Carolina and Bahamas (Propriety). Further commissions, instructions and other documents 1682-1698

Author/Creator:

England and Wales. Secretary of State

Publication/Creation:

Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Carolina and Bahamas (Propriety). Further commissions, instructions and other documents 1682-1698

Series Titles:

Colonial America (Marlborough, England)

Variant Titles:

Further commissions, instructions and other documents

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Lords Proprietors of Carolina
Carolina. Council
National Archives (Great Britain)
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

England and Wales.Secretary of State--Records and correspondence
England and Wales.Board of Trade
Lords Proprietors of Carolina
Carolina.Council
Plantations--Great Britain--Colonies--History--17th century--Sources
Indigenous peoples of North America--Government relations--To 1789--Sources
Piracy--Great Britain--Colonies--History--17th century--Sources
Land grants--Great Britain--Colonies--History--17th century--Sources
Trade regulation--Great Britain--Colonies--History--17th century--Sources
North Carolina--Politics and government--To 1775
South Carolina--Politics and government--To 1775
Bahamas--Politics and government--17th century
North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources
South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources
Bahamas--History--17th century--Sources
North Carolina--Commerce--History--17th century--Sources
South Carolina--Commerce--History--17th century--Sources
Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century--Sources

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Accounts relating to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina -- An act for restraining and punishing privateers -- Appointment and orders to James Colleton as Governor of the land in Carolina lying south and west of Cape Feare -- Appointments of officials by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina -- At a meeting of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina -- Commission and instructions for Colonel Philip Ludwell Governor of that part of our province of Carolina that lies north and east of Cape Fear -- Commission and instructions for John Moore, Esq, Secretary of that part of Carolina that is situated south-west of Cape Fear -- Commission, instructions and letters relating to the Bahamas and Carolina, including condemning the Council for disobeying instructions and mistreating native people -- Commission, instructions and rules of government for Colonel Cadwallader Jones, our Governor of Providence, Eleutheria and the rest of the Bahama Islands -- Commission, instructions and rules of government for Thomas Bridges, Esq, our Governor of Providence, Eleutheria and the rest of the Bahama Islands -- Commissions, instructions and letter from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina -- Copy of the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina agreed on by all the Lords Proprietors and signed and sealed by them, the original being sent to Carolina by Major Daniel -- Copy of an instrument sent to Coll Blake Governor of Carolina for him to signe and seale relating to Mr Amy's grant for a proprietorship -- Copy of Mr Amy's grant of Mr Sothell's proprietorship -- Draft indenture (6 Feb. 1693) -- Draft indenture (21 Nov. 1682-11 Apr. 1698) -- Draft indenture for binding a person to service in Carolina (21 Nov. 1682-11 Apr. 1698) -- The form of an oath to be taken by the Governor of Carolina -- The forme of a patent for landgrave translated out of Latin into English -- Grants and orders of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, including a grant to Mary Biggs and decrees against pirates -- Grants of land and orders for the suppression of piracy -- Indenture for settling in Carolina [draft] -- Instructions for Coll Philipp Ludwell, governor of Carolina, with particular attention on investigations into the conduct of his predecessor -- Instructions for granting land and associated memorandum and letters recording rights of settlers and land purchases from native tribes -- Instructions for granting of land -- Instructions for James Colleton, Esq, one of the landgraves and a governor of that part of Carolina that lies south and west of Cape Fear --
Instructions for John Graves, Esq, Secretary of the Bahama Islands, on keeping records of councils, laws, ships and trade -- Instructions for Joseph West, Esq, one of the landgraves and Governor of that part of our province of Carolina that lies south and west of Cape Fear, and instruction for Robert Quarry, Esq -- Instructions from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina regarding the crimes of Seth Sothell, Governor of Carolina accused of misappropriating power -- Instructions from Whitehall pertaining to support for piracy in Carolina and subsequent aggression against the colony from Spain -- Instructions on how to grant land and rights to indentured servants in Carolina -- Land grants -- Land grants and purchases in Carolina -- Legislation for suppressing piracy, pardoning privateers and controlling wrecks -- Legislation on royal appointments and peace with foreign nations -- Letter regarding allegations that Robert Quarry supported pirates -- Letter to Benjamin Blake regarding his appointment as a royal clerk -- Letter, instructions and rules of government for Nicholas Trott, Esq, our Governor of Providence and Eleutheria and the rest of the Bahama Islands -- Letters and instructions to Paul Grimball, Secretary, Receiver and Escheator of Carolina -- Letters and proclamations concerning disturbances in the Carolinas, a need for more English money there, and sales of land -- Letters concerning health, the closure of law courts, and the gathering of rents in Charleston -- Letters from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina regarding piracy, wrecks, land sales, plantation inheritance and the birth of a prince -- Letters from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina regarding the succession, including the oaths to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy -- Letters of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina concerning justice and the judicial process -- Letters regarding a ship accused of breaking the rules of the Trade and Navigation Act by trading between the Carolinas and Scotland and Ireland -- Letters to the Governor and people of Carolina relating to government appointments, rent, and civil unrest -- Letters to James Colleton regarding the granting and purchasing of land in the Carolinas -- Letters to Joseph West concerning settling those who had purchased lands without removing native people, and rebellion in Scotland -- Petition and response to Ann Fisher, writing on behalf of her son and pleading for his education -- Proclamation of the succession of James II -- Rules and instructions for granting of land -- Statements of the Lords Proprietors of the Carolinas on illegal and corrupt elections -- The Surveyor's oath.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (53 items).

General Note:

Part of the Colonial America series published by Adam Matthew Digital.
Title from publisher's website (resource viewed on 7 Oct. 2015)
Volume reference no.: CO 5/288.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Location of Originals:

The National Archives

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936781779802486