B

Bacon, Devereux, Naval Officer at Piscataway, re-appointment of, 85.

Bahama, galley, 384.

Bahama Islands, Accounts, Public, 110 iv.
-, -, Acts, of, 1729, list of, 965 i.
-, -, Admiralty dues, Deputy Receiver of. See Fairfax. W.
-, -, Agent for. See Goudet, W.
-, -, Assembly, summons of, 336, 965.
-, -,-, admission to, 701 i,.
-, -,-, Clerk, appointment of, 701 i.
-, -,-, Journal, 964 i.
-, -, baptisms, marriages and burials, 110v, 623 iv.
-, -, boundary, 211.
-, -, Charter, Admiralty rights under, referred, 696.
-, -,-, opinion on, 712.
-, -, Company, Members, list of, 540.
-, -, Council, Minutes of, 112 i, 474, 476 i, 622 i, 696.
-, -,-, Clerk of. See Fairfax, W.
-, -, Councillor. See White, J.; Jenner, J.; Ferral; Frazer.
-, -, defence of, 660.
-, -, garrison, increase of, 682, 699.
-, -, Governor of. See Phenney, G.; Rogers, W.
-, -, grant of, 291 i.
-, -, Gunner. See Shott, W.
-, -, Independent Company, Agent to. See Mulcaster, J.
-, -, inhabitants, departure of, 371, 373, 377.
-, -,-, fit to bear arms, list of, 377.
-, -,-, idleness of, 383, 384.
-, -, Judge Advocate-General. See Hughes, E.
-, -, Naval Officer. See Fairfax; Warner, J.
-, -, negroes, imported, 442 iii.
-, -, observations on, 1054.
-, -,Providence I., remarks on, 358 i, 541.
-, -,-, condition of, 384, 408 i.
-, -,-, trading by Mrs. Phenney, 373, 384, 408 i.
-, -,-, trade, etc., of, 920 i.
-, -,-, ships entered and cleared at, 111, 112 vi, 442 i, ii, 476 ii, in, 691 ii.
-, -,-, Government, need of, 371.
-, -,-, Independent Company, Captain of. See Rogers, W.; Phenney, G.
-, -,-, Nassau, stores of war at, 110 ii, 112 ii, 193.
-, -,-, Walpole Fort, building of, 371, 441.
-, -,-, Custom House, papers, 474.
-, -, Ordnance stores, account of, 623 iii.
-, -, Lords Proprietors, 358 i.
-, -, purchase of, proposed, 492 i.
-, -,-, representation on, referred, 502, 937.
-, -, report on, 358, 407 i. 408 i.
-, -, revenue, 623 i.
-, -, Secretary. See Fairfax, W.
-, -, settlement of, 211, 1054.
-, -, shipping, etc., list of, 692.
-, -, Society, 384.
-, -,-, Agent for. See Goudet, W.
-, -, Spanish claim to, 292.
-, -,-, depredations at, 292.
-, -, stores of war, 336.
-, -, title to, 2911, ii.
-, -, Treasurer. See Goudot, W.
-, -,-, Account of, 623 ii.

Balaguier, —, Secretary of Jamaica, recommendation for, 590.

Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert.

Ball, E. Papillon, document signed by, 1035 i.

Banister, Samuel, 280.

Bant, Gilbert, Capt., 279.

