B

Bacon, —, Collector, N.H., 95.
-, -,-, accounts of, 661.
-, -, Butts, Clerk of Naval Office, N.H., death of, 58.
-, -, Devereux, Clerk of Naval Office, N.H., 58.

Bahama Islands, The.
-, -, Address from, 811.
-, -, Assembly, permission for, proposed, 336 i.
-, -,-, proposed for, 184.
-, -,-, request for, 516 xiii, xvii.
-, -, baptisms in, 23 viii, 515 v.
-, -, burials in, 23 viii, 515 v.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Granger, Thomas; Ferrall, Simon.
-, -, Church, building, 19, 19 i.
-, -, Company, the, 19, 686 ii.
-, -, (Lessees), grants of land by, 184.
-, – Company, tents reserved for, 19.
-, -, Council, Address by, 516 xiv.
-, -,-, minutes of, 23, 23 i, 170, 171 i, 293 ii, 516 i, 810 i.
-, -,-, Secretary of. See Fairfax, W.
-, -, Councillors, absentee, 23, 23 ii.
-, -,-, appointed, 23.
-, -,-, death of, 23 ii, iii.
-, -,-, document signed by, 19, 19 i, 515 iv.
-, -, – persons recommended for, 23, 23 iii.
-, -,-, resignation of, 23 ii.
-, -,-, suspended, 23 ii.
-, -, Custom house accounts, 170.
-, -, Customs, accounts, 330.
-, -,-, Collector of, vessel required for, 23 iv.
-, -, entrances and clearances, list of, 171 ii.
-, -, Exuma I., salt, 23 iv.
-, -, fees, list of, 23 iv.
-, -, forfeiture, petition for, 19.
-, -, fortifications of, 19, 19 i, 686 ii.
-, -,-, repaired, 516 xiii, xvi.
-, -, Fort Nassau, description of, 23 iv.
-, -,-, draft of, 23.
-, -,-, plan of, 24 xi.
-, -, Forts in, building of, 23 iv.
-, -, Governor of. See Phenney, G.
-, -, Governor and Council of, letter from, 19, 20, 472.
-, -,-, letter to, 342.
-, -,-, petition of, 293 i, 516 xii, xiii.
-, -, Governor's house in, 23 iv.
-, -, guardship, need of, 515.
-, -,-, request for, 516 xiii. xiv.
-, -, Harbour I., fort at, 23 iv.
-, -,-, inhabitants of, 23 iv.
-, -, importance of, 516 xiii.
-, -, imports, British, 23 iv.
-, -, H.M., Independent Company at, 23, 23 iv, 25, 29.
-, -,-, additional, request for, 516 xiii.
-, -,-, Agent of, 25.
-, -,-, cost of, 23 iv.
-, -,-, officers of, petition of, 293 i.; and see Ferrall, S.
-, -,-, provisions for, 25.
-, -,-, recruits for, transport of, 516 xiii.
-, -, inhabitants, address by, 516 xiv–xvii.
-, -,-, numbers of, 23 iv.
-, -, Islathera (Eleuthera), inhabitants of, 23 iv.
-, -, Justices and Grand Jury, Address by, 516 xv–xvii.
-, -, Key Lopes, 515 i.
-, -, King George II, accession of, proclamation in, 810.
-, -, lands in, grants of, 23 iv.
-, -,-,-, instruction requested, 293.
-, -,-,-, patent for, 19, 19 ii.
-, -,-,-, quit rents, 23 iv.
-, -,-,-, request for, 516 xiii, xvii.
-, -,-, grants and surveys, demand for, 515.
-, -, Lords Proprietors, 19.
-, -, marriages in, 23 viii, 515 v.
-, -, Militia in, 23 iv.
-, -, Naval Officer. See Warner, John.
-, -, Naval officer's list of ships, 24 x.
-, -, negroes, 23 viii.
-, -,-, imported, 515, 515 ii.
-, -,-, imports of, accounts of, required, 184.
-, -,-, numbers of, 23 iv.
-, -, Palatines, settlers in, 23 iv.
-, -, palmeto platt, 23 iv.
-, -, pirates, engagement with, 686 ii.
-, -, produce of, 23 iv.
-, -, Providence Island, Fort Nassau, Lord Carteret's bastion, draft not received, 184.
-, -,-,-, plan of, 515.
-, -,-,-, additional, building, 515.
-, -,-, inhabitants of, 23 iv.
-, -, queries by the Board of Trade, replies to, 23 iv.
-, -, quit rents, 19, 515.
-, -,-, moderate, promised, 184.
-, -, report upon, 686 ii (b).
-, -, Revenue of, 23 iv, 291.
-, -,-, accounts of, 19, 19 i, 472, 472 i, 516 vii.
-, -, seal of, 19, 23 i.
-, -,-, thanks for, 516 xiv.
-, -, seizure, forfeiture, Crown share remitted, 302.
-, -, settlers, discouraged by lack of grants, 515.
-, -, ship condemned in, 19.
-, -,-, Crown share in, assigned to revenue, application for, 291.
-, -,-,-, recommended, 291.
-, -, shipping of, 23 iv.
-, -, ships entered and cleared, 330, 331 i.
-, -,-, list of, 516 ii, iii, ix, x.
-, -, sloop plundered by Spaniards, 515, 515 i.
-, -, Society, complaint concerning, 516 xiii, xvi.
-, -, Spain, war with, rumours of, 515, 516 xiii.
-, -, Spaniards, complaint against, 23.
-, -,-, piracies by, 184, and see Blanco.
-, -,-, repulsed, 686 ii.
-, -,-, ships seized by, 516 xiii.
-, -, Spanish claim to, 788.
-, -, Spanish privateers, depredations by, 515, 515 i.
-, -, stores of war for, 788.
-, -,-, accounts of, 336 ii, 515, 515 iii, iv.
-, -,-, brought to, 23 x.
-, -,-, grant of, proposed, 184, 336 i.
-, -,-, needed, 515, 515 iv.
-, -,-, request for, 25, 170, 330, 418, 472, 516 xiii, xvii.
-, -,-, wanting, 23 ix.
-, -, surveyor, request for, 516 xiii, xvii.
-, -, trade, 23 iv.
-, -,-, with Carolina, S., 23 iv.
-, -,-, illegal, in, 23 iv.
-, -,-, with Jamaica, 23 iv, 515 ii.
-, -, Treasurer. See Gondet, P.
-, -, war, rumour of, 170.
-, -, Wood's pence, 171.

