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Maitland, Mr., of Antigua, attends Board, 270.
Majeau, Peter, of Jamaica, 190–1.
-, -, Thomas and Elizabeth, his children, 190–1.
Man, Isle of, 305.
Manning, Edward, proposed for Jamaica Council, 8.
Marblehead, Massachusetts, 154, 156, 166.
Martin, Clement, proposed for Georgia Council, 81–2, 87, 105, 146.
-, -, suspension of, 228.
-, Josiah, proposed for New York Council, 425, 429, 434.
-, Samuel, Secretary to Lords of Treasury, letters from, 283–4, 410, 413.
Martinique, Martinico, French West Indies, 35, 47–8, 188, 193, 317, 414.
-, Governor of. See Bompar.
Martyn, Mr., agent for Georgia, attends Board, 9–10, 128, 242, 376–7, 388, 410, 427–8.
-, -, attendance requested, 126.
-, -, instructions for, 42, 231.
-, -, letters from, 123, 295.
-, -, memorials of, 49, 53–4, 101, 107, 132, 144, 152, 237, 247, 254, 270–1, 307, 326, 381, 437.
-, -, payments to, 103.
Maryland, 90.
Lt. Gov. See Sharpe.
Secretary. See Calvert, Jennings.
Proprietor. See Calvert.
agent. See Calvert.
naval officer. See Plater.
Acts in, 208.
Council of, 200.
Assembly, 79–80, 200, 262, 414.
boundaries of, 9.
Customs House in, 69.
exports prohibited in, 317, 332, 414.
forts in, 249.
iron in, 363, 393, 408.
lighthouse off, 350–1, 436–7.
money and troops for expedition, 200, 262.
naturalizations in, 72.
ordnance stores in, 249.
state of, 164.
trade handicaps in, 17, 79–80.
vessels cleared in, 72, 101, 178.
Mascarene, Colonel, letters from, 27, 109.
Mason, Mr., of New England, claim of, 97.
Massachusetts, New England, 54–5, 173, 200, 333, 398, 429.
Governor. See Shirley, Pownall.
Lt. Gov. See Phipps, Hutchinson.
Secretary. See Willard, Oliver.
agent. See Bollan.
Acts in, 61, 84, 94, 108–10, 138, 147, 149, 154, 156–8, 160, 166, 177, 179, 195, 219, 223, 225, 227, 258, 261, 264, 310, 344, 378, 399, 401, 404–11, 428.
Council, 45–6, 57, 94, 401–2, 407, 424, 432.
-, minutes of, 31, 94, 248–9, 276.
Assembly, 31, 38, 45–6, 57, 94, 138, 199, 401–2, 405, 407, 432.
-, minutes of, 248–9, 276.
accounts of, 399.
bankrupts and creditors in, 344, 408–11.
boundaries of, 2, 123, 127, 299–300, 302, 308, 310–1, 314, 320–4, 337–8, 340, 349, 352, 357, 401–2, 405.
bribery and corruption in, 407.
charter of, 310, 418.
cod fishery in, 38.
courts in, 123, 399.
defense of, 31, 166, 401–2.
duties and excise in, 138, 149, 154, 156–8, 160, 166, 177.
forges in, 413.
French, encroachments by, 38, 41, 45–6, 56.
-, expedition against, 138, 192, 195, 199, 344, 405, 407, 424–5.
-, inhabitants (Acadians) in, 347.
-, victory over General Braddock, 185–6.
Governor, appointment of, 297, 301, 420.
-, instructions for, 303, 307, 421.
-, salary for, 344.
Indians, raids by, 81.
-, relations with, 46, 74, 97, 166.
land purchases in, 124.
linen manufactures in, 38.
Lt. Gov., appointment of, 365, 370, 422.
map of, 401.
militia in, 349, 407, 413.
mutinies in, 84.
ordnance stores in, 35, 38, 328–9, 332, 401.
police in, 424.
potashes in, 271.
seal of, 195.
Secretary appointed in, 365, 370, 422.
soldiers required for, 220, 267, 424.
- billetted in, 378, 407.
state of, 193.
vessels cleared in, 33, 159, 271.
-, embargo on, 405.
woods, preservation of, 139, 418.
Mathias, Mr., agent for Bermuda, 408.
-, -, attends Board, 409.
Maynard, William, Nevis Councillor, petition of, 387.
McClennan, Captain, commander of Juno, 132.
McCulloch, Henry, appointed Secretary of North Carolina, 48, 51, 95.
-, -, attends Board, 13, 42.
-, -, Inspector of Quit Rents, memorial of, 12, 42–3, 259, 265, 374–6.
-, -, demise of, reported, 296.
-, -, arrears of his salary, 309.
Medway, Georgia, 426. Cf. Midway.
Melvil, Thomas, Governor of Cape Coast Castle, letters from, 53, 73, 138, 156, 183, 211, 233.
-, -, -, to, 233.
Meriton, Henry, surgeon, 140.
Michie, James, proposed for South Carolina Council, 150, 159, 168.
Middlesex county, England, 236.
Middleton, Henry, appointed to South Carolina Council, 192, 195, 207.
-, William, South Carolina Councillor, 47, 150, 160, 162, 173.
Midway river, Georgia, 343. C. Medway.
Millequet, Mr., attends Board, 3.
Miller, L., of Jamaica, 16.
Mills, William, proposed for Nevis Council, 60–1, 63–4, 75.
Minisink Indians, 433.
Miscellanies.
Board of Trade and Plantations, members. See Dunk, Edgecumb, Fane, Grenville, Hamilton, Hay, Jenyns, Oswald, Pelham, Pitt, Sloper, Stone, Talbot, Townshend.
Secretary. See Hill, Pownall.
Surveyor of Revenue. See Cholmondely.
Councillor at Law. See Lamb.
Commissions, new, appointed, 34–5, 197, 230, 278.
chamber-keeper appointed, 437.
clerks, appointments of, 197, 376, 396.
-, demise of, 396.
-, list and salaries of, 396.
-, resignations, 195, 197, 376.
doorkeeper appointed, 258.
incidental expenses, 1, 25–6, 59, 69, 100, 131–2, 163, 182, 197, 226, 247, 265, 283, 313, 329, 360, 393, 412, 416.
postage, complaints of surcharge, 435–7.
Secretary, complaints of his conduct, 356–8.
-, demise of, 416.
Surveyor of Revenue appointed, 312.
water pipes, to be altered, 408.
whitewashing required for office, 408.
Mississipi river, North America, 32, 56, 315.
Mohawk, Mowhack, Indians (Iroquois), 188, 251.
Mohongahela, Mohongialo (Pennsylvania) river, 51, 54, 185.
Monckton, Lt. Col. Robert, 170.
-, -, appointed Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia, 187, 190, 195, 207.
-, -, letters from, 344–5, 417.
Monroe, Daniel, proposed for Jamaica Council, 1.
Montego Bay, Jamaica, 133, 334.
Montreal, Canada, 31.
Montserrat, Leeward Islands, 90.
Governor. See Thomas.
President of Council. See Frye.
agent. See Wilmot.
Acts in, 108, 110, 147, 339.
Council, 41, 60–1, 76, 192, 195, 207, 229, 416, 423.
-, minutes of, 339.
-, members. See Caines, Daniel, Stone.
accounts in, 167, 339.
forts in, 230.
Governor, support for, 147.
militia in, 147.
tax on slaves in, 339.
Moore, Henry, appointed Lt. Gov. of Jamaica, 211, 214, 250, 263.
-, -, instructions for, 219.
-, -, letters from, 279, 282, 287–90, 293, 316–7, 320–1, 327–8, 340, 361, 395.
-, -, -, to, 294–5.
Morris, Charles, Nova Scotia Councillor, 417.
-, Lewis, of New Jersey Council, 88–9, 249.
-, Robert Hunter, Chief Justice of New Jersey, attends Board, 14, 28, 370, 373, 406.
-, -, letters from, 28, 348.
-, -, -, to, 28.
-, -, caveat entered by, 89, 93.
-, -, Councillor in New Jersey, 88, 406.
-, -, Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, 52, 60, 272–3, 352.
-, -, letters from, 205, 249.
-, -, -, to, 185.
-, Dr., chemical lecturer, attends Board, 5.
-, -, application by, 390.
Morris County, New Jersey, 43.
Morse, John, judge, in Jamaica, 49, 53, 165, 177, 300.
Mosquito Point, Central America, 132–3.
Mount Johnson, New York, 176, 222.
Mourphy, John, 336.
