U.

Union, voyage of, 484 i.

Ushant, Cape, 555.

Utrecht, Treaty of, 427 p. 287, 494 p. 348.
-, -,-, articles of, enforcement of, 422 ii (l).

V.

Van Dam, Rip, President of Council, New York, document signed by, 463 i.
-, -,-, letter from, 408, 409, 458, 463, 464, 478, 478 i, 580, 581, 582.
-, -,-, letter to, 478 ii.
-, -,-, speech of, 408.

Van Vleck, Abraham, memorial concerning, 94.

Vaughan, — late Lieut. Governor of New Hampshire, 397.

Vernon, J., Clerk of Privy Council, document signed by, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 98, 109, 322, 345, 354, 355, 357–361, 363–367, 503–507, 511– 517.
-, -,-, letter from, 326.

Vert, Bay of, 427 p. 289.

Virginia, Act (1705) against importing tobacco from Carolina and other parts without the Capes of , 382.
-, -,-, repeal of, 516.
-, -, Act for amending the staple of tobacco, 68, 74, 473 p. 327.
-, -,-, advantages of, 290 p. 170.
-, -,-, approbation of urged, 290 p. 170.
-, -,-, building of warehouses etc. under, 290 p. 170.
-, -,-, confirmation of, desired, 62, 187.
-, -,-, Customs Commissioners' report upon, 67.
-, -,-, to lie by probationary, 187, 363.
-, -,-, Lieut. Governor Gooch's arguments in favour of, 62, 67.
-, -,-, objections to, 62.
-, -,-, opinion upon, 85, 86, 187.
-, -,-, preparations for putting into execution, 290 p. 170.
-, -,-, recommended, 309.
-, -,-, representation upon, 187.
-, -,-, suspension of, damaging to trade, 290 p. 170.
-, -, Act (1722) amending an act concerning servants and slaves, repeal of, 340.
-, -, Act (1661) concerning payment of debts, 434 i (ii).
-, -,-, (1663), 434 i (ii).
-, -, Act for continuing part of an act for laying a duty on liquors (1730), 434 i (ii).
-, -,-, repeal of, 364, 567 p. 389.
-, -, Act (1705) declaring how long judgments, bonds, and accounts shall be in force, disapprobation of, 434 i (ii).
-, –, Act for improving the staple of tobacco, approbation of, 567.
-, -,-, delay in confirmation of, 567 p. 388.
-, -,-, to lie by probationary, 199.
-, -,-, opinion upon, 199.
-, -,-, opposition to, 163.
-, -,-,-, Lieut. Governor Gooch's reply to, 163.
-, -, Act laying a duty on liquors etc., repeal of, 381.
-, -, Act (1726) for the more effectual preventing the bringing tobacco from North Carolina and the bounds in controversy, 82, 382.
-, -,-, repeal of, 515.
-, -, Act for preventing the meeting of slaves etc. (1723), enforcement of, 309 i.
-, -, Act (1705) concerning servants and slaves, publication ordered, 309 i.
-, -, Act, tobacco, of 1713, 567 p. 388.
-, -,-, repeal of, 199.
-, -, Act concerning 2/–' per hhd. (1661), 434 i (ii).
-, -, Act concerning Castle duty of 1/3 (1669), 434 i (ii).
-, -,-, (1680), 434 i (ii).
-, -,-, Acts in, affecting Trade and Navigation of Great Britain, 473.
-, -, agent for, 473.
-, -,-, opinion on Tobacco Act, 187.
-, -, appeals for £100 value, 473.
-, -,-, hardships entailed by, 290 p. 172.
-, -,-, reasons against, 473 (iii).
-, -, Assembly of, 62.
-, -,-, and Colonel Spotswood's expenses concerning Indian Treaty, 588 i.
-, -,-, prorogued, 290 v, 309 i.
-, -,-, and Tobacco Act, 67 p. 49.
-, -, Attorney General of. See Clayton, John.
-, -, Blue Hills, settlement beyond, 425.
-, -, boundaries of, 89 i, ii.
-, -,-, with Carolina North, 404, 404 ii.
-, -,-, inclination to extend, 290 p. 169.
-, -,-, with Pennsylvania, 112.
-, -, condition of, peaceful, 309.
-, -, Conestogue, Col. Spotswood's meeting with Indians at, 583 i.
-, -, copper mines, 473 p. 327.
-, -, Council of, importance of selecting suitable members, 52.
-, -,-, journal of, 290 p. 170, 309.
-, -,-, minutes, 583 ii.
-, -,-, persons recommended for, 52, 567 p. 390.
-, -,-, representation from, 473, 567 p. 389.
-, -,-, Surveyor General of Customs to be member of, 543.
-, -, Councillors of, 526; and see Bray, David; Page, Mann; Corbin; Armistead, Henry; Tayloe; Taylor, John; Carter, John; Carter, Robert; Blair, James; Byrd, W.; Digges, Cole; Robinson, John; Grymes, John; Dandridge, W.; Curtis, Jno.; Randolph, William ; Harrison, Henry.
-, -, Courts of Common Law, proceedings in, concerning imports of tobacco, 86.
-, -, Customs, Surveyor General of. See Fitzwilliams.
