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Saint André of Leogane, Hispaniola, at Turk's Islands, 454 i.

St. Augustine, Agent at, provision for support of, 348 xiv.
-, -, capture and burning of, by Sir Francis Drake, 348 xv.
-, -, claim to, by British and Spaniards, 348 xv.
-, -, fort at, attack upon, 391 i.
-, -, Fort of St. Francis de Dupo on Picalata River, Spanish gunner killed at, 157 iii.
-, -, Governor of. See Sanchez, Francisco del Moral.
-, -,-, complaint by, 391 i.
-, -,-,-, against Captain Mackay, 184, 376 p. 262.
-, -, Governor and Council of war at, British dispute over title to St. Simons, 349.
-, -, history of attack by British and Creek Indians upon, 348 xv, p. 241.
-, -, preparations for attack on Florida rumoured, 469.
-, -, Spanish at, 416, 422.
-, -, vessels at New York not to be cleared for, 338.

St. Christopher: one of the Leeward Islands, accounts of, 136.
-, -, Act, amending Act, 478.
-, -, Act appointing an impost upon liquors (1719), paid in sugar, 326.
-, -,-, repeal of, 326.
-, -, Act continuing the dutys of gunpowder etc., Governor's instructions to pass, 17.
-, -,-, report upon approved, 18.
-, -, Act for continuing the duties upon wine, beer, cider, etc., appropriation of funds from, 326.
-, -, Act to enable the publick to cut turf and sodd out of lands adjoining to Fort Londonderry, for repairing and finishing the said fort, transmitted, 105.
-, -, Act for establishing a Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas, effect of, on Secretary's fees, 326.
-, -, Act for giving an estate of inheritance in fee simple to such of the inhabitants of this Island as have built or shall build houses within the several fortifications of Brimstone Hill, Charles Fort and Fort Londonderry, approbation of, 60 p. 35.
-, -, Act for granting to H.M. a duty of eight shillings per poll on all negroes and slaves and for ascertaining and settling the salarys of the several officers etc., assent to, 326.
-, -,-, opinion upon, 481.
-, -, Act for granting a duty of 8s. per poll on negroes and 5 p.c. on rents of houses, referred, 37.
-, -, Act for obliging hawkers to take out licences, transmitted, 40.
-, -, Act to oblige all owners, renters or possessors of slaves to send a proportion of their slaves to work on the fortifications etc., transmitted, 135.
-, -, Act concerning officers' fees, Assembly's offer of £110 in lieu of £60, 464, 464 i.
-, -, Act, powder duty, Governor to assent to, 60 p. 38.
-, -, Act to prevent abuses in importation of wheat, flour etc. and bottled liquors, objection to, 186.
-, -, Act for preventing trade in those .parts between H.M. subjects and the French, 361.
-, -, Act for raising a levy, referred, 50.
-, -, Act for raising a tax on all negroes and other slaves, effect of, 326.
-, -, Act for reducing the fee of three shillings p. sheet taken by the Secry. as Clerk in Chancery for the copys of bills and answers in the said Court filed in the Secretary's Office and for appointing a more reasonable fee in the room thereof, confirmation urged, 481.
-, -,-, criticism of, 326 p. 217.
-, -,-, observations upon, 60 p. 36.
-, -,-, referred, 37.
-, -, Act for regulating seamen and sailors and obliging all masters of ships to take care of their sick seamen, referred, 189.
-, -,-, transmitted, 40.
-, -, Act for settling the limits of the several parishes etc., and for amending an Act for regulating vestries etc., confirmation of, 489.
-, -,-, referred, 436.
-, -, Act for settling officers' salaries, disallowance urged, 481.
-, -, Acts of, complaints concerning, by Wavell Smith and Savile Cust, 481.
-, -, Acts in force, affecting British trade and shipping, 136 vii.
-, -, Acts raising funds for officers' fees, enumeration of, 326.
-, -, Acts of, enumerated, 319.
-, -,-, opinion upon, 478.
-, -,-, referred, 111, 205.
-, -,-, report upon, 186.
-, -,-, transcript of, 169 i.
-, -, Agent for, 60; and see Coope, Richard.
-, -, Assembly, Clerk of. See Smith, Wavell; Losack, James.
-, -,-, minutes of, 135.
-, -,-, journals of, Wavell Smith's failure to transmit, 60 p. 38.
-, -,-, message to Council, 464, 464 i.
-, -,-, resolution concerning Secretary's fees, 247 i.
-, -, Brimstone Hill, magazine blown up, 302.
-, -, Clerks in, employment of, 464.
-, -, climate of, unhealthiness of, 406.
-, -, coins, currency in, value of, 326.
-, -, Council of, journal of, 390.
-, -,-, message from Assembly, 464, 464 i.
-, -,-, minutes of, 296 p. 194, 464.
-, -,-,-, question of payment for transcribing, 93 i.
-, -,-,-, Mr. Smith's account for, 341.
-, -,-, references to minutes concerning payments to Mr. Balaguier, 345 i.
-, -,-, charges against, concerning officers' salaries, 326.
-, -,-, question of Secretary's fees, 390.
-, -, Councillors. See Williams, John, Senior; Soulegre, Peter; Thomas, George; Lucas, George; Mathew, William, Junior.
-, -, Deputy Secretary of. See Wilson, Patrick; Walsh, D.; Balaguier, John; Frank, Mansell.
-, -,-, receipts from, 169 i.
-, -, fortifications at, 105.
-, -,-, enforced negro labour for, 136.
-, -, licences Duty accounts, 42 ii.
-, -, liquor duty account, 42 iii.
-, -, officers' fees in, dispute concerning, 464, 464 i, 481; and see Smith, Wavell.
-, -, powder duty and small arms, account of, 136 vi.
-, -, Powder Office accounts, 42 i.
-, -, Puisne Judge in. See Thomas, Peter; Gregory, James.
-, -, St. Thomas Pariah; Middle Island, abstract of births, marriages and burials in, 286 iii.
-, -,-, rector of. See Merac, John.
-, -, sale of French lands in, 105.
-, -, Secretary's fees, 247, 390.
-, -, settlers for Sta Cruz from, 60 p. 35.
-, -, stores of war, 302.
-, -,-, for Virgin Islands, sent from, 329 p. 220.
-, -, Treasurer of, accounts of, 42, 253, 253 i–ix; and see Burt, William Pym.
-, -, Trinity, Palmeto Point, abstract of births, marriages, and burials in, 286 iv.

