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BRITISH PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, COLONIAL OFFICE, CLASS 5 FILES: Part 4: Royal Instructions and Commissions to Colonial Officials, 1702-1784 British Public Record Colonial Office, Class 5 Files: Part 4: Royal Instructions and Commissions to Colonial Officials, 1702-1784 Edited by Randolph Boehm Guide compiled by Diane Dimkoff and Robert Lester A Microfilm Project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC. 44 North Market Street • Frederick, MO 21701 Copyright © 1984 by University Publications of America, Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-89093-415-0. ©British Crown Copyright 1972. Reprinted by permission of the Controller of Her Britannic Majesty's Stationery Office. Note on Sources Materials in this collection are from transcripts of originals held by the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. TABLE OF CONTENTS Reel Index Reell Volume 188: Plantations, 1702-1703 1 Volume 189: Plantations, 1708-September 1720 2 Reel II Volume 189: Plantations, 1708-September 1720 cont 3 Volume 190: Correspondence of the Secretary of State James Stanhope, 1714-1715 3 Reel III Volume 190: Correspondence of the Secretary of State James Stanhope, 1714-1715 cont 9 Volume 191: Lettered Instructions, March 1720- July 9.1723 9 Volume 192: Lettered Instructions, May 30,1725- November 29,1731 10 Reel IV Volume 192: Lettered Instructions, May 30,1725- November 29,1731 cont 11 Volume 193: Lettered Instructions, April 21,1726- June 18,1728 12 Volume 194: Lettered Instructions, January 10,1727- June 3,1729 13 ReelV Volume 194: Lettered Instructions, January 10,1727- June 3,1729 cont 13 Volume 195: Lettered Instructions, June 1729- August1733 14 Reel VI Volume 195: Lettered Instructions, June 1729- August 1733 cont 15 Volume 196: Plantations. 1738 17 Reel Vil Volume 197: Plantations, 1738 cont 17 Volume 198: Commissions and Instructions, 1738-1741 17 Volume 199: Plantations, 1741-May 1742 18 Reel VIII Volume 199: Plantations, 1741-May 1742 cont 20 Volume 200: Plantations, 1744-1754 20 Reel IX Volume 200: Plantations, 1744-1754 cont 22 Volume 201: Lettered Instructions, 1763-1766 23 Volume 202: Lettered Instructions, 1767 23 ReelX Volume 202: Lettered Instructions, 1767 cont 24 Volume 203: Lettered Instructions, May 10,1769- August 9, 1771 24 Volume 204: America and West Indies, Patent Book- Plantations General 25 Volume 205: Lettered Instructions, August 28,1771- June 2,1774 25 Reel XI Volume 205: Lettered Instructions, August 28,1771- June 2,1774 cont 26 Volume 206: Lettered Instructions, August 5,1774- April 15, 1778 26 Volume 207: Lettered Instructions, July 18,1778- September 6,1782 27 Reel XII Volume 207: Lettered Instructions, July 18,1778- September 6,1782 cont 27 Volume 208: Lettered Instructions, 1784 27 Reel Index Reell Volume 188: Plantations, 1702-1703 0001 Commission for Unnamed Governor of Jamaica. Windsor Court. August 24.1702. 18pp. 0019 Instructions and Orders for Governor of Jamaica. Windsor Court, August 24. 1702.43pp. 0062 Instructions for Governor of Jamaica. St. James Court. October 22.1702. 26pp. 0088 Instructions for Benjamin Bennet. Lieutenant Governor of the Bermuda Islands. St. James Court. November 6. 1702. 42pp. 0130 Orders and Instructions for Benjamin Bennet. Lieutenant Governor of the Ber- muda Islands. St. James Court. October 22. 1702. 28pp. 0158 Instructions for Colonel Christopher Codrington. Governor of the Leeward Islands. Bathe Court. September 30.1702. 45pp. 0203 Orders and Instructions for Christopher Codrington. Governor of the Leeward Charribbee (Caribbean) Islands. St. James Court. December 9, 1702. 2pp. 0205 Instructions for Sir Bevill Granville. Governor of Barbados. Windsor Court. August 24. 1702.48pp. 0253 Orders and Instructions for Sir Bevill Granville. Governor of Barbados. St. James Court. October 22. 1702. 2pp. (Not Transcribed in Total] 0255 Instructions to Sir Bevill Granville. Governor of Barbados. St. James Court. Janu- ary 21. 1702. 5pp. [Petition of Sir John Colleton and Charges of Obstruction of Justice in Barbados.] 0260 Orders and Instructions for Francis Nicholson. Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. St. James Court. October 22. 1702. 8pp. 0268 Instructions for Francis Nicholson. Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. St. James Court. October 22.1702. 54pp. 0322 Commission for Edward Hyde. Lord Cornbury. as Governor of New York. St. James Court. July 9. 1702. 22pp. 0344 instructions for Lord Cornbury. Governor of New Jersey. Windsor Court August 24. 1702. 2pp. [Not Transcribed in Total-Printed in the New Jersey Archives.] 0346 instructions for Lord Cornbury, Governor of New Jersey. StJames Court, October 22. 1702. 2pp. [Not Transcribed in Total-Same as Those to Virginia.] 0348 instructions for Edward Hyde. Lord Cornbury. Governor of New York. St. James Court. January 21. 1702. 49pp. 1 0397 Orders and Instructions for Lord Combury, Governor of New York. St. James Court, January 14,1702. 2pp. [Not Transcribed in Total•Same as Those to Virginia.] 0399 Letter to the Earl of Nottingham from Robert Cecill, William Blathwayt, John Pol- lesxfen. Mot Prior Whitehall, January 11,1702/3.1p. 0400 Instructions for Thomas Tench, President of the Council of Maryland. St. James Court, January 7,1702. 