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524. Money paid to Governor Lowther since his last being
Governor. Duplicate of No. 513. iv. Add as much more private
presents. Sundry sums paid the Island's Agents wholly
imployed by R. L. on his private interest and spleen. (v.
3rd Feb.) Total, £4, 411. Endorsed, Recd. (from Mr. Thos.
Tryon), Read 20th Jan., 1719/20. ¾ p. [C.O. 28, 15. No. 60.] |
Jan. 21.
Whitehall. |
525. Mr. Secretary Craggs to the Council of Trade and
Plantations. Having received from a person on whose intelligence I very much rely an account of the present state of the
Island of Providence, encloses following for their consideration
and report, as also "from the same hand an account of great
discontents in South Carolina, and of the steps made in that
country for changing the Government there" etc. Signed, J.
Craggs. Endorsed, Recd. 23rd, Read 26th Jan. 1719/20. 1 p.
Enclosed, |
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525. i. Account of the present state of Providence. Nassau,
1719. The settlement now consists of those who have
lately been a pyrating mixt with strolers and old
inhabitants who are but few of them better and all
in a poor condition making little use of industry to
cultivate the land etc. This discourages all manner
of trade, their money which was chiefly got by pyrating
or by dealing with them is spent and the place become
so very poor, that tho' they want almost everything,
vessels begin to carry back their cargoes, so that all
manner of trade hither must shortly come to nothing.
Since the Governments being resetled in July 1718,
the utmost application has been made to keep upon
our guard and to preserve the place by fortifying it,
the doing of which has prevented the inhabitants from
cutting wood, racking salt, and taking the usual methods
of getting money by wrecks etc. wch. has contributed
very much toward their improvements and having
few slaves and themselves generally very idle it is
impossible these people should ever make this place
considerable. At first of the Governours arrival,
July—Sept. 1718, most of the Colony(s) round us
gave us great encouragement that people of substance
would leave them and come and settle here, but the
frequent alarms of the Spaniards arming against us
etc., and the pyrats robbing all round us and threatning
to re-enter the place, with H.M. ships not coming near
us, kept all our neighbours from venturing to settle
here, and tho' we have with much charge to ye co-partners
got a good fort and above 50 guns mounted,
so that we may depend, if we can muster 250 men on
withstanding any enemy that may atacque us, yet the
poverty of the place and want of trade makes the
inhabitants instead of encreasing as we expected,
leave in almost every vessel that returns hence to
the Colonys arround us, and from 400 men we are
already decreased to less then two, and more yet
talks of leaving then designes to stay so that all we
expected to come hither are discouraged and our
garrison being weak are not sufficient to hold this
Settlement, and while the war with Spain holds we
cannot expect any new comers, unless a considerable
guarison be established here for the privateers that
are always going and coming are no real strength
to the place being so near our enemy they will never
want notice when we are weakest to surprize this
place, they having always men enough ready to over-power
us. These discouragements added to ye present
reputation of our Colonie which is at the lowest ebb,
ye Governour not being able to subsist the guarison
and his bills for subsistance are protested, this confirms
the ill opinion all America has of Proprietory Governmt.
which is still look'd on though the garrison belong
to the King the Government is accounted to be shared
with co-partners and all the lands and royalties wholly
at their disposall which is in these parts liked much
worse, by all men of sence and substance, than if it
was again as formerly in the hands of Proprietors.
This is a very great discouragement to the increase
of inhabitants, but no encouragement will be sufficient
during the war till a larger garrison is settled here.
