fleete, Henry, paper of, 287 Fletcher, Gov. Benjamin, land-grants by, 387, 394; letter of, 79 Fletcher, Michael, capture of, 278 Fletcher, Thomas, bond of, 313; letter of, 312 Fletcher, William, paper of, 404 Fleuve St. Louis, map, 92 Flislale, Louis, on Caracas and Cumana, 168 Florida, 22; Anglo-French disputes concern- ing, 100; boundaries, 158; claims to, 29, 327; Coxe's land in, 385 ; French refugees in, 385 ; history, 21 ; land-grants, 182, 183 ; papers relating to, 100, loi, 144, 377; pharuses, 27 ; Spanish possessions in, loi ; trade, 85 ; voyages to, 60, 366; West Indian war, 128 Florida, East, church papers relating to, 180; description of, 422; governor's papers, 253; history, 27; land-grants, 180, 253; papers re- lating to, 18, 27, 181; settlement of, 17, 181; Stamp Act papers, 235, 238; survey of, 112 Florida, West, 90; church papers relating to, 180; governor's papers, 253; land-grants, 180, 253 ; map, 100 ; plants, 362 Flower, letter to, 117 Foace, see Fouace Folger, Capt, 148 Font, Pedro, diary of, loi Fontainebleau, articles of the treaty of Paris signed at, 224 Foot, Nathaniel, papers relating to the estate of, 179-180 Foot, Walter, 405 Forbes, Alexander, letter of, 319, 326; petition of, 320 Forbes, James, letter of, 305 Forbes, Adm. John, letter to, 105, 157 Forbes, Gen, John, letters, 105 Forbes, Gov. William, commission to, 163 Ford, Henry, letter of, 319 Ford, Jacob, testimony of, 309 Ford, John W., 330 Ford, Philip, dishonest charges of, 352, 419 Ford, Sir Richard, letters of, no; papers of, 38, 414 Foreign letters, 84-86 Forman, letter to, 83 Forster, J. R., paper by, 362 Fortescue, Gen. Richard, letters to, 380 Fortesque, Sir Nicholas, commission to, 120 Forton prison, Plymouth, 264 Forts, 112, 137, 401; see also names of particu- lar forts, e. g.. Fort Loudoun; Chambly, Fort de Fort William and Mary, see William and Mary, Fort Fort William Henry, see William Henry, Fort Forward, Jonathan, assignments of, 71 ; peti- tion of, 179 Fossils, 58, 65, 68, 69, 356, 360, 361, 362; see also names of colonies and places, e. g., Vir- ginia, fossils Fothergill, List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 398 Fouace, Stephen, letter of, 315, 319, 320 Fountaine, Rev. James, 397 Fountaine, Peter, certificate regarding, 397 Four Companies, New York, see Royal Fusi- liers Four and a half per cent duty, see Customs Fox, Edward, proclamation by, 57 Fox, Francis, trial of, 380 Fox, George, correspondence, 116, 350, 351 ; Journal, 350 Fox, John, letter of, 315 Fox, Maj. Richard, 288 Foxcroft, Francis, letters of, 305, 312 Foxcroft, John, letter of, 275; papers relating to, 274, 27s, 276 France, ambassadors' papers, 38, 220; army papers, 132, 142, 162, 221, 223; colonies, see Colonies, French; conduct of, during Ameri- can Revolution, 348 ; council of trade papers, 158; emigration to America, 283, 326, 385, 405, 407; "family compact" with Spain, 117; fishing disputes, 10, 140, 403 ; flag of, insulted at Nevis, 132 ; forts of, 220, 221, 222 ; Jesuit convents in, 342; manufactures, 153; maps. Index. 465 100, no; navy papers, 127, 129, 142, 193, 217, 282; New, see New France; papers relating to, 139, 147, 221 ; pretensions to Tobago, 131 ; prizes, 214, 217 ; relations of, to Great Britain in the colonies, 10, 15, 49, S4, 109, 112, 137. 138, 139. 147. 156. 159, 160, 192, 193, 198, 219, 220, 222, 223, 267, 268, 348, 352, 371, 38s, 395, 396, 403. 413, 419, 420; shipping, 132; state papers, 219, 220 ; tobacco contract, with U. S., 147; tobacco trade, 157, 198; Toulon fleet, 267 ; trade, 15, 132, 133-134, 206 ; treaties with Great Britain, 198, 199, 203, 224, 271 ; treaties with Spain, 203, 224; treaties with the U. S., 156, 267 Francis, Capt. John, correspondence, 83 Francke, Adam, letter of, 352 Franckline, or Francklyn, George, letters of, 50, 69 Frankland, Henry, letters of, 128, 292 Franklin, Benjamin, correspondence, 19, 25, 26, 65, 81, 87, 100, los, no, III, 120, 146, 147, 148, 161, 168, 169, 368; papers relating to, 100, 146, 148, 274, 27s, 276, 353, 363, 368; petitions of, 184, 251, 253; scientific papers of, 120, 123, 3S9. 363 Franklin, Gov. William, correspondence, 226, 229, 230, 232, 233, 234, 238, 256, 259; papers relating to, 163, 239, 259, 385 Fredericton, 122 Freebody, John, appeal of, 96; suit of, 166, 167 Freebody, Thomas, petition of, 184; suit against, 184 Freebody case, 166, 167 Freeman, Ralph, 278 Free Ports, see Shipping, free ports Friends, 47. 259, 328, 338, 350, 400, 408, 409; charges against, 417; emigration of, to New Jersey, 407; jurors, 404; missionary activi- ties, 350; yearly meetings, 350, 351 Friends, Gibson Bequest Manuscripts, 351 Friends' Historical Society, 350, 351 Friend^ Historical Society, Journal of, 350, 353 Friends of Liberty, Boston, papers relating to, 243 Friends' Reference Library, information about the use of, 350; papers in, 350-354 Friends, Swarthmore Letters, 350 Frink, Samuel, letter of, 321 Frogg, Mr., relation of, 84 Frontin, J., letter of, 127 Fulham Palace, papers in, 286, 302-329; infor- mation about the use of, 302 Fuller, Henry, letters of, 50 Fuller, Rose, astronomical observations, 358; letters of, 66, 67, 68 Fuller, Stephen, letters of, 124, 125 Fulton, John, court proceedings against, 324 Fundy, Bay of, French ship in, 221 ; maps, 122 ; voyages to, 72 Furley, Benjamin, map, 74 Fur-trade, 419 Gage, Gen. Thomas, correspondence, 26, 49, IDS, 106, 112, 125, 161, 229, 230, 233, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 254, 25s, 257, 258, 260, 348 ; papers relating to, loi, 254, 255 Gale, letter of, 19 Gale, Benjamin, memoirs of, 362 Gale, Major Chr., letters of, 123, 321 Galissoniere, Marquis de la, correspondence, 125, 131, 221 Galleons, 65, 66, 145 Galvez, Josef de, letter to, 152 Gambler, Gov., letters of, 26 Garces, Francisco, diary of, loi Garden, Alexander, letters of, 291, 321, 322, 324 Gardiner, H., survey of post-office, 24 Gardiner, Dr. J. S. J., essay by, 98 Gardiner, Robert, letters of, 312 Gardner, Robert, letter of, 305 Gardoqui and Sons, Joseph, correspondence, 112 Garrett, William, deed to, 353 Garzia, John, letters of, 319, 321 Gashry, Francis, letters of, 103, 127 Gaspee, ship, burning of, 158 Gataker, Thomas, certificate by, 278 Gates, Sir Thomas, 106, 376, 378 Gats, Daniel, grant to, 91 Gaudy, Mr., letter to, 409 Gavin, Anthony, letter of, 315 Gay, suit of, 271 Gayton, Vice-Adm. Clark, letter of, 265 Geddes, David, letter to, in Gee, Joshua, loi Gee, Osgood, n8, 119 Genealogies, see names of persons or families in question, e. g., Calvert family, pedigree of Geographical papers, 360, 428 George I., papers submitted to, 158, 200, 205, 206, 210, 291, 328, 399, 403 ; reign of, 176 George H., correspondence, 125, 130, 131; pa- pers relating to, 90, 95, 133, 135, 176, 186, 204, 205, 207, 210, 211, 217, 222, 328 George III., correspondence, 96, 132; library, 8; loyalty to, 151; papers relating to, 30, 72, 117, 132, 155, 176-177, 182, 227, 228, 231, 253, 258, 271, 282, 298, 299, 327; petitions to, 243, 252, 261, 371 ; proclamations, 186, 281 ; trea- ties of, 261, 262, 263, 267 George, Fort, council at, 131 ; map, 143 George, Lake, map, 121 Georgetown Transcripts, 340, 341 Georgia, animals, 29, 76 ; boundaries, 161 ; charter, 15, loi, 137, 163 ; church papers, 292 ; defense of, 139 ; government papers, 134, 240, 253, 321, 410; history, 27; land-grants, 253; maps, 91; missionary activities, 66, 67, 408; papers relating to, 12, 15, 19, 26, 27, 66, 137, ISI, 160, 211, 257, 302, 320-321, 324. 333. 357; settlement of, 14, 27, 29, 62, 131, 137, 211, 331; slavery, 334; Stamp Act papers, 234, 23s ; trade, 161 ; voyages to, 14 " Georgia," proposed Canadian colony, see New Brunswick Georgia Gazette, extracts, 257 Georgia Rangers, service of, 157 466 Index. Georgian Calendar, Rev. Hugh Jones on, io6 Gerard, Chevalier C. A., letter of, iii Germain, Father, letter of, 222 Germain, Lord George, 104; correspondence, 17, 31, 112, 146, 147, ISO, 151, 263, 27s Germantown, British troops encamped at, 264; charter, 71 Germany, emigration, 123, 133, 162, 292, 293, 29s > linen trade, 193 Gerrisk, Martha, letter of, 364 Gerry, Elbridge, letter of, 112 Gibbins, John, letter of, 303 Gibbons, James, letters to, 397, 404 Gibbs, William, letters of, 292 Giberne, I., letter of, 315 Gibraltar, 146; land forces in, 83 Gibson, Edmund, Bishop, 327, 328 Gibson, George Stacey, 351 Gibson, Jonathan, letters of, 315, 319 Gibson, William, letter of, 23 Gibson Bequest Manuscripts, 351 Gifford, John, petition of, 37 Gift, ship, 288 Gilbert, letter to, 83 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 377 Gilbert, Capt. Raleigh, voyage of, 288 Gillam, Capt. Benjamin, expedition of, 370 Gil lam, Capt. Zachary, letter to, 370 GilUHower, ship, SS Gilliland, William, letter of, 109 Gilpin, Thomas, 352 Ginger, customs, 205, 207 Glasgow, customs, 262; petition of, against Stamp Act, 237 Glen, Gov. James, 127, 219 ; letters of, 26, 322 Gloucester, army of Cornwallis at, 270 Gloucester county, Va., 425 ; grievances of, 427 Glover, Thomas, paper of, 367 Goddard, Jonathan, collections of chemicals, medicine, etc., 54 Godfrey, Edward and Peter, queries and ob- jections, 35 Godolphin, Earl of (Sidney), Lord High Treasurer, 319; reports to, 419 Godolphin, Sir William, letters of, 18, 168 Godwin, Samuel, deposition of, 95 Godwyn, Thomas, letter of, 374 Goffe, Stephen, letters of, 76 Goffe, Col. William, 411 Gofton, Sir Thomas, commission to, 120 Golden Lyon, ship, 279 Gondomar, Count, 11 Gooch, Gov. William, 125, 128, 141, 209, 214; letters of, 315, 317, 319 Goode, G. B., papers by, 355 Goodfellow, ship, 54 Goodsole, J., letter of, 107 Goodson, John, 353 Goodsonn, Capt. William, proposals of, 33 Goodsoon, Adm. William, letter of, 381 Goodwin, suit of, 316 Goodwin, John, 71 Gookin, Charles, petition of, 158, 312; letter of, 310 Gookin, Capt. Daniel, instructions to, 381 Goose Creek, S. C, 324 Gordon, Mr., letter of, 97 Gordon, Col. Cosmo, 266 Gordon, J'ohn, papers relating to, 181, 312 Gordon, Dr. John, letter of, 108 Gordon, P., letters of, 63, 310 Gordon, Gov. Patrick, letters of, 26 Gordon, William, letter of, 148 Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 40, 42, 115, 288, 399 Gotherson, Daniel, land transactions with Capt. Scott, 383 Gotherson, Mrs. Dorothea, see Scott, Doro- thea Goudet, Peter, letter of, 103 Gough, letter to, 374 Gouverneur, Abraham, 393, 419 Gouvemeur, Isaac, letter to, 112 Graemes, George, letter to, 410 Graffenried, Baron, letter of, 11 Graham, James, 352 Graham, Richard, suit of, 166 Graham, Thomas, letter of, 129 Graham case, 166 Grahame, Mr., letter of, 235 Grant, Alexander, suit of, 184 Grant, Gen. James, 163; correspondence, 31, 23s, 238 Granville (Grenville), Sir Bevil, 194; corre- spondence, 131, 132, 321, 38s Grassi, Rev. John, papers of, 342 Graves, 394, 425 Graves, John, petition of, 195 Graves, Matthew, 309; letters of, 308 Graves, Adm. Thomas, 91, 270; correspond- ence, 2SS, 259, 270 Graves, Thomas, governor of Newfoundland, 163 Gray, John, letter of, 129 Great Britain, American Revolution papers, III, 143, 168, 192, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 282; army, 9, 19, 23, 24, 29, 47, 82, 83, 116, 117, 139, 141, 142, 151, 152, 157, 169, 188, 192, 197, 198, 200, 201, 215, 223, 224, 229, 239, 262, 267, 269, 281, 385 ; commissioners of peace, see Peace Commissioners; colonies, 179, 202, 240, 260, 272, 324, 375; financial papers, 9, 11, 81, 142, 160, 177, 188, 194, 202, 203, 207, 236, 263; Great Seal, 146, 328, 382; Indians, pa- pers concerning, 10, 225, 428; land-grants, 382; map, 100; naturalization of foreigners, 160, 223 ; naval stores, 201, 203, 204, 265, 401, 402, 403, 408; navy, 21, 25, 80, iii, 118, 122, 141, 142, 14s, 152, 169, 186, 192, 193, 194, 198, 208, 211, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 228, 263, 264, 265, 270, 380, 420, 424; ordnance stores, 158, 178, 196, 401, 402; papers relating to, 22, 86, 92, III, 134, 155, IS7, 167, 168, 169, 192, 203, 212, 223, 282, 284, 382 ; relations with France, 10, 109, 137, 138, 139, 147, 156, 160, 214, 220, 268, 282, 348, 371, 403, 413 ; relations with the Netherlands, 8, 122, 155, 269, 378, 384, 412, 413, 414, 416. 421; relations with Spain, 117 134. 145. 158, 168, 169, 203, 210, 215, 216, 217, Index. 467 223, 268, 348, 381 ; royal proclamations, 186 ; Stamp Act, see Stamp Act; Sugar Bill pa- pers, 204, 206, 207, 209, 212; territorial ex- pansion, 9, 14, IS, 16, 24, 79-80, no, 112, 130, 133. 13s. 139, 141. iSS. IS7, 158, 208, 232, 327, 381, 395 ; trade encouragement, 198, 212, 243 ; trade protection, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 215, 216, 217, 26s, 371. 382, 384, 424, 428; trade regulation, 141, 146, 184, 193, 198, 199, 201, 202, 210, 2S3, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266; treaties, 198, 199, 200; treaties with Anhalt- Zerbst, 267; with Brandenburg-Anspach, 262 ; with Brunswick, 261 ; with France, 38, 198, 199, 203, 224, 271; with Hesse-Cassel, 261, 262, 263; with the Netherlands, 217; with Spain, 29, 133-134, 200, 203, 210, 218, 224, 271; with U. S., 150, 151, 271, 282; with Waldeck, 262; war papers, 192, 217 295, 426; see also England "Great Falls," St. John River, 122 Great Lakes, maps, 79; war plans on, 138 Great Seal of England, see Great Britain, Great Seal Greaves, Thomas, letter to, 410 Green, John, letter to, 53 Greene, Mr., 345 Greene, Judge Benjamin, decree of, 132 Greene, Ed., letter of, 53 Greene, Nathaniel, suit against, 183 Greenland, 65, 356; British title to, 287; curi- osities, 6s; drawings, 73; shipwrecks, 278; whale-killing, 278 Greenland Company, papers relating to, 283 Greenock, Scotland, customs, 262 Green Spring, Va., 426 Greenwich, R. I., church papers relating to, 305 Greenwood, letters of, 250 Greenwood, Prof. Isaac, letters of, 364; papers ^ of, 73. 359. 361 Gregg, see Grigg, Thomas Gregorian Calendar, 106 Gregory, Capt., and Son, letters of, 50 Gregory, Chief Justice John, letters of, 125 Gregory, Matthew, letters of, 63, 65 Grenada, 154 ; conditions in, 89 ; ship case, 167 ; surrender of, 31 Gresham College, inquiries of, 37 Greville, Charles, 170 Grew, I)r. Nehemiah, correspondence, 50, 6g, 70, 356; papers relating to, 9, 361, 363 Grew, Obadiah, 70 Grey, Rev. I)r., letter to, 347 Greydon, Vice-Adm., complaints against, 193; expedition to West Indies, 193, 194 Greyhound, H. M. S., 167 Griffin, Charles, letter of, 315 Griffin, William, 142 Griffith, William, 288 Grigg, Thomas, letters of, 50, 69 Grimoard, see Tubieres Grimoard, Marquis de Caylus Grivel, papers of, 342 " Grout," The, see Little Jamaica Grove, Capt, 287 Guadeloupe, conditions in, 89 Guara, description of, 51 Guarda Castas, depredations of, 131, 135 Guatemala, contemplated attack on, 168 Guernsey, , 172 ; customs, 166; illicit trade, 166 Guiana, conditions in, 378; papers relating to, 60, 376, 377, 428 Guildhall, Museum of, 368 Guildhall Papers, 280-283 Guillaume, Capt., 367, 368 ; Guinea, voyages to, 116 Guinea, frigate, 287 Gulf of St. Lawrence, see St. Lawrence, Gulf of Gulliver, Lemuel, case of, 164 Guy, recommendation of, 324 Guy, Capt., covenant with, 91 Guy, John, journal by, 287 Guy, William, letters of, 303, 322 Gwyn, Lieut. Robert, paper of, 389 Gyles, John, testimony of, 94 Hack, William, map by, 74; voyages of, 51, 52 Hackman, A., Codices T. Tanneri, 374 Haddock, Adm. Nicholas, correspondence, 2^4 Hager, Johan Friderich, letter of, 303 Haige, William, sale of lands to, 31 Hakluj^, Richard, book by, 379 Hakluyt Society, Publications, 379 Haldane, Gov. George, letters of, 125 Haldimand, Gen. Sir Frederick, correspond- ence, III, 117, 248, 255; life, 105-106; maps of, 122 Haldimand, William, M. P., 106 Haldimand Papers, 105-106 Hale, Dr. Edward Everett, 73, no Haler, plantation accounts of, 169 Halhead, Mr., letter to, 83 Halifax, Earl of (George Montagu Dunk), correspondence, 29, 129, 161, 228, 229; pa- pers relating to, 86, 137, 138, 227 Halifax, army at, 188 ; church papers, 340 ; hur- ricanes, 14s ; packet boats, 275 ; papers relat- ing to, 103, 122 ; vice-admiralty court at, 180 ; voyages to, 72 Halifax, ship, 94 Hall, Capt., experiments of, 361 Hall, Henry, papers relating to, 313 Hall, James, papers relating to, 250 Hall, Thomas, statement of, 383 Hall, W., letters of, 310, 326 Hall, William, list by, 328 Hallei, M. E., paper by, 112 Halley, Dr. E., correspondence, 364, 365 ; Afir- cellanea Curiosa, 355 ; papers of, 425 Hallowell, Benjamin, correspondence, 237; pa- pers relating to, 184, 242 Halsted, William, letters of, 50 Hamburg, ship of, 380 Hamilton, letters of, 104 Hamilton, Agnes, petition of, 274 Hamilton, Andrew, 273, 274; correspondence, 353 468 Index. Hamilton, Lord Archibald, correspondence, 204 1 Hamilton, Lieut.-Gov. Henry, correspondence, liij 221, 222, 223 Hamilton, Gen. J., letter of, iii Hamilton, Gov. James, letters of, 221 Hamilton, John, 274, 276 Hammerton, John, letters of, 125 Hammond, Dr., works of, 374 Hamond, A. S., letter of, 152 Hamonnier, Mr., 392 Hampshire county, Mass., papers of, 254, 255 Hampton, proceedings of the Court of Admi- ralty at, 389 Hampton Roads, channel to, 121 Hanau, convention at, 262; troops of, no Hanbury, Capel, correspondence, 124, 125, 137 ; papers relating to, 138 Hanbury, John, correspondence, 124, 125, 137; papers relating to, 132, 138, 142 Hancock, John, correspondence, 147, 247 Hancock, sloop, seized, 242 Handfield, Capt, extract of a letter of, 222 Handy, Charles, suit against, 184 Hanley, Sir John, 389 Hanmer, E., letter to, 82 Hanover, 182 Hanover county, Va., church queries, 320 Hansford, Charles, suit against, 166 Hansford, Charles, Jr., suit against, 181 Hara, Sir Charles, paper of, 390 Harbords, defamer of Samuel Pepys, 382, 429 Hardisway, P., letter of, 67 Hardwick, Rev. John C, Indian sale to, 109 Hardwicke, First Earl of (Philip Yorke), cor- respondence, 92, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 155, 158, 159. 