-, -, debts in, method of collecting, 290 p. 172, 473.
-, -, defence of, 290 p. 169.
-, -, Double Top Mountain, 112.
-, -, German and Swiss Protestants, proposal to settle, 112, 3421; and see Stauber; Va. the Great Mountains.
-, -, Gloucester County, militia in, a member of Council to command, 52.
-, -,-, negroes numerous in, 52.
-, -, Governor of, instructions, additional, for, 540 ii.
-, -,-, and Council, Colonel Spotswood's expenses, 583 i.
-, -, the Great Mountains, lands of, account of, 112.
-, -,-, fertility of, 112.
-, -,-, grants of, from the Crown, 290 p. 169.
-, -,-,-, patent for, 112.
-, -,-,-, petition for, 471; and see Ochs; Stauber.
-, -,-,-, proposal to settle, 112, 130, 140, 342 i.
-, -,-,-,-, Germans and Swiss, petition concerning, 178, 178 i.
-, -,-, road through, proposal for, 112.
-, -,-, settlements in, Col. Spotswood proposed as Governor of, 391.
-, -,-,-, importance of, 131.
-, -,-,-, opinion upon, 131.
-, -,-,-, proposal for constitution of, 178 i.
-, -,-,-, reasons in favour of, 131.
-, -,-, by Swiss and German Protestants, 391, 496.
-, -, Hawks Bill Creek, 112.
-, -, Indians, 52, 89 ii p. 66.
-, -,-, defence against, 112.
-, -,-, friendship with, 112, 342 i.
-, -,-, meeting and treaty with Colonel Spotswood, expenses of, 583 i.
-, -,-, trade with, 131.
-, -, iron manufacture, 473 p. 327.
-, -, James River, fort, stores for, 290 p. 169.
-, -,-, fortification of, urged, 290 p. 169.
-, -, lands in, by Great Mountains, petition concerning, 342 i; and see , the Great Mountains.
-, -,-, liable to payment of debts, 290 p. 172.
-, -,-, patents for, 131, 290 p. 172.
-, -,-, tenure of, 290 p. 172, 473 (ii).
-, -, linen and woollen manufacture in, 473 p. 327.
-, -,-, Act to encourage, 567 p. 388.
-, -, manufactures in, 473 p. 327, 567 p. 389.
-, -, militia, instructions to, 52.
-, -,-, order concerning, 309 i.
-, -, negroes, conspiracy of, 52.
-, -,-, duty on repealed, 567 p 389.
-, -,-, proclamation concerning, 309 i.
-, -,-, submission of, 199.
-, -,-, unlawful meetings, proclamation concerning, 290 v.
-, -, Norfolk County, negro conspiracy frustrated in, 52.
-, -, Northern Neck, boundaries, dispute concerning, 290.
-, -, pirates, increase of expected, 290 p. 169.
-, -, Princess Anne County, negro conspiracy frustrated in, 52.
-, -, queries concerning Trade and Navigation of Great Britain, reply to, 567 pp. 388–9.
-, -, quit rents, revenue from, account of, 290 iii, iv.
-, -, Receiver General. See Grymes, John.
-, -,-, deputy. See Blain, John.
-, -, revenue of, from 2/– per hhd., account of, 290 i, ii.
-, -,-, from quit rents, account of, 290 iii, iv.
-, -,-, from tobacco, 85, 86.
-, -, rum, duty on repealed, 567 p. 389.
-, -, Savannah River, settlement on, 404 ii.
-, -, settlements of German and Swiss in, proposal for, 112; and see Stauber; Ochs; Va. lands in the Great Mountains.
-, -, slaves in, convicted, position with regard to benefit of Clergy, opinion upon required, 290 p. 173.
-, -, Stauber's journey into, account of, 112.
-, -, stores of war for, request for, 290 p. 169.
-, -, sugar, rum, molasses imported from, account of, 63, 65 i.
-, -, sugar trade, 561 p. 386.
-, -,-, Lieut. Governor Gooch's remarks upon, 406.
-, -, Swiss Protestants, for, proposal to settle, 342 i.
-, -, Tobacco Act (1726) effect in Carolina North, 323.
-, -,-, queries concerning, reply to, 163.
-, -, tobacco, as barter, injustice of, 67.
-, -,-, good crop of, 270 p. 171, 309.
-, -,-, high duty on, 473 p. 327.
-, -,-, imports of reduced, 86.
-, -,-, improvement in, resulting from Act, 567 p. 388.
-, -,-, new method of payment for, 67.
-, -,-, planters, 86.
-, -,-, price of, 67.
-, -,-,-, low, effect of, 67 p. 49, 473, p. 327.
-, -,-, prohibited from Carolina North, 86.
-, -,-, restrictions on cultivation of, 555.
-, -,-, scheme for improving the staple of, 199.
-, -,-, trade, 406 p. 260, 567 p. 388.
-, -,-,-, description of, 67 pp. 48, 49.
-, -,-,-, frauds in, Act to prevent, 62.
-, -,-, 2/– pr. hhd. duty on, revenue from, 290 i, ii.
-, -,-, value of, to revenue, 67.
-, -, trade of, 52, 131, 309, 406 p. 260, 528 p. 360, 567 pp. 388–9.
-, -,-, memorial concerning, 85.

