B

B—, memorial by, 146.

Bacheler, Marmaduke, document signed by, 771 i.

Bacon, Bulls, Collector, N.H., accounts of, 806.
-, -,-, appointment of, 685.
-, -,-, seizure by, 806, 806 i.

Bagon, M. See Negon.

Bahama galley, 6, 394.

Bahama Islands, agent for. See Mulcaster, John.
-, -, ambergrease, 455 vii.
-, -, Assembly, Address, petition for, 208, 208 i, 284, 453 i, iv, v, vii, 455, 579 i, 801.
-, -,-,-, referred, 118.
-, -,-, need of, 45, 127, 677 v, 801.
-, -,-, opposition to, by Bahama Company, 208.
-, -,-, qualifications for, proposed, 801.
-, -,-, scheme for, requested, 612.
-, -, Attorney General. See Howell, John.
-, -, braziletto wood, 45.
-, -, Catt Island, 45, 127.
-, -,-, inhabitants migrate to, 455.
-, -,-, plundered by Spaniards, 817.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Granger, T., Walker, Thomas.
-, -,-, appointed, 521.
-, -, Church, building and plan of, 452 vi, 455.
-, -,-, Committee for erecting, 677 iv.
-, -,-, materials sent from New England for, 677 iv.
-, -, Clerk of the Crown. See Goudet, Peter.
-, -, Clerk of the Market. See Hawkes, R.
-, -, Company, Agent of. See Walker, Thomas.
-, -,-, Agents of, complaints against, 208 i, ff., 317, 803.
-, -,-, Assembly opposed by, 208.
-, -,-, Charter of Incorporation requested by, 579 i, 737.
-, -,-, complaint by, against Governor Nicholson, 579, 579 i.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 743.
-, -,-, memorial by, 737.
-, -,-, surrender of interest, 122.
-, -,-, tenths claimed by, 801 iii.
-, -, Council, 455 xi.
-, -,-, address by, for Assembly, 208, 208 i.
-, -,-, Clerk of. See Fairfax, W.
-, -,-, Minutes of, 45 ii, 89 iii, 284, 284 ii, 394, 394 i, 455 iv–vi, 677 i, ii, iv.
-, -,-, and inhabitants, address by, 677 v.
-, -, Councillors, 208 i, ii, 284 i, 677 iii, 801 iii.
-, -,-, absentee, 284 i.
-, -,-, appointed, 284 i.
-, -,-, death of, 284 i.
-, -,-, persons proposed for, 284 i.
-, -,-, suspended, 45 ii, 284 i, 394, 394 i, 455 vi.
-, -, Court of Admiralty, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Judge. See Fairfax, W.
-, -,-,-, Marshall. See Davis, W.
-, -,-,-, Registrar. See Warner, John.
-, -, credit obtained from Carolina, 208 i.
-, -, Customs, Collector of. See Fairfax, W.
-, -,-, vessel required by, 801 iii.
-, -, defence of, proposals for, 127.
-, -, description of, 127, 455 vii.
-, -, Eleuthera I., 45, 127.
-, -,-, inhabitants of, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Spanish attack repulsed, 817.
-, -, exchange, rate of, 284.
-, -, exports, 455 vii, 801 iii.
-, -,-, oil, 455 vii.
-, -, Exuma I., 127, 455 vii.
-, -,-, salt making at, 801 iii, 817.
-, -, fines and forfeitures applied to public debts, 455 iv.
-, -, fortifications, 455 vii, 737.
-, -,-, aid for building, requested, 801 iii.
-, -,-, progress with, 45.
-, -,-, repair of, 612.
-, -, Governor of. See Phenney, G.
-, -, Governor, Council and Inhabitants, Address of, 453 iii, iv, 455.
-, -, Governor and Officers of, Address by, 453 v.
-, -, guardship, address for, 394.
-, -, Harbour I., 45, 127.
-, -,-, fort at, 801 iii.
-, -,-, inhabitants, 801 iii.
-, -, harbours described, 455 vii.
-, -, Hog. I., deer from Carolina for, 207.
-, -, Ilathera. See Baha., Eleuthera.
-, -, immigrants, from Bermuda, 801 iii.
-, -, import duty laid by Governor and Council, 284.
-, -, imports, 801 iii.
-, -, Independent Company, additional, request for, 507, 737.
-, -,-, arms required for, 678.
-, -,-, Chaplain of. See Curphey. T.
-, -,-,-, appointed, 521.
-, -,-, charge against officer, 678.
-, -,-, Commissions in, 702.
-, -,-, establishment of, 801 iii.
-, -,-, provisions for, 579.
-, -,-, work on fort, 678.
-, -, inhabitants, address by, 394.
-, -,-, character of, 127.
-, -,-, desert, 208 i.
-, -,-, increase of, 801 iii.
-, -,-, numbers, 45, 127, 455 vii, 737, 801 iii.