Mowhack. See Mohawk.
Mure, Hutchinson, petition of, 335, 371, 373.
Murray, James, North Carolina Councillor, memorial of, 389, 403–5.
-, Joseph, New York Councillor, deceased, 425, 429.
-, William, H.M. Attorney General, attends Board, 134–5.
Muscadaboit, Musquedaboit, Nova Scotia, 70–1.
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Nancemond County, Virginia, 191.
Naples, Gulf of, Italy, 420.
Nassau, Bahamas, 340.
Nedham, Hampson, Jamaica Councillor, deceased, 8.
Negro town, Jamaica, 53.
Nesbitt, Mr., Attorney General of Nova Scotia, 77.
Nettleton, Mr., merchant, attends Board, 237–8.
Nevin, James, appointed Councillor in New Hampshire, 416, 423.
Nevis, Leeward Islands.
Governor. See Thomas.
Chief Justice. See Dasent, Herbert.
Treasurer. See Weekes.
agent. See Sharpe, Wilmot.
Acts in, 33, 108, 110, 147, 181, 350.
Council, 60–1, 63–4, 155–7, 229, 351, 354, 387, 421.
-, minutes of, 339.
-, members. See Cox, Herbert, Jones, Mills, Maynard.
Assembly, 339.
accounts in, 167.
agent appointed for, 323.
forts in, 230.
Governor, support for, 147.
imports of sugar prohibited in, 181.
negroes in, 229.
officials appointed in, 48, 51, 94.
vital statisties, 229.
New, John, of Virginia, 18, 40.
New England.
Indians in, 7.
land grants in, 248, 259, 310–1.
money grants for assistance of, 212.
muster of troops from, 292.
woods in, 418–9.
See also Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.
New Hampshire, New England, 57, 112, 200.
Governor. See Wentworth.
agent. See Tomlinson.
Acts in, 33, 43, 47, 75, 193, 214, 308–9, 400–1, 418, 421.
Council, 3, 5, 28, 400–1, 416, 423.
-, minutes of, 214.
-, members. See Nevin, Newmarsh, Wentworth.
Assembly, 214, 271, 400–1, 418–9, 429.
accounts in, 214.
bills of credit in, 400.
boundaries of, 2, 123, 311, 321.
description of, 2.
fortifications in, 213–4.
French, expedition against, 192–3, 232–3, 271.
Governor, instructions for, 173.
-, health of, 78.
Indian raids in, 81, 97, 162.
iron in, 400.
judges' salaries in, 418–9, 429.
jurors in, 308, 421.
land titles in, 40, 97, 161–2, 164, 171, 178.
-, fees on mortgages, 43, 75.
law appeals in, 161–2, 164, 171, 178.
naval office lists, 260.
packet boats in, 232–3.
settlers at Number Four in, their miserable condition, 141–2, 162, 166, 171, 178, 305–6, 310–2, 421.
state of, 97, 213, 305, 307.
troops mustered in, 193, 292.
vessels cleared in, 72, 401.
woods in, 418–9.
New Hanover, Georgia, 378.
New Jersey, 173, 200, 272, 301.
Governor. See Belcher, Bernard.
Lt. Gov. See Pownall.
Secretary. See Reed.
Attorney General. See Skinner, Warrell.
Chief Justice. See Aynsley, Morris.
President of Council. See Reading.
agent. See Partridge.
Acts in, 7, 33, 43, 47, 96, 106, 120, 165, 179, 193, 209, 224, 248, 256, 261, 332, 345–6, 404–6, 433.
Council, 28 88 113, 116–7, 209, 261, 300, 302, 306, 348, 406, 421, 434–6.
-, minutes of, 31, 57, 96, 106, 165, 179, 224, 248, 261, 292, 317, 332, 345, 433.
-, members. See Alexander, Morris, Reading, Rodman, Smith, and Woodroffe.
Assembly, 7, 9, 18, 27, 57, 93–4, 96, 105–7, 113, 165, 179, 209, 224, 248, 261, 292, 317, 332, 345, 348, 370, 373, 375, 377, 404, 432–3.
accounts in, 31, 209, 292, 433.
bills of credit in, 7, 9, 14, 18–19, 21, 29, 41, 78, 93–4, 105–7, 113, 120–1, 131, 150, 192, 224, 348, 370, 373, 375, 377, 380, 404–6, 432–4.
boundaries of, 14, 28, 31, 51, 69, 116, 118–20, 121–8, 150, 155–6, 159, 162, 164, 168, 178, 276, 279–80, 283, 286–7, 291, 293, 357–8, 361–2.
Counties, new, formed in, 43.
defense of, 208, 224.
French, expedition against, 192–3, 212, 234.
Governor, appointment of, 365, 370, 422.
-, arrival of, 432.
-, instructions for, 376, 380.
-, demise of, 344, 348.
Indians in, 224, 432–3.
land grants in, 222, 225, 227–9.
map of, 52.
naturalizations in, 106.
naval office lists in, 140.
officials appointed in, 88, 137, 148, 169, 188, 420.
original grant of, 310, 353, 358.
pirates' trials in, 394.
Proprietors of East New Jersey, 106, 116, 279–80, 283, 286–7.
provisions exported from, 256, 317, 345.
receipts of, 140.
state of, 141, 352.
troops mustered in, 193, 433.
vessels cleared in, 30, 140, 209, 248, 292, 346, 433.
volunteers to be trained in, 248.
New Netherlands (afterwards New York), 349, 401.
New Orleans, Louisiana, 341.
New Plymouth colony (New England), 124.
New York, 5, 10–11, 56–7, 111, 200, 225, 227, 272. 345, 351, 413.
Governor. See Clinton, Hardy, Nicholls, Osborn.
Lt. Governor. See Delancy.
Chief Justice. See Delancy.
Attorney General. See Kempe.
agent. See Charles.
Acts in, 15, 33, 70, 83, 88–9, 93, 97, 100, 118–20, 131, 136–7, 144, 147, 158–9, 168, 176, 193, 223, 256, 258, 269–70, 276, 294, 299, 314, 395–6, 414, 420, 425, 434, 436–7.
Council, 46, 83, 116–7, 137, 155, 202, 249, 266, 277, 280, 299–300, 314–5, 350, 398, 421, 425, 429, 434.
-, minutes of, 15, 118, 223, 299, 425.
-, members. See Alexander, Delancy, Holland, Horsmanden, Kennedy, Martin, Morris, Murray, Rutherford, Walton, Watts.
Assembly, 2–3, 14, 33, 46, 52, 70, 81, 83, 91, 95 118 127, 144, 155, 162, 178, 185, 202–4, 210, 219, 223–4, 258, 277, 280, 287, 314–5, 395, 398, 414, 425.
-, minutes of, 15, 299.
bills of credit in, 299.
boundaries of, 2, 14, 31, 51, 69, 74, 116–20, 126–8, 131, 150, 155–6, 159, 162, 164, 168, 178, 276, 279–80, 283, 286–7, 291, 293, 299–300, 302, 308–11, 314–5, 320–4, 337–8, 340, 349, 352, 357–8, 361, 401–2, 405.
Chief Justice in, 137, 148, 168.
Crown, surrender to, 358–9.
defenses of, 166, 185, 187–8, 192, 223, 278.
Dutch Reformed Church, 14, 88, 93, 97, 100, 147, 149–50.
estates, sale of, in, 258, 269–70, 294, 420.
French, encroachments by, 1, 46, 51–2, 70, 81–2.
-, expedition against, 175, 185, 187–8, 192–3, 202–3, 234, 275, 277, 337.
-, trade, clandestine, with, 336.
Governor, appointment of, 108–10, 188.
-, arrival of, 185.
-, instructions for, 112–3, 115, 117, 147, 168, 178.
-, resignation of, 297, 303, 331, 337, 420.
-, salary for, 15.
Indians, affairs of, 166, 221–2, 255–6, 302, 307.
-, meetings with, 176, 188, 190–1, 194, 203, 251, 254–6, 260, 277, 347.
-, presents for, 3, 7, 14–15, 46, 70, 118, 127.
-, raids by, 81–2, 254.
-, agent for. See Johnson; and see Iroquois.
iron forges in, 393.
land grants in, 222.
merchants' petition in, 109.
money subscribed for war, 83, 193, 212.
newspapers in, 70, 187.
officials' salaries in, 221.
pirates' trials in, 394.
prosecutions, malicious, in, 396.
provisions, exports to neutral countries, 315, 331, 333, 421.
