A Guide to the VCRP Microfilm Records
And Other Manuscripts and Transcripts on Indians
ca. 1600-1800
Housed by the Rockefeller Library of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
By Ashley Deluce
and Arrianne Daniels
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Table of Contents
Indians – Officials……………………..…………..…..…………………… 3
Indians: Address, Messages, Speeches.…..……………..………..……… 19
Indians: Officials, Appointments…..……………………..…………….. 25
1610s…..………………………………………………….….……………. 27
1620s……………………………………………………………………..... 28
1630s…………………………………………………………………………29
1640s..……………………………………………………………………… 30
1650s..……………………………………………………………………… 30
1660s………………………………………………..………………………. 30
1670s..………………………………….………………………………….. 32
1680s..………………………………………….………………………….. 42
1690s..………………………………………………….…………………. 50
1700s..………………………………………………………...……………. 54
1710s..…..…………………………………………………………………. 57
1720s..…..…………………………………………………………………. 71
1730s..…..…………………………...……………………………………. 75
1740s..…….………………………………………….……………………. 78
1750s..….……………………………………………………..…………… 83
1760s…..……………………………………………………………..….. 111
1770s…..…………………………………………………………………. 158
1780s…..…………………………………………………………………. 192
Indians – Descriptions....….……………...……………..……………... 195
Indian Hunting Grounds..…….…………….………..…………………195
Indians – Land………………..…….………...………..……………….. 198
Indian Massacres……………..………………..……..………………… 207
Indians – Trade…..…………………………………..…………………. 209
Indian Treaties…..…………………………………..…………………. 235
Manuscripts and Transcripts on Indians…….……………………….. 249
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Indians - Officials
1639 Jan. 11. Commission of King Charles I to Sir Francis Wyat. Westminster. Wyat is
appointed governor of Virginia; he and his council are granted all those powers that have been
enjoyed by other governors and councils in the ten years preceding. In the interests of furthering
the boundaries of the colony and furthering trade, Wyat and his council are authorized to grant
commissions to persons desiring to explore the country or to find out new trades advantageous to
the colony, and to send out forces to subdue the Indians.
C.O. 5/1354, ff. 212-218
S.R. 253
M 227
1690/1 Jan. 26. Lt. Gov. Nicholson to Secretary of State. Suggestions concerning trade with
Indians, provision of sufficient shipping to move the tobacco crop, condition of H.M.S
Dumbarton etc.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 37-38
S.R. 401
M 234
1690 July 10. Legal document by Philip Ludwell appointing George Brent of Woodstock in
Stafford County as Ranger-General for the proprietors of the counties of Stafford, Westmorland,
and Rappahannock.
C.O. 5/1305, ff. 112-113
S.R. 400
M 233
1690 July 10. Copy of Col. Philip Ludwell’s commission appointing George Brent his Ranger
General for the Northern Nek.
C.O. 5/1305, ff. 172-173
S.R. 400
M 233
1690 Oct. 30. Col. Cole to the Committee for Trade. Forwarding copy of the orders in council
and reporting Col. Ludwell’s appointment of a ranger general in the Northern Nek and
anticipated result.
C.O. 5/1305, ff. 154-155
S.R. 400
M 233
1691 June 2. Treaty made by Col. Henry Sloughter with four Indian tribes to include Virginia.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 276-277
S.R. 401
M 234
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1691 June 9- 1691 July 2. Translation of letters to Col. Sloughter concerning Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 292-295
S.R. 401
M 234
1691 June 20. An examination of an Indian from Canada taken down at Albany.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 30-301
S.R. 401
M 234
1691/2 Jan. 13. Col. Cloughter to Col. Nicholson. Requests Virginia to supply 150 men for
common defense against French Indians.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 305-306
S.R. 401
M 234
1691 Nov. 6. Papers concerning the exact boundary between Virginia and north Carolina
including extracts from original letters granting rights to the proprietors of Carolina.
C.O. 5/1306, f. 333
S.R. 401
M 234
1697/8 March 14. Sir Edmund Andros to the Council of Plantations. Andros has published the
proclamation of peace. He acknowledges receipt of instructions from the Lords Justices
regarding the revenue and the stores of war in Virginia and asks that the deficit in the former
may be made up out of the royal quit rents. Certain councilors are preparing a report on the laws
of Virginia, copies of which will be transmitted as soon as possible. Andros has taken the oath
for due observance of the acts for trade and plantations. Edward Hill has been appointed judge of
the admiralty court in Virginia and north Carolina and Miles Cary Gentleman Registrar; Miles
Sherman has been summoned to be Marshall and Edward Chilton Advocate.
C.O. 5/1359, spp. 202-206
S.R. 250
M 228
1704 June 24. Commission appointing John Smith to be Quarter Master General of the militia
between York and Rappahannock Rivers.
C.O. 5/1314, f. 231
S.R. 411
M 237
1704-1705. Copies of 9 proclamations by Governor Nicholson. Desiring information of various
kinds from the parishes in the colony. Declaring William Byrd to be president of the council.
Proroguing the assembly. For a public and solemn thanksgiving. For publication of the Queen’s
proclamation regarding foreign coinage. Regulating procedure on land grants etc. following the
death of the Auditor-General of the colony. Laws on the complement of H.M. ships during the
war. Proroguing the general assembly
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C.O. 5/1340, ff. 11-16
S.R. 248
M 246
1708 April 22 – Feb. 19. Copies of correspondence between Colonel Edmund Jenings and
Nathanial Johnson. Concerning the interference with traders from Virginian trading with the
western Indians. The depositions of the traders concerned are included (ff. 120-121).
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 118-122
S.R. 409
M 239
1708 Nov. 27. Colonel Jenings, President of the Council of Virginia, to Committee for Trade and
Plantations. Virginia. In replying to the Committee’s letter of 7 May 1707 (received June 1708),
reports the names of the existing members of Council, together with a list of persons suitable for
appointment in case vacancies should arise, estimates the present population of the colony and
discusses reasons for settlers leaving it, encloses complete militia returns, mentions the amount
of locally owned shipping and forwards a memorial from the College of William and Mary
complaining about Carolina’s seizure of Indian Traders and their goods. Endorsed “received 16
April, read 3 May 1709”.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 53-54
S.R. 409
M 239
1709 Aug. 9. A page inserted that indicated a paper entitled “letter from the Lords Proprietors of
Carolina of yesterday’s date in answer to one writ them to the 2 February 1708 relating to some
goods seized belonging to the Virginia Indian traders” had been removed and filed elsewhere.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 90-92
S.R. 409
M 239
1709 Sept. 26. Copy of an order by the Privy Council. Windsor. Directing the Lord Proprietors
of Carolina to order their governor not to demand or levy duty upon “any goods or merchantizes
carried by the Virginian Indian traders to the eastern Indians or which shall be brought back from
thence by way of trade”. This trade is to be “carried on without any let or hindrance whatsoever.”
Endorsed “received 3 Oct. and read 4 Oct. 1709”.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 97-98
S.R. 409
M 239
1710 Aug. 25. The Virginian coast will therefore be unprotected till September unless the
outward-bound fleet from London arrives in the meanwhile. Despite all appeals, Capt. Smith has
insisted on carrying out his orders and reports that the former arrangements by the Admiralty to
provide a sloop had been cancelled. The leaders of the projected negro revolt have been executed
(ff. 141-142).
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 144-145
S.R. 409
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M 239
1711 Feb. 8. Col. Spotswood to Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. Reporting his many
differences with the House of Burgesses, their reluctance to vote money to carry out the
proposed Indian treaty, the need for orders from England to obtain cooperation between
Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina for mutual defense, the suggestion that Baron de Graffenried
with his “Palatines” might transfer from Carolina to Virginia, and a request for 300 soldiers,’
tents, two brass 3 pounder guns on field carriages and some small arms and powder to enable the
militia to defend the colony against Indians.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 340-344
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 June 28. Act passed in Carolina to oblige traders from Virginia and other colonies who
wish to trade with the western Indians, first to enter Charlestown and take out licenses. Enclosed
in col. Spotswood’s letter of 5 Sept. 1711.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 330-332
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 July – 1712 July. Proclamation issued by the Lt. Gov. of Virginia. Then included
proclamations “for seizing and apprehending Col. Thomas Cary and other seditious and factious
persons that have made their escape from North Carolina into this colony”, for appointing Friday
7 Sept. 1711 to be observed as a day of public fasting and humiliation in connection with the
expedition against Canada for enforcing the law as to the registration of births, christenings, and
burials for publication of the act of parliament entitled “ An Act for the encouragement of the
Trade to America” for prohibiting all correspondence with the Tuscarora for prohibiting the
taking up of any land within the area affected by the boundary dispute with north Carolina and
for proclaiming the reopening of trade with the western Indians.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 369-376
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Oct. 15. Colonel Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor, to the Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations. Virginia. Reporting the outbreak of a portion of the Tuscarora on the Carolina
frontier on 22 Sept. 1711 and the massacre of white colonists, British, Swiss, and German,
together with the steps taken to ensure no trouble with Indians in Virginia. The Lt. Gov. also
reported trouble raised by Quakers in Virginia, who refused to work on fortifications or to permit
their servants to do so: they had also asserted that they would not contribute in any manner to the
defense of the colony. Recommends Colonel William Fitzhugh to be a member of the council.
(ff. 307-308).
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 295-298
S.R. 409
M 239
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1711 Nov. 17. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Reporting his conference with
the Tuscarora, their desire for peace and his suggestion that they should assist to hunt down these
Indians responsible or the recent massacre in Carolina and should have children as hostages for
their good behavior and to be educated at “out College”. Suggests that a remission of tribute
could be made the means to persuade the Indians to keep their children at the College and that a
fund be organized to provide for the education of Indian children.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 334-336
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Dec. 19. Copy of an order of the Privy Council. St. James’. After consideration of the
information available concerning the massacre of settlers in North Carolina by the Tuscarora and
of an application by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina that “Col. Thomas Cary and the other
persons sent over by Colonel Spotswood as the principal fomenters of these disorders may be
secured”. The Council decided to refer the whole matter to “a Committee of the whole Council”
for report with recommendations. Endorsed “received 3 Jan. and read 14 Jan. 1711/1712”.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 309-310
S.R. 409
M 239
1712 Feb. 11. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Explaining the difficulties of
cooperating with north Carolina against the Indians owing to the dissentions in that province, the
opposition in the assembly to voting money to the defense, the necessity of paying for the fitting
out of a “spy boat” and the subsistence of French prisoners of war from the crown revenues, the
additional expense occasioned by the preparations to resist an attack by the French Fleet in 1711
and the necessity for employing additional rangers to protect the frontiers against Indian raiders,
the aversion of the colonists to any modification of their “ancient customs however
unreasonable”, the many abuses in the granting of land, and the difficulty of collecting the
council in emergency. Report of the death of Col. Harrison and recommends Secretary William
Cocke to be appointed a member of the council in his place.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 390-395
S.R. 409
M 239
1712 May 8. Col. Spotswood to Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. Virginia. Reporting
the reasons why no progress has been made in settling the Carolina boundary dispute, the
fighting in Carolina against the Indians, the decision of the Virginia Council to assist with men
paid for out of the Quit Rent revenue, subject to later adjustment, the sudden and surprising
peace made by South Carolina with the Indians, and the difficulties arising from the lack of
funds at the disposal of the Lt. Gov. to meet such emergencies. Among other subjects mentioned
were the outstanding debt due to certain private individuals who had paid for the fitting out of a
“spy boat” in 1711, the mounting of guns and the substance of French prisoners of war, the need
for instructions as to how he should permit the Assembly from raising money for the Indian war
by taxing British manufactures, the settlement of Baron de Graffenried and several Swiss
families from Carolina on the Potomac River, fraudulent means of obtaining land grants, the
need for fixing the value of carious foreign god coins and the refusal of Col. Bassett to accept
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membership of the council unless he was granted his former place in order of precedence after
Col. Ludwell.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 350-354
S.R. 409
M 239
1712 July 26. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Virginia. reporting on the
dispatch of public revenue accounts, the opposition of the colonists to submitting census returns
and notification of births, christenings and burials, the losses by embezzlement or negligence of
military stores held for the militia, relations with Indian tribes, the reasons for the very low rate
of importation of negro slaves into the colony, his recommendations on the encouragement of
prospected for silver, the unhappy state of affairs in north Carolina and the defects of the
government and the reluctance of the Carolina settlers to react vigorously to the Indian menace,
the reopening of the Virginian trade with the western Indians, the reported supplying of
ammunition to the Tuscarora by Virginian traders and his measures to prevent such traffic.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 363-368
S.R. 409
M 239
1712 Oct. 15. Col. Spotswood to Commissioners for Trade. Reporting the arrival of H.M.S.
Dunwich carrying the official proclamation of the “Cessation of Arms” the continued Indian
attacks on the North Carolina and the death of governor Hyde, the disinclination of the Virginian
assembly to impose taxes, the evil effect of enfranchising every owner of even half an acre of
land and the unsatisfactory condition of the “perfectly useless militia without arms or
ammunition”. Despite the danger from Indian attacks, pirate raids, and Negro insurrection, the
people remain “stupidly averse to the only means they have left to protect themselves”.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 384-385
S.R. 409
M 239
1712 Dec. 6. Royal Warrant . Windsor Castle. Authorizing the taking into use of a new Seal for
Virginia and the withdrawal, defacement, and return of the Old Seal. The Warrant also describes
the effigy and inscriptions of the new seal, which shows “an Indian on his knee presenting
tobacco to us”.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 388-389
S.R. 409
M 239
No date. Copy of a Memorial submitted to Colonel Edmund Jenings, President of the Council of
Va., by the visitors and governors of the College of William and Mary. The college complained
that one of its main sources of revenue – the export duty on skins and furs – had been gravely
affected by the action of the Carolina government in seizing traders’ goods and imposing a
prohibitive duty on all such merchandise intended for trading with the Indians. The matter was
considered by the council of Virginia at the capitol on 28 Oct. 1908 and it was resolved to put the
matter before the Sec. of State and the Commissioners for Trade, emphasizing also the danger
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that ill considered action by Carolina might drive the Indians into reliance upon and alliance with
the French.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 60-62
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 Feb. 27. Treaty of peace between Virginia and the Tuscarora signed at Williamsburg. By
this treaty of 12 articles it was agreed that the tribe should be tributary to the British crown, but
that only a nominal tribute of three Indian arrows would be demanded.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 507-510
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 Feb. 27. Treaty of peace concluded with the Nottoway Indians at Williamsburg. By this
treaty of eleven articles, the Nottoways confirmed their position as tributaries to the British
crown, but it was agreed that only a nominal tribute of three Indian arrows would be demanded
instead of skins as formerly. Another provision was intended to encourage the tribe to send some
children to be educate at the College of William and Mary.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 511-514
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 Feb. 27. Treaty of peace concluded with the Saponie at Williamsburg. This is the same
treaty as was concluded with the Nottoways.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 515-518
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 March 9. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Giving the writer’s comments
on a number of acts recently passed by the assembly, enclosing copies of three treaties made
with Indians, explaining the reorganization of the rangers to protect the frontier, reporting the
death of three members of council and the necessity for their replacement and pointing out the
undesirable consequences of having too many members of council from the same family.,
reporting also the death of attorney general Thompson and his replacement by John Clayton, “a
barrister at law who has as fair a character as anyone I ever knew of the profession”.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 503-506
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 Sept. 14. Col. Spotswood to Commissioners for Trade. Enclosing ad recommending a
petition from the council representing “the declining circumstance” of the colony due to the low
price of tobacco, and warning the commissioners that the colonists may be “compelled by
necessity to abandon the tobacco trade and apply themselves to other manufactures” to the
detriment of the crown revenues and of British manufactures and merchants. The letter further
deals with Tuscarora Indians on the Virginian frontier after their defeat by the Carolina Indians,
the difficulties of fighting Indians owing to the inefficiency of militia officers and the lack of
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enthusiasm in the other ranks, the difficulties of collecting the council in emergencies and the
problem of unequal and inconvenient division 1713/1714.”
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 426-429
S.R. 409
M 239
1714 July 20. Col. Spotswood to the commissioners for Trade. Copies of the Treaty of Peace and
Commerce are enclosed. Explaining his policy of using the tributary Indians to police the frontier
against raiding Indians from the north, announcing the return to Carolina of the Tuscarora and
their replacement as frontier guards by Graffenreid’s German protestants for whom the governor
has built a fort with two guns, reporting further evidence of the presence of silver in the colony,
relating further negotiations with Carolina over the settling of the boundary dispute,
acknowledging receipt of the new seal of the colony and requesting that “a lesser seal and signet”
might be provided for dealing with the crown revenue arising from quit rents and from tobacco
export duty, the governor pointed out that the latter tax provided insufficient revenue to pay the
normal expenses of government. Owing to thought that there was a danger of great scarcity of
corn and all exports of corn had been prohibited.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 524-526
S.R. 409
M 239
1715 June 24. J. Taylour, Sec. to Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to Popple, sec. to the
commissioners for trade. Treasury Chambers. Enclosing a memorial from the commissioners of
customs for consideration and action if required. The memorial discloses that when Francis
Kennedy was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs in replacement of George Luek, action
was threatened against him under an Act passed in Virginia forbidding any person to bear any
office in Virginia until he had lived there for three years. Legal opinion suggested that the
Virginian act could be repealed and the commissioners for customs recommended that this be
done.
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 1-9
S.R. 412
M 239
1716 Jan. 4. Sworn deposition made by Charles Griffin. James City County (Courthouse?) before
F. Lightfoot concerning the resettlement of the Saponie Indians about Christanna. The deponent
was the schoolmaster engaged to educate the Indian children at Christanna.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 91-92
S.R. 387
M 282
1717/18 Feb. 27. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Acknowledging the passage
of laws in Virginia on his return from New York where he had gone to make preliminary
arrangements for coming to terms with the Five Nations of Indians. Reporting his agreement
with the governors of New York, Pennsylvania, ad Maryland that firmer measures with the
Indians should be taken while there was peace with France in accordance with the Treaty of
Neutrality, the seizure of a Bermudian sloop importing French produce, the reluctance of the
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colonists to accept treaties not backed by an act of parliament, the repeal of the acts relating to
Indian trade and prevention of fraud in tobacco payments and the difficulties resulting there
from, the inconsistency of the behavior of members of the council in their various capacities and
the taking into use of the new seal of the colony.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 171-174
S.R. 387
M 282
1717 April 16. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Acknowledging the receipt of
letter of 17 Aug. 1716 relating to the objections raised by London merchants to the recently
passed “act for the better regulation of the Indian trade” explaining the reasons why some
legislation on the subject was needed, tracing the formation of the Virginian Indian company has
suggested in the House of Burgesses and defending the general provisions of the act, including
the monopoly created by it.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 16-19
S.R. 387
M 282
1717 Aug. 29. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Repeating certain measures
taken to reform the existing method of selling land and certain other revenue matters, the treaty
with the western Indians, attack by Indians of the Five Nations on a tribe under British
protection, a protest sent to New York, the coming conference at Philadelphia between the
governors of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, the suspected implication of
clandestine traders with Indian attacks , the escape of Capt. Peter Beverley from Vera Cruz after
seven months imprisonment following the confiscation of his sloop and her cargo by the
Spaniards, the proclamation of a court of Oyer and Terminer with 5 members of council and four
others as judges, some resentment in the colony and the probability of complaints being made to
London.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 138-141
S.R. 387
M 282
1719-20 Jan. 25. Copy of a letter from Col. Spotswood to Col. Schuyler. Williamsburg. A
statement reviewing recent negotiations with the Five Nations complaining of the ill behavior of
certain northern Indian tribes and requesting Col. Schuyler to exercise restraint over the Indian
tribes under his influence.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 433-437
S.R. 387
M 282
1722 June 23. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. Explaining his
reasons for appointing John Carter, barrister at law of the Middle Temple and son of a member
of council of Virginia and one of the largest landowners in the colony, to be solicitor for Virginia
in London in place of Col. Blakiston, deceased.
C.O. 5/1319, ff. 78-79
S.R. 414
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M 240
1727 Sept. 21. William Gooch to the Commissioners for Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting his
arrival in Virginia and his assumption of office, the proclamation of the accession of king George
II, the submission of a loyal address to the king by the Lt. Gov. and Council of Virginia, the
appointment of two commissioners and two surveyors to negotiate for the settlement of the
boundary with north Carolina, the reprieve of a convicted pirate john Vidal, the action taken
against Indian raiders on the frontier and the capture of 7 vessels off the Virginian coast by two
Spanish privateers from Havana
C.O. 5/1321, ff. 2-4
S.R. 416
M 241
1727-8 Feb. 12. William Gooch to Commissioners for Trade. Reporting the appointment of
Richard Fitzwilliam and William Dendridge as commissioners to settle the North Carolina
frontier dispute in place of Col. Nathanial Harrison, deceased. The first meeting of the Virginian
and North Carolina commissioners arranged for 5 March 1728, the apparent settlement of the
Indian trouble on the frontier, the decision of the council to pay the LT. Gov. 300 pounds out of
the revenue to defray the coast of his passage to Virginia and the objections to the introduction
into the assembly of an act for making Virginia estates of bankrupts available for the satisfaction
of English creditors.
C.O. 5/1321, ff. 22-25
S.R. 416
M 241
1753 Oct. 30. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to George Washington Esq. Williamsburg. Washington’s
appointment as Dinwiddie’s messenger to the Commander of the French.
(enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Earl of Holderness, 29 Jan. 1754)
C.O. 5/14, f. 75
S.R. 272
M 259
1754. Instructions for George Washington.
(enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Earl of Holderness, 29 Jan. 1754)
C.O. 5/14, f. 76
S.R. 272
M 259
1754 Jan. 26. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to William Trent Esq. Williamsburg. Trent is appointed
Commander of the forces withstanding the French.
(enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Earl of Holderness, 29 Jan. 1754)
C.O. 5/14, ff. 73ro-74vo
S.R. 272
M 259
1754. Major Washington’s passport. Williamsburg.
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(enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Earl of Holderness, 29 Jan. 1754)
C.O. 5/14, f. 77
S.R. 272
M 259
1754 April 18. Speech of Half King Scruniattha to the Gov. of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Fort
on Ohio. Asking assistance against the French.
C.O. 5/14, ff. 164ro-165vo
S.R. 272
M 259
1755 May 10. Speech of General Braddock to some Indians. Fort Cumberland. Regarding the
French and the campaign against the same.
C.O. 5/15, ff. 308-309vo
S.R. 273
M 260
1755 July 24. Lt. Gov. Morris’s speech to the General Assembly. Philadelphia. Regarding
General Braddock’s defeat and future plans for combating the French.
C.O. 5/16, f. 132
S.R. 274
M 260
1756 May 13. The Board of Trade to Henry Fox. Whitehall. recommending Sir William Johnson
as agent for Indian Affairs – including affairs affecting the Indians on the frontiers of Virginia.
C.O. 5/7, f. 701ro and vo
S.R. 265
M 259
1766. June 22. Address by Alex Mackey, commanding a part of 42nd regiment “to all people now
inhabiting to the westward of the Alleghania mountains."
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 172-173
S.R. 236
M 200
1768. Abstract from the minutes of the Congress at Hard Labour, South Carolina. Extracts of
speeches by Oucconnastotah and Stuart on the desire of the Cherokees to grant a tract of their
land to Mr. Alexander Cameron’s son by a Cherokee woman.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 77-78
S.R. 298
M 264
1769 Sept. 14. Extract of a letter from Col. Stephen with the “Speech of a noted Indian” and
Lord Botetourt’s answer.
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 30 Sept. 1769)
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 5-6
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S.R. 239
M 200
1770 May 31.. Letter from Lord Botetourt. Williamsburg. Enclosing an assembly address and his
reply to the same regarding the Indian boundary line settlement.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 55vo-56ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1771 Feb. 11. Sec. of State to Lord Dunmore. Sending H.M. Commission appointing him
governor of Virginia and also H.M. instructions for his guidance there.
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 42-43
S.R. 221
M 201
1772 May 2. Dunmore to Sec. of State. On the questions of nomination of clerks of the county
courts and fees paid to the governors’ clerks. Nomination of the clerks by the secretary of the
colony gives this official great power. Proposes that his duty should be transferred to the
governor; it appears from council journals that former governors did exercise in 1689. His
predecessors, secondly, had established a system of payment of fees to their clerks for various
commissions. The assembly has asked for the abolition of these. He, therefore, asks for an
additional allowance to cover this expense. The expense of being governor of Virginia is “much
greater than what I was liable to” as governor of New York.
C.O. 5/1350, ff. 62-65
S.R. 222
M 201
1772 July 1. Sec. of State to Dunmore. On the question of a law to impose duties on the
importation of Negroes to be laid before the Privy Council. He encloses copy of a board of trade
report on a similar application mad in 1770, can not agree to the proposal to deprive the Sec. of
the Colony the right to nominate the Clerks of the County Court. He regrets Dunmore’s action in
laying the question of the governor’s clerk’s fees before the assembly. Since he has no
information about the origin, form or annual amount of these fees, he can take no action about an
allowance such as Dunmore suggests. His Majesty has consented to remit the penalties and fines
on Waterson, Henderson, and Abraham and Joseph Fry.
C.O. 5/1350, ff. 72-73
S.R. 222
M 201
1773 Feb. 25. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Remarking upon the
differences between the actual boundary line laid down between Virginia and the Cherokees and
that agreed upon in the Treat of October 1770.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 123-125
S.R. 298
M 264
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1773 May 5. Earl of Dartmouth to John Stuart. Whitehall. Expressing satisfaction with the final
boundary line settlements with the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 191-194
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 June 16. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Savannah. Regarding a grant of Indian land
to Mr. Walpole and others. The Cherokees seem satisfied with the boundary line settlements.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 287-289
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 June 21. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Savannah. Stuart reports a meeting between
the Creek and Cherokee Chiefs and tries to discover the motives for it. He decided at the late
congress at Augusta that the time was inopportune to demand satisfaction from the Cherokees for
the murder of some Virginian emigrants in the previous year.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 299-301
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 July 15. Speech of Cherokee chiefs to Alexander Cameron, Settico in the Overhills
Cherokees. The Indians beg that the murder of the white man may be forgiven as an accident.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 325-327
S.R. 298
M 264
1774. Message of the Six Nations who exhort the Shawanese to make peace with the Virginians.
(enclosed in a letter from Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth, 14 Dec. 1774)
C.O. 5/76, p. 47
S.R. 480
M 264
1774 July 23. Message to Governor Penn from the assembly of Pennsylvania. Relations with the
Indians on the western frontiers. Deploring the murder of an Indian by two frontiersmen, and
offering a reward for the apprehension of these.
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 16 Sept. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 73
S.R. 244
M 202
1774. Copy of an address of the council to Dunmore congratulating him on the results of his
expedition to the Indian country, and Dunmore’s reply.
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 16 Sept. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 79
S.R. 244
M 202
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1774. Copy of an address of the city of Williamsburg to Dunmore on his return from his
expediting, and Dunmore’s reply.
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 16 Sept. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 80
S.R. 244
M 202
1774. Copy of an address of William and Mary College to Dunmore on his return from his
expedition, and Dunmore’s reply.
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 16 Sept. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 81
S.R. 244
M 202
1776 Nov. 19. Talk from Ermistisigui to John Stuart. Little Tallassie. Stating that the Virginians
are now close to his nation and that he intends to prevent them from approaching any closer.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 161-162
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 Jan. 19. Talk of William Christian to the Raven, a Cherokee Chief. Fort Patrick Henry.
Christian, a rebel col., invites the Cherokees to a conference at Williamsburg. He states that the
intention of the Virginian forces was not to destroy the Cherokees but to convince them of their
errors.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 293-298
S.R. 485
M 264
1777 Feb. 6. The Cussitah Talk in the Thlay Caska Square. Desiring ammunition and other
supplies for defense against the Virginians, who are daily approaching.
C.O. 5/78, p. 221
S.R. 485
M 264
1779 May 22. A Chickasaw talk to the rebels in answer to Selby’s talk from the Ohio.
Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaws refuse to join the rebel cause but exhort the rebels to loyalty
to the king, reminding them of the time when the Virginians were saved from the French and
Indians by the interposition of British troops.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 179-181
S.R. 485
M 264
1781 Sept. 1. Talk from the Cherokees to (Thomas Brown?). savannah. The Cherokees need
ammunition and clothes. Oucconnostatah has led the rebels in Virginia to believe he wanted
peace in order to have time to save the corn crop.
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C.O. 5/82, pp. 575-577
S.R. 486
M 264
1783 Nov. 17. Talk of the Little Turkey and the Headmen of the Overhill Cherokees to Lt. Col.
Thomas Brown. The Cherokees remind brown of their continued loyalty to and sufferings for the
British. They have heard that the latter, in making peace with the Virginians have given them
Cherokee land.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 893-395
S.R. 387
M 282
1783 Dec. 30. Talk of the Upper Creek Chiefs to Lt. Col. Thomas Brown. Talahassie. Again the
Indians fear the truth of the rumors that they are being betrayed to Virginia.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 897-899
S.R. 387
M 282
No date. Col. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade. Reporting the attitude of the council to
the commissioner’s decision as to the holding of courts of Oyer and Terminer, and enclosing the
council’s representation on this matter, the council’s claim to be the sole judge of life and death,
the difficulties arising from members of council acting differently in their different capacities,
the situation on the frontiers, the character and habits of frontier colonists, no inter-marriage with
Indians, smooth working of the Indian trade under the new arrangements, the dissatisfaction
arising from the failure of Carolina to carry out her obligations to Virginian soldiers sent to hr
aid, his proposals for settling the Carolina boundary dispute and his relations with the House of
Burgesses.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 105-108
S.R. 387
M 282
No date. A slip inserted in the volume to indicate that a paper entitled “Governor Hunter’s
proposition to the Five Nations relating to Virginia” had been removed and filed elsewhere.
C.O. 5/1318, f. 124
S.R. 387
M 282
No date. Talk of the Committee of Fincastle County in Virginia to Oucconnastotah and the other
Cherokee chiefs. Expressing the hope that the friendship existing between Virginia and the
Cherokees will be maintained, and that the latter are not, as has been rumored, prepared to go to
war; regretting also the encroachment into Indian lands of settlers from Virginia.
C.O. 5/77, pp. 383-386
S.R. 481
M 264
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No date. Address of the House of Burgesses of Virginia to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Declining to raise
provincial troops that would be paid only in paper money as in the last war, and deciding to
entrust the defense of the frontier to the militia. The further issue of treasury notes would raise
“the clamors of the British merchants”.
C.O. 5/83, pp. 129-132
S.R. 452
M 265
No date. Address by the House of Burgesses to Fauquier. Pleading lack of finance as a reason for
not raising more men for the provincial regt., and asserting that a bigger force could not be raised
in time to operate that summer against the Cherokees. Agreeing however that certain forts should
be garrisoned by militia and agreeing to the employment of the provincial troops on the
Cherokee campaign.
C.O. 5/61, ff. 244-245
S.R. 448
M 262
No date. Address to major general Amherst by the House of Burgesses. Announcing their
determination to raise 1,000 provincials for war against the Cherokees, but expressing their fears
that their troops might be isolated and attacked by the whole tribe without being able to obtain
assistance from the forces in South Carolina. Asks therefore for a reinforcement of regular
troops; without this they will merely “defend their frontiers only in the best manner we can”.
C.O. 5/60, ff. 294-295
S.R. 447
M 262
No date. Memorial from Captain George Phenny, who having been appointed Surveyor General
of the Customs for the Southern District of America, requested that he might be appointed a
member of the councils of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 192-193
S.R. 417
M 241
No date. Four proclamations by the governor which cover such subjects as the prorogation of
the assembly, announcement of a day of public thanksgiving, appointment of William Byrd to
act as president of the council in the even of the governors’ absence of death, and the prohibition
of correspondence with French and Spanish subjects.
C.O. 5/1313, ff. 188-191
S.R. 408
M 237
No date. The commissions and oaths of various officials such as judge of general court, sheriffs,
clerks of the county, clerks of the general court, coroners, attorney general, surveyor, militia
officers and Indian interpreters. Includes names of justices of the peace of each county in June
1699 and also the names of militia field officers of each county.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 106-138
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S.R. 405
M 235
No date. Memorandum: “Richard Corbin Esq. Of York River in Virginia to succeed to Philip
Lightfoot Esq. Deceased as one of the Upper house of Assembly in Virginia on the Appointment
of the Board of Trade.” Below on the same sheet “Quere, whether Col. Bladen ever mentioned
this gentleman at the board, for he promised James Buchanan to do so, if not Buchanan
recommends in a different hand from the first part.”
Add. Ms. 33029
S.R. 163
M 283
No date. Commission of King Charles II to Sir John Berry. Whitehall. Berry is appointed
commander in chief at sea for the expedition going to Virginia to suppress the rebellion there.
All ships’ captains are ordered to obey him as naval commander.
C.O. 5/1355, p. 121
S.R. 254
M 227
No date. Address from the Quakers and Botetourt’s reply.
(enclosed in letter to Sec. of State, 24 Nov. 1768)
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 26-27
S.R. 238
M 200
No date. The speeches of Otassity, Skiagunster and Uoconaco to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Promising
to come with men to Virginia.
C.O. 5/17, f. 387
S.R. 275
M 260
No date. Address of the Burgesses of Virginia to Lord Botetourt.
C.O. 5/71, f. 56ro
S.R. 295
M 264
Indians - Addresses, Messages, and Speeches
1639 Jan. 11. Commission of King Charles I to Sir Francis Wyat. Westminster. Wyat is
appointed governor of Virginia. In the interests of furthering the boundaries of the colony and
furthering trade, Wyat and his Council are authorized to grant commission to persons desiring to
explore the country or to find out new trades advantageous to the colony, and to send out forces
to subdue the Indians.
C.O. 5/1354, pp. 212-218
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S.R. 253
M 227
1727/8 Feb. 12. Major Gooch to Commissioners for Trade. Williamsburg. Among other matters,
Gooch discusses the apparent settlement of the Indian trouble on the frontier.
C.O. 5/1321, pp. 22-25
S.R. 416
M 241
1727 Sept. 21. Major William Gooch to Commissioners for Trade. Reporting his arrival in
Virginia and assumption of the office of Lt. Gov. of Virginia. Among other things, he discusses
the action taken against Indian raiders on the frontier.
C.O. 5/1321, pp. 2-4
S.R. 416
M 241
1754 April 18. Speech of Half-King Scrunattha to the Governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Fort on Ohio. Asking assistance against the French.
C.O. 5/14, ff. 164ro-165vo
S.R. 272
M 259
1755 May 10. Speech of General Braddock to some Indians. Fort Cumberland. Regarding the
French and the campaign against the same.
C.O. 5/15, pp. 308-309
S.R. 273
M 260
1766 22 June. Address by Alexander Mackay, commanding a party of 42nd regt., “to all people
now inhabiting to the westward of the Allegania Mountains”.
C.O. 5/1345, pp. 172-173
S.R. 236
M 200
1768. Abstract from the minutes of the Congress at Hard Labour, South Carolina. Extracts of
speeches by Oucconnastotah and Stuart on the desire of the Cherokees to grant a tract of their
land to Alexander Cameron’s son by a Cherokee woman.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to Earl of Dartmouth, 8 Jan. 1773)
C.O. 5/74pp. 77-78
S.R. 298
M 264
1769 Sept 14. Extract of a letter from Col. Stephen with the “Speech of a Noted Indian” of 10
Aug., and Lord Botetourt’s answer of 27 Sept. 1769. Relations with Indians.
C.O. 5/1348, pp. 5-6
S.R. 239
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M 200
1773 July 6. Speech of Cherokee chiefs to Alexander Cameron . Settico in the Overhills
Cherokees. The Indians beg that the murder of the white man may be forgiven as an accident.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 325-327
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 July 15. Speech of the Lower Cherokee Headman, Keowee. Promising that no retribution
will be taken for the murdered Indians and that the manner of the white man’s murder will be
investigated.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to Earl of Dartmouth, 24 Aug. 1773)
C.O.5/74, pp. 329-330
S.R. 298
M 264
1774. Message of the Six Nations Confederacy to the Shawanese. They exhort the Shawanese to
make peace with the Virginians.
(enclosed in letter from Col. Guy Johnson to Earl of Dartmouth, 1774 Dec. 14)
C.O. 5/76, p. 47
S.R. 480
M 264
1774 July 23. Copy of message to Gov. Penn from Assembly of Pennsylvania. Relations with the
Indians on the western frontiers. Deploring the murder of an Indian by two frontiersmen, and
offering a reward for the apprehension of these.
C.O. 5/1353, p. 73
S.R. 244
M 202
1776 March 10. Talk from Ermistisiguo to John Stuart. Little Tallassie. Stating that the
Virginians are now close to his nation and that he intends to prevent them from approaching any
closer.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 161-162
S.R. 482
M 264
1781 Sept. 1. Talk from the Cherokees to (Thomas Brown?). Savannah. The Cherokees need
ammunition and clothes. Oucconnostatah has led the rebels in Virginia to believe he wanted
peace in order to have time to save the corn crop.
C.O. 5/82, ff. 575-577
S.R. 486
M 264
No date. Copy of an address of the Council to Dunmore congratulating him on the results of his
expedition to the Indian country, and Dunmore’s reply.
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C.O. 5/1353, p. 79
S.R. 244
M 202
No date. Copy of an Address of the City of Williamsburg to Dunmore on his return from his
expedition to the Indian country, and Dunmore’s reply.
C.O. 5/1353, pp. 80
S.R. 244
M 202
No date. Copy of an Address of William and Mary College to Dunmore on his return from his
expedition to the Indian country, and Dunmore’s reply.
C.O. 5/1353, pp. 81
S.R. 244
M 202
No date. The speeches of Otassity, Skiagunster, and Uoconaco to Dinwiddie. Promising to come
with men to Virginia.
C.O. 5/17, p. 387
S.R. 275
M 260
No date. Address of the Burgesses of Virginia to Lord Botetourt. The Burgesses desire more
extensive lands than those at present granted them by the boundary line agreement with the
Indians. They agree to furnish 2,500 pounds for costs in the arrangements.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to Earl of Hillsborough, 2 Dec. 1769)
C.O. 5/71, f. 56ro
S.R. 295
M 264
1710 June 10. Colonel Jenings, President of the Council of Virginia, to the Commissioners for
Trade. Among other things, reporting his appointment of Colonel Philip Ludwell and Nathaniel
Harrison to be Commissioners for Virginia on the Committee charged with the settlement of the
Carolina boundary dispute.
C.O. 5/1316, pp. 144-145
S.R. 409
M 239
No date. Copy of an address to Major Gen. Amherst by the House of Burgesses of Virginia.
Announcing their determination to raise 1,000 provincials for war against the Cherokees, but
expressing their fears that their troops might be isolated and attacked by the whole tribe without
being able to obtain assistance from the forces in South Carolina. Asks therefore for a
reinforcement of regular troops; without this reinforcement they will merely “defend their
frontiers only in the best manner we can”.
C.O. 5/60, pp. 294-295
S.R. 447
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M 262
No date. Copy of an address by the House of Burgesses to Fauquier. Pleading lack of finance as
a reason for not raising more men for the provincial regt., and asserting that a bigger force could
not be raised in time to operate that summer against the Cherokees. Agreeing however that
certain forts should be garrisoned by militia and agreeing to the employment of the provincial
troops on the Cherokee campaign.
C.O. 5/61, pp. 244-245
S.R. 448
M 262
No date. Address of the House of Burgesses to Fauquier. Declining to raise provincial troops,
which would be paid only in paper money as in the last war, and deciding to entrust the defense
of the frontier to the militia. The further issue of Treasury Notes would raise “the Clamours of
the British Merchants.” (copy)
C.O. 5/83, pp. 129-132
S.R. 452
M 265
No date. Talk of the Committee of Fincastle County to Oucconnastotah and the other Cherokee
chiefs. Expressing hope that the friendship existing between Virginia and the Cherokees will be
maintained, and that the latter are not, as has been rumored, prepared to go to war; regretting also
the encroachment into Indian lands of settlers from Virginia.
C.O. 5/77, pp. 383-386
S.R. 481
M 264
1777 Jan. 19. Talk of William Christian to the Raven, a Cherokee chief. Fort Patrick Henry.
Christian, a rebel Colonel, invites the Cherokees to a conference at Williamsburg. He states that
the intention of the Virginian forces was not to destroy the Cherokees but to convince them of
their errors.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 293-298
S.R. 482
M 264
1779 May 22. A Chickasaw talk to the rebels in answer to Selby’s talk from the Ohio.
Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaws refuse to join the rebel cause but exhort the rebels to loyalty
to the King, reminding them of the time when the Virginians were saved from the French and
Indians by the interposition of the British.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 179-181
S.R. 485
M 264
1783 Nov. 17. Talk of the Little Turkey and the Headmen of the Overhill Cherokees to Lt. Col.
Thomas Brown. Cherokee River. The Cherokees remind Brown of their continued loyalty to and
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sufferings for the British. They have heard that the latter, in making peace with the virignians
have given them Cherokee land.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 893-895
S.R. 486
M 264
1783 Dec. 30. Talk of the Upper Creek chiefs to Lt. Col. Thomas Brown. Talhassie. The Indians
fear the truth of the rumors that they are being betrayed to Virginia.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 897-899
S.R. 486
M 264
1752 June 21. Copy of a message from the Twightwee Indians to the Lt. Gov. of Virginia.
Announcing a treacherous attack on the tribe by French and Indians in French service.
C.O. 5/1327, p. 256
S.R. 790
M 243
1754 April 18. Translation of a message from the Half King of the Six Nations to the Governors
of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Complaining of French aggression against his people and asking
for assistance to resist their invasion of the Ohio Valley.
C.O. 5/1328, p. 99
S.R. 791
M 243
1764 Jan. 19. Printed copy of a second address by the House of Burgesses to Fauquier.
Williamsburg. Explaining their reasons for declining to raise 500 Provincials for operations
against the northern Indians and the Lt. Gov.’s reply.
C.O. 5/1330, p. 305
S.R. 793
M 244
No date. Copy of an address submitted by the House of Burgesses to Botetourt. Requesting
consideration of their memorial (ff. 177-179) relating to the colonial boundary with the Indians
and Botetourt’s reply.
C.O. 5/1332, pp. 180-181
S.R. 795
M 244
1770 May 31. Letter from Botetourt. Enclosing an assembly address and his reply to the same,
regarding the Indian boundary line settlement.
C.O. 5/1372, pp. 55vo-56ro
S.R. 851
M 232
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1763 Dec. 1. Copy of an address made to the Indians at the conference at Augusta by the British
representatives and signed by the latter, including the Lt. Gov. of Virginia.
C.O. 323/ 17, pp. 164-165
S.R. 919
M 303
Indians: Official Appointments
1676 Oct. 3. Commission of King Charles II to Sir John Berry. Whitehall. Berry is appointed
Commander in Chief at Sea for the expedition going to Virginia to suppress the rebellion there.
All ships’ captains are ordered to obey him as commander.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 121
S.R. 254
M 227
1704-1705. Copies of nine proclamations by Governor Nicholson. One of these proclamations
regards the regulation of the procedure on land grants etc. following the death of the AuditorGeneral of the Colony, 15 Dec. 1704.
C.O. 5/1340, pp. 11-16
S.R. 248
M 246
1756 May 13. The Board of Trade to Henry Fox. Whitehall. Recommending Sir William
Johnson as agent for Indian Affairs – including affairs affecting the Indians on the frontiers of
Virginia.
C.O. 5/7, pp. 701
S.R. 265
M 259
11 Feb. 1771. Sec. of State to Lord Dunmore. Sending H.M. Commission appointing him
governor of Virginia, and also H.M. instructions for his guidance there. [These not included
here].
C.O. 5/1349, pp. 42-43
S.R. 240
M 201
1772 May 2. Dunmore to Sec. of State. Letter on the questions of nomination of Clerks of
County Courts, and fees paid to the Governor’s Clerks. Nomination of the Clerks by the Sec. of
State gives this official great power. Proposed that his duty should be transferred to the governor;
it appears from Council Journals that former Governors did exercise it, and that the secretaries
only acquired this power in 1689. His predecessors, secondly, had established a system of
payment of fees to their Clerks for various commissions. The Assembly has asked for the
abolition of these. He, therefore, asks for an additional allowance to cover this expense. The
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expense of being governors of Virginia is “much greater than what I was liable to “ as governor
of New York.
C.O. 5/1350, pp. 62-65
S.R. 241
M 201
1772 July 1. Sec. of State to Dunmore. Question of a law to impose duties on the importation of
Negroes (ff. 46-48) to be laid before the Privy Council. He encloses a copy of a Board of Trade
report on similar application made in 1770. Hillsborough cannot agree to the proposal to deprive
the Sec. of Colony of the right to nominate the Clerks of the County Court. He cannot take action
about an allowance such as Dunmore suggests. H.M. consented to remit the penalties and fines
on Waterson, Henderson, and Abraham and Joseph Fry.
C.O. 5/1350, pp. 72-73
S.R. 241
M 201
1690 July 10. Copy of Col. Philip Ludwell’s commission appointing George Brent his Ranger
General for the Northern Nek [see ff. 112-113].
C.O. 5/1305, pp. 172-173
S.R. 400
M 233
1690 Oct. 30. Col. Cole to the Committee for Trade. Forwarding copy of the Orders in Council
and reporting Col. Ludwell’s appointment of a Ranger General in the Northern Nek.
C.O. 5/1305, pp. 154-155
S.R. 400
M 233
1691. Lt. Gov. and Council of Virginia to the Committee for Trade. Representing various
matters, including appointment of Ranger General in the Northern Nek district, need for arms for
Militia, Indian trade, etc. [see ff. 106-107].
C.O. 5/1306, pp. 98-100
S.R. 401
M 234
No date. Copies of the commissions and oaths of various officials such as Judge of the General
Court, Sheriffs, Clerks of the County, Clerks of the General Court, Coroners, Attorney General,
Surveyor, Militia Officers, and Indian Interpreters. Includes names of Justices of the Peace of
each county in Jun 1699 and also the names of the militia field officers of each county. (See also
C.O. 5/134, ff. 3-4)
C.O. 5/1310, pp. 106-138
S.R. 405
M 235
No date. Copy of Dinwiddie’s commission appointing Peter Randolph and William Byrd,
commissioners to the Catawba and Cherokee Nations of Indians.
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T.1/360, pp. 50
S.R. 1286A
M 349
1756 Feb. 17. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Whitehall. Expressing concern at the
negligent attitude of the Assembly during the period of danger to Virginia and their issuing of
paper currency. Hoping Dinwiddie’s measures to protect the frontiers will serve until money has
been raised for building forts. The Earl of Loudoun has been appointed Commander in Chief of
the forces in American and Gov. of Virginia. Hoping negotiations to obtain the alliance of the
southern Indians will be successful.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 166-169
S.R. 846
M 230
1756 July 1. Circular letter from the Commissioners for Trade to the Governors of Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia notifying them of the appointment of Edmund
Atkin, member of the Council of South Carolina to be agent and supt. Of Indian affairs o the
frontiers of these four colonies under the direction of the commander-in-chief in north America,
and requesting the governors to support and assist hi in carrying out his duties and to consult
with him over Indian affairs
C.O. 324/16, pp. 99-101,
S.R. 1301
M 309
1756 May 13. Commissioners for Trade to Henry Fox, Sec. of State. Whitehall. Proposing that
Edmund Atkin should be appointed Agent and Supt. Of Indian Affairs for the southern district
comprising Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia and should be paid by the Commander-in-Chief,
and enclosing a draft commission for approval. (no draft commission has been entered in the
Entry Book, but in the margin is a note reading “Vide War B”.) see pp. 99-101.
C.O. 324/16, pp. 91-92
S.R. 1301
M 309
1777 Oct. 21. Warrant signed by Lord Germaine, Sec. of State. St. James’. Appointing John
Stuart to be “Colonel of our Faithful Subjects and Allies, the Indians of the Creek, Cherokee,
Choctaw, and Catawba Nations, and of all other Indian tribes within the Department of the
Superintendent of the Southern District in North America” during His Majesty’s Pleasure and
under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief in North America.
C.O. 324/44, pp. 25
S.R. 1329
M 320
No date. Account of a country between 35 and 35 degrees latitude. Nine brief paragraphs deal
with…appearance and character of the natives….
Cotton Otho E. VIII, f. 167
S.R 117
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1610s
1611 Aug. 9. Allexander Whitaker to Mr. Cranshaw, Jamestown. Amusing encounters with the
Indians, the rich harvest of souls awaiting in Virginia, the need for ministers.
Add. Ms. 21993, f. 192vo.
S.R. 57
Ca. 1612. Strachey, William: The histories of Trauaile into Virginia.
71-91. Engravings of Indians.
98 vo. A Distionarie of the Indian Language for the better enabling of such, who shalbe thither
umployed.
Sloane 1662
S.R. 15
1620
1622 July 29. Order (of the Privy Council). Certain obsolete arms from the Tower are to be
delivered to the Virginia Company, at the discretion of the Lord High Treasurer of England, for
the use of the colonists in defending themselves against the savages at whose hands they have
already lost 500 of their number.
C.O. 5/1354, ff. 202-203
S.R. 253
M 227
1622 Dec. 15. The manner howe to bringe in the Indians into subiection without makinge an
utter exterpation of them together with the reasons. Signed Jno. Martin.
Add. Ms. 124996, f. 459
S.R. 37
1622-1627. Misc. papers of Sir Julius Caesar concerning…Indians…
Add. Ms. 12496, ff. 121-122vo; ff. 357-358vo.; 440-473vo.
S.R. 37
1653 April 3. Governor and Council of Virginia to the Earl of Southampton, and the rest of the
Council for Virginia. Indians have asked for a peace on certain conditions. Many have died in the
colony.
C.O. ½, ff. 128, 129
S.R. 701
1653 April 14. Christopher Davison to John Ferrar. List names of those killed by the Indians (not
enclosed but bound in C. O. 1/3). Details of present situation in Virginia.
C.O. 1/2, ff. 149, 150
S.R. 701
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1624 Jan. 30. Governor and Council of Virginia Company in England. Details of the war with
the Indians…
C.O. 1/3, ff. 1-4
S.R. 702
1624 Aug. 9. Robert Earl of Warwick to Mr. Secretary Conway. Mr. Pott has poisoned the
savages and is unfit to be employed. Wants Robert Bing in the Virginia Commission.
C.O. 1/3, ff. 94-95
S.R. 702
1626 April 6. Governor and Council of Virginia to the Privy Council…The colony will need 500
soldiers each year to suppress Indians…
C.O. ¼, ff. 19-20
S.R. 703
1629 July 22. Proclamation by the Governor and Captain-General of Virginia, John Pott,
appointing William Claiborne Captain and Commander of all forces, to destroy and pursue the
Indians, with power to govern, punish and correct all offending persons.
C.O 1/39, f. 115
S.R. 739
M 318
1630s
(1630) Petition of Sir John Harvey to Privy Council. Requests to send 2 or 3 lasts of powder for
the war against the natives.
C.O. 1/5, f. 180
S.R. 704
1631. Statement of William Claiborne that he purchased the Isle of Kent from the Indians, that
afterwards Lord Baltimore claimed this island and seized it with a value of stock and cattle of
about £7,000.
C.O. 1/39, f. 117
S.R. 739
M 318
1637 Nov. 17. Sir John Harvey to Robert Reade. Hopes to employ Reade’s brother against the
Indians. He is well and stays at the writer’s house.
C.O. 1/9, ff. 188, 189
S.R. 708
M 272
(1637/8) Petition of Cecil Lord Baltimore to the King. Was desirous to plant an English colony
in Va. The king has granted him a patent for Maryland that was much opposed by Va., and
mainly by one William Clayborne, in 1653. Clayborne, though knowing he has no rights,, tries to
induce the Indians to attack the colony in Maryland…
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C.O. 1/9, f. 211
S.R. 708
M 272
1639 Jan. 11. Commission (of King Charles I) to Sir Francis Wyat…to send out forces to subdue
the Indians.
C.O. 5/1354, f. 212-218
S.R. 253
M 227
1640s
1650s
(1652/3) Petition of Mathias Decost to the King. Has been an inhabitant of Maryland for 19
years and lives now in Virginia. Found five copper mines and four silver mines. The Dutch and
the Indians know of a silver mine which they want to keep secret, but petitioner know where the
mine is. Ask license for the management of these mines with the king’s assistance.
C.O 1/66, f. 170
S.R. 766
(1656) To the Governor and Council of State. “The reasons to bee annexed to the answere of the
Burgesses which they have already presented.”
3. Its is wrong to build warehouses for tobacco. Most planters having difficulties for transport.
Also it is too dangerous. The crop can easily be lost by fire, caused e.g. by Indians.
C.O. 1/33, ff. 239,240
S.R. 733
1658 July 20. Thomas Povey to Richard Povey. Gray’s Inn. Capt. Kirkhoovan and 5 men went
ashore in Virginia to get provisions, and disappeared, presumably killed by Indians. (See f. 67)
Add. Ms. 11411, f. 69
S.R. 376
1660s
(1661) Complaints about Hugh Peters who collected money pretending to Christianise the
Indians in New England. The king’s coin is being debased in Boston…
C.O. 1/15, ff. 96, 97
S.R. 714
(1665) “The Generall description of America or the New World.” A description of the
geography of the American Continent, the different kinds of Indians…
C.O. 1/19, ff. 351-356
S.R. 718
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(1665/6 Jan. 29. (Date delivered) Petition of Sir William Berkeley on behalf of the Colony of Va.
To the King. A petition has been presented to the King proposing to alter the usual way of trade
and commerce with Va. This would be most unfortunate for:
3. The Indians will soon know that provisions and arms come oly once a year. They will attack
when towards the end of that year the stores are nearly empty…
C.O. 1/20, f. 11
S.R. 719
1666 June 5-Oct. 23. Acts passed at a Grand Assembly held at James City by prorogation:
5. Allowance for wolves killed by Indians left to the bye-laws.
C.O. 1/20, ff. 157-164
S.R. 719
1666 June 5-Oct. 23. Acts passed at a Grand Assembly held at James City by prorogation:
7. Indians not to come within their bounds in Henrico County.
C.O. 1/20, ff. 157-164
S.R. 719
1666 July 18. Thomas Ludwell to (Lord Arlington)… War with the Indians threatens…
C.O. 1/20, ff, 218, 219
S.R. 719
1666 Dec. 11. Further articles of agreement made at St. Mary’s in Maryland between
Commissioners for Virginia and Maryland. Ratification of the agreement of 12 July 1666 though
the Governor and Assembly of the County of Albemarle in Carolina after having made and act
prohibiting planting of tobacco for one year could not transmit this to Virginia and Maryland
because of an invasion of Indians.
C.O. 1/20, ff. 337, 338
S.R. 719
1667). Governor and Council of Virginia to the King and the Lords of the Privy
Council…Virginia is very unfortunate being attacked by the Dutch and the Indians…
C.O 1/21, ff. 109-112
S.R. 721
M 304
1669 May 27. Sir William Berkeley to Lord (Arlington). Last Spring he decided to find the East
India Sea, together with 200 “gent.” They had hoped to find on their way some silver
mines…Continual heavy rain has stopped this enterprise…If permitted he will try again next
Spring not-withstanding any opposition from the Spaniards or the Indians…
C.O. 1/24, ff. 116,117
S.R. 724
1669 July 14. Lord Baltimore to William Blathwayt. Maryland. Encloses a copy of an act of
Assembly of Virginia concerning security against the Indians. Has already given papers
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concerning a peace with the Northern Indians for the inhabitants of Maryland and Virginia. The
peace has been violated last summer by some mad men…
C.O. 1/43, ff. 161,162
S.R. 743
1670s
1670 June 13. Sir William Berkeley to (Lord Arlington)…Two Indians have arrived offering to
bring them to some of the English Nation. These must be Spaniards for the Indians do not know
the difference between Europeans.
C.O. 1/25, ff. 80, 81
S.R. 725
1671. The journal and relation of a new discovery made behind the Apuleian Mountains to the
West of Va. A commission was granted by Maj. Gen. Wood for the finding out “of the Ebbing
and Flowing of the water behinde the Mountains in order to the discovery of the South Sea.”
They were accompanied by Perecute, a great man of Apomatck Indians, and by Jack Nesan, a
former servant of Maj. Gen. Wood…
C.O. 1/27, ff. 101-112
S.R. 727
1672 Sept. 24. Acts passed at a Grand Assembly at James City.
3. An Act concerning “tythables” born in the country. It was ordered that lists must be made in
each county of all negro, mulatto, and Indian children with their owners, who are born in the
country and they have to be registered within 12 months after their birth in the parish registers.
C.O. 1/29, ff. 72-75
S.R. 729
1672 Sept. 24. Acts passed at a Grand Assembly at James’ City.
8. An Act for the apprehension and suppression of runaway negroes and slaves. If he is wounded
or killed, the person who has done this will not be questioned. All slaves are valued at 4,500 lb of
tobacco. Indians at 3,000 lbs of tobacco…If Indians seize such a slave, the Master has to pay the
Indians 20 arms length of “Roanoke.”
C.O. 1/29, ff. 72 75
S.R. 729
1675 Oct. 3/13. Sir Jonathan Atkins, Governor of Barbadoes, to Sir Joseph Williamson. Report
about Barbadoes. The Indians have devastated many of the outward plantations in New England.
Because of this damage and of “the great Provisions exhausted from them to Va. Who have
beene in a starving condition” they have made an embargo on all provisions much to the
prejudice of Barbadoes.
C.O. 1/35, f. 231
S.R. 735
(1676) Description of the troubles in Virginia. Present danger is greater than in 1622 when the
Indians murdered so many inhabitants…
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C.O. 1/36, ff. 111, 112
S.R. 736
(1676) Petition “presented to the Governor per Jordans,” of subjects living in the upper parts of
James River. The Indians have already murdered several people there. Ask to be granted a
commission to make choice of Commission Officers to lead the defense. Ask a speedy answer.
Petitioners do not want to make disturbances in the country.
C.O. 1/36, f. 139
S.R. 736
(1676) The humble remonstrance of john Bland of London, merchant, on behalf of the
inhabitants and planters in Va. & Maryland to the King. (Printed)
1. The Dutch do not permit the English to trade with their Indians, therefore the English should
forbid the Dutch to trade with their Indians…
C.O. 1/36, ff. 142-143
S.R. 736
(1676) The Virginian plea for opposing the Indians without the Governor’s order. The danger of
an Indian attack is daily increasing. The forts ordered to be erected at the heads of the rivers are
insufficient for defense. An address was written to the Governor to obtain a commission to resist
the Indians aiming only to bring peace to Virginia….
C.O. 1/37, ff. 29. 30
S.R. 737
1676. Complaint from Heaven with a “Huy and Crye” & a petition from Va. & Maryland to the
King and his Parliament…The Indians are induced by “a popish Divell” to come to Virginia to
do mischief. Sir. Wm. Berkeley sent Washington and Allerthon with 200 men asking Lord
Baltimore to assist them against the Indians. He raised 1,000 men and prevented the 200 to fight
the Indians. Details about the war with the Indians, blaming “popish Maryland” giving many
accusations against Lord Baltimore…
C.O. 1/36, ff. 213-218
S.R. 736
(1676) Petition of Thomas Bacon to the King. His son Nathaniel now in Va. has been induced to
lead people against Indians, without permission from the Governor. Prays to have the King’s
forgiveness for his son.
C.O. 1/37, ff. 31, 32
S.R. 737
(1676) “Beacons Declaration in Virginia. The Declaration of the People.” (Signed) Nath.