160, 296; papers relating to, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, i6s Hardwicke, Second Earl of (Philip Yorke), correspondence, 49, 5S, 156 Hardwicke Papers, 155-168 Hardy, Gov. Sir Charles, letters of, 125 ; papers of, 138 Hardy, Josiah, letter of, 303 Hardy, Sir Thomas, orders to, 197 Hardy, W. J., F. S. A., 284 Harford, Henry, petition of, 269 Hargrave Manuscripts, 24-25 Harison, George, letter of, 299 Harleian Manuscripts, 20-24 Harley, Edward, order from committee, 35 Harley, Thomas, letter to, 107 Harley, and Drummond, foreign coins pur- chased by, 268 Harmer, suit of, 165 Harold, Countess of, 66; letters of, 67 Harper, Prof., map by, 182 Harper, Thomas, suit against, 167, 182 Harrington, Lord, letter to, 128 Harriot, ship, 148 Harris, defamer of Samuel Pepys, 382, 429 Harris, papers relating to, 198, 306 Harris, Francis, letter of, 321 Harris, Henry, letters of, 30S. 307, 328; peti- tion of, 306 Harris, Michail, letter to, 119 Harris, Robert, letters of, 5°. °7 Harrison, B., Jr., letter of, 389 Harrison, Benjamin, 199, 3^7; correspondence, 146, 148 Harrison, Francis, correspondence, 393 Harrison, George, letter of, 298 Harrison, J. H., 185 Harrison, John H., papers of, 362 Harrison, Joseph, 133; deposition of, 242 Harrison, Richard, on affairs in America, 150 Harrison, Richard Acklom, deposition of, 242 Harrison, William, letter of, 303 Hart, H., 367 Harte, Gov. John, letters of, 313, 326; speeches of, 314, 326 Hartford, Conn., church papers, 8; trial of Capt. Scott at, 383 Hartgill, Charles, list of trees, 59 Hartley, David, correspondence, no, in Hartwell, Blair and Chilton, Account of Pres- ent State of Virginia, 114 Harvard College, 347; library, 27, 374; papers relating to, 307, 308, 330 Harvey, Sir John, land sale by, 386 Harward, Nathaniel, papers relating to, 304 Harward, Rev. Thomas, letters of, 50, 66, 305, 328; papers of, 307 Hasenclever, Peter, letter of, 109 Haskett, Capt. Elias, petition of, 177 Haslerigg, Sir Arthur, 48 Hatfield, Mass., letter from, 244 Hatton, Lord, letters to, 117, 118 Hatton, Capt. Robert, 71 Hat-trade, 15, 143 Havana, descriptions, 130, 141; expeditions against, no, 130, 131, 168, 281; map, no; papers relating to, 89, 131, 133, 156, 158 Hawker, Capt., papers sent to, 232 Hawkins, Isaac, petitions of, 178 Hawks, Dr. Francis L., 286, 302 ; Ecclesiastical History of the United States, 337; tran- scripts by, 332, 333 Hawks and Perry, Connecticut, 287, 297, 301; Documentary History of the Protestant Epis- copal Church in the United States of Amer- ica, 286, 302, 332 Hawtrey, Edward, letter of, 319 Hay, Maj., letter to, in Hay, Lieut. Sir Charles, court martial of, 157 Hay, Gov. Edward, intelligence from, 156 Hayburn, Peter, Journal of, 287 Hayden, Daniel, evidence of, 93 Hayden, Ebenezer, evidence of, 93 Hayes, Sir James, letters of, 370, 371 Hayman, Robert, " A proposition " by, 47 Hayward, Thomas, letter of, 352 Hazard, George, suit against, 166 Heath, settler, letter to, 83 Heath, Sir Robert, grievances, 22 Index. 469 Heathcote, Caleb, petition of, 393 Hebrews, privileges granted to, 32 Hedges, Str Charles, 197 Hemp industry, 56, yj, 420 Hempstead, meeting of deputies at, 383 Henderson, A., commission to, 163 Henderson, Archibald, petition of, 37 Henderson, Rev. Jacob, correspondence, 310, 313, 326, 420 Henderson, James, letter to, 410 Hendy, J. G., 273 Henley, Robert, aft. Earl of Northington, re- port of, 25 Henniker, Mr., correspondence, 234 Henrico county, Va., grievances of, 427; rec- ords, 425 Henry VH., 190 Henry VHI., 428 Henry (Compton), Bishop of London, 98, 327 Henry, Prince, 23 Henry, Patrick, letters of, 315, 319 Henry, ship, 52 Henshaw, Thomas, letter of, 63 Heralds, College of, see College of Heralds Herbault, Marquis d' (Antoine Frangois Phe- lypeaux), correspondence, 144 Herbert, H., letter of, 322 Hermhut sect of Moravian brethren, 156 Herron, John, evidence of, 94 Hesse-Cassel, treaties with Great Britain, 261 262, 263; troops of, 147, 156, 188, 271 HesseUus, Andreas, letter of, 310 Hewins, W. A. S., The Whitefoord Papers, 168 Hewit, John, petition of, 56 Hewitt, Richard, letters of, 319 Heydon, Sir John, charges against, 408 Hickes, Stephen, letter of, 345 Hicks, Robert, instructions to, 327 Hicks, Whitehead, 108 Higgs, Dr. Griffin, letter of, 76 Hildersam, Rev. Arthur, letter to, 72 Hill, Abraham, papers of, 57, 58 Hill, Austin, papers of, 342 Hill, Charles, letters of, 37 Hill, Matthew, letter of, 345 Hill, Richard, 353 Hill, Samuel, letter of, 74 Hill, Thomas, letter to, 74 Hill Family Papers, 74-75 Hillsborough, Earl of (Wills Hill), corre- spondence, 241, 242, 243, 244, 24s, 246, 251, 252, 274 ; papers relating to, 244, 247 Hilton, William, 366 Hincson, letter to, 83 Hinshelwood, Archibald, letters of, 232, 234 Hispaniola, 83, 96, 130, 198 Historical Manuscripts Commission, 188, 189, 277, 422, 424 Hite, John, suit of, 91 Hoare, Daniell, paper of, 377 Hobby, Charles, 117 Hodgson, Messrs., 188 Hodgson, Alexander, paper of, 251 Hodgson, Lieut. Robert, memorial from, 142 Hodgson, Studholme, expedition against Belle- isle, 169 Hodgson, Thomas, 71 Hoedmaeker, Rev., abstract of a letter of, 291 Hogben, Dorothea, see Scott, Dorothea Holbume, Adm. Francis, correspondence of, 118, 129 Holden, Samuel, 347 Holder, Mel, answer of, 194 Holdernesse, Earl of (Robert D'Arcy), corre- spondence, 124, 126, 137, 219, 220 Holding, Henry, petition of, 98 Hole, William, map by, 379 Holland, Capt. Hitchin, letters of, 125, 222 Holland, Capt. Samuel, letter of, 109; papers of, 358 Holland, see Netherlands Hollar, Wenceslaus, maps by, 425 Holies, Lord (Denzil Holies), 40 Holies, John, see Newcastle, Duke of (John Holies) Holies, Thomas Pelham, see Newcastle, Duke of (Thomas Pelham Holies) HoUigrove, Mr., letter to, 83 Hollister, Thomas, 16 Holme, Thomas, letter of, 353 ; map by, 74 Holmes, John, recommendation of, 318; suit of, 184 Holt, Arthur, letters of, 313 Holt, Richard, letter of, 310 Holy-Day, Wm., paper of, 428 Honduras, 55; international relations in, 153, 168; logwood papers, 169, 223; settlement rights, 169; trade, 168; voyages to, 62 Honduras, Bay of, English establishments de- stroyed in, 223; map of the Mosquito shore, 114; papers on, 168 Honibrados, Francisco, report of, loi Honor of London, ship, 144 Honyman, James, 289; letters of, 303, 305, 322 Hood, Sir Samuel, correspondence, 145, 154, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 270, 282 Hook, Capt., letter to, 82 Hooke, Sir Humphrey, contracts of, 412 Hood, Zachary, letter of, 227 Hooker, John, sermons of, 347 Hooper, John, letter to, 406 Hooper, William, correspondence, 301 Hope, Gov., suit of, 178 Hopewell, ship, 80 Hopkins, Lady, 32, 36 Hopkins, Rev. Samuel, sermons of, 347 Hopkins, Gov. Stephen, letter of, 228 Hopson, Gov., letter of, 125 Hopson, Peregrine Thomas, papers of, 222 Hopton, Sir Arthur, letter of, 18 Hopton, Lord (Ralph Hopton), 38, 39, 168; land-grants, 71, 91, 169, 412 Hopwood, Samuel, journal of, 350 Horn, Edward, commission to, 163 Horrocks, James, letters of, 315, 319 Horwood, Nathaniel, letter of, 324 4Y0 Index. Hosier, Vice-Adm. Francis, correspondence, 203; squadrons of, 127, 203 Hoskins, lighthouse keeper, Scilly, 279 Hosmer, J. K., Life of Hutchinson, 49 Hostun, Camille d', comte de Fallard, corre- spondence, 144 Houbland, Sir John, letters to, 57 Houghton, W., letters of, 31, 313 Hound, ship, 103 Houpe, Peter, letter of, 324 Housatonic River, 108 House of Commons Papers, 21, 131, 134, 182, 191, 192, 217-218, 223, 228, 281, ^2, 371, 382, 429 House of Lords Papers, 14, 161, 189-272, 281 Houston, letter of, 235 Houstoun, James, letter of, 66 Houstoun, Will, letters of, 66 Howard, Lord Charles, voyage of, 287 Howard, of Effingham, Lord (Francis How- ard), 121 Howard, Robert, 37 Howchine, Esther, 71 Howe, James, 127 Howe, Viscount (Emanuel Scrope), 125, 162, 163 Howe, Earl (Richard), correspondence, 146, 263; ships under command of, 158, 266 Howe, Sir William, correspondence, 125, 146; military career, 146, 151, 188, 264, 265; pa- pers relating to, 146 Howell, James, letter of, 122 Howie, Alexander, letters of, 310 Howland, Arthur, sufferings of, 154 Rowland, D. W., 154 Howland, Elizabeth, 154 Hewlett, Thomas, suit of, 166 Howlett case, 166 Howson, Henry, application from, 2l6 Hubbard, J., recommendation of, 320 Hubbard, Michael, case of, 98 Hubbard, Philip, letter of, 56 Hubbard, William, History of New England, 49 Huddleston, John, papers relating to, 91 Hudson, Anne, suit against, 165 Hudson, John, suit against, 165 Hudson Bay House, London, 395 Hudson River, claims to lands on, 108; land- grants on, 181 Hudson's Bay, 186; animals, 362; beaver trade, 368; climate, 362; Indian trades, 362; inter- loping trade to, 370; scientific papers from, 3S6, 357. 3S8, 3S9, 368; trade, 198, igp; voy- ages to, 360 Hudson's Bay Company, papers relating to, 59, 160, 198, 369. 370, 371. 396 Huggins, Anne, petition of, 180 Huggins, William, petition of, 180 Hughes, John, papers relating to, 226, 227, 310 Hughes, Lewes, petition of, 87 Hughes, Rev. Thomas, Society of Jesus in North America, 339, 342 Huide, John, suit of, 166 Hull, emigration to New Jersey from, 407 Humber, H. M. S., 218 Humphrey, John, case of, 164 Humphreys, John, letter of, 310 Hunt, Mitford and Adams, 126 Hunt, Brian, letters of, 322 Hunt, Samuel, paper of, 250 Hunter, John, letters of, 125 Hunter, Rev. Joseph, collections of papers, 113 Hunter, Gov. Robert, 393; correspondence, iii, 125, 203, 204, 290, 393, 420; papers relating to, 24, 6S, 332, 419. 420 Hunter, William, papers relatmg to, 275 Hurd, William, letter to, 83 Huron, Lake, map, 122 Hurricanes, 45, 70, 145 Huson, R., letter to, 82 Hutcheson, Archibald, correspondence of, 103 Hutchins, T., meteorological observations, 357 Hutchinson, Elisha, correspondence, 48, 247, 250; petition of, 248 Hutchinson, Gov. Thomas, correspondence, 49, iSS, 229, 237, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 254; History of Mass. Bay, 49 ; papers relating to, 49, ISS, 229, 248, 253, 2S4 Hutchinson, Thomas, Jr., correspondence, 48 Hutchinson Papers, 48-49 Hutchison, George, letter of, 351 Hyam, T., letter to, 128 Hyde, Lord (Laurence Hyde), letter to, 3S2 Hyde, Samuel, petition from, 206 Hydrography, papers, 428 Hynson, Capt, traitor to American commis- sioners, 147, 148, 149 Iberville River, 98 Illing, T. F., letter of, 310 Illinois, English forces in, 83 Immer, Abraham, letter of, 296; paper relating to, 298 Immigration, 112 Indeavour, ship, 287 Independent Reflector, 292, 295 Independent Whig, 292 Indian Affairs, Commissioners of, reports, 418, 419 . . , , Indian Company, Virgmia, memorial of, 317 Indian hothouses, 361 Indians, burial rites, 367; captives among, 131, 299, 348 ; customs, 362, 365 ; drawings, 62, 68, 73, 79 ; education of, 292 ; expeditions among, 378 ; in England, 288 ; land claims, 353 ; lan- guages, 83, 345; missionary activities among, 66, 75, 289, 300, 32s, 343, 345, 374, 406, 407; papers relating to, 69, 90, io6, 112, 113, 117, 131, 132, 136, 138, 141, 168, 20S, 208, 220, 221, 222, 224, 22s, 288, 299, 327, 349, 3S2, 361, 378, 384, 418, 419; relations with the British, 371, 417; with the French, 131; sachems, 39, 221; sale of rum to, 206; subjugation of, 88; ter- ritories of, maps, 79, 90; testimonies of, 17; trade, i^, 181, 345; treaties, 161, 327, 428; wars, 366, 423 ; see also names of individual Index. ill tribes and localities, e. g., Five Nations, Choctaws, Virginia, Indian War Indian War, papers concerning, 42 Indigo, customs, 77 Industry, ship, 217 IngersoU, Jared, letters of, 108, 234 Ingles, Mungo, letter of, 319 Inglis, Charles, letter of, 298 Ingoldesby, Maj. Richard, papers relating to, 393 Ingram, Davyd, "Relacon" of, 54 Innes, Thomas, letter of, 127 Innes, William, letters to, 112 Inoculation, 64, 68, 362, 364 Inscriptions, see Drawings Insurance, ships, 34 Intercourse act, 150 Inventions, 365 Ipswich, 331 Ireland, army in, 83 ; defense of, 143 ; emigra- tion to America, 162 ; forts in, 197 ; free trade, 152; House of Commons papers, 193; linen trade, 193, 194; papers relating to, 143, 186; Protestant settlement in, 162; rents, 384; ship-building, 120; tobacco trade, 104- 105 ; trade, 105, 143, 166; troops sent to America from, 266 Irish bills, committee on, 172 Iron industry, America, papers relating to, 10, 118, 207; see also names of countries, colo- nies, and places, e. g., Maryland, iron indus- try; Principio, iron works Irving, Thomas, deposition of, 242 Isaac, Abraham, 407 Isaacs, Jacob, suit of, 184 Isle aux Coudres, astronomical observations at, 358 Isle of Wight county, Va., grievances, 427; records, 425 Jackman, Thomas, letter of, 345 Jackson, George, correspondence, 30, 31, 79, 145. 410 Jackson, Richard, letter of, 313 Jackson, Capt. William, voyage of, 53 Jacob, John, letter to, 154 Jacobs, Lieut. William, letter of, 72 Jamaica, acts of, 186-187; animals, 58; army in, 84, 87, 197, 381 ; assembly papers, 60, 396 ; attacks on, 193 ; bullion trade, 235 ; calico trade, 201-202; church papers relating to, 340, 376, 397, 408; conditions in, 33, 34, 35, 36, 45, 54, 87, 209; conquest of, 32; convoys for, 216, 265; council papers, 53, 54, 83, 209; customs, 34, 61 ; debts recovery in, 205 ; de- fense of, 34, 38, 134, 193, 203, 269; descrip- tion of, 3^, 425 ; diseases, 67 ; embargo, 203 ; English interest in, 45 ; expeditions to, 381 ; finances, 120; forts in, 56; free ports, 251, 253; governors' papers, 133, 144, 205, 396; history, 60, 63, 65, 87; hurricanes in, 70; im- migration, 381 ; law cases, 164, 165, 166, 167, 180; maps, 143, 425, 429; mining, 65, v&, 164; missionary activities in, 340; naval stores for, 128; navaLpapers, 108, 124, 134, 214, 215, 216, 381, 382; opposition to spiritu- ous liquors bill, 210; packet boat service, 275, 276; papers relating to, 21, 30, 35, 41, 43, 45, 46, 56, 60, 62, 83, 87, 103, 106, 108, 114, 127, 131, 138, 144, 159, 171 -172, 180, 193, 209, 210, 360, 367, 375, 381, 396, 429; plants, S8, 62, 63, 64, 67, 361, 362; politics, 35, 41. 43, 60, 63, 100, 129, 381, 396, 414; post-office papers, 276; provisions for, 33, 34, 37, 45; quit-rents from, 376; relations with the French at Hispaniola, 198; reports on, 31, 34, 35, 100; revenues, 100, 179; salt-making in, 367 ; scientific papers from, 357, 358, 359 ; settlement of, 36; shipping, 61, 194, 197, ig8; slavery, 41, 42, 103, 199, 214; Spanish at- tacks on, 42, loi, 203, 381 ; spice trade, 53 ; sugar trade, 205; trade, 57, 61, 194, I9S, 204, 205, 253, 396, 410; vendue-master of, 133; voyages from, 407; voyages to, 58, 368, 422; wills, 145 Jamaica, Little, description of, 64 James I., commission of, 89; correspondence, 22, 88, 14s, 283 ; land-grants, 121, 397 ; letters patent, 121, 378; petitions to, 428; proclama- tions by, 88, 89, 186; reign of, 174 James II., correspondence, 46, 412 ; proclama- tions by, 186; reign of, 175 James and Drinker, 249, 250 James, defamer of Pepys, 429 James, Gilbert, recommendation of, 324 James, Sir John, missionary fund of, 340 James City, Va., cathedral see at, 376; church queries, 318 ; committee at, 413 ; grand as- sembly at, 43, 54; post-office papers, 43 James City county, Va., grievances, 427 ; rec- ords, 425 James and Henry, ship, 382 James and Mary, ship, 52 James River, Va., 335, 407; chart of, 7 Janney, S. M., Life of Penn, 352 Jansen, Mathys, estate of, 417 Japan, early voyages to, 425 Jasper, frigate, 392 Jay, James, letter of, 299 Jeaffreson, J. C, 284 Jefferson, Luke, letter of, 210 Jefferson, Thomas, letter of, 105 Jeffery, commissioner, see Jeffreys, Herbert Jeffreys, engraver, 143 Jeffreys, Gov. Herbert, commission to, 425, 427; letters to, 113, 426, 427; reports, 427, 428 Jeffries, David, petition of, 182 Jeffrys, Jeffry, representation of, 274 Jeggels, William, testimony of, 10 Jemmet, Dr., letter to, 410 Jenefer, John, descriptions of West Indies, 51 Jenings, Thomas, letter of, 97 Jenkins, Sir Leoline, admiralty causes tried by, 102; letter to, 416 Jenkins, Peter, correspondence, 342 Jenkinson, Charles, correspondence, 31, 225 Jenks, Thomas, correspondence, 83 Jenner, Dr., correspondence, 296 472 Index. Jenner, Thomas, 425; books of, 406; corre- spondence, 50, 68 Jenney, Dr. Robert, letter to, 295, 310 Jennings, Sir John, speaker of Barbadoes as- sembly, 196, 415; charges against, 415 Jersey, castle at, 169; customs, i66; illicit trade, 166 ; Privy Council committee on, 172 Jersey, ship, 391 Jervis, Capt. and Adtn. John, letters of, 79, 14s Jessop, William, letters of, 82, 83 Jessup, Ebenezer, memorial of, 332 Jesuits, papers relating to, 339, 340, 342, 360; tithes, 89; see also Missionary activities; Propaganda John, ship, log of, 407 Johnson, ic<8, 345, 406 Johnson, Lieut., recommendation, 143 Johnson, Gabriel, certificate of, 71 Johnson, Col. Guy, correspondence, 106, 112 Johnson, Sir John, correspondence, 106, 112 Johnson, Sir Henry, letter to, 107 Johnson, .S"»V Nathaniel, title of commission to, 58 Johnson, Philip, suit against, 165 Johnson, Gov. Robert, letter of, 322; papers relating to, 112, 163 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, correspondence, 291, 292, 293. 294, 29s, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 303, 30s, 308, 309; papers relatmg to, 299, 308 Johnson, Sir William, correspondence, 106, 109, 112, I2S, 160, 221, 222, 226; papers relat- ing to, 138, 219, 222, 362 Johnson family, Johnson Hall, N. Y., letters and papers of, 117 Johnston, Gov. Gabriel, complaints against, 130; letters of, 125 Johnston, Gen. George Milligen, " Short De- scription .... of South Carolina," 120 Johnston, Commissary Gideon, letters of, 322, 407 Johnstone, Gov. George, letters of, 153, 267; memoranda, 90; papers relating to, 150, 163, 235. 267 Jones, Edward, petition of, 57 Jones, Emmanuel, letters of, 315, 319 Jones, Rev. Hugh, letters of, 50, 69, 313, 315, 364. 397 ; papers relating to, 106, 337, 397 Jones, John, 367 ; letter of, 63 Jones, John Paul, correspondence, 105; Life, 113 Jones, Lewis, letter of, 322 Jones, Morgan, papers by, 367 Jones, Richard, estate, distribution of, 179-180 Jones, Capt. Thomas, commission to, 91 Jones, Walter, letters of, 315, 319 Jones, Sir William, commission to, 120; letter to, 427 Joseph and Anne, pink, seizure of, 409 Joyce, Herbert, History of the Post Omce, 273, 276 Juan Fernandez, drawings of, 51 Judicature, courts of, regulations concerning, 83 Juniata Creek, map, I43 Juniata River, island in, 3S3 Jupiter, ship, account of voyage, 96 Justice, George M., 352 Justice, Philip, 351 "Justice Manuscripts," 351 Justices, Lords, papers relating to, 10, 92, 290, 399. 401 Kamtchatka, description of, 360 Kay, Nathaniel, letter of, 303 Kay, William, case of, 317 ; letter of, 315 Kaye, Rev. Richard, notes by, 103 Kayll, Ro., The Trade's Decrease, 424 Kaynell, see Cannell, Christopher Kearsly, Dr., astronomical observations, 358 Keene (Keane), Dr. Benjamin, correspond- ence, 127, 131, 146, 210 Keith, Alexander, letters of, 321, 322 Keith, Sir Basil, correspondence, 156 Keith, George, papers relating to, 338, 409 Keith, Sir R. M., correspondence, 156 Keith, Sir William, letters of, 75, 310, 313; papers relating to, 26, 75, 78, 135, i;^, 179 Kellug (Kellogg), Joseph, voyage of, 364, 367 Kemble, Thomas, correspondence, 82 " Kempthorne's Sea Views," 60 Kendall, J., correspondence, 48 Kendall, Thomas, papers relating to, 37, 410 Kennebec case, 94, 95 Kennebec colony, 40 Kennebunk, 73 Kennedy, Capt. Archibald, commission to, 163; letter of, 234 Kennett, Bishop White, papers of, 11, 12 Kensington, court at, 337 Kentish Knock, naval battle off, 384 Kent Island, Md., 314 Kerasoret, M. de, journal of, 105 Kerr, Commodore, complaints against, 195, 196; papers by, 196 Key, John, case of, 98 Kidd, Capt., s8, 385, 388, 399 Kidderminster, reformation at, 343 Kinderhook, land-grants, 181 ; map, 181 ; peti- tion from, 181 King, suit of, 313 King, Edward, testimony of, 95 King's Arms tavern, merchant committee meeting at, 140 King's Bench, Court of, 382, 429 Kingsbridge, table of distances to various places from, 188 Kingsbury, Miss S. M., Records of the Vir- ginia Company, 429-430 King's Chapel, Boston, papers relating to, 304, 306, 328 King's College (New York), Charter, 293; establishment of, 293; finances, 327; papers relating to, 72, 294, 296, 297, 2^, 299, 300, 301 King's county, New York, petition of, 263 King's Farm, grant of, to Trinity Church, 387 King's Library, catalogues, 7 Index. 