-, embargo on, 256, 300.
quit rents in, 434, 436–7.
revenue of, 210, 219.
state of, 77.
stores destroyed by fire in, 395.
trade, illicit, in, 337.
troops mustered in, 193, 398.
vessels cleared in, 118, 323.
New York City, 222, 278, 297, 302, 315, 333, 394, 398.
Newburn, Newbern, North Carolina, 162, 182, 205, 234, 338.
Newcastle, Duke of. See Pelham.
Newcastle County, on Delaware river, 52, 236, 268, 271–3.
Newfoundland.
Governor. See Bonfoy, Dorrill, Edwards.
Court proceedings at, 124, 126.
fishery at, 30, 124, 206, 263, 410–1, 417, 420, 422–3.
fortifications at, 362.
garrison at, 30, 124, 206, 362.
Governor, appointment of, 151–2, 307–8, 421.
-, instructions for, 154, 169, 309, 421.
Justices, exactions by, 44–5.
land claims in, 37–8, 41.
militia in, 363.
mines in, 238, 240–1.
murder at, 206, 208–9.
ordnance stores for, 30, 124, 206, 362.
Spanish fishing claims in, 411.
state of, 362–3, 422–3.
trade difficulties in, 422–3.
vessels cleared in, 417, 420.
Newmarsh, Newmarch, Joseph, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 3, 5, 28.
Newport, Rhode Island, 225, 336.
Niagara, New York, 193, 198–9.
Nicholas, George, Attorney General of North Carolina, 205.
Nicholls, Col., Ex-Governor of New York, 310.
Noden, Mr., agent for Bermuda, attendance requested, 6.
Nore, the, Thames estuary, 45.
Norfolk borough, Virginia, 43, 74.
Norridgwalk, Maine, Indians, 74, 97.
North Carolina, 162, 200, 342.
Governor. See Dobbs.
Secretary. See MeCulloch, Rice.
Receiver General. See Allen, Rutherford.
Attorney General. See Rice, Nicholas.
Chief Justice. See Henley, Berry.
President of Council. See Rowan.
agent. See Abercromby.
Acts in, 40, 57–8, 74–5, 83, 130, 134–6, 159–61, 163, 168, 186–7, 205, 234, 285, 319, 403.
Council, 129, 134, 163, 205, 210, 282, 284, 296, 338, 340, 354, 356, 359, 389, 403, 414–5, 420.
-, minutes of, 130.
-, members. See Craven, Dobbs, McCulloch, Murray, Rutherford, Spaight.
House of Burgesses, 71, 105, 129, 163.
Assembly, 71, 129–30, 134, 163, 205, 282, 285, 318–9, 338, 400, 403.
-, minutes of, 234.
agent's petition, 400.
assessment of, 163.
Attorney General in, 205.
bills of credit in, 57–8, 163, 400, 403.
boundaries of, 28, 38, 129, 135, 163, 345, 379.
Chief Justice in, 137, 148, 168.
copper coinage in, 163.
councillors suspended in, 389, 404–5, 414–5.
Counties, new, formed in, 134, 136, 150–3, 168.
cruizers, want of, 282.
defense of, 166, 234, 252, 284–7, 289, 332.
desertion of troops from, 80.
duties on spirits in, 134.
elections, regulation of, 403.
forts in, 137–8, 167, 172, 183, 267, 271, 274, 281.
French encroachments in, 46.
government, seat of, 160.
Governor, arrival of, 128–9.
-, instructions for, 41–2, 150, 168, 184.
-, salary for, 9, 11, 13, 17, 40.
imports in, 134.
Independent Company for, 130–1.
Indians in, 129, 166, 234–5, 243, 245–6, 262, 281, 345.
kidnappings and murders in, 105.
land grants in, 133, 135–6, 182, 184, 219, 318–9, 403.
-, titles in, 285.
laws printed in, 134.
militia in, 267.
negroes imported, 129.
officials appointed in, 48, 51, 95, 148, 160, 416, 423.
-, salaries for, 17, 309.
ordnance stores for, 7, 9, 11–13, 84, 130, 138–9, 252, 264.
powder duties in, 58.
privateers, menaces from, 305.
quit rents in, 7, 9, 42–3, 129–30, 159–61, 186–7, 259, 265, 276, 285, 309, 338, 354, 356, 359, 374–6, 403.
Receiver General in, 403.
ships' captains in, misbehaviour of, 338.
state of, 11, 17, 27, 105, 281, 338.
survey of, 129, 285.
Northampton county, Virginia, 159.
Norwich, England, 236.
Nova Scotia, 73–4, 143, 176, 180, 265, 280, 338.
Governor. See Hopson, Lawrence.
Lt. Gov. See Monckton.
Attorney General. See Nesbitt.
Chief Justice. See Belcher.
Secretary. See Cotterell.
Treasurer and Naval Officer. See Green.
Overseer of Works. See Bulkeley.
Contractor's clerk. See Saul.
agent. See Kilby, Cumberland.
Acts in, 142, 196, 369.
Council, 63–4, 71, 96, 142, 171, 192, 195, 207, 330, 365, 369, 417, 432.
-, members of, 21, 71, 189–90, 244, 285–6, 363, 413.
-, members. See Belcher, Collier, Grant, Green, Morris, Steele.
-, order of precedence in, 418.
Assembly proposed for, 189, 203, 209, 226, 285, 330–1, 336–8, 371–2, 410, 413, 424.
accounts, non-transmission of, 340–1, 344–5, 359.
barracks in, 136.
bread contract, loss on, 199, 201.
Chief Justice in, 203, 334.
coiners' trials in, 312, 323.
courts in, 121.
defenses of, 22, 27, 29, 74, 84, 87, 170–1, 189–90, 344, 353.
devolution of government in, 413.
duties and bounties in, 285.
estimates of expenses of colony, 3–4, 6, 11, 21–3, 52–3, 56, 59, 68–71 76, 79–80, 89, 96, 100–1, 103, 111, 139–41, 157–8, 161, 166, 175, 180, 189, 191, 194–8, 200–1, 221, 227, 231, 235, 239, 243–5, 251–2, 255, 277–8, 283–4, 286, 291, 294–5, 297–8, 304, 312, 320, 330, 333–4, 353, 363–5, 373, 375, 377, 386–9, 396, 405, 412–3, 415–7, 424, 432.
exports to, 12.
freeholders' complaints, 330–1, 365–9, 371–3.
French inhabitants in, 8, 23, 68, 71, 189–90, 206, 226, 241, 243, 285, 347, 367; and see Acadians.
-, engagement with, off Nova Scotia, 260.
-, military operations against, 170, 177, 199, 410, 413, 417.
garrison in, 12, 16–7, 20, 136–7.
-, augmentation of, 235.
-, clothing and bedding for, 170–1, 173, 373.
- stores for, 121, 170, 189, 243.
-, victualling rolls of, 171.
German protestant settlers in, 4, 22, 367.
Governor, appointment of, 48, 63–4, 95–6, 195–6, 207.
-, instructions for, 217–8, 263.
-, complaints of his conduct, 366–9, 371–3.
hospital mismanagement in, 106–7, 182.
Indians in, 27, 141.
Jesuits in, 74.
land grants in, 248, 259.
laws, power to make, 121.
messenger with despatches from, 227.
molasses and rum in, 170.
mutiny in, 21.
officials, appointment of, 50–1, 187, 190.
-, leave of absence for, 159, 167.
-, salary for, 77.
ordnance stores in, 78, 118–20, 136, 169.
orphanage in, 399.
petition for reimbursment, 432–4.
powder in, 69.
provisions for settlement, 12, 18–20, 103, 122, 137, 166, 171, 243–4.
settlements proposed for, 17, 70, 283.
state of, 5–6, 20, 84, 118, 162, 271, 285.
station sloop, condition of, 118–9, 135, 137.
surgeons' claims in, 140.
Swiss settlers in, 367.
Treasury, state of, 286.
trials in, 178–9, 189, 312, 323.
vessels cleared in, 118–9, 135, 137, 244, 363, 424.
vouchers for accounts in, 170, 291.
works, public, in, 170, 189, 291, 413.
Nugent, Mr., M.P. for Bristol, 93.
O
Ocacock Inlet, North Carolina, 282.
Ogechee River, Georgia, 342, 426.
Ohio River, North America, 1, 25, 46, 51–2, 54–5, 80, 83, 97, 198–9, 332, 345.
-, Company, 32, 44–5, 52.
Oliver, Andrew, appointed Secretary of Massachusetts, 302, 365, 370, 422.
