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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 17, 1699 and Addenda 1621-1698. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1908.

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'Addenda: July 1689', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 17, 1699 and Addenda 1621-1698, ed. Cecil Headlam( London, 1908), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol17/pp607-608 [accessed 29 November 2024].

July 1689



July 24. Admiralty.	1,184. The Secretary of the Navy Board to William Blathwayt. Forwarding draft instructions for the Newfoundland convoy, for his observations. Signed, P. Bowles. ½ p. [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXV., No. 76.]
July 27. Admiralty.	1,185. The same to the same. The Order in Council taken notice of in the Newfoundland instructions is dated 16 May, and refers to the forbidding ships to sail without convoy, or to leave it during their voyage, with other matters proposed by the West Country Adventurers. Signed, P. Bowles. 1 p. [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXV., No. 77.]
July 27.	1,186. Report of the Lords of Trade and Plantations. Recommending that a strong squadron, or at least a convoy, be sent to disturb the French in Newfoundland, that St. John's should be fortified and materials sent there for the purpose next spring, and that meanwhile an engineer should be sent out to survey St. John's and Ferryland and report as to those harbours, and as to the material and labour available for building. Draft much corrected. 5½ pp. [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXV., No. 78.]
July 27.	1,187. Instructions of the Board of Ordnance to Martin Skynner, who is appointed to go engineer to Newfoundland next spring. To draw exact surveys of St. John's and Ferryland and report as to the materials and labour at hand for fortifying them. Copy. 1 p. [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXV., No. 79.]