-, -,-, petition of, 322, 341.
-, -, Islathera. See Bahamas, Eleuthera.
-, -, Justices appointed, 45.
-, -, lands in, assigned by Mr. Gohier, 122, 131.
-, -,-, escheated, 208 xiii.
-, -,-, escheats needed, 45.
-, -,-, grants of, 122, 131, 801 iii.
-, -,-, surveys of, complaints concerning, 208, 208 i–xx.
-, -,-, Lessees. See Company.
-, -, logwood cutters, 455 vii.
-, -, Lords Proprietors, lease by, 122.
-, -, map of, 6.
-, -, Militia, 453 v, 455 vii, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Commissions in, 45, 45 i.
-, -, mines, 801 iii.
-, -, Naval Officer. See Warner, John.
-, -, negroes, number of, 45, 801 iii.
-, -, New Providence I, 127, 817.
-, -,-, chaplain needed for, 678.
-, -,-, church at, rebuilding of, 368.
-, -,-,-, Clergyman for. See Curphey, Thomas.
-, -,-, development of, schemes for, 455.
-, -,-, importance of, to Carolina, 130 i.
-, -,-, migration to, 455.
-, -,-, Nassau, 127.
-, -,-,-, Fort, 677 iv.
-, -,-,-, accounts of, 455 viii.
-, -,-,-, funds for erecting, 118.
-, -,-,-, King's bastion, 677, 803.
-, -,-,-, Carteret bastion, 677, 803.
-, -,-,-, rebuilding of, 284, 394, 677, 801 iii, 803.
-, -,-,-, plans, 452, 452 iv, 455, 677, 803 ii.
-, -,-,-, repairs done, 455.
-, -,-,-,-, needed, 453 i, iv, 455 viii.
-, -,-, harbour, map of, 452, 452 iv.
-, -,-,-, Justice and Grand Jury, Address of, 453 i.
-, -,-, Palatines at, character of, 127.
-, -,-, inhabitants of, 801 iii.
-, -,-, sloop captured by Spaniards, 817.
-, -, orange trees planted, 208 xvii.
-, -, Palatines in, 803.
-, -, Patent Officers in, 801 iii.
-, -, pirates, Cat Island plundered by, 284.
-, -,-, captured, 284.
-, -,-, Dutch ship taken by, 267.
-, -,-, measures to check, 677.
-, -,-, enquiry into, 677 ii.
-, -,-, Spanish, execution and reprieve of, 455 i, ii, xi.
-, -,-, trial of, 394, 455, 455 i, ii, xi.
-, -, produce of, 801 iii.
-, -, Proprietors' tenths, 208 xx.
-, -, Provost Marshall. See Lawford. S.
-, -, queries concerning, from Board of Trade, 612.
-, -,-, reply to, 801, 801 iii.
-, -, quit-rents, proclamation for payment of, ignored, 208 xiii.
-, -, resumption of, to Crown, suggested, 737.
-, -, Revenue, account of, 801 ii, iii.
-, -, salt raking, 455 vii, 801 iii.
-, -, seal for, 364, 492, 521.
-, -,-, petition for, 322.
-, -,-, representation on, 341.
-, -, seals at, 455 vii.
-, -, Secretary of, 493.
-, -, settlement of, proposals for, 127.
-, -, ship-building, 801 iii.
-, -, ship condemned at, 455 v.
-, -,-, seized in, account for, 284.
-, -,-,-, case of, 493.
-, -, shipping, 801 iii.
-, -, sickness in, causes of, 127.
-, -, sloops seized by Governor Nicholson, 579, 579 i.
-, -,-, Spanish privateers, 455 iii.
-, -, Spaniards, attack by, 455 xi, 817.
-, -,-, charges for, 677, 677 i.
-, -,-, ill-treatment by, protest against, 612.
-, -,-, privateer, ships plundered by, 677, 677 vi.
-, -, stores of war, accounts of, 284 iii, iv, 455 ix, 801 i, 803 i.
-, -,-, request for, 801, 803.
-, -, supplies for, need of, 208 i.
-, -, Surveyor General. See Jenner, J.
-, -, trade, encouragement of, 612.
-, -,-, illegal, measures to prevent, 801 iii.
-, -,-,-, sloop condemned for, 89, 89 ii, iii.
-, -,-, palmeto, 801 iii.
-, -,-, prospects of, 803.
-, -, trade with Bermudas, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Carolina, 130 i, 579, 801 iii.
-, -,-, England, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Ireland, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Jamaica, 455 vii, 579, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Madeira, 801 iii.
-, -,-, N.E., 368, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Northern Plantations, 455 vii.
-, -,-, New York, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Rhode I, 801 iii.
-, -,-, Spanish settlements, request for, 507.
-, -, turtles, hawks bill, 455 vii.
-, -, whales, 455 vii.