Bailey, case of, 227.

Baird, Patrick, deposition of, 8.

Balaguier (Bellaguier), Bellaguier, John, Deputy Secretary, St. Christopher, 146.
-, -,-, deposition of, 734 vii.
-, -,-, document signed by, 734 viii.

Baldwin, M., printer, 317 i, ii.

Baley, —, 95.

Balthasar, Thomas, 23 vi.

Baltimore, Lord, Governor and Proprietor of Maryland. See Calvert, Charles.

Bampfield, —, Provost Marshal, Car. S., appointed, 512.
-, -,-, letter from, 512.

Banker, —, 684 iii (b).

Barbados, Act appointing agents, transmitted, 126.
-, -, Act (1676), appointing the sale in open of effects attached for the Excise, etc., 808.
-, -,-, embodying statute of frauds, etc., recommended to Assembly, 656 i.
-, -,-, for erecting magazines, Town Hall and gaol, etc., referred, 266.
-, -,-,-, transmitted, 126.
-, -,-, Excise, 741, 803.
-, -,-,-, account of, 273.
-, -,-,-, referred, 319.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 323.
-, -,-,-, tacking to, intended by Assembly, 655.
-, -,-, to exclude the members of the General Assembly from certain offices civil and military and for the better encouragement of the gentlemen to serve in the Militia, 741, 741 ii, 808, 809 iv.
-, -,-,-, amendment to, 808.
-, -,-, Militia, objections to, 741.
-, -, suspension of, 741.
-, – (1648), giving power to Churchwardens etc., 808.
-, -, – (1720), to oblige Church-wardens to account etc., 808.
-, -,-, to regulate and ascertain the elections, manner of accounting, powers and proceedings of Church-wardens, 808, 808 iv, 809 v.
-, -,-, laying duty on English liquors imported, permission for, requested, 332.
-, -,-, laying poll-tax on negroes, new, proposed, 332, 334.
-, -,-, for payment of money due to William Downes, etc., 126.
-, -,-,-, referred, 252.
-, -,-, for the preservation of fish, referred, 251.
-, -,-, to prevent carrying negroes, new, recommended, 189.
-, -,-, to prevent carrying off negroes, recommended to Assembly, 656 i.
-, -,-,-, repealed, 189.
-, -,-, to prevent carrying off slaves, objections to, 136.
-, -,-,-, amended, proposed, 136.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 136.
-, -,-, (1715), to reduce number of matrosses, 741.
-, -,-, to regulate the number and salaries of matrosses, proposed, 741.
-, -, Agents of, 332.
-, -,-, negligence of, alleged, 332.
-, -,-, payments of, 741.
-, -,-, salary of, 273.
-, -, Assembly, 741, 808.
-, -,-, acts recommended to, 655, 656 i.
-, -,-, address by, 672, 672 ii, 741, 760 iii.
-, -,-, Address to Governor in Council, 808, 808 i, ii.
-, -,-, adjourned, 672.
-, -,-, Chamber for, act providing, 332.
-, -,-, claim to be on same footing as Parliament, 655.
-, -,-, differences with Governor, 803.
-, -,-, dissolved, 655.
-, -,-, elections for, management of, 332.
-, -,-, Governor's message to, 672.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 672 iii.
-, -,-, Governor's speech to, 656 i.
-, -,-, journal of, 126, 273, 672 i.
-, -,-, Journal to record names of members voting, 655.
-, -,-, members, civil and military officers to be barred, bill desired for, 655.
-, -,-, members voting recorded in minutes, objection to, 803.
-, -,-, minutes of, 741, 742 iv, v, vi, 808.
-, -,-, new, proceedings of, 655.
-, -,-, petition of, concerning Governor's salary, 655.
-, -,-,-, measures for presenting, 655.
-, -,-, H.M. prerogative in, 759.
-, -,-, prerogative of the Crown infringed by, 655.
-, -,-, proceedings of, 760, 761.