Bacon… They favored the Indians who now endanger the colony after the army had been sent
back…
C.O. 1/37, ff. 128, 129
S.R. 737
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(1676) “Nathaniel Bacon Esq. his manifesto concerning the present troubles in Virginia”
…People in power did not work for the defense of the country, for trade, arts, sciences, but they
have collected “tottering Fortunes,” they protected the Indians, the enemies of the country…
C.O. 1/37, ff. 178, 179
S.R. 737
(1676) The Virginians Plea for opposing the Indians.
Egerton 2395, f. 545
S.R. 62
(1676) The humble appeale of the Volunteers to all well minded and charitable men. On
defending the Colony against the Indians. (Copy)
Egerton 2395, f. 544
S.R. 62
(1676) Mr. Bird’s relation, who lied nigh to Mr. Bacon… Concerning the Indian troubles.
C.O. 2395, f. 550vo.
S.R. 62
1676 April 1. Sir William Berkeley to (?)…in New England the Indians complained that the
strangers had left them no land to support themselves...The Governor of New England told that
they had to move further inland. The Indian s answered that this attitude was not according to the
teaching of the Christian God they had heard so much about. The answer was that this God had
given the land to his people, the Indians being too weak to hold it. This infuriated the Indians
very much…They attacked New England… Some Indians killed people in Maryland….
C.O. 1/36, ff. 65-66
S.R. 736
1676 April 1. Sir William Berkeley to Mr. Ludwell…New taxes are necessary because of the
danger of the Indians. They have destroyed towns in New England and have devastated about
100 miles of ground. It will take 20 year to recover… In. Va. the Indians have killed two or three
men in Patomalk and as many in Maryland. They enforced themselves in Maryland but their fort
was taken. Since then another party killed about 36 men, women and children and they held 2
men at Birds House who were “most foolishly lost”…
C.O. 1/36, ff. 67, 68
S.R. 736
1676 April 19. Order (of the Privy Council) The Bill for the incorporation of Virginia which,
despite its approval by the King, has not as yet passed under the Great Seal, is to be passed. The
petitioners from Virginia are distressed by the delay as they have already sent a copy of the order
in Council for passing the Bill to Va. to encourage the settlers there to defend themselves against
the Indians.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 55-56
S.R. 254
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1676 May. A description of the fight between the English and the Indians in Va. in May 1676,
Nathaniel Bacon Esq., being the General and the number of his men being 211. Detailed
description of a successful attack, during which many Indians were killed.
C.O. 1/36, ff. 211, 212
S.R. 736
1676 May. A Description of the Fight between the English, and the Indians Nathaniel Bacon
Esq. being their General…
Egerton 2395, f. 542
S.R. 62
1676 May 10. Declaration of Sir William Berkeley, His Majesty’s Governor and apt. Gen. of Va.
Because of the attacks of Indians, the Grand Assembly of Va. has decided in March 1676 to erect
several forts at the head of rivers, dividing the charges as much as possible…
C.O. 1/37, f. 2
S.R. 737
1676 May 10. Proclamation by the Governor of Virginia. Signed Wm. Berkeley. About Indian
raids in New England and Virginia.
Egerton 2395, f. 539
S.R. 62
1676 May 13 William Travers to Mr. Giles Cale. The governor is at the falls of the James River,
expecting the enemy. He has written to Col. Goodrick and Capt. Hawkins, who must raise as
many men as they can to destroy the enemies. The Governor thinks the Susquehannahs are the
main enemy. He is misinformed, there are also the Portobaccoes.
C.O. 1/36, f. 138
S.R. 736
1676 June 1. William Sherwood to (Sir Joseph Williamson). Sir William Berkeley called an
Assembly in March 1676, which decided that forts should be built at the heads of the rivers to
protect the country against Indians. Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., who is only 2 years in the country
“thinking himselfe wiser than the Law,” collected people to oppose the Assembly-law.
C.O. 1/37, f. 1
S.R. 737
1676 June 18. Mr. Bacon’s account of their troubles in Virginia by the Indians.
Egerton 2395, f. 551
S.R. 62
1676 June 28. Phillip Ludwell ti (?)…Nathaniel bacon gathered “a Rablle of the Casest sort of
People” and fell upon the Indians. He killed many Indians, thus making more enemies among
them…He demanded a commission to be General of all the forces in Va. against the Indians. The
Governor refused and Bacon began to threaten the Council and Burgesses…On Sunday, June 25,
the news came that Indians had attacked and killed several people….
C.O. 1/37, ff. 35-38
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S.R. 737
1676 June 29. Letter from Mrs. Nathaniel Bacon to her sister. Concerning a murder by Indians.
(Copy)
Egerton 2395, f. 550
S.R. 62
1676 July 6. Order signed by Thomas Ballard to Capt. Thomas Youung. James City. According
to an ore of “the Honble Nathll. Bacon Esq. General against the Indians” that Capt Thomas Young
should provide 350 lbs. of dried beef, bacon and cheese and 675 lbs. of biscuits, it is now ordered
in the King’s name to prepare these quantities and to bring them to James City on July 12…
C.O. 1/37, ff. 82,83
S.R. 737
1676 July 8. Giles Bland to Thomas Povey…Now the colony is threatened to be deserted, as is
already done along the heads of the rivers because of the attacks by the Indians…
C.O. 1/37, ff. 84.85
S.R. 737
(1676) July 8. Giles Bland to Mr. Povey. Virginia. Concerning grievances. A copy of a
Remonstrance of the several counties in Virginia. A document naming Bland to remonstrance to
the King concerning the Indian troubles.
Egerton 2395, f. 555
S.R. 62
1676 august 3. Declaration of 70 people. Sir William Berkeley has stirred up a civil war by
listening to bad advice about Bacon. The named 70 people support him n his fight against the
Indians. …
C.O. 1/37, ff. 130, 131
S.R. 737
1676 Aug. 11. Order from Nathaniel Bacon, Thomas Swanne, Thomas Beale, Thomas Ballard,
James Bray to the Sheriff of Westmoreland County. Whereas the Governor has deserted the
Government and the Indians are attacking, it is urgent to call an Assembly…
C.O. 1/37, f. 133
S. R. 737
1676 Oct. Francis Morrison to Sir William Jones, the Attorney General…Advising on financial
and other grounds against sending a military force from England to put down the rebellion in
Virginia and fight the Indians.
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 8vo-13vo.
S.R. 850
1676 Nov. 14. Instructions of the Privy Council to the Commissioners for Va. No. 3. They shall
counsel the Lt. Gov. , especially interesting for peace with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 117-120
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S.R. 254
M 227
(1676/7) Samuel Wiseman to the Commissioners Discussing the limits of the authority of the
Assembly, Council and Governor in settling the peace with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 61vo-63ro.
S.R. 850
1676/7 Jan 27. Order from Sir William Berkeley, upon consideration of the good service done by
Mr. Gregory Walkelate, to empower the same Walkelate to his custody “all suck Roanoake and
Peack” as was taken from the Indians and was not distributed among soldiers but belongs to the
Governor.
C.O. 1/39, f. 28ro
S.R. 739
M 318
1676/7 Feb. 2. Sir John Berry and Francis Moryson to Mr. Secretary Williamson “from on board
his Majesties ship Bristoll riding at James River in Virginia…A good foundation has already
been laid for peace wit the Indians…
C.O. 1/39, ff. 52-53
S.R. 739
M 318
1676/7 Feb 2. Sir John Berry and Col. Francis Morrison to the Secretary of State, aboard H.M.S
Bristol in James River, Virginia.. Relations with the Indians are outlined…
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 19-20ro.
S.R 850
1676/7 Feb 3. Headings of a conference held with Sir William Berkeley by John Berry and
Francis Morison, aboard H.M.S. Bristol…that all endeavors be made to conclude a peace with
the Indians.
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 16-18
S.R. 850
1676/7 Feb. 27. The Commissioners to the Assembly, Governor, Council and Speaker of
Virginia, Swann’s Point…Recommending means for the conclusion of a peace with the
neighboring Indians.
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 53-61ro.
S.R. 850
(1677) The Humble Appeal of the Volunteers to all well minded and charitable people. Pointing
out the present poverty of the Virginia and the inefficiency of its existing defenses against Indian
attacks. Desiring volunteers to fight in an all out war against the Indians.
C.O 5/1371, ff. 127-129A
S.R. 850
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(1677) The Commissioners to the King. The Commissioners, upon the conclusion of the Indian
peace, desire presents amounting to about £120 for the Indians; consisting of crowns, coronets,
purple robes and badges for the Chiefs. Descriptions of each Chief are included.
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 134vo-1380ro.
S.R. 850
(1677) An account of the grievances of Nancymond County, under twenty-eight headings. The
greater part of all these grievances are concerned with abuses of tazatoin and the matter of the
Indians War.
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 167-169ro.
S.R. 850
1677 March 27. The Commissioners to Mr. secretary Coventry, Swann’s Point… The Indians
have shown their inclination to conclude a peace.
C.O. 5/ 1371, ff. 69vo-77ro.
S.R. 850
1677 April 5. The Commissioners to Mr. Secretary Coventry, Swann’s Point. Although Berkeley
has been granted £500 by the Assembly, he has done nothing towards concluding a peace with
the Indians. …
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 94vo-97ro.
S.R. 850
1677 April 14. Philip Ludwell to Mr. Secretary Coventry (Virginia)…His opinion is that the
rebellion proceeded not from any fault of the government but from lewd dispositions of the
rebels and that Bacon’s pretended intention to prosecute a war against the Indians was merely a
mask for his villainies. …
C.O. 5/1371, pp. 152-155
S.R. 254
M 227
1677 April 27. A declaration by the Governor and Captain General of Virginia. (Signed by)
Herbert Jeffreys…Promises to make war with Red Indian enemies, to make peace with friendly
Red Indians. …
C.O. 1/40, ff. 66,67
S.R. 740
1677 April 27. Declaration of Colonel Jeffreys, Governor of Virginia, Swans Point…All
potential rebels are also to be removed and amicable relations with the Indians are to be brought
about by peace treaties…
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 145-149
S.R. 254
M 227
1677 April 30. Commission of Thomas Notley, Governor of Maryland, to Col. Henry Coursey,
to negotiate with the Red Indians to procure peace for the inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland.
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C.O. 1/40, ff. 72, 73
S.R. 740
1677 May 4. The King’s Commissioners for Va. to Mr. Watkins…Are taking steps for a general
peace with the Red Indians…
C.O. 1/40, ff. 130, 131.
S.R. 740
1677 May 4. The Commissioners to Mr. Watkins, Swann’s point…Complaining that Berkeley
has taken no steps toward an Indian peace.
C.O. 5/1371, ff. 114ro-119ro.
S.R. 850
1677) May 22. Extract of a letter from Tomas Notley, Lt. Gen. of Maryland, to Lord Baltimore,
proprietor of Maryland. Sir William Berkeley and the Commissioners did not accord well. When
Sir William departed on May 5, nothing was done to secure peace with the Indians….
C.O. 1/40, ff. 186, 187
S.R. 740
1677 May 24. Nicholas Spencer to Lord Baltimore, Virginia has no open rebellion, people would
again take to violence. There is hope of peace with the Indians.
C.O. 1/40, ff. 188, 189
S.R. 740
1677 May 29. Articles of peace between Charles, King of England, etc. and several Indian Kings
and Queens. Arranged by Herbert Jeffreys, Governor and Captain General of Va., in the presence
of Sir John Berry and Francis Moryson and the Council of State of Virginia.
C.O. 1/40, ff. 202, 203
S.R. 740
(See also ff. 204-212 for printed copy of above.)
1677 June 11. Herbert Jeffreys to Sir Joseph Williamson. Details of the signing and proclamation
of the pace with the Indians…
C.O. 1/40, ff. 225-226
S.R. 740
1677 June 22. Nicholas Spencer to Philip Calvert, Chancellor of the Province of Maryland.
Pinckney gave himself easy means for transport for he had £40. of his master, which was not the
first cheat. On 29 May peace was made, but does not know the terms. The Nauzatico Indians did
not come, though some of them came.
C.O. 1/40, ff. 249-250
S.R. 740
1677 June 22. Thomas Notley, (Lt. Gov. of Maryland) to the Governor of Va. Has been obliged
to send and Agent to New York to prevent destruction by the Northern Indians. Wants to know
how the position is in Va. and what plans there are concerning the Northern Indians…Indians
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give presents with every demand or article of peace, which they also expect from the English. If
Va. wants to be included in this peace, what presents are they willing to give?
C.O. 1/40, ff. 247, 248
S.R. 740
1677 July 15. Propositions made by Col. Henry Coursey from the Lord Proprietor of Maryland
and all the Christians there inhabiting, as also from the Christians of Virginia to the Sinnico
Indians, etc.
C.O. 1/40, ff. 79, 80
S.R. 740
1677 Oct. 5. Proclamation of a peace concluded by Col. Henry Coursey between Maryland and
Virginia, and the Red Indians.
C.O. 1/40, f. 85
S.R. 740
1677 Oct. 15. List of papers delivered to Mr. Secretary Coventry. Papers concerning the
rebellion, the Indian peace and other matters concerning Virginia and Maryland.
C.O. 5.1371, f. 147vo.
S.R. 850
1677 Oct. 19. Order of the Privy Council to Secretary Coventry. Enclosed in the order is a report
of 19 Oct. 1677 by the Committee for…Plantations upon the Articles of peace made with the
Indian Princess in Virginia. The Committee finds these 21 articles …to be beneficial to Va. and
recommends that they be published, with certain corrections, and sent to Va….
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 198-200
S.R. 254
M 227
1677 Nov. 21. Petition of Henry West, planter, a native of Va., to the King. William West was
forced by Bacon to accept a commission against the Indians. After the rebellion he and the
petitioner, his brother, were arrested. William was condemned to death, but escaped from prison;
Henry was brought to England. Requests to be allowed to Va. and to pardon William.
C.O. 1/41, f. 258
S.R. 741
M 319
1677 Dec. 18, Lords of the Committee of Trade & Plantations to the King. Lord Baltimore has
informed the Lords that in the peace between Maryland & the Indians, Va. and other neighboring
plantations are included. In the peace between Va. and Indians, Maryland & other plantations are
not mentioned. Advise to write a letter to Herbert Jeffreys to urge him to include the name of
Maryland & other plantations in all future treaties with the Indians.
C.O. 1/41, f. 289
S.R. 741
M 319
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(1678) June 5. Grievances of the Queen of Poemonkey and her son Capt. John West. Nine
Grievances, mainly against the Chickahomineys.
C.O. 1/42, f. 177
S.R. 742
M 319
1678 April 15. Proposals by Col. Coursey to the Maques and Sinniquo Indians on behalf of the
proprietor of Maryland for all the King’s subjects in Va. and Maryland.
C.O. 1/40, ff. 81-84
S.R. 740
1678 April 17. Thomas Ludwell to (?)…feels the danger of renewed attack by the Indians in case
of war with the French.
C.O.. 1/42, ff. 111, 112
S.R. 742
1678 June 29. Cockacoewe, Queen of Pamunkey, to Col. Moryson. Considers the King of
England to be her very good friend and promises to be faithful to him. Her only friends are
Moryson, the interpreter, Cornelius Dabney and Col. Bacon. As the King has forgiven her
“runinge away,” others should now forget about it. Is dissatisfied with the Rappahannacks and
the Chickahomineys who grudge to be under her subjection. Their interpreters bring false reports
about the Queen. Her son offers his service to the King.
C.O. 1/42, f. 276
S.R. 742
1678 June 29. Cornelius Dabney to Col. Moryson…Moryson has asked to send an elk, but that
will be difficult to get as the Indians do not dare to go so high to hunt for fear of the Senecas.
C.O. 1/42, f. 277
S.R. 742
1678 Dec. 13. Proposals received from Lord Culpeper. …lesses proposals regarding presents for
the Indians Princes….
C.O. 5/1355. Pp. 258-263
S.R. 254
M 227
1679 March 25. Sir Edmund Andros to William Blathwayt, from New York. Detailed account of
negotiations with the Indians, who have troubled Virginia and Maryland and who have captured
women and children.
C.O. 1/43, ff. 60, 61
S.R. 743
1679 May 20. Sir Henry Chicheley to Mr. Secretary Coventry, Virginia. Chicheley begs that
money may be granted to Virginia…to aid the colony in repairing damages done by the Indians
and in defending itself against further attacks.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 360-361
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S.R. 254
M 227
1679 Dec. 6. Instructions of the Privy Council to Culpeper…Two orders are given concerning
the Indians’ an order for their being allowed to English justice and protection and an order for
the restoration to liberty of the Queen of Wanoke’s brother taken hostage to England by Sir
William Berkeley…
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 326-356
S.R. 254
M 227
1679 Dec 6. Instructions of the Privy Council to Lord Thomas Culpeper…the inhabitants of
Rappahannock County and other places who have suffered from the Indians are to be given
special consideration.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 326-356
S.R. 254
M 227
1679/80 Feb. 16. Abstract of letter from Mr. Randolph. Sir Edward Andros has concluded a
peace between the Indians and the Christians of Virginia and Maryland.
C.O. 1/44, ff. 75-80
S.R. 744
1679/80 March 18. Nicholas Spencer to (?) from Va. Is in doubt about the good effect of any
treaty with the Indians. Governor & Council made Col. Wood to negotiate with the Indians who
did not come to Jamestown on the appointed day. The late murder was probably revenge,
considering that Capt. Byrd killed seven Indians and imprisoned their wives and children only
because he suspected them of having murdered the English, one can hardly wonder at the failure
of the treaty.
C.O. 1/44, f. 131
S.R. 744
1680s
(1680) Petition of Robert Jones of Charles City County in Va. to the King…was forced by Col.
Bacon to fight the Indians, but soon surrendered to Col. Epes, commissioned Col. Of Charles
City County…
C.O. 1/45, f. 113
S.R. 745
1680 June 8. An answer of the General Assembly at James City to Lord Culpeper’s
address…The Indians are still murdering the inhabitants, notwithstanding the peace treaty, and
new forts and garrisons had to be organized costing money. Gents had to be sent to New York to
conclude a peace with the Senecas, who are stirring up the peaceful Indians. All this has caused
levies and expenses greater than the country can bear…
C.O. 1/45, ff. 116-117
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S.R. 745
1680 July 9. Nicholas Spencer to (?), from James City…The Indians have been quiet, probably
partly due to the garrisons at the heads of the rivers, but 60 men and horses for each garrison is
too much for the country…
C.O 1/45, ff. 189, 190
S.R. 745
1680 July 9. Col. Spencer to Sec. Coventry… The Indians have been peaceful throughout the
summer, probably in fear of the garrisons that are maintained at the head of the (James) River…
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 381-385
S.R. 254
M 227
1681 May 13. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lionel Jenkins, from Virginia. Everything is quiet, the
Indians have remained peaceful.
C.O. 1/46, ff. 324-325
S.R. 746
1681 June 18. Extract from letter from Va. received from Lord Culpeper. Details about the
danger from the Indians.
C.O. 1/47, ff. 80,81
S.R. 747
1681 July 19. Lord Baltimore to the Earl of Anglesey, Lord Privy Seal. Promised to explain the
condition of Va. & Maryland as regards the Northern Indians who have lately committed
murders in both countries. Their aim at present is to destroy other Indians but after that they may
well try to kill the English. They have already taken away cattle and killed some people….
C.O. 1/47, ff. 75,76
S.R. 747
1681 July 22. (sic) Extracts of letters from Va. Read in Council. Received from Col. Ludwell.
Details about the Indians.
C.O. 1/47, f. 79
S.R. 747
1681 July 30. Abstract from a letter rom Pominie (?), received from Col. Ludwell and read in
Council 12 Oct. 1681. Has and read in Council 12 Oct. 1681. Has written also on 22 July. The
Seneca Indians have withdrawn but if they attack defense will be difficult….
C.O. 1/47, f. 92
S.R. 747
1681 Oct. 25. Lord Culpeper to (Lord of the Committee of Trade & Plantations). Gives reasons
why the King’s forces in Va. ought to remain there. …
1. The Indians remain a danger to Va., especially the Senecas.
C.O. 1/47, ff. 193, 194
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S.R. 747
1681 Oct. 25. Reasons of Lord Culpeper to the Privy Council… Unlike the island colonies, such
as Jamaica, Virginia is not protected by the seas, but has to defend herself from such enemy
neighbors as the Indians and the “scum and refuse” of North Carolina…
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 407-409
S.R. 254
M 227
1681 Oct. 31. Report (of the Privy Council) to King Charles II Virginia being in extreme danger
from both the Indians & its own impoverished population, the Council recommends the
continued maintenance there of the two companies.
C.O 5/1356, pp. 1-2
S.R. 255
M 227
1681/2 Jan. 27. Instructions of King Charles II to Lord Culpeper… He is to take order in all
things until receiving further directions, only taking care not to declare war without command,
save in emergency against the Indians…
C.O. 5/1356, pp. 30-61
S.R. 255
M 227
1681/2 Feb. 6. Cadwallader Jones to Lord Baltimore, From Mount Paradise. Ask for a permit for
trade at Nanticoke only for Roanoke and Peake. Gives information about the Indians and about
Mr. Fendall.
C.O. 1/48, f. 115
S.R. 748
1632 March 11. Lord Baltimore to William Blathwayt. Discusses the problems of Maryland and
also the danger of the Indians, who intend to come to Maryland first and then to Va. They get
their supplies from the inhabitants of New York. Hopes the government there will support
Maryland and Va.
C.O. 1/48, ff. 169, 170
S.R. 748
1682 June 7. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lyonel Jenkins….The Indians have not given any trouble.
C.O. 1/48, ff. 313, 314
S.R. 748
1682/3 Feb. 15. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lyonel Jenkins, from James City…The frontiers are
kept against the Indians by 80 horsemen on the heads of the rivers paid for by the country.
C.O.1/51, ff. 73,74
S.R. 751
M 327
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1682/3 March 20. Lord Culpeper to (?), from Virginia …..The Indians are quiet…
C.O. 1/51, ff. 171, 172
S.R. 751
M 327
1683 May 4. Report of the Council of Virginia …The constant danger from the Indians is
described and a remedy sought in confining trade with them to one or two selected persons and
forbidding their sale as slaves.
C.O. 5/1356, pp. 175-187
S.R. 255
M 227
1683 Sept. 20. Lord Culpeper to the Committee for… Plantations…Relations with the Indians
have been amicable, many of them seeking to becoming Christians.
C.O. 5/1356, pp. 122-149
S.R. 255
M 227
1683 Sept. 27. Lord Culpeper’s presentation concerning the church…In remote parishes there is
the danger of Indians…
C.O. 1/52, f. 249
S.R. 752
1683 Nov. 23. Nicholas Spencer to (?) from James City. The Senecas are endangering the
Indians living in Va. The government has reduced two or three Indian town to one so as to
increase strength. The Indians have been supplied with arms, ammunition & provisions. It would
be a great danger for Va. if the Senecas killed the other Indians, for they are numerous, powerful
and warlike. Parties of mounted men are patrolling the frontiers.
C.O. 153, ff. 183, 184
S.R. 753
1683 Dec. 28. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lyonel Jenkins. Repeats the contents of his previous letter
(see ff. 183, 184) and adds that the Senecas have not appeared lately.
C.O. 1/53, ff. 277, 278
S.R. 753
1683/4 March 13. Lord Howard of Effingham to Mr. Secretary Jenkins, from Virginia. Has had
some trouble with foreign Indians, but hopes to have given the right orders.
C.O. 1/66, f. 322ro
S.R. 766
1648. William Hack: Map of the East Coast of North America.
The area covered reaches from the Virginia Capes to Newfoundland and across the Great Lakes.
Some Indian settlements are indicated around the Lakes and in New England.
Add. Ms. 5415.G.Art.2.
S.R. 362
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1648 April 4. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lyonel Jenkins, from Virginia…The Assembly will also
have to consider the safety of the frontiers against the foreign Indians…
C.O. 1/54, ff. 157-158
S.R. 754
1648 April 17. Humble address and supplication of the Burgesses of the General Assembly of
Va. to the King… It is impossible for Va. to pay for a war with the Indians and England must
support them in that case….
C.O. 1/54. Ff. 292-297
S.R. 754
1648 May 26. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lyonel Jenkins, from Virginia…The country is quiet,
though there are rumors about foreign Indians…
C.O. 1/54, ff. 312, 313
S.R. 754
1648 June 23. Nicholas Spencer to Sir Lyonel Jenkins, from Virginia ….Indians have kept
quiet…
C.O. 1/54, ff. 372, 373
S.R. 754
1648 June 25. Lord Howard of Effingham to the Lords of the Committee for Trade &
Plantations, fro Virginia…The new act is a safeguard against the Indians…
C.O. 1/54, ff. 379, 380
S.R. 754
1648 July 30. Propositions of Lord Howard of Effingham to Indians. Answers to these, JulyAugust 1684.
C.O 5/1407, ff. 112-127
S.R. 202
1684 August 2. Proposition or oration of the Onnogages and Cayonges Sachims made in the
Town Hall of Albany before the Governor of Virginia and the Governor of New York.
C.O. 1/66, ff. 325-329
S.R. 766
1684 Aug. 2. Abstracts of the proposals of the Onnedages and Cayouges Sachims at New York.
(Among others), preferred Lord Howard of Effingham, the King’s Governor, above Penn’s
agents.
C.O. 1/67, ff. 169,170
S.R. 767
1684 August 14. William Sherwood to Sir Lyonel Jenkins, from James City, Virginia…Gives
only the news that the Seneca “or some other foreign Indians” have killed some English people
at the head of the Rappahannock River, while the Governor is in New York.
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C.O. 1/55, ff. 60, 61
S.R. 755
1684 August 14. Mr. William Sherwood to Sir Lionel Jenkins…Certain settlers at the head of the
Rappahannock River have been killed by the Seneca or other foreign Indians during the
Governor’s absence from the colony.
C.O. 5/1356, ff. 299-301
S.R. 255
M 227
1684 Nov. 3. Lord Howard of Effingham to the Earl of Sunderland (New York)… He reports
upon his presence in New York and upon the assistance given to him by Governor Dungan of
that colony in arresting the menace to Virginia of the Indians.
C.O. 5/1356, pp. 298-299
S.R. 255
M 227
1684 Nov. 3. Lord Howard of Effingham to the Earl Sunderland. Is at present in New York.
Through the kindness of Col. Dungan, the Governor, he may have been able to stop the daily
alarm and mischief caused by Indians to Virginia.
C.O. 1/55, ff. 170, 171
S.R. 755
Circa 1684-1687. King of England’s territories in America, Virginia… stories about the Indians,
information of their physical characteristics and their customs…
Sloane 3861, f. 64
S.R. 72
1685 April 27. Nicholas Spencer to (?) from Jamestown. All is quiet, thanks to the peace Lord
Howard of Effingham made with the Senecas….
C.O. 1/57, ff. 251, 252
S.R. 757
1658 May 10. Mr. Nicholas Spencer to the Committee for…Plantations…He reports …the
peaceful relations of the Colony with the home and foreign Indians.
C.O. 5/1357, pp. 99-102
S.R. 256
M 227
1685 June 18. Nicholas Spencer to the Earl of Sunderland, from Va. Country is quiet and there
are no troubles with the Indians. An agent from the Government is going to New York and Fort
Albany to ratify the peace with the Senecas…
C.O. 1/57, ff. 396, 397
S.R. 757
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1685 August 13. Instructions of King James II to Lord Howard of Effingham…the killing of
Indians and slaves….
C.O. 5/1357, pp. 20-61
S.R. 256
M 227
(1686) Nicholas Spencer to the Lords of the Committee for Trade & Plantation…there is peace
with the Indians.
C.O. 1/59, ff. 153, 154
S.R. 759
1686/7 Feb 2. Nicholas Spencer to the Lords of the Committee of Trade & Plantations…The
Governor has disbanded four standing troops as the Indians are peaceful.
C.O. 1/61, ff. 206, 207
S.R. 761
1686/7 Feb. 2. Nicholas Spencer to the Committee for …Plantations… Spencer reports the
peaceful relations of the country with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1357, pp. 136-139
S.R. 256
M 227
1687. Clayton, Dr. John: Observations concerning Virginia.
Observations on Indians. Practice of medicine among the Indians, brief comments on their
morals, drinking habits, use of tobacco, amusements, longevity, and physical appearance.
Add. Ms. 4437, ff. 83-98v.
S.R. 20
1687 Sept. 3. Propositions made by the Oneidas’ Sachems to the Mayor and Aldermen of Albany
at the City Hall. The Indians delivered six prisoners taken by mistake. The answer from the
Mayor was that the prisoners were taken in the colony of Va. and that but for the Governor, the
people of Va. would have made war on them. The Indians promised not to go near the English
plantation in the future.
C.O. 1/63, ff. 153, 154
S.R. 763
1687 Oct. 21. Minutes of the Council of Virginia. Thanks to the Governor there is now peace
with the Senecas, which is vital for Virginia, but they must remain under the influence and
protection of the government of New York. It would be very serious if the French succeeded in
bringing them under the government of Canada.
C.O. 1/63, ff. 412-415
S.R. 763
1687 Dec. 21. Lord Howard of Effingham to the Earl of Sunderland, from Va. Ha sent an
account from New York about the serious consequences if the French succeed to transfer the
Senecas from the Government of New York to that of Canada…
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C.O. 1/63, ff. 410-411
S.R. 763
1687 Dec. 21. Effingham to the Lord President (of the Committee for…Plantations). Effingham
represents the danger which would accrue to His Majesty’s Dominion should the French in
Canada succeed in effecting their design to control the Seneca Indians now under the
government of New York…
C.O. 5/1357, pp. 195-199
S.R. 256
M 227
1688 May 1. Representation of the Governor and Council of Va. to King James II. Pointing out
that the Indians have dwindled from a numerous population to a small weak and indigenous one,
the Council begs that Virginians may now be allowed to survey and occupy Pamunkey-Neck and
the Southside of Blackwater, lands which were formerly allotted to the Indians; in doing so they
will utilize land now going to waste and will protect the weak Indians from attacks from foreign
tribes.
C.O. 5/1357, pp. 222-224
S.R. 256
M 227
1688 May 17. Nicholas Spencer to the Earl of Sunderland. Virginia is peaceful and not disturbed
by foreign Indians…
C.O. 1/64, ff. 321-324
S.R. 764
M 328
1689 April 27. Col. Nicholas Spencer (Sec. of Virginia) reporting unrest in Northern Virginia
arising from rumors of pending attack by Papists of Maryland in alliance with Indians.
C.O. 5/1305, ff. 28-29
S.R. 400
M 233
1689 May 28. Effingham (to the Committee for…Plantations)…The colony is peaceful as
regards the Indians…
C.O 5/1358, pp. 1-2
S.R. 257
M 228
1689 Oct. 22 (?). The President and Council of Virginia to the Committee for… Plantation…the
colony’s greatest danger is from the northern Indians for security against whom they desire
further ammunition from England.
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 9-11
S.R. 257
M 228
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1690s
1690 Jan. 26. Nicholson to the Committee for…Plantations… reports the killing by Indians of
several English hunters suggesting that for the future safety Indians trade should be handled by a
special company. He voices his apprehensions regarding the relations between Pennsylvania and
the Indians and French.
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 37-39
S.R. 257
M 228
1690 August 20. Capt. Francis Nicholson to the Committee for Trade and Plantations. Review of
situation, alarm at French and Indian depredations in New York…
C.O. 5/1305, ff. 109-119
S.R. 400
M 233
1690 August 20. Captain Francis Nicholson to the Committee for …Plantations…The people are
alarmed at the French and Indian spoliation of New York and New England; the inhabitants of
the upper plantations being especially exposed to attack as to co-operating with the other
colonies against the French and Indians.
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 20-22
S.R. 257
M 228
1690 Oct. 30. Col. William Cole to the Committee for Plantations…asks for a settlement to be
made regarding the Indians in Pamunky Neck and the south side of the Black Water (cf. C.O
5/1357, pp. 222-224).
C.O. 5/1358, pp.34-36
S.R. 257
M 228
1690 Nov. 4. Capt. Nicholson to Committee of Trade and Plantations… encloses copies of letters
to and from Governor of Maryland, 17 and 21 Sept. 1690, and to Governors of New England and
New York concerning threat by Indians.
C.O. 5/1350, ff. 158-167
S.R. 400
M 233
1691 April 27. Representations of the Lt. Gov. and Council of Va. (to the Committee for
…Plantations)… The questions of the Indians of Pamunkey Neck and South Blackwater (c.f. pp.
34-36)…
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 41-45
S.R. 257
M 228
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1691 June 9-July 2. Translation of letters to Col. Sloughter, Governor of New York, concerning
Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 292, 295
S.R. 401
M 234
1691 June 10. Nicholson to the Committee for…Plantations. Fears are voiced regarding the
dealings of the Quakers in Pennsylvania with the French and Indians…
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 79-82
S.R. 257
M 228
1691 June 20. Copy of examination of an Indian from Canada taken down at Albany.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 300-301
S.R. 401
M 234
1691 Nov. 5…Copy of an affidavit by a former soldier Mark Emerson containing allegations that
Mr. Alden had supplied Indians with powder and shot.
C.O. 5/1308, f. 9
S.R. 403
1691/2 Jan. 13. (Date rec’d) Col. Sloughter, Gov. of New York, to Col. Nicholson, Lt. Gov. of
Va. Requests Virginia to supply 150 men for common defense against French and Indians (see
ff. 302, 310-311).
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 305-306
S.R. 401
M 234
1691/2 Feb. 26. Nicholson to the Committee for…Plantations…Without assistance from
England, New England seems too weak to resist for long the French and Indians.
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 152-155
S.R. 257
M 228
1692 July 16. Nicholson to the Committee for…Plantations…He has paid visit to the Governor
of Maryland, has seen the Indian towns there, and has reached satisfactory terms regarding the
borders of the two colonies and their mutual defense…
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 207-211
S.R. 257
M 228
1692 Oct. 11. Queen Mary to Sir Edmund Andros. Upon application of the governor of New
York, Virginia is to send that colony assistance in men or other forms for maintaining its
deference’s and especially the fort of Albany against the French and Indians.
C.O 5/1358, 158-159
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S.R. 257
M 228
1693 Aug. 25. Col. Benjamin Fletcher, Gov. in Chief of New York, to the Comm. Of the
Treasury, Fort William, New York. Relating to the supply of naval stores from local resources,
but mentioning that the fleet had remained at Boston instead of going to Canada and that he
feared as a result that the Indians would abandon the Britain cause and join the French, in which
case “Virginia & Maryland must live in Garrison or fly the Country.”
C.O. 324/5, p. 325
S.R. 940
1693 May 9. Andros to the Secretary of State… He has advanced £500 out of the quitrents
revenue to New York to help them in their campaign against the Indians.
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 15-16
S.R. 245
M 246
1694 July 21. Sir Edmund Andros (Gov.) to Sir John Bromhard…Number of Rangers increased
by 36 men owing to presence of strange Indians on the frontiers.
C.O. 5/1307, ff. 69-70
S.R. 402
1695 June 4. Andros to the Committee for…Plantations... A levy has been laid on tobacco in
order to pay thirty-six additional soldiers for defense against the Indians.
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 292-294
S.R. 257
M 228
1695/6 June 2. King William to the Governor of Virginia. Until further deliberation has been
taken in the matter, the sum of five hundred pounds granted by the Assembly of Va. for the
Defense of New York against the French Indians is to be considered as substitute for the quota of
men formerly desired.
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 301-302
S.R. 257
M 228
1696 May 19. Report entitled “The Present State of the west Indian Colonies.” “Delivered to Mr.
Secretary Blathwayt, at the Hague.” The report deals chiefly with the relations between British
and French with the Indians tribes in North America, and mentions in particular the danger to
Virginia and Maryland. (f. 5).
C.O. 323/2, ff. 1-8
S.R. 903
1696 Sept. 30. A representation dated at Whitehall, submitted by the Lords of the Council of
Trade to the Lords Justices reviewing the whole situation of the American colonies, their danger
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from both French and Indians, their defenseless state, the lack of unity and the need for a
Commander in Chief.
C.O. 324/6, pp. 59-68
S.R. 941
1696 Oct. 6. Memorandum of Edward Randolph to the Committee for… Plantations…As the
chief evil in Va. he mentions the large-scale engrossment of land by Council Members and
others so that most inhabitants are forced either to pay rents or go to the utmost bounds of the
Colony for land and thereby expose themselves to danger from the Indians.
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 19-24
S.R. 258
1697 June 4. Francis Nicholson (Gov. of Maryland) to Sir Edmund Andros (Gov. of Va.)
Maryland, Port of Annapolis. By express encloses copy of Proceedings of the House of
Delegates and the Council of Maryland concerning a dispute with the Indian Tribes.
C.O. 5/1307, ff. 245-249
S.R. 402
1697 June 11-July 20. Journal of Council. Annexed is a letter of Nicholson of 4 June enclosing
Proceedings of 1, 3 June of a Committee of Council and House of Burgesses t Annapolis to
consider “Indians affaire” and make proposals.
C.O. 5/1410, ff. 33-41
S.R. 205
1697 July. Sir Edmund Andros to the Committee for Trade and Plantations…Submits a general
report on Virginia concerning…relations with Indians….
C.O. 5/1309, ff. 66-67
S.R. 404
1697 July 1. Andros to the Council of…Plantations…The Native Indians of Virginia have
dwindled to a small number and trade is carried on with neighboring foreign Indians…none have
been converted or have settled among the English…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 117-122
S.R. 258
1697 August 20. Sir Edmund Andros to the Council of …Plantation. Andros answers queries
regarding…Indians…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 40-45
S.R. 258
(1698) Copies of various Proclamations by the Governor on such subjects as… arrest of an
Indian accused of murder…
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 64-68
S.R. 405
1698 Sept. 13. Instructions of the Lords Justices to Colonel Francis Nicholson…the Indians…
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C.O. 5/1359, pp. 266-303
S.R. 258
1698 Nov. -1699 Oct. Copies of correspondence between Col. Nicholson and the Earl of
Bellomont at New York. Lord Bellomont represented the need to win the Indian tribes from
French influence and suggested that an attempt be made to open up trade with the Indians lying
“behind Virginia & Carolina.”
C.O. 5/1312, ff. 32-33
S.R. 407
(1699) Proclamation prohibiting the “entertainment” (i.e. employment) of Indians without a
license (f. 190)
C.O. 5/1311, ff. 170-197
S.R. 406
1699 March & April. A collection of various papers concerning relations with Indian tribes and
especially concerning squire Tom, and Indian wanted for murder.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 170-175
S.R. 405
1699 April 29. A statement signed by the Governor showing the Indian tribes within the colonial
government and the annual tribute payable by each.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 139-140
S.R. 405
1699 May 6. Extract of a letter from Earl of Bellomont to Col. Nicholson, New York. Reporting
the deplorable condition of the five Indian Nations in the New York Government and French
efforts to gain their allegiance and urging Nicholson to open trade with the Indian tribes “at the
back” of Virginia and Carolina.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 146-147
S.R. 405
1699 July 1. Nicholson to the Commissioners for…Plantations…the Indians…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 338-356
S.R. 258
1699-1700. Copies of Letters to and from the Governor of North Carolina… the co-ordination of
common action against pirates, fugitives and Indians.
C.O. 5/1311, ff. 199-203
S.R. 406
1700s
Circa 1700? Description de la Virginia. The contents are… a long passage on the Indians, their
physical traits, social habits, dress, food, lodging…
Add. Ms. 24982, ff. 186ro-197ro; 352ro; 353ro.
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S.R. 523
1700 June and August. Copies of several letters on Indian affairs and particularly in connection
with the murder of a settler’s family by Indians in Stafford County.
C.O. 5/1312, ff. 16-21
S.R. 407
1700 Aug. 1. Gov. Nicholson to the Lords of Trade. He reports on the measures taken in the case
of the murder of eight persons by the Indians in Stafford County.
C.O. 5/1360, pp. 31-47
S.R. 829
1700 August 19. Col. G. Mason to Gov. Nicholson. No place. Reporting the arrest and
examination of Thomas Monk, concerning murders alleged to have been committed by Indians
(see ff. 16-21)
C.O. 5/1312, ff. 70-74
S.R. 407
1701 Sept. 4. Resolution of the House of Burgesses authorizing patents to be issued to the
occupiers patents to be issued to the occupiers of land in the Pamunkey Neck and to 8 occupiers
on the south side of Blackwater Swamp area (names and acreage of land given). Action taken
also to protect the land allotted to the Pamunkey Indians. (See ff. 315-319)
C.O. 5/1312, ff. 312-314
S.R. 407
(1702) A list of the Navigable Rivers and Creeks showing against each the officials of the
Admiralty Court, Customs ad Pilots responsible for the area: also the tributary Indians in each
area and the Indian Interpreters.
C.O 5/1312, Part II, ff. 221-222
S.R. 407
(1702 March 31). Memorial submitted by Col. Robert Quary to the Comm. for Trade &
Plantations concerning the condition of the various colonies... There was criticism of the
Virginian Assembly’s refusal to assist New York in keeping the Indians in check.
C.O. 324/8, 86-106
S.R. 943
1704 Sept. 29. An abstract of the Proceedings of a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the
Trial of Indians in Richmond County.
C.O. 5/1314, ff. 208-209
S.R. 411
1704 Oct. 9. Copy of the recommendation made to the Governor by the body of 18 names
colonists meeting at Richmond County Court House on 9 Oct. 1704 concerning the disposal of
certain Nansiatico Indians concerned in recent cases of murder.
C.O. 5/1314, ff. 206-207
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S.R. 411
1704 Oct. 30. Gov. Nicholson to the Board of Trade… proceedings against the Nansiatico
Indians for the murder of Mr. Rowly and family…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 1ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1704 Oct. 30. Gov. Nicholson to the Lords of Trade. Williamsburg, Va. Transmitting the
proceedings against the Nansiatico Indians for the murder of Mr. Rowly and his family.
C.O. 5/1361, pp. 233-235
S.R. 830
1704 Oct. 30. Gov. Nicholson to the Comm. For Trade & Plantations. Enclosing a duplicate of
his letter of 7 Oct. complaining of Mr. Robert Beverly’s complaints and reporting the trial and
execution of five Indians.
C.O. 5/1314, ff. 195-196
S.R. 411
1706. An account of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts…London, Joseph
Downing.
on f. 148 begins a section in ms. Headed “Appendix” which consists of two pages of a list of
papers and nine pages of copies of letters (To and from Abp. of Canterbury,) various Indians….
Lansdowne 1012, f. 148
S.R. 143
1708 June 24. President Edmund Jenings to the Secretary of State…Request for pardon for a
Tuscarora Indian convicted of murder. Interference of South Carolina with the “Western
Indians”…
C.O. 5/1341, ff. 16-17
S.R. 249
1708 Sept. 20. President Edmund Jennings (to the Board of Trade)…Giving an account of the
proceedings with the Tuscarora and Sapony Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 20ro-21ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1708 Sept. 20. President Edmund Jennings to the Committee for Trade and Plantations…the
troubles with the Tuscarora Indians over the surrender of an alleged murderer, the return of the
Saponie Indians and the allotment of land for their support since they have the character “of
being stout fellows”…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 33-35
S.R. 409
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1708 Sept. 20. President Edmond Jennings to the Board of Trade, Virginia…A nation of Indians
called the Saponies have returned to Virginia from the west and have been granted a track of
land…
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 318-325
S.R. 831
1708-1709. Copies of Proclamations made by the President of the Council of
Virginia…protection of the Saponie Indians, prohibition of trade with the Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 123-126
S.R. 409
1708/9 Jan. 12. The Board of Trade to President Edmond Jennings, Whitehall…relations with
the Indians….
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 336-340
S.R. 831
1710s
1711 Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…his rejection of the money bill for
carrying on an Indian war….(Abstract)
…his desire to join Carolina in defenses against the Indians…
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 33vo-34vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1711 Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Earl of Dartmouth. Desiring tents, arms and ammunition
for the defense of Virginia against Indian attacks. (Extract)
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 398-399
S.R. 832
Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations…a request for 300 soldiers’
tents, two brass 3 pounder guns on field carriages and some small arms and powder to enable the
militia to defend the colony against the Indians.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 341-344
S.R. 409
1711 Feb. 8. Spotswood to Secretary of State…Dangers to be apprehended from a combination
of Indians on their frontiers…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 27-28
S.R. 245
M 246
June 1. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall…the policy of
permitting Indians to live near British settlements…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 130-136
S.R. 798
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1711-July-1712 July. Copies of the Proclamations issued by the Lt. Gov. of Va. ….for
prohibiting all correspondence with the Tuscarora Indians (ff. 373-374)…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 369-367
S.R. 409
1711 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Commissioners for the Trade & Plantations. Reporting
the outbreak of a portion of the Tuscarora tribe of Indians on the Carolina frontier on 22 Sept.
1711 and the massacre of white colonists, British, Swiss and German, together with the steps
taken to ensure no trouble with Indians in Virginia.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 295-298
S.R. 409
1711 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Commissioner for Trade and Plantations. Reporting his
conference with representatives of the Tuscarora Indians, their desire for peace and his
suggestion that they should assist to hunt down those Indians responsible for the recent massacre
in Carolina and should have children as hostages for their good behavior and to be educated at
“our college”…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 334-336
S.R. 409
1711 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia. Spotswood reports on his
late conference with the Tuscarora Indians, who seem desirous of peace and are considering his
proposition to aid him against their fellow tribesmen who perpetrated the Carolina massacres. He
has also renewed his offer to the tributary Indians to educate their children as Christians and has
recommended to the Assembly the settling of a fund for that purpose.
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 421-425
S.R. 832
1711 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Describing his conference with the
Tuscaruras. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 35
S.R. 849
M 231
1711 Nov. 17. Spotswood to Secretary of State. His negotiations with the Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 48-49
S.R. 245
M 246
1711 Dec. 6. The Board of Trade to the Earl of Dartmouth, Whitehall…pointing out the special
need of Virginia for arms and powder I defense against a possible attack from the Tuscarora
Indians.
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 385-386
S.R. 832
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1711 Dec. 6 The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State.
Whitehall. Commenting upon the remarks of the Board of Ordnance on Col. Spotswood’s
suggestion for the exchange of defective powder in Va. and stressing the need for sending arms
and ammunition to the colony, especially in view of the recent outbreak by the Tuscarora Indians
on the North Carolina border.
C.O 5/1335, ff. 76-77
S.R. 798
1712 Feb. 11. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia…the most desirable path to
follow with regard to the war between Carolina and the Indians…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 488-504
S.R. 832
1712 May 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…measures taken against the Indians and
money needed for the same…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 35vo-36vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1712 May 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia. Spotswood’s letter is largely
concerned with the question of defenses against the Indians… the un-cooperative attitude of
North Carolina in the defense against the Indians…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 441-452
S.R. 832
1712/13 Jan 29. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to the Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of
State. Whitehall, Pointing out the dangers of an Indian war on Va. and urging that a supply of
small arms and ammunition should be sent out to the colony at once.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 95-96
S.R. 798
1712 April 15. Earl of Dartmouth, Sec. of State, to the Board of Trade. Enclosing an extract from
a letter from the Col. Spotswood, Lt. Gov. of Va., to the Earl of Dartmouth, Sec. of State, 8 Feb.
1711 (1711/12) reporting the measures he has taken to secure the Virginian frontiers against
Indians…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 314-316
S.R. 409
1712 April 16. Lords of Trade to Lord Dartmouth. Col. Spotswood’s apprehensions of an Indian
War.
C.O. 5/1341, ff. 43-44
S.R. 249
1712 April 19. Proclamation by Spotswood. Prohibiting all correspondence with the Tuscarora
Indians.
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 54-61
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S.R. 245
M 246
1712 April 22. Earl of Dartmouth, Sec. of State, to Lords Commissioners for Trade…points out
that in the past “great abuses have been committed” in the disposal of arms and military stores
sent to Va. for the public service and it had been “a common practice to sell arms and other
implements of war to those very Indians against whom they were intended to be employed”…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 317-318 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
S.R. 409
1712 May 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations…the sudden
and surprising peace made by South Carolina with the Indians…the need for instructions as to
how he should prevent the Assembly from raising money for the Indian war by taxing British
manufactures…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 350-354
S.R. 409
1712 May 8. Spotswood to Secretary of State. Threat of Indian attacks by no means removed.
North Carolina’s injudicious peace with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 52-53
S.R. 245
M 246
1712 July 26. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations…relations with
Indian tribes…the reluctance of the Carolina settlers to react vigorously to the Indian menace…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 363-368
S.R. 409
1712 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Describing Indian incursions into
North Carolina and the difficulties of his aiding the latter. (Abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 38vo-39ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1712 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia. Spotswood reports on the
continued Indian incursions into North Carolina…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 475-477
S.R. 832
1712 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations...the continued Indian
attacks on North Carolina…Despite the danger from Indian attacks…the people remain “stupidly
adverse to the only means they have left to protect themselves.”
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 384-385
S.R. 409
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1712/13 Jan. 29. The Board of Trade to the Earl of Dartmouth, Whitehall. Recommending that
the arms and ammunition be sent to Virginia for the defense of the Colony against possible
Indian attacks.
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 440-441
S.R. 832
1712/13 Feb. 27. Entry of a letter to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1363, p. 477
S.R. 832
1712 (1712/13) Feb. 11. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. A long letter
explaining the difficulties of co-operating with North Carolina against the Indians owing to the
dissentions in that province…the necessity for employing additional Rangers to protect the
frontiers against the Indian raiders…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 390-395
S.R. 409
1713 March 9. Spotswood to Secretary of State…His scheme for securing the Colony form the
incursions of the Indians…
C.O. 5/1341, ff. 45-46
S.R. 249
1713 April 23. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood, Whitehall… the education of Indian
children, the relations of Carolina and the Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 482-483
S.R. 832
1713 April 3. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall…the
scheme for educating Indian children…Virginian assistance given to South Carolina against the
Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 98-101
S.R. 798
1713 June 2. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Reporting the transactions for
establishing peace between Carolina and the Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 262-271
S.R. 833
1713 June 2. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…relations with the
Tuscaroras…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 40vo-41ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
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1713 June 2. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations, with post-script dated
10 June 1713. Reporting an improved situation in North Carolina following Col. Moore’s defeat
of the Tuscarora Indians, robbery by Northern Indians on Virginian frontiers…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 50-54
S.R. 412
1713 Sept. 14. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia…Because of on-cooperation
from the inhabitants, Spotswood himself has been obliged to lead a party of volunteers against
the Tuscaruras who have now settled on the frontiers…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 5-14
S.R. 833
1713 Sept. 14. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…the arrival of the
Tuscarora Indians on the Virginian frontier after their defeat by the Carolina Indians, the
difficulties of fighting Indians owing to the inefficiency of Militia Officers and lack of
enthusiasm in the other ranks…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 426-429
S.R. 409
1713 Nov. 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Spotswood reports that since
he has been unable to subdue the Tuscaruras by means of an expedition against them, he is to
meet with their Chiefs to arrange a peace. He encloses an Address of the Assembly to the Queen
on the peace…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 298-303
S.R. 833
1713 Nov. 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Describing relations with the
Tuscaroras…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 42
S.R. 849
M 231
1713 Nov. 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Reporting his
negotiations with the Tuscarora Indians…the scheme for securing the frontier by settling thereon
tributary Indians…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 92-93
S.R. 412
1714 July 20. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia…the country is reported to be
peaceful, the Tributary Indians and German Protestants, placed in a fort on the frontier,
providing good defenses…
C.O. 5/1364
S.R. 833
1714 July 20. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…explaining his policy
of using the tributary Indian tribes to police the frontier against raiding Indians from the north,
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announcing the return to Carolina of the Tuscarora Indians (see ff. 507-510) and their
replacement as frontier guards by Baron de Graffenreid’s German Protestants for whom the
Governor has built a fort with two guns.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 524-526
S.R. 409
1714 Oct. 25. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Spotswood has declared King
George in Va. He has returned from a six-week expedition for settling the Indians and securing
the frontier.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 303-305
S.R. 833
1714 Oct. 25. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…he has settled the Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 43vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1714 Nov. Copy of the speech delivered to the General Assembly by Lt. Gov…tributary Indians
in the frontier areas, the need for legislation concerning the Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 110-111
S.R. 412
(1715) Entry of three letters relating to the Indian insurrection in Carolina.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 230
S.R. 833
(1715) Entry of a memorial from Merchants trading to Virginia, on arms being sent to the
Indians.
C.O. 5/1364, p.249
S.R. 833
1715 March 28. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and plantations…his imminent
departure on an expedition “into the woods” to treat the “three or four nations of remote
Indians”…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 136-137
S.R. 412
1715 June 4. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…relations with the frontier Indians and
the Tuscaroras. Desiring stores of war and other aid in case of India attack.
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 44vo-45ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1715 June 4. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Spotswood reports that he has
settled 300 Tributary Indians at the Christiana for the defense of the Colony. He reports also his
progress in arranging the education of the children of the Saponies and in regulating the activities
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of the Tuscaroras. He has sent arms and ammunition to the Governor of South Carolina for the
defense of that colony against the Indians…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 342-350
S.R. 833
1715 June 4. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Reporting his
settlement of 300 Saponie (tributary) Indians at Christianna, the establishment of a school for
Indian children at the new settlement, relations with the Tuscarora Indians, new of the Indian
attack on South Carolina… his anxiety over the possibility of an attack on Va. by a combination
of Northern and Southern Indians.
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 138-141
S.R. 412
1715 July 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Describing Indian attacks on South
Carolina and his efforts to defend Virginia and aid Carolina. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 45vo-46ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1715 July 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Reporting a serious
attack on South Carolina by Indian tribes, butchery of many colonists…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 31-32
S.R. 412
1715 July 15. Lt. Gov Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Reporting that South Carolina
has been attacked by many Indian tribes and has sought aid in arms, ammunition and men from
Virginia.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 245-248
S.R. 833
1715 Aug. 4. Circular letter dated at Whitehall, addressed by the Comm. for Trade & Plantations
to the Governors of certain named American colonies (including Virginia)…proposals for
gaining and retaining the friendship of the Indians.
C.O. 324/10, pp. 81-83
S.R. 945
1715 Aug. 4. A copy of the speech by Lt. Gov. Spotswood of Va. to the Assembly. This dealt
with the need for confirming the measures already taken on the advice of the Council to assist
Carolina against aggression by Indians and for improving the colony’s power of defense.
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 36-37
S.R. 412
1715 August 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…relations with the two Indian
nations. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 46ro.
S.R. 849
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M 231
1715 Aug. 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood reports overtures of peace made to him by two of the Indian
leaders and decries the unwillingness of the people of Va. to rally to their own defense. Despite
his speech to the Assembly, he expects little assistance from them in the matter.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 256-258
S.R. 833
1715 Aug. 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Reporting an
approach by two Indian nations for Gov. Spotswood to act as mediator between them and
Carolina…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 35A-35B
S.R. 412
1715 Aug. 18. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood… They commend the vigilance of
Virginia against potential Indian attacks.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 236-239
S.R. 833
1715 Aug. 18. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood.
Whitehall…impressing on the Lt. Gov. the need for vigilance with the Indians and to encourage
the colonists to perfect their own means of defense.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 120-121
S.R. 798
1715 Sept. 16. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Mr. Stanhope, Secretary of State.
Whitehall. Informing him of the contents of Col. Spotswood’s letter of 15 July 1715 relating to
the aid given in men and arms to South Carolina during the recent revolt of the Indians and
asking that a further supply of arms and ammunition be dispatched to Va. to equip her militia.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 125-126
S.R. 798
1715 Sept. 16. Lords of Trade to Secretary of State. Sending extracts of a letter from Gov.
Spotswood describing the assistance he has given to South Carolina, in the form of both men and
arms, in their wars with the Indians; and asking for a further supply of arms for Virginia.
C.O. 5/1342, ff. 4-5
S.R. 250
1715 Sept. 22. William Popple to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall…warning him to be diligent in
preventing the sale of arms to Indians.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 252-253
S.R. 833
1715 Sept. 22. The Secretary to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood.
Whitehall. Acknowledging receipt of the Lt. Gov.’s letter of 15 July 1715, reposting that his
request for arms and ammunition had been submitted to His Majesty and recommended and
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warning him to take special steps to ensure that a cargo of “Trade guns” should not fall into the
hands of hostile Indians.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 127-128
S.R. 798
1715 Oct. 24. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of trade…peace overtures from the
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 46
S.R. 849
M 231
1715 Oct. 24. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the board of Trade. Virginia…He hopes to arrange a peace
with all the Indian nations…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 351-361
S.R. 833
1715 Oct. 24. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations…the reasons for
refusing peaceful overtures from certain Indian tribes…
C.O. 5/1317, pp. 142-145
S.R. 412
1715 Oct. 24. Spotswood to Secretary of State…He has sent back the Indians who came to sue
for peace because some tribes were not represented.
C.O. 5/1342, ff. 6-7
S.R. 250
1715 Feb 10. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…relations with Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 46vo-47
S.R. 849
M 231
1715/1716 Feb. 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia…The Indians are still at
war with Carolina, but have applied to Virginia for peace and many Indian children are being
educated in Christianity…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 362-371
S.R. 833
1716 June 1. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall…the education of Indian
children…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 376-381
S.R. 833
1716 Aug. 17. William Popple to Richard Shelton. Whitehall. Enclosing, for transmission to the
Lords Proprietors of Carolina an extract from Col. Spotswood’s letter complaining of the nonfulfillment by Carolina of commitments made to Virginia in return for that colony’s aid to her in
the Indian war.
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C.O. 5/1364, ff. 412
S.R. 833
1716 Dec. 5. Entry of a letter regarding the Indian War in Carolina.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 442
S.R. 833
1716 Dec. 5. Entry of extracts of letters from Carolina relating to the Indian War.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 442
S.R. 833
(1716/17) Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade….the benefits of educating the Indian
children…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 52vo-53ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1716 (1716/17?) Jan 4. Sworn deposition made by Charles Griffin at James City County (Court
House?) before F. Lightfoot concerning the resettlement of the Saponie Indians about
Christanna. The deponent was the Schoolmaster engaged in Jan. 1714 to educate the Indian
children at Christanna.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 91-92
S.R. 413
M 240
(1717) Entry of Memorial of Francis Kennedy on Virginia’s aid to South Carolina in the Indian
War.
C.O. 5/1354, p. 465
S.R. 833
(1717) Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm.. for Trade & Plantations…no inter-marriage with
Indians…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 105-108
S.R. 413
M 240
(1717) A memorial by Francis Kennedy, addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations.
Requesting the payment of £200 from the Va. quit rents to cover the expenses of his ten month
mission from Va. to Carolina and St. Augustine, with the object of pressing the Carolina
Government to carry out its agreed obligations relative to the military aid given by Va. during
the Indian War of 1715.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 24-25
S.R. 413
M 240
(See also ff. 26-28.)
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1717 April 30. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Lords of Trade “relating to the unjust proceedings of
the Government of South Carolina with regard to forces sent to their assistance (Against the
Indians), and to Mr. Kennedy’s soliciting that affair in Carolina, &c.”
T. 1/206, ff. 223-226
S.R. 1245
1717 April 30. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Complaining of injustice from South
Carolina relating to Virginia’s assistance against the Indians. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 54ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1717 April 30. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Spotswood complains of the
unjust proceedings of the Government of South Carolina with relation to the forces sent from
Virginia to their defense during the Indian War.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 465-473
S.R. 833
1717 May 30. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Reporting the
deficiency in the revenue appropriated to the support of the administration, deploring the
additional expense incurred by the need to assist Carolina in the Indian War of 1715…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 66-67.