2pp. 0402 Instructions to Francis Nicholson, Governor of Virginia. St, James Court, January 7,1702.1p. [Not Transcribed•Same as Those for Virginia.] 0403 Commission for John Seymour as Governor of Maryland. St. James Court Janu- ary 14, 1702.22pp. 0425 Instructions for John Seymour, Governor of Maryland. St. James Court, March 20.1702.46pp. 0471 Order and Instructions for John Seymour, Governor of Maryland. St. James Court, May 4,1703.1p. [Not Transcribed in Total•Same as Those to Virginia.] 0472 List of "Dispatches contained in this book." 1p. Volume 189: Plantations, 1708-September 1720 0474 Index. 2pp. 0476 Commission to Robert Hunter, as Governor of New York. No Date. 1p. [Not Tran- scribed•Printed in "Documents Relating to The Colonial History of New York." Volume V, P. 92-98.] 0477 Instructions for Robert Lowther, Governor of Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica. St. Vincents and the Rest of the Charribbee (Caribbean) Islands. No Date. 61pp. 0538 Instructions for Lord Archibald Hamilton, Governor of Jamaica. Kensington Court, September 9,1710. 0585 Commission for John Hart, as Governor of Maryland. Windsor Court, January 17, 1719.18pp. 0603 Instructions for John Hart, Governor of Maryland. Windsor Castle, February 7, 1713. 46pp. 0649 Orders and Instructions for John Hart, Governor of Maryland. Windsor Castle, February 7,1713. 30pp. 0679 Commission by King George for Samuel Shute as Governor of New Hampshire. No Date. 19pp. 0698 Instructions for Samuel Shute, Governor of New Hampshire. No Date. 36pp. 0734 Orders and Instructions for Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts Bay in New England. St. James Court. No Date. 16pp. [Articles 1-12 Not Copied•Same eis Those to Maryland.] 0750 Instructions to Samuel Shute. Commission for Samuel Shute, as Governor of Mas- sachusetts. Westminster Court. No Date. 14pp. 0764 Instructions for Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts Bay. No Date. 36pp. 0800 Orders and Instructions for Lords Proprietors of Carolina. St. James Court, March 11,1716/17. 32pp. 0832 Commission for Sir Nicholas Lawes as Governor of Jamaica. Hampton Court, July 25,1717.19pp. 0851 Instructions to Nicholas Lawes. Governor of Jamaica. St. James Court, December 18,1717. 54pp. 0905 Commission for Woodes Rogers as Governor of the Bahama Islands. Whitehall, January9. 1717.9pp. 0914 Instructions for Woodes Rogers. Governor of the Bahama Islands. St. James Court. No Date. 3pp. 0917 Orders and Instructions for Nicholas Lawes. Governor of Jamaica. St. James Court. January 1.1717/18. [Articles 1-18 Not Transcribed.] 0927 Commission for Richard Philips as Governor of Placentia in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (Accadia.) Whitehall, July 2,1719. 5pp. 0933 Instructions for Richard Philips, Governor of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia (Accadia.) Whitehall, July 14,1719.18pp. Reel II Volume 189: Plantations, 1708-September 1720 cont. 0000 Orders and Instructions for Richard Philips. Governor of Placentia in Newfound- land and Nova Scotia (Accadia.) July 14, 1719. 30pp. 0030 Commission for William Burnett as Governor of New York and New Jersey. St. James Court, May 19.1720. 19pp. 0049 Commission for William Burnett as Governor of New Jersey. St. James Court, June 7,1720. 17pp. 0066 Instructions for William Burnett. Governor of New York. St. James Court, June 11, 1720. 55pp. 0119 Orders and Instructions for William Burnett, Governor of New York. St. James Court, June 3.1720. 7pp. [Articles 1-22 Not Transcribed Here•Same as Those to Massachusetts Bay.] 0126 Instructions for William Burnett, Governor of (Nova Caesarea) New Jersey. St. James Court, June 3,1720. 51pp. 0177 Orders and Instructions for William Burnett, Governor of (Nova Caesarea) New Jersey. St. James Court, June 3,1720.11pp. [Articles 1-18 Not Copied Here- Same as Those to Maryland.] 0188 Orders and Instructions to Francis Lord Guildford for and on behalf of Charles, Lord Baltimore, Governor of Maryland (a Minor). Whitehall, June 30,1720. 29pp. 0218 Commission for Francis Nicholson as Governor of Carolina. No Date. 16pp. 0234 Instructions for Francis Nicholson, Governor of South Carolina. Whitehall, Sep- tember 27, 1720. 43pp. 0277 Orders and Instructions for Francis Nicholson. Governor of South Carolina. White- hall, September 27,1720. 18pp. [Articles 2-12 Not Copied Here.] Volume 190: Correspondence of Secretary of State J. Stanhope, 1714-1715 0295 Commission for Anthony Cracherode as Register of Barbados. St. James Court, October 16,1714. ip. 0296 Commission for James Archbould to Serve on the Council of Jamaica. St. James Court, October 29,1714. 2pp. 0298 Commission for Robert Lowther as Governor of Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincents, and the Charribbee (Caribbean) Islands. St. James Court, November 23,1714.19pp. 0317 Letter from Townshend to Colonel Moody, Lieutenant Governor of Placentia in Newfoundland. Whitehall, November 30,1714. 2pp. 0319 Letter from Townshend to Francis Nicholson, Governor of Nova Scotia. Whitehall, November 30,1714.1p. 0320 Letter from Townshend to Lieutenant Governor Spotswood of Virginia.