A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L.

A.

Abbot, Lieutenant Edward, memorial of, 338.

-, Richard, memorial of, 261.

Abercrombie, Lieutenant Colonel James, lands for, 403, 414.

Acadians, petition of, 215, 219–20.

-, return of, to Nova Scotia, 52, 73–4, 100.

-, settlement of, 395.

-, transport of, 320.

Accomack river, Virginia, 341.

Adair, John, Director of hospitals, lands for, 176, 178.

-, Robert, surgeon to H.M., lands for, 402, 414.

Adams, Conrade, proposed for Barbados Council, 170.

-, James, of Barbados Assembly, 98, 101.

-, John, of Barbados, conviction of, 159, 202.

-, Thomas, letter from, 175.

-, -, memorial of, 183.

Adolphus Frederick, King of Sweden, dominions of, 180.

Adriatic Sea, Europe, 333.

Africa, West:

Committee: secretary. See Poirier.

-, memorials of, 16, 18, 422, 428–9.

-, accounts of, 110, 417.

-, correspondence of Board with, 71, 78, 101–2, 109–10, 113, 121, 141, 278–9, 378.

-, members of, attend Board, 112.

-, -, fail to attend, 428.

-, new committee appointed, 197, 417.

-, Senegal added to their government, 44.

civil establishment, expenses of, 161–2.

Crown rights vested in, 164, 171, 174.

exclusive trade with, 12–4, 27, 153.

-, Moroccan merchants object to, 175, 179–80, 183.

exports to, brandy, 278.

-, rice, 22, 32.

-, wheat, 421–3, 428–9.

-, general goods, 118, 124, 198.

forts on coast, condition of, 33, 101, 110–2, 120, 131, 149–50, 198–200, 202, 231, 279, 335, 359, 361–4.

-, maintenance of, 421–3.

French claims to, 102–4, 110–1, 116, 121, 123, 370, 372.

garrisons on coast, 109–110.

harbours undiscovered in. See Glass.

imports from, gum arabic and senega, 150, 174–5.

natives of, trade with, 228.

-, wars among, 226, 228–31.

negroes, sale of, 22, 101.

Netherlands, disputes with, 199, 279, 361–2, 377.

officials in, 162, 174–5, 198.

ordnance stores for, 198.

Royal African Company, minute book of, 102.

ships engaged in slave trade to, 65.

state of, 141–2.

Ainslie, Mr., East Florida Councillor, resigned, 374.

Alatamaha. See Altamaha.

Albany, New York, 54, 66, 71, 217, 321.

-, barracks at, 375–6, 418.

-, sheriff of, 320.

Albemarle, Earl of. See Keppel.

Albreda, Gambia river, West Africa, 39, 41, 63, 78, 102–4, 278, 370, 372.

Alibamon Indians, 68.

Allanby, Captain William, lands for, 403, 413.

Allegany, Alleghany, mountains, Virginia, 191–2, 09.

Allgeo, David, 114. 3

Alsop, George, Deputy Secretary of Quebec, 312.

Altamaha, Alatamaha, river, Georgia, 13, 96, 129–30, 298–9, 407–8.

Altona, North Germany, trade with, 382, 392–3, 427.

Ambler, Mr., counsel, attends Board, 134–6, 141–2.

Amelia island, East Florida, 46.

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, attends Board, 224, 429.

-, attendance requested, 223.

-, request by, 85.

-, settlements made by, 50.

Amitt river, Louisiana, 208.

Amitt, Mr., of Quebec, petition of, 195.

Annapolis, Maryland, 29, 324, 436.

-, Nova Scotia, 22.

Anne, Queen, Acts passed by, 394, 398.

Anticosti, Anticosta, island, Quebec, 114–5, 259, 434.

Antigua, Leeward Islands, 30.

Governor. See Thomas.

Acts in, 88, 127, 307, 421.

Council, 187, 306, 309, 314, 318, 347, 354, 388.

-, minutes of, 88, 127, 306–7.

-, members. See Bayer, Brebner, Freeman, Martin, Nugent, Styles.

Assembly, minutes of, 88, 307, 314, 416.

illegal trade in, 88.

packet at, 128.

Apalachicola, Apalachy, river, Florida, 13, 46, 68.

Appolonia, Cape, West Africa, Governor, see Trinder; 16, 110–2, 199–200, 202, 279, 359, 361–2, 377–8, 409, 415–6.

Apthorpe, Charles Ward, proposed for New York Council, 82.

Arguin, Senegal, 116, 121 123–4, 130.

Arrigrand, Sieur d', attends Board, 56.

-, memorial of, 94, 98.

Ashantees, tribe in West Africa, 228–231.

Ashburner, Mr., 230.

Ashfield, Mr., New Jersey Councillor, 84.

Athawes, Mr., Virginia merchant, attends Board, 37.

Atherstone, Warwickshire, 170.

Atlantic Ocean, 14.

Atwood, Judge, of Dominica, 439.

Aubry, Monsieur, commandant at New Orleans, 207.

Auchmuty, Robert, Advocate-General in Massachusetts, 205.

-, letter from, 348.

Augusta, Georgia, congress with Indians at, 66–8, 70, 201, 322.

-, fort at, 126.

Virginia, 85.

Aybar, Don Francisco, commandant at S. Fernando de Omoa, 304.

B.

Bacon, Anthony, merchant of London:

-, -, attends Board, 134, 147, 180, 183.

-, -, attendance requested, 175.

-, -, letter from, 48.

-, -, memorials of, 50, 111, 295, 303, 345.

Bacon, Edward, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations:

-, -, attends Board, 2 et passim.

-, -, reappointed, 46.

-, -, instructions for, 19, 153, 161–2, 171.

-, -, recommendation by, 168.

Bagster, Captain John, 334.

Bahama Islands, West Indies, 426:

Governor of. See Shirley.

Acts in, 327–8, 379, 423.

Council, 165, 327–8, 370–1, 423.

-, members. See Bunch, Cox, Gambier, Hutchinson.

Assembly, 327, 423.

agents in, 331–2, 346.

fortifications of, 219, 221, 233.

French threats to, 108, 219, 327.

-, seaman murdered in, 423.

Governor, appointment of, 427.

-, complaints of his conduct, 326.

-, salary for, 261–2, 264–5, 364, 368.

settlements in, 219, 263–4, 266–7. And see Turks' Island.

Spanish vessels in, 312, 327.

state of, 230.

trials in, 327.

Baillon, Mr., of Georgia, 353.

Baird, Captain, 141.

Baker, Sir William, Governor of Hudson's Bay Company; attends Board, 14.

Balfour, Belfour, Henry, lands for, 176, 178.

Baltic Sea, Europe, trade to, 380–1, 383.

Bambara, West Africa, slaves from, 198.

Bance Island, West Africa, 33.

Barbados, West Indies, 124–5, 305, 416.

Governor. See Pinfold, Spry.

Commander in chief. See Rous.

agent. See Estwick.

Acts in, 98, 101, 122, 202–3, 293–4, 326, 330, 394, 396–7, 419.

Council, 122, 159, 169–70, 202, 279, 287, 310–3, 318, 326, 330, 344, 354, 357, 359, 419.

-, minutes of, 122, 159, 220, 326, 344, 419.

-, members. See Clarke, Cobham, Ford, Frere, Moe, Rous, Salter, Walker, Weekes, Worsam.

Assembly, 98, 101, 122, 202, 287, 326, 419.

absentee clergy in, 20–2, 26–7, 122, 202–3, 205, 221–2, 326.

French threats to, 233, 326.

Governor, appointment of, 397.

-, instructions for, 415.

Government, administration of, 326.

lease of island, 293.

Mercury, 287.

negroes, importation of, 122, 202, 326, 419.

-, regulations for their control, 394, 396.

powder in, 122, 202, 419.

Provost marshal in, 293–4.

rape, suits for, 220–2, 224.

Stamp Act reactions in, 279.

vessels cleared in, 122.

vital statistics, 122, 326, 419.

Barbary, North Africa, merchants of, 175, 243, 352.

Barber, Miles, of Liverpool, petition of, 370, 372.

Barbuda island, West Indies, claim to, 231.

Barker, Captain James, lands for, 401, 414.

Barlow, Mr., 230.

Barnard, Rev. Mr., rector of St. Michael's, Barbados, contumacy of, 20–3, 26–7, 122, 202–3, 205, 326.

Barnes, John, Governor of Senegal:

-, letters from, 71, 101–2, 123, 199, 335.

-, letter to, 199.

Bartlett, Mr., 79.

Barton, Benjamin, master of Dependance, 317.

Bartram, Mr., 317, 334.

Bassett, Captain Thomas, lands for, 402, 413.

Bateman, Captain, letters from, 33.

Baye Royale, in Cape Breton Island, 237.

Baye de Puants, Canada, 355.

Bayer, Edward Otto, Antigua Councillor, memorial of, 187, 314, 318.

Bayne, Mr., of Quebec, petition of, 262–3, 276, 350.

Beach, Thomas, Chief Justice of Jamaica, 386, 393.

Beard, Lieutenant, 290.

Beaufain, Hector Berringer, 207.

Beaumont, Monsieur, 72.

Belcher, Jonathan, Lieutenant Governor, Commander in Chief in Nova Scotia:

-, bills drawn by, 154–5, 357.

