A

Accadic, Chibectou, 335 ii.

-, estates of the La Tour family, claim to, 89-96
-, and see Campbell, Agatha.

-, -, granted by Louis XIV, 90, 92.

-, -, order by Governor Philipps concerning, 91, 94.

-, -, surrender and conveyances of, 93.

-, fishery of, 335 ii.

-, Governor of. See Le Borgne
-, La Tour.

-, -, Sieur de la Tour appointed, 367.

-, Indians, 335 ii.

-, order concerning, 335 ii.

Act of Parliament, for the better securing and encouraging the trade of H.M. Sugar Colonies in America, address in favour of, from Barbados, 316, 333 i.

-, -, -, from Jamaica, 366 i.

-, -, advantages of, 349 i p. 198.

-, -, effect of, in Barbados, 349 i.

-, -, opposed by Governor of New York, 324 p. 175, 324 i.

-, for confirming the surrender of lands in South Carolina by the Lords Proprietors, 130 i.

-, for encouraging the trade of Newfoundland, 120 ii.

-, imposing high duties on the importation of sugar into Northern Colonies, passed by House of Commons, 79.

-, -, petition against, from New York, 79, 79 i.

-, for the more easy recovery of debts in H.M. Plantations and Colonys in America, effect of in Barbados, 21 p. 22.

-, for preservation of H.M. woods in America, evasion of, 454.

Admiralty, the, harbour at Lynches Island, importance of, 455.

-, Lords Commissioners of, instructions concerning unlawful seizures, 76 viii.

-, -, papers on Judge Porter's case to be laid before, 310.

-, Receiver in the Plantations. See Byng, R.

-, Sir Chaloner Ogle's account of naval detachment in Jamaica, 414 i.

-, -, copy required, 399.

Africa, negroes from, for North Carolina, 1 p. 2.

-, -, for Sugar Colonies, 349 i p. 199.

Almesbury, N.H., claimed by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i p. 76.

Ann galley, seizure of, 322 i, ii.

-, -, restitution demanded for, 322 ii.

Anticosta, French at, 370 p. 229.

Antigua. And see Leeward Islands.

-, Act repealing part of an Act for constituting a Court of Chancery, confirmation of, 162.

-, -, -, recommended, 68.

-, -, opinion upon, 4.

-, Acts of, relating to Governors' salaries and house rent, 32 p. 31.

-, -, transmitted, 446.

-, Admiralty Harbour at, 370 p. 228.

-, Assembly of, Acts for payment to Governors passed by, 32 p. 31.

-, Council of, minutes of, 334, 446.

-, -, persons recommended for, 446, 446 i.

-, Council and Assembly, 377.

-, -, memorial on state of barracks sent to, 65, 65 ii.

-, Councillors. See Dunbar, Charles
-, Kerbye, Thomas
-, Morgan, Jacob
-, Gunthorpe, John
-, Langford, Jonas
-, Oliver, Richard
-, Vernon, John
-, Warner, Edward.

-, -, absentee, 377.

-, defence of, 434.

-, fines in, 365 xii.

-, -, suspended by Lieut.-General Smith, 365 p. 219.

-, forts in, stores of war required for, 379.

-, Governor of, Commission published in, 377.

-, -, house rent for, 32 p. 31.

-, -, salary of, 446.

-, importance of, 434.

-, Justices of, representation from, 365 xii
-, and see Crump, Nath.
-, Lucas, George
-, Thomas, George
-, Warner, Ashton.

-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Byam, Edward.

-, -, Council and Assembly, request for stores of war from, 379, 434.

-, Monks Hill, guardroom inadequate, 65 ii.

-, regiments at, barracks for, state of, 65, 65 ii.

-, St. John's, guardroom inadequate, 65 ii.

-, stores of war (cannon shot) for, 379 i, 434.

Assiento Company
-, the Royal British, agents of. See Pratter, Edward
-, Rigby, James.

-, -, -, and Genosea wreck, 22.

-, -, factors of, at Cuba. See Cocks
-, Dennis.

-, -, -, at Jamaica. See Pratter
-, Rigby.

-, -, La Dichosa returned by, 22.

Azores, the, Spanish claim to, 20 ii.

B

Bahama Islands, the, and Providence Islands.

-, Acts of (12), remarks upon, 81.

-, Assembly, instructions concerning Surveyor General of Customs, 297.

-, Company of Invalids for, 67.

-, Council of, President of. See Thompson, Richard.

-, -, numbers depleted by death and absence, 424.

-, -, quorum of, 424.

-, Councillors of. See Fairfax, William
-, White, John
-, Thomson, Richard Junior
-, Jones, William
-, Rogers, Whetstone
-, Hurst, Acklan
-, Burrows, Jeremiah
-, Reading, Roger
-, Thompson, Richard
-, Stewart, William
-, Jackson, Chaloner.

-, danger from Spaniards, 57 i.

-, defence of, 67, 424.

-, -, measures proposed for, 57 i.

-, -, Some Observations concerning, 374 p. 229.

-, defenceless condition of, 423.

-, disorder in, 423, 424.

-, Engineer for, 67, 294.

-, -, order concerning, 284.

-, forts and fortifications of, proposal to purchase land for, 294.

-, -, repair of, 67.

-, -, -, urgent, 57 i.

-, -, ruinous condition of, 57 i.

-, Governor of, instructions for, 32 p. 31
-, and see Rogers, Woodes
-, Phenney, George
-, Fitzwilliam, Richard.

-, hurricane at, 423.

-, importance of, to British Navigation, 67.

-, Independent Company at, from Bermuda, recall of, 57 i, 342.

-, -, order for increase of, 283.

-, inhabitants of, cause of decrease in, 57 i.

-, -, sickness among, 423, 424.

-, lands in, difficulty in settling, 57 i.

-, -, grants of, security of tenure needed, 67.

-, -, proposal to purchase from Proprietors, 268 i, 285.

-, Lessees of, evidence required from, on grants of land, 67.

-, Lords Proprietors of, powers retained by, 57 i.

-, -, proposal to purchase lands of, 268 i, 285.

-, -, surrender by, 424.

-, Providence, Bermuda Independent Company at, 342.

-, -, harbour at, 370 p. 229.

-, -, H.M. title to, in question, 20 i.

-, Spanish wrecks at, salvage of, 423, 424.

-, stores of war for, 57 i.

-, -, requested, 67.

-, Surveyor General appointed as Councillor Extraordinary, 407.

-, -, instructions concerning, 297
-, and see Phenney, George.

-, H.M. title to, in question, 20 i.

Barbados. See Sta. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominico.

-, Act additional to the Act for settling the Governor's salary, transmitted, 392.

-, Act appointing Agents, passed, 119, 416 p. 245.

-, Act concerning Governor's salary, 193.

-, Act for the better governing of negroes, and the more effectual preventing the inhabitants from employing their slaves in selling or bartering, 193.

-, -, referred, 254.

-, Act for the better support of His Excellency and the dignity of the Government, confirmation of, 326, 450.

-, -, opinion upon, 276.

-, -, referred, 254.

-, Act declaring what proofs to bonds, bills etc. shall be sufficient in law, etc., 21 p. 20.

-, Act for defraying charges for publishing Governor Howe's Commission, transmitted, 392.

-, Act establishing the Courts of Common Pleas, explanation of, 21 p. 21.

-, Act for laying an imposition on wines, referred, 254.

-, Act for the limitation of actions etc. and the better securing the inhabitants, peaceable possession of their estates, referred, 254.

-, Act for making provision for the accommodation of His Honour the President at Great Pilgrim etc., referred, 254.

-, Act concerning Patent Officers' fees, objection to, 464, 465, 466.

-, Act for the punishment of runaway slaves, referred, 254.

-, Act to regulate and ascertain the election, manner of accounting, powers and proceedings of Churchwardens etc., Governor's assent refused, 193.

-, -, referred, 254.

-, Acts of, Governor's assent for, 193.

-, Agent for. See Leheup, Peter
-, Teissier
-, Sharpe
-, Yeamans.