S.R. 413
M 240
1717 July 10. W. Lowndes to W. Popple. Treasury Chambers. Enclosing, for the opinion of the
Board of Trade, a petition from on Francis Kennedy desiring a reward for his services and
charges in the going from Virginia to Carolina in the time of the Indian insurrection there.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 478
S.R. 833
1717 Aug. 23. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… He describes the low character of the
border inhabitants and their poor influence upon the Indians. He describes the ingratitude of
South Carolina to Virginia for the latter’s help in the Indian War…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 505-519
S.R. 833
1717 August 29. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… Transactions with the Western and
Northern Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 54vo-55vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1717 Aug. 29. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…attack by Indians of
the Five Nations on a tribe under British protection, the suspected implications of clandestine
traders with Indian attacks…
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C.O. 5/1318, ff. 138-141
S.R. 413
M 240
1717 Aug. 29. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia…He reports his transactions
with the Western Indians and the Five Nations and is going to Philadelphia to discuss Indian
affairs with the Governors of New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 19-28
S.R. 834
1717 Nov. 14-19. Eleven entries of correspondence found elsewhere, relating to the Five Nations
(Indians)…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 14-16
S.R. 834
1717/18 Feb. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Giving an account of transactions to
the northward with the French and Indians…the repeal of the Indians laws…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 55vo-56vo.
S.R 849
1717/18 Feb. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Spotswood reports on
preliminary measures taken in conjunction with the heads of the other Southern Governments
towards concluding peace with the Five Nations…He regrets the repeal of the Indian Laws…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 58-61
S.R. 834
1717/18 Feb. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Acknowledging
receipt of new instructions regarding the passing of laws in Va. on his return from New York
where he had gone to make preliminary arrangements for coming to terms with the Five Nations
of Indians. Reporting his agreement with the Governors of New York, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland that firmer measures with the Indians should be taken while there was peace with
France….
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 171-174
S.R. 849
M 231
1718 Aug. 14. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of trade. Virginia… He points out the dangers to
Virginia of the French stirring up the Indians to hostilities…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 142-167
S.R. 834
1718 Sept. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…the relations of the Sapony and
Northern Indians. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 66
S.R. 849
M 231
69
1718 Sept. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of trade. Virginia…The Saponies have been
threatened by the Northern Indians, with whom the Assembly have refused to consult for
concluding a peace…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 173-183
S.R. 834
1718 Sept. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…signs of Indian
unrest on the Virginia frontiers and news of a raid in Carolina, the action taken to protect the
Saponie Indians from the Northern tribes.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 264-267
S.R. 413
M 240
1718 Dec. 22. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…French plans regarding the
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 66vo-68ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1718 Dec. 22. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations …the question of
French designs against certain Indian tribes in the South…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 291-298
S.R. 413
M 240
1718/9 Jan. 13. List of eight ships that had imported slaves into the Potomac River (South
Potomac District) of Va. from 10 Dec. 1710 to 10 Dec. 1718…the number of Negro and Indian
slaves imported…
C.O. 5/1320, f. 5
S.R. 415
1719 June 26. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall. The Board comments on
points in Spotswood’s letters concerning peace transactions with the Five Nations Indians…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 198-208
S.R. 834
1719 July 20. Mr. Auditor Walpole to “My Lords” in answer to an enquiry about whether there
were funds in the plantations to furnish £324. 14s. 8d. for presents for the Five Indians Nations.
Mention is made of the accounts of New York and Virginia.
T. 1/222, ff. 73-74
S.R. 1246
1719 August 11. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…his raising of frontier militia
against Indian incursions. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 71vo-73vo.
70
S.R. 849
M 231
1719 Aug. 11. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…recent Indian raids
on Virginia frontiers…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 408-413
S.R. 413
M 240
1719/20 Feb. 1. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… his fear of the French gaining a
footing with the Cherokees…the settlement of a peace with the Five Nations. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 73vo-74
S.R. 849
M 231
1719/20 Feb. 1. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…trouble with the
Five Nations.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 428-431
S.R. 413
M 240
1719/20 Jan. 25. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to Col. Schuyler, President of the Council of New York. A
long statement reviewing recent negotiations with the Five Nations, complaining of the ill
behavior of certain Northern Indian tribes and requesting Col. Schuyler to exercise restraint over
the Indian tribes under his influence.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 433-437
S.R. 413
M 240
1720s
1720 July 14. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall…the relations with the Five
Nations Indians…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 216-221
S.R. 834
1721 Sept. 8. Part of a long report (pp. 296-431) dated at Whitehall, on the situation of the
American colonies. This section deals in general with…relations with the Indians…
C.O 324/10, pp. 374-431
S.R. 945
1721 Sept. 8. Representation of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the North
American Continent…cultivating the Indians…a discussion of Indian affairs with specific
recommendations…
Add. Ms. 23615, ff. 2ro-71ro.
S.R. 520
71
1722. Copy of the “Articles of Peace” made by Col. Spotswood (than Lt. Gov. of Va.) at Albany
in 1722 with the Five Nations of Indians.
C.O. 5/1319, ff. 151-157
S.R. 414
1723 June 19. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Drysdale. Whitehall…Recommending Drysdale to
continue amicable relations with the Five Nations…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 245-250
S.R. 834
1723 June 29. Lt. Gov. Drysdale to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations…mentioning a dispute
with North Carolina over land occupied by the Maherine and Nansemond Indians (which tribes
were tributary to Virginia)…
C.O. 5/1319, ff. 111-117
S.R. 414
1723 Nov. 1. Lt. Gov. Drysdale to the Board of Trade. Remarking on the peace articles of 1722
with the Five Nations…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 79ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1724 May 6. Proclamation by Drysdale. Prohibiting the export of Indian corn or wheat, 6 May
1724.
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 82-83
S.R. 245
M 246
1724 Oct. 27. Proclamation by Drysdale. Prohibiting the export of Indian corn, meal and pease.
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 86-87
S.R. 245
M 246
(1726) The “case and petition” to the King of Col. Alexander Spotswood, late Lt. Gov. of Va.
…His activities to defend his title to large tracts of land from Indian claims…
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 1-2
S.R. 252
(1727) President Robert Carter to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Reporting a threatened
invasion of the colony by the Western Indians…
C.O. 5/1320, f. 205
S.R. 415
72
1727 April 26. Copy of a proclamation issued by President Robert Carter…called on all citizens
to apprehend one John Prowse, who was accused of having set fire to the clothing of a sleeping
Saponie Indian and thus caused his death.
C.O. 5/1320, ff. 159-161
S.R. 415
1727 May 13. President Robert Carter to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…some trouble
between the Saponie Indians (living within Virginia), and the Tuscarora Indians (living within
North Carolina) was not expected to have serous results for the colony….
C.O. 5/1320, ff. 153-154
S.R. 415
1727 Aug. Copy of the Journal of Mr. Nathaniel Harrison during his expedition in Aug. 1727
against some Indians raiding the Virginian frontier.
C.O. 5/1321, ff. 6-9
S.R. 416
1727 Sept. 21. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade... Indian disturbances on the frontier…
C.O. 5/1370, f. 86vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1727 Sept. 21. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…the action taken against
Indian raiders on the frontier…
C.O. 5/1321, ff. 2-4
S.R. 416
1727 Dec. 6. President Robert Carter to the Board of Trade…discussing the threat of an Indian
invasion…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 86vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1727/8 Feb 12. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…misunderstandings with the
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 87ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1727/8 Feb. 12. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…the apparent settlement
of the Indian trouble on the frontier…
C.O. 5/1321, ff. 22-25
S.R. 416
1728 June 9. Gooch to Secretary of State…Requests pardon for Sarah Williamson, a poor Indian
woman convicted of the murder of her child…
73
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 123-124
S.R. 245
M 246
(See also ff. 126-127 re above)
1728 Sept. 18. “Charles Royoowee.” A Statement regarding the Indian attacks on South Carolina
and the author’s intentions regarding the Indians on a forthcoming visit to England. Endorsed
“Charackees and Jon Savy(?) or Mr. Wyat.”
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 128-129
S.R. 245
M 246
1729. A large tabular statement designed to show all the public officers of Virginia…Indians
Interpreters…
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 126-135
S.R. 417
1729 March 26. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade. Commenting on the tributary
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 88vo-89ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1729 March 26. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Reporting a dispute
between the Nottoway and Saponie Indians, the possibility of Indian attacks of the frontier
colonists, the danger arising from mutinous slaves…
C.O. 5/1321, ff. 110-111
S.R. 416
1729 June 20. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Commenting upon certain point
in Gooch’s letters: the quarrel between the two Indian nations…
C.O 5/1366, pp. 33-38
S.R. 845
1729 June 29. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…the execution of an Indian
for murder of a white settler…
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 10-13
S.R. 417
1729/30 Jan. 9. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…the Nottoway and Sapony
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 90ro-91ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
74
1729/30 Jan. 9. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…the migration of the
Saponie Indians…
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 137-139
S.R. 417
1730s
1730 July 25. Copy of Major William Gooch’s reply to various queries put to him by the Comm.
for Trade & Plantations relating to the condition of Va. and to trade. The answers deal with such
matters as …relations with Indians and foreign plantations…
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 68-74
S.R. 417
1731/2 Feb. 24. A. P(opple) to John Scrope, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury. Whitehall.
Desiring that, before any further payment is made, an examination should be made by Maj.
Gooch and the Council of Virginia into the account of expenses incurred by Col. Spotswood in
his journey to treat with the Indians at Albany and Concestago.
C.O. 5/1366, p. 84
S.R. 845
1732 March 27. Order from the House of Lords, requiring the Comm. for Trade & Plantations to
lay before the House certain papers (including an Act of the Va. Assembly forbidding the sale of
rum to Indians) relating to trade in the American Plantations.
C.O 323/9, ff. 110 & 113
S.R. 911
1733 July 15. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…discussing the tributary
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 102vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1733 July 115. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Virginia…reporting some
minor disturbances among Indians…
C.O. 5/1323, f. 92
S.R. 786
1733 July 15. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Virginia ..reporting some
minor disturbances among Indians…
C.O. 5/1323, f. 92
S.R. 786
(1735) A paper by Mr. J. S. Sprogell on the subject of the development of mining in America,
pointing out that as all deposits of mineral ore are reserved for the Crow, there is little
inducement to the settlers to develop mines, nor would the Indians assist.
C.O. 5/1323, ff. 167-172
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S.R. 786
1735 May 26. Gooch to the Duke of Newcastle…comments on the slave trade, ownership of
slaves, especially Indian captives of Indian nations…
Add. Ms. 32789, ff. 353ro-355vo.
S.R 392
1738 Sept. 20. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade. Complaining of Indian
hostilities…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 111ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1738 Sept. 20. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Enclosing with his letter
by H. M. S. Seahorse copies of the Minutes of Council of Virginia complaining of the attacks on
the Cherokee and Catawba Indians in South Carolina, who were friendly to the British, by the
Six Nations Indians of New York.
C.O. 5/1324, ff. 137-139
S.R. 787
1728 Dec. 6. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Commenting upon Gooch’s
attempts to negotiate a peace between the Five Nations Indians and the Cherokees and Catawbas.
Referring him to previous similar transactions carried out at Albany by Col. Spotswood.
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 293-296
S.R. 845
1738 Dec. 6. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Acknowledging
receipt of his letter dated 20 Sept. 1738 and expressing their views on the Lt. Gov.’s attempts to
arrange a lasting peace between the Cherokees and Catawbas on the one side and the Five
Nations of northern Indians on the other.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 160-162
S.R. 798
1738/9 Feb. 15. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…relations with and amongst the Indians.
(Abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 111vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1728/9 Feb. 15. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…reviewing Virginia’s
relations with the Indians an the claims to land now put forward by them and expressing thanks
at the intervention of the Commissioners with the Governor of New York to urge the need to
restrain the Six Nations from attacking the Southern Indians.
C.O. 5/1324, ff. 153-154
S.R. 787
76
1739 June 7. Commissioners of Indians Affairs at Albany to the Gov. of New York. Informing
him of the French expedition to settle land “along the Wood Creek.” (copy) (Enclosed in letter
from the Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle, 18 Oct. 1739.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 50-51
S.R. 252
1739 June 14. (?) Clarke to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Albany, New York.
Instructions to take possession of the lands that the French threaten to settle. (Copy) (Enclosed in
letter from the Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle, 18 Oct. 1739.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 48-49
S.R. 252
1739 June 16. (?) Clarke, Governor of New York to Horatio Walpole, Esq., New York.
Enclosing three documents relating to the French expedition against the Southern Indians…
(Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle, 18 Oct. 1739.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 44-45
S.R. 252
1739 July 13. Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Albany to the Gov. of New York. Reporting
that the French have sent out “an army” from Montreal against the southern Indians now in
friendly relations with Virginia and Georgia. (Copy-extract)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 52-53
S.R. 252
1739 August 1. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade. Reporting a French expedition against the
Southern Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 112 ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1739 Aug. 1. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Virginia. Enclosing an
extract (f. 171) from a letter from the Gov. of New York reporting the French dispatch of an
expedition against the Southern Indians under British protection and reporting the precautionary
action taken as a result.
C.O. 5/1324, ff. 170-173
S.R. 787
1739 Sept. 5. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. The board has instructed the
Governor of New York to have enquiries made by the Commissioners of Indian affairs into the
reported murder of certain Virginians by the Six Nations Indians…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 322-325
S.R. 845
1739 Sept. 5. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Informing him
of the action taken by the Comm. with the Governor of New York in order to meet the Virginian
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complaints of hostile action by Six Nation Indians against the Cherokees under British
protection…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 177-178
S.R. 798
1739 Oct. 18. The Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle. Whitehall. Enclosing an extract of a
letter from the Commissioners for Indian Affairs to the Governor of New York reporting the
French attempts to set their Indian allies on the Indians friendly to the English.
C.O. 5/1366, p. 326
S.R. 845
1739 Oct. 18. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State.
Whitehall. Transmitting extracts from correspondence received from Lt. Gov. Gooch, concerning
the alleged action by the French in “spiriting up” their Indian allies to attack the Southern
Indians, who were in friendship with Britain.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 179-179A
S.R. 798
1739 Oct. 18. Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle. A French expedition against the Southern
Indians.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 42-43
S.R. 252
1740s
1740 Aug. 7. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Commenting on points in
Gooch’s letters regarding the French fostered expedition against the Southern Indians…the
hostilities of the Cherokees against the English…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 329-331
S.R. 845
1740 August 29. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade. Regarding the maintenance of the
soldiers intended for a West Indian expedition. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 113vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1740 Nov. 6. President James Blair to the Board of Trade…and Indian peace…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 112ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1740 Nov. 6. President James Blair to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the
conclusion of preliminaries of peace made in Albany, N.Y. between the Five Nations of
Northern Indians and the Cherokees and other Southern Nations.
C.O. 5/1325, ff. 42-43
78
S.R. 788
1741 Aug. 19. The Board of Trade to President James Blair. Whitehall…congratulating him on
the conclusion of peace between the Northern and Southern Indians…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 337-342
S.R. 845
1742. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade. The answers to a series of questions posed by the
board of Trade concerning…relations with Indians…
C.O. 5/1325, ff. 113-119
S.R. 788
1742 June 29-July 4. Copies of the depositions of a number of Indians examined in Maryland.
They testify to an Indian conspiracy to attack Pennsylvania and Maryland. (Enclosed in letter
from the Gooch to Sec. of State, 28 July 1742.)
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 267-272
S.R. 245
M 246
1742 July 7. Speech by the Chiefs of the Six Nations at Philadelphia. Forwarded by Governor
Thomas of Pennsylvania to Governor Ogle, 10 July 1742. (Enclosed in letter from Gooch to Sec.
of State, 28 July 1742.)
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 277-278
S.R. 245
M 246
1742 July 10. Copy of a dispatch (f. 92) from Col. Thomas, Deputy Gov. of Pennsylvania, to
Capt, George Ogle, Deputy Gov. of Maryland, Philadelphia. Enclosing an extract (f.93) from the
speech made by a Chief of the Six Nations at a treaty conference at Philadelphia on 7 July 1742
in which complaint was made that some settlers from Maryland had taken possession of land
claimed by the Indians without paying compensation.
C.O. 5/1325, ff. 92-93A
S.R. 788
1742 July 14. Samuel Ogle to Gooch, Annapolis. The danger to be anticipated from the Indians;
and a request for Virginia’s speedy help if Maryland is attacked. (Enclosed in letter from Gooch
to Sec. of State, 28 July 1742.)
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 275-276
S.R. 245
M 246
1742 July 28. Gooch to Secretary of State…Maryland and Pennsylvania have reported a
“dangerous conspiracy” on the part of the Indians to attack them…The Indians’ misconstruction
of their treaty with Governor Spotswood…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 265-266
S.R. 245
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M 246
1742 July 31. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…the discovery of a
dangerous conspiracy under French instigation between the Six nations and certain tributary
Indians living on the Maryland frontiers (ff. 86-89), his promise of help to Maryland if
necessary…Copies of the documents relative to Indian conspiracy are enclosed (ff.86-89).
C.O. 5/1325, ff. 85-90
S.R. 788
1742 July 31. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…an Indian conspiracy…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 114ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1742 Oct. 13. The Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle. Whitehall. Enclosing Col. Gooch’s
report of a conspiracy of the Northern Indians against the English in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/1366, p. 353
S.R. 845
1742 Oct. 13. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State.
Whitehall. Transmitting extracts from a letter from Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Commissioners dated
31 July 1742 relative to an Indian conspiracy against the frontier inhabitants of Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 200-200A
S.R. 798
1742 Oct. 14. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall…commending
his actions in offering assistance to Maryland in face of an Indian conspiracy…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 201-202
S.R. 798
1742 Oct. 14. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Congratulating him on his reassumption of office after his expedition (to settle the India peace). The Duke of Newcastle has
been informed of the Six Nations’ conspiracy against the English…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 354-355
S.R. 845
1742 Oct. 25. Copy of a letter to Governor Gooch in Virginia. Signed P. B(earcroft). Announces
sending 200 copies of an “Essay towards an Instruction for the Indians” by the Bishop of Sodor
and Man…
B. 10, f. 203
S.R. 835
1742 Oct. 25. Copy of a letter to Mr. Commissary Blair at Williamsburg. Signed P. B(earcroft).
Announces sending 150 copies of “An Essay towards an Instruction for the Indians, to be sent to
the English Colonies in America”…
80
B.10, f.202
S.R. 835
1742 Dec. 18 & 23. James Patten to Gooch, dated Augusta County. Describing the attack of the
Indians. (Copies) (Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle, 18 May
1743)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 67-68
S.R. 252
1742/3 Feb. 14. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…reporting serious
trouble on the western frontier with Indians. Ff. 126-127 are copies of reports on the fighting
with Indians.
C.O. 5/1325, ff. 125-128
S.R. 788
1742/3 Feb. 14. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…commenting on a skirmish with the
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 116ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1742/3 Feb. 14. Gooch to the Board of Trade. Describing the skirmish mentioned on f. 63. The
Indian attack is “both barbarous and absurd”. Virginia and Maryland were at the time arranging
to meet the Indian sachems to make payment for the lands in question. (extract) (Enclosed in
letter from the Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle, 18 May 1743)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 65-66
S.R. 252
(1743) Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. A detailed reply to a series of
questions addressed to the Lt. Gov. by the Comm. for Trade & Plantations and covering such
matters as relations with Indians…
C.O. 5/1326, ff. 12-19
S.R. 789
1743 May 18. Lords of Trade to Duke of Newcastle. A “Skirmish” between Northern Indians
and some white men, supposed to be French, and the English inhabitants on the West side of the
Great Mountains.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 63-64
S.R. 252
1743 May 10. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…Regarding a present to the Indians.
(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 116ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
81
1743 May 18. Lords of Trade and Duke of Newcastle. A “Skirmish” between Northern Indians
and some white men, supposed to be French, and the English inhabitants on the West side of the
Great Mountains.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 63-64
S.R. 252
1742 May 18. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State.
Whitehall. Enclosing extracts from a letter dated 14 Feb. 1742/43 from Lt. Gov. Gooch, relating
to a skirmish between some northern Indians supported by Frenchmen, and British settlers on the
west side of the Great Mountains.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 205-205A
S.R. 798
1743 May 18. The Board of Trade to the Duke of Newcastle. Whitehall. Enclosing a repot by
Col. Gooch on a skirmish between the inhabitants of the west side of the great mountains and the
Northern Indians.
C.O. 5/13566, pp. 363-364
S.R. 845
1743 July 13. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall…the skirmish of some
inhabitants of Virginia with the Northern Indians…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 364-366
S.R. 845
1743 July 13. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall…explaining the
action taken in regard to Indian hostility “west of the Great Mountains.”
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 206-207
S.R. 798
1743 August 22. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…requesting financial
help from the Quit Rents to pay for the coming negotiations with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1326, ff. 6-11
S.R. 789
1743 August 22. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade…a present for the Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 116vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1744 June 23. Gooch to Secretary of State…the Commissioners to negotiate with the Six Nations
are now on their way to meet the Chiefs in Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 292-293
S.R. 245
M 246
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1744 Aug. 2. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall. Commenting upon points in
Gooch’s letters regarding the settlement of differences with the Indians and defraying the costs
for the same out of the royal quit rents.
C.O. 5/1366, p. 368
S.R. 845
1744 Aug. 2. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall…mentioning
that his request that the expenses arising from the settlement of peace with the Indians above the
sum of £500 should be met by a grant form the Quit Rent revenue had been referred to the
Secretary of State.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 209-210
S.R. 798
1749 Oct. 18. President Thomas Lee to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Explaining the difficulties encountered by the Ohio Company (Mr. Hanbury and his associates)
owing to unexpected hostility of certain Indians to the project for settling a large area westward
of the Great Mountains of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 91-92A
S.R. 790
M 243
1749-1754. Original Correspondence—Secretary of State. The entire contents of Part II are
concerned with the meetings of the colonies at Albany with the Six Nations of Indians. Although
Virginia is not mentioned as one of the attendant colonies much reference is made to her and her
dealings with Indians.
C.O. 5/6, ff. 139-254
S.R. 264
1750s
1750 May 4. Copy of letter from Col. William Johnson to Gov Clinton of New York. Dealing
with French plans to persuade certain Western Indians to attach those Indian tribes on the Ohio
River who had shown friendship to the British.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 94-95
S.R. 790
M 243
1750 May 4. William Johnson to the Governor of New York. Plan of the French to combine with
certain Western Indians to destroy the Indians on the Ohio River, and then the Five Nations.
Details of the negotiations between the French General and the Indians. Need to help the faithful
tribes.
C.O. 5/1338, ff. 54-55
S.R. 246
1750 May 11. President Thomas Lee to the Board of Trade…the French designs on the
Catawbas…(abstract)
83
C.O. 5/1370, f. 122ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1750 May ll. President Thomas Lee to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting a conspiracy of the Indian Six Nations with French backing to wipe out the Catawba
tribe in Carolina, which latter people were under British protection, and to settle Indians on land
westward of the great mountains recently purchased by the Crown…
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 84-86
S.R. 790
M 243
1750 May 11. President Thomas Lee to the Board of Trade. Aggressive designs of the Six
Nations against the Catawbas Indians on the west of Carolina. (Enclosed in letter from Lords of
Trade to the Duke of Bedford, 28 June 1750.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 78-79
S.R. 252
1750 June 12. President Thomas Lee to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…relating recent
attempts to settle the quarrel between the Six Nations and the Catawba Indians by personal
contact.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 88-89A
S.R. 790
M 243
1750 June 12. President Thomas Lee to the Board of Trade. Regarding the Indian
situation…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 122vo-123ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1750 June 28. The Board of Trade to the Duke of Bedford, Whitehall. Enclosing information
received from Col. Lee of a projected French and Indian attack on the Catawbas.
C.O. 5/1366, p. 455
S.R. 845
1750 July 12. President Thomas Lee to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the
dispatch of arms to assist loyal Indians to resist French inspired attacks by northern tribes.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 93
S.R. 790
M 243
1750 July 12. President Thomas Lee to Secretary of State…The Governor of New York has sent
him (Lee) a letter from Col. Johnson regarding assistance to the Indians. He has ordered £250
worth of arms and ammunition to be provided in New York for helping the Faithful Indians.
C.O. 5/1338, ff. 51-52
84
S.R. 246
1750 Sept. 1. The Board of Trade to the Duke of Bedford. Whitehall. Enclosing information
received from Col. Lee on the state of Virginia’s fortifications and Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/1366, p. 456
S.R. 845
1750 Oct. 15. The Board of Trade to President Thomas Lee. Answering points in Lee’s letter
regarding…Indian affairs of the colony.
C.O. 5/136, pp. 463-465
S.R. 845
1750 Nov. 6. President Thomas Lee to the Board of Trade…the dealings of the French with the
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 124ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1750 Nov. 6. President Thomas Lee to the Board of Trade. Report on the attitude of the Six
Nations and other Indians. (extract) (Enclosed in letter from Lords of Trade to the Duke of
Bedford, 10 Jan. 1750/51.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 88-89
S.R. 252
1750 Nov. 6. President Thomas Lee to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…blaming the
intrigues of French priests for the anti-British attitude displayed by the Six Nations Indians…
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 118-119
S.R. 790
M 243
1750/1 an. 10. Lords of Trade to Secretary of State (Duke of Bedford). Defection of the Six
Nations its possible serious consequences. The French activities in this matter are contrary to the
Treaty of Utrecht.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 96-99
S.R. 252
1750/1 Jan. 10. The Bd. Of Trade to the Duke of Bedford. Whitehall. Transmitting information
received from Col. Lee on Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 469-473
S.R. 845
1751 August. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. London. Suggestions
three alterations to be made in the Instructions to be issued to hi as Lt. Gov. relating to Indian
presents…
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 190-192
S.R. 790
85
M 243
1751 Aug. 21. President Lewis Burwell to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Virginia…reporting intended arrangements for a conference with the Six Nations.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 163-165A
S.R. 790
M 243
1751 August 21. President Lewis Burwell to the Board of Trade…dealings with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 124vo-125
S.R. 849
M 231
1751 Sept. 10. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade. Regarding Indian presents…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 125vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
(1752) List of goods suitable as a present for the Indians.
C.O. 5/1327
S.R. 790
M 243
(1752) Copy of a letter sent to the Lt. Gov. of Va. from the Piet and Windaw tribes of Indians.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 257
S.R. 790
M 243
(1752) Letter from the Piet and Windaw Indians to Dinwiddie. Attacks on them by the French.
(Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to the Secretary of State, 16 March 1753)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 134-135
S.R. 252
(1752) A detailed report to Dinwiddie by William Trent of an expedition to make a present by
the Twightwees Indians. Most of it in diary form. Signed by William Trent. (Enclosed in letter
from the Lords of Trade to Secretary of State, 16 March 1753.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 120-131
S.R. 252
1752. Copy of a confirmation of a Deed of Release by the Ohio Indians at Logtown agreeing to
the establishment of certain British settlements in the Ohio Valley.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 99-100
S.R. 793
1752 Jan. 20. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg,
Virginia…his strong recommendation that the Virginia-Pennsylvania boundary westwards to the
86
Ohio country be fixed so that the behavior of White traders among the Indians in that area could
be regulated.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 206
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 Jan. 20. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade…Discussing Indian affairs…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 126ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1752 June. A copy of the daily journal of Captain William Trent, who went in June 1752 from
Logtown on the Ohio River to deliver the king’s presents to the Twightwee Indians, together
with a record of the speeches made.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 250-255
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 June 5. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade. Regarding relations with the
Indians…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 126vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1752 June 5. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Virginia…reporting the
dispatch of Commissioners with presents from The King to the Six Nations Indians.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 210-212
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 June 21. Copy of a message from the Twightwee Indians, delivered to the Lt. Gov. of Va.
announcing a treacherous attack on the tribe by French & Indians in French service.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 256
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 June 21. Twightwees to Dinwiddie. An account of the French and Indian attack on their
fort. An appeal for arms and ammunition. (Copy) (Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to
Secretary of State, 16 March 1753.)
C.O 5/1344, ff. 132-133
S.R. 252
1752 July 20. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade…describing the results of a commission
to the Indians. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 127ro.
S.R. 849
87
M 231
1752 July 20. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg, Va.
…announcing the return of the Commissioners from Ohio after handing over presents to the
Indians from His Majesty…
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 216-220
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 Oct. 6. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg,
Virginia…reviewing the state of Indian affairs…
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 226-227A
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 Oct. 6. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade. Describing Indian activities with the
French and English…(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 127
S.R. 849
M 231
1752 Nov. 29. The board of Trade to the Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Whitehall…relations with the
Indians and French…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 516-533
S.R. 845
1752 Dec. 10. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade…commenting on the Indians and the
French. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 128ro.
S.R 849
M 231
1752 Dec. 10. Philip Grymes, Receiver General, Virginia, to Lords of Treasury…discusses
presents to the Indians.
T. 1/348, ff 230-233, 252-257
S.R. 1280
1752 Dec. 10. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg, Va.
Reviewing the Indian situation, advising the payment of £1000 from Quit Rent revenue for
presents to the Indians…a recent visit of the Cherokee Chief to Williamsburg.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 241-243
S.R. 790
M 243
1752 Dec. 10. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade. Attacks upon Indians in the West of
Virginia…(Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to Secretary of State, 16 March 1753.)
88
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 118-119
S.R. 252
1753 April 20. Col. William Johnson, to Gov. Clinton of New York. Copy made in New York on
the 30 April 1753. Reporting definite information of the arrival of French with their Indian allies
in the Ohio Valley and requesting that warning be sent to other Indian Nations under British
protection.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 302-302A
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 Nov. 17. Dinwiddie to the earl of Halifax. Adds an acknowledgement of “the Indian
present”…
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 175-176
S.R. 252
1752 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting the assistance he had given to friendly Indian nations to enable them to defend
themselves from French encroachment on the River Ohio, his efforts to unite and his intention to
make contact with the French Commander in the Ohio River Valley.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 8-9
S.R. 791
1753 Jan 17. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Regarding the war between the
Twightwees and the French and their Indians…
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 5-7
S.R. 846
M 230
1753 March 16. The Board of Trade to the Earl of Holdernesse. Whitehall. Enclosing
information from Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie on Indian affairs in Virginia and relations with the French.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 20-22
S.R. 846
M 230
1753 March 16. Representation of the Bd. Of Trade to the Kind. Whitehall. Recommending a
proposal by Dinwiddie that a sum of money should be granted to purchase goods as a present to
the Twightwee Indians.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 24-26
S.R. 846
M 230
1753 March 16. Lords of Trade to Secretary of State. Gov. Dinwiddie’s report of attacks by the
French and Indians on the friendly Indians in the western parts of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 116-117
S.R. 252
89
1753 April 15. Report of Andrew Montour of his visit to the Chiefs of the Six Nations at
Onondago bearing a verbal message of friendship from the Lt. Gov. of Va. and inviting them to a
meeting at Winchester.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 295
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 April 30. William Johnson to (Lt.) Governor Dinwiddie, New York. Regarding an intended
attack by the French Indians. (Enclosed in letter from Gov. James Glen to the Earl of Holderness,
25 June 1753)
C.O. 5/13, ff. 319&320
S.R. 271
1753 April 30. Governor Clinton to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Fort George, New York. Regarding
Johnson’s warning (of. ff. 329 & 320), off an intended Indian attack.
C.O. 5/13, f. 321
S.R. 271
1753 May 6. James Hamilton to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Philadelphia. Regarding the intended
Indian raid.
C.O. 5/13, ff. 324 & 325
S.R. 271
1753 May 6. Copy of a letter from James Hamilton, Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, to Lt. Gov.
Dinwiddie. Philadelphia. Replying to Mr. Dinwiddie’s letter of 3 Oct. 1752 concerning the evil
behavior of certain Indian traders and the French threat in the Ohio Valley.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 296-297
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 May 7. Extract of a letter sent by Mr. West to the Gov. of Pennsylvania, dated
Susquehannah. Concerning French overtures to the Six Nations Indians and reports of French
intentions to build forts on the Ohio River.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 298
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 May 7. William West to the Governor of Pennsylvania, Susquehannah. Regarding the
intended Indian raid.
C.O. 5/13, f. 323
S.R. 271
1753 May 10. Copy of an Order in the Council dated at St. James’s, agreeing to a proposal
submitted by the Lt. Gov. of Via. And authorizing a sum of £1000 out of the balance of the
90
revenue collected in Virginia from the Tobacco Export Tax to be laid out in presents for the
Twightwee Indians and directing the Treasury to prepare a Warrant accordingly.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 287-288
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 May 10. The Board of Trade to the Committee for Plantations, Whitehall. The Board
reports on Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie’s desire to build some forts upon the Ohio River for the protection
of the Virginians and Indian allies.
C.O. 5/211, pp. 1-3
S.R. 560
1753 May 15. Declaration of Andrew Montour, Belvior in Fairfax County. Regarding the
relations of the Indians with Virginia.
C.O. 5/13, f. 322
S.R. 271
1753 May 23. Robert Dinwiddie (Lt. Gov. of Va.) to Gov. Glen (Gov. of S.C.). Regarding
relations with the Indians. (Enclosed in letter from Gov. James Glen the Earl to Holderness, 25
June1753.)
C.O. 5/13, ff. 317-318
S.R. 271
1752 May 24. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations Indians.
Williamsburg. Warning them of the dangers of the intended French settlement. Warning them of
the dangers of the intended French m
C.O 5/1327, f. 299
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 May 31. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Chiefs ad Warriors of the Cherokee Indians.
Williamsburg. Warning them of the danger from the French moves in the Ohio Valley.
C.O. 5/1327, f. 301
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 June 6. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Whitehall…Expressing concern over
the distressed state of the Twightwees…approving Dinwiddie’s conduct with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 35-40
S.R. 846
M 230
1753 June 16. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg, Va.
Reporting at length on the Indian situation and the threatening attitude of French forces from
Canada said to be building forts on the river Ohio.
C.O.5/1327, ff. 292-294
91
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 June 16. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Board of Trade…Indian and French proceedings.
(abstraction)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 128ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1753 June 16. Robert Dinwiddie to the commissioners of Trade and Plantations…local Indian
opposition…
Add. Ms. 32732, ff. 452ro-453vo.
S.R. 389
1753 June 21. Governor James Glen to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, South Carolina. Regarding the
intended Indian raid.
C.O. 5/13, ff. 326-327
S.R. 271
1753 July. Copy of Mr. William Trent’s report of his mission to deliver guns and ammunition to
the Six Nations Indians in July 1753 at Logstown on the R. Ohio.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 11-19
S.R. 791
(See f. 20 for a short explanation of the meaning of certain Indian words used in Mr. Trent’s
report.)
1753 July 12. President Thomas Lee to the Board of Trade…describing the dealings between the
French and the Indians…
C.O. 5/1370, f. 123ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1753 August (?) Earl of Holdernesse to Dinwiddie…The King’s approval of his (Dinwiddie’s)
supply of ammunition to the Indians on the Ohio River.
C.O. 5/1338, ff. 127-130
S.R. 246
1753 August 27. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Whitehall. Relative to the French
designs on the Ohio and recommending Dinwiddie’s promotion of friendship with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 48-50
S.R. 846
M 230
1753 Aug. 27. Mr. John Pownall, Sec. to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations, to Lt. Gov.
Dinwiddie. Whitehall. Replying to Mr. Dinwiddie’s letter dated 16 June 1753 concerning French
activities on the River Ohio, reporting the action taken in this matter by the Comm. and
92
expressing their satisfaction at the Lt. Gov.’s efforts to preserve the friendship and alliance of the
Indians.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 3-4
S.R. 799
1753 Aug. 28. Circular letter dated at Whitehall, addressed by the Earl of Holdernesse, Sec. of
State, to the Governors of certain named American continental colonies (presumably including
Va., though not so stated) warning them of the threat of encroachment by hostile Indians backed
by “Europeans,” directing them to employ their own Militia to resist any such aggression of
necessary, to maintain touch with neighboring colonies…
C.O. 324/38, pp. 369-372
S.R. 1323
1753 Aug. 28. Circular letter from the Earl of Holdernesse to the governors in America,
Whitehall. Giving warning of an intended Indian attack, supported by European forces.
C.O. 5/211, pp. 15-19
S.R. 560
1753 Aug. 28. The Earl of Holdernesse to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Whitehall. Dinwiddie is
instructed on how to proceed in the event of an attack by the Indians, he is not to be an aggressor
but is to defend the colony…
C.O. 5/211, pp. 21-(30)
S.R. 560
1753 August 28. Secretary of State (Lord Holdernesse) to Dinwiddie…The King’s approval of
his dispatch of ammunition to the friendly Indians on the Ohio River.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 164-167
S.R. 252
1753 Sept. Copy of Mr. William Fairfax’s report on his mission to deliver guns and ammunition
to the Twightwee Indians at Winchester about Sept. 1753.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 21-31B
S.R. 791
1753 Sept. 18. Circular letter dated at Whitehall addressed by the Comm. for Trade &
Plantations to the Governors of certain specified American colonies (including Va.) relating to a
proposed formal meeting with the Six Nations Indians, the grant of a sum of money for presents
to the Indians, the desirability of representatives from all the colonies with the Indians on their
frontiers attending this function and the suggestion that the matter be put to each colonial
Assembly for consideration.
C.O. 324/15, pp. 337-339
S.R. 1300
1753 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie to the Earl of Holderness. Regarding the intended
plans of invasion of the Indians and the French from Canada.
C.O. 5/14, ff. 4 & 5
93
S.R. 272
1753 Dec. 29. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie (to the Earl of Holderness). Regarding the intended plans of
the invasion of the Indians…
C.O. 5/14, f. 6
S.R. 272
1754 March. Abstract of a letter from Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, dated Virginia. Concerns preparations
for the Expedition to the Ohio: funds, raising troops, Indian auxiliaries.
Add. Ms. 33029, f. 106
S.R. 163
1754 March 12. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…arrangements had been made for obtaining the assistance and support of Indian
tribes.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 83-84
S.R. 791
1754 March 12. Dinwiddie to the Lords of Trade…He has asked neighboring colonies for help;
and written to the Catawba and Cherokee Indians.
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 230-232
S.R. 252
1754 April 18. Speech of Half King Scruni Yattha to the Governor of Virginia and Governor of
Pennsylvania, the Fort on Ohio. Asking assistance against the French. (Enclosed in the letter
from Mr. Penn to the Right Honorable Sir Thomas Robinson, 25 June 1754)
C.O. 5/14, ff. 164 & 165
S.R. 272
1754 April 18. Translation of a message sent by the Half King of the Six Nations tot eh
Governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania, complaining of French aggression against his people
and asking for assistance to resist their invasion of the Ohio Valley.
C.O. 5/1328, f. 99
S.R. 791
1754 April 25. Col. Washington to Dinwiddie. A long quotation from a message he has sent to
the Indians proposing they meet in Council…Recommends that the Cherokee and other tribes be
asked to march to their assistance. A postscript adds, “Query.” Whether the Indian women and
children, if they settle amongst us, are to be maintained at our expense or not they will expect it.
C.O. 5/1344, 44. 240-245
S.R. 252
1754 April 26. Dinwiddie to the Earl of Holdernesse. …In a postscript Dinwiddie says he is now
preparing to meet Indian chiefs at Winchester, to deliver His Majesty’s present.
Add. Ms. 32735, ff. 186ro-187vo.
S.R. 390
94
1754 May 6. Proposal delivered by Messrs. Smyth and Townshend going to Virginia. Asking
permission to treat with the Shawanees in order to gain access to land bordering the Ohio.
C.O. 5/211, pp. 65-(66)
S.R. 560
1754 May 8. The Lt. Gov. of Va. to the Half King of the Six Nations. Stating that he is sending
soldiers to their assistance and to dislodge the French and would himself go to Winchester and
would meet the Half King.
C.O. 5/1328, f. 100
S.R. 791
1754 May 8. The Governor of Virginia to the Half King and Scrueatha. Promising forces to join
the Indians against the French. (Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to the Earl of Holderness, 10
May 1754.)
C.O. 5/14, f. 190
S.R. 272
1754 May 10. Dinwiddie to the Lords of Trade...The Indians have joined the English forces at
Red Stone Creek..(extract) (Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to Secretary of State, 3
July 1754.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 237-239
S.R. 252
1754 June 18. Lt. Gov Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting his visit to Winchester to distribute the King’s presents to the Indians of the Six
Nations…
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 117 & 120
S.R. 791
1754 June 18. Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson. Further reports on the French campaign and
on prospects of Indians friendship.
C.O. 5/14, ff. 197-198
S.R. 272
1754 June 18. Gov. Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson, Williamsburg. Reports an attack by Col.
Washington and Indian Allies on the French, on May 27; all 33 French were killed or taken
while “we lost one man & two were wounded.”
Add. Ms. 32850, f. 227
S.R. 109 Revised
1754 July 4. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Whitehall. Desiring all efforts to be
made to persuade the assembly to finance a meeting with the Six Nations Indians at Albany…
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 103-(109)
S.R. 846
M 230
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1754 July 23. Gov. Dinwiddie to Messrs. John and Capel Hanbury, Virginia. …reports Col.
Washington has returned to Will’s Creek to build a fort and warehouse; says farmers have left
their lands fearing the Indians.
Add. Ms. 32850, f. 299
S.R. 109 Revised
1754 July 24. Gov. Dinwiddie to Sr. T. Robinson….defection of Indians, building of fort at
Will’s Creek…(extract)
Add. Ms. 35909, f. 186
S.R. 350
1754 July 24. Robert Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson…disaffection of the Indians…
Add. Ms. 32736, f. 85
S.R. 391
1754 Sept. 23. Dinwiddie to the Lords of Trade…danger of some of the Indians who are now
friendly going over to the side of the French…(copy) (Enclosed is letter from the Lords of Trade
to Secretary of State, 3 Dec. 1754.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 253-258
S.R. 252
1754 Sept. 23. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the
failure of the House of Burgesses to cooperate in measures for defense, and the danger that the
French, if not driven out, would reduce the Indian tribes friendly to Britain.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 111-112
S.R. 791
(1754) Oct. 25. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…reporting differences with South Carolina over the Catawba and Cherokee
Indians…
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 124-125
S.R. 791
1754 Oct. 29. Representation dated at Whitehall addressed to His Majesty by the Comm. for
Trade & Plantations relative to a meeting of the Comm. of certain named colonies (excluding
Va.) at Albany in June 1754 to renew and confirm the ancient Treaties of Friendship with the Six
Nation Indians, at which meeting certain other matters concerning the management of Indian
affairs, the strengthening of frontier defenses and plans for mutual defense were discussed.
C.O. 324/15, pp. 402-417
S.R. 1300
(1754) Nov. 15, 17, & 24. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. On frontier troubles, need to have Indians to help
regular troops, arrival of “Neutrals from Nova Scotia.” (abstracts)
Add. Ms. 33029, f. 234
S.R. 163
96
Circa 1755. Instructions agreed on at an especial Committee of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts to be sent to their Missionaries in North America…convert the
Indians
Add. Ms. 32853, f. 13
S.R. 395
(1755) Copy of Gov. Dinwiddie’s commission appointing Peter Randolph and William Byrd,
Commissioners to the Catawba and Cherokee Nations of Indians.
T. 1/360, f. 50
S.R. 1286A
1755 Jan. 1. Hitchen Holland to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Oswego. Regarding the Indians and the sale
of land on the Ohio. (extract)
C.O. 5/46, ff. 8-9
S.R. 284
1755 Jan. 1. Extract of a letter from Hitchen Holland, Commanding Officer at Fort Oswego. On
Indian affairs, especially the effort of the “French Indians” and the French to win over chiefs of
the Five Nations friendly to the English.
Add. Ms. 32853, f. 359
S.R. 395
1755 April 14. At a Council held at the Camp at Alexandria in Virginia. Points considered were
strategy of attacks on the French, naval auxiliaries, provincial political considerations, relations
with the Six Nations….
Add. Ms. 33029, f. 174
S.R. 163
(See also f. 178 for a second copy of above.)
1755 May 10. Speech of General Braddock (to some Indians). Fort Cumberland. Regarding the
French and the campaign against the same. (Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas
Robinson, 6 June 1755.)
C.O. 5/15, ff. 308-309
S.R. 273
1755 May 14. Commission dated at Kensington, signed by Hon. Henry Fox, Sec. of State,
appointing Edmond Atkin to be Superintendent of the affairs of the several Indians tribes
inhabiting the frontiers of Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia at an annual salary of £600
payable quarterly by the Commander in Chief from whom he should seek his orders.
C.O. 324/38, pp. 457-458
S.R. 1323
1755 June 20. Deputy Governor Sharpe (to Sir Thomas Robinson) Annapolis. Reporting an
attack by French Indians upon some inhabitant s of Virginia.
C.O. 5/16, ff. 75-76
97
S.R. 247
1755 July 16. Mr. John Pownall, Sec. to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations, to the Governors of
four names American colonies (including Robert Dinwiddie of Va.). Whitehall. Asking for their
views on the steps which should be taken to place the management of Indian affairs and the
defense of the frontiers of the American colonies of a permanent and more satisfactory footing.
C.O. 324/15, pp. 420-422
S.R. 1300
(1755) August 23. E(lizabeth) A(nson) to Viscount Royston (later Earl of Hardwicke) She
remarks on danger to the frontier settlers, attitude of the Indians, French policy in war.
Add. Ms. 35376, ff. 127ro-130vo.
S.R. 347
1755 August 29. T. Robinson to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Whitehall. Asking for an account of the
progress of the building of a fort by Gov. Glen and of presents sent to the Southern Indians.
C.O. 5/211, pp. 529-(530)
S.R. 560
1755 Sept. 5. Son to Oldhop (Chief of the Cherokee Indians) to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie,
Williamsburg. Expressing a desire to assist the English.
C.O. 5/16, f. 295
S.R. 274
1755 Sept. 6. Dinwiddie to the Lords of Trade…When the Assembly voted £40,000 be raised the
Colony’s forces to 16 companies, and gave command to Col. Washington. These and the
Rangers should at least afford protection against the ‘flying parties’ of French and Indians which
the enemy has been sending to rob and murder the frontier families. (Copy)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 266-269
S.R. 252
1755 Sept. 6. Dinwiddie to the Cherokee Indians. Asking their assistance against the French.
C.O. 5/16, f. 294
S.R. 274
1755 Oct. 8. Deputy Governor Sharpe to Sir Thomas Robinson, Annapolis. Regarding Indians
sighted near Fort Cumberland.
C.O. 5/16, ff. 284 & 285
S.R. 274
1755 Nov. 15. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson. Regarding French and Indian
attacks on the inhabitants of Virginia and Pennsylvania since the departure of the regular troops
and the need for Indian defense troops.
C.O. 5/16, f. 308
S.R. 274
98
1755 Nov. 15. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…measures taken to protect the colony’s western frontier against the French and
their Indian allies…
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 170-171
S.R. 791
1755 Nov. 24. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…mentioning the measures he has taken to prevent French emissaries from
tampering with the southern Indians.
C.O. 5/1328. Ff. 177-177A
S.R. 791
1755 Nov. 24. Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson. Regarding the building of a fort in the Upper
Cherokee Country, the arrival of the neutrals from Nova Scotia and other matters.
C.O. 5/17, ff. 16-17
S.R. 275
1755 Dec. 24. Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson…regarding the relations with the Indians.
C.O. 5/17, ff. 169-170
S.R. 275
1756-1760. Indian Service Accounts.
Add. Ms. 38334, f. 134
S.R. 323
(1756) Representation by the Council and Burgesses of Virginia addressed to His Majesty…the
losses caused by Indian raids…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 6-11
S.R. 792
M 243
(1756) Additional Instructions to Maj. Gen. Johnson relating to the Indians of the Six Nations
under his control being induced to take up arms against the French and their Indians, who had
attacked Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/52, ff. 46-47
S.R. 439
(1756) Old Hop, Governor of Chota, to the Governor of Virginia. Promising to send men to
Virginia and asking arms for the fort. (Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Henry Fox, 9 Nov.
1756.)
C.O. 5/17, f. 386
S.R. 275
(1756) (Letter without date or signature) Opinion that the Cherokees are actually plotting with
the French while feigning friendship for the English. (Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to
Henry Fox, 9 Nov. 1756.)
99
C.O. 5/17, ff. 388-389
S.R. 275
(1756) The speeches of Otassity, Skiagunster and Uoconaco to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Promising to
come with men to Virginia. (Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Henry Fox, 9 Nov. 1756.)
C.O. 5/17, f. 387
S.R. 275
1756 Jan. 5. Governor Arthur Dobbs to Sir Thomas Robinson, Newburn. He has sent two
Commissioners to join Governor Dinwiddie’s in a mission to the Cherokees and Catawbas.
C.O. 5/17, ff. 191-192
S.R. 275
1756 Jan. 23. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to (Major) General Shirley. Regarding an attack to be made
upon the Shawnese by the Cherokees and Virginia Rangers and the hoped for future cooperation
of the Catawbas. (extract)
C.O. 5/46, ff. 211 & 212
S.R. 284
1756 Feb. 17. Commission dated at St. James’s, signed by Hon. Henry Fox, Sec. of State,
appointing Sir William Johnson, Bt., to be “Colonel of Our Faithful Subjects and Allies, the Six
United Nations of Indians and their Confederates in the Northern Parts of North America” under
the order of the Commander in Chief and also to be sole “Agent and Superintendent of Indian
Affairs” at a salary of £600 per annum.
C.O. 324/38, pp. 445-446
S.R. 1323
1756 Feb. 17. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Whitehall…hoping negotiations to
obtain the alliance of the Southern Indians will be successful.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 166-169
S.R. 846
M 230
1756 Feb. 23. Extract of a letter from Mr. Pitcher to Mr. Fox, dated New York. Refers to the
movements of Col. Washington “who has the command of the Provincial Troops in Va.” and to
his statement that about 70 Cherokee Indians had joined the Va. forces and that an expedition
was planned against the Shawarras, for raiding the frontier.
C.O. 5/52, ff. 48-49
S.R. 439
1756 Feb. 24. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson. Regarding the Cherokees and the
expedition against Crown Point.
C.O. 5/17, ff. 189 & 190
S.R. 275
100
1756 March 20. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…raiding by French and Indians especially on the borders of Maryland and
Pennsylvania…
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 198-199
S.R. 791
1756 May 13. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Henry Fox, Sec. of State. Whitehall.
Proposing that Mr. Edmund Atkin should be appointed Agent and Superintendent of the Indians
Affairs for the southern district comprising Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia and should be
paid by the Commander-in-Chief, and enclosing a draft Commission for approval. See pp. 99101.
C.O. 324/16, pp. 91-92
S.R. 1301
M 309
1756 May 13. Commission dated at Kensington, appointing Edmund Atkin to be “Agent for the
Superintendent of the Affairs of Our faithful Allies the several nations of Indians inhabiting the
Frontiers of Our colonies of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, and their
Confederates.” He was to be paid quarterly by the Commander in Chief in North America: the
appointment was during His Majesty’s Pleasure.
C.O. 324/51, pp. 87-88
S.R. 1333
1756 May 13. The Board of Trade to Henry Fox. Recommending Sir William Johnson as agent
for Indian affairs- including affairs affecting the Indians on the frontiers of Virginia.
C.O. 5/7, f. 701
S.R. 265
1756 May 24. Dinwiddie to Henry Fox…Reporting an unsuccessful attack upon the Shawanese
Indians…
C.O. 5/17, ff. 249-251
S.R. 275
1756- June. Mr. Edmund Atkin, Agent Designate for Indian Affairs in the Southern District of
North America, to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Requesting before sailing for South
Carolina to take up his appointment, that the Commissioners would send a circular letter to the
Govs. of Va., the Carolinas and Georgia directing them to support him, particularly in his control
of Indian traders, and stressing the importance of his being provided with suitable presents to
distribute to the Indian chiefs on his first arrival.
C.O. 323/13, ff. 307-308
S.R. 915
1756 June 1. Mr. Alexander Cameron, Toquah. Further remarks on Mr. Ross’s attempts to foster
trade and persuade the Cherokees to allow him to settle a store fortified with stockade on the
island in Houston…
C.O. 5/66, ff. 817-820
101
S.R. 290
M 263
1756 June 11. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the
calling out of Militia in ten counties to repel raiding Indian parties…
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 201-202
S.R. 791
1756 July 1. Circular letter dated at Whitehall, addressed by the Comm. for Trade & Plantations
to the Governors of Va., North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia notifying them of the
appointment of Edmund Atkin, Member of the Council of South Carolina, to be Agent and
Superintendent of Indian Affairs on the frontiers of these four colonies…See also pp. 91-92.
C.O. 324/16, pp. 99-101
S.R. 1301
M 309
1756 July 23. Major A. Lewis to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Chotee. Regarding the building of the fort
for the Cherokees and negotiations with the latter. (Enclosed in letter from the Dinwiddie to
Henry Fox, 9 Nov. 1756.)
C.O. 5/17, ff. 390-391
S.R. 275
1756 Sept. 24. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations, Williamsburg…the
continued raiding of the Virginian frontiers by Indians in the French interest, the completion of a
fort at the Upper Cherokee County and the arrangement by which 400 Cherokee warriors were to
assist in the protection of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 16-17
S.R. 792
M 243
1756 Oct. 1. Major A Lewis to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Halifax Smith’s Creek. Regarding the failure
of the Cherokees to fulfill their promise of sending warriors to Virginia. (Enclosed in letter from
Dinwiddie to Henry Fox, 9 Nov. 1756.)
C.O. 5/17, ff. 384-385
S.R. 275
1756 Oct. 11. Mention of a copy of a letter from Major Lewis to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie, Halifax
Smiths Creek, with observations on the disposition of the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/48, pp. 53-54
S.R. 286
1756 Nov. 9. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to Henry Fox, Esq.….regarding the negotiations with the
Cherokees and building of a fort in their country.
C.O. 5/17, ff. 382-383
S.R. 275
.
102
1756 Nov. 9. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting attempts being made by the French to tamper with the creek, Chickasaw and Cherokee
Indians, the non-arrival of the 400 Cherokee warriors to protect Virginian frontiers, the decision
to defer dispatch of a Virginian garrison for the newly built fort in upper Cherokee Country…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 21-22
S.R. 792
M 243
1757 Jan. 4. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…reporting the dispatch of an officer to the Cherokees…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 23-24
S.R. 792
M 243
1757 March 10. The Bd. Of Trade to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie. Whitehall…the Board fears the
friendly disposition of the Cherokees to the French and hope the frontiers are sufficiently well
guarded to meet any enemy attacks.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 314-316
S.R. 846
M 230
1757 March 17. The Comm. for Trade & Plantations to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie.
Whitehall…negotiation with the Cherokees and the need for vigilance against French or Indian
attack.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 27-28
S.R. 799
1757 March 25. A memorial addressed to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations by Caleb Lamb,
lately an Indian trader on the River Ohio, praying for compensation for his losses (ff. 41-42)
sustained at the hands of the French and their Indian allies some three miles from Fort Duquesne
and detailing his services to Col. Washington and General Braddock.
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 40-43
S.R. 792
M 243
1757 May 14. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to William Pitt. Tendering the resignation of his government
for reasons of health. Desiring further protection for Virginia and complaining of the costs of
maintaining the Indians.
C.O. 5/18, ff. 66-67
S.R. 276
1757 May 16. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting the arrival of some 400 Cherokee and Catawba warriors to protect the frontiers and “to
go a Scalping agreeable to the French custom”…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 30-31
S.R. 792
103
M 243
1757 May 16. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations.
Williamsburg…reporting the difficulties of maintaining the 400 Indians engaged to protect the
Virginian frontier…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 35-36
S.R. 792
M 243
1757 June 18. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to William Pitt. Regarding relations with the Indians and the
arrival of new forces for Virginia.
C.O. 5/18, ff. 79-80
S.R. 276
1757 June 20. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to William Pitt. Regarding an imminent invasion of the
French and their Indians coming from Fort Duquesne.
C.O. 5/18, ff. 81-82
S.R. 276
(1758) Col. Washington, Commanding Officer of the Virginia Forces at Winchester, Capt.
Brillet, Commanding Officer at Fort Loudoun, and the proceedings of a Council of officers at
Fort Loudoun respecting a proposal of peace offered by the Delawares to the Cherokees.
(Enclosed in letter from Major General Abercromby to William Pitt, Albany, 24 May 1758.)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 85, 86
S.R. 288
1758 March 15, 22 & 25. Minutes of conferences held with the Indians in Philadelphia.
Regarding the promises of eight Indian nations to support the English cause, particularly
regarding the promises of Tecdyuscung the Delaware Chief. (Enclosed in letter from Major
General Abercromby to William Pitt, Albany, 24 May 1758.)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 89-100, 101
S.R. 288
1758 March 24. Gov. Denny to Major General Abercromby, Philadelphia. Enclosing minutes of
a conference held with the Indians in Philadelphia. Denny finds that several nations of Indians
previously hostile are now turning to the side of the English. (extract) (Enclosed in letter from
Major General Abercromby to William Pitt, Albany, 24 May)
C.O 5/50, ff. 87-88
S.R. 288
1758 March 24. Message of the Assembly (of Pennsylvania) to the governor. Regarding the
return of captives still held by the Indians, and desiring for the promotion of Indian relations, that
an invitation to visit Pennsylvania be issued to the Chiefs of the eight tribes who have shown an
inclination to ally themselves with the British.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 102 &103
S.R. 288
104
1758 March 25. Governor William Denny to Col. (George) Washington, Philadelphia.
Washington is required to communicate to the Cherokees the results of the conference with
Tecdyuscung and to request their cooperation with the other Indians.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 110-111
S.R. 288
1758 March 29. Captain Jacob Orndt to Col. James Burd, Fort Allen. Reporting the peaceful
intentions of the Munseys and Mohicans, who intend to hold a Treaty with Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 118-119
S.R. 288
1758 March 30. Proceedings of a Council of Officers held at Fort Loudoun in Virginia. The
Council fear that an attempt to negotiate peace between the Northern Indians and the Cherokees,
Catawbas, Creeks, Tuscaroras and other Southern nation who are now sincere friends of the
British will only arouse the disgust of the latter, and endanger their bond of friendship…
C.O. 5/50, ff. 115-117
S.R. 288
1758 March 31. Capt. Thomas Bullitt to Governor Denny, Fort Loudoun (Virginia). An answer
to Gov. Denny’s letter to Col. Washington. Bullitt reports that he has held a Council (cf. ff. 115117) which has decided that it would be unwise at this point to attempt peace negotiations
between the Northern and Southern Indians, as suggested by Tecdyuscung. He gives an account
of the number and disposition of the Cherokees in Virginia and desires equipment for them.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 113-114
S.R. 288
1758 April 1. Major General Abercromby to Gov. Denny. Abercromby is awaiting the advice of
Sir William Johnson, Agent and Superintendent of the Northern Indians, before resolving
whether or not the promises of the Indians (cf. ff. 89-101) can be relied upon. (extract)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 104 & 105
S.R. 288
1758 April 3. Col. James Burd to Governor William Denny, Lancaster. Reporting on the Indians
in Winchester; Creeks, Catawbas and Cherokees who have assembled to go to war to Fort du
Quesne.
