Kings MS 205

OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS of reports on the state of the British Colonies in North America and the West Indies; 1721-1766.

1. ' Representation of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations' made to the King, 8 Sept- 1721, viz.: (a) On Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and N. and S. Carolina. f. .3;-(b) 'The consequence of the plantation trade'. f. 26 b;-(c) The French and Indian settlements on the R. Mississippi. f. 32b;-(d) 'Considerations for securing, improving, and enlarging your Majesty's dominions in America'. f. 37. Cf Add. MS. 23615.

2. ' A short discourse on the present state of the Colonies in America with respect to the interest of Great Britain', by Sir William Keith, sometime Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania; 1728. Printed in W. Byrd's History of the Dividing Line, &c., ed. T. H. W[ynne], 1866, ii, p. 214. f. 46.

3. Reports of Governors, &c., on the government, army, fortifications, revenues, &c., of the various colonies, as follows:-

(a) Quebec, by Hon. James Murray, Governor, 5 June, 1762. with the addition (ff. 136, 148) of reports on Trois Rivieres by Col. Ralph Burton, 1762, and Montreal by Maj .Gen. Hon. Thomas Gage in a lette'r to Sir Jeffery Amherst [Governor-General of British N. America], 20 Mar. 1762. f. 61. (b) Nova Scotia, by Charles Morris, Chief Surveyor; 9 Jan. 1762. f. 160. (c) Massachusetts, by Francis Bernard, Governor; 5 Sept. 1763. f. 194. (d) New Hampshire, by Benning Wentworth, Governor ; 2 Sept. 1754. f.. 212. (e) Connecticut, by 'the Governor [Thomas Fitch] and Company; 1762. f. 220. (f) Rhode Island, by 'the Governor [J. Jencks] and Company'; 9 Nov. 1731. f. 225. (g) New Jersey, by Jonathan Belcher, Governor; 1754. f. 229. (h) Pennsylvania, by P[atrick] Gordon, Lieut.-Governor; 1730-1731. f. 235. (i) Maryland, by Horatio Sharpe, Lieut.-Governor ; 1762. f. 248. (k) Virginia, by Francis Fauquier, Lieut.-Governor; 1763. f. 255. (l) N. Carolina, by Arthur Dobbs, Governor; 23 Feb. 1763. f. 277. (m) S. Carolina, by James Glen. Governor; 1749. Printed in P. C: Weston's Documents conn. with S. Carolina, 1856, p. 65. f. 279. (n) Georgia, by James Wright, Governor; 15, 29 Nov. 1766. f. 305. (o) Newfoundland, by Hugh Palliser, Governor; 1764. f. 320. (p) Bermuda, by William Popple, Governor, and the Council; 1749. f. 388. (q) Bahamas, by ' John Gambier, President of the Council, &c. ; 1755. f. 396. (r) Jamaica, by William Henry Lyttelton [Baron Lyttelton, 1794], Governor; 4 Apr. 1764. f. 400. (s) Leeward Islands, by William Mathew, Governor; 1745. f. 416. (t) Grenada, by George Scott, Commander-in-Chief: 14 May, 1763. f. 443. (u) Dominica, by Campbell Dalrymple ; 1763. f. 449. (v) St. Vincent, by William Rufane; 2 May, 1763. f. 453. (w) Barbados, by Charles Pinfold, Governor; 1 June, 1762. f. 456.

4. 'Proposals for a scheme towards the better government of the West Indies', by [John Dalrymple,] Earl of Stair; 1721. Printed in Carson's Constitution of the United States ii, p. 460. f. 474. Paper; ff. 478. Folio. 14 ³/₄ in. x 9 ¹/₂ in. XVIII cent. Bound in red morocco, tooled.