Notes on the State of Virginia (1802)/Query 23

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QUERY XXIII.



THE hiſtories of the ſtate, the memorials publiſhed in its name in the time of its being a colony, and the pamphlets relating to its interior or exterior affairs preſent or ancient?

​Captain Smith, who next to Sir Walter Raleigh may be conſidered as the founder of our colony, has written its hiſtory, from the firſt adventures to it till the year 1624. He was a member of the council, and afterwards preſident of the colony; and to his efforts principally may be aſcribed its ſupport againſt the oppoſition of the natives. He was honeſt, ſenſible, and well informed; but his ſtyle is barbarous and uncouth. His hiſtory, however, is almoſt the only ſource from which we dererive our knowledge of the infancy of our ſtate.

The reverend William Stith, a native of Virginia, and preſident of its college, has alſo written the hiſtory of the ſame period, in a large octavo volume of ſmall print. He was a man of claſſical learning, and very exact, but of no taſte in ſtyle. He is inelegant, therefore, and his details often too minute to be tolerable, even to a native of the country, whoſe hiſtory he writes.

Beverly, a native alſo, has run into the other extreme; he has compriſed our hiſtory, from the firſt propoſitions of Sir Walter Raleigh to the year 1700, in the hundredth part of the ſpace which Stith employs for the fourth part of the period.

Sir William Keith has taken it up at its earlieſt period, and continued it to the year 1725. He is agreeable enough in ſtyle, and paſſes over events of little importance. Of courſe he is ſhort, and would be preferred by a foreigner.

During the regal government, ſome conteſt aroſe on the exaction of an illegal fee by governor Dinwiddie, and doubtleſs there were others on other occaſions not at preſent recollected. It is ſuppoſed, that theſe are not ſufficiently intereſting to a foreigner to merit a detail.

​The petition of the council and burgeſſes of Virginia to the king, their memorial to the lords, and remonſtrance to the commons in the year 1764, began the preſent conteſt; and theſe having proved ineffectual to prevent the paſſage of the ſtamp-act, the reſolutions of the houſe of burgeſſes of 1765 were paſſed, declaring the independence of the people of Virginia on the parliament of Great-Britain, in matters of taxation. From that time till declaration of independence by congreſs in 1776, their journals are filled with aſſertions of the public rights.

The pamphlets publiſhed in this ſtate on the controverted queſtion were,

1766, An Inquiery into the rights of the Britiſh colonies, by Richard Bland.

1769, The Monitor's Letters, by Dr. Arthur Lee.

1774, [1] A ſummary View of the rights of Britiſh America.

1774, Conſiderations, &c. by Robert Carter Nicholas.

Since the declaration of independence this ſtate has had no controverſy with any other, except with that of Pennſylvania, on their common boundary. Some papers on this ſubject paſſed between the executive and legiſlative bodies of the two ſtates, the reſult of which was a happy accommodation of their rights.

To this account of our hiſtorians, memorials, and pamphlets, it may not be unuſeful to add a chronological catalogue of American ſtate-papers, as far as I have been able to collect their titles. It is far from being either complete or correct. ​Where the title alone, and not the paper itſelf, has come under my obſervation, I cannot anſwer for the exactneſs of the date. Sometimes I have not been able to find any date at all, and ſometimes have not been ſatisfied that ſuch a paper exiſts. An extenſive collection of papers of this deſcription has been for ſome time in a courſe of preparation by a gentleman[2] fully equal to the taſk, and from whom, therefore, we may hope ere long to receive it. It the mean time accept this as the reſult of my labors, and as cloſing the tedious detail which you have ſo undeſignedly drawn upon yourſelf.