Two hundred men may be enough but if there was
250 or 300 men setled here it would be a vast advantage
to all the trade of this part of America for the pyrates
will when ever it is a peace shelter themselves among
these islands, and on the coast of Cuber in the Gulph
and Windward passage, and if such a garrison is setled
here and the Governour have an order so to do he may
at any time fit out sloops or a small cruiser that may
lye here to be manned out of the garrison which would
do more service then all the men of war in these parts
to prevent pyracy. A strong garrison here will also
be of vast service should we ever again have a war
with France, the French growing very great in the
Bay of Mexico and have taken Pensecola near the
River Misicipi where the Spaniards but few months
past put 500 men in garrison which plainly shews
their design to keep a communication with Canada
and trade with the Indians on the back of all our
American settlements which if not curbed they will
soon be capable to curb us and also the mines of Mexico
unless we can obstruct their trade to and from the
Bay of Mexico. Likewise at Hispaniola the French
grow also very great, and a strong settlement here will
be a very great obstruction to their trade, etc. Whilst
these Islands are leased by the Co-partners in England
the whole trade hither will be by them engrossed for
their shipping, this bringing effects directly from
England, they will afford them at lower rates then
the merchts. can sell theirs which comes from other
Plantations, consequently this will be a discouragement to other merchants in America who would
otherwise come and settle or trade among us. Qy.
if the Co-partners continue their rights here whether
the Crown will be obliged to have any regard towards
a further protection of this settlement etc. The
alterations made by the Co-partners in the original
Charter will occasion disputes, particularly the demands
of the quit-rents to be paid in sterling money, and
the obligation the people shall fall two third parts of
their wood, within a limited time, appears a hardship.
The accustomed provision for a Chief Justice a Minister
and other Officers heretofore made by the Lords
Proprietors out of the royalties but now not intended
will be a very great burthen to the inhabitants etc.
If the Crown, this Sessions of Parliamt., gives the
Proprietors an allowance for their lands and royalties,
and reimburse the Co-partners their expence, so that
the whole may be at H.M. disposal as in other Colonies
where H.M. has a garrison, and could there but be
some advantages in trade, as usual to new Colonies
allowed this, or could it be made a free port for
3 or 4 years people would soon flock here and make
it very wealthy and strong, or the bear encouragement
of importing the commodities of Hispaniola at a
moderate duty for 3 or 4 years till sugar and
indigo works can be brought to perfection here
would also encourage people's coming hither, but
all this depends on its being free from Co-partners
whose agents here claim all the benefit of the lands
and royalties and may ingross what they please or
discourage who they please etc. If they pretend to
hold the country on the foot they now have it it is
almost impossible they can ever repay themselves,
and the place will be deserted save for a few beggars
and H.M. garrison etc. Same endorsement. Copy.
5½ pp. |
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525. ii. Extract of a letter from [?Gale. v. 29th Jan.]
Charles Town, S. Carolina, to Mr. Secretary Craggs.
26th Oct. 1719. I came hither lately from Providence
which is realy very pleasant and healthfull and in
my opinion may flourish in time, but at present
it is in so decaying a way that the few people
in it are ill provided with the necessaries of life.
I send you an account of it etc. (v. preceding). I
believe that unless the garrison is reinforced to 2
or 300 men before they hear a peace is made with
Spain, the inhabitants will sieze the fort and turn to
their old trade of pyrating, for 10 in 12 have been
pyrates and they are all in very mean condition.
There came from Havanna to Providence about a
fortnight ago a flag of truce, with some exchanged
prisoners, who report that in June last there sail'd
from the Havanna 4 men of war and 10 sloops, that
had 1400 men on board, with which they intended
to have taken South Carolina, but hearing that the
French had taken Pensicola, that turned that expedition for the retaking of Pensicola, which they
effected, but the French have taken it since, so that
the apprehensions of the people here are over for
the present. The prisoners that arrived at Providence
reported for certain, that in the later end of
Sept. last there arrived at Havanna an express to
the Governor for ye Viceroy of Mexico to acquaint
him, that he had orders from the King of Spain to
raise 20,000 men in order to attempt the taking those
English Plantations that formerly belonged to the
Kings of Spain, and to direct the Governor of ye
Havanna to raise what men he could in Cuba for that
end. Same endorsement. Copy. 1 p. |
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525. iii. Extract of letter from [? Gale], Charles Town in
South Carolina, 26th Oct., 1719 [? to Mr. Secretary
Craggs]. This harbour of Charles Town is by nature
capable of being made very strong, and they have
outposts and fortifications here, that if these guns
were mounted would make it very difficult for the
Spaniards with 5000 men to take the place, but the
Government here is so indolent that notwithstanding
the apprehensions they have been under, they are
in a most miserable condition to defend themselves,
insomuch that the people are very uneasy at the
indolence, nay they call it the negligence of the
Government. Endorsed, Recd. 23rd, Read 26th
Jan. 1719/20. ¼ p. |
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525. iv. Extract of letter from [? Gale] Charles Town in South
Carolina, 14th Nov., 1719 [? to Mr. Secretary Craggs].