-, -,-, prorogued, 799.
-, -,-, right to adjourn, 741.
-, -,-, rights of, 741.
-, -,-, Speaker. See Peers, Col.; Sutton, E.; Spencer, Major.
-, -,-, Speaker of, 760, 803.
-, -,-,-, approval by Governor of temporary, dispute concerning, 655.
-, -,-, Speaker pro-tem., approbation, by Governor, question of, 672.
-, -,-, Speakers, pro-tempore, dispute concerning, 655.
-, -,-, tacking to Excise bill intended by, 655.
-, -, Attorney General, 808. And see Blenman, Jonathan; Carter; Walker.
-, -,-, opinion by (of), 808.
-, -,-, payment to, 273, 741.
-, -,-, report by, 741.
-, -, baptisms in, 127 iv.
-, -, Bridge Town, Minister of. See Gordon, W.
-, -, burials in, 127 iv.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Greathead, John ; Browne, Jeremiah.
-, -, Clerk of the Crown. See Browne, Charles.
-, -,-,-, fees of, 127 xix.
-, – Clerk of the Market. See Burnett, Alexander.
-, -, Commissions of the Peace, changes in, instruction concerning, 329.
-, -, Council of, 741, 808.
-, -, Council Chamber, Act providing for, 332.
-, -, Council, Minutes of, 126, 273, 741, 808, 809 iii.
-, -, Council and Assembly, Governor's disputes with, 808.
-, -, Councillors appointed, 259, 272, 480.
-, -,-, character of, 127.
-, -,-, dismissed, 328, 329, 480.
-, -,-, leave of absence, 203.
-, -,-, persons proposed for, enquiry concerning, 372.
-, -,-, persons recommended for, 229, 359, 383.
-, -, Court, Admiralty, fees in, 127 xxii.
-, -,-, Chancery, delays in. See Olds, E.
-, -,-,-, fees, 127 viii.
-, -,-,-, proceedings of, 126, 129 ii, 201, 273, 448, 511.
-, -,-,-, Registrar, etc. fees of, 127 xx.
-, -,-, of Escheats, proceedings of, 126, 127 i, 129 i.
-, -,-, Exchequer, Clerk of. See Huggins, C.
-, -,-,-, Remembrancer's fees, 127 ix.
-, -, Court of Grand sessions, cases and fines in, 128 iv, v.
-, -,-, causes depending in, 655 ii.
-, -,-, causes in, list of, 480 ii.
-, -,-, fines etc., 480 i.
-, -,-,-, list of, 273 i, ii.
-, -,-, Grand Jury, address by, 480 v.
-, -,-, proceedings in, 273 iii, iv.
-, -, Court House, building of, delayed, 741.
-, -,-, levy for building, 741.
-, -, Courts, building, 332.
-, -,-, Clerk of. See Browne, Charles.
-, -, Courts of Common Pleas, Clerk of. See Sullavant, B.
-, -,-, fees in, 127 xviii.
-, -, Courts, fees in, 127 xxviii–vi.
-, -,-, Provost Marshal. See Forbes, W.; Kennedy, O.
-, -, Customs, Collector. See Lascelles, Henry ; Carmichael, J.; Denny, E. ; Upton, A.
-, -,-, Deputy Controller of. See Wadeson, S.
-, -,-, fees, 127 xi–xiv, xvi, xvii, xxi.
-, -,-, Searchers, fees of, 127 xi, xxi.
-, -,-, Surveyor General of. See Dunbar, Charles.
-, -, debt, accounts of, 655, 655 i.
-, -, Decker, Sir M., case of, 94.
-, -, Deputy Provost Marshal, complaint against, 741.
-, -, Dominico. See Dominico.
-, -, East Indiaman at, case of, 509, 509 i ff.
-, -, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, appeals from, question of, 332.
-, -,-, correspondence with Bishop of London on, 332, 332 ii.
-, -, Escheator, fees of, 127 xxix; and see Warren, Thomas.
-, -, escheats, 126, 127 i, 129 i.
-, -, Excise bill, expiring, 655.
-, -, factions in, renewal of, apprehended, 332.
-, -, fees in, list of, 127 viii–xxviii.
-, -, fines, forfeitures and escheats, list of, 273 i, ii.
-, -, form of prayers, alteration in, 741.
-, -, forts, repair of, needed, 332.
-, -,-, act providing for, 332.
-, -, 4 1/2 p.c. duty, account of, 70, 70 i.