1498,  Mar.   5.  11. H. 7. Pro Johanne Caboto et filiis ſuis ſuper terra incognita inveſtiganda. 12. Ry. 595.3. Hakl. 4. 2. Mem. Am. 409.
1498, Feb.  3. 13. H. 7.  Billa ſignata anno 13. Henriciſeptimi. 3. Hakluyt's voiages 5.
1502, Dec. 19. 18. H. 7. De poteſtatibus ad teras incogitas inveſtigandum. 13. Rymer. 37.
1540, Oct. 17. Commiſſion de François I. à Jacques Cartier pour l'eſtabliſſement du Canada. L'Efcarbot. 397. 2. Mem. Am. 416.
1548,  2. E. 6. An act againſt the exaction of money, or any other thing, by any officer for licenſe to traffique into Iſeland and Newfoundland, made in An. 2. Edwardi ſexti. 3. Hakl. 131. ​
1578,  June  11. 20. El.  The letters-patent granted by her Majeſtie to Sir Humphrey Gilbert, knight, for the inhabiting and planting of our people in America. 3. Hakl. 135.
1583, Feb.  6.  Letters-patent of Queen Elizabeth to Adrian Gilbert and others, to diſcover the northweſt paſſage to China, 3. Hakl. 96.
1584, Mar. 25. 26. El. The letters-patent granted by the Queen's majeſtie to M. Walter Raleigh, now knight, for the diſcovering and planting of new lands and countries, to continue the ſpace of ſix years and no more. 3. Hakl. 243.
Mar.  7. 31. El. An aſſignment by Sir Walter Raleigh for continuing the action of inhabiting and planting his people in Virginia. Hakl. 1ſt. ed. publ. in 1589, p. 815.
1603, Nov.  8. Lettres de Lieutenant General de l'Acadie & pays circonvoiſons pour le Sieur de Monts. L'Eſcarbot. 417.
1606, Apr. 10.  4. Jac. 1.  Letters-patent to Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers and others, for two ſeveral colonies to be made in Virginia and other parts of America. Stith. Append. No. I. ​
1607,  Mar.  9.  4. Jac. 1.  An ordinance and conſtitution enlarging the council of the two colonies in Virginia and America, and augmenting their authority, M.S.
1609, May 27.  7. Jac. 1. The ſecond charter to the treaſurer and company for Virginia, erecting them into a body politick. Stith. Ap. 2.
1610, Apr. 10.     Jac. 1. Letters-patent to the E. of Northampton, granting part of the iſland of Newfoundland. 1. Harris. 861.
1611, Mar. 12.  9. Jac. 1. A third charter to the treaſurer and company for Virginia. Stith. Ap. 3.
1617,     Jac. 1. A commiſſion to Sir Walter Raleigh. Qu. ?
1620, Apr.  7. 18. Jac. 1. Commiſſio ſpecialis concernens le garbling herbæ Nocotianæ. 17. Rym. 190.
1620, June  29. 18 Jac. 1. A proclamation for reſtraint of the diſordered trading of tobacco. 17. Rym. 233.
1620, Nov.  3.     Jac. 1. A grant of New-England to the council of Plymouth.
1621, July 24.     Jac. 1. An ordinance and conſtitution of the treaſurer, council and company in Englangd, for a council of ſtate and general aſſembly in Virginia. Stith. Ap. 4.
1621, Sep. 10. 20. Jac. 1. A grant of Nova Scotia to Sir William Alexander. 2. Mem. de l'Amerique. 193. ​
1622,  Nov.  6.  20. Jac. 1.  A proclamation prohibiting interloping and diſorderly trading to New England in America. 17. Rym. 416.
1623, May  9. 21. Jac. 1. De Commiſſione ſpeciali Willemo Jones militi directa. 17. Rym. 490.
1623, A grant to Sir Edmund Ployden, of New Albion, Mentioned in Smith's examination. 82.
1624, July  15. 22. Jac. 1. De Commiſſione Henrico vicecomiti Mandevill & aliis. 17. Rym. 609.
1624, Aug. 26. 22. Jac. 1. De Commiſſione ſpeciali concernenti gubernationem in Virginia. 17. Rym. 618.
1624, Sep. 29. 22. Jac. 1. A proclamation concerning tobacco. 17. Rym. 621.
1624, Nov.  9. 22. Jac. 1. De conceſſione demiſs, Edwardo Ditchfield et aliis. 17. Rym. 633.
1625, Mar.  2. 22. Jac. 1. A proclamation for the utter prohibition of the importation and uſe of tobacco which is not of the proper growth of the colony of Virginia and the Somer iſlands, or one of them. 17. Rym. 668.
1625, Mar.  4.  1. Car. 1.  De commiſſione directa Georgio Yardeley militi et aliis. 18. Rym. 311.
1625, Apr.  9.  1. Car. 1. Proclamation de herba Nicotianâ. 18. Rym. 19. ​
1625,  May 13.  1. Car. 1. A proclamation for ſettlinge the plantation of Virginia. 18. Rym. 27.
1625, July  12. A grant of the ſoil, barony, and domains of Nova Scotia to Sir Wm. Alexander of Minſtrie. 2. Mem. Am. 226.
1626, Jan. 31.  2. Car. 1. Cummiſſio directa Johanni Wolſtenholme militi aet aliis. 18. Ry. 831.
1626, Feb. 17.  2. Car. 1. A proclamation touching tobacco. Ry. 848.
1627, Mar.  19. qu?2. Car. 1.  A grant of Maſſachuſet's bay By the council of Plymouth to Sir Henry Roſwell and others.
1627, Mar. 26.  3. Car. 1. De conceſſione commiſſionis ſpecialis pro concilio in Virginia. 18. Ry. 980.
1627, Mar. 30.  3. Car. 1. De proclamatione de ſignatione de tobacco. 18. Ry. 886.
1627, Aug.  9.   3. Car. 1. De proclamatione pro ordinatione de tobacco. 18. Ry. 920.
1628, Mar.  4.  3. Car. 1. A confirmation of the grant of Maſſachuſet's bay by the Crown.
1629, Aug. 19. The capitulation of Quebec. Champlain part. 2. 216. 2. Mem. Am. 489.
1630, Jan.  6.  5. Car. 1. A proclamation concerning tobacco. 19. Ry. 235.