473 King's Manuscripts, 25-28 King's River, Va., 379 Kinnoul, Earl of, 127, 129 Kinsale, prizes, offices, 21 Kiquotan, see Elizabeth City, Va. Kirk, Thomas, deposition of, 242 Kirke, Sir David, correspondence, 32, 39 Kirke, George, petition to, 40 Kirke, John, letter to, 37 Kirke, Lady Sara, petition of, 35 Kirkman, Fra., 412 Kirton, John, petition of, 194 Kitchin, G. W., Catalogus Codd. MSS. in Bibl. Aed. Christi ap. Ox., 422 Kittery Point, Me., astronomical observations at, 3S8 Knapp, Thomas, letter of, 64 Knepp, John, journal of, 46 Knight, James, papers of, 128, 130 Knipe, suit against, 167 Knole Park, Kent, 186 Knowles, Sir Charles, 103, 104; papers of, no, 136, 137 Knowles, Thomas, case of, 167 Knox, William, letter of, 153 Kohlmann, correspondence, 342 Korsak, correspondence, 342 Krasheninnicoff, Prof., description of Kamt- chatka, 360 Labrador, description of, 360; maps, 50, 360; scientific papers from, 357, 368; voyages to, 359 Ladd, Capt. Richard, 337 Lafayette, Marquis de, sailing of, 147 La Jonquiere, Marquis de, correspondence, 125, 221, 222; papers from, 219 Lake Superior Mining Company, charter, 184 Lake de Terminos, Yucatan logrwood cutting near, 212 Lambert, Capt., report by, 240 Lambert, William, letter of, 305 Lambeth, conference at, 317 Lambeth Palace Chapel, consecrations in, 286 Lambeth Palace Library, manuscripts in, 286- 301 Lamont, Lieut. Hugh, letter of, 146 Lamy, Hugh, advice of, 74 Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, deeds, 353 Lancaster county, Va., 425; church queries, 318; grievances of, 427 Land-grants, 26, 81, 253; see also names of colonies and places, e. g., Virginia, land- grants Landsdowne Manuscripts, 8-17 Lane-Poole, Stanley, Life of Gen. F. R. Ches- ney, 123 Lang, John, letters of, 313, 315 Langdon, John, sermons of, 347 Langford, Capt. Abraham, 44, 356 Langhome, Jeremiah, letters of, 310 Langston, Anthony, letter of, 39 Lansdowne Manuscripts, 8-17 Lapierre, John, letters of, 321, 322 Larkin, John, suit of, 165 La Salle, Sieur de (Robert Cavelier), expedi- tion of, 371, 429 Lascelles, Henry, case of, 135 Laterly, Samuel, recommendation of, 404 Latimer, Viscount (Thomas Osborne), in- structions of, IIS La Tour, Sieur de (Claude de Saint Estienne), papers of, 37, 38 Laud Commission of 1634, 375 Lauderdale, Duke of (John Maitland), papers of, no, IS4 Laurens, Henry, letter of, 150 Laurie, Walter, letter of, 68 Laut, Miss Agnes C, 369 Lawns Creek, Va., church queries, 318 Lawrence, Gov. Charles, of Nova Scotia, cor- respondence, 125, 222, 223; military career, 220; papers relating to, 132, 138 Lawrence, Col. John, 348 Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 310, 312, 313, 328 Lawrence and BuUen, 424 Lawrie, Gawen, 408 Lawson, Deodat, letter of, 399; sermon by, 403 Lawson, John, book by, loi ; letters of, 50, 69, 70 Lawson and Baron murder, account of, 123 Layman's Library, The, 338 "League and Covenant," paper so called, 254 Leaming, Jeremiah, letters of, 308, 309 Learning, Society for the Encouragement of, see Society for the Encouragement of Learn- ing Leather, customs, 218 Leavett, log of voyage, 403 Lebanon, Indian Charity School at, 75 Lechford, Thomas, Plain Dealing, 290 Lee, Arthur, commission to France, 147, 148; journey to Madrid, 147; letters of, 148 Lee, Egerton, letters of, 125 Lee, Ludwell, letter of, 148 Lee, Philip, letter of, 313 Lee, Richard, naval officer at South Potomac, 142 Lee, Richard Henry, correspondence, 146, 148 Lee, Samuel, letter of, 69 Lee, Col. Thomas, extracts of letters of, 221 Lee, William, letter of, 112; petition of, 251 Leech, vendue-master, Jamaica, letters of, 125 Leeds, John, astronomical observations, 358 Lees, John, journal of, 116 Leete, Gov. William, letter of, 46 Leeward Islands, acts, 186-187; church papers, 32s, 376, 404; conditions in, 41, 43; court papers, 164; defense of, 196, 197, 216; his- tory, 41 ; Indians, 35 ; international relations, 35 ; navy papers, ic^ ; papers relating to, 26, 38, 41, 43, 90, 126, 216; politics, 44, 57; ship- ping, 198 ; sugar trade, 205 ; trade, 78, 204, 205, 209, 216 Leffingwell, Thomas, 16 Legaur, Mark, petition of, 178 Legh, I., 97 Legh, Peter, power of attorney to, 97 474 Index. Leghorn, 25 Le Grand, Isaac, letter of, 321 Leheup, P., report to Lords Commissioners, II Leicester, Lord, letter to, 156 Leigh, Charles, " Brief platform for a voyage," 89 Leith, prize office at, 21 Le Jau, Francis, letters of, 322 Le Loutre, AbbS, ammunition delivered to, 220; papers from, 219 Leneuille, Clement de, letter of, 56 Le Neve, William, letters of, 319 Lennon, recommendation of, 320 Lenox Library, 338 Leopard, voyage of, 428 Le Page, Louis, 46 Lery, M., engineer, letter of, 221 L'Escot, Paul, certificate concerning, 397; recommendation of, 397 Lesley, John, petition of, 194 Leslie, Alexander, letters of, 249 Leslie, Andrew, letter of, 322 Leslie, William, agreement of, 276 Letten, John, letter of, 370 Leverett, Capt., letter of, 383 Leverett, Gov. John, 71, 95, 380 Levis, Samuel, deed to, 353 Lewes, Del., church queries, 312; scientific papers from, 358 Lewgar, John, letter to, 52 Lewin, John, letter to, 44 Lewis, Ellis, suit of, 167 Lewis, F., letter of, iii Lewis, John, case of, 164 Lewis, Richard, papers of, 359, 362, 364 Lewis, Robert, suit of, 167 Lewis, Stephen, letters of, 50 Lexington, Lord, memorial of, 200 Lexington, ship, 148 Leybum, Bishop John, paper of, 340 Liberty, sloop, seizure of, 242, 243, 246 Libraries, 334, 338, 344, 406, 428 ; see also Bray, Dr. Thomas; names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Maryland, libraries; An- napolis, library Library of Congress, 430; transcripts in, 431- 445 Lidderdale, suit of, 165 Light, Alexander, letter of, 68 Ligneris, Marchand de, letter to, 124 Ligon, R., History of Barbadoes, 34 Ligonier, Sir John, 142, 155; instructions, etc., to, 126 Ligonier, Fort, map, 143 Liguanea district, Jamaica, 364 Lillington, George, petition, etc., of, 385 Limbrey, Capt. John, paper of, 33 Lincoln, Bishop of, letter to, 76 Lincoln, Lord, letter to, 126 Lindesay, Lieut., 219; letters of, 222 Lindo, Moses, papers of, 362 I Linens, bounties on, 160; trade, igz; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Ireland, exports, linens Lining, Dr. J., scientific papers, 357 Links, John, losses of, 278 Lion, H. M. brig, 359 Lisbon, journal of a visit to, 46 Lisbume, Lord, correspondence, 31, 145, 255 Lister, Dr. Martin, 62 I Lister, T. H., Life of Clarendon, 421 Little, Thomas, letter to, 410 Little, William, letter to, 410 Little Jamaica, see Jamaica, Little Liverpool, 212; trade, 119 Livingston, Robert, 79, 386, 388, 390, 409 Lizard Head, England, voyages from, 288 Lloyd, Mr., letter of, 23s Lloyd, David, petition of, 352 Lloyd, Edward, letter of, 68 Lloyd, Lieut.-Gov. Thomas, 352 Locke, John, 75, 98, 360 Locke, William, voyages of, 278 Lockyer, Capt. Benjamin, letter to, 250 Lockyer, C, letter of, 66 Lodington, W., " Profitable Poems,'' 117 Lodwick, Charles, Account of New York, 59 Lodwicke, Francis, 59 Logan, James, correspondence, 351, 353, 365; papers of, 352, 365 Logwood, 64, 78, 168, 209, 212 Lomax, Lunsford, suit against, 167, 182 London, Bishop of, archives, see Fulham Pal- ace; correspondence, 20, 129, 158, 160, 290, 299, 303, 30s, 310, 313, 319. 325. 326, 395, 397, 400, 404, 405, 407; jurisdiction in the colonies, 32s, 328; missionary seminary of, 397, 398; papers relating to, 129, 136, 178, 281, 282, 288, 289, 302, 324, 32s, 327, 328, 347, 397, 398, 403, 404, 408-409 London, Vicar Apostolic of, correspondence, 340 London, William, letters of, 364, 428 London, attitude toward American disturb- ances, 260, 281 ; coffee-houses, 399 ; corpora- tion records, 280-283 ; court papers, 280, 408 ; distillers in, 201 ; iron-dealers, 199, 207 ; op- position to Stamp Act, 236; to Sugar Bill, 212; papers relating to, 202, 211, 212, 215, 280, 291 ; shipping, 261, 402 ; social conditions in, 284; sugar trade, 201; tobacco, 54, 59, 157; trade, 140, 159, 195, 201, 202, 204, 205, 2TI, 216, 236, 258, 281, 317, 410; victualling office, 212 London, log of, 407; instructions to master of, 220 London Chronicle, clippings, 75 London Company, of Virginia, see Virginia Company London Custom House, 19 Londonderry, Earl of (Thomas Pitt), 163 London House papers, 302, 328-329 London Post-Office, secretary of, correspond- ence, 276; papers in, 273-276 Long, Beeston, correspondence, 125 Index. 475 Long, Gov. Edward, papers of, 87, 102, 109 Long, John, suit of, 167, 182 Long, Col. Samuel, 56 Long Island, church affairs in, 298; excise, 410; maps, 100, 121; papers relating to, 30, 287, 382, 383 Lord, Miss E. L., Industrial Experiments, 402 Lord, Joseph, letters of, 51, 69 Lord Chamberlain, 40 Lord Protector, see Cromwell Lords of Trade, correspondence, 10, 36, 38, 43, 45. 113; history of, 172; papers relating to, 20, 31, 33. 36, 41, 44, 47. 60, 81, IIS, IS3. 172, 279, 288, 289, 38s, 396, 412, 425, 428 Loring, Capt. Joshua, papers of, 267, 348 Lott, Abraham, letters of, 109, 250 Lotten, William, letters of, 51 Lotteries, 295, 296, 297 Loudoun, Earl of (John Campbell), corre- spondence, 49, 105, 125 ; troops sent to, 142 Loudoun, Fort, maps, 91 Louis XVL, declaration of, 157 Louis, Fort, 14s Louisburg, map, 100; papers relating to, 76, 87, 142 Louisiana, Indians in, loi, 395 ; papers relat- ing to, loi, 112, 15s, 371, 38s; war papers, 128, 139 Love, W. De Loss, Samson Occam, 16, 66, 75 Love, Dave, letters of, 97 Lovelace, Col. Francis, 23 Lovelace, Lord (John Lovelace), letters to, 419 Lovelace, Gov. Thomas, papers relating to, 382, 383. 384 Lovelace, William, burial of, 378 Lowdon, G., letter to, 47 Lower Norfolk county, Va., 425; grievances of, 427 Lowndes, Charles, circular letter of, 133 Lowndes, William, correspondence, 99, 197, 225, 226, 390, 409 Lowther, Anthony, letter of, 352 Lowther, Katherine, letters of, 125 Lowther, Margaret, letter of, 352 Lowther, Gov. R., 125 Loyal Charles, ship, 127 Loyalhanna Creek, map of Fort Ligonier on, 143. Loyalists, American, 49, 106, 168, 271 Loyall Merchant, ship, 53 Lubbock, P., 424 Lucas, Dr., letter to, 410 Lucius, Mr., recommendation of, 325 Ludlow, clerk, 418 Ludlow, ship, seizure of, 403 Ludwell, Philip, letter of, 319 Ludwell, Thomas, 412, 415, 416 Luke, collector, 78 Luke, Jacob, paper of, 377 Lumber, customs, 18 Lunan, Patrick, suit against, 316 Lunsford, Sir Thomas, patent to, 182 Lupton, George, papers of, 147, 149 Lutherans, inquiries of, 396 Luykasse, Johanis, report by, 418 Lynch, Head, papers relating to, 275 Lynch, Gov. Sir Thomas, letters of, 56, 84; papers of, 45, 61 Lynn Haven Bay, piracy, 386 Lynn Regis, 130 Lyon, T., letter of, 127 Lyttelton, Lord (George Lyttelton), 141 Lyttelton, Gov. William Henry, 141, 162; cor- respondence, 26, 83, 125 Mabrey, Thomas, 118 Macartney, Capt., reports by, 237 Macartney, Maj.-Gen. George, letter of, 9 MacCarthy, Justin, 127 Macclenachan, William, papers relating to, 293, 29s. 296, 297, 298 MacClintock, Rev. Dr., letter of, 348 MacClure, Rev. David, correspondence, 347; labors of, at Dover, 348 McClure, Rev. Edmund, History of S. P. C. K., 331 McCuUoh, Henry, letters of, 125 ; papers of, 10, 86, 128, 161, 168, 183 MacDonald, Prof. William, 190 McDonogh, Michael, packet-boat commander, 27s MacDonogh, Terence, instructions to, 276 McDougall, Alexander, memorial for, 49 MacEgan, Col., 144 M'Evers, James, letters of, 226, 229; resigna- tion of, 226 McGill, James, recommendation of, 320 Mackay, suit against, l6s Mackay, William, 127 McKean, Robert, letter of, 294 Mackenzie, Maj. George, 188 Mackenzie, Rod., letter to, 39s Mackie, Ebenezer, papers relating to, 275 Mack-Phedris, member of New Hampshire council, 401 Maclane, Archibald, suit of, 165 McMaster, James, letter of, iii McMurterie, David, suit of, 166 McMurterie, William, suit of, 166 McNane, Charles, 9 Macnemara, Thomas, case of, 79 Macray, Rev. W. D., catalogues and indexes by, 376, 380, 410 Macray, W. D., 376; papers by, 410 MacSparran, Rev. James, correspondence, 294, 303, 307 ; papers relating to, 164, 180, 293, 304 McVickar, Life of Bishop Hobart, 376 Madan, F., catalogue by, 373 Madeiras, description of, 45 ; plants, 55 ; trade, 216; voyages to, 54, 58; wines, 419 Madison, Robert, letter of, 103 Madowasca, Lake, map, 122 Madrid Gazette, 154, 268, 269 Magdalena river, 50 Magdalene College, Cambridge, 407 ; papers in, 382, 424-430 476 Index. Magellan, Straits of, 367 Maggiola, Visconti, portolani, 50 Magnetism, terrestrial, observations of, 359 Maine, 42, 58; maps, 89; sale of, 115 ; trade, 396 Mainet, Josue, 37 Maitland, Gen., 106 Major, R. H., 379 Malbone, Mr., protest of, 309 Malcolm, Alexander, letter of, 305 Maltravers, Lord Henry, land sale to, 386 Manchester, 202 Mangey, Dr., correspondence, 397 Manhattan, island of, map, 100 Manhattan, Manhattoce, Mannadons, see New Netherland Manicanton, Va., library, 320, 33s ; minister in, 317 Manila, disturbances in, 89, 102; earthquakes, 359 ; maps, loi ; operations at, 158 Manitoba, expeditions across, 369 Mannadons, New Netherland, 366 Mansfield, Earl of (William Murray), papers of, 2S, 93, 94. 165 Mant, Thomas, petition of, 180 Maple sugar, 68 Maps, 7, 27. 28, 49, SO, SS. 73, 79, 89, po, 92. 94, 98, 100, loi, 102, 106, no, 120, 121, 122, 220, 42s, 42i8, 429; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Carolina, map Maquase, see Mohawk Indians Marblehead, church papers relating to, 306, 307 Marchant, John, letter of, 127 Marchand de Ligneris, letter to, 124 Marechal, Ambrose, papers of, 342 Mare del Norte, see Virginia Sea Mare del Zur, see Pacific Sea Mariett, Thomas, correspondence, IS3, IS4 Marion, Joseph, certificate concerning, 400 Markham, Gov. William, 353 Marlborough, Duke of (John Churchill), 105; letter to, 392 Marriott, Sir James, code of law by, 114 Marsden, Richard, letters of, 321, 322 Marston Moor, ship, 34 Martel, J. Adam de, letter of, 323 Martha's Vineyard, diseases among the In- dians of, 362 Martin, Gov. Alexander, letters of, 257, 325 Martin, Charles, recommendation of, 324 Martin, Capt. John, papers of, 88 Martin, Nathaniel, letter of, 119 Martin, Thomas, letter of, 328 Martin, ship, 287 Martinez, Fernando, description of Florida, loi Martinique, capture of, 30, 133, 281; court- martial, 167; description, 112; sugar trade, 162 Martin's Brandon Church, Va., 327 Martyn, Benjamin, letter of, 125 Martyn, Charles, 324; letters of, 323 Martyn, Thomas, letters of, 56 Mary, Queen, see William and Mary Mary, sloop, seizure of, 387 Mary and John, ship, 288 Marye, T., letter of, 319 Maryland, animals, 361, 362; Baltimore grant, 208; boundaries, 183; charter, 12, IS; church papers, 178, 286, 289, 290, 303, 3I3. 3I4, 326, 328, 329. 332, 333, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 345, 374, 376, 404, 409; convoys, 216; court papers, 79, 162, 179, 313, 337; customs, 78, 23s; description of, 55, 186, 339, 304, 409, 425; disturbances in, 257, 258; education, 289, 326, 337, 409; financial papers, 213, 214; fossils in, 58; Friends in, 328, 350; govern- ment, 14, 24, 289, 313, 314, 326, 337, 381 ; iron industry, 118-119; maps, iS3,.3S8, 425, 429; militia, 58; missionary activities, 178, 288, 339; navy papers, 194, 208; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206; papers relating to, 13, 26, 60, 97, 162, 269, 289, 302, 312-314, 317, 326, 333, 364, 381; plants, 58, 63, 361; poli- tics, 178, 179, 183; roads in, 367; scientific observations, 357, 358, 359; seeds, 97; ship- ping, 80; Stamp Act papers, 235, 239; taxes, 328; tobacco trade, 58, 200, 317, 328; trade, 178, 204, 205; voyages to, 55, 178, 407 Maryland Gazette, extracts, 258 Maryland Historical Society, 336 Maryland Province Archives, 342 Mascarene, Lieut.-Gov. Paul, 219; correspond- ence, 103, 104, 220, 221, 222 Maseres, Baron Francis, correspondence, 281 Maskelyne, Rev. Nevil, astronomical observa- tions, 358 Mason, Mr., 193, 313 Mason, Abraham, papers of, 359, 362 Mason, Charles, observations by, 358 Mason, John, papers of, concerning Indians, 18S Mason, Capt. John, N. H., papers relatmg to, 399, 400, 401 Mason, Maj. John, of Connecticut, 16 Mason, Robert, 42 ; title of, to New Hampshire, 401 Mason's patent, 74, 89; see also New Hamp- shire Massachusetts, acts, 182; animals, 104; army in, 239; assembly papers, 14, 92, 95, 138, 147, 201, 223, 234, 239, 240, 241, 252; boundaries, 40, 74, 93, 94, 185, 408, 410; charter, 15, 93, 153, 163, 208, 374; church papers relating to, 286, 290, 291, 298, 306, 332 ; conditions in, 19, 136; council papers, 95, 201, 228, 231, 238, 241, 243, 24s, 252, 254, 415; court papers, 32, 95, 182, 183, 213, 252, 253, 254, 2SS. 308, 3^; customs, 213, 252; disturbances in, 134, 184, 240, 252, 253, 254, 25s, 258; encroachments of, 3S, 37, 92, 93, 158; financial papers, 136, 212, 213, 402; foreign engineers in, 223; fortifications in, 391, JQ2; gifts to, 18; gov- ernment of, 117, 130, 185, 213, 253, 254; gov- ernors' papers, 28, 238, 239, 243, 290, 415; history, 48, 49, 93, 423; House of Represen- tatives papers, 92, 134, 161, 179, 185, 208, 228, Index. 477 230, 233. 234. 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 251, 252, 253, 254; Indians in, 205, 299, 300, 306, 349; iron industry, 201 ; Loyalists in, 260 ; maps, 93 ; newspapers, 243, 254 ; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 207, 209; papers relating to, 26, 39. 40, 58, 92-94. 130. 134, 138. 158. 159. 192, 196, 201, 204, 206, 207, 238, 244, 253, 2S4. 288, 302, 305-308, 333, 411, 414, 415, 416, 420; prizes, 347; proclamations, 254; Stamp Act papers, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 246; tea disturbances, 247-248, 251; trade, 260, 281, 396 Massachusetts Bay Company, 74 Massachusetts Gazette, 248, 252, 254 Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, 363. 379 Massie, Joseph, Catalogue, 12 Masters, James, bonds of, 309 Masters, John, letter of, 47 Matahamada, see Monquine Mather, Mr., Sec. to Customs Commissioner, Boston, letter of, 250 Mather, Cotton, correspondence, 51, 59, 70, 117, 330. 331. 361, 365; papers relating to, 290, 306, 347, 359, 364. 