-, letters from, 28–9, 73, 155, 371–2, 378.

Belfast, Ireland, Sovereign of, 8.

-, merchants of, 169.

Belfour rectius Balfour, q.v.

Bell, Charles, Governor of Cape Coast Castle:

-, attends Board, 362.

-, letter from, 16.

Bennet, Rev. Mr., a missionary, 22, 283.

Bentinck, Honourable J., lands for, 71.

Bentzel, Mr., proposed as Surveyor in New York, 368.

Bergen county, New Jersey, 322.

Berkley, Mr., clerk to Board, 89.

Bermuda, Islands:

Governor. See Bruere, Popple.

Secretary and Provost Marshall. See Tucker.

Attorney-General. See Slater.

agent. See Pigott.

Acts in, 234, 288, 368, 379, 408, 419.

Council, 211, 232, 234, 289, 355.

-, minutes of, 288–90, 313, 368, 419.

-, members. See Hunt, Styles.

Assembly, 211, 233, 289–90, 294, 313, 333, 344, 419.

-, minutes of, 313, 368, 419.

agents in, 418–9.

census of, 288.

coffee, cotton and wine in, 313.

courts in, 290.

Crown Lands, sale of, 145–6, 200–1, 288–9, 368.

devolution of Government in, 288.

emigrants from, 296–7, 300, 343, 360.

fire at, 304.

fortifications of, 289.

French raids on, 344.

Governor appointed in, 33.

-, instructions for, 36, 43, 56–7, 63.

-, salary for, 65, 105, 288–9, 368.

harbours and ports in, 211, 233, 248, 288, 290, 292, 294–5, 313, 333, 336.

Independant Company in, 65, 289.

officials appointed in, 344, 418.

-, salary for, 200–1, 289.

ordnance stores in, 211, 289.

revenue of, 312–3.

Spanish raids on, 344, 368.

-, vessels taken in, 313, 317–8.

Stamp Act reactions in, 313.

trade of, 288.

-, illicit in, 288, 364.

troops, subsistence of in, 419.

vessels loaded in, 418.

Bernard, Francis, Governor of Massachusetts: instructions for, 411, 415.

-, -, letters from, 79, 122, 205–6, 211–2, 214, 235, 249–50, 260–1, 263, 283, 305, 318–9, 329, 340, 348, 352–3, 389, 398–9, 412, 417, 422, 434–5.

-, to, 206, 227–8, 238, 261.

-, -, petition of, 57, 100, 102.

-, -, salary for, 206, 209.

Mr., New England merchant, attends Board, 433.

Bernière, Charles de, memorial of, 175–6.

-, John de, memorial of, 175–6.

Berry, Mr., Chief Justice of North Carolina, deceased, 324.

Beverley, Beverly, Harry, of Virginia, 294.

-, Robert, of Virginia, 426, 428.

Bilboa, Spain, consul for, 242, 245.

Bindoe, Daniel, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 232.

Binny, Jonathan, proposed for Nova Scotia Council, 74.

Birmingham, Warwickshire, 5, 164, 167.

Biscoe, Mr., of African Committee, attends Board, 199.

Bishop, Edward, 326.

-, John, of Georgia, arrest of, 306, 327.

-, Mr., Senegal resident, attends Board, 112.

Bissot, Monsieur, 384.

Blackbourn, Levett, lands for, 64.

Blackbourne, Mr., Liverpool merchant, attends Board, 6.

Blackwell, Jacob, memorial of, 46.

-, lands for, 49.

Blair, John, Deputy Auditor of Virginia, memorial of, 323.

Blanchard, Charles, memorial of, 46.

Boatswain, a half breed, 70.

Boisseau, Monsieur, of Quebec, 195.

Bolingbroke, Viscount. See St. John.

Bollan, William, Advocate General of Massachusetts:

-, attends Board, 407, 409, 415, 430.

-, memorial of, 367, 407, 409, 412.

Bona Adventura (now Bonaventure) point, Quebec, 52, 65, 338.

Bonami, Madame, of St. Vincent's, 420.

Bonn, Germany, 105.

Bonnick, William, appointed Chamber Keeper to Board, 371.

Boone, Thomas, Governor of South Carolina:

-, attends Board, 78, 99, 130, 131.

-, complaints of his conduct, 99–100.

-, conference called by, 66.

-, land grants of, 129–30, 408.

-, leave of absence for, 98.

-, letters from, 68, 70, 94–5.

-, -, to, 79, 97, 148–9.

-, recommendation by, 75.

-, salary for, 244–6, 253, 330.

Bordeaux, Bourdeaux, France, 82.

Boscawen, Hugh, Viscount Falmouth, memorial of, 51.

Bosomworth, Mr., of Georgia, claim of, 53, 93, 99, 406.

-, Mrs., his wife, 406.

Boston, Massachusetts, 79, 178, 206.

Gazette, 284.

riots at, 211, 214, 261, 329, 352, 373, 375, 380, 389.

smuggling at, 348.

Botta, Marshall, letter from, 293.

Boulton, Crab, Director of East India Company, 138, 140.

Bounties on goods. See under Trade.

Bouquet, Colonel, 321, 323.

Bourdeaux. See Bordeaux.

Bourlarderie, Sieur de la, 237, 239–241.

Bowers, Lemuel, 334.

Box, James, Attorney-General of East Florida, letter from, 156.

Bradbury, Jonathan, 79.

-, Silas, Solicitor and Clerk of Reports to Board, 47.

-, -, appointed Deputy Secretary, 89.

-, -, resignation of, 93.

-, -, -, withdrawn, 99.

Bradstreet, Captain Humphrey, petition of, 51, 64.

Bradstreet, Colonel, 221. (fn. 1)

Brahm, William Gerard de, Surveyor General of lands, 106, 155.

-, -, attorneys of, 173–4, 406.

-, -, letters from, 156, 212, 338, 361, 384.

Brandy. See Africa, Trade.

Brazil, South America, trade with, 235, 346.

Brebner, James, Antigua Councillor, appointed Chief Justice of Southern Charibee Islands, 388.

Brereton, Benjamin, 108.

Breton, John le, petition of, 170, 395.

Brew, Mr., of West Africa, 279.

Breymer. See Brymer.

Breynton, Rev. Mr., of Nova Scotia, 274.

Bridgetown, Barbados, 22, 122, 203, 205, 304.

Bridlington, New Jersey, 322.

Briggs, Mr., letter from, 138.

Bristol, Gloucestershire, 11, 377.

-, Merchant's Hall at, 8, 16.

-, merchants' petitions, 290, 421–2, 425, 440.

Broderson, Mr., missionary in America, 152.

Brown, Mr., Lieutenant Governor of Tobago, deceased, 344.

Browne, Edmond, of New Grove, lands for, 49.

-, Montford, Lieutenant Governor of West Florida, 49, 188–9.

-, -, appointed Councillor in West Florida, 197.

-, -, letters from, 192, 213, 386, 397–8, 438.

-, -, letter to, 193.

-, -, quarrel with Governor, 315–6, 360.

-, Thomas, Captain, of New Grove, lands for, 49.

-, Lieutenant William, of New Grove, lands for, 49.

Bruce, James, lands for, 49.

-, letter from, 343.

Brudenell, George, earl of Cardigan, petition of, 5, 31, 34.

Bruere, George James, appointed Governor of Bermuda (1764), 33, 36.

-, attends Board, 63.

-, letters from, 43, 200–1, 211, 288–90, 312–3, 318, 344, 366, 368, 418–9.

-, -, to, 290, 317.

-, memorial of, 65.

-, regulations made by, 233, 248.

-, salary for, 234.

Bruges, Belgium, 2, 29.

Brussels, Belgium, 1–2, 23, 293, 295.

Bruton parish, Virginia, 86, 98.

Brymer, Breymer, Mr., of Quebec, attends Board, 267, 270.

-, petition of, 262–3, 276, 350.

Buccleuch, Duke of. See Scott

Buck, Mr., 230.

Buckland, Mr., H.M. Consul at Nice, 417.

Bulkeley, Richard, lands for, 64.

Bull, William, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina:

-, complaints of his conduct, 301.

-, letters from, 95, 125, 245, 250–2, 302–3, 307–8, 313.

-, -, to, 126, 160–1, 299.

Bullock, Mr., agent for Senegambia, attends Board, 242.

Bunch, Thomas, proposed for Bahama Council, 328, 423.

Burch, Mr., appointed Chief Justice of Bermuda, 368.

Burke, Bingham, lands for, 401, 413.

-, Theobald, lands for, 401, 413.

-, William, letters from, 200, 213, 235.

-, -, letter to, 236.

Burn, Mr., appointed Councillor in South Carolina, 125.

Burnaby, Sir William, letters from, 108, 143.

Burnbury, Captain Matthew, 101.

Burns, Lieutenant George, lands for, 403, 414.

Burroughs, William, of St. Kitts, petition of, 431–2.

Burt, William, Matthew, M.P., lands for, 401, 414.

Burton, Colonel Robert, Lieutenant Governor of Montreal and Three Rivers:

-, -, letter from, 72.

-, -, letters to, 113, 184.

-, Dr., Secretary of S.P.G.:

-, -, letters from, 21–2, 40, 104, 111, 163.