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1630,  April  30. Conveyance of Nova Scotia (Port-royal excepted) by Sir William Alexander to Sir Claude St. Etienne Lord of la Tour and of Uarre and to his ſon Sir Charles de St. Etienne Lord of St. Denniſcourt, on condition that they continue ſubjects to the king of Scotland under the great ſeal of Scotland.
1630,31. Nov. 24. 6. Car. 1. A proclamation forbidding the diſorderly trading with the ſavages in New-England in America, eſpecially the furniſhing the natives in thoſe and other parts of America by the Engliſh with weapons and habiliments of warre. 19. Ry. 210. 3. Ruſhw. 82.
1630, Dec.  5.   6. Car. 1.  A proclamation prohibiting the ſelling arms, &c. to the ſavages in America. Mentioned 3. Ruſhw. 75.
1630,     Car. 1. A grant of Connecticut by the council of Plymouth to the E. of Warwick.
1630,     Car. 1. A confirmation by the crown of the grant of Connecticut [ſaid to be in the petty-bag office in England]
1631, Mar. 19.  6. Car. 1. A conveiance of Connecticut by the E. of Warwick to Lord Say and Seal and others. Smith's examination, appendix No. 1. ​
1631,  June  27.  7. Car. 1.  A ſpecial commiſſion to Edward Earl of Dorſett and others for the better plantation of the colony of Virginia. 19. Ry. 301.
1631, June 29.  7. Car. 1. Littere continentes promiſſionem regis ad tardenum caſtrum et habitationem de Kebec in Canada ad regem Francorum. 19. Ry. 303.
1632, Mar. 29.  8. Car. 1. Traité entre le roy Louis XIII. et Charles roi d'Angleterre pour la reſtitution de la nouvelle France, la Cadie et Canada et des navires et merchandiſes pris de part et d'autre. Fait a St. Germain. 19. Ry. 361, 2. Mem. Am. 5.
1632, June 20.  8. Car. 1. A grant of Maryland to Cæcilius Calvert, baron of Baltimore in Ireland.
1633, July  3.   9. Car. 1. A petition of the planters of Virginia againſt the grant of Lord Baltimore.
1633, July  3. Order of council upon the diſpute between the Virginia planters and lord Baltimore. Votes of repres. of Pennſylvania. V.
1633, Aug. 13.  9. Car. 1. A proclamation to prevent abuſes growing by the unordered retailing of tobacco. Mentioned 3. Ruſhw. 191. ​
1633,  Sept.  27.  9. Car. 1.  A ſpecial commiſſion to Thomas Young to ſearch, diſcover and find out what parts are not yet inhabited in Virginia and America and other parts thereunto adjoining. 19. Ry. 372.
1633, Oct. 13.  9. Car. 1. A proclamation for preventing of the abuſes growing by the unordered retailing of tobacco. 19. Ry. 474.
1633, Mar. 13.     Car. 1. A proclamation reſtraining the abuſive venting of tobacco. 19. Rym. 522.
1634, May 19. 10. Car. 1. A proclamation concerning the landing of tobacco, and alſo forbidding the planting thereof in the king's dominions. 19. Ry. 553.
1634,     Car. 1. A commiſſion to the Archbiſhop of Canterbury and 11 others, for governing the American colonies.
1634, June 19. 10. Car. 1. A commiſſion concerning tobacco. M. S.
1635, July 18. 11. Car. 1. A commiſſion from Lord Say and Seal, and others, to John Winthrop to be governor of Connecticut. Smith's app.
1635,     Car. 1. A grant to Duke Hamilton.
1636, Apr.  2.  12. Car. 1. De commiſſione ſpeciali , Johonni Harvy militi pro meliori regemine coloniae in Virginia. 20. Ry. 3. ​
1637,  Mar.  24.     Car. 1.  A proclamation concerning tobacco. Title in 3. Ruſh. 617.
1636.7, Mar. 16. 12. Car. 1. De commiſſione ſpeciali Georgio dimino Goring et aliis conceſſà concernente venditionem de tobacco abſque licentiâ ragiâ, 20. Ry. 116.
1637, Apr. 30. 13. Car. 1. A proclamation againſt diſorderly tranſporting his Majeſty's ſubjects to the plantations within the parts of America. 20, Ry. 143. 3. Ruſh. 409.
1637, May  1. 13. Car. 1. An order of the privy council to ſtay 8 ſhips now in the Thames from going to New-England. 3. Ruſh. 409.
1637,     Car. 1. A warrant of the Lord Admiral to ſtop unconformable miniſters from going beyond ſea. 3. Ruſh. 410.
1638, Apr.  4.      Car. 1. Order of council upon Claiborne's petition againſt Lord Baltimore. Votes of repreſentatives of Pennſylvania. vi.
