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Mackenie, Mr., Presbyterian minister at New York, 535.
Mackenzie, George, first Earl of Cromartie, 500.
Madeira (the Maderas), 35, 99, 560.
-, letter dated at, 44.
-, wines imported from, 87.
-, -, imposition on, 434, 535.
-, consulship of, 433, 434, 535– 537.
-, consul at. See Hemming.
Madrid, declaration published at, 177.
Manning, Mr., 47.
Marble Head, Mass., ordnance and stores at, 328.
Markham, Captain William, deputy governor of Pennsylvania, 460.
Marlborough, Duke of. See Churchill.
Marshall, John, deposition of, 69.
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusets, 275.
Martin, Joseph, merchant, 133, 136, 138, 437.
-, Mr., Leeward Islands merchant, 300.
-, Captain Samuel, commander of H.M.S. Blackwall, 90, 92, 106, 112, 167.
-, -, order to, 89.
-, -, complaints against, 90.
-, -, affidavit of, 103.
Martinique (Martinico), 126, 131, 150, 248.
-, prisoners at, 75, 90.
-, -, from, 160.
-, ships taken to, 83.
-, French men-of-war at, 90, 455, 472.
-, French privateers at, proposed expedition against, 390, 391, 395, 396, 398–400, 408, 409.
-, trade from Ireland and Barbadoes to, 546, 550.
Mary, ship, 55, 57, 88.
-, sloop, of New York, 219, 242.
Maryland, passim.
governor. See Seymour.
attorney-general. See Bladen.
secretary. See Lawrence.
agent. See Blakiston.
council, 170, 409, 426, 463, 468, 568, 570.
-, minutes of, 36, 307.
-, address from, 304, 325, 442, 460, 464, 483, 567.
-, representation of, 398.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 36, 182, 306, 324, 442.
-, president of. See Tench.
assembly, 200, 315, 475.
-, minutes of, 36, 182, 442.
-, journal of, 307.
-, addresses from, 442, 460, 464, 483, 567.
acts, 49, 182, 188, 189, 232, 267, 306, 307, 324, 332, 423, 424, 430, 435, 442, 444, 464, 543, 546, 555, 577.
-, relating to popery, 189, 191, 199, 200, 202, 204, 270.
act for advancement of trade, etc., 306.
-, about ordinary licences, 350.
-, about ports, 353.
-, to gauge tobacco hogsheads, 433, 473–476, 481.
-, to prevent cropping, etc., tobacco, 473–476, 481.
-, for encouragement of learning, 551.
accounts, committee of, minutes and proceedings of, 182, 306, 324, 442.
admiralty court, 270.
arms and ammunition, 37, 182, 183, 202, 270, 271.
assistance for New York, 37, 83.
boundaries between Maryland and Pennsylvania, 442, 460, 465, 467, 476, 478, 483, 486, 538, 569, 570, 572, 575–577.
charter, 279.
coin, copper, want of, 304, 325.
convoy, 202, 226, 239, 247, 252– 254, 270, 271, 305, 309, 323, 335, 356, 568.
-, commodore of. See Huntington.
courts, irregularities of, 182.
delegates, house of, journal of, 306, 324.
Irish servants imported into, 325.
land office, perquisites of, 398.
laws. See above, Acts.
-, book of, 425, 426.
merchants trading to, 227, 243, 251. 252, 394.
-, petitions and memorials of, 215, 230, 239, 433, 473, 474.
-, memorial on behalf of, 372.
naval stores and men of war, proposal about, 34.
ordinary licences. See below, Secretary's office.
packets relating to, thrown overboard, 93.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
planters, lack of goods for, 409.
popery in, 178, 181, 188, 190, 200, 203, 270, 325, 326, 568. See also above, Acts.
population, 182.
ports, settling of, 127–129, 131, 132, 134, 182.
privateer takes trading vessels, 409.
prize condemned in, 82.
-, French, 170.
proposals for intercourse, 410.
Quakers, address from, 423.
seal, 73, 76, 128, 134, 139, 295, 531.
secretary's office, fees of, etc., 112, 122, 124, 125, 190, 207, 307, 315, 332, 350, 456, 462, 551.
storekeeper, appointment of, 209.
stores of war. See above, Arms and ammunition.
tax, misapplication of, 325.
tobacco, export of, 56. See also above, Acts, and general heading, Tobacco.
trade, 170.
-, proposal to prevent abuses in, 182.
-, act for advancement of, 306.
-, illegal, 551.
Mason, Mr., agent for Oweneco, Sachem of the Mohegan Indians, 216.
-, -, claim of, to New Hampshire, 556.
Massachusetts Bay, 12, 26, 28, 29, 39, 46, 89, 91, 101, 102, 122, 129, 193, 197, 227, 263, 274, 277, 417, 451, 524, 530.
governor. See Dudley.
lieutenant-governor. See Povey
attorney and advocate general. See Dudley.
secretary. See Addington.
agent. See Phips.
council, 20, 156, 157, 269, 569.
-, minutes of, 9, 10, 329.
-, memorial from, 85.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 9, 198, 329.
-, members of. See Hilton; Smith.
assembly, 198, 345, 569.
-, minutes of, 326.
-, address from, 84.
-, memorial from, 85.
-, powers of, 327.
-, speaker of. See Oakes.
acts, 9, 10, 13, 16, 49, 210, 275, 329, 364, 411, 528.
act for support of ministers, 17, 20.
acts (private) for punishing persons guilty of trading with French, 326–329.
admiralty court, 49.
-, causes tried in, 9.
assistance refused by Connecticut, 390.
-, Rhode Island, 446.
births, register of, 209.
chancery, want of court of, 241.
charter, 327, 527.
coin, rate of foreign, 150.
courts, causes heard in, 10, 83, 329.
defence, state of, 278.
forts. See Pemaquid.
-, memorial about, 17.
judges of superior courts, 324.
laws. See above, Acts.
masts for navy, bill for providing, 569.
negroes imported, 572.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
-, money taken by, 198, 199.
privateers, instructions to, 329.
salaries of officers, 9, 33, 80, 86.
seal, 128, 134, 139, 531.
state of, 27, 82.
stores of war, 52, 53, 84, 85, 198.
tax, 198.
trade with Spaniards, 198.
Massue de Ruvigny, Henry, first Earl of Galway, ambassador to Portugal, letter from, 542, 553, 559, 560.
Matancas, Bay of, Cuba, 398.
Mathew (Matthew), Sir William, governor of Leeward Islands, 30, 75, 77.
-, -, letters from, 13, 44, 57, 58, 61, 62, 65, 70, 71, 75, 79, 80, 95, 96.
-, -, letters to, 39, 40, 65, 66, 102.
-, -, act for discharging house-rent for, 96.
-, -, death of, 104, 105, 121.
-, -, instructions to, 139.
Mathews (Matthews), Captain, deposition of, 221, 243.
-, Charles, member of council of Antigua, 403.
-, Colonel, 246, 260.
Matson, Matthew, 558.
Matthew. See Mathew.
Matthews. See Mathews.
Maxey (Maxy), Mr., 49, 52.
-, -, petition of, 57.
Maxwell, Thomas, member of assembly of Barbadoes, petition of, 91, 102, 106.
Maxy. See Maxey.
Maycock, Captain John, 192.
-, Mr., chief justice of common pleas, colonel of militia and justice of peace in Barbadoes, 49.
-, Colonel Thomas, member of assembly of Barbadoes, 90, 98, 100, 107, 113, 133, 135, 142, 143, 145, 167.
-, -, petition of, 102, 105, 177, 192, 194, 195, 199.
-, -, deposition and affidavits of, 103, 104, 110, 111, 119, 120.
-, -, charges against, 106, 109, 110.
-, -, memorial from, 144.
Mead, John, Canary merchant, 55.
-, Mr., counsel for Sharp against Cleland, etc., 357.
-, -, counsel for Cox against Sandford, etc., 366.
-, William, memorial from, 161.
Meadows, Sir Philip, commissioner, passim.
Meine (Mein), Patrick, member of council of Barbadoes, 48, 65, 113, 115, 284, 295, 307, 556, 559.
-, -, letters from, 141, 286.
-, -, letters to, 141, 285.
Menshew (Minshew), Thomas, memorial from, 468.
-, -, affidavit of, 477.
Mercer, Mr., 81, 99.
Merret (Merit), Solomon, Newfoundland merchant, 69, 71, 73, 83, 153, 201, 202, 234, 469, 471, 477, 571.
-, -, letters from, 83, 154, 155, 235, 238, 276, 438, 478.
-, -, memorials from, 314, 315, 318, 449, 476.
Merrick, Thomas, member of council of Barbadoes, 293.
Merring, John, justice of court of oyer and terminer in Barbadoes, affidavit of, 368.
Merry, Mr., 471.
Merryweather, Richard, 348, 350.
Mico, Mr., bond of, 506.
Miles, Captain, commander of Triton's Prize, complaint against, 301.
-, -, death of, 345.
Mileward, George, member of council of Montserrat, 401.
Milford, 208.
Milford, H.M.S., 68, 69, 76, 93, 114.
-, disabled at sea, 70.
Milliken, James, member of council of Nevis, 351, 390.
Millner. See Milner.
Mills, Colonel, member of council of Barbadoes, 461.
-, -, protest by, 358.
-, -, complaint against, 417.
-, -, restoration of, 456.
-, John, member of council of Barbadoes, 58, 59, 72.
Milner (Millner), Isaac, merchant, 226, 227, 239, 430, 437, 444, 447, 535, 552.
-, -, memorial from, 449.
-, Mr., consul at Lisbon, 433.
Minors, Charles, secretary, attorneygeneral, etc., of Bermuda, 161, 261, 381, 384, 441.
-, -, deposition of, 334.
-, -, affidavit of, 378.
-, -, certificate from, 471, 507.
Minshew. See Menshew.
Miscellanies. See also Accounts.
Board adjourned for want of quorum, 455.
clerks of Board, precedency of, 23.
-, memorial from, 406.
-, increase of salary for, 413.
new commission of trade, 451, 487, 504.
new commissioner, 345.
regulation of business of Board, 346, 347.
salaries of officers of Board, 413, 451, 463.
secretary of Board, appointment of, 356. See Popple.
Mitchell, Captain, commodore of Newfoundland convoy, letters, etc., from, 563, 567, 575.
-, -, letter to, 579.
-, Sir David, 396.
Mogridge, Thomas, of Barbadoes, surveyor, 455.
Mohegan Indians. See Indians.
Mompesson, Roger, chief justice of New York, and member of councils of New York and New Jersey, 86, 151, 152, 158, 187, 192.
-, -, letter from, 330.
Monckton, Robert, commissioner, 345, et seqq. passim.
-, -, particular reference, 441.
Monroe, Mr., indictment against, 85.
Montague, Sir James, solicitorgeneral, 364.
-, -, attorney-general, 543.
-, Mr., petition of, 393.
Montague, H.M.S., 248.
Montserrat (Mountserrat): lieutenant governor. See Hodges.
council, 401, 516.
-, minutes of, 96, 245.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 516.