Bailey, G., a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, document signed by, 126.

Baker, Samuel, 485.
-, -, document signed by, 475, 491.
-, -, letter to, 491.

Balaguier, John, Depty. Secretary and Clerk of Council, St. Kitts, document signed by, 772 i, ii.
-, -, —, letter to, 351, 507.

Baldwin, M., printer, Jam., 215 ii, 727 i.

Ball, Guy, Councillor, Barbados, dismissed, 27, 114 i.

Bampfeild, George, Agent for New York, letter from, 424, 672.

Banbury, James, deposition of, 431 iii.

Banks, Capt., Commission of, 145.
-, -, —, letter to, 765.

Barbados, and see Sta. Lucia; St. Vincent; Tobago.
-, -, Act abrogating oath to be taken by attornies, etc., to lie probationary, 278 i.
-, -,-, appointing Agents, 715.
-, -,-, appointing Secretary to act as Public Notary in mercantile cases, objection to, 278 i.
-, -,-, appointing security to be given by appellees, repealed, 391.
-, -,-, for better ordering Courts of Common pleas, objections to, 278 i.
-, -,-,-, report upon effect of, ordered, 278 i.
-, -,-, for better ordering Court of Exchequer etc., effect of, enquiry concerning, 278, 278 i.
-, -,-, for the better preserving the peace of the Island, 648 iii.
-, -,-, for the better regulating the power of Vestries, repealed, 363.
-, -,-, depriving William Gordon etc. repealed, 363.
-, -,-, to dock entail on plantations and vest in Joseph Gibbes, objections to, 278, 278 i.
-, -,-, to dock entail on plantation of Robert Thorpe etc., objection to, 278, 278 i.
-, -,-,-, to lie probationary, 278 i.
-, -,-, to empower licentiate lawyers to practice as barristers, objections to, 278, 278 i.
-, -,-, to remain probationary, reason for, 278 i.
-, -,-, for enlarging the time for goods seized etc. 754.
-, -,-, Excise, 715.
-, -,-, granting liberty to load and unload from any bays etc., objections to, 278 i.
-, -,-, to lie probationary, 278 i.
-, -,-, for holding a Court of Grand Session, 278 i.
-, -,-, laying duty on wines, etc. imported, 715.
-, -,-,-, referred, 768.
-, -,-, permitting affirmation etc., 754.
-, -,-, quarantine, 754.
-, -,-, for supporting honour and dignity of the Government, 486, 487, 497, 498, 679.
-, -,-,-, confirmed, 640, 693, 788.
-, -,-,-, referred, 586.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 611, 640.
-, -,-, to treat for the lease of Pilgrim house, etc., 566.
-, -,-,-, referred, 732.
-, -, Acts confirmed, 362.
-, -,-, for issuing paper currency, instruction concerning, 114 i, ii.
-, -,-, to lie probationary, observations upon, 278, 278 i.
-, -,-, revenue, instruction concerning, 247.
-, -,-, of Trade and Navigation, instruction concerning, 114 i, ii.
-, -, Agents of. See Huggins, J; Nivine, W.; Popple, Alured; and Act appointing.
-, -, Assembly, acts referred to, for amendment, 278 i.
-, -,-, elections, irregularities in, 648 iii.
-, -,-, journals of, 486, 497, 498, 715.
-, -,-, Speaker. See Forster, George.
-, -, Auditor General, Deputy. See Ashley, J.
-, -, Bridgetown, map of, 57 i.
-, -, cacao, 648.
-, -, chocolate, a necessity, 648.
-, -, clergymen, certificates for, from Bishop of London, instruction concerning, 114 i, ii.
-, -, Codrington College, engraving of, 57, 57 i.
-, -, Conset Bay, 278 i.
-, -, Cook, Bernard, case of, order upon, 27.
-, -, Council of, 486.
-, -,-, Minutes of, 18, 95, 121 i, 486, 497, 498, 566, 715, 715 i.
-, -,-,-, interpolated, 648 iii.
-, -,-, payments to, concerning, 247.
-, -,-, President of, see Cox.
-, -,-, President of, salary of, 95.
-, -,-, refuse to meet for President Cox, 42.
-, -,-, Cox's speech to, 42.
-, -, Council and Assembly, address by, 497 ii.
-, -, Councillors, 114 i, ii, 729.
-, -,-, appointed, 648, 788.
-, -,-, charges against, by Cox etc., 121, 648, 648 i, ii.
-, -,-,-, dismissed, 754, 754 i, ii.
-, -,-, complaint of, against Cox, referred to Governor Worsley, 257.
-, -,-, dismissed, 27, 114 i, 648, 648 iii.
-, -,-, restored, Cox and, 18.
-, -,-, suspended by Cox, 121, 121 i, ii.
-, -, Court of Admiralty, dispute concerning, 498 i, 567 ii; and see Custom House Officers.