Though this is not the King's Government yet from
the acquaintance I know you have with Lord Carteret
who is chief of the Proprietors, I think it my duty to
lay before you the present state of this Colony. The
inhabitants of this country are generally planters,
merchants and shopkeepers and most of them in very
good circumstances, and the Proprietors in England
by some late directions they have sent here, for repealing a law that had passed here, have made all or
most of the landed men very uneasy, insomuch that
I apprehend from the general uneasiness among them,
that they will endeavour to make themselves independent of the Proprietors and to get themselves
under the King's Governmt. as the other Colonies in
America are, and realy I do not know but they will
attempt this very soon, for on the 26th inst. here is
to be the election for Assembly men, and on Monday
next there is to be a private meeting of the Country
Gentlemen, from which great speculations are made,
and I must tell you, Sir, if the much greater part of
the most substantial people had their choice, they
would not choose King George's Government. Same
endorsement. ¾ p. |
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525. v. Extract of a letter dated from [? Gale] South Carolina,
18th Nov. 1719. [? to Mr. Secretary Craggs]. What I
hinted in mine of the 14th inst. is come to pass, and
last night the Chief of the Country subscribed to
repair the fortifications of this place, and to an
Association to the effect following. That the Proprietors having pretended to repeal Laws contrary
to the Charter and offered other hardships to the
Inhabitants of this Country they do resolve to choose
an Assembly pursuant to the writs issued out and
to support their Representatives with their lives and
fortunes, and to stand by such resolutions as they
shall make at the next Assemblys. The first that
signed it was the Speaker of the last Assembly, and
almost every body are uneasy untill their hands are
to this Association, so uneasy are the people here with
the Proprietors, but I forgot to tell you that in this
Association they reserve their allegiance to King
George. The Governor at present seems dissatisfied
with the Association, but the consequence of it will
at least terminate as they think in bringing them under
the King's Government, which is I really believe their
only aim. I shall conclude in assuring you that if
the Government and Council was never so willing to
oppose this scheme, it is not in their power, so general
are the People against the administration of the
Proprietors. Upon the meeting of the Assembly,
there will be a Representation made to the King and
sent over by a Deputation to England, it will as I am
told enumerate the difficulties put upon the People
by the Proprietors and pray the King to take them
under his care. There are in this Colony about 1000
Housekeepers, 2000 white men and about 7000 slaves.
Same endorsement. Copy. 1 p. [C.O. 23, 1. Nos.
20, 21.i., ii. (covering letter and enclosures, i., ii. only);
and (enclosures iii.–v. only) 5, 1265. Nos. 135–137.] |
Jan. 21.
Whitehall. |
526. Council of Trade and Plantations to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Enclose office accounts from
Christmas 1718 to Christmas 1719. There was at Christmas
last six months salary due to the Secretary and other officers
etc. Accounts annexed. [C.O. 389, 37. pp. 166–169.] |
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527. Agents of Barbados to the Council of Trade and
Plantations. They are not fully instructed to answer the
complaints against Governor Lowther, but ask for copies
thereof. By a short inquiry of some persons lately arriv'd
from Barbados they will be enabled to give satisfaction therein
etc. Signed, George Bampfeild, Alexr. Stevensone. Endorsed,
Recd. Read 22nd Jan., 1719/20. 1 p. [C.O. 28, 15. No. 61.] |
Jan. 23./Feb. 3rd.