C.O 5/50, ff. 120, 121
S.R. 288
1758 April 4. Major General Abercromby to Sir William Johnson, New York. Johnson’s opinion
is asked whether the promises of support of the Delawares, Twightwee and other Indian tribes
are to be relied upon. (extract) (Enclosed in letter from Major General Abercromby to William
Pitt, Albany, 24 May 1758.)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 106 & 107
S.R. 288
105
1758 April 7. Governor William Denny to Major General Abercromby, Philadelphia. In
accordance with the wishes of Tecdyuscung who desired a messenger to be sent to Virginia to
communicate the results of the conference to the Cherokees, Denny has written to the
Commanding Officer at Winchester on the matter (cf. ff. 110-112.)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 108, 109
S.R. 288
1758 April 9. Captain Thompson to Lt. Col. Armstrong, Fort Loudoun. Reporting the arrival of
forty Cherokees at Fort Loudoun in complete need of equipment and clothes.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 131-132
S.R. 288
1758 April 10 Major General Abercromby to Gov. Denny, New York. Until Sir William
Johnson’s opinion has been ascertained, Abercromby advises the avoidance of entering into any
treaties with either Tecydyuscung or any other Indians while at the same time keeping on
friendly terms with them.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 122, 123
S.R. 288
1758 April 10. Major General Abercromby to Sir William Johnson, New York. Gov. Denny’s
letter of 7 April (cf. ff. 108-109) and enclosures are forwarded for Johnson’s opinion on the
Indian situation.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 124-125
S.R. 288
1758 April 11. Lt. Col. Armstrong to Governor Denny, Carlisle. Asking advice in the question of
treating with and supplying the Indians at Fort Loudoun.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 133-134
S.R. 288
1758 April 13. Sir William Johnson to Major General Abercromby, Fort Johnson. Johnson
proposes to send Mr. Croghan to enroll as many Indians as possible on the British side;
meanwhile he advises that all Indians inclined to peace should be invited to Philadelphia. He
stresses the importance of the alliance of the Cherokees, especially to the Southern States.
(extract)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 126-127
S.R. 288
1758 April 16. Gov. Denny to Major General Abercromby, Philadelphia. Regarding the arrival
of numbers of Cherokees at Fort Loudoun and the absolute necessity of furnishing them with
equipment for war and other supplies in order not to offend them.
C.O 5/50, ff. 128-130
S.R. 288
106
1758 April 20. Major General Abercromby to Gov. Denny. Abercromby still awaits Sir William
Johnson’s advice on how to deal with the Indians. Sir John St. Clair has privately sent off arms
and matchcoats to the Cherokees. (extract)
C.O. 5/50, ff. 135-136
S.R. 288
1758 April 28. Sir William Johnson to Major General Abercromby, Fort Johnson. The character
of Tecdyuscung is described and the Northern Indians evaluated as allies. The decision of the
officers at Fort Loudoun (cf. 155-117) is supported regarding negotiations between the Southern
and Northern Indians.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 141-146
S.R. 288
1758 May 1. Brigadier General Forbes to William Pitt, Philadelphia…Six hundred and fifty-two
Cherokees and Catawba Indians have already come to Winchester, Virginia, all requiring
clothing and arms.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 412-415, 418
S.R. 288
1758 May 19. Brigadier General Forbes to William Pitt…The Cherokees are becoming restless
and some have already left to return to their homes.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 419-422
S.R. 288
1758 May 24. Major General Abercromby to William Pitt, Albany. An account of Indian affairs;
of the movements of certain tribes, especially the Delawares and the Twightwee and their
relationships with the English and French and of the Congress at Onodago on the same.
Regarding, also, the raising of a company of rangers to protect the Mohawk River and the
prohibition on giving rum to the Indians.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 79-82, 84
S.R. 288
1758 June 11. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…an affair
on the frontier in which Virginian settlers and Cherokees were involved.
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 75-76
S.R. 792
M 243
1758 June 17. Brigadier General Forbes to William Pitt, Philadelphia…Reporting the
impossibility of detaining the Cherokees with the British forces any longer.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 423-424
S.R. 288
1758 July 9. Col. W. Byrd to (Col. Bouquet?). Camp at Fort Cumberland. He sends a party of
Indians towards For Duquesne to take a prisoner.
Add. Ms. 21643, f. 143
107
S.R. 502
1758 July 10. Brigadier General Forbes to William Pitt, Carlisle Camp west of Susquehannah.
Reporting the state of his troops and the return of the majority of the Cherokees to their homes.
The faithfulness of two hundred of them who have remained is attributed to the work of Mr.
Byrd of Va. who has been named by the Assembly of Va. as commander of the newly raised
regiment there.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 425-426
S.R. 288
1758 July 13. George Washington to (Col. Bouquet). Camp at Fort Cumberland. Reports attack
by Indians.
Add. Ms. 21641, f. 9
S.R. 501
1758 July 14. John Pownall to Samuel Martin, Secretary of the Treasury. Whitehall. The board
lacks sufficient information to form an opinion on a memorial of Messrs. Byrd and Randolph of
Virginia, who served as agents for negotiating a treaty with the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 341-342
S.R. 846
M 230
1758 July 16. George Washington to (Col. Bouquet). Camp at Fort Cumberland. Attack by
Indians; friendly Indian scouts; advises against an attack in force on enemy country’ misbehavior
of “our Indians”…
Add. Ms. 21641, f. 13
S.R. 501
1758 July 23. (Col. Bouquet) to (Col. Byrd?). Camp near Reas Town. Complains of the behavior
of Washington’s Indians, their dissatisfaction with presents. (draft)
Add. Ms. 21641, f. 19
S.R. 501
1758 July 28. George Washington to (Col. Bouquet?) Camp at Fort Cumberland…departure of
Byrd’s Indians.
Add. Ms. 21641, f. 30
S.R. 501
1758 Aug. 21. George Washington to Col. Bouquet. Camp at Fort Cumberland. Arrival of
Catawbas…
Add. Ms. 21641, f. 48
S.R. 501
1758 Sept. 6. Brigadier General Forbes to William Pitt, Fort Loudoun. Forbes reports upon the
state of his troops, the deflection of the Cherokees and his want of provisions. The forces come
108
to him from Virginia are described as a “bad collection of broken innkeepers, Horse Jockeys, and
Indian traders.”
C.O. 5/50, ff. 427-430
S.R. 288
1758 Oct. 2. Abstract of a letter from Mr. Lyttleton, Gov. of South Carolina, to the Comm. for
Trade & Plantations. Reports his receipt of a letter from Lt. Gov. Fauquier announcing some
“Reencounters” between some Virginian settlers and some parties of Cherokees moving from S.
Carolina to join the British forces about Fort Duquesne.
C.O. 323/33, pp. 103-104
S.R. 935
1758 Oct. 20. Brigadier General Forbes to William Pitt, Raes Town Camp. Forbes reports further
upon his campaign against the French upon the desertion of the Cherokees and other southern
Indians and the plight of Major Grant and Lewis of the Virginia Provincials who have been taken
prisoner and many of their men killed.
C.O. 5/50, ff. 431-432
S.R. 288
1758 Nov. 17. George Washington to Col. Bouquet. Camp west of Bushy Run…anxiety about
Indians.
Add. Ms. 21641, f. 59
S.R. 501
1758 Dec. 1. Abstract of a letter from Mr. Lyttleton, Governor of South Carolina, to the Comm.
for Trade & Plantations. Enclosing the Minutes of his Conference with the Cherokees, at which
he persuaded them not to go to war with Va., for which intervention he received the thanks of the
Lt. Gov. of Va.
C.O. 323/33, pp. 104-105
S.R. 935
1759 Jan. 5. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the failure
and repeal of the scheme for offering a reward for Indian scalps since it set “out people on to kill
Indians whether friends or enemies.”
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 100-103
S.R. 792
M 243
1759 Jan. 20. A memorial addressed to Wm. Pitt, Sec. of State, by Mr. James Abercromby,
Agent for Va. in London, praying that sum of £3,500 be granted to provide presents for the
Indians on the Virginian western frontiers (as had been don’t for Indians to the southward) now
that the fall of Fort de Quesne had opened a new gateway for trade.
C.O. 5/1329, f. 97
S.R. 792
M 243
109
1759 Jan. 30. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the
Indian attitude to British and French offers of friendship…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 109-111A
S.R. 792
M 243
1759 Feb. 4. Major General Amherst to Rt. Hon. Mr. Pitt, New York. Mentions (f. 89) his
intention of going to Philadelphia and there meeting the Governors of Va., Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Jersey and New York “to settle the Indian affairs.”
C.O. 5/54, ff. 88-89
S.R. 441
1759 March. Copy of extracts from the letters rec’d. from Col. Bouquet by Major Gen. Amherst
dated at Philadelphia. The extracts give an account of happenings on the frontier and of
intelligence received from Indian sources…
C.O. 5/54, ff. 344-349
S.R. 441
1759 March 1. The Board of Trade to the Treasury. Whitehall. Giving the opinion that if no steps
have been taken either by the Commander in Chief of the forces in America, or General Forbes
on the Ohio, or the governments of Virginia or Pennsylvania to supply presents to the Indians on
the Ohio, such present should be sent from England.
C.O. 5/1367, pp. 363-367
S.R. 846
M 230
1759 March 1. Report of the Board of Trade, to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury on Mr.
Wood’s letter and Mr. James Abercromby’s memorial regarding presents to the Ohio’s and other
Indians west of Virginia.
T. 1/396, ff. 9-12
S.R. 1402
1759 March 28. Copy of a circular letter from Major General Amherst to the Governors of
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, dated at New York…their cooperation is sought in the rebuilding of Fort Duquesne and the maintenance of a garrison there in order to cut off the French
from the Western and Southern Indians, control the navigation of the Ohio River and protect the
British colonies from French inspired Indian raids…
C.O. 5/54, ff. 197-198
S.R. 441
1759 Aug. 15. Copy of a letter from Col. William Byrd (Commanding the Virginian Provincial
Regt.) (presumably) to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. For Ligower…Ohio Indians stated that the Cherokees
had declared war on the British.
C.O. 5/1329, f. 172
S.R. 792
M 243
110
1759 Aug. 30. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting that the trouble with the Cherokees had apparently been settled…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 170-171
S.R. 792
M 243
1759 Aug. 30. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations…concerning the
relations with the Cherokees….(abstract)
C.O. 323/33, pp. 57-80
S.R. 935
1759 Nov. 10. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major general Jeffery Amherst…Reports disturbances in
Carolina by the Cherokee Indians.
C.O. 5/57, ff. 156-157
S.R. 444
M 262
1759 Dec. 17. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg…the
danger of a Cherokee attack…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 176-177
S.R. 792
1760s
1760 Feb. 9. W.H. Lyttleton to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. Reporting that he has applied
to the Lt. Gov. of Virginia for reinforcements of men and a supply of provisions to be sent to
Fort Loudoun from Virginia as soon as possible owing to trouble with the Cherokees. (copy)
C.O. 5/57, ff. 320-321
S.R. 444
M 262
1760 Feb. 23. Fauquier to Major Gen. Amherst. Williamsburg. The assembly of Virginia was
due to meet on 4 March and the recent renewed outbreak of violence by the Cherokee Indians
might induce the assembly to retain the Virginia provincial regt. on pay after 1 May 1760.
C.O. 5/58, ff. 112-113
S.R. 445
M 262
1760 March 17. Major Gen. Stanwix to Pitt. Fort Pitt, Pittsburg. Reporting that, to save
provisions, he had withdrawn 300 men of the Virginia provincial regt. from Fort Pitt on the onset
of winter and had made them available for use against the Indians if required.
C.O. 5/64, pp. 5-16
S.R. 451
M 263
111
1760 May 7. Fauquier to Gov. Hamilton of Pennsylvania. Williamsburg. Asserting that he was
not aware of the engagements as to land made with the Ohio River Indians by Brig. Gen. Forbes
and later confirmed by Brig. Gen. Stanwix.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 6-7
S.R. 793
M 244
1760 May 10. W. Byrd to Colonel Bouquet. Winchester. Requests he may retain Major Stewart
for a few days; expresses eagerness to know plans of operation, because of needs to defend
against the Cherokees.
Add. MS. 21645, ff. 114ro. and vo.
S.R. 506
M 281
1760 May 12. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting a general
rising of the Cherokees despite the recent peace treaty.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 4A-5
S.R. 793
M 244
1760 May 29. Lt. Gov. William Bull to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. Reporting the
military situation in the province and the outbreak on 14 May of the Creek Indians. (copy)
C.O. 5/58, ff. 389-392
S.R. 445
M 262
1760 June 12. William Bull, to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. In forwarding dispatches
from Col. Montgomery and reporting the officer’s successful action against the Cherokees.
(copy)
C.O. 5/59, ff. 65-66
S.R. 446
M 262
1760 Aug. 7. Copy of the terms of capitulation of Fort Loudoun to the Cherokee Indians signed
on 7 Aug. 1760.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 3-4
S.R. 793
M 244
1760 Sept. 16. Col. Byrd (commanding 2nd Virginian provincial regt.) to Capt. Abercrombie
dated at “camp 30 miles to the westward of Kanawa.” A full account of the operation of Col.
Byrd’s column sent from Virginia to relieve Fort Loudoun (South Carolina) invested by the
Cherokees and confirming the capitulation of the Fort to the Indians on 8 Aug. 1760 and the
massacre of the garrison on 10 Aug. (extract)
C.O. 5/59, ff. 332-334
S.R. 446
112
M 262
1760 Sept. 17. Copy of the articles of peace offered by Col. Byrd to the Cherokees on 17 Sept.
1760 referred to in Lt. Gov. Fauquier’s letter of 16 March 1761 (see ff. 24-25).
C.O. 5/61, ff. 26-27
S.R. 448
M 262
1760 Sept. 17. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting that on 16
Sept. 1760 he had received news of the murder by Cherokees of the British garrison of Fort
Loudoun after capitulation on 7 Aug.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 1-2
S.R. 793
M 244
1760 Oct. 14. Major Gen. Amherst to William Bull. Lake Champlain. Refers to the report in the
“public papers” that Fort Loudon had surrendered to the Indians, which, if true, would be
shameful and the first case in which British troops had capitulated to Indians. (copy)
C.O. 5/59, ff. 290-291
S.R. 446
M 262
1760 Oct. 17. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Brig. Gen. Robert Mockton. Williamsburg. The exposure of
Virginia’s southwestern frontier to Cherokee raids. (copy)
C.O. 5/60, ff. 111-112
S.R. 447
M 262
1760 Oct. 19. William Bull to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. In a long report on the military
situation during the Cherokee rebellion. (copy)
C.O. 5/60, ff. 64-49
S.R. 447
M 262
1760 Nov. 7. Major Gen. Amherst to Right Hon. Pitt (Sec. of State). Albany. Reporting his
receipt of a letter from Col. Byrd (commanding Virginia provincials) confirmed the report that
Fort Loudoun was in the possession of the Indians and that the garrison had been massacred.
C.O. 5/59, ff. 306-308
S.R. 446
M 262
1760 Nov. 13. President Cadwallader Cohen of New York to Major Gen. Amherst. New York.
Quoting an extract from a letter dated 24 Oct. 1760 received by president Colden from William
Bull of South Carolina describing the operations of Col. Byrd with his Virginian provincials and
his efforts to make peace with the Cherokees. (copy)
C.O. 5/60, ff. 46-47
113
S.R. 447
M 262
1760 Nov. 18. William Bull to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. Reporting the situation
relative to the Cherokee war and offers of North Carolina and Virginia to assist South Carolina in
this outbreak. (copy)
C.O. 5/60, ff. 76-79
S.R. 447
M 262
1760 Dec. 6. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. The need for regular troops
to help against the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 32-34
S.R. 793
M 244
1760 Dec. 15. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major Gen. Amherst. Williamsburg. Reporting the receipt of
urgent appeals from the governors of both North and South Carolina for military assistance
against the Cherokees. The plan was for provincials in both South Carolina and Virginia to be
supported by regular troops and to attack the Lower and Upper town of Cherokees respectively.
(copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 177-178
S.R. 448
M 262
1760 Dec. 17. Instructions dated at St. James’ to Major Gen. Amherst, commander-in-chief in
North America (by commissions dated 16 and 17 Dec. 1760), dealing with his relations with the
naval commander of the North America station, the Governors of the American colonies, Supt.
Of Indian affairs.
C.O. 324/40, pp. 24-28
S.R. 1325
M 320
1761. Copy of a narrative compiled in Pennsylvania in reply to Lt. Gov. Fauquier’s letter dated
22 June 1761 asking for information as to the agreements made with the Indians about land
ownership by Brig. Gen. Forbes, Col. Bouquet, and Brig. Gen. Stanwix.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 102-104
S.R. 793
M 244
(1761) Copy of a reply to Major Gen. Amherst to the Hon. John Robinson, Speaker to the House
of Burgesses of Virginia ( see ff. 294-295). Rejecting the suggestion that the Virginian provincial
regt. would be unequal to its task against the Cherokees unless reinforced by regular troops.
C.O. 5/60, ff. 298-299
S.R. 447
M 262
114
(1761) Copy of an address to Major Gen. Amherst by the House of Burgesses of Virginia.
Announcing their determination to raise 1,000 provincials for war against the Cherokees, but
expressing their fears that their troops might be isolated and attacked by the whole tribe without
being able to obtain assistance from the forces in South Carolina.
C.O. 5/60, ff. 294-295
S.R. 447
M 262
(1761) Copy of the instruction given to the commissioners appointed to purchase the prisoners
brought in by the Cherokee Indians. The meeting was to be at Fort Chiswell and it was to be
made clear to the Indians that peace could be made only by Virginia and the Carolinas acting
together and then only with all the Cherokee nation.
C.O. 5.61, ff. 246-247
S.R. 448
M 262
(1761) Copy of an address by the House of Burgesses of Virginia to Fauquier. Pleading lack of
finance as a reason for not raising more men for the provincial regt., and asserting that a bigger
force could not be raised in time to operate that summer against the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/61, ff. 244-245
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Jan. 21. Major Gen. Amherst to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. New York. Repeating his formerly
expressed opinion that the employment of 1,000 Virginian provincials in cooperation with Lt.
Col. Grant’s force of regulars and South Carolina provincials would be sufficient for the
“chastisement of the Cherokees”. (copy of a duplicate)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 179-180
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Feb. 13. Major Gen. Amherst to Fauquier. New York. It was desired that the Virginian
provincials should be at Chotee by 1 May 1761 in order to cooperate with Lt. Col. Grant’s forces
against the Cherokees. (extract)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 181-182
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Feb. 13. Major Gen. Amherst to Lt. Col. Grant. New York. Informing him of his efforts to
arrange for Virginian provincial troops to cooperate with Lt. Col. Grant’s force against the
Cherokees.
C.O. 5/61, ff. 203-205
S.R. 448
M 262
115
1761 Feb. 16. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Capt. Bullitt. Williamsburg. Giving him instructions as to the
line to adopt with the “Little Carpenter”, Cherokee chief, on his arrival at the frontier. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 30-31
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Feb. 16. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Col. Byrd (commanding the Virginia provincial regt.).
requesting him to confer with Major Gen. Amherst on the peace terms proposed (see ff. 26-27) to
the Cherokees since those peace terms put Virginia in a difficult position – if she invades the
Cherokee country she will be accused of a breach of faith and if not she will be blamed for not
giving promised aid to South Carolina. (extract)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 28-29
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Feb. 21. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Smith, Interpreter. Williamsburg. Requiring him to proceed
to Fort Chiswell and there meet the Little Carpenter and other Cherokee chiefs and deliver a
verbal message to them from the Lt. Gov. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 32-33
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 March 13. William Bull to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. Reporting his receipt on 12
March of a letter from Fauquier giving details of the Virginia provincials available for concerted
action against the Cherokees. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 19-21
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 March 16. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major Gen. Amherst. Williamsburg. Enclosing copies of
certain documents concerning the Cherokee rebellion, including a copy of the peace terms
offered to the tribe by Col. Byrd on 17 Sept. 1760. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 24-25
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 March 25. Major Gen. Amherst to Fauquier. New York. The need to chastise the
Cherokees thoroughly before peace is made, though the assemblies of the southern provinces
must fix the terms of peace, and not the military. (copy)
C.O. 5/60, ff. 296-297
S.R. 447
M 262
1761 April 6. Major Gen. Amherst to William Bull. New York. Col. Byrd had set out for
Virginia to complete the Virginia provincial regt. and to hasten its march to the southward for
cooperation with Lt. Col. Grant’s force in South Carolina against the Cherokees. (copy)
116
C.O. 5/61, ff. 22-23
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 April 11. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to William Pitt. Regarding an expedition to be made under
Amherst into the Upper Cherokee towns.
C.O. 5/20, ff. 113-114
S.R. 278
M 260
1761 April 15. William Bull, Lt. Gov. of South Carolina, to Jeffery Amherst. Charlestown.
Reporting that he has had no news from Lt. Gov. Fauquier as to the movements of the Virginia
provincials, who were to cooperate with Lt. Col. Grant’s force against the Cherokee Indians.
(copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 283-284
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 April 17. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major Gen. Amherst. Williamsburg. Reporting that Col.
Byrd, who had resigned his commission in Dec. 1760, had been restored to command the
Virginian provincial regt., which latter unit would be sent to the southern frontier for action
against the Cherokees when “tents and other necessaries” arrived from Philadelphia. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 242-243
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 April 20. William Bull to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown. Reporting his receipt of a
letter dated 29 March 1761 from Lt. Gov. Fauquier suggesting that no Virginian provincials
would invade Cherokee country unless supported by regular troops from Virginia.
C.O. 5/61, ff. 236-237
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 April 22. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major Gen. Amherst. Williamsburg. Lt. Gov. Fauquier
assumed that no military assistance was to be expected from North Carolina in attacked the
Upper Cherokee towns. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 248-249
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 April 28. Copy of instructions given by Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Col. William Byrd,
“Commander-in-chief of the forces of Virginia and of the expedition into the Cherokee towns.”
C.O. 5/61, ff. 307-308
S.R. 448
M 262
117
1761 April 30. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major Gen. Amherst. Williamsburg. Col. Byrd being
apprehensive that he would not be able to recruit his Virginia provincial regt. in the normal way
to its authorized establishment of 1,000 men in time to take part in the campaign against the
Cherokees, sought the permission of the Lt. Gov. of Virginia, to enlist men for the duration of
the campaign only. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 305-306
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 May 12. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. The Virginian
provincials placed under command of Major Gen. Amherst for operations against the Cherokees.
His opinion that the Indians can be brought to reason by stopping their supply of European
goods.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 63-66
S.R. 793
M 244
1761 May 28. Major General Jeffery Amherst to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Albany. Urging the Virginia
provincial regt. to have confidence in its own ability to deal with Indians. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 309-310
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 June 6. William Bull, Lt. Gov. of South Carolina, to Major Gen. Jeffery Amherst.
Charlestown. Discusses the probably arrangements for settling peace terms with the Cherokees
so that North and South Carolina and Virginia be represented. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 287-288
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 July 2. Major Gen. Jeffery Amherst to William Bull, Lt. Gov. of South Carolina. Albany.
Stating that both Lt. Col. Grant and Col. Byrd had orders not to arrange peace terms with the
Cherokees, such matters being left for the assemblies of the three provinces concerned. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 289-290
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 July 16. William Bull, Lt. Gov. of South Carolina, to Major Gen. Amherst. Charlestown.
Reporting the success of Lt. Col. Grant’s forces against the Cherokees and his receipt on 14 July
of a letter from Lt. Gov. Fauquier agreeing to the proposal to conclude peace with the Cherokees
at Charlestown without delay and expense of sending commissioners from the other provinces.
(copy)
C.O. 5.61, ff. 295-296
S.R. 448
M 262
118
1761 Aug. 17. William Bull, Lt. Gov. of South Carolina, to Major Gen. Jeffery Amherst.
Charlestown. Reporting peace proposals made by the Cherokees to South Carolina. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 413-414
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Aug. 29. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting the
measures taken to ascertain the Indian claims to ownership of lands on the River Ohio Valley.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 73-76
S.R. 793
M 244
1761 Sept. 1. Major Gen. Jeffery Amherst to William Bull, Lt. Gov. of South Carolina. Staaten
Island. Refers to the orders he had given to Col. Byrd to march the Virginian provincial regt.
back to Virginia after peace had been definitely concluded with the Cherokees. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 415-416
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Sept. 6. Major Gen. Jeffery Amherst to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Staaten Island. He strongly
advised that Virginia Provincial Regt. to be kept in being until all dangers from the Cherokees
had been removed. (copy)
C.O. 5/61, ff. 419-420
S.R. 448
M 262
1761 Sept. 27. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. New York. Reporting that he was
visiting New York to confer with Sir Jeffrey Amherst about the Cherokee war.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 67-68
S.R. 793
M 244
1761 Nov. 30. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting what
information was available regarding the agreements made with the Indians as regards ownership
of land.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 93-96
S.R. 793
M 244
1761 Dec. 3. Order in council approving a draft instruction intended for the governors of all
American plantations under His Majesty’s immediate government, forbidding them to grant land
or to encourage settlements in areas which would interfere with neighboring Indians… (copy)
C.O. 5/23, ff. 181-186
S.R. 420
M 260
119
(1762) Copy of extracts from minutes of the Council of Virginia concerning the agreement made
with the Indians about ownership of land.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 97-98
S.R. 793
M 244
1762 Jan. 5. Commission dated at St. James’ appointing John Stuart to be Agent for, and Supt.
Of, the Indians living on the borders of Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas at an annual salary
of 600 pounds, payable quarterly by the commander-in-chief of North America.
C.O. 324/40, pp. 175-176
S.R. 1325
M 320
1762 Feb. 24. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting the establishment of peace with the Cherokees… recommending Col. Stephen for
appointment as Agent for Indian Affairs in the southern district.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 108-110
S.R. 793
M 244
1762 April 7. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Major General Jeffrey Amherst. Williamsburg. Exploration of
the Upper Cherokee country and suggestions for map making are also mentioned. (copy)
C.O. 5/62, ff. 27-28
S.R. 449
M 262
1762 April 16. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. The expected arrival
of a Cherokee chief at Williamsburg to make peace.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 121-122
S.R. 793
M 244
1762 May 1. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting the arrival of the Cherokee chief Oconesta to announce the conclusion of peace, the
favorable impression made by this chief… the Lt. Gov.’s policy in relation to Indians as
compared with that of his predecessor.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 123-124
S.R. 793
M 244
1762 May 1. Governor Francis Fauquier to Sec. of State. Ensign Timberlake’s expedition into
Indian country.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 1-2
S.R. 236
M 200
120
1762 July 10. Lord Egremont to Fauquier. Visit of Cherokees, etc. (draft)
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 9-10
S.R. 236
M 200
1762 Aug. 7. The Earl of Egremont to Gov. Boone. Whitehall. Regarding the landing in South
Carolina of three Cherokee chiefs who have been in England and require an interpreter.
C.O. 5/214, pp. 575-577
S.R. 563
M 269
1762 Aug. 16. Copy of a certificate. Whitehall. Settling out that Skiagusta Oconesta, Cherokee
chief warrior, after confirming at Williamsburg, the treaty of peace recently concluded at
Charlestown between the British and Cherokees, had come to England with two other Cherokees
in June 1762, had had an audience of His Majesty, and after receiving “other marks of royal
favor” had been given a passage back to America in a British warship.
C.O. 324/40, p. 204
S.R. 1325
M 320
1763 April 20. Major Gen. Amherst to Fauquier. New York. Since he had sent a body of troops
to South Carolina to punish the Cherokees, he hoped it would soon be possible the Cherokees, he
hoped it would soon be possible to move the 300 Virginia provincials from the south west
frontier and to send them to join the rest of the regiment at the disposal of the commander in
chief. (extract)
C.O. 5/58, ff. 122-123
S.R. 445
M 262
1763 May 4. Sir Jeffrey Amherst to the Governors of Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, and the agent for Indian affairs in the southern district. New York. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 105-108
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 May 28. Fauquier to Sec. of State. Meeting with governors of other colonies about Indian
affairs.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 40-41
S.R. 236
M 200
1763 May 31. John Stuart to Major General Jeffrey Amherst. Charlestown. Acknowledgement of
receipt of the Earl of Egremont’s letter of 16 March 1763 with orders for him and for the
governors of Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas to arrange a meeting with the chiefs of the
Indian nations to explain the peace treaty made with France and Spain. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 289-292
121
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 June 1. John Stuart (agent for Indian affairs), to the Earl of Egremont. Charlestown.
Regarding his preparations for a forthcoming meeting at Augusta, Georgia between the chiefs of
the Creeks, Chactaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Catawbas with himself and the governor of
Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia.
C.O. 5/65, ff. 60-62
S.R. 289
M 263
1763 June 20. Major General Sir Jeffrey Amherst to the Governors of Maryland and Virginia.
New York. Warning them of the Indian risings about Detroit and Fort Pitt… (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 241-244
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 July 8. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting the alarm aroused
along the Virginian frontiers by the threatening attitude of the northern Indians, which was due to
colonists settling on lands claimed by the Indians as their own, and referring to Comm. For
further details to Lt. Col. Mercer, who would present this letter.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 253-254
S.R. 793
M 244
1763 July 27. Fauquier to Sec. of State. Indians and land question.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 44-45
S.R. 236
M 200
1763 July 30. John Stuart to Major General Sir Amherst. Charlestown. Reporting the
arrangements made for a meeting of the governors of Virginia and the Carolinas with the chiefs
of the southern Indian nations in Sept. 1764. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 593-598
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 14. Statement made by Capt. Baugh, 55th regiment. New York. A report of Indian
movement on the Virginian frontier in May 1763, suggesting that men of the Six Nations were
implicated in the attacks on the settlers. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 555-558
S.R. 450
M 263
122
1763 Aug. 17. Capt. Ourry to Major. Gen. Sir Amherst. Fort Bedford. Reporting Col. Stephen’s
arrival at Fort Cumberland and details of a successful minor action by his Virginia militia against
an Indian raiding party. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 533-536
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 20. Major Gen. Sir Amherst to Sir William Johnson Bt. New York. Mentioning
reports from Virginia to the effect that Indians who had “annoyed their frontiers” belonged to a
party of the northern nations returning from an attack on the Cherokees. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 563-566
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 21. Major Gen. Sir Amherst to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. New York. Announcing action to
be taken to identify the Indians who had raided the Virginian frontier. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 525-528
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 25. Sir William Johnson to Major Gen. Sir Amherst. Johnson Hall. Reporting his
opinion as to the identity of the Indians who had committed outrages on the Virginian frontier.
(copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 691-696
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 29. Major Gen. Sir Amherst to Fauquier. New York. Enclosing a copy of his orders to
Col. Stephen regarding action to be taken against the Shawnees. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 529-532
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 31. Major Gen. Sir Amherst to Col. Bouquet. New York. Mentioning that “Col.
Stephen had reached Fort Cumberland with a large body of Virginia volunteers” (page. 512) and
the orders he (Amherst) had given him (Stephen) to escort supplies to Fort Pitt and to attack the
Shawnee settlements on the Ohio River. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, pp. 511-516
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Aug. 31. Sir William Johnson Bt. To Major Gen. Sir Jeffery Amherst. Johnson Hall.
Repeating his formal opinion, despite the further evidence from Lt. Gov. Fauquier, that Indians
of the Six Nations were not responsible for the outrages committed on the Virginian frontier.
(copy)
C.O. 5/63, ff. 701-704
123
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Sept. 7. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Though the southern
Indians remained quiet, those to the north were still threatening and hostile.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 259-260
S.R. 793
M 244
1763 Sept. 7. Fauquier to Sec. of State. Indian affairs, etc.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 50-51
S.R. 236
M 200
1763 Sept. 10. Major Gen. Sir Amherst to Sir William Johnson. New York. Stating that he had
written to Col. Stephen commanding the Virginian volunteers on the Pennsylvania frontier to
attack the Shawnee settlements on the River Ohio assisted by boats and regular troops from Fort.
Pitt. (copy)
C.O. 5/63, pp. 705-708
S.R. 450
M 263
1763 Sept. 22. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Announcing his
impending embarkation on 24 Sept. 1763 for Augusta to take part in an Indian conference.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 290-291
S.R. 793
M 244
1763 Oct. 19. Lord Halifax to Fauquier. Defense against the Indians. (draft)
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 48-49
S.R. 236
M 200
1763 Nov. 10. Stuart, the Lt. Gov. of Virginia, and the governors of Georgia and the Carolinas to
the Earl of Egremont. Augusta. Reporting their meeting with the chiefs of the Chickasaws,
Creeks, Chactaws, Cherokees, and Catawbas and enclosing papers on the same… the Creeks and
Cherokees are not entirely trusted.
C.O. 5/65, ff. 144-145
S.R. 289
M 263
1763 Nov. 10. The British representative attending a conference with the Indians at Augusta,
Georgia (including the Lt. Gov. of Virginia) to the Sec. of State. Augusta. Reporting the attitude
of the various Indian nations in the southern area and urging the need for a properly regulated
Indian trade to be organized as soon as possible.
C.O. 323/17, ff. 112-113
124
S.R. 919
M 303
1763 Nov. 18. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Hillsborough. Johnson Hall. Regarding the
Indian claims for land, especially near the Cherokee River.
(enclosed in letter from Lord Hillsborough to Lord Viscount Weymouth, 11 Jan. 1769)
C.O. 5/43, ff. 202-204
S.R. 281
M 261
1763 Nov. 19. Distribution of presents to the Indians at the Congress, Fort Augusta.
C.O. 5/65, f. 163
S.R. 289
M 263
1763 Nov. 20 Fauquier to Sec. of State. Recent congress with Indians at Fort Augusta, Georgia.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 54-55
S.R. 236
M 200
1763 Dec. 1. John Stuart, Agent for Indian affairs, to the Comm. For Trade. Charlestown.
Reporting the proceedings of the meeting or “Congress” at Augusta between representatives of
the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia and those of the southern Indian nations. Lt. Gov. Francis
Fauquier represented Virginia at this meeting.
C.O. 323/17, ff. 156-163
S.R. 919
M 303
(1763 Dec. 1) Copy of an address made to the Indians at the conference at Augusta (see ff. 156163) by the British representative and signed by the latter, including the Lt. Gov. of Va. (Francis
Fauquier).
C.O. 323/17, ff. 164-165
S.R. 919
M 303
1763 Dec. 5. John Stuart to the Earl of Egremont. Charlestown. Reporting on the conference
with the Indians held at Augusta and on Stuart’s separate conferences with each tribe when
delivering presents to them. The Creeks and Cherokees are found to be hostile state towards each
other and the Cherokees about to go to war with the northern Indians.
C.O. 5/65, ff. 156-161
S.R. 289
M 263
1763 . Journal of the Congress at Augusta, Georgia. A complete account of the proceedings of
the Congress with the Indians from the arrival of the several governors at Charlestown on 4 Oct.
125
to their return on 21 Nov. and including observations on the Creeks, Cherokees, Chactaws,
Chickasaws, and other Indians.
C.O. 5/65, ff. 236-289
S.R. 289
M 263
1764. Maps of the southern Indian district, the Cherokee country.
Add. Ms. 14036, ff. 8ro-9ro; 10ro-11ro
S.R. 378
M 280
(1764) copy of the resolutions of the House of Burgesses condemning the murder of five
Cherokees as reported by Col. Andrew Lewis and requesting the Lt. Gov. to offer a reward for
the apprehension of the culprits.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 5-6
S.R. 794
M 244
(1764) Plan for the future management of Indian affairs laying down the policy to be adopted in
relations with the Indians, the duties of Supt. Of Indians affairs, the rules for regulating Indian
trade and arrangements for joint consultation and liaison to ventilate and settle disputes. List B
on pp. 443 shows the Indian tribes concerned in the southern district.
C.O. 324/17, pp. 428-443
S.R. 1302
M 309
1764 Jan. 16. The Earl of Halifax, Sec. of State, to the Comm. For Trade. St. James’.
Transmitting (see ff. 112-113) a report on the conference between representatives of the southern
colonies (including Virginia) and the local Indian tribes and raising the question of the need for
organizing the Indian trade on a proper footing.
C.O. 323/17, ff. 110-111
S.R. 919
M 303
1764 Jan. 19. Printed copy of a second address by the House of Burgesses of Virginia to Lt. Gov.
Fauquier. Williamsburg. Explaining their reasons for declining to raise 500 provincials for
operations against the northern Indians and the Lt. Gov.’s reply thereto.
C.O. 5/1330, f. 305
S.R. 793
M 244
1764 Jan. 26. The Earl of Halifax to the Lords of Trade. St. James’. Enclosing a journal, received
from the governor of South Carolina, of the proceedings of the congress held with the southern
Indians at Augusta. (for this journal cf. ff. 236-289)
C.O. 5/65, ff. 188-189
S.R. 289
126
M 263
1764 Feb. 11. The Earl of Halifax to John Stuart. St. James’. Stuart’s part in the conferences held
with the Indians in Georgia is commended.
C.O. 5/65, ff. 196-197
S.R. 289
M 263
1764 Feb. 13. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reviewing the whole
question of the grant of land on the rivers flowing into the Mississippi and westward of the
mountains, the resentment of the Indians at the loss of what they claim as their hunting grounds.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 292-295
S.R. 793
M 244
1764 Feb. 15. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting on his return to
Virginia from the Indian conference at Augusta he had received from Sir Jeffrey Amherst a
requisition for 500 provincials to assist in quelling a revolt of the northern Indians, his
presentation of this question to the assembly on 12 Jan. 1764, and the assembly’s refusal after a
nine day sitting to take the desired action.
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 299-300
S.R. 793
M 244
1764 Feb. 23. John Stuart, Supt. Of Indian affairs, to the Comm. For Trade. Charlestown.
Reporting on the printed journal of the proceedings of the congress with the Indians at Augusta.
C.O. 323/17, ff. 196-197
S.R. 919
M 303
1764 Feb. 27. Governor Thomas Boone to the Earl of Halifax. Charlestown. Boone transmits two
copies of the journals of the congress held with the Indians at Augusta (cf. ff. 60-63, 156-161,
etc.)
C.O. 5/65, ff. 232-233
S.R. 289
M 263
1764 July 13. Major Gen. Thomas Gage to Earl of Halifax. New York. Reporting occasional
raids by Delaware and Shawnee Indians along the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers. In
Virginia they penetrated to within a few miles of Winchester and committed murders.
C.O. 5/83, pp. 333-338
S.R. 452
M 265
127
1764 July 13. The Bd. Of Trade to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Whitehall. Discouraging the idea of
settlements in the westwards of the Alleghany Mountains in the present state of Indian affairs
commenting on the refusal of the assembly to provide further aid against the Indians.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 250-254
S.R. 847
M 231
1764 July 23. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. The difficulties caused
by Indians on the frontiers, his refusal of the request by more Cherokee Indians to visit England.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 87-88
S.R. 794
M 244
1764 Sept. 21. Major Gen. Thomas Gage to the Earl of Halifax. New York. In reporting the
general military situation, mentions (p. 362) that murder by Indians on the Virginian frontiers
were continuing as late as 5 Sept. and that a particularly bad case involved a number of children
and a schoolmaster in a school house.
C.O. 5/83, pp. 357-366
S.R. 452
M 265
1764 Oct. 13. Major Gen. Thomas Gage to the Earl of Halifax. New York. Mentions (p. 390)
that Indian outrages on the Virginian frontier continued.
C.O. 5/83, pp. 389-392
S.R. 452
M 265
1764 Dec. 13. Extracts from a letter from Major Gen. Gage, (Comm. In Chief in North America),
to the Earl of Halifax, Sec. of State. New York. Reporting on the military operations against the
Indians undertaken by Col. Bouquet and Col. Brandstreet: the force commanded by the former
officer, included “A good body of volunteers from Virginia”.
C.O. 323/30, pp. 143-150
S.R. 932
M 303
1764 Dec. 15. Fauquier to Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting that the Indians on the
colony’s north west frontier had been brought to reason and had surrendered all their prisoners as
a result of the vigorous operations conducted by Col. Bouquet from Pittsburg.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 101-102
S.R. 794
M 244
(1765) Proclamation regarding the murder of the Cherokees. Author Peter Hog.
(Enclosed in letter from Andrew Lewis to Fauquier, Augusta County, 3 June 1765)
C.O. 5/43, ff. 44-45
S.R. 281
128
M 261
(1765 Jan.) undated petition submitted to the Comm. For Trade by Lt. Henry Timberlake, late of
42nd regt., asking for financial assistance to repatriate from England three Cherokee Indians who
had been brought over by Aaron Trueheart, deceased, and who had failed to obtain the audience
they hoped for and were now anxious to return to their own people.
C.O. 323/18, ff. 90
S.R. 920
M 303
(see also ff. 91-92, 93-96, 112-113)
1765 Jan. 28. Lords of Trade to Sec. of State. Visit of Cherokee Indians to Britain.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 74-75
S.R. 236
M 200
1765 Jan. 28. The Comm. For Trade to the Earl of Halifax, Sec. of State. Whitehall. Reporting
that Lt. Henry Timberlake, late of the 42nd regiment had petitioned the commissioners asking for
financial assistance to cover the maintenance in England and passage back to American of three
Cherokees, who had been brought over from Virginia without authority.
C.O. 324/17, p. 447
S.R. 1302
M 309
1765 Feb. 1. Lord Halifax to Lords of Trade. Visit of Cherokee Indians to Britain. (copy)
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 78-79
S.R. 236
M 200
1765 Feb. 13. The Comm. For Trade to the Earl of Halifax, Sec. of State. Whitehall. Reporting
the arrangements made by the Comm. For Trade with the Agent for Virginia (in accordance with
the Sec. of State’s letter of 1 Feb. 1765) to send the three Cherokees back to America as
comfortably as possible and with suitable presents.
C.O. 324/17, pp. 448-449
S.R. 1302
M 309
1765 March 1. The Comm. For Trade to Fauquier. Whitehall. Reporting the departure from
England for Virginia on board a merchant ship owned by Alhaws of several Cherokees, who had
been brought to England “in a very improper manner and in danger of being deserted and
exposed to the greatest distress,” but who had received relief and presents through the
intervention of H.M. The King. The Lt. Gov., who had tried to persuade them not to make this
trip, was required to see that they were suitably treated on their arrival.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 46-47
S.R. 799
M 245
129
1765 March 1. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Whitehall. Informing him of the return
of some Cherokee Indians from England and instructing him to give them a suitable reception.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 257-258
S.R. 847
M 231
1765 March 4. The Comm. For Trade to the Earl of Halifax, Sec. of State. Whitehall. Reporting
that the three Cherokee Indians were then embarked on board a merchant ship ready to sail for
Virginia, that the Lt. Gov. of Virginia had been warned of their departure and enclosing a
statement of expenses covering the whole transaction compiled by the agent for Virginia.
C.O. 324/17, p. 454
S.R. 1302
M 309
1765 March 27. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting the colony
“extremely quiet in relation to Indians” despite alarms felt at the escape of some hostages from
Fort Pitt.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 121-121A
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 May 8. Copy of a letter from Col. Andrew Lewis to the Chiefs of the Cherokees of the
Overhill towns. Informing them of the murder of five Cherokees near Staunton by settlers though
the Indians had passes, and promising that action was being taken to find and punish those
responsible.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 6-7
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 May 9. Col. Andres Lewis to Fauquier. Augusta Camp. Reporting the circumstances under
which five Cherokees were murdered by 20-30 Virginians near Staunton on 8 May and naming
two alleged ringleaders. (copy)
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 8-9
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 May 13. Printed copy of a proclamation by Fauquier. Williamsburg. Offering a £100
reward for the arrest of each of two ringleaders in the murderous attack on a party of Cherokees
near Staunton in Augusta Co. and 50 pound reward for the arrest of each of the other persons
implicated in the affair.
C.O. 5/1331, f. 15
S.R. 794
M 244
130
1765 May 14. Fauquier to Col. Andrew Lewis. Williamsburg. Instructing him to make no secret
of the time and day of departure for Williamsburg of the men arrested for the murder of the
Cherokees, and then, having made careful and secret preparations in advance, to dispatch them
by night some 30 hours earlier than the publicly announced time of departure.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 12-12A
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 May 14. Lt. Gov. to Col. Andrew Lewis. Williamsburg. Acknowledging the receipt on 13
May of the news of the murder of five Cherokees by frontier settlers, expressing the horror of the
general assembly at this crime and their fears of the Indian reaction, reporting the dispatch of a
special messenger to the Cherokees with a suitably reassuring letter.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 10-11
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 May 16. Copy of a proclamation addressed to the chiefs of the Upper Towns of the
Cherokee Nation by Francois Fauquier. The proclamation gives the facts of the murder of five
Cherokees by settlers near Staunton, Augusta Co., repudiates the crime, mentions the offer of a
substantial reward for the apprehension of the criminals, promises adequate punishment and
expresses the hope that the Cherokees will not seek revenge.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 13-14
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 May 18. Major Andrew Lewis to the Cherokee chiefs of the Overhill towns Staunton.
Reporting the murder by Virginians of five Cherokees near Staunton and assuring them of his
efforts to apprehend those responsible. (copy)
C.O. 323/23, ff. 242-243
S.R. 925
M 303
1765 May 26. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting that a number of “our
hot headed frontier inhabitants” had murdered five Cherokees without provocation, that colonists
from Virginia and Pennsylvania had settled without permission or authority on Indian owned
land along the Ohio River.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 118-119
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 June 3. Col. Andrew Lewis to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Augusta County. Regarding two men
accused of murdering Cherokees.
C.O. 5/43, ff. 39-41
S.R. 281
M 261
131
1765 June 3. Col. Andrew Lewis to Fauquier. Augusta County. Reporting the rescue of Patrick
Duffy – one of the men arrested for his part in the murder of five Cherokees – from goal by 100
armed citizens, the impossibility of arresting or securing others named and similarly implicated,
the strength of public opinion in the county that no man should “be confined or brought against a
party of Cherokees in Augusta County”.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 18-19
S.R. 794 M244
1765 June 14. Fauquier to Col. Andrew Lewis. Williamsburg. Advising him to try to get
information as to the persons responsible for the murders of the Cherokees, but to act cautiously
“during the present heat” until the situation settles down, informing him of the officer by
proclamation of a reward for information concerning those responsible for the rescue of Duffy to
justice for killing of Savages,” the danger of Indian retaliation as shown by the murder of two
settlers by some Cherokees.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 35-36
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 June 14. Fauquier to Col. Andres Lewis. Regarding suitable means of punishment for the
murderers of the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/43, ff. 48-49
S.R. 281
M 261
1765 June 14. Fauquier to the Lords of Trade. Transmitting that papers on ff. 44 and 45 on the
murder of Cherokees in august county.
C.O. 5/43, ff. 46-47
S.R. 281
M 261
1765 July 11. Talk of the Cherokees to Lt. Gov. Bull. Toquah. Regarding the loss of their people
in Virginia and expressing the hope that the Governor of Virginia will right this matter.
C.O. 5/66, pp. 829-832, 834
S.R. 290
M 263
1765 July 16. Copy of the minutes of a meeting of the council Virginia. The meeting was called
to discuss the arrival of the Cherokee chief and to decide the action to be taken.
C.O. 5/1331, f. 23
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 July 29. Copy of the minutes of the meeting of the council of Virginia. The meeting
considered the report that 40 armed men from Augusta County intended to waylay the Cherokee
chief on his way home and the measures to be taken to prevent such a disaster. The council
decided not to call out the militia, but to advise the chief to go back by North Carolina.
132
C.O. 5/1331, f. 24
S.R. 794
M244
1765 Aug. 1. Fauquier to the Comm. For Trade. Williamsburg. Reporting the recent arrival of a
Cherokee chief at Williamsburg to discuss the recent murder of five Indians in Augusta County,
his reception and dismissal with presents, the threat to waylay and murder this chief on his way
home and the strong anti-Indian feeling in the frontier area.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 20-22
S.R. 794
M244
1765 Aug. 24. John Stuart Esq. to John Pownall. Charlestown. A lengthy report upon dealing
with the Indians, including remarks upon the ill effects upon the latter of murder of some of their
fellows in Virginia and of encroachments made upon their lands
C.O. 5/66, pp. 717-748
S.R. 290
M 263
1765 Aug. 27. The Board of trade to the King. Whitehall. The massacre of a party of Cherokees
by the frontier inhabitants and the refusal of the latter to give up the murderers to justice.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 261-270
S.R. 847
M 231
1765 Aug. 27. Representation to be submitted to H.M. The King by the Comm. For Trade.
Whitehall. Relative to certain recent developments in Virginia… the murder by frontier
inhabitants of five Cherokees in Augusta County.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 50-56
S.R. 799
M 245
1765 Sept. 6. Copy of an order of His Majesty in council referring the representation of the
Commissioners for Trade to a Committee of the Lords of the Council…the murder of some
Cherokees.
Stowe 265, f. 4
S.R. 174
M 275
1765 Sept. 17. Sir William Johnson to John Stuart. Johnson Hall. Reporting the request of the
governor of Virginia that Johnson attempt to make peace between the Six Nations Indians and
the Cherokees, according to the desire of the latter. Johnson’s opinion is that war between the
Indians would be advantageous to the British interest.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 17-21
S.R. 291
M 263
133
1765 Sept. 27. The Bd. Of Trade to the King. Whitehall. Enclosing further reports from Fauquier
on the murder of the Cherokees by the frontier Virginians and a conference held at Williamsburg
with the Little Carpenter to decide on what justice the government of Virginia is to give in the
matter.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 275-277
S.R. 847
M 231
1765 Sept. 27. Representation to be submitted to H.M. The King by the Comm. For Trade.
Whitehall. Concerning the demand made by the Cherokee chiefs for compensation for the
murder of five of their warriors by frontier inhabitants of Augusta County and asking for
direction in this matter.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 56-57
S.R. 799
M 245
1765 Oct. 1. A representation to be submitted to H.M. The King by the Comm. For Trade.
Whitehall. Enclosing a recommendation by Fauquier, that a royal pardon be granted to two
convicted murderers – Francis Kennedy and an Indian woman named Abigail Briggs – owing to
strong mitigating circumstances in each case.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 59-60
S.R. 799
M 245
1765 Oct. 3. Copy of an order by the committee of the Privy Council for plantation affairs.
Whitehall. Directing the Comm. For Trade to prepare the draft of an additional instruction for the
Gov. of Virginia requiring him “vigorously to repress for the future, by military power or
otherwise, as occasion may require, any such outrages” as that perpetrated from goal and
announcing the appointment of two new magistrates to assist him.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 28-28A
S.R. 794
M44
1765 Oct. 10. Report to be submitted to the committee of the Privy Council for plantation affairs
by the Comm. for Trade. Whitehall. Enclosing a draft additional instruction for Sir Jeffery
Amherst directing him to suppress by military power if necessary any future outrages or
disturbances which might arise in consequence of the murder of five Cherokees in Augusta
County.
C.O. 5.1336, ff. 62-63
S.R. 799
M 245
1765 Oct. 10. The Bd. Of Trade to the Committee for Plantations Affairs. Whitehall. Enclosing
an additional instruction to the governor of Virginia for repressing by military power, any future
outrages and disturbances resulting from the late murder of the Cherokees.
134
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 284-285
S.R. 847
M 231
1765 Oct. 20. Talk of the Cherokees. Fort Prince George. Remarking that they do not hold the
murder of their kinsman against the English; and referring to their boundary lines with Virginia.
C.O. 5/66, p. 837
S.R. 290
M 263
1765 Nov. 16. Sir William Johnson to the Comm. For Trade. Johnson Hall. Reporting on Indian
affairs generally and mentioning (f. 68) the enmity between the Cherokees and the Six Nations
and the likelihood of further trouble on the Virginian frontier.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 66-69
S.R. 925
M 303
1765 Nov. 29. The Comm. For Trade to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Whitehall. Reporting that he would
shortly receive from the Sec. of State Additional Instructions concerning action to be taken to
stop the illegal settlements on the River Ohio and the disturbances arising from the murder of
five Cherokees in Augusta County.
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 67-68
S.R. 799
M 245
1766 (?) An account of the expenses (for) the conveyance of three Indians to Virginia.
C.O. 5/7, f. 153
S.R. 265
M 259
(1766) Sir William Johnson to the Lords of Trade. Regarding the rebellious nature of a group of
frontier inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia who have threatened to attack both
Indians and whites and the evil effects such a group are likely to produce upon relations with the
Indians.
C.O. 5/66, ff. 537-552
S.R. 290
M 263
1766 Feb. 1. John Stuart to the Head Warriors of the Cherokees. Assuring them that the governor
of Virginia will take steps to make the Nottoways in Virginia return two abducted Cherokee
women and will avenge the murders in Augusta.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 1-4
S.R. 291
M 263
135
1766 Feb. 1. Copy of a letter from John Stuart to the Cherokee Chiefs. Charlestown. Undertaking
to notify Fauquier of the Cherokee complaint that two of their women had been abducted by
Nottoway Indians from Virginia and urging the Cherokees not to take retaliatory action
themselves; renewing former assurances of Lt. Gov. Fauquier that justice would be done on the
Virginians who had murdered five Cherokees in Augusta.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 302-303
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 Feb. 10. John Stuart to Fauquier. Charlestown. Regarding the great discontent among the
Cherokees occasioned by the murder of their countrymen by the inhabitants of Augusta County
in Virginia.
C.O. 5/66, pp. 781-785, 788
S.R. 290
M 263
1766 Feb. 10. John Stuart to Fauquier. Charlestown. Regarding the murder of the Cherokees in
Augusta County and settling of boundary lines.
(e(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, Feb. 12 1769)
C.C.O. 5/70, ff. 131-132ro
S.R. 294
M 263
1766 Feb. 10. John Stuart to Fauquier. Charlestown. Reporting the result of his recent
negotiations with the Indians in Florida, the discontent among the Cherokees at the invasion of
their lands by settlers from the Carolinas and at the murder of their men in Augusta County,
Virginia, and a complaint of the abduction of a woman by the Nottoways. (copy)
C.O. 323/23, ff. 284-285
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 Feb. 19. Sec. of State to the governor of Virginia. Largely concerned with relations with the
Indians.
C.O. 5/1372, unnumbered page facing f. 1
S.R. 851
M 232
1766 Feb. 22. Major Gen. Thomas Gage to Hon. H.S. Conway. New York. Pointing out (f. 65)
that Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia had excellent prospects of trade with the recently
occupied territory of Illinois, provided that the western Indians could be brought over to the
British interest.
C.O. 5/84, ff. 63-65
S.R. 453
M 265
136
1766 May 7. Extract from a letter from Ensign George Price. Fort Prince George. Reporting the
increasing unrest and insolence among the Indians, the belief that Boyd of Virginia and his party
had escaped, and the belief that it had only been the attacks on them by the Six Nations northern
Indians which had prevented the Cherokees from a general rising against the whites.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 296-297
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 May 7. Extract of a letter from Ensign George Price. Fort Prince George. Giving the
opinion that Boyd of Virginia contrary to popular belief, has not been murdered by the Indians.
C.O. 5/66, pp. 825-826, 828
S.R. 290
M 263
1766 May 10. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Fort Prince George. Referring to a
communication he had had from Boyd and the latter’s proposal to send two Cherokee chiefs to
England from Virginia; also appealing for efforts to make peace between the Six Nations and the
Cherokees. (copy)
C.O. 323/23, ff. 290-293
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 May 10. Alexander Cameron to Stuart. Fort Prince George. Concerning boundaries
ascertained between North Carolina and the Cherokees and containing an extract of a letter from
Alexander Boyd regarding the desire of “The Great Warrior” and “Attacullaculla” to go to
England from Virginia. None of the murderers of the Indians in Virginia have as yet been
apprehended.
C.O. 5/66, pp. 801-803, 816
S.R. 290
M 263
1766 June 1. Stuart to William Bull. Charlestown. Bull’s opinion is requested as to whether it
would be advantageous or not to the southern states to make peace between the Cherokees and
the northern nations of Indians, as the governor of Virginia has desired.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 25-27
S.R. 291
M 263
1766 June 1. Copy of a letter from Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Toqueh. Reporting further
on the murder of Boyd with Fields and Burke on their way to Virginia, the villainy of the white
Indian traders, the negotiations carried on by Ross, the Virginian agent, and the backing of the
Virginia assembly in his efforts to establish trade with the Cherokees.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 294
S.R. 925
M 303
137
1766 June 3. Copy of an extract from a letter from Ensign George Price to Stuart. Fort Prince
George. Reporting on the assumed death at Indian hands of Boyd (Virginian) and his three
companions while on their way to Virginia, the arrival of an Indian trader named Ross as
representative of the new Virginian company for Indian trade and his attempt to have a factory
built.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 288
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 June 3. Ensign George Price. Fort Prince George. Regarding suspicions that a party of
Indians have murdered certain missing Englishmen going to Virginia. (extract)
C.O. 5/66, pp. 793-794, 796
S.R. 290
M 263
1766 June 22. Address by Alex Mackey, commanding a part of 42nd regiment “to all people now
inhabiting to the westward of the Alleghania mountains."
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 172-173
S.R. 236
M 200
1766 June 24. Major General Thomas Gage to Hon. H.S. Conway. New York. Reports a meeting
of Indians at Fort Pitt complaining that several of their people had been murder by inhabitants of
Virginia, Pennsylvania, and new jersey, as well as three Indians on the Ohio River: also
complaints of colonists having settled on Indian land at Redstone Creek.
C.O. 5/84, ff. 156-159
S.R. 453
M 265
1766 June 28. Sir William Johnson to the Lords of Trade. Johnson Hall. Reporting further
trouble caused by the frontier inhabitants and the murder by them of a number of faithful Indians
in the back parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
C.O. 5/66, ff. 677-684, 688
S.R. 290
M 263
1766 July 10. John Stuart to the Comm. For Trade. Charlestown. General report of Indian affairs
in the southern colonies, mentioning the failure of the Virginian authorities to punish the
murderers of five Cherokees near Staunton, Augusta Co., in May 1765.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 269-275
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 July 10. John Stuart to the Lords of Trade. Charlestown. Regarding, among other things,
the boundary lines desired by the Cherokees between themselves and Virginia and the failure of
the government of Virginia to find the murderers of the Indians in Augusta County or
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compensate the victims’ relatives with presents; the murder of Mr. Boyd of Virginia is attributed
to the Cherokees as an act of revenge in this matter.
C.O. 5/67, ff. 89-106
S.R. 291
M 263
1766 July 26. Fauquier to Lords of Trade. Complaints of settlement on Indian lands. (copy)
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 130-133
S.R. 236
M 200
1766 July 31. Copy of proclamation ordering evacuation of Indian lands to the west of Alleghany
Mountains.
(enclosed in letter from Fauquier to Lords of Trade, 4 Sept. 1766)
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 140-141
S.R. 236
M 200
1766 Aug. 8. John Stuart. Charlestown. Criticizing the government of Virginia for not taking
steps to compensate the relatives of the murdered Indians in Augusta County and reiterating the
desire of the Cherokees for peace negotiations with the northern Indians.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 205-213
S.R. 291
M 263
1766 Sept. 4. Fauquier to Lords of Trade. About illegal settlement on Indian lands. (copy)
C.O. 5.1345, ff. 165-166
S.R. 236
M 200
1766 Sept. 13. Circular letter of the Earl of Shelburne to the Governor in America. A remedy is
to be found for the violences committed by the back settlers in American against the Indians.
C.O. 5/222, pp. 5-7
S.R. 571
M 269
1766 Sept. 22. “A Talk” (i.e. letter) from the Cherokee chiefs to Stuart. Announcing that they
would attend the marking of the frontier with North Carolina next spring and expressing a hope
that the Lt. Gov. of Virginia would agree to the boundary line being carried on along Virginian
frontiers.
C.O. 323/24, pp. 205-208
S.R. 926
M 303
1766 Nov. 24. John Stuart to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Charlestown. No business should be transacted
with the Indians save through government officers employed by the Indian department. In the
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present state of Indian affairs it would be unwise to negotiate peace between Cherokees and the
northern Indians; it is also inadvisable to sell the neighboring Indians goods at lower prices as it
will cause discontents.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 427-435
S.R. 291
M 263
1766 Nov. 24. John Stuart, Supt. Of Indian affairs to Fauquier. Charlestown. No reply had been
received concerning the women alleged to have been abducted by Nottoway Indians from
Virginia or about the proposal to fix and mark the Virginian boundary where it ran in touch with
the Indian hunting grounds. The need for approaching Indian tribes only through the officers of
the Indian department was emphasized and also the discontent among the Cherokees over the
Virginian failure to give them satisfaction for the murders in Augusta County.
