Secretary of State and Board of Trade correspondence, reports and despatches, 1710-1728
- Author/Creator:
- Great Britain. Colonial Office
- Publication/Creation:
- Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Secretary of State and Board of Trade correspondence, reports and despatches, 1710-1728
- Series Titles:
- Colonial America (Marlborough, England)
- Variant Titles:
- Correspondence, reports and despatches, 1710-1728
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Great Britain. Board of Trade
National Archives (Great Britain)
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Electronic books
- Subjects:
- Great Britain.Colonial Office--Records and correspondence
Great Britain.Board of Trade--Records and correspondence
Plantations--Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century--Sources
Trade regulation--Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century--Sources
United States--Politics and government--To 1775
United States--History, Military--18th century--Sources
United States--Commerce--History--18th century--Sources
West Indies--Commerce--History--18th century--Sources
Great Britain--Commerce--History--18th century--Sources
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources
West Indies--History--18th century--Sources
Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century--Sources
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Account of English imports and exports -- Account of tar and pitch imported from the plantations for use as naval stores -- Board of Trade recommendations regarding the duties to be placed on iron and steel manufactured in America and related letters -- Board of Trade report concerning two instances of assemblies in the plantations attempting addresses to the Crown separately from their governors and councils -- Board of Trade report on removing duties from American timber products, with an account of the gross duties payable on wood imported into England and related papers and correspondence -- Complaints from agents and factors at Providence and the Carolinas against the arbitrary conduct of Governor Nicholson seizing their vessels, searching their cargoes and making them swear oaths of allegiance -- Draft letter concerning trade contracts and certificates -- Index to Board of Trade reports -- Instructions to colonial governors directing them not to send British subjects to Britain as prisoners without first transmitting full proof of their guilt -- Instructions to the governors of plantations to levy arms and muster to raise forces to protect against invasion -- Letter about the printing of laws and acts relating to the colonies rather than relying upon bundles of parchment -- Letter concerning instructions for Colonel Moody, requesting a sloop and garrison, repairs to fortifications at Placentia and the need for a survey of the French parts of Newfoundland for the benefit of fishing vessels -- Letter concerning instructions for Mr Methuen -- Letter from the Board of Trade about new seals for the colonies -- Letter from Mr Popple to Robert Pringle requesting copies of patents for government offices in the West Indies -- Letter requesting notifications of colonial appointments as lieutenant-generals and lieutenant-governors -- Letter to Col. Selwyn -- Letters about drafts of warrants appointing governors for New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, New Jersey and Bermuda -- Letters and Board of Trade report on petitions for patents to cure sturgeon in North America -- Letters and papers concerning naval stores -- Letters concerning appointments -- List of Board of Trade reports -- List of letters and reports from the Secretary of War -- List of licences of absence given to officers in America, 1702-1711 -- Memorial of John Bridger, late Surveyor of His Majesty's Woods in America, concerning naval stores -- Mr Bladen's proposal for simplifying the administration of the plantations in America -- Order in Council appointing Richard Fitzwilliam, Surveyor-General for Customs for South America, to the councils of Virginia, South Carolina and Jamaica -- Petition of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, for the land grant of some small islands off the coasts of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- Petition of merchants of London and others trading and interested in the British colonies of America complaining about Spanish privateers operating off the coast of North America -- Powers of Colonel Bladen regarding the implementation of the Treaty of Utrecht -- Report of Council of Trade on naval stores imported from America.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (31 items).
- General Note:
- Part of the Colonial America series published by Adam Matthew Digital.
Volume title from publisher's website (resource viewed on 7 Oct. 2015)
Volume reference no.: CO 5/4 Part 1. - Local Note:
- Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.
- Location of Originals:
- The National Archives
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936781771602486
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