Paris. |
528. Mr. Pulteney to Mr. Popple. Reply to 14 Jan. Mr.
Hudson and Mr. Saunders know what papers I have on Sta.
Lucia, so I take for granted these will not be copy'd again. I
doubt whether there be any papers in the office that answer
my questions (v. 15th Jan.) fully; but I fancy'd you might be
able to get some informations from some persons who have
lived at Barbados and the Leward Islands, etc. Signed, D.
Pulteney. Endorsed, Recd. Read 27th Jan. 1719/20. 1½ pp.
[C.O. 28, 15. No. 63.] |
Jan. 28.
Whitehall. |
529. [? Mr. Secretary Craggs] to the Governor of the Leeward
Islands. H.M. not being yet come to a resolution in what
manner to dispose of his lands in St. Christophers, Mr. Douglas
is to remain in the quiet enjoyment of the lands granted to him,
under the like conditions as he has hitherto held them, till
H.M. shall resolve how to dispose of the late French settlement;
And in case you have already given any grants to dispossess
him thereof, H.M. further pleasure is, that you do recall the
same. No signature. 1 p. Enclosed, |
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529. i. Petition of James George Douglass to the Lords
Justices. Petitioner's father while Captain General
of the Leeward Islands granted him in Dec. 1712
certain lands formerly belonging to the French in
Basseterre, with an equitable title to her then Majesty's
bounty for the same in case the whole Island should
remain unto H.M. upon the Treaty of Peace. Lt.-General Mathew renewed the said grant for 2½ years
etc. Petitioner's poor parents have erected store-houses etc. thereupon. Petitioner's brother, John,
being threatened to be dispossessed of his plantation
by Governor Walter Hamilton, obtained H.M. order
for quiet enjoyment thereof till H.M. should think
fitt how to dispose of that part of St. Christophers.
Petitioner, being similarly threatened, prays for a
similar order. 1¼ pp. [C.O. 152, 39. Nos. 132,
132. i.] |
Jan. 28.
Boston. |
530. Capt. Southack to Mr. Popple. Encloses following
and asks to be appointed one of the Commissioners to settle
the boundaries of Nova Scotia etc. Signed, Cyprian Southack.
Endorsed, Recd. 14th April, 1720, Read 5th July, 1722,
Annexed, |
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530. i. Capt. Southack to M. St. Ovide de Brouillan,
Governor of Cape Breton, relating to the boundaries
of Nova Scotia. Sept. 11th, 1718. |
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530. ii. Governor Subercase's undertaking to procure passes
for Major Richard Mullins and Capt. Charles Brown
etc. 23rd Oct. (N.S.) 1710. |
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530. iii. Memorandum of fish caught by the French in Nova
Scotia, 1715–1718. |
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530. iv. Memorandum of the boundaries of Nova Scotia
(v. C.S.P., 1710). |
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530. v. Queries by the Board of Trade relating to Cape
Breton. The whole, 4½ pp. |
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530. vi. Capt. Southack to the Council of Trade and
Plantations. Prays for their recommendation of
him to H.M. for a pension and a patent for his works
if ingraven and printed, he having been cruising in
the service of the Crown from 1690 to 1712 from Cape
Canso to Sandy Point and drawn maps and charts
of the coast harbours and rivers, etc. Describes his
services. Signed, Cyprian Southack. Endorsed, Recd.
14th April, 1720. Read 5th July, 1722. 4 pp. |
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530. vii. Order in Council, 1st Feb. 1694, for a reward to
Capt. Southack for his services in New England.
Same endorsement. Copy. 1 p. |
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530. viii. Certificate from Capt. George Martin, H.M.S.