Sta Cruz, 168.
-, -, beef from, 51 i.
-, -, British sloops burnt at, 296 pp. 193, 194.
-, -, British title to, enquiry concerning, 51.
-, -, Danes at, 190.
-, -,-, Spanish threats to, 406.
-, -, deserters from Leeward Islands to, 406.
-, -,-, encouraged by Danes, 406.
-, -, evacuation of, French evasion of order for, 296 p. 193.
-, -, inhabitants from Leeward Islands remove to, 190.
-, -, sale of, by the French to the Danes, 60 p. 35, 382 i.
-, -, settlement of Danes cm, effect on Leeward Islands, 329 p. 220.
-, -, settlers for, from St. Christopher and the Virgin Islands, 60 p. 35.
-, -, soldiers from the Leeward Islands desert to, 329 p. 220.
-, -, threatened attack on, by Spaniards, 329 p. 220.
-, -, uninhabited, 51 i.

St. Domingo (St. Dominique), 152.
-, -, Mercury sloop taken for trial to, 221 iii, v.

St. Eustatia, 329 p. 220.
-, -, coinage from Leeward Islands diverted to, 329.

St. George's River, Indian lands at, dispute concerning, 375, 375 i, ii.
-, -, settlement by Mr. Waldo on, dispute with Penobscot Indians concerning, 365, 365 i, ii.
-, -, settlements on discouraged, 355.

St. John's, 168.
-, -, French at Bay Verte, 116 ii (19).
-, -, settlements by Danes on, 60 p. 35.

St. John's River, armed vessel on, 348 i, p. 235, 348 vii.
-, -, a boundary with Florida, 348 i, p. 235.
-, -, a boundary with Georgia, 349.
-, -, boundary of Spanish possessions, 348 xv.
-, -, charges against priests at, 340.
-, -, limestone from Board of Ordnance for, 340.

St. Juans, question of title to land at, 416.

