U.

Uring, Nathaniel, Deputy Governor, St. Lucia and St. Vincent, 34.

Utrecht, Treaty of. See Treaty.

V.

Vats, —, grant to, 115.

Vaughan, George, Councillor, N.H., 93, 122 i.

Veraquas, Duke of, claim of, to Jamaica, in 1670, 1055.

Vere, Martha, complaint of, 373, 384.

Vernon, James, Clerk of the Privy Council, document signed by, 144, 165, 176, 364, 473, 499–503, 680, 876–882, 937, 941, 949, 967, 1000–1002, 1007, 1020, 1024, 1036.
-, -, E., document signed by, 352 iii.

Viga, Dionisio, Martinez, Governor of

Havana, letter to, 281 vii.
-, -,-, letter from, 281 viii–xi.

Virginia, Act for preventing excessive and deceitful gaming, 241.
-, -,-, for erecting a lighthouse on Cape Henry, 241.
-, -,-,-, objection to, 740.
-, -,-, for improving the staple of tobacco, 241.
-, -,-, for the better support of the clergy etc., 241.
-, -,-, for preventing delays in the Courts of Justice etc., 241.
-, -,-, to explain and amend the act for declaring the negro, mulatto and Indian slaves to be real estate etc., 241.
-, -,-, for laying a duty on slaves imported etc., 241.
-, -,-,-, petition against, 402, i–iii.
-, -,-,-,-, representation upon, 742.
-, -,-,-, referred, 416.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 510.
-, -,-,-, repealed, 740, 879.
-, -,-, for making more effectual provision against invasions and insurrections, 241.
-, -,-, for the better securing the payment of levies etc., 241.
-, -,-, for the better regulating and ascertaining the current rates of silver coin in this dominion, and for preventing the evil practice of cutting foreign gold into pieces, 241.
-, -,-, for the better and more effectual putting the penal laws in execution, 241.
-, -,-, prohibiting the exportation of grain in time of scarcity, 241.
-, -,-, for establishing the fees of certain officers etc., 241.
-, -,-, for erecting a town in each of the counties of Spotsilvania and King George, 241.
-, -,-, for encouraging adventurers in ironworks, 241.
-, -,-, for raising a public levy, 241.
-, -,-, for dividing the County Henrico, 241.
-, -,-, for erecting a new county on the heads of Essex, King and Queen, and King William Comities, 241.
-, -,-, for killing squirrels and crows in the counties of Accomack and Northampton, 241.
-, -,-, for dissolving the present vestry of the parish of Elizabeth City etc., 241.
-, -,-, to prevent swine running at large within the limits of the town of Norfolk, 241.
-, -,-, to enable William and Thomas Farrer to sell certain entailed lands etc., 241.
-, -,-,-, referred, 531.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 550.
-, -,-,-, submitted for confirmation, 600, 740.
-, -,-,-, confirmed, 732.
-, -,-, prohibiting the importation of stripped tobacco, clause of, repealed, 562, 588.
-, -,-, 1726, for more effectually preventing the importation of tobacco from North Carolina, application for repeal of, 372.
-, -,-, 1679, prohibiting the importation of tobacco from North Carolina, 372.
-, -,-, 1705, declaring how long judgments, bonds, etc., shall be in force etc. and ascertaining the damage upon protested bills of exchange etc. petition for repeal of, 593.
-, -,-,-, disallowance of, recommended, 637.
-, -,-,-, referred, 606.
-, -,-,-, effect of repeal of, opinion on, desired, 722.
-, -,-, 1705, for limitations of actions etc., referred, 606.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 614.
-, -,-,-, confirmation of, recommended, 637.
-, -,-,-, confirmed, 731.
-, -,-, 1696, declaring how long judgments and specialities shall be pleadable, 722.
-, -,-,-, repealed, 730.
-, -, Acts (21), referred, 416.
-, -, Agent for. See Randolph, J.; Leheup, P.
-, -, Assembly, new, 45.
-, -,-, Address of, 46 i.
-, -,-, salaries of, 241.
-, -,-, Journals and Acts of, 262.
-, -,-, prorogued, 641 ii.
-, -,-, Speaker of. See Holloway, J.
-, -,-, Cleric of. See Randolph, J.
-, -, Attorney General. See Clayton, J.
-, -, bankruptcy law, proposed, 45.
-, -, boundaries with N. Carolina, Commissioners appointed for settling, 45, 190, 261, 573, 641,740, 795.
-, -,-,-, payment of, 641, 769, 788.
-, -,-,-, Journal of, 261 iii, 515 i, ii, 795 i.
-, -,-, Clergyman with, 796.
-, -,-, Journal or Field Book of Surveyors appointed to settle, 641 v.
-, -,-, settlement of, 515.
-, -, Brunswick County, quitrents in, 446, 719, 854, 854 i.
-, -,-, settlement of, 742, 788.
-, -,-, lands granted in, 869.
-, -, Cape Henry, The Capes, lighthouse on, need for, 46 iv, 53, 190, 512, 641, 788.
-, -,-,-, Act for erecting, 241.
-, -,-, objections to, 511.
-, -, caterpillars, plague of, 261, 261 ii, 796, 796 iii.
-, -, Council, Journals, 641, 796.
-, -,-, Minutes, 45.
-, -,-, disagreement of, with Assembly, 740.
-, -,-, Clerk of. See Randolph, J.
-, -, Council and Assembly, Lt.