C.O. 323/24, ff. 199-204
S.R. 926
M 303
1766 Dec. 2. John Stuart, Supt. Of Indian Affairs, to the Comm. For Trade. Charlestown.
Reporting on Indian affairs generally and complaining that Fauquier had not yet notified him of
his agreement to the proposal to work out the boundary between Virginian and the Indian
territory, though North Carolina had accepted the scheme.
C.O. 323/24, ff. 133-140
S.R. 926
M 303
(1766 Dec. 2) “A Talk” (i.e. letter) from the chiefs of the Upper Cherokees to Stuart, Supt. Of
Indian Affairs. Complaining that the governor of Virginia had not as yet given them satisfaction
for the Cherokees murdered in that colony (in Augusta county).
C.O. 323/24, ff. 183-185
S.R. 926
M 303
1766 Dec. 2. John Stuart to the Lords of Trade. Charlestown. Mentioning among other matters
relating to Indian affairs, the failure of the governor of Virginia to give any answer to the
propositions of the Cherokees regarding the boundaries between their lands and Virginia.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 399-407
S.R. 291
M 263
1766 Dec. 11. The Earl of Shelburne to John Stuart. Whitehall. Instructing him, among other
matters relevant to Indian affairs, to see that reparation is made by Virginia for the murder of
nine Cherokees by the back settlers of the colony.
C.O. 5/225, pp. (14)-(18)
S.R. 574
M 269
140
(1767) estimate of annual expenses for officers’ salaries etc. in the southern department of Indian
affairs.
C.O. 5/68, f. 126
S.R. 292
M 263
(1767) Estimate of presents in the southern department of Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/68, f. 127
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 Jan. 21. Ensign George Price. Fort Prince George. Reporting the murder of seven
Virginians who were carrying goods to the Cherokees. (extract)
C.O. 5/68, f. 98
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 Feb. 5. Talk (of John Stuart?) to the Cherokees. Upbraiding the Cherokees for murdering
seventeen Virginians and demanding justice from them for these acts.
C.O. 5/68, ff. 99-100
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 Feb. 19. The Earl of Shelburne to Fauquier. Whitehall. Deploring all hostilities against the
Indians, especially the recent ones commenced in west Florida against the Creeks.
C.O. 5/1374, unnumbered page facing f. 1
S.R. 853
M 232
1767 Feb. 19. Sec. of State to Fauquier. Importance of protecting the Indians.
C.O. 5/1345, ff. 154-156
S.R. 236
M 200
1767 March 5. Talk from the Cherokee chiefs to John Stuart. Toquah. The Cherokees deny that
they were responsible for the death of the seven Virginians, including Ross (cf. C.O. 5/66, pp.
793-794; 817-820) , who were bringing goods to them.
C.O. 5/68, f. 101
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 March 5. Talk from Oucconnastotah (of the Overhill Cherokees) to John Stuart. Toquah.
Denying responsibility for the deaths of Boyd and the seven Virginians lately killed while
bringing goods to the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/68, f. 103
S.R. 292
141
M 263
1767 March 16. Talk from the Lower Cherokees (sent by Ensign George Price to John Stuart).
Fort Prince George. Denying responsibility for the recent murder of the seven Virginians.
C.O. 5/68, f. 105
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 April 1. Extract from a letter from Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Shelburne. Johnson
Hall. Reporting that “some persons from Virginia” had recently planned to establish a large
settlement on the River Ohio and had threatened to destroy Indian villages if they were molested,
and warning the Sec. of State of the likely consequences of such action.
C.O. 323/25, pp. 167-170
S.R. 927
M 303
1767 April 1. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Shelburne. Johnson Hall. Mentioning the
intentions of certain persons from Virginia to establish a large settlement near Ohio and their
threats to cut off the nearest Indian village if they are opposed.
C.O. 5/68, ff. 113-115
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 April 1. Précis of a letter from John Stuart. Charlestown. Mentioning, among other matters
relevant to Indian affairs, that he has received no answers to his letters to Fauquier on the subject
of continuing the boundary line behind Virginia.
C.O. 5/226, pp. 19-22
S.R. 575
M 269
1767 April 7. Major Gen. Gage to the Earl of Shelburne. New York. Reporting (p. 180) that an
Indian had been killed at Redstone Creek (see C.O. 5/84, ff. 156-159) by a Virginian, who was
alleged to have settled there on Indian land. Also mentions the action taken by the military
authorities to remove the colonists from Indian land, the alleged murder of 7 Virginian traders by
Cherokees.
C.O. 5/85, pp. 179-186
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 April 11. John Stuart to Fauquier. Charlestown. Fauquier is informed of the denial by the
Cherokees of responsibility for the murder of Boyd and 7 other Virginians. He is again advised
to give compensation to the relatives of the Cherokees murdered in Augusta County, Virginia.
C.O. 5/68, f. 120
S.R. 292
M 263
142
1767 April 29. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York. Reporting (p. 213) that the
Cherokees had not yet returned an answer to the superintendent’s charge of having murdered 7
Virginian traders that Sir William Johnson was alarmed at the declared intention of certain
Virginian colonists to form a large settlement “upon the branches of the Monongahela” which
land… is considered to be Indian territory.
C.O. 5/85, pp. 211-216
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 May 24. Fauquier to the Sec. of State. Describing his difficulties in bringing to justice the
murderer of an Indian and his receipt of certain papers hinting at a plan for a joint war on the
Indians by all the colonies.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 5
S.R. 851
M 232
1767 May 24. Fauquier to the Earl of Shelburne. Williamsburg. Explaining the legal safeguards
in Virginia of a settler who had been accused of killing an Indian and whom it was virtually
impossible to bring to trial.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 192-193
S.R. 794
M 244
1767 May 24. Fauquier to Sec. of State. The murder by “one Ryan” of an Indian, and difficulty
of taking action in the matter.
C.O. 5.1345, ff. 186-187
S.R. 236
M 200
1767 May 27. Précis of letter from Major General Gage. Including an account of the Cherokee’s
denial that seven traders from Virginia have been murdered by them.
C.O. 5/219, p. 168
S.R. 568
M 269
1767 May 28. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York. Stating that the Cherokees had
returned a “very submissive and friendly answer” concerning the alleged murder of 7 Virginian
traders, which appeared to have been “a mere report without any foundation.” Boyd probably fell
into the hands of northern Indians, not Cherokees.
C.O. 5/85, pp. 233-240
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 June 13. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York. Complaining strongly of the
“violences committed upon the Indians and the usurpation of their lands by the Frontier People,
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especially those of Virginia,” and that it will not be possible to restrain Indian retaliation unless
the matter is dealt with.
C.O. 5/85, pp. 251-258
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 June 13. Précis of letter from Major Gen. Gage. Including an account of the Virginians who
have settled on the branches of the Monongahela and the disturbances caused by them with the
Indians.
C.O. 5/219, pp. 184-190
S.R. 568
M 269
1767 June 26. The Board of Trade to the Committee for Plantation Affairs. Whitehall.
Recommending, with regard to a petition from the Ohio Company of Virginia desire a grant of
land in that province, that the Lt. Gov. submit a full report regarding settlements on the Ohio and
their effect on the Indians and that any attempts to encourage such settlements should meanwhile
be discontinued.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 324-328
S.R. 847
M 231
1767 July 28. Copy of a letter from John Stuart to Earl of Shelburne. Charlestown. Reporting his
meeting with Indian traders in April 1767, his attempts to fix prices to Indian traders and to grant
licenses, the refusal of Fauquier to impose any regulations on Indian traders from Virginia or to
trace and fix the boundary line between the colony and the Indian lands owing to the absence of
specific orders from London.
C.O. 323/25, pp. 189-196
S.R. 927
M 303
1767 Aug. 22. Talk from the Headmen of the Upper Cherokees to John Stuart. Complaining that
the governor of Virginia had done nothing to punish the murders of the Cherokees there and has
not come to an agreement about boundary lines.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 491-493
S.R. 291
M 263
1767 Aug. 24. Extract of a letter from Gen. Gage to the Earl of Shelburne. New York. Reporting
information supplied by Stuart of Indian complaints of their ill treatment by Virginian frontier
settlers and of colonists continuing to settle on Indian lands, despite the King’s proclamation
forbidding it.
C.O. 323/26, pp. 23-30
S.R. 928
M 303
144
1767 Aug. 24. Major Gen. Thomas Gage to the Earl of Shelburne. New York. Reporting the
repeated complaints by Indians that their land west of the Alleghany mountains had never been
ceded by them to the English King or to settlers, but that Virginian colonists were settling upon
it. A military detachment from Fort Pitt had forcibly intervened to persuade Virginian settlers to
withdraw from the disputed area.
C.O. 5/85, pp. 309-320
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 Sept. 17. Fauquier to John Stuart. Williamsburg. Explaining and excusing delay in
answering correspondence, declining to agree to the marking of the frontier between Virginia
and the Indian territory on the plea of lack of instructions, agreeing to issue licenses to Indian
traders who apply for them and reporting that the council of Virginia had postponed
consideration of the provision of goods in satisfaction of the claims of relatives of murdered
Cherokees.
C.O. 323/24, pp. 671-674
S.R. 926
M 303
1767 Sept. 19. Talk from the Lower Creeks to John Stuart. Chaw Square. Complaining of the
encroachments of the Virginians upon Cherokee territory and the inability of the Indians to
control their people from quarrelling with the encroachers when the latter are not controlled by
the governor.
C.O. 5/69, f. 135
S.R. 293
M 263
1767 Oct. 10. Major Gen. Thomas Gage to the Earl of Shelburne. New York. Reporting Sir
William Johnson’s anxiety at a major Indian conspiracy resulting from various grievances, the
most substantial of which was the encroachment by Virginians on the Monongahela River and
the impossibility of getting justice from Provincial courts on such a matter or for murder of an
Indian.
C.O. 5/85, pp. 409-418
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 Oct. 10. Extract of a letter from Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York.
Reporting in general on the Indian situation, stating that “the people of Virginia are those who
have been chiefly concerned” in outrages committed against Indians and that Fauquier had failed
to bring the culprits to justice. (copy)
C.O. 323/24, ff. 325-332
S.R. 926
M 303
1767 Nov. 21. Fauquier to John Stuart. Williamsburg. Explaining his attitude on the subject of
Indian trade and reporting that the council of Virginia, having reluctantly agreed that there was
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no hope of bringing the murderers of nine Cherokees to justice, had agreed to provide goods for
compensation of the relatives which would be sent to Cameron for distribution.
C.O. 323/24, pp. 675-678
S.S.R. 926
M 303
1767 Dec. 7. Copy of a letter from Major Gen. Gage to Lt. Governors Penn and Fauquier. New
York. Asking that they take measures to allay the discontent of the Indians, by prosecuting
illegal settlers on Indian land.
C.O. 5/233, pp. 11-14
S.R. 582
M 269
1767 Dec. 7. Major Gen. Gage to Lt. Govs. Penn and Fauquier. Appealing for strong action to be
taken to punish the settlers who had reoccupied Indian land at Red Stone Creek and Cheat River
after being turned off by the Fort Pitt garrison and offering military aid to support the Civil
Power. Warning the civil authorities that there was danger of Indian war being provoked if
immediate action was not taken to settle this matter.
C.O. 5/86, pp. 29-32
S.R. 455
M 265
1767 Dec. 12. Penn to Lord Shelburne. Spring Garden. Enclosing letters pertaining to the
dangerous mood of the Indians owing to the continual intrusion into their hunting grounds of
settlers from Virginia and Maryland, the failure to settle and mark the boundary and to prevent
white settlers illegally occupying Indian land.
C.O. 323/24, ff. 479-487
S.R. 926
M 303
1767 Dec. 22. The Comm. For Trade to the Earl of Shelburne. Giving their views on the
unsettled and disturbed relations with the Indians in North America as disclosed by various
reports received by the Comm. From the Sec. of State on 5 Oct. 1767, mentioning the efforts
previously made to settle the main point in dispute and recommending that Sir William Johnson
be instructed to open negotiations with the Six Nations immediately.
C.O. 324/18, pp. 180-186
S.R. 1303
M 309
1767 Dec. 22. The Comm. For Trade to the Earl of Shelburne. Recommending that Sir William
Johnson be instructed to open negotiations with the Six Nations immediately with a view of
fixing a definite marked boundary line between the American colonies and the Indian hunting
grounds.
C.O. 324/18, pp. 180-186
S.R. 1303
M 309
146
(1768) Representation of the Board of Trade to the King. Giving a historical account of the first
settlements made to the west of the Great Mountains and the subsequent illegal incursions there.
Until a boundary line agreement has been made with the Indians, the Board discourages any
further settlements or the return of the former settlers, driven out in the late war unless the land
settled is outside possible Indian territory.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 13vo-17ro
S.R. 851
M 232
(1768) Journal of Stuart. The Supt.’s proceedings at meeting with the Cherokees at Hard Labour
on the frontiers of South Carolina, 10 Oct. 1768 and with the Creeks at Silver Bluff, 1 Nov.
1768.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 77-94
S.R. 294
M 263
1768. minutes of the congress at Hard Labour, South Carolina. Extracts of speeches by
Oucconnastotah and Stuart on the desire of the Cherokees to grant a tract of their land to
Alexander Cameron’s son by a Cherokee woman.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 77-78
S.R. 298
M 264
(1768) Journal of Stuart. Mention is made of the murder of five Virginians in Indian country and
of eight Chilhoe people in Virginia; the Virginians complain of the theft of their horses by the
Indians and the latter complain of the lawlessness of the Virginian settlers, preferring to have
Quakers near their borders.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 77-94
S.R. 294
M 263
1768. copies of three letters received by Botetourt on 25 Nov. 1768 from Col. Andrew Lewis
(dated at Chiswell’s Mines on 14 Nov. 1768), William Callaway (dated 10 Nov. 1768) and
William Christian (dated at Chisewell Mines on 14 Nov. 1768) all relating to the arrangements
for the congress with the Indians that had been postponed until 10 May 1769.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 48-49
S.R. 795 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
M 244
1768 Jan. 22. Letter from Major Gen. Gage. New York. Regarding the causes of discontent
amongst the Indians. Among these are the intrusions into their territory made by the frontier
people of Virginia and the laxity of the whites in punishing murderers of Indians.
C.O. 5/233, pp. 2-10
S.R. 582
M 269
147
1768 Jan. 22. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York. In reviewing the Indian
situation, emphasizes the encroachment of Indian land by Virginian settlers, the failure of the
civil authorities to expel them or to call for military assistance and the declared disinclination of
the militia to act against the settlers.
C.O. 5/86, pp. 17-28
S.R. 455
M 265
1768 Jan. 28. Fauquier to Major Gen. Gage. Williamsburg. The Lt. Gov. did not see what action
could be taken by the Assembly against “these notorious offenders” who made illegal
encroachments on Indian land, and stating that if any law was passed by the Assembly, the
Provincial Government would lack the power to implement it.
C.O. 5/86, pp. 105-108
S.R. 455
M 265
1768 Jan. 30. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York. Reporting that no reply had so
far been received from Virginia in response to the General’s request that strong measures be
taken to prevent settlers occupying Indian land (see pp. 28-32) and to evict any already in
occupation of such land.
C.O. 5/86, pp. 69-72
S.R. 455
M 265
1768 Feb. 10. John Stuart to the Earl of Shelburne. Charlestown. Reporting generally on the
Indian situation in the southern district and stating that his renewed application to Fauquier to
agree to marking the boundary between Virginia and Indian territory and to take steps to give
satisfaction for the nine Cherokees murdered by Virginians in 1765 had some result in the latter
subject.
C.O. 323/24, pp. 665-670
S.R. 926
M 303
1768 March. Proceedings of a General Congress. Before Sir William Johnson at Johnson Hall. A
full report upon the proceedings of this meeting with the Indians, including complaints by the
latter of encroachments made into their territory by the Virginians and a peace treaty concluded
between the Cherokees and the Six Nations and other northern Indians.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 165-180
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 March 12. Letter from Major General Gage. New York. Transmitting a letter from
Fauquier which shows that little can be done from Virginia to prosecute the illegal settlers on
Indian land.
C.O. 5/233, pp. 33-40
148
S.R. 582
M 269
1768 March 12. Thomas Gage to Earl of Shelburne. New York. Expressing his opinion (p. 95)
that there was little hope of Virginia taking strong action to prevent colonists settling on Indian
lands (see p. 105).
C.O. 5/86, pp. 93-100
S.R. 455
M 265
1768 March 21. President John Blair to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Describing the meetings
with the Indians at Fort Augusta… the borderline settlements with the Indians. He is to hold an
General Assembly on the question of the threat of an Indian war.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 12-13ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1768 April 15. Circular letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors of all the American
colonies. Whitehall. Announcing that after full consideration His Majesty had decided, for the
reasons given, to reject the plan for the management of Indian affairs proposed by the Supts. and
to leave the regulation of the Indian trade in the hands of the various colonies.
C.O. 324/21, pp. 555-560
S.R. 1306
M 309
1768 April 15. Circular letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors of Virginia, etc.
Whitehall. Regarding a plan laid before the King for the management of Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/241, pp. 29-33
S.R. 590
M 270
1768 June 10. Representation of the Board of Trade to the King. Whitehall. Regarding the
desirability of allowing settlements on the west of the Great Mountains. Giving a historical
background of the settlements on the west of the Great Mountains, the dislodging of the original
settlers during the late war with the French and forbidding of further settlement which might
enrage the Indians.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 345-354
S.R. 847
M 231
1768 June 18. President John Blair to John Stuart. Regarding an impending Congress with the
Indians and the claims of both the Cherokees and Six Nations to back lands in Virginia.
(enclosed in letter from President Blair to John Stuart, 12 March 1768)
C.O. 5/70, ff. 149-150
S.R. 294
M 263
149
1768 July 7. John Stuart to President John Blair. Charlestown. Eight emigrants from Virginia
going to Mississippi are reported murder by the Indians.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to Earl of Hillsborough, 12 Feb. 1769)
C.O. 5/70, ff. 151-152
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 July 14. John Stuart to (? Sec. of State). Charlestown. Reporting, among other maters, that
arrangements had been made for the Cherokee chiefs to meet the Virginian representatives on 25
Oct. 1768 in order to mark out the new frontier of the colony and offering to negotiate with the
Indians for a further cession of land if approved.
C.O. 323/28, pp. 163-166
S.R. 930
M 303
1768 Aug. 1. Talk of John Stuart to the Headmen and warriors of the Upper and Lower Cherokee
nation. Savannah. Regarding the Indian frontiers with Virginia and North Carolina and the
withdrawal of the British from forts in Indian territory.
C.O. 5/69, f. 268
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Aug. 3. President Blair to John Stuart. Regarding the provisions to be made for the Indians
at the Congress at Chiswell’s Mines.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to Earl of Hillsborough, 12 Feb. 1769)
C.O. 5/70, f. 153
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Aug. 17. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Mentioning (p. 298) that a
meeting between the Cherokees and the Virginia Commissioners had been arranged for the end
of Oct. at Col. Chiswell’s Mine to fix the boundary “behind that Province.” The Cherokees had
killed eight emigrants from Virginia near the Ohio.
C.O. 5/86, pp. 291-300
S.R. 455
M 265
1768 Sept. 15. John Stuart to Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Reporting his intended meeting
with the Cherokee chiefs on 3 Oct. 1768 to ratify the cession of land by that nation to the
Carolinas and Virginia and to inform them of the new system for controlling the Indian trade.
C.O. 323/28, pp. 167-170
S.R. 930
M 303
150
1768 Sept. 15. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Stuart proposes to set out on
25 Sept. to meet some of the Cherokee chiefs and ratify the cession of land by them to the British
in the two Carolinas and Virginia.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 258-259
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Sept. 15. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Recommending among
other things that a deputy be appointed to assist the superintendent of Indian affairs in transacting
business with the Cherokees, Creeks, and Catawbas.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 296-297
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Oct. 9. Major Gen. Gage to the Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Reporting that some
Indians had attacked some hunters from Virginia near Green River, a tributary of the Ohio.
C.O. 5/86, pp. 397-400
S.R. 455
M 265
1768 Oct. 14. Copy of the Journal of the proceedings at the conference held at Hard Labour.
South Carolina. Attended by the chiefs of the Cherokees and by John Stuart.
C.O. 323/28, pp. 229-268
S.R. 930
M 303
1768 Oct. 17. John Stuart to President Blair. Hard Labour. Explaining the Cherokee
dissatisfaction at the failure to punish the Virginians who murdered five Cherokees in Augusta
County in 1765 and giving this as an excuse for having themselves murdered five Virginians the
previous summer.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 42-43
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Oct. 23. Sir William Johnson to Earl of Hillsborough. Fort Stanwix. Regarding negotiations
with the Indians.
(enclosed in letter from Hillsborough to Lord Viscount, 11 Jan. 1769)
C.O. 5/43, ff. 198-201
S.R. 281
M 261
1768 Oct. 23. Sir William Johnson to Earl of Hillsborough. Fort Stanwix. Reporting on the
negotiations with the Indians at a conference at Fort Stanwix, which was attended by
Commissioners representing Virginia.
C.O. 323/28, pp. 27-28
S.R. 930
151
M 303
1768 Oct. 24. Copy of the minutes of the General Congress with the Six Nations which opened
at Fort Stanwix under the chairmanship of Sir William Johnson.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 58-65
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Nov. 5. Deed of Cession to the King from the Six Nations. Fort Stanwix. Cession of Indian
lands to the British, signed by the Chiefs and the Commissioners.
C.O. 5/69, f. 344
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Nov. 6. Copies of four letters from Botetourt to Stuart, Col. Andrew Lewis, Calloway, and
Israel Christian to notify change of date from 10 Nov. 1768 to 10 May 1769 for the meeting
arranged with the Indians and making arrangements for the distribution of presents to them.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 44-45
S.R. 795 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
M 244
1768 Nov. 6. Lord Botetourt to John Stuart. The meeting with the Cherokees has been postponed
until 10 May. Gifts have been sent for distribution to the relatives of the Indians murdered in
Augusta County.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to Earl of Hillsborough, 12 Feb. 1769)
C.O. 5/70, f. 159
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Nov. 6. Botetourt to John Stuart. Regretting the delay in meeting the Cherokees at
Chiswell’s Mine. The presents for the relatives of the murdered Indians have been sent to
Bedford and will be distributed.
C.O. 5/70, f. 68
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Nov. 6. Four letters by Botetourt on Indian affairs to Mrssrs. Stuart, Calloway, Israel
Christian, and Col. Lewis.
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 10 Nov. 15-16)
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 15-16
S.R. 238
M 200
1768 Nov. 10. Botetourt to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Enclosing correspondence from
Stuart and others on a proposed Congress with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 31-32ro
152
S.R. 851
M 232
1768 Dec. 7. John Stuart to Lord Botetourt. The Indians having avenged the murders in Augusta
County by murdering five whites; Stuart considers that they are no longer entitled to
compensatory gifts, which should instead be used for presents to the chiefs at the boundary line
meeting.
C.O. 5/70, f. 161
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Dec. 16. Extracts from the minutes of the Council of Virginia relating to a meeting held at
the Capitol at Williamsburg, concerning the Commissioner’s report on the recent Indian
conference at Fort Stanwix and the policy to be adopted at the impending conference with the
Cherokees in May 1769.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 56-57
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Dec. 20. Gov. Botetourt to the Earl of Hillsborough. Williamsburg. Enclosing documents
connected with the recent conference held with the Indians at Fort Stanwix under Sir William
Johnson and explaining his intentions for a similar meeting with the Cherokees at Chiswell’s
Mines on 10 May 1769.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 50-51
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Dec. 20. David Ross to Alexander Cameron. Williamsburg. Ross desires to purchase
privately from the Indians some of the land desired by the Burgesses of Virginia in their
suggestions for a boundary line settlement.
C.O. 5/71, ff. 65-66
S.R. 295
M 264
1768 Dec. 20. David Ross to Alexander Cameron. Williamsburg. Disclosing the methods used
illegally to obtain large tracts of land in the districts recently ceded by the Indians to the crown.
C.O. 5/87, pp. 301-304
S.R. 456
M 265
1768 Dec. 24. Gov. Botetourt to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Commending the Attorney
General and John Stuart who is recommending as Supt. Of Indian Affairs for Virginia.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 34vo-36
S.R. 851
M 232
153
1768 Dec. 24. Botetourt to Sec. of State. He has sent with his previous letter, No. 6, a map
showing the lands it is proposed to purchase from the Indians under the Fort Stanwix treaty.
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 54-55
S.R. 238
M 200
1769. propositions for the establishment of a colony and government upon the lands west of the
Alleghany Mountains ceded to the Crown by the Indians at the Congress at Fort Stanwix in
1769.
C.O. 5/232, pp. 347-372
S.R. 581
M 269
1769. extract of a letter from Col. Stephen of 14 Sept. 1769, with the “Speech of a Noted Indian”
of 10 Aug. and Lord Botetourt’s answer of 27 Sept. 1769. Relations with the Indians.
(Enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 30 Sept. 1769)
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 5-6
S.R. 239
M 200
1769 Jan. 4. The Earl of Hillsborough to Sir William Johnson. Commenting upon Johnson’s
congress with the Indians. The large cession of land made to the King by the Six Nations Indians
may cause dissatisfaction and jealously amongst the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 1-2
S.R. 294
M 263
1769 Jan. 11. Lord Hillsborough to Lord Viscount Weymouth. Enclosing two letters on Indian
affairs.
C.O. 5/43, ff. 196-197
S.R. 281
M 261
1769 Jan. 18. Col. Andrew Lewis and Dr. Thomas Walker to John Stuart. Charlestown. The
background of the grants of land on the Mississippi is sketched and reasons given why the
inclusion of these lands I Indian territory would prove harmful to both the Virginian settlers and
the Crown.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 168-169
S.R. 294
M 263
1769 Feb. 5. Gov. Botetourt to Earl of Hillsborough. Williamsburg. Reporting on cooperation
with Stuart, and his lack of authority to remit fines above 10 pounds, though he has released two
poor women from custody by his suspending the collection from them of 20-pound fines they
were totally unable to pay.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 98-99
154
S.R. 795
M 244
1769 March 1. The Earl of Hillsborough to John Stuart. Regarding Sir William Johnson’s
congress with the Indians and the difficulties that have arisen in Virginia in continuing the
boundary line with the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/70, f. 51
S.R. 294
M 263
1769 March 29. Talk of the Cherokee Headmen to John Stuart. Toquah. The Cherokees will cede
no further land unless paid for it and generally desire to keep the Virginians at a distance from
themselves.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, 25 July 1769)
C.O. 5/70, ff. 248-249
S.R. 294
M 263
1769 April 25. Report of the Lords of Trade to the King. The lands desired by Virginia from the
Cherokees will have to be purchased at a cost of some two thousand pounds.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 188-198
S.R. 294
M 263
1769 May 11. Representation dated at Whitehall addressed to His Majesty by the Comm. For
Trade reviewing the negotiations with the Indians concerning the cession of Indian hunting
grounds to the colonies and the fixing of boundary lines to prevent further encroachment by
white settlers. The Fort Stanwix settlement signed on 5 Nov. 1768 concerned Virginia closely
(pp. 318 et seq and pp. 332-333)
C.O. 324/18, pp. 317-345
S.R. 1303
M 309
1769 July 22. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Discussing the situation
arising from His Majesty’s decision not to ratify any grants of land made as part of the Treaty of
Fort Stanwix with the Indians.
C.O. 5/87, pp. 297-300
S.R. 456
M 265
1769 July 25. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. The Cherokees have
communicated to Stuart that they expect to be well paid for any additional tract of land they may
cede to the Crown within Virginia.
1 enc.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 245-246
S.R. 294
155
M 263
1769 July 29. Col. Stephen to Botetourt. Hostility of Indians at Fort Pitt.
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 9 Aug. 1769)
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 180-181
S.R. 238
M 200
1769 July 29. Talk between Stuart and Indian chiefs. (copy)
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 22 Feb. 1770)
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 79-80
S.R. 239
M 200
1769 Aug. 5. Gov. Botetourt to Sec. of State. Williamsburg. On the necessity of calling together
the government in view of the threat of an Indian war.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 43vo-44ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1769 Aug. 8. Copy of the minutes of the council of Virginia, relating to a report from Col. Adam
Stephen of hostile behavior by certain Indians near Fort Pitt and of some settlers beyond the
mountains having withdrawn form their homes in consequence, and submitted certain advice to
Botetourt as to the policy to be adopted.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 132-133
S.R. 795
M 244
1769 Aug. 8. John Armstrong to Joseph Shippen, Sec. of the Hon. John Penn. Carlisle. An
intelligence report on the threatening attitude of Indians on the frontiers, mentioning that the
settlers at Red Stone, mostly Virginians, had sent away their wives and children and were
expected to provoke an open rupture with the Indians. (copy)
C.O. 5/87, pp. 335-342
S.R. 456
M 265
1769 Sept. 9. Letter from Major Gen. Gage. New York. A general report on the disposition of the
Indians. The Cherokees have very high expectations respecting payment for the lands required
by Virginians.
C.O. 5/233, pp. 251-259
S.R. 582
M 269
1769 Sept. 9. Major Gen. Gage to Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Reports (p. 330) that the
Cherokees expect high payment for the land they are to sell to Virginia and refers also (p. 329) to
156
the intrigues of those seeking to obtain large tracts of land from the Indians through the treaty of
Fort Stanwix.
C.O. 5/87, pp. 327-334
S.R. 456
M 265
1769 Sept. 30. Botetourt to Sec. of State. Enclosing correspondence on Indian affairs, with a
postscript on the same.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 46
S.R. 851
M 232
1769 Oct. 3 – 1770 Feb. 20. Extracts from the journals of council relating to the murder of two
Indians on the frontiers, at a place thought to be within the province of Pennsylvania.
(enclosed in letter from President William Nelson to Sec. of State, 5 Feb. 1771)
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 62-63
S.R. 240
M 201
1769 Oct. 19. Proclamation concerning the Indian murders. Offers a reward for the apprehension
of Henry Judey and John Ryan. (printed)
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 22 Oc.. 1769)
C.O. 5/1348, f. 16
S.R. 239
M 200
1769 Oct. 22. Botetourt to Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Enclosing correspondence with Col.
Stephen and the commanding officer of Fort Pitt and a proclamation for apprehending the
murderers of the Six Nations Indians.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 46vo-47ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1769 Nov. 15. Resolution of the Virginian Assembly. Abhorring the murders of the Indians on
the Virginia frontiers and desiring that the offenders be brought to justice.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 45vo-46ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1769 Nov. 15. Resolution of the House of Burgesses on the Indian murders. (copy of f. 1)
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 30 Nov. 1769)
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 27-28
S.R. 239
M 200
157
1769 Nov. 15. Resolution of the House of Burgesses relating to “murders of the Indians on the
frontiers of this colony.”
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 1-2
S.R. 239
M 200
1769 Dec. 2. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Regarding a rumor spread
among the Creeks by Saluy, a Cherokee warrior, that Virginia intended to march an army against
them. Virginia has not as yet signified her intentions regarding the costs for the boundary line
negotiations with the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/71, ff. 9-10
S.R. 295
M 264
1769 Dec. 6. John Stuart to Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Reviewing the Indian situation
and reporting that the Cherokees had asked the Upper Creeks for assistance in resisting a
threatened attack by the Virginian colonists mentioning the raising of a fund in Virginia to pay
the expenses of a conference to fix their frontier with the Indians.
C.O. 323/27, pp. 1-6
S.R. 929
M 303
1770s
1770 Jan. 5. Order in Council dated at St. James’ approving a suggestion that John Stuart, Supt.
of Indian Affairs, should be appointed a Councilor Extraordinary (or Additional member off
Council) in the various colonies comprised in his southern district while holding his
appointment… (Copy)
C.O. 5/26, ff. 70-71
S.R. 423
M 260
1770 Jan. 15. Royal Warrant dated at St. James’ signed by the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of
State, and addressed to Gov. Botetourt, and to the Governors of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, and East and West Florida requiring them to sear and admit John Stuart, Supt. of Indian
Affairs, to be a Counselor Extraordinary of their respective Councils, but without power to act in
any judicial capacity to assume the administration of any colony in the case of the death of the
Gov., Lt. Gov., or Commander-in-Chief.
C.O. 324/42, pp. 159-162
S.R. 1327
M 320
1770 Jan. 20. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs, to the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State.
Charlestown. Concerning the proposed new boundary with the Indians, complaining of the
158
“insatiable rapacity of the Land Jobbers in Virginia” and reporting the numerous complaints
from the Indians that Virginian settlers were encroaching on their hunting grounds.
C.O. 232/27, pp. 7-10
S.R. 929
M 303
1770 March 20. Botetourt to Governor Penn. Concerning a certain John Ingman, accused of
murdering an Indian.
(Enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Secretary of State, 20 March 1770)
C.O. 5.1348, ff. 93-94
S.R. 239
M 200
1770 March-April. Correspondence between John Penn, Lord Botetourt, Guy Carleton, and
Cadwallader Colden on abuses committed by traders and frontiersmen against the Indians.
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 58-61
S.R. 240
M 201
1770 May 17. John Watts, Indian interpreter in the Cherokee nation, to John Stuart. Keowee.
Regarding Paris’ attempted transactions with the Cherokees. (Abstract)
C.O. 5/71, ff. 169
S.R. 295
M 264
31 May 1770. Letter from Lord Botetourt. Williamsburg. Enclosing an assembly address and his
reply to the same regarding the Indian boundary line settlement.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 55vo-56ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1770 June 27. Mr. Alexander Cameron to Mr. John Stuart. South Carolina. Regarding the illegal
attempts of Richard Paris of Virginia to induce the Indians to make titles to some of their lands
which they had previously agreed to let him have and outlining Cameron’s plans for preventing
him. (Abstract)
C.O. 5/71, f. 167
S.R. 295
M 264
1770 July 12. Mr. Stuart to Botetourt, on expenses of negotiations with the Indians. (Copy)
(Enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 10 Aug. 1770)
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 135-136
S.R. 239
M 200
159
1770 July 20. The Board of Trade to the King. Whitehall. Desiring confirmation a Virginia Act
of 1769 for exempting Negros, mulattoes, and Indian women from the payment of levies.
C.O. 5/1369, pp. 32-33
S.R. 848
M 231
1770 July 20. Representation to be submitted to H.M. The King by the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations, dated at Whitehall, recommending for confirmation an Act passed in Va. in Nov.
1769 entitled “An Act for exempting free negroes, mulattoes, and Indian women from the
payment of levies”.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 172-173
S.R. 799
M 245
1770 Aug. 9. Botetourt to Mr. Stuart, on expenses of negotiations with the Indians.
(Enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 10 Aug. 1770)
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 137-138
S.R. 239
M 200
1770 Aug. 14. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Hillsborough. Johnson Hall. Johnson describes
his meeting with the northern Indians and deputies from the southern tribes. There complains
about the frontier inhabitants are borne out by many violent acts including the two recent
murders of Indians in Virginia.
C.O. 5/71, ff/ 230-233
S.R. 295
M 264
1770 Aug. 18. Lord Botetourt to Oucconnostotah. Al cessions of Indian land are to be negotiated
between the Crown of Great Britain and any nation of Indians and through no other channels.
C.O. 5/72, pp. 77
S.R. 296
M 264
1770 Aug. 18. Lord Botetourt to Col. Andrew Lewis. Any treaty for a cession of land can be
negotiated between the Indians and Mr. Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs, only and not other
persons.
C.O. 5/72, pp. 78
S.R. 296
M 264
1770 Sept. 8. Major General Thomas Gage to the Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Referring to
frequent quarrels between Indians and Virginian and Pennsylvanian frontier settlers mostly
caused by drunkenness arising from excessive rum drinking (p. 294)
C.O. 5/88, pp. 291-298
S.R. 457
160
M 265
1770 Nov. 10. Lt. Gen. Gage, Commander in Chief in North America, to the Earl of
Hillsborough. New York. Concerning the project of forming new settlements in the interior of
North American and including consideration of the Indian problem.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 169-171
S.R. 796
M 245
1770 Nov. 15. Circular letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors of Virginian etc.
enclosing remarks by Sir William Johnson upon complaints made by the Six Nations Indians of
violences committed against them by the traders and frontier inhabitants of several colonies, the
governments of these colonies are exhorted to form a definite policy of dealing with such
matters.
C.O. 5/71, f. 220
S.R. 295
M 264
1770 Nov. 29. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Regarding Indian
affairs…
C.O. 5/228, pp. (6)-(20)
S.R. 577
M 269
1770 Dec. 2. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Regarding Indian affairs.
C.O. 5/228, pp. 21-(32)
S.R. 577
M 269
1770 Dec. 9. Copy of an Oder of Kings in Council dated at St. James’ confirming an Act passed
by the Assembly of Va. in Dec. 1769 entitle d” An Act for exempting free Negroes, Mulattoes,
and Indian women from the payment of Levies”.
C.O. 5/1334, ff. 15-16
S.R. 797
M 245
1770 Dec. 11. Mr. John Stuart to Mr. Alexander Cameron. Charlestown. Stuart Complains that
he has been censured for the transaction in which the Indians granted a tract of land to
Cameron’s (half-breed) son, contrary to royal regulations dealing with such grants. (Abstract)
C.O. 5.72, p. 427
S.R. 296
M 264
1771 Jan. 23. Mr. Alexander Cameron to Mr. John Stuart. Lochaber. Cameron disclaims any
responsibility for the Cherokees grant of land to his son by a Cherokee woman. (Extract)
C.O. 5/72, pp. 431-432
161
S.R. 296
M 264
1771 Feb. 5. President William Nelson to the Sec. of State. Virginia. Regarding the persecution
of persons committing abuses and violences on the Indians on the frontiers.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 80-81
S.R. 851
M 232
1771 Feb. 5. President William Nelson to Sec. of State. Abuses committed by traders and
frontiersmen against the Indians. Abortive journey of two commissioners sent to New York to
discuss the matter.
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 56-57
S.R. 240
M 201
(See also ff. 64-65 re Act appointing the Commissioners)
1771 Feb. 7. Instructions of King George to the Earl of Dunmore, Gov. of Va., St. James… re
Indians…
C.O. 5/203, pp. 349-402
S.R. 552
M 269
1772 July 1. Letter from Lt. Gen. Gage. New York. Mentioning among other matters, the murder
in the back part of Virginia of three men and one woman of the Senecan tribe.
C.O. 5/235, pp. 31-36
S.R. 584
M 269
1772 Sept. 2. (The Earl of) Dartmouth to Mr. John Stuart. Regarding agreements made with the
Cherokees at the Congress of 18 Oct. 1770 (cf. C.O. 5/72, pp. 43-67) about the settling of certain
parts of their lands by a Mr. Walpole and others.
C.O. 5/73, pp. 479-498
S.R. 297
M 264
1771 Oct. 3. Gov. Dunmore to the Secretary of State. Williamsburg. Discussing the discontent of
the Indians.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 93-94ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1772 Oct. 7. Letter from Lt. Gen. Gage. New York. Describing the intrusion into Indian
Territory of “strollers: from Virginia and Carolina bound for the Mississippi. Seven Virginians
and a Negro have been killed by the Cherokees near the confluence of the Ohio with the
Mississippi.
162
C.O. 5/235, pp. 50-56
S.R. 584
M 269
1771 Oct. 12. Lt. Gov. Dunmore to the Earl of Hillsborough. Williamsburg. Reporting his arrival
at Williamsburg on 25 Sept. 1771, the general discontent among the Indians on the New York
frontier.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 114-115
S.R. 796
M 245
1771 Dec. 4. Letter from Lt. Gen. Gage. New York. Enclosing a letter from certain Indian tribes
to the governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia asking for presents.
C.O. 5/235, pp. 1-3
S.R. 584
M 269
(1772) Record of a talk between the Indians and Colonel Donelson. Endorsed “Cherokee talk”.
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State (no date) March 1772)
C.O. 5/1350, f. 27
S.R. 241
M 201
1772 June 12. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Regarding the relations
of the Creeks and Cherokees and the attempts of the traders of the tribes to thwart Stuart by
preventing the Cherokee Chiefs attending the meeting to mark the Virginia boundary.
C.O. 5/228, pp. (158)-175
S.R. 577
M 269
1773 Jan. 8. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Reporting on the desire of the
Cherokees to grant a tract of land to Cameron’s half-breed son. Jacob Hite and Richard Pearis, of
Virginia, are reporting fraudulently to be obtaining cessions of land from the Indians.
C.O. 5/228, pp. 211-215
S.R. 577
M 269
1773 Jan. 8. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Regarding private cessions of
Cherokee land made to Alexander Cameron’s son, Richard Paris (Pearis) and Jacob Hite contrary
to the boundary line regulations. 1 enc.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 69-72
S.R. 298
M 264
163
1773 March 3. The earl of Dartmouth to John Stuart. Whitehall. Regretting the evil effects likely
to be caused by the encroachment into Indian Territory of unlicensed emigrants and hoping that
steps will be taken to prosecute the latter.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 63-66
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 June 16. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Savannah. Hoping that the goodwill
of the Cherokees will not be destroyed by any settlements from Virginia on lands reserved to the
Indians.
C.O. 5/228, pp. (252)-253
S.R. 577
M 269
1773 June 16. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Savannah. Regarding a grant of Indian
land to Mr. Walpole and others. The Cherokees seem satisfied with the boundary line
settlements.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 287-289
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 June 21. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Savannah. Stuart reports a meeting
between the Creek and Cherokee Chiefs and tries to discover the motives of it. He decided at the
late Congress at Augusta that the time was inopportune to demand satisfaction from the
Cherokee for the murder of some Virginian emigrants in the previous year.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 291-296
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 June 28. Speech of the Shawanese Indians to Mr. Alexander McKee. Pittsburgh. Asking by
what authority a group of Virginians had come to survey and settle their lands on the Ohio.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 345-346
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 June 30. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Stuart reports that all persons
who have illegally settled on Indian lands will be tried at the November circuit court. He remarks
further upon the treaties made with the Creeks and Cherokees.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 299-301
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 July 5. Big Sawney to Alexander Cameron. Seneca. Regarding the murder of the
Cherokees by a white man.
(Enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, 5 Aug. 1773)
C.O. 5/74, pp. 309-310
164
S.R. 298
M 264
1772 Nov. 4. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Johnson Hall. Describing the
lawlessness of the back inhabitants from the mountains of Virginia and their maltreatment of the
Indians.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 9-14
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 Jan. 4. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Regarding the anxiety of the
Cherokees about the encroachments on their lands and the disturbances caused by the great
groups of emigrants from Virginia and North Carolina passing through Indian Country on their
way to the Mississippi.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 43-50
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 Jan. 4. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Regarding the disruptive
influence among the Indians of the Virginian emigrants bound for the Mississippi. They are
reported as invading the hunting grounds of the Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws and
destroying their game.
C.O. 5/228, pp. (202)-211
S.R. 577
M 269
1773 July 5. Ecuy to Alexander Cameron. Seneca. Regarding the murder of the two Cherokees.
The Indians promise not to take vengeance upon innocent whites.
(Enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, 5 Aug. 1773)
C.O. 5/74, pp. 313-314
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 July 5. Copy of the Deed of Conveyance of certain Indian lands to William Murray “of the
Illinois Country, merchant” and others.
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 16 May 1774)
C.O. 5/1352, f. 79
S.R. 243
M 201
1773 July 6. Speech of Cherokee Chiefs to Alexander Cameron. Settico in the Overhills
Cherokees. The Indians beg that the murder of the white man may be forgiven as an accident.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 325-327
S.R. 298
M 264
165
1773 July 15. Speech of the Lower Cherokees Headmen. Keowee. Promising that no retribution
will be taken for the murdered Indians and that the manner of the white man’s murder will be
investigated.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 329-330
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 July 21. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Giving details of the murder of the white man
by an Indians. (Abstract)
(Enclosed in a letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, 24 Aug. 1773)
C.O. 5/74, pp. 321-322
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 Aug. 24. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Reporting the murder of a
white man by an Indian. 3 enc.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 317-318
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 Aug. 31. Letter from Major Gen. Haldimand. New York. Haldimand has written to the
governors of New York and North Carolina instructing them to endeavor to apprehend the
murderer of the two young Cherokees in Georgia. He also enclosed a letter to the governor of
Virginia regarding the probably hostile intentions of the northern Indians.
C.O. 5/235, pp. 117-120
S.R. 584
M 269
(1773) Sept. 9, 24, 28, and Oct. 25. Letters from David Faith Esq., Commissary in the Creek
Nation, to Mr. John Stuart, Woositchie and Hickory Ground. Among other matters, Faith
remarks upon the discontent of the Creeks with the Cherokee land settlements. (Abstracts)
C.O. 5/75, pp. 29-36
S.R. 299
M 264
1773 Sept. 20. Testimonial of Alexander Cameron for Ugayoolah. Toquah. Allowing him to hunt
towards the Holston River without molestation from the whites. Arming the whites that all
persons trespassing on Cherokee hunting grounds will be prosecuted.
C.O. 5/75, p. 435
S.R. 299
M 264
1773 Sept. 22. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Johnson Hall. Reporting the alarm
of the Indians caused by a group of Virginians headed by one Captain Bullet, who have gone
down the Ohio beyond the limits of the proposed government in order to survey and lay out
lands there. 1 enc.
166
C.O. 5/74, pp. 341-343
S.R. 298
M 264
1773 Oct. 11. Alexander Cameron (to Mr. John Stuart). The Cherokee Chiefs deny negotiating
with other tribes in order to go to war with the whites; the question of the murder of the
Cherokees and the white man is discussed. Richard Pears is reported to be buying stolen horses
and sending them to Virginia.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 17-22
S.R. 299
M 264
1773 Nov. 8. Talk of the Cherokees with the Mortar in the Creek Nation. Great Cakehoys.
Regarding a general meeting of Indians to be held at Chote.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 37-38
S.R. 299
M 264
1773 Dec. 21. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Regarding the judgment
given in the Circuit Court against Jacob Hite and Richard Pearis for illegally obtaining cessions
of land from the Indians.
C.O. 5/228, pp. (292)
S.R. 577
M 269
1773 Dec. 21. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Enclosing a letter from Mr.
Cameron on the state of the Cherokees and the murder of two of their men (cf. C.O. 5/74, pp.
303-314 etc.) Richard Pears and Jacob Hite have been tried for illegally obtaining cessions of
Indian land beyond boundaries. 3 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 11-14
S.R. 299
M 264
(1774) “Answers to the Heads of Inquiry relative to the present State and condition of His
Majesty’s Colony of Virginia in America”… relations with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 5-15
S.R. 243
M 201
(1774) copy of “the petition of the inhabitants settled on the waters of the Ohio” to Lord
Dunmore. Praying to be included in the colony of Virginia, to have provision made for defense
against the Indians, etc.
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 18 March 1774)
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 24-26
S.R. 243
M 201
167
(1774) Account of the Conference between Dunmore and the Six Nations and Delaware Indians.
(printed copy).
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 24 Dec. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 72
S.R. 244
M 202
(1774) Copy of an Address of the Council to Dunmore congratulating him on the results of his
expedition to the Indian Country, and Dunmore’s reply.
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 24 Dec. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 79
S.R. 244
M 202
(1774) Mr. David Faith to John Stuart. Reporting on the murder of an Indian at a horseracing
meeting in Virginia.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 383-384
S.R. 299
M 264
(1774) Message of the Six Nations Confederacy to the Shawanese. The Six Nations exhort the
Shawanese to make peace with the Virginians.
C.O. 5/76, p. 47
S.R. 480
M 264
1774 Jan. 27. James Wright to John Stuart. Savannah. Expressing the opinion that the Cherokees
and other Indian tribes should be applied to assist the British against the Creeks.
C.O. 5/75, p. 109
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Jan. 28. John Stuart to Alexander Cameron. Savannah. Stuart cautions Cameron to prevent
the Cherokees from joining the Creeks in hostile activities against the British, such as have
recently been carried out on the frontiers of Georgia.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 105-106
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Feb. 4. Talk of the Lower Cherokees to Alexander Cameron. Loewee. Profession their
faithfulness to the British cause and desiring a meeting with Cameron.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 165
S.R. 299
M 264
168
1774 Feb. 12. Deposition of Isaac Thomas, Fincastle County. Giving evidence of the murder of
Captain Russell’s party by the Cherokees.
(enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, 2 Aug. 1774)
C.O. 5/75, pp. 336
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Feb. 20. Deposition of Thomas Sharp. Fincastle County, Virginia. Giving evidence of the
murder of Captain Russell’s party by the Cherokees.
(Enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, 2 Aug. 1774)
C.O. 5/75, pp. 335
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Feb. 21. Talks of the Middle and Lower Cherokees to the Corvetas. Sugar Town.
Profession their desire for peace and refusal to join in hostile activities.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 169-172
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Feb. 25. Talks at a meeting between Alexander Cameron and the Middle and Lower
Cherokees. Keowee. Professing their peaceful intentions and refusal to join the Corvetas.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 173-174
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 March 1. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Keowee. Cameron finds the Cherokees
friendly toward the English and not disposed to join the Creeks against them. The Creeks declare
that they do not want to kill any English but merely do cut off the Virginians who steal their
horses and settle their land.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 157-162
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 March 2. Talk of Oncconnastotah to Carter or Parker of Virginia. Chote. Professing his
friendship to the white people and asking for goods and ammunition.
(Enclosed in letter from John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, 6 May 1774)
C.O. 5/75, pp. 253-254
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 March 8, May 3, 15, 21, and 26. Extracts from the journal of Alexander McKee, Sir
William Johnson’s resident on the Ohio. McKee reports upon the lawless activities of Michael
Cressop of Virginia on the banks of the Ohio and describes the skirmishes between parties of
Virginian emigrants and Indians in that region and the murders committed by the former…
C.O. 5/75, pp. 283-291
169
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 March 23. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. The murderer of the two
Cherokees has not been apprehended. The Cherokees do not appear disposed to join the creeks
against the British. 4 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 125-128
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 April 2. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Dunmore fears an Indian attack
on the back part of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 1-2ro
S.R. 852
M 232
1774 April 2. Dunmore to Secretary of State. Reports that the Indians are “meditating some
important stroke”.
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 49-51
S.R. 243
M 201
1774 April 5. The Earl of Dunmore to John Stuart. Dunmore encloses the two depositions in
evidence that the Cherokees murdered Captain Russell and his party. He demands justice be
done by the Indians and the murders avenged. Certain persons in the back part of Virginia are
attempting illegally to buy Indian lands outside the boundary line.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 339-440
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 April 5. Dunmore to John Stuart. Murder by Indians of “young Russell” and another.
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 24 Dec. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 40-41
S.R. 244
M 202
1774 April 19. Petition to Dunmore “of the several grantees named in the Deed as well as … all
the several persons settled upon the lands granted by the said Deed to the petitioners”… encloses
an extract of an opinion by the late Lord Chancellor Cambden and Lord Chancellor York “on
titles derived by the King’s subjects from the Indians or Natives”.
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 76-78
S.R. 243
M 201
170
1774 May 6. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Regarding the desire of the
Cherokees to see the Creeks reduced by a war with the British and enclosing a report on the state
of the former tribe. 1 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 233-236
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 May 16. Dunmore to Sec. of State. Recommends that the petition (ff. 76-78) of certain
gentlemen, who have purchased a considerable tract of land between the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers from the Indians to be included in the government of Virginia should be granted.
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 71-75
S.R. 243
M 201
1774 June and July. Proceedings at a Congress with the Six Nations. Johnson Hall. Including the
complaints of the Indians about the irregular behavior of the white emigrants and the
encroachments made into their lands in breach of the boundary line settlements and Sir William
Johnson’s representation of the causes of Michael Creesop’s murderous action.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 305-323
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 June 1. Letter from Major Genl. Haldimand. New York. Reporting that one Col. Cressop of
Virginia has been on a scout against the Indians inhabiting the country about the Ohio and has
killed several of them.
C.O. 5/235, pp. 160-163
S.R. 584
M 269
1774 June 3. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Keowee. Reporting upon the state of the
Cherokees. The umbrage taken by the Creeks at the Virginians for the murder of one of their
men and the reported plans of the Indians to drive the Virginians down as far as the sea.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 347-353
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 June 9. Talk of Captain Andrew Lewis of Virginia to Oucconnastotah. Botetourt County.
Regretting the murder to the Cherokee at a horse race at Wattago (Captain Russell’s party),
Virginia, and the murder by a party of Indians of five Virginians on their way to the Ohio.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 403-405
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 June 10. Dunmore to the Commanding Officers of the militia of the frontier counties.
Headed “Circular.” Ordering the embodiment of the militia and other action, to be taken on their
discretion, to avert the threat of attack by Indians. (copy)
171
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 24 Dec. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 67-68
S.R. 244
M 202
1774 June 11. Talk of William Preston to the Cherokees. Fincastle County, regarding the murder
by a group of Indians of Captain Russell’s party in the previous fall. The murder of the
Cherokees at Holsten’s river is explained as an act of retribution for this deed.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 407-409
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 June 20. Arthur Campbell to Alexander Cameron. Fincastle County. Describing the murder
of a Cherokee at a horse race at Wattago and the fruitless attempts to arrest the murderers.
Campbell expresses his fear of acts of reprisal for this deed on the frontier settlements by the
Indians.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 411-414
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 June 20. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Johnson Hall. Johnson reports that
one Mr. Cressop from Virginia has trespassed into Indian territory on the Ohio and murdered
forty Indians belonging to the Six Nations; this action and the constant stream of lawless
emigrants from Virginia may produce serious trouble on the frontiers of Virginia and
Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 277-280
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 July 4. Alexander Cameron blames the Delawares for the murder of Captain Russell’s party
and attributes the murder of the Indians at Holsten’s river to a desire for vengeance for Russell’s
death by the inhabitants there.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 371-377
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 July 6. The Earl of Dartmouth to Sir William Johnson. Regarding the dangers likely to
result from a group of Virginians settling a tract of land on the lower part of the Ohio, purchased
from the Illinois Indians.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 269-271
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 July 6. Sec. of State to Dunmore. Settlement upon the authority of Virginian on lands
beyond its western limits, under plea of Indian purchases, is “diametrically opposite” to
prevailing policy.
172
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 88-91
S.R. 243
M 201
1774 July 12. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Johnson Hall. Johnson reports the death of
his father Sir William Johnson during a congress with the Six Nations Indians, following, which
he took over Sir William’s office.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 297-299
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 July 18. Letter from Lt. Genl. Gage. Boston. Reporting the death of Sir William Johnson at
a time when the Virginians by their slaughter of a number of Indians seem bent on bringing on
an Indian war.
C.O. 5/235, pp. 164-165
S.R. 584
M 269
1774 July 18. Oucconnastotah to Mr. Alexander Cameron. Beloved town Chota. Reporting that
the Virginians desire a meeting with the Indians at Long Island.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 415
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 July 21. Gov. Josaiah Martin to John Stuart. New Bern (North Carolina). Martin reports
that Gov. Dunmore believes Virginia to be engaged in a serious war with the Indians, the
Shawanese having already made incursions far into the country and it being likely that the
Cherokees, Creeks, and other tribes may soon join them.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 387
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 July 23. Message to the Governor Mr. Penn from the Assembly of Pennsylvania. Relations
with the Indians on the western frontiers. Deploring the murder of an Indian by two
frontiersmen, and offering a reward for the apprehension of these. (copy)
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 24 Dec. 1774)
C.O. 5/1353, f. 73
S.R. 244
M 202
1774 July 26. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Johnson Hall. Johnson complains of the
increasing numbers of lawless emigrants who are penetrating into Indian country and killing
Indians. 1 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 301-303
S.R. 299
M 264
173
1774 July 27. Letter from Lt. Gen. Gage. Salem. Reporting that the Virginians have committed
many hostilities against the Indians on the Ohio. One Conolly, in particular, having taken over
the former Fort Pitt, in waylaying and attacking the Indians.
C.O. 5/235, pp. 165-166
S.R. 584
M 269
1774 Aug. 2. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough. Charlestown. Mentioning the uneasiness
caused to the Cherokees by the murder of a young Indian by the inhabitants of Holsten’s river.
C.O. 5/228, pp. (360)-(364)
S.R. 577
M 269
1774 Aug. 2. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Stuart gives his opinion that the
Cherokees are not altogether to be trusted; he has written to the Earl of Dunmore on the subject
of the murder of a young Indian by the inhabitants of Holsten’s river, but believes it will be
difficult to bring the murders to justice. Lord Dunmore holds the Cherokees responsible for the
murder of a party headed by Captain Russell. 7 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 329-332
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Aug. 14. Dunmore to Sec. of State. Written in his own hand from Frederick County. A war
with the Indians has broken out causing “a great many men, women, and children” to be “most
cruelly murdered.” He is hoping soon to march over the Alleghenies and down the Ohio to attack
them.
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 147-148
S.R. 243
M 201
1774 Aug. 14. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Frederick County. Describing attacks made by
the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delawares upon the frontiers of Virginia and his measures to
combat the same.
C.O. 5/1373, f. 14
S.R. 852
M 232
1774 Aug. 15. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Lochaber. Cameron gives his opinion that the
Virginians, by their abuse of the Indians, have deserved any retribution carried out by the latter.
He believes the Delawares and not the Cherokees should be blamed for the murder of Captain
Russell’s party.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 419-421
S.R. 299
M 264
174
1774 Aug. 25. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Lochaber. Reporting the murder by an Indian,
Kinititah of Chilhowie, of three white men, three women, and some children on the Ohio and the
murder by another Indian of seven traders.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 443-444
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Sept. Proceedings at a meeting with the Six Nations. Johnstown. The Six Nations promise
friendship and have refused to cooperate with the Shawanese in their hostile intentions towards
the English and, in particular, the Virginians.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 483-501
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Sept. 3. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Cameron is proceeding to the
Cherokees to prevent them from selling land to the inhabitants of Virginia at a proposed meeting
between the two on Holsten’s river. Stuart complains of evil behavior of the back inhabitants of
Virginia, their encroachments on Indian land, and destruction of the latter’s hunting grounds and
game. 6 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 399-400
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Sept. 3. Letter from John Stuart. Charlestown. Regarding a proposed meeting at Holsten’s
river between the inhabitants of Virginia and the Cherokee chiefs to discuss land purchases.
C.O. 5/229, pp. 1-3
S.R. 578
M 269
1774 Sept. 8. Sec. of State to Dunmore. Allegations that some people in the back settlements of
Virginia have made unprovoked attacks on the Indians on the Ohio River. Also that “one
Conolly: instigated these attacks, and “has presumed to reestablish the Fort at Pittsburg” and
taken other unlawful action.
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 114-115
S.R. 243
M 201
1774 Sept. 8. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Repeating complaints made in
Pennsylvania that Virginia has stirred the Ohio Indians to hostilities by unprovoked attacks.
C.O. 5/1375, ff. 102vo-103ro
S.R. 854
M 232
1774 Sept. 10. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Guy Park. Complaining once more on the
disorderly behavior of the frontier Virginians and the trouble caused by them amongst the
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Indians, especially the Shawanese and their confederates who seem prepared to go to war on this
account.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 455-457
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Sept. 10. Letter from Col. Guy Johnson. Guy Park. Regarding the trouble caused with the
Indians by the disorderly conduct of the frontier inhabitants of Virginia.
C.O. 5/229, pp. 6-12
S.R. 578
M 269
1774 Sept. 12. Letter from John Stuart. Charlestown. Discussing the probably intentions of the
Cherokees towards Virginians.
C.O. 5/229, pp. 4-6
S.R. 578
M 269
1774 Sept. 16. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Fort Pitt. Informing Hillsborough of his plan
to combat the Shawanese on the Ohio.