-, members of. See Fry; Hodges; Mileward.
assembly, journal of, 516.
acts, 160, 245.
Danish ship trading at, 580.
exports and imports, 96.
garrison, 245.
inhabitants, black and white, 515.
negroes imported, 580.
ordnance and stores of war, 515.
Moody, Captain James, 4.
-, -, affidavit of, 8.
-, Lieutenant and Captain, commander of garrison at Newfoundland, 201, 202, 218, 231–233, 571, 572.
-, -, letters from, 64, 66, 158, 208, 212, 214, 261, 339.
-, -, instructions from, 147.
-, -, letters to, 206, 228.
-, -, occurrences during his command at St. John's, 206, 207.
-, -, affidavit as to behaviour of, 212, 214.
-, -, memorial from, 212, 213.
-, -, affidavits against, 234, 235, 238, 239, 241.
-, -, petition of, 237, 238, 241, 281.
-, -, certificates in favour of, 240, 241.
-, -, complaints against, 337, 339, 341.
-, -, accounts of, 282, 283.
Moor, John, advocate of admiralty in Pennsylvania, appointed collector of customs, 57.
-, Mr., letter from, 39.
Morgan, Mr., 579.
Morley, George, 136.
Morris, Lewis, proposed member of council of New Jersey, 520.
-, Mr., member of council of New Jersey, 187–190, 540.
-, Valentine, 401.
Moscow, tobacco trade to, 133–139, 146, 233.
Mott, Edmund, chaplain to Lord Cornbury, 187.
Moulder, Joshua, naturalization of, 6.
Mountserrat. See Montserrat.
Mumby, Valentine, [proposed] member of council of Jamaica, 537, 538, 541.
Muscovy. See Russia.
Musgrave, Mr., 261.
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Nanfan, Captain John, lieutenantgovernor of New York, 242, 394, 400.
-, -, accounts of, 35, 36.
-, -, memorial on behalf of, 39.
-, -, petition of, 95.
Narraganset country, complaints of, 211.
-, address from proprietors of, 211.
Navy, interests of, 303.
-, use of foreign tobacco in, 389, 397.
-, masts for, contract for, 506, 508.
-, -, bill to provide, 569.
-, commissioners of. See Lyddall; Sergison; Tollet.
Nechills, Thomas, affidavit of, 381– 383, 512.
Negroes, seizure of, 14, 21, 23, 30.
-, condemnation of, 30.
-, vessel trading with, 49.
-, clandestine sale of, 330.
-, imported into plantations, 161, 430, 452, 454, 479, 480, 555, 560, 561, 572, 574, 580.
-, -, numbers of, 454.
-, price of, 452.
-, escheat of, 467–470, 482, 484, 485, 502–505, 507, 525, 530, 533, 541, 561.
-, proposed traffic in, 541, 548, 558, 559.
-, insolence of, 131, 452, 453.
-, for public service, 472.
-, free, acts about, 513, 514, 577.
Negroes Coast, settlement on, 441.
Nelson, Gilbert, letter from, 277.
-, John, letter from, 277.
Nevis, 6, 56, 130, 150, 317, 351, 390, 544, 548.
lieutenant-governor. See Hamilton; Johnson.
-, appointment of, 402.
deputy secretary. See Cherret.
agent. See Jory.
council, 348, 515, 516, 519, 520, 554.
-, minutes of, 96.
-, addresses from, 258, 515, 516.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 516, 544.
-, president of. See Abbot.
-, members of. See Belman; Brodbelt; Milliken.
assembly, 554.
-, addresses from, 258, 515, 516.
acts, 12, 13, 23, 31, 160, 161, 164, 173, 178, 241, 255, 256, 265, 534, 538, 539, 570.
admiralty court, 14.
-, negroes condemned in, 30.
-, minutes of, 161.
debts, bills concerning, 548, 554.
exports and imports, 96, 160, 260, 515, 580.
forts and platforms, 237.
garrison and arms, complaints about, 258.
general assembly of Leeward Islands held at, 178, 245, 256, 257.
house for governor, 316.
inhabitants, 515.
-, petition of, 277.
-, memorial from, 300.
invasion by French, 258, 268, 270, 277, 333, 505, 535.
-, commission of inquiry into losses by, 339, 401, 402, 405, 406, 408.
-, bounty to inhabitants suffering by, 467, 474, 516.
-, See also under French.
laws. See above, Acts.
merchants, letter from, 554.
negroes imported, 454. See also below, Slaves.
ordnance stores. See below, Stores of war.
prisoners, 160.
provisions for, 439.
public money, 260.
salary of governor, 260.
ships, 260.
slaves, 515. See also above, Negroes.
soldiers, want of, 348.
stores of war, 245, 260, 348, 515.
traders, memorial from, 300.
treaty with French, 277.
New Castle, New England, ordnance and stores at, 328.
New England, 7, 12, 80, 114, 122, 126, 129, 201, 203–205, 208, 210, 277, 295, 407, 410, 440, 446, 523, 526, 530, 531, 534, 535, 551, 553–555, 573.
governor. See Dudley.
treasurer. See Usher.
receiver-general. See Usher.
surveyor of woods. See Bridger.
deputy surveyor of woods. See Plaisted.
council, minutes of, 82, 83, 210, 528.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 210.
assembly, 209.
-, address, etc., from, 210.
-, minutes of, 528.
acts, 82, 83.
act for support of ministers, 17.
admiralty rights, 324, 333, 338.
-, judge of, 330.
ammunition. See below, Stores of war.
attack on French, 263.
causes tried, 209, 528.
coin, rate of foreign, 150.
engineer, 15, 33, 36.
ferries, rates for, 506.
fines and forfeitures, 83.
forts, guns in, 198.
horse hire, rates for, 506.
logging trade, 527.
merchants, 519, 521.
missionaries among Indians, 86.
naval stores (pitch, tar, etc.) from, 8, 13–15, 21–24, 28, 30, 31, 296, 299, 302–305, 324, 331, 506, 519, 521, 527.
-, petition for instruction in producing, 183, 184, 191, 194, 196.
-, premiums on, 309.
ordnance. See below, Stores of war.
papers, etc., lost, 45, 46.
persons killed by French and Indians, 17.
pirates, 86, 88, 91, 124, 125, 127.
-, treasure of, 209.
pitch and tar. See above, Naval stores.
pot-ashes, proposals about, 11.
prisoners taken by French, 17, 36.
-, exchange of, 263.
proclamations, 528.
Roman Catholics, question of granting land to, 25.
salary of governor, 127, 209, 210.
shipmasters, illicit trade by, 465.
ships of war for, 15.
ships, duty demanded on, 78.
-, mast, convoys for, 227.
-, composition for sheathing, 305.
ship timber, export of, 542.
state of, 10.
stores of war, 53, 54, 79, 194, 198.
-, need of, 45, 46, 52, 528.
thanksgiving, day of, 327, 329.
trade, illegal, 326–329, 341, 342, 344, 390, 465.
whales, blubber, etc., 263–265.
woods, waste in, 511, 518, 521, 527.
wool manufacture, 224, 239, 273.
Newfoundland (see also Placentia; St. John's), 16, 28, 66, 71, 72, 81, 91, 98–100, 102, 105, 113, 203, 204, 206, 255, 261, 266, 339, 341, 448, 451, 457, 459, 477–479, 567, 571, 572, 578, 579.
accounts. See Moody.
arms, 154, 227.
attempts on, by French, 276.
boom, necessaries for repair of, 564.
convoy, 83, 124, 125, 173, 314, 315, 317, 320, 449, 458, 461, 466, 471, 472, 488.
-, departure of, 11, 22, 25.
-, capture of, 33, 34.
-, commodore of, 10, 62, 64, 125, 129, 135, 137, 139, 143, 144, 152–155, 223, 227, 234, 364.
-, to command on land, 7, 125, 232.
-, heads of enquiry and instructions for, 10, 69, 237, 238, 447, 463, 464, 496.
-, See also Bridge; Chamberlain; Underdown.
correspondence with England, 173, 176.
engineer. See Richards.
expedition against French, 419, 442.
fishermen, ignorance of, 236.
-, crimes by, 505, 511.
fishery, 79, 201, 202, 204– 207, 213–218, 222, 223, 225, 295, 311–315, 427, 428, 487, 491, 493, 526, 528, 532, 563.
-, proclamations relating to, 528.
forts, defence, etc., 7, 69, 154, 214, 215, 445, 497.
-, charge for repairing, 315.
garrison. See below, Soldiers.
green men sent to, 238.
inhabitants, 295, 312, 323.
-, petitions, etc., of, 69, 79, 115, 215, 468, 469, 471.
-, number of, 563.
justices of peace, 155.
merchants, petitions and proposals of, 83, 84, 147, 152– 155, 157, 158, 214, 314, 315, 318, 449.
militia, 234, 235.
-, officers, 154, 312.
minister, salary for, 18.
-, instructions as to, 20, 22.
pirates, commission for trying, 126, 139.
prisoners, French, examination of, 28, 29.
-, -, disposal of, 315, 318.
-, taken by French, 234, 235.
prizes, commissioner of. See Campbell.
-, agent for, 227.
provisions, badness of, 77.
recruits. See below, Soldiers.
seamen, enlisting of, 155.
settlements destroyed by French and Indians, 144–147, 150– 154, 156, 158, 173.
shipmasters, petition, etc., of, 207, 234, 235.
-, ignorance of, 236.
-, act for preventing abuses by, 497.
ships, 65, 69, 295, 312.
-, commanders of, petition of, 79.
soldiers, 64, 65, 73, 124, 125, 137, 139, 155, 212, 214, 218, 222, 226, 312, 488, 497, 564, 572.
-, money, clothing, etc., for, 11, 21, 22, 83, 141, 145, 146, 229, 231–233, 259, 281, 316, 318, 320, 343, 364, 370, 438, 443, 445, 458, 466, 469, 488, 563, 564, 575–578.
-, provisions for, embezzlement of, 207, 208.
-, needs of, 212.
-, affidavit of, 228, 234, 238, 239.
-, recruits, 445, 446.
-, commander of. See Lloyd; Moody; Richards.
-, agent for. See Thurston. See also St. John's.
state of, 73, 83–85, 152, 207.
stores of war, 445.
trade, 79, 201, 202, 204–207, 213–218, 222, 223, 225, 226, 311, 313–315, 487, 491, 493, 526, 528.
-, report on, 237.
-, act to encourage, 237, 487.
-, illegal, 465, 491.
-, -, officers appointed to prevent, 543.
traders, petition of, 83, 84.
New Hampshire, 12, 16, 17, 19, 22, 112, 122, 197, 200, 247, 277, 331, 419, 499, 577.
governor. See Dudley.
lieutenant-governor. See Partridge; Usher.
-, salary for, 32.
secretary. See Story.
collector of customs. See Sheaf.
agent. See Vaughan.
council, 196, 197, 401, 528, 551.
-, minutes of, 9, 10, 328, 329, 528, 551.
-, memorial from, 339.
-, address from, 531, 536, 546.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 9, 10, 328, 329, 528.
assembly, 329, 551.