-, -, letters from, 344, 398–9, 413.
-, -, Rowland, Antigua Councillor, 8.
Oneida, New York, 222.
-, Indians. See Iroquois.
Onondaga, New York, conference at, 254, 277.
-, Indians, 251.
Ord, Captain, in Col. Hopson's regiment, 30.
-, Mr., agent for Kingston, attends Board, 112, 135, 296–7.
-, -, attendance requested, 295, 335, 338.
Orme, Captain, letter from, 185.
Osborn, Sir Danvers, Governor of New York, deceased, 3, 15, 82.
Ossabaw, Aussebaw, Island, Georgia, 391.
Oswald, James, M.P., Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board, 1 et passim.
-, -, re-appointed, 197, 230, 278.
-, -, instructions for, 198, 200, 216, 222, 283, 285, 298, 302, 304, 313–4, 318, 376, 379, 386, 388, 399.
Oswego, New York, 2, 31, 46, 127, 179, 254, 271, 298–9.
-, loss of, 275, 277.
Otolangi, Ottolanghi, Joseph, in charge of Georgia silk culture, grant of money to, 128, 266, 269, 275.
-, -, letters from, 9, 123, 126.
-, -, -, to, 10.
Ottley, William, St. Kitts' Councillor, 55, 60.
Oswegatchie Indians, 254.
P
Pacolet, North Carolina, 105.
Palmer, John, appointed clerk to office, 376, 396.
-, John, Jamaica Councillor, deceased, 1, 28.
Paris, Ferdinand John, solicitor, memorials of, 18, 21, 123.
-, -, caveats entered by, 116–7, 164–5, 214, 417–8.
-, -, attends Board as solicitor to Pennsylvania Proprietors, 9, 120, 140, 143–4, 215–7, 225, 268, 271–4.
-, -, -, for New Jersey Proprietors, 128, 131, 280, 287.
-, -, -, for St. Iago and suspended officials in Jamaica, 58–9, 62, 84–5, 92–3, 98–100, 105, 109, 202, 209, 211.
-, -, -, for Nova Scotia freeholders, 331, 353, 365–9, 371–3.
-, Jean, 37–8.
Parker, Mr., agent for Mr. Kilby, attends Board, 340–1, 388.
-, -, attendance requested, 37.
-, -, indisposition of, 364.
-, -, letters from, 333, 364.
-, -, -, to, 417.
-, -, memorials of, 239, 244–5, 251–2, 255, 277–8, 312, 320, 330, 334, 338, 353, 363, 375.
Partridge, Richard, agent for Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island,
-, -, -, for Pennsylvania Assembly, 272.
-, -, attends Board, 9, 88, 90, 93–4, 113, 120, 140, 143–4, 192–3, 200, 370, 375.
-, -, attendance requested, 112, 138.
-, -, letters from, 97, 194, 226, 232, 261.
-, -, -, to, 184.
-, -, memorials of, 7, 21, 85, 107, 120, 157, 192, 199, 225, 348, 370, 380, 404.
Patapsco, Maryland, 17, 69.
Pattin, John, 56.
Payne, Ralph, of Antigua, 18, 48–9.
-, Stephen, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 164, 166, 173, 177.
Peacock, John, clerk to Board, 396.
Pelham, Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, 11.
-, -, letters to, 8–9.
-, -, -, from, 10, 39.
-, -, Thomas (afterwards Earl of Chichester), appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 34.
-, -, attends Board, 34 et passim.
-, -, re-appointed, 197, 230, 278.
-, -, recommendation by, 396.
Pemberton, Mr., of Boston, naval officer in Massachusetts, letters from, 33, 159, 271.
Pençacola, Florida, 379.
Penn, Richard, Proprietor of Pennsylvania, 52.
-, Thomas, Proprietor of Pennsylvania, 52.
-, -, attends Board, 140, 143–4, 225, 271–4, 278, 401, 404.
-, -, attendance requested, 138, 277.
-, -, letters from, 190–1, 331.
-, -, proposal of, 192, 194–5.
-, William, Proprietor of Pennsylvania, 273.
Pennsylvania, 46, 89, 200, 361.
Proprietor. See Penn.
Lt. Gov. See Denny, Hamilton, Morris.
agent. See Charles, Franklin, Partridge.
Acts in, 140, 143, 152, 193, 204, 213, 224, 228–9, 244, 256, 258, 264, 272, 274, 277, 294, 301, 303–4, 323, 374, 400–1, 404–5, 422, 428–9.
Assembly, 140, 143–4, 177, 190, 194, 215, 266, 268, 271–3, 337, 404.
affairs of, 97.
bills of credit in, 140, 143, 149, 152, 204, 294, 301, 303–4, 422.
boundaries of, 9.
charter of, 363.
defense of, 205, 232.
excise on rum and spirits, 301.
freemens' address, 138.
French encroachments, 194.
-, expedition against, 83, 193, 199.
Gazette of, 144, 187.
gunpowder exported to, 220–1.
Indians in, 54, 191, 277–8, 297–8, 331, 357–8.
-, purchase of lands from, 277–8, 346–7, 353, 357–8.
inhabitants, distrossed, petition of, 213, 215–8.
iron in, 408.
land grants, petition for, 222, 225, 227–9, 265, 268–74.
laws of, enquiry about, 267, 274.
Lt. Governor, appointment of, 52, 236.
-, instructions for, 60, 236, 264.
-, his dispute with Assembly, 194.
mutiny in, 224, 228.
pirates, trial of, 394.
potash in, 306.
Proprietors of, 9, 95, 249, 266, 268, 274, 346, 357–8, 401, 404.
provisions, embargo on, 256, 272, 277, 373, 405.
Quakers in, 217.
seal of province, 272.
soldiers, billetting of, 224, 228.
-, land grants to, 190–2, 194–5.
state of, 164, 232.
Three Counties in. See Delaware.
Penobscot, Nova Scotia, 74, 248.
Pepperell, Sir William, 337.
Perrott, Rev. Andrew, St. Kitts' Councillor, letters from, 61, 160.
-, -, leave of absence for, 63–4.
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 30, 140, 209, 248, 292, 346, 348.
Peters, Richard, commissioner for Indian affairs, 298.
Phenny's Hill, Bahamas, 329.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 20, 54, 71, 109, 220, 272, 297, 306, 332, 338, 432.
Phipps, Phips, Spencer, Lt. Gov. of Massachusetts Bay, letters from, 185, 188, 302.
-, -, -, to, 315.
-, -, demise of, reported, 333, 365.
Piggot, Mr., Collector of customs in Bermuda, 110.
-, -, attends Board, 111.
Pinckney, Charles, South Carolina Councillor, attends Board, 48, 54, 212.
-, -, letters from, 34, 279.
-, -, memorial of, 46–50, 210–3.
Pinfold, Charles, appointed Governor of Barbados, 204, 209, 215–6, 263.
-, -, letters from, 289, 327, 339, 394–5.
-, -, -, to, 251, 352, 358.
Pinnock, Philip, Chief Justice and Councillor of Jamaica, suspension of, 288, 290, 293, 328.
-, -, letters from, 385.
Pipemaker's Creek, Georgia, 391.
Piper, John, 1.
-, -, letters from, 83, 87.
Piscataway, Piscataqua, New Hampshire, 72, 260.
Pitt, John, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board, 9 et passim.
-, -, instructions for, 101, 103.
-, William, Secretary of State, letters from, 284, 286, 302, 304, 307, 309, 312–3, 334–5, 347–8, 351, 354–5, 360, 371, 380, 394, 399.
-, -, to, 281, 287–9, 306, 330, 332, 338, 346, 352–3, 355, 359, 361, 364, 373, 380, 386–7, 393–6, 399, 403–4, 410–1, 415–6, 426–7.
Pittiers, Mr., German pastor, attends Board, 4.
Placentia, Newfoundland, 30, 124, 206, 362.
Plantations General, 56.
Auditor General. See Walpole.
Solicitor. See Lamb.
Acts in, 431.
agents to attend Board, 89–91, 200.
Assemblies, convening of, 203.
census of white inhabitants in, 174.
claims, extraordinary, 324.
councillors absent from duty in, 42.
defense, plan of general concert for mutual, 49–50, 65, 165–7, 230–1, 234, 253, 255.
exports and imports leidger, 24.
French encroachments in, 197–8, 215–6.
garrisons, provision for, 298–9.
Governors, instructions for, 8, 237. 324–5.
-, to, transmit neglected papers, 34–6.