Dragon, Annapolis Royal, 19th Oct., 1710, as to Capt.
Southack's services in N.E. Same endorsement.
Copy. 1 p. |
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530. ix. Certificate from Governor Dudley, Boston, 27th
March, 1716, as to Capt. Southack's services in the
Province galley. Same endorsement. Copy. 1 p.
[C.O. 5, 868. ff. 213–217v, 218v–221v.; and
(Memorandum of covering letter) f. 246.] |
Jan. 29.
South Carolina. |
531. The Council and Assembly of South Carolina to the
Council of Trade and Plantations. Refer to letter of 24th Dec.
1719. Enclose answers to the Board's queries (cf. Jan.) "wherein
your Lordships' great and tender regard to H.M. subjects of
this Settlement are made manifest. We are deeply concerned
that the answering queries of such and so great importance
have been so long neglected, tho' it is no surprize to us when we
consider that it fell into the hands of the Proprietors Governour,
who no doubt thought your Lordships had in [mind] to gett
this settlement under H.M. imediate care and protection etc.,
so for fear of disobliging his Masters and loosing the Government, they have been locked up by him ever since" etc. We left
no stone unturn'd in endeavouring to pro[cure a] sight of them,
and have at last tho' without the knowledge of Collo. Johnson
o[btained] it etc. We have returned a just and true answer
to every question; the affairs relating to the Indians, being
reported by a gent. who has been imployed by the Publick and
has lived many years amongst them. The account of the
garrison at St. Augustine being taken from credible persons
that ha[ve been] there etc. We hope and doubt not but your
Lordships will be pleased to put a right construction upon our
actions" etc. Assurances of loyalty and obedience to H.M. and
their Lordships' commands etc. Signed, By Order of the
Commons of Assembly, T. Hepworth, Speaker, Hovenden
Walker, Alexander Parris, B. Schenckingh, George Chicken,
Samuel Proleau. Ja. Moore, Richard Mein, Richd. Beresford,
Jos. Morton, Tho. Waring, Thos. Smith, Sam Eveleigh.
Endorsed, "Letter from persons who have taken upon them
the Government of South Carolina," Recd. 28th March, Read
7th July, 1720. 1¾ pp. Torn. Enclosed, |
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531. i. Answers to Queries by the Board of Trade. Cf.
Jan. 12. (i) Carolina is scituated in a most pleasant
and agreeable climate and productive of whatsoever
is necessary for the life of man, yet it is but thinly
inhabited in proportion to the rest of H.M. Colonys
on the mainland of America, by reason it is the frontier
of the British Empire on the said Main to the South
and West, and exposed to the incursions of the French
and Spaniards and barbarous Indian savages, but
more especially because of the ill polity of its Government under Proprietors who by reason of their supine
negligence and their disorderly and confused administration of the publick affairs, and their inability to
protect the inhabitants from the insults of their
enemies have put the same in the utmost confusion,
soe that H.M. subjects are neither safe in their lives,
libertys or estates which not only prevents an increase
of people to come in to reinforce this frontier, but
obleidges many daily to quit and desert the same,
and there is noe means left to prevent this Colony
from sinking into utter ruin but H.M. takeing the
same forthwith into his imediate protection. (ii) The
number of white people are about 9000 souls, and
as all males from 16 to 60 are obliged to appear in
the Militia that number does not exceed 2000 men,
who are generally expert in the use of armes, excellent
marksmen, and by their often engageing with Indians,
Spaniards and French are become bold, active, good
woodsmen and enured to toil and labour, but the
settlement lying scattered along the sea coast for 150
mile, makes it difficult and expensive to gett a number
into a body upon any sudden invasion or incursion.
