Board of Trade and Secretaries of State, America and West Indies original correspondence, Virginia, 1702-1704

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, Virginia, 1702-1704

Series Titles:

Colonial America (Marlborough, England)

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Additional Author/Creators:

England and Wales. Secretary of State
Virginia. Council
Virginia. General Assembly
National Archives (Great Britain)
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Nicholson, Francis,1655-1728
England and Wales.Board of Trade--Records and correspondence
England and Wales.Secretary of State--Records and correspondence
Virginia.Council--Records and correspondence
Virginia.General Assembly--Records and correspondence
Trade regulation--Virginia--Early works to 1800
Virginia--Politics and government--To 1775
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources
Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources
Virginia--Commerce--History--18th century--Sources
Virginia--Commerce--Great Britain--History--Sources
Great Britain--Commerce--Virginia--History--Sources
Virginia--History, Military--18th century--Sources
Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century--Sources

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Account of tobacco imported in to London from the 22th September 1702 to the 27th November 1703 in the following ships -- Anonymous letter received by Penny Post containing complaints against Captain Moodie's conduct in Virginia -- Copy of an order of Council authorising Col. Nicholson to constitute Mr. Thompson Attorney General of Virginia -- Copy of an order of Council referring to the Lords of Trade that part of the representation of the 7th July which relates to the Attorney General of Virginia's salary -- Copy of Orders of Council approving a representation with a draft of instructions for Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant and Governor General of Virginia, relating to trade and navigation in that area, also ordering that similar instructions be prepared for a list of other Governors -- Letter concerning the recommendation of Colonel Quarry to succeed Mr. Randolph as Surveyor General of Her Majesty's Customs upon the continent of America -- Letter concerning the sailing of the fleet, the sitting of the Assembly of Virginia and damage of crops -- Letter concerning the transportation of five hundred people from Ireland to form a new colony in Virginia or Maryland -- Letter containing a copy of Francis Nicholson's views on the sailing of the Virginia fleet -- Letter enclosing four petitions from merchants of London, Bristol, Whitehaven, Chester, Biddeford and other places, and trading to Virginia and Maryland, relating to the preferred time for convoys of ships to travel, with details of the ships involved -- Letter forwarding a memorial from several merchants of London trading to Virginia, that the convoy for their trade not sail before September or October -- Letter from the Attorney General of Virginia desiring a recommendation to the Admiralty for his passage in one of the men-of-war -- Letter from the Board of Ordnance relating to the proper time for sending arms to Virginia -- Letter from the Secretary of Virginia to the Secretary of the Board of Trade, desiring that the Board may be informed of his being hindered in his journey -- Letter of recommendation for Stephen Thompson as a fit person to serve as Attorney General in Virginia -- Letter regarding the ships of war at Virginia, which are ordered to return with the merchant ships -- Letter to the Board of Trade concerning doubts that the Assembly will comply with commands received from London, enclosing copies of a receipt for £900 for the Quota of Virginia, and the addresses from the Council of Virginia and the House of Burgesses relating to the Quota for New York -- Letter to the Board of Trade from the Secretary of Virginia concerning the sailing of merchant ships with the convoy, new laws passed in the Council, and news that the Capitol is nearly finished --
Letter to the Board of Trade regarding the fleet and convoys, trade and supply needs of Virginia, the tobacco crop, the embargo, the strange behaviour of Captain Moodie and financial implications, enclosing copies of letters, council minutes, journals and reports, an abstract of the report of the Committee of Claims, copies of laws and orders for proclaiming war against France and Spain -- [Francis Nicholson's] Letter to the Board of Trade thanking them for the renewal of his commission and promising to continue to do his duty -- Letter to the Board of Trade transmitting copies of laws and other papers, concerning the Revenue, the militia, the disposal of arms and ammunition, the settlement of land on the south side of Black Water Swamp, the current peaceful state of his government, recommendations for Council members, transcripts of letters relating to Her Majesty's ship Guernsey, and his request that a man-of-war be sent as there are none in Virginia or Maryland -- Letter to the Board of Trade transmitting journals of the Council and other papers, including a proclamation forbidding the sale of ammunition to Spaniards, transcripts of letters, congratulatory letters to the Queen, accounts accrued during the building of the Capitol and prison, and concerning the lack of men-of-war in Virginia and Maryland due to the convoy and the success of the corn and tobacco crops -- Letter to the Board of Trade transmitting a list of the fleet bound for England and of Captain Fogg's instructions, also mentioning the good character of Captain Fogg and the desire of a New York merchant, Mr. French, to speak to the Board -- Letters relating to the convoys of merchant ships to Virginia and Maryland -- Letters requesting a portrait of the Queen, to be hung in the Council Chambers of Virginia and New York, as well as her coat of arms, for the Supreme Court -- List of the ships and quantity of tobacco exported from Virginia and Maryland in the fleet that arrived in England in November 1703 -- A list of ships now preparing to go to Virginia and Maryland but cannot possibly be ready before September next -- Lists of ships belonging to London and Liverpool which will be ready to sail to Virginia and Maryland in January 1703 -- Memorial from the merchants of Virginia and Maryland relating to convoys necessary for their trade -- Memorial regarding the desire of merchants to send their ships in convoy to Virginia in July, as many are already loaded and there is a need for their goods in America -- Order of Council relating to the Virginia trade, requiring an instruction that no ships come from thence during the war without convoy -- Order of Council requiring a draft of instructions for the Governors of Virginia and Maryland, that they permit ships with licences to return without convoy -- Report of the Attorney General on the petition of Mr. Beverly for a writ of attaint against the jurors who gave the verdict against him in Virginia -- Transcript of all letters and Orders of Council relating to Captain James Moodie, Commander of Her Majesty's ship Southampton from the 16th December 1702 to the time of his sailing out of this colony concerning his convoying the merchant ships.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (34 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 5/1313.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Location of Originals:

The National Archives

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936782514802486