-, -,-, Chancery, holding of, prevented, 121.
-, -,-,-, jurisdiction of, infringement of, 42.
-, -,-, proceedings in, 715, 822.
-, -,-, of Common Pleas. See Act for better ordering.
-, -,-, causes depending in, 715.
-, -,-, of Exchequer. See Act for better ordering.
-, -,-,-, Clerk of. See Huggins, C.
-, -,-, of Grand Sessions, fines and forfeitures in, 715 iv.
-, -, Court-house, memorial for, 386.
-, -, Courts, payment of charges out of revenue, objection to, 278 i.
-, -,-, proceedings of, 822.
-, -, Custom House Officers, complaint concerning sale of contraband goods, etc., 463, 486, 498, 498 i–vii, 567 ii, 715, 715 vi–ix.
-, -, Customs, Collector of. See Manley, John; Lascelles, Henry.
-, -,-, Controller of. See Stevens, John.
-, -, debt of, 679.
-, -,-, measures for paying, proposed, 42.
-, -, description of, 396.
-, -, East Indies, victualling of H.M. ships from, question concerning, 566, 566 i, 567, 680, 681.
-, -, epidemic in, 648.
-, -, factions in, heat of, 487.
-, -,-, disposition to reconcile, 396.
-, -, fines and forfeitures in, 715.
-, -,-, case of, referred, 38.
-, -, fortifications, 4 1/2 p.c. not applied to, 386.
-, -,-, repair of, 487.
-, -,-, act for, 715.
-, -,-,-, money needed for, 715.
-, -,-, ruinous condition of, 42.
-, -, 4 1/2 p.c., application of, for purposes specified, memorial for, 386.
-, -, French trader seized at, 486.
-, -, French traders, insults by, 42.
-, -, Governor of. See Belhaven, Lord; Worsley, H.
-, -, Governor, presents to, instruction concerning, 114 i, ii.
-, -, Governor, Council and Assembly, Address by, 497 i, 498, 585.
-, -, guardship, 486, 648.
-, -,-, request for, 584.
-, -,-, sickness in, 648.
-, -,-, under Governor's directions, request for, 715.
-, -, Judges and Grand Jury etc., address of, 386.
-, -, Justices dismissed for arbitrary and illegal trial, 27.
-, -,-, replaced, 648.
-, -, King's thirds, dispute concerning, 567 ii, 679, 715, 715 vi–ix.
-, -, lands seized for debts, sale of, instruction concerning, 114 ii.
-, -, map of, license and proposal for, 57, 57 i.
-, -, Militia, neglect of, 42.
-, -, Morgan, plantation of, 458, 458 i.
-, -, Naval Office bonds, prosecution of, enquiry concerning, 715, 715 ii.
-, -, Naval Officer. See Charnley, E. Cornelius, John.
-, -, Neal, —, case of, 648 iii.
-, -, negroes, runaway, punishment of, 190.
-, -, Notaries, public, Act appointing, 278 i.
-, -, officers, civil, appointed by Cox, complaint against, 648.
-, -, Patent Officers, absentee, 238, 323.
-, -, Pilgrim house. See Act to treat, etc.
-, -, pirates, crew forced to join, 754, 754 iii, iv.
-, -,-, cruelty of, 754, 754 iii, iv.
-, -,-, effects of, instruction concerning, reason for, 679.
-, -,-,-, enquiry concerning, 498.
-, -, prison, ruinous condition of, 386.
-, -, Provost Marshals, 462; and see Kennedy, O.
-, -, public debts of, 487.
-, -, Quakers. See Act permitting affirmation.
-, -, Receiver General of. See Dalrymple, W.
-, -, Revenue, payment of Court charges from, objection to, 278 i.
-, -, Schoolmasters, licenses for, instruction concerning, 114 i, ii.
-, -, Secretary of, act appointing as Public Notary in mercantile cases, objection to, 278 i.
-, -,-, wills detained by, objection to, 754, 754 v.
-, -,-, reply to, 754.
-, -, ships, seizures of, 498, 498 i–vii, 715, 715 vi–ix.
-, -, Society for Propagation of Gospel. See Act granting liberty to load, etc.
-, -, stores of war, accounts of, 715 v, 718, 755 i.
-, -,-, embezzlement of, 648 iii.
-, -,-, required, 715.
-, -, Tobago, settlement of, instruction concerning, 114 i, ii; and see Tobago.
-, -, trade, illegal, in, 42, 788.
-, -,-,-, with Holland, 486.
-, -,-,-, with Martinique, etc., 486, 487, 584, 788.
-, -,-,-, difficulty of preventing, 648.
-, -,-,-, measures to prevent, 486, 487, 679, 715, 715 ii.
-, -,-,-, ships seized for, 486.
-, -,-,-, at Sta. Lucia, 715.
-, -,-,-, sloop to prevent, 679.
-, -, Vestries, instruction concerning, 114 ii.
-, -, Young, —, charge against, 648 iii.