C.O. 5/1373, f. 15ro
S.R. 852
M 232
1774 Sept. 16. Dunmore to Sec. of State. Proposes tomorrow to go down the Ohio with nearly
2,000 men to look for and “chastise” the Shawanese Indians.
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 1-2
S.R. 244
M 202
1774 Sept. 29. Lt. Col. Caldwell, Commander at Niagra, to Col. Guy Johnson. (Niagra) Caldwell
reports that the Shawanese have asked the help of the Senecas in going to war against the
English, and in particular, the Virginians. If the Virginians and Shawanese persist in carrying on
war, that war will become general.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 507-509
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Oct. 5. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Desiring Dunmore not to call an
assembly meeting until the royal pleasure is known, unless the imminence of an Indian war
makes the meeting imperative.
C.O. 5/1375, ff. 105vo-106ro
S.R. 854
M 232
176
1774 Oct. 6. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Guy Park. Transmitting the proceedings of a
Congress with the Indians on 20 Sept. Johnson hopes that by strong friendship fostered with the
Indians at this congress, he may intimidate those other tribes who have disturbed the frontiers as
a result of the conduct of the Virginians. A body of three thousand Virginians is reported being
prepared to march against the Shawanese. 2 enc.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 479-481
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Nov. 2. The Earl of Dartmouth to John Stuart. Dartmouth finds it impossible to advise
Stuart on the dispute with the Creeks and the disturbances in the back of Virginia and the
Carolinas.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 451-452
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Nov. 2. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Approving and discussing the
measures taken by Dunmore against the Indians.
C,O. 5/1375, f. 106vo
S.R. 854
M 232
1774 Nov. 2. Earl of Dartmouth to Stuart. Whitehall. The method of conciliating the Indians,
after the disturbances in the back of Virginian and the Carolinas, is left to Stuart’s discretion.
C.O. 5/242, pp. 21-22
S.R. 591
M 270
1774 Nov. 2. Sec. of State to Dunmore. The Indian War; his action in marching into the heart of
the Indian country is approved.
C.O. 5/1352, ff. 165-166
S.R. 243
M 201
1774 Dec. 1. Proceeding of a Congress held with the Six Nations. Guy Parke. The Indians
express their alarm at the actions of Virginia and ask that the Virginians buy their axe and do not
invade Indian country.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 27-39
S.R. 480
M 264
1774 Dec. 14. Col. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Guy Park. Enclosing a report on the
congress with the Six Nations at Onondaga. The Six Nations are much alarmed at the invasion
by Virginia of the Shawanese Country and their cooperation with the latter against the British is
much to be feared.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 19-25
177
S.R. 480
M 264
1774 Dec. 15. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Stuart reports that Virginia is
involved in a war with the Shawanese and western tribes. The young Cherokees seem inclined to
join the Shawanese but some satisfaction has been given to Lord Dunmore regarding the murder
of Captain Russell’s party by the putting to death of two of the murderers.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 5-9
S.R. 480
M 264
1774 Dec. 15. Letter from John Stuart. Charlestown. Regarding Cameron’s talks with the
Cherokees on the murder of Captain Russell and his party in Virginia.
C.O. 5/229, pp. 32-36
S.R. 578
M 269
1774 Dec. 24. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. He gives the historical
background of Virginia’s quarrel with the Indians from the time of Bouquet’s expedition,
describing the many intermittent raids and disturbances on the frontiers and his own recent rip to
Pittsburg, his conference with the Delawares, Six Nations, and other Indians and the outcome of
his expedition against the Shawanese.
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 15-52ro
S.R. 852
M 232
1774 Dec. 24. Dunmore to Sec. of State. Depredations and murders committed by the Indians
described in detail.
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 7-39
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Jan. 3. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth. Charlestown. Stuart reports that the
Chickasaws and the Chactaws remain faithful in declining to join the Shawanese against the
Virginians. He describes the illegal practice common among the inhabitants of Virginian and
North Carolina of obtaining titles to land from individual Indians in exchange for liquor or
presents.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 59-63
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 Jan. 7. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Expressing the wish that Dunmore
had communicated his plans for combating the frontier Indians to the Superintendant for the
northern district and that the Six Nations might have been left to chastise the Shawanese.
C.O. 5/1375, f. 109
S.R. 854
178
M 232
1775 Jan. 7. Sec. of State to Dunmore. Regrets that Dunmore did not communicate his plan to
make an expedition against the Shawanese Indians to H.M. Superintendent for the northern
district. This officer has reported that the Six Nations disapprove of the conduct of these Indians.
Dunmore’s action may have the effect of uniting the “whole body of Indians in one
confederacy”.
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 5-6
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Jan. 20. Reporting on a meeting with the Six Nations. Guy Park. The war between the
Virginians and the Shawanese is discussed. The Shawanese have informed the Six Nations that
certain of their Seneca allies are imprisoned in Fort Pitt and that the Governor of Virginia is
determined to march against them. Johnson reports that the Shawanese have now made peace
with the Virginians and ceded them land.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 149-164
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 Jan. 23. Col. William Preston to Dunmore. Activities of Col. Henderson and others from
North Carolina in negotiations for the purchase of lands from the Cherokees. (extract)
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 7 Feb. 1775)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 93-94
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Jan. 23. Proclamation by Dunmore requiring all persons in the colony “strictly to refrain
from committing any violence upon, or doing any injury to, Indians of whatsoever tribe or
nation”. (copy)
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 7 Feb. 1775)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 95-96
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Feb. 1. The Earl of Dartmouth to Guy Johnson. Whitehall. Dartmouth expresses himself at
a loss to know for what reasons the Virginians have entered into war with the Shawanese.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 51-52
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 Feb. 1. The Earl of Dartmouth to Guy Johnson, Esq. Whitehall. Dartmouth still does not
know by what motives the Virginians were prompted to hostilities against the Shawanese. He
hopes that Johnson will be able to avoid any ill consequences caused by the Virginians’ actions
against the Indians.
C.O. 5/242, pp. (54)-55
179
S.R. 591
M 270
1775 Feb. 7. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Transmitting public papers and
correspondence on the termination of the Indian disturbances, and on the continued attempts of
certain back settlers to purchase land from the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 52vo-54ro
S.R. 852
M 232
1775 Feb. 7. Dunmore to Sec. of State. Success of his expedition into Indian Territory.
Unauthorized purchase of lands from the Cherokees still continuing.
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 87-88
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Feb. 10-16. Extracts from the proceedings with the chiefs of the Oneida and Oughquaga
before Guy Johnson. Regarding among other matters, the release by the Gov. of Virginia of
seven Senecas held prisoner at Fort Pitt and closely affiliated with the Six Nations and the breach
made by the whites of the boundary line settlement established at Fort Stanwix.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 205-217
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 Feb. 13. Letter from Col. Guy Johnson. Guy Park. A general account of Indian affairs,
including the transactions of the Shawanese with the Virginians and treaty concluded between
them.
C.O. 5/229, pp. 42-47
S.R. 578
M 269
1775 Feb. 13. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Guy Park. Enclosing a report on a congress
held with the Six Nations. The Shawanese in order to gain their alliance have sent messages to
the Six Nations that Virginia intends to quarrel with the latter. The Six Nations, however, have
refused to meet with the Shawanese at a congress proposed by the latter.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 145-147
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 Feb. 22. “Proposals for the encouragement of settling the lands purchased by Messrs.
Richard Henderson and Co. on the branches of the Mississippi River from the Cherokee Tribe of
Indians.” (copy)
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 14 March 1775)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 126-128
S.R. 244
M 202
180
1775 Feb. 28. Proceedings of a congress with the Cayugas and Six Nations. Guy Park. The
Indians express their uneasiness about the war between the Shawanese and Virginians and their
mistrust of the latter’s motives towards themselves. Johnson denies the reports sent by the
Shawanese of the hostile intentions of Virginia towards the Six Nations.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 219-233
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 March 3. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Praising Dunmore’s activities
against the Indians. Discussing the disallowance of the Indian purchase on the Ohio and the
means of preventing the Indian purchase on the Ohio and means of preventing the various
Virginian counties from putting into execution the resolutions of the General Congress.
C.O. 5/1375, ff. 109-111ro
S.R. 854
M 232
1775 March 3. The Earl of Dartmouth to John Stuart. Whitehall. Dartmouth regrets the want of a
proper law in the colonies for preventing settlements on the Indian lands but states that the
present time is unsuitable for introducing a general regulation in this matter.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 117-119
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 March 3. Sec. of State to Dunmore. Instructs him to signify the King’s disallowance of “the
Indian purchase upon the Ohio”…
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 84-86
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 March 16. Guy Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth. Guy Park. Enclosing a report on his
proceedings with various groups of Indians.
C.O. 5/76, pp. 201-203
S.R. 480
M 264
1775 March 23. Dunmore to the Chiefs of the Cherokees. Advising them to discontinue
negotiations with Henderson and his associates. (copy)
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 14 March 1775)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 130-131
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 July 6. Copy of “a talk from the Shawanese, Delawares, Mingoes” and other Indians to
Major Connolly at Fort Dunmore. Affirmation of loyalty to Dunmore and the “one king”.
(Enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Sec. of State, 24 Sept. 1775)
181
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 296-297
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Sept. 24. Dunmore to Sec. of State. The Ohio Indians have affirmed their obedience to his
orders.
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 251-254
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Sept. 24. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Ship William, Elizabeth River, Virginia. The
Ohio Indians remain loyal to the Crown.
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 96-100
S.R. 852
M 232
1775 Oct. 15. Letter from William Trent dated at Fort Pitt and referring to the arrival of a
delegate from Virginia to join in negotiations with the Indians and describing Indian raids and
cruelties.
C.O. 5/40, ff. 52-63
S.R. 437
M 261
(1776) Mr. Daniel Murphy to Sinittahougey and other Indian Headmen. Warning the Indians not
to join the loyalists and pointing out the fate suffered by the Cherokees at the hands of the rebels
who have killed a hundred of them, burnt eight towns and cut down all their corn.
C.O. 5/78, p. 97
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 March 8. Commission appointing Guy Johnson to be “Colonel of our Faithful subjects and
Allies, the Six United Nations of Indians and their Confederates in the Northern parts of North
America” dated at St. James’.
C.O. 324/53, pp. 45-46
S.R. 1334
M 320
1776 March 28. John Stuart, Esq., Supt. Of Indian Affairs, to Lord George Germaine, Sec. of
State, dated at Charlestown. Regarding alliances with Indians living on the banks of the
Mississippi River.
T. 1/525, ff. 49-50
S.R. 1469
M 351
1776 May 7. Henry Stuart to John Stuart. Toquah. Complaining again of encroachments made by
settlers into Indian territory, especially at Holsten’s river, and describing the allegiances of the
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different Indians in the present disturbances. Suggesting that one Capt. Guest, formerly an officer
in the Virginia regiment, be appointed a government officer in the Indian service.
C.O. 5/77, p. 285-291
S.R. 481
M 264
1776 June 15. Robert Millar and Richard King to Alexander Cameron. No place (but probably
South Carolina). Expressing an opinion that many inhabitants of Virginia would join the royal
cause if they had the opportunity, and reporting that the Virginians were assembling to attack the
Indian towns. (copy)
C.O. 5/94, ff. 47-50
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 June 28. Henry Stuart to Edward Wilkinson. Toqua. Complaining that forgery has been
committed in order to involved the Virginia and North Carolina frontier settlements in war with
the Indians.
C.O. 5/94, ff. 67-68
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 July 18. Letter from Richard Cumberland, dated Whitehall, to John Robinson relative to
three Bills drawn on treasury by Thomas, Deputy Supt. Of Indian Affairs.
T. 1/525, ff. 51-52
S.R. 1469
M 351
1776 Aug. 18. G. Golphin to Timothy Bernard. Ogeechee. Regarding the defeat and destruction
of the Cherokees by the rebel forces, chiefly from Virginia and the danger Mr. Cameron is in
from the remaining Cherokees who feel he has lied to them.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 101-103
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 Aug. 23. John Stuart to Lord George Germaine. Pensacola. Reporting that the Cherokees
have ostensibly in the British cause, fallen upon the back inhabitants of the southern provinces
and cause great devastation. The widespread individual acquisition of Indian lands outside the
boundary divisions is put forward as one of the chief causes of Indian discontent. The settlers on
Holsten’s river are particularly pointed out in this context.
C.O. 5/77, pp. 247-254
S.R. 481
M 264
1776 Aug. 25. Henry Stuart to John Stuart. Pensacola. Reporting that the Cherokees have gone
out against the back settlements of Carolina and Virginia and outlining the transactions carried
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on with them prior to this move. The complaints of the Indians about encroachments into their
land from Virginia and North Carolina are blamed for causing this trouble.
C.O. 5/77, pp. 335-375
S.R. 481
M 264
1776 Aug. 29 and Sept. 2. Henry Hamilton to Earl of Dartmouth. Detroit. Regarding the relations
of the Indians with Virginia. (extract)
C.O. 5/7, ff. 341-342 vo
S.R. 265
M 259
1776 Aug. 29 and Sept. 2. Henry Hamilton to Earl of Dartmouth. Detroit. Regarding the relations
of the Indians with Virginia. (extract)
C.O. 5/7, ff. 341-342
S.R. 256
M 227
1776 Aug. 30. Governor Chester to General Sir William Howe. Pensacola. Reporting the attack
by 1,800 Cherokees on the frontier settlements of Virginia and the Carolinas in July. (copy)
C.O. 5/94, ff. 86-87
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 Aug. 30. John Stuart to General Sir William Howe. Pensacola. Reporting (f. 44) Indian
attacks on frontier areas of Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. (copy)
C.O. 5/94, ff. 43-46
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 Aug. 31. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Toquah. Hoping that the Creeks may be
induced to aid the Cherokees in defending their land against the Virginians, into whose hands it
otherwise seems likely to fall.
C.O. 5/78, ff. 43-49
S.R. 482
M 264
(1776) A talk of the Committee of Fincastle County in Virginia to Oucconnastotah and the other
Cherokee chiefs. Expressing the hope that the friendship existing between Virginia and the
Cherokees will be maintained, ad that the latter are not, as had been rumored, prepared to go to
war; regretting also the encroachments into Indian lands of settlers from Virginia.
C.O. 5/77, pp. 383-386
S.R. 481
M 264
184
1776 Sept. 23. Alexander Cameron to John Stuart. Toquah. Reporting that an army from North
Carolina and Virginia has for the past 10 days been in the middle (Cherokee) settlement which it
has burned and destroyed. The Cherokees need ammunition, blankets, paint, and other supplies.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 89-94
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 Sept. 28. Talk of the Headmen of the Lower Creek Nation to John Stuart. Chihaws.
Expressing their loyalty and their uncertainty as to whether their assistance should be given first
to the Cherokees against the Virginians or to the defense of Saint Augustine.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 85-56
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 Oct. 26. John Stuart to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Regarding the distressed state of all the
southern tribes caused by the success of the rebels and the lack of support given to the loyal
subjects and Indians by His Majesty’s government.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 29-37
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 Nov. 2. Information given to Alexander Cameron by an Upper Creek Chief for the
information of John Stuart. Little Tallassie. Complaining of the recent action of the Virginians
and reasserting the loyalty of his people to the king. (copy)
C.O. 5/94, ff. 157-158
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 Nov. 6. Lord George Germaine to James Stuart. Whitehall. Reporting that the Cherokees
have already commenced hostilities against the rebels in Carolina and Virginia. Stuart is
instructed to support them and supply them with all things necessary for war.
C.O. 5/77, pp. 237-241
S.R. 481
M 264
1776 Nov. 6. Lord George Germaine to John Stuart. Whitehall. Hoping that Stuart has persuaded
the Creeks and Chactaws to join in the hostile activities of the Cherokees against the rebels in
Carolina and Virginia. The Cherokees are to be given all support and supplies.
C.O. 5/242, pp. (126)-(128)
S.R. 591
M 270
1776 Nov. 14. William Thompson to Alexander Cameron. Attowa Hatchie. A statement by a
Cherokee chief concerning negotiations between his nation and the Virginian rebels and the
resulting raids on frontier settlements.
C.O. 5/94, ff. 153-156
185
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 Nov. 19. Talk from Ermistisguo to John Stuart. Little Tallassie. Stating that the Virginians
are now close to his nation and that he intends to prevent them from approaching any closer.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 161-162
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 Nov. 24. John Stuart to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Reporting that the Overhill Cherokees,
terrified by a band of rebels from Virginia amounting to about 4,000 men, have fled and left their
towns. Oucconnastotah has been persuaded by the rebel Brig. Lewis to turn over Mr. Cameron to
him by a trick, but Mr. Cameron, having been warned of this, has retreated to the Creek nation.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 143-148
S.R. 482
M 264
1776 Dec. 22. John Stuart to Gen. Sir William Howe. Pensacola. Reporting that when the
Cherokees attacked the frontier settlements of Virginia and Carolina, the Virginians hurriedly
left the Cherokee country and are now in great distress for want of clothing. (copy)
C.O. 4/94, ff. 152-152B
S.R. 458
M 265
1776 (1778?) Mr. John Stuart to Lord George Germaine. Pensacola. Stuart reports that he
expects letters on the situation of the Cherokees who he fears have drawn the rebel forces upon
the country. Plans are being made to post the Chickasaws and Cherokees on the Ohio to prevent
the passage of the rebel forces.
C.O. 5/79, pp. 253-257
S.R. 483
M 264
(1777) “A list of persons well disposed to His Majesty’s government living on the frontiers of
Virginia.” Includes eight persons living at Fort Pitt, as well as certain Indians and others “to be
heard of at Fort Pitt.”
(enclosed in letter from Dunmore to Mr. Knox, 25 March 1777)
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 412-413
S.R. 244
M 202
1777 Jan. 19. Talk of William Christian to the Raven, a Cherokee Chief. Fort Patrick Henry.
Christian, a rebel Colonel, invites the Cherokees to a conference at Williamsburg. He states that
the intention of the Virginian forces was not to destroy the Cherokees but to convince them of
their errors.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 293-298
S.R. 482
186
M 264
1777 Feb. 6. The Cussitah Talk in the Thlay Catska Square. Desiring ammunition and other
supplies for defense against the Virginians, who are daily approaching.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 221
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 Feb. 19. David Faith to John Stuart. Little Tallassie. Reporting that Ermistisiguo has set out
to join the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 213-214
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 March 3. P. Henry to Oucconnastotah. Inviting the Cherokee headmen to meet the
Virginian rebel officers to confirm the peace between them and promising all assistance to the
Cherokees in the future.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 319-321
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 March 10. John Stuart to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Despite their severe chastisement by
the rebels, the Cherokees still hold out and desire the cooperation of the Creeks and whites to
continue the struggle. It is also hoped that the Chickasaws and Chactaws can be induced to join
forces with them.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 209-212
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 March 10. John Stuart to William Knox. Pensacola. Stuart hopes to engage the Chactaws
and Chickasaws in a general confederacy with the Creeks and Cherokees to act against the
rebels.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 231-234
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 March 28. Nathanial Gust to the Cherokee Chiefs. Great Island Fort. Exhorting the
Cherokees to make peace with Virginia and informing them that the Delawares and Shawanese
have already done so. Should they make peace the Cherokees are promised powder, lead, and
other supplies.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 323-325
S.R. 482
M 264
187
1777 April 2. Lord Germaine to John Stuart. Whitehall. Outlining the uses to which the Indians
are to be put against the rebels. Orders are to be given to Lt. Gov. Hamilton at the Detroit to use
the Indians in making a diversion on the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia.
C.O. 5/242, pp. 156-159
S.R. 591
M 270
1777 May 14. John Stuart to Chickasaws and Chactaws. Mobile. Warning the Chickasaws that
the rebels in North Carolina and Virginia have been preparing boats for a long time to go down
the Cherokee River and get a footing in the Chickasaw land and exhorting the Chickasaws to join
forces on the loyalist side.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 305-310
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 June 14. John Stuart to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Stuart reports on the piteous state of the
Cherokees who have been driven out of their habitations and are wandering about destitute and
encloses letters sent to them by the rebel governor of Virginia, Mr. Henry.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 285-291
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 Oct. 11. Lord Germaine to John Stuart. Whitehall. Enclosing extracts of letters from Lt.
Gov. Hamilton on his success in engaging the Lake Indians in an attack on the frontiers of
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/242, pp. 172-174
S.R. 591
M 270
1777 Oct. 11. Lord Germaine to John Stuart. Whitehall. Germaine encloses extracts of letters
from Lt. Gov. Hamilton regarding attempts to engage the Lake Indians in an attack upon the
frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 349-353
S.R. 482
M 264
1777 Oct. 21. Royal Warrant dated at St. James’s, signed by Lord Germaine, Sec. of State,
appointing John Stuart to be “Colonel of our faithful subjects and allies the Indians of the Creek,
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Catawba nations, and of all other Indian tribes within the
department of the Supt. Of the southern district in North America” during His Majesty’s pleasure
and under the orders of the commander-in-chief in North America.
C.O. 324/44, p. 25
S.R. 1329
M 320
188
1777 Nov. 24. Narrative of William Grant, late Sergeant in the rebel army, on board the Queen
and Indiaman at Gravesend. An account of the war between the Cherokees and Virginians and
other activities of the rebel forces.
C.O. 5/78, pp. 363, 365-370
S.R. 482
M 264
1778 Jan. 28. John Stuart to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Stuart gives a general report on the
Indian situation in the southern district. The Cherokees, despite the chastisement they have
received from the rebels, are ready to act again. They have upbraided the Creeks for not assisting
them formerly.
C.O. 5/79, pp. 127-134
S.R. 483
M 264
1778 Aug. 10. John Stuart to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Stuart reports upon the state and
alliances of the Indians in the southern district and on the progress of the rebels. A party of
Cherokees are guarding the Ohio at its confluence with the Cherokee River in order to intercept
any supplies being sent that way to the rebels.
C.O. 5/79, pp. 367-381
S.R. 483
M 264
(1778) memorial of Alexander Ross to Lord Germaine regarding commission of Lord
Dunmore’s to supply the troops and Indian allies with necessaries. Ross suffered great loss of
property after being taken prisoner by rebels.
T. 1/540, ff. 39-40
S.R. 1477
M 351
1779 Jan. 13. Henry Hamilton, Lt. Gov. of Detroit, to the Commandant at Natchez. St.
Vincennes. Reporting the intention to launch a large-scale attack by several named Indian
nations “against the Virginians” as early as possible in the spring. (copy)
C.O. 5/97, ff. 242-243
S.R. 461
M 265
1779 April 9. Robert Dews to Alexander Cameron. Ustonalla. Reporting that the Cherokees are
unanimously against the rebels and describing an expedition led by Scott accompanied by both
whites and Indians.
C.O. 5/80, pp. 355-358
S.R. 484
M 264
1779 April 15. Extract of a letter from Alston to Hardy Perry. Natchez. Reporting the raising of a
rebel expedition on the Holsten River to go against the Chickamauga Indians.
189
C.O. 5/80, p. 439
S.R. 484
M 264
1779 May 10. Alexander Cameron to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Enclosing letters on Cherokee
affairs which show that tribe to continue loyal to the British cause and lamenting the loss of John
Stuart, late Supt. Of Indian Affairs.
C.O. 5/80, pp. 343-349
S.R. 484
M 264
1779 May 20. The commissioners for Indian affairs to Alexander Cameron. Pensacola. Cameron
is given instructions on how to manage the company of loyal refugees and the Cherokees in a
campaign against the rebels in the southern provinces. He is given ammunition, presents, and
other goods to distribute amongst the Indians.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 173-176
S.R. 485
M 264
1779 May 22. A Chickasaw talk to the rebels in answer to Selby’s talk from the Ohio,
Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaws refuse to join the rebel cause but exhort the rebels to loyalty
to the King, reminding them of the time when the Virginias were saved from the French and
Indians by the interposition of British troops.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 179-181
S.R. 485
M 264
1779 June 24. Commission dated at St. James, signed at His Majesty’s command by Lord
George Germaine, Sec. of State, for Thomas Brown to be Agent for and Superintendent of Indian
Affairs of the Creeks, Cherokees, Catawbas, and other Indian tribes in the Southern District on
the Atlantic Ocean side. (another agent was appointed on the Mississippi side of the southern
district)
C.O. 324/53, p. 71
S.R. 1334
M 320
1779 June 25. Lord Germaine to Alexander Cameron and Col. Browne. Whitehall. Following the
death of John Stuart, the Supt. Of Indian Affairs, Germaine appoints Supts. For the different
tribes and sections of the district.
C.O. 5/80, pp. 247-251
S.R. 484
M 264
1779 July 3. Extracts from a Pennsylvania paper… a resolution of the Council at Williamsburg
dated 16 June 1779 ordering three named prisoners of war taken at St. Vincennes to be confined
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in irons in a dungeon of the common jail and to be denied all converse with others, on the
grounds that they had encouraged Indian attacks on frontier settlements.
C.O. 5/98, pp. 273-276
S.R. 462
M 265
1779 July 12. The commissioners for Indian affairs to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. The
Commissioners report, among other things, upon the company of Loyal Refugees, commanded
by Capt. Alexander Cameron, and upon the various loyalties of the Indians. The Cherokees are
especially enraged after an attack made upon the Chuckanage settlement by a party of three
hundred rebels and are on guard against further operations by the latter on the Ohio River.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 145-156
S.R. 485
M 264
1779 Sept. 9. Sir Henry Clinton to General Haldiman. New York. Expressing his hope that the
Indians “from your quarter” will be prevailed upon to threaten the frontiers of Virginia in great
force and thus assist the projected British expedition in South Carolina. (extract)
C.O. 5/98, pp. 599-602
S.R. 462
M 265
1779 Oct. 15. Memorial of Alexander Ross to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Ross
asks to be reimbursed for the money he expended in Virginia furnishing pay, arms, and
provisions for the troops and Indians raised on behalf of the British there.
C.O. 5/117, p. 51
S.R. 492
M 267
1779 Dec. 18. Letter from Alexander Cameron to Sec. of State. Pensacola. Reporting on an
attack made by the Virginians upon Cherokee settlements and upon the efforts of Mr. Martin, a
Commissioner appointed by the Stadholders of Virginia to superintend the Cherokee, to persuade
the loyal Cherokees to remain neutral.
C.O. 5/230, pp. 136-144
S.R. 579
M 269
1779 Dec. 18. Alexander Cameron to Lord Germaine. Pensacola. Reporting a surprise attack
upon the Cherokees made by a group of Virginians from Holsten River and the overtures made
to the Indians by Mr. Martin, a rebel commissioner, who has tried to induce them to remain
neutral in the present difficulties. The Cherokees however, are described as the most loyal of all
the Indian tribes.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 73-81
S.R. 485
M 264
191
(1779) Memorial of Alexander Ross to Lord Germaine. Ross describing his expenditures, losses,
and sufferings when commanding the troops and Indian allies raised in Virginia and when
captured by the rebels and asks due compensation for the same.
C.O. 5/117, p. 43
S.R. 492
M 267
1780s
1780 March 10. An estimate of the number of officers and expenses for conducting the Creek
and Cherokee Indians during the war with the Rebels, French and Spaniards, Savannah.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 305-306
S.R. 485
M 264
1780 March 10. Col. Thomas Brown to Lord George Germaine, Savannah. Reporting an
intended congress with the Creek and Cherokee Indians at Savannah and the use to which the
Indians are to be put in the fight against the rebels. The estimate of officers needed for
conducting the Indian campaign (cf. pp. 305-306) is considered too small.
C.O. 5/81, pp. 309-319
S.R. 485
M 264
1780 March 19. Thomas Jefferson to Col. George Rogers Clarke, Williamsburg. Instructs Clarke
to give up the expedition against Detroit and punish hostile Indians on the Mississippi…
Add Ms. 21835, f. 13
S.R. 165
M 281
1780 Aug. 12. Thomas Jefferson to Governor Nash. Concerns punitive measures against the
Cherokees.
Add Ms. 38650, f. 12vo
S.R. 332
M 284
1780 August 22. Capt. Alexander McKee to Major De Peyster. Reports the destruction of an
Indian village…
Add Ms. 21781, f. 76
S.R. 18
M 281
(1780) Return of presents supplied by Alexander Cameron, Deputy Supt. for the Cherokee
Nation.
C.O. 5/81, p. 611
S.R. 485
M 264
192
1781 Feb. 14. Mr. Charles Shaw to Lord George Germaine, Savannah. Reporting that
considerable bodies of Cherokees are out on the frontiers of North Carolina and Va. in order to
prevent the back inhabitants opposing Lord Cornwallis’s progress. A great part of the rebel
settlements on the Watago and Holsten Rivers have been destroyed by the Cherokees.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 331-333
S.R. 486
M 264
1781 June 6. Mr. W. Knox to Mr. Charles Shaw, Whitehall. Commenting upon Shaw’s letter (pp.
331-333). Col. Brown is to direct the Cherokees to cooperate with detachments being ordered
down from the upper posts in Canada in preventing the rebels from opposing Lord Cornwallis’s
operation on the side of Va.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 351-352
S.R. 486
M 264
1781 Sept. 1. Talk from the Cherokee Nation (to Mr. Thomas Brown?), Savannah. The
Cherokees need ammunition and clothes. Oucconnostatah has led the rebels in Va. to believe he
wanted peace in order to have time to save the corn crop.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 575-577
S.R. 486
M 264
1782 April 6. Mr. Thomas Brown to Lord George Germaine, Savannah. Reporting on the
continued loyalty and bravery of the Cherokees and the losses they have suffered at the hands of
the rebels on the Ohio.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 555-560
S.R. 486
M 264
1782 July 28. General Haldimand to Sir Guy Carleton. Quebec. Reporting (p. 94) that Col.
Crawford and two other rebel officers had been tortured after capture by Indians in an action near
Detroit on 4 and 5 June 1782; this was claimed to be in retaliation for an alleged massacre of
some 80 Moravian Indians at Muskinggum by Virginians.
C.O. 5/107, pp. 91-96
S.R. 466
M 267
1782 Sept. 25. Mr. Thomas Brown to the Earl of Shelburne, Fort Picolata, St. Johns River.
Commenting upon the outstanding loyalty exhibited by the Cherokees throughout the war and
the suffering they have endured from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 687-691
S.R. 486
M 264
193
1783 Feb. 17. General Haldimand to Genera Sir Guy Carleton. Quebec. Reporting the apparent
intention of the Six Nations Indians to retaliate on the Americans for “the late barbarity
committed by the Virginians” in destroying a Shawnee settlement, and requesting that General
Washington should be informed.
C.O. 5/109, pp. 45-48
S.R. 468
M 267
1783 April 14. George Washington to Brig. Gen. Maclean. Headquarters, Newburgh… cessation
of hostilities in hopes of avoiding hostilities from frontier Indians.
Add Ms. 21763, ff. 42ro-43vo
S.R. 512
M 281
1783 June 1. Mr. Thomas Brown to Lord Thomas Townsend. St. Augustine. Brown is worried
about the fate of the Indians in the peace negotiations. The principal chiefs of the Upper Creeks
and Cherokees have heard that the British intend to make peace with the Virginian rebels and
Spaniards and give the Indians to them.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 735-741
S.R. 486
M 264
1783 July 30. Mr. Thomas Brown to Lord Frederick North, St. Augustine. Reporting on the state
of anarchy and confusion in the southern provinces and conceiving the feat that the Cherokees,
due to their exposed situation and lack of arms, will be compelled to give up part of their hunting
lands on the frontiers of Virginia and the Carolinas.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 785-787
S.R. 486
M 264
1783 Oct. 24. Mr. Thomas Brown to Lord Frederick North, St. Augustine. Reporting the feat of
the Cherokees and Creeks that the rumor from Va. is true that the King intends to make peace
with the rebels and give them the Indian lands and families as a present.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 807-809
S.R. 486
M 264
1783 Nov. 17. Talk of the Little Turkey and the Headmen of the Overhill Cherokees to Lt Col.
Thomas Brown, Cherokee River. The Cherokees remind them of their continued loyalty to and
sufferings for the British. They have heard that the latter, in making peace with the Virginians,
have given them Cherokee land.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 893-895
S.R. 486
M 264
194
1783 Dec. 30. Talk of the Upper Creek Chiefs to Lt. Col. Thomas Brown. Talhassie. Again the
Indians fear the truth of the rumors that they are being betrayed to Virginia.
C.O. 5/82, pp. 897-899
S.R. 486
M 264
Indians – Descriptions
N.D. Enquiries concerning those several kinds of things, which are reported to be in Virginia and
the Bermudas, not found in England. A question about the size and color of natives.
Sloane 2903, ff. 112-113vo
S.R. 17
M 278
1660 March 4. Enquiries concerning those several kind of things which are reported to be in
Virginia and the Bermudas, not found in England, such as the size and color of natives.
Egerton 2395, f. 297
S.R. 62
M 279
Circa 1700? Description of Virginia. The contents are the physical traits, social habits, dress,
food, and lodgings of Indians.
Add Ms. 24982, ff. 186ro-197ro; 352; 353ro
S.R. 523
M 282
(on ff. 351-356 are engravings of Indians)
Indian Hunting Grounds
1764 Feb. 13. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reviewing the whole question of the grant of land on the rivers flowing into the Mississippi and
westward of the mountains, the resentment of the Indians at the loss of what they claim as their
hunting grounds…
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 292-295
S.R. 793
M 244
(1765) A map of the Cherokee Country. John Stuart fecit. Ms. Map of area southern and east of
Holstein River, with some outlying rivers and mountains. Shows Indian villages and hunting
grounds…
add Ms. 14036, f. 10
S.R. 378
M 280
195
1766 Nov. 24. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North America,
to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Charlestown. No reply had been received concerning the proposal to fix
and mark the Virginian boundary where it ran in touch with the Indian hunting grounds…
C.O. 323/24, ff. 199-204
S.R. 926
M 303
1767 Feb. 2. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Earl of Shelburne, Secretary of State. Again
recommending that he be authorized to settle the boundary line between the Cherokee hunting
grounds and Virginia.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 174-175
S.R. 794
M 244
1767 Dec. 12. Mr. Penn to Lord Shelburne, Sec. of State. Spring Garden. Enclosing letters
pertaining to the dangerous mood of the Indians owing to the continual intrusion into their
hunting grounds of settlers from Va. and Maryland, the failure to settle and mark the boundary
and to prevent white settlers illegally occupying Indian land.
C.O. 323/24, ff. 479-487
S.R. 926
M 303
1768 May 7. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Shelburne, Charlestown. Voicing the complaints of
the Cherokee of encroachments into their hunting territory made by the Virginians.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 191-193ro
S.R. 29
M 206
1768 Dec. 20. Gov. Botetourt to Mr. Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs. Williamsburg. Requiring
him to consult with the Virginian Commissioners (Col. Lewis and Dr. Walker) and to adjust his
proposed boundary line between Virginia and the Cherokee hunting grounds so as to include in
the colony a large tract of land purchased by Sir William Johnson from the Six Nations at Fort
Stanwix recently.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 52-53
S.R. 795 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
M 244
1768 Dec. 20. Gov. Botetourt to the Virginian Commissioners (Col. Lewis and Dr. Walker).
Williamsburg. Requiring them to meeting Mr. Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs, and to concert with
him a new boundary line between Virginia and the Cherokee hunting grounds so as to include in
the colony a large tract of land recently bought from the Six Nations by Sir William Johnson at
Fort Stanwix. (see f. 52)
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 54-55
S.R. 795 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
M 244
196
1769 May 11. Representation dated at Whitehall addressed to His Majesty by the Com. For
Trade and Plantations reviewing the negotiations with the Indians concerning the cession of
Indian hunting grounds to the colonies…
C.O. 324/18, pp. 317-324
S.R. 1303
M 309
1769 July 29. Translation of a “Talk” made to Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the
southern district, at Toquah, by certain named Cherokee Chiefs complaining of the encroachment
of Virginian colonists into the Indian hunting grounds and asking that the Governor of Va. be
asked to take suitable action to prevent this in the future.
C.O. 323/27, pp. 33-36
S.R. 929
M 303
1770 Jan. 13. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North America,
to Gov. Botetourt. Charlestown. Representing the strong Indian objections to giving up more of
their hunting grounds for white settlement, mentioning complaints made to him by the Creeks of
Virginian settlements on the Mississippi River, warning of the danger of an Indian confederacy
waging war in defense of their lands, requesting him to restrain Virginian desires to extend the
colony’s boundaries at Indian expense.
C.O. 323/27, pp. 37-42
S.R. 929
M 303
1770 Jan. 20. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North American,
to the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State. Charlestown. Reporting the numerous complaints from
the Indians that Virginian settlers were encroaching on their hunting grounds.
C.O. 323/27, pp. 7-10
S.R. 929
M 303
1771 April 27. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, Charlestown. Regarding emissaries
sent by the western Indians to the Cherokees, the want of regulation of the Indian traders and the
frightening away by white settlers of game from the Indian hunting grounds…
C.O. 5/72, pp. 421-424
S.R. 296
M 264
1772 April 11. Lt. Gov. Dunmore to the Earl of Hillsborough. Williamsburg. Reporting the
completion of the survey of the new boundary between VA. and the Cherokee hunting grounds.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 180-184
S.R. 796
M 245
197
1773 Sept. 20. Testimonial of Mr. Alexander Cameron for Ugayoolah, Toquah. Allowing him to
hunt towards the Holsten River without molestation from the whites. Warning the whites that all
persons trespassing on Cherokee hunting grounds will be prosecuted.
C.O. 5/75, p. 435
S.R. 299
M 264
1774 Sept. 3. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Dartmouth, Charlestown. Stuart complains once
again of the evil behavior of the back inhabitants of Va., their encroachments on Indian lands and
destruction of the latter’s hunting grounds and game.
C.O. 5/75, pp. 399-400
S.R. 299
M 264
Indians – Land
1688 May 1. Minutes of the Council of Virginia. Represents to the King that many years ago
larges quantities of land were laid out for the use of Indians, namely the Pomunky Neck and the
South Side of Black Water. Formerly there lived large numbers of Indians, but they have
decreased and make little or no use of the land. The country lies open for foreign Indians. The
Indians have put in a request to accept English settlers in those parts. The Council recommends
this petition, always reserving for the Indians such quantities of land as they need.
C.O. 1/64, ff. 279, 280
S.R. 764
M 328
1710 Oct. 24. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Williamsburg … a postscript to the letter
refers to the contesting by certain Indians of lands claimed by Carolina.
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 228-242
S.R. 832
M 229
1761 Feb. 17. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Whitehall. The Board expresses its
opinion on the inadvisability of making further land grants in the region of the Canaway and
Green Briar Rivers should there be any Indian claim to these lands…
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 11-18
S.R. 847
M 231
1761 Dec. 2. Representation, dated at Whitehall addressed to His Majesty by the Comm. for
Trade and Plantations submitting, in accordance with an Order in Council dated 23 Nov. 1761,
two draft instructions intended for the Governors of certain named American colonies (including
Va.), the first (see pp. 163-170) was to forbid the granting of any land or the settlement of any
district which would interfere with the Indians living on the borders of the colonies concerned…
C.O. 324/17, pp. 162-173
198
S.R. 1302
M 309
1761 Dec. 9. Additional instruction dated at St. James’, addressed to Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Capt.
Gen. and Gov. in Chief of Va., and to the Governors of Nova Scotia, North Carolina, New York,
New Hampshire, and Georgia, strictly forbidding each of them to grant to any person whatsoever
any land within or adjacent to Indian territory or land owned or occupied by Indians, requiring
them to publish a Proclamation ordering settlers who had squatted on Indian land to evacuate it
and to prosecute any persons who claimed to have bought Indian land without proper license or
to have obtained Indian land by fraud.
C.O. 324/40, pp. 163-168
S.R. 1325
M 320
(1761 Dec. 12) Mr. John Pownall, Sec. to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations, to the Governors
of certain named American colonies (of which Va. was one). Enclosing an instruction signed by
His Majesty together with a representation to His Majesty by the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations on which the instruction was based… the representation was dated 11 Nov. 1761
referred to and dealt with affairs in New York, where the grant of land on the Mohawk River and
around Lake George was alleged to have caused much bitterness and hostility among the Indians.
C.O. 324/17, p. 173
S.R. 1302
M 309
1762 April 8. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Whitehall. Giving their opinion that until
the Indian interest of the British are securely settled, all attempts to make new settlements to the
West of the Great Mountains should be discouraged, especially because the boundary lines of
Indian lands and between Pennsylvania and Virginia are so vaguely defined.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 199-202
S.R. 847
M 231
1765 April 9. Extract of a letter addressed by Wm. Bull, Gov. of South Carolina, to Major Gen.
Gage, (Commander in Chief in North America), dated at Charlestown. Explaining that at the
Indian Congress at Augusta, Georgia, in Nov. 1763, the Governors of the Carolinas, Va., and
Georgia had collectively order Mr. Samuel Wyley to survey a tract of 140,000 acres to satisfy a
claim by the Catawba Indians, and that he had submitted a claim for £ 1,000 for this service,
which the South Carolina Assembly refused to meet.
C.O. 323/18, ff. 155-156
S.R. 920
M 303
(see also ff. 153-154)
1765 May 26. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg… that
colonists from Va. and Pennsylvania had settled without permission or authority on Indian
owned land along the Ohio River…
199
C.O. 5/1331, ff/ 118-119
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 Oct. 10. The Board of Trade to the Committee… for Plantations Affairs… Whitehall.
Enclosing an additional instruction to the Governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania ordering
immediate evacuation of the illegal settlements on the Indian lands on the Ohio River.
C.O. 5/1368, pp. 280-281
S.R. 847
M 231
1765 Oct. 10. Report to be submitted to the Committee of the Privy Council for Plantation
Affairs by the Comm. for Trade and Plantations, dated at Whitehall, enclosing the draft of an
additional instruction for the Governors of Pennsylvania and Va., directing them to enforce an
immediate evacuation of the lands “upon Indian territory to the River Ohio” by settlers from
those provinces and for the future to prevent any further illegal settlement in that area.
C.O. 5/1336, f. 64
S.R. 799
M 245
1766 Feb. 10. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the Southern District of North America,
to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Charlestown… the discontent among the Cherokees at the invasion of their
lands by settlers from the Carolinas… (copy)
C.O. 323/23, ff. 284-285
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 May 22. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for trade and Plantations. Williamsburg…
announcing the large numbers of colonists, who, in defiance of proclamations, were moving over
the mountains and settling without any legal rights on land in the Ohio Valley which is
considered to be Indian territory.
C.O. 5/1331, ff/. 85-86
S.R. 794
M 244
1766 July 26. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting further complaints from the Military Commander at Fort Pitt of Virginians settling on
land near the Ohio River in the hunting grounds of the Indians (who are being provoked into
retaliation), complaining of his own inability to stop this proceeding owing to lack of any
military force…
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 132-133
S.R. 794
M 244
1766 July 31. A printed copy, cut out from the Virginia Gazette, of a Proclamation by Lt. Gov.
Fauquier, forbidding Virginian colonists to settle unlawfully on Indian land near Cheek River
200
west of the mountains and calling on any persons who have already settled there without
authority to withdraw immediately.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 148-148A
S.R. 794
M 244
1766 Sept. 4. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Transmitting a copy (f. 148) of a Proclamation issued on 31 July 1766 concerning the unlawful
settlement by Virginian colonists on Indian land near the Cheek River “westward of the
Alleghany Mountains,” and complaining of a “spirit of Discontent” aboard in the colony.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 146-147
S.R. 794
M 244
1766 Nov. 18. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Earl of Shelburne, Sec. of State. Duplicate copy to the
Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg. Reporting the difficulties caused by illegal
settling on Indian lands beyond the frontiers…
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 157-158
S.R. 794
M 244
1766 Dec. 18. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Earl of Shelburne, Sec. of State. Williamsburg… the
approach made by the Governor of Pennsylvania to seek cooperation in expelling illegal settlers
from Indian lands beyond the frontier…
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 165-166
S.R. 794
M 244
1767 July 28. Copy of a letter from Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern
district of North America, to the Earl of Shelburne, Sec. of State… the refusal of Lt. Gov.
Fauquier to trace or fix the boundary line between the colony and the Indian lands owing to the
absence of specific orders from London.
C.O. 323/25, pp. 189-196
S.R. 927
M 303
1767 Aug. 24. Extract of a letter from Gen. Gage, Commander in Chief in North America, to the
Earl of Shelburne, Sec. of State, New York. Reporting information supplied by Mr. Stuart, Supt.
of Indian Affairs in the southern district… of colonists continuing to settle on Indian lands,
despite the King’s Proclamation forbidding it…
C.O. 323/26, pp. 23-30
S.R. 928
M 303
1767 Dec. 2. Mr. Penn to Lord Shelburne, Sec. of State. Spring Garden. Enclosing letters
pertaining to the dangerous mood of the Indians owing to the continual intrusion into their
201
hunting grounds of settlers from Va. and Maryland, the failure to settle and mark the boundary
and to prevent white settlers illegally occupying Indian land.
C.O. 323/24, pp. 479-487
S.R. 926
M 303
1768 July 14. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. in Indian Affairs for the southern district of North America,
to (? Sec. of State). Charlestown… offering to negotiate with the Indians for a further cession of
land if approved.
C.O. 323/28, pp. 163-166
S.R. 930
M 303
1768 Sept. 15. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North America,
to the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State. Charlestown. Reporting his intended meeting with the
Cherokee Chiefs on 3 Oct. 1768 to ratify the cession of land by that nation to the Carolinas and
Virginia…
C.O. 323/28, pp. 167-170
S.R. 930
M 303
1768 Dec. 14. Col. Andrew Lewis and Doctor Thomas Walker, Commissioners for Va. to Gov.
Botetourt. Williamsburg. Reporting their proceedings since leaving Va. on 16 July 1768 to attend
the Indian conference at Fort Stanwix at which on 5 Nov. 1768 the Indians ceded a large tract of
land westwards of Pennsylvania, Va., and New York.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 71-73
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Dec. 22. Gov. Botetourt to (? The Sec. of State). Williamsburg. Enclosing a state of the
land patents granted from 1752 to 1756, reporting that, following the treaty signed at Fort
Stanwix, may applications had been received for land on the frontier, but that none would be
granted until the newly agreed boundary had been surveyed and marked, and explaining that the
Cherokees were expected to sell at a reasonable rate land agreed upon as open to purchase.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 94-95
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Dec. 24. Gov. Botetourt to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg… the likelihood of the
Cherokees selling some of their lands.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 36
S.R. 851
M 232
202
(1769) Petition of Thomas Walpole and 17 other named persons praying for a grant of 2,400,000
acres of land from that tract purchased from the Six Nations on 4 Nov. 1768 lying “at the back of
Virginia” and to be free of quit rent for twenty years…
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 135-136
S.R. 795 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
M 244
1769 Jan. 19. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs, to Gov. Botetourt. Charlestown. Reporting
the arrival of the Virginian Commissioners (Col. Lewis and Dr. Walker) at Charlestown on 11
Jan. 1769, his conferences with them, the previous treaties made with the Cherokee Indians
about land…
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 100-101
S.R. 795
M 244
1769 Jan. 29. Copy of a report from the Virginian Commissioners (Col. Lewis and Dr. Walker)
on their return from Charlestown, on 29 Jan. 1769. The report covered the mission of the
Commissioners to open negotiations with the Cherokees for the sale of land on the borders of
Va. and the re-drawing of the Colonial boundary.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 102-105
S.R. 795
M 244
1769 May 10. Gov. Botetourt to (? Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State). Williamsburg…
expressing satisfaction at the approbation of his policy on the question of purchase of Indian
land.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 109-109A
S.R. 795
M 244
1769 July 24. Petitions of Nathanial Falconer and four other named persons dated at London,
praying to be permitted to purchased 200,000 acres of land from the land lying “at the back of
Virginia” recently conveyed to His Majesty by the Chiefs of the Six Nations.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 138-141
S.R. 795
M 244
1769 Dec. 15. John Pownall to Thomas Walpole. Desiring his attendance at a board meting to
discuss his petition to settle the Virginia lands lately ceded to the Crown by the Indians.
C.O. 5/1369, p. 9
S.R. 848
M 231
1770 Jan. 4. Copy of a treasury minute dated at Treasury Chambers relating to a proposal
submitted to Mr. Walpole, Mr. Sarjant, Dr. Franklin, and Mr. Wharton to pay the whole sum
203
(10,460/7/3 pounds) paid by His Majesty to the Six Nations for all the land (westward of Va.,
Pennsylvania, and New York) recently ceded…
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 150-151
S.R. 795
M 244
1770 Jan. 19. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North America,
to the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State. Charlestown. Representing the very strong resentment
aroused among the Indians be repeated encroachment on their territory by white settlers and
advising that no further suggestions that they should cede more land to the colonies should be
made to them “for some years to come.”
C.O. 323/27, pp. 43-46
S.R. 929
M 303
1770 Jan. 29. John Pownall to Grey Cooper. Enclosing petitions and memorials from Col.
Mercer and Arthur Lee desiring grants of lands on the Ohio and on the Indian territory ceded to
the Crown at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix.
C.O. 5/1369, pp. 14-15
S.R. 848
M 231
1770 May 31. Gov. Botetourt to the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Enclosing
a copy of an address (f. 29) presented to him by the House of Burgesses of Va. and referring to
recent correspondence with Mr. Stuart on the subject of the extension of the colony’s boundaries
westward by taking over Indian land and the debate on this matter in the House of Burgesses.
C.O. 4/1333, ff. 28-28A
S.R. 796
M 245
1770 June 24. Gov. Botetourt to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg… asking
that the earliest possible information should be given as to what lands could be granted as a
result of the Treaty with the Indians, signed at Fort Stanwix, sine such land was still under the
ban of the King’s Proclamation of 1763.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 46-46A
S.R. 796
M 245
1770 July 5. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North American,
to the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State. Charlestown. Acknowledging receipt of the Sec. of
State’s letter No. 16 containing his decisions on the application of the Virginian House of
Burgesses for the acquisition of more land from the Indians when tracing the new boundary.
C.O. 323/27, pp. 51-54
S.R. 929
M 303
204
1770 July 20. The Board of Trade to Gov. Botetourt. Whitehall. Enclosing papers and the
Board’s minutes on applications for settlements on the lands ceded to the Crown by the Indians
at Fort Stanwix. Desiring the opinion of the Government of Virginia on the same.
C.O. 5/1369, pp. 34-36
S.R. 848
M 231
1770 July 20. The Comm. for Trade and Plantations to Gov. Botetourt. Whitehall. Enclosing
certain unspecified papers to inform him of an application made by “several persons of wealth
and consideration in this Kingdom” for permission to purchase a large tract of land recently
ceded by the Six Nations of Indians at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768…
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 168-169
S.R. 799
M 245
1770 August 10. Gov. Botetourt to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Enclosing correspondence
with and from Mr. Stuart, who has been supplied with £400 out of quit rent money for the
purchase of certain Indian lands.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 58ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1770 Dec. 15. President William Nelson to the Sec. of State. Virginia. Enclosing papers on the
cession of Indian land obtained at Lochaber and on the boundary settlement with the
Cherokees…
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 77-78ro
S.R. 851
M 232
1772 April 29. The Board of Trade to the Committee… for Plantation Affairs. Whitehall. The
Board states in detail its reasons for not recommending the memorial of land to establish a
separate government in the territory ceded to the crown by the Indians at Fort Stanwix…
C.O. 5/1369, pp. 251-295
S.R. 848
M 231
1772 April 29. Report to be submitted to the Committee of the Privy Council for Plantation
Affairs by the Comm. for Trade and Plantations, dated at Whitehall, recommending the rejection
of the memorial of Hon. Thomas Walpole and his associates praying for permission to purchase
from the Crown a large tract of land on the River Ohio recently ceded to His Majesty by the
Indians of the Six Nations…
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 229-263
S.R. 799
M 245
205
1773 April 7. Order of the Privy Council dated at St. James’ forbidding until further orders the
Governors of American colonies to issue any warrants for survey or patents for land or permits to
purchase land from the Indians…
C.O. 323/27, pp. 365-368
S.R. 929
M 303
1774 May 16. Gov. Dunmore to the Secretary of State. Williamsburg. Recommending the
granting of an enclosed petition from certain persons who have purchase a tract of Indian land at
the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio and desire to be included within the Colony of
Virginia…
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 5vo-7
S.R. 852
M 232
1775 Jan. 23. Extract of a letter from Col. William Preston to Dunmore. Activities of Col.
Henderson and others from North Carolina in negotiating for the purchase of lands from the
Cherokee Indians.
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 93-94
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Feb. 7. Dunmore to Secretary of State… unauthorized purchase of lands from the Cherokee
Indians still continuing….
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 87-88
S.R. 244
M 202
1775 Feb. 7. Gov. Dunmore to the Sec. of State. Williamsburg. Transmitting public papers and
correspondence on the termination of the Indian disturbances, and on the continued attempts of
certain back settlers to purchase lands from the Cherokees…
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 52vo-54ro
S.R. 852
M 232
1775 March 3. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Discussing the disallowance of the
Indian purchase on the Ohio and the means of preventing the various Virginia counties from
putting into execution the resolutions of the general congress…
C.O. 5/1375, ff. 109-111ro
S.R. 854
M 232
1775 March 3. Sec. of State to Dunmore. Instructs him to signify the King’s disallowance of “the
Indian purchase upon the Ohio”…
C.O. 5/1353, ff. 84-86
S.R. 244
206
M 202
1775 March 14. Gov. Dunmore to the Secretary of State… enclosing papers on his attempts to
defeat Mr. Henderson’s proposals for encouraging settlement of lands bought from the
Cherokees…
C.O. 5/1373, ff. 54vo-63ro
S.R. 852
M 232
Indian Massacres
(1711) Entry of a letter from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina desiring accounts of the massacre
in North Carolina.
C.O. 5/1363, p. 384
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to his Board of Trade, Virginia… he voices his fears of dangers
from the French and Indians concerned in the North Carolina massacre and requires directions
regarding the desire of Baron de Graffenried and other Palatines from Carolina, involved in the
massacre, to remove to Virginia…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 426-436
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Reporting the
outbreak of a portion of the Tuscarora tribe of Indians on the Carolina frontier on 22 Sept. 1711
and the massacre of white colonists, British, Swiss, and German…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 295-298
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Oct. 15. Spotswood to Secretary of State. Serious Indian attacks on North Carolina,
accompanied by massacres and the capture of prisoners. He has called a conference of the
Indians on Virginia’s frontiers…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 46-47
S.R. 245
M 246
1711 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… describing the massacre of Palatines
in North Carolina by the Tuscaroras… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 32vo
S.R. 849
M 231
207
1711 Oct. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia. Spotswood gives an account
of the massacre committed by the Tuscarora Indians on a great many of the Palatines in North
Carolina…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 374-381
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations… his
suggesting that they should assist to hunt down those Indians responsible for the recent massacre
in Carolina…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 334-336
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Nov. 17. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia. Spotswood reports on his
late conference with the Tuscarora Indians, who seem desirous of peace and are considering his
proposition to aid him against their fellow tribesmen who perpetrated the Carolina massacres…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 421-425
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 Nov. 29. The Comm. for Trade and Plantations to the Earl of Dartmouth, Sec. of State.
Whitehall. Transmitting a copy of a letter received that same day from Lt. Gov. Spotswood,
dated 15 Oct. 1711, in which he reported a massacre of North Carolina settlers following a
sudden rising of the Tuscarora Indians.
C.O. 5/ 1335, f. 73
S.R. 798
M 245
1711 Dec. 19. Order of the Privy Council. St. James’. Referring to the consideration of a special
committee of the Privy Council the matter of the massacre in North Carolina perpetrated by the
Tuscarora Indians.
C.O. 5/1363, p. 391
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 Dec. 19. Copy of an order of the Privy Council dated at St. James’ after consideration of
the information available concerning the massacre of settlers in North Carolina by Tuscarora
Indians and of an application by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina that “Col. Thomas Cary and
the other persons sent over by Col. Spotswood as the principal fomenters of these disorders may
be secured.”
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 309-310
S.R. 409
M 239
208
1712 July 26. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… a massacre of Nottaways by
Tuscaroras… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 37vo-38vo
S.R. 849
M 231
1712 July 26. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia… he reports fresh massacres
in Carolina and describes the unhappy state of the government there…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 459-474
S.R. 832
M 229
1760 Nov. 11. The Board of Trade to William Pitt. Enclosing a letter from the Lt. Gov. of Va.
regarding a massacre of officers by the Cherokee Indians.
C.O. 5/7, ff. 216-218
S.R. 265
M 259
(see ff. 222-2224 for above-mentioned letter, 17 Sept. 1760)
1764 Sept. 21. Extract of a letter from Gen. Gage (Commander in Chief in North America) to the
Early of Halifax (Sec. of State). New York. Reviewing the military situation and reporting (f. 67)
the receipt of news from Va. of various Indian outrages up to 5 Sept. 1764 and in particular the
massacre of a number of children at school with their master.
C.O. 323/18, ff. 66-67
S.R. 920
M 303
1765 June 14. Gov. Fauquier to Sec. of State, reporting the murder of some Cherokees, the
Colony’s violation of Indian treaties… (Abstract)
Stowe 264, f. 95
S.R. 173
M 276
1782 April 10. Capt. Alexander McKee to Major De Peyster. The massacre of Moravian Indians
by the Virginians.
Add. Ms. 21781, f. 82
S.R. 18
M 281
Indians- Trade
1626 April 19. Instructions of the Privy Council to Sir George Yardley. No. 15. None shall trade
with the Indians save by special license.
C.O. 5/1354, ff. 257-264
S.R. 253
M 227
209
1627 April 27. Permit to William Clayborne, Sec. of State, from the Governor and Capt. Gen. of
Va. to discover the “Bottome of the Bay of Chesepieick.” To sail into any rivers etc. and to trade
with the Indians for furs, skins, corn etc.
C.O. 1/39, f. 113
S.R. 739
M 318
1638 April 4. Report of the Commission for foreign plantations. Isle of Kent is within the bounds
and limits of the Patent of Lord Baltimore. Capt. Claybourne’s commission was only a license
under the signet of Scotland to trade with the Indians. This license was based on misinformation.
No grant of the Isle of Kent is to be issued.
C.O. 1/9, ff. 224, 225
S.R. 708
M 272
1641 Aug. Instructions of King Charles I to Sir William Berkeley. No. 15. Trade with the
savages is forbidden without special license.
C.O. 5/1354, ff. 219-236
S.R. 253
M 227
1663 April 18. Sir William Berkeley to Lord
Egerton 2395, f. 365
S.R. 62
M 279
date Virginia… Indian trade…
(1667) List of grievances as seen and heard by H. Norwood.
7. The Governor is giving licenses for trade with the Indians who are being supplied with
powder and guns sent to Virginia by the King.