Indians, interviews with, 75.
-, affairs to be under one general direction, 220–1, 235, 242–3, 245–6, 255, 344–5.
iron, pig and bar, imported, 13.
-, slitting mills in, 304, 324–5.
-, quantity made in, 394.
land grants petition, 17.
laws, defects of, in, 422–5, 433.
letters of marque and reprisal, 236, 238, 251–2.
mails, packets provided to carry, 174, 180, 186.
money granted by Parliament for military, expeditions, 198–200, 212.
neutral subjects not to be molested, 308–9.
orders in Council, 8, 28, 40–1, 50–1, 62–4, 74–5, 84–6, 105, 112–3, 146–7, 167–9, 171, 195, 206–7, 263–5, 420–2.
plantation Acts, reports on, 107–8; and see Lamb.
post office accounts, 250, 437.
potash manufacture in, 3–5, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22–3, 26, 109–10, 297, 306, 313, 319.
provisions embargo, 256–9, 265, 267, 285, 304–5, 322.
salt to be made in, 390.
shipping embargo, 361.
ships of war, private, 264.
soldiers' mutiny, punished, 224.
trade in slaves and indigo, 371, 373.
-, illicit, with French, 131, 134–5, 237–8, 256–7, 264, 319.
-, -, with neutrals, 337.
woods, state of, 139, 141, 419, 422–3.
See also under Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Connecticut, Georgia, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montserrat, Nevis, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, St. Christopher's, South Carolina, Virginia, and under Miscellanies and Trade.
Plater, Mr., naval officer in Maryland, 101.
Plymouth, Devonshire, 83, 423.
Point Shirley, Massachusetts, 38.
Poirier, Mr., Secretary to Committee of African merchants, letters from, 107, 148, 165, 177, 218, 246–7, 332–3, 360.
Poland, ambassador of, 17.
Poole, Dorsetshire, 423.
Poole, Mr., of Africa Committee, attends Board, 175.
-, -, letter from, 314.
Popo, Dahomey, West Africa, King of, 336.
Port Antonio, Jamaica, 181, 210, 334.
Port Louis. See Louisbourg.
Port Royal, Jamaica, 39, 133, 153, 335.
Portland parish, Jamaica, 335.
Porto Rico, Spanish West Indies, Governor of, 36, 38, 327.
Popple, William, Governor of Bermudas, attends Board, 9, 111.
-, -, instructions for, 141–2, 168–9.
-, -, letters from, 202–3, 252–3, 262, 317–8, 325–6, 377–8, 408–9.
-, -, -, to, 110, 205, 210, 412.
-, -, memorial of, 6, 11, 23, 55, 76–7, 111.
-, -, salary for, 377.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 43, 72, 75.
Portugal.
Treaty with, 236.
merchants of, in West Africa, 156.
Potomac, Potowmack, River, Virginia, 32.
Pownall, John, appointed sole Secretary to Board, 416.
-, -, letters from (as Secretary), 47, 78, 104, 109, 125, 142, 160, 172, 193, 214, 218, 225, 230, 238, 249–50, 271, 301, 305, 339, 353, 358–9.
-, -, -, to, 7, 34, 46, 82, 97, 102, 116–7, 120, 135–6, 145, 150, 152, 166, 178, 192, 199, 205, 213–4, 220, 224, 226, 229–30, 232, 249–50, 261, 275, 306, 317, 410, 413, 417–8, 437.
-, -, (another), appointed naval officer in Jamaica, 187.
-, -, Thomas, Secretary to New York Governor, attends Board, 307.
-, -, appointed Lt. Gov. (interim) of New Jersey, 137, 148, 169, 234.
-, -, re-appointed Lt. Gov., 344, 348.
-, -, appointed Governor of Massachusetts, 297, 301, 405, 420–1.
-, -, letters from, 5, 187–8, 298, 344, 348–9, 378, 401–2, 405, 407, 413, 424, 432.
-, -, -, to, 10–11, 348, 401, 429.
Pratt, Mr., attends Board for Pennsylvania Assembly, 143, 217.
Pringle, Walter, of St. Kitts' Customs, 24.
Proprieties, Charter, claim for examination of, 356–9.
islands, in Delaware river, grant of, 214.
state of Proprietary colonies, enquiry as to, 164, 232.
Providence, New, Bahamas, 179, 206.
Prussia, King of. See Frederick.
-, complaints of merchants to, 256–7.
-, memorial of, 39.
-, treaty with, 233, 235, 237–42, 246–7, 251.
Purcell, Captain, Lt. Governor of Virgin Islands, attends Board, 89, 114.
-, -, letters from, 102, 230.
-, -, -, to, 36.
-, -, memorial of, 89, 101, 117.
Pye, Commodore, 188.
Q
Quakers, in Pennsylvania, 217, 347.
Quirpon, Carpoon, Newfoundland, 363.
R
Rains, Captain John, 419.
Ramsgate, Kent, harbour suit, 123.
Randolph, Peyton, Attorney General of Virginia, 25.
-, -, attends Board, 26, 44, 50, 90.
-, -, attendance requested, 25.
-, -, re-appointed, 137, 148, 167.
-, Mr., Assemblyman of Virginia, 54.
-, -, memorial of, 413.
Raxtead, George, of Jamaica, 165.
Read, Charles, proposed for New Jersey Council, 434–6.
-, -, letter from, 28.
Reading, John, President of New Jersey Council, letter from, 348.
-, -, resignation of, 434–6.
Reed, Mr., Secretary to Governor of Jamaica, 94.
-, -, Secretary to New Jersey, 179, 348.
Reynolds, Francis, Provost Marshall of Barbados, attends Board, 13–14.
-, -, petition of, 12–14, 72, 351–2, 355.
-, John, appointed Governor of Georgia, 61–2, 64, 95.
-, -, instructions for, 63, 95, 178.
-, -, attends Board, 379, 384–5, 390–1.
-, -, attendance requested, 377.
-, -, captured by French, 324.
-, -, complaints of his conduct, 242, 249, 380–5, 387, 391.
-, -, letters from, 122, 144–6, 163, 172, 228, 230, 232, 241–2, 252, 254, 280–1, 324–5, 386.
-, -, -, to, 122, 126, 132, 146, 231–3, 256, 326.
-, -, petition of, 230, 387.
-, -, return to England, 256, 330, 332, 335.
-, -, suspension of, 397.
-, Mr., M.P. for Lancaster, 83.
Rhode Island, New England, 90, 112, 200, 336.
Governor. See Hopkins.
agent. See Partridge.
Acts in, 193.
account of, 225–6.
bills of credit in, 113.
money granted for expedition, 192–3.
ordnance stores in, 225, 232.
state of, 164, 226.
troops raised in, 192–3, 199.
trade, clandestine, in, 435.
Rice, Nathaniel, Secretary of North Carolina, deceased, 48, 51.
Richardson, Mr., of Jamaica, 66.
Ricketts, Mary, of Jamaica, 354–5.
Riddell, William, Bermuda Councillor, deceased, 186, 202–3, 208, 211.
Rigby, Richard, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 197.
-, -, attends Board, 197 et passim.
-, -, re-appointed, 230, 278.
River Indians, 251.
Rivers, James, Secretary to Mr. Pitt, 410–1.
Rivière Blanche, Canada, 31.
Roanoke, Roanock, River, Virginia, 32.
Robert, James, appointed naval officer in Virginia, 416.
Roberts, John, ex-Governor of African Company, attends Board, 19.
-, -, complaint of his conduct, 336.
-, -, petition of, 12, 15–17, 20, 22.
-, -, of Georgia, 152.
Robinson, Sir Thomas (afterwards Lord Grantham), Secretary of State, letters from, 29, 49, 60, 65, 88, 105, 111, 136.
-, -, -, to, 23 et passim.
Rock Fort, Jamaica, 132.
Rodman, John, New Jersey Councillor, deceased, 300, 306.
Rogers, Richard, appointed deputy Secretary and first Clerk, 396.
Rotterdam, Holland, 17.
Rous, Captain, commander of H.M.S. Albany, attends Board, 3–4.
Rowan, Matthew, President of North Carolina Council and Commander in Chief there, letters from, 46, 48, 57, 71, 83, 105.
Rowland, Richard, St. Kitts' Councillor, 60–1, 63–4.
Russell, John, Duke of Bedford, 78.
-, William, naval officer of Georgia, 61–2, 64.
Russia, potash from, 5.
Rutherford, John, Councillor and Receiver General in North Carolina, letters from, 276, 414–5.