365 Mather, Increase, correspondence, 117, 305, 330, 343, 344, 374; papers relating to, 117, 344, 345 Mather, Richard, letter of, 8 Mather, Samuel, letter to, 404 Mathew, Gov. William, of Leeward Islands, 214; correspondence, 26, 103, 126, 128, 129, 213 Mathews, Capt., correspondence, 18 Mathews, J., letter of, 41 Mathews, Gov. S., 18, 381 Maty, P. H., 355 Mattalino, 55 Mauduit, Israel, letter to, 161 ; papers of, 362, 423 Maulsen, oath of, 23 Maurocordatos, Nicolas, voivode, Historia de America, 81 Maverick, Samuel, letters of, 411, 413, 414, 415, 417, 420; papers of, 39, 420 Maxwell, Joseph, certificate, 30 Maxwell, Thomas, petition, 194 May, Capt., letter of, 127 May, Cape, pirates at, 387 Mayer, Christian, papers of, 342 Mayhew, Rev. Experience, 330, 345 Mayhew, Dr. Jonathan, 301 Mayhew, Thomas, letter of, 330 Maynard, James, petition of, 325 Mazeas, Abbe, papers of, 362 Mead, William, trial of, 423 Meadows, Sir Philip, letter to, 409 Medfield, local records, 93 Medicines, papers relating to, 360-362, 364, 365 ; see^ also Plants, medicinal Mediterranean, international relations in, 21, 168, 203, 247; voyages to, 53 Medway, Mass., local records, 93 Meech, Capt., letter of, 273 Melcombe Regis, petition from, 202 Menan, Madam Maria Sybella, 59 Mendez, Abraham, case of, 120, 644 Mendez, Isaac, case of, 164 Menenville, Col, letter to, 107 Mercer, Col. George, papers relating to, 231, 234 Merchant, Chris., pass signed by, 56 Mercurius Puhlicus, copy of, 31 Mercury, astronomical observations of, 358, 359, 363 Mermaid, ship, 153 Merrick, pirate, 387 Merrill, of Pay Office, London, letter to, 391 Merrimac River, 90, 399 Merry, Anthony, petition of, 181 Merry, Francis, certificate about, 324 Meserve, George, letters of, 226, 234 Meteorological observations, 356-357, 361, 363, 365, 368 Meteors, 358 Metternich, Count, correspondence, 156 Mexicana, 22 Mexico, Bay of, travellers' accounts, 54 Mexico, currency, 197 ; king of, 63 ; map, 92 Miantonome, covenants of, 16 Michell, secretary of the East India Co., 250 Michigan Pioneer Collections, in Michilimackinac, 79 Mico Chekelli, King of the Creeks, 327 Middle Neck, Md., church papers relating to, 404 Middlesex county, Eng., court trials, 284; rec- ords, 283-285 Middlesex county, Va., 425; church queries, 318 Middleton, Capt. Christopher, papers of, 357, 358, 362 Milborn, Jacob, information of, 383 Mildmay, William, correspondence, 220 Miles and Price, papers relating to, 306 Milford, Conn., church addresses from, 309 Milford, ship, 167 Militia Act, 139 Millar, Robert, letters of, 67, 68 Miller, Ben., petition of, 398 Miller, Ebenezer, 347 ; letters of, 305, 307 Miller, Rev. John, 5^; recommendation of, 348 Miller, Michael, case of, 162 Miller, P., papers of, 362 Miller, Philip, letter to, 73 Milligan, letters of, 97 Mill prison, Plymouth, 264, 269 _ Mills, James, suit against, 166 Milner, George, papers of, 45 Milner, Bishop John, correspondence, 342 Milward, Edw., letter of, 362 Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, map, 122 Mines Royal in Jamaica, Company of, 108 Mining, 184; see also names of colonies, locali- ties and special industries, e. g., Jamaica, mining; Iron industry 478 Index. Minnesota, expeditions to, 369 I Montstuart, Viscount, letters to, 168 Minorca, capitulation of, 188; land forces in, Moore, suit against, 178 -93 _ _ Moore, Arthur, letter to, 409 Minto Manuscripts, 146 " Mirania," College of, papers relating to, 304 Mirepoix, Due de, 220 Missionary activities, 66, 70, 102, 129, 132, 289, 291, 293, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 306, 320, 32s, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 336, 337. 338, Moore, Charles, 403 Moore, Rev. Garrett, letters of, Si Moore, Sir Henry, correspondence, 9. 20, 87, 108, 109, 126, 226, 231, 233. 234. 238, 239; papers relating to, 108, 142, 182, 231, 233, 238, 239 343, 376, 397. 398, 403. 406; see also allied Moore, Archbishop John, archiepiscopal regis topics and names of countries, colonies and ter of, 286 ; letter of, 298 places, e. g., Jesuits ; Religion ; Virginia, mis- Moore, Thomas, letter of, 307 sionary activities Mississippi Company, petition of, 183 Mississippi Delta, maps, 98 Mississippi River, land-granting, 185; maps, 92, 98; troops sent to, 132; voyage accounts, 364. 367 Mitchell, suit of, 271 Mitchell, Capt., letter of, 129 Mitchell, Adm. Sir David, 118 Modyford, Sir Thomas, correspondence, 21, 103, 414; papers relating to, 34, 35, 83, 84, "9, ISS, 4" Moflfatt, Dr., account of, 140 Moflfatt, John, letters of, 11 1 Mohawk Indians, papers relating to, 297, 387; relations with the English, 130, 387 Mohawk River, travellers' accounts, 116 Mohegan Indians, appeal of, 185; papers re- lating to, 16, 418; relations with Connecti- cut, 25 Mohheekunnuck Indians, petition of, 108 Molasses, 361 ; customs, 205, 207 ; trade, 212 Molasses Act, 135 Molly, ship, 167 Mompesson, Roger, letters to, 392, 393 Moncton, Gen., 105 Moncure, John, letter of, 319 Monkey Key, see Jamaica, Little Monmouth, Duke of (James Scott), partizans of, 403 Monocantown, see Manicantown Monogahela River, army on, 223; map, 28 Monopoly, see Trade, Free Monquine, deed of, 95 Monro, Dr. Donald, letter of, 362 Monro, Robert, letter of, 127 Montagu, Edward, petition of, 237 Montagu, Rear- Adm. John, letter of, 248, 249 Montague, Lord Charles Grenville, commis- sion to, 163 Montague, Lord Ralph, 82; correspondence, 29 Montauk Point, map, 121 Montgomery, John, papers relating to, 163 Monthly Repository of Theology, 343 Montien, Sieur de, 147 Montiguy, letter of, 395 Montreal, 28, 98; great fire at, 72; maps, 122; scientific papers from, 357; voyages to, 116 Montserrat, acts, 186-187; financial papers, 32, 213, 381 ; papers relating to, 37, S8. 107 Moore, William, Barbadoes, case of, 165 Moore, William, Pennsylvania, letter of, 294 Moravian brethren, Herrnhut sect of, 156 Moray, Alexander, papers of, 360, 365 Moray, Sir Robert, correspondence, 36s, 366 Moreau, Nicholas, letters of, 315, 319 Moreno, Don Alonso de Arcos, on Jamaica, loi Morgan, Benjamin, letter of, 310 Morgan, Capt. Charles, letter of, 56 Morgan, Sir Henry, correspondence, 56, 113, 408; papers relating to, 56, 83, 84, 416 Morgan, Joseph, papers of, 365 Morgan, Maurice, 107 Morgans, Capt. William, discourse, 287 Morice, see Morris Morlaix, France, 216 Morley, John, letter of, 10 "Mornamont" papers, Cambridge, 382, 429 Morrice, letter of, 393 Morrice, Roger, manuscripts, 346 Morris, Surveyor General, letters of, 26 Morris, Gov. Lewis, 377; correspondence, 83, 303, 310, 409, 420 Morris, Richard, case of, 164 Morris, Richard, Welsh poet, letter of, 377 Morris, Robert, correspondence, 146, 147, 148 Morris, Lieut.-Gov. Robert Hunter, 29, 136, 138 Morris, Roger, controversy of, 9 Morris, Sir WilUam, correspondence, 40 Morrison, see Moryson, 288 Morritt, Thomas, 324; letters of, 323 Morse, Joseph, intelligence by, 162 Morse, Lieut.-Col. Robert, paper by, 27 Mortimer, Dr., letters to, 364 Morton, Mr., "about Philadelphia College," 296 Morton, Earl of (James Douglas), plan by, 160 Morton, Thomas, New English Canaan, 422 Morton, Sir William, contracts by, 412 Moryson, Francis, correspondence, 426, 427; papers relating to, 39, 288, 384, 412, 414, 42S. 427, 428 Mosquito Shore, Bay of Honduras, map, 114; papers relating to, 133, 137, 138, 142, 168 Moss, William, suit against, 181 Mossom, David, letters of, 305, 308, 324, 328 Moulen, Dr. Allen, paper by, 361 Mt. Desert, grant of, 183, 184 Index. 479 Mounteney, Richard, lis Mullowny, John, letter of, 340 Mumford, George, case against, 304 Munro, George, correspondence, 126 Murdoch, George, of Md., letters of, 313 Murdock, George, of Va., recommendation of, 320 Mure, Son, and Atkinson, contractors, 267 Murray, Alexander, naval officer, letters of, 126 Murray, Rev. Alexander, proposed as bishop of Virginia, 22, 376 Murray, Gov. James, correspondence, 26, 106, 126; papers relating to, 157, 163 Murray, Patrick, journal of, 157 Murry, Alexander, letter to, 168 Murry, Edith, paper of, 377 Muscovado sugar, case of, 120 Musgrove, Francis, letter of, 210 Music, 376 Myles, Samuel, Rev., petition of, 180; letters of, 30s, 306, 308, 312, 328 Nairn, William, letter of, 326 Nancy, ship, 250 Nanfan, Lieut.-Gov. John, correspondence, 389, 390, 392, 417; papers relating to, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 403, 409 Nansemond county, Va., 425; grievances of, 427 Nantucket Indians, diseases among, 362 Narragansett, church papers relating to, 292, 304, 305 ; glebe lands, 293 Narragansett Bay, map, 121 Narragansett Indians, papers relating to, 16, 327 Nassau, Governor of, note of, 103 " Nassau," sale of sugars in, 21 Nassau Hall, see New Jersey, college Natick, Mass., 330 Natural history, papers, 64, 360-362, 365; see also Royal Society; Sloane Manuscripts Naudowessie Indians, language, 79 Naumkeag, 399 Navesink, 23 Navigation papers, 25, 29, 162, 416, 425 ; see also Shipping Neale, Leonard, papers of, 342 Neale, Thomas, resignation of, 273 Neau, Elias, correspondence, 303, 331, 333; death of, 398 Negroes, 21, 30, 127, 209, 214; missionary ac- tivities among, 66, 289, 291, 320, 331, 334, 376; see also Slavery Negro "Virgin," 353 Neill, Hugh, letters of, 313 Neill, L., letter to, 324 Nelson, John, papers of, 10, 18 Nelson, Pres. Thomas, letters of, 315 Netherlands, attitude towards American Revo- lution, 155 ; linen trade, 193 ; map, 100 ; naval supplies, 421 ; papers relating to, 42, 155, 172, 412, 413; relations with France, no; with Great Britain, 8, 44, 118, 122, 269, 378, 31 384, 413, 414, 416, 421; tobacco trade, 146, 200; trade, 133, 134, 156; treaties with Great Britain, 217; with U. S., 269 Neuse River, 69 Nevis, acts, 186-187; admiralty case, 165; arms sent to, 196; council papers, 41; finances, 41, 214, 381 ; international relations in, 132, 416; papers relating to, 32, 37, 41, 42, 45, 51, 210, 416; politics, 35, 42, 58; voyage accounts, 58, 144 New Albion, see Plowden's Island Newark, H. M. S., 118 New Bern, N. C., 325 Newberry, S. C., 132 Newbery, John, letter of, 310 New Bristol, R. I., church papers relating to, 305 New Brunswick, map, 122; settlement of, 400; see also Nova Scotia Newbury, Mass., church papers relating to, 292, 307; earthquakes, 359, 366 New Caledonia, voyages to, 360, 367 Newcastle, Duke of (John Holies), papers relating to, 22, 24 Newcastle, Duke of (Thomas Pelham Holies), 123; correspondence, 29, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 141, 158, 159, 203, 210, 211, 214, 216, 219, 220, 290, 402; papers relating to, 89, 132, 133, 134, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 154, 220 Newcastle, Pa., church papers, 312; post-office papers, 273 New Castle, New England, fortifications, 401 ; trade, 410 Newcastle House, council meeting at, 137 Newcastle Papers, 123-143 New Church, Boston, papers relating to, 305, 417. Newdigate, 41 Newe, Thomas, letters of, 408 New England, animals, 360, 362; beaver trade, 371; Cape Breton expedition, 136; charity schools, 331; charters, 14, 374; church papers, 39, 153, 158, 292, 293, 300, 304, 309, 327, 344, 345. 346, 347. 348, 400, 422; condi- tions m, 13, 53, 58, IIS, 139. IS3. 374. 412; court papers, S9, 141. 164, 375. 422 ; customs, 180; defense of, 39, 61, 90; description of, 9, 13. 39. 43. 52. 153, 186, 425 ; discovery of, 12 ; emigration from, 381 ; financial papers, SS, 136 ; fishing, 61 ; flax-raising, 402 ; for- estry, 204; government papers, 13, 40, 172, 173, 292, 3cfi, 381 ; hemp-raising, 402 ; his- tory, 13, 49, 112, 346; immigration, 112; In- dians in, 13, 14, 42, 43, 206, 221, 423; inocu- lation in, 362; interloping trade from, 370; iron industry, 46; land-grants, 96; libraries, 335 ; maple-sugar, 361 ; maps, 74, 90, 94, 143, 290, 332, 425, 429; masts, 86, 178; mining, 61 ; missionary activities, 70, 99, 283, 301, 340, 343, 346, 405, 422 ; naval stores, 82 ; navy papers, 208; newspapers, 161, 2^; papers relating to, 14, 20, 31, 40, 42, 44, 46, 52, 58, 480 Index. 288, 290, 332, 333, 346, 377, 399, 411, 422, 423; plantations, 12, 13, 18; plants, 361; roads, 367; rum trade, 206; scientific observations, 3S7. 3S9> 364; seeds from, 62; settlement of, 39, 346, 401, 423; ship-building, 366; tar trade, 194, 360; trade, 6l, 115, 139, 205, 206, 209, 371, 384; vice-admiralty court, 159; voyage accounts, 144, 288; whale fishing, 360 New England Confederation, 406 Newfoundland, cession of, to Great Britain, 395; convoys, 80, 216, 384; customs, 77; de- fense of, 80, 136, 39S, 409; description of, 89, 107, 186; discovery of, 287; expeditions to, 19 ; fisheries, 29, 44, 47, 58, 74, 89, 98, 135, 144. 193. 278, 279 ; fishing claims in, 140, 168, 169, 209, 223; forts, ig, no, 403; French in, 41, 131; history, 35; Indians in, 83, 104; land-grants, 397; maps, 50, 73, 89, 98, 102, 143. 384, 429; papers relating to, 19, 26, 31, 36, 40, 44, 46, 60, 79, 98, 133, 144, 161, 287, 333; plantations, 80, 277; politics, 35, 98; scientific papers from, 358; settlement of, 47, 98; shipping, 100, 279; statistics, 100; trade, 20, 29, 44, 89, 166, 192; voyages to, 377. 428 New France, conditions in, 222; map, 74; prizes, 220; voyages to, 60 Newgate Gaol Delivery Rolls, 284 New Hampshire, acts of, 182 ; assembly pa- pers, 255; boundaries, 74, 90, 93, 94, 179, 408; | circular letter to, 256; claims to, 399; com- mittee papers, 256; conditions in, 402; coun- cil papers, 129, 392, 399, 401, 402; court pa- pers, 96, 165, 389; disturbances in, 248, 255- 256, 257, 258, 259 ; financial papers, 213 ; gov- ernment, 184, 253, 255, 402; land-grants, 180, 183, 253; maps, 74, 90; military stores for, 402; opposition to Sugar Bill, 209; papers relating to, 26, 40, 42, 80, 178, 256, 302, 303- 305, 399, 400, 401, 408; proclamations, 259; Stamp Act papers, 230, 234; trade, 396 New Haven, church papers, 309, 345; condi- tions in, 46; customs, 133 New Jersey, army in, 239; assembly papers, 229, 233, 234, 240, 259, 418; boundaries, 73, 164, 181; church papers, 294, 304, 409, 420; conditions in, 90; council papers, 230, 232, 235, 259; court proceedings, 418; customs, 234; description of, 15, 186, 400; disturb- ances in, 23, 256, 259; education, 182; finan- cial papers, 213; iron industry, 118; land- grants, 182, 400; maps, 27, 74, 429; opposi- tion to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 209; papers re- lating to, 26, 303-305, 306, 332-333. 387. 394, 408; petitions from, 183, 204, 206; politics, 130, 136; Stamp Act papers, 226, 232, 234, 238, 239 New Jersey, College of, 182 New Jersey, East, 13, 400; deed of, to Penn, 353; government, 351; proprietary rights in, 219; surrender of, 187 New Jersey, West, 400; immigration, 407; map, 429; politics, 52; surrender of, 187 New Kent county, Va., 42S ; grievances of, 427 New London, Conn., church papers, 309; stamp riots, 108 „ Newman, Henry, correspondence, 67, 30», 309, 397, 401, 402, 403, 404. 40s. 408; papers re- lating to, 179, 203, 399. 400. 401. 402, 404. 400 Newman, John, letters to, 399. 400 Newman Papers, 399-403, 404, 408 New Mexico, discoveries, 18, 101 ; map, 92 New Netherland, 366; expedition against Dutch in, 380; government, 411; whale fish- ing, 360 New Orleans, plan, 92 New Plymouth, see Plymouth, Massachusetts Newport, Capt. Christopher, 376 Newport, R. I., church papers, 292, 305, 306; customs, 132 Newport, Va., church queries, 318 Newport Mercury, 230 New Providence, Island of, descriptions, 61, 83; immigration to, 112; maps, 61; papers relating to, 58, 127 New South Church, Boston, 347 New Spain, 55; voyages to, 51, 104 Newspapers, 308, 423; British Museum, cata- logue, 7; extracts, 154, 243, 351; see also names of individual newspapers, e. g., Ma- drid Gazette Newton, Sir Isaac, computation by, 197 Newtown, N. B., map, 122 New York, acts of, 182; admiralty court in, 390; army in, 82, 83, 177, 197, 239, 388, 389, 390; assembly papers, 14, 109, 213, 222, 233, 234, 238, 239, 240, 259, 389, 390, 418; beaver trade, 371; boundaries, 181-182, 183, 185; church papers, 289, 290, 292, 294, 297, 2^, 299, 304, 311, 404, 420; College of, see King's College; conditions in, 30, 98, 386, 409; coun- cil papers, 135, 230, 234, 238, 389, 390, 394, 403; court papers, 108, 109, 154, 167, 390; customs, 228, 234, 388, 420; defense of, 11, 393; description of, 13, 186; disturbances in, 137, 140, 143, 256, 257, 259, 281, 386, 390, 394; education, 331, 407, 420; financial papers, 213, 409; forts, 196, 387; Friends in, 353; frontiers of, 10; governors' papers, 24, i^, 128, 130, 182, 183, 249, 253, 297, 370; history, 45, 386; Indians in, 73, 206, 332, 371; land- claims, 109; land-grants, 159, 180, 182, 253; hbraries, 335, 420; maps, 181-182; mission- ary activities, 301 ; naturalization of foreign- ers in, 45, 420; navy in, 208; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 207; ordnance stores, 196, 391 ; papers relating to, 98, 130, 132, 147, 180, 181, 209, 281, 302, 303-305, 332, 386, 391, 393, 406, 407, 419, 420; piracy, 178; politics, 13, 79, 128, 142, 181, 184, 382, 390, 418; reve- nues, 99, 134, 388, 394; rum trade, 206; scientific observations, 358, 359; shipping, 58, 136, 162; slavery, 393; Stamp Act pa- pers, 161, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 233, 234, 238, 239, 246; survey reports, 205; tea dis- turbances, 248, 249; trade, 30, 80, 204, 205, Index. 481 206, 371, 393. 394> 410; travels in, 28; voy- ages to, 56, 417 New York City, army in, 239, 264, 385; char- ter, 14; church papers, 181, 182, 288, 304, 398, 405 ; education in, 288 ; laws, 12 ; libra- ries, 288, 420; map, 100; newspapers, 230, 248; packet boats, 236, 274, 275, 276; papers relating to, 131, 255, 263; post-office papers, 274, 27s, 276; Stamp Act papers, 229; vice- admiralty court, 299 New York Gazette, 230, 233 New York Gazetteer, 256 Niagara, forts, 116, 132, 221; map, 92 Niagara Falls, papers relating to, 360, 364 Nicaragua, contemplated attack on, 168 Niccoli, Abbe, note from, 100 Nicholas, Sir Edward, letters to, 47 Nicholls, John, letter to, 410 Nicholson, Gov. Francis, correspondence, 107, 178, 273, 289, 306, 308, 311, 313, 315, 319, 323, 328, 331. 