-, Assembly, Act concerning Patent Officers' fees, petition concerning, 465.

-, -, address of, 316.

-, -, adjournment of, 119.

-, -, Clerk of. See Warren, Robert.

-, -, journal of, 40, 40 v., 167, 167 iii, 313, 330, 392.

-, -, new Act concerning Patent Officers' fees recommended, 464.

-, Barons of the Exchequer, Commissions for, 209.

-, Chief Clerk and Clerk of the Crown, See Cracherode, Anthony.

-, coins, currency, paper money, lack of, 236 ii.

-, condition of, 21.

-, Council of, address from, 333 i.

-, -, admission of Surveyor General to, petition concerning, 177 i.

-, -, Clerk of. See Mytton, James.

-, -, Committee of, to examine fees of patent officers, 464.

-, -, -, new Act recommended by, 464.

-, -, -, to examine Treasury accounts, delay caused by, 235 p. 136.

-, -, Deputy Clerk of. See Webster, Wm.

-, -, Mr. Dunbar appointed to, 205.

-, -, minutes of, 40, 40 iii, iv, 167, 167 i, ii, 313, 330, 392.

-, -, -, extracts of, 452.

-, -, petition to, concerning Act relating to Patent Officers' fees, 465.

-, -, President of. See Barwick, Samuel
-, Dottin.

-, -, -, instructions for, 119.

-, -, -, salary of, 119.

-, -, vacancies in, 209.

-, -, -, list of persons proposed for, 209 i.

-, Council and Assembly of, 119.

-, -, addresses from, 167.

-, -, Governor's speech to, 118, 118 i, 119 i.

-, -, petition from, 416, 416 i, 417 ii.

-, Councillors of. See Maxwell
-, Tirrell
-, Weekes
-, Pilgrim
-, Barwick, Samuel
-, Salter, Richard
-, Leslie, William
-, Peers, Henry, Junior.

-, Court, Chancery, Clerk of. See Cracherode, Anthony.

-, Court of Common Pleas, 21 p. 21.

-, Court of Exchequer, Clerk of Remembrancer of. See Huggins.

-, -, -, Deputy of. See Hope
-, Warron.

-, Court, Clerk of. See Whitworth, Francis.

-, -, Deputy Clerk of. See Wadeson, Samuel.

-, -, Judges of. See Pilgrim
-, Beccles.

-, -, -, Assistant. See Charnock
-, French
-, Weekes, Junr.
-, Brace
-, Ball
-, Haggatt
-, Roberts
-, Young.

-, debts in, method of payment, 21, pp. 20, 21.

-, deeds and bonds, attestation of, 21 pp. 20, 21.

-, defence of, some considerations concerning, 370.

-, distressed condition of, 236 ii.

-, effect of Act of Parliament for the more easy payment of debts, applied to, 21 p. 22.

-, evacuation of Sta. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominico, 167.

-, -, instructions concerning, 119.

-, -, order sent to Martinique, 235 p. 136
-, and see Maxwell.

-, fortifications of, orders for repair of, 32 pp. 29, 33.

-, Governors of. See Worsley, Henry
-, Howe, Lord
-, Granville, Sir Beville
-, Belhaven, Lord.

-, -, instructions to, 32 pp. 30, 31.

-, -, -, concerning ships from the East Indies, 193.

-, -, reply to queries concerning laws etc. affecting British trade and Navigation, 32 p. 30.

-, -, salary of, 32 p. 31.

-, -, -, Act to settle, 193.

-, Grand Jury, address from, 236 ii.

-, Great Pilgrim, residence of President at, act concerning, 254.

-, inhabitants of, miserable condition of, 416 p. 244.

-, Justices of the Peace in, Commissions of, 209.

-, lands in, liable for payment of debts, 21 pp. 21, 22.

-, Naval Office, list of vessels entered and cleared in, 392.

-, officers in, character of, 209.

-, pamphlet on The Sugar Trade with the incumbrances thereon laid open, by a Barbados Planter, 349, 349 i.

-, Patent Officers in, case of, 464, 465.

-, -, fees of, Committee appointed to examine, 464.

-, Planters, merchants and inhabitants of, address from, 416, 417 ii.

-, present of Barbados waters and sweetmeats for the Duke of Newcastle, 378.

-, President, Council and Assembly of, representation from, 21.

-, rum, improvement in, 349 i p. 202.

-, Secretary of. See Whitworth, Francis
-, Mytton, James.

-, -, salary of, 334.

-, ships from East Indies refused admission at, 193.

-, stores of war, inventory of, 417 i.

-, Sugar trade, Act of Parliament concerning, approved of, 316.

-, -, addresses and petitions concerning, 416, 416 i, 417 ii.

-, -, danger from French competition, 416 p. 245.

-, -, direct export to foreign Plantations for, 349 i p. 197.

-, -, pamphlet upon, 349 i.

-, Surveyor General to sit as Councillor Extraordinary in Council, appointment of, 405.

-, -, argument against, 395 i.

-, -, instructions concerning, 295
-, and see Dunbar, Charles.

-, trade of, decline of, 236 ii.

-, -, with French Islands, 313 v.

-, Treasurer of, accounts of imposts and excise, 392, 392 i.

-, Treasury accounts, delay in transmitting, 235 p. 136.

Barleventa Fleet, arrival at South Carolina, 338 i.

Barnstaple, trade with Newfoundland, 347 i p. 195.

Batchelor sloop of Providence, mastor of. See Coverley, Nathaniel.

Bermuda, Acts of, passed, 35, 36.

-, -, transmitted, 343.

-, Assembly of, additional salary for Governor in lieu of whale licences, instructions concerning, 55, 342.

-, -, -, refusal to grant, 35, 55.

-, -, journal of, 35, 36.

-, -, votes of transmitted, 343.

-, Council of, admission of Surveyor General to, petition concerning, 177 i.

-, -, Mr. Dunbar appointed to, 205.

-, Customs, Collector of, 72 i (iv).

-, Devon Tribe or Brackish Pond, 72 i (xv).

-, forts in, 72 i (xi).

-, Government, expenditure, details of, 72 i (xvii).

-, Governor of, instructions for, 32 pp. 32, 31
-, and see Bennet, Benjamin
-, Pulleyne, Henry
-, Pitt, John.

-, Hamilton Tribe or Balliesbay, 72 i (xv).

-, imports of, 72 i (ii).

-, Independent Company of at the Bahamas, recall of, 57 i, 342.

-, inhabitants, 72 i (viii), (ix).

-, The King's Castle Fort, 72 i (xi).

-, land in, number of acres, 72 i (xv), (xvi).

-, liquor and negro duty, account of, 72 iv-vii.

-, militia, 72 i (x).

-, Paget's Tribe alias Crowlane, 72 i (xv).

-, -, fort at, 72 i (xi).

-, palmetto industry, 72 i (v).

-, Pembroke Tribe alias Spanish Point, 72 i (xv).

-, -, fort at, 72 i (xi).

-, powder money, account of, 72 iii.

-, products of, 72 i (v), (vii).

-, Provost Marshall, Deputy. See Tucker.

-, public rents in, account of, 72 ii.

-, queries, Governor Pitt's answer to, 72, 72 i.

-, request for small man-of-war at, 342.

-, revenue, accounts of, 72.

-, -, source of, 72 i (xiv).

-, St. George's parish, 72 i (xv).

-, -, guns at, 72 i (xi).

-, Sandys Tribe alias Somersett, 72 i (xv).

-, -, fort at, 72 i (xi).

-, shipping of, 72 i (i).

-, Smith's Tribe or Harris Bay, 72 i (xv).

-, -, fort at, 72 i (xi).

-, Southampton Tribe alias Port Royal, 72 i (xv).

-, -, fort at, 72 i (xi).

-, stores of war for, need of, 72 i (xi).

-, Surveyor General of. See Dunbar, Charles.

-, -, appointed as Councillor Extraordinary, 410.

-, -, -, Mr. Dunbar's arguments against, 395 i.

-, -, to sit in Council, 298.