-, minutes of, 9.
-, address from, 531, 536, 546.
accounts, 519.
acts, 46, 265, 274, 275, 300, 328, 329, 529.
act for obligatory military service, 9, 15, 46.
-, for preserving timber, 519, 551.
courts, causes tried in, 9.
-, superior, 196.
defence, 551.
fines and forfeitures, 9, 83.
inhabitants and terre-tenants, 198.
justices, etc., address from, 531, 536.
laws. See above, Acts.
military service. See above, Acts.
negroes imported, 572.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
proprietorship, claim to, 531, 546, 556.
representatives and freeholders, proposition of, 209, 328.
seal, 73, 76, 128, 134, 139, 278, 531.
ships, paying powder duty, 198.
state of, 10, 27, 526, 531, 536.
stores of war, 10, 53, 198, 539, 543.
-, want of, 339, 527, 531, 536, 543, 546, 570.
New Jersey (Nova Caesaria), 2, 124, 125, 129, 131, 132, 135, 140, 187, 192, 255, 299, 333, 349, 403, 410, 412–414, 419, 457, 478–482, 496, 505, 518, 529, 540, 552.
governor. See Lovelace.
lieutenant-governor. See Ingoldsby.
council, 151, 153, 156, 488, 493– 495, 520, 552.
-, vacancies in, 126.
-, address from, 462, 499, 501, 502.
-, letter from, 499.
-, members of. See Cox; Hall; Harrison; Hoddy; Ingoldsby; Jennings; Leeds; Morris; Revel; Sonmans.
assembly, 274, 462, 495.
-, minutes, etc., of, 12, 89, 151, 221, 243, 535.
-, method of election, 126, 127.
-, remonstrance of, 462, 499, 504, 511, 518.
-, vote of, 499.
-, complaints against, 499, 501.
acts, 151, 184, 190.
act for regulation of elections, 186, 188, 190.
admiralty court, 324, 333.
-, register of. See Tudor.
agent. method of choosing, 494, 495.
bills, 89, 90, 92.
burgesses, house of, journal of, 89.
Company, 520.
fines, etc., 174.
government, 160.
-, method of, 500.
-, See also below, Proprietors.
inhabitants of western division, account of, 93.
land, purchase of, from Indians, 153.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
pot-ashes, proposals to manufacture, 495, 523–526.
proprietors, 488, 493.
-, surrender of government by, 219, 242.
-, for eastern division, petitions etc., of, 28, 253, 494. See also Plumstead.
-, -, agent for. See Sonmans.
-, for western division 126.
-, -, petitions, etc., of, 113, 184, 190, 253.
rangers, 152, 174.
seal, 29, 128, 134, 139, 531.
stores of war, 274.
New Kent County, Virginia, murder committed in, 546, 550.
New London, Connecticut, complaints of inhabitants of, 220, 243.
-, sheriff of, 221, 243.
Newman, Captain, trial of, 334.
Newman, Matt., petition of, 510, 512, 520, 522, 523, 525, 526.
-, Michael, 510, 512, 522, 525.
-, -, letter from, 523.
New Providence. See Providence.
New Spain, 538.
-, proposed traffic in negroes with Barbadoes, 541, 548, 559.
Newton, Isaac, afterwards Sir Isaac, master of the mint, 17, 26, 27, 525.
-, -, letters from, 57, 190, 341.
-, -, letters to, 16, 55, 185, 331.
-, -, computation of weight and value of foreign coins by, 448, 449.
-, -, account of gold and silver coined in Tower from, 465.
-, Thomas, petition (memorial) of, 221, 222, 241.
New York, passim.
governor. See Coote (Lord Bellomont); Fletcher; Hyde (Lord Cornbury).
lieutenant-governor. See Nanfan.
high sheriff. See Wilson.
secretary of Indian affairs. See Livingston.
chief justice, 149. See also Bridges; Mompesson.
-, memorial from, 146.
attorney-general, 87, 152. See also Bigly; Broughton.
-, death of, 142.
-, memorial from, 391.
collector and receiver general. See Byerly; Fauconier.
surveyor-general, certificate from, 392.
council, 148, 149, 151, 152, 158, 191, 219, 242, 268, 269, 273, 299, 332, 401, 405, 483, 552.
-, report of, 35.
-, minutes of, 493, 527.
-, members of. See Atwood; Lawrence; Peartree.
assembly, 35, 36, 191, 219, 242, 274, 392, 393, 400.
-, minutes and journal of, 87, 89, 149, 219, 242, 535.
acts, 3, 35, 36, 194, 195, 220, 242, 246, 247, 257, 374, 386, 391–394, 398–400, 402, 403, 407, 420, 450, 488, 491, 493, 496.
administration, letters of, 299, 340.
admiralty, court of, proceedings of, 35.
-, vice-, 345.
agent for, 155, 158.
arms. See below, Stores of war.
assistance to, from Maryland and Virginia, 37, 83.
bills, etc., 87.
chief justiceship, 502.
churches, act relating to, 3.
coin, rate of foreign, 148, 150, 151.
court, general, proceedings of, 243.
-, supreme, proceedings of, 35, 87.
deer, preservation of, 220.
defence, bill for, 191, 219, 242.
engineer, 15, 33, 36.
forces, 99, 101.
-, payment of, 35.
-, recruits for, 132.
-, -, captured, 340.
-, -, transport of, 511, 516.
fortifications, state of, 92.
high treason, illegal proceedings for. See Bayard: Hutchins.
highways, 220.
Indians. See under Indians.
-, King's farm, grant of, 391.
-, garden, grant of, 391.
land, exorbitant grants of, 391– 394, 399, 522.
laws. See above, Acts.
linen and woollen manufacture, 569.
Lutheran settlers. See under Lutherans.
merchants, 482.
-, petition of, 175.
ministers, French, salary of, 524.
ministry, 220.
naval stores, 222–224, 226, 392, 393, 569.
-, scheme for providing, 325.
ordnance. See below, Stores of war.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
-, act for restraining and punishing, 496.
post office, 220.
privateers, vessels for searching, 219.
revenue, accounts of, 13.
-, bill for, 191.
revolution, 67, 470.
river, 140.
seal, 50, 128, 134, 139, 502, 531.
seizures, Queen's thirds of, 222, 224.
ships attending, commander of, 299.
ships, scheme for providing, 325.
slaves, regulation of, 220.
soldiers, made free to vote at elections, 400.
state of, 392.
stores of war for, 15, 93, 97, 98, 164, 192, 257, 274.
trade, illegal, 219, 241.
warrants, 35.
New York city, ministry for, 220, 246.
-, murder committed by Indians in, 535.
Nicholson, Colonel Francis, governor of Virginia, 12, 34, 40, 85, 128, 168, 169, 190, 196, 200, 201, 223, 226, 228–230, 252, 253, 318, 319, 331, 332, 355, 365, 385, 473, 475, 489, 494, 496, 504, 507, 508, 510, 511, 514, 524, 556, 557.
-, -, letters, etc., from, 38, 140, 141, 150, 168, 175, 190.
-, -, letters to, 20, 23, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36, 39, 89, 114, 120, 129.
-, -, complaints against, 2–4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 18–23, 33, 141.
-, -, abstract of the chief articles of Governour Nicholson's mal-administration in Virginia, 17.
-, -, revocation of, 124, 125.
-, -, vindication of, 132.
-, -, ballad about, 141.
-, -, instructions to, 319.
-, -, observations by, 338.
-, -, memorial from, 503.
Nicholson, ship, 201–203.
Nodin, Mr., agent for Bermuda, 30, 216, 217, 227, 230, 339, 344, 354, 362, 389, 488, 501, 522.
-, -, letter to, 355.
-, -, certificate from, 19.
-, -, memorial from, 325, 350.
Non-Such, H.M.S., captain of, letter from, 201.
-, -, letter to, 201.
Northey, Sir Edward, attorneygeneral, 169, 509.
-, -, reports from, 141, 365.
-, -, certificate from, 517.
-, -, counsel for Cleland, etc., against Sharp, 357.
-, -, counsel for Sandford, etc., against Cox, 366.
Norway, price and freight of pitch and tar from, 13, 14.
-, naval stores in, 304.
Nott, Colonel Edward, governor of Virginia, 132, 134, 139, 342, 404.
-, -, letters from, 200, 217, 228–230.
-, -, letters to, 175, 211, 223, 229.
-, -, commission to, 123, 127, 128.
-, -, instructions to, 123, 124, 127–129, 319.
-, -, memorial from, 126.
-, -, death of, 296.
Nottingham, Earl of. See Finch.
Nova Caesaria. See New Jersey.
Nova Scotia, proposals for Scots colony in, 333.
O
Oakes, Mr., speaker of assembly of Massachusetts, 198.
Ogle, Dr., deposition of, 248, 249.
Oldfield, Francis, proposed member of council of Jamaica, 421, 537, 543.
-, -, memorial from, 542.
Oliver, Richard, proposed member of council of Antigua, 486.
Olive Tree, galley, 239.
Onondage. See Indians.
Oosterland, Jacob, 17, 25, 45, 97.
-, -, letters to, 41, 79, 86, 88.
Oporto (Aporto), 522, 569.
Orchard, Robert, deposition of, 221, 243.
Orford, ship, 169.
Ormonde, Duke of. See Butler.
Ormston, Joseph, memorials from 500, 511.
Ortolant, prize taken in Maryland, 270.
Osborn, Samuel, affidavit of, 367.
Ostend, 271, 291.
Ouzley Bay, letter dated in, 545, 550.
Overyssell, province of, Netherlands, duties on linen, etc., memorial from merchants, etc., about, 300–303, 305.
Oweneco, Sachem of the Mohegan Indians, 216.
-, agent for. See Mason.
Oyster Bay, New York, 220, 246.
P
Pacy, Henry, petition of, 268, 270.
-, Mr., 115.
Page, Matthew, member of council of Virginia, death of, 128, 129.
Paggen, Mr., Virginia, 53, 134.
-, Peter, African merchant, 438, 444, 445.
-, -, letter to, 446.
Paige, Colonel, petition of, 198.
-, -, letter from, 330.
Painter, Stephen, affidavit of, 230, 378–380, 383.
Palatinate, Lutherans from. See Lutherans.
Palmer's Island, 465.
Palmes (Palms), Major Edward, case of, 205, 216, 220, 221, 243.
Pamunkey Neck, Virginia, lands at, 386, 389, 546.
Panton, John, 173.
Parke (Park), Colonel Daniel, governor of Leeward Islands, 132, 228, 240, 246, 247, 300, 316, 350, 439, 457, 519, 520, 548, 553, 555.
-, -, letters from, 279, 280, 289, 290, 298, 299, 303, 318– 320, 336, 340, 346, 371, 408, 418, 436, 438, 454–456, 472, 477, 486, 515, 516, 544, 546, 549, 550, 561–563, 579, 580.
-, -, letters to, 131, 161, 173, 175, 176, 241, 247, 248, 255, 280, 281, 289, 290, 302, 305, 317, 332, 363, 394, 418, 456, 457, 466, 477, 478, 486, 517, 534, 535, 555, 556, 562, 563, 565, 576, 578.