Barkeley, Earl of, letter to, 659 vi.

Barker, Capt., engineer, 394, 452, 455, 677, 678.
-, -, charges against, 803.

Barnard, Capt., R.N., 648.

Barnett, Thomas, Councillor, Bahamas, 677 iii.
-, -, deposition of, 208 ii.

Barnwell, Col. John, commission of, 130 i.
-, -, letter from, 724, 725 iv.

Barrow, George, deposition of, 754 iii.

Barry, George, J.P., Barbados, dismissed, 27.

Barton, Mr., 725 vi.

Basket, —, printer, letter to, 155.

Bassett, William, Councillor, Va., death of, 738.

Baxter, T., document signed by, 648.

Beake, Thomas, letter from, 236, 243, 264.
-, -,-, letter to, 237.

Beaufort, Duke of, Lord Proprietor of Carolina, 767.

Beckford, Peter, Controller of Customs, Jam., complaints against, enquiry concerning, 256.
-, -,-, reply to, 260.
-, -, letter from, 256 i.
-, -, support of, at home, complaint concerning, 142.

Bedford, Duke of, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina, document signed for, 570–574.

Bee, John, Indian trader, letter to, 725 ix.
-, -,-, proposal to, rejected, 725 xiv.

Beekman, Gerard, jr., document signed by, 606.

Begon. See Negon.

Belhaven, Lord. See Hamilton, John.

Bellamy, Timothy, assault by, 427 vii.

Bellenden, Major, 276.

Bellinger, Capt. William, letter from, 725 vii.

Bellisle, M., 805 v.

Bellomont, Countess of, claim of, enquiry into, 183, 641.
-, -, Earl of. See Coote, Richard.

Benavides, Don Antonio de, Governor of St. Augustine, demands for restitution of ships and slaves, etc., 427 xxiii–xxviii.
-, -,-,-, instructions by, 373 vi, vii, vii, x, 384, 384 i–vii, 427 xxiii.
-, -,-,-, letter from, 373 i, 427 xxiv.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 427 xxi, xxii, xxv, xxix.
-, -,-,-, letter to, 373 ix.

Bennett, Benjamin, Lt. Governor, Bermuda, case of, determination of, 444.
-, -, charge against, 505, 507.
-, -, deposition by, 505 i.
-, -, dispute concerning King's thirds, 505, 505 i, 506, 506 ii, 507.
-, -, house of, act for finishing, 35.
-, -, letter from, 514.
-, -, return of, delayed, 514.
-, -, salary of, 203.
-, -, James, deposition of, 157 i.
-, -,-, letter to, 157 ii, iii.
-, -,-, petition of, 187.
-, -, Thomas, letter from, 35.

Bentinck, Henry, Duke of Portland, Governor of Jamaica. Act providing for reception of, 382.
-, -, appointment of, welcomed, 116.
-, -, arrival of, 142, 396, 397.
-, -, at Barbados, 396.
-, -, complaint by, against Naval Officers, 659, 659 i–viii.
-, -, illness of, 778.
-, -, Instructions of, 24, 64, 67, 69, 76, 81, 144.
-, -,-, amendments to, 23.
-, -,-, concerning rates of coins, 320.
-, -,-, concerning Lt. Governor's salary, 135, 135 i, 136 ii, 141.
-, -,-, concerning Revenue Act and renewal of laws, 47 i, 87 i, 93, 97 ii, 226, 228 i, 233.
-, -,-, concerning salary, 815.
-, -,-,-,-, infringed, 456, 457, 457 i.
-, -, letter from, 66 ii, 396, 456, 457, 659, 659 iii, vi–viii, 727, 778, 779.
-, -, letter to, 226, 227, 259, 269, 320, 324, 397, 512, 582, 647, 659 iv, 696.
-, -, memorial by, 44 i.
-, -,-, report upon, 87 i.
-, -,-, order upon, 93, 97 ii.
-, -,-, reasons for passing revenue acts, 456, 457, 457 i.
-, -, salary, act for, 582, 681.
-, -,-,-, repealed, 676.
-, -,-,-,-, reasons for passing, 456, 457, 457 i.
-, -,-,-, instructions on, 676, 681, 681 iii, 696, 915.
-, -,-,-, sign manual concerning, 676, 681, 681 iii, 696.
-, -,-,-, on revenue acts, 681, 681 iii, 696.
-, -, speech by, to Council and Assembly, 727 i, ii, iv.
-, -,-, reply to, 727 ii, iii.

Beresford, Richard, document signed by, 130 i.