1638, Apr.  6. 14. Car. 1. An order of the king and council that the attorney-general draw up a proclamation to prohibit tranſportation of paſſengers to New-England without licenſe. 3. Ruſh. 718. ​
1638,  May   1.     Car. 1.  A proclamation to reſtrain the tranſporting of paſſengers and proviſions to New-England without licenſe. 20. Ry. 223.
1639, Mar. 25.     Car. 1. A proclamation concerning tobacco. Title 4. Ruſh. 1060.
1639, Aug. 19. 15. Car. 1. A proclamation declaring his majeſty's pleaſure to continue his commiſſion and letters-patents for licenſing retailers of tobacco. 20. Ry. 348.
1639, Dec. 15. 16. Car. 1. De commiſſione ſpeciali Henrico Aſhton armigero et aliis ad amovendum Henricum Hawley gubernatorem de Barbadoes. 20. Ry. 357.
1639,     Car. 1. A proclamation concerning retailers of tobacco. 4. ruſh. 966.
1641, Aug.  9. 17. Car. 1. De conſtitutione gubernatories et concilii pro Virginia. 20. Ry. 484.
1643,     Car. 1. Articles of union and confederacy entered into by Maſſachuſetts, Plymouth, Connecticut and New-haven. 1. Neale. 223.
1644,     Car. 1. Deed from George Fenwick to the old Connecticut juriſdiction. ​
An ordinance of the lords and commons aſſembled in parliament, for exempting from cuſtom and impoſition all commodities exported for, or imported from New-England, which has been very proſperous and without any public charge to this ſtate, and is likely to prove very happy for the propagation of the goſpel in thoſe parts. Tit. in Amer. library 90. 5. No date. But ſeems by the neighboring articles to have been in 1644.
1644,  June  20.     Car. 2.  An act for charging of tobacco brought from New-England with cuſtom and exciſe. Title in American library. 99. 8.
1644, Aug.  1.     Car. 2. An act for the advancing and regulating the trade of this commonwealth. Tit. Am. libr. 99. 9,.
Sept.  18.  1. Car. 2 Grant of the northern neck of Virginia to Lord Hopton, Lord Jermyn, Lord Culpeper, Sir John Berkley, Sir William Moreton, Sir Dudley Wyatt, and Thomas Culpeper.
1650, Oct.  3.   2. Car. 2. An act prohibiting trade with the Barbadoes, Virginia, Bermudas and Antego. Scobell's acts. 1027. ​
1650,      Car. 2.  A declaration of Lord Willoughby, governor of barbadoes, and of his council, againſt an act of parliament of 3d of 0ctober 1650. 4. Polit. regiſter. 2. cited from 4. Neal. hiſt. of the Puritans. App. No. 12 but not there.
1650,     Car. 2. A final ſettlement of boundaries between the Dutch New Netherlands and Connecticut.
1651, Sept.  26.  3. Car. 2. Inſtructions for Captain Robert Dennis, Mr. Richard Bennet, Mr. Thomas Stagge, and Captain William Claibourne, appointed commiſſioners for the reducing of Virginia and the inhabitants thereof to their due obedience to the commonwealth of England. 1. Thurloe's ſtate papers. 197.
1651, Oct.  9.   3. Car. 2. An act for increaſe of ſhipping and encouragement of the navigation of this nation. Scobell's acts. 1449.
1651-2, Mar. 12. 4. Car. 2. Articles agreed on and concluded at James citie in Virginia for the ſurrendering and ſettling of that plantation under the obedience and government of the commonwealth of England by the commiſſioners of the council of ſtate, by authoritie of the Parliament of England, and by the grand aſſembly of the governor, council, and burgeſſes of that ſtate M.S. [Ante. p. 206.] ​
1651-2, Mar. 12. 4. Car. 2. An act of indempnitie made at the ſurrender of the countrey [of Virginia] [Ante. p. 206.]
1654,  Aug. 16. Capitulation de Port-Royal. Mem. Am. 507.
1655,     Car. 2.  A proclamation of the protector relating to Jamaica. 3. Thurl. 75.
1655, Sept.  26.  7. Car. 2. The protector to the commiſſioners of Maryland. A letter. 4. Thurl. 55.
1655, Oct.  8.   7. Car. 2. An inſtrument made at the council of Jamaica, Oct. 8, 1655, for the better carrying on of affairs there. 4. Thurl. 17.
1655, Nov.  3. Treaty of Weſtminſter between France and England. 6. corps diplom. part 2. p. 121. 2. Mem. Am. 10.
1656, Mar. 27.  8. Car. 2. The aſſembly at Barbadoes to the protector. 4. Thurl. 651.

