Provincial Papers.
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DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS
RELATING TO THE
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
FROM 1692 TO 1722:
BEING PART II. OF PAPERS RELATING TO THAT PERIOD.
CONTAINING THE
"JOURNAL OF TEE COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
VOLUME III.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
NATHANIEL BOUTON, D. D.,
Corresponding Secretary of the New-Hampshire Historical Society.
MANCHESTER:
JOHN B. CLARKE, STATE PRINTER.
1869.
NOTICE.
JOINT RESOLUTION, passed by the Legislature of New-Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court convened, That his Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person, and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early State and Provincial Records, and other State Papers of New-Hampshire, as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the State Printer and distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each City and Town in this State, one copy to such of the Public Libraries of this State as the Governor may designate, two hundred copies to the New-Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the State Librarian who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications issued by other States.
Approved July 6, 1866.
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
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ALTHOUGH this third volume of Provincial Papers covers nearly the same period as the preceding volume, yet it will be seen on examination that the contents of the volume are materially different from the former. The one contains the Records of the COUNCIL, which was the Executive body in the Province, composed of the Governor and not less than five Councillors, who received their appointment and commission from the Crown. The ASSEMBLY was composed of men chosen by the freeholders of the respective towns, as their representatives or deputies, having authority to enact laws, lay taxes, &c., and constituted the Legislative branch of the government. All laws, acts and ordinances, however, passed by the Assembly, must be concurred in by the Council, approved by the Governor and finally be sanctioned by the King.
The "Journal of the Council and Assembly" contained in this volume is a record of the joint transactions of the two bodies in relation to all business which appropriately belonged to the Sessions of the General Assembly. No Journal of the House separate from the joint Journal of the Council and Assembly is found till 1711, and that is very meagre and incomplete till 1722. Occasional extracts are made from it, to supplement or elucidate the Journal of the Council and Assembly, but the Editor has not deemed it necessary or expedient to publish it entire.
In this volume, as in the preceding, will be found, in chronological order, many letters, papers, speeches and authentic facts,
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of much historical interest and value, which the Editor has gathered from every available and reliable source, and for which due credit is always given. His intention has been to publish every official paper and document that can be found on record or on file, that serves to throw light on our Provincial History.
The Province Laws, in this volume, from 1692 to 1702, (only two or three of which have ever before been printed) indicate the state of the Province and the manners and customs of the times to which they relate. In this respect they are of much value and should be carefully examined.
GENERAL CONTENTS.
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VOLUME III.
PAGES.
JOURNAL OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1-163
Letter of Lt. Gov. Stoughton of Massachusetts, 37
Speech of Lt. Gov. Usher, 42
Speech of Lt. Gov. Usher and answer to it, 46-47
Speech of Gov. the Earl of Bellomont, 66
Orders of the House, 67-68
Answer to the Gov.'s Speech, 71
New Seal for the Province, 80
A prison ordered to be built, 88
Letter from the Earl of Bellomont, 96
Petition from masters of coasting vessels, 104
Estimates of cost of building a Fort at New Castle, 106-111
Letter from John Bridger respecting trees for tar, 115
Quota of men in. different Provinces, 131
Province Laws, 164-228
JOURNAL OF THE COUNCIL AND ASSEMBLY RESUMED, 229
Letter from Queen Anne respecting salaries, 251
Col. Romer on repairs of Fort Wm. and Mary, 263
Speech of Lt. Gov. Usher, and answer thereto, 269-274
Samuel Allen's title to Province Lands, 275-276
Gov. Joseph Dudley's speeches, 282-289
An act respecting pursuit of Indians in winter, 290
Answer to Gov. Dudley's speech, 294
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PAGES.
Samuel Allen's Petition, 297
Queen Anne's Instructions to Gov. Dudley, 312-313
Addresses to the Queen, 328, 349, 352, 377
John Bridger's commission as Surveyor-General, 334
Memorial of John Bridger, 337
Expedition to Nova Scotia — Fast, 339
An act relating to Troopers, 346
Capt. George Vaughan, agent to England, 353-355
An act for a free Latin school at Portsmouth, 365
Letters from Gov. Dudley, 371, 392, 417
Petition of inhabitants at Quamscott, 405-407
Petition of inhabitants in south part of Hampton, 408, 409, 428
Expedition to Port Royal, 435-440
Speeches of Lt. Gov. John Usher, 443, 448
Addresses to the Queen, 445, 452, 493, 507, 547
Speeches of Gov. Dudley, 448, 462, 501, 511, 530, 540
Capture of Port Royal — Annapolis, 453
Letters from Gov. Dudley, 458, 505
Expedition against Canada, 478
Instructions of Queen Anne, 480, 489
Instructions for Henry Newman, Esq., 508
Petition of Nathl Weare, Esq., 514
Petition of the inhabitants of Kingston, 520
Indian Treaty— Articles of Pacification (1713) 543-546
Petition of the inhabitants of Bloody Point, 549
Addresses to the King, George I, 576-7
Speeches of Lt. Gov. George Vaughan, 601, 630, 649
Petitions of inhabitants of Oyster River, 606, 714
Notice of Sir Charles Hobby, 631
Notice of Gov. Samuel Shute, 658
Speech of Gov. Shute, 659
Complaint of the Representatives to Gov. Shute, 675
Answer to the foregoing, 677
Petition of inhabitants of Portsmouth, 684
Indian Treaty at Georgetown, Me., 1717, 693-701
Speeches of Lt. Gov. Vaughan, 702-703
Gov. Shute's speech against Lt. Gov. Vaughan, 704
Examination of Jos. Smith, Peter Weare and John
Tuck, . 710-711
Speech of Lt. Gov. John Wentworth, and Gov. Shute, 721, 723
Differences in Portsmouth explained, 729
Original letter of Gov. Shute, 752
John Bridger, Surveyor-General, 759
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PAGES.
Apology of people of Nutfield to Gov. Shute, 770
Instructions to Henry Newman, Esq., agent, 779
Speech of Lt. Gov. Wentworth, 809
Additional Instructions to Gov. Shute, 813
Conflict of Laws with Massachusetts, 829
Letter from Mr. Newman, agent, 832
Address of Justices, &c., to her Majesty, 839
[See General Index at the end.]