-, -,-, application of, to original purposes, memorial concerning, 332.
-, -,-, Receiver of. See Mann, E.
-, -,-, return of, request for, 39, 72.
-, -, gaol, act providing for, 332.
-, -, Gordon, W., Rev., case of, 94, 333.
-, -, Governor of. See Worsley, Henry.
-, -,-, differences with Assembly, 803.
-, -,-, instructions of, 760, 761, 808.
-, -, Hales, case of, 329, 332.
-, -,-, petition of, proceedings on, 127, 127 v ff., 131.
-, -, Hodges, case of, 329, 332.
-, -,-, petition of, proceedings on, 127, 127 v ff., 131.
-, -, Judges in, report, 741,.
-, -, Justices of the Peace, removed, 480.
-, -, K. George II, accession of, proclamation of, 671, 741, 803.
-, -, lands in, grant of, 479.
-, -, magazines, act providing for, 332.
-, -, Massachusetts, influence of, 655.
-, -, Matrosses, bill proposed, concerning, 808.
-, -, Morgan, Henry, case and estate of, 174.
-, -, Naval Office, Clerk of. See Cornelius, John.
-, -, fees in, 127 xxiii.
-, -, Naval Officer. See Cornelius, John ; Wadeson, Samuel; Carter, Henry; Chearnley, E.
-, -,-, Deputy. See Wadeson, S.
-, -, instructions to, Governor's objections to, 480, 481, 481 iii.
-, -, negroes, act to prevent carrying off. See under Act.
-, -,-, free trade in, opposition to, 71 i; and see African trade.
-, -,-, imported, accounts of, 334 i, ii.
-, -,-, account of, required, 195.
-, -,-, poll-tax, 332, 334.
-, -, officers in, fees of, list of, 741.
-, -, Olds, Edward, case of, determination of, recommended, 447.
-, -, Patent Officers, 741.
-, -,-, complaint against, 808 i.
-, -,-, deputies of, 480, 481 iii.
-, -,-, fees of, 808.
-, -, Pilgrim, 741.
-, -, pirates, persons detained as, enquiry concerning, 137.
-, -,-,-, released, 332.
-, -,-,-, method of trial, opinion on, 205, 205 i.
-, -, pirates, trial of, question concerning, 195.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 219, 264.
-, -, planters, petition by, 71, 71, i, ii.
-, -, Postmaster. See Wadeson.
-, -, Prerogative of the Crown, infringements, of, 655.
-, -,-, question of, 671.
-, -, Princess Amelia, case of, 509, 509 i ff., 540, 540 i.
-, -, Privy Council, order concerning, 767.
-, -, proclamation continuing officers etc., 741, 765, 799.
-, -,-, (on death of Queen Anne), 765.
-, -, Provost Marshal. See Reynolds.
-, -, Provost Marshal General. See Reynolds, Francis ; and Thomas.
-, -,-, Deputy. See Kennedy, Oliver.
-, -, public accounts, estimate of, 760 iv.
-, -, revenue, accounts, 655, 655 i.
-, -, St. Ann's Castle, 332.
-, -, Sta. Lucia. See Sta. Lucia.
-, -,-, title to. See Sta. Lucia.
-, -, St. Michael's, 741.
-, -, St. Vincent. See St. Vincent.
-, -, Secretary. See Webster, —.
-, -,-, Deputy. See Webster, William.
-, -, Sessions House, act providing for, 332.
-, -, ships from, 805 iv.
-, -, sloop detained at Havana, 330.
-, -, sloop seized by Spaniards, 464, 464 i–v.
-, -, Speaker, chosen every three months, 672.
-, -, stores of war, accounts of, 333 i, 671i.
-, -,-, act providing for, 332.
-, -, Sutton, Edmund, case of, 127, 131.
-, -, Tobago. See Tobago.
-, -, Tobago, title to. See Tobago.
-, -, trade, with East Indies. See Princess Amelia, case of.
-, -, trade with New Hampshire, 498.
-, -, trade with Pennsylvania, 632.
-, -, trade with Virginia, 337 i.
-, -, Treasurer. See Plaxton, George.
-, -,-, accounts of, 128 xxviii, xxiv, 406, 742 vii, viii.
-, -,-, fees of, 127 xv.
-, -, Wood's pence, instruction concerning, comment on, 111.