Bermuda, account of, required, 180.
-, -, Act for better security of all possessed of negroes, etc., 741.
-, -,-, establishing Court of Chancery, alteration of, desired, 621.
-, -,-, for lessening number of Assembly, reasons for, 470, 741.
-, -,-, confirmation desired, 505.
-, -,-, for making an addition to the salary of Lt. Governor, 470.
-, -,-,-,-, confirmed, 671, 692.
-, -,-, powder duty, additional clause to, 741.
-, -,-, to prevent destruction of palmetto trees, 353.
-, -,-, confirmed, 671, 692.
-, -,-, to prevent any person having a net exceeding 3 1/2 fathoms, 470.
-, -,-,-, confirmed, 671, 692.
-, -,-, for prolonging Act for attaching goods etc., 741.
-, -,-, renewing act for encouraging planting of Indian corn, 353.
-, -,-, for supplying deficiency of funds for Governor's house and fortifications, 741.
-, -,-,-, confirmation of, petition for, 35, 78, 79, 351, 353, 353 i, 353 iii.
-, -,-,-, objection to, 519, 593, 615.
-, -,-,-, to lie by for three years, 593.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 47.
-, -,-,-, delayed, 180.
-, -,-,-, repeal of, 620, 621.
-, -,-,-, order for, unofficial, ignored, 741, 742.
-, -,-,-, new, amended, advised, 621.
-, -, Acts affecting British trade and shipping, instruction concerning, observance of, 180.
-, -,-, in force, copies of, 740, 740 i.
-, -,-, printed, copies of, transmitted, 660.
-, -,-, referred, 526.
-, -,-, report upon, 600.
-, -,-, transmitted, 470.
-, -, Admiralty dues, dispute concerning, 203, 280.
-, -, Agent of. See Prevereau, D.
-, -, ambergrease, 280, 353 ii.
-, -, Assembly, act for lessening numbers of, 470, 741.
-, -,-, character of, 470.
-, -,-, difference with Council, 741.
-, -,-, dissenters in, 741.
-, -,-, and Governor's salary, 351, 353.
-, -,-, journal of, 143, 354, 741, 741 i.
-, -,-, oath of secrecy taken by, effect of, 353.
-, -,-,-, upheld, 621.
-, -,-, proceedings of, 470.
-, -,-, Speaker of. See Parson, T.
-, -,-, Treasurer nominated by, 353.
-, -, chart, need of, 353 ii.
-, -, Council, 505.
-, -,-, difference with Assembly, 741.
-, -,-, instructions communicated to, 78.
-, -,-, minutes of, 143, 740 i.
-, -,-, shares in lands and slaves, 353.
-, -, Councillors appointed, 180, 181, 198, 520, 546, 548.
-, -,-, character of, 78.
-, -,-, Churchmen, 741.
-, -,-, deceased, 78.
-, -,-, dismissed, enquiry into, ordered, 625.
-, -,-, dismissal of, proposed, 622.
-, -,-, persons proposed for, 78, 86, 353, 353 iv, 622, 688.
-, -,-, suspended, 85, 85 i, 86, 180.
-, -, Court of Admiralty, proceedings, 634.
-, -,-, Chancery, 353.
-, -,-,-, Act establishing, alteration of, desired, 621.
-, -,-,-, case in, 444.
-, -, Customs, Collector. See Brooke, Thomas.
-, -, description of, 353 ii.
-, -, emigration to Bahama i., 801 iii.
-, -, exports, 353 ii.
-, -, fishery, 353 ii.
-, -, fishing, on wrecks, 353 ii.
-, -, forts, condition of, 353 ii.
-, -, fruit trees destroyed, 353 ii.
-, -, Governor, Lt. See Bennett, B.; Hope, J.; Pulleine. Governor, Council and Assembly, Address by, 353 i.
-, -,-, petition of, 353 iii.
-, -, Governor's house, tax for, 505; and see Act to supply deficiency.
-, -,-, salary of, 741.
-, -, Governor's shares in lands and slaves, 353.
-, -, grampus, 353 ii.
-, -, guns, shelter for, needed, 505.
-, -, houses, stone, 353 ii.
-, -, importance of, 353 ii.
-, -, imports, 353 ii.
-, -, Independent Company at, 353 ii.
-, -,-, request for, 507.
-, -, industries of, 353 ii.
-, -, inhabitants, characteristics of, 603.
-, -,-, connivance with pirates, 603.
-, -,-, number of, 353 ii.
-, -, King's lands, condition of, 505.
-, -,-, grant of, request for, by Lt. Governor, 507.
-, -,-, rents of, 505 vii.
-, -,-, slaves, 505.
-, -,-,-, accounts of, 505 vi.
-, -, King's thirds, dispute concerning, 505, 505 i, 506, 506 ii, 507.
-, -, Militia, 353 ii.
-, -, natives, described, 353 ii.
-, -, negroes, 353, 353 ii; and see Act for better security, etc., 741.
-, -,-, kindly treatment of, 353 ii.
-, -,-, number of, 353 ii.
-, -,-, petition concerning, 635 i.
-, -, palmetto platt, 353, 353 ii, 801 iii.
-, -, pirates, condemned, 603.
-, -,-, connivance with, 444, 507, 603.
-, -,-, discharged, 634.
-, -,-, retaken and executed, 634.
-, -,-, off, 353 ii.
-, -,-, prisoners forced to join, 444.
-, -,-, raking salt, 444.
-, -,-, sloops taken by, 204.
-, -,-, trial of, 621.
-, -, powder-money, 353 ii.
-, -,-, accounts of, 505, 505 iii, 634, 634 i.
-, -, produce of, 353 ii.
-, -, Provost Marshall, 353 ii; and see Tucker, George.
-, -, queries concerning, from Board of Trade, 621.
-, -, quit rents, 353 ii.
-, -, revenue, 353 ii; and see Act to supply deficiency, etc.
-, -,-, accounts, 505, 505 i–ii, 507.
-, -,-,-, delay in, 505.
-, -,-,-, deficiency, 513.
-, -,-,-, required, 621.
-, -,-, collection of, dispute concerning, referred, 621.
-, -,-, deficit of, 351, 353, 621.
-, -,-, dispute concerning, referred, 607.
-, -,-, expended on case of Jones v. Bennett, 505.
-, -, Salt ponds, 353 ii.
-, -, salt-raking, 353 ii, 444.
-, -, Secretary of. See Tucker, George and Richard.
-, -, seizures in, accounts of, 505 v.
-, -,-, dispute concerning King's thirds, 505, 505 i, 506 ii, 507.
-, -, sloop seized by French, 496, 496 i, ii, 503, 503 i, ii.
-, -,-, barbarous treatment of crew, 496 i, ii, 503, 503 i, ii.
-, -, sloops, 204, 353 ii.
-, -, stores of war, accounts of, 513, 513 i, ii.
-, -,-, request for, 513, 515.
-, -, tobacco, failure of, 353 ii.
-, -, trade, palmetto, 801 iii.
-, -, trade with Bahamas, 801 iii.
-, -,-, French Islands, prohibition of, 444.
-, -,-, New York, 353 ii.
-, -,-, Pa., 353 ii.
-, -,-, Virginia, 353 ii.
-, -, traders to, petition of, 519, 615.
-, -, Treasurer, nominated by Assembly, 353.
-, -, Vice Admiralty case, opinion on, 665.
-, -, whales, 353 ii.
-, -, whale fishing, 507.