Governor's speech to, 46 iv.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 46 v.
-, -,-,-, Address by, 53 i, 262 i.
-, -, Councillors. See Harrison, N.; Randolph, W.; Carter, R.; Byrd, W.; Fitzwilliam, R.; Dandridge, W.
-, -, Day of fasting, proclamation appointing, 174.
-, -, Deputy Auditor. See Harrison, N.; Willis, H.
-, -, embargo on exportation of wheat, flour, and grain, removed, 641 ii.
-, -, German tenants in, 94.
-, -, Governor. See Hamilton, G.
-, -, grain, exportation of, prohibited, 174.(6), 261 ii.
-, -, hemp, superiority of Virginian, 106.
-, -, imports, account of, 796 v.
-, -, Indians, 45, 641, 788, 796.
-, -,-, case of Sarah Williamson, 262.
-, -,-, danger from, 641.
-, -,-, murder by, 796.
-, -, Lt. Governor. See Gooch, W.; Drysdale, H.
-, -, Merchants trading to, petition of, 593.
-, -,-, letter from, 511.
-, -, Militia, regulation of, 788, 796.
-, -, Naval Officer. See Robertson, W.
-, -, naval stores in, 94.
-, -, Negroes, 94, 241.
-, -,-, importation of, 351 i—vii.
-, -,-, duties on, effect of, 510.
-, -,-, escape of, 796.
-, -,-, riots by, 641.
-, -, Officers, Military, list of, 796.
-, -,-, Public, list of, 897 i.
-, -, Point Comfort Battery, repair of, 46 iv.
-, -, Rappahannock River, right of granting lands on head of, 796.
-, -, Receiver General. See Grymes, J.
-, -, revenue, 45, 46 iii, 196.
-, -,-, account of, 261 iv, v, 641 iv, 796 i, ii.
-, -, sailors, desertion of, proclamation concerning, 174.
-, -, seals, 880,922.
-, -, Spotsylvania County, lands, 641.
-, -,-, quit rents in, 446, 719, 854, 854 i.
-, -,-, settlement of, 742.
-, -,-, grants in, 869.
-, -,-, Colonel Spotswood's land, payment for, 581.
-, -, stores of war in, 351 viii.
-, -, tobacco, poll tax in, 241.
-, -,-, stemming of etc., 241, 262, 262 i.
-, -,-, restraint on planting, hardship of, 351.
-, -,-, stripped or stemmed, address and petition against prohibition of importation of, 532, 611, 641 i.
-, -,-, trade in, proposals for improvement of, 796, 796 iv, 797, 897.
-, -, trade with N. Carolina, 184.

Virgin Islands, The (Anguilla, St. John's, Spanish Town, Tortola), 24.
-, -, Governor of. See Phipps, F.

W.

Wadeson, Samuel, late storekeeper, Barbados, 390.
-, -,-, document signed by, 736 ii.

Wadeworth, John, trial, execution and pardon of, 358 iii, iv, 383 i, 408 i.

Wager, Sir Charles, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, 38.
-, -,-, letter from, 352.
-, -,-, letter to, 329, 358 ii.
-, -,-, document signed by, 444 i, 538.

Waities, William, 807 v.

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

Waldo, e,-, 1019, 1045, 1049.

Walker, Thomas, death of, 384.
-, -, Alexander, 530 i.

Wall, Tobias, petition of, 618, 626.
-, -, T., document signed by, 1035 i.

Walpole, Sir Robert, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Principal Secretary of State, 2, 352 iii.
-, -,-, letter from, 294, 294 i.
-, -,-, letter to, 194.