-, -, commission to, 121.
-, -, instructions to, 121, 136, 139, 164, 458.
-, -, memorials from, 142, 206.
-, -, act for settling houserent on, 299, 307, 310, 317, 421, 422, 452, 458, 465.
-, -, complaints against, 485, 486, 561, 562, 579, 580.
-, -, speech by, 515, 516.
-, -, address from, 562.
Parker, Sir Thomas, counsel for council, etc., of Bermuda against secretary of Bermuda, 372, 375.
-, William, bricklayer, deposition of, 513.
Parry, John, 6.
Partridge, Mr., 28, 30, 31, 542.
-, -, proposals for importing tar, 22, 24.
-, William, lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, 10.
Paston, Charles, Lord Paston, regiment of, 259.
-, John, petition of, 103, 109.
Pattuxent, Maryland, 409.
Paty, M. de, letter from, 305, 324.
Pearson, Lieutenant, 502.
Peartree, Colonel William, member of council of New York, 332, 333, 401.
Peeke (Peck), John, member of council of Jamaica, 485, 486, 541.
Peers, Colonel, letter to, 558.
Peletran, Lieutenant, 440.
Pemaquid, Massachusetts, fort at, 9, 33, 80, 86, 127, 209, 210.
Pemberton, Joseph, 241.
Penhallow, Mr., letter from, 519.
Peniston, See Penniston.
Penn, William, proprietor and governor of Pennsylvania, 30, 49, 132, 159, 176, 180, 200, 269, 272, 307, 349, 397, 399, 404, 405, 430, 436, 460, 464, 470, 483, 486, 500, 570, 572, 575, 576.
-, -, letters from, 67, 112, 143, 148, 152, 188, 229, 316, 398, 412, 467, 478, 483, 498, 520, 521.
-, -, letters to, 112, 174, 186, 188, 229, 273, 353, 467, 476, 478, 538, 569.
-, -, assurances and advice to commissioners, 12.
-, -, proposals to surrender government of Pennsylvania, 77, 78, 80, 131, 137–140, 142, 143, 148, 163–166, 168–170, 181, 183, 186, 316, 317, 337, 353, 398.
-, -, queries addressed to, 80, 81, 353.
-, -, presented for assault, 82.
-, -, commission from, 167.
-, -, charters by, 180, 181.
-, -, his father's sufferings and service, 317.
-, -, petition of, 498, 520, 577.
-, -, declaration of Queen's right to three lower counties of Pennsylvania, 520, 521.
-, -, instructions to, 524.
-, -, as proprietor of East New Jersey, 495.
-, -, -, letter to, 495.
Penniston (Peniston), Colonel, affidavit of, 501, 539, 568.
Pennsylvania, 13, 178, 498, 505, 524.
proprietor and governor. See Penn.
deputy governor. See Evans; Gookin; Hamilton; Markham.
council, minutes of, 267.
assembly, 269.
-, addresses from, 82, 163, 267.
acts, 267, 269, 272, 273, 286, 297, 301, 307, 396, 399, 404, 405, 412, 430, 436, 442, 451.
-, report on, 46.
-, See also below, Laws.
admiralty, advocate of. See Moor.
boundaries between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 442, 460, 464, 465, 467, 476, 478, 483, 486, 538, 569, 570, 572, 575– 577.
charter, new, 143, 180, 181.
Company, 2, 14, 99.
-, memorial from, 156.
customs, collectorship of, 57.
-, collector of. See Moor.
exports and imports, 184, 349, 353.
Germans in, 470.
government, affairs of, 12.
-, proposed surrender of, to Queen, 77, 78, 80, 81, 112, 131, 132, 137–140, 142, 143, 148, 163–165, 168–170, 181, 183, 186, 316, 317, 337, 353, 398.
laws, 49, 148, 152, 157–159, 163– 169, 174, 176, 186, 188, 200, 207, 227.
militia, 81.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
postmaster-general, letter to, 157.
post office, 186.
report relating to, 446, 447.
state of, 49.
Swiss colony in, proposed, 229, 231.
three lower countries, Queen's right to, 520, 521.
tobacco, address about, 229.
Penny, Mr., 260.
Percival, Dixey, 461.
-, -, petition of, 456.
Perne, Henry, member of council of Antigua, death of, 403.
Perry, John, provost marshall of Leeward Islands, 516.
-, -, letter from, 255.
-, -, secretary to Royal African Company, 51, 52, 282, 441.
-, -, -, letters from, 438, 457, 564, 582.
-, -, -, letters to, 429, 430, 434, 436, 437, 450, 562.
-, Micajah, Virginia merchant, 14, 22, 33, 53, 83, 123, 124, 133, 134, 137, 183, 226, 233, 243, 251, 297, 348, 353, 356, 364, 412, 414, 430, 433, 473, 481, 494, 496, 504, 507, 508, 510, 511, 533, 552, 555.
-, -, letters from, 251, 320, 509.
-, -, letters to, 21, 56, 247, 431.
-, -, proposal by, 24.
-, -, memorial from, 136, 372, 503.
-, Mr., commissioner of customs, etc., at Antigua, 516.
-, Richard, Virginia merchant, 567.
Perthamboy, East New Jersey, 126.
-, letter dated at, 12.
Peter I, Czar of Russia, 133–139, 146, 231, 233, 243, 244, 264, 267, 364, 372.
Peters, John, proposed member of council of St. Christopher's, 519, 520.
Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, 145.
-, inhabitants of, 238.
Philadelphia, 353.
-, charter to, 180, 181.
-, letters dated at, 498, 518.
Philip, Duke of Anjou (Philip V of Spain), 178, 179.
-, -, declaration by, 223.
-, -, regulation by, 538, 539.
Philips, Adolphus, 151, 152, 158.
-, John, mariner, petition of, 326.
-, Mr., 202.
-, Lieutenant Thomas, 233.
Phippard, Sir William, Mayor of Pool, 449.
-, -, letters from, 153, 214.
-, -, letters to, 152, 202.
Phips (Phipps), Francis, member of council of St. Christopher's, 544, 548, 554, 576.
-, Mr., agent for Massachusetts, 46, 185, 194, 241, 326, 328, 341.
-, -, memorial from, 53.
-, Mr., counsel for lords proprietors of Bahamas, 583, 584.
Pilgrim, Major John, member of council of Barbadoes, 293, 412, 413, 448, 576, 581.
-, -, letter from, 579.
-, -, memorial from, 461, 463.
-, Thomas, merchant, 463, 465.
-, -, petition of, 572, 576, 578.
Pindar (Pinder), Mr., deputy governor of Royal African Company, 428, 452–454.
-, Mr., merchant, petition of, 541, 548, 558, 559.
Pinhorn, Mr., grant of land to. 391.
Pink Hope, ship, condemnation of, 324, 325.
Pirates, 19, 129.
-, commission for trying, 28– 30, 33, 39, 124, 126, 128.
-, See also under separate Plantations.
Piscataqua river, New Hants, fort on, 526, 529.
Piscataway, New England, fort at, 80.
Placentia, Newfoundland, 66, 212.
-, governor. See Subercasse.
-, depositions, etc., relating to, 28, 79, 81.
-, spies and deserters at, 65, 81.
-, attack on Newfoundland settlements by governor of, 145.
-, garrison, etc., of, 204, 231.
-, map of, 233.
-, proposals for taking, 312.
-, state of French at, 579.
Plaisted, Ichabod, deputy surveyor of woods in New England, letters from, 17, 330, 506.
Plantations General, passim.
accounts, inspection of, 476.
Act of Union between England and Scotland, 346.
-, sent to governors, 348, 351.
-, copies lost, 417.
acts, extraordinary, 283–286, 290.
-, governors to send opinions on, 390.
assemblies, minutes of, 363.
circular letters to governors, passim.
coin, 356.
-, rates of foreign, 1, 15– 18, 26, 27, 79, 150, 173, 174, 178, 181, 198, 448, 449, 456, 458, 481, 487, 489.
convoys and cruisers, report on, 431, 432.
Correspondence with enemy, act to prevent, 115.
-, West India, 169, 176, 177, 181.
councils, minutes of, 363.
counsellors, attendance of, 413, 414, 442.
days of thanksgiving, 40, 159, 262, 263.
English manufactures in foreign parts, 397.
estates tail, want of laws for barring, 32.
exploring expedition to coasts of America, 489, 490.
governors, instructions for, 419.
-, -, additional, 344, 351–353, 356, 365, 498, 509, 519, 525.
-, and deputy governors, list of, 424.
intelligence carried to France, 21–24, 27.
laws, attorney-general's report on, 13.
letters, method of transmitting, 21, 22.
-, order as to opening, 211.
-, governors', 295.
letters of marque ships. See Privateers.
Lutherans, petition of, for settlement. See Lutherans.
ministers, foreign, salaries of, 524.
naval stores (pitch, tar, etc.), production and import of, 11–13, 21, 24, 26, 30, 31, 67, 74, 76, 77, 114, 115, 123, 183, 184, 191, 194, 196, 199, 216, 264, 265, 291, 295, 303–305, 331.
-, act for encouraging import of, 77, 78, 124, 125, 127.
-, report relating to, 14, 15.
-, premium of, 432.
negroes. See separate heading.
ordnance stores. See below, Stores of war.
packet boats, 93, 249, 250, 259, 277, 280, 285, 303, 308, 371, 417. See also Dummer.
-, course of, 160.
patentees officiating by deputies, inconvenience of, 520, 522.
patent officers, list of, 412.
pirates. See separate heading.
pitch and tar. See above, Naval stores.
powder money, 122.
presidents of council, status of, 318.
prisoners, English, 40.
privateers. See seperate heading.
prizes, 4, 7, 16.
-, H.M.'s and Lord High Admiral's shares of, 18, 37.
-, fees for condemning, 285, 290.
-, commission to enquire about embezzlement of, 349.
revenue, accounts of, 363.
salutes from garrisons, etc., 122.
seals, 50, 51, 73, 128, 129, 132, 134, 255, 524, 531.
seamen, number of, allowed for navigating English ships, 27, 28, 37.
servants, proposals as to clothing, 271.
stores of war, 81, 85, 86, 275.
-, accounts of, required, 530, 532.
trade, report on state of, 425– 429. See also Trade.
West Indies, state of affairs in, 469.
woollen manufactures for, English, 268, 270, 297, 298.
Plowman, Matthew, petition of, 67, 72, 75, 76, 470, 473, 474.
Plumstead, Clement, proprietor of East New Jersey, 495, 500.
Plymouth, 134, 147, 150, 153, 157, 387.
-, letters dated at, 247, 252, 254, 317.
-, West India fleet at, 13.
-, mayor of, letter to, 152.
Plymouth, Mass., council of, grants from, 556.
Pogson, Captain, member of council of St. Christopher's, 245.
-, -, murders Colonel Johnson, 303.
-, -, trial of, 319, 340.
-, -, -, and acquittal of, 341.
-, -, turned out of public employments, 352.
Polden, Mr., 88.
Pollexfen, John, commissioner, passim.