365-366, 386, 404, 40S, 419; papers relating to, 14, 179, 288, 289, 304, 317, 320, 324, 32s, 326, 327, 332, 38s. 404, 40s, 407 Nicholson, Henry, papers of, 360 Nicholson, W., letter of, 131 Nicolini, Abbe, account by, 340 Nicoll, J., papers by, 422 NicoUs, Mathias, papers of, 383, 417 NicoUs, Gov. Richard, correspondence, 382, 414, 415; papers relating to, 23, 287, 366, 383, 413, 414, 417, 420 Nicolls, Samuel, letters of, 296, 297 Nicols, Henry, letter of, 313 Nimham, Daniel, 9 Ninagret, Charles Augustus, petition of, 327 Nipho, Jerome, letters to, 403 Nixon, John, suit against, 167 Noailles, Marquis de, 156, 267 Noble, Maj., will of, 107 Noble Town, disturbances, 108; petition from, 181 Noell, Sir Martin, correspondence, 33, 84, 85, 86, no; papers relating to, 33, 34, 37, 85, IS5 Noell, Thomas, letters to, 35, 86, 155 Nootka Bay, declaration concerning, 157 Norfolk county, Va., Coxe's claims to, 386 Norris, Isaac, 352, 353 Norristown (Norriton), Pa., astronomical ob- servations at, 358, 359 North, Lord Chief Justice (Francis), opinion of, 45 North, Lord (Frederick North), correspond- ence, 149, 150, 151 North, Capt. John, testimony of, 94, 95 North America, 333 ; customs, 243 ; explora- tion papers, 183; history, 144; international relations in, 144, 192, 219, 220, 229, 231, 365 ; maps, 21, 367; scientific papers from, 358; shipping, 262; surveying of, 27-28, 235; trade, 140, 259 Northampton county, Va., 425; grievances of, 427 North Britain, shipping, papers relating to, 236 North Carolina, see Carolina, North North Carolina Gazette, 257 North East iron works, 119 North Elk River, Md., 314 Northern Famham, Va., 320 Northey, Sir Edward, opinion of, 24, 134, 243, 316 North River, expedition up the, 30 Northumberland, Duke of (Algernon Percy), 113 Northumberland county, Va., records, 425 Northwestern America, expeditions in, 369; map, 92 Northwest passage, papers relating to, 63, 180, 277, 287, 360 Norton, John, letter of, 8 Norton, W., opinion of, 98 Norwich, Capt., memorial of, 411 Norwich, William, letter of, 374 Norwood, Richard, Bermudas, 365 ; papers of, 358, 360, 365, 366 Norwood, Richard, the younger, papers by, 360 Nottingham, Earl of (Daniel Finch), corre- spondence, 123, 391 Nottingham, England, 259 Nottoway Indians, treaties with, 327 Nova Caesaria, see New Jersey Nova Scotia, acts of, 182; army papers, 19, 137; boundaries, 40, 41, 132, 160, 220; church papers, 340; court papers, 132, 220, 221 ; description of, 27, 38, 103 ; education, 334; fisheries, 10, 132; fortifications, no, 132, 138; government of, 29, 253; history, 103 ; Indians, 221 ; international relations in, 32, 38, 40, 114, 139, 141, 156, 220, 261, 403, 420; land-grants, 180, 182, 253; maps, 27, 122, 143 ; navy papers, 157 ; papers relating to, 26, 31, 37, 38, 46, 103, 129, 138, 220, 333; prizes, 221; settlement of, 138, 192, 219; Stamp Act papers, 232, 234; trade, 20; see also Acadia ; New Brunswick Nowell, Samuel, 416 Observations on the Commerce of the Ameri- can States, Review of, 102 Occam, Samson, by Love, 16, 66, 75 Ocioneechee Indians, treaty with, 327 Ogilvie, John, 293, 297 Ogle, Sir C, letter to, 128 Ogle, O., Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers, 410 Ogle, Gov. Samuel, certificate of, 97; letter of, 214 Oglethorpe, Sir James, ig, 157; bills by, 130; correspondence, 51, 66, 126; libels against, 134 O'Hara, Joseph, letters of, 303, 306; papers re- lating to, 304 Ohio River, adventures on, 99; forts on, 137; fossils, 362; French army on, 132, 138, 221, 223; French claims on, 222; French trans- actions with Maj. George Washington, 223; 482 Index. importance of, to Great Britain, 139; In- dians on, 221; land-disputes, 76; land- grants, 184, 18s ; lands on, 90; papers relat- ing to, 99, 139; proposed colony on, 329; quit-rents, 181 Old Bailey, London, 284; information about the use of the papers in, 285 Old Bailey Session Proceedings, 283 Old Clergy Brotherhood, archives of, 339 Old Clergy Chapter, 339 Oldenburg, Henry, 355; papers of, 368; queries of, 61 Old Point Comfort, Va., engineer's report of, 270; fort-commander at, 412 Oliver, Mr., 406 Oliver, Lieut.-Gov. Andrew, correspondence, 49, 233, 234, 237, 249, 254, 348; papers of, 362 Oliver, Chief Justice Peter, impeachment of, 254; papers of, 49 Onondaga, interpreters at, 418; sachems' mes- sages, 418; travellers' accounts, 417 Onsboro, Richard, letters of, 406 Orangeburg, S. C, 324 Orange Fort (Albany), reduced by the British, 287 Oratory, Brompton, archives in, 339 Ord, James, suit against, 180 Orders in Council, 38, 47, 136, 159, 161, 166, 171, 184, 193, 194, 197, 205, 207, 227, 228, 240, 316, 321, 337, 338, 371, 387, 394, 399, 416; see also Council, Privy Ordnance Office, Papers, 196, 197, 267, 400 Orleans, Isle of, 92 Orme, Robert, journal of, 28; letter of, 326 Orme, William, Life and Times of Baxter, 343 Orr, William, letters of, 323 Osborn, Adm., commission to, 163 Osborn, H., letter of, 128 Osborn, Col. Roger, letter to, 85 Osborn, Thomas, suit against, 166 Osborne, Francis Godolphin, career of, 114; papers of, 114 Oswego, Fort, papers relating to, 116, 130, 219, 359 Ouracooras Turheer, treaty by, 327 Outlawes, John, affidavit of, 370 Overwharton, Va., 318 Owaneco, sachem of the Mohegans, 418; deeds by, 16 Owaneto, deed of, 16 Owen, Gr., letter to, 353 Owen Wynne collection. All Souls, Oxford, 422 Oxford, 347; Letters from, 422 Oxford, Bishop of, letters of, 291, 293 Oxford College Libraries, catalogues, 422; books and pamphlets in, 422-423 Oxford University Libraries, manuscripts in, 372-423; see also Bodleian Library Oyster Point, map, 121 Pacific Coast, papers on, 17, 51 Pacific Sea, 22 Packer, Thomas, suit against, l6s Packesall, John, covenant of, 91 Paice, Joseph, correspondence, 292; petition of, 394 Paine, Mr., account by, 255 Painter, W., letter to, 82 Pakshall, Richard, suit against, 183 Palatines, 24, 162, 291, 393, 395 Paleontological discoveries, see Fossils Palliser, Gov. Hugh, letteraaf, 26 Palmer, Sir Geoffrey, report^f, 401 Palmer, Samuel, Non-Conformist's Memorial, 343 Paltsits, V. H., 98 Pamlico River, 321 Panama, 416; expedition against, 83; piracy, 113; voyages to, 51 Panama, city, papers relating to, 160 Paper Currencies, see Currency Papperinnimin, estate, 417 Parchment, customs, 13S " Parchment Collection," House of Lords, 190 Pardo, Convention of, 2ID Parhelia, drawings of, 364 Paris, Ferd. John, letter of, 31 Paris, reception of American commissioners at, 147, declaration taken at, 220; Nova Scotia boundary conference at, 160 Parishes, 328, 409; see also names of individ- ual parishes, e. g., Christ Church parish, S. C. Parker, Alderman, paper of, 410 Parker, Mr., letters of, 256 Parker, Sir H., translation by, 104 Parker, Sir Peter, correspondence, 270; papers of, 113, 270, 275 Parker, Robert, report of, 251 Parker, Maj. WiUiam, letters of, 56 Parliament, papers relating to, 17, 32, 34, 45, 131. 13s. 140, ISO, 189, 199, 227, 281, 290, 371, 394, 422 Parmiter (Parmytor?), Paroculus, 388, 394 Parr, Lieut.-Gov. John, of Nova Scotia, orders of, 117 Parry, Capt., account of expedition, 87 Parry, Mr., letters of, 255 Parry, J., paper of, 377 Parsons, John, suit of, 166 Parsons, William, suit against, 166 Parson's case. The, 166 Parta, port of, 51 Partridge, Richard, papers of, 93, 94, 304, 399 Partridge, Gov. William, proposal by, 194; papers relating to, 399 Pascoe, C. F., Two Hundred Years of the S. P. G., 332 Passenger, Capt. William, letter to, 389; pirates seized by, 386, 389 Patioromecke River, Va., 412 Patten, John, declaration of, 220 Patterson, Daniel, papers of, 83, 152 Patuxent, Md., 58, 80, 407 Paul, Robert, letter of, 68 Index. 483 Peace commissioners, papers relating to, 149, ISO, 263, 267 Pearcy, Thomas, testimony of, 94 Peart, Francis, letter of, 319 Peck, Richard, letters of, 51 Peckover, Edmund, journal of, 350 Peirce, John, letter of, 408 Peirmeine, Henry, land-grant to, 354 Pelham, H., correspondence, 129 Pelham, Thomas, second, Irish Secretary, offi- cial papers of, 143 Pell, John, 73 Pell, Thomas, 73 Pelling, Dr., letter to, 404 Pemberton, Benjamin, letter to, 129 Pemberton, Evans and, letter to, 96 Penhallow, Samuel, 402 Penn, Hannah, petition, 31 Penn, John, 180, 181, 353, 354; correspondence, 31, 126, 226 Penn, John, Jr., 354 Penn, Lady (Margaret), petitions of, 384 Penn, Richard, papers relating to, 160, 181, 259, 261, 353, 354 Penn, Solomon, papers of, 395 Penn, Thomas, correspondence, 126, 167, 295, 296, 297, 310; papers relating to, 180, 181, 293. 340, 353, 354 Penn, William, correspondence, 19, 23, 56, 87, 116, 122, 123, 144, 153, 159, 351, 352, 353; papers relatmg to, 25, 31, 46, 52, 71, 74, 75, 117, 180, 204, 208, 311, 351, 352, 353, 354, 374, 407, 417, 419, 423 Penn, Sir William, 18, 20 {see Petty), 83, 380, 384; correspondence, 122 Penn-Baxter disputes, 343, 344, 345 Penn and Logan Correspondence, The, 353 Penney, Norman, 350 Penn family, genealogical papers, 396 Penn Manuscripts, 351-354 Pennsylvania, acts, 160, 181, 311; army in, 83, 96, 139; assembly papers, 132, 139, 257, 291, 294; boundaries, 57, 73, 160, 164, 183, 185; charter, 15; church papers, 286, 294, 295, 296, 297, 311, 324, 328, 332, 340, 342; conditions in, 15, go, 96, 294; disturbances in, 256, 257, 259; education, free, 133; financial papers, 31, 213; governors' papers, 90, 124, 181, 221, 256, 257, 311, 353; history, 354; immigration, 123, 291, 292, 293, 295; Indians in, 353, 354; land-grants, 353, 354; law cases, 166, 167, 178, 182; libraries, 335; maps, 74, 153, 358; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 207, 209; papers relating to, 12, 13, 26, 96, 159, 196, 204, 206, 207, 256, 297, 302, 309-312, 311, 314, 333, 353, 362, 423; politics, 13, 52, 122, 192, 294, 417 ; proprietorship of, 179, 180, 185, 192, 208, 354; scientific papers from, 358, 359; Stamp Act papers, 226, 227 ; tea disturb- ances, 249, 250; trade, 80, 205, 206, 311, 371 Pennsylvania College, see Philadelphia, Col- lege of Pennsylvania, University of, see Philadelphia, College of Pennsylvania Gazette, 249, 256 Pennsylvania Journal, 294 Pennsylvania Land Company, suit of, 167 Pennycook, Capt, journal of, 367 Penobscot, boundaries, 41; English title to, 10 Pensacola, 28, 105, 188, 235; map, 92; packet boat service, 275, 276 Pepperrell, Sir William, letter of, 348; regi- ment of, 142 Pepys, Samuel, correspondence, 86, 380, 382; papers relating to, 382, 384, 424-429 Pepysiana, Bibliotheca, 382 Percy, Earl (Hugh Percy), letter of, 112; or- ders by, 188 Percy, Dr. Thomas, 154 Perkins, Thomas, letter to, 410 Perrie, Edward, paper of, 108 Perry, Bishop W. S., Historical Collections relating to the American Colonial Church, 286, 302, 374, 376; see also Hawks and Perry Perry, Micajah, memorial from, 197; petition of, 178 Persia, merchants' claims, 399 Perth Amboy, church papers relating to, 304, 305, 398, 405 ; port of, 387 Peru, insurrection in, 1781, 168 Peruana, 22 Peter, or Peters, Rev. Hugh, 76, 119, 405, 406, 410 Peters, Richard, agent of Penn, 353; corre- spondence, 29s, 300, 301, 303, 3c6, 310; pa- pers relating to, 312 Peterson, Andrew, letter of, 310 Petiver, James, F. R. S., 58, 62, 361 ; corre- spondence, 55, 69, 70, 364 Petsworth, Va., church queries, 318 Petty, Sir William, Quantulumcumque, 20 Peutron, James, letter of, 210 Peyssonnel, Dr., papers of, 362 Pharuses, 27 Phelps, Mr., letter to, 241 Phelypeaux, governor of French West Indies, 395 ; see also Herbault and Pontchartrain Philadelphia, army in, 264, 348 ; church papers, 295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 304, 305, 311, 312, 331, 403 ; College of, 72, 296, 299, 300, 301, 327 ; congress of, 149, 256; deeds, 353, 354; libra- ries, 353 ; map, 74 ; papers relating to, 148, 220, 259, 295, 353, 403 ; scientific papers from, 358, 359, 366; Stamp Act papers, 226, 232; tea disturbances, 249; trade, 153, 166, 351; vice-admiralty court at, 180 " Philagathus," letter of, 315 Philippine Islands, animals, 361 ; expeditions to, 104; maps, 60; papers relating to, 58, 70, 89, 102, 104, 360; plants, 361 Philippine Islands, New, discovery of, 360 Philips, curate, 398 Philips, Gov. Richard, correspondence, 104 Philips, Samuel, sermons of, 347 Philipse, Frederick, 9 Phillips, Adolphus, letters to, 393 Phillips, Francis, 311, 312; letters of, 310 Phillips, Frederick, letter of, 58 484 Index. Phillips, Henry, petition of, 178 Phillips, John, papers of, 94, 410 Phillips, Col. Richard, papers relating to, 163 Phillips, Rev. Sadler, 302 Phillips, Thomas, letter to, 410 Phillips, Maj.-Gen. William, correspondence, III, 112 Philosophical Transactions, General Index to 355 Phipps, Const., letter to, 401 Phips, Lieut.-Gov. Spencer, letter to, 222; papers of, 93, 95 Phips, Gov. William, 46, 138; journals of, 52, 382 Phyllips, William, letter to, 410 Physical observations, 363 Physick, Edmund, agent of proprietors of Pennsylvania, 354 Pictures, see Drawings Pierpoint, Jonathan, letter of, 305 Pietat, Rev. M., letter of, 291 Pigot, George, letter of, 303, 308 Pigou and Booth, letter of, 250 Pike, case and letter of, 96 Pillas, William, correspondence, 119 Pinckney, Charles, letter of, 126, 128 Pinckney, Thomas, letters of, 51 Pinfold, Gov. Charles, letter of, 26, 126 Pinhorne, J., 404 Pinnock, James, papers of, 143 Piracy, 58, 83, 113, 134, 159, 177, 194, 278, 385, .386, 387, 388, 389, 399, 404 Pircey, Francis, testimony of, 94 Piscataqua, 392; forts, 399; glebe lands, 308; naval stores, 217; trade, 410 Pitkin, Gov. William, 108; letters of, 238, 240 Pitt, Thomas, governor of Ft. George, no Pitt, Thomas, governor of Leevfard Islands, see Londonderry Pitt, William, see Chatham Pitt, Fort, relief of, 105 Pitts, Capt., letter to, 410 Pitts, John, case of, 293 Pittsburg, expedition against, 29; fort at, 143 Piziquid, Nova Scotia, Indian proclamation at, 221 Placentia, military stores at, 19 Plans, see Maps Plant, Rev. Matthias, 359; letters of, 308, 366 Plantations, army in, 117; bishoprics in, 129, 160, 288, 289, 291, 294, 300, 32s, 328, 336, 376, 404; bullion trade, 134, 140, 141, 161; church papers relating to, 136, 158, 159, 286, 291, 292, 294, 297, 298, 302, 32s, 328, 339-341, 342, 397, 409; court papers, 13, 141, 185, 192, 194, 208; customs, 78, 81, 102, 120, 123, 135, 141, 168, i6g, 201 ; education in, 290, 291, 325, 335. 337, 398, 403; financial papers, 194, 197, 205, 214; forestry, 183, 204; government, 26, 185; indigo trade, 136; international rela- tions in, 10, IS, 122, 193, 209, 223; iron in- dustry, 201, 207, 218; libraries, 289, 331, 334, 335; linen trade, 115, 193; lumber trade, 178; manufacture, 26, 208; missionary activities, 290; naval stores from, 198, 201, 203, 204, 401, 403 ; navy in, 215 ; opposition to African Bill, 199; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204; pa- pers relating to, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 32, 47, S6, 60, 74, 79, 88, 91, 92, 100, 105, 121, 127- 129, 137, 159-160, 169, 172, 178, 185, 186-187, 192, 201, 209, 360, 396, 429; piracy, 159, I77; pitch trade, 201 ; prizes, 194 ; revenues, 102, 115, 422; rolling mills in, 218; rum trade, 77, 140, 211, 212; shipping, 58, 120, 197, 201, 210, 214, 215, 216, 236, 425; silk trade, 214; sugar trade, 19, 45, 120, 204, 205, 206, 209, 212; settlers, 283 ; tar trade, 201 ; tea, 247-251 ; tobacco, 258, 260, 281; trade, 14, 15, 57, 7J, 81, 86, loo-ioi, 105, 133, 134, 140, 141, 158, 161, 166, 172, 192, 194, 198, 199, 201, 202, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 212, 216, 236, 283, 384, 396, 422, 423, 424; trade protection, 194, 195, 196, 216, 217; woollens, 178; see also Colonies; names of individual plantations, colonies, e. g., Jamaica, Georgia Plants, 55, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 116, 360, 361, 362, 365; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Jamaica, plants; Barbadoes, plants Plater, George, accounts of, 80 Piatt, extract of letter of, 45 Playters, Capt. William, 66 Plowden, Charles, correspondence, 342 Plowden, Sir Edmund, 385 Plowden's Island, 385, 420 Plumier, Charles, 55, 62, 116 Plummer, Richard, letter of, 320 Plumstead, William, suit of, 167, 182 Plunkett, Leon., letter of, 70 Plye, Capt. John, letter to, 83 Plymouth, Mass., boundaries, 74; council papers, 95, 399; fleet at, 376; papers relating to, 40, 94, 95, 264; settlement of, 95, 113; trade, 396, 410 Poartanell, 57 Pocahontas, 378 Pocklington, Robert, letter of, 323 Pocomock, Md., 58 Point Pleasant, 46 Pointz, Col., commission of, 410 Politics, see name of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Carolina, politics; New York City, politics Pollard, B., 128 Pollard, Dr. Thomas, correspondence, 157 Pollard, Walter, correspondence, 157 Pollen, Thomas, recommendation of, 325 Polly, sloop, 180 Pomfret, Conn., 237; church papers relating to, 309 Pond, Arthur, estate of, ill Pond, Peter, map of, 92 Pondicherry, capitulation of, 188 Pontchartrain, Comte de (Louis Phelypeaux), 144, 395 Poole, The Criticks, 344 Index. 485 Poole, Rev. John, suit of, 164 Poole, Sir William, journal of, 428 Pope, Mathew, letter of, 154 Popery, papers relating to, 97; see also Re- ligion Popham, Capt. George, voyage of, 288 Popple, Henry, maps of, no, 158 Popple, William, 386, 388; correspondence, 18, 26, 80, 126, 159, 213, 389, 390, 391, 392, 401 Portland, Duke of (Henry Bentinck), certifi- cate, 30 Portland, Earl of (Richard Weston), Lord High Treasurer, petition to, 278 Portlock, Edward, letters of, 305, 310, 312 Portobello, 128, 281 Porto Rico, papers relating to, 56, 89, 123, 131, 210 Port Royal, expeditions to, 367; harbor, 109; scientific papers from, 23, 358 Portsmouth, N. H., astronomical observations at, 358; church papers, 304; proceedings at, 248, 256 Portugal, coins of, 268; papers relating to, 116, 148; trade, 178 Post-Office Papers, 24, 273, 274, 275, 276, 366 Potash, importation into England, case of, 121 Potomac iron works, 118 Potomac River, 38, 407; naval officer of, 142 Potter, John, suit of, 166 Potter case, 166 Pouderous, Rev. Albert, papers relating to, 322, 40s Poultry Compter, 277-278 Povey, John, 387, 418; letters of, 48, 313, 325 Povey, Richard^ 41 ; correspondence, 84, 85, 86 Povey, Thomas, correspondence, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 84, 8s, 86, 100; papers relating to, 31, 33, 34. 35- 36, 37, 39, 84, 85, 86 Povey, William, 35; correspondence, 33, 39, 84, 85, 86 Povey, Mrs. William, letter to, 86 Powell, Rowland, letter of, 56 Powers, Richard, letters to, 108 Powhatan River, 379 Powle, Sir Stephen, commonplace-book of, 375 Powlett, W., letter of, 308 Pownall, John, correspondence, 126, 230, 231, 234, 240, 241, 242, 243, 250, 262, 315, 321 Pownall, Gov. Thomas, letters of, 25, 26, 126; papers of, 81, 104, 184 Poyer, letter to, 420 Presbury, Joseph, letter of, 409 Presbyterian Church, English, New York, pe- tition of, 181, 182, 405 Presbyterians, in College of Philadelphia, 300, 301 Prescott, Capt., memorandum by, 142 Present Crisis, The, resolutions on, 258 Preston, Samuel, 353 Preston, Capt. Thomas, case of, 246 Prevost, Maj.-Gen. Augustine, letters of, 112 Price, Benjamin, letter of, 308 Price, Lieut. Hugh, letter to, 83 Price, Capt. John, 144 Price, Joseph, letters of, 306 Price, Dr. Richard, Observations on the Na- ture of Civil Liberty, 282 Price, Roger, letters of, 306, 308, 328 Price, Miles and, papers relating to, 306 Prideaux and Graves, case of, 394 Prince, Dr. Thomas, letters of, 293, 348 Prince Edwards Island, papers relating to, 162, 180 Prince Frederick, ship, 128 Prince Fredericks parish, S. C, addresses from, 324 Prince George parish, S. C, addresses from, 324 Prince George county, proceedings of court, 97 Prince Society, 395 Princeton University, see New Jersey, Col- lege of Principio iron works, 118, 119 Printing, West Indies, 22 Prints, King's Library, catalogue, 7 Prior, Matthew, letter of, 383 Prior, Thomas, letter of, 67 Privy Council, see Council, Privy Privy Seal, dockets, 11, 19, 20, 22, 24 Prizes, 9, 21, 32, 78, 102, 103, 127, 128, 132, 164, 178, 19s, 197, 209, 214, 217, 223 ; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Barbadoes, prizes ; Jamaica, prizes ; Shipping Proclamations, 186, 426; see also names of monarchs and libraries, e. g., Charles I., proclamations by; British Museum, royal proclamations Proctor, Samuel, letter to, 410 Prohibition Act, 146 Propaganda, papers of the, 340, 341 Proprietary governments, see Colonies, pro- prietary governments, and also under names of individual colonies Prosperous, pink, 425 Protector, Lord, see Cromwell Protestants, foreign, in America, 130, 385, 386 Providence, 304; church papers relating to, 292, 305 Providence, brigantine, 166 Providence Gazette Extraordinary, 229 Provoost, Bishop Samuel, consecration of, 286 Public Advertiser, 294 Public Record Oifice Papers, 186, 192, 369, 398 Punderson, Ebenezer, letters of, 309 Purdie, George, recommendations of, 318 Purfleet, England, 120 Purisburg, 324 Puritan families, list of, 112 Purry, J. P., 15 ; memorial of, loi Purvis, Capt. George, journals, 20 Putnam, Israel, 180 Puyzieulx, de, papers from, 219 Pye, Capt. Thomas, 218 Pye, William, papers of, 359 Quadra, de la, letter of, 210 Quakers, see Friends 486 Index. Quare, Benjamin Brain, petition of, 219 Quare, Daniel, petition of, 219 Quary, Robert, correspondence, 23, 87, 305, 312, 337. 