Board of Trade and Secretaries of State, America and West Indies. Original correspondence, New Hampshire, 1692-1737

Author/Creator:

England and Wales. Board of Trade

Publication/Creation:

Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Board of Trade and Secretaries of State, America and West Indies. Original correspondence, New Hampshire, 1692-1737

Series Titles:

Colonial America (Marlborough, England)

Variant Titles:

Original correspondence, New Hampshire, 1692-1737

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Additional Author/Creators:

New Hampshire. General Assembly
Great Britain. Board of Trade
England and Wales. Secretary of State
Great Britain. Colonial Office
National Archives (Great Britain)
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Allen, Samuel,1635-1705
Bellomont, Richard Coote,Earl of,1636-1701
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles,Duke of,1693-1768
England and Wales.Board of Trade--Records and correspondence
Great Britain.Board of Trade--Records and correspondence
England and Wales.Secretary of State--Records and correspondence
Great Britain.Colonial Office--Records and correspondence
New Hampshire.General Assembly--Records and correspondence
Trade regulation--New Hampshire--Early works to 1800
New Hampshire--Politics and government--To 1775
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.--Politics and government--To 1775
New Hampshire--History, Military--17th century--Sources
New Hampshire--Commerce--History--17th century--Sources
New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources
Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century--Sources
Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century--Sources

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Acts of the Assembly of New Hampshire, 1737 -- Articles of agreement between Captain William Kidd, Commander of the Adventure Galley, and John Walker, Quartermaster to the said ship, regarding conditions of service. Includes a list of the company -- Bills read in the House of Representatives and passed to be enacted, concerning suffrage rights of inhabitants -- Complaints of the inhabitants of Exeter against Colonel Dunbar, with affidavits -- Copy of Adventure Galley's company's accounts -- Copy of the Earl of Bellomont's letter to the Lords of the Company of Trade concerning trade, building of fortifications, the production of tar and pitch using soldier labour for the use of naval stores, Coll. Allen's claims to land in New Hampshire, conflict with the French in Canada and other matters. Encloses a variety of related documents, referenced in the letter, including correspondence, memorials, accounts of court proceedings, estimated costs of sailing and prices of masts, and affidavits relating to Allen's title to N. Hampshire -- Extract of a letter from Mr. Wentworth, Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire, to the Board, intimating the death of William Burnet Esq. the late Governor of that province -- Formal document signed by John Cornelius gifting one moiety of his share of the voyage's gains to Captain Kidd -- Heads of several things proper for the King's plantations, and set to be recommended home to England, drawn up by Mr. Penn -- Inventory of the Adventure Galley prize -- Journal of the Assembly of New Hampshire -- Letter concerning boundaries between New Hampshire and neighbouring provinces -- Letter concerning Mrs Jane Allen's intention to sell her pretended right and that of her children to a land grant formerly made to James Mason to part of New Hampshire, and the proposition of the buyers to then divide up that land to sell at a profit -- Letter enclosing a copy of a paper delivered by T. Townshend to the Duke of Newcastle, concerning unsettled accounts between John Shipman and Charles Chaplin -- Letter from the Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle informing him that they approved the conduct of Colonel Dunbar in a dispute between him and Mr. Belcher and that that circumstance had not altered their sentiments with respect to their recommendation -- Letter from the Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle recommending Colonel David Dunbar to succeed the late Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire -- Letter from the Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle relative to a complaint of Mr. Belcher that he is only appointed Governor of part of New Hampshire in consequence of words omitted in his Commission --
Letter from the Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle transmitting an extract of a letter received by them from Mr. Wentworth, Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire, informing them that a ship of uncommon size and strength was building there -- Letter from the Board of Trade to Mr. Secretary Stanhope complaining of the appointing governors and lieutenant governors for the plantations without their knowledge, representing Mr Vaughan as an improper person to fill the office of Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire -- Letter from Jonathon Livingston concerning different merchant packets including the Speedwell and the Royal Anne, and his own stormy sea voyage -- Letter of attorney placing a servant in the charge of Captain William Kidd for the duration of a voyage -- Letter regarding planks to be shipped to Lisbon -- Letter to the Board of Trade concerning the sending of military forces in the spring to bring Quebec and Montreal under English rule, and enclosing the related letter to the Queen from the Governor and Council of New Hampshire -- Letter to the King from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Council and Representatives of New Hampshire, regarding the war with the Eastern Indians, who were supported by the French, and expressing approval of the unification of the province of New York to that of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire -- Minutes of the Council and petitions, enclosed in letters from Jonathan Belcher -- Minutes of the Council and petitions, enclosed in letters from Jonathan Belcher, including the continuing matter of the assault on men at Copyhold Mill -- Minutes of the Council, including testimonies, concerning a riot in April 1734 -- Petition of David Dunbar for temporary leave of absence from America to allow him to attend to affairs at home -- Petition of David Dunbar to the Duke of Newcastle for new employment as Lieutenant Governor of the Fort of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia -- Receipt for the King's tenth and Governor's fifteenth of a prize taken by Captain William Kidd, for Daniel Honan -- Receipt of Jan Vanderbiest to Samuel Aires for twenty bales of goods -- Record of the Council concerning the appointment of Richard Waldron as Governor of New Hampshire in the place of John Hincks -- Records of speeches, votes and orders made and passed by the General Assembly in Portsmouth, enclosed in a letter from Jonathan Belcher -- Submission and pacification of the Eastern Indians, signed by delegates of different tribes and members of the Councils of New Hampshire and Massachusetts -- Two copies of a letter from the Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of Trade concerning the export of timber from New Hampshire, shipping, murder and accounts of pirate ship raids, enclosing related papers.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (35 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 5/931.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Location of Originals:

The National Archives

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936782478402486