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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![f. 666. Proposals concerning building of towns in Virginia, f. 667. Proposals concerning custom of tobacco. (Concerning methods employed whereby the king is defrauded of the cus¬ toms duty on tobacco.) f. 668. Reply to petition and declaration of the owners of Plymouth, Dartmouth and other ports, concerning fisheries question. f. 670. “ An account of all the trading Townes and Ports lying upon the Sea and navigable rivers, with number of Houses in every Towne ” [in New England]. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 380-381.) f. 671. Petition of Lionel Copley and others concerning the Iron Works in New England. (Printed, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XXXVIII. 378-379. Cf. Cal. Col. 1661-1668, §50.) f. 672. (1) Proposition de Louis Le Page. (2) Description des Lacs nouvellement descouverts a la source du Fleuve de St. Laurent, f. 679. Series of title pages with names of colonies upon them, f. 686. Index to papers relating to the West Indies, Jamaica, Caribbee Islands, New England, Virginia, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, f. 697. Heads of Index. (Indexes show that original collection was arranged by colonies. Its con¬ tents are now rearranged chronologically.) 2423. “Journal by a Lady (of Quality)” of a Voyage from Scotland to the West Indies and North Carolina, with an account of personal ex¬ periences in America during the year 1775 and a visit to Lisbon on her return. October 25, 1774-December, 1775. (Voyage to Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, to North Carolina—Shawfield, Point Pleasant, Wilmington. Graphic and interesting.) 2429. f. 49. Copy of address of William Penn, in the name of the Quakers, to James II., on the Declaration of Indulgence, with the King’s answer. 1687. 2519. f. 1. Pedigree of the family of Samuel Disbrow (Disborough) : father, mother, sisters and brothers, children and grandchild. Disbrow was living in 1685, aged 65. f. 2. Print of John Disbrow with autograph. f. 10. Letter from William Leete to Samuel Disbrow, Guilford, Octo¬ ber 10, 1654, referring to “ straitened and afflicted condition of the [New Haven] colony ” and to Cromwell’s proposal that “ New England remove to some place where they have cities ready builded and land ready tilled ”. f. 32. Declaration of Samuel Disbrow, accepting pardon offered in the king’s general amnesty “ with all humbleness and unfaigned thankfulness ”. “ Signed, owned, and acknowledged before me, George Monck.” 2526. Journal of John Knepp, in H. M. S. Rose, William Phips, Com¬ mander, from the Downs to Boston in New England, September, 1683-January 15, 1684. Including “An Account of the Proceed¬ ings of the Company belonging to his Majesty’s ship Rose since their departure from Boston”, January 16-May 2, 1684; and journal of voyage back to England, May 13, 1684-June 24, 1684. Also lists of ship’s company, articles of agreement, etc.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31346650_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)