-, -, particular reference, 450.
Pool, mayor of. See Phippard.
-, mayor, merchants, etc., of, petition of, 449.
-, town of, proposal from, 152, 214.
Pooley, Mr., counsel for Barbadoes agents, 102, 105, 116–120.
-, -, indisposition of, 113.
Popple, William, secretary to Board of Trade and Plantations, letter to, 330.
-, -, resignation of, 356.
-, William, junior, appointed to succeed his father, 356.
Port Graves, Newfoundland, French attempts at, 276.
Portobello, 422.
Port Royal, Acadia, descent upon, 15, 16.
-, French ships from, 197, 199.
-, plan to cause defection of garrison, 197.
-, English ships at, 330.
-, plans for reducing, 333.
-, expedition to, 519.
Portsmouth, 129, 385, 395–397.
-, deputy governor of. See Gibson.
-, soldiers at, 212, 218.
-, mayor of, 218.
-, letters dated, 352, 356, 389, 444.
Portugal, trade with, 65, 69, 74, 247, 251, 427, 465, 522, 542, 569, 571, 572.
-, English ambassador to. See Massue de Ruvigny.
Potomeck, Maryland, 409.
Pouldon, Mr., 42.
Povey, Captain, lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts Bay, 278.
-, -, letter in favour of, 263.
-, Mr., 2, 22.
-, -, letters from, 1, 69, 91, 93, 162.
Powell, Jeremiah, memorial from, 303.
Powis, Sir Thomas, counsel for Barbadoes agents, 102–110, 116– 120.
-, -, illness of, 113.
Powlett, Charles, second Duke of Bolton, letter from, 485.
Prankerd, Joseph, affidavit of, 410.
Prince, packet boat, 93.
-, ship, 506.
Prince George, packet boat, 259, 285.
Prior, Matthew, commissioner, passim.
-, -, particular reference, 79.
Privateers, 99, 115, 536, 566.
-, instructions for, 2–4, 8, 9, 30.
-, French, 150, 409, 422, 436, 440.
-, Jamaica, 407, 490.
-, suppression of, 408, 409.
-, colours to be borne by, 480, 481.
-, British, success of, 530.
-, trade damaged by, 534, 536, 538.
-, Dutch, 540.
-, act relating to, 578.
-, See also under separate Plantations.
Proprietary and Charter Colonies, 1, 2, 150, 151, 181, 229, 231, 234.
articles against, 203.
bill relating to, 224, 447.
charters, 451.
disobedience and irregularities in, 173, 175, 201, 204, 205, 221, 372, 374, 446, 447, 450, 459.
naval stores imported to, 76.
See also Carolina; Connecticut; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island.
Provey (? Povey), Mr., letter from, 85.
Providence (New Providence), Bahamas, 248, 399, 411.
-, inhabitants of, paper signed by, 251.
-, defence of, 252.
-, state of, capacity of harbour, etc., 266, 374, 387, 388, 583, 584.
-, damage done by Spaniards, 386, 388, 389.
-, attempts on, 414.
-, Spanish designs to settle on, 478, 479.
-, petition for fortification of, 573.
Providence Plantation, 198.
Puckle, Mr., letter from, 561.
Pulteney, John, commissioner, 345, et. seqq. passim.
-, -, particular references, 424, 437, 438, 580, 582.
-, -, letter to, 498.
-, Mr., envoy to Denmark, letter from, 523.
-, -, letter to, 498.
Q
Quakers, 80, 127.
-, addresses from, 82, 423.
-, petition of, 130, 133, 141.
-, act against, 141.
-, reply to Sir H. Ashhurst's memorial, 141, 148.
-, complaints of, 208.
-, letter relating to, 330.
Quary, Colonel Robert, 57, 168, 170. 181, 186, 190, 218, 519.
-, -, letters from, 12, 82, 247, 251, 252, 254, 256, 297, 325, 518.
-, -, letters to, 12, 13, 82.
-, -, memorial, etc., from 175, 226, 251.
-, -, complaints against, 208, 209.
Quebec, French settlement at, 199.
-, proposals for Scots colony at, 333.
-, plans for reducing, 333.
Queen's County, New York, ministry for, 220, 246.
Quelch, —, pirate, 198, 330.
R
Ramsay, David, member of council of Barbadoes, 119, 120.
-, -, petition (memorial) of, 102, 116, 121.
Ranslaerwick, manor of, Albany, 220.
Rappahanock River, Virginia, 140.
-, land in forks of, 314, 318.
Rawleigh, Caleb, affidavit of, 555, 563.
-, James, affidavit of, 555, 563.
Rawlin, William, remonstrance and deposition by, 337.
Raworth, Robert, Canary merchant, 43–45, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 61, 66, 129, 135, 136.
-, -, letter to, 51, 54.
-, -, petition of, 55, 57.
-, -, memorial, etc., from, 68, 88.
-, -, complaints against, 81.
Rayner, John, petition (memorial) of, 489, 490, 497, 500–502, 517, 518, 530, 538.
-, -, letter from, 499.
-, -, warrants to constitute him attorney-general and advocate-general of New York, 538.
Rednap, Captain John, appointed engineer for New England and New York, 33, 36.
-, -, letter from, 530.
Renew, Peter, 157.
Resolution, ship, 55, 57, 88.
-, galley, captain of, 340.
Revel (Revell), Russia, 389.
Revel (Revell), Thomas, member of council of New Jersey, objections against, 493– 495.
Rhode Island, 69, 197, 205, 220–223, 225.
governor, 194, 198. See also Cranston.
-, question of appointing, 62–64, 66.
-, letter from, 198.
-, and company, letters from, 330.
secretary. See Clark.
agent. See Wharton.
agents, 93.
-, hearing of, in council postponed, 73, 85, 91.
assembly, letter from, 198.
-, declaration of, 198.
admiralty court, 49.
day of thanksgiving, 330.
government, irregularities in, 33, 46, 67.
-, charges against, 97, 113, 114, 120, 126–128, 210, 211, 216, 221, 446.
-, letter from, 499.
irregularities. See above, Government.
piracy, 243.
pirates, commission for trying, 126.
prize, 324, 328, 330.
privateer, 185, 194.
refuses assistance to Massachusetts Bay, 446.
ship, Spanish, condemned at, 211.
trade, illegal, 243, 522.
Rhodes, Christopher, secretary to commission of enquiry into losses at Nevis, 406, 408, 505, 544.
-, -, proposed secretary of Jamaica, Barbadoes, Virginia or Maryland, 566, 567, 569.
Richard and Sarah, Jamaica merchant ship, 165–167.
-, fight with French privateer, 167.
Richards, Captain, 73, 81.
-, Colonel, engineer and captain of garrison at Newfoundland, 231, 237, 238.
Richardson, John, proposed member of council of Nevis, 520.
-, Roger, affidavit of, 479.
Richier, Mr., 90.
Richmond, county of, New York, ministry for, 220, 246.
Riddel, Captain, of the Falmouth, letter from, 545, 550.
Riga, 389.
Rio Gambia, letter dated at, 560.
Robinson, Mr., envoy to Sweden, letter from, 77.
-, -, letter to, 498.
-, Captain Thomas, deposition of, 89.
Rochelle, 542, 553, 559, 560.
Rochester, H.M.S., 165–167.
Rogers, Captain, commander of H.M.S. Jersey, 242.
-, John, of Connecticut, petition of, 67.
Rolleston, John, affidavit of, 113.
Rolph, Mr., letter from, 82.
Roman Catholics, question of granting lands in plantations to, 25.
Romer, Colonel, engineer in New England, 33, 87, 194, 526, 529, 536.
-, -, letter from, 15.
-, -, memorial from, 17.
-, -, report by, 543.
-, -, ill-health of, 15, 16.
-, -, prisoner at St. Malo, letter from, 330.
Roop, John, 204–207, 226, 234, 236.
-, -, letters from, 69, 71, 81, 83, 215.
-, -, depositions of, 69, 215.
-, -, petition of, 212, 255.
-, -, memorials from, 222, 235.
Roos, John, engraver of her Majesty's seals, warrant to, 531.
Rose, sloop, seizure of, 507, 508, 510.
Rouse, Captain, letter to, 330.
-, Colonel, 558.
-, William, mariner, trial and petition of, 326, 327, 329, 341, 342, 344, 390.
Row, Lawrence, deposition and affidavit of, 103, 110.
Rowley, Mr., murder of, 140.
Royal African Company, 49, 316, 434, 447, 561, 574.
-, governor, 43.
-, deputy governor. See Pindar.
-, secretary. See Perry.
-, accountant. See Beaumont.
-, letters, etc., from, 51, 433, 574.
-, letter to, 281.
-, memorials from, 42, 43, 282, 441, 457.
-, petition from, 428, 445, 446, 449, 450, 458.
-, -, proof of allegations in, 452–454.
-, accounts of, 429, 430, 436, 438, 439, 453, 454.
-, improvement of woollen manufactures by, 435.
-, forts belonging to, 436, 437, 439, 449, 452–454, 457, 561, 574.
-, imports of, 437.
-, ships belonging to, 437, 438.
-, settlement on Negroes Coast, 441.
-, observations on patent of, 450.
-, factors of, unable to become members of councils in plantations, 513.
-, designs of, 560.
Royle, John, 307, 518, 557–559.
-, -, memorial from, 465.
Ruby, ship taken by French, 419.
Rupert, ship, 489, 490.
Russell, Colonel Francis, governor of Barbadoes, 108, 503.
Russia (Muscovy), trade with, 227, 230, 231, 233, 243, 244, 259, 262–264, 267, 268, 272, 304, 312, 356, 364, 372, 395.
-, Czar of. See Peter.
Russia (Muscovy) Company, 259, 262, 264, 267, 447.
-, deputy governor. See Ayloffe.
S
Sacket, Richard, depositions of, 220, 221, 243.
Sadler, Charles, member of council of Jamaica, 485, 486.
St. Andrews, precincts of, Barbadoes, 560.
St. Christopher's, 26, 173, 299, 485, 486, 555, 562, 563.
lieutenant governor. See Hamilton; Lambert.
-, appointment of, 401.
agent. See Duport.
council, 352, 515, 516, 519, 554.
-, minutes of, 95, 244, 245.
-, addresses from, 318, 455, 456, 544, 579.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 516, 544.
president of. See Lambert.
members of. See Clayton; Crisp; Phips; Pogson.
assembly, minutes of, 245.
-, addresses from, 318, 455, 456, 544.
acts, 70, 72, 80, 96, 244–247, 319, 422.
act for settling house-rent on governor, 307, 310, 317, 465, 466.
exports and imports, 96, 245, 319, 515, 545.
French ground (part of island called), act for subjecting to civil government, 244–247, 319.
-, men fit to bear arms in, 245.
French attack on, 258–260, 333.
-, commission for enquiry into damage done by, 339, 401, 402, 405, 406, 408, 505, 518.
-, bounty to inhabitants suffering from, 467, 474, 516.
hurricane, losses by, 455, 456, 462.
inhabitants and slaves, 515.
negroes seized at, 14, 21, 23, 30.