338; papers relating to, 25, 419 Quebec city, battle before, 133; drawings, 92, 103 ; map of Wolfe's attack on, 143 ; records of army at, 133, 220, 264; scientific observa tions, 357, 358 Quebec (province), acts of, 182; agency for, 162; army boundaries, 183; church papers, 240; French invasions into Hudson's Bay from, 370; land-grants, 253; laws, 114; map, 181-182; papers relating to, 26, 90, 98, 134, 240, 253, 254, 260; petitions from, 260; post- office papers, 274; Protestant settlers in, 281 Quebec Act, 253, 281 Queen Anne parish, Md., 314 Queen Anne's Bounty, 398, 405 Queen's College, Oxford, papers relating to, 298; royal proclamations in, 186, 422 Queen's county. New York, petition of, 263 Quibequissue River, 39 Quick, Cornelius, 388 Quincy, papers relating to, 306 Quiriough, see Patioromecke River Radisson, Sieur de Pierre Esprit, voyage of, 59, 87, 370, 395 Rainbow, H. M S., 231, 232 Rainsford, Rev. Giles, 313, 314, 321 Rainsford Papers, no Raleigh, Sir Walter, 73, 379; voyage to Gui- ana, 287 Ramea Island, voyage to, 8g Ramsay, suit against, 316 Ramsay, David, letter of, 385 Ramsay, John, recommendation of, 318 Rand, William, letter to, 410 Randall, 59, 83 Randell, George, letter of, 119 Randolph, Edward, letters of, 10, 106, 370, 371, 374; papers of, 45, 113, ii5. I77, 288, 311, 370, 374 Randolph, H., 413 Randolph, Isham, petition of, 205 Randolph, Peyton, correspondence, 255 Randolph, William, address by, 317 Ranelagh, Earl of, letter of, 391 Ransford, Giles, see Rainsford Rappahannock county, Va., 425 ; grievances of, 427 Rappahannock River, 38, 407, 412 Rawlinson Manuscripts, 380-410 Rawson, Edward, letter of, 415 Ray, John, letters of, 63 Raymond, Count de, correspondence, 132; pa- pers from, 219 Raymond, Robert, 92, 134; letter of, 315 Raynal, Abbi G. T. F., 97 Raynall, Christopher, complaints against, 380 Razer, Peter, letters of, 153 Rebeck, fort of, 278 Reddish, Capt. Henry, correspondence, 131 Reed, letter of, 321 Reed, James, papers of, 55. 7° Reed, Joseph, 96 Regnier, Jacob, correspondence, 393 Reid, Capt, attack on, 246 Reid, G., letters of, 51 Reimsperger, Hans Jacob, petition of, 292 Religion, papers relating to, 109, 1 14. 164.. I9S. 325. 337. 345. 409, 416; Thirty Nme Articles, 314; see also Episcopacy; Missionary activi- ties; Popery; also names of countries, colo- nies and places, e. g., Massachusetts, liberty of conscience; Georgia, religion Remsen, Hendrick, letter of, 126 Renown, ship, 261 Reresby, Sir John, letters of, 407 Retz, Francis, general of the Jesuits, letter of, 340 Revenues, 9, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 52, 55, 81, 82, 87, 91, 102, 107, IIS, 117. 120, 121, 168; see also names of countries, colonies and places, e. g., Barbadoes, revenues Revolution, American, army records, 17, 30; capitulations, 188; commissioners in France, 147, 149; finances, 265; foreign conduct towards, 79, 112, 117; naval records, 17, 265, 268, 27s, 276, 348; papers relating to, 30, 49, III, 112, 114, 117, 123, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149. 150, 151, 152, 156, IS7, 158, 161, 188, 262, 263, 264, 26s, 266, 267, 268, 270, 275, 276, 281, 283, 283, 348; prisoners, 17, 264, 269; prizes, 265; spies, 146 Reynall, AbbS, see Raynal Reynell, Carew, The True English Interest, lOI Reynell, Sir Thomas, suit of, 113 Reynolds, Capt. John, letters of, 160 Rhode Island, acts of, 165, 194; army in, 188; boundaries, 93, 179, 410, 411, 412; charter, 15, 196, 197, 208, 411 ; church papers, 292, 294, 304, 311 ; court papers, 164, 165, 166, 167, 181, 182, 183, 184, 194; customs, 158, 226, 246 ; disturbances in, 140, 182, 258 ; maps, 93, 121 ; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 207, 209; papers relating to, 23, 26, 40, 58, 107, 159, 180, 188, 192, 196, 246, 25s, 263, 302, 303-305, 411, 414, 417; petitions from, 204, 206, 207, 411, 414, 415, 417; politics, 192, 196, 302; revenues, 121; Stamp Act papers, 228, 229, 233, 235, 238, 239, 246 ; trade, 80 Rhodes, Edward, log-books of, 407 Ribault, Capt. Jean, voyage of, 60 Rice trade, papers relating to, 204 Rich, Sir Nathaniel, letters of, 82 Rich, Sir Robert, letters of, 82 Richard, Thomas, will of, 400 Richards, John, letter of, 370 Richards, Michael, collections, 19 Richmond, Duke of (Charles Lennox), letter to, 238, 239 Richmond, Duke of (Charles Stuart), corre- spondence, 106 Richmond, Va., Bishop of London's lecture at, 302 Index. 487 Rick, Thomas, paper of, 250 Rickard, Samuel, suit of, 165 Rickard case, 165 Riddell, Susanna, letters of, 112 Ridout, John, correspondence, 97, 98 Rigby, Richard, British military paymaster- general, 268; letter of, 156 Rigby, Richard, provost marshal of Jamaica, 18 Riggs, Lieut., warrant to, 392 Ringgold, Thomas, letter of, 97 Ringrose, Basil, journal of, 51, 60 Rishworth, S., letter to, 83 Rittenhouse, ship, seizure of, 112 River Indians, statistics, 57 Roanoke River, map, 421 Robert of London, ship, 82 Roberts, J. C, letter of, 18 Robertson, Gen. James, correspondence, 106 Robie, Prof., letters of, 64; scientific papers, 3S7> 358 Robinson, letters of, 262 Robinson, collector of customs in R. I., pa- pers of, 182 Robinson, Col. Beverly, 9; correspondence, 121 Robinson, Christopher, secretary of Virginia, IS4 Robinson, John, Bishop of London, 154, 397; envoy to Sweden, 397 Robinson, John, commissioner of customs, letter to, 242 Robinson, John, letters of, 126 Robinson, John, member of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 312 Robinson, John, secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, correspondence, 250 Robinson, Samuel, petition of, 183 Robinson, Sir Thomas, correspondence, 124, 126, 137, 156, 219, 220, 316; papers of, 126, 129, 138, 155, 163, 220 Robinson, William, letters of, 315, 316, 319, 351 Robisone, Solomon, Account of Bahamas, 41 Rochambeau, Comte de, 107 Rochester, Earl of (Laurence Hyde), corre- spondence, 99, 352 Rochester, ship, papers relating to, 216-217 Rochester, N. H., committee papers, 256 Rochford, Earl of (William Henry Zuyle- stein), letter to, 112 Rockesbury, see Roxbury Rockingham, Marquis of (Charles Watson- Wentworth), papers, 234, 235 Rodgers, Rev. John, letter of, 348 Rodney, Lord (George Rodney), correspond- ence, 30, 31, 79, 112, 116, 270, 272; naval career, 156, 270, 272, 282; papers of, 112, 271 272 Roe, Stephen, letters of, 308 Roger Morrice Manuscripts, 346 Rogers, Capt., paper of, .391 Rogers, Ezekiel, letters of, 47, 48 Rogers, Capt. Francis, journal, 52 Rogers, John, letter of, 348; sermons of, 347 Rogers, Maj. Robert, papers of, 180, 185 Rogers, Gov. Woodes, letters of, 51, 321 Rolfe, Benjamin, deposition of, 95 Rolfe, John, marriage with Pocahontas, 378; True Relation, 8 Rolfe case, 165 RoUe, Dennis, petition of, 181 Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, see Westminster Roman Catholics, missionary activities of, 339, 340 Romer, Col. Wolfgang, 387; papers relating to, 391. 392, 409 Romney, H. M. S., 242, 246 Roosevelt, Cornelius, 108 Roosevelt, Nicholas, 108 Roosevelt, President Theodore, 302 Root, Jesse, letter of, 348 Rose, Capt. Alexander, meteorological obser- vations, 357 Rose, Charles, letter of, 316 Rose, Francis, letters of, 51, 63, 64 Rose, Capt. Fulke, letter to, 70 Rose, H. M. S., 46, 247, 382, 384, 38s Ross, Aeneas, letter of, 310 Ross, George, papers relating to, 310, 312 Ross, Thomas, 39 Rotch, Francis, papers relating to, 250, 251 Rouille, M., papers from, 219, 220 Rous, Capt., correspondence, 221 Rous, Lieut. William, letter to, 82 Rousby, Christopher, letter of, 352 Rowe, John, letter of, 49 Royal African Company, 24, 41, 42, 56, 82, 199, 218, 219; forts of, 192, 219, 224, 23s, 247, 261 ; monopoly of, 199, 200 ; settlements of, 218, 247, 261 ; see also Africa, trade Royal Albany, sloop, 391 Royal American Regiment, papers relating to, 132, 140, 142, 223 Royal Commissioners, report of, 40 Royal Fusiliers, New York, 386, 388, 389, 390, 391, 394, 395, 409 Royal Institution, 188 Royal Manuscripts, 8 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, library, 188 Royal Proclamations, 422 Royal Society, 37, 59, 62, 73, 120; history, 355; museum of, 363 ; papers of, 355-368 ; Phil- osophical Transactions, 355, 363, 364, 365, 366 ; see also Sloane Manuscripts Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 188 Roxbury (Rockesbury), 346 Rudyard, Thomas, letters of, 351, 352 Rufane, Gov., letters of, 26 Rum, customs, 140, 205, 207; supply for Brit- ish army, 262, 267; trade, 140, 206, 211, 212 Rumford, boundaries, 94 ; history, 95 Rumford case, map, 165 Rumsey, Nathan, letter to, 112 Rupert, Prince, voyage to the Indies, 121 Rush, Isaac, petition of, 61 488 Index. Russell, Gov. James, correspondence, 85, 416 Russell, Capt. John, letter of, 129 Russell, Lord (John Russell), letter of, 126 Russell, Thomas, correspondence, 118, 119 Russell, William, and Co., correspondence, 119 Rutgers, John, papers relating to, 309 Rutty, Dr. John, papers of, 362 Ruysch, F., letter of, 63 Ryder, Sir Dudley, opinion of, 243 Rye, N. Y., complaints from, iii; schools, 407 Saba, accounts of, 30, 44 Sackville, Edward, statements of, 383 Sackville, Lord (Lionel Sackville West), col- lection, 186 Sackville, Fort, see Vincennes Saffery, surveyor, evidence of, 93 Sagadahoc, 74, 399 Saganee Indians, specimens of writing, 83 Sago powder, manufacture, 183 Saguenay River, trade on, 181 St. Albans, Earl of, contracts by, 412 St. Andrew parish, S. C, 324 St. Andrew's Church, Conn., letters from, 300 St. Andrews Church, Scituate, Mass., ad- dresses from, 306 St. Ann, ship, log of, 98 St. Augustine, expedition against, 87; maps, 2;, 100 St. Barnabas, Queen Anne parish, Md., papers relating to, 314 St. Bartholomew parish, S. C, addresses from, 324 St. Christopher (St. Kitts), customs, 177; immigration to, 112; finances, 213, 381; in- ternational relations, 38, 47, 54, 83, 395 ; law cases, 164, 167 ; maps, 425 ; papers relating to, 31, 41, 60, 83, 14s, 209, 210, 213, 425; parish register, 145 ; piracy, 385 ; politics, 37, 58, 210; tobacco trade, 21, 157; voyages to, 46, S8 St. Clair, Maj.-Gen. Arthur, letters of, 105 St. Croix River, N. B., settlements on, 400 St. Dennis parish, S. C., queries, 324 St. Eustatius, 30, 31, 44, 14s, 188, 271, 272 " St. Eustatius Affair," 79 St. Frangois, brigantine, papers relating to, 219, 220, 221 St. George Fort, Madras, no, 395 St. George parish, S. C, missionary activities in, 398; queries, 324 St. George's Church, petition from, 311 St. Helena, 128 St. lago, see Santiago St. James Church, Santee, S. C, addresses from, 321 St. James parish. Goose Creek, S. C, 324 St. James parish, Santee, S. C., 324; minister appointed to, 405 St. James's Church, Perquohama, Pa., peti- tion from, 311 St. James's Dutch (German) Chapel, 291 St. James's vestry, Md., petitions from, 314 St. John, Henry (Viscount Bolingbroke) , let- ter of, 200 St. John parish, Berkeley, S. C, 324 St. John parish, Colleton, S. C, 324 St. John de Porto Rico, see San Juan St. John River, 221 ; map, 122 St. John's, Newfoundland, fortifications m, 19, 403 ; map, 181-182 ; papers relating to, 90, 182, 188, 358 St. Kitts, see St. Christopher St. Lawrence, Gulf of, map, 73, 143; shipping, 114 St. Lawrence River, army in, 278; maps, 92, 122, 143; settlements on, 400; shipping, 114, 206; sources of, 46; survey reports, 205 St. Leger, Gen. Anthony, letter of, 31 St. Lo, Capt. and Adm. Edward, correspond- ence, 130; instructions for, 134 St. Louis River, map, 92 St. Lucia, 166; conditions in, 77; international relations, 29, no, 131, 153 St. Luke's Church, N. C, 325 St. Mark parish, S. C, addresses from, 324 St. Martin, island, W. I., 30, 131 St. Mary's, Md., 407 St. Mary's, (W.) Va., church queries, 318 St. Michael parish, S. C, 100 St. Paul parish, S. C, papers relating to, 324 St. Paul's Church, 294, 311 St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, petitions from, 314 St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, papers relat- ing to, 312 St. Paul's parish, Va., church queries, 320 St. Peter's Church, Va., church queries, 318 St. Petersburg, loi St. Philip parish, S. C, 324 St. Philip's Church, Charleston, rector's as- sistant, 323 St. Pierre, Legardeur de, letter of, 223 St. Stephen's Church, Va., church queries, 318 St. Thomas Church, Pamlico River, addresses from, 321 St. Thomas harbor, 51 St. Thomas parish, S. C, queries, 324 St. Vincent, papers relating to, 29, 8g, 131, IS4. 166 Salas, Antonio de, governor of Cartagena, let- ter of, 131 Salem, Mass., church papers, 305, 306; politics, 254; prizes, 347; trade, 410 Salisbury, Bishop of, letter of, 129 Salkeld, John, letters of, 326 Sallee, piracy near, 278 Salmon, Mr., descriptions by, 51 Salt, 367 Salzburger settlements, Georgia, 66, 67, 331; map, 27 Sanchez, Antonio, chart by, 277 Sancroft, Archbishop William, letters to, 374 Sanderson, William, treatise, 22 Sandford, R., address to council, 118 Sandhurst, Royal Military College, 188 Index. 489 Sandwich, Lord, letters of, 79 Sandwich, H. M. S., 116 Sandys, Sir Edwin, 88 Sanford, petition of, 399 Sanford, John, 23 Sanford, Samuel, memorial of, 197 San Juan de Porto Rico, British action at, 287 Santa Fe, contemplated attack on, 168 Santa Marta's Bay, description of, 51; naval actions at, 103 Santee, S. C, 321, 324 Santiago de Cuba, description, 51; harbor, 73; plan, 14s Santiago de la Vega, Jamaica, 44, 48, 63, 64; council held at, 416 Santo Domingo, 55, 128, 130 Sanxay, Lieut., letter to, 31 Saponie Indians, treaty with, 327 Sappahanocke, see Rappahannock River Saratoga, capitulation of, 123, 188 Sardoine, sloop, 232 Savage, Mr., comptroller at Portsmouth, letter of, 252 Savage, Arthur, report of, 251 Savage, Habijah, letter to, 410 Savage, W., letter of, 112 Savannah, 28, 235, 257; maps, 27 Savy, John, 127; letter of, 131 Sawco, Robert, letter of, 126 Sawyer, R., opinion of, 45 Saxe Gotha, S. C, 292 Saybrook, Conn., iire at, 383 Saybrook colony, 47, 48 Sayers, George, letter to, 58 Sayre, Stephen, letter of, 244; petitions of, 251, 253 Scarborough, Charles, letter of, 386 Scarborough, Samuel, case of, 95 Scarburgh, meteorological observations, 357 Scargill-Bird, Guide to the Public Records, 186 Schaticook Indians, liquor-selling to, 108 Scheurer, Dr., letter of, 323 Schomberg, Capt. Alexander, letter of, 157 Schomburg, Duke of, grant to, 410 Schuyler, Abraham, account by, 417 Schuyler, Peter, 137, 162, 388, 390 Scientific investigations, see Royal Society; Sloane Manuscripts Scilly Islands, 279 Scipio, ship, 127 Scituate, Mass., church papers, 306 Scobell, Ordinances, 405 Scot, Charles, petition of, 98 Scotland, customs, 262; papers relating to, 13, 66, 262, 397 ; tobacco, 208, 260 ; trade, 42, 237, 261, 262 Scott, Dr., correspondence, 98 Scott, Gov., letters of, 26 Scott, Andrew, letter of, 68 Scott, Dorothea, papers relating to, 383, 384 Scott, Edward J. L., Index to Sloane Manu- scripts, so Scott, James, letter of, 316 Scott, Capt. James, papers by, 184 Scott, Col. John, 60, 382, 383, 384, 429 Scott, Rev. Thomas, 11 Scottish brigade in the Netherlands, loan of, ISS Scottish seamen, case of, 120 Scull, G. D. (ed.), Dorothea Scott, 383; Voy- ages of Pierre Esprit Radisson, 395 Seabury, Samuel, letter of, 293 Seaforth, Lord, corps of, 266 Seals, 7, 426; see also names of countries, col- onies, and places, e. g., Connecticut, seals Searle, Gov. Daniel, papers relating to, 33, 34, 83, 84, 8s, 86, 380, 381 Secretary of State, papers of, 19, 37, 157, I73. 180, 196, 214, 219, 220, 224, 231, 232, 38s, 411, 426 Seinsheim, Count of, letter to, 148 Sellers, John, 429 Selwyn, George Augustus, petition by, 183 Selwyn, Gov. William, instructions to, 134 Senex, John, map by, 367 Serera, Cividad de, drawings of, 51 Sergeant, J., letters of, 348 Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 284 Setauket, N. Y., dispute with Capt. Scott, 383 Severn, inhabitants of, 381 Seville, pieces of eight of, 197; proclamation of, 145 Sewall, Charles, papers of, 342 Sewall, Joseph, letter of, 348 Sewall, Nicholas, letters of, 342 Sewall, Samuel, letter of, 70 Sewell, Richard, letter of, 310 Seymour, Col. John, memorial, 314 Shaftesbury, First Earl of, 43, 423 Shaftesbury Council of Trade and Planta- tions, 172 Sharp, Capt. Bartholomew, Si. 84; adventures of, 52 Sharp, Col. William, meteorological observa- tions, 357 Sharpe, Gov. Horatio, correspondence, 26, 97, 126, 229, 239 Sharpe, John, correspondence, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130 Sharpe, Rev. John, 288, 289, 290, 386, 405, 420 Sharpe, Joseph, 94; letters to, 96 Sharpe, Philip, letter to, 97 Sharpe, Dr. R, R., London and the Kingdom, 280 Sharpe, W., correspondence, 156, 323 Shattock, John, Account of Madeira, 45 Shaw, W. A., i6i Shawanese Indians, deeds, 354; treaties with Pennsylvania, 353 Shawfield, voyage to, 46 Sheaffe, William, correspondence, 237 Shearman, Thomas, suit of, 167 Shearman, Timothy, suit of, 183 Shearman mortgage case, 167 Sheffield, Lord, memorandum of, 141 ; Obser- vations, 102 490 Index. Shelburne, Earl of (William Petty), corre- spondence, 17, 95, 239, 240, 241, 243, 251; papers relating to, 26, iii, 114, 117 Shelburne Papers, III Shelley, Giles, papers relating to, 387, 388, 392 Shepard, Rev. Samuel, correspondence, 48 Shepard, Rev. Thomas, letter of, 410 Sherard, James, letter of, 63 Sherard, W., letter of, 64 Sherard, William, papers of, 361 Sherburn, Hen., letter of, 408 Sherburne, John, suit of, 165 Sherburne, Samuel, suit against, 165 Sherburne case, 96, 165 Sheridan, H., letter of, 30 Sheridan, Thomas, license for, 104 Sherlock, James, case of, 317 Sherlock, Bishop Thomas, 317, 328 Sherman, John, letter of, 8 Sherman, R., letter to, 403 Sherman, Roger, letter of, 348 Sherrard, Dr., 366 Sherrard, Rev. Hope, letters of, 47, 48, 83 Ship-building, 360 Shippen, Edward, letter to, 333 Shipping, acts, 81, 84; bullion, 133-134, 140; coaling, 121 ; embargo, 184, 186 ; illicit, 154 ; impressing of seamen, 105, 180; insurance, 34; international relations, 8, 10, 78, 106; laws, 141; logwood, 25; packet boat service, 107, 108, 193, 236, 273-276; papers relating to, 74. 75. 