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1656,  Aug.   9.  A grant by Cromwell to Sir Charles de Saint Etienne, a baron of Scotland, Crowne and Temple. A French tranſlation of it. 2. Mem. Am. 511.
1656,     Car. 2.  A paper concerning the advancement of trade. 5. Thurl. 80.
1656,     Car. 2. A brief narration of the Engliſh rights to the Northern parts of America. 5. Thurl. 81.
1656, Oct. 10.  8. Car. 2. Mr. R. Bennet and Mr. S. Matthew to Secretay Thurlow. 5. Thurl. 482.
1656, Oct. 10.  8. Car. 2. Objections againſt the Lord Baltimore's patent, and reaſons why the governor of Maryland ſhould not be put into his hands. 5. Thurl. 482.
1656, Oct. 10.  8. Car. 2. A paper relating to Maryland. 5. Thurl. 483.
1656, Oct. 10.  8. Car. 2. A breviet of the proceedings of the Lord Baltimore and his officers and compliers in Maryland, againſt the authority of the parliament of the commonwealth of England and againſt his highneſs the lord protector's authority, laws and government. 5. Thurl. 486.
1656, Oct. 15.  8. Car. 2. The aſſembly of Virginia to ſecretary Thurlow. 5. Thurl. 497. ​
1657,  Apr.   4.   9. Car. 2. The governor of Barbadoes to the protector. 6. Thurl. 169.
1661,     Car. 2.  Petition of the general court at Hartford upon Connecticut for a charter. Smith's exam. App. 4.
1662, Apr. 23. 14. Car. 2. Charter of the colony of Connecticut. Smith's exam. App. 6.
1662-3, Mar. 24. Apr. 4. 
 15. Car. 2.
The firſt charter granted by Charles II. to the proprietaries of Carolina, to wit, to the Earl of Clarendon, Duke of Albemarle, Lord Craven, Lord Berkley, Lord Aſhley, Sir George Carteret, Sir William Berkley, and Sir John Colleton. 4. Mem. Am. 554. .
1664, Feb. 10. The conceſſions and agreement of the lords proprietors of the province of New Cæſarea, or New-Jerſey, to and with all and every of the adventurers and all ſuch as ſhall ſettle or plant there. Smith's New-Jerſey. App. 1.
1664, Mar.  12. 20. Car. 2. A grant of the colony of New York to the Duke of York.
1664, Apr. 26. 16. Car. 2. A commiſſion to Colonel Nichols and others to ſettle diſputes in New-England. Hutch. Hiſt. Maſſ. Bay. App. 537. ​
1664,  Apr. 26. The commiſſion of Sir Robbert Carre and others to put the Duke of York in poſſeſſion of New-York, New-Jerſey, and all other lands thereunto appertaining.
Sir Robert Carre and others proclamation to the inhabitants of New-York, New-Jerſey, &c. Smith's N. J. 36.
1664, June 23,24. 16. Car. 2. Deeds of leaſe and releaſe of New-Jerſey by the Duke of York to Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret.
A conveyance of the Delaware counties to William Penn.
1664,  Aug. 19.29.20-30, 24.
Aug. 25. Sept. 4.
Latters between Stuyveſant and Colonel Nichols on the Engliſh right. Smith's N. J. 37-42.
1664, Aug. 27. ⁠ Treaty between the Engliſh and Dutch for the ſurrender of the New-Netherlands. Sm. N. J. 42.
Sept.   3. Nicoll's commiſſion to Sir Robert Carre to reduce the Dutch on the Delaware bay. Sm. N. J. 47.
Inſtructions to Sir Robert Carre for reducing of Delaware bay and ſettling the people there under his majeſty's obedience. Sm. N. J. 47. ​
1664, Oct.  1. Articles of capitulation between Sir Robert Carre and the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware bay and Delaware River. Sm. N. J. 49.
1664, Dec.  1. 16. Car. 2.  The determination of the commiſſioners of the boundary between the Duke of York and Connecticut. Sm. Ex. Ap. 9.
1664, The New Haven caſe. Smith's Ex. Ap. 20.
1665, June 13-24. 17. Car. 2.  The ſecond charter granted by Charles II. to the ſame proprietors of Carolina. 4. Mem. Am. 586.
1666, Jan. 26. Declaration de guerre par la France contre l'Angleterre. 3. Mem. Am. 123.
1666, Feb.  9.  17. Car. 2. Declaration of war by the king of England againſt the king of France.
1667, July  31. The treaty of peace between France and England made at Breda. 7. Cor. Dip. part 1. p. 41. 2. Mem. Am. 32.
1667,  July 31. The treaty of peace and alliance between England and the United Provinces made at Breda. 7. Cor. Dip. p. 1. p. 44. 2. Mem. Am. 40.
1667.8, Feb. 17. Acte de la ceſſion de l'Acadie au roi de France. 2. Mem. Am. 40.