Virgin Islands (Tortola, Spanish Town, Auguilla, St. John's).
-, -, Spanish Town, Spanish ship cast away and plundered at, 445, 445 i, ii.
-, -,-, troops sent from St. Christophers, 445, 445 i, ii.

W.

Wabash (Ouabache) River, 89 ii.

Wager, Sir Charles, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, document signed by, 69 i.

Waite, Richard, master of Union sloop, deposition of, 484 i.

Walcot, John, Salem, petition of, 144 i.
-, -, Josiah, Salem, father of above, 144 i.
-, -,-, lands of, 353 viii.

Waldo (Waldoe), Samuel, and Company, lands claimed by, 217 pp. 122, 123.
-, -,-, petition of, 49, 144, 217 p. 122, 353, 353 ii.
-, -,-,-, referred, 172.

Waldron, Richard, Councillor and Clerk of Council, New Hampshire, 12, 377 xi.
-, -,-, appointment of, 28, 291 p. 175.
-, -,-,-, opposition to, 291 p. 177.
-, -,-, complaint against, 291 p. 177, 374.
-, -,-, document signed by, 377 i, 455 x.
-, -,-, mandamus for, 208.
-, -,-, proposed for Council, 455, 499.
-, -,-, recommended for Council, 320, 462.

Walpole, Horatio, letter to, 398.
-, -, R., document signed by, 96.

Walpole. See under Nova Scotia.

Walters, Robert, Councillor, New York, death of, 245, 246.

Walton, —, Col., Councillor, New Hampshire, 291 p. 176.

Walton, Shadrach, Captain, Commander of Fort William and Mary, affidavit of, 455, 455 ix.
-, -,-, certificate concerning, 373 iii.
-, -,-, character of, 377.
-, -,-, Commission of, 373 i, ii, 377, 377 iv.
-, -,-, Colonel Dunbar's dispute with, 373 i, ii, 377.
-, -,-, letter to, 373 ii, 377 iv.
-, -,-, orders from Governor Belcher, dispute concerning, 467, 469.
-, -,-, refuses Colonel Dunbar admission to fort, 373 i, ii, 377 iv, vi, viii.
-, -,-, warrant to, 377 i.
-, -, William, merchant, New York, loss sustained by, 32.

Wanton, John, Deputy-Governor of Rhode Island, Assembly summoned by, 402 i.
-, -, William, Rhode Island, memorial concerning ship of, 38, 38 i.

Ward, R., Secretary of Rhode Island, document examined by, 402 ii.

Warren, Robert, Clerk of Assembly, Barbados, document signed by, 432.

Waterhouse, Thos., Captain, R.N., 43.
-, -,-, document signed by, 584 i, iii.
-, -,-, Heads of Enquiry for, 111, 113,113 i.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 24 v.
-, -,-, instructions for, 113.
-, -,-, letter from, 24, 584.

Waterman, Richard, Newfoundland, appointed as Justice of the Peace, 422 ii (j).
-, -, Thos., Newfoundland, document signed by, 422 iv (b).