-, -, suspension of, 389, 403–5.
-, -, (another), Councillor in New York, deceased, 425, 429.
-, Captain John, master of Neptune, 229.
Ryder, Sir Dudley, Attorney General, 25.
Rypenberger, Adam, 300.
S
St. Andrew's parish, Jamaica, 18, 132, 335.
St. Anne's parish, Jamaica, 335.
St. Augustine, Florida, 331, 333, 379, 393, 421.
St. Bartholomew's Island, West Indies, 316–7.
St. Catherine's Island, Georgia, 391.
St. Catherine's parish, Jamaica, 66, 334, 354–5.
St. Christopher's, St. Kitts', Leeward Islands, 24.
Governor. See Thomas.
agent. See Wilmot.
Acts in, 33, 108, 110, 147, 181, 339, 350.
Council, 55, 60–1, 63–4, 75, 155, 160, 164, 166, 172–4, 177, 183, 229, 294, 296, 354, 420–1.
-, minutes of, 167.
-, members. See Burt, Greathead, Losack, Ottley, Payne, Perrott, Rowland, Sharpe, Thomas, White.
accounts in, 167.
agent appointed for, 323.
forts in, 230.
gaming in, 147.
Governor, support for, 147.
negroes in, 229.
privateers in, 327.
sugar imports prohibited in, 181.
vital statistics in, 229.
St. Croix, Danish West Indies, 83.
St. David's parish, Jamaica, 335.
St. Domingo, West Indies, 327. Cf. Hispaniola.
St. Dorothy's parish, Jamaica, 334.
St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 65, 165, 177, 334.
St. Eustatia, Dutch West Indies, 256, 336, 414–5.
St. George's Harbour, Bermuda, 111, 168, 202.
-, parish, Jamaica, 335.
St. Iago de la Vega (now Spanish Town), Jamaica, 114, 325.
-, protest of citizens against removal of capital from, 35, 38, 58–9, 62, 81–5, 87, 92–3, 98–9, 109, 112–5, 125, 130–1, 135, 144, 148–9, 153, 161–2, 164–6, 179–81, 201, 209, 211–2, 279, 294, 296, 320, 323.
St. James' parish, Jamaica, 65–8, 334.
St. John's parish, Jamaica, 65, 335.
St. John's, Newfoundland, 30, 124, 206, 362.
St. John's River, Nova Scotia, 23, 74, 177, 189–90, 248.
St. Laurence River, Canada, 248.
St. Lucy's parish, Barbados, 294.
St. Mary's parish, Jamaica, 190–1, 335.
St. Michael's parish, Barbados, 246, 251, 314, 316, 402.
St. Michael, Charlestown, South Carolina, 43.
St. Philip's parish, Barbados, Three Houses Spring in, 8.
St. Philip, Charlestown, South Carolina, 43.
St. Thomas in the East, parish, Jamaica, 132, 335.
St. Thomas in the Vale, parish, Jamaica, 335.
St. Vincent's, Windward Islands, 395.
Salem County, New Jersey, 43.
Salisbury, North Carolina, 262.
Salter, Richard, Barbados, Councillor, 36, 47.
Sandy Hook, New York, 336.
Santa Lucia, Windward Islands, 105, 395.
-, capture by French, 193.
Sapelo, Sappelo, Island, Georgia, 391.
Saul, Thomas, contractor in Nova Scotia, accounts of, 171, 243–4, 363, 369.
Saunders, Benjamin, Bahamas Councillor, deceased, 8.
Savannah, Savanna, Georgia, port, 30, 122, 145, 151, 229, 247–8, 382, 391–3, 426, 437.
-, River, Georgia, 296, 301, 343.
-, la Mar, Jamaica, 334.
Saxagotha township, North Carolina, 74.
Schuyler, Mr., letter from, 359.
Scott, Scot, John, proposed for Jamaica Council, 1–2, 5, 28.
-, -, suspension of, 385.
Scotland, illicit trade with West Indies, 39.
Sedgwick, Edward, clerk to Board, resignation of, 195, 197.
Senior, Nassau, 415.
Serle, Edward. appointed doorkeeper to Board, 258.
Setsorf, Dr., attends Board, 126.
Sharpe, Henry, 294.
-, -, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 172–3, 183.
-, -, Horatio, Lt. Gov. of Maryland, letters from, 79, 249, 262, 317, 332, 363, 393, 408.
-, John, solicitor, agent for Antigua and Nevis, 90, 102, 114, 123, 125–6, 128, 141, 259, 266.
-, -, -, for Barbados, 13, 90.
-, -, -, for Jamaica, 19, 90, 98–9, 183, 202, 211.
-, -, attendance requested, 16, 92.
-, -, demise of, reported, 266.
-, -, caveat entered by, 390.
-, -, Joshua, solicitor, attends Board for Pennsylvania Assembly, 140, 215, 217, 225, 227.
-, -, -, for South Carolina, 371.
-, -, -, for Virginia, 26, 50.
-, -, reprimand to, 26.
-, Mr., Clerk of Council, 78.
Shawenese Indians, interview with, 260.
Shelly, Richard, naval officer of Jamaica, deceased, 187.
Shelvocke, Mr., Secretary to Postmaster General, letters from, 250, 437.
Shiffner, Mr., merchant, attends Board, 237–8.
Ships named:
Albany, 3.
Assistance, 335.
Blandford, 176.
Charming Martha, 324.
Fowey, 193.
Glory, 56.
Gosport, 174.
Greenwich, 321.
Halifax, 69, 135, 137.
Henrietta, 419.
Hornet, 248–9.
Hunter, 145.
Jamaica, 341.
Joseph, 395.
Juno, 119, 132, 295–6, 301.
Minerva, 229.
Neptune, 229.
New Casco, sloop, 117–9, 135.
Patience, 20.
Peggy, 315.
Penzance, 151, 206.
Phoebe and Polly, 20.
Revanche, 341.
Speedwell, 336.
Sutherland, 336.
Vulture, 179.
Warwick, 250.
Wasp, 96.
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, letters from, 31, 38–9, 41, 45–6, 54–5, 74, 94, 124, 220, 222, 271, 298–9.
-, -, -, to, 31, 54, 57, 118, 221, 223–5, 227, 229.
-, -, attends Board, 404.
-, -, his conference with the Indians, 97.
-, -, expedition against French, 175–6, 192, 202.
-, -, complaints of his conduct, 188, 190–1.
-, -, regiment of, 243.
-, -, cannon removed by, 328.
-, -, appointed Governor of Bahamas, 416, 423.
-, Mr., Secretary to General Braddock, 298.
Simpson, Dr., H.M. Advocate General, attends Board, 241.
-, -, letter from, 239.
Six Nations. See Iroquois.
Skinner, Courtland, Attorney General of New Jersey, 88.
-, James, Governor of Gambia, letters from, 73, 123.
-, -, -, to, 80, 156.
Sloper, William, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 278.
-, -, attends Board, 278 et passim.
Smith, Francis, of Jamaica, 165.
-, James, of St. Kitts' customs, 24.
-, John, proposed for New Jersey Council, 434–6.
-, Lawrence, of Virginia, 171, 177.
-, Samuel, Treasurer of West New Jersey, 140.
-, -, proposed for New Jersey Council, 88.
-, -, letter from, 348.
-, Mr., deputy to Auditor General of Plantations, letters from, 7, 31.
-, -, attends Board, 44.
Snell, William, and Co., letter from, 322.
Somer Islands. See Bermuda.
South Carolina, 151, 298, 397.
Governor. See. Glen, Lyttleton.
Secretary. See Hammerton.
Attorney General. See Wright.
Clerk of Crown. See Campbell.
naval officer. See Stephenson.
agents. See Crokatt, Pinckney, Wright.
Acts in, 27, 33–4, 40–1, 43–4, 47–8, 53, 84, 136–7, 142–3, 145–6, 166–8, 182, 341–2, 354–5, 389–90, 422.
Council of, 34, 78, 96, 114, 135, 150, 159–60, 162, 168, 173, 178, 192, 195, 207, 210, 262, 265, 279, 292, 309, 341–2, 379–80, 392, 421.
-, members. See Atkin, Beal, Beaufin, Bull, Drayton, Fenwicke, Guerard, Kinloch, Michie, Middleton, Pinckney, Vanderdussen, Wragg.
Assembly, 34, 78, 96, 114, 142, 152, 213, 254, 275, 292, 341, 379.
agent appointed for, 292, 342.
bills of credit in, 27, 40–1, 342.
boundaries of, 58, 129, 135, 163, 345, 379.
