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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![2752. ff. 29-35. “ Ann account of or Indended voyage from Jamaco wth a party of shipps, departing from the aforesaid Island to Poartanell. Receiving Letpasses to goe unto his Majties Reall Subject the Earle of Carlisle/’ 1679-1680. (Voyage of Capt. John Coxon with five ships. Coxon was a well-known pirate and privateer in the service of Jamaica. See ff. 36-71.) ff. 36-71. “ The Journall of our Intended Voyage .... overland into the South Seas leaving our ships at the Goulden Islands and land¬ ing on Munday Apr1 the fift.” 1682. 2902. Volume entitled “ Papers concerning trade, taxes, etc., collected by Abraham Hill ”. Hill was a member of the Board of Trade, 1696- I705- f. 20. Letter from Hill to Joseph Barton about to go to Barbadoes. Personal letter. December 10, 1697. ff. 70-73. Remarks upon foreign trading, with brief allusion to the West India trade. ff. 75-78* Letters Patent from William III., constituting the Board of Trade. This is preceded (f. 74) by a slip with names of commis¬ sioners. ff. 81-84. Act for better securing the liberties of His Majesty’s sub¬ jects within the island [Barbadoes]. November 3, 1697. ff. 85,86,87. Jottings of instructions to the governor of Barbadoes. (At foot of f. 87, an instruction to the governor of New Hampshire.) ff. ioo-ioi. Petition of Edward Jones to the king for the secretary¬ ship of the Bermudas. Referred April 2, 1699. f. 102. Number of inhabitants in the Bermudas between January 1, 1697/8 and January 1, 1698/9. f. 107. Proclamation by Edward Fox, lieutenant-general and com¬ mander-in-chief of Leeward Caribbee Islands. August 15, 1700. f. 114. Receipts of customs and new impositions from Lady Day, 1692, to Lady Day, 1696. f. 115. Estimate of present state of trade of England. January 14, 1697. f. Ii7-n8b. Revenue of the customs of England. March, 1676- March, 1677. (F. 118b has total value of all the goods exported and imported from London, 1662, 1663, 1668, etc.) f. 120. Receipts and salaries of the customs for 1679. f. 151. Estimate of what value is shipped every year from Jamaica to England. 1700. ff. 15 2-154. Notes relative to the Jamaica trade. ff. 162-163. Two letters from J. Barksdale to Sir John Houbland, merchant in London. South Carolina, April 4 and August ro, 1697. f. 164. Notes of the boundaries of Pennsylvania, f. 166. Number of inhabitants of Albany, the Five Nations and the River Indians. (Ff. 167, 168, 169 are notes on various slips of paper on trade of the different American colonies.)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31346650_0077.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)