-, letter to, 163.

Butler, Lieutenant Pierce Ponsonby, of 46th Regiment, lands for, 177–8.

-, Mr., Senegal merchant, attends Board, 112.

Byron, Rev. Richard, memorial of, 51.

-, -, lands for, 64.

C.

Cadiz, Spain, 120.

Callender, John, lands for, 401, 414.

Cambrics. See Trade.

Cameron, Ensign, 70.

Campbell, Lieutenant Donald, attends Board, 55.

-, -, memorial of, 57, 286–7, 291, 303–4.

-, Dougall, Clerk of Common Pleas in South Carolina, 307–8.

-, George, Mayor of Liverpool, letters from, 2, 5, 29.

-, Lieutenant George, lands for, 177–8, 401, 414.

-, Captain James, agent for Indians in Quebec, 194.

-, -, lands for, 402, 413.

-, Captain John, petition of, 218–9, 223–4, 365, 371, 376.

-, -, lands for, 403, 414.

-, Captain John, R.N., lands for, 402, 413.

-, Robert, merchant, lands for, 401, 414.

-, Samuel, 334.

-, Lord William, appointed Governor of Nova Scotia (1766), 309.

-, -, instructions for, 310, 332, 345, 353, 371, 393.

-, -, letters from, 355–6.

-, -, petition of, 395.

-, Captain, of West Florida, 207–8.

-, Mr., of Grenada, attends Board, 424–6.

-, -, reprimand to, 426.

Canada, 72, 93.

Canadian merchants' petition, 3–5, 17–8, 134, 167–9, 186, 221.

fur trade in, 14.

Indian lands in, 59–61, 308.

lands granted in, 350, 355, 379, 431.

Roman Catholics in, 171–3, 319.

salt exports to, 24. And see Montreal, Quebec.

Canceau, Canso, Cape Breton, 216, 282, 395.

Canterbury, Kent, Archbishop of, 42.

Cape Breton, Island, off Nova Scotia:

Acadians and Indians in, 215, 282.

collieries in, 97, 100, 347, 373, 391.

description of, 374.

inhabitants' petition, 384, 388.

land grants and settlements in, 7, 49–50, 52–3, 55–6, 62, 69, 94, 98, 237, 239–42, 278, 422, 428.

surveys of, 157, 216, 338, 381, 398.

Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, 16, 33, 40, 101, 109–10, 131, 199, 228–31, 278–9, 361–2, 378, 409.

-, Governor of. See Bell, Mutter, Petrie.

-, fort at, 231.

-, wheat sent to, 421.

Cape Florida, Florida, 212.

Cape Ray, Cap Raye, Newfoundland, 41.

Cape Rouge, West Africa, 161–2, 164, 174.

Caracciolo, Carraciolo, Marquis de, envoy of King of Two Sicilies, memorials of, 84–5, 92, 200.

Cardigan, Earl of. See Brudenell.

Carey, William, of Virginia, estate of, 86.

Cargill, Mr., Grenada councillor, deceased, 197.

Carleton, Guy, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 351.

-, lands for, 402, 413.

-, letters from, 350, 369, 384, 417, 435.

Carolina, currency of, 201.

exchange rates with, 77.

rice exports from, 9, 32.

salt imports to, 9. See also North Carolina, South Carolina.

Carr, Mr., letter from, 230.

-, Sir Robert, 81.

Carraciolo. See Caracciola.

Carter, Charles, of Virginia, 375, 377, 432–3.

Cartier, widow, of Quebec, 114.

Cartwright, George, 81.

Cascapepiack river, Quebec, 184.

Catawba Indians, Carolina, 201–2, 302–3, 324.

Cathcart, John, purser of Diana, attends Board, 36, 160.

-, -, memorial of, 7, 14, 159.

-, Robert, merchant, lands for, 401, 403, 413–4.

Catherlough, Earl of. See Knight.

Cayenne, South America, 170, 233, 326.

Chaleur, Bay of, Quebec, 52, 65, 338.

Chambers, John, New York Councillor, deceased, 57, 82.

Champion, Mr., of African Committee, attends Board, 199.

Champlain, Lake, Quebec, 56, 338–9, 351, 439.

Chanteloup, Sieur Favry de, 56.

Charlebourg, Quebec, 115.

Charles II, King of England, 81.

-, Acts of, to encourage trade, 44.

Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia, 235–6, 349, 351–2.

Charles, Mr., agent for New York, 81.

-, attends Board, 18, 280.

Charles Bay (now S. Carlos Bay), East Florida, 45.

Charles Town, South Carolina, 24, 68, 95, 125, 201, 296, 301–3, 330, 342, 353, 360, 374, 430, 438.

Charlotte Fort, Florida, 68.

Chegotimi. See Chicotimi.

Chehaw Indians, 67, 69–70.

Chenussio Indians, 112–3.

Cherokee Indians, 66–7, 70, 125, 143, 145–7, 153, 190–2, 206, 209, 313, 322, 330, 376, 435, 437.

Chickasaw Indians, 67, 208, 303.

Chicotimi, Chegotimi, Quebec, 391.

China, North West Passage to, 203.

Choctaw, Tchactow, Indians, 67–8, 208, 360.

Christian VII, King of Denmark, 380.

Christie, Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel, lands for, 401, 414.

-, James, of London, lands for, 177–8.

Christopherz, John, 304.

Clare, Viscount. See Nugent.

Clarke, Edward, Jamaica Councillor, 158.

-, Gedney, proposed for Barbados Council, 287.

-, -, letter from, 344.

-, George, New York Councillor, 249, 251.

-, -, letters from, 321–2.

Clements, Thomas, ship's carpenter, 297.

Cleveland, Captain, letter from, 110.

Clifton, Mr., Chief Justice of West Florida, 125, 202.

-, -, complaints of his conduct, 316, 343.

-, Mrs., his wife, petition of, 201–2.

Cobenzl, Count, 1.

Cobham, Richard, proposed for Jamaica Council, 330.

Cook, Diggory, lands for, 71.

-, William, lands for, 64.

Cockburn, Sir James, of Dominica, attends Board, 425–6.

-, John, Chief at Tantumquerry, 229.

Codrington, Sir William, memorial of, 231.

Colden, Alexander, proposed for New York Council, 82.

-, Cadwallader, Lieutenant Governor of New York:

-, -, letters from, 54, 80–2, 185, 204–5, 217–8, 249, 265, 320–3.

-, to, 159, 217, 320.

Colebrook, Sir George, of Dominica, attends Board, 425–6.

Colleton, Sir John, proposed for S. Carolina Council, 97–8.

Collins, John, Deputy Surveyor of Quebec, letters from, 330–1, 339.

-, Robert, of West Florida, 315.

Colombies, Anthony, letter from, 137.

Colquohoun, Patrick, 67.

Colville, Admiral Lord, petition of, 79.

Commenda, Fort, West Africa, 33.

Commissioners of Trade and Plantations. See Miscellanies.

Connecticut, New England:

Governor. See Fitch.

bills of credit in, 432–3.

Charter of, 138.

laws, defective, in, 29.

manufactures in, 364–5.

settlements destroyed by Indians, 29.

trade of, 324.

Connecticut river, New England, 83, 98, 318, 331–2, 363, 375, 392.

Constant, Henry, 82.

Consuls. See Trade.

Conway, Right Honourable Henry Seymour, Secretary of State, 434.

-, instructions from, 213, 235, 256, 265.

-, letters from, 192, et passim.

-, -, to, 194, et passim.

-, office of, 247.

Coodey. See Cuddie.

Cook, Mr., 259.

Cooke, Francis, appointed Councillor in Jamaica, 203, 325.

Cooper, Grey, Secretary of Treasury, letter from, 434.

Corbin, Richard, of Virginia, 294.

Cork, Ireland, 193.

-, mayor of, 8.

-, merchants of, 106, 111, 169.

Corsar, Frederick, proposed for Grenada Council, 232.

Coventry, Warwickshire, 170.

Coweta Indians, 67.

Cowkeeper, the, Indian Sachem, 295.

Cox, Isaac, Bahama Councillor, resigned, 423.

Cramahé, Mr., proposed for Lieutenant Governor of Montreal, 133.

-, attends Board, 182.

-, proposed for Quebec Council, 285.

-, recommendation of, 281.

Cranwell, Mr., clerk to Board, retirement of, 89–90.

Crawley, Edmund, Nova Scotia Councillor, 433.

Creek Indians, 53, 66–70, 95–6, 100, 112, 125–6, 208, 250, 298, 325, 360, 435, 437–8.

Cressener, Mr., correspondence with, 105.

Croghan, George, deputy to Sir William Johnson:

-, attends Board, 66.

-, memorial of, 71.

-, lands for, 178.

Crow Lane harbour, Bermuda, 418.

Crowe, Richard Robert, lands for, 177, 179.

Crowle, William, lands for, 402, 413.

Crown Point, New York, 50, 93, 338.

Cruger, Henry, senior, proposed for New York Council, 249, 415.

Cuba, West Indies, 317.

Cuckow, Mr., clerk to Board, retirement of, 89–90.

Cuddie, Coodey, Arthur, 67.

Cugner, Mr., petition of, 262.

