Board of Trade and Secretaries of State, America and West Indies : original correspondence, Virginia, 1756-1760.
| Uniform Title: | Colonial America (Marlborough, England)
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| Language: | English |
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Marlborough, England :
Adam Matthew Digital,
[2015], ©2015.
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| Series: | Colonial America (Marlborough, England)
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| Physical Description: | 43 items. |
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Contents:
- Copy of an order in Council approving a commission appointing Francis Fauquier, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
- Copy of an order in Council approving a representation of this Board proposing the confirmation of an act passed in Virginia in December 1753 to empower to John Armistead to sell certain lands etc.
- Copy of an order in Council approving a representation of this Board proposing that the governor of Virginia should be instructed in His Majesty's name to recommend it to the legislature of that colony to pass an act for amending two passed there, on in 1748 for declaring the law concerning executions and for relief of insolvent debtors, and the other in 1757 for granting an aid to His Majesty for the better protection of the colony, and directing the draft of an instruction to be prepared
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council approving an additional instruction for the Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia, directing him to obey the 16th article of his instructions relative to the passing of laws
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council approving a commission for Jeffery Amherst to be Governor of Virginia
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council approving the draft of an instruction for the Governor of Virginia directing him in His Majesty's name to recommend it to the Assembly of said colony to pass and act for amending two acts passed there in 1749 and 1757
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council approving the drafts of general instructions and those relating to trade for Jeffery Amherst, Governor of Virginia
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council approving a warrant appointing Robert Carter to be a councillor in the colony of Virginia in the room of William Fairfax
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council confirming an act passed in the colony of Virginia for settling the titles and bounds of lands
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council confirming an act passed in the colony of Virginia in 1757 to empower Armistead Churchill to dispose of certain entailed lands
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council confirming an act passed in the colony of Virginia in August 1754 to dock the entail of certain lands whereof Nathaniel West Dandridge is seized
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council repealing an act passed in the colony of Virginia in 1752 for erecting a lighthouse at Cape Henry
- Copy of an order of His Majesty in Council repealing four acts passed in the colony of Virginia in 1753, 1755 and 1758, regarding the salaries of clergymen and enabling inhabitants to pay their public dues and discharge their tobacco debts in money
- Letter and enclosures regarding requests for pecuniary aid for Southern states including Virginia and North Carolina in light of their service against the enemy
- Letter concerning a lighthouse intended to be built at Cape Henry, using funds raised by taxation of tobacco merchant ships
- Letter enclosing a memorial from James Abercrombie proposing that the sum of money that has been granted for presents to the Indians south of Virginia may also be granted to the Ohios and other Indians to the westward of Virginia
- Letter from Francis Fauquier containing an account of the progress of His Majesty's armies upon the Ohio and enclosing a letter from Colonel Byrd
- Letter from Francis Fauquier respecting the state of the forces, an assault and battery committed in the Northern Neck, and the deficiency in the crop of tobacco the previous year
- Letter from Francis Fauquier to the Board of Trade containing an account of the proceedings of the Assembly relative to the operations of the ensuing campaign, enclosing printed copies of speeches
- Letter from John Blair, president of the Council and commander in chief of Virginia, to the Board, giving an account of the transactions of government during his administration and enclosing an account of revenue within the colony of Virginia from the 25 October 1757 to the 25 April 1758
- Letter from the Lord Bishop of London to the Board of Trade containing his sentiments on an act passed in Virginia 12 October 1758, respecting the payment of the salaries of the clergy in paper currency instead of tobacco
