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
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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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    f. 555. Copy of Giles Bland’s letter to Mr. Povey, July 8, 1676, con¬ cerning grievances in Virginia. On reverse “ A copy of a Remon¬ strance of the several counties in Virginia ”, which is a form, not filled out and undated. f. 556. Copy of letter from the proprietors of the Bahamas, dated London, - 13, 1676, to Gov. Wentworth, expressing disap¬ proval of him as governor of that island, f. 557. Copy of letter from the proprietors of the Bahamas to the governor and council there stating that they have dismissed Went¬ worth and put in Chillingworth. f. 560. Copy of “ A Brief Narrative concerning Newfoundland ” by John Downing. Sent by Mr. Downing and received October 24, 1676. f. 564. Notes on the same regarding current price of fish, train oil, and about boats built in the country, f. 565. Description by Downing of the manner of catching and mak¬ ing “ drie fishe ” there. Endorsed, 1676. f. 567. Account of a fight between the French and the Dutch at Tobago, February 21, 1676, with statistics at the end. f. 568. Report of Lords of Trade concerning Col. Warner, governor of the Leeward Islands, received May 17, 1677. “ Disallowed.” (Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §§254, 260.) f. 569. Account of Statia [St. Eustatius], Saba and Tortola. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §260.) f. 571. Narrative of Brown’s case, “ how he was executed in Ja¬ maica ”, endorsed “ Received, 22 Oct. 1677 ”. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §383.) f. 573. List of all books in the plantation office, treating of New England. (Printed N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 261-262, and in the Nation, October 24, 1895, p. 291.) f. 574. Considerations about present affairs in the West Indies. April 7, 1678. f. 576. Breviate of what passed in the assembly called by his excel¬ lency Charles, Earl of Carlisle, governor of Jamaica, at St. Iago, October 2, 1678. Endorsed “To Mr. Blathwayt, Esq: To be showed noebody, 1678 ”. f. 584. Report touching the Laws of Barbadoes. Read at the meeting of the Lords of Trade, June 26, 1679. (Cf. Cal. Col. 1677-1680, §1034.) f. 587. Consideration touching council to be appointed by the gov¬ ernor of Barbadoes. “ Received from Cap1 Langford.” n. d. f. 589. Pretensions of the Dutch to Tobago. f. 591. Pretensions of the Duke of Curland to the Island of Tobago, “ as it is set forth in a memorial from his envoy ”. n. d. f. 593. Letter to Mr. John Lewin at New York “ concerns Mr Pen’s Patent ”. (Without place, date or signature, but evidently written by some one in England well informed of the circumstances, between June, 1680, and March, 1681.)