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1668, Apr. 21. Directions from the governor and council of New York for a better ſettlement of the government on Delaware. Sm. N. J. 51.
1668. Lovelace order for cuſtoms at the Hoarkills. Sm. N. J. 55.
16—, May  8.  21. Car. 2. A confirmation of the grant of the Northern neck of Virginia to the Earl of St. Alban's, Lord Berkeley, Sir William Moreton and John Tretheway.
1672. Incorporation of the town of Newcaſtle or Amſtell.
1673,  Feb. 25. 25. Car. 2.  A demiſe of the colony of Virginia to the Earl of Arlington and Lord Culpeper for 31 years. M. S.
1673.4. Treaty at London between king Charles II. and the Dutch. Article VI.
Remonſtrances againſt the two grants of Charles II. of Northern and Southern Virginia. Mentd. Beverly. 65.
1674, July 13. Sir George Carteret's inſtructions to Governor Carteret.
1674, Nov.   9. Governor Andros's proclamation on taking poſſeſſion of Newcaſtle for the Duke of York. Sm. N. J. 78.

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1675,  Oct.  1. 27. Car. 2.  A proclamation for prohibiting the importation of commodities of Europe into any of his Majeſty's plantations in Africa, Aſia, or America, which were not laden in England: and for putting all other laws relating to the trade of the piantaions in effectual execution.
1676, Mar.  3.  The conceſſions and agreements of the proprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of the province of Weſt-New-Jerſey in America. Sm. N. J. App. 2.
1676, July  1. A deed quintipartite for the diviſion of New-Jerſey.
1676, Aug. 18. Letter from the proprietors of New-Jerſey to Richard Hartſhorne. Sm. N. J. 83.
Proprietor's inſtructorions to James Waſſe and Richard Hartſhorne. Sm. N. J. 83.
1676, Oct. 10. 28. Car. 2. The charter of king Charles II. to his ſubjects of Virginia. M. S.
1676, Cautionary epiſtle from the truſtees of Byllinge's part of New-Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 84.
1677, Sept.  10. Indian deed for the lands between Rankokas creek and Timber creek, in New-Jerſey.
1677, Sept.  17. Indian deed for the lands from Oldman's creek to Timber creek, in New-Jerſey. ​
1677,  Oct. 10. ⁠ Indian deed for the lands from Rankokas creek to Aſſunpink creek, in New-Jerſey.
1678, Dec.   5.  The will of Sir George Carteret, ſole proprietor of Eaſt Jerſey, ordering the ſame to be ſold.
1680, Feb. 16. An order of the king in council for the better encouragement of all his majeſty's ſubjects in their trade to his majeſty's plantations, and for the better information of all his majeſty's loving ſubjects in theſe matters.—Lond. Gaz. No. 1596. Title in American library. 134. 6.
1680, Arguments againſt the cuſtoms demanded in New-Weſt-Jerſey by the governor of New-York, addreſſed to the Duke's commiſſioners. Sm. N. J. 117.
1680,  June 14. 23. 25.
Oct. 16.
Nov. 4. 8. 11. 18.
 20. 23.
Dec. 16.
1680-1, Jan. 15. 22.
Feb. 24.
Extracts of proceedings of the committee of trade and plantations, copies of letters, reports, &c. between the board of trade, Mr. Penn, Lord Baltimore and Sir John Werden, in the behalf of the duke of York and the ſettlement of the Pennſylvania boundaries by the L. C. J. North. Votes of Repr. Pennſyl. vii. — xiii. ​
1681, Mar.   4.     Car. 2.  A grant of Pennſylvania to William Penn. Votes of Repreſen. Pennſyl. xviii.
1681, Apr.  2. The king's declaration to the inhabitants and planters of the province of Pennſylvania. Vo. Repr. Penn. xxiv.
1681, July 11. Certain conditions or conceſſions agreed upon by William Penn, proprietary and governor of Pennſylvania, and thoſe who are the adventurers and purchaſers in the ſame province. Votes of Rep. Pennſyl. xxiv.
1681,  Nov.  9. Fundamental laws of the province of Weſt-New-Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 126.
1681-2, Jan. 14. The methods of the commiſſioners for ſettling and regulation of land in New-Jerſey. S. M. N. J. 130.
1681-2, Feb. 1. 2. Indentures of leaſe and releaſe by the executors of Sir George Carteret to William Penn and 11 others, conveying Eaſt Jerſey.
1682, Mar. 14. The Duke of York's freſh grant of Eaſt New-Jerſey to the 24 proprietors. ​
1682,  Apr. 25. The frame of the government of the province of Pennſylvania, in America. Votes of Repr. Penn. xxvli.
1682, Aug.  21. The Duke of York's deed for Pennſylvania. Vo. Repr. Penn. xxxv.
1682, Aug. 24. The Duke of York's deed of feoffment of Newcaſtle and twelve miles circle to William Penn. Vo. Repr. Penn.
1682, Aug. 24. The Duke of York's deed of feoffment of a tract of land 12 miles ſouth from Newcaſtle to the Whorekills to William Penn. Vo. Repr. Penn. xxxvii.
1682, Nov. 27. 34. Car. 2.  A commiſſion to Thomas Lord Culpeper to be lieutenant and governor-general of Virginia. M. S.
1682, 10th mon. 6th day.  An act of union for annexing and uniting of the counties of Newcaſtle, Jones's and Whorekill's alias Deal, to the province of Pennſylvania, and of naturalization of all foreigners in the province and counties aforeſaid.
1682, Dec.  6.  An act of ſettlement.
1683, Apr.  2. The frame of the government of the province of Pennſylvania and territories thereunto annexed in America. ​
1683,  Apr. 17. 27.  1684,  Feb. 12. 1685,  Mar. 17.
May 30. July  2., 16., 23.  Aug. 18. 26.
June  12. Sept.  30. Sept.   2.
Dec.  9. Oct.  8., 17., 31.
Nov.  7.
Proceedings of the committee of trade and plantations in the diſpute between Lord Baltimore and Mr. Penn. Vo. R. p. xiii — xviii.
1683,  July 17. A commiſſion of the proprietors of Eaſt-New-Jerſey to Robert Barclay to be governor. Sm. N. J. 166.
1683, July 26. 35. Car. 2.  An order of council for iſſuing a quo warranto against the charter of the colony of the Maſſachuſet's bay in New-England; with his majeſty's declaration that in caſe the ſaid corporation of Maſſachuſet's bay ſhall before proſecution had upon the ſame quo warranto make a full ſubmiſſion and entire reſignation to his royal pleaſure, he will then regulate their charter in ſuch a manner as ſhall be for his ſervice and the good of that colony. Title in American library. 139. 6.
1683, Sept.  28. 35. Car. 2. A commiſſion to Lord Howard of Effingham to be lieutenant and governor-general of Virginia. M. S. ​
1684,  May.   3. ⁠ The humble addreſs of the chief governor, council and repreſentatives of the iſland of Nevis, in the Weſt-Indies, preſented to his majeſty by Colonel Nethway and captain Jefferſon, at Windſor, May, 3. 1684. Title in Amer. libr. 142. 3. cites Lond. Gaz. No. 1927.
1684, Aug.  2. A treaty with the Indians at Albany.
1686, Nov. 16. A treaty of neutrality for America between France and England. 7. Corps
Dipl. part 2. p. 44. 2. Mem. Am. 40.
1687, Jan. 20. By the king, a proclamation for the more effectual reducing and ſuppreſſing of pirates and privateers in America, as well on the ſea as on the land in great numbers committing frequent robberies and piracies, which hath occaſioned a great prejudice and obſtruction to trade and commerce, and given a great ſcandal and diſturbance to our government in thoſe parts. Title Am. libr. 147. 2. cites Lond. Gaz. No. 2315. ​
1687,  Feb. 12. ⁠ Conſtitution of the council of proprietors of Weſt Jerſey. Smith's N. Jerſey. 199.
1687, qu. Sept. 27. 4 Jac. 2.  A conformation of the grant of the northern neck of Virginia to Lord Culpeper.
1687, Sept.   5.  Governor Coxe's declaration to the council of proprietors of W. Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 190.
1687, Dec. 16. Proviſional treaty of Whitehall concerning America between France and England. 2. Mem. de l'Am. 89.
1687, Governor Coxe's narrative relating to the diviſion line, directed to the council of proprietors of Weſt-Jerſey. Sm. App. No. 4.
1687, The repreſentation of the council of proprietors of Weſt-Jerſey to governor Burnet. Smith. App. No. 5.
The remonſtrance and petition of the inhabitants of Eaſt-New-Jerſey to the king. Sm. App. No. 8.
The memorial of the proprietors of Eaſt-New-Jerſey to the Lords of trade. Sm. App. No. 9.
1688, Sept.  5. Agreement of the line of partition between Eaſt and Weſt-New-Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 196.