Cugnet, Thomas, agent for French East India Company:

-, memorial of, 115, 384.

Cumberland Bay, ? Nova Scotia, 428.

-, Island, Georgia, 7, 13.

Cumberland, Richard, agent for Nova Scotia, 20.

-, memorials of, 17–8, 32, 60, 261.

-, appointed Solicitor to Board, 175.

-, lands for, 402, 415.

Cunningham, Lieutenant Colonel James, lands for, 401, 414.

-, John, 339.

-, Waddell, of New York, 204–5.

Cussataw, Cusitaw, Indians, 67, 69.

Cutt, Samuel, petition of, 146, 166–7, 194.

Cutting, Mr., 79.

Cutts, Mr., manufacturer, 294.

D.

Dalling, Lieutenant Colonel, 129.

Dalrymple, Colonel, 342.

Dandridge, William, of Virginia, 371, 377.

Daniel, Mr., Searcher of Customs at Montserrat, 128.

Daniel, Port, Quebec, 65.

Danjéac, M., Governor of St. Pierre, correspondence with, 119.

Darby, Captain, of Bristol, attends Board, 11.

-, memorial of, 14.

Darcy, Robert, earl of Holderness, 102.

Dartmouth, earl of. See Legge.

Dartmouth, Devonshire, 40, 52, 65.

Davers, Sir Charles, memorial of, 65.

Davidson, Mungo, 166.

Davis, Chamberlain, proposed as clerk to Board, 112–3, 117, 120.

-, his appointment ratified, 168.

Dawson, Mr., minister at Pensacole, 58, 181, 343.

Deal, Samuel, petition of, 106.

Debat, Joseph, Governor of James Fort, Gambia:

-, -, letters from, 102, 110, 278.

-, -, lands for, 177, 179.

-, Captain Theophilus, lands for, 177, 179.

Debilipougoulachito, Indian, village in Georgia, 68.

Delancey, James, Ex-Lieutenant Governor of New York, 310.

-, Stephen, appointed clerk at Albany, 321.

Denmark, King of. See Christian.

-, herring fishery, 382, 392, 420, 427.

-, Sound Dues of, 380–1, 383.

Deptford, Kent, 371.

Desbarres, Joseph Frederick Wallet, lands for, 64.

Desmenager, Monsieur, Governor of Goree, 312.

Detroit, Michigan, 81, 112, 116, 221, 223–5.

-, river, 221.

Dick, Mr., H.M. Consul at Leghorn, letters from, 256, 285, 287, 293.

Dickson, John, lands for, 402, 414.

Dixcove Fort, West Africa, 33.

Dixon, Mr., Senegal merchant, attends Board, 112.

Dobbs, Arthur, Governor of North Carolina, 130.

-, -, instructions for, 437.

-, -, leave of absence for, 78.

-, -, letters from, 76–7, 80.

-, -, petition of, 45.

-, -, demise of, reported, 185.

-, Edward Brice, North Carolina councillor, 364.

Doble, Mrs., memorial of, 267–9, 339.

Docte, Monsieur, French Catholic, 330.

Dominica, West Indies:

Governor. See Melvill.

Lieutenant Governor. See Scott.

Commander in Chief. See Partridge.

lands disposed of in, 25, 27, 387.

legislation proposed for, 439.

merchants' memorial, 88.

separate government for, 410, 420–2, 425–7, 439–40.

state of, 228.

sugar seized in, 88–9.

Douglas, H., letter from, 46.

-, Captain Stair, lands for, 401, 414.

-, Colonel Stephen, lands for, 49.

-, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart, lands for, 401, 414.

-, Captain William, lands for, 401, 414.

-, Mr., Collector of Customs in Jamaica, 386, 393, 398.

D'Oyeras, Count, 269.

Drayton, Mr., Chief Justice in East Florida, 360.

Dresden, Germany, 434.

Drummond, Adam, memorial of, 50.

-, lands for, 402, 414.

Dublin, Ireland, merchants of, 243.

Duboys, Captain, 229.

Duchesnay, Monsieur, of Quebec, 195.

D'Ullua, Antonio, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, 315.

Dun. See Dunn.

Duncan, James, petition of, 57.

-, Peter, petition of, 102.

Dunk, George, Earl of Halifax, 41:

-, instructions from, 175.

-, letters from, 2, et passim.

-, -, to, 1, et passim.

-, memorial to, 114.

-, letters referred to, 142–3.

Dunn, Dun, Thomas, 195.

-, proposed for Quebec Council, 269.

-, memorial of, 72, 134.

Dunnett, John, Secretary of East Florida, 156, 330.

-, Lieutenant, 70.

Dunning, Mr., Counsel, attends Board, 99, 173, 389.

Dutch West India Company, claims by, 361–2, 377, 409, 415–6. And see Holland.

Duties on goods. See Trade.

Dyson, Jeremiah:

appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations (1764), 46–7.

attends Board, 46, et passim.

re-appointed, 189, 240, 328, 336, 350.

instructions for, 153, 248, 253.

E.

East Florida.

Governor. See Grant.

Chief Justice. See Drayton, Grover, Moultrie.

Commander in Chief. See Ogilvie.

Attorney-General. See Box.

Registrar. See Greening.

Secretary. See Dunnett, Roupell.

Receiver-General of quit rents.

See Yeates.

agent. See Knox.

Council, 218, 354, 374, 382, 433.

-, minutes of, 33.

-, members. See Ainslie, Jollie, Turnbull, Wooldridge.

Assembly, 58.

agent, bills drawn on, 187.

bridges built in, 374.

courts in, 217, 308.

establishment of, 418, 437.

estimated expenditure, 3–4, 17, 19, 39, 45, 48–9, 60–3, 149–50, 154, 157–8, 173, 187, 252, 254–5, 258, 260, 268, 286, 290, 330, 332, 353, 357–8, 374, 377, 399–400, 418, 434, 441.

forts in, 374.

Greek settlers proposed for, 379.

immigrants from Bermuda, 296–7, 300, 343.

Indians in, 45, 252, 268, 295–7, 317, 343, 347, 385, 399, 437–8.

land grants and settlements in, 46, 48–9, 98, 103–4, 176–7, 179, 217–8, 224–5, 272–3, 296–7, 311, 318, 333–4, 336, 358–9, 374, 383, 407–11, 418, 421, 423, 427–8, 431, 437–8.

manufactures in, 360.

map of, 143.

mines in, 297.

ministers of religion in, 163, 266.

officials in, 62–3, 156, 213, 217–8, 254, 262, 292, 297, 330, 360, 385, 418, 437.

pilots in, 252, 296–7, 317.

ports and harbours in, 296.

quit rents in, 53–4, 418, 437.

repairs in, 297.

silk and cotton in, 379, 381.

survey of, 156, 334.

trade, illicit, in, 317.

vessels cleared in, 252, 296–7, 317, 343, 353, 385, 418.

woodlands in, 296.

wrecked ships off, 343.

East India Company, Directors attend Board, 138.

-, attendance of, requested, 133.

-, letter from, 140.

-, exports of, 181, 351.

Edinburgh, Edingburgh, Scotland, Lord Provost of, 382, 393, 420, 427.

Edmeston, Lieutenant Robert, lands for, 176, 178.

-, Captain William, lands for, 176, 178.

Eglington, Earl of. See Montgomerie.

Egmont, Earl of. See Percival.

Egremont, Earl of. See Wyndham.

Egremont, district, Massachusetts, 340.

Elbe river, Germany, 270–1.

Elgibity Moors, West Africa, 198.

Elibank, Lord. See Murray.

Eliot, Elliot, Andrew, proposed for New York Council, 320–1.

-, Edward, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations:

-, -, attends Board, 1, et passim.

-, -, reappointed, 46, 189, 240, 328, 336, 350.

-, -, instructions for, 153.

-, -, recommendations by, 120, 168.

-, John, appointed Governor of West Florida (1767), 376–7.

-, -, instructions for, 415.

Elizabeth, Queen of England, grant by, 102.

Elizabeth river, Virginia, 292, 294.

Elletson, Roger Hope, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, 400.

-, -, letters from, 330, 343–4, 348, 386–7, 434.

Ellick, Captain, 70.

Elliot. See Eliot.

Ellis, Henry, of Quebec, 281, 312.

-, John, ex-Governor of Georgia and Nova Scotia, 7.

-, John (another), agent for West Florida, 213, 316.

-, -, attends Board, 7, 12, 144, 304.

-, John (another), of Jamaica, 232.

Ellison, Mr., 230.

Elmina, West Africa, 279, 362.

Elsinore, Elsingoer, Denmark, 380–1, 383.

Elton, Mr., of Bristol, attends Board, 11.

Elwin, Mr., private secretary to Governor Tryon, attends Board, 429.

Erie, Lake, Canada, 81, 338.

Esquimaux Indians, Newfoundland and Labrador, 111, 119, 165, 262, 264.

Estwick, Mr., assistant agent for Barbados, 313.

Europe, Protestant settlers from, 404.

Evans, Captain, 321.

Ewer, Mr., African merchant, attends Board, 123.

Exeter, Devonshire, merchants of, 8.

Exuma Island, Bahamas, 219.

Eyre, Mr. Counsel, attends Board for Mr. Touchet, 12.

