Volume 1
Guide to the materials for American history, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain / by Charles M. Andrews.
- Charles McLean Andrews
- Date:
- 1912-1914
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Guide to the materials for American history, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain / by Charles M. Andrews. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![II. ADMIRALTY LETTERS. 6-66. 1700-1782. Letters from the Admiralty. These volumes contain original letters from the Admiralty Board and its secretaries to the Secretary of State, concerning such matters as that board desired should be known to the king and the secretary; also copies of the secretary’s replies. They form a voluminous series of fifty-two thick vol¬ umes, in which the letter of the board accompanies a large number of enclo¬ sures, both copies and originals. The board letters are often perfunctory in character though occasionally outlining some policy agreeable to the board. The volumes that relate to the periods when the British fleet lay in American waters are of great value, beginning with about 1740 (vol. 23). The volumes are not indexed but occasionally one contains a “ List of Letters The series is continued in H. O. Departmental, Admiralty, 1, 2, 3, 1782-1783. 23. An account of all orders that have been given by His Majesty or the Lords Justices and signified by the Secretary of State or by the secretary to the Lords Justices, for raising and embarking land forces and marines for the expedition to Carthagena. Jan. 5, 1740. 24. Regarding discovery of a passage into the western American ocean through Hudson’s Strait, Capt. Middleton sent by the government in the ship Furnace. May 25, 1741. Regarding sloop for South Carolina. 28. Supplies for French islands in the West Indies from Cork. May 14, J745- Copies of two long Shirley letters. Boston, Mar. 27, Apr. 4, 1745. 29. Many papers regarding the Louisburg expedition. Complaint of Capt. Frankland against Gov. Glen of South Carolina. 30. Regarding impressing seamen at Boston. Feb. 11, 1746- Conflict with governor and council. Important letter of the Admiralty Board. Many long enclosures. Papers regarding embargo. Feb. 28, 1746. Clandestine trade with St. Eustatius. Mar. 15. Regarding Providence of Boston, whose captain carried ammunition to the Scottish rebels. Apr. 8. 31. Regarding taking of Dutch ships, July 2, stating that such were cap¬ tured not by English vessels but by American privateers in the West Indies, commissioned by colonial governors “ over whom [the admiralty] have no influence ” (many papers on this subject of seizure of Dutch ships in the West Indies in this volume, see letters, Oct. 22 and Nov. 20, 1746; in 61 are 22 written copies of the above extract). Supply of French islands with provisions and ammunition and other warlike stores by Dutch at St. Eustatius. July 30. Many papers regarding Cape Breton expedition and intended expe¬ dition to Quebec. Regarding exporting provisions from Ireland to British West Indies. Oct. 10. Complaint of council and assembly of Antigua against Com. Lee. Dec. 4.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31359759_0001_0078.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