- Letter from Robert Dinwiddie to the Board, acquainting their Lordships with his success in procuring assistance from the Cherokees and Catawbas, and with a dispute he has had with the Assembly concerning a bill lately passed there for emitting 80̀000 in bills of credit (paper currency)
- Letter to the Lords of the Treasury referring to the consideration of the memorial of William Byrd and Peter Randolph, Commissioners to the Cherokee Indians, regarding their appointment by Robert Dinwiddie to negotiate treaties of peace and friendship with the Cherokees and Catawbas and their reward and payment of expenses
- Letters and memorials regarding Robert Dinwiddie's request for leave to return home and for recovery of his health, including records of accounts and speeches
- Letters from Francis Fauquier concerning the provision made by the Assembly for suppressing the commotions among the Cherokees and keeping up forces for the ensuing campaign, and containing observations on a recently passed act, the boundary line of Pennsylvania and settling the lands on the Ohio
- Letters from Francis Fauquier containing remarks on recently passed acts in Virginia, consequences of the reduction of Fort Duquesne with respect to the Indians and the grants of lands on the Ohio, and enclosing accounts and printed copies of addresses to the Council
- Letters from Francis Fauquier to the Board of Trade concerning accounts of the militia and regiment (including the arrival of recruits), the French military presence, instructions for securing the merchants of Great Britain in the recovery of their debts, observations on the difficulties between the clergy and laity with respect to tithes, and enclosing the accounts of the Receiver General regarding the two-shilling duty on tobacco
- Letters from Francis Fauquier to the Board of Trade justifying his actions regarding the disuniting of the offices of treasurer and speaker in Virginia, and an account of the effect of an advertisement he published relative to the fee of a pistole on patents for lands
- Letters from Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, to the Board of Trade and Plantations, regarding the state of the colony including his arrival, the garrison of Fort Duquesne, the influence of Mr Robinson in the colony as speaker and treasurer, and illegal trade carried out by cartel ships between Rhode Island and the French islands, including speeches made by Fauquier to the General Assembly and House of Burgesses
- Letters regarding the present state of affairs in Virginia, including a speech made by Robert Dinwiddie to the General Assembly in Williamsburg; also includes accounts of His Majesty's revenue
- Material relating to the appointment of an agent for Virginia, to serve as evidence
- Memorial of Caleb Lamb, late an Indian trader on the Ohio, setting forth the losses he has sustained, and praying their Lordships' good officers to procure him a recompense
- Order of His Majesty in Council approving a representation of the Board proposing Robert Carter, Esq. to be a councillor in Virginia in the room of William Fairfax, Esq. deceased and directing a warrant to be prepared
- Order of His Majesty in Council approving a representation of this Board proposing Francis Fauquier Esq. to be Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and directing a commission to be prepared
- Order of His Majesty in Council approving a representation of this Board recommending Jeffrey Amherst Esq. to be Governor of Virginia and directing this Board to prepare the draft of a commission and instructions for him
- Order of His Majesty in Council approving a warrant directing the Governor of Virginia to admit John Taylor to be of His Majesty's Council in the said colony in the room of Lewis Burnell Esq. deceased
- Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs approving a representation of this Board proposing the repeal of four acts passed in Virginia in 1753, 1755 and 1758, and directing the draft of instruction to be prepared for the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, directing him strictly to observe the direction contained in the 16th article of his instructions relating to the passing of laws
- Order of the Lords of the Council referring to his Board, for their opinion, a memorial of the clergy of Virginia, complaining of an act lately passed in that colony, whereby their salaries, hitherto paid in tobacco, are now to be discharged at half their value in paper currency
- Report by Matthew Lamb upon a private act passed in Virginia in August 1754, namely an act to dock the entail of certain lands whereof Nathaniel West Dandridge is seized, and for settling other lands and slaves of greater value to the same uses
- Report of the Auditor General of His Majesty's revenue in America upon an act of Virginia referred to him by the Board for settling the titles and bounds of lands and for preventing unlawful hunting and ranging
- Report of Sir Matthew Lamb upon an act passed in Virginia in April 1759 regarding the appointment of an agent
- Report of Sir Matthew Lamb upon a private act passed in Virginia in April 1759
- Reports given by Matthew Lamb upon acts passed in Virginia from December 1753-November 1755.