-, -, for Mr. Mure, 92, 94, 129.

-, -, for Jamaica merchants, 130, 134–7.

-, -, for Mr. Hall, 158.

-, attendance requested, 157.

F.

Faden, William, lands for, 411.

Fairchild, Henry, assistant Surveyor in East Florida, 187.

Fairfax, George William, proposed for Virginia Council, 263, 382.

Falmouth, Viscount. See Boscawen.

Fanning, James, lands for, 177, 179.

-, Matthew, lands for, 179.

-, Silvester, lands for, 179.

Fantees, tribe in West Africa, 228–9.

Farmar, Major, of West Florida, 207–8.

Fauquier, Francis, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, leave of absence for, 220, 223, 227.

-, letters from, 29, 85–6, 107, 147–8, 190–2, 206–7, 238, 246–7, 250, 308–10, 322–3, 341, 345, 352–3, 369–70, 376, 412–3, 418.

-, -, to, 86, 148–9, 207, 209, 228, 308.

Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies, 84–5, 203.

Fermer, Major, 303.

Ferryland, Newfoundland, 166.

Finlay, Hugh, Postmaster at Quebec:

-, appointed to Quebec Council, 197.

-, lands for, 401, 414.

Firby, John, schoolmaster at Pensacola, 163.

-, memorial of, 165–6.

Fish, Mr., memorial of, 217–8, 224–5, 228, 231, 240, 373.

Fisher, John, lands for, 64.

Fitch, Ephraim, of Massachusetts, 340.

-, Thomas, Governor of Connecticut, letters from, 29, 324, 364–5.

Fitzherbert, William, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations (1765), 189:

-, attends Board, 189, et passim.

-, reappointed, 240, 328, 336–7, 350.

-, instructions for, 266.

-, lands for, 401, 414.

Fitzroy, Augustus, Duke of Grafton, 276.

-, letters from, 214, 236, 247, 255.

-, -, to, 248, 251, 253, 293.

Flanders, salt exports to, 2, 30, 32–4.

-, copperas, oil and vitriol trade, 293–5.

Flax. See Trade.

Florence, Tuscany, 234.

Florida, Cape, 156, 212.

Keys of, 317.

Protestant settlers to, 1.

Royal Artillery in, 68.

state of, 45. And see East Florida, West Florida.

Fludyer, Sir Samuel, baronet, 50, 52, 55, 62.

-, Sir Thomas, knight, 50.

Fontaine, Fontain, Sieur de la, of Quebec:

petition of, 1–2, 72, 113–4.

Mademoiselle Manor la, 114.

Forbes, Reverend David, lands for, 401, 413.

-, Reverend Mr., minister at St. Augustine's, 42–3, 291.

Ford, Francis, proposed for Barbados Council, 354.

-, Gilbert, Attorney-General of Jamaica: correspondence with, 86–7.

-, -, demise of, reported, 434.

Fordyce, Alexander, lands for, 401, 414.

Forges St. Maurice, Quebec, 134.

Forrest, James, and John, petition of, 395.

Forsey, Thomas, of New York, 204–5.

Fort Bute, West Florida, 325.

Fort Charlotte, South Carolina, 303.

Fort Hunter, New York, 71.

Fort Johnstone, North Carolina, 341.

Fort l'Assumption, South Carolina, 303.

Fort Louis, Lewis, Senegal, 26, 110, 198.

Fort Prince George, South Carolina, 70.

Foucher, Sieur, of Quebec, 56–7.

Fox-Strangeways, Stephen, Earl of Ilchester, memorials of, 98, 156, 218–20, 223–4.

France, and the French. King of. See Louis.

Acadians invited to settle in, 215.

African rivalry with, 26, 39, 63, 102–4, 110–2, 116, 123, 229, 278, 312, 330, 370, 372.

captures of, 303.

duties levied by, 329.

Indians, intrigues with, 81, 113, 115, 274.

land grants by French Crown, 56, 64, 438.

laws of, 424–5.

murders of French captain, 423.

navigation of Seas, proposal by, to regulate, 142.

negro trade with, 16, 22, 295.

Newfoundland fishing rivalry, 26–8, 30–1, 35, 37, 40–3, 45, 119, 123, 164–7, 191–3, 349.

North America, annexed inhabitants in, 68, 134, 137, 215, 334, 379.

priests of, Catholic, 274.

Protestant emigres, 1–2, 106, 125, 170, 172, 187–9, 213, 302, 316, 397.

ships of, 343, 347, 435.

silks from, 233–4.

trade, illicit, with, 346.

treaties with, 138–9, 151–2, 174, 183, 440.

West Indies, annexed inhabitants, 11, 111, 327, 420, 424–6.

-, attacked by French, 108, 170, 219, 233, 326–7.

wines of, seized, 79.

Francklin, Franklin, Benjamen, Deputy Post Master General in North America, 29.

-, Michael, memorial of, 6.

-, -, lands for, 64.

-, -, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, 355–6.

-, -, letters from, 339–40, 347–8, 356–7, 362–3, 435.

-, William, Governor of New Jersey:

-, -, letters from, 83–4, 248, 250, 322, 341, 367.

-, -, to, 84, 231, 234, 238.

-, Mr., merchant, attends Board, 147, 183.

Fraser, Archibald, Campbell, H.M. Consul at Tripoli, 417.

-, Lieutenant Malcolm, petition of, 184, 280.

-, Colonel Simon, lands for, 403, 414.

-, William, Secretary to Duke of Grafton, letters from, 270, 293, 376.

Freeman, Arthur, Antigua Councillor, suspended, 306–7, 309.

-, reinstated, 347, 350.

-, letter to, 387.

Fremantle, John, letters from, 146, 150.

French East India Company, 115.

Governor General of Canada, 308.

Leeward Islands. See Martinique, St. Domingo.

Frere, John, Barbados Councillor, deceased, 279, 287.

Frith, Neighbour, of East Florida, 334.

Frost, Captain, Commander of Friendship, 161.

Frudenberg, Charles de, petition of, 428, 430–1.

Fuller, Stephen, of Jamaica, 23.

-, attends Board, 28.

-, appointed agent for Jamaica, 163.

G.

Gage, Major General, 213, 218–220.

-, appointed Commander-inChief in North America, 213.

-, letters from, 45, 68, 84, 112, 126, 201, 215, 298, 430, 437.

-, -, to, 201, 208, 213, 437.

Galan, West Africa, 330.

Galiot, Captain, 165.

Galphin, George, 67, 70.

Gambia, West Africa, 16, 39–40, 110–1, 142, 149–50, 152, 174, 370.

-, establishment at, 162, 198–9, 278.

-, river, 33, 39, 41, 63, 102–4, 110, 112, 116, 131.

Gambier, Samuel, Bahamas Councillor, 165.

Garth, Charles, agent for South Carolina: attends Board, 21, 99–100, 120, 389.

-, memorial of, 245, 355.

Gascoyne, Bamber, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations:

-, attends Board, 1, et passim.

-, -, reappointed, 46.

-, -, instructions for, 153.

-, -, recommendations by, 107, 117, 168.

Gaspard, Captain, commander of Negrillon, 345.

Gaspé, Gaspey, Bay, Quebec, 6, 52, 55, 65, 335, 338.

Gauld, George, 343.

Genoa, Italy, 234.

George II, Acts of, to encourage trade, 44.

Georgia, Governor. See Wright.

Surveyor General. See Yonge.

agent. See Knox.

Acts in, 97–8, 126, 299, 301, 316, 354–5, 359, 366, 372, 385, 388–391, 409–10, 416, 439–40.

Council, 97–8, 126, 269, 300, 316.

-, minutes of, 96, 126, 252, 299–300, 316, 342, 353, 438.

-, members. See Read, Wereat.

Assembly, 96, 300, 316, 343, 412, 439.

customs in, 96.

estimated expenditure, 3–4, 17, 19, 49, 60–3, 97, 100, 121, 149–50, 154, 157, 173, 187, 191–2, 252–4, 258, 260, 286, 290, 298, 322, 357–8, 374, 377, 400, 434, 437, 441.

gunpowder in, 440.

immigrants in, 300.

Indian lands in, 53, 95–7.

-, murders by, 96–7, 250, 437.

-, trade with, 126–7, 298, 300, 343.

islands granted in, 7, 93–4, 99–101, 406.

land grants and settlements, 13–4, 103–4, 126, 176, 179, 252, 298–9, 353–4, 367, 385, 388–9, 407–10, 412, 428, 430.

manufactures in, 360.

official salaries in, 61, 63, 105–6, 118, 120.

paper currency in, 11, 15, 18, 21.

pilots in, 75–6.

Provost marshall in, 306.

public papers lost in, 437.

quit rents in, 97, 298.

rice exported from, 22, 32.

salt imports to, 9.

schooner for, 38.

silk culture in, 96, 121, 126–7, 129, 250, 254, 256–7, 292, 299, 343, 353, 380, 437.

small pox in, 126.

Spaniards in, 299, 306.

Stamp Act riots in, 250, 252, 301.

state of, 437.

Surveyor General in, 388–9.

tour of Governor through, 416.

trade in, 96, 366.

vessels cleared in, 96, 126–7, 299–301, 343, 353, 385, 412, 437.

Gerish. See Gerrish.