Watson, Hugh, Car. S., patent of, surrender of, 48.
-, -, Joseph & Co., grant of land in Nova Scotia to, 427 i.

Watts, John, families settled in Nova Scotia by, 353 viii.
-, -,-, wife of, 353 xiii.
-, -, Thomas, petition of, 98 i.

Wanton ship, seizure of, 38, 38 i.

Weare, Nathl., document signed by, 455 x.

Webster, —, Capt., R.N. [?], 430.

Webster, —, Deputy Secretary of Barbados, 19, 106.

Weekes, Ralph, Councillor and Sheriff, Barbados, case of George Culpeper, 20, 20 i.

Wendel, Johannis Evertse, statement by, 473 iii.

Wentworth, Benning, New Hampshire, son of Lieut.–Governor, 373 iii.
-, -,-, deposition of, 377 vi.
-, -,-, document signed by, 291 ii.
-, -,-, proposed for Council, 499.
-, -,-, recommended for Council, 291 p. 177, 462.

Wentworth, Ebenezer, deposition of, 353 ix, xiv.
-, -, John, Lieut. Governor of New Hampshire, character of, 12.
-, -,-, death of, 12, 45, 70.
-, -,-, document signed by, 291 ii.
-, -,-, instructions to, 6.
-, -,-, ironworks of, 528 p. 360.
-, -,-, successor to, 66.
-, -, William, deposition of, 353 ix, xiv.

West Indies, trade with Pennsylvania, 89 i (vi, viii).

Westbrook, Thomas, Colonel, father-in-law of Mr. Waldron, Councillor, New Hampshire, 217 p. 124.
-, -,-, complaint against, 291 p. 177.
-, -,-, letter from, 12 viii, ix.
-, -,-, letter to, 12 vii.
-, -, retirement of, 291 p. 175, 455.
-, -,-, saw mills of, 217 p. 124.

Westmorland, Nova Scotia, new township of, 217 p. 121.

Weston, William, J.P., St. John's, Newfoundland, 422 ii (o).
-, -,-, document signed by, 422 ii (m).
-, -,-, letter from, 422 iv (g).
-, -,-, letter to, 422 ii (v), 422 iv (f).
-, -,-, memorial from, 8.
-, -,-, order to, 422b (i).
-, -,-, petition of, 319 ii, 331,331 i.

Whale fishing, instructions concerning, 33.
-, -, licences. See Bermuda; Pitt, John.

Wheelock, Brian, Deputy Secretary for Council of Trade and Plantations, letter from, 344, 347, 371, 381, 384, 392, 396, 398, 400, 401.
-, -,-, letter to, 336, 385.

Wheelwright, John, Justice of the Peace, York County, order by, 301 ii (a).
-, -,-,-, reply to, 301 ii (b).
-, -,-, order to, 301 i.

White, John, Chief Justice of the Bahamas, appointment of, 231 ii (b), 588.
-, -,-, charges against, 46,47 p. 34.
-, -,-, conduct of, 47.
-, -,-, dismissal of, 47.
-, -,-, document signed by, 439 ii.
-, -,-, recommended by Mr. Colebrooke, 588.
-, -,-, support of Mr. Colebrooke, 588.
-, -,-, suspension of, 47 p. 35.

Whitworth, Francis, Barbados, 19, 106.
-, -,-, accounts of, 503 i.
-, -,-, petition from, 503 i.

Wickham, Samuel, Captain of Sea Nymph, captured by Spaniards, 55 ii.

Wiggan (Wiggin) Andrew, Speaker of Assembly, New Hampshire, character of, 291 p. 175.
-, -,-, differences with Governor Belcher, 291 p. 175.
-, -,-, document signed by, 291 ii, 291 iv (b).
-, -,-, recommended for Council, 291 p. 178.

Wildman, Thomas, N.Y., deposition of, 135.

Wilkes (Wilks), Fra., Agent for Massachusetts Bay, 21, 73, 73 i, 126, 498, 499.
-, -,-, letter from, 126 i, 466.
-, -,-, letter to, 497.

Willard, J., Clerk of Council, Massachusetts Bay, document signed by, 66 vi, 244, 301 i, iv, 355 i, 576 i.
-, -,-, letter from, 180, 521.

William III, Act concerning Newfoundland Fishing Admirals, 110.

Williams, Francis, Jamaica, case of, 97, 97 i, 308.
-, -,-, memorial of, 308.
-, -, John, Jamaica, estate of, 296.
-, -, Roger, Antigua, plantation of, 207.
-, -, Thomas, master of Joseph ship, 479, 479 iii.