Charlestown Library Society, 84, 143, 145–6, 168.
councillors absent in, 42, 47.
-, suspended in, 421.
Courts of Justice in, 97, 114, 142, 152.
defense of, 34, 47–50, 279, 284–7, 379.
duties in, 44.
forts in, 275, 281, 284–7, 289, 341–2, 421.
French encroachments in, 46.
-, refugees (Acadians) in, 226–7, 275.
-, ship seized in, 341.
Gazette of, 169, 254.
Governor, appointment of, 106–7, 147.
-, arrival of, 274–5.
-, instructions for, 113, 137, 163, 168, 183–4, 207, 297.
-, captured by French, 176–7.
-, complaints of his conduct, 32–3.
gunpowder, license to export, 204, 207, 226, 232, 234, 245.
harbour works at, 43, 53.
Indians in, 34, 46, 50, 54, 78–83, 85–7, 135, 169, 210–3, 235, 243, 245–6, 254, 275, 279–81, 341, 410–1.
invasion, fears of, 306.
iron in, 363.
jurors in, 43.
land grants in, 180.
militia in, 378.
officials appointed in, 48–9, 52, 137.
-, fees of, 389–90.
-, leave of absence for, 353, 355, 358.
-, sickness of, 352.
ordnance stores for, 360–1, 364, 378.
parishes, new, in, 43.
pirates, trials of, in, 141.
port charges in, 142, 145–6, 167.
provisions, embargo on, 354.
quit rents in, 142, 265, 374–6.
settlements made from, 378–80.
state of, 275.
state house built in, 43.
vessels cleared in, 143, 166.
Spaight, Richard, proposed for North Carolina Council, 296, 420.
Spain.
King of. See Ferdinand.
consuls in, 83, 87.
counterfeit dollars, 312, 323.
fishing rights of, 411.
garrison of, provisions for, 331, 333, 421.
settlement made by, 379.
vessels of, molested by privateers, 340.
Spanish Town alias St. Iago de la Vega, Jamaica, 66, 133, 179, 279, 340.
Spellen, James, master of Phoebe and Polly, 20.
Stanhope, Lovell, agent for Jamaica, petition of, 374, 422.
Steele, Thomas, Nova Scotia Councillor, deceased, 71.
Stephens, Thomas, attends Board, 4–5, 14, 18–20.
-, -, proposal of, 3, 12, 22–3, 109–10.
-, -, letters from, 271, 297, 306, 313, 319.
Stephenson, Joseph, appointed naval officer in South Carolina, 137.
Sterling, Thomas, Deputy Receiver General of Jamaica, 293.
Stevens, Phineas, of New England, petition of, 141.
Stewart, Robert, proposed for Bahamas Council, 8.
Stone, Andrew, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board, 29 et passim.
-, -, re-appointed, 197, 230, 278.
-, -, recommendation by, 258.
-, Webb, appointed Councillor in Montserrat, 416, 423.
Sussex County, New Jersey, 43.
-, on Delaware river, 52, 236, 268, 271–3.
Sutherland, Patrick, 291.
Swann, Thompson, of Virginia, 191.
Sweden.
King of. See Charles XI.
Treaty with, referred to, 233, 237–9.
Switzerland.
intending colonists from, 17.
colonists in Nova Scotia, 367.
Sydenham, Mr., 389.
T
Taggert, Captain John, commander of New Casco and Halifax sloops, 117–9, 135, 137.
Talbot, John, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 197.
-, -, attends Board, 197 et passim.
-, -, re-appointed, 230.
Tantumquerry, West Africa, 257.
Tayloe, John, proposed for Virginia Council, 262, 265, 309.
Tediuscung, Indian chief, 347.
Tellico, Louisiana, 341.
Terrie, Thomas, appointed chamberkeeper to Board, 437.
Tew, Edmund, 311.
Thames river, 145.
Thomas, George, Governor of Leeward Islands, instructions for, 177, 183.
-, -, letters from, 36, 38, 41, 60–1, 83, 97, 109, 123, 125–6, 128, 155, 167, 175–6, 193, 229–30, 232, 250, 254, 289, 291, 316–7, 327, 336, 338–9, 346–7, 377, 395, 414.
-, -, -, to, 68, 167, 176, 255, 340.
-, -, salary for, 40.
-, -, officials suspended by, 76.
-, -, formerly Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, 273.
-, James, proposed for St. Kitts' Council, 351, 354, 421.
Thompson, Captain, commander of Charming Martha, 324.
Thornhill, Henry, proposed for Barbados Council, 76–7, 79, 105, 146.
Thornton, Mr., letter from, 256–7.
Thynne, Mr., proposal of, 354, 360, 364.
-, -, attends Board, 355.
Tinker, John, Governor of Bahama Islands, letters from, 7, 36–8, 41–2, 71–2, 206, 208, 262, 327–9, 340, 361, 395, 411.
-, -, -, to, 340.
-, -, memorial of, 169.
-, -, leave of absence requested for health, 71–2.
-, -, demise of, reported, 416.
Tobago, Windward Islands, 36, 38, 394–5.
Tomlinson, Captain, New England merchant, 14, 19–20.
-, -, agent for New Hampshire, 90, 192–3, 200.
-, -, contractor, attends Board, 418–9.
-, John, Antigua Councillor, demise of, reported, 28.
Tonge, Lieut., 291.
Tortola, West Indies, merchants of, 220.
Touchet, Mr., of African Merchants Committee, attends Board, 397–8.
Townshend, Charles, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, attends Board 1 et passim.
-, -, resignation of, 34.
-, Chauncy, contractor in Nova Scotia, memorials of, 12, 18–19, 199, 201–2.
-, -, payments to, 166, 227, 235.
-, Mr., H.M. chymist, attends Board, 5.
Trade.
African trade not to be controlled by Board, 397–8.
commercial disputes with foreign powers, 8, 11, 20, 28.
consulates in foreign ports, 83, 87.
Customs House leidgers, 190.
-, collectors of, instructions for, 125.
East India exports, 82, 195, 219, 225, 227, 229, 346.
forts on African coast, expenses of, 148, 174, 216, 218.
French, illicit trade with, 256.
gold mines. See Africa.
imports and exports, 101–2, 336.
merchants' petition, 236, 256–7.
Pewterers' petition, 163.
ships in neutral ports, not to be molested, 420.
ships and tonnage cleared, 76.
slaves, exchanged with French, 335.
-, price of, 211–2, 37–1.
Treaties of Commerce with foreign powers, 233, 235–42, 246–7, 251.
particular commodities:
flax, 101, 361.
indigo, 335, 346, 371.
iron, 13, 304, 324, 363, 393–4, 400, 408.
linen, 38, 101–2, 361.
potashes, 3–5, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22–3, 26, 109–10, 271.
rice, 134.
rum, 134.
salt, 373, 390.
silk, 9–10, 101, 123, 132; and see Georgia.
sugar, 154, 181.
tin duties, 163.
tobacco, 154, 170.
whale fins, 102.
woollens, 429–31.
See also Africa, France, Holland, Prussia, Miscellanies, Plantations General, and under separate colonies.
Trent, William, 22.
Trenton, New Jersey, 348.
Trinity, Newfoundland, 124, 362–3.
Trott, Samuel, proposed for Bermuda Council, 55, 63–4, 105.
Tucker, Mr., of Bermuda, 408–9.
-, -, attends Board, 409–10.
Turkey Company, Directors to attend Board, 429–31.
-, French trade with Turkey, 429–31. Cf. Levant.
Turks' Island, West Indies, 37–8, 71.
Turner, Caleb, master of Patience, 20.
Tutte, John, clerk to Board, 396.
Tybee River, Georgia, 247–8, 419.
Tyrrell, Captain, Governor of Tobago etc., 394–5.
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Vanderdussen, Col. Alexander, South Carolina Councillor, 47, 195, 207.
Vanseice, John, interpreter, 254.
Vaughan, William, of New Hampshire, 43.
Vere parish, Jamaica, 66, 334.
Virgin Islands, West Indies, 36, 38.
Lt. Gov. See Purcell.
civil government proposed for, 101–2, 114, 117, 121, 123.
fortifications in, 230.
list of inhabitants, 229–30.
ordnance stores required for, 220, 361.
state of, 89.
Virginia, 57, 81, 182–4, 200, 329.
Governor. See Albemarle, Loudoun.
Lt. Gov. See Dinwiddie, Fauquier.
Attorney General. See Randolph, Wyth.