-, trade of, 72 i (i).

-, -, with Curacoa, 72 i (iii).

-, -, with foreign Plantations, 72 i (iii).

-, -, with Madeira, 72 i (iii).

-, -, with Northern Colonies, 72 i (i), (iii).

-, -, with St. Eustatia, 72 i (iii).

-, Treasurer of. See Batterfield, Nathaniel.

-, Tucker's Fort, 72 i (xi).

-, Warwick Tribe alias Herronbay, 72 i (xv).

-, whale fishery, licences for, additional salary for Governor in lieu of, 342.

-, -, arrears in payments to Governor, 342.

-, -, value of, 72 i (v).

Bideford, trade with Newfoundland, 347 i p. 195.

Boston
-, Collector of Customs at, 376
-, and see Harrison
-, Jekyl.

-, inhabitants of, behaviour of, 24.

-, -, Mr. Pulteney's influence upon, 24.

-, merchants of, and Rhode Island emission of bills of credit, 384 p. 236.

-, naval officer at. See Pemberton, Benjamin
-, Cooke.

-, -, office refused by Mr. Fairfax, 376.

-, Scheme for a private Bank, 389, 389 i.

-, trade of, with New Jersey, 351 p. 206.

-, vessel purchased for Nova Scotia at, 247.

Breda, Treaty of, Nova Scotia ceded to French under, 367 p. 226.

Bristol, Mayor of. See Etton, Jacob.

-, merchants of, memorial from, 325.

-, merchants and traders of, memorials and petitions of, 425 i.

-, -, -, from Newfoundland, 120 ii.

Burlington, meeting of Assembly at, 351 p. 208.

C

Cadiz, sugar for, 349 i p. 200.

Campeachy Bay, 74.

-, La Dichosa seized at, 22.

-, logwood cutting at, claimed by Britain and Spain, 70.

-, -, -, conference at Seville concerning, 70.

-, -, consideration of, 44, 49.

-, -, dispute over, 20, 20 v-xi.

-, -, Spanish claim to, 20, 20 v-xi.

-, -, H.M. subjects' right to, 20, 20 vi
-, and see Spain.

Canada
-, and see France and the French
-, Nova Scotia.

-, failure of the harvest in, 440, 441, 441 i (xxviii), 443 (xxviii-xxx).

-, -, affidavits concerning, 441 iii, iv.

-, Fort Chamblie, proposal to erect fort at, 438.

-, French at, danger from, 370 p. 229.

-, Governor of, seizes and expels young New Yorkers, 441 p. 257.

-, Mr. Morris's son, made prisoner at, 441 p. 257.

-, proposal to erect forts near to, 438.

-, supplies for Louisburg, uncertain, 439, 440 p. 256.

Canada River, grants and concessions to Sir Lewis Kirk (1633), 367 p. 226.

Canso, defence of, 372 p. 231.

-, fishery of, curing increased, 372 p. 231.

-, -, instructions concerning, 113.

-, -, scheme of, 437, 437 i.

-, -, trade in whales, 372 p. 231.

-, miserable condition of, 372 p. 231.

-, H.M.S. Solebay sent to, 66.

-, trade of, importance of protection for, 372 p. 231.

Cape Breton, French influence at, 247.

-, French settlements at, 370 p. 229.

-, Indians in Nova Scotia influenced by French from, 372 p. 232.

-, lack of provisions in, affidavits concerning, 441 iii, iv.

-, scarcity of provisions at, 441 i (xxviii), 443 (xxviii-xxx).

Cape Fear, road laid out to Virginia from 1 p. 5, 172 p. 111.

-, settlement on, hardships of, 1 p. 5.

Cape Fear River, harbour at, 1 p. 1.

-, survey of, 1 p. 5.

Cape Finisterre, 349 i p. 200.

Cape Gasp, French fishery at, 372 p. 231.

Caraccas, 111 i.

Carolina North, Accounts of, not audited, 1 p. 5.

-, Act for emitting bills of 60,000 (1723), 172 p. 111.

-, Act, "the Lapse," 1 p. 2.

-, Act for resurveying land, objection to, 1 p. 4.

-, Albemarle County, "Grand Deed" for, 172 pp. 110, 111.

-, Assembly, address of, 172 ii, ix.

-, -, bills of credit first emitted by, 172 i.

-, -, claim to appoint Treasurer, 172 p. 111.

-, -, Clerk of, Governor's right to appoint, 172 p. 111
-, and see Williams, Ayliff.

-, -, dispute with Council over money levies, 310 xii, xiv.

-, -, dissolution of, 353.

-, -, journal of, 172 pp. 109, 111, 240. 290, 353, 383.

-, -, officers appointed by, instruction concerning, 251.

-, -, powers assumed by, 172 p. 111.

-, -, small attendance of, 383.

-, Assistant Justices in, Commission appointing, 172 vi, viii.

-, Attorney General of. See Little, Wm.
-, Montgomery, John.

-, Bath County, land sold by Lords Proprietors in, 172 p. 111.

-, -, lands to be laid out, 172 ii.

-, Beaufort, harbour at, 1 p. 1.

-, -, survey of, 1 p. 5.

-, Bertie, 310 xii.

-, boundaries of, 42 p. 38.

-, -, with South Carolina, 1 p. 5.

-, -, -, cost of running, 172 p. 111.

-, Cape Fear. See Cape Fear.

-, Charter of (by Charles II), 431.

-, Chief Justice of. See Gale, Christopher
-, Smith, William
-, Palin, John
-, Little, William.

-, -, memorial concerning validity of laws, from, 396.

-, clergymen and missionaries in, 1 p. 1.

-, -, Church of England, lack of, 1 p. 1.

-, climate of, 1 p. 3.

-, coast of, harbours in, 1 p. 1.

-, condition of, peaceful, 1.

-, Constitution of, under Lords Proprietors, 430.

-, Council of, Clerk of. See Foster (Forster), Robert.

-, -, divisions of precincts and erecting new ones, reasons against, 122 i-iii.

-, Council of, Journal of, 1 p. 3.

-, -, minutes of, 83, 241.

-, -, proceedings in case of Judge Porter, 310 iii, vii, viii, ix.

-, -, sickness among, 383.

-, -, vacancies in, 1 p. 5.

-, Council and Assembly of, conferences between, 1 p. 4.

-, Councillors of, Jenour, James
-, Porter, John
-, Moore, Roger
-, Moseley, Edward
-, Pollock, Cullen
-, Owen, William
-, Montgomery, John
-, Ashe, J. B.
-, Rice, Nathaniel
-, Hals, Thomas
-, Moore, John
-, Porter, Edmund
-, Jenour, Joseph
-, Hatton (Halton) Col. Rowan.

-, -, appointed by Governor, 172 p. 109.

-, Court, Exchequer, Commission for erecting, objection to, 1 p. 4.

-, -, General, powers of, 1 p. 4.

-, -, Vice Admiralty, Judge of. See Porter.

-, Courts held in, payment for, 172 p. 111.

-, -, need for new ones, 1 p. 3.

-, Courts of Oyer and Terminer, 172 p. 111.

-, Deputy Auditor and Receiver General, absence of, 1 p. 5
-, and see St. John.

-, Deputy Inspector and Controller General. See Montgomery John.

-, Governor of. See Burrington, George
-, Everard, Sir Richard
-, Johnston, Gabriel
-, Eden.

-, -, Commission for, 431.

-, -, instructions for, 32 p. 32.

-, -, -, alterations in, 251.

-, -, right to appoint Clerk of Assembly, 172 p. 111.

-, Governor and Council of, letter to, 172 i.

-, -, order by, 172 ii.

-, -, petition to, 123 v.

-, -, remonstrance and protest by Messrs. Rice and Ashe, 123 i, iii, viii.

-, -, -, reply to, 123 ii.

-, -, warrants signed by, 172 ii.

-, "Grand Deed" from Lords Proprietors, 172 p. 110.

-, Indians in, 1 p. 3.

-, -, presents for, 172 p. 112.

-, lands in, charge against Governor Burrington concerning, 310.