Barbuda. See Leeward Islands.

Bard, Peter, Councillor, N.J., document signed by, 828 i.

Bardin, Richard, Capt., deposition of, 464 iv.
-, -,-, letter from, 503 ii.
-, -,-, mission of, to St. Domingo, 503, 503 iii, iv.
-, -,-, vessel of, seized by Spaniards, 503.

Barker, Capt., 515.
-, -, John, 295 i.

Barnardiston, —, 554.

Barnes, Anne, wife of William, 732.

Barnes, John, 732, 740, 778.
-, -, William, Antigua, estate of, Act concerning, 778.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 778.
-, -,-, 732.
-, -,-,sons of, 732.

Barnett, Thomas, Councillor, Baha., 23 ii iii.

Barnstaple, fishing ships at Newfoundland, 721 i.
-, -, merchants etc., petition by, 451 i, ii.
-, -,-, referred, 451.

Bauer, Isaac, 167.
-, -, John, petition of, 167 i.

Bayley —, case of, 498.

Beak, —, agent for St. Kitte, 737, 737 ii., 805.

Beaubassin. See Nova Scotia, Beaubassin.

Beaufort, Duke of. See Somerset, Henry.

Beauharnois, Marquis de, Governor of Canada, destruction of Oswego Fort demanded by, 683, 684, 684 i ff.
-, -, letter from, 683, 684, 684 ii, iii.

Becher, John, letter from, 78.

Begon, Chevalier, certificate by, 684 iii (b).

Bellamont, 330.

Benjamin, sloop, plundered by Spaniards, 515 i.

Bennett, Capt., 789, 789 xv.

Bennett, Capt., N.S., letter from, 528 iii.
-, -,-, mission of, 528.
-, -, John, recommended for Council, Baha., 23 iii.

Bentinck, Henry, Duke of Portland, Governor of Jamaica, 848.
-, -,-, Act, revenue, assent to, reasons for, 266 i, ii.
-, -,-, Address to, by Assembly, 159.
-, -,-, Agent of. See Stevenson.
-, -,-, commended, 66, 204.
-, -,-, complaint against, 400.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 159, 401, 402.
-, -,-, correspondence of, published, complaint concerning, reply to, 66.
-, -,-, death of, 722.
-, -,-, difficulties of, 107, 159.
-, -,-, Du Quesne, protected by, 400.
-, -,-, Independent Companies paid by, 107.
-, -,-, Instructions of, 66, 67, 299.
-, -,-,-, desired by, 107, 159.
-, -,-,-, objected to, by Assembly, 107.
-, -,-, instructions to, concerning appeals, 238, 239.
-, -,-,-, on Revenue act, 138, 271, 271 i.
-, -,-,-, concerning Revenue Act and perpetuation of laws, 204, 209.
-, -,-,-, relating to Revenue infringed, 194; and see Act, revenue, new.
-, -,-, letters from, 16, 17, 107, 108, 159, 160, 266 i.
-, -,-,-, duplicates of, instruction for, 194.
-, -,-,-, leakage complained of, 159.
-, -,-, letters to, 66, 67, 154, 194, 204, 209, 270, 271, 271 i.
-, -,-, neglect by Home authorities, complaint concerning, 159.
-, -,-, opposition to, 107.
-, -,-,-, encouraged at Home, 107.
-, -,-, proceedings on Revenue acts, memorial upon, 247.
-, -,-, queries to, from Board of Trade, replies to, requested, 194.
-, -,-, relations with Assembly, 16, 16 i.
-, -,-, relations with Council, 107.
-, -,-, salary, Act for conditional clause to, 107.
-, -,-,-, additional, burden of, 217 i.
-, -,-,-, instructions concerning, 851.
-, -,-, Speech by, to Assembly, 16 i, 107, 107 i–iii, iv, 160, 160 i.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 16i,107 i–iii, 160, 160 i.
-, -,-,-, to Council, 16, 16 i, 107, 107 i–iii.
-, -,-,-, to Council and Assembly, 10 i.
-, -,-,-, replies to, 10 ii, iii.
-, -,-, support from Home desired by, 159.
-, -,-,-, request for, 16.