Barbados; and see Sta. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago.
-, -, Act for laying a duty on wives, etc., referred, 140.
-, -,-,disallowed, 478.
-, -,-, opinion on, 832.
-, -,-, to ascertain the elections, etc., of churchwardens, etc., 40, 168.
-, -,-, to exclude members of the Assembly from certain offices, etc., 140,.
-, -,-, for supporting the honour and dignity of the Government, 192, 909.
-, -,-,-,continuation of, in force, 881, 1004.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 667 I, iv.
-, -,-, for the better establishment of the fortifications etc., 657.
-, -,-, to prevent the carrying off of negro slaves etc., 140.
-, -, Excise, 324, 362, 362 i, 363 iv, 367, 390, 392, 392 ii, 417, 418, 427, 657, 667, 909, 1004.
-, -,-,-, referred, 421, 445.
-, -,-, opinion on, 422, 428.
-, -,-, to ascertain the duties of masters of ships etc., 207.
-, -,-, for the settlement of Militia, 1, 697 etc., 207.
-, -,-, to declare and ascertain the rights and powers of the General Assembly 1698, repeal of, 362, 390.
-, -,-, for the better securing the liberty of H.M. subjects etc., 1697, repeal of, 362.
-, -,-, to reduce the rate of interest, 453, 861.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 832,1004 i–iii.
-, -,-, for the encouragement of William Ramsden, 453.
-, -,-, for the better finishing etc., the magazines of St. Ann's Castle and building a town hall and gaol in St. Michael's etc., 909.
-, -, Acts of Trade and Navigation, instructions concerning, 297 i.
-, -, Assembly, petition of, 6 i, 120 i, 215, 334, 389, 598 i.
-, -,-, powers of, 168, 297 i, 390.
-, -,-, Address of, 335, 362, 363 ii, iii, 739.
-, -,-, Minutes of, 362, 390, 453, 508, 761, 909.
-, -,-, disputes with, 389,453, 909.
-, -,-, Journal of, 454 i.
-, -,-, Speaker. See Peers, Col.; Sutton, E.
-, -,-, Clerk. See Warren, R.
-, -, Attorney General. See Blenman, J.
-, -, Chancery, Court of, proceedings, 121, 909 i, ii.
-, -,-, practice, 207.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Barwick; Frere, J.
-, -, confusion at, 761, 773, 787, 909.
-, -, corn, from St. Vincent, 34, 41,.
-, -, Council, Minutes, 161, 362, 368 i, 390 i, iii, 657, 909.
-, -,-, dispute of, with Assembly, 463.
-, -, Deputy Secretary and Clerk. See Hammond.
-, -, Councillor. See Barwick, S.; Maxwell, T.; Lightfoot, R.; Allen; Frere, J.; Lillington, G.; Pilgrim, J.; Bond, F.; Davers, T.; Leslie, W.; McMahon; Haggatt, O.
-, -, Court of Common Pleas, list of causes, 1046, 1065.
-, -, Court House and gaol, erection of, 168.
-, -, debt, 453, 657, 657 vi.
-, -, fortifications, 6 i, 207, 334, 363 ii, 389.
-, -, Governor. See Worsley, H.
-, -,-, late. See Lowther, R.
-, -,-, Instructions to, 1721–1722, 2 i.
-, -,-,right of, to grant Tobago, 2 v.
-, -, Grand Jury, Address of, 324 iv, 518 ii–iv, 773 i–vi.
-, -,-, selection of, 530.
-, -,-, list of, 530 i.
-, -, Grand Sessions, causes at, list of, 518 i.
-, -, Minutes, 909.
-, -, grant of, right to, 2 v.
-, -, Magazine, The, report on, 207 v.
-, -,-, disbursements for, 453 i–iv.
-, -, Markets, Clerk of the. See Burnet, A.; Hayward, T.
-, -, Militia, 389.
-, -,-, state of, 207.
-, -,-, neglect of, 6 i.
-, -, negroes, imported, 657 xiv.
-, -,-, tax on, 1004.
-, -, Officials, fees of, 390.
-, -, Orders, passed by Governor and Council, 1714–1728, 657 i.
-, -, Oyer and Terminer, Court of, proceedings, 909 iii.
-, -, Provost Marshal. See Kennedy, W.
-, -,-, Deputy, resignation of, 389.
-, -, queries as to, 1010 i.
-, -, rum from, 179 i.
-, -, seals, 880, 914, 916, 922.
-, -, Secretary. See Whitworth, F.; Micklethwait, Viscount.
-, -,-, Deputy. See Webster, W.; Lenoir, J.
-, -, Shipping returns, 1066.
-, -, Spanish privateers at, 324, .324 i, ii.
-, -, storekeeper. See Leslie, W.; Durousseau, S.; Downes, Col.; Wadeson, S.; Forbes, Col.
-, -, stores of war, 207, 657 iii–v.
-, -, sugar, duties on, 26.
-, -, taxation, 330, 363 ii.
-, -, Treasurer. See Plaxton, G.
-, -,-, Accounts of, 657, 657 vi–xiv.

Barbarie, John, Councillor, New York, death of, 8, 224, 463, 493.

Barnard, Montagu, document signed by, 352 ii.

Barnstaple, Mayor of, letter to, 461.
-, -, complaints from, 487, 1016.

Barwick (Berwick), Samuel, Councillor, Barbados, 124, 132, 297 i.
-, -,-, junior, document signed by, 518 iv.
-, -,-, Chief Justice, Barbados, address to, 518 iv.

Bashford, William, 186.

Battaley, John, document signed by, 773 vi.

Batting, John, deposition of, 641 iii.

Bayley, Joseph, document signed by, 773 vi.

Beake, Thomas, 24, 35.
-, -,-, letter from, 103, 117.
-, -,-, letter to, 117 i, ii.
-, -,-, Agent for St. Christopher, letter from, 671.

Beans, —,281.

Beauchamp, John, grant to, 929 ii.

Beauclerk, Lord Vere, Commodore, 166, 436, 437, 527 i, 666, 686, 687, 700, 708, 7081, ii. 939.
-, -, letter from, 423 i, 424 i, 437, 697, 697 i, 883, 940, 940 i.
-, -, Instructions for, 708 iii, 725.