-, -, fraud of blank Patents in, 255.

-, -, -, instruction concerning, 251.

-, -, grants of, 1 p. 3.

-, -, -, enquiry into, 255.

-, -, patents and surveys for, 172 p. 110.

-, -, patents and warrants for, 172 p. 111.

-, -, between Pamticough and Nuse River, grant of, 1 p. 2.

-, -, quality of, 1 pp. 2, 3.

-, -, warrants for, 1 p. 2.

-, -, -, protest against Governor's action concerning, 123, 123 i-iii.

-, Lords Proprietors of, address to, 172 ix.

-, -, Charter of, 172 p. 110.

-, -, Commission by, 172 iii.

-, -, grants of land by, 172 p. 110.

-, -, powers under, 1 p. 4.

-, -, surrender by, 430.

-, militia in, 1 p. 3.

-, negroes, need for, 1 pp. 1, 2.

-, -, trade in, 1 p. 2.

-, Ocacock Island, harbour at, 1 p. 1.

-, -, port for, 1 p. 1.

-, Officer's fees to be paid in Proclamation money, difficulty attending, 172 p. 110.

-, peaceful condition of, 353.

-, Pedee River, a boundary, 1 p. 5.

-, plantations in, low price of, reason for, 1 p. 1.

-, population of, increase of, 1 p. 3.

-, -, number of, 1 p. 3.

-, Quakers in, 1 p. 1.

-, quit rents in, 1 p. 3, 172 p. 110.

-, -, reduction in, 251.

-, Receiver General of. See Little, William.

-, road marked out from Virginia to Cape Fear River, 172 p. 111.

-, roads in, 1 pp. 4, 5.

-, saw mills in, 1 p. 3.

-, -, petition from proprietors of, 1 p. 3.

-, Secretary of. See Rice, Nathaniel.

-, settlers from Northern Provinces for, 353.

-, sickness in, 1 p. 3.

-, survey of, 1 p. 4.

-, Surveyor General appointed as Councillor Extraordinary in, 413
-, and see Phenney, George.

-, -, instructions for, 172 ii.

-, Surveyor General of. See Jenoure, Joseph
-, Lovick, John.

-, Topsail Inlet, 1 p. 5.

-, trade of, with New England, 1 p. 1.

-, -, with Virginia, 1 p. 1.

Carolina South, Act for appropriating 104, 725 etc., petition against, 425 i, 426 i, 427, 427 i.

-, -, repeal of, urged, 425 i.

-, Act to ascertain the prices of land, the forms of conveyances and the manner of recovering rents etc. (Archdale's Act), copy of, 304, 304 i.

-, -, sent to H.M. Treasury, 364.

-, Act for the better settlement of this Province past in 1694, opinion upon, 325.

-, Act continuing and reviving an Act past in 1700, objection to, 325.

-, Act, a Continuing, 278.

-, Act (Debtor Act) enacting that no persons residing therein shall be arrested, sued, or impleaded in any Court, or imprisoned for any debt whither the same be, etc. (1696), effect of, 425 i, 426 i.

-, -, repeal of, urged, 425 i.

-, Act for the encouragement of the better settlement of S. Carolina, referred, 278.

-, Act for introducing the English Habeas Corpus Act, copy of, 165 p. 103, 165 iii.

-, Act for preventing litigious and troublesome suits against H.M. Justices, reasons for Governor's assent to, 140.

-, Act for the prevention of suits and disturbances to H.M. Judges and Magistrates on account of the Habeas Corpus Act, 165, pp. 103, 104.

-, -, copy of, 165 ii.

-, -, passed by Assembly and assented to by Governor, 427 i p. 252.

-, -, petition against, 427 i p. 252.

-, -, protest against, 165 i.

-, Act for the remission of the arrears of quit rents, clauses relating to H.M. Auditor General, 10.

-, -, good effect of, 28 i.

-, -, lands granted to Province of Georgia and claimed by Sir Robert Montgomery under, 222.

-, -, objection to, 106.

-, -, referred, 59 ii, iii.

-, -, repeal of, effect of, 106.

-, -, Mr. St. John's observations upon, 197.

-, -, Mr. St. John's opposition to, 204.

-, Act for settling the estate of Richard Berresford decd., referred, 421, 422.

-, Acts of, volume of, transmitted, 421.

-, Alatamaha River, fort and barracks for, 86.

-, Assembly of, 140.

-, -, assistance for Georgia settlers, 10.

-, -, case of Thomas Cooper, 427 i.

-, -, copies of Acts and papers relating to Office of Surveyor General to be made, 362 i.

-, -, journal of, 165 v.

-, -, lands purchased at Beaufort by, 86.

-, -, messenger of, 427 i.

-, -, minutes of, 204.

-, -, order by, 165 iv.

-, -, petition to, 165 iv.

-, -, provision for Independent Company by, 86.

-, -, provision and protection for Georgia settlers voted by, 31.

-, -, registering of deeds and titles, action concerning, 10.

-, -, Mr. St. John committed to prison by, 197.

-, -, Mr. St. John's observations laid before, 197.

-, -, Speaker of. See Jenys, Paul
-, Hume.

-, -, warrants issued by, 427 i.

-, Attorney General of. See Pinckney, C.
-, Whitaker, Benjamin.

-, Auditor General of. See Walpole
-, St. John, James.

-, -, office opened at Charlestown, 10.

-, -, -, titles to be registered at, 28 i.

-, -, -, -, Mr. St. John's advertisement concerning, 28 iii.

-, Azilia, included in grant to Sir Robert Montgomery, 222.

-, baronies in, claimed and sold by Lord Carteret, 59, 59 i-iii. 60, 212.

-, -, granted by Lords Proprietors, 130 i, 164
-, and see Lowndes, Thomas
-, Thorpe, Robert.

-, boundary with North Carolina, 1 p. 5, 172 p. 111.

-, Charlestown, Auditor's office opened at, 10.

-, -, naval officers at, list of ships entered and cleared at, 82.

-, -, stores of war, account of, 10 i.

-, -, -, neglect of, 419.

-, Chief Justice of. See Wright, Robert.

-, -, case of Thomas Cooper, writ of Habeas Corpus issued by, 427 i p. 251.

-, Clerk of the Common Pleas. See Wedderburn, James.

-, Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the Peace. See Wedderburn, James
-, Lowndes, Thomas.

-, coins currency paper money, effect of, 429.

-, -, petition against Act concerning, 425 i, 426 i.

-, Council of, minutes of, 28 iv.

-, -, President of. See Broughton, Thomas.

-, -, representation from, concerning Mr. St. John, 28 i.

-, -, Surveyor General to sit as Councillor Extraordinary on, 362 i.

-, Council and Assembly of, address from, 243.

-, -, Committee of, report on forms of grants of land, 46, 46 i, ii.

-, -, -, -, Attorney General's report upon, 46 iii.

-, -, independent attitude of, 165 pp. 104, 105.

-, Councillors of. See Yonge, Fra.
-, Baker, John
-, Blake, Colonel
-, Izard, Ralph
-, Broughton, Thomas
-, Bull, William
-, Phenney, George
-, Middleton.

-, Court of Common Pleas, 165 p. 104.

-, -, case of Thomas Cooper, 427 i p. 251.

-, debts in, difficulty in collecting, 325, 429.

-, -, method of collecting, 425 i.

-, debtors in, legislation protecting, 325.

-, Deputy Judge of Vice Admiralty. See Frewin.

-, Deputy Surveyor of. See Whitaker.

-, factions in, 165 p. 103.

-, frontier lands, survey of, dispute concerning, 427 i
-, and see Cooper, Thomas
-, Rothmahler, Job
-, St. John, James.

-, Georgia, lands granted to, claimed by Sir Robert Montgomery, dispute over, 222.

-, -, settlers in, assistance for, 86.

-, Golden Islands, included in grant to Sir Robert Montgomery, 222.

-, Governor of. See Johnson, Robert
-, Craven.

-, -, instructions for, 32 p. 32.

-, Governor and Council of, letters from, 59, 59 i-iii, 60.