C.O. 1/21, f. 158
S.R. 721
M 304
1680 June 8. Titles of Virginia Acts… free trade with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 386-387
S.R. 254
M 227
1683 May 4. The Council of Virginia to (?) from James City… gives a detailed account of
events…
6. Indian trade.
C.O. 1/51, ff. 316-318
S.R. 751
M 327
210
1683 Sept. 29. Proposals of William Byrd touching the Indian trade.
C.O. 1/51, ff. 149, 150
S.R. 751
M 327
1683 Dec. 3. Instructions (of the Committee for…Plantations) to Lord Howard of Effingham…
He is to signify to the Assembly that the King permits free trade with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1356, pp. 265-272
S.R. 255
M 227
1690 Jan. 26. Nicholson to the Committee for... Plantations… reports the killing by Indians of
several English hunters suggesting that for future safety Indian trade should be handled by a
special company…
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 37-39
S.R. 257
M 228
1690/1 Jan. 26. Lt. Gov. (Capt. Nicholson) to Secretary of State. Suggestions concerning trade
with Indians…
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 37-38
S.R. 401
M 234
(1691) Lt. Gov. and Council of Virginia to the Council of Trade and Plantations… Indian
trade…
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 98-100
S.R. 401
M 234
1691 April 27. Representations of the Lt. Gov. and Council of Va. (to the committee for…
Plantations)… suggestions are that a company be formed for Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1358, pp. 41-45
S.R. 257
M 228
1692 June 24. Copy of a Minute of Council at James City concerning trade with Indians.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 154-155
S.R. 405
M 235
(1697) Memorandum from John Moor of Philadelphia, Advocate in the Court of Admiralty,
reporting the arrival of six “Scotch ships full of men, ammunition etc. at Golden Island on the
Coast of Darian.” It is intended to open up trade with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1310, f. 56
S.R. 405
211
M 235
1697 July 1. Andros to the Council of… Plantations… the native Indians of Virginia have
dwindled to a small number and trade is carried on with neighboring foreign Indians…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 117-122
S.R. 258
M 228
1698 Nov. 12. Copy of letter from Earl of Bellomont to Gov. Nicholson. New York. Urging the
possibility of extending trade with Indian tribes.
C.O. 5/1309, f. 214
S.R. 404 PAGE MISSING FROM BOOK
M 234
1698 Nov. – 1699 Oct. Copies of correspondence between Col. Nicholson and Earl of Bellomont
at New York. Lord Bellomont suggested that an attempt be made to open up trade with the
Indians lying “behind Virginia and Carolina.”
C.O. 5/1312, ff. 32-33
S.R. 407
M 236
1698/9 Jan. 17. An essay by Col. Cadwallader Jones on Indian trade. Dated York Town.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 147A-153
S.R. 405
M 235
1698/9 Feb. 27. Nicholson to the Commissioners for…Plantations… trade with foreign
Indians…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 325-328
S.R. 258
M 228
1699 May 6. Extract of a letter from Early of Bellmont to Col. Nicholson, New York… urging
Nicholson to open up trade with the Indian tribes “at the back” of Virginia and Carolina.
C.O. 5/1310, ff. 146-147
S.R. 405
M 235
1699 July 1. Nicholson to the Commissioners for… Plantations…Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 338-356
S.R. 258
M 228
1699/1700 Jan. 4. The Commissioners for… Plantations to Nicholson…directions are issued to
him regarding…trade with the Western Indians…
C.O. 5/1359, pp. 368-380
212
S.R. 258
M 228
1700 April 12. The Commissioners for…Plantations to Nicholson… He is to endeavor in concert
with the Governor of Maryland, to foster trade with the Western Indians, and is to meet with the
Earl of Bellemont, who has suggested the same, and Col. Blakiston in Philadelphia…
C.O. 5/1359, pp/ 397-398
S.R. 258
M 228
1700 Aug. 1. Gov. Nicholson to the Lords of Trade… trade with the western Indians…
C.O. 5/1360, pp. 31-47
S.R. 829
M 228
1701 Oct. 2. Petition of the Council and Burgesses of Va. to King William. Va. desires to be
exempted from contributing the required nine hundred pounds for the defense of New York. She
accuses the latter province of trying to engross all Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1360, pp. 147-158
S.R. 829
M 228
1701 Dec. 2. Gov. Nicholson to the Lords of Trade. Virginia…Nicholson proposes a means of
settling a trade with the Western Indians and desires a meeting of all the governors to discuss this
matter…
C.O. 5/1360, pp. 132-146
S.R. 829
M 228
(1702 April 7) Memorial submitted by Col. Robert Quary to the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations concerning the proposed organization of commercial companies to carry out trade
with the Indians and to provide security on the colonial frontiers.
C.O. 324/8, pp. 111-114
S.R. 943
M 439
1702 Oct. 16. Instructions of Queen Anne to Gov. Nicholson…Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1360, pp. 241-290
S.R. 829
M 228
(1708) Copy of a Memorial submitted to President Edmund Jenings by the Visitors and
Governors of the College of William and Mary. The college complained that one of its main
213
sources of revenue – the export duty on skins and furs – had been gravely affected by the action
of the Carolina government in seizing traders’ goods and imposing a prohibitive duty on all such
merchandise intended for trading with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 60-61
S.R. 409
M 239
1708 April 22 – 1708/9 Feb. 19. Copies of correspondence between President Edmund Jenings
and Sir Nathanial Johnson, Governor of Carolina, concerning the interference with traders from
Virginia trading with the Western Indians.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 118-122
S.R. 409
M 239
1708 Sept. 20. President Edmond Jennings to the Board of Trade, Virginia… trade with the
Tuscarora Indians has been prohibited on account of their refusal to yield up some of their men
suspected of murder…
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 318-325
S.R. 831
M 229
1708 Nov. 2. The Earl of Sunderland to the Board of Trade, Whitehall. Enclosing for the Board’s
opinion, extracts of letters from Col. Jennings complaining of encroachments made by South
Carolina into Virginia’s Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 303-304
S.R. 831
M 229
1708 Nov. 2. Earl of Sutherland to Council of Trade. Enclosing a letter from Col. Jenings, dated
Virginia, 24 June 1708, complains that the Government of South Carolina had interrupted Indian
traders between Virginia and the West Indies as being an infringement of the Proprietor’s
rights…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 12-17
S.R. 409
M 239
1708 Nov. 27. President Edmund Jennings to (The Board of Trade)… complaints of
interferences by Carolina in the Indian trade… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 21
S.R. 849
M 231
214
1708-1709. Copies of Proclamations made by the President of the Council of Virginia…
prohibition of trade with the Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 123-126
S.R. 409
M 239
1708 Nov. 27. President Edmond Jennings to the Board of Trade, Virginia… encloses a
memorandum from William and Mary College on the seizure by the Government of Carolina of
goods belonging to the Indian traders, which are the source of much of the college’s revenue.
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 369-373
S.R. 831
M 229
(1708/9) Entry of letter to the Carolina Proprietors regarding goods seized there belonging to
Virginia Indian traders
C.O. 5/1362, p. 350
S.R. 831
M 229
1709 Aug. 8. Entry of a letter from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, regarding their seizure of
goods belonging to Virginia Indian traders.
C.O. 5/1362, p. 411
S.R. 831
M 229
1709 Sept. 6. Representation of the Board of Trade to the Queen, Whitehall. Desiring that the
Lords Proprietors of Carolina be prohibited from interfering with the Virginian trade with the
Western Indians either by taxing the goods involved or in any other way.
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 415-419
S.R. 831
M 229
1709 Sept. 26. Order of the Privy Council, Windsor. Approving the representation of the Board
of Trade that Carolina be prevented from interfering with or taxing the Virginia trade with the
Western Indians.
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 420-421
S.R. 831
M 229
1709 Sept. 26. Order by the Privy Council dated at Windsor directing the Lords Proprietors of
Carolina in order their Governor in Carolina not to demand or levy duty upon “any goods or
merchantizes carried by the Virginian Indian traders to the western Indians or which shall be
brought back from thence by way of trade”…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 97-98
S.R. 409
M 239
215
1709 Oct. 8. President Edmund Jennings (to the Board of Trade)… interference by Carolina in
the Indian trade… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 22vo-23ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1709 Oct. 8. President Edmund Jennings to the Board of Trade, Virginia… transmits further
papers on North Carolina’s interferences with the Virginia Indian traders…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 27-34
S.R. 832
M 229
1709 Oct. 8. President Edmund Jenings to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations… the
interference by Carolina with Indian traders from Virginia.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 113-117
S.R. 409
M 239
1709 Oct. 12. The Board of Trade to President Edmond Jennings, Whitehall. Informing Jennings
of the instructions that have been sent to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina prohibiting the
levying of duties on or other interference with the Virginia trade with the Western Indians…
C.O. 5/1362, pp. 425-427
S.R. 831
M 229
1710 April 24. President Edmund Jennings (to the Board of Trade). Commenting on Indian trade
settlements with Carolina… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 24ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1709 Oct. 24. W. Popple to Edmond Jennings, Whitehall. Enclosing a copy of the Queen’s Order
to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina regarding non-interference with the Virginia traders.
C.O. 5/1362, p. 428
S.R. 831
M 229
1710 Aug. 28. The Comm. for Trade and Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood… calling for an
agreement on the subject of Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 25-27
S.R. 798
M 245
1710 April 24. President Edmund Jennings to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations…
the interruption by Carolina of the Virginian trade with the Western Indians…
216
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 141-142
S.R. 409
M 239
1710 Dec. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… the Indian trade settlements with
Carolina… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 30-31ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1710 Dec. 15. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia… Further complaints are
made against the infringement of boundaries and interference with the Indian trade by North
Carolina.
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 304-317
S.R. 832
M 229
(1711) Copy of a Carolina Act relating to Virginian trade with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1363, p. 421
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 June 28. Copy of an Act passed in Carolina to oblige traders from Virginia and other
colonies who wish to trade with the Western Indians, first to enter Charleston and take out
licenses.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 330-332
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 July- 1712 July. Copies of the Proclamation issued by the Lt. Gov. of Va… for proclaiming
the re-opening of trade with the Western Indians (f. 375).
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 369-376
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Sept. 5. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… trade with the Western Indians
through South Carolina. (abstract).
C.O. 5/1370, f. 33ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1711 Sept. 5. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia… He complains of the illegal
practice of North Carolina in interfering with the trade between the Virginians and Western
Indians….
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 416-420
S.R. 832
217
M 229
1711 Sept. 5. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… complaints that
South Carolina has prevented Virginian traders from passing through that province in the course
of trade with the Western Indians.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 326-329
S.R. 409 PAGE MISSING IN BOOK
M 239
1712 June 10. Proclamation by Spotswood. Free trade with the Western Indians.
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 54-61
S.R. 245
M 246
1712 July 26. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… a massacre of Nottaways by
Tuscaruros and trade with the Western Indians. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 37vo-38vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1712 July 26. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia… the dealings of Virginia
traders with the Indians, especially the matter of the sale of ammunition, are discussed…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 459-474
S.R. 832
M 229
1712 July 26. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… the re-opening of
Virginian trade with the Western Indians…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 363-368
S.R. 409
M 239
1712 Dec. 19. Representation of the Board of Trade to the Queen, Whitehall. Recommending
that the Lords Proprietors of Carolina be required to bring the boundary line settlement with Va.
to a speedy conclusion and to repeal an Act laying duties on Virginian traders dealing with the
Western Indians.
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 437-439
S.R. 832
M 229
1712 Dec. 19. Representation to be submitted to the Queen by the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations dated at Whitehall regarding the complaint made by Virginians trading with the
Indians owing to the action of the South Carolina authorities in charging a duty on exported skins
and making recommendations for suitable action to stop this imposition…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 92-94
S.R. 798
218
M 245
(1713) A Petition of several Merchants trading to and Inhabitants residing in Virginia and
Maryland addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. The petitioners protested against an
act entitled “An Act for the better Regulating the Indian Trade” passed in 1714 on the grounds
that it established a monopoly and asked for its repeal.
C.O. 5/1317, f.90
S.R. 412
M 239
1713 April 23. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood, Whitehall. Informing Spotswood of
the order given by the Privy Council (cf. p. 479) regarding the Virginian traders in Carolina and
the boundary line settlement between the two provinces. The Board comment on points in
Spotswood’s letters regarding land patents, the education of Indian children, the relations of
Carolina and the Tuscoruro Indians…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 482-486
S.R. 832
M 229
1713 April 23. The Comm. for Trade and Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood, Whitehall. Dealing
with various matters, including complaints by Virginians trading with the Indians, the scheme for
educating Indian children, Virginian assistance given to South Carolina against the Tuscuroro
Indians.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 98-101
S.R. 798
M 245
1714 Nov. 17. Copy of the speech delivered to the General Assembly by Lt. Gov… the need for
legislation concerning the Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 110-111
S.R. 412
M 239
1714 Nov. 25. Copy of an Address from the House of Burgesses of Va. to Col. Alexander
Spotswood, Lt. Gov. … congratulates the Lt. Gov. on the recently concluded settlement with the
Indians and forecasts legislation concerning Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 108-109
S.R. 412
M 239
1714 (1714/15) Jan. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… the new
legislation (relating to Indian trade)…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 114-120
S.R. 412
M 239
219
1715 Feb. 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… new arrangements
for Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 158-161
S.R. 412
M 239
(1715/16) Memorial of Robert Carey, Agent for the Virginia Indian Company to the Board of
Trade. Asking an opportunity to convince the Board of the beneficial nature of the Act for better
regulating the Indian Trade in Virginia, an Act that certain Merchants have represented as
harmful to Indian trade (cf. pp. 294-298)
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 372-373
S.R. 833
M 229
(1716) Memorial of Robert Carey, Merchant of London and Agent for the Va. Indian Co.
addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Several merchants having petitioned against
the confirmation of an act passed by the Assembly of Va. between 22 Oct. and 16 Nov. 1714
entitled “An Act for the better Regulating the Indian Trade”…
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 164-165
S.R. 412
M 239
(1716) Entry of a memorial from Mr. Carey regarding the regulation of Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 382
S.R. 833
M 229
(1716) A further memorial by Mr. Robert Carey, Merchant of London and Agent for Va. Indian
Co., addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations in answer to a representation made by
Merchants and Inhabitants of Va. and Maryland concerning the Act recently passed in Va.
entitled “An Act for the better Regulating (of) the Indian Trade”. The merchants had opposed the
new Act on the grounds that under its provisions the Indian Trade would be confined to one
place and to one set of men and so would constitute a monopoly. This memorial attempted to
demolish this argument and to suggest that the Act would result in revival of trade, propagation
of Christianity among the Indians, increased revenue for the college of William and Mary and
greater future security for the whole colony.
C.O. 5/1317, ff/ 166-169
S.R. 412
M 239
(1716) Memorial from Mr. Robert Carey, Agent for the Virginia India Company, presumably
addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. A reply to the objections raised against the
Act entitled “An Act for the better Regulating of the Indian Trade” recently passed in Virginia.
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 181-182
S.R. 412
M 239
220
(1716) A petition of “Several Merchants trading to Virginia” addressed to the Comm. for Trade
and Plantations. Repudiating the observations submitted by Mr. Robert Carey (See ff. 166-169)
concerning the Indian trade and accusing the Va. India Company of “Stock jobbing and
monopoly.”
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 183-184
S.R. 412
M 239
(1716) A memorial addressed by certain merchants trading to Va. to the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations giving their reply to Mr. Carey’s observations relative to the “Act for the better
regulation of the Indian Trade.”
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 201-202
S.R. 412
M 239
1716 April 23. Memorial addressed and submitted to Lt. Gov. Spotswood by the Virginia Indian
company repudiating the objections raised by certain merchants trading to Va. against the Act
recently passed in Va. entitled “An Act for the better regulation of the Indian trade” (See ff. 185189).
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 190-193
S.R. 412
M 239
1716 May 6. Entry of Memorials regarding frauds in the tobacco trade and the Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 444
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 May. 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Discussing the regulation of Indian
Trade and company for the same. (abstract).
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 48-49
S.R. 849
M 231
1716 May 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia. Spotswood, in defense of the
Act for the better regulation of the Indian trade in Va., gives a long account of the activities and
functions of the Virginia Indian Company, which by that Act holds a monopoly in this trade. He
represents the Company and the Act as beneficial to the crown and the people and to trade.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 385-401
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 May 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Enclosing a Memorial
(ff. 190-193) addressed to the Lt. Gov. by the Va. India Company repudiating the objections
made by certain merchants trading to Va. at the new Act regulating Indian trade…
221
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 185-189
S.R. 412
M 239
1716 May 10. Petition of Merchants trading to and residing in Virginia and Maryland to the
Board of Trade. Desiring the repeal of an Act passed in the Virginia Assembly in 1714, entitled
An Act for Better Regulating the Indian Trade, and establishing a monopoly in the same.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 294-298
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 May 24. William Popple to Mr. (Robert) Carey. Whitehall. Enclosing a copy of the
memorial of the Virginia merchants, who object to the Act for Regulating the Indian Trade (cf.
pp. 294-298)
C.O. 5/1364, p. 374
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 May 30. Entry of a letter from Mr. Ostley. Objecting to a monopoly on Indian trade in
Virginia.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 382
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 May 30. Mr. Henry Offley, to Mr. William Popple, Secretary to the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations. Phillpott Lane. Enclosing a considered statement of the case against the
monopolizing of the Indian trade in Va. (f. 173), together with his observations upon another Act
entitled “An Act for preventing Frauds in Tobacco Payments” (ff. 171-172).
C.O. 5/1317, ff. 170-174
S.R. 412
M 239
1716 July 3. Two entries regarding the Indian Trade in Virginia.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 385
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 July 10. Entry of the Merchants’ reply to Mr. Cary regarding the Virginia Indian Trade.
C.O. 5/1364, p. 402
S.R. 833
M 229
1716 Aug. 17. William Popple to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall. Enclosing, for the opinion of
the Assembly of Virginia, several papers concerning the Act for Regulating Indian Trade…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 430-431
S.R. 833
222
M 229
1716 Aug. 17. The Sec. to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood.
Whitehall. Enclosing copies of protests (not in this vol.) submitted to the Comm. against the Act
entitled “An Act for a better regulation of the Indian Trade” for consideration by the Assembly
of Va. and for their comments thereon.
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 137-138
S.R. 798
M 245
(1716/17) Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade…Regarding Courts of Oyer and Terminer,
the benefits of educating the Indian children, the matter of the regulation of Indian Trade.
(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 52vo-53ro
S.R. 849
M 231
(1717) Memorial of several Merchants of Va. addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations
relative to … an “Act for the better regulation of the Indian trade” passed in 1714. The
memorialists prayed that the act be repealed for the reasons stated.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 3-9
S.R. 413
M 240
(1717) Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… smooth working of the
Indian trade under the new arrangements…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 105-108
S.R. 413
M 240
1717 April 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Secretary of the Board of Trade. Discussing the
regulation of Indian trade and laws concerning the same. (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 53vo-54ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1717 April 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to William Popple. Virginia. Spotswood answers in detail the
objections made against the Act for better regulation of the Indian trade and believes the trade to
be enlarged and improved by the Act. He justifies his conduct in passing the same.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 448-462
S.R. 833
M 229
1717 April 16. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Secretary to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations.
acknowledging receipt on 30 Oct. (1716) of letter of 17 Aug. (1716) relating to the objections
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raised by London Merchants to the recently passed “Act for the better regulation of the Indian
trade” (ff. 3-9)….
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 16-19
S.R. 413
M 240
(see also ff. 20-23)
1717 April 24. Memorial by the Virginia Indian Co. addressed to the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations. This is a lengthy reply to the petitions of several merchants trading to and
inhabitants of Va. and Maryland requesting the repeal of an Act for the better regulation of
Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1318, ff/ 31-45
S.R. 413
M 240
1717 May 10. W. Popple to the Attorney General. Whitehall. Requiring the Attorney General’s
opinion… on an act for regulating the Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 444-445
S.R. 833
M 229
1717 June 29. Representation of the Board of Trade to the King. Whitehall. Recommending the
disallowance of the three Virginia Acts, regarding… the regulation of the Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 474-476
S.R. 833
M 229
1717 July 31. A note in the Entry Book under date 8 Aug. 1717 recording the Order in council
(acting upon a representation dated 29 June 1717 submitted by the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations) repealing the Act relating to Indian trade…
C.O. 324/10, p. 131
S.R. 945
M 307
(see also pp. 134-136, 140-141)
1717 July 31. Copy of an Order of the Privy Council dated at Hampton court, repealing… “An
Act for the Better Regulation of the Indian Trade”, ordering re-imbursement to the Virginia
Indian Company for the expenses incurred in building a magazine etc.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 72-73
S.R. 413
M 240
1717 Aug. 30. The Comm. for Trade and Plantations to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall.
Enclosing an Order in Council repealing the “Act for the better regulation of the Indian Trade”
recommending that the Assembly be invited to pass certain regulations to assist the Indian trade,
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advising the payment of compensation to the Virginian Indian Company for their preliminary
expenses…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 143-147A
S.R. 798
M 245
1717 Aug. 23. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… he promises to send further remarks
on the Act for regulating Indian trade….
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 505-519
S.R. 833
M 229
1717 Aug. 30. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Spotswood. Whitehall. Reporting that the Act for
better regulating the Indian trade has been repealed and desiring Spotswood to recommend to the
Assembly certain measures for regulating the trade and for reimbursing the Indian company…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 522-528
S.R. 833
M 229
1717 Aug. 29. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia he reports his transactions
with the Western Indians and the Five Nations and is going to Philadelphia to discuss Indian
affairs with the Governors of New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. He complains of illegal
and unregulated trade with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 19-28
S.R. 834
M 230
1717-1718. Copies of the six proclamations issued by Lt. Gov. Spotswood… the act for the
better regulation of the Indian trade….
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 230-233
S.R. 413
M 240
1717/1718 Feb. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations.
Acknowledging receipt of new instructions regarding the passing of laws in Virginia on his
return from New York where he had gone to make preliminary arrangements for coming to terms
with the Five Nations of Indians. Reporting his agreement with the Governors of New York,
Pennsylvania and Maryland that firmer measures with the Indians should be taken while there
was peace with France,… the repeal of the Acts relating to Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 171-174
S.R. 413
M 240
1718 June 24. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… feeling in the
Assembly on the subjects of compensation for the Virginia Indian Company and the Indian
trade…
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C.O. 5/1318, ff. 198-205
S.R. 413
M 240
1718 June 24. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… the regulation of Indian trade…
(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 62vo-64ro
S.R. 849
M 231
1718 June 24. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia… the regulation of Indian
trade and compensating of the Indian company…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 117-140
S.R. 834
M 230
1718 Sept. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia… he points to the poor
results emerging from the repeal of the law regulating the tobacco, skin and Indian trade…
C.O. 5/1365, pp. 173-183
S.R. 834
M 230
1751 Aug. 21. President Lewis Burwell to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Virginia…
reporting intended arrangements for a conference with the Six Nations, announcing arrival of
Cherokee representatives to ask for the development of a trade with Virginia.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 163-165A
S.R. 790
M 243
1753 May 22. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to James Hamilton, Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania. Williamsburg…
discussing possible arrangements to control Indian traders.
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 306-307
S.R. 790
M 243
1757 March 25. A memorial addressed to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations by Caleb Lamb,
lately an Indian trader on the River Ohio, praying for compensation for his losses (ff. 41-42)
sustained at the hands of the French and their Indian allies some three miles from Fort Duquesne
and detailing his services to Col. Washington and General Braddock.
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 40-43
S.R. 792
M 243
1759 Sept. 11. Francis Fauquier to Colonel Gouquet. Williamsburg… remarks on Indian trade,
the Assembly’s Committee for Indian trade on the public stock, recommendation it should
employ a good part of its money in trading with Indians on the Ohio.
226
Add. Ms. 21644, ff. 379ro-280vo
S.R. 507
M 281
1759 Oct. 29. Lt. Col. Stephen (Virginian Provincial Regt.) to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Camp at
Pittsburgh. Reporting on the claim of Pennsylvania to the land around Pittsburgh and to the
exclusive rights to trade with the Indians….
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 26-27
S.R. 793
M 244
1759 Dec. 1. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Enclosing a copy (f. 26) of a letter from Col. Stephen at Pittsburgh and explaining the claims of
Pennsylvania to include Pittsburgh within her boundaries, her efforts to capture the fur trade with
the Indians…
C.O. 5/1330, ff. 24-25
S.R. 793
M 244
1763 Nov. 10. The British representative attending a conference with the Indians at Augusta,
Georgia (including the Lt. Gov. of Va.) to the Sec. of State. August, Georgia. Reporting the
attitude of the various Indian nations in the southern area and urging the need for a properly
regulated Indian trade to be organized as soon as possible.
C.O. 323/17, ff. 112-113
S.R. 919
M 303
1765 May 1. A return at Toqueh, showing the names of all white traders authorized by license or
permit to trade with the Cherokees. Two of these traders were from Virginia.
C.O. 323/23, f. 255
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 June 1. Copy of a letter from Mr. Alexander Cameron. (Deputy Superintendent of Indian
Affairs) to (Mr. John Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs) … the villainy of white Indian
traders, the negotiations carried on by Mr. Ross, the Virginian Agent, and the backing of the
Virginian Assembly in his efforts to establish trade with the Cherokees.
C.O. 323-23, f. 294
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 June 3. Copy of an extract from a letter from Ensign George Price to Mr. Stuart,
Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the southern district of North America. For Prince George
(South Carolina) … the arrival of an Indian trader named Ross as representative of the new
Virginian Company for Indian Trade and his attempt to have a factory built.
C.O. 323/23, f. 288
227
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 July 10. John Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North
America, to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Charlestown. A general report on Indian
affairs in the southern colonies, mentioning the failure of the Virginian authorities to punish the
murderers of five Cherokee near Staunton, Augusta County, in May 1765, the proposal that a
boundary be fixed with the Indians “behind Virginia and North Carolina”, …the murder of a
Virginian named Boyd by Cherokees in May 1766, and Virginian attempt to persuade the Six
Nations to make peace with the Cherokees. No endorsement.
C.O. 323/23, ff. 269-275
S.R. 925
M 303
1766 July 10. (Mr. John Stuart) (to the Lords of Trade). Charlestown. Regarding, among other
things, the boundary lines desired by the Cherokees between themselves and Virginia and the
failure of the Government of Virginia to find the murderers of the Indians in Augusta County or
compensate the victims’ relatives with presents; the murder of Mr. Boyd of Virginia is attributed
to the Cherokees carried on between Virginia and the Cherokees to foster a newly formed
Government money (cf. C.O. 5/66, pp. 793-4, 817-820) which may prove detrimental to other
Indian trade. The Government of Virginia and the Cherokees persist in desiring peace
negotiations between the latter and the Northern Indians.
C.O. 5/67, pp. 89-106
S.R. 291
M 263
(1767) Regulations for the better carrying on the trade with the Indian tribes in the southern
district. (Printed)
C.O. 5/68, ff. 109-110
S.R. 292
M 263
(1767) Regulations for… trade with the Indian tribes in the southern district. (printed)
C.O. 5/68, ff/ 143-144
S.R. 292
M 263
1767 May 6. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Mr. John Stuart. Opening that trade with the Indians would be
better carried on by an agreement of uniform conduct in all the colonies. (abstract)
(enclosed in letter from Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, 12 Feb. 1769)
C.O. 5/70, f. 137
S.R. 294
M 263
1767 July 28. Copy of a letter from Mr. John Stuart, Supt. Of Indian Affairs in the southern
district of North America, to the Earl of Shelburne, Sec. of State. Charlestown. Reporting his
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meeting with Indian traders in April 1767, his attempts to fix prices to Indian traders and to grant
licenses, the refusal of Mr. Fauquier Lt. Gov. of Va., to impose any regulations on Indian traders
from Va or to trace and fix the boundary line between the colony and the Indian lands owing to
the absence of specific orders from London.
C.O. 323/25, pp. 189-196
S.R. 927
M 303
1767 July 28. Précis of a letter from John Stuart Esq., Charlestown, South Carolina. Among
other matters relating to Indian affairs is mentioned Lt. Gov. Fauquier’s answer to Mr. Stuart
that he cannot subject the traders of Virginia to any regulations or mark any boundary line
between Virginia and the Indians without His Majesty’s orders for that purpose.
C.O. 5/226, pp. 35-39
S.R. 575
M 269
1767 Aug. 20. Major General Thomas Gage to the Earl of Shelburne. New York. Recommending
that strict control should be imposed on Indian traders and reporting that the Assembly of Va.
had on its own authority appointed Commissioners “to manage the Indian trade and would not
suffer the Traders to be subjected to any regulation or restrictions whatsoever.”
C.O. 5/85, pp. 289-294
S.R. 454
M 265
1767 Aug. 20. Copy of a letter from Major Gen. Gage (Commander in Chief in North America)
to the Earl of Shelburne, (Sec. of State), dated at New York. Referring to a report by Mr. Stuart,
Supt. Of Indian Affairs in the southern district, as to the grave disorders and threats to peace
caused by swarms of Indian traders licensed by colonial authorities and under no effective
control, and quoting Mr. Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, as writing to Mr. Stuart
“that the Assembly of his Province, jealous of the Liberty of the Subject, have appointed
Commissioners to manage the Indian trade and will not suffer the Traders to be subjected to any
regulations or restrictions whatsoever.”
C.O. 323/26, pp. 9-14
S.R. 928
M 303
1767 Sept. 17. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Mr. John Stuart, Supt. Of Indian Affairs in the southern
district of North America. Williamsburg… agreeing to issue licenses to Indian traders who apply
for them and reporting that the Council of Virginia had postponed consideration of the provision
of goods in satisfaction of the claims of relatives of murdered Cherokees until a full Council
could assemble to decide the matter.
C.O. 323/24, ff. 671-674
S.R. 926
M 303
229
1767 Sept. 17. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Mr. John Stuart. … he cannot retrain anyone from engaging
in Indian trade as he knows of no law which restricts his issuing licenses. He leaves it to Stuart to
show the Ministry the necessity of a boundary line between Virginia and the Indians. (enclosed
in letter from Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough 10 Feb. 1768)
C.O. 5/69, f. 133
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 March 7. (The Lords of Trade) to the King. A lengthy dissertation upon Indian Affairs in
North America, including sections upon… methods of conducting trade with the Indians.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 60-86
S.R. 293
M 263
1767 Nov. 21. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Mr. John Stuart, Supt. Of Indian Affairs in the southern
district of North America. Williamsburg. Explaining his attitude on the subject of Indian trade
and reporting that the Council of Virginia, having reluctantly agreed that there was no hope of
bringing the murderers of nine Cherokees to justice, had agreed to provide goods for
compensation of the relatives which would be sent to Mr. Cameron (Deputy Superintendent of
Indian Affairs) for distribution.
C.O. 323/24, pp. 675-678
S.R. 926
M 303
1767 Nov. 5. Mr. John Pownall, Sec. to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations to eight named
Regular and Provincial Army Officers (see p. 468) requesting them to attend a meeting of the
Commissioners on Tuesday, 17 Nov. 1767, at 12 noon to discuss the situation in the American
colonies… the management of the Indian trade…
C.O. 324/21, pp. 467-470
S.R. 1306
M 309
1767 Oct. 3. Mr. John Stuart to Governor James Grant, Charlestown. Regarding the licensing of
traders and a Virginian provincial law on the same.
C.O. 5/73, pp. 351-356
S.R. 297
M 264
1768 April 15. Circular letter dated at Whitehall addressed by the Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of
State, to the Governor of all the America colonies announcing that after full consideration His
Majesty had decided, for the reasons given, to reject the plant for the management of Indian
affairs proposed by the Superintendents and to leave the regulation of the Indian trade in the
hands of the various colonies. The Superintendents were to be continued however, the
boundaries between colonists and Indians fixed and ratified and many frontier military posts
abandoned.
C.O. 324/21, pp. 555-560
230
S.R. 1306
M 309
1768 April 15. Circular letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors of Virginia, etc…
Each colony is to regulate its own Indian trade but the superintendence is still to deal with
negotiations between the Crown and the Indians.
C.O. 5/241, pp. 29-33
S.R. 590
M 270
1768 April 15. Circular letter of the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors of Va. etc. regarding
the report of the Board of Trade (cf. ff. 60-86) and the decisions in it that the regulation of trade
with the Indians should be left to the individual colonies. Remarking also upon the office of
superintendent and the ascertaining of boundary lines with the Indians.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 115-116
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Sept. 15. Mr. John Stuart, Supt. of Indian Affairs in the southern district of North America,
to the Early of Hillsborough, Sec. of State. Charlestown. Reporting his intended meeting with the
Cherokee Chiefs on 3 Oct. 1768 to ratify the cession of land by that nation to the Carolinas and
Va. and to inform them of the new system for controlling the Indian trade.
C.O. 323/38, pp. 167-170
S.R. 930
M 303
1768 Aug. 19. Mr. John Stuart to President John Blair. Charlestown. According to instructions
received from the Lords of Trade all trade with Indians is henceforth to be under the
management of the colonies.
C.O. 5/70, f. 157
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Sept. 15. Circular letter of Mr. John Stuart to the Governors of the Southern District.
Charlestown. Regarding the dismissal, in accordance with the recommendations from England,
of all officers managing trade with the Indians and outlining other changes to be made in Indian
affairs.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 298-299
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Nov. 21. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to Mr. John Stuart. Fauquier has already written regarding the
Indian boundary lines and the new company for Indian trade in Virginia. The Council has bought
a quantity of goods to compensate the relatives of the Cherokees murdered in Augusta County.
(Enclosed in letter from Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, 10 Feb. 1768)
C.O. 5/69, f. 131
231
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Dec. 20. Mr. David Ross to Mr. Alexander Cameron, Deputy Superintendent of Indian
Affairs. Williamsburg. The act of the Assembly of Virginia for trading with the Cherokees has
been repealed, there being too many inconveniences attendant on the business…
C.O. 5/71, ff. 65-66
S.R. 295
M 264
1770 May-July. Correspondence between Governors about the meetings of Commissioners in
New York to discuss the Indian trade.
(enclosed in letter from President William Nelson to Secretary of State, 27 Feb. 1771.)
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 74-79
S.R. 240
M 201
1770 July 31. Gov. Botetourt to the Secretary of State. Williamsburg… there has been no
decisive outcomes of an interprovincial meeting regarding Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 57vo
S.R. 851
M 232
1770 July 31. Botetourt to Secretary of State. Commissioners appointed to discuss Indian trade
with Commissioners from the north colonies in New York on 10 July returned without having
done any business.
C.O. 5/1348, ff. 131-132
S.R. 239
M 200
1770 Sept. 8. Letter from Lt. Gage, New York. Mentioning quarrels on the frontiers of
Pennsylvania and Virginia between the Indians and whites caused by the illegal sale of rum to
the Indians and their consequent drunkenness.
C.O. 5/234, pp. 141-121
S.R. 583
M 269
1770 Nov. 15. Circular letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to the Governors of Virginia etc.,
Whitehall. The councils of each colony are to find means of preventing the abuses in trade which
have been complained of by the Indians to Sir William Johnson.
C.O. 5/241, pp. 350-351
S.R. 590
M 270
1771 Feb. 5. President William Nelson to the Secretary of State. Virginia. Regarding the
persecution of persons committing abuses and violences on the Indians on the frontiers, the
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failure of a former attempt for inter-provincial regulation of Indian trade and the plan for another
meeting on the same matter. Enclosing various papers on the same.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 80-81
S.R. 851
M 232
1772 Nov. 4. Sir William Johnson to the Earl of Dartmouth, Johnson Hall… decrying the neglect
of regulations of trade.
C.O. 5/74, pp. 9-14
S.R. 298
M 264
1771 Oct. 12. Lt. Gov. Dunmore to the Earl of Hillsborough. Williamsburg… his receipt of the
order repealing an Act of the Assembly of Va. appointing Commissioners to consult with
representatives of other colonies and to agree upon a plan for regulating the Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 114-115
S.R. 796
M 245
1771 Oct. 3. Gov. Dunmore to the Secretary of State. Williamsburg… Discussing the discontent
of the Indians and the matter of regulation of Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 93-94ro.
S.R. 851
M 232
1771 Oct. 3. Lord Dunmore to Secretary of State… has proclaimed the disallowance of an Act of
Assembly appointing Commissioners to make a plan for regulation of the Indian trade. His own
experience of considerable discontent among the Indians on account of “irregularities among the
traders.”
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 173-174
S.R. 240
M 201
1771 July 1. President William Nelson to Secretary of State… has had a letter from Lord
Dunmore fixing a date for the meeting of Commissioners to settle “a plan of Indian trade” in
New York.
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 107-108
S.R. 240
M 201
1771 July 1. President William Nelson to (? Earl of Hillsborough, Sec. of State) reporting that
Va. would send Commissioners to a meeting at New York in early Dec. to settle plans for the
Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 101-102
S.R. 796
M 245
233
1771 July 1. President William Nelson to the Secretary of State. Virginia. A new meeting on
Indian trade is to be held at New York in the coming December.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 89
S.R. 851
M 232
1771 June 14. Copy of an order of the King in Council dated at St. James’ disallowing and
repealing an Act passed by the Assembly of Va. in June 1770 entitled “An Act for appointing
Commissioners to meet with Commissioners who are or may be appointed by the Legislatures of
the neighboring colonies to form and agree upon a general plan for the regulation of the Indian
trade.”
C.O. 5/1334, ff. 26-27
S.R. 797
M 245
1771 June 12. Representation to be submitted to H.M. The King by the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations, dated at Whitehall, recommending the disallowance and repeal of an Act passed by
the Assembly of Va. in June 1770 entitled “An Act for appointing Comm. to meet with Comm.
who are or may be appointed by the Legislatures of the neighboring colonies to form and agree
upon a General Plan for the Regulation of the Indian trade.”
C.O. 5/1336, ff. 202-203
S.R. 799
M 245
1771 June 12. The Board of Trade to the King. Whitehall. Desiring disallowance of a Virginia
Act of 1770 for appointing a commission to decide a general plan for the regulation of Indian
trade.
C.O. 5/1369, pp. 235-236
S.R. 848
M 231
1771 June 11. Order of the Privy Council. St James’s. Disallowing a Virginia Act of 1770
regarding the regulation of Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1375, ff. 77vo-78ro
S.R. 854
M 232
1771 April 27. Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, Charlestown. Regarding emissaries
sent by the Western Indians to the Cherokees, the want of regulation of the Indian traders and the
frightening away by white settlers of game from the Indian hunting grounds.
C.O. 5/72, pp. 421-424
S.R. 296
M 264
234
1771 Feb. 27. President William Nelson to Secretary of State. The meetings, past and future, of
Commissioners in New York to discuss the Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 72-73
S.R. 240
M 201
1771 Feb. 27. President William Nelson to the Secretary of State. Virginia. Enclosing a report on
the proceedings of the Virginia Commissioners at a New York meeting on Indian trade.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 82-83ro
S.R. 851
M 232
Indian Treaties
1676 Oct. 13. Instructions of the Privy Council to Sire William Berkeley. No. 3. Berkeley is to
house the Commissioners from England upon their arrival in Virginia and is to cooperate with
them in concluding a peace treaty with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 111-114
S.R. 254
M 227
1677 Oct. 19. The Lords of the Committee of Trade and Plantations to the King. Have examined
the articles of peace between the Lt. Gov. of Va. And the Indian princes and have discussed them
with Sir John Berry, Col. Moryson, merchants and planters interested in Va. Are of opinion that
the treaty is for the King’s service and the security of the King’s subjects in Va.
C.O. 1/41, f. 222
S.R. 741
M 319
1677 Oct. 19. Order from the Privy Council to print the Articles of the Peace between Virginia
and the Indian Princes.
C.O. 1/41, f. 223
S.R. 741
M 319
1677/8 Jan. 18. Order of the Privy Council, Whitehall. Enclosed in the order is a report of 18
December 1677 from the Committee for…Plantations upon peace treaties with the Indians. In
accordance with the recommendations of the Committee, Secretary Coventry is ordered to write
to Governor Jefferys directing him to make both his late peace treaty with the Indians and all
future ones, comprehend as well as Virginia the Province of Maryland and all other neighbouring
colonies.
C.O. 5/1355, pp. 243-245
S.R. 254
M 227
235
1691 June 2. Treaty made by Col. Henry Sloughter, Governor of New York, with four Indian
tribes: this treaty to include Virginia.
C.O. 5/1306, ff. 276-277
S.R. 401
M 234
1682 Aug. 3. Treaty of peace at Albany between Maryland and the Indians. The propositions of
the Hon. Col. Henry Coursey and Col. Philemon Lloyd for Lord Baltimore on behalf of the
King’s subjects in Va. and Maryland, to the Indians called Sinoclowannes.
C.O. 1/49, ff. 84-94
S.R. 749
M 327
1710 Oct. 24. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations… an application for
land received from some Indian tribes claiming under a treaty of 1677…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 160-163
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. Reporting his
many differences with the House of Burgesses, their reluctance to vote money to carry out the
proposed Indian treaty…
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 341-344
S.R. 409
M 239
1711 Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade, Virginia. Spotswood reports on his
difference with the late Assembly, who seem bent on currying the favor of the populace by
frugality and hence refuse to vote money for the provision of militia and arms for the defense of
the colony and for the fulfilling of the treaty with the Tuscarora Indians…
C.O. 5/1363, pp. 426-436
S.R. 832
M 229
1711 Feb. 8. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… his attempts to effect a treaty with the
Tuscaroras… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 33vo-34vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1712 July 26. Spotswood to Secretary of State. Continued danger from the Indians. The South
Carolina commander’s breach of the treaty he had negotiated with the Indians…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 62-63
S.R. 245
M 246
236
(1713) Copy of second part of a Treaty of Peace signed by Spotswood with the Nottoway
Indians. (see f. 116)
C.O. 5/1341, ff. 111-112
S.R. 249
M 247
1713 Feb. 27. Copy of first part of a Treaty of Peace signed by Spotswood with the Nottoway
Indians. (Remainder listed at f. 111)
C.O. 5-1341, ff. 116-117
S.R. 249
M 247
1713 Feb. 27. Copy of a Treaty of Peace signed by Spotswood with the Tuscarora Indians.
Twelve clauses.
C.O. 5/1341, ff. 118-121
S.R. 249
M 247
1713 Feb. 27. Copy of a Treaty of Peace signed by Spotswood with the Saponie Indians. Eleven
clauses.
C.O. 5/1341, ff. 113-115
S.R. 249
M 247
1713 Feb. 27. Copy of the Treaty of Peace between Virginia and the Tuscarora Indian tribe
signed at Williamsburg. By this Treaty of twelve articles it was agreed that the tribe should be
tributary to the British Crown, but that only a nominal tribute of three Indians arrows would be
demanded.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 507-510
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 Feb. 27. Copy of the Treaty of Peace concluded with the Nottoway Indians at
Williamsburg. By this Treaty of eleven articles, the Nottoway Indians confirmed their position as
tributaries of the British Crown, but it was agreed that only a nominal tribute of three Indian
arrows would be demanded instead of skins as formerly. Another provision of the Treaty was
intended to encourage the Tribe to send some of its children to be educated at the College of
William and Mary.
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 511-514
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 Feb. 27. Copy of a Treaty of Peace concluded with the Saponie Indians at Williamsburg.
This is the same treaty as was concluded with the Nottoways (ff. 511-514).
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 515-518
S.R. 409
237
M 239
1713 (1713/14) March 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations…
enclosing copies of three treaties made with the Indians
C.O. 5/1316, ff. 503-506
S.R. 409
M 239
1713 March 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia… transmits three treaties
concluded with the Tuscarora, Saponi, and Nottoway Indians…
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 45-56
S.R. 833
M 229
1713 Dec. 20. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade… the questions of a treaty with the
Tuscaroras… (abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 41vo-42vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1713 Dec. 29. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade. Virginia… He hopes soon to transmit
an account of the progress of the Treaty with the Tuscaroras.
C.O. 5/1364, pp. 276-292
S.R. 833
M 229
1713/14 March 9. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Board of Trade.. the treaties with the Tuscaroras,
Saponies, and Nottoways… (abstract).
C.O. 5/1370, ff. 42vok-43ro.
S.R. 849
M 231
1717 Aug. 29. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… Reporting certain
measures taken to reform the existing method of selling land and certain other revenue matters,
the treaty with the Western Indians, attack by Indians of the Five Nations on a tribe under British
protection, …the suspected implication of clandestine traders with Indian attacks…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 138-141
S.R. 413
M 240
1718 Aug. 14. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… the Assembly’s
reactions to the Lt. Gov.’s suggestion for renewing the treaty with the Five Nations of Indians…
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 216-223
S.R. 413
M 240
238
(1726) The “case and petition” to the King of Col. Alexander Spotswood, late Lt. Gov. of Va…
His activities to defend them from Indian claims. He has never been reimbursed for his expenses
in 1713 in securing treaties with the Three Nations…
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 1-2
S.R. 252
M 247
1723 Nov. 1. Lt. Gov. Dyrsdale to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… a treaty (copy
enclosed ff. 153-157) with the Five Nations duly concluded…
C.O. 5/1319, ff/ 149-150
S.R. 414
M 240
1718 Sept. 27. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… signs of Indian
unrest on the Virginian frontiers and news of a raid in Carolina, the action taken to protect the
Saponie Indians from the Northern tribes, his regret at the refusal of the Assembly to renew the
Treaty with the Five Nations.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 264-267
S.R. 413
M 240
1719 Aug. 11. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… his failure in May
1718 to persuade the Assembly to review the Indian treaty, recent Indian raids on Virginia
frontiers and the alerting of the Militia in frontier areas.
C.O. 5/1318, ff. 408-413
S.R. 413
M 240
1722 June 11. Lt. Gov. Spotswood to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations… his journey to
Albany to negotiate a treaty with the Five Nations in order to secure the land frontiers against
Indians.
C.O. 5/1319, ff. 66-67
S.R. 414
M 240
1730 July 7. Copy of a memorial submitted by Col. Alexander Spotswood, late Lt. Gov. of Va.,
to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Claiming £600 for expenses incurred by Col. Spotswood in 1722 over and
above the £1,000 voted by the Assembly to pay for his visit to Albany in connection with the
Indian Treaty…
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 71-79
S.R. 417
M 241
1731 Dec. 30. Mr. J. Scrope, Sec. to the Treasury, to Mr. Alured Popple, Sec. to the Comm. for
Trade and Plantations. Enclosing an undated petition (f. 223) presented by Mr. Robert Cary,
merchant, on behalf of Col. (Alexander) Spotswood, late Lt. Gov. of Va. requesting additional
239
payment expended by him in making the 1200 mile journey to Albany in 1722 to negotiate and
sign a treaty with the Indians.
C.O. 5/1322, ff. 222-227
S.R. 417
M 241
1732 July 16. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Lords of Trade. Williamsburg… encloses an account of Col.
Spotswood’s disbursements in the treaty with the five nations Indians in 1722…
T. 1/279, ff. 98-103
S.R. 1261
M 348
1742 July 10. Copy of a dispatch (f. 92) from Col. George Thomas, Deputy Gov. of
Pennsylvania, to Capt. George Ogle. Deputy Gov. of Maryland. Philadelphia. Enclosing an
extract (f. 93) from the speech made by a Chief of the Six Nations at a treaty conference at
Philadelphia on 7 July 1742 in which complaint was made that some settlers from Maryland had
taken possession of land claimed by the Indians without paying compensation.
C.O. 5/1325, ff. 92-93A
S.R. 788
M 242
1742 July 28. Gooch to Secretary of State… Maryland and Pennsylvania have reported a
“dangerous conspiracy” on the part of the Indians to attack them. He has promised assistance to
the Governor of Maryland; and sent instructions and ammunition to those living on Virginia’s
western frontier. The Indians misconstruction of their treaty with Governor Spotswood…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 265-266
S.R. 245
M 246
1743 Aug. 22. Gooch to the Secretary of State. Asks that the “extraordinary expenses” arising
out of the Treaty with the Indians now being negotiated may be paid out of H.M. Revenue of
Quitrents…
C.O. 5/1337, ff. 281-282
S.R. 245
M 246
1744 June. A printed pamphlet entitled “The/Treaty/held with the/Indians/of the/Six
Nations,/at/Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, in /June 1744./ To which is prefixed,/ An Account of the
first Confederacy of the SIX/NATIONS, their present TRIBUTARIES, DE/PENDENTS, and
ALLIES, and of their RELIG-ION,/ and Form of Government/Williamsburg:/Printed and Sold
by William Parks.”
C.O. 5/1326, ff. 55-100
S.R. 789
M 242
240
1744 Dec. 21. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Board of Trade… enclosing a land treaty with the Indians.
(abstract)
C.O. 5/1370, f. 117vo.
S.R. 849
M 231
1744 Dec. 21. Lt. Gov. Gooch to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Virginia… expressing
the hope that His Majesty will agree to the expenses of £920 incurred in completing the Indian
Treaty being paid from the Quit Rent revenue.
C.O. 5/1326, ff. 53-54
S.R. 789
M 242
1745 June 27. The Board of Trade to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall… the Treaty concluded with the
Northern Indians…
C.O. 5/1366, pp. 375-379
S.R. 845
M 230
1745 June 27. The Comm. for Trade and Plantations to Lt. Gov. Gooch. Whitehall….
Congratulating him on the treaty made with the northern Indians…
C.O. 5/1335, ff. 219-220
S.R. 798
M 245
1750/51 Jan. 10. Lords of Trade to Secretary of State (Duke of Bedford). Defection of the Six
Nations: its possible serious consequences. The French activities in this matter are contrary to the
Treaty of Utrecht.
C.O. 4/1344, ff. 96-99
S.R. 252
M 247
1752 June 13. Copy of the Treaty with the Indians concluded at Logstown on 13 June 1752 at
which the British King’s presents were distributed. (See also ff. 310-321)
C.O. 5/1327, ff. 263-275
S.R. 790
M 243
1754 Jan. 29. Dinwiddie to the Lords of Trade… The British rights established by the Treaty of
Lancaster of 1744 with the Six Nations…
(Enclosed in letter from the Lords of Trade to Secretary of State, 4 April 1754.)
C.O. 5/1344, ff. 185-189
S.R. 252
M 247
1754 Oct. 18. A Treaty with the Indians at Camp Mount Pleasant.
241
(Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson, 20 Jan. 1755)
C.O. 5/15, ff. 205-208
S.R. 273
M 260
1754 Oct. 29. Representation dated at Whitehall addressed to His Majesty by the Comm. for
Trade and Plantations relative to a meeting of the Comm. of certain named colonies (excluding
Va.) at Albany in June 1754 to renew and confirm the ancient Treaties of Friendship with the Six
Nations Indians, at which meeting certain other matters concerning the management of Indian
affairs, the strengthening of frontier defenses and plans for defense were discussed.
C.O. 324/15, pp. 402-417
S.R. 1300
M 308
1754 Nov. 5. A Treaty with the Indians at Camp Mount Pleasant.
(enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Sir Thomas Robinson, 20 Jan. 1755)
C.O. 5/15, ff. 209-212
S.R. 273
M 260
1754 Dec. 17. A Treaty with the Indians at Camp Mount Pleasant.
(Enclosed in letter from Dinwiddie to Sir. Thomas Robinson, 20 Jan. 1755)
C.O. 5/15, ff. 213-216
S.R. 273
M 260
1756 Feb. and March. A Treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians. (Printed)
C.O. 5/17, ff. 253-273
S.R. 275
M 260
1756 Feb. and March. Printed Copy of the treaties concluded in Feb. and March 1756 with the
Catawba and Cherokee Indians, instructions given to the Virginian commissioners, and the
message to the House of Burgesses reporting the whole matter.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 205-224
S.R. 791
M 243
1756 June 11. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Reporting the dispatch of Commissioners to conclude a treaty with the Catawba and Cherokee
Indians to prevent these nations passing under French influence, the calling out of Militia in ten
counties to repell raiding Indian parties, the lethargy of proprietory colonies, and the death of Mr.
Burwell, the senior member of the Council of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1328, ff. 201-202
S.R. 791
M 243
242
1756 August 14. H. Fox to Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie Whitehall… the treaties concluded with the
Catawbas and Cherokees are approved and defense measures for Virginia discussed.
C.O. 5/212, pp/ 253-259
S.R. 561
M 269
1756 Sept. 24. Lt. Gov. Dinwiddie to Henry Fox, Esq.… regarding the King’s declaration of war
against France, the treaties with the Indians and the army in America.
C.O. 5/17, ff. 349-350
S.R. 275
M 260
1757. Memorial of William Byrd and Peter Randolf to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury,
requesting “an allowance…adequate to the Fatigue and Trouble,” endured while negotiating a
treaty with the Indians.
T. 1/372, ff. 171-172
S.R. 1291
M 349
1758 July 4. Mr. Samuel Martin, Sec. to the Comm. of the Treasury, to the Comm. for Trade and
Plantations. Treasury Chambers. Requesting a report on the enclosed undated petition (ff. 59-61)
addressed to the Comm. of the Treasury by William Byrd and Peter Randolph in which they
prayed for an allowance to be made to them for their services, and expenses as Commissioners
dispatched by the Lt. Gov. of Va. to negotiate treaties with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians in
1755…
C.O. 5/1329, ff. 58-66
S.R. 792
M 243
1758 July 14. John Pownall to Samuel Martin, Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, on the memorial of Byrd and Randolph, requesting an allowance for negotiating a
treaty with the Cherokee Indians.
T. 1/381, ff. 24-25
S.R. 1296
M 349
1760 May 15. Auditor General’s report, to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the
memorial of Messrs. Randolph and Bird, requesting an allowance for having negotiated a peace
treaty with Indians. The Auditor General suggests an allowance of 1,000 pounds as being a
suitable reward for their services.
T. 1/401, ff. 203-204
S.R. 1404
M 349
243
1763 Nov. Certified Manuscript copy of a Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the southern
Indian Nations signed at the congress held at Augusta. Francis Fauquier, Lt. Gov. of Va., signed
this treaty.
C.O. 323/17, ff. 198-204
S.R. 919
M 303
1764 Sept. 1. Lt. Gov. Fauquier to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations. Williamsburg.
Transmitting a printed copy of the Proceedings of the “Congress at Augusta” (discussing an
Indian treaty). No copy included in this volume.
C.O. 5/1331, ff. 89-89A
S.R. 794
M 244
1765 June 14. Précis of letter received from Lt. Gov. Fauquier of Virginia. Regarding the
violation of the Indian Treaties in Virginia and the distressed state of the Treasury there.
C. O. 5/217, p. (18)
S.R. 566
M 269
1765 June 14. Gov. Fauquier to Sec. of State, reported the murder of some Cherokees, the
Colony’s violation of Indian treaties… (abstract)
Stowe 264, f. 95
S.R. 173
M 276
1766 Sept. 13. Précis of Circular letter to the Governors in North America. Regarding the
violation of Indian Treaties…
C.O. 5/217, pp. 119-121
S.R. 566
M 269
1767 Feb. 19. The Earl of Shelburne to Lt. Gov. Fauquier. Whitehall. Hoping that the persons
concerned in the violation of the Indians treaties have been brought to justice, and deploring all
hostilities against the Indians, especially the recent ones commenced in West Florida against the
Creeks.
C.O. 5/1374, unnumbered page facing f. 1-f.1
S.R. 853
M 232
(1768) Treaty at Fort Stanwix. Marked “Duplicate”.
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Secretary of State, 24 Dec. 1768)
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 40-43
S.R. 238
M 200
244
(1768) Treaty with the Cherokee Indians. Concluded at the congress at Hard Labor and settling
the boundary lines of the Indian land.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 96-98
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Oct. 17. Mr. Stuart to President John Blair, about Treaty with Cherokee Indians confirming
the Boundary Line.
(enclosed in letter from Botetourt to Sec. of State, 10 Nov. 1768)
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 13-14
S.R. 238
M 200
1768 Nov. 5. Copy of the Treaty agreed and signed at Fort Stanwix between the Commissioners
of Va., New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the Six Nations.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 66-70
S.R. 795
M 244
1768 Nov. and Oct. Proceedings at a Treaty held at Fort Stanwix. The entire proceedings of the
boundary line congress held by Sir William Johnson with Commissioners from Virginia and
elsewhere and the Six Nations, Shawanese, Delawares, Senecas, and other dependent tribes.
Including the commission of Mr. Walker from John Blair, President of the Council of Virginia.
C.O. 5/69, ff. 312-342
S.R. 293
M 263
1768 Nov. 5. Treaty between the representatives of the Six Nations and the representatives of the
American colonies signed at Fort Stanwix. Thomas Walker signed as Commissioner of Virginia.
C.O. 323/28, p. 109
S.R. 930
M 303
1768 Nov. 12. Treaty with the Creek Indians. Concluding at Augusta, Georgia. Settling the
Creek boundary lines.
C.O. 5/70, ff. 100-104
S.R. 294
M 263
1768 Dec. 22. Gov. Botetourt to (? The Secretary of State). Williamsburg. Enclosing a state of
the land patents granted from 1752 to 1756, reporting that, following the treaty signed at Fort
Stanwix, many applications had been received for land on the frontier, but that none would be
granted until the newly agreed boundary had been surveyed and marked, and explaining that the
Cherokees were expected to sell at a reasonable rate land agreed upon as open to purchase.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 94-95
S.R. 795
245
M 244
1768 Dec. 24. Botetourt to Secretary of State. He has sent with his previous letter, No. 6, a map
showing the lands it is proposed to purchase from the Indians under the Fort Stanwix Treaty.
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 54-55
S.R. 238
M 200
1768 Dec. 24. Gov. Botetourt to the Secretary of State. Williamsburg. Reporting the many
applications for land patents following the treaty of Fort Stanwix and the likelihood of the
Cherokees selling some of their lands.
C.O. 5/1372, f. 36
S.R. 851
M 232
1768 Dec. 24. Gov. Botetourt to the Secretary of State. Williamsburg… enclosing papers on the
Fort Stanwix treaty and a map regarding the same; also an account of the quit rents.
Commending the Attorney General and Mr. John Stuart who is recommended as Superintendent
of Indian affairs for Virginia.
C.O. 5/1372, ff. 34vo-36
S.R. 851
M 232
1768 Dec. 24. Botetourt to Secretary of State. Treaty with the Indians and Boundary Line.
Encloses the eight documents listed below. Letter marked “Duplicate”. Endorsed “original not
received”.
C.O. 5/1347, ff. 30-31
S.R. 238
M 200
1769 Jan. 5. Letter from Major General Gage, New York. Enclosing a paper on the late Treaty
concluded with the Indians, whereby a large tract of land falling into the provinces of Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and New York, will become crown property.
C.O. 5/233, pp. 175-181
S.R. 582
M 269
1769 Jan. 5. Major General Thomas Gage to the Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Reporting the
conclusion of a Treaty with the Six Nations Indians and the ceding of a large tract of land to the
Crown by which the provinces of New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia would benefit.
C.O. 5/87, pp. 5-12
S.R. 456
M 265
246
1769 Jan. 7. Letter from Major General Gage, New York. Reporting on a treaty concluded with
the Southern Indians to ratify and confirm the cessions of land made to the King within the limits
of Virginia and other provinces.
C.O. 5/233, pp. 190-191
S.R. 582
M 269
1769 Jan. 7. Major General Thomas Gage to the Earl of Hillsborough. New York. Reporting
recent conclusion of a treaty with the Southern Indians ratifying cession of Indian land to the
King within the limits of Va., the Carolina, Georgia and East and West Florida. It was too late in
the year to mark the new boundary between Virginia and Cherokee territory, but this would be
done next Spring.
C.O. 5.87, pp. 131-132
S.R. 456
M 265
1769 Jan. 19. Mr. John Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to Gov. Botetourt. Charles
Town. Reporting the arrival of the Virginia Commissioners (Col. Lewis and Doctor Walker) at
Charles Town on 11 Jan. 1769, his conferences with them, the previous treaties made with the
Cherokee Indians about land, his orders from the Secretary of State forbidding further
negotiations without express orders and his correspondence with the Lieutenant Governor
Francis Fauquier on this subject.
C.O. 5/1332, ff. 100-101
S.R. 795
M 244
(1770) Copy of a resolution by the House of Burgesses desiring the Governor General to arrange
by treaty with the Cherokees for the new western boundary of the colony to be fixed as laid
down in Mr. Stuart’s letter No. 10 (see f. 34) and to be marked accordingly.
