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Title Plantation reports 1717-1722

Creator Great Britain. Board of Trade

Date Created 1717-1722

Place France, Great Britain, New York (State), Nova Scotia, West Indies

Language English

Subjects Fisheries, Fortification, Great Britain, Indigenous peoples, Iroquois Indians

Description For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary An office book kept by Daniel Pulteney, a commissioner of the Council of Trade and Plantations, 1717-1721, containing letters, instructions, reports, queries, commissions, and other documents pertaining to the administration of British colonies in the Caribbean, Nova Scotia, and New York. Contains both contemporary and supporting historical documentation concerning matters considered by the commissioners, including British and French claims to the islands of St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominico, etc (1719); the fortification of the New York frontier and relations with Five Nations Indians (1700); the 1706 French invasion of Nevis (1719); a dispute with the French over the fisheries at Canço, Nova Scotia (1720); and the boundaries between French and British possessions in North America (1719). Also 1722 instructions from King George (with seal and signature) to Daniel Pulteney, and a 1714 ms. journal by Cyprian Southack concerning his voyage from Boston to the "town of Quebeck."

Extent 1 v. (831 p.) ; 34 cm

Format Manuscripts, English, Manuscripts, French, Records and correspondence, Seals (Provenance)

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number VAULT Ayer MS 339

BibID 991411058805867

IIIF Resource Type Manifest

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZS7WDHM1

Filename 991411058805867_Ayer_MS_339

Unique identifier NL12DTG3

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