MINUTES in LORD DARTMOUTH'S Hand. N. D. [1765, about January].-Mentions letters from Governors Bernard 10 November 1764, Hopkins 12 November, and Fitch 13 November. folio page. GOVERNOR GEORGE JOHNSTONE to JOHN POWNALL. 1765, February 19. Mobile.-Begins, "Our next Neighbours of consequence are the Spaniards," and refers to the trade with them. Extract.folio page. [The original letter is in the Public Record Office, Board of Trade, West Florida, Vol. 1, fol. 233.] Endorsed :-Extract of a letter from George Johnstone, Esq., Governor of West Florida, to John Pownall, Esq., Secretary to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, dated Mobile 19th February 1765. PENNSYLVANIA MERCHANTS to the BOARD OF TRADE. 1765, February. Philadelphia.-Memorial. Desiring relief, having credited a large number of traders with goods to supply the Indians. In violation of treaties, the Indians have murdered some traders and expelled the remainder from their country. Consequently these merchants have received no payment for their goods. Copy. 1 pages. Endorsed:-Copy of a memorial to the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade. ALEXANDER CAMERON to ENSIGN GEORGE PRICE. 1765, March 16 and 27. Toquo. With note by G. P[rice]. "Mr. Tinkler will certainly run a great risk if ever he comes to this quarter, and particularly if Rum should be in the way." Extracts. 3 folio pages. Endorsed-Extracts from Mr. Cameron's letters to Mr. Price, sent March 16th, 1765, to Captain Cochran at Charlestown (about & design to kill all the white people in the Cherokee country, and about the ffrench prisoners.) Note. Mr. Cameron was commissary for Indian affairs. Ensign Price, 60th Regiment, was commanding officer at Fort Prince George, South Carolina. GOVERNOR GEORGE JOHNSTONE to JOHN POWNALL. 1765, May 4. Penzacola.-On considering the various productions of His Majesty's other Colonies, he despairs of seeing this settlement flourishing unless Spanish commerce is permitted. Cannot conceive why it is stopped. Extract.page. [The original letter is in the Public Record Office, Board of Trade, West Florida, Vol. 1, fol. 341.] Endorsed:-Extract of a letter from George Johnstone, Esq., Governor of West Florida, to John Pownall, Esq., Secretary to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, dated Penzacola, May 4th, 1765. ENSIGN GEORGE PRICE. 1765, May 14.-Journal of Proceedings with the Great Warrior and other Cherokee Indians. 4 folio pages. ALEXANDER CAMERON to ENSIGN GEORGE PRICE. 1765, May 16. Toquo.-Will do all in his power to serve the Lieut.-Governor and Capt. Cochrane and prove to the Indians that these men have their interests at heart. Will endeavour to find out all embassies that are sent amongst them. The French have sent to the Cherokees, desiring a "Talk," but the overture is not believed by the Cherokees. Extract. 1folio pages. Endorsed on a wrapper covering also Price's Journal of 14 May: Accounts from Fort Prince George in South Carolina. VIRGINIA, N.D. [1765, June 5, covering letter.]-Four Resolutions of the House of Burgesses. Signed, John Randolph. Copy. 1 folio page. Endorsed:-Virginia. Resolution of House of Burgesses in Virginia relative to the privileges of the people of that Colony. In Lt.-Govr's letter of June 5th, 1765. Read. VIRGINIA. [1765, June 18.]-"A gentleman in Philadelphia to his friend in this town [Newport], dated last Tuesday [18 June 1765]." Newspaper cutting, being an item quoted from the "Newport Mercury," 24 June 1765. Encloses the Resolves of the Virginia Assembly on debating the Stamp Act. Gives six Resolutions relative to taxation of the Colony, which being so extraordinary, the Governor, on hearing of them, dissolved the Assembly. [Three of the resolutions quoted in this letter are the same as those entered above.] STAMP ACT. 1765, June 19.-A merchant in Philadelphia to his correspondent in London. Cutting from the London "Chronicle" for 1765. The Act of Parliament imposing a stamp duty on the American Colonies, just published, occasions very great uneasiness. 24 printed columns. GOVERNOR JAMES WRIGHT to the BOARD OF TRADE. 1765, June 28. Savannah in Georgia.-Relative to his conduct with regard to Spanish vessels coming into the ports of that province. Copy. 3 folio pages. [The original letter is in the Public Record Office, Board of Trade, Georgia, Vol. 30, fol. 173.] GOVERNOR FRANCIS BERNARD to the BOARD OF TRADE. 1765, July 8. Boston.-Considers no Council whatever could act with more prudence and steadiness in the present exigencies than this has, and that it is a good deal owing to their discretion and authority that the House of Representatives has hitherto (with one exception) been kept within the bounds of decency and moderation, which many other Assemblies have greatly exceeded. It was moved in the House early in the session that the House should take into consideration the difficulties the Colonies will be reduced to by some late Acts of Parliament. Committees appointed to meet at New York on 1st October to discuss the consequences, and to consider of a general address to the King and Parliament. It is the general opinion that nothing will be done in consequence of this intended Congress. Extract. 2 folio pages. [The original letter is in the Public Record Office, Board of Trade, Massachusetts, Vol. 78, fol. 525.] Endorsed:-Extract of a letter from Governor Bernard to the Lords of Trade, dated Boston, 8th July 1765. DR. WHEELOCK'S INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL. Abstracts and copies of several letters addressed to the Reverend Eleazer Wheelock by some of his former pupils who had become missionaries or schoolmasters. From 10 June to 19 July 1765. Fastened together. 