-, -, letter to, 59 v. 165 i.

-, -, rent roll examined by, 10.

-, Habeas Corpus Act in, 427 i p. 252.

-, -, copy of, 140, 140 i.

-, Independent Company at, barracks for, 86.

-, Indians, danger from, 165 p. 102.

-, landgraves and Cassiques of, letters patent for, 260.

-, -, validity of patents issued by, 427 i.

-, lands in, description of form of patents for, 195 i.

-, -, grants of, 165 p. 102.

-, -, -, differences in, Mr. Lowndes' observations upon, 199.

-, -, -, form of, 46, 46 i.

-, -, -, -, report upon, 46 ii, iii.

-, -, -, letters patent for, 260.

-, -, -, by Lords Proprietors, report upon, 130, 130 i.

-, -, -, validity of, 448 i.

-, -, -, Mr. Lowndes' charges against Governor Johnson concerning, 206.

-, -, -, to Colonel Pury, 261.

-, -, -, registration of, 59 ii.

-, -, -, -, uncertainty of, opinion upon, 59 ii.

-, -, -, validity of, 165 p. 102.

-, -, laid out by Deputy Surveyors, dispute concerning, 427 i.

-, -, patents for, effect of proposed repeal of Quit rent Act, 106.

-, -, -, validity of, 165 p. 102, 427 i.

-, -, registration of deeds and titles, 10.

-, -, reserved for Swiss settlement, encroachments on, 211.

-, -, -, instructions concerning, 214, 214 i
-, and see Pury.

-, -, surrendered by Lords Proprietors, 130 i, 165 p. 102
-, and see Act of Parliament.

-, -, survey of, 427 i.

-, lands between Alatamaha and Savanna Rivers, granted to Province of Georgia, Sir Robert Montgomery's claim to, 222.

-, Lords Proprietors and Palatines of. See Cartaret
-, Craven, Lord.

-, -, grants made by, 165 p. 102.

-, -, -, to Sir Robert Montgomery, dispute concerning, 222.

-, -, -, report upon, 130, 130 i.

-, -, -, validity of, 260.

-, -, lands held by, forms of grants of, 199.

-, -, lands surrendered by, dispute over, 427 i.

-, -, list of salaries given by, 30 i.

-, -, patents issued by, description of, 195 i.

-, -, -, validity of, 427 i.

-, -, rights of, 59 ii.

-, -, surrender to the Crown, 448 i.

-, Militia of, Commission in, 338.

-, -, -, for Mr. Holzendorf, 178.

-, Naval Officer, appointment of, Commission for, 391
-, and see Fox, Joseph.

-, -, list of ships entered and cleared by, 136.

-, negroes, duty on, effect of, 425 i, 429.

-, -, exorbitant, 425 i, 426 i.

-, Officers in, salaries given by Lords Proprietors, list of, 30, 30 i.

-, Port Royal, fort at, 86.

-, -, -, rumours of attack upon, 111 i.

-, -, petition for fortification of harbour at, 243.

-, -, Spanish designs on, 338 i.

-, Port Royal River, Beaufort, fortification of port and harbour, land purchased for, 86.

-, -, -, plan of, 86.

-, H.M. prerogative in, infringements of, 165 pp. 103, 104, 105.

-, Proclamation money, rents paid in, 106.

-, Provost Marshall, 427 i p. 251
-, and see Lowndes.

-, -, writs returned by, 165 p. 104.

-, Purrysbourg, settlement of Mr. Holzendorf at, 178.

-, quit rents in, 10, 59 ii, iii, 172 p. 110.

-, -, paid by Lord Carteret, 59 ii.

-, -, paid in Proclamation money, 206.

-, -, arrears of, Act for remission of, 106.

-, -, -, -, new, drafted by H.M. Treasury, 364.

-, Rule of Court in, 165 p. 104.

-, Secretary. See Hart, Charles
-, Hammerton, John.

-, Surveyor General, appointed as Councillor Extraordinary in, 412
-, and see Phenney, George.

-, -, instruction to, 260.

-, Swiss Protestants settled in, by Mr. Pury, 176 i.

-, -, -, encouragement for, 211, 214.

-, -, -, instructions concerning, 214, 214 i.

-, trade of, discouragement of, by increase of paper money, 429.

-, writ of Habeas Corpus issued in, 427 i. p. 251.

Casco Bay, Falmouth, Mr. Belcher's meeting with Indians at, papers laid before the House of Lords, 115.

Catoch, Cape of, Spanish claims at, 20 ii.

Caymanas, St. Michael Spanish ship wrecked on, 22, 144.

Chesapeake Bay, boundaries at, 42 p. 38.

Chibectou, (Chedabucto), 335 ii.

Commons, House of, Addresses from, 32 p. 29.

-, -, bill for imposing high duties on importation of sugar into Northern Colonies, passed by, 79.

-, -, Committee of, Clerk of, See Tuder.

-, -, -, order of, 133.

-, -, enquiry into difficulties in Massachusetts Bay, 345.

-, -, memorial from Massachusetts Bay, 9.

-, -, petition to, from Barbados, 416 i, 417 ii.

-, -, representations to, concerning debts in the Plantations, 21 p. 21.

-, -, -, concerning laws etc. in the Plantations affecting British Trade and Navigation, 32.

-, -, Speaker of, Governor Belcher's application to, 376.

Connecticut, Acts, book of, transmitted, 48.

-, boundaries with New York, the "Equivalent land" part of, 56 i.

-, Governor of. See Talcott, Joseph.

-, -, queries concerning laws etc. affecting Trade and Navigation of Great Britain, reply to, 48.

-, inhabitants of, increase in, 48.

-, paper currency, 229 p. 132.

-, shipping of, 48.

-, sloops engaged in whale fishery from, 372 p. 231.

-, trade of, 48.

Copenhagen, British Resident at. See Titley.

-, French Ambassador at, Sta. Cruz sold by, 169.

Cuba
-, Assiento Company at, factors of. See Cocks
-, Dennis.

-, case of Mary sloop seized at Port Morant, 74, 76, 76 i-viii.

-, danger from, 370 p. 229.

-, Governor of, 76 i.

-, militia of, 74.

-, Santiago (St. Jago de Cuba), case of capture of Mary sloop, 101 i, ii, 145 vi, vii.

-, -, case of St. Michael sloop, 144.

-, -, Governor of. See Ximenes, Pedro Ignasio.

-, -, -, case of Mary sloop, 101 ii.

Curacoa, trade with Bermuda, 72 i (iii).

Customs, H.M., frauds in, Committee of House of Commons to enquire into, 133.

-, Surveyors General in America, list of, 286, 291 i.

-, -, to sit on Councils in the Plantations, 205, 286.

-, -, -, instructions concerning, 295-301.

-, -, -, order concerning, 239
-, and see Dunbar, Charles
-, Phenney, George
-, Peagrum, John.

-, -, to sit as Councillors Extraordinary in Council concerned, 306.

-, -, special order concerning Mr. Phenney in South Carolina and Virginia, 306.

D

Danish West India Company, sale of Sta. Cruz by French to, 169.

Dartmouth, merchants and traders with Newfoundland, memorials and petitions from, 120 ii.

Deal Castle, H.M.S., at Jamaica, 331 ii.

Delaware River, a boundary, 42 p. 38.

-, Three Lower Counties on, appointment of Lt. Gov. Gordon as Deputy Governor of, 269, 270 i, 277, 287.

Denmark and the Danes, sale of Sta. Cruz to, 225 i.

Dominico, claim to, by Caribs, 313 ii.

-, delay in publishing evacuation order in, 313 p. 165.

-, evacuation of, order for, 40, 40 i, 235 p. 136
-, and see under Sta. Lucia.

-, French claim to, 40 i.

-, Governor Lord Howe's Commission published in, 392.

Dover, N.H., 116 i pp. 76, 77.

-, petition from inhabitants of, 188.

Dutch West India Company, Directors of, correspondence with Essequibo Commandants, 472.

E

East India Company, ships of, refused admission at Barbados, 193.