-, imported into, 161.
poll tax on slaves, 96.
provisions, 439.
ships, 245, 319.
stores of war, 245, 270, 336.
St. Domingo, Fort Louis at, 305, 324.
-, governor of, letter from, 306, 324.
St. George's, Bermuda, 565.
St. George's Harbour, Bermuda, 335, 353.
St. James's, precincts of, Barbadoes, 560.
St. James's Island, in River Gambia, fort at, 561.
St. John, Henry, secretary at war, 349.
-, -, letter from, 289.
-, -, letter to, 289, 290.
St. John's, Newfoundland, 145, 155, 207, 266, 276, 419, 438.
-, boats, etc., 312.
-, chaplain. See Jackson.
-, defence, 237, 238, 311.
-, fish, 312.
-, forts, state of. etc., 212, 213, 231, 232, 312, 313. See also Fort William; South Castle.
-, French attack on, 204, 206, 212, 231.
-, -, prisoners at, 204, 318.
-, garrison, 79, 207, 231, 232, 313, 315, 337, 442, 443, 445, 451, 497, 564. See also Newfoundland.
-, -, commander of. See Lloyd; Moody.
-, -, instructions for, 237, 238.
-, harbour, boom in, 65, 69, 207.
-, -, admiral of, letter to, 204.
-, inhabitants, 238, 241, 244.
-, -, declaration of, 79, 215.
-, -, address from, 234, 312.
-, -, letter from, 295.
-, occurrences during Lieut. Moody's administration, 213. See also Moody.
-, provisions, 312, 443.
-, ships, 202.
-, soldiers. See above, Garrison.
-, storehouses, 154.
-, stores of war, 443, 564.
-, surgeon. See Adams.
St. Joseph's, parish of, Barbadoes, 358.
-, precincts of, 560.
St. Lawrence the Victorious, French prize sold at Bermuda, 28.
St. Loe (Lo), Captain, commander of H.M.S. Dolphin, 84, 85, 90–92, 96, 142.
-, -, complaints against, 97, 98, 100–102.
-, -, affidavit of, 103, 111.
St. Lucy's (Barbadoes), election at, 109.
-, precincts of, 560.
St. Malo, 330.
St. Mary's, Maryland, Roman Catholic chapel at, 200.
St. Michael's, precincts of, Barbadoes, 560.
St. Peter's, precincts of, Barbadoes, 560.
St. Philip's, precincts of, Barbadoes, 560.
St. Thomas, French privateers at, 57.
-, connection of, etc., with France, 61, 62, 64.
-, trade of, 97, 99, 101, 130, 131, 179, 181.
St. Thomas, precincts of, Barbadoes, 560.
St. Vincent's, native inhabitants (Indians) of, 284, 358.
-, -, agreement with captains of, 472.
Salem, West New Jersey, 126.
-, ordnance and stores at, 328.
Salter, Timothy, proposed member of council of Barbadoes, 470, 479, 486, 559.
Salters, Mr., deposition of, 581.
Saltertudos, 209.
Sampson, Richard, 158.
-, -, memorial from, 147.
-, -, affidavit of, 156, 202.
-, -, petition from, 156, 157.
San Antonia, of Bilboa, ship, 535, 536, 540, 545, 547, 553.
San Antonio del Rosaria, ship, 566.
Sandford, John, justice of court of oyer and terminer in Barbadoes, petition of, 341, 343, 347, 349, 362, 388, 408.
-, -, -, hearing upon, 366, 370.
-, -, arrest of, 367, 369.
-, -, restored to place, 514.
Sandwich, letter from custom house officers at, 578.
Sandys, Captain, late in command of soldiers at Bermuda, 31.
Sansom, John, secretary of customs, letter from, 24.
-, -, letters to, 21, 55.
Sarah, sloop, journal of, 472.
Savage, Richard, secretary of customs, 519, 551.
-, -, letters from, 265, 295, 328, 417, 420, 425, 428, 430, 431, 433, 542, 543.
-, -, letters to, 264, 291, 414, 430, 431, 581.
Schutz, Baron, envoy extraordinary from Elector of Hanover, letters to, 491, 549.
Schuyler, Colonel, resignation of land granted to, 392.
Scot, Colonel Richard, member of council of Barbadoes, 108, 109, 291, 293, 560, 564.
-, -, petition of, 149, 150.
-, -, dismission of, 576.
Scotland, act passed in, in favour of company trading to Africa and the Indies, 71.
-, import and export of wine, acts allowing, 71.
-, export of wool from, 73.
-, linen imported from, 312.
Scotsmen in places of trust in Barbadoes, 103, 108, 111.
-, proposed colony of, at Quebec and Nova Scotia, 333.
Sea Horse, ship, captain of, 38.
-, loss of, 73.
Seamen, commissioners for sick and wounded, letter to, 95.
Seares, Solomon, affidavit of, 130.
Selden, Mr., proceedings concerning, 140.
Selwyn, Major General William, governor of Jamaica, present for his heir-at-law, 24, 30.
Sergison, Charles, commissioner of navy, 303.
Serjeant, Peter, 156, 157.
-, Mr., 324.
Seymour, Colonel, governor of Maryland, 16, 20, 34, 175, 209, 572, 577, 582.
-, -, letters, etc., from, 36, 37, 167, 170, 172, 181, 183, 188–190, 193, 270, 271, 279, 295, 305, 306, 323, 325, 326, 332, 397, 409, 410, 426, 442, 444, 551, 567, 570.
-, -, letters to, 39, 122, 124, 125, 128, 129, 190, 204, 205, 208, 338, 352, 409, 410, 456, 462, 464, 475, 481, 547, 573, 575.
-, -, difference with president of council, 37.
-, -, instructions to, 127– 129, 131, 132, 134, 419.
-, -, seals sent to, 139.
-, -, remarks on laws of Maryland, 182.
-, -, complaints against, 398.
-, -, address to, 423.
Sharp (Sharpe), Colonel William, commissioner of public accounts, member of council and afterwards president of council of Barbadoes, 336, 417, 448, 457, 558, 559.
-, -, letters, etc., from, 303, 322, 335, 336, 345–347, 371, 403, 461, 554, 566, 578.
-, -, deposition of, 106, 416.
-, -, affidavit of, 107.
-, -, speech by, 335, 345.
-, -, addresses, etc., to, 335.
-, -, complaints against, 341, 342, 349, 355, 408, 411, 412, 416–418, 424.
-, -, -, hearing upon, 357–362, 365.
-, -, restoration of, 456.
-, -, suspension of, 578–581.
-, -, representation of, 581.
-, -, his wife (Mrs. Barbara Sharp), 342, 343, 349, 412, 448.
-, -, -, letter from, 411.
Sheaf, Sampson, collector of customs in New Hampshire, letter from, 17.
Sheerness, ship, 279, 280.
Shepherd, Samuel, 17, 25, 45, 97, 112, 154, 165.
-, -, letters to, 41, 79, 86, 88, 135, 137, 138, 141.
Sherlock, Justice, attestation of, 334.
-, Samuel, affidavit of, 378.
Shippen, Mr., proposal from, 67.
Short, Mr., accounts of, 49, 176.
-, Mr., soldier in Newfoundland, 471.
Shovell, Sir Cloudsly, 25.
Sierra Leon (e), fort at, 561.
Sims, Henry, 401.
-, Joseph, 401.
Skene (Skeen), Alexander, secretary of Barbadoes, 59, 89, 109, 111, 162.
-, -, letter from, 558.
-, -, deposition of, 90, 97, 98, 106.
-, -, affidavit of, 100.
-, -, complaints against, 101, 255, 260, 281, 283, 287, 295, 304, 350, 522, 524, 541, 573, 574.
-, -, dismissal of, 160.
-, -, memorial in favour of, 302.
-, -, trial of, 347.
-, -, suspension of, 517–520.
-, -, petition of, 571.
-, -, agent for. See Foulerton; Tryon.
Skinner, Samuel, 276.
Slaney, Mr., letter to, 297.
Sleford (Sliford), Thomas, memorial from, 373, 415, 418, 419, 421, 423, 424.
Slingsby, Mr., deposition of, 98.
-, -, affidavit of, 100.
Sloan, Dr., 25.
Sloper, William, agent for New York, 155, 158, 242.
-, -, letters to, 340, 410.
-, -, memorial from, 253.
Smith, Colonel, member of council of Nevis, 277.
-, -, recommended to be lieut-governor of Nevis, 300, 400.
-, Daniel, proceedings against, for piracy, 19.
-, Colonel John, to be quartermaster-general in Virginia, 140.
-, -, member of council of Virginia, 197, 199, 200, 203, 314.
-, -, letter from, 196.
-, John, of Bideford, petition of, 194, 195.
-, Joseph, member of council of New Hampshire, 329, 401.
-, Justice, attestation of, 334.
-, Michael, proposed member of council of Nevis, 520.
-, Mr., memorial from, 560, 561.
-, Richard, commander of Indian Queen, 93.
-, Samuel, affidavit of, 378.
Society for Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, 16.
Sonmans, Peter, member of council of New Jersey and agent for East New Jersey, 92, 93, 126, 135, 140, 253, 351, 390.
-, -, petition of, 28.
-, -, memorial from, 124.
-, -, objections against, 493, 494, 500, 511.
-, -, method of electing him agent, 494, 495.
Sorrel, Captain Paul, letter and affidavit of, 444.
Soundings, the, 556.
South Castle, St. John's, provisions for, 563, 564.
Southwell, Mr., 254.
-, -, letters from, 257, 266, 411.
Spain, trade with, 115, 116, 177–179, 223, 247, 251, 427, 429–432, 434, 435, 535, 536, 539, 545, 547, 564, 565, 567, 578, 582.
-, King of, proclamation by, 56, 66. See also Charles; Philip.
Spaniards, in America, Spanish West Indies, 176, 177, 181.
-, advice-boat, letter taken on, 248.
-, attack on Bahamas, 266, 374, 386, 388, 399, 583, 584.
-, Barlevento fleet, 490.
-, designs to settle in Providence, 478, 479.
-, English prisoners, 164.
-, galleons, 530.
-, -, engagement with, 531, 532, 545.
-, invasion of Carolina, 299.
-, pirate, 28.
-, Plate fleet, proposal for taking, 388, 394, 396, 398, 400.
-, ports and fortifications, 164.
-, privateers, 162.
-, prize, 336.
-, -, condemnation of, 198, 211.
-, trade, 4, 25, 198, 348, 351, 355, 448, 530, 534, 536, 538, 539. See also above, Plate fleet.
-, See also Havana.
Spanish Netherlands, trade with, 271, 291, 476. See also Flanders.
Spanish ships, passes for. See Spain, trade with.
Spann, Mr., letter from, 228.
Spencer, Charles, third Earl of Sunderland, secretary of state, letters from and to, etc., 298, et seqq. passim.
Spithead, 227.
Spofforth, Mr., commission to be chief justice of Bermuda, 276.
Squire, Mr., affidavit of, 192.
-, -, counsellor at law in Barbadoes, petition of, 340.