Beresford, Charles, grant of, Car. S., 315.

Bermuda, Act in addition to Act to prevent destruction of palmetto tops etc., suspension, of, 197.
-, -, Act against Bastardy, referred, 253.
-, -, Act for greater encouragement of planting Indian corn, referred, 253.
-, -, Act, Habeas Corpus, petition for, discountenanced, 197.
-, -, Act for lessening the number of the Assembly, amended, proposed, 197.
-, -, Act to supply the deficiency of several funds, repeal of, reasons for, 197.
-, -, Acts affecting British trade and shipping, prohibited, 197.
-, -, Acts, suspension by Governor and Council not permitted, 197.
-, -, appeals, execution of judgments on, instruction concerning, 238, 245.
-, -, Assembly of, 846.
-, -,-, Act for lessening, 197; and see Act for lessening.
-, -,-, salaries of, not to be reduced, 197.
-, -, condition of, distracted, 197.
-, -, Council and Assembly, address from, 731.
-, -, Councillors, appointed, 430, 452, 453.
-, -,-, death of, 120,353.
-, -,-, persons recommended for, 120, 120 i, 121, 353.
-, -, Customs, Collector of. See Aytoune ; Dinwiddie, R.
-, -, fortifications damaged by storms, 731.
-, -,-, powder etc., request for, 731.
-, -, Governor of. See Hope, John; Pitt, John.
-, -,-, Instructions, 783.
-, -, Governorship, application for, 696.
-, -, Habeas Corpus Act, petition for, discountenanced, 197.
-, -, Independent Company at, 224, 225.
-, -, Lt. Governor, commission of, 753 ii, 754.
-, -, merchants, complaint against Lt. Governor Hope, 555.
-, -, negroes, account of, required, 197.
-, -, palmetto tops. See Act in addition to act to prevent.
-, -, pirates, measures against, urged, 197.
-, -, platt, duty on. proposed, 197.
-, -,-, failure of, 731.
-, -, Provost Marshal, complaints against, not received, 197.
-, -, St. Paul's College, election of fellows approved, 557.
-, -, Salamander, case of, 197.
-, -, William sloop, trial of, referred, 211.

Berresford, John, 186.

Bertie, Henry, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina, document signed by, 44, 88,186,313,315,739,850.

Bertie, James, a Lord Proprietor of Carolina, document signed by, 44, 88, 186, 313, 319, 739, 850.

Berwick, H.M.S., 509.

Besey, Francis, recommended for Council, Baha., 23 iii.

Beverley, Peter, document signed by, 155.

Bideford, fishing ships at Newfoundland, 721 i.
-, -, merchants of, etc., petition of, 451 i, ii.
-, -,-, referred, 451.

Bidna of Bideford, 721 i.

Bignall, John, Barb., 655.

Bignal, —, Deputy Casual Receiver, Barb., complaint against, 808.

Bisse and Bray, document signed by, 432.

Bisse, Thomas, case of, 669 i.

Bladen, Col. M., a Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plantations, 127, 578.
-, -,-, document signed by, 192.
-, -,-, Essay by, on union of Governments in America, 187.
-, -,-, letter from, 187.

Blair, John, Councillor, Va., 487.
-, -,-, Va., recommended for Council, Va.. 821.
-, -, Rev. James, President of College of William and Mary, 215, 216.
-, -,-, document signed by, 155.
-, -, Dr., fees of, 419.

Blakeway, Major, Clerk of Assembly, Car. S., letter to, 356 xxxiii.
-, -,-, Judge of Admiralty, Car. S., death of, 649.
-, -, W., Clerk of Assembly, Car. S., document signed by, 32.

Blanco, Augustino, Acts of piracy by, 23, 23 vi, vii.
-, -,-, Commission of, 23 vi, vii.

Bland, —, Registrar, L.I., 734.

Blenman, Jonathan, Attorney General, Barbados, appointment of, 273, 443.
-, -,-,-, opinion by, 509, 509 xv.