Sta Lucia, account of conditions and inhabitants in, 378, 378 ii.
-, -, British and French title to, 102, 103, 108.
-, -, cotton crop, 208, 275.
-, -, evacuation of, 108, 323.
-, -,-, agreement with French concerning, 208.
-, -,-, alleged evasion of order for, 102, 103, 290 i, ii.
-, -,-, French evasion of order for, 183 p. 121, 183 i, ii, 188, 188 i, iii, 293, 303, 378, 378 i, ii.
-, -,-,-, explanation of, 275.
-, -,-, proclamations concerning, 290 i.
-, -, French at, 382 i, 399.
-, -,-, increase in, 406, 438.
-, -, Pigeon Island Bay, number of inhabitants at, 378 ii.
-, -, H.M. Ships at, 208.
-, -, trade, illegal, with Barbados, 290 i, ii.

St. Malo, Fleuron, French ship, from, 490 i, p. 377.

St. Marks, garrison increased, 157 p. 101.

St. Martin's Island, inhabitants from Leeward Islands remove to, 190.

St. Simon, a part of H.M. Dominions, 344, 344 i, ii.

St. Thomas, 168.
-, -, British title to, 382 i.
-, -, Danes at, 382 i.
-, -, inhabitants of, hunt on Sta Cruz, 51 i.
-, -, inhabitants from Leeward Islands remove to, 190.
-, -, settlements on, by Danes, 60 p. 35.

St. Vincent, evacuation of, 108, 183 i, 188, 188 i, 275, 303.
-, -,-, Order for, evaded by French, 102, 103, 293.
-, -,-, French families on, 108, 399.
-, -,-,-, increase of, 438.
-, -, title to, British and French claims, 102, 103, 108.

St. Wans River, a boundary of Spanish settlements, 348 xvi.
-, -, expedition of Tomachichee Mico to, 348 xvii.

San Marrcos, Spanish fort at, 391 i.
-, -, threatened attack on, 391 i.

Savannah. See under Carolina, South.

Savannah Town, on north side of river, South Carolina, 376 p. 268; and see under Carolina, South.
-, -, on south side of river, Georgia, 376 p. 268; and see under Georgia.

Scipio ship, seizure of, by French, 494 i, ii.

Shark, H.M.S., Commander of. See Symonds, Richard, Captain R.N.
-, -, at the Bahamas, 440 i, 454 ii.
-, -, Clerk of. See Townsend, Thomas.
-, -, seaman detained in, case of, 454 iii.

Sheerness, H.M.S., at Canso, 9.

Ships, list of:—
-, Amity sloop.
-, Ann sloop.
-, Baltimore brigantine.
-, Benjamin brigantine.
-, Diamond, H.M.S.
-, Dolphin sloop.
-, Eagle Galley snow.
-, Falkland, H.M.S.
-, Faulconbridge.
-, Fleuron, French ship.
-, Fortune, French ship.
-, Fox, H.M.S.
-, Grampus, H.M.S.
-, Hawk, H.M.S.
-, Humility, H.M.S.
-, Jeaus Maria Joseph, Spanish ship.
-, La Marie, French sloop.
-, Mardenburg sloop.
-, Mareschal d'Asfeldt, French ship.
-, Margarett sloop.
-, Mercury sloop.
-, Micajah and Philip.
-, Namure, H.M.S.
-, Ogle.
-, Pall Mall sloop.
-, Roebuck, H.M.S.
-, Rupert, H.M.S.
-, St. André.

Shark, H.M.S.
-, Sheerness, H.M.S.
-, Shoreham, H.M.S.
-, Simond.
-, Speedwell sloop.
-, Squirrel, H.M.S.
-, Torrington, H.M.S.

Shoreham, H.M.S., at Canso, 307, 320.

Simond, ship, 149.

Society for Propagating the Gospel, activities of, in the Plantations, 194.
-, -, minister for New Hampshire requested, 194.
-, -, missionaries of, 194; and see Brown, Arthur.

South Sea Company, contract for logwood cutting in Campeachy Bay, 90.
-, -, trade with Jamaica, 148 i p. 92.