For the reasons given in the first answer this number
began to decrease till some stop was put thereto by
the present measures. Charles Town is the only
town and port in the Province whose fortifications
being much damaged by storms, and the great guns
dismounted, and everything relateing to the preservation of the Government wholly abandoned to negligence
and confusion, and the inhabitants finding themselves
disappointed (by the evil ministry of the Proprietors)
of the several methods they had taken to restore those
fortifications, were quite heartless and were ready
sooner to quit the Province than be at any more
expence about the defence of it, had they not been
elevated and spirited by the late efforts made to have
the Government in H.M. hands. Upon which they
with heart and hand are repairing the fortifications
of Charles Town, and will have 65 guns mounted upon
the same, and all without the contribution of one
penny by the Proprietors. They are now also repairing a small fort built to command the entrance of the
harbour of Charles Town mounted with 22 guns, and
by the royal bounty of H.M. our magazine of arms
and amunition is in good condition. Besides these
fortifications the inhabitants have built a small fort
at Port Royal which has about 12 guns mounted
thereon to restrain the incursions of the Spanish
garrison of St. Augustine and their Indians, having
about 30 men in constant pay to guard the same etc.
Repeat part of No. 516. and complaints against the
Lords Proprietors supra. (iii) The Indians may be
divided into three parts, first the Indians to the
northward between this Colony and Virginia are about
2,800 souls; these are intirely in the English interests,
and by their scituation will be soe as long as Carolina
is a barrier between them and the incroachments of the
French. The second division may be reckoned the
mountain Indians called Charokees, about 11,500 souls,
including about 3,800 men, these at present are intirely
in the English interest, but God only knows how long
they will continue soe, for the incroaching French (with
whom they now are at warr) leaves no stone unturn'd to
gett them over to them; which puts us to vast charges
in makeing presents to their Chiefs, but if the French
should at last prevail with them, this Colony will be
reduced to the last extremity. Thirdly, the Indians
that the French have intirely brought over to their
party and trade, who were subject to this Province
untill 1715, who were accounted at that time to be
near 10,000 souls; they are now at peace with this
Settlement, but as the French have secured their
interest among them by building forts and placeing
garrisons, and carry on their trade by water carriage
to their towns it is past dispute that upon a warr
with France they will joyn with them to make an
entire conquest of this Province, and the chiefest
reason that they are now at peace with this Settlement
proceeds from the warr that is between them and the
Charokees. To these may be added about 3 or 400
Indians of the most desperate murderers in the late
Indian warr, that are harboured at St. Augustine
and incited and armed by these Spaniards to commit
depredations and murders on the frontiers of our
settlement. (iv) St. Augustine is the only Spanish
town in Florida and about 150 miles from the frontiers
of Port Royal, all the land between being deserted and
intirely uninhabited, it is a garrison containing 300 sory
soldiers etc. as No. 516. It is a pleasant country and
capable if in English hands of very great improvements.
Refer to Expedition against St. Augustine in 1702.
Continue: So it is certain that two fifth rates with a
bomb ketch and ingeniers and 200 regular troops with
the assistance that this Province wou'd readily lend,
wou'd easily take that Castle etc. It would be of great
advantage not only to this Province but to the rest of the
English Empire in America, for it would make a notable
barrier to H.M. Dominions upon the Main, it would
be a place of refuge and relief to H.M. subjects that
are in distress or cast away coming thro' the Gulf
of Florida and are now always murdered and eaten by
the savages living on the coasts of that country. It
would put an end to the distresses this Settlement lies
under by the depredations of the Indians etc. as No. 516.