79, 114, 11^, 128, 144, 192, 193, 194, 197, ig8, 200, 210, 21S, 218, 253, 360, 400, 403, 421, 425, 428; passes, 157; special cases, 119, 120-121, 162, 166, 167, 178; statistics, 92, 142, 158, 194; treasure ships, 203; wrecks, 610; see also names of countries, colonies, and places, e. g., New England shipping, Patux- ent, shipping; Navigation; Prizes Ships, see under names of individual ships, e. g., Newark, H. M. S. ; Prince Frederick Shireburn, Charles, correspondence, 340 Shirley, Gov. William, correspondence, 104, 124, 126, 128, 131, 136, 161, 220, 221, 223, 225 ; papers relating to, 29, 104, 133, 136, 138, 142, 219, 220 Shobrook, William, petition of, 154 Shrewsbury, Duke of, instructions for, 403 Shrewsbury parish, Maryland, 288 Shute, Gov. Samuel, correspondence, 331, 401, 402, 408 ; papers relating to, 92, 143, 179, 399, 400, 408 Sidgwick, F., 424 Silk industry, 13, 77, 214, 360 Silvester, Gyles, petition of, 37 Sinclair, Sir John, letters to, 75 Sino, bay of, description of. Si Sion College Library, manuscripts in, 336-338 Six Nations, lands of, 353, 354 Skenesborough, map of couriers' routes to, 122 Skevington, Thomas, 385 Skinner, Rev., certificate concerning, 398 Skinner, Lieut. Monier, R. E., maps handed over to, 143 Skinner, William, papers relating to, 310, 312 Skippon, Samuel, letter of, 326 Slaney, Edward, map of, 143 Slavery, 15, 30, 82, 104, 131, 199, 209, 289, 291, 296, 299, 300, 320, 331, 334, 364, 393, 400; see also Assiento; names of colonies and places, e. g., Jamaica, slavery; Negroes Sligh, William, certificate of, g7 Sloane, Sir Hans, 62, 66, 68, 366; correspond- ence, 50-51, 62-68, 69, 70, 365; papers of, 58, 63. 66, 359, 361 Sloane Manuscripts, 50-71 ; see also Royal Society Sloper, William, letter of, 393 Sloughter, Gov. Henry, paper of, 395 Slye, Gerard, letter of, 313 Smibert, John, letters of, iii Smith, 223, 250, 390 Smith, Capt., 392 Smith, Capt., letter to, 244 Smith, Col., papers of, 147, 148, 149 Smith, Adam, 150; letter of, 152 Smith, B., letter of, 152 Smith, Mrs. B., letter to, 152 Smith, Capt. Edward, correspondence, 160 Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth, letter to, 349 Smith, Esther, slave, papers relating to, 296 Smith, Brig.-Gen. F., orders by, 188 Smith, Fred, 107 Smith, Rev. Haddon, 321 Smith, John, maps by, 54, 290, 379; papers by, 52, 145, 214 Smith, Joseph, letter of, 316 Smith, Capt. Mathew, 178 Smith, Michael, letter of, 323 Smith, Patrick, 154 Smith, Richard, petition of, 337 Smith, Bishop Richard, letter to, 339 Smith, Thomas, letter of, 63 Smith, Sir Thomas, see Smythe Smith, Wavell, 142 ; letter of, 90 Smith, William, letter of, 118 Smith, William, historian, papers of, 152 Smith, Rev. William, case of, 294, 295, 297, 312; correspondence, 293, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 303. 310. 311. 328; papers relating to, 292, 299, 325 Smithson, Speaker, 337 Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report of, 3SS , ^ Smugglmg, 15, 21, 42, 133-134, l6s, 167, 421 Smyth, A. H., Franklin, 368 Smythe, Sir Thomas, 88, 91, 375, 376. 379". correspondence, 277, 283 Snead, Robert, letter of, 311 Snuff, customs, case of, 120 Socinianism, 295 Society for the Encouragement of Learning, 75 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 67. 335. 408; papers of, 33 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, of Scotland, 66 Index. 491 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, papers relating to, 127, 129, 132, 160, 183, 283, 286, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 296, 297, 301, 302, 308, 321, 324, 32s, 328, 332, 333, 334, 336, 338, 366, 397. 398, 403, 404, 407, 408, 409, 420, 422, 423 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, 66; papers of the, 331, 405, 406 Society of Jesus, see Jesuits Somers, John, Lord Keeper, correspondence, 288, 417 Somers Island Company, letters of the gov- ernor of, and others, 82 Somers Islands, see Bermudas Sommers, Sir George, 376 Sonmans, Peter, letter of, go Sophia, Princess, 18 Sothell, Gov. Seth, ransom of, from Algiers, 407 Southake, Capt. Cyprian, map made by, 94; map of Boston harbor, 73 South America, coast map, 277; naval opera- tions, 168 ; papers relating to, 89, 303 ; settle- ments in, 160; trade, 116 Southampton, ship, 178 South Carolina, see Carolina, South South Carolina Gazette, 256, 322 South Church, Boston, 348 South Farnham, Va., church queries, 318 South Kensington, 339 South Sea, maps, 22, 60, 287; trade, 212; voy- ages to, 22, 51-52, 57, 60, 84 South Sea Company, 127, 192, 200, 209, 211; Assiento trade, 200, 211 Southwark, Bishop of, 341 South wark, Va., church queries, 318 Southwell, E., letter to, 144 Southwell, Sir Robert, correspondence, 87 Sowle, Mr., letter to, 82 Spain, bullion trade, 133-134; coins, 268; colo- nies, see Colonies, Spanish; depredations of, at sea, 120, 134, 135, 145, 160, 192, 203, 209, 210, 211, 215; fishing, 209, 223; logwood cut- ting claims, 209 ; navy, 32, 104, 168, 223, 270 ; New, see New Spain; prizes, 135; relations with Great Britain, 117, 127, 155, 158, 168, 169, 193, 203, 210, 211, 215, 216, 223, 268, 348, 375, 380, 381; tobacco trade, 145, 157; trade, 89, 122, 133-134, 14s, 178, 200; treaties, 200; treaties with France, 203, 224; with Great Britain, 29, 133-134, 200, 203, 210, 218, 224, 271 Span, John, bond from, 407 Spanish manuscripts in the British Museum, catalogue of, 7 Spanish marriage. The, 12 Spanish peninsula, map, 100 Spanish Town, see Santiago de la Vega Sparrow, sloop, 10 S. P. C. K., see Society for Promoting Chris- tian Knowledge Spede, Gov. Edwyn, see Stede, Gov. Edwyn Speed, John, paper of, 429 Speedwell H. M. S., 425 Speedwell, sloop, 273 Spelman, Henry, of Va., 153, 375 Spelman, Sir Henry, 153 ; letter to, from Vir- ginia, 375 Spelman Correspondence, 153 Spence, Robert, 350 " Spence Manuscripts,'' 350 Spencer, A., letters of, 313, 324 Spencer, Nicholas, letter of, 59 Spencer Town, petition of the inhabitants of, 181 S. P. G., see Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Spiller, Sir Henry, commission to, 120 Spirituous liquors, customs, 210 Spithead, 157 Spooner, Mr., plan of a charter by, 395 Spotswood, Gov. Alexander, correspondence, 128, 316, 319, 397; papers relating to, 158, 179, 200, 317, 327 Spragg, Capt., letter of, 384 Sprague, Dr. W. B., papers of, 347 Springfield, Mass., 255 Sproude, George, surveys by, 122 Spurgeon, William, letter of, 295 Squire, Dr., letter of, 296 Staats, Samuel, papers of, 390, 393 Stafford, Mary, letter of, 59 Stafford, Richard, papers by, 360, 366 Stafford county, Va., 425; grievances of, 427 Stagge, T., instructions for, 380 Staige, T., letter of, 319 Stair, Earl of, proposals, 26 Stamp Act Papers, 17, 19, 95, 108, 133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 161, 167, 192, 225, 226, 227 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 266; see also names of colonies and places, e. g., Boston, stamp riots; New York, Stamp Act papers Standish, D., letters of, 20, 51, 65 Stanfield, Rev. Raymund, 339 Stanford, Hugh, 144 Stanhope, Capt., account of seizure, 112 Stanhope, Sec, letter to, 204 Stanton, Daniel, suit of, 165 Stanwix, Gen. John, correspondence, 105, 106 Stanwix, Fort, travellers' accounts, 116 Staples, John, letter of, 112 Star Chamber, 279 State, Council of, see Council of State Staten Island, missionary activities in, 398; property in, 382 Statia, see St. Eustatius, 44 Stead, William, case of, 181, 184 Stede, Gov. Edwyn, 24; paper of, 416 Steel, James, correspondence, 353 Steele, William, 99, 405 Stegge, Capt. Thomas, accounts by, 413 Steiner, B. C, Rev. Thomas Bray, 336, 337 338 492 Index. Stephens, Secretary Philip, correspondence 232, 244, 24s, 246, 247, 248, 249, 25s, 259 Steuben, Baron, 112, 348 Stevens, Henry, 27 Stevens, Phineas, letter of, 222 Stevenson, William, 358 Stewart, Dr., 169 Stewart, Rear-Adm. C, letters to, 127, 131 Stewart, Charles, letters of, 235 Stewart, George, letter to, 410 Stirling, Capt., papers relating to, 231, 232 Stirling, Alexander, "earl of," petition of, 114 Stirling, Rev. James, papers of, 362 Stith, William, letters of, 316, 320 Stockbridge, Mass., church papers relating to, 348 Stockwell, Richard, 218 Stoddard, Capt. Benjamin, letter of, 222 Stoddard, Solomon, sermons of, 347 Stoddert, papers from, 219, 222 Stokes Bay, voyage from, 60 Stone, correspondence, 342 Stone, A., correspondence, 124, 128 Stono River, settlement, 74 Stonor, Mgr. Christopher, 340, 341 Stonyhurst, 342 Stonyhurst Manuscripts, 342 Story, Thomas, papers of, 351, 353 Stoughton, Gov. William, correspondence, 10, 19, 330 Stover, Christian, suit against, 167 Stowe, T., letter of, 127 Stowe Manuscripts, 17-20 Strachey, William, History of Virginia, 54, 379 Straits, trade to, 279 Strange, Sir John, opinion of, 243 Stratford, Conn., 303 ; church papers relating to, 289, 347 Stratton Major, Va., church queries, 320 Streatfield, Rev., letters to, 144 Streton, Richard, letter to, 19 Strickland, W., letters of, 342 Stringer, Moses, 24, 107 Stringer, William, letter of, 311 Strong, John, journal of, 22 Strong, Leonard, Babylon's Fall, 381 Strong, Nathan, letters of, 348 Stuart, Dr. Alexander, letter to, 364 Stuart, George, 97 Stuart, John, correspondence, 106; map by, 91 Stubbe, Dr. Henry, 357, 358, 360 Stubbs, Importance of the British Plantations in America, 422 Stubbs, Archdeacon Philip, letter of, 311; journal by, 408-409 Stukanox Indians, treaty with, 327 Sturgeon, William, 312; letter of, 311 Success, ship, 129 Suffolk, Lord, letters of, no, 150 Suffolk county, Mass., 255; deeds, 400; wills, 400 Suffolk county, N. Y., address of, 263 Sugar, 367, 368; customs, 77, 78, 79, 162, 205, 206, 207, 396; Molasses Act, 139, 141; trade, 14, 21, 133, 154, 204, 205, 211, 212, 396; see also names of colonies and places, e. g., Jamaica, sugar Sugar Colonies, 14, 135, iS4, 204, 206, 209, 258, 422; see also West Indies, British Sugar Islands, 14, 42, 64 Sullivan, Fort, attack upon, 113 Sulu Islands, description, 104 Summer Islands, see Bermudas Sunbury, map, 122 Suncook, boundaries, 94 Sunderland, Earl of (Charles Spencer), letter to, 197 Sunderland, Lord Robert, letters to, 352 Surinam, animals, 59; claims to, 36; condi- tions in, 378; description of, 60; papers re- lating to, 118, 133, 428; settlement of, 52 Surry county, Va., 427 Surveyor-General, papers relating to, 401 Susquehanna Fort, 73 Sussex county, Del., church papers, 312, 405 Sutherland, Earl of, petition of, 159 Sutton, Sir Richard, commission to, 120 Swan Pucke, ship, 54 Swanton, Thomas, 214 Swarthmore Letters, 350 Swasey, John, testimony of, 10 Sweden, Council of Trade in, 396; ship-build- ing, 120 Sweep-stake, voyage of, 367 Switzerland, emigration from, to America, 109, 292, 293 Sydenham, Jonathan, 71 Sydenham, Richard, estimates of expenses, 34 Sydney, Henry, letter to, 123 Symmer, John, letter of, 67 Tabb, William, suit of, 166 Taddesee Indians, specimens of writing, 83 Tadousac, Indian trade at, 181 Tailer, William, letter of, 306 Talbot, C, letters of, 326 Talbot, John, letter of, 304, 311 Talbot money, allotment of, 340 Talck, Gabriel, letter of, 311 Talcott, Gov. Joseph, letter of, 214; papers of, 179 Talmadge, Maj. Benjamin, extracts of letters to, 152 Taney, see Tany Tangier, 45; Portuguese in, 116; Spaniards in, 116 Tankerville, Earl of, letters of, 128 Tanner, Dr. J. R., papers by, 424 Tanner Manuscripts, 374-376 Tany, Mary, petition of, 374 Tany, Michael, petition of, 374 Tarleton, Col. Banastre, 156 Tarling, Essex, letters to the people of, S3 Tassin, Abel, Sieur d'AUone, 334 Tatem, Joseph, petition of, 178 Index. 493 Taunton River, rock inscriptions, 73 Taxes, see Revenues Taylor, contract for masts, 178 Taylor, Gen., correspondence, 106 Taylor, John, letter of, 82 Taylor, Michael, bond of, 97 Taylor, Capt. Silas, 358, 360 Tea, disturbances, 247-251 ; Boston Tea Party, 49; trade, 20, yy Telescopes, 368 Telghman, Robert, petition of, 380 Teller, William, depositions of, 11 Temple, John, correspondence, 180, 226, 237 Temple, Sir Thomas, correspondence, 85, 86, 412; papers of, yj, 38 Temple, Sir William, Miscellanea, loi Tench, Francis, suit of, 164 Tenison, Archbishop, correspondence, 288, 289, 290; will of, 290 Tennant, Capt, 154 Tennent, John, letters of, 51. 68 Terra-Nova, see Newfoundland Terrestrial Magnetism, see Magnetism Terrick, Richard, chancellor of the College of William and Mary, 317 Terrill, Michael, papers of, 385 Tetterdell, Hugh, letter of, 63 Tew, pirate, 386 Texas, papers relating to, loi Thacher, Anthony, letter of, S3 Thacher, Peter, letter to, 53 Thacher, Rev. Dr. Peter, letter of, 348 Thames River, 375 Thanet, Earl of, trustees of, 66, 67 Thanet, Earl of (Nicholas), deed of, 82 Thatcher, Peter, letter of, 305 Thayer, John, conversion to Roman Catholi- cism, 340 Theatres, papers relating to, 295 Thirty-nine Articles, queries concerning, 314 Thomas, Alban, letter to, 365-366 Thomas, Dalby, Rise and Growth of the West India Colonies, 423 Thomas, George, letter of, 311 Thomas, Sir George, letters of, 126 Thomas, J. W., letter of, 97 Thomas, William, letter of, 311 "Thomason Collection," 7 Thomlinson, John, correspondence, 127, 129, 308 Thompson, letter of, 129 Thompson, Maj., 344 Thompson, Elias, suit against, 165 Thompson, Hezekiah, bonds of, 309 Thompson, John, 181 Thompson, Leonard, commission to, 163 Thompson, Thomas, 351; letter of, 323; on Newfoundland, 89 Thompson, Sir William, correspondence, 70 Thomson, Mr., recommendation of, 318 Thomson, David, letter of, 293 Thomson, Sir Peter, account of Newfound- land, 89 Thoresby, Ralph, letter of, 63 Thornton, letter of, 42 Thornton, Richard, " A Happy Shipwrack," 377 Thornton, Ro., Journal of, 287 Thorowgood, John, letter of, 389 Thorowgood, Thomas, petition of, 382 Thorpe, John, letter of, 316 Thorpe, Father John, 342 Thrale, John, letter of, 23 Thurloe, John, Secretary of State, correspond- ence, 380, 381 Tiburon, Cape de, 55 Ticonderoga, Fort, map, 143 Tides, 6y Timber, customs, 204 Tindall, Robert, chart by, 7; letter of, 23 Tirene, Francis, suit against, 403 Titley, W., letters to, 49 Tobacco, adulteration of, 20; bonds, lost in Annapolis, 25; condemned, 207; customs, 8, 21, 46, yy, 78, 79, 81, 105, 162, 198, 200, 201, 207, 208, 260, 376; debenture on, 121; Eng- lish, 20, 47; European, 200; French, 102; monopoly of, 8; papers relating to, 13, 14. 20, 21, 22, 32, 54, 56, y6, 157, 281, 413; pipe smoking, 13 ; revenues, 21 ; shipping, 157, 162, 403; Spanish, 78; stinting, 39; trade, 9, 14, IS, 20, 21, 88, 104-10S, 198, 200, 201, 258, 260, 422; see also names of colonies and places, e. g., Bermudas, tobacco; London, port, tobacco importation Tobago, description of, 60, 131 ; evacuation of, 131 ; forts, 107 ; international disputes con- cerning, 18, 29, 44, 107, 131 ; papers relating to, 58 ; reduction of, 29 Todd, Archdeacon H. J., Lambeth Palace Li- brary Catalogue, 286 Told, Silas, letter of, 296 Tonyn, Gov. Patrick, letters of, 112 Topographical drawings, see Maps Tories, 326 Torrey, Joseph, petition of, 304 Torriano, letter of, 212 Tortola, accounts of, 44 Totten, Joseph, and others, memorial of, 332 Totterdell, Hugh, letters of, 51 Tottero Indians, treaty with, 327 Toulon, 267 Tower of London, papers sent to, 391 Towne, Richard, letters of, 51 Towner, Richard, letter of, 66 Towns, Dr. Thomas, paper by, 360 Townsend, Chauncey, letter to, 128 Townsend, T., letter to, 124 Townshend, Capt. George, despatch from, 104 Tracy, Thomas, 16 Trade, see names of different colonies and places ; clandestine, 13 ; free, 73, 84, 105, 145 ; Board of, see Board of Trade Transit of Venus, see Venus, transit of Travellers' accounts, see names of particular localities, e. g., Canada, travellers' accounts; Albany, travellers' accounts 494 Index. Treasure fleet, 127 Treasure of Virginia, ship, 37s Treasury Papers, 10, 11, 78, 82, 114-115, 130, 151, iBo, 181, 183, 186, 192, 204, 22s, 226, 228, 234, 250, 262, 267, 273, 274, 27s, 276, 289, 398, 40s, 408, 427 Treaties, commercial, 29; navigation, 29; of peace, 198; see also names of countries and colonies, e. g., Great Britain, treaties; In- dians, treaties, etc. Treaties, diplomatic, of Aix-la-Chapelle, 217; Brandenburg-Anspach, 262; Breda, 54, 83, 217 ; Brunswick, 261 ; Hesse-Cassel, 261 ; Hanau, 261 ; Hanover, 134 ; London, 217 ; Madrid, 218; Paris, 224; St. Germain en Laye, 217; Seville, 135, 203, 2U; Utrecht, 29, 134, 217; Waldeck, 262 Trecothick, papers of, 140, 226, 296 Trecothick case, 165 Tredenham, Sir Joseph, letter to, 409 Trelawny, Gov. Edward, letters of, 104, 126 Trelawny, William, letter of, 129 Trent, William, journal of, 222; letter of, 29 Trenton, defeat of the Hessians at, 147 Trethway, John, contracts by, 412 Trevor, Thomas, letter of, 313 Treworgey, John, petition of, 35 Trident, ship, 150 Trinidad, description of, 60; map, 50; papers relating to, 168 Trinity Church, Boston, addresses from, 306 Trinity Church, Newport, addresses from, 306 Trinity Church, New York, papers relating to, 289, 304, 387 Trinity College, Cambridge, 424 Trinity House, manuscripts in, 277-279; pa- pers relating to, 277, 278, 279, 356, 428 Tristram, correspondence, 342 Trott, Nicholas, 58; papers of, 323 Troughear, Thomas, letter of, 320 Trousdale, Thomas, letters of, 51 Troutbeck, Rev. John, letter of, 308 Trowbridge, Edmund, correspondence, 237 Truman, Ann, letter of, 345 Truman, James, letter of, 345 Truman, Sylvester, letter to, 345 Trumbull, Sir William, Sec. of State, orders of, 198 Tryon, Gov. William, 142; correspondence, 184, 232, 238, 239, 248, 263, 321, 328; paper relating to, 184, 239, 247 Tubieres-Grimoard, Marquis de Caylus, corre- spondence, 126, 131 Tucker, letter of, ig8 Tucker, Capt., letter to, 410 Tullidelph, David, letter of, 67 Tullidelph, Walter, letters of, 51, 65, 67, 68 Tunis, papers relating to, 172 Turheer, Ouracooras, treaty by, 327 Turkey, trade, 198 Turkey Merchant, ship, 53 Turkey Point, Md., 162 Turkish pirates, expedition against, 278 TurnbuU, Dr. Andrew, letters of, 17 Turner, Robert, 353 Turner, Thomas, suit against, 184 Turpentine, American, 73 Tuscarora Indians, adventures among, 11; treaties with, 327 Tustain, B., letter of, 323 Tuttle, C. W., Life of Mason, 399 Twightwee Indians, papers relating to, 221, 222; treaties of, 353 Twycross, Isaac, recommendation of, 318 "Tyn at Ostend," recovery of, 114 Tyrrell, Rear-Adm. Richard, 167 Uncas, deeds of, 16; petition of, 185 Union, Albany Plan of, 140, 155 United Colonies, Commissioners of, letters, 330, 345 United States, French declaration concerning, 157; map, 98; Roman Catholic Church in, 340; tobacco contract of, with France, 147; treaties of, with France, 156, 267; with Great Britain, 150, 151, 271, 282; with the Nether- lands, 269 United States Catholic Historical Magazine, 341 Unity, ship, 74 Universities, see Education University of Pennsylvania, see Philadelphia, College of Upson, John, petition of, 399 Urlsperger, Rev. Samuel, accounts of, 67 Urmston, John, letters of, 321, 326 Urquhart, John, letter of, 313 Urquhar[t], William, address from, 289 Usher, Hezekiah, 345 Usher, John, of N. H., 96, 399 Usher, Rev. John, missionary, 398; letters of, 304, 308 Ussher, Arthur, letter of, 311 "Vandalia," province, 184, 185 Van Dam, Rip, petition of, 393 Van der Dussen, Col. A., letter to, 126 Vane, Morgan, letter to, 225 Van Rensselaer, Col. John, 108 Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 393 Van Shaick, Anthony, deposition of, 386 Van Toyle, Otto, examination of, 388 Van Wyck, Abraham, 108 Vardell, Prof., 30, 149 Vassal, Capt. Samuel, letter to, 410 Vassall, Florentine, 94, 95 Vassall, William, libel case of, 164 Vaudois refugees, collections for, 283 Vaudreuil, Marquis de, letter to, 395 Vaughan, Edward, letters of, 304 Vaughan, Lord (John Vaughan), governor of Jamaica, commission to, 100; correspond- ence, 21, 113 Vaughan, Gen. Sir John, letters to, 30, 31 ; suit against, 271 Vaughan, Tho., paper of, 377 Index. 