German gold in Virginia, 323.

Germany, Protestant settlers from, 3, 80, 302.

Gerrish, Gerish, Benjamin, Ex-Commissary of Indian Commerce in Nova Scotia, 55.

-, attends Board, 36, 258.

-, accounts of, 283, 358–9.

-, appointed Councillor in Nova Scotia, 433.

Ghent, Belgium, 2.

Gibraltar, Spain, 243.

Gilbert, Ephraim, and John, 295–6.

Gildart, Frances, letter from, 16.

Girton, Mr., iron manufacturer, attends Board, 16.

Gladwin, Lieutenant Colonel Henry, lands for, 401, 414.

Glas. See Glass.

Glasgow, Scotland, merchants' petition, 6, 8, 170.

Provost of, 8.

Glass, Glas, George, attends Board, 50, 59, 76.

-, attendance requested, 109.

-, complaints of his proceedings, 175, 183.

-, concession to, 134.

-, imprisonment by Spaniards, 147.

-, memorial of, 53, 100, 111, 153.

Glegg, John, memorial of, 106.

Gmelin, Georg Adam, lands for, 64.

Godfrey, Mr., Leghorn merchant, 287.

Goffe, Francis, master of Augustin Packet, 156.

Gold Coast, Africa, hostilities on, 228–231.

Goldfrapp, Goldfrap, James, DeputySecretary of Quebec, 194, 281.

-, -, proposed for Quebec Council, 73–5.

-, -, letter from, 339.

Goodricke, Sir John, 174.

Goodson, William, chief at Whydah, 101, 229, 279.

Gordon, Lord Adam, attends Board, 383.

-, Alexander, proposed for Montserrat Council, 232.

-, Henry, memorial of, 46.

-, John, of South Carolina, petitions of, 24–5, 217–8, 224–5, 228, 231, 240, 333, 336, 373.

-, John (another), of Nova Scotia, lands for, 402, 413.

-, Peter, Grenada Councillor, 315, 318.

-, Peter (another), of New Jersey, 84.

-, -, lands for, 402, 413.

-, Lieutenant Colonel Robert, lands for, 401, 414.

-, Mr., H.M. Minister at Brussels, letter from, 293.

Gore, Francis, acting Governor at Grenada, letter from, 327.

Goree, Senegal, 102, 109, 116, 312.

Gorham, Joseph, attends Board, 74.

-, lands for, 64.

-, proposed for Nova Scotia Council, 268–9.

-, recommended as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, 355.

Graeme, Captain Thomas, lands for, 177–8. And see Graham.

Grafton, Duke of. See Fitzroy.

Graham, Graeme, General, attends Board, 431.

-, -, attendance requested, 430.

-, Lieutenant Colonel Gordon, lands for, 401, 414.

-, Mr., Counsel, attends Board, 173.

-, Mr., Georgia Councillor, 7.

Grand Menan. See Manan.

Grand River, Baye du Chaleur, 338.

Grant, Sir Alexander, memorial of, 17–18, 24.

-, Alexander, Nova Scotia Councillor, 145–6, 268, 283.

-, George, surgeon at Senegal, 198–9.

-, James, Governor of East Florida, 46, 218.

-, -, attends Board, 62.

-, -, instructions for, 48.

-, -, letters from, 127, 252, 295–8, 317–8, 330, 343, 347, 353, 360–1, 374, 385, 399, 418, 437–8.

-, -, -, to, 127, 130–1, 148–9, 163, 297–8, 304, 308.

-, Robert, Canadian merchant, 24.

-, William, Canadian merchant, 24, 114.

Granville, Earl, lands of, in North Carolina, 324.

Graves, Thomas, Governor of Newfoundland, 41–2.

-, commander of Edgar, 130.

Gray, Sir James, H.M. Minister at Neapolitan Court, 85, 92.

-, John, letters from, 72, 115, 161.

-, -, memorial of, 134, 195.

Great Warrior, Cherokee Sachem, 67, 70.

Greeks, introduction as settlers, proposed, 379.

Green, Benjamin, letter from, 304.

-, President of Nova Scotia Council, 339.

-, Mr., clerk to Board, retirement of, 89–90.

-, -, memorial of, 117.

Greening, William, Registrar of East Florida, 156.

-, Naval Officer in East Florida, 213, 330.

Greenland, trade to, 44.

Greg, Mr., payments to, 125, 302.

Gregg, Mr., South Carolina merchant, attends Board, 24.

-, letters from, 23, 25.

Gregson, Mr., Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, 22–3.

Grenada, Southern Charibee Islands, West Indies:

Governor. See Melvill.

Lieutenant Governor. See Gore, Higginson, Scott.

Chief Justice. See Brebner.

agent. See Maitland.

Acts in, 378, 382, 387, 421, 429, 439.

Council, 36–8, 42, 197, 232, 234, 314–5, 318, 424–5.

-, members. See Cargill, Corsar, Gordon, Harvey, Horne, Lindow, Malcolm, Nugent.

Assembly proposed for, 226–8, 230, 233, 256–7, 260, 263, 265, 314–5, 424.

barracks at, 327.

courts in, 314, 327, 424–5.

Customs House lists in, 387.

defense of, 12–13, 48.

devolution of Government, 410, 420–2, 424–7, 430, 440.

escheatage of lands in, 11.

estimated expenditure, 3.

French inhabitants in, 11, 237.

Governor's leave of absence, 410, 419–20.

Government, administration of, 327.

imports and exports, 128–9.

lands, disposal of, 23, 25, 27, 37, 201, 314–5, 327–8, 387, 419–20, 422.

officials appointed in, 388.

-, demise of, 344.

revenues of, 128–9.

Roman Catholics in, 425.

seal for, 38, 41.

sickness in, 327.

slaves, runaway (maroons) in, 327, 351, 387.

state of, 88, 159, 315.

sugars seized in, 88.

trade, illicit, in, 128, 426.

Grenadines islands, West Indies, assembly for, 314.

disposal of, 25, 27.

seal for, 41.

Grenville, Mr., First Commissioner of Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 89.

Grey, Mr., attends Board, 267, 270.

Gridley, Colonel Richard, petition of, 6, 134.

-, Samuel, his son, 6.

Grossle, Mr., 228.

Grove, Captain Leslie, of West Florida, 316.

Grover, William, Chief Justice of East Florida, memorial of, 262, 292.

-, demise of, reported, 360.

Gruchy, Philip de, petition of, 395.

Gueder (Port Hillsborough), West Africa, 134, 183.

Guerard, Mr., South Carolina Councillor, deceased, 95.

Guerchy, Count de, French Ambassador, memorials of, 40, 237, 239–41.

Gum. See Trade.

Gum Coast, West Africa, 131.

H.

Hagen, George, lands for, 64.

-, Godheard, attends Board, 352.

Hague, the, Netherlands, 80.

Haldane, David, lands for, 177–8.

Halifax, Earl of. See Dunk.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 154, 267, 282, 339.

-, money of, 194.

Hall, Jasper, lawsuit of, 134–6, 157–8.

Hallowell, Benjamin, memorial of, 6, 64.

Hamburgh, Hamburg, Germany, trade with, 1, 33–4, 270–1, 382, 392, 440–1.

-, Company, Directors attend Board, 441.

Hamilton, Captain Archibald, lands for, 177–8.

-, John, M.P. of Bergany, 176, 179.

-, Major Otho, petition of, 388, 390, 392.

-, Captain, Commander of H.M.S Zephyr, 264.

Hampton, Virginia, 107, 341.

Hanney, Hannay, Samuel, London merchant, 71.

-, -, lands for, 177, 179.

-, Mr., Provost Marshall of West Florida, 254, 309.

Hansen, Mr., agent for Mr. Renslaer, 22.

Hanson, Peter, 317.

Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, 166.

Hardy, Sir Charles, Ex-Governor of New York, attends Board, 56.

Harris, Rev. Thomas, of Barbados; conviction of, 220–2, 224.

Harrison, Nathaniel, of Virginia, 294.

Hart, Rev. Mr., minister at Mobile, 42, 58.

-, attends Board, 43.

Harven, Hans, of Unites Fratrum, attends Board, 111.

-, his interview with the Indians, 119.

Harvey, John, Councillor in Grenada, 315, 318.

Hasell, Mr., Chief Justice in North Carolina, 324.

Hasenclever, Francis Caspar, 3.

-, Peter, 3.

Haughton, Samuel Williams, proposed for Jamaica Council, 386–7.

Haultain, Holtain, Theodore, lands for, 402, 413.

Haven, Mr., appointed missionary in America, 152.

Hawke, Sir Edward, attends Board, 411.

-, memorial of, 408–9, 415.

Hawker, Captain, 81.

Hawks, John, Comptroller at Port Beaufort, 436.

Hawksworth, Enoch, schoolmaster in Florida, 125, 127.

-, attends Board, 111.

Hay, Alexander, lands for, 64.

-, Thomas, earl of Kinnoul, letter from, 235.

-, Mr., H.M. Minister at Lisbon, letter from, 269.

-, Mr., Chief Justice of Quebec, attends Board, 284.

Hayter, Lieutenant John, lands for, 401, 413.

Henniker, John, petition of, 51, 64.

Henvill, Robert, proposed for St. Kitts Council, 368, 374.