49 quarto pages. The writers are:-Samuel Kirtland [Kirkland], 10 June and 19 July 1765; David Fowler, 15 and 24 June; Joseph Woolley, July and 6 July; and Theophilus Chamberlain, 10, 17, and 19 July.、 Endorsed:-Mr. Wheelock's school. MINUTES in LORD DARTMOUTH'S Hand. N. D. [1765, July.]-Relative to Portuguese and American trade with Great Britain, and the general causes affecting the same. dated 24 July 1765. 3 quarto pages. Endorsed:- Portugal Trade with Great Britain. DENNYS DE BERDT to [LORD DARTMOUTH]. One item 1765, July (received).-His pleasure at seeing Lord Dartmouth nominated First Lord of Trade. Hopes he will be the means of retrieving the commerce and harmony that formerly existed between America and England. States the disadvantages under which the commerce now labours in regard to Spain, France, and England. Letter signed. 2 large pages. Endorsed:-Mr. De Berdt; Reed July 1765. DENNYS DE BERDT to LORD DARTMOUTH. 1765, August 6. Artillery Court.-Sends a letter from Boston, showing the confusion in which the American trade now is. Fails to see how taxes drawn from America by the proposed measures can compensate for the misery caused thereby and the ruin of the merchants. The new regulations and taxes have sunk the value of His Majesty's dominions in America 20 per cent. Autograph letter signed. 13 quarto pages. Endorsed :-Mr. De Berdt. DOCTOR JOHN FOTHERGILL to LORD DARTMOUTH. 1765, August 7. Near Middlewick, Cheshire.-Congratulations. Recommends Capel Hanbury, merchant in London, as a person well versed in American trade, and worthy of Lord Dartmouth's confidence. Autograph letter signed. 4 quarto pagcs. Endorsed :--Dr. Fothergill 7 August 1765. DR. WHEELOCK'S INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL. 1765, August 8. Johnson Hall.-Sir William Johnson. Recommendation of Mr. Wheelock's school, headed, "Copy of a Letter from Sir William Johnson." Recommends the Indian school, and agrees with enlargement of plan. Application to Britain to enable a number of missionaries to be employed in the Indian country. 1 folio page. Endorsed:-Sir Wm Johnson, August 8th, 1765. Indian School Connecticut. MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS GAGE to the EARL OF HALIFAX. 1765, August 10. New York.-The erecting a fort at the mouth of the Missouri will be the best thing the French can do to be a check on the English and extend their own trade. Thinks it would be proper to have a fort at the mouth of the Illinois to prevent the French trading up the Lakes. Extract. 1 folio pages. [The original letter is in the Public Record Office, America and West Indies, Vol. 121, fol. 681.] Endorsed :-Extract of a letter from Major-General Gage to the Earl of Halifax dated New York 10 August 1765. LORD HYDE to LORD DARTMOUTH. 1765, August 13. The Grove.-Thinks the affair given in the enclosures can be settled privately, and had better not be produced at a public Board. Autograph letter signed. 2 quarto pages. Endorsed :-Lord Hyde with Colonel Tryon's papers August 1765. Enclosures: COLONEL WILLIAM TRYON to the BOARD OF TRADE. 1765, June 24. Brunswick, North Carolina.-Explains his WILLIAM HUNTER to LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR WILLIAM TRYON. y 89140. B The EARL OF MOIRA to LORD DARTMOUTH. 1765, August 19. Moira, near Dromore, Ireland.-Desires him to. recommend his petition for a grant of land, so that he and others now anxious to settle in America may be enabled to do so. Autograph letter signed. 2 quarto pages. Endorsed:-Earl of Moira. Enclosures: August 1765. Earl of Moira and several others. Petition to the King. John, Earl of Moira, William Taylor, William Burton, etc. desire 5,000 acres each in West Florida in the neighbourhood of the Mississippi, and promise to cultivate thereon the branches of commerce so much needed, but now purchased at an immense expense from foreign nations. 1 pages. Endorsed on wrapper :-Petition of the Earl of Moira and al. Pen and ink sketch of the land desired by the Earl of Moira. J. or T. PRICE to LORD DARTMOUTH, First Commissioner of the Council of Commerce. 1765, August 27.-A zeal for the glory and interest of real humanity and the good policy of the nation and colonies, induces the writer to address Lord Dartmouth desiring him to exert his influence to send orders to the Governors in America to prohibit, under severe penalties, the use, sale, purchase, and possession of scalping knives. Autograph letter signed. 2 quarto pages. DR. JOHN FOTHERGILL to LORD DARTMOUTH. 1765, August 29. Lea Hall. The late acts and regulations have caused universal discontent in America. Suggests that commissioners be chosen to go over to America to confer with others chosen by the respective Governments there to confer on the subject of these complaints. Shows the advisability of such a conference to gain a correct knowledge of the Americans, and avert the independence they seem to desire. Autograph letter signed. 4 quarto pages. Endorsed on wrapper :-Dr. Fothergill, August 29, 1765. STAMP ACT. 1765, September 3.-Article signed Cæsariensis. Newspaper cutting, headed" New York, September 12." Remarks on the resignation of several of the stamp officers. Hopes this laudable example will be universally imitated, else disastrous effects will follow. Printed. 1 strip. |