Blin, a Boston trader, 789.

Bloss (Roderegoes), Commander of Spanish privateer from Havana, 807 ii, (a), (b).
-, -,-, Commissions of, 807 ii (a).

Blower, John, deposition of, 387 iv.

Boitoux, —, 151.

Bomsted, —, South Sea Cos. factor, 441.

Bonar, Col., children of, 312.
-, -,-,-, case of, 414.

Bond, —, Councillor, Barbados, 808.

Bond, William, N.Y., document signed by, 379 xii.

Bonnell, Jos., N.J., document signed by, 828 i.

Boone, —, 538.

Borland, —, complaint against, 733.
-, -,-, contract of, not performed, 349.
-, -,-, provisions supplied by, 727.
-, -,-,-, rejected, 387, 387 i, ii, iv.
-, -,-,-, returned by, 387, 387 i, ii.

Bortro, Pierre, plantation of, 721 i.

Boston, Admiralty Court, 721 i.
-, -, Council of, Indians severely treated by, 789 xiv.

Boujé, Jean, case of, 332.

Bouler, Capt. E., R.N., Commodore of Newfoundland Convoy, 532, 721 i.
-, -,-, Heads of enquiry, 93, 546.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 306, 306 i, 553, 553 i, 743.
-, -,-,-, instructions and heads of enquiry for, 75, 532.
-, -,-, bonds taken from New Englanders by, 553 ii–xv.

Bourg, Abraham, French deputy, 789.
-, -,-, document signed by, 789 iv.

Bourgeois, Charles, document signed by, 528 i.
-, -, J., French Deputy, 789.
-, -,-, document signed by, 789 iv.
-, -,-, imprisoned, 789.

Bournoire, Marquis de, Governor General of Canada, Indians incited by, 528.

Bouye, Jean, case of, 205, 205 i.

Bowles, Palister, proclamation for arrest of, 215 v.

Boydell, John, Registrar of Vice-Admiralty Court, Mass., petition of, 59 ii.

Brabant, Capt., 387.

Bradford, William, printer, N.J., 828 ii.

Bradley, Richard, Attorney General, N.Y., letter from, 826.
-, -,-,-, recommended for Council, 826.

Bradstreet, Capt. John, letter from, 90.

Branco. See Blanco.

Brand, Capt., R.N., 338.

Breau, Mons., 789 xiv, xv.

Breholt, Davy, St. Kitts, certificate by, 31.
-, -, —, letter from (signed T.B.), 85.
-, -,-, letter to, 76.

Brereton, —, letter to, 63, 63 i.

Bridgwater, Edwd., Treasurer, Nevis, document signed by, 771 ii, ix.
-, -, Thomas, recommended for Council, St. Kitts, 1.

Bristol, 742.
-, -, members for, 229.
-, -, merchants, 78 ; and see African trade.
-, -, merchants of, petition of, 28 i, 185.
-, -,-, referred, 28.
-, -,-, ships on African trade, 78 i.

Bristow, frigate, commission against pirates, 140.

Broad arrow, mark of, 73.

Broadbelt, Carey, Councillor, Nevis, appointed, 260.
-, -,-, recommended for Council, Nevis, 199, 359.

Brookden, Charles, document signed by, 8.

Brooks, William, Capt., document signed by, 674 i.

Broughton, S., letter to, 356 x.

Broughton, Thomas, Speaker. Car. S., document signed by, 354 vi, 357, 635 i.

Brouillan, St. Ovide de, Governor of Cape Breton, lands at St. John's laid out by, 232.
-, -,-, letters from, 789 xiv.
-, -,-, letter to, 789 xv.
-, -,-, provisions purchased in Nova Scotia by, 528.

Brown, Dr. (Va.), 419.

Brown, (e), Jeremiah, Chief Justice, St. Kitts, appointment of, 669, 670, 797.
-, -,-, Councillors disapprove of, 797.
-, -,-, claim to lands in St. Kitts, report upon, 56.
-, -,-, deposition of, 734 i, ii.
-, -,-, grant of, St. Kitts, continued, 116, 130.

Browne, Charles, deputy Clerk of Courts, Barbados, document signed by, 273 i–iv, 480 i, 655 ii.
-, -,-, Clerk of the Crown, Barbados, fees of, 127 xix.

Browne, William, document signed by, 480 v.

Brownrigg, John, case of, 669 i.

Bruce, James, 655.

B., T., letter from, 85 ; and see eholt.

Buchanan, James, letter from, 653.

Bull, William, Councillor Car. S., document signed by, 357, 376.