Willis, Francis, Virginia, recommended for Council, 567 p. 390.

Winchelsea, H.M.S., 24, 113, 584.

Winnet, —, Councillor, Nova Scotia, lands claimed by, 217 p. 125.

Winslow, Dr., Nova Scotia, lands of, 217 p. 122.
-, -, Joshua, deposition of, 353 xi.

Wood, George, Spanish sloop brought to Jamaica by, 486 ii; and see Indians, Mosquito, in Jamaica.
-, -, Samson, Barbados, deposition of, 20 iii.
-, -, William, letter to, 310.
-, -,-, Jamaica, murder committed by, 116.
-, -,-,-, pardon for, 116.

Woods, H.M., in America, masts, 377 p. 233.
-, -, in Massachusetts Bay, preservation of, instruction concerning, 6.
-, –, in New England, Surveyor-General. See Dunbar.
-, -,-, waste in, 566.
-, -, in Nova Scotia, land for masts, 427 p. 287.
-, -,-, reserved for the Navy, 427 i.
-, -,-,-, destruction of, 12.
-, -, Surveyor General of. See Dunbar, David.

Woollen manufacture, in the Colonies, 87.
-, -,-, discouragement of, 321 i.
-, -, exported to New York, 463 i.; and see under separate Colonies.

Worsley, Henry, Governor of Barbados, 400.
-, -,-, charges against, 432.
-, -,-, Commission of, revoked, 196.
-, -,-, departure of, 498.
-, -,-, intrigues against, 19 ii.
-, -,-, instructions of, 125, 179.
-, -,-, letter from, 17, 18, 19, 20, 106, 107, 193, 193 i, 216 i, ii, 313.
-, -,-,-, extract of, 429, 446.
-, -, letter to, 19 i, 179, 476.
-, -,-, petition against, hearing of, 106.
-, -,-, petition to, 20 i.
-, -,-, perquisites as Governor, value of, 476.
-, -,-, recall of, 430–432, 476.
-, -,-, retirement of, 160, 179.
-, -,-, speech of, 17.

Wright, Robert, Chief Justice, Car. S., appointment of, 488 p. 343, 488 ix.
-, -,-, letter from, 450, 450 i.

Wroe, Mrs. Ann, Boston, executor of Joshua , 422 ii (f).
-, -, Joshua, Boston, executors of, 422 ii (f).

Wybird (Wibird), Richard, Captain, Collector of Customs, New Hampshire, 455 ix.
-, -,-, appointment of, 377 vii.
-, -,-, deposition of, 455 ii.
-, -,-, document signed by, 377 ix.
-, -,-, oath administered to, 373 i.
-, -,-, seal sent to, 377 vii.
-, -,-, seizures made by, 410.
-, -,-, Sons of, appointments of, 410.
-, -, junior, Comptroller of Customs in York County, Newbury, N.H., 410.
-, -,-,-, warrant appointing, 410 i.
-, -, Thomas, Deputy Naval Officer, N.H., document signed by, 377 ix.

Wyer, —, decree against, 217 p. 127.

Y.

Yarmouth, North, Casco Bay, 217 p. 123.

Yeamans, John, Agent for Antigua, 494.
-, -,-, letter from, 325, 385.
-, -,-, petition of, 183, 544.
-, -,-, Councillor, Antigua, retirement of, 575.

Yonge, Fra., Clerk of Council, Car. S., document signed by, 103 ii.
-, -, William, document signed by, 96.

York County. See Mass. Bay; Maine.
-, -, Justices of the Peace of, order to, 301 i.
-, -,-, order from, 301 ii (a).
-, -,-,-, reply to, 301 ii (b), 301 ii (b); and see Wheelwright, John; Hammond, Jos.; Pepperrell, Wm., jr.
-, -, Maine, 217 p. 124.
-, -,-, annexed to, order concerning, 301 iv.
-, -,-, lands in, grants of, 12.
-, -,-,-, not taken up, 12 p. 6.
-, -, Mass. Bay, lands to be annexed to, 66 vii.
-, -, Sheriff of. See Moulton, Jer.

Yorke, P., Attorney-General, 49.
-, -,-, instructions for, 36.
-, -,-, letter from, 353.
-, -,-, letter to, 172,207.
-, -,-, opinion by, 64, 144, 309, 405 i, 422 i, 427, 458.
-, -,-, report by, 398, 508.