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| July 2. |
1,355. Council of Trade and Plantations to Mr. Secretary Trumbull. We enclose memorials as to New York, St. Christopher's, Newfoundland and the African Company, as desired. Signed, Tankerville, Ph. Meadows, John Locke, A. Hill. 1 p. Annexed, |
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1,355. I. Memorial as to St. Christopher's. Setting forth the disputes of the English and French over the Island since the treaty of Breda in July, 1667 to 1686. 11 pp. |
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Copy of a letter from the Secretary of the African Company, 29 June, 1697. Relating damage done to the settlements in the Gambia from 1686 to 1688; the capture and destruction of Fort James on the Gambia in 1695 and the plunder of Sierre Leone in the course of the war. We hope that the French may be excluded from trading to those parts, having no factory there. 1½ pp. |
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Memorial as to New York. A brief summary of the attempts of the French to gain the Five Nations, and their encroachments to gain the beaver-trade from 1684 to 1696. 4 pp. |
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Memorial as to Newfoundland. Recounting the attacks of the French upon the island in 1694 and 1696. 1 p. [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXVI., Nos. 105, 105 I.] |
July 6.
Whitehall. |
1,356. Council of Trade and Plantations to Mr. Secretary Trumbull. Forwarding memorials relating to Jamaica, and to Nova Scotia and New England, for the use of the Plenipotentiaries at the Hague. Signed, J. Bridgewater, Tankerville, Ph. Meadows, John Locke, Abr. Hill. ¼ p. Enclosed, |
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1,356. I. Memorial respecting Jamaica. The damage done by the French in Jamaica during the present war is computed at £450,000. Our own attempt upon Hispaniola in 1695 had little success. Since 1687 the French Governor of Hispaniola has forbidden the inhabitants of Jamaica to fish for turtle, as they used, in the Isle des Vaches, which is accounted a hardship. 1 p. |
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Memorial respecting New England and Nova Scotia. Accadie was ceded to the French in 1670, but nevertheless the Governor of New York claimed the country from Pemtagout to the River St. Croix. In 1688 the French and Indians made raids on the Eastern frontier of New England. In 1690 Sir William Phips took Port Royal, which was shortly after retaken by the French. Since
that time the country has remained open. In 1696 the French took and destroyed Pemaquid, whereupon the inhabitants fled. 2½ pp. [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXVI., Nos. 106, 106 I.] |
July 9.
Whitehall. |
1,357. Council of Trade and Plantations to Mr. Secretary Trumbull. Forwarding a statement of the damage done by the French to the Hudson's Bay Company from 1683 to 1696. ½ p. Annexed, |
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1,357. I. Memorial of the Hudson's Bay Company (No. 1,358). [Colonial Papers, Vol. LXVI., Nos. 107, 107 I.] |
| July 9. |
1,358. Memorial of the Hudson's Bay Company. The French have inflicted many great injuries upon the Company. |
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(i.) Invasion of Radisson, Aug. 14, 1683. Damage |
£25,000 |
0 |
0 |
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(ii.) Attempt on Port Nelson, 1684. Damage |
£10,000 |
0 |
0 |
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(iii.) Seizure of the Perpetuana Merchant, 1685. Damage |
£7,014 |
19 |
8 |
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(iv.) Destruction of Forts Albany, Rupert and Moose River,
etc. (1686) |
£50,000 |
0 |
0 |
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(v.) Seizure of the Hayes sloop, 1687 |
£1,500 |
0 |
0 |
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(vi.) Seizure of the Churchill, Young, and Husband frigates,
etc. (1688) |
£15,000 |
0 |
0 |
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(vii.) Expense of recovering Albany Fort, 1693 |
£20,000 |
0 |
0 |
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(viii.) Capture of York Fort by the French, 1694 |
£18,000 |
0 |
0 |
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(ix.) Expense of retaking York Fort, 1696 |
£8,000 |
0 |
0 |
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— |
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Total |
£154,514 |
19 |
8 |
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The Company have now only York Fort and Albany Fort. All the others they had were destroyed by the French. Copy. 4¾ pp. Endorsed, July 9, 1697. [America and West Indies. Hudson's Bay, 539. No. 7.] |