Beaufort, Duke of, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina, document signed by, 95, 115, 130, 130 i.

Beckford, Thomas, Speaker, Jamaica, document signed by, 197 i.

Bedford, Thomas, document signed by, 518 iv.

Beeston, Sir William, late Governor of Jamaica, 895.
-, -,-, letter from, 895 ii.

Bekin, Allard, document signed by, 1035 i.

Belcher, Jonathan, Agent of Assembly, Massachusetts Bay, 571 i, 969, 969 i.
-, -,-, letter from, 838 i, 985.
-, -,-, petition of, 9211, 923, 927, 931, 935, 941.
-, -,-, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, appointment, 998, 1029.
-, -,-, Commission for, 1022 ii, iii, 1024, 1046, 1050.
-, -,-, document signed by, 1057.
-, -,-, letter from, 1050.

Belhaven, Lord. See Hamilton, J.

Bellaguier,— Jamaica, 831.

Bellawy, John, 952 i.

Bennet, John, letter from, 34, 41 i, 194 iii, 393.

Bennett, Capt., 317.
-, -, Benjamin, document signed by, 352 iii.
-, -, John, letter from, 526 i.

Berkeley, Lord, a Proprietor, Bahama I., 358 i.

Bermuda, Act to prevent any person allowing and encouraging any negroes from rioting etc., 822.
-, -,-, to prevent any person from making etc. any net exceeding 3½ fathoms etc., 822.
-, -,-, for repealing an Act for establishing fast days etc., 822.
-, -,-, for making an addition to the salary of H. E. John Pitt, Esq., etc., 822.
-, -,-, for repairing the highways, 822.
-, -,-, laying an imposition on negroes etc. imported, 822.
-, -,-, to supply the deficiency of the funds for finishing the fortifications etc., 822.
-, -,-, for raising a sum of money for repairing the Castle and other fortifications etc., referred, 826.
-, -,-, for repealing an Act to prevent the destruction and transportation of palmeto tops, and an Act amending the same, referred, 826.
-, -,-, for raising a quantity of timber etc. for repairing the Castle etc. (1727), referred, 826.
-, -,-, Habeas Corpus, 497.
-, -, Acts of, 888.
-, -, Agent for. See Noden.
-, -, Assembly, election of, ordered, 457.
-, -,-, prorogued, 497.
-, -,-, petition of, 943–944.
-, -,-, journal of, 822.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Outerbridge, W.
-, -, Council, Minutes of, 888.
-, -,-, petition of, 943–945.
-, -, Councillor. See Outerbridge, W.; Parsons; Butterfield, S.; White, L.
-, -, Councillors, appointment of, 266.
-, -, currency, proposals respecting, 497, 497 i.
-, -,defence of, 677, 822, 829, 933, 944.
-, -, fortifications, assessment for, 204.
-, -, garrison, removal of, 676.
-, -, inhabitants, list of, 203.
-, -, Justice, administration of, 438, 457.
-, -, Lt. Governor. See Pitt, J.
-, -, Provost Marshal. See Tucker, G.
-, -, Seals for, 274, 399.
-, -, Secretary. See Tucker, G.
-, -, Spaniards, ships taken by, 829, 943–945.
-, -, state of, 677, 678.

Bertie, James and Henry, Lords Proprietor' of Carolina, document signed by, 95, 115, 130, 130 i.
-, -,-, title of, 341.
-, -, Edward, Secretary and Registrar, Carolina, 1039.

Berwick. See Barwick.

Berwick, H.M.S., 38, 119.

Bethell, S., document signed by, 1035 i.

Bethune, David, document signed by, 494 vi.

Beverly, Peter, Councillor, Virginia, death of, 641, 788.

Bideford (Biddiford), H.M.S., 261.

Bideford, Mayor of, letter to, 461.

Bignall, John, document signed by, 6, 6 i.

Bisse, Thomas, action against, 28.

Bladen, Martin, Col., 514, 830.
-, -, letter to, 407, 836.

Blair, John, Deputy Auditor, Virginia document signed by, 641 iv, 796 i, ii.

Blanco, Capt., raids by, 292.

Blenman, Jonathan, Attorney General of Barbados, warrant for re-appointment, 79.
-, -,-, opinion of, 667 i, 1004 ii.
-, -,-, testimony to, 761.

Bluett, Thomas, deposition of, 28.

Boddiott, Richard, document signed by, 1035 I.

Bodler, John, Capt., 220.
-, -,-, letter to, 225.

Bond, William, map by, 226.
-, -, Francis, Col., Councillor, Barbados, death of, 657, 765, 805.

Bonham, Samuel, document signed by, 1035 i.

Boone, Charles, document signed by, 352 iii.

Boston. See Massachusetts.

Boswell, — 358 ii.

Bourbon, L. A. de, document signed by, 1053 viii.

Bourne, Andrew, conviction of, 797.