C.O. 5/1333, f. 35
S.R. 796
M 245
1770 June 21. Copy of part of a letter from Gov. Botetourt to Hon. John Stuart. Authorizing him
to conclude a treaty with the Cherokees to settle the boundary as now sanctioned by the Sec. of
State (see ff. 31, 34) and accepted by the General Assembly of Va. (see f. 35), warning him not
to exceed the 2,500 pounds allowed for compensation, offering assistance in actually marking
the new boundary and congratulating him on his appointment as Member Extraordinary of the
Council of Virginia.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 37-37A
S.R. 796
M 245
1770 June 24. Lord Botetourt, H.M.’s Lieutenant and Governor General of Virginia, to the
Commissioners for Trade & Plantations. Williamsburg. Promising to forward certain information
concerning land grants if it can be obtained and asking that the earliest possible information
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should be given him as to what lands could be granted as a result of the Treaty with the Indians
signed at Fort Stanwix, since such land was still under the ban of the king’s Proclamation of
1763.
C.O. 5/133, ff. 46-46A
S.R. 796
M 245
1770 July. Proceedings at a Treaty with the Six Nations, the Indians of Canada, the several
dependant tribes and the deputies from the Cherokee nation, German Flatts. Including
confirmation of the deed of cession and Treaty at Fort Stanwix and complaints by the Indians
that the people on the southern frontier continue to molest them.
C.O. 5/71, ff. 236-255
S.R. 295
M 264
1770 Oct. 18. Treaty made at the Congress at Lochaber. Ratifying and confirming the boundary
line fixed between Virginia and the Cherokee.
(Enclosed in letter from Mr. John Stuart to the Earl of Hillsborough, 28 Nov. 1770)
C.O. 5/72, pp. 57-61
S.R. 296
M 264
1770 Dec. 15. President William Nelson to Secretary of State. Treaty with the Cherokee Indians
regarding the Boundary Line, and future activities of Colonel Donelson in executing this. Threat
to the Colony of the plague. Encloses the three documents listed below.
C.O. 5/1349, ff. 17-18
S.R. 240
M 201
1772 May 14. Hon. Thomas Walpole to the Secretary to the Comm. for Trade and Plantations.
Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Requesting to be provided with a copy of all Treaties made with the Indians
concluded since the treaty made at Fort Stanwix.
C.O. 5/1333, ff. 176-177
S.R. 796
M 245
1774 Sept. 8. Lord Dartmouth to Gov. Dunmore. Whitehall. Reviewing past land treaties made
with the Indians and disapproving any settlements contrary to these treaties or any settlements on
Mr. Walpole’s grant. Desiring a list of all land grants in Virginia.
C.O. 5/1375, ff. 103vo-105
S.R. 854
M 232
1775 Feb. 13. Letter from Col. Guy Johnson, Guy Park. A general account of Indian affairs,
including the transactions of the Shawnee with the Virginians and treaty concluded between
them.
248
C.O. 5/229, pp. 42-47
S.R. 578
M 269
Manuscripts and Transcripts on Indians
1774-1777. Nicholas Cresswell Journal, 4 vols. Journal compiled from rough notes of a trip to
America, 1774-1777, by Nicholas Cresswell (1751-1804) of Derbyshire, England. Cresswell
came to America hoping to acquire land and settle permanently, but personal difficulties, the
uncertain state of affairs, and, ultimately, the Revolutionary War, caused him to return to
England. While traveling, he visited or lived in Barbados, Maryland, Virginia, western
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Philadelphia, and New York. Often, there are lengthy observations on
the towns he visited, frontier techniques and customs, and the social customs of both Indians and
whites. The journal is especially valuable for detailing the growth of the Revolutionary
movement. Among the many people mentioned are: Capt. Buddecomb, Capt. George Clark,
Capt. [Christopher] Gist, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Neville, and George Rice.
(The work has been published. See: The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777 (New York,
1924).)
Manuscript:
MS 1961.2
Volumes Box 5
Microfilm:
M-1556
1753. The Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1753. Printed by William Hunter.
John Blair Diary [?]. The writer of this diary was a close associate or a member of the governor's
Council in Williamsburg, Va., (1752-1753). Entries include mention of Gov. Robert Dinwiddie's
administration and Council; notes on the interaction between the colonial Virginia government
and the Cherokee and Catawba Indians; the offending of a Cherokee chief; George Washington;
and reported troubles in Ohio prior to the French and Indian War. Diary also describes a family
burial plot in Bruton Parish Church; the behavior of a "wicked gang;" daily weather reports; and
the sailing of a ship The Caesar. Names mentioned include William Fairfax, Richard Corbin,
Lewis Burwell, and William Waller. The diary is fragmented and very fragile.
1774. The Virginia Almack for the Year of our Lord God, 1774. Printed by Purdie and Dixon.
Land deed extracts. Entries include extracts from deeds of land in "Petso" (Petsworth) Parish,
Gloucester County, Va. (1686-1688). Landowners include Augustine Warner, John Mann,
Mathew Page, Conquest Wyatt, Robert Elliot, Robert Carter, Mary Keble, Henry Fox, William
Anderson, and William Lynes. Also mentions Lawrence Smith, surveyor, and the "Cheesecake"
(Chiskiac) Indians.
The Buried Treasure of Williamsburg. 140 pages.
MS1993.3
Folder
Contents
1
Foreward, pp.ii-iii
Introduction, pp.iv-v
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Chap. I: Archaeology: The Pioneers, pp. 1-12
Chap. II: In Search of the Evidence, pp.13-19
Chap. III: Exploring the Earth of Williamsburg, pp. 20-29
Chap. IV: Archaeology and the Architect, pp. 30-45
Chap. V: Traces of Landscape Features, pp. 46-53
Chap. VI: Document and Spade, pp. 54-62
2
Chap. VII: Fragments: Clues to Furnishings, pp. 63-71
Chap. VIII: Shop, Tavern, and Gaol, pp. 93-108
Chap. IX: The Personal Touch, pp. 72-81
Chap. X: Of Arms, Armies, and Indians, pp. 82-92
Chap. XI: In Pursuit of the Potter, pp. 100-121
Chap. XII: Closing the File, pp. 122-127
Appendix: Dating and Scales, pp. 128-132
Acknowledgements, p. 133
Singleton P. Moorehead's comments on the
draft, 6/23/59.
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1750 [1763-1798]. Guide to the John Norton & Sons Papers. 2,294 pieces. Correspondence and
business papers of the firm of John Norton & Sons, merchants of London and Virginia, including
letters, bills, accounts, receipts, and bills of lading. John Norton, Jr. (1719-1777) began his career in
the mercantile business in Yorktown representing the firm of Flowerdewe & Norton. He married
Courtenay Walker (d. 1780) in 1743. John Norton returned to England in 1764. His son, John
Hatley Norton (1745-1797) succeeded his father in Virginia in the late 1760's. The majority of the
letters were written to John Norton, Jr. in London, or his son, John Hatley Norton, the firm's
representative in Yorktown, Virginia, during the period 1766-1798. The letters deal primarily with
the sale of tobacco and the ordering of goods, but since they cover the period of disturbances which
culminated in the American Revolution, they provide insight on the strained circumstances of the
situation, and the rumors of independence at a very early date. The papers contain comments on
such affairs as the Stamp Act, the Boston Port Bill, political unrest in England, Parliament's
relations with the colonies, and the non-importation agreements. Included are an extensive list of
articles obtained for Lord Dunmore's use at the Governor's Palace; interestingly engraved invoice
heads; and numerous letters and invoices from Williamsburg shopkeepers and residents. There are
also letters and papers concerning political, economic, and social affairs in the colony from more
than three hundred Virginians, including: John Baylor, Gov. Norborne Berkeley, Lord Botetourt,
Carter Braxton, Nathaniel Burwell, John Clayton, James Craig, Thomas Everard, Capt. William
Goosley, Francis Jerdone, Warner Lewis, Peter Lyons, James Maury, Thomas Nelson, William
Nelson, Robert Carter Nicholas, John Page, Mann Page, Edmund Randolph, John Randolph, Peyton
Randolph, Augustine Smith, and George Wythe.
(An automated guide, a card index and a typescript finding guide are available.)
(Approximately one-third of the papers have been published in: Frances Norton Mason (ed.), John
Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia (Richmond, 1937).)
Manuscript:
MS 36.3
Microfilm:
M-148.1-8
Transcript:
TR/22-23
Folder 37: 10 pieces
1771 March 8. Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas to John Norton, London. Williamsburg.
This colony owes John Stuart £183.19.4 for balance of his account of expenses in late
negotiation with Cherokee Indians; has drawn draft on Norton for that sum; wishes him to
honor it and charge to Treasury of Virginia. 1p., 36.5x23cm., A.L.S.
1771 March 8. Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas to [Messrs. John Norton & Son,
London]. Williamsburg. By letter of this date has asked him to pay John Stuart, Sup’t. of
Indian Affairs in Southern District, sum of £183.19.4; repeats request that they honor it. 1p.,
14.5x9cm., A.L.S.
1771 Oct. 3. Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas to [John Norton, London]. Williamsburg.
Received account current as Treasurer; makes correction; Assembly only voted £2500 on
Indian affair; sends duplicate of former invoice; expect short tobacco crop; Lord Dunmore
just arrived from New York; hopes he has disposition to make country happy; wants
enclosed letters of major Watson forwarded; had opportunity of recommending Norton to
Dunmore. 1 enclosure. 38x23cm., A.L.S.
Folder 61: 9 pieces
1772 June 20. Bill to John Norton & Son from Christopher Corrall & Thomas & Daniel
Blackford, Gold and Silver Lacemen at the Indian Queen, for laces shipped. Eng. bill. 1p.,
21x17cm.
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Folder 156: 10 pieces
1784 April 19. Letter from Moses Robertson to John Hatley Norton. Gloucester, Va. He is
sorry that letters coming in by Robertson did not reach them; sent them by Beall; hoped to
see him but may have to sail; is third owner of vessel; Browne former clerk to William Lee
chief owner; Lee came with him from Ostende; brought goods; has not obtained load yet;
will change line of business; settle at Norfolk; hears Norton purchased land on Indian Creek
from cousin, Colonel Thruston; adjoins his own land; asks preference if for sale; will be glad
to receive cargo for London. 2p., 37x23cm., A.L.S.
Folder 166: 7 pieces
1785 Nov. 22. Letter from Samuel and John Smith to John Hatley Norton, merchant,
Winchester, Va. Bath, [Baltimore, Maryland?]. Tobacco prices fall daily; no sale in
England; Mr. Morris' contract to furnish French demand at 36 Livres per quintal lower them
further; if Norton sends any will charge 5% commission; when they supply goods charge no
commission on country produce; ginseng will sell before December 10; sarsasparilla; Indian
killed deer skins prices; no small skins as duty per skin. 1p., 38x30cm., A.L.S.
Folder 168: 12 pieces
1786 Feb. 15. Letter from Samuel and John Smith to John Hatley Norton, Winchester,
Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland. During absence of their J[ohn] S[mith] on the E. Shore
Norton's bills came to hand; will pay; his account of prices on James River tobacco ill
founded; no possibility from European prices of a rise; sold part of Norton's to a West
Indian; will replace his tobacco with equal quantity if dissatisfied at price; send bills on
Margaret Cromwell for balance; weights were short. 1p., 21.5x33cm., A.L.S.
Guide to the Photocopied Manuscript Collections. Compiled by Gregory L. Williams. November,
1989. Revised July, 2002. Single Item Photocopy Manuscripts PH 00 Single Photocopies (PH/00)
PH 00 N.D.
Petition of Capt. Henry Woodward, formerly a British officer during French and Indian
War, to the King re a military command. Original: Bodleian Library.
PH 00 27 Mar 1677
Letter from Herbert Jeffreys, et al, Swann’s Point, Va, to Henry Coventry, London, re
Indians, etc. Original: Public Record Office.
Guide to the Transcript Collections. Compiled by Gregory L. Williams, December, 1989. Revised
July, 2002. The transcripts consist of typed copies of manuscript material gathered for the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation's research purposes. In some instances, the original manuscripts are
owned by Colonial Williamsburg, while the majority of the transcripts come from other repositories
such as the College of William and Mary, the Library of Virginia, the University of Virginia, the
British Public Record Office, and the Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris. The transcripts may be
copied, but it is the responsibility of users outside the Foundation to contact the owning repository
to obtain permission to cite, quote, or reproduce for publication. This guide consists of a table of
contents, a listing of the single transcripts (TR 00's), and a brief description of each collection of
transcripts. In many instances the collection of transcripts consists of selected or limited items
within an original collection. Some collections are complete transcripts of the original collection
including Colonial Williamsburg Library manuscripts. Many of the transcripts are available in
microfilm copies and some are available in photocopies.
TR 00 1677
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Treaty between Virginia and the Indians. Copied from: VA Mag. Of Hist. & Biog., vol. 14
(Jan., 1907), pp. 289-296.
TR 00 1689
Accounts of the Indians in Virginia from minister’s letters. Original: Newberry Library.
TR 05.1-2
Letters of Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, 1768-1770. 1 volume. Official
correspondence of Baron de Botetourt, Virginia governor (1768-1770). Includes acts,
letters, reports to the King, representations to the King, Orders in the King's Council, House
of Commons resolutions, and circular letters to colonial governors. Subjects include trade,
English political authority, legislation in Williamsburg and London, Indian affairs, colonial
dissatisfaction with the Crown, and other matters. Second volume consists of editorial
notes. Original: Public Record Office, London.
TR 13
Correspondence of John Murray, Earl of Dunmore and Governor of Virginia, 1771-1789. 3
volumes. From immediately prior to the American Revolutionary War. Included are letters
to and from Dunmore at Williamsburg (1771-1775), on board the ship Dunmore off Norfolk
(1775-1776), and in London (1777-1789). Also includes appointments, circular letters, and
legislation. Subjects include colonial legislation, trade, Indian matters, appointments to
posts, Governor's Council and the Virginia House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary War,
military matters, and intelligence information. Original: various repositories including the
British Public Record Office, New York Public Library, Henry E. Huntington Library, and
William L. Clements Library.
TR 14
Official correspondence of Francis Fauquier, Lt. Gov. of Virginia, 1756-1763. 6 volumes.
Includes correspondence between London and Williamsburg, instructions, orders,
commissions, depositions, circular letters, accounts for quitrents, lists of vessels with grain
(1762) and payroll of recruits (1762). Subjects include: Cherokee Indian affairs, military
and troop matters, taxation, the College of William and Mary, privateering (1761), shipping,
the Don Pedro Burmudez/ Norfolk riot affair (1761-1762), and the House of Burgesses.
Correspondents include: George Washington, William Pitt, William Byrd II, Jeffrey
Amherst, and William Henry Lyttleton. Original: various repositories including the British
Public Record Office, Lambeth Palace, Library of Congress, Huntington Library, State
Historical Society of Wisconsin, Maine Historical Society, and CWF.
Guide to The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution. 1716/17-1862?. Copyright
1969 - Historic Publications 302 North 13th Street Philadelphia, PA. The Sol Feinstone Collection
of the American Revolution is a privately gathered collection of approximately 2,300 manuscripts
focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the American Revolution. The manuscripts are owned
by the David Library, but deposited at the American Philosophical Society. The microfilm copy
consists of five reels. An index has been provided in the microfilm guide. This guide summarizes
individual items in this collection. It can be used to determine subjects and individuals mentioned in
the collection. The original manuscripts include a variety of forms, the most numerous of which are
legal documents (i.e. court records, permits, deeds, wills, etc.), business records, military
correspondence, and lastly private letters, which comprise approximately 85% of the collection.
Subjects other than the Revolution include politics, religion, slavery, and government, although the
true extent of the subjects covered in the Collection can only be obtained through examining this
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guide. Virginians whose manuscripts are in the collection include: Francis Fauquier, Peter Fontaine,
Robert Carter, Thomas Fairfax, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Lee, Henry Lee, Richard
Henry Lee, Betty Washington Fielding, Fielding Lewis, James Madison, James Maury (letterbook),
James Monroe, Edmund Randolph, St. George Tucker, Virginia governor's office, Virginia petition,
Virginia Court Summons, Surry Co., Va., George Washington, Col. Augustine Washington, Martha
Washington, other Washington family members and many others. Some of these letters were
written from Williamsburg. Prominent people whose manuscripts appear in this collection include:
John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Samuel Adams, Benedict Arnold, Elias Boudinot, Aaron Burr,
Henry Clinton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Gage, Horatio Gates, George III, Nathanael Greene,
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Henry Knox, Lafayette, Tobias Lear, James McHenry, Robert
Morris, Thomas Paine, Timothy Pickering, William Pitt, Caesar Rodney, Baron von Steuben,
Anthony Wayne, and many others. The original manuscripts are deposited at the American
Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. They were filmed by Historic Publications, Philadelphia. The
name of the collection is a rather misleading one for the first reel alone spans a time frame of nearly
150 years: 1716/17 to 1862. Although it is true that slightly more than half of the items fall within
the years 1775-1783 (the most prominent period being 1778-1780), significant numbers also date
from before the Revolution, the post-revolutionary era, from the 1790's and from the early
nineteenth century. There are many scattered references to Williamsburg and to the colony of
Virginia. The majority of the manuscripts concern events and people in Massachusetts and New
York, the rest being widely dispersed among the remainder of the colonies and several foreign
countries. There are two separate alphabetical arrangements in the collection. Reels 1-3 and reels 4
& 5 make up the two separate arrangements. Within the two alphabetical arrangements, the
manuscripts are organized by the surname of the author(s) of each manuscript. When the author is
unknown, the provenance or type of item determines its place in the alphabetical scheme (i.e. Great
Britain, Account, . . .). This arrangement limits accessibility by either chronological period or topic.
It also separates complete sets of correspondence between two people, thus one must be aware that
replies to one author may or may not exist within the collection under the name of the recipient of
his letters. An index to the author and assigned number has been compiled. The original microfilm
catalogue contains two separate name indexes for reels 1-3 & reels 4-5, but for the purposes of this
guide the two indexes have been combined.
Microfilm:
M-1190.1-5, Items 1-2323
M-1190-1 Items 1 - 576
M-1190-2 Items 577 - 1068
M-1190-3 Items 1069 - 1742
M-1190-4 Items 1801 - 2041
M-1190-5 Items 2043 - 2323
Item 81
1779 Aug. 15. Letter from William Barton to [Benjamin] Lawrence, Tioga, Pa. 2 pages.
Concerns activities of William Barton's regiment; the march from Wyoming to Tioga and
the destruction of an Indian town.
Item 147
1756 May 20. Receipt of Thomas Butler to John Bradstreet. 2 pages. Concerns payment of
Indian guides that led troops to Oswego in April.
Item 153
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1794 July 6. Letter from the colonial Governor of Louisiana to Carondelet, [Francisco Luis
Hector]. 2 pages. Concerns government of Indian lands and the Philippine Islands. Written
in Spanish.
Item 362
1774 July 1. Letter from Horatio Gates to Charles Lee. 4 pages. Concerns desire of the
Gates family to see Charles Lee. Cannot understand why at this season he is not at
Williamsburg. Suggests that Lee purchase land near their home. Mention a track already
purchased on the Ohio and a warrant for it procured from Lord Dunmore. Discusses
behavior of the Indians.
Item 450
1787 Oct. 2. Letter from James Habersham to John Habersham. 4 pages. Reports of General
Clarke's skirmish with the Indians. Concerns the personal accounts of James Habersham
and the activities of his Negroes.
Item 524
1779 May 10. Letter from Thomas Hartley to Edward Hand, York, [Pa.]. 3 pages. Concerns
a journey from Wyoming to Tioga through Indian country. Suggests Captain Hawkins
Boone, Lt. Robert King, and others assist Hand in his march as they have knowledge of the
area.
Item 643
1780 Jan. 29. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, Williamsburg, to Don Bernardo de Galvez. He
reports of an Indian attack on a military escort and the loss of cargo it was transferring.
Item 923
1756 Nov. 10. Letter from James Maury to Phillip Ludwell. This letter concerns the most
recent involvement of the westward movement in Virginia into the Alleghenies. Also of
much consideration is the disposition of Troops for protection of the emigrants against the
French and various Indian tribes now at war with each other.
Item 945
1775 Aug. 16. Letter from Thomas Mifflin, Cambridge, Mass., to [Artemus] Ward, Camp
Roxbury. Requests the transfer of four Indians who sided with the British to another
location. Includes transfer of their military accoutrements.
Item 1065
1792 Oct. 26. Letter from Thomas Paine, Mt. Desert, [Maine], to Dr. Samuel Adams. The
correspondence regards the present health of his family and the view of recent actions taken
by the Congress. Also he writes of the absurdity by which the war with the Indians is
viewed.
Item 1065
1792 Oct. 26. Letter from Thomas Paine, Mt. Desert, [Maine], to Dr. Samuel Adams. The
correspondence regards the present health of his family and the view of recent actions taken
by the Congress. Also he writes of the absurdity by which the war with the Indians is
viewed.
Item 1088
1777 Nov. 13. Letter from Israel Pemberton Jr., Winchester, [Va.], to "Dear Friends" [sic]
[Quakers]. Expresses satisfaction with recent visit, cannot yet return it. Has received letter
from Williamsburg [Va.]. Governor and Council had no intelligence concerning the
Friends. [Four letters from Lieutenant Smith, all that Council had to consider.] Resolves by
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Governor and Council were as much in favor of Quakers as could be expected. Colonel
Kennedy, the principal officer in the County [Frederick] favors the Friends. Letter to Friends
mentions meetings with 120 attending. Meetings at Hopewell and at Hollingsworth's.
Reference to meeting at Waynoak [Va.]. Parties mentioned include Enos Ellis, Richard
Ridgeway, and Rees Cadwalder. Refers to an address to the Speaker and House of
Burgesses on the Militia and Test Laws. Refers to letters received from home on 22 and
27th of last month. Refers to his and wife's health, and comments that sisters Phebe and
Hannah have been poorly. Polly Pleasant and family are well, reports health of others.
Cites Elizabeth Shipley as the oldest minister in the Society [of Friends]. Thomas Bailes
and William Robinson paying a second visit to the Indians. Mentions Colonel Payton.
Solicits a reply.
Item 1240
1770 Sept. 7. Copy of a three-page deposition given and sworn before St. Clair by Richard
Brown. Bedford, Pa. Brown`s deposition is in excellent detail of the account he relates,
covering the killing of two Indians by one Mathew Haley, and indented servant belonging to
Brown. The servant, Haley, had run away, was pursued by Brown, and found near
Redstone Fort two months later. Haley en route home with Brown fell to his knees and
confessed killing two Indians after his escape from Andrew McConnell. Haley mentions
walking eight days, no sighting of people, then encountering John Miller, who lived about
five miles from Fort Pitt, up the Alleghaney River, and was concealed by Miller for two
days. Brown, to validate the story told by Haley, went down to Fort Pitt to see Colonel
Croghan, who doubted the story. Brown then, with Andrew McConnell, went to John
Miller to verify story of Haley. Miller first denied having seen Haley, but on threat of
prosecution, produced items Haley had given the Millers for sheltering him for two days.
Captain Moutour[[?] is mentioned and Brown`s deposition describes guns found with
Haley.
Item 1247
1777 June 6. Letter from General Philip John Schuyler, Albany [N.Y.], to "His Excellency
George Clinton". Acknowledges letter of 26th, refers to prisoners taken at Saratoga, who
may have gone into Canada, and since borne arms against the United States. Difficult now
to find a person qualified to go into Canada to investigate. Northern and western part of the
state are almost completely surrounded with a line of the enemy parties". Some 1600
[British] lately arrived at Crown Point, 200 Tories and Indians collected at north branch of
Hudson. General Schuyler has sent for his children at Saratoga, fearful that without
reinforcements settlers there and above "halfmoon" will abandon their locations. "Your
Excellency's presence here is ardently wished for at this critical juncture. Refers to
reinforcements on St. Lawrence River, reported by Indians. Four subalterns and four
sergeants have been landed at Ticonderogo and left together.
Item 1251
1778 March 22. Letter from Philip John Schuyler, Albany, to Lt. Colonel M[arinus] Willett,
or the officer commanding at Fort Schuyler. Verse[?] shows Willets reply of 8 April 1778.
At the request of the Marquis de Lafayette, the Oneidas and Tuscaroras need to be notified
to honor their promise made to Lafayette at Johnstown. Willet is to send for some of Chief
Warriors from each of the Nations mentioned, then with the best interpreter, to deliver the
message, "do not use either Stephanus[?] or Nicholas as interpreters "on this occasion". The
reply of Indians is to be committed to paper and returned for a Board of Commissioners, to
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permit a response to Congress and "his Excellency General Washington. Willets replied
from Fort Schuyler on 8 April 1778, has not been able to deliver message to Indians "for
want of an interpreter". Sent down river for Mr. Armstrong, who was not at home. Willets
has no cash to pay Armstrong, who has unpaid certificates for prior service. Willet solicits
assistance from General Schuyler and refers to him as "the disinterested Patriot you have
uniformly evidenced yourself to be".
Item 1287
1756 June 14. Letter from John Smith, Burlington, [NJ], to Doctor Wm. Logan, Bristol.
"Honored Uncle," my last informed "thee" of plans to settle, we are now "thro mercy pretty
conveniently settled;" encloses the last newspaper and refers to hope of a reconciliation with
Indians "who have done so much mischief." Refers to minutes of a conference of 21 April
between Sir Wm Johnson and the Onondago's[?], the Delaware and Shawanese who had
been cruel to the English, had "promised to desist," and to "turn the edge of their hatchets in
conjunction with the six nations and the English against the French." Orders for his spouse
and himself a gross of full quart bottles, to be made "with our names on them," filled with
"some of your best beer," and shipped care of James Pemberton in Philadelphia. Wife and
child join--affection--"Thy" loving Nephew.
Item 1288
1781 June 22. Letter from Jonathan Bayard Smith and Jacob Morris, Philadelphia, with
recommendation to His Excellency Joseph Reed, Esq. Reference Capt. Mansfield [?] of Col.
Mozlan's [?] Regiment seeking to settle his "depreciation account." Question whether
Regiment should be considered "as part of the line of this state."
Item 1369
1784 Nov. 5. Letter from Tench Tilghman, Baltimore, to Mr. John Fitzgerald, Merchant.
Refers to shipment of tobacco to arrive "here" by 25th of this month. Query on price of
Indian corn and possible purchase if price is low during the winter. (N.B. Marginal note
shows Tilghman as Washington's favorite aide. Fitzgerald is also shown as an aide-de-camp
to Washington.)
Item 1388
1796 May 19. Letter from Jonathan Trumbull, Philadelphia, to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esq.
(free post), in Hartford. Report from Congress and his plans.
Business here is near termination -- will remain "in my present situation until the close of
the sessions".
"I have communicated to the Governor my acceptance".
______ Ryder "is appointed to supply your place as Commissioner to the Indians".
Knox's full resignation not yet received.
Your name has been mentioned "if a vacancy shall happen".
Cabot is leaving as tomorrow -- his patience is quite gone".
P.S. Our Susquehanna speculators "are alarming the people here exceeding”
Item 1439
1776 June 10. John Hancock as President of Congress addresses Indians as "Brothers",
offering friendship and gifts as tokens of "our goodwill toward you". Cites actions by British
to take "our land" and "all that we have", and to stop flow of goods to us. Provisions have
been made to procure goods from other sources so "that we shall be able to supply your
wants as formerly".
Item 1459
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1798-1799. Secretary of War estimate of his demands on the U. S. Treasury (Budget).
Some thirty categories, including "annuities to Indians", and Rations to Indians. Mentions
arsenals at Springfield and Shenandoah. Specific items included clothing for 8448 men @
$25; clothing for 10,000 provisional troops; 4000 saddles, bridles, nose bags, pairs of
pistols; and 4000 tents and tent poles with 1250 camp kettles.
Item 1554
1779 March 21. Letter from George Washington, Headquarters Middlebrook, [N.J.], to
General Edward Hand. Washington in planning to go into the Indian Country with some
forces is concerned about the suitability of the swampy land between Cheming[?] and the
Seneca Nation as a route. Directs a survey a recommended route. An Indian man in
Wyoming by name of Tale Chilloway is knowledgeable of the terrain, and Colonel Butler
should offer him a horse and a "handsome reward" if he will "come down" to advise
Washington. The area in question as swampy to be explored, lies between "the waters of
Susquehannah and those which fall into Lake Ontario.
Item 1650
1782 June 26. Letter from Anthony Wayne, Headquarters Sharon, [Georgia], to Captain
Commandant Patrick Carr. Information from town and other sources indicate "almost to a
certainty that the Indians now in Savannah are to be conveyed by water to the west side of
the Ogechive[?] immediately." Expect revenge from Indians - take action to protect women
and children on their route from landing "to their own country." Carr is to proceed to
Sunbury "without loss of time" and in conjunction with Lt. Colonel Cowper, is to take
position to afford security to the country.
Item 1680
1779 April 1. Letter from General Andrew Williamson, Camp opposite Augusta, {Georgia],
to [Samuel Elbert]. Reports the favorable actions of detachments in Georgia against "a great
number of Creek Indians, forty disaffected Cherokees, and several white men".... Reports
results of an attack by Colonels Kershaw and Twigs[?], against 200 British under Majors
Spurgin and Sharp at a location within 12 miles of the enemy camp on Briar Creek.
Item 1711
1775 June 13-20. General Orders relating to activities commanded by Brigadier General
Wooster, commanding the Continental Army in Canada. Orders cover duty assignments,
parades, regimental exercises, regimental court martials. Nine sheets covered in item includes a letter to John Stacy, appointing him a Superintendent of Indian Affairs in service
of the United Colonies, with residence at Caghnawaga[?], and to keep "me" advised of the
disposition and every movement of the Caghnawaga Tribes or other nations of Indians.
Another letter to Colonel Moses Hazen appoints him to replace Wooster, who has been
reassigned to the Camp at Quebec. Hazen has command of Montreal and en[?] and
Lieutenant Johnson of the Train of Artillery, can advise of Artillery stores "in this garrison
at Chambly and St. Johns. As soon as Lakes are open, send prisoners at St. Johns down to
Albany. Five pages show an "Account of Monies paid out of the estate of the late Major
General David Wooster.
Blathwayt Papers, 1631 [1680-1700] 1722. 2,564 pieces. Official papers of Sir William Blathwayt
(1649-1717), Secretary of the Lords of Trade and Plantations, 1679-1710, Surveyor and AuditorGeneral of Royal Revenues in the Colonies, 1680-1717, and Secretary at War, 1683-1688 and
1692-1701. The papers pertain to American colonial affairs, primarily 1680-1700, and the British
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West Indies, with more than half relating to the latter. They consist chiefly of original letters
written to Blathwayt by colonial governors and other officials, but there are some drafts of letters
by Blathwayt. The letters cover a wide range of subjects, including the French and Indian troubles
and lack of adequate military defense; illegal colonial trade and attempts to enforce the Navigation
Acts; attacks upon the charter of Massachusetts; piracy in the Caribbean; the tobacco trade in
Virginia; wars with the French and Spanish in Jamaica; the slave question in the Leeward Islands;
and the struggle between successive governors and the Assembly in Bermuda. There are also
many accounts for the internal expenses of the Plantations Office. Included is a copy of "The
Declaration of the People, against Sir Wm. Berkeley, and Present Governors of Virginia," 1676, by
Nathaniel Bacon, Jr.; an original draft of the Charter of Pennsylvania, 1681; "An Acc[oun]tt of
Severall Observations made in the month of September 1698, on Severall Govern[men]ts, from
New England to Philadelphia," by John Usher, "Abstract of Ships trading to Newfoundland this
Fishing Season, 1698"; and "A True & Perfect Rent Roll of Warwick County, [Virginia], for the
year 1713." The numerous correspondents include Sir Edmund Andros, Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., Lord
Baltimore, Sir William Beeston, Lord Bellomont, William Brattle, William Byrd I and II, Sir
Henry Chicheley, Christopher Codrington, Sr. and Jr., Richard Cony, Lionel Copley, Edward
Cranfield, John Cranston, Abraham De Peyster, Thomas Dongan, Joseph Dudley, Benjamin
Fletcher, Thomas Hinckley, Lord Howard of Effingham, Philip Ludwell, Sir Thomas Lynch,
Increase Mather, Hender Molesworth, Sir Henry Morgan, Francis Nicholson, William Penn, Sir
William Phips, George Plater, Edward Randolph, Isaac Ritchier, Sir Robert Robinson, Nicholas
Spencer, Alexander Spotswood, Sir William Stapleton, William Stoughton, Stephen Van
Cortlandt, and Richard Wharton.
A guide to the collection has been published: The William Blathwayt Papers at Colonial
Williamsburg 1631-1722. Introduction by John E. Ingram. University Publications of America,
1989.
Blathwayt Papers published: R. N. Toppan and A. T. S. Goodrick, eds., Edward Randolph;
including his Letters and Official Papers, Boston, 1898-1909, VI-VII; Margaret Kinard, ed. "John
Usher's Report on the Northern Colonies, 1698," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd ser., VII (1950),
95-106.
For provenance information and a brief survey of the contents, see Lester J. Cappon, "The
Blathwayt Papers of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd ser., IV
(1947), 317-331.
Manuscript: MS 1946.2
Microfilm:
M-1524.1-10
Transcript:
TR/55
XVIII, 1. (Filed: 1 X Oversize)
1679 July 14. Maryland, Lord Baltemore to W. B. Thanks W. B. for the copy of the inquiries; encloses a copy of a Va. law for their security against the incursions of northern
Indians, but as yet Maryland has not received any prejedices by them--peace with the Indians "Violated . . . by some indiscreete or rather mad men"; Sir Robert Southwell.
XVIII, 1.
1679 Nov. 4. W. B. to Lord Baltemore. Agrees with Baltemore that the Va. law has little
dignity; another Va. law enabling Lawrence Smith and Wm. Bird to seat certain lands at
the head of the Rappahannock and James Rivers has given little satisfaction here; Indians;
Lord Culpeper to bring over a company of 200 men.
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XVIII, 1.
1680 May 27. Greene Spring, Thomas Culpeper to Lord Baltimore. Has just arrived and
cannot take any measures in any business; hopes to receive intelligence about the Indians
from Baltimore & will send same. Copy.
XVIII, 1. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
1680 June 8. Lord Baltemore to W. B., White Hall. Encloses a letter from Lord Culpeper;
is informed that Culpeper intends to go to New England; complains that Va. agents
concluded a treaty of peace with the northern Indians and forgot Maryland.
Part XXVII, 4.
1680 July 6. [W.B.] to Sir Francis Watson. Describes the circumstances leading to B.'s
appointment as surveyor and auditor of the West Indian revenues; his responsibilities; his
salary; activities of Parliament and the King's Council; defensive alliance; action of several
Lords and Commons members against the Duke of York; nothing yet done for the settlement of Jamaica.
VI, 3.
1681 Sept. 22. Boston, Richard Wharton to W. B., Whitehall. Narragansett; the commissioners of the United Collonys have lately convened here and W. has told Connecticut
of B.,'s commission "and Care to Supply, dispatch, and Returne their agent [Mr. Harris]";
Mr. Mason & Mr. Randolph; Major Cudworth, a magistrate in New Plymouth colony will
wait upon B; some Negro and Indian slaves recently tried to burn their master's house--two
were executed.
XXIII, 4.
11682/3 Jan. 19. New Providence [Bahamas] Isaac Rush to Thomas Lynch. Indians are
sold for slaves and the Spaniards kept prisoner on board the vessels that take them--we
have 30 Indians on the island and the governor has forbidden any more; Capt. Coxon;
Spanish captives; Rush and his family threatened for protecting them from unlawful action;
asks L's advice--direct to him at Gawen Corbin's in London.
XVII, 3.
1682/3 March 20. Green Springe, Thomas Culpeper to W. B. Thinks it unfair that the fees
be paid out of his new commission; £l00 contingent charges; criticizes Henry Chicheley
"that Lumpe, that Masse of Dulnesse, that worse than Nothing"; Mr. [Nathaniel] Bacon's
accounts; intends to visit Lord Baltimore & discuss tobacco--fears the people will neglect
other crops; Indians.
XVI, 2.
1683 Aug. 14. Va., Nicholas Spencer to W. B. Will accept the auditorship if Bacon receives an advancement but Spencer does not think Culpeper will choose Bacon; does not
think Mr. Pate fit for the auditorship; damages caused by hurricane--half the tobacco crop
destroyed & both the English and Indian corn damaged; tobacco houses blown down;
flooding & livestock drowned.
XVI, 3.
1683/4 February 18. Hot Waters, Nicholas Spencer to W. B. Lord Howard has arrived;
quitrents; "foraine" Indians; [Robert] Beverley; government in the absence of the governor.
XVIII, 2.
1683/4 March 11. Lord Baltemore to W. B., White Hall. Sails to England the end of April;
Lord Howard of Effingham well received in Va.; report of several companies of Northern
Indians in Va.; boundary dispute with Wm. Penn.
260
XVI, 3.
1684 April 3. Hot Waters, Nicholas Spencer to [W. B.] Plentiful tobacco crop; Indians
killing cattle & hogs; Lord Howard; received the ruled paper.
VI, 4. [See item 1863 in volume XI of the Calendar of State Papers]
1684 Sept. 15. Boston, Richard Wharton to Edward Randolph, Whitehall. General Court
met to consider whether to give their agents in England power to answer the scire facias;
hopes R. will assist his son; gives details of a meeting with the Saggamore Indians; asks R.
to let his son and Lord Clarendon see this letter; an account of affairs in Boston; pardon of
Mr. Danforth & Mr. Madder.
IV, 4.
1685 Feb. 3. Joseph Dudley to W. B., Whitehall. Ships delayed by severe weather;
discusses deed for a tract of land by the Merrimack River, useful for salmon fishing; desires
4 or 500 Scots for trade with the Indians; Lord Clarendon.
XVI, 3.
1685 April 25. James Towne, Nicholas Spencer to [W. B.] Indians; good tobacco harvest
expected; [George] Talbot surrendered himself to the Md. government.
VI, 4.
1685 May 27. Boston, Richard Wharton to W. B., White Hall. Received news of the death
of Charles II; opposes the encroachment of R. I. on the Narragansett Country; Mr. Dudley;
Mr. [Richard] Smith, the principal inhabitant of Narragansett & problems R. I.; Edward
Cranfield; Saggamore Indians.
IV, 4.
1685 Nov. 2. Boston, Joseph Dudley to W. B., Whitehall. Mr. Randolph; reports of the late
rebellion and the "perfect disappointment of the expectations of some evill minded persons
I hope will tend to a better setling and quieting . . . of any delay of obedience to his
Maj[es]t[y]s. commands"; fears of trouble with the Indians now blown over.
X, 3.
1686 June 1. N. Yorke, [John] Spragg[e] to W. B. Governor Dongan busy with French and
Indians.
XVI, 4.
1687 May 13. Va., Nicholas Spencer to Henry [Robert Spencer], Earl of Sunderland,
Secretary of State, Whitehall. Indians; "our now feared Enimi is our poverty falling
violently on us by the small or rather no value of our only commodity tobacco";
manufactures--Colony has the natural means to produce iron and pot ash.
X, 5.
1687 Sept. 9. New Yorke, Stephan Van Cortlandt and James Graham to [W. B.] Sends
account of royal revenue from 25 March to 25 June; French incursions and Indian war has
disturbed the trade; Judge Palmer.
XVI, 5.
1687 Dec. 20. Va., Nicholas Spencer to [W. B.] Indians.
XI, 1.
1687/8 Feb. 21. Albany, Thomas Dongan to W. B., Whitehall. French and Indians;
discusses French intrigues; prisoners; Mr. [Van] Cortland[t]; revenue.
XV, 1.
1688 [Oct.]. New York, Francis Nicholson to [W. B.] Re a trip on the Massachusetts
frontier, up the Connecticut River, and on to Albany; people fear the Indian menace.
261
IX, 1.
1688 Oct. 23. N. Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B., Whitehall. Governor Dongan's
accounts, audited by Van Cortlandt, have been sent; asks for instructions; Mr. Plowman
and Col. Dongan; troubles with the French and Indians have diminished the revenue; sent
B. some otter & fisher skins.
XVI, 5.
1689 April 27. James City, Nicholas Spencer to [W. B.] The late revolution in England has
influenced affairs here & threatened the peace; rumor of Papists in Maryland conspiring
with the Indians; Va.'s need for ammunition; King William and Queen Mary proclaimed.
XVIII, 3.
1689 June 10. Nicholas Spencer to W. B. In a previous letter S. laid before B. "how the
affaires of this Governmt were Influenced by the wonderfull Revolutions in
England"--some of the occurrences since then are of high concern to the peace of the
government as a rescue lately made in Stafford County by a rabble of about two hundred to
take three persons from the sheriff, committed for creating & forging the pretended
conspiracy of Papists and Indians against the Protestants--this from an Indian--when S.
examined him he denied the material parts of his former examination saying that they had
been exaggerated by whomever wrote it down & that there had been an intrigue to rob &
plunder good men who had estate to lose--much the same happened in "Rappahanock;" the
next fear is from Maryland--the Protestants there do not believe that the government has
not yet received orders to proclaim their Majesties--if they proclaim without an order of the
government it will unhinge the whole constitution of that government & dissolve the whole
form of it; if confusion breaks forth, we fear its influence.
IX, 1.
1689 Dec. 18. N. Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B., London. You have received a
full account of transactions here from Lt. Gov. Nicholson; revenue; Indians made war last
spring against French; Leisler seized the orders from Mr. Rigs, declared himself Lt. Gov.
and Commander in Chief, nominated a Council to act with him and appointed officers etc.;
the late collector, Matthew Plowman, has fled to New Jersey; has heard the good news that
Col. Sloughter is coming to be governor.
XVII, 8.
1689/90 March 16. Virginia, Sarah Bland to W. B., Whitehall. Sends a box of ore found in
Virginia--the Pomunkey Indians showed them the place where they found the metal; invites
B. to join them; encloses petition.
XVII, 8.
1689/90 March 17. Virginia, Edward Hill to W. B., Whitehall. Discovery of a silver mine
in the Pamunkey Indian country; Col. Byrd made a survey & intends to patent the land to
himself; sent parcels to Jno. Brown, Thomas Sands, and Thomas Starke.
XVII, 5.
1690 Aug. 1. Virgina., Wm. Cole to [W. B.] Thanks B. for his assistance; has not yet received the patent from Mr. Jefferys; Lord Howard of Effingham; Lt. Gov. [Nicholson] has
arrived; Indians; the plate & money seized from some pirates have been sent to England;
suggests that the grant for the quitrents of the Northern Neck be surrendered to their
Majesties; Col. [Philip] Ludwell; Lord Culpeper.
XVII, 5.
262
1690 Oct. 30. James City, Wm. Cole to W. B. Lord Culpeper's heirs; Col. [Philip]
Ludwell's actions; decrease of Indian lands in the Pomonkey Neck & south of the Black
Water; suggests that the Crown lay aside sufficient land for the Indians and add the
quitrents to the royal revenue; militia.
XVII, 5.
1690/1 Jan. 28. Virginia, Wm. Cole to W. B. News that the English & Indians sent to
invade Canada returned because of sickness; New York; Northern Neck.
XV, 1.
1691 April 15. Boston, Simon Bradstreet to [Francis Nicholson]. Re Indians.
IV, 4.
1691 April 17. Boston, Benj[amin] Davis to Francis Nicholson, Va. John Pery; committee
chosen by Assembly to meet with the Indians Mayday; "I much feare what Is Cominge on
us for that their is great Cabalinge this weeke with a Resolution to make all acknowledge
their Govent & Power wch I am affraid will Create Trouble"; Col. Potter; Waite Winthrop.
IV, 1.
1691 May 6. Cambridge, Wm. Brattle to Francis Nicholson, Va. Re a meeting and treaty
with the Indians; Mr. Danforth.
IV, 5.
1691 May 6. N[ew] York, Joseph Dudley to W. B., Whitehall. Leisler & accomplices sentenced to death for treason & murder; hopes to return to Boston; Gov. Sloughter is meeting
with the Maqua Indians; Sr. Wm. Phipps; Mr. [Van] Courtland[t]'s accounts.
XV, 1.
1691 May 7. N. Yorke, Joseph Dudley to [Francis Nicholson]. Re Indians; Leisler; the
desire for a "settled post" from Virginia to Boston. [These four letters on one sheet.]
X, 6. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
1692 May 19. New Yorke, James Graham to W. B., Whitehall. Informs B. of "the
miserable State of this province"--internal disorder & threat from France; other colonies
refuse to assist New York; negotiations with Indians; people leaving for the Jerseys & New
England to avoid the service.
X, 6. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
1692 June 20. New Yorke, James Graham to W. B., Whitehall. Indians; Schenechtady; the
fort at Albany in need of repair and the soldiers likely to mutiny; Wm. Phipps; King and
Queen counties on Long Island are in arrears of their taxes and the people "factious &
Insolent."
V, 3.
1692 July 16. Boston, Isaac Addington to W. B., London. Grateful for his appointment as
Secretary of Massachusetts Bay; Governor setting forth on an expedition against French &
Indians.
V, 1. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
1692 July 21. Boston, Wm. Phips to W. B., Whitehall. Several acts passed at general court;
French & Indian attack; Mohawk Indians have renewed their peace; Mr. Addington.
VIII, 8.
1692 Sept. 15. New York, John Masshe to the King or Queen. Re: discoveries in North
America--the island lakes & rivers, and great nations of Indians; wants to take possession
of them for the King.
V, 1. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
263
1692 Oct. 12. Boston, Wm. Phips to W. B., Whitehall. Has driven the French & Indians
from the frontier, destroyed their corn, & ordered a new fort built at Pemaquid; an
expedition went up the Canada River and destroyed many French towns; needs men and
provisions to attack Canada in the spring; Naval offices built in Boston and elsewhere and
officers appointed; Jahleen Brenton, Collector at Boston, charged with neglect of duty;
suggests that Rhode Island and New Hampshire be added to Massachusetts because they
cannot defend themselves; Anthony Checkley appointed attorney general.
VIII, 3. [See item 84 in volume XIV of the Calendar of State Papers]
[16]92/3 Feb. 14. [New] Yorke, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Discusses Councilors; New
York cannot defend itself without support from its neighbors; report that the French &
Indians are on the march to Schenectady.
V, 1. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
1692/3 Feb. 20. Boston, Wm. Phips to W. B., Whitehall. No new Indian attacks; ship and
brigantine sent to Canada River--destroyed several settlements; French in great need of
provisions.
V, 3.
1692/3 Feb. 21. Boston, Isaac Addington to W. B., London. Re war against the French and
Indians; Little Compton, through the instigation of Rhode Island, refuses its assistance to
the war effort; Christopher Almy.
IX, 2.
1692/3 March 6. New York, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B., Whitehall. Inhabitants
satisfied with Benjamin Fletcher; upon arrival Fletcher visited the frontier and settled garrisons to the satisfaction of inhabitants and Indians; assembly laid an additional duty for the
payment of debt; condemned prisoners set at liberty; Wm. Phips' refusal to return Abraham
Gouvenour to New York; auditor's salary; Mr. Brooke; the union of New York and
Connecticut; Major Schuyler's skirmish with the French and Indians.
VIII, 3. [See item 179 in volume XIV of the Calendar of State Papers].
[16]92/3 March 8. N[ew] Yorke, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Critical situation in New
York against the French and Indians; lack of aid from neighboring colonies; Major
Schuyler; needs soldiers.
X, 6. (Filed: 1X Oversize)
1693 June 14. New York, James Graham to W. B. Gov. Fletcher has settled the
government of Pennsylvania and New Castle; New York has received some aid from Va.
and Md.; Wm. Phipps; Indians weary of war; Long Island; G. requests a "Salary equall to
this place."
VIII, 3.
[16]93 Aug. 15. [New] Yorke, America, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Complains of other
colonies; needs arms, men, etc.: French try to debauch the Indians; Conn. convenient for
the defense of Albany; sends Major Ingoldesby's account for his time as acting governor;
Ingoldesby's company mutinied at Albany.
IX, 2.
1693 Aug. 18. New Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B., Whitehall. Revenue; Chidley
Brooke; great taxes laid & raised for defraying charges at Albany and debts of the
government; Sir Francis Wheeler; report that French intend to attack New York by sea and
governor preparing for defense; Col. Bayard; Indians; report that the Oneidas are keeping a
Jesuit in their midst.
264
VIII, 3. [See item 500 in volume XIV of the Calendar of State Papers].
[16]93 Aug. 18. New Yorke, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. French & Indians are gathering
their strength; if New York loses its Indians, then the other colonies will have "their hands
full"; people moving to Conn., Penn., & N. J. to escape taxes.
V, 2.
1693 Sept. 11. Boston, Wm. Phips to W. B., Whitehall. Peace with the eastern Indians;
proposes that he and B. "share" the Beaver and Peltry trade with the Indians; Mr. Dudley.
V, 2.
1693 Sept. 30. Boston, Wm. Phips to King William III. Discusses conditions in
Massachusetts Bay; desires to conquer Canada; explains reasons for not following the
King's command to undertake Canadian expedition--he received no notice of Francis
Wheeler until too late; peace with eastern Indians; requests 20 great guns for Fort Wm.
Henry at Pemaquid.
IX, 2.
1693 Sept. 30. New Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B., Whitehall. Revenue and
salaries; Indians; governor sending 100 more men to Albany.
V, 2.
1693 Oct. 3. Boston, Wm. Phips to W. B. Proposal about the beaver and peltry trade with
the Indians; encloses letter for the King.
VIII, 4.
1693 Oct. 9. New Yorke, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Military situation in New York;
relations with the Indians; no aid from Sir Wm. Phips; proposes that a stone fort be built at
Albany.
XI, 2.
1693 Oct. 9. New York, Chidley Brooke to W. B. Sends accounts and book of warrants for
money paid; Mr. [Van] Cortland[t]; skirmish with a small party of French and Indians--reports that Canada was lately reinforced by the French; Wm. Phips refuses to send
aid; governor goes to Connecticut today.
VIII, 4.
[16]93 Oct. 9. [New] Yorke, America, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Received commission
for the militia of Conn. & arms for two troops of dragoons; notice of the French & Indians
near Albany--is sending men there.
V, 3.
1693 Oct. 23. Boston, Isaac Addington to W. B. Account of the war; peace negotiations
with the Indians; present danger from the French.
V, 2.
1693/4 Jan. 18. Boston, Wm. Phips to W. B., Whitehall. Account of Massachusetts Bay;
Indians; smallpox at Quebec.
VIII, 4.
1693/4 Jan. 22. [New] Yorke in America, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. French have debauched the five nations of Indians; complains of no assistance from the other colonies
except New Jersey; needs men.
V, 3.
1694 May 26. Boston, Isaac Addington to W. B. Governor has been to visit the garrison at
Pemaquid; Indians.
XVIII, 4.
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1694 June 20. St. Marys, Maryland, Thomas Laurence to W. B. Sends a Journal of Council
proceedings since Andros; [John] Lewellin "one of the most debauchd and Profligate
persons of This Province"; [Nicholas) Greenberry "one of the caball against me"; Laurence
has not yet sent his defense; Nicholson; Gov. Fletcher; Indians.
VI, 1.
1694 July 18. New Castle, John Usher to [W. B.] Complains of Capt. [George] Long who
took up arms against Usher; Mr. Taylor; Indian attacks at Oyster Point.
V, 5.
1694 Sept. 6. Boston, Cyprian Southack to W. B., Whitehall. Presented his survey of the
Canada River to the King last February; requests command of naval expedition against
Canada; French & Indian raids on the frontier.
V, 6.
1694 Nov. 8. Boston, Increase Mather to W. B., Whitehall. Did not go to England as a
government agent because he was needed at the College [Harvard]; Massachusetts impoverished by the war with the French and Indians.
VIII, 4.
[16]94 Nov. 19. N[ew] Yorke, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. The Five Indian Nations refuse
a peace with the French; New Jersey erecting a free port at Perth Amboy; problems with
other colonies; Mr. Brooke seized a ship.
X, 6.
1694 Nov. 24. N. Yorke, James Graham to W. B. Indians weary of war but still hate the
French; Robert Livingston.
IX, 3.
1694 Dec. 3. New Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W.B. Acknowledgement for
two-fifths of auditor's salary; Mr. Brooke's accounts; Mr. Robert Livingston, the bearer, can
give B. an account of the Indian treaties.
V, 4.
1695. [Boston] Wm. Stoughton [to W. B.] Impoverished by French and Indian war; concerned that he could not do more about the quota for New York; Sir Edmund Andros.
X, 7.
1695 May 25. N. Yorke, James Graham to W. B. Indians remain firm; frontiers in a good
posture of defense.
VIII, 5.
1695 May 29. [New York], Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Assurances of the friendship of the
Indians; youths here flee to neighboring colonies to escape detachments; Assembly.
V, 3.
1695 July 23. Boston, Isaac Addington to [John] Povey. Phillips's accounts sent; fresh
attacks by the Indians; French man-of-war in the Bay of Fundy.
XV, 5.
1695 Aug. 16. Va., Ralph Wormeley to W. B., Whitehall. On 8 August, Sir Edmund Andros laid the foundation of the college; French squadron; militia in "the best posture it will
admitt"; Indian disturbance; New York governor doubled the quota of men.
V, 3.
1695 Oct. 21. Boston, Isaac Addington to W. B. Skirmish with Indians; people impoverished by the war.
VIII, 5.
266
1696 May 30. New York, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. What New York has and has not received from the other colonies; French & Indians. [See item 14 in volume XV of the
Calendar of State Papers],
VIII, 5.
[16]96 Aug. 22. America, [New] Yorke, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Livingston's complaints; Indians' presents not yet given out; the French supply their own Indians; no pirates
known; Mr. Brooke and Mr. Nicoll.
V, 6.
1696 Sept. 25. Boston, Increase Mather to W. B., Whitehall. War with French and Indians;
legislation concerning Harvard College.
VIII, 5. [See item 372 of volume XV in the Calendar of State Papers].
[16]96 Nov. 9. New York, Benjamin Fletcher to W. B. Indians weary of war, they want a
conquest of Canada or peace; F. is going to Albany--they expect a winter attack.
VIII, 5.
1697 Aug. Memorandum to write to the Northern Plantations. W. B. to Col. Fletcher.
Received his of 9 Nov. 1696--the King will answer by the spring; the six beaver skins sent
by Indians have been received. Memorandum also relates to Mr. [Van] Cortland[t], Mr.
Graham, Col. Nicholson, Council & Assembly of Maryland, Mr. Plater, Mr. Muschamp,
Sir Edmund Andros, Col. Byrd, Col. Wormeley, and Mr. Usher.
V, 3.
1697/8 Jan. 25. Boston, Isaac Addington to W. B. Accounts; people rejoiced when they
heard of peace; Indians quiet for some time; does not expect the Governor before spring.
IX, 3.
1698 May 6. New Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B. The Earl of Bellomont arrived
2 April and appointed four commissioners to examine Col. Fletcher's accounts; Mr.
Brooke; making Amboy in Jersey a port hurts New York's trade and revenue; French and
Indians; Col. Peter Schuyler gone to Canada.
XVIII, 9.
1698 May 10. South Carolina, Sir N[athaniel] Johnson to W. B., Whitehall. Sent B. an account of affairs last year by Mr. Fairfax Overton & requested B.'s assistance to procure
what is due him out of the Exchequer; has met with a book written "by one Hennepen a
priest in the Preface of which he acknowledges his great obligationes to you"-- he mentions
one Couture, a Frenchman, who has been in Carolina four years & had been in Johnson's
service, all his comrades being dead or killed by Indians, he met with one of their Indian
traders & gave them an account of those discourses which Hennepin writes of but little
credit was given it by the government here.
IX, 4.
1698 July 18. N. Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B. Bellomont has suspended Wm.
Pinhorne & Mr. Brooke from the Council & as Receiver & has given the commission as
Receiver to Mr. Hungerford & Van Cortlandt; suspensions have "very much cast downe
the spirits of all honest people, & so Cocked up the Leislerians that they are like to sett the
govermt. into a new Convulsion"; Mr. Graham, Col. Bayard; Mr. Brooke's accounts audited; Col. Schuyler & Dr. Dollins returned from Canada; French & Indians; Bellomont at
Albany; ships from Amboy refuse to pay N.Y. duties & N.Y. trade will decline.
II, 5.
267
1698 Sept. 10. Philadelphia, Edward Randolph to W. B. Post Script. The enclosed writ of
replevin was contrived by Mr. Markham and his Quaker attorney general, David Lloyd;
seizure of East Indian goods.
X, 7.
1698 Sept. 19. N. Yorke, James Graham to [W. B.] Lord Bellomont; people want to abolish
the revenue and if this happens the government will be reduced to anarchy; Col. [Van]
Cortland[t]; meeting at Albany with the French and Indians; Count Frontenac; group
against the government.
IX, 4.
1698 Sept. 21. New Yorcke, Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B. Bellomont returned from
Albany; French offered the Five Nations a separate peace & Bellomont warned Frontenac
not to meddle with the Indians; abstract of the account of the revenue; "The Leislarians are
proud doe thinck to be the best in my Lords favour. The Merchts. and other of the best sort
of people are Quiet."
IX, 4.
1698 [Oct. 27]. [New York], Stephen Van Cortlandt to W. B., Whitehall. Governor of
Canada claims Indians are the subjects of France; Indians weary of war and poor; £200 to
be refunded to auditor; Col. Nicholas Bayard; Col. Gabriel Monvielle, Col. Thomas Willet,
Mr. Jno. Laurence and Col. [Richard] Townley suspended from the Council; Mr.
Fred[erick] Philips left; Col. Abraham De Peyster, Robert Livingston, Samuel Staats, and
Robert Walter sworn of the Council; David Jamieson replaced as clerk by Bernard Cosens;
other Leislerians appointed and the people discouraged; recommends Nicholas Bayard, the
bearer.
VIII, 1.
1699 June 23. Portsmouth, Nicholas Bayard to John Povey. Gives an account of affairs in
New York--acts of the assembly including the repeal of laws urged by Leislerian party; is
informed that it is unsafe for him to return to New York; relations with the Indians deteriorating.
X, 7.
1699 Oct. 9. N. Yorke, James Graham to W. B. Introduces Col. Ledowick; French &
Indians.
VI, 2.
1699/1700 Feb. 25. Boston, John Usher to W. B., Whitehall. His Lordship displaced all
officers and put in new officers and judges, "those wch are for Comon Wealth Governmtt
more than Kingly"; Mr. Allen; talk of the Indians combining against English; supports the
idea that the king send 200 Highland Scots to settle at Pemaquid.
X, 7.
1700 Aug. 22. Morrisania, James Graham to [W. B.]. The bearer is his good friend Adolph
Phillips; fort is to be built among the Onondaga Indians and the money for that purpose is
to be raised in a manner "both Scandalous to the [g]over[n]m[en]t & hurtful to the revenue"; French trying to seduce the English Indians; G. committed an unpardonable sin by
not signing the remonstrance in last Assembly.
XV, 6.
1712 May 8. Va., Alexander Spotswood to [W. B.] Quitrents; fears an Indian war; Col.
Hunter & Col. Nicholson; Mr. LeFevre dismissed from the college--his activity with "an
idle Scandalous woman."
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XV, 7.
1711 July 27. Va., Philip Ludwell to [W. B.] Revenue of quitrents; forces against Canada
arrived safe; price of tobacco low and planters in debt; mentions rebellion in North Carolina.
XV, 6.
1712 May 8. Va., Alexander Spotswood to [W. B.] Quitrents; fears an Indian war; Col.
Hunter & Col. Nicholson; Mr. LeFevre dismissed from the college--his activity with "an
idle Scandalous woman."
XV, 7.
1712/3 Feb. 12. Philip Ludwell to W. B. Re account; hopes to visit England; all is quiet
here though the frontiers are sometimes alarmed by Indians; war in Carolina; Va. ill
prepared for a war.
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