-, -, -, proposal to alter Governor's instructions concerning, 193 p. 118.

Endeavour sloop, capture of, account of, 235, 235 i.

-, -, case tried at Porto Rico, 235, 235 i.

-, owner of. See Ridley
-, Crawden.

Essequibo, Commandants of, correspondence with Dutch West India Company, 472.

Europe, sugar trade of, 349 i.

Exeter, N.H., 116 i pp. 76, 77.

-, petition from inhabitants of, 185.

F

Flanders, sugar for, 416 i.

Florida, Gulf of, navigation of, 370 p. 229.

-, Spanish claims in, 20 ii.

Fox, H.M.S., 235 p. 136, 313 v.

-, Commander of. See Reddish.

France And The French
-, and see Nova Scotia
-, Canada.

-, at Accadie, 335 ii.

-, danger from in Jamaica, 131 i.

-, encroachments by, in New York, 438.

-, -, -, allegations concerning, 441, 441 i (xxvii-xxx).

-, evacuation of Sta. Lucia, Dominico, and St. Vincent, 313, 313 i-vi.

-, -, H.M. order for, 40, 40 i
-, and see Sta. Lucia.

-, forces in the West Indies, 131 i p. 90.

-, fortifications built by, 372 p. 230.

-, garrisons of, large stores and provisions for, 441 p. 257.

-, intrigues by, at Minis, 247.

-, -, with New York Indians, 441 p. 258.

-, lands in Nova Scotia claimed by, 203, 203 i-iii, 335, 335 i-vi
-, and see Campbell
-, La Tour.

-, Master of Requests and Chancery, decree in favour of Sieur de la Tour, 367 pp. 223, 224.

-, in Newfoundland, instructions concerning, 367 p. 224.

-, in Nova Scotia, 367 p. 226.

-, -, forts built by, 372.

-, -, instructions concerning, 367 p. 224.

-, -, oath of allegiance taken by, 203 ii.

-, -, presents for Indians, 372 p. 231.

-, Sta. Cruz, 225.

-, -, rumour of cession to Danes, 446.

-, -, sold by, 167.

-, sugar for, 416 i.

-, sugar trade, advantages over English, 349 i p. 197.

-, -, competition with Barbados, 416 p. 245.

-, -, competition with British, 349 i p. 200.

-, -, direct export permitted, 349 i p. 197.

-, trade of, with Barbados, 313 v.

-, -, illegal, 17.

-, war with, 116 i p. 76.

-, -, Some Considerations relating to the security of the British Colonies, in the event of, 370.

Fundy, Bay of, survey of, proposed, 390.

G

Genoa, sugar for, 349 i p. 200.

Genoesa, Spanish ship, wreck of, 22.

-, -, plundered by Neal Walker, 22, 22 i.

Georgia, South Carolina, Mr. Lowndes report upon the state of, 220.

-, settlers for, arrival at Port Royal, 10.

-, -, assistance for, from South Carolina, 10, 86.

-, -, protection and provisions for, 10, 31.

Guadeloupe, ship stationed at, 313 iii.

Guinea, negroes from, 1 p. 1.

H

Habeas Corpus Act, 140.

-, in South Carolina, 427 i.

-, -, enforcement of, 165 p. 103.

Hampton, N.H., 116 i p. 76.

-, claimed by Massachusetts Bay, 116 i p. 76.

-, petition of inhabitants of, 189.

-, settlement of boundaries, 116 i p. 77.

Havana, Batchelor sloop at, 111, 111 i.

-, sloop from New England at, 145 vi.

-, survivors of Spanish Flota taken to, 338 i, ii.

Hispaniola, danger from, 370 p. 229.

-, Don Maria Bay, French couriers de bois at, 131 i p. 90.

-, St. William seized at, 17, 18 iii.

Holland And The Dutch, claim to Sta. Cruz, 225.

-, Sta. Cruz acquired by, rumours of, 446.

-, shipping trade of, 349 i p. 200.

-, sugar for, 416 i.

Honduras, Bay of, Spanish claims at, 20 ii.

Hudson's River. See under New York.

I

Indians
-, and see under separate Colonies.

-, Mohawk, at Albany, 440, p. 255.

-, -, deed of lands to Albany Corporation, 443 (xxv), 443 vii.

-, -, lands of, 351 p. 203.

-, -, -, licence to purchase, 440 p. 256.

-, in New York, French intrigues with, 441 p. 258.

-, -, presents for, 441 p. 258.

-, River, 351 p. 203.

-, Six Nations, conference with Governor Cosby, at Albany, 440 p. 255, 440 i.

-, -, dispute over lands of, 440 p. 256.

-, war with, effect of, 116 i p. 76.

Industry sloop, capture of, account of, 235, 235 i.

-, -, case tried at Porto Rico, 235, 235 i.

-, owner of. See Ridley
-, Crawden.

Ireland And The Irish, trade of, with Newfoundland, 347 i (xxxii).

-, -, with Sugar Colonies, 349 i p. 198.

Islas de Mugeres, Spanish claim to, 20 ii.

Italy, sugar trade with, 349 i p. 200.

J

Jamaica, Act, additional Duty, passed by Governor, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, -, repeal of, 17.

-, Act for better regulating the militia, proposed, 142.

-, Act for cutting a road from the Brest Work and building a defensible house at or near the place where Captain de la Millier was ambushed and for prohibiting the sale of rum at Titchfield, Governor's assent to, 455, 455 i.

-, Act, Deficiency, transmitted, 244 p. 140.

-, Act for dividing the island into the Eastern and Western divisions etc., erecting barracks in the Western division, cutting roads therein, and raising and fitting out parties for the more speedy and effectual suppressing the rebellious and runaway negroes, Assembly reject Council's Amendments upon, 455.

-, -, Governor's assent to, 455, 455 i.

-, Act for the ease of the inhabitants of the parish of St. James, transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act to entitle John Goulding Snr., of the parish of Vere, planter, and his family to the rights and privileges of Englishborn men born of white ancestors etc., referred, 428.

-, -, transmitted, 142 ii.

-, Act to establish the title of John Stewart to Fort House in St. Jago de la Vega, etc., Governor's assent to, 455, 455 i.

-, Act for lessening the quorum appointed by the Act for the more speedy and effectual collecting the public debts etc., Governor's assent to, 455, 455 i.

-, Act for making the laws perpetual, reasons against, 463.

-, -, rejected by Assembly, 463.

-, Act for the manumission of the wife and children of a free negro man Sambo and of other negroes and for recompencing their respective owners, transmitted, 142 ii.

-, Act for the more speedy and effectual collecting the publick and parochial outstanding debts, referred, 358.

-, -, transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act, Militia revision proposed, 74, 74 i.

-, Act to oblige the inhabitants to provide themselves with a sufficient number of white people, referred, 398.

-, -, transmitted, 142 ii.

-, Act to prevent the making throwing or firing of squibs, serpents, rockets, or other fireworks, Governor's assent to, 455, 455 i.

-, Act for raising parties etc., 272 i.

-, Act for raising several sums and applying the same to several uses for subsisting the two Independent Companys etc., preventing the exportation of several commodities into the French and Spanish islands and subjecting the party men to the rules and articles of war in force in this island in the time of the last Martial Law, Council's amendment rejected by Assembly, 272 ii, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, proposed, 142.

-, -, referred, 358.

-, -, repeal of, deficiency caused by, 74 i.

-, -, transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act to repeal part of an Act to oblige the inhabitants to provide themselves with a sufficient number of white people, etc. transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act for running, cutting and clearing the dividing lines, and cutting of roads in and between the parishes of Westmorland and Hanover, etc., transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act for securing and collecting H.M. quitt-rents, fines, fortfeitures and amerciaments and for regulating the manner of escheats and for securing the possessors of land already forfeited and settled and further discovery of such forfeited lands and encouraging the settling thereof, referred, 358.

-, -, transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act to secure the freedom of elections etc. and to ascertain who shall be deemed mulattos etc., referred, 398.