Walter, Peter, document signed by, 352 iii.
-, -, Robert, Councillor, New York, document signed by, 827 xiii.

Walters, —, Second Judge and Councillor, New York, 799.

Wanton, William, junior, Capt., petition of, 233 i, iii, 1061 i.
-, -,-, depositions of, 233 iv–vi, 1061 iv, vi.
-, -, Col., 233 i, 1061 i.

Wanton, ship, capture of, 233, 233 i–vi, 1061 i, ii, iv–vi.

Warner, Ashton, Attorney General, St. Christopher, 809 i (b).
-, -,-, opinion of, 24 v, 28.
-, -, Henry, 24 v.
-, -, John, Naval Officer, Bahama I., III, 442 i, ii.
-, -,-,-, document signed by, 476 ii, iii, 691 i, ii.
-, -, E., document signed by, 1035 i.
-, -, Edward, Councillor, St. Christopher, absentee, 158.
-, -,-,-, leave of absence, 160.

War Office, The, letter from, 383 1, 660 i.

Warren, Robert, 530 i.
-, -,-, Clerk of Assembly, Barbados, 508.
-, -,-,-, document signed by, 334,335,363 ii, 454 i.
-, -, Capt., letter from, 410.

Warwick, Earl of. See Rich, Robert.

Watson, Joseph, letter signed by, 300.

Wear, —, election of, as Speaker of Assembly, New Hampshire, disallowed, 303.

Webster, William, Deputy Public Secretary, etc., Barbados, 6 i.
-, -,-, document certified by, 363 i, 667 i.
-, -,-, offices held by, 389.
-, -,-, salaries, 389.
-, -,-,-, account of, 389 i.
-, -,-, petition of, 389.

Weekes, Ralph, document signed by, 657 iii.

Weller, Capt., R.N., 686, 700, 994.
-, -,-, Instructions to, 710 i.
-, -,-, letter from, 1041.
-, -,-, document signed by, 1041 ii.

Wenogenet (Wynongonett), Penobscot Chief, 973, 1019.
-, -, letter from, 974 i.

Wentworth, John, Lt. Governor, New Hampshire, letter from, 59, 303, 898, 930, 975.
-, -, , letter to, 71, 755.
-, -,-, salary of, 303, 755.
-, -,-, document signed by, 303 i.

West, Robert, Councillor, N. Carolina, document signed by, 515 iv.
-, -, William, petition of, 1005.

Westbrook, Col., 638, 1045.

West Indies, losses of merchants at, 610.

Westmorland, Earl of. See Fane, Thomas.

Weston, William, Justice of the Peace, S, John's, appointed, 883.
-, -,-, warrant to, 959 i, iii, v.
-, -,-, letter from, 959 ii.

Wetherill, James, Councillor, Antigua, recommended for, 406 i.

Weymouth, Mayor of, letter to, 461.

Wheelock, Bryan, Deputy Secretary to the Board of Trade, letter from, 322, 323, 337–339, 782, 865, 884, 885, 923.

Whitaker, Benjamin, Attorney General, S. Carolina, letter from, 459, 477, 479, 498.
-, -,-, letter to, 467.
-, -,-, complaint of, against President Middleton, 489.

White, Leonard, Councillor, Bermuda, 183.
-, -, John, Councillor, Bahama I., 701 i.

Whitehead, —, claim of, 328.

Whitesides, William, 389.

Whitworth, Francis, Secretary, Barbados, petition of, 269 i.
-, -,-, referred, 269.
-, -,-,-, representation upon, 288.
-, -,-, accounts of, 269 ii, 508.
-, -,-, fees of, 364, 364 i.

Wickham, —, Capt., 390.

Wilcox, Nicholas, document signed by, 773 vi.

Wilkes, Wilks, Francis, Agent of Assembly, Massachusetts Bay, 485, 969, 969 i.
-, -,-, letter from, 838 i.
-, -,-, letter to, 1047.
-, -,-, petition of, 921 i, 923, 927, 931, 935, 941.
-, -,-, document signed by, 1057.

Willard, Josiah, Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay, warrant for reappointment 76.
-, -,-, letter from, 209, 480, 688, 993.
-, -,-, certificate by, 386 i.