Continue: The French in 1719 imported above 4000 men
into these parts, and are building their Capital City near
the mouth of the River Missassipi nameing the same New
Orleans which is 480 miles from our frontiers, they are
now preparing to repossess themselves of Chatahoochee
River (called by the Spaniards the Apalachicola
River) and make a strong settlement, and as their
emissarys have been viewing the coast between this
Settlement and St. Augustine, it putts us into a terrible
consternation, and they are so sensible of our weakness,
being left abandoned void of Royal Protection that
they are not ashamed to give out among the Indians
that they will take a time to drive us into the sea, and
not an Englishman upon the Main, their prodigious
and swift proceedings and powering such numbers
of indigent needy soldiers into those lands and who
haveing no plantations nor anything of their own,
are greedily expecting a conjuncture to have the
plundering of our flourishing Settlement wherein is
about 12,000 negro slaves and the inhabitants finding
noe remedy from the many representations made to
the Lords Proprietors to take some measure to put a
stop to these incroachments who never thought it
worth their while soe much as to give an answer to
the same, that all those that are able were makeing
preparations to remove to places of safety, untill to
prevent the ruin of the Province and preserve soe good
a country to the British Dominions they resolved to
throw off the yoak of the Proprietors and assume the
Government in H.M. name, that being more imediatly
under the influence of his Royal Government we may
become sharers of the safety and protection enjoyed
by the rest of his happy subjects. And as there is no
other remedy left to prevent the impending ruin of this
Settlement from the French whenever they please to put
their designs in execution but H.M. powerful protection
and assistance, soe it is most undoutly true, that
if this Settlement be by any interest of the Proprietors
longer deprived of the same, that the inhabitants under
such circumstances, will sooner draw off their estates
and families to places of safety, then any longer
contribute to preserve them, seeing after all that they
can doe, it will not be in their power. (vi) As for the
trade, the trade is in a very florishing condition in all
its branches etc. as No. 516. Bullion we receive in
return for the provisions we transport to the West India
Islands goes all to Great Britain to about the value of
80,000l. sterl. per ann. and near 200 sail of all sorts are
freighted here in a year. We receive cloathing, furniture,
ironware and every other thing that is necessary for
the conveniency of the life of man from Great Britain,
whose merchants are the only traders with us, and by
yearly supplying us with near 1000 negroes encreases
our export by the many more hands sett at work etc.
(vii) v. No. 516. (viii) We know of none certain
except iron mines, which the Proprietors haveing
the royalty of, discourages any attempts of opening,
and if they were compounded with for their royalties
in the same, yet nobody wou'd be at the charge
of such work in a place of no real security etc., but
we have been frequently told that in the mountainous part of the Colony there are mines of gold.
silver, coper and several other oars etc. Subscribed, |
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531. ii. Exports of South Carolina, taken from the Collector's
books. Jan. 1718–19. To Great Britain: 6773 barrels
of rice, 18,414 pitch, 27,660 tar. 43 chests of deerskins. Besides logwood, braziletta, hogsheads, pipe
staves, cedar plank, pine planks, boards etc. To the
several Plantations:—2,333 barrels of rice, 4,187 pitch,
5,677 tar. Besides masts, booms, bowsprits, barrels
of beefe, porke, butter, candles, soap, tallow, tanned
leather etc. corn, pease and provisions. Jan. 1719–20.
To Great Britain: 9,115 barrels of rice, 12,475 pitch,
15,052 tar, and 80 chests of deer skins etc. as in 1718.
To the Plantations:—3,953 barrels of rice, 4,406 pitch,
6,273 tar etc. as in 1718. The whole endorsed as covering
letter. 5 large pp. [C.O. 5, 1265. Nos. 149, 149. i.,ii.] |
| Jan. 29. |
532. Mr. West to the Council of Trade and Plantations.
I have no objections to the Acts of Mountserratt for raising a levy
upon trading men, and for prohibiting levying of executions from
the last of August to the first of March. Signed, Rd. West.
Endorsed, Recd. 1st Feb., 1719/20. Read 28th July, 1721. 1 p.
[C.O. 152, 13. ff. 286, 287 v.] |
| Jan. 29. |
533. Same to Same. Reply to question stated 2nd Feb.
I am of opinion that such Spanish ships are so prohibited.
Signed, Richd. West. Endorsed, Recd. 1st, Read 5th Feb. 1719/20.
1¼ pp. [C.O. 28, 15. No. 69; and 29, 14. pp. 56, 57.] |
