Add MS 61645

Vol. DXLV (ff. 181).

(1) Letters of Col. Benjamin Bennett, Lieutenant-Governor and commander-in-chief in Bermuda, to Hedges, Sunderland, John Tucker, Hopkins and Addison; 1706-1709. Oversize enclosures have been placed in Add. MS. 61646 below. Followed (ff. 78-83b) by two letters to Sunderland on his behalf from his brother, Sir John Bennett; 1709-1710. ff. 1-83b.

(2) Correspondence, etc., of Col. Robert Hunter, Governor of New York, with Sunderland, Pringle and Lord Stair; 1709-1721. Partly signed and copies. ff. 84-129b.

(3) Letters and petitions, etc., of William Atwood, Chief Justice of New York, to Queen Anne, Sunderland, Godolphin and Hopkins; 1708-1709, n.d. ff. 130-153b.

(4) Letters and proposals of Simon Clement, merchant and pamphleteer, partly addressed to [Boyle?]; 1708-1709. For biographical information on Clement, see Snyder, 'The Authorship of "Faults on Both Sides" (1710)', Philological Quarterly, LVI, 1977, pp. 266-272. ff. 154-181b.

includes:

• ff. 1-77b Colonel Benjamin Bennett, Lieutenant-Governor of Bermuda: Letters to Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1706-1709.: Partly signed and copies.
• ff. 1-83b Bermuda Islands: Letters of Col. B. Bennett, as Lt.-Govemor, to Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1706-1710.: Partly signed and copies.
• ff.1-29b, 81-83b Captain Edward Jones, Secretary and Provost Marshal of Bermuda: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1706-1710.
• f. 2 Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Letters, etc., to: 1702-1708.: Partly Fr. and cipher.
• f. 4 David Greatbeatch, of Bermuda; master of sloop 'William and Thomas': Deposition by,: 1703.: Copy.
• f. 4b Benjamin Fox, Master of sloop 'The Blessing': Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• ff. 4-75 passim Charles Minors, Secretary of Bermuda: Certified, in: 1706-1709.
• f. 12 Samuell Sherlock, Judge in Bermuda: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f. 12 Samuel Smith, Judge in Bermuda: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f.12b Lieutenant-Colonel William Tucker, Judge in Bermuda: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f. 13b Thomas Bostock, Clerk of Bermuda Assembly: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f. 14b Thomas Burton, JP in Bermuda: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f. 14b Charles Minors, Secretary of Bermuda: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f. 14b John Dickinson, JP, of Bermuda Assembly: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• f. 14b Richard Gilbert, JP; of Bermuda Assembly: Deposition by: 1706.: Copy.
• ff. 30-31b Thomas Barrow, former Attorney General of Jamaica: Report of his trial: 1706.
• ff. 30-31b Thomas Bostock, Clerk of Bermuda Assembly: Certified: in 1706.
• f. 32 John Tucker, Under Secretary of State: Letters to: 1707, 1709.
• ff. 36, 136 Thomas Hopkins, Under Secretary of State: Letters, etc., to: 1707-1710, n.d.: Partly Fr.
• ff. 42-47b, 52-57b, 162-173b, 176-177b Trade and Commerce: Letters, etc., rel. to N. American trade: 1708-1710, n.d.
• ff. 48b-49 Mrs Elizabeth Stroude, formerly of the Bahamas: Information rel. to French atrocities: 1708.: Copy.
• ff.50b-51 Samuel Harvey, mariner, of Bermuda: Information by: 1708.: Copy.
• ff. 52-57b Shipping: Hearings rel. to seizure of sloop 'Margaret': 1708.
• f. 60 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letters, etc., to: 1706-1718.: Partly Fr. and Span.
• ff. 60-73b North and South Carolina, America: Letters, etc., rel. to.: 1704-1709.
• ff. 66, 69 Boaz Bell, Master of sloop 'Dolphin': Information by: 1709.: Copies.
• ff. 67-68 E. Gilleber, of Curaçao: Letter to S. Peronneau: 1709.: Transl.
• ff. 67-68 Samuel Peronneau, merchant, of Charleston, S Carolina: Letter to: 1709.: Transl.
• f. 70 William Popple, Secretary to the Board of Trade: Letter to: 1709.
• ff. 74-75 Captain Edward Holmes, former Lord Deputy in Bahamas: Deposition by: 1709.: Copy.
• ff. 78-83b Sir John Bennett, Steward of Marshalsea of Royal Household and Judge of Palace Court: Correspondence, etc., with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1709-1710.: Partly signed.
• ff. 84-129b Province of New York: Correspondence and papers of Col. R. Hunter as Governor: 1709-1721.: Partly signed and copies.
• ff. 84-129b Major-General Robert Hunter, colonial governor: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1708-1721.: Partly signed and copies.
• ff.84-129b, 180-181 Palatines Protestant refugees: Correspondence, etc., rel. to their resettlement in N. America: 1709-1721.
• f. 94 John Bridger, Surveyor-General of Royal Woods in America: Royal instructions to: 1710.
• ff. 107-112b Robert Pringle, Under-Secretary Of State: Letters, etc., to: 1707-1710.: Partly Fr.
• f. 122 John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair: Letter to: 1714.
• ff. 130-153b William Atwood, Chief Justice of New York: Petitions to Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1708-1709, n.d.
• ff. 134-135 Sir James Montagu, judge: Reports, opinions, etc., as Attorney- or Solicitor-General: 1707-1710.: Partly Lat.: Mostly signed. Partly copies.
• ff. 143-144b Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: Petitions, etc., to, as Lord Treasurer: 1702-1710, n.d.
• ff.154-181b Simon Clement, pamphleteer; Secretary of Embassy at Vienna: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1708-1709.
• f. 166 William Lowndes, MP; Treasury Secretary: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1707-1709.: Partly signed.
• f. 168? Henry Boyle, Baron Carleton; Secretary of State: Letters, etc., to: 1708-1710.: Partly Fr. and Dutch.
• ff. 176-177b Newfoundland: Papers rel. to, mostly conc. fisheries: 1709-[1710?], temp. Anne.: Partly abstracts.
• ff. 176-177b Fish and Fisheries: Papers rel. to Newfoundland fisheries: 1709-[1710?], temp. Anne.