President of Council. See Burwell.
agent. See Abercromby.
naval officer. See Robert.
Secretary. See Adair.
Acts in, 18, 25–6, 32–3, 40, 43, 47, 49–50, 53–4, 63–4, 74, 80, 90, 108, 110, 113, 117, 127, 146–7, 159–61, 171–3, 177–8, 181, 191, 206, 210–1, 218–9, 235, 263, 292, 350–1, 356, 359, 378, 380, 389, 394, 410–1, 422, 435–7.
Council, 21, 23, 25–6, 29, 35–6, 75, 109–10, 167, 181, 239, 245–6, 249–50, 261, 264–5, 284, 292, 309, 332, 385, 392, 435.
-, minutes of, 24–5, 245, 356, 435.
-, members. See Beverley, Byrd, Carter, Fairfax, Lee, Lewis, Ludwell, Tayloe, Wright.
House of Burgesses, 21, 25, 44–5, 50, 127, 181, 235, 284, 386–7, 435.
Assembly, 26, 32, 37, 54, 80, 292, 332, 345.
-, minutes of, 435.
Attorney General in, 26, 50, 148, 167.
bills of credit in, 345, 410–2, 414.
boroughs, privileges of, 43, 74.
charter of, 32.
debtors, insolvent in, 63–4.
defense of, 37, 81, 83, 166, 284–7, 289, 356.
estates, sale of, 356, 359, 389, 394, 422.
executions, laws concerning, 26, 49–50, 53, 63–4.
French, encroachments by, 25, 37–8, 54–5, 80.
-, expedition against, 155.
-, refugees (Acadians) sent to, 206, 241.
-, illegal trade with, 131, 134, 435.
garrisons in, 435.
Governor, appointment of, 211, 215–6, 263, 422.
hunting and ranging forbidden in, 378.
Indians in, 22, 54–5, 97, 166, 235, 243, 245–6, 262, 345, 413.
land titles in, 18, 40, 90, 113, 146–7, 159, 171–2, 177–8, 191, 210, 350, 378, 380.
Lt. Gov., appointment of, 365, 370.
-, arrival of, 435.
-, instructions for, 96, 220–1.
-, fees for, 32, 56.
-, resignation of, 326–7, 332.
lighthouse off, 350–1, 426–7.
map of, 25.
naval force required for defense of, 305–6.
-, office lists, 100, 326, 435.
officials appointed in, 137, 416.
-, duality of, 435.
-, fees for, 97, 100.
ordnance stores for, 97.
Post Office in, 246.
quit rents, 25, 32, 44, 206, 305, 435.
recruits for army, 292.
revenues of, 100, 206, 262, 305, 326, 386, 435.
seal of, 21, 24, 26, 32.
settlements in, 32, 44, 50, 52, 63–4.
state of, 127, 292, 305, 386.
suit of agreement in, 218, 263.
tithables in, 230.
tobacco duty in, 170, 326.
vessels cleared in, 25, 127, 170, 235, 262, 292, 356.
Virginia Company, referred to, 21.
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Walcott, Mr., Governor of Connecticut, letter from, 39.
Waldo, Samuel, of Boston, petition of, 248, 259.
Walker, George, 43.
-, Thomas, Attorney General in Leeward Islands, 297, 301, 420.
-, -, demise of, reported, 416.
-, Rev. Timothy, of New England, petition of, 40, 161–2, 164, 171.
-, -, attendance requested, 141.
Walpole, Horatio, Auditor General of the Plantations, reports of, 7, 350.
Walsh, Colonel, 395.
Walton, William, proposed for New York Council, 300, 302, 350, 421.
-, -, petition of, 331, 333.
-, Mr., solicitor, 389, 394.
Ward, Ensign, 55.
Warner, Ashton, Attorney General of Leeward Islands, deceased, 48.
-, Thomas, Attorney General of Leeward Islands, 327, 416, 423.
Warrell, Joseph, Attorney General of New Jersey, 88.
Washington, Augustine, of Virginia, 218, 263.
-, Colonel (or Major) George, instructions for, 25.
-, -, letters from, 51, 54–5.
-, Henry, of Virginia, 18, 40.
Waspy, Antoine, 144–5.
Waterford, Ireland, 414.
Watson, Captain Justly, 257.
Watts, John, proposed for New York Council, 300, 302, 350, 421.
Webb, Harry, appointed Attorney General of Leeward Islands, 48, 51, 75.
-, Major General, 344.
Wedderburn, James, deceased, Clerk of Crown in South Carolina, 48, 52.
-, Mr., counsel for Mr. Charles, attends Board, 356.
Weekes, Nathaniel, proposed for Barbados Council, 36, 38, 45, 95.
-, Ralph, president of Barbados Council, letters from, 31, 36, 38, 47–8, 72, 172, 188, 244, 246, 262, 289.
-, Mr., Treasurer of Nevis, 167.
Weller, Captain, commander of Assistance, 335.
Wenman, Ann, matron of Halifax orphanage, 399.
Wentworth, Benning, Governor of New Hampshire, instructions for, 178.
-, -, letters from, 2, 78, 97, 112, 213–4, 232–3, 260, 271, 292, 307, 400–1.
-, -, -, to, 57, 423.
-, Surveyor General of Woods, proposal of, 418–9, 423.
-, Mark Hunting, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 416, 423.
West, Mr., Secretary to the Treasury, letters from, 6, 71, 102–3, 141, 197, 266–7, 376, 386.
-, -, -, to, 333.
West Chester County, New York, 88.
Westgate, Thomas, chief engineer at Dixcove, 336.
Westminster, soap boilers of, 5.
-, St. James' parish in, 236.
Westmorland parish, Jamaica, 65, 133, 165, 177, 335.
Weyland, Mr., merchant, attends Board, 237–8.
Weymouth, Dorsetshire, 423.
Weysers, Conrad, Commissioner for Indian affairs, 298.
White, Captain Charles, trial of, 377.
-, Henry, of Lancaster, 333.
-, John, St. Kitts' Councillor, letter from 164.
-, -, resignation of, 173.
Whydah fort, West Africa, 415.
Whytell, Christopher, Governor of Annamaboe, 53.
Wilkins, William 306.
Wilkinson, Mr., agent of regiment in Nova Scotia, 17.
Willard, Josiah, Secretary of Massachusetts, letters from, 31, 94, 248–9, 261, 276.
-, -, demise of, reported, 302, 365.
Williamsburg, Virginia, 55, 100, 127, 170.
Willis, Robert, chamber-keeper to Board, 437.
Wills Creek, Ohio, 55.
Wilmington, North Carolina, 319.
Wilmot, Henry, agent for Montserrat, 90.
-, -, agent for Antigua and other Leeward Islands, 323.
-, -, instructions for, 327.
-, -, letter from, 336.
Winchester, Virginia, 97.
Windward Islands. See Barbados, Dominica, St. Vincent's, Santa Lucia and Tobago.
Winebah, West Africa, 437.
Wingaw. See Georgetown.
Winyah Indico Society, South Carolina, 354–5, 422.
Withers, William, of Virginia, 218, 263.
Witter, Norwood, proposed for Jamaica Council, 289–90, 392.
Wolverston Hall, Suffolk, 236.
Wood, Mr., Secretary to Commissioners of Customs, letters from, 76, 125, 166, 190, 226, 246, 336, 346.
Woodford, Mr., contractor, 243.
Woodroffe, Samuel, proposed for New Jersey Council, 300, 302, 306, 421.
Woodstock, Barnart Andreas, of Jamaica, 165. 177.
Woolwich, Kent, 30, 206.
Wordsworth, Mr., merchant, attends Board, 237.
Worrall, Samuel, of Bristol, 333.
Wragg, Mr., South Carolina Councillor, suspension of, 292, 341–2, 421.
Wraxall, Peter, aide de camp to General Johnson, 187.
Wright, James, agent for South Carolina, 292, 342, 410.
-, -, attends Board, 371.
-, -, memorial of, 360–1, 389–90.
-, -, Attorney General of South Carolina, memorial of, 353, 355, 359.
Wynter, William, of Jamaica, 94.
Wyth, George, appointed Attorney General of Virginia, 25.
Y
Yonge, Henry, Surveyor of lands in Georgia, 67.
York, Mr., attends Board for Pennsylvania Proprietors, 143, 217.
York, Virginia, 313.
Yorke, Colonel, H.M. Envoy in Holland, letters from, 8–10.
-, -, -, to, 9.
Young, John, of Nova Scotia, 312.