Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport.
- Charles McLean Andrews
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge / by Charles M. Andrews and Frances G. Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ff. 14-25. Copies of orders in Council and instructions to the Com¬ missioners of Prizes for the port of London, with rules and direc¬ tions for the High Court of Admiralty in adjudication of prizes. 209. f. 100 ff. A Relation of New England. 661. ff. 51-150. Papers from the Register General of Tobacco of importance for study of the tobacco trade. Also several representations sent to the Commissioners of the Customs. 1752-1760. 673. Establishment of their Majesties’ Guards, Garrisons and Land forces. April 1, 1694. (Contains mention and charges of troops in Barbadoes, Leeward Islands, Jamaica, New York. Duplicate of document in P. R. O.) ff. 36-40. Account of the gross and net produce of the several duties of Customs in England. 1741-1746. 691. “ The Meanes of a most Ample Encrease of the Wealth and Strength of England. In a few years. Humbly Represented to Her Ma- jestie, In the Fifth Year of her Reign ” [by Dr. Nehemiah Grew, 1707?]. (P. 76, remarks on the plantations.) 707. “ A Geographic, historical Narrative or summary of the present con¬ troversy between Daniel Nimham, a native Indian, king or sachem of the Wappinger Tribe of Indians so called, in behalf of himself and the whole tribe aforesaid on the one part; and Messrs. Roger Morris, Beverley Robinson, and Philipse, all of the city and prov¬ ince of New York, heirs and legal representatives of Col. Fred¬ erick Philipse, late of New York, deceased”, with plat of the territory. (A true copy). (Cf. despatch from Sec. Shelburne to Gov. Moore, evidently in response to this narrative, October 11, 1766, in P. R. O., Colonial Office, Class 5, 222— A. W. I. 389, pp. 7-9, old reference.) 733. “ James West’s Book ”, containing a report from the commissioners appointed to examine into the state of the revenue and the debts due to the army. Also a letter from Maj.-Gen. Macartney, who in December, 1708, was proposed as commander of “ an expedition to Canada, on a scheme recommended to her Majesty by the Com¬ missioners of Trade and projected by one Mr. Vetch ”. 809. ff. 1-32. “ Historical Account of the Revolt of the Chactaw Indians in the late war from the French to the British alliance and their return since to that of the French. In which are contained the public and private measures pursued on that occasion in the prov¬ ince of South Carolina and wherein the respective services of the several persons claiming the merit of effecting that revolt are placed in their proper light and the true causes shewn of each event.” Dated London, January 20, 17s 3, and addressed to James West by Edmd. Atkins. (Upholding claims of Charles McNane.) 821-823. The documents in these volumes have been rearranged chrono¬ logically, as follows: 821, April 24, 1654-March 24, 1656/7; 822, March 24, 1656/7-December 28, 1657; 823, December 28, 1657- 1659 and undated. The Classified Catalogue is of no value for the volumes and letters relating to the colonies can be discovered only by a page by page examination.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31346650_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