Spain and the Spanish: attack on the Virgin Island feared, 405.
-, -, boundaries of, settlement of, 348 xvi, xvii.
-, -,-,-, dispute with Georgia over, 349.
-, -, claims of, in South Carolina, 422.
-, -, Commissions or letters of marque for private men of war against, 83 i, ii, iii.
-, -, complaint by, against South Carolina and Georgia, 391 i, 392, 416, 421.
-, -, depreciations of, in the Bahamas, 22.
-, -, encroachments of, in Georgia, 348 i.
-, -, English consuls and merchants in, complaint concerning French fish from Newfoundland, 389 p. 280.
-, -, Florida boundaries, dispute over, 348 i, p. 235,348 ii, iii, 484.
-, -, Sir Francis Drake's capture of St. Augustine from, 348 xv.
-, -, in Georgia, danger from, 338.
-, -,-, intrigues with Indians, 349.
-, -,-, troops from Havana, stoppage of supplies for, 338.
-, -, guarda costas of, at the Bahamas, 277.
-, -, Indian trade, rum supplied for, 483 i, p. 375.
-, -, Indians, charges against British traders with, 157 i–iii; and see Sanchez.
-, -,-, friction with, in Georgia, 167 p. 101, 348 vii, x, xii.
-, -,-, question of allegiance of, 416.
-, -,-, trade with, 376 p. 264.
-, -, intrigues in the Bahamas, 264 i, p. 164, 276, 277.
-, -, negro trade, with Jamaica, 148 i, p. 92.
-, -, order to seize all British ships, 71.
-, -, at Porto Rico, danger from, 190.
-, -, rumours of plots in Georgia against British, 469.
-, -, rumoured attack on Sta Cruz, 329 p. 220.
-, -, at St. Augustine, attack by British and Creek Indians against, account of, 348 xv, p. 241.
-, -,-, correspondence on dispute with Mr. Oglethorpe, 348, 348 i–xviii.
-, -, St. Simon's Fort claimed by, 421.
-, -, salt for Newfoundland from, 119 i (7).
-, -, seizure of Mercury sloop by, 221 ii–vii, 222, 454 p. 329.
-, -, seizure of H.M.S. Rupert at Havana, 71.
-, -, seizure of ships in the Bahamas, complaint concerning, 79.
-, -, settlements of, 416.
-, -,-, boundaries of, 391 i.
-, -,-, danger from, 148 i.
-, -,-, on Alatamaha River, petition from Georgia concerning, 477.
-, -, ships seized by, 183 p. 118, 346.
-, -, threatened attack on Sta Cruz and Leeward Islands, 406.
-, -, trade, illegal, with, in the Bahamas, 401 p. 288.
-, -,-,-, with Newfoundland, 119 i (7), (48).
-, -, Treaty of Utrecht, alleged breach of, in South Carolina, 348 xiii.
-, -, in West Indies, increase in settlements of, 183 p. 118.

Spanish Town, Council for, 406.
-, -, Council and Assembly for, 105.
-, -, form of Government for, 60 p. 36.
-, -, Government by Deputy Governor and Council, 168 p. 111.
-, -, inhabitants, unruly conduct of, 60 p. 36.
-, -, legislature for, 105, 168, 285, 329 p. 226.
-, -, murder at, question of procedure concerning, 406.
-, -, settlers for Sta Cruz from, 60 p. 35.
-, -, stores of war from St. Kitts for, 329 p. 220.
-, -, threatened attack upon, by Spaniards, 329 p. 220, 406.

Speedwell sloop, presents for Indians on board of, 311 i.

Squirrel, H.M.S., Mrs. Cosby on board of, 334.

Straits, the, fish from Canso for, 450 i.

Sugar Colonies, danger from French in, 102, 108, 293.
-, -, difficulties in competing with French, 204.
-, -, duties imposed on products of, address from Barbados concerning, 204.
-, -, lack of timber for, 190.
-, -, trade of, endangered by French, Spanish and Dutch West Indies, 22 p. 15, 183
-, pp. 118, 120, 454 p. 326.

Switzerland and the Swiss: Protestant settlers for the Plantations from, Agent of. See Jenner, Samuel.
-, -,-, conditions laid down by, 256.
-, -,-, deputation from, copy of, 238 i.
-, -,-, naturalization of, 238 i.
-, -,-, petition of, 238.
-, -, settlers for North Carolina from, 238, 244, 252, 465.
-, -,-, Captain Burrington's observations on, 268.
-, -,-, conditions for, 301.
-, -,-, journey and expenses of, 268.
-, -,-, proposals for, 271.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 270.
-, -,-, settlers for North and South Carolina, petition for land in, 238.
-, -, settlers for Virginia and North Carolina, petition concerning, 110.