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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 12 1685-1688 and Addenda 1653-1687. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1899.

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'Addenda: November 1683', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 12 1685-1688 and Addenda 1653-1687, ed. J W Fortescue( London, 1899), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol12/p644 [accessed 29 November 2024].

November 1683



Nov. 3. Nevis.	2,081. Governor Sir William Stapleton to Lords of Trade and Plantations. The Spaniards have captured the Africa sloop, belonging to the African Company, and another boat which I sent to St. Thomas, both while sailing between Tortola and St. John within this Government. They have sent the master of the African to Spain, falsely pretending that he attacked the Spanish ship. Copy. 1 p. Inscribed. An order of the Lords of Trade and Plantations to Sir Leoline Jenkins, to communicate it to the special ambassador and demand satisfaction. Signed, William Blathwayt. 11 March 1683–4. [Col. Papers, Vol. LXIV., No. 116.]
Nov. 14.	2,082. Deposition of John Calvert and others. That on 20 August 1682 two French ships came into Hudson's Bay from Canada and entered Nelson Bay. In June 1683 they attacked the English factory there, took the Governor, John Bridges, prisoner, plundered the factory, and burned and destroyed the Governor's house. They said that they acted by the King's Commission, whose flag they hoisted. In August they forced deponents on board one of the ships, a leaky ship, with a very scanty store of provisions, though the sea was full of ice at the time 2 pp. Sworn before Sir Miles Cooke, master in Chancery. [Col. Papers, Vol. LXIV., No. 117.]
Nov. 14.	2,083. Duplicate of foregoing. 2 pp. [Col. Papers, Vol. LXIV., No. 118.]
Nov. 14.	2,084. Deposition of John Outlaw. That the French concerned in the outrage at Hudson's Bay declared that they acted by the King's commission. ½ p. [Col. Papers, Vol. LXIV., No. 119.]
Nov. 14.	2,085. Petition of the Hudson's Bay Company to the King In a letter of 11 November 1682, Governor de la Barre complained of our occupation of Hudson's Bay, and threatened to drive ou[Illegible] people out. The letter was sent to us by you, and we answered the complaint, after which nothing more was done until on 2[Illegible] August 1683 two French vessels sailed into Port Nelson, captured the Governor, and destroyed our buildings, saying that they did s[Illegible] by the French King's commission, which we do not believe. We beg[Illegible] for redress, and that orders may be given to protect us from further[Illegible] molestation. 2 pp. [Col. Papers, Vol. LXIV., No. 120.]
Nov. 23.	2,086. Deposition of John Outlaw. Giving an account of th[Illegible] French attack on the English factory at Hudson's Bay. 1 p. [Col. Papers, Vol. LXIV., No. 121.]