-, -, readmitted to practice law in Barbadoes, 352.
Staats, Dr., 87.
Stade, 422.
-, toll levied at, 500.
Stamford, Earl of. See Grey.
Stanley, Sir John, agent for Barbadoes, 44, 60, 62, 70, 74, 76, 84, 90, 92, 97, 98, 101, 113, 116, 134, 135, 142, 172, 262, 293.
-, -, letters from, 68, 271.
-, -, memorials from, 174, 263.
Star, Dr., proceedings against, 271, 276.
Starr, Dr., physician, prisoner in Bermuda, 383.
Staten, island of, petition relating to, 28.
States General, 252.
-, placaerts of, 540.
-, envoy extraordinary from. See Vriberg.
Stehn, Mr., petition of, 422–424.
Stephens, John, 157.
-, -, letter to, 153, 154.
-, Robert, letter from, 469.
Stepney, George, British minister at Vienna, 225, 248, 249.
-, -, letters, etc., from, 290, 293, 308, 441.
-, -, memorial from, 205.
Stewart, John, member of council of Jamaica, 322, 343, 432.
Stokes, S., affidavit of, 410.
-, Thomas, affidavit of, 367.
Story, Charles, secretary of New Hampshire, letter from 16.
Strombulo (Strumbelo), H.M.S., 141, 169.
Stuckley (Stucly), Captain Charles, commander of H.M.S. Deptford, 529.
-, -, letter from, 508.
Subercasse, Monsieur de, governor of Placentia, letter from, 204, 206.
-, -, attack on Newfoundland settlements by, 145.
Sugar, Muscovado, price of, 316.
Sunderland, Earl of. See Spencer.
Surinam, 7, 17, 41, 135, 141, 169, 219, 242.
Dutch governor and council of, 79.
Sussex, 570, 579.
-, smuggling on coast of, 61.
Swan, Samuel, Canary merchant, 42, 45, 49, 50, 88.
-, -, letter to, 51, 52, 54.
Sweden, trade with, 13, 14, 21, 77, 188, 303, 304, 312, 313, 395, 496.
-, toll due to, 560.
-, merchants of, privileges of, 521.
-, English envoy to. See Robinson.
Switzerland, proposed colony from, in America, 229, 231, 234.
T
Tankard, Barry, 401.
Tarrant, George, 471.
Taverner (Tavernour), Abraham, merchant, memorial from, 468, 471.
-, -, affidavit of, 477.
-, Mr., 310.
-, -, memorial from, 320, 328.
-, William, merchant, memorial from, 468, 471.
Taylor, (Tayler, Taylour), John, petition of, 78.
-, -, African trader, 437.
-, Mr., Canary merchant, 44, 45, 49, 55, 88.
-, -, petition of, 57.
-, Mr., clerk of Treasury, 343.
-, -, letters from, 253, 281, 530, 531.
-, -, letters to, 254, 283.
Teate, Captain, 141.
Templeman, Mr., fishing admiral at Newfoundland, letter from, 312.
Teneriffe, 55, 57, 88.
Tench, Mr., president of council of Maryland, difference with governor, 37.
Tenison, Thomas, [Arch]bishop of Canterbury, address from clergy of Virginia to, 140.
Theyer, Giles, affidavit of, 367.
Thomas, William, proposed member of council of Antigua, 486.
Thomas and John, depositions of seamen of, 228.
Thompson, Stephens, attorneygeneral of Virginia, letters from, 39, 132.
Thrale, Mr., agent for Virginia, 3, 8, 22, 34, 201.
-, -, memorial from, 4, 15.
-, -, answer to complaints against Governor Nicholson, 11, 14.
Thurston, Mr., agent for garrison of Newfoundland, formerly for regiment in Leeward Islands, 146, 282, 312, 315, 316, 438, 443, 445, 549, 550, 564, 572, 576.
-, -, letters from, 11, 18, 21, 22, 64, 124, 125, 141, 145, 212, 259, 281, 318, 343, 364, 370, 440.
-, -, memorials from, 33, 34, 233, 313, 451, 577.
-, -, letters to, 469, 572.
Thynne, Thomas, first Viscount Weymouth, commissioner, passim.
Tight, Mr., Spanish merchant, 545, 547.
Tillotson, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, 141.
Tobacco, acts relating to, 473–476, 481.
-, foreign, use of, in navy, 389, 397.
-, gauge of hogsheads, in Maryland and Virginia, 433.
-, made in Bermuda, 261.
-, merchants, etc., petition of, 227, 230, 233.
-, plantations, state of, 226.
-, price of, in Virginia, 546, 552.
-, trade in, 30, 56, 133–139, 146, 235, 236, 247, 252, 254, 256, 397, 468.
-, -, ill-management of, 226.
-, -, in Russia, 227, 230– 232, 243, 244, 356, 364, 395.
-, -, with France, 251, 252, 372, 395, 557, 567.
-, -, with Spain and Portugal, 247, 251.
-, -, in Holland and Germany, 372, 389.
-, -, with Denmark and Sweden, 395.
-, See also Virginia.
Tobago, 103, 104, 109, 112.
-, French designs against, 248.
Tollet, Mr., commissioner of navy, 303.
Totterdall, Mr., ill practices of, 94.
Townley, Richard, member of council of New Jersey, 151, 153, 187, 192.
Tower of London, See under Trade, coinage.
Townsend, Mr., certificate of, 558.
Trade, passim.
accounts of imports and exports, 51–55, 57, 61, 62, 65, 185, 321, 322.
African, 436–438, 441, 442, 444, 445, 447, 449, 450, 452–454, 458, 470, 479, 480, 560–562, 564, 574, 580, 582.
agent for commerce, proposal for establishing, 373, 415, 418, 419, 421, 423.
books belonging to Council of Trade, 396, 400.
coinage, 27, 55, 57, 185, 190, 331, 341, 465, 525, 527.
convoys and cruisers, 130, 135, 185, 196, 431, 499.
corn, export of, 57, 77, 434.
currant. See Venice.
customs, 58.
despatches taken by French, 419.
English products and manufactures, 497.
fishing. See Newfoundland; Venice; also below, Pilchard and herring fishery.
France, act to prohibit trade with, 115.
gold and silver exported, 71, 446.
herring fishery. See below, Pilchard and herring fishery.
lace, bone, import of, 292, 293, 323.
leather, 580.
linen, import of, 312.
merchants trading with Denmark and Norway summoned, 417, 419, 421.
-, Swedish, petition of, 422–424.
naval stores (pitch, tar, etc.), import, price, freight, etc., 13, 21, 24, 75, 77, 421, 425, 428.
Pilchard and herring fishery, treatise on, 257, 258, 397, 405, 437, 438, 466.
pitch. See above, Naval stores.
poor, scheme for relief of, 104.
serges, prohibited by Emperor, 225, 226.
smuggling, 60, 61.
state of trade, 63, 64, 425–429.
tar. See above, Naval stores.
wool, import of, 57, 446.
-, export of, 73, 419, 425, 427.
-, -, proceedings to prevent, 570, 579.
woollen manufacture, improvement of, 435.
-, pamphlet about, 437.
See also Austria; Bremen; Canary Islands; Dantzig; Denmark; East India Company; Flanders; France; Geneva; Germany; Hamburg Company; Holland; Ireland; Italy; Levant Company; Lisbon; Madeira; Russia; Scotland; Spain; Spanish Netherlands; Spanish West Indies; Sweden; Tobacco; Turkey; Venice; also under the various Plantations.
Tresillian (Tresilian, Trisillian), Mr., treatise on pilchard and herring fishery by, 257, 258, 397, 405, 437, 438, 466.
-, -, letters from, 405, 437, 466.
Trevor, Captain, 422.
Trimmingham, Colonel John, proposed member of council of Bermuda, 271, 277.
Trinity Bay, 145.
Trinity Harbour, Newfoundland, proposed fort at, 154.
Trinity Palmato Point, Leeward Islands, inhabitants and slaves, 515.
Triton's Prize, H.M.S., 193, 301, 345, 508, 510.
Trot, Nicholas, secretary of Bermuda, 381, 384, 385.
Trout, Nathaniel, affidavit of, 320, 378, 380, 381, 383.
Tryon, Rowland, agent for Barbadoes, 260, 281, 286, 288, 464, 515, 533, 573, 574.
-, -, memorial from, 255.
Tucker, Colonel, deposition of, 334.
-, George, 383.
-, Henry, secretary of Bermuda, 381, 384.
-, -, Mr., letters to, 61.
-, Thomas, affidavit of, 469.
-, William, affidavit of, 378.
Tudor, Mr., register of admiralty court in New Jersey, certificate of, 325.
Turkey, trade with, 151, 152, 156, 158–161, 185, 191, 244, 249, 488.
Turkey Company, 151, 152, 156, 158, 185, 203, 447.
-, governor of, letter to, 479.
-, secretary. See Wotnoth.
-, letters to, 191, 425.
-, memorials from, 193, 427.
-, exports of, 486.
Turner, Sir Charles, Commissioner, 504, et seqq. passim.
Tynt (Tynte), Major Edward, governor of Carolina, 573, 575, 579.
Tyrrell, Captain James, troop of, 102.
-, Michael, member of council of Barbadoes, 118–120.
-, -, memorial from, 102.
-, -, petition of, 116, 121.
-, Mr., 90, 167.
-, William, member of assembly of Barbadoes, 107, 110, 133.
-, -, petition of, 102, 105.
-, -, deposition and affidavits of, 103, 104, 110, 111, 119, 120.
-, -, charges against, 106, 109.
U
Underdown, Captain, commodore of Newfoundland convoy, 318, 320, 323, 340, 438, 440, 442, 445, 466.
-, -, letters, etc., from, 295, 312, 419, 443, 448, 469.
-, -, letter to, 295.
Usher, John, lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire, letters from, 10, 12, 16, 112, 148, 339, 499, 519, 551.
-, -, letters to, 10, 16, 339, 519.
-, -, minutes of council relating to his management, 10.
-, -, question of salary for, 32.
-, -, treasurer or receivergeneral of New England (1686), 10.
-, -, -, examination of accounts of, 339.
V
Vanbelle. See Bell, Van.
Vander-Werff, Benjamin, affidavit of, 301.
Vane, Captain, engineer at Newfoundland, accounts of, 563.
Vaudreville, M., governor of Canada, 263.
Vaughan, George, agent for New Hampshire, 526, 527, 551.
-, -, letters and memorials from, 526, 531, 536, 546, 570
Vaux, Mr., 133, 134.
-, -, letter from, 139.
-, -, letter to, 138.
Vecelly, Monsieur, Emperor's commissary-general of trade, 159, 207, 248.
-, -, letter from, 244.
-, -, memorials from, 193, 197, 249–251.
Vendue, Mr., certificate of, 330.
Venetian merchants, 162, 163, 165. See also Jamineau.
-, -, memorial from, 265, 268.
Venice, senate, 165, 166.
-, trade with England (fish and currant), 153, 161–163, 165, 166, 168.
-, treaty of commerce with, 264, 268, 269.
Vernon, James, secretary of state, letters from, 490.