Willett, —, testimony to, 19.
-, -, John, Councillor, St. Christopher, complaint of, 35, 37, 206, 305.
-, -,-, resignation of, 305.
-, -,-, reconciliation of, with Governor Mathew, 305, 318.
-, -,-, objection of, to Governor Hart's settlement, 320.
-, -, Ralph, Councillor, St. Christopher, 561 i.
-, -,-, resignation of, 908.

William, ship, 277.

William Augustus, H.M.S., 917 iv.

Williams, Sir John, 917 iv.

Williamson, Sarah, pardon for, 262, 532.

Willimott, Robert, document signed by, 284.

Willis, Henry, Deputy Auditor, Virginia, document signed by, 261 iv, v.
-, -, Francis, Councillor, Virginia, nominated, 641.

Wilson, William, 654.
-, -,-, petition of, 655 i.

Wimble, James, petition of, 347.

Winder, Samuel, document signed by, 352 iii.

Windham, Thomas, Registrar of Chancery Court and Patents, Jamaica, re-appointed, 75.
-, -,-, leave of absence, 126.

Winslow, Joshua, 280.

Wiswell, —, 285.

Wit, Jan de, naturalization of, 1068.

Wood, Hezekiah, murder of, 281.
-, -, Samson, document signed by, 773 vi.
-, -, William, letter from, 847 iv.
-, -,-, letter to, 312, 802, 847 iii, 1053 ii.

Woodbridge, —, 34.

Woodrop, Alexandra, 607.
-, -,-, deposition of, 607 ii.

Woodrope, —, 24.

Woods, H.M., in America, 50, 59, 71, 118, 133, 156 i, 267, 319 i, 547 i, 564 i, 627 i, 705; and see under Separate Colonies.
-, -,-, Act for the better preservation of, 100, 118 i, 543, 543 i, 547 ii, 560, 651, 755, 806.
-, -,-,-, for the preservation of white and other pine trees, 234 i.
-, -,-,-,-, evasion of, 547 iii.
-, -,-, Surveyor of, 118, 133, 134, 319.
-, -,-,-, office of, observations upon, 18; and see Burniston, C.; Dunbar, D.

Woodward, Capt., 384.

Wool and Flax, manufacture of, 504.
-, -,-, account of, 490.

Woolwich Dockyard, report on hemp from, 106.

Works, H.M., Commissioners of, requisition to, 354.

Worley, J., Councillor, N. Carolina, document signed by, 515 iv.

Worsley, Henry, Governor of Barbados, 2.
-, -,-, complaints against, 6 i, 215, 598 i, 861.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 383, 598.
-, -,-, document signed by, 20, 21.
-, -,-, Instructions to, 29, 154, 297 i.
-, -,-,-, referred, 309.
-, -,-,-, approved, 330, 331.
-, -,-, Commission for, 154.
-, -,-,-, renewal of, opinion on, 231.
-, -,-, letter from, 161, 162, 208, 324, 325, 362, 363, 367, 368, 389, 390, 417, 418, 433, 434, 450 i, 453, 454, 508, 509, 518, 519, 598 ii, 657, 658, 667,668, 761, 762, 961, 1004.
-, -,-, letter to, 215, 428, 739, 861, 862 i, iii, 958, 1004 i–iii, 1010.
-, -,-, salary of, 297 i, 667 iii, 773 i.
-, -,-, Speech of, 324, 324 iii, 335.
-, -,-, testimony to, 518 ii.
-, -,-, address to, 518 iii, 773 i.
-, -,-, continuance in office of, after demise of the Crown, 667 ii, 881.

Wragg, Samuel, Agent for S. Carolina, 145–153, 384, 485.
-, -,-, letter from, 216.

Wright, Robert, Chief Justice, S. Carolina, 1039.

Wroth, —, Foot Major, Annapolis Royal, 789.
-, -, Robert, Adjutant, resignation of, 789 iv.

Wyat, —, letter endorsed by, 396, 656.

Wyeth, Joseph, document signed by, 867.

Y.

Yeamans, Robert, document signed by, 6, 6 i.
-, -, John, document signed by, 1035 i.
-, -,-, Councillor, Antigua, 158.
-, -,-,-, letter from, 724, 815.
-, -,-,-, letter to, 816.
-, -,-, Agent for Antigua, memorial of, 886 iii.

Yonge, Francis, Agent for S. Carolina, absentee, 115.
-, -,-, letter from, 216.

York, James, Duke of, grant of part of Maryland to, 285.

Yorke, Sir Philip, Attorney General, letter, reference to, 89, 195, 313, 349, 609, 723, 865.
-, -,-, opinion of, 341, 357, 366, 634.