ENGLISH RECORDS -1 CALENDAR OF NORTH CAROLINA PAPERS AT LONDON BOARD OF TRADE, 1729 - 177, Accession Information! Schedule Reference t NON! Arrangement t Chronological Finding Aid prepared bye John R. Woodard Jr. Date t December 12, 1962 This volume was the result of a resolution (N.C. Acts, 1826-27, p.85) pa~sed by the General Assembly of North Carolina, Febuary 9, 1821. This resolution proposed that the Governor of North Carolina apply to the British government for permission to secure copies of documents relating to the Co- lonial history of North Carolina. This application was submitted through the United states Ninister to the Court of St. James, Albert Gallatin. Gallatin vas giTen permission to secure copies of documents relating to the Colonial history of North Carolina. Gallatin found documents in the Board of Trade Office and the "state Paper uffice" (which was the common depository for the archives of the Home, Foreign, and Colonial departments) and made a list of them. Gallatin's list and letters from the Secretary of the Board of Trade and the Foreign Office were sent to Governor H.G. Burton, August 25, 1821 and then vere bound together to form this volume. A lottery to raise funds for the copying of the documents was authorized but failed. The only result 6"emS to have been for the State to have published, An Index to Colonial Docwnents Relative to North Carolina, 1843. [See Thornton, }1ary Lindsay, OffIcial Publications of 'l'heColony and State of North Carolina, 1749-1939. p.260j Indexes to documentS relative to North Carolina during the coloDl81 existence of said state, now on file in the offices of the Board of Trade and state paper offices in London, transmitted in 1827, by Mr. Gallatin, then the American minister in London, and now published by resolution of the Legislature of 1842-43, under the direction of the public treasurer. 1843. 120 p. Issued also as University. Publications union board Carolina maga- sine, D 1844, v; 1, no. 11J Vol. 'Ro. Contents 1 Calendar or North Carolina Papers at London Board of Trade, 1729-177, • r----~~------ ENGLISHRECORDS Dartmouth ~fanuscripts • ;q -2 (. DARTMOUTH ~tA.NUSCRIPl'S,1720 - 1783 Accession Information. Copied for the Historical Commissionb7 B.F. steTens and Brown, London, 1906-01912 Arrangement2 Chronological Finding Aid prepared by. John R. WoodardJr. Date. December12, 1962 -, During the period, 1906-1908 the Historical Commissionsecured permission troll Lord Dartmouth,through the agency of the firm B.F. stevens and Brown, London,to have copied such private papers of Lord Dartmouth, Secretary of state tor the Colonies in 1772J as related to North Carolina. This copying was done and 63 manuscripts were bound into one vollIllle during the period 1912-1914. Also in this collection is a transcript copy or the North Carolina Gazette. April 20, l775,and a facsimile of the Olive Branch Petition, 8 July 1775 tboth unbound). In 1926 D.L. Corbitt, Calendar Clerk of the North Carolina Historical Commission,prepared a calendar of the Dartmouth Manuscripts which was pub- lished by the Commissionin Calendars of Manuscri~ Collections, Vol. 1, 1926, pp. 1-11. This volmue nay be coiiiUlted in e Search Roomfor a more detailed listing of the manuscripts in this collection • Box No. Contents 1 Dartmouth Manuscripts J Transcripts of North Carol1na Papers, • 1720-1783 II North Carolina Gazette, April 20, 1775 (a transcript) Facsimile ot the Olive Branch Petition, 8 July 1775 • ENGLISH RECORDS British Public Record Office -3 • ADMIRALTY PAPERS, 1118 - 1181 Accession Informationl Copied tor the Historical Commission b.Y B.F. stevens and Brown, London, 1922-1930 Schedule Reference: None Arrangement: Chronological by department and volume Finding Aid prepared by. John R. Woodard Jr. Date: December 14, 1962 The civil administration of the navy began with King John who appoint- ed a "Keeper of the King's Ships". During the reign of Henry VIII the navy was placed in charge of a separate department. The Navy Office was founded on April 24, 1546. During the middle of the sixteenth century the Admiralty vas eeparated into three distinct partSI the Lord High Admiralty, later the Admiralty Board, exercising executive and diliberative functions; the Navy Board, exercising civil and administrative functions; and the High Court of Admiralty, exercising judicial functions. From 1689-1782 the admiralty s,ystem consisted of an Admiralty Board, a Navy Board, and a series of lesser boards' and offices. The directive branch of the Admiralty shaped the policy of the govern- ment, generally under the direction of the King , by orders from the Privy Council or by orders from the Secr~tary of State. It controlled the move- ment of ships, corresponded with admirals, vice-admirals, captains, comman- _. ders, and lieutenants of squadrons, and after 1762 kept elaborate digests of letters from them. It made appointments and signed warrents, administered the oath and test to naval