Vetch, Captain, proposal by, for reducing Canada, etc., 530– 532, 534, 535, 547, 553–557, 559.
-, Samuel, trial and petition of, 326, 341, 342, 344, 345, 390, 411.
-, -, -, papers relating to, 527, 529.
Vienna, 225, 248.
Villiers, Edward, first Earl of Jersey, letter from, 393.
Virginia, passim.
governor. See Colepeper; Hunter; Nicholson.
secretary. See Jennings.
treasurer. See Beverley; Carter.
attorney-general. See Thompson.
agents, 201.
agent. See Blakiston.
council, 128, 140, 141, 196, 197, 199, 200, 203, 409, 420.
-, minutes of, 39, 140, 146, 169, 191, 200, 217, 221, 222, 228, 296, 314, 546, 567.
-, address of, 38, 409.
-, report of, 200.
-, letters from, 296, 314, 318, 319, 331.
-, letters to, 337, 385.
-, in assembly, minutes of, 39, 169, 228, 296.
-, president. See Jennings.
-, members. See Barret; Bird; Diggs; Lightfoot; Smith.
assembly, 39, 123, 140, 489.
-, minutes of, 169, 228.
-, address of, 168–170, 175, 190, 208, 209, 230.
acts and bills, 1–6, 8, 10, 11, 24, 32, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 49, 54, 129, 169, 232, 296, 297, 331, 332, 339, 340, 341, 354, 355, 357, 362–365, 385, 409, 410, 412, 430.
-, repeal of, 325.
act, revenue, 32, 348, 354, 434, 435, 441–444, 459, 464.
-, for settling ports, 306, 309, 353.
-, for suppressing vice, 364, 370.
acts about land, etc., 338, 352, 355, 397.
-, concerning marriages, 354, 355.
-, concerning juries, 385.
-, for ascertaining gauge of tobacco hogsheads, 433, 473– 476, 481.
accounts, etc., 168, 169, 228, 489.
admiralty, court of, 141.
bills. See above, Acts.
boundary between Carolina and Virginia, 546, 573, 580, 583.
burgesses, address of, 38.
capes, 297.
clergy, addresses from, 140.
coin, rate of foreign, 150.
college, 11, 141.
committee of public claims, 169.
colony from Switzerland to be settled there, 52, 229, 231, 234.
convoys, 52, 226, 229, 239, 247, 252–254, 296, 297, 305, 309, 323, 325, 356, 395, 396.
county courts, nomination of clerks in, 221, 223.
fleet. See below, Ships.
French prisoners, 314, 318.
-, refugees, 230.
-, ministers, salary of, 524.
governor's commission, alterations in, 344.
grand jury, address of, 168.
guardship, need of, 409, 567, 570.
land, manner of taking up, 296, 319.
-, patents of, 296, 314, 319, 546, 570–573, 580, 581.
-, See also above, Acts.
laws. See above, Acts.
men raised for service of New York, 83.
merchants, 226–228, 243, 244, 251, 252, 353, 357, 364, 394, 395, 482, 546, 552, 567, 570.
-, petitions and memorials of, 215, 230, 233, 239, 254, 433, 473, 557.
-, See also Baily; Corbin; Hyde; Perry.
-, See also below, Trade.
naval officer, 56.
naval stores, 2, 12, 14, 21, 22, 24, 29, 30, 34.
-, export of, 56.
negroes imported, 454.
packets relating to, thrown overboard, 93.
pirates, commission for trying, 126, 296.
pitch and tar. See above, Naval stores.
ports, memorial about settling, 122, 123, 134.
-, instructions about, 127.
-, See also above, Acts.
privateer, 409.
proclamations, 140, 296.
seal, 128, 134, 139, 296, 531.
ships, 38, 39, 126, 296.
-, admeasurement of, 354, 412, 414, 420, 425, 430, 431, 433, 459, 460, 464.
tobacco, 226, 235, 236, 251, 252, 254, 256, 297, 314, 356, 364.
-, export of, 56.
-, petition about, 133–139, 146.
-, price of, 546, 552.
-, See also under separate heading.
towns, reasons against settlement of, 309.
trade, 170, 546, 552.
-, acts of, 129.
-, interfered with, by government of S. Carolina, 546, 550, 564, 585.
-, See also above, Convoys; Tobacco.
woollen manufactures, 314.
Vring, Captain, deposition of, 345.
Vriberg (Vryberge), Monsieur, envoy extraordinary from States General, letters and memorials from, 305, 308, 310, 311, 535, 536, 539, 540, 545, 553.
-, -, letter to, 310.
W
Wager, Commodore Charles, 556.
-, -, engagement of, with Spanish, 531, 532, 545.
Waine, William, affidavit of, 147, 150.
-, -, letter to, 147.
Waldron, Richard, 196, 247.
Walker, Colonel Alexander, member of assembly and council of Barbadoes, 189, 192, 558, 559.
-, -, letters from, 461, 554, 566, 578.
-, -, affidavit of, 106.
-, -, deposition of, 416, 420.
-, -, complaints, etc., against, 417, 558.
-, -, restoration of, 456.
-, -, certificates in favour of, 461.
-, -, memorials, etc., from, 558, 581.
-, -, suspension of, 578–581.
-, Commodore Hovenden, 1, 2, 11.
-, -, journal of expedition, 8, 14.
-, William, remonstrance and deposition of, 337, 420.
-, -, counsel at law, 367.
-, -, project for managing government of Barbadoes, 581.
Wall, Mr., Venetian merchant, 269.
-, -, memorial from, 265.
See also Venice.
Waller, Mr., merchant trading to Holland, 302.
Wallace (Wallis), James, 4, 20, 23, 33.
-, -, affidavit of, 7.
Wallis, Mr., contract with Navy Board for cutting masts, 509, 527.
-, See also Wallace.
Walters, Mr., member of council of Jamaica, 322.
-, Mr. (of Barbadoes), 420.
Walton, Captain, formerly commander of Fort William and Mary (New Hants), 10.
-, -, letter from, 10.
Wanley, Lieutenant Nicholas, 85, 90, 91, 96, 98, 100.
War, Mr., 4.
Ward, David, major of Marines, 575.
-, Mr., governor of Hamburg Company, 545.
Wardrop (Wardrope), Patrick, 34.
Warr, Mr., letter from, 161.
Waterhouse, Daniel or David, African trader, 437.
-, -, letter from, 441.
-, Mr., proposal from, 67.
Watts, George, certificate of, 561.
Way, Benjamin, merchant, 422, 431, 434, 437, 444, 447, 537.
-, -, letter from, 461.
-, -, memorial from, 432.
-, Mr., 74.
Weaver, Mr., certificate of, 87.
Webb, Roger, affidavit of, 119.
Wells, Lieutenant, 86, 88, 91, 114.
Wenham, Captain Thomas, 87.
-, -, letter from, 79.
Weser (Wezar) River, 492, 499, 500.
Wessell, Derrick, resignation of land granted to, 392.
West, Mr., 342.
West Chester, New York, ministry for, 220, 246.
-, allowance for burgess of, 220.
West India fleet at Plymouth, 13.
Weston, Mr., 113, 341, 349.
Wetham. See Whetham.
Weymouth, mayor of, letters to, 152.
-, -, etc., memorial from, 214.
-, Viscount. See Thynne.
Wezar See Weser.
Wharton, Mr., agent for Rhode Island, etc., 60, 62, 63, 66, 69, 120, 211, 216, 226, 341.
-, -, letter to, 211, 225.
-, -, memorial from, 32, 326.
Wheeler, William, member of council of Barbadoes, 293.
Wheelock, Bryan, clerk to Board, salary of, 451.
Whetham (Wetham), Colonel, 29, 40, 550.
-, -, certificate from, 32.
Whetstone, Sir William, letter from, 289.
Whitborn. See Whiteburn.
Whitchurch, James, 431, 533, 561,
-, -, petition of, 467–471, 482, 484, 485, 504.
-, -, affidavit of, 469.
-, Mr., mayor of Bristol, letter from, 157.
-, -, letter to, 152.
White, Cornelius, secretary of Bermuda, 381, 384.
-, Francis, affidavit of, 103.
-, Mr., commission to be chief justice of Bermuda, 276.
Whiteburn (Whitborn), Captain Richard, commission to, 505, 511.
Whitehaven, 227.
-, memorial from merchants of, 239, 247.
Whittington, William, proposed member of council of Maryland, 570.
Whitworth, Charles, envoy to Moscow, 146, 231, 233.
-, -, letter from, 259, 263, 272.
Wich. See Wyche.
Wickham, Major, deposition of 561.
Widdah, 452.
-, English and French forts at, 453.
Wigington, Mr., memorial from, 478, 479.
Wilcocks, Mr., 201, 301, 307.
-, -, letter from, 93.
-, -, memorial from, 286, 297.
Wilcox, George, memorial from, 396.
-, Mr., 25, 129, 404, 405, 412.
-, -, letter to, 430.
-, -, memorial from, 436.
-, -, agent to Colonel Quary, 13.
-, -, agent to Mr. Bridger, 506, 512.
Wilkinson, Captain, master of the Richard and Sarah, 167.
Willet, John, proposed member of council of St. Christopher's, 519, 520.
William III, surrender of government of New Jersey to, 219.
William, Fort. See Fort William.
William and Mary, Fort. See Fort William and Mary.
Williams, John, free negro, 513, 514, 577.
Wilson, Mr., high sheriff of the county of New York, affidavit of, 35.
Wiltshire, John, member of council of Barbadoes, 293.
Winchester, 163.
Windham, Sir Francis, memorial from, 452.
Windsor, 528.
Windsor, Captain, commander of H.M.S. Milford, 114.
-, -, letter from, 142.
Winthrop, Colonel, governor of Connecticut, 211.
-, -, letters from, 169, 329.
Withers, Thomas, affidavit of, 532.
Withred, Mr., collector of customs in Connecticut, illegal proceedings of, 519.
Wocker, Mr., 194.
-, -, letter from, 185.
Wodnoth. See Wotnoth.
Wood, William, Jamaica merchant, 422, 427, 434.
-, -, memorial from, 448.
Woodford (Woodward), Mr., 468, 469, 477.
Woodward, —, prisoner in Bermuda, 383.
-, Captain, 579.
Wool. See Trade.
Woolwich, certificate from officers in rope yard at, 188.
Wotnoth (Wodnoth), Mr., secretary to Turkey Company, 193.
-, -, memorial from, 486.
Wright, Mary, necessary woman to Board, salary of, 451.
Wybird, Mr., memorial from, 17.
Wyche (Wich, Wych), Sir Peter, English resident at Hamburg, letters from, 491, 549.
-, -, letters to, 491, 549.
Wyeth, Joseph, 141, 148, 208.
-, -, petition of, 127.
-, -, memorials from, 165, 315, 331.
Y
Yard, Robert, letters from, 392, 441.
Yates, Major or Colonel, of Bristol, 226, 227.
-, -, letter from, 247.
-, -, letter to, 239.
Yeamans, Colonel, governor of Antigua, letter from, 270.
-, -, memorial from, 139.