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1691,  ⁠ Conveyance of the government of Weſt-Jerſey and territories by Dr. Coxe, to the Weſt-Jerſey ſociety.
1691, Oct.  7.  A charter Granted by king William and Queen Mary to the inhabitants of the province of Maſſachuſet's bay in New-England. 2. Mem. de l'Am. 593.
1696, Nov.  7.  The frame of government of the Province of Pennſylvania and the territories thereunto belonging, paſſed by governor Markham. Nov. 7, 1696.
1697, Sept.  20. The treaty of peace between France and England, made at Ryſwick. 7. Corps Dipl. part. 2. p. 339. 2. Mem. Am. 89.
1699, July  5. The opinion and anſwer of the Lords of trade to the memorial of the proprietors of Eaſt-New-Jerſey. Sm. App. No. 10.
1700, Jan. 15. The memorials of the proprietors of Eaſt-New-Jerſey to the Lords of trade. Sm. App. No. 11.
The petition of the proprietors of Eaſt and Weſt-New-Jerſey to the Lords juſtices of England. Sm. App. No. 12. ​
1700. W. 3. A confirmation of the boundary between the colonies of New-York and Connecticut, by the crown.
1701,  Aug.  12. ⁠ The memorial of the proprietors of Eaſt and Weſt-Jerſey to the king. Sm. App. No. 14.
1701, Oct.  2.  Reprepeſentation of the Lords of trade to the Lords Juſtices. Sm. App. No. 13.
1701, A treaty with the Indians.
1701-2, Jan.  6. Report of Lords of trade to king William of draughts of a commiſſion and inſtructions for a governor of New-Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 262.
1702, Apr. 15. Surrender from the proprietors of E. and W. N. Jerſey of their pretended right of government to her majeſty Q. Anne. Sm. N. J. 211.
1702, Apr. 17. The Queen's acceptance of the ſurrender of government of Eaſt and Weſt-Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 219.
1702, Nov. 16. Inſtructions to Lord Cornbury. Sm. N. J. 230.
1702, Dec.  5. A commiſſion from Queen Anne to Lord Cornbury, to be captain-general and governor in chief of New-Jerſey. Sm. N. J. 220. ​
1703,  June  27. ⁠ Recognition by the council of proprietors of the true boundary of the deeds of Sept. 10. and Oct. 10, 1677. (New-Jerſey.) Sm. N. J. 96.
1703. Indian deed for the lands above the falls of the Delaware in Weſt-Jerſey.
Indian deed for the lands at the head of Rankokus River in Weſt-Jerſey.
1704, June  18. A proclamation by Queen Anne for ſettling and aſcertaining the current rates of foreign coins in America. Sm. N. J. 281.
1705, May  3.  Additional inſtructions to Lord Cornbury. Sm. N. J. 235.
1707, May  3. Additional inſtructions to Lord Cornbury. Sm. N. J. 258.
1707, Nov. 20. Additional inſtructions to Lord Cornbury. Sm. N. J. 259.
1707, An anſwer by the council of proprietors for the weſtern diviſion of New-Jerſey, to queſtions, propoſed to them by Lord Cornbury. Sm. N. J. 285.
1708-9, Feb. 28. Inſtructions to colonel Vetch in his negociations with the governors of America. Sm. N. J. 364. ​
1708-9, Feb. 28. Inſtructions to the governor of New-Jerſey and New-York. Sm. J. 361.
1710, Anug. ⁠ Earl of Dartmouth's letter to governor Hunter.
1711,  Apr.  22. Premieres propoſitions de la France. 6. Lamberty, 669. 2. Mem. Am. 341.
1711, Oct.  8.  Réponſes de la France aux demandes préliminaries de la Grande-Bretagne. 6. Lamb. 681.2. Mem. Am. 344.
1711 Sept. 27./Oct. 8. Demandes preliminaries plus particulieres de la Grande-Bretagne, avec le réponſes. 2. Mem. de l'Am. 346.
1711, Sept. 27./Oct. 8. L'acceptation de la part de la Grande-Bretagne. 2. Mem. Am. 356.
1711, Dec. 23. The Queen's inſtructions to the Biſhop of Briſtol and Earl of Stafford, her plenipotentiaries, to treat of a general peace. 6. Lamberty, 744. 2. Mem. Am. 358.
1712, May 24./June 10. A memorial of Mr. St. John to the Marquis de Torci, with regard to North America, to commerce, and to the ſuſpenſion of arms. 7. Recuil de Lamberty 161, 2. Mem. de l'Amer. 376. ​
1712,  June  10.  ⁠ Réponſe du roi de France au memoire de Londres, 7. Lamberty, p. 163. 2. Mem. Am. 380.