Berne, Company for promoting Swiss emigration 378, 378 i.

Bertie, James, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina, 767.
-, -,-,-, document signed by, 570, 574.

Berwick, Samuel, Councillor, Barbados, 114 i.

Besancourt, Indians of, 73 ii.

Betty, sloop, 431 ii, iv.

Bevan, Michael, sloop of, condemned, 89, 89 ii, iii.

Bevers, Anthony, 267.

Bickley, May, document signed by, 606 i.

Bird,—, 96.

Bishop, Robert, J.P., Barbados, dismissed, 27.

Bissel, Joseph, captured by Indians, 205, 205 iv, 209, 209 i–iv.
-, -, deposition of, 205 iv.

Blackwood, John, document signed by, 519.

Blackman, John, Lucie, charges against, 648, 648 i, ii.

Bladen, Martin, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, letter to, 493.

Blake, —, a Lord Proprietor of S. Carolina, 767.

Blakeway, William, Major, 544, 557, 725 iv.
-, -, document signed by, 130 i.

Blakiston, Col., Agent, Va., successor of, 195.

Blenman, J., document signed by, 648.

Blanco, Augustine, pirate, 455 i, ii, xi.
-, -,-,-, captured, 284.

Blinn, James, 205 i, 209.

Blood, Edmund, Lt., 527.
-, -,-, commission of, 793.

Blunt, John, Councillor, Car., N., 571.

Bolam, George, charges by, against R. Armstrong, 329, 340, 340 i, 346.
-, -,-, referred, 350, 356.

Bond, Dennis, 469.
-, -, Francis, Councillor, Barbados, dismissed, 27, 114 i.

Bonetta, sloop, 427 xxi, 431 ii, iii.

Bourn, Capt., ship of, burned, 184.

Bourryan, John, document signed by, 771 i.

Bowles, Charles. See Jamaica, Act concerning.
-, -, William, See Jamaica, Act concerning.

Bradford, William, Printer, N.Y., 793 vi.

Bradley, Richard, Attorney General, New York, appointment of, 296.
-, -,-, document signed by, 606 i.