-, -, transmitted, 142 ii.

-, Act for the speedy fitting out of partys to suppress the rebellious slaves etc., transmitted, 311 i.

-, Act for vesting certain lands in the Crown for the use of the Navy, passed by Assembly and rejected by Council, 414 i.

-, Acts of, passed, 142.

-, -, transmitted, 244 p. 140, 358.

-, -, concerning money bills, difficulties over, 272 i.

-, -, concerning mutiny and desertion, 244, 244 iii.

-, Agent of, salary of, 244 iii, iv.

-, Articles of War in, not applicable to seamen, 358.

-, -, copy of, 358 iv.

-, Assembly of, 145.

-, -, address from, 74 iii, 75, 358 ii.

-, -, -, reply to, 74 iii, 75.

-, -, assumption of powers by, 200, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, Commissioners appointed by, powers of, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, Committees appointed by, 74 ii.

-, -, conference with Council on state of island, 244 p. 140.

-, -, differences over money bills, 200, 200 i, 201, 244 p. 140, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, difficulties over provision for parties against rebellious negroes, 366.

-, -, difficulty in making a quorum, 459.

-, -, disputes with Governor and Council, 317, 317 i p. 171.

-, -, dissolution of, 17.

-, -, factions in, 74 p. 57, 232 p. 134.

-, -, Governor's message to, 142 iv.

-, -, -, effect of, 142.

-, -, Governor's speech to, 312 i, 358 iii.

-, -, Journal of, 17, 74 p. 57, 142 i, 244 p. 140, 358.

-, -, meeting of, 74 p. 57, 244 p. 140, 358.

-, -, message to Governor, 312 ii.

-, -, minutes of, 381.

-, -, obstructive attitude of, 331 pp. 180, 181.

-, -, prorogued, 142, 200, 272 ii, 311, 317 i p. 171.

-, -, provision for expeditions against rebellious negroes, 381.

-, -, -, reluctance to vote, 232.

-, -, provision for Governor's salary 32 p. 31.

-, -, refuse Council's amendment on act for erecting barracks, 455.

-, -, right to raise and apply money, dispute with Council over, 142 i.

-, -, Speaker of. See Nedham, Wm.

-, -, subsistence for expeditions against negroes, bill rejected by Council, 317 i p. 170.

-, Assiento Company at, factors of. See Pratter
-, Rigby.

-, assistance from Navy against rebellious negroes, 244 p. 140, 244 vi, 246.

-, Attorney General, 144
-, and see Howe, Thomas
-, Concanen.

-, Back River, 75 ii.

-, -, expedition against negroes at, 331 ii p. 183.

-, barracks built at, 244 p. 140.

-, Blue Mountain, 75 ii.

-, Brest Work, 75 iii, 244 i, ii, v (a), 331 i, ii, 358 vi.

-, -, barracks built at, 360.

-, -, -, need for, 358, 358 i.

-, -, Independent Company at, 455.

-, -, road cut to, 455.

-, Carrion Crow Hill, 232 i, ii, 320 i, 331 ii, 358 vi.

-, -, negro town at, 358 vii.

-, Chief Justice of. See Gregory
-, Mill.

-, coins currency, money bills, 358.

-, -, lack of, 74 i, 244 iii, iv.

-, -, rate of, 74 i.

-, condition of, account by Mr. Telednor, 131 i.

-, correspondence relating to, Index of, 471.

-, Council of, amendment to act for erecting barracks made by, refused by Assembly, 455.

-, -, Clerk of. See Maxwell, Jos.

-, -, conference with Assembly on state of island, 244 p. 140.

-, -, differences with Assembly, 200, 200 i, 201, 317, 317 i pp. 170, 171.

-, -, dispute Assembly's right to raise money, 142 i.

-, -, importance of nearness of residence, 455, 459.

-, -, meeting of, 331.

-, -, minutes of, 17, 22, 22 i (a), 74 p. 57, 76 iv, 142 i, 244 p. 140, 272, 272 ii, 317 i p. 170, 358.

-, -, -, extract of, 200, 200 i.

-, -, petition to, 22 i (a).

-, -, prorogued, 142.

-, -, vacancies in, 455.

-, Council and Assembly of, 360.

-, -, address from, 366, 366 i.

-, -, assistance from navy requested by, 246.

-, -, differences between, 142, 142 i.

-, -, Governor's speech to, 74 i, 142, 142 iii, 244 iii, 272 i, 358, 358 i.

-, -, letter from, 244 vi, 414 i, iii.

-, -, minutes of, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, obstructive attitude of, 200, 201.

-, Councillors of. See Moore, John
-, Stout, Henry
-, Gordon, William
-, Fuller, Rose
-, Barrett, Thomas
-, Lawes, James
-, Mill, Richard
-, Ayscough, John
-, Gregory, John
-, Charlton, Edw.
-, Hayman, Will.

-, Court, Admiralty, trial for piracy at, prisoners pardoned, 305.

-, -, Grand, case of St. Michael heard in, 144, 233.

-, Court Martial, ordered, 358.

-, -, sentences of, 358.

-, Court, Vice-Admiralty, Judge of. See North, William Henry.

-, -, -, case of Mary sloop, 101 i, ii.

-, -, -, Register of. See Fisher, George.

-, credit in, 244 iii.

-, danger from French and Spaniards, 131 i.

-, debts in, 142, 244 iii, iv.

-, -, difficulty in recovering, 74 i.

-, -, method of recovery, 463.

-, defence of, 145, 244, 244 iii, vi.

-, -, measures to increase, 358.

-, -, need for, 131 i.

-, -, Some Considerations concerning, 370.

-, defenceless condition of, 244, 246, 455, 456.

-, duties in, 463 p. 277.

-, factions in, 455, 456.

-, Fox's River, 75 ii.

-, Gays (Guy's) Town, negro town, description of, 358 vii.

-, Governor of. See Lynch, Sir Thomas
-, Hunter, Robert
-, Handasyde
-, Portland, Duke of.

-, -, instructions to, 32 p. 31.

-, Governor and Council, letter from, 317 i, 445 vii.

-, Great Plantain Walk, cut down, 358.

-, Hanover parish, negro rising at, 455.

-, harbour, H.M.S. in, 76 i.

-, Independent Companies of, Assembly's failure to make provision for, 463.

-, -, at Brest Work, 455.

-, -, employed against rebellious negroes, 142 iv.

-, -, enlistments in, 244 p. 140.

-, -, increase of, urged, 246.

-, -, officers of. See Allam (Allain)
-, Oliver.

-, -, at Port Antonio, 311, 331 p. 180, 331 i-iii.

-, -, provision for, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, sent against rebellious negroes, 232.

-, -, -, objection to, 317 p. 167.

-, -, subsistence for, 74 i, 244 p. 140, 244 iii, iv.

-, -, supported by naval detachments, 244, 244 vi, 246.

-, Indians join rebellious negroes, 320 i.

-, inhabitants of, 131 i.

-, -, supporters of the Pretender, 131 i.

-, -, white, decrease of, 463 p. 276.

-, Kingston, 320 i.

-, -, powder for rebellious negroes brought from, 358 vii.

-, Lieutenant Governor of. See Lawes, James.

-, Long Bay, salt for negro town from, 358 vii.

-, Lynches Island, Admiralty harbour at, 455.

-, martial law desired in, 331 p. 180.

-, militia, 74 p. 57, 244 iii, iv.

-, -, composition of, 455.

-, -, revision of Act concerning, proposed, 74 i.

-, money bills, dispute concerning, 200, 200 i.

-, Nanny Town, negro town, description of, 358 vii.

-, naval detachment with expedition against rebellious negroes, 358 i, v, vi, 360.

-, -, account of, 331 i.

-, -, description by Captain St. Loe, 341.

-, -, guides for, 331 i
-, and see Lamb
-, Hossop
-, Weaver.

-, naval officer at, instructions concerning St. Michael cargo, 22.

-, naval squadron at, necessity for, 131 i.

-, -, request for help from, 331, 331 i-iii.

-, Negro Town, 320 i.