officers, granted protection from impress, furnished passes to merchant vessels, kept in touch with subordinate officers, watched OTer the Greenwitch Hospital, received reports from subordinate boards and in turn drafted memori8~s and resolutions to the Privy ~ouncil and Treasury. It authorized all issues of money for the upkeep of tbenavy and payment of ~ personnel, civilian and military. It was in close touch with the High Court of Admiralty and issued letters of marque, controlled the holdings of court- • martius, and had immediate supervision of the marines. The Secretary: Department of the Admiralty Board contains the corres- pondence, minutes of the Admiralty Board and miscellaneous items. The l-Iedicu Board was orbanized during the period of the Commonwealth but was permanently esttblished in 1140 to take care of sick and wounded seamen, superintend the medical stores supplied by the apothecary general for use by the navy, manage naval hospitals ashore and afloat, examine and appoint naval surgeons, and maintain and exchange prisoners of war. The board attended the Admiralty whene7er requested and took its orders only frCl1 the highest authority. The records of this department consists of packets of letters from surgeons and agents of the sick and wounded seamen, requests for food and medicine, reports of the Medical Board and hospit~ reports • The Registered Seamans Act required all mariners to contribute sixpence a month trom their wage. to 8upport the Greenwitch Hospital. This was exten- ded to the colonies. Receivers were appointed at each port and the Collectors • ot Custc.a were to deduct the amount from the wages ot the merchant marine • • ENGLISH RECORDS British Public Record OffIce -4 Henry Hulton was the principal Deputy Receiver of the sixpence duty in the .American colonies • .Volumes in this series contain accounts of receipts and collections made at the different ports. There are also the in-letters and out-letters dealing with the various accounts. This series of Admiralty Papers contains transcripts trom the Secre- ta.rr Department, Medical Department, and 'the Greenwitch Hospital. The volume number and dates assigned b.1 the British Public Record uffice are giTen before each description of the contents. Box No. contents '2 secret~ Department c18ss ~ In-Letters 1J82, 1759-1766 1765, sept. 21 - Admiral Colville (IIRomneytlin Halifax Har- bour) to Philip Stephens. }1ovemente of Capt. Lobb in H.M.S. Viper:- to return to North Carolina. F.967. Also mereorandum of answer to above. F. 971. • 1765, Nov. 7 -,Admiral Colville's report - "An account of the Disposition of his Majesty.s ships and vessels under the cOll1lllandof Rear Admiral Lord Colville in North America the 7th November, 1765. F. 985. hB6, 1715-1784 1175, Nov. 29 - Nov. 7, - 39 letters and other documents of Sir Peter Parker concerning his expedition to Cape Fear and Charlestown. 1780, May 14 - Letters and other documents relating to the surrender of Charlestown. Folios 723-756. 1180, Sept. 12 - Arbuthnot to Philip stevens. Gates' defeat at Camden. f. 835. 1780, sept. 30 - ~xbuthnot to Philip Stevens. Gates' defeat at Camden. F. 831. 1780, Dec. 14 - Arbuthnot to Stevens. Military oper-atd.ona in North Carolina, and naval movements in Chesapeake Bay and southward. F. 1009. Encl:- (1) 1180, Oct. 14, Gayton ('JRomulus", off Cape Henry) to Rodney. Copy F. 1015; (2) 1780, Nov. 9. ditto to ditto. Copy F. 1027; (3)1780, Dec. Disposition of ships under Arbuthnot in North JJnerica, (including a list of those "cooperating vith the detachment in North Carolina n ). F. 1035. F • 1067-1069 is another report on the same subject , of the same date but differing in details. 1781, March 20 - Arbuthnot to Stephens. But little directly • about North Carolina, but brings out the relation between Cornwallis' movements in N.C. and Arnolds campaign in Va. and naval operations. F. 1189. Encl. 1181, ¥.arch - ENGLISH RECORDS British Public !t8cordOffIce -5 ADMIRALTY PAPERS, 1718 - 1781 Box 10. Contents 2 Disposition of the fleet. F. 1203. 1781, March 28 - Arbuthnot to Stefhens. capture of Wilming- ton. F. 1223. Encl. 1781, eb. 12 - Barkley (Blonde, Wilmington) to Arbuthnot. Capture of '4illllington.F. 1227J Enc1st- 1781, Jan. 27 - Propoeitions of inhabi- tants of Wilmington for surrender of the town. F. 1231. (2) 1181, Feb. 1 - Vessels taken at Cape Fear River by British. F. 1235. 1181, Feb. 14 - Balfour (Charles Town) to Barkley. Impor- tance of holding Wi1.mington. F. 1237. 1781, ~ 6 - Disposition of British ships under command of Vice Admiral Arbuthnot in North American waters. F. 1337. 1181, June l2 - Ditto. F. 1363. 1781, July 4 - Arbuthnot to Stephens. Military and naval movements in Virginia Olld Carolinas. F. 1)69. ,)672, 1726-1730 1729, June 6 - Penrice to Burchett. Admiralty jurisdiction in North Carolina. (Note:- Refers to letter of ~~y 21, 1129 from Burchett, and documents from Porter of North Carolina ~oD1plain1ngof conduct of Governor Everard -.