Brailsford, Edward, 540.

Brand, Capt., R.N., 150, 419, 483, 576.
-, -,-, letter from, 255 i, 262.

Brands, J., Capt., commission of, 372 viii.
-, -,-, letter from, 372 ii, vii.

Brasaway, Indian, 805 i.

Brathwaite (Braithwaite)Brathwaite (Braithwaite), John, Lt., 419 iii.
-, -, instruction, of, 820.
-, -,-, letter from, 496 i, 608.

Brett, John, document signed by, 168 i.

Bridger, J., petition of, 123, 404.

Brim, Indian Chief, 774 vi.

Brimston Hill, fortification of, 190.

Bristol, Company, grant of mines sought by, 146, 149.
-, -, merchants of, trading to Africa, petition by, 797.

Brooke, Thomas, Collector and Receiver, Bermuda, 505.
-, -, document signed by, 505 v, viii.
-, -, dismissal of, proposed, 622.
-, -, dispute concerning, 505, 506, 506 ii.
-, -, charge aganst, 505, 505 i, 507, 621, 748.
-, -,-, enquiry into, ordered, 682.

Brouillan, M. St. Ovide de, Governor of Cape Breton, letter from, 234 viii.
-, -, letter to, 234 viii.

Brown, —, 817.
-, -, —, Councillor, Nevis, 772.
-, -, Capt., 483.

Brown(e)Brown(e), Anthony. See Antigua, Act to indemnify.
-, -, Charles, petition of, 686.
-, -, James, Act concerning. See New York, Act annulling fraudulent conveyance.

Bruce, Charles, petition of, 104.

Brunswick, N.E., 604.

Buck, Samuel, lessee of Bahama I., 122.
-, -, charges by, against Governor Nicholson, 579, 579 i.
-, -,-, reply to, 317, 743.
-, -, document signed by, 368 i, 564.

Bull, Rev., Commissary, S. Carolina, 540.

Buor, Peter, plantation of, order concerning, 414.

Burchett, James, Secretary to the Admiralty, letter from, 88, 201, 217, 255, 398, 461, 523, 583, 647 i, 750, 775.
-, -,-, letter to, 94, 214, 235, 255 i, 467, 483, 523 i, 563, 749, 763.

Burlington Island. See Delaware River.

Burnet, John, petition of, 488.
-, -, Robert. See N. Jersey, Act for vesting lands.

Burnet, W., Governor of New York and New Jersey.
-, -, address to, 792, 793 ii.
-, -, commended, 171, 641.
-, -, conference with Five Nations, etc., 171, 309, 349, 349 i.
-, -, document signed by, 547 i, 793 iv, 794.
-, -, Instructions of, 113, 119, 171.
-, -,-, concerning private acts, 490 i, 656.
-, -,-, concerning salary, 814.
-, -,-, proposed, 303 i.
-, -,-, reply to, required, 145.
-, -, letter from, 28, 80, 154, 183, 303 i, 309, 349, 377, 385, 429 ii, 527, 550–552, 605, 606, 711, 770 i, 791–793.
-, -, letter from, autograph, illegibility of, 145.
-, -,-, referred, 182, 429.
-, -, letter to, 56, 99, 112, 119, 145, 160, 171, 224, 267, 268, 415, 517, 641.
-, -, New Jersey visited by, 792.
-, -, opinion of, 7.
-, -, royalties on whales, remitted by, 171.
-, -, Speech by, to Assembly, N.Y., 183 i, 551 i.
-, -,-, reply to, 183 ii.
-, -,-, to Assembly, N.J., 154, 154 ii, 793, 793 i.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 154, 154 ii, 792, 793 i.

Burniston, Charles, Surveyor General of H.M. Woods in America, absentee, 123.
-, -, letter from, 132.

Burrington, George, Lt. Governor N. Carolina, appointment of, approved 447.
-, -,-, Commission of, 570.
-, -,-, grant of lands to, 572.
-, -,-, Instructions of, 553 i, 571, 597.
-, -,-, letter from, 469.
-, -,-, security for, 469, 472, 472 i, 516.
-, -,-,-, required, 447.

Burt, William Pym, recommended for Council, Nevis, 220, 291.
-, -, appointed, 313, 598, 772.

Burton, Robert, Councillor, Bermuda, death of, 78, 86.

Butler, Thomas, Speaker, St. Kitts, document signed by, 771 i, 772 i, ii.

Byam, Edward, Lt. Governor, Antigua, 220.

Byerley, Thomas, Councillor, N.J., incapacitated, 154, 212.

Byles, William, 408.

Bynder, B., document signed by, 606 i.

Byng, Robert, document signed by, 203, 203 i.

Byrd, William, Councillor, Va., leave of absence, 61.
-, -,-, proposed as Agent, Va., 195.