Herbert, Hon. Nicholas, petition of, 162.

Herrings. See Trade.

Hertford, Earl of. See Seymour.

Higgins, Captain David, lands for, 403, 414.

Higginson, Mr., Lieutenant Governor of St. Vincent, deceased, 314, 327.

Hill, Baker, attends Board, 431.

-, -, petition of, 428.

-, Mr., appointed missionary in America, 152.

Hillsborough, Earl of. See Wills.

Hinchliff, Mr., silk mercer, attends Board, 229–30.

Hinshelwood, Mr., of Nova Scotia, 155.

Hinson, Cornelius, Bermuda Councillor, correspondence with, 296.

Hippisley, Mr., of West Africa, letters from, 228, 362–3.

Hoboy Thlacco, 'the handsome fellow,' Indian Sachem, 70.

Hocquart, Monsieur, 133.

Hodgson, William, lands for, 411.

Holderness, Earl of. See Darcy.

Holding, Henry, New York merchant, petition of, 92.

Holdsworth, Arthur, letter from, 29–30.

Holland and the Dutch, 80.

African intrigues of, 199, 279, 361–2, 409.

Protestant settlers from, 3.

rumours in, 1–2.

vessels of, 435.

Holland, Captain Samuel, Surveyor General of Northern Districts of North America, 41, 115.

-, attorneys of, 173–4, 406.

-, lands for, 64, 402, 413.

-, letters from, 37, 39, 112, 150, 185, 277–8, 338, 374, 434.

-, to, 183, 398.

-, memorials of, 6, 60.

-, surveys of, 336, 381, 403.

Holland, Lord, 98, 156, 223–4.

Holtain. See Haultain.

Honduras, Bay of, Central America, 271.

Hooker, W., 71.

Hopkins, Stephen, Governor of Rhode Island, letter from, 77.

Horn Island, Mississippi, 208.

Horne, Edward, Grenada Councillor, deceased, 315.

-, Valentine Morris, proposed for Grenada Council, 232.

Horsey, Hannah, of Nova Scotia, petition of, 428.

Horsmanden, Mr., Chief Justice of New York, 204.

Hotham, Mr., Counsel, attends Board, 135–6.

Houston, Mr., Stamp Distributor in North Carolina, 324.

How, Colonel, petition of, 100, 258.

-, Mrs., his widow, her petition, 154, 157.

Howard, John, surveyor, memorial of, 381–2.

-, Mr., Lord Egremont's agent, attends Board, 18.

Howe, Hon. William, petition of, 50, 62.

Hubard, James, of Virginia, 389–90.

Huck, Richard, M.D., lands for, 401, 414.

Hudson's Bay Company, Governor of, See Baker.

-, Governors attend Board, 14.

-, their attendance requested, 10.

Hudson river, New York, 55.

Hughes, Mr., Commissioner of dockyard at Portsmouth, 324.

Hume, David, Secretary to General Conway, letter from, 434.

Hunt, Miller Hill, lands for, 411.

-, Mr., Bermuda Councillor, letter from, 355.

Hunter, James, lands for, 401, 413.

-, William, lands for, 401, 413.

Huron Indians, 112–3.

Hutchinson, Thomas, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, letter from, 45.

-, William, proposed for Bahamas Council, 370.

Hutton, William, Secretary to society of Unitas Fratrum, attends Board, 152, 168.

Huydecooper, Mr., 279.

I.

Iberville, Point and River, Louisiana, 207–9, 325.

Ilchester, Earl of. See Fox-Strangeways.

Illinois territory, North America, 68, 116, 271, 334, 336.

Inagua island, Bahamas, 219, 263.

Indians:

affairs of, 4, 32, 98, 133, 149, 162, 191, 221, 258, 271, 300–4, 325, 331, 343, 347, 353, 374, 379, 385, 420–1, 430, 440.

boundaries of, 302, 313, 330, 369, 376, 437, 441.

catholic priests for, 319.

complaints by, 5, 71.

Congresses with, 66–8, 119, 192–4, 201, 209, 252, 268, 295–6, 319, 322, 338, 438.

depredations by, 360.

disposition of, 317, 334, 343, 346–7, 440–1.

forts built among, 374.

French intrigues with, 113, 115, 215.

lands acquired from, 95–6, 106, 308, 320–1, 394, 396–7.

-, reserved for, 59–60.

migrations of, 342.

military expeditions against, 70, 80, 83, 85, 96–7, 322–3, 345, 352.

missionaries for, 74, 104, 111, 262.

murders committed by, 67, 69, 96–7, 301, 430, 435, 437–8.

-, of, 190, 192, 206, 209, 250, 367, 412.

peace with, 96, 113, 252, 363, 438.

presents for, 7–8, 12, 34–5, 43–4, 47–8, 68, 74, 143, 213, 252, 268, 282, 295–7, 304, 316, 339–40, 357, 386, 399.

settlements plundered or destroyed by, 29, 435.

survey of their lands, 201–2, 302–3.

trade with, 73, 106, 125–7, 144–5, 191, 215, 259, 274, 298, 303, 308, 321, 330, 350, 375, 435, 438, 440.

treachery of, 66.

truce with, 81, 112.

visits of, to England, 142, 145–7, 153, 155–9, 161, 321–2, 328, 331.

wars among tribes, 68.

Indians named: Alibamon; Catawba; Chehaw; Chenussio; Cherokee; Chickasaw; Choctaw; Coweta; Creek; Cussetaw; Esquimaux; Huron; Mickmack; Mohawk; Ottawa; Passamaquoddy; Penobscot; Seneca; Six Nations (Iroquois); Stockbridge; Tallepussee; Tuskarora; Wapinger; Wolfe.

Innes, Peter, Captain, lands for, 401, 414.

Ipswich, Suffolk, 30.

Iredell, Tredell, Thomas, proposed for Jamaica Council, 223, 232.

Ireland, merchants of, 383.

lumber exports to, 162, 169.

settlers from, 252.

silk exports to, 133, 141.

sugar imports, 243–4, 251–3.

Iron. See Trade.

Irving, Paulus Emilius, President of Quebec Council, 329.

-, Commander-in-Chief in Quebec, 339.

Irwin, Anthony, 128.

-, Major General, 243.

Isbister, Joseph, 114, 264.

Italy, merchants of, 349.

-, silk from, 133, 138, 229–30, 233–6, 241.

-, trade with, 290, 351–2.

J.

Jackson, John, lands for, 411.

-, Richard, agent for Massachusetts, 331.

-, -, attends Board, 58, 63, 134–6, 141–2.

-, -, lands for, 64.

Jaffrey, George, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 232.

Jamaica, West Indies, 237.

Governor. See Lyttleton, Trelawney.

Lieutenant Governor. See Elletson, Moore.

Chief Justice. See Beach.

Attorney General. See Ford.

Collector of Customs. See Douglas.

agent. See Fuller, Pickering, Stanhope.

Acts in, 87–8, 129–30, 134–6, 141–3, 146, 157–9, 220, 232, 234, 310, 325, 387–8, 415, 433–5, 441.

Council, 86, 92–4, 100, 158, 184, 203, 220, 223, 232, 234, 277, 286, 295, 348, 355, 386–7, 393, 434.

-, minutes of, 87, 326, 387.

-, members. See Clarke, Cooke, Ford, Haughton, Iredell, Kennion, Long, Moore, Sinclair, Witter.

Assembly, 86–8, 93, 153, 158, 163, 184, 220, 236, 277, 286, 295, 311, 318, 325–6, 330, 343–4, 348, 386–7.

-, minutes of, 87, 326, 387.

absentee planters' petition, 11–3, 20, 23, 25–6, 28, 30, 32, 35.

chart of, 225.

Court of Chancery in, 153.

defense of, 93.

duties in, 93, 325.

garrison at, 129, 135, 348.

Governor, appointment of, 398.

-, instructions for, 415.

-, leave of absence for, 312.

Journal of, 184.

Lieutenant Governor, salary for, 30.

logwood in, 271.

Mosquito Coast settlements, q.v.

murder trials in, 86–7.

negroes in, 134–6, 141–3, 146, 157–9, 325.

officers suspended in, 386, 393, 398, 400, 406.

officers' fees in, 162–3, 173.

-, deaths in, 434.

ships of war in, 108.

soldiers' subsistence in, 135.

Spanish ships in, 52–3, 129.

Stamp Act reactions in, 325.

trade, illicit, in, 87.

vessels cleared in, 88, 326, 439.

James fort, Gambia, 16, 33, 39–40, 102, 116, 198–9, 278, 370.

-, Governor of. See Debat.

James river, Virginia, 107, 341.

Jay, Sir James, attends Board, 103.

Jenkinson, Charles, Secretary to Lords of the Treasury, letters from, 3–4, 9–10, 13, 18–9, 41, 60, 149, 161–2, 185.

-, -, letters to, 118, 144, 169, 175.

Jennings, David, lands for, 411.

Jenyns, Soame, Commissioner of Trade and Plantations: attends Board, 1, et passim.

-, reappointed, 46, 189, 240, 328, 336, 350.

-, instructions for, 153.

-, intimation by, 430.

Johnson, Sir John, son of Sir William, attends Board, 396.

-, -, attendance requested, 395.