Bourryeau, John, Councillor, St. Christopher, death of, 908.

Bowdler, John, Capt., letter from, 263.

Bowen, John, petition of, 386 i.

Bowerman, —, 101, 119.

Brace, Edward, document signed by, 6, 6 i.

Bradley, Richard, Attorney General, New York, memorial by, 4 i, ii, 743 ii, 989–989 iii.
-, -,-, document signed by, 5.
-, -,-, Councillor, request for appointment as, 8.
-, -,-, re-appointment, warrant for, 80.
-, -,-, petition of, 295,295 ii, 743 i.
-, -,-, charge against, reply to, 989 vi.
-, -,-, letter from, 743, 988.
-, -,-, salary of, 989 i, iii, iv.

Bradstreet, Ensign, 395.

Bramley, John, Councillor, Montserrat, 167.

Bray, David, Councillor, Virginia, nomination of, 641.

Bredah, H.M.S., 381, 185.

Bresley, Breley, Monseigneur, complaint against, 789.

Bridgwater, Edward, Treasurer, Nevis, document signed by, 159.

Bridger, J., late Surveyor of H.M. Woods in America, 303.

Bristol, Mayor of, letter to, 461.

Brock, William, affidavit by, 649 ii.

Broglie, Comte de, French Ambassador, introduction by, 584, 585.

Brooker, William, memorial of, 282.

Brouillan, M. Ovide de, Governor of Louisbourg, ungenerous dealings of, 395.

Brown, Charles, passport for, 229.
-, -, Jabez, Joseph, Daniel, Benjamin, Oliver, Isaac, Hezekiah, petitions of, 386 i.

Browne, Nathaniel, petition of, 386 i.

Brownrigg, John, case of, 28.

Bruce, James, document signed by, 6, 6 i.

Bull, William, Clerk of Council, S. Carolina, 200 II.
-, -,-, document signed by, 200 ii, 568, 807 ii.
-, -, John, Capt., 281.

Bullock, John, petition of, 386 I.

Burchett, James, Secretary to the Admiralty, letter from, 166, 353 i, 486, 686, 700, 886, 1034.
-, -,-, letter to, 173, 410, 423 i, 444 ii, 491, 687, 716, 885, 1028, 1034 i ii, 1053 iv, v.

Burnet, Alexander, Clerk of the Market, Barbados, 709.
-, -,-, re-appointment of, 84.
-, -, William, Governor of New York and New Jersey, 827, 860.
-, -,-, letter from, 356.
-, -,-, Governor of Mass. Bay and New Hampshire, 188, 913, 1057.
-, -,-,-, letter from, 307, 386–388, 404, 405, 429–432, 484, 485, 570, 572, 647–649, 747–748, 838–840.
-, -,-,-, letter to, 426, 592, 756, 792, 793.
-, -,-,-, Instructions to, 52, 122 ii, iv, 135–137, 267, 268, 286, 400, 419, 758.
-, -,-,-, referred, 123.
-, -,-, salary of, 386, 389, 404, 405, 429–430, 485, 571 I, 572, 582, 592, 747–748, 756, 792, 794, 839, 898, 904, 913, 921 i.
-, -,-,-, Commission of, 57.
-, -,-,-, revocation of, 1031.
-, -,-, death of, 898, 904, 932, 949, 969.
-, -, Thomas, letter from, 935.

Burniston, Charles, Surveyor General of H.M. Woods in America, 359, 483.
-, -,-, absentee, 50.

Burrington, George, Capt., Lt. Governor, N. Carolina, grant to, 115.
-, -,-, removal of, 781, 871.
-, -,-, letter from, 846, 871.
-, -,-, letter to, 999.

Burt, William Pym, Col., appointment of, as Judge, concerning, 28.
-, -, Councillor, Nevis, 167, 908.
-, -,-, St. Christopher, 908.
-, -,-, deposition of, 320 iii, iv.

Butler, Thomas, Speaker of Assembly, St. Christopher, 8091 (b).
-, -,-, cases of, 28, 35.
-, -,-, charge by, 320.
-, -,-, letter from, 117 i.
-, -,-, Councillor, Nevis, 167.
-, -,-, junior, document signed by, 1035 i.
-, -, Walter, Lt,, commission for, requested, 187.

Butterfield, Samuel, Councillor, Bermuda, 183.

Butterworth, John, petition of, 386 i.

Byam, Edward, petition of, 63.
-, -,-, document signed by, 1035 i.
-, -,-, William, Col., Councillor, Antigua, death of, 809.

Byng, — 696.

Byrd, William, Councillor, Virginia, 261.
-, -,-, Commissioner to settle boundaries between Virginia and N. Carolina, 45, 261, 641.
-, -,-, document signed by, 261 iii, 641 vii.
-, -,-, letter from, 795.