Journal, October 1760
fo. 1.
At a meeting of his Majesty's Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations.
(fn. 1) Monday, October 27. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Stone,
Mr. Hamilton.
Plantations General.
fo. 2.
Read an Order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 25th instant,
directing this Board to prepare warrants for authorizing the
respective publick Seals in the Plantations, made use of in the
time of his late Majesty, to be made use of, until other Seals
shall be prepared and sent thither, duly authorized by his Majesty;
and to lay the said warrants before his Majesty in Council.
Whereupon the form of a Warrant, agreeable to the above order,
having been prepared, was approved, and fair transcripts made,
directed to the Governors of the following provinces and colonies,
viz., Nova Scotia, Massachusets Bay, New Hampshire, New
York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Barbados and
Jamaica; and a representation to his Majesty in Council, with
the said warrants, was agreed to and signed.
fo. 3.
Wednesday, October 29. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr.
Stone, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.
Plantations General.
Read an Order of his Majesty in Council of the 27th instant,
inclosing the draught of a proclamation, with blanks, for
proclaiming the King in his Majesty's respective Plantations in
America, and directing this Board to prepare as many draughts
properly filled up for the several and respective colonies and
plantations in America as shall be necessary, and present the
same to his Majesty in Council.
fo. 4.
Plantations General.
Whereupon draughts properly filled up were prepared for
proclaiming his Majesty in all the following places in America,
viz.
Hudson's Bay,
Montreal,
Placentia in Newfoundland,
Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia,
New Hampshire,
Massachusets Bay,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Bermudas,
Leeward Islands,
Guadeloupe,
Barbados,
Jamaica,
and the said draughts having been approved, a representation
to his Majesty thereupon, was signed.
and proposing, that two vessels may be
ordered to carry over the said proclamations and other necessary
dispatches for America, was signed.
fo. 5.
The Secretary having acquainted the Board, that notice had
been sent to him by Mr. Pitt's Secretary, that an officer would
be dispatched this day to North America; and that he had
orders to take any dispatches which this Board have ready for
the colonies; it was ordered, that the Secretary do write a Circular
Letter to the several Governors and Commanders in Chief upon
the Continent, acquainting them, that the necessary dispatches
for proclaiming his Majesty in America, etc., etc., are preparing,
and will be ready to be transmitted to them in a few days.
Trade.
Africa.
The Secretary acquainted the Board, that the Committee of
the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, had desired to
know on what day they might attend the Board, having some
matters relative to their settlements upon the Coast of Africa,
to lay before their lordships.
fo. 6.
Ordered, that the Secretary do give them notice to attend on
Tuesday next at eleven o'clock.
Ordered, that the Secretary do write to the Committee of the
Company of Merchants trading to Africa to acquaint them, that
it is their lordships' opinion, that they should give the necessary
directions for proclaiming his Majesty, as soon as possible, and
in the most solemn manner, in all places upon the Coast of Africa
within their jurisdiction.
Thursday, October 30. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Stone
Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.
fo. 7.
Plantations General.
fo. 8.
Read an Order of his Majesty in Council on the 29th instant,
directing this Board to prepare draughts of instructions to the
Governors of the several colonies in America, for an alteration
in the prayers for the Royal Family, conformable to the directions
of his Majesty's Order in Council in that behalf of the 27th
instant.
Whereupon draughts of instructions, conformable to the said
order, were prepared for the Governors and Commanders in
Chief of the following places, viz.
Nova Scotia,
New Hampshire,
Massachusets Bay,
Connecticut,
Rhode Island,
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Bermuda,
Bahamas,
Leeward Islands,
Barbados,
Jamaica,
and the said draughts having been approved, a representation
to his Majesty thereupon was signed.
Friday, October 31. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Stone,
Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.
Plantations General.
fo. 9.
The Secretary having acquainted the Board, that the Secretary
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had informed him,
that one of his Majesty's ships of war now lay ready at Spithead
to depart with the first fair wind for the West Indies, he was
directed to write a Circular Letter to the Governors of Barbados,
Leeward Islands, Guadeloupe and Jamaica, acquainting them
that the necessary dispatches for proclaiming his Majesty in
America, etc., etc., will be ready to be transmitted to them in a
few days.
Read an Order of his Majesty in Council, dated this day,
transmitting to this Board letters from the Privy Council to the
Governors and Commanders in Chief of the British colonies in
America, with orders for proclaiming his Majesty in the said
colonies, and directing the Board to transmit them forthwith
to the said colonies by the two vessels appointed for that purpose.
fo. 10.
Whereupon letters to the several Governors and Commanders
in Chief of the said colonies, accompanying the letters from the
Privy Council, and inclosing proclamations for continuing all
officers in America in their employments till his Majesty's pleasure
is further known, together with his Majesty's warrants for using
the old Seals, and instructions for altering the prayers for the
Royal Family, were prepared, agreed to and signed; and the
Secretary having acquainted their lordships, that the Secretary
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had transmitted
to him letters to the captains of the two ships prepared for carrying
the said orders, containing directions for receiving the same into
their care and custody, he was ordered forthwith to dispatch the
messenger with the said letters and orders to Portsmouth, to be
put on board the said ships, and to transmit the duplicates of
them for the West Indies by the packet, the mail for which is
to be made up at the Post Office tonight, and the duplicates
for the Continent by the first safe conveyance.