-, Sir William, agent for Indian affairs, 178.

-, -, gift to, 321.

-, -, letters from, 65–6, 70, 83, 113, 149, 271, 273, 338, 350, 379, 440.

-, -, -, to, 159, 308.

-, -, his meetings with Indians, 112, 192–4.

-, -, memorials of, 337, 358, 364–7.

-, -, reports of, 5.

Johnson Hall, New York, 440.

Johnston, Johnstone, George, Governor of West Florida, attends Board, 12, 60–1.

-, -, attendance requested, 8.

-, -, bills drawn by, 138, 144.

-, -, disputes with officials, 315–6, 343, 360.

-, -, instructions for, 48, 165.

-, -, letters from, 143–4, 207–9, 277, 304, 314–5, 325, 328, 343, 353, 360–1, 385–6, 388.

-, -, -, to, 144, 148, 153, 189, 191, 325.

-, -, meeting convened by, 325.

-, -, memorials of, 14, 34, 62–1, 71.

-, James, Provost Marshall of West Florida, 316.

-, Robert, merchant, petition of, 428.

-, Thomas, merchant, petition of, 428.

-, Mr., of Montreal, 113.

Jollie, Martin, appointed councillor in East Florida, 433.

Jolliet, Joliet, Louis, of Quebec, 115, 384.

Jones, Francis, President of Bermuda Council, 289.

-, -, letters from, 288.

-, -, -, to, 296.

-, Marmaduke, appointed Attorney-General in North Carolina, 377.

-, Rice, of Virginia, 294.

Joseph, king of Portugal, decrees of, 332.

Joually, Senegal, 121, 123–4, 141.

K.

Kayadarosseras, Kauioderasseras, New York, 71, 320.

Keeowee, South Carolina, 70.

Kellogg, William, of Massachusetts, 329, 340.

Kempe, John Tabor, Attorney-General of New York, 80–1.

-, lands for, 178–9.

Kennan, Henry, of East Florida, attends Board, 254.

-, memorials of, 46, 303, 353.

Kennedy, Captain Archibald, petition of, 322.

-, -, lands for, 402, 413.

-, Francis, of Virginia, trial of, 206.

Kennion, Mr., Jamaica Councillor, 355.

Kent County, on Delaware river, 337, 345.

Kent, Richard, salt exporter, attends Board, 23–5.

-, attendance requested, 22.

Keppel, Rear-Admiral Augustus, correspondence with, 87.

-, -, lands for, 402, 431.

-, George van, Earl of Albemarle, letter from, 5.

Kernes, John, memorial of, 175.

King George County, Virginia, 432.

King William County, Virginia, 371.

Kingston, Jamaica, 81, 143, 184, 326.

Kinlock, Mr., of East Florida, designs of, 296.

Kinnoul, Earl of. See Hay.

Kneeland, Mr., missionary at Louisbourg, 316.

Knight, Robert, Earl of Catherlough, memorial of, 51.

Knowles, Captain, reports of, 88, 233, 326.

Knox, William, agent for Georgia and East Florida: attends Board, 21, 32, 118, 129, 155, 355, 389.

-, attendance requested, 7.

-, lands for, 179.

-, petitions of, 176, 268.

L.

Labrador: Canada.

fisheries in, 56, 76, 133, 196, 256, 259, 262–4, 267, 270, 272, 279–80.

missionaries in, 152, 168, 170, 262, 264.

piracies in, 347.

settlements in, 56, 152, 379, 381–2, 385.

Labrador, alias Cape Breton, fisheries of, 237, 260, 385.

Lagardere, Elias, Commissary for Indian affairs, 325.

Lake George, New York, 93.

Lalande, Jacques, of Quebec, 115.

Lamb, Sir Matthew, Councillor at Law to Board: Acts sent to, 74, 77, 79, 82, 84, 89, 107, 181, 203, 218, 255, 272, 298, 333, 349, 356, 362, 368, 378, 382, 388, 399, 419, 423, 439–40.

-, reports of, 74, 77–9, 86, 97, 232, 234, 286, 293–4, 301, 303, 308, 310, 316, 360, 364–6, 371, 375–6, 378–9, 383, 390, 394, 396, 408, 421, 426, 432–3.

Lancashire, England, salt manufacturers in, 9.

Lancaster, England, merchants of, 16, 22.

Landry, Stephen, petition of, 215.

Langhorne, Lieutenant, commander of Chaleur, 321.

Laurens, Henry, 218, 297.

-, -, proposed for South Carolina Council, 97–8.

-, -, Monsieur, of Grenada, attends Board, 424–6.

Le Breton, Mr., solicitor for Mr. Levy, attends Board, 99.

-, letter from, 100–1.

Lee, Lieutenant Colonel Charles, petition of, 117, 334.

-, lands for, 402, 413.

Leeward, Islands, West Indies, 422.

Governor. See Thomas, Woodley.

President of Council See Verchild.

Councils in, 185, 232, 234, 306–7, 350, 368.

Councillors absent in, 187.

devolution of Government in, 344.

Governor, appointment of, 347.

-, correspondence with, 308, 387, 432.

-, instructions for, 415.

-, leave of absence for, 187.

island, grant of, 231.

laws passed in, 379.

negroes' desertions in, 187.

officials appointed in, 388.

officials' fees in, 128, 184–5.

postal packets in, 128, 237.

See also Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis and St. Christopher's.

Legge, Captain Francis, petition of, 177–8.

-, William, Earl of Dartmouth:

-, appointed Commissioner of Trade and Plantations (1765), 189.

-, -, attends Board, 189, et passim.

-, -, reappointed, 240.

-, -, instructions by, 193, 245, 251, 261, 278.

-, -, -, for, 255.

-, -, letters to, 249, 305.

-, -, recommendation by, 317.

Leghorn, Tuscany, trade with, 233, 256, 285, 287, 290, 293–4, 303–4.

Leilek, Mr., of West Florida, 316.

Lennox, Charles, Duke of Richmond, letters from, 309, 311, 387.

-, letters to, 285, 293, 305, 312.

-, memorial of, 49, 53, 68.

Levant, East Mediterranean, goods from, 236, 351–2.

Levi. See Levy.

Levins, Peter, proposed for New Hampshire Council, 65.

Levrier, Rev. Peter, missionary in West Florida, 189, 192–3.

Levy, Levi, Isaac, memorial of, 53, 93–4, 99–101, 406.

Lewis, Colonel Andrew, of Virginia, correspondence with, 190.

-, Edmund, lands for, 402, 413.

-, John, appointed clerk to Board, 91.

-, Mr., letter from, 237.

Life, Mr., attends Board, 331.

Lindow, William, appointed Councillor in Grenada, 197.

Lindsay, Sir John, correspondence with, 207, 325.

Lisbon, Portugal, trade with, 235, 268–9, 332, 336, 346.

Little, Abigail, of Pembroke, 319.

'Little Carpenter,' the Cherokee Sachem, 67, 209.

Little Tallapees, West Florida, 144.

Liverpool, England, 2, 6, 16, 377.

Mayor of, letter to, 1–2.

merchants of, 16–7, 349, 351–2, 370, 425.

salt pits near, 23–5, 29–30, 32–3.

Lloyd, Colonel Thomas, proposed for North Carolina Council, 325.

-, Mr., Trieste merchant, attends Poard, 334–5.

Loftus, Major, of West Florida, 207–8.

London, England, 7, 276.

Court of, 174.

bishop of, 20–3, 26–7, 221–2, 231, 234, 325, 364, 378, 395, 399.

Gazette of, 394.

herring fishery of, 382.

merchants of, 10, 19, 52, 71, 111, 123, 125, 132–3, 151–2, 159, 164, 167–8, 177, 187, 226–8, 241, 290, 349, 351–2, 367, 370, 391–2, 406, 425, 429.

port of, 351, 417.

Weavers' Company petition, 224, 229–30, 233–6.

Long, Edward, proposed for Jamaica Council, 232.

Long Cane, North America, settlers at, 69.

Losack, Richard Hawkshaw, Councillor in St. Kitts, 306.

Lotbinière, Monsieur, memorial of, 56–7, 93–4, 133.

Lott, Mr., New York merchant, 81.

Louis XV, King of France, 119, 139, 196.

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, 7, 316, 384, 390, 392.

Louisiana, North America, 68.

Low, Mr., New York merchant, 81.

Lowndes, Charles, Secretary to Lords of the Treasury: letters from, 193, 200, 213, 231, 237, 243, 245, 252, 257–8, 289, 337, 357–8.

-, to, 201, 243, 357.

Ludwell, Philip, Virginia Councillor, deceased, 382.

Lumber. See Trade.

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 155, 282.

Lutterel, Simon, M.P., lands for, 402, 413.

Lydius, Colonel, of Massachusetts, 319.

Lymeburner, Lymburner, John, 114, 264.

Lyons, France, 233.

Lyttleton, William Henry, Governor of Jamaica, 343.

-, complaints of his conduct, 30.

-, instructions for, 295.

-, letters from, 86–8, 108, 129, 153–4, 157–8, 163, 184, 203, 220, 223, 271, 277, 311–2, 314, 325–6.

-, -, to, 86–7, 89, 129–131, 158–60, 236–7.

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Footnotes

1	Probably identical with preceding entry.