495 Vaughan, William, letters of, 145, 401; papers of, 399, 400 Vellum, customs, 161 Venables, Gen. Robert, instructions to, 83 Venus, transit of, observations, 357, 358 Vera Cruz, papers about, 128; plants in, 66 Vere, Lady, letters to, 73 Verelst, Harman, letter of, 67, 126; note of, 66 Vergennes, Comte de (Charles Gravier), let- ter of. III Vermicelli, manufacture, 183 Vernon, Adm. Edward, correspondence, 127, li&, 129, 214, 215; papers relating to, 104, 214 Vernon, James, Secretary of State, corre- spondence, 10, II, 145, 325 Vernon, William, letters of, 62 Vesey, Rev. William, letters of, 51, 63, 304, 306, 311, 398, 404, 40s; papers of, 63, 289 Vetch, Samuel, letter of, 419; papers of, 59, 130. 390 Vicary, J., letter of, 311 Victor Amadeus II., letter of, 1 11 Victoria Tower, 191 Villebon, Gov., letter of, 10 Vincennes, surrender of, 11 1 Vincent, Francis, letters of, 51 Vincentius, P., A True Relation, 423 Vining, Benjamin, request of, 71 Viper, ship, 244 Virginia, acts of, 182, 186-187, 316, 320, 425; animals, 360, 362, 421 ; army papers, 270, 317, 320, 384; assembly papers, 14, 136, 206, 316, 317, 320, 381, 38s, 426; boundaries, 116, 179, 421; bullion trade, 134; capes, 121; church papers, 286, 316, 317, 318, 320, 326, 327, 332, 333. 337. 376, 397. 404. 407; condi- tions m, 13, 34, S3, 54, 114, 360, 365, 379, 41S ; convoys for, 197, 216; council papers, 209, 231, 316, 317. 320, 326, 327, 381, 423, 426; court proceedings, 91, 164, 165, 166, 167, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 316, 317, 320, 386; cur- rency, 214; customs, 42, 78, IIS, 415; de- scription of, 8, 13, 38, 39, 186, 425; disturb- ances in, 140, 256, 258; drawings, 54; edu- cation, 397; immigration to, 112; fishing, 91, 169; foreign attacks on, 18, 348, 384; forts, 412; fossils, 68; fur-trade, 91; governors' papers, 24, 42, 86, 125, 128, 253, 317, 326, 425, 426 ; history of, 12, 379 ; House of Burgesses, 25, 227, 230, 231, 256, 317, 327, 426; Indians in. 39. 43. 206, 316, 361; iron industry, 39; land-claims, 386; land-grants, 71, 121, 158, 169, 187, 253, 397; land-leasing, 412; libra- ries, 320, 335; maps, 54, 91, 116, 153, 367, 421, 425, 429; missionary activities in, 327; navy papers, 142, 194, 208, 233 ; opposition to Sugar Bill, 204, 206, 209; papers relating to, 12, 22, 26, 31, 37, 38, 39, 43, 46, 54, 58, 60, 84, 88, 100, 103, III, 113, 120, 130, 132, 168, 205, 206, 256, 277, 283, 287, 289, 302, 314-320, 32s, 326, 333, 361. 367. 379. 381, 382, 384, 32 403, 413, 414, 42s; piracy m, 404; planta- tions, 12, 18, 88; plants, 54, 59. 68, 378, 421; politics, 44, 59, 72, 88, 102, 106, 288, 378, 425 ; rebellion in, 384, 385, 426, 427; revenues, 115. 137; royal commission relating to, 425, 427 ; royal grants to, 425 ; royal title to, 37s ; rum trade, 206; scientific papers from, 356, 357. 3(>o, 367, 377; seal of, 317; settlement of, 39, 46, 89, 121, 280, 283, 288, 326, 376, 378, 379. 38s; shipping, 162, 197, 277, 360; silk industry, 13, 37, 39, 85; Stamp Act papers, 227, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238; steel industry, 39; tobacco, 14, 21, 39, 88, 89, 145, 157, 200, 316, 317, 320, 367, 381, 415; trade, 80, 204, 205, 325, 386, 399; voyage accounts, 54, 91. 144. 178, 287, 288, 375, 376, 378, 403, 407, 4^ "Virginia Britannia,'' 379 Virginia Company, 8, 11, 24, 30, 82-83, 88, 91, 375, 376, 378, 429-430 Virginia Gazette, 132, 137, 231 Virginia Indian Company, memorial of, 317, 327 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 430 Virginia Sea, 22 Virginia "Volunteers," appeal of, 43 Virgin Islands, 154 Vittardge, Robert, contracts of, 412 Voyages, 403, 407, 425 ; see also names of colo- nies and places, e. g., Virginia, voyages to Wadeson [Madison], Robert, letter of, 103 Wadsworth, Theodore, commission to, 91 Wagener, Peter, letter of, 316 Wager, Sir Charles, correspondence, 18, 127 Wake, Sir Isaac, instructions to, 21 Wake, John, 386, 390 Wakefield plantation, 119 Waldeck, Prince of, treaty of, with Great Britain, 262 Waldegrave, Baron, memoir from, 131 Waldo, Samuel, letters of, 96 Waldo, Samuel, History of Nova Scotia, 103 Waldron, Richard, report on boundaries, 40, 401 Walduck, J., letters of, 51, 55 Wale, Nicholas, recommendation of, 314 Wales, Prince of, letter, to, 144 Wales, William, papers of, 357, 359, 360, 362 Wales, parochial libraries of, 334 Walker, contract for masts, 178 Walker, Benjamin, letter to, 112 Walker, Sir Edward, 40 Walker, Fowler, agent for Quebec, 162 Walker, Nehemiah, letter of, 330 Walker, Thomas, letters of, 51, 69, 70 Walker, Dr. Walter, report by, 420 Walker, William, letters of, 51, 68, 370 Wallace, Dr., voyage by, 360 Wallace, Capt. James, letters of, 255, 259 Walks, Sir William, 385 Wallingford, church papers from, 309 496 Index. Wallington, Nehemiah, correspondence, 53 Wallis, Samuel, land-grant to, 354 Walpole, Horatio, correspondence, 128, 129, 292 Walpole, Richard, petition of, 184, 185 Walpole, Sir Robert, correspondence, 128, 402 ; papers relating to, 64, 127, 155 Walpole, Thomas, petition of, 184, 185 Walrond, Col. Humphrey, 85 ; proceedings against, 413 Walsingham, Lord, 117 Walter, William, 301, 3O8 Walton, Thomas, 390 Wampum, 352 Wandall, Thomas, will of, 386 Wanton, Gov. Joseph, letter to, 259 Wappinger Indians, 9 Warburton, Memorials of Prince Rupert, 121 Ward, Ensign, deposition of, 223 Ward, Lieut., summons to, 132 Ward, Joseph, letter to, 410 Ward, Gov. Samuel, 235; letters of, 235, 238, 239 Warder, Joseph, 353 Ware, Nathaniel, letter of, 127 Warner, Edmund, case of, 23 Warner, Col. Philip, 43, 44; letters of, 42, 43 Warner, Sir Thomas, 47 ; letters to, 18 War of Independence, see Revolution, Ameri- can War Office, papers of, 133, 188, 192, 198, 201, 215, 217, 224, 249, 262, 267; see also Great Britain, army Warrell, Joshua, attorney-general of New Jersey, 107 Warren, Joseph, letters of, 121 Warren, Rear-Adm. Sir Peter, letter of, 29 Warren, William, proposal to, 274 Warwick, Sir Philip, 21 Warwick, Richard, paper of, 367 Warwick, Earl of (Robert Rich), correspond- ence of, 18, 82 Warwick, R. I., 304, 305 Warwick, Va., county records, 425 Warwick, bark, 287 Warwick patent. Conn., papers relating to, 383 Washington, Col. A., 119 Washington, Mrs. Anne, correspondence, 119 Washington, George, 183; correspondence, 73, IDS, 107, 132, 150, 222, 223, 326, 348; papers of, 87, 223, 263 Washington, Camp, iron industry, 118 Washington, Va., church queries, 320 Water bailiffs, 400 Waterbury, Conn., 309 Watkins, Mr., letters to, 426, 427 Watson, Mr., communication from, 73 Watson, John, letter of, 316 Watson, Luke, deed of, 353 Watts, Richard, letter of, 328 Watts, Capt. William, 33, 34; letter of, 37 Waurkete, deed of, 16 Weall, Samuel, commission to, 410 Weare, Peter, report on boundaries, 40 Wearg, Sir Clement, communication from, 158 Weaver, Thomas, letters of, 39°. 392; papers relating to, 387, 390, 394 Weaver, William, letter to, 410 Webb, Gen. Daniel, instructions for, 139; let- ter of, 127 Webb, Gov. James, papers relating to, 163 Webster, John, letter of, 76 Webster, Samuel, sermons of, 347 Weekes, Mary, letter to, 56 Weir, J., letters of, 51 Weiser (Weyser), Conrad, 353 Weld, C. R., A History of the Royal Society, 3SS Weld, Thomas, letters and papers of, 405, 406 Welles, Master, letter of, 53 Welles, Samuel, testimony of, 94 Wells, 345 ; letter of, 382 Wells, Dean of, 130 Wells, Philip, map, 73 Wells, Thomas, distribution of the estate of, 179-180 Welsh Indians, 91 Wenesquawam River, 39 Wentworth, suit against, 165 Wentworth, Gov. Benning, 127, 128; corre- spondence, 26, 104, 127, 156, 229, 230, 234, 304 Wentworth, Hugh, correspondence, 82 Wentworth, Gov. John, of the Bahamas, 44 Wentworth, Gov. John, the elder, of N. H., 408 Wentworth, Gov. John, the younger, of N. H., correspondence, 248, 255, 256, 257, 259; pa- pers relating to, 104, 255, 256 Wentworth, Paul, 184; cipher of, 146; papers of, 147, 148, 149 Wentworth, Maj.-Gen. Thomas, papers relat- ing to, 21S Werden, Sir John, letters of, 407 West, Bellingham, 403 West, James, correspondence, 9, 153; papers relating to, 9, II, 120 West, Robert, petition of, 274 West, William, letter of, 90 Westchester, N. Y., church papers, 296; court papers, 11 Westerham parish, monument to Wolfe in, 144 Western Shore, Md., addresses of clergy of, Westfield, Mass., religious papers, 348 West Haven, Conn., church papers, 309 West India Company, 32, 33, 42 West India Council, proposed, 84 West India Expedition, 83 West Indian book, 274 West Indians, drawings, 73 West Indies, acts of, 182; animals, 63; army in, 47, 192, 203, 264 ; bee-culture, 361 ; bullion trade, 133, 134, 23s; calico trade, 201-202; church papers relating to, 129, 158, 290, 292, Index. 497 302, 340, 405 ; conditions in, 33, 43, 44, 152 ; convoys for, 197; courts-martial, 264; de- fense of, 33, 208, 247 ; expeditions to, 18, 134, 13s. 14s. 157, 193. 194; forts, 208; history, 177. 4^3; hurricanes, 356; international re- lations with, 32, 47, 116, 120, 127, 130, 168, 19s, 196. 209, 220, 223, 288, 291, 380; maps, SO, 90. 98, 100, 122, 143; navy in, 21, 118, 142, 156, 193, 208, 214, 215, 282; packet boat service, 273, 274; papers relating to, 31-46, 83-84, 87, 89, 90, 112, 127-129, 131, 133, 134-141, 154, 159, 162, 168, 179, 186, 199, 200, 201, 214, 302, 303, 333, 368, 425; plants, 68; politics, 84, 104; post-office papers, 274, 276; printing in, 22; prizes, 178; scientific papers concerning, 357, 362; Scott's career in, 384; shipping, 20, 80, 132, 186, 214; spice trade, 38 ; Stamp Act papers, 161, 232 ; trade, 20, 21, 33, 57, 80, 102, 129, 131, 132, 133-134. 140, 193, 199, 201-202, 203, 204, 208, 216, 259, 261, 26s, 279, 283, 396; travels in, 28; voy- ages to, 23, 46, S3, 54, ss, 56, 60, 62, 98, 121, 153. 356, 380, 407; wars in, 127, 128, 129, 156, 224; see also Sugar Colonies West Jersey Society, 400 Westminster, Archbishop of, 339 Westminster, Roman Catholic Diocese of, archives, 339-341 Westminster, Va., church queries, 318 Westminster Guildhall, 284 Westmoreland county, Va., 425; grievances of, 427 Weston, P. C. J., documents, 26, 28 Westover, Va., church queries, 318 Wetmore, James, letters of, 295, 304, 316 Wettenhall, marshal, Bermudas, letter to, 83 Wetwang, Capt. John, instructions for, 384 Weyman, Jer., letter of, 370 Weyman, Robert, report of, 328 Weymouth, Third Viscount (Thomas Thy nne), diplomatic papers, 268, 269 Weymouth, petition of the inhabitants of, 202 Whale-killing, 278, 360, 362, 364 Whalley, Col. Edward, 411 Wharfingers, case of, 162 Wharton, Eunice, letters of, 128 Wharton, Isaac, letter of, 250 Wharton, Richard, letters of, 374 Wharton, Samuel, letters of, iii Wharton, Thomas, letter of, 250 Wharton, William, petition of, 418 Whately, Solomon, letter of, 316 Whately, Thomas, 161, 225 Whately, W., letter to, 49 Wheatley, voyage to Carolina, 397 Wheatley, H. B., books on Pepys, 424 Wheelock, Bryan, commission to, 163 Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar, Indian schools, 75 Wheelock, President John, letter of, 348 Whetstone, Sec. John, 61 Whipple, Joseph, memorial from, 132 Whistler, Henry, Journal of, 60 Whiston, James, proposals for trade, 61 Whitaker, Alexander, letters of, 106, 378 Whitaker, Nathaniel, recommendations of, 314 Whitaker, William, 381 Whitbourne, Richard, 107; letter of, 287 White, of Codgrave, 345 White, Henry, 249; letter of, 250 White, John, 73, 379, 429 White, Jonathan, letter of, 313 White, Sir Richard, 382, 429 White, Dr. Thomas, 336 White, Bishop William, consecration of, 286 Whitefield, George, correspondence, 291, 323 Whitfield, Capt. Reynold, 277 Whitefoord, Caleb, 168 Whitehall, 188; fire at, 174 White Plains Battle, map, 100 White Swan, inn, 144 Whiting, Samuel, letter of, 8 Whitworth, Francis, memorial from, 143 Wickes, Lambert, letter of, 148 Wicks, Michael, monetary accounts of, 115 Wier, James, account of plants, etc., 70 Wigglesworth, Rev. Edward, letter of, 349 Wightwick, Mrs., letter to, 119 "~^ Wightwick, John, letter to, 118 Wikoff, Peter, petition of, 96 Wilkes, John, correspondence of, 121 Wilkie, William, recommendation of, 320 Wilkinson, Benjamin, suit against, 167 Wilkinson, Christopher, letters of, 313, 326 Wilkinson, Capt. Henry, Information, 43 Wilks, Francis, letter of, 127 Willard, Josiah, commission to, 163 Willard, William, petition of, 399 Willes, Francis, decipherer, iii Willet, Col. Thomas, suspended from New York council, 394 William III., papers relating to, 57, 117, 175, 186, 196, 274, 390, 394 William IV., 154 William, Richard, voyage of, 367 William, ship, 54 William and Mary, charters granted by, 208; proclamations by, 186 William and Mary, College of, charter, 289, 320 ; papers relating to, 14, 161, 165, 166, 289, 317, 318, 319, 320 William and Mary, Fort, 392, 399, 400 William Henry, Fort, 387 Williams, Dr. Daniel, 66, 343; library of, pa- pers in, 343-346 Williams, Lieut. Davenport, letter to, 349 Williams, Eleazar, letter of, 349 Williams, Rev. Elisha, papers of, 347 Williams, Hannah, letters of, 51, 6g Williams, John, papers relating to, 243 Williams, Rev. John, letter of, 349 Williams, Richard, journal by, 367 Williams, Roger, letters of, 47 Williams, Rev. Stephen, correspondence, 348, 349 Williams, W., letter of, 67 Williams, Warham, letters of, 349 498 Index. Williams, William, regiment of, 349 Williams, Rev. William, papers of, 347, 349 Williamsburg, Va., 327 Williams family, correspondence, 349 Williamson, Dr. Hugh, letter of, 104 Williamson, Sec. Sir Joseph, correspondence, 416, 42s, 427 Willoughby, Lord (Francis Willoughby), gov- ernor of Barbadoes, 33, 36, 52, 86, 344; cor- respondence, 36, 37, 38, 40, 84, 8s, 375, 413, Willoughby, Henry, 41 ; letters of, 413, 413 ; petition to, 416 Willoughby, Lord (William Willoughby), gov- ernor of Barbadoes, 41, 42, 54, 80, 414, 415; correspondence, 18, 19, 21, 41, 42, 411, 415, 416 Wills Creek, map of country contiguous to, 28 Willson, Ebenezer, 409 ; certificates of, 99, 410 Wilmington, N. C, 46, 239 Wilmington parish, Va., church queries, 320; parish papers, 316, 317, 320 Wilmot, Lieut, letter of, 129 Wilson, Jethro, 347 Wilson, Rev. John, letter of, 8, 345 Wilson, Reginald, naval officer in Jamaica, 382 Wilson, Thomas, petition of, 180 Wilson, William, letter of, 404 Windebank, Sir Francis, 279 Windsor, Lord (Thomas Windsor), governor of Jamaica, 37, 53, 56, 83 Windward Islands, 126 Wine-trade, 73, 79, 108, 200-201, 412, 419 Wingfield, Edward Maria, narrative by, 287 Winslow, Edward, correspondence, 406; com- mission to, 83, 95 Winslow, John, deeds to, 95 Winteley, J., letters of, 323 Winterstowe parish, missionary contributions, 406 Winthrop, Adam, letter of, 349 Winthrop, John, the elder, attorney, memo- randa of, 154 Winthrop, John, the younger, 405, 412; letters of, 417; petition of, 383 Winthrop, John, F. R. S., complaints against Connecticut, 179, 180 Winthrop, Prof. John, letters and papers of, SI, 68, 69, 73, 356, 357, 358, 3S9, 360, 363, 366 Winthrop, Stephen, report, 33 Winthrop, Wait, letter of, 366 Wisconsin, expeditions to, 369 Wise, William, letter of, 408 Wiseman, Samuel, papers of, 42s Wiske, letter from, 213 Witham, letter to, 113 Witherspoon, John, letter of, 146 Witt, Christopher, letter of, 366 Wode, John, memorial from, 47 Wolcott, Erastus, 93 Wolcott, Gov. Oliver, letter of, 349 Wolcott, Gov. Roger, papers of, 93 Wolfe, Gen. James, 143, 144; correspondence, 144, 157 Womock, Dr. Laur., letter to, 374 Wood, Maj.-Gen. Abraham, commission by, 367 Wood, Anthony a, letter to, 374 Wood, John, land-grant to, 354 Wood, Capt. John, voyage by, 425 Wood, Capt. Roger, letter to, 82 Wood, Thomas, loi; complaint of, 195 Wood, William, 216; letters of, 127 Wood, customs, 77 Woodbridge, Benjamin, letter of, 345 Woodbridge, John, correspondence, 344, 345, 346 Woodford, Matthew, warrant to, 90 Woodmason, Charles, 317, 324; letters of, 316, 323 Woods, Thomas, journal of, 367 Woodward and Saffery, surveyors, 93 Woodward, Dr. Benjamin, correspondence, 364, 365 Woolff, ship, journal of, 20 Wool-trade, 56, 178 Wooton, William, affidavit of, 241 Worcester, E., 22 Worcester, Mass., descriptions of, 154; politi- cal papers, 254, 255 Worcester College Library, Oxford, papers in, 422 Worsley, Dr. Benjamin, papers relating to, 84, 412 Worsley, Gov. Henry, 127, 163, 205 Wrecks, see Shipping, wrecks Wren, Christopher, letter of, 370 Wren, M., letter of, 384 Wrentham, Mass., local records, 93 Wright, of Md., 162 Wright, Sir James, governor of Georgia, cor- respondence, 26, 155, 234, 235, 257, 321; pa- pers of, 31, 257 Wright, Thomas, astronomical observations, 358, 359 Wright, Dr. William, papers of, 362 Wrixon, William, testimony of, 37 Wyatt, Gov. Francis, 89; instructions of, 316 Wye, Rev. William, 397; letter of, 323 Wyeth, Col., papers relating to, 321 Wyllys, George, 93 Wyllys, Hezekiah, 179-180 Wymberley- Jones de Renne, 28 Wyndham, Charles, 114 Wyndham, Percy Charles, commission to, 163 Wjmdham, William, 114 Wynne Papers, All Souls College Library, Oxford, 376 Wyseton, 133 Ximenes, Gov., St. lago de Cuba, letter of, 127 Yale, Elihu, charges against, 395; letters of, no; suit of, 164 Yale, Katherine, suit of, 164 Yale College, library, 347; papers relating to, 347. 348 Index. 499 Yarcoa, Joseph Antonio de Mendes, corre- spondence, 131 Yardley, Francis, letter of, 380; see also Yeardley Yarmouth, council letter to, 278; fish trade, 278 Yarmouth, North, 94 Yate, Maj., correspondence, 75 Yates, Bartholomew, letter of, 316; papers re- lating to, 315, 318 Yeamans, John, petition of, 380 Yeardley, Gov. George, instructions to, 316 Yeo, Mr., letter to, 83 Yeo, John, letter of, 83, 375 Yerkly, Thomas, invoice of goods, 80 York, see Yorke York, Archbishops of (John Sharp), 20; (Matthew Hutton), 132; (Robert Drum- mond), 298, 299, 300, 301 York, Duke of (James II.), correspondence, 23, 122, 352; finances, 412, 413; papers relat- ing to, 95, 169, 287 ; power of, in New Jer- sey, 387 York, Edward, suit against, 165 Yorke, Charles, letters to, 157, 167 ; reports by, 140, 160 Yorke, Elizabeth, letter of, 155 Yorke, Sir Joseph, letters of, no, 146, 148, I49. 15s, 220; papers relating to, 29, 269 Yorke, P., letters of, 326 Yorke, Philip, see Hardwicke, Lord Yorke, Thomas, letter of, 156 Yorke county, Va., grievances of, 427; rec- ords, 42s Yorke family, correspondence (Hardwicke Papers), I5S-IS7 York Hampton, Va., church queries, 318 York Harbor, maps, 90 York Island, 151 Yorktown, army of Cornwallis at, 270 Young, Capt. John, letter of, 383 Young, Sir William, 20 Yucatan, 22, loi ; description of, loi ; logwood papers, 41, 212 Zinzendorf, Count, letters of, 156