-, -, account of attacks upon, 341.

-, -, naval detachment at, losses among, 331 i.

-, negroes imported, duty on, 272 ii.

-, -, -, instruction concerning, 74 i.

-, negroes, rebellious, danger from, 317 i.

-, -, -, assistance from Navy against, 317 i p. 169.

-, -, description of life of, 358 vii.

-, -, expeditions against, 142, 200, 272 i.

-, -, -, account of, 75, 75 ii, 244, 246
-, and see Lamb
-, Williams
-, Creswell.

-, -, -, assistance from Navy for, 244 p. 140, 244 vi.

-, -, -, barracks to be built for, 381.

-, -, -, cost of, 74 i.

-, -, -, defeat of, 74 p. 57, 74 i, 75, 142, 244 p. 140, 244 i, iii, iv.

-, -, -, guide Court-martialled and shot, 360.

-, -, -, hindered by weather, 17, 366.

-, -, -, Independent Companies with, 358, 358 iv, vi.

-, -, -, mutiny and desertion among, 244 p. 140, 244 i, ii, v.

-, -, -, naval detachment with, account of, 331 i, 399, 414.

-, -, -, new scheme for, 142, 142 iv.

-, -, -, provision and subsistence for, 17, 74 i, 200, 200 i, 232, 244 i, iii.

-, -, -, reinforcements for, 244 i.

-, -, -, reverse at Negro Town, cause of, 360.

-, -, -, supplies of ammunition for, 244 i.

-, North East River, 75 ii.

-, piracy in. See Wright, Thomas
-, Wyat, Ebenezer
-, St. Jago de la Vega.

-, Plantain Walk, 320 i.

-, Port Antonio, barracks for, 455.

-, -, Chief Magistrate and Commissioner at. See Ashworth, Jasper.

-, -, defence of, 331 p. 180.

-, -, expeditions against rebellious negroes, 232.

-, -, -, account of, 232, 232 i, ii, 331, 331 i-iii.

-, -, -, composition of, 311, 331 p. 180.

-, -, -, failure of, 331 p. 180, 358, 358 i.

-, -, -, -, cause of, 358 p. 213.

-, -, -, mutiny among troops, 360.

-, -, -, naval detachment with, 331, 331 i-iii, 341, 358, 358 iv, v.

-, -, -, proposal concerning, 131 i p. 90.

-, -, -, provision for, 200, 358 i.

-, -, -, re-armed and refitted, 75.

-, -, feared insurrection of negroes at, 244 vi.

-, -, fortified, 131 i p. 90.

-, -, officer commanding at. See Draper.

-, -, provisions at, 244 i.

-, -, rainy season at, 414 i.

-, -, unhealthiness of, 131 i p. 90.

-, Port Morant, Spanish depredation at, case of, 226.

-, -, vessel seized by Spaniards at, case of, 74, 76,
-, 76 i-viii
-, and see Cuba
-, Harris John.

-, Port Royal, naval detachment at, 358.

-, -, rumoured expedition against, 227.

-, -, sailors embarked for, 331 p. 180, 331 ii.

-, -, H.M. ships at, 414 i.

-, -, Spanish designs on, rumours of, 111 i.

-, Provost Marshall, case of St. Michael, 22, 144.

-, quit rents, 74 i, 244 iii, iv.

-, -, more effectual payment of, 142.

-, Receiver General of, 17, 317 i p. 170.

-, revenue of, difficulty in raising, 317 i p. 170.

-, -, insufficient, 463.

-, -, settlement of, 463.

-, roads for, 131 i p. 90.

-, rum, sale of, abuses in, 358 i, iv.

-, St. Michael, case of, 22, 144.

-, -, acquital of prisoners charged with capture of, 233.

-, seizure of Spanish ships, 22, 22 i.

-, The State of the Island of Jamaica, pamphlet addressed to a Member of Parliament, criticism of, 463.

-, sugar plantations in, 463 p. 277.

-, Surveyor General appointed Councillor Extraordinary, 404
-, and see Phenney, George.

-, Titchfield, Act prohibiting sale of rum at, 455 i.

-, -, negro rising at, 311.

-, -, -, expedition against, 320 i, 331 p. 180.

-, -, -, -, naval detachment with, 341.

-, Titchfield Point, fort and ramparts for, 455.

-, Treasury, supply for, exhausted, 17.

-, unsettled condition of, 331, 331 ii, 445.

K

Kingston, N.H., 116 i pp. 76, 77.

-, claimed by Mass. Bay, 116 i p. 76.

-, petition of inhabitants of, 186.

Kingston, H.M.S., at Jamaica, 414 i.

L

La Dichosa, Spanish ship, capture of, restitution of, 22.

Le Caesar, French sloop, provisioning of, minute of Council concerning, 443 vi.

-, sent to New York for supplies, 440, 441, 441 i (xxvii-xxx).

Leeward Islands
-, and see Antigua
-, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher.

-, Act for the supplying the want of fines and recoveries in these Islands, referred, 435.

-, Commander-in-Chief of. See Smith, Michael.

-, Council of, admission of Surveyor General to, petition concerning, 177 i.

-, -, Mr. Dunbar appointed to, 205.

-, -, inclusion of Wavell Smith, instruction concerning, 216.

-, Councillors of, leave of absence for, 446.

-, defence of, Some Considerations concerning, 370.

-, forts and fortifications of, repair of, 32 pp. 29, 33.

-, 4 p.c. duty, Governor's salary to be paid from, 237 i.

-, Governor of. See Parke, Daniel
-, Hamilton, Walter
-, Mathew, William
-, Hart, John
-, Londonderry, Earl of.

-, -, instructions for, 32 p. 30, 225.

-, -, and Lieutenant Governors of, salary of, 32 p. 31.

-, -, to receive additional salary from each island, 215, 216.

-, -, -, in addition to 1200 from 4 p.c. duty, instructions for, 237 i.

-, Lieutenant General of. See Mathew, William
-, Fleming, Gilbert.

-, offices held by Wavell Smith in, 258.

-, queries concerning laws etc. affecting Great Britain, reply to, 166.

-, regiments in, barracks for, lack of, 65.

-, Secretary of, hardships laid upon, 334
-, and see Smith, Wavell.

-, -, salary of, 334.

-, Solicitor General of. See Spooner.

-, Surveyor General of, appointment as Councillor Extraordinary in Councils of, 406.

-, -, -, Mr. Dunbar's argument against, 395 i.

-, -, to sit in Councils, 296
-, and see Dunbar, Charles.

Leghorn, sugar for, 349 i p. 200.

L'Isle Madame, French at, 370 p. 229.

Little Caymanas, 22 i (a).

Logwood trade
-, 20, 70, 70 i-iii
-, and see Spain and the Spanish
-, Campeachy Bay
-, Yucatan.

London, Lord Mayor of, Corporation Seal of, 21 p. 20.

-, merchants of, payment of, 351 p. 206.

-, merchants and traders of, petition from, concerning Barbados, 119.

-, merchants trading with Barbados, petition from, 21 p. 21.

-, merchants trading with South Carolina, petition from, 426 i.

-, New York Coffee House in, 441 p. 257.

-, Tower of, Ordnance sent to Barbados from, 419.

Londonderry, N.H., 116 i p. 76.

-, claimed by Mass. Bay, 116 i p. 76.

-, petition of inhabitants of, 183.

-, settlement of boundaries attempted by, 116 i p. 77.

Lords, House of, address from, 473 i.

-, -, Clerk of. See Cowper, Wm.

-, -, order of, 110.

-, -, papers concerning Governor Belcher's meeting with Indians laid before, 115.

-, -, Sugar bill opposed by, 324 i.

Louisburg, fortifications at, 439.

-, -, garrison of, supplies for, from Canada, uncertain, 439.

-, -, -, -, from New York, 439, 440 p. 256.

-, -, -, -, -, account of, 440 ii.

-, French vessels at, 372 p. 231.

-, Le Caesar French sloop ent to New York for supplies, 440, 440 iii, 441, 441 i (xxvii-xxx).