1712, Aug. 19. Traite pour une ſuſpenſion d'armes entre Louis XIV. roi de France, & Anne, reigne de la Grande-Bretagne, fait à Paris. 8. Corps Diplom. part 1. p. 308. 2. Mem. d'Am. 104.
1712, Sept.  12. Offers of France to England, demands of England, and the anſwers of France. 7. Rec. de Lamb. 491. 2. Mem. Am. 390.
1713, Mar. 31./April 11. Traité de paix & d'amitié entre Louis XIV. roi de France, & Anne, reine de la Grande-Bretagne, fait à Utrecht. 15. Corps Diplomatique de Dumont, 339. id. Latin. 2 actes & memoires de la pais d' Utrecht. 457. id. Lat. Fr. 2 Mem. Am. 113.
1713, Mar. 31./April 11. Traité de navigation & de commerce entre Louis XIV. roi de France, & Anne, reine de la Grande-Bretagne. Fait à Utrecht. 8. Corps. Dipl. part. 1. p. 345. 2. Mem. de l'Am. 137. ​
1726.  A treaty with Indians.
1721, Jan. The petition of the repreſentatives of the province of New-Jerſey, to have a diſtinct governor. Sm. N. J. 421.
1723,     G. 2.  Deed of releaſe by the government of Connecticut to that of New-York.
1732, 17 June 9-20. 5. G. 2. The charter Granted by George II. for Georgia. 4. Mem. de l'Am. 617.
1733. Petition of Lord Fairfax, that a commiſſion might iſſue for running and marking the dividing line between his diſtrict and the province of Virginia.
1733, Nov.  29. Order of the king in council for commiſſioners to ſurvey and ſettle the ſaid dividing line between the proprietary and royal territory.
1726, Aug.  5.  Report of the Lords of trade relating to the ſeparating the government of the province of New-Jerſey from New-York. Sm. N. J. 423. ​
1737,  Aug. 10. ⁠ Survey and report of the commiſſioners appointed on the part of the crown to ſettle the line between the crown and Lord Fairfax.
1737, Aug. 11. Survey and report of the commiſſioners appointed on the part of Lord Fairfax to ſettle the line between the crown and him.
1738, Dec. 21. Order of reference of the ſurveys between the crown and Lord Fairfax to the council for plantation affairs.
1744, June.  Treaty with the Indians of the 6 nations at Lancaſter.
1745, Apr.  6.  Report of the council for plantation affairs, fixing the head ſprings of Rappahannoc and Patowmac, and a commiſſion to extend the line.
1745, Apr. 11. Order of the king in council confirming the ſaid report of the council for plantation affairs.
1748, Apr. 30. Articles preliminaries pour parvenir à la paix, ſignés a Aixla-Chapelle entre les miniſtres de France, de la Grande-Bretagne, & des Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas. 2. Mem. de l'Am. 159. ​
1748,  May 21. ⁠ Declaration des miniſters de France, de la Grande-Bretagne, & des Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas, pour rectifier les articles I. & II. des préliminaires. 2. Mem. Am. 165.
1748, Oct. 7-18. 22. G. 2. The general and definitive treaty of peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle. Lon. Mag. 1748. 503. French. 2. Mem. Am. 169.
1754. A treaty with the Indians.
1758, Aug.  7.  A conference between governor Bernard and Indian nations at Burlington. Sm. N. J. 449.
1758, Oct.  8. A conference between governor Denny, governor Bernard and others, and Indian nations at Eaſton. Sm. N. J. 455.
1758, July  25, 33. G. 2. The capitulation of Niagara.
175— The king's proclamation promiſing lands to ſoldiers.
1763, Feb. 10. 3. G. 3. The definitive treaty concluded at Paris. Lon. Mag. 1763. 149.
1763, Oct.  7.    G. 3. A proclamation for regulating the ceſſions made by the laſt treaty of peace. Guth. Geogr. Gram. 623. ​
1763.  ⁠ The king's proclamation againſt ſettling on any lands on the waters, weſtward of the Allghaney.
1768, Nov.   3.  Deed from the ſix nations of Indians to William Trent and others for lands Betwixt the Ohio and Monongahela. View of the title to Indiana. Phil. Steiner and Ciſt. 1776.
1768, Nov.  5. Deed from the ſix nations of Indians to the crown for certain lands and ſettling a boundary. M. S.
  1. ↑ By the author of theſe notes.
  2. ↑ Mr. Hazard.
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