Bullock, Benjamin, deposition of, 515, 515 i.
-, -,-, recommended for Council, Baha., 23 iii.

Bumpsted, —, Inspector General of Assiento Co., 503.

Buor, Pierre, Major, case of, 236, 236 i.

Burchett, J., Secretary of the Admiralty, letter from, 54, 75, 532, 729, 735.
-, -,-, letter to, 93, 133, 469, 546, 614, 720.

Burnet, William, Governor of Mass. Bay and New Hampshire, Commission and instructions for, 773, 830.
-, -,-, Commission of, 831 ii, iii.
-, -,-, additional instructions, 831 i.
-, -,-, Captain of Independent Co. N.E., 849.
-, -,-, Instructions of, memorandum concerning, 849.
-, -,-, nominated as Governor, N.E., 829.
-, -,-, salary of, as Governor of N.E., 849.
-, -,-, Governor of New York and New Jersey, address to (N.Y.), 829 i, 832, 833.
-, -,-, commendation of, 837.
-, -,-, Commission of, 828, 840.
-, -,-, complaints against, 827.
-, -,-, Conference with Indians, 307, 361, 362, 362 i.
-, -,-, document signed by, 379 vi, 828 i.
-, -,-, instructions, alterations in, 715 i, 718.
-, -,-,-, concerning appeals, 238, 242.
-, -,-,-, concerning copies of acts, 458.
-, -,-,-, concerning paper currency, 456.
-, -,-, letter from, 134, 161–164, 165, 179, 307–309, 361, 362, 362 iii, 377–380, 544, 545, 547, 549, 620, 623–625, 683, 684, 684 i, 687, 762–764, 795, 828–830, 834, 835, 842.
-, -,-, letter from, referred, 412, 412 i.
-, -,-, letter to, 177, 178, 181, 206, 362 iv, 456, 457, 684 ii.
-, -,-, letters to, delay in delivery, 165.
-, -,-, prerogative of the Crown defended by, 379.
-, -,-, queries to, from Board of Trade, reply to, 164, 164 i, 309.
-, -,-, residence of, N.J., 377.
-, -,-, salary of, N.J., 377.
-, -,-, seeds of pines sent by, 624.
-, -,-, speech to Assembly, N. J., 828, 828 ii.
-, -,-, Speech to Assembly, N.Y., 308,3081, 762 ii.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 308, 308 i.
-, -,-, successor to, 828.
-, -,-, – arrival delayed, 834, 835, 842.
-, -,-, visit to New Jersey, proposed, 377.

Burnett, Alexander, Clerk of the Market, Barbados, fees of, 127 x.

Burniston, Charles, lately Surveyor of H.M. Woods in America, 841.
-, -,-, letter from, 95.
-, -,-, letter to, 73, 148, 227.
-, -,-, reply to, 498.

Burrington, —, instructions to, for settling boundaries, 279, 281.

Burt, Col., Judge, Barbados, appointment of, 669.
-, -, William Pym, Councillor, Nevis, 151.
-, -,-, also of St. Kitts, 151.
-, -,-, appointed, 43, 50, 256.
-, -,-, brother in law of Lt. Gen. Mathew, 151.
-, -,-, character of, 151, 200, 359.
-, -,-, factious behaviour of, 151.
-, -,-, failure to be elected to Assembly, 151.
-, -,-, recommended for Council, St. Kitts, 34, 40.

Busby, Edward, petition of, recommended, 414, 414 i.
-, -,-, son of, sent home from Pennsylvania, 631.
-, -, George, kidnapped, return of, petition for, 414 i.
-, -,-, recommended, 414.

Butler, —, Agent for Nevis, 737, 737 i, 771.

Butler, —, Speaker, St. Kitts, charge against, 569.
-, -,-, indictment of, 569.

Butler, Thomas, case of, 669 i.
-, -,-, document signed by, 23 ix, x, 515 iii.
-, -, Walter, Lt., commission of, 161, 162.

Butterfield, John, Capt., Councillor Bermuda, appointed, 430, 453.
-, -,-, recommended for Council, Bermuda, 120, 353.

Byam, Edward, Major General, Lt. Governor of Antigua, 256, 805.
-, -,-, commission of, 750.
-, -,-, letter from, 464, 503.
-, -, George, Treasurer, Antigua, document signed by, 805 ii.

Byerly, Thomas, Councillor, N.Y., death of, 77, 125.

Byng, Robert, Receiver General, Barbados, instructions of, 767, 767 i.
-, -,-, memorial of, 767.

Byrd, William, Va., Commission of, 707.