At this time, West Florida was among the wildest regions in the British Imperial borderlands. It boasted only two settlements of any size-- Pensacola and Mobile-- both of which were tiny and rough-shod compared with the more established settlements to the east. For most of the 1760s, Pensacola was a military outpost consisting of a collection of rough wooden huts surrounded by a dilapidated palisade.
The political situation in the colony reflected its physical rusticness. The colony provided the scene for heated face-offs between civilian and military authorities, struggled under a string of lackluster governors, and suffered from a degree of internal disputes not generally witnessed elsewhere in North America. The Colonial Office records preserve detailed accounts of these intrigues and provide a new window into life on the early American frontier.
Like the WO28 catalog, this series of the Swain Report will provide an item-by-item listing of the full contents of the West Florida Papers, the first of its kind. For the first installment, please read below.
WPT III
Reel 1 summary contents:
· Volume 574: Official correspondence and documents (Bundle A) 1763-1766: 204 documents; DLAR document numbers 1 through 204; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 980; no archivist stamped page numbers; BCO Bundle document numbers A1 through A117
· Volume 575: Official correspondence and documents (Bundle B) 1765-1769: 71 documents; DLAR document numbers 205 through 275; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 360; archivist stamped page numbers 1 through 177; BCO Bundle document numbers B1 through B46
· Volume 576: Land grant documents 1764-1767: 22 documents; DLAR document numbers 276 through 297; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 79; archivist stamped page numbers 1 through 46; no BCO Bundle document numbers
British Colonial Office C05—West Florida Records
Annotated List of Contents
Notes:
§ This generalized table of contents is adapted from the List of Colonial Office Records contained in the List of Indexes, No. XXXVI, published by the Public Record Office, London, as reprinted in 1963 by the Kraus Reprint Corporation in New York, pages 13-14.
§ The British Colonial Office (BCO) organized this collection of papers into Volumes and Bundles. In general, each Volume contains documents pertaining to a particular colony and/or subject (e.g. West Florida Board of Trade correspondence), arranged in approximately chronological order. Each Bundle contains a portion of a volume, consisting of a limited number of originally loose documents that were bound together for archiving, in approximately chronological order.
Reel 1
Official Correspondence;
Land Grant and other Documents:
The British Board of Trade and Plantations
Reel 1 summary contents:
· Volume 574: Official correspondence and documents (Bundle A) 1763-1766: 204 documents; DLAR document numbers 1 through 204; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 980; no archivist stamped page numbers; BCO Bundle document numbers A1 through A117
· Volume 575: Official correspondence and documents (Bundle B) 1765-1769: 71 documents; DLAR document numbers 205 through 275; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 360; archivist stamped page numbers 1 through 177; BCO Bundle document numbers B1 through B46
· Volume 576: Land grant documents 1764-1767: 22 documents; DLAR document numbers 276 through 297; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 79; archivist stamped page numbers 1 through 46; no BCO Bundle document numbers
Reel 1 itemized, annotated contents:
· Volume 574: Official correspondence and documents (Bundle A) 1763-1766: 204 documents with dates from July 27, 1763 through August 14, 1766; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 980; no archivist stamped page numbers; BCO Bundle document numbers A1 through A117
Note: DLAR document numbers (left margin) continue throughout an entire microfilm reel. They do not start over when a new Volume or Bundle begins within the same reel.
Note: Notations to the right on each document’s date line indicate the archivist penciled page number of the first page of the document, the archivist stamped page number of the first page of the document (if any), and the BCO Bundle document number (if any), separated by slash marks.
In Volume 574, penciled page numbers are followed by Bundle document numbers.
Note: Although documents are microfilmed in approximately chronological order, numerous inconsistencies exist, primarily because enclosed documents with various dates are often bundled and microfilmed together with a later cover letter, and some subject-related documents with various dates are also bundled and microfilmed together.
1. [no date]
Archivist’s cover page for Bundle A, indicating it contains documents with dates from July 1763 through August 1766
2. July 27, 1763 [1/A1]
From George Johnstone, Esqr., Governor of West Florida, at Arundel Street, [London], to John Pownall Esqr., secretary to the Board of Trade
Response to a requirement to provide a plan for how most reasonably and frugally to settle and people the new colony of West Florida; containing detailed guidelines
[no document identified as A2]
3. January 29, 1764 [7/A3]
From Johnstone at Half Moon Street [London] to Pownall, “desiring that an Order may be obtained from the Admiralty for a Ship to convey him to his Government”
4. January 29, 1764 [11/A4]
From Johnstone at Half Moon Street to Pownall
“Proposing that the Presents intended for the Indians should go in the ship that is to carry the sd. Govr”; enclosing a list of presents [document 5]
5. [no date] [17/A5]
“An assortment of goods proper for Indian presents for West Florida” with a total calculated value of £1,197.19.4 [4 pages; enclosed with document 4]
6. [no date] received March 5, 1764 [23/A6]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Giles Phillips of Ipswich expressing desire to obtain land in Florida and to settle with his family as farmers
7. [no date] received March 23, 1764 [27/A7]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Johnstone, having been denied passage on the ship he desired, seeking assistance in procuring the presents and other supplies necessary for a British colonial governor to establish himself properly in Britain’s new colony, and in obtaining shipping to transport him, his governing party, and the presents and supplies to Pensacola
8. April 29, 1764 [35/A8]
From Thomas Cant, Archbishop of West Florida at Lambeth [Palace] [or at Canterbury?], to the Board of Trade
Recommending Rev. Samuel Hart to be minister at Mobile
9. February 9, 1764 [39/no Bundle A document number]
From Natt Weld at Dublin to Pownall
Submitting a memorial [enclosed; document 10] to the Board of Trade “requesting the Grant of a Tract of Land in West Florida for his son”
10. February 9, 1764 [43/A9]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Natt Weld requesting a land grant near Pensacola for his son Ensign Nathaniel Weld [enclosed with document 9]
11. [no date] received November 6, 1764 [47/A10]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Jacob Blackwell requesting a land grant of 5,000 acres near Pensacola on which he proposes to settle
12. [no date] [51/no Bundle A document number]
Petition from Lieutenant Colonel H. Douglas requesting “An Entire Township in the Island of St. John for himself & Friends”
13. March 12, 1764 [53/A11]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Douglas seeking approval for his proposals “for becoming Proprietor of an entire Township of Lands in the Colony of West Florida”; written from London
14. [no date] [57/A12 but not so marked]
Petition to the Board of Trade from Charles Blanchard requesting land near Pensacola for a plantation and manufacturing
15. [no date] received May 1, 1764 [59/A13]
Petition to the Board of Trade from James Razor, requesting a grant of land “in West Florida, at the Mowbill Bay, or Pensacola River, or any part of Georgia on the River Altamaha, or elsewhere”; desiring to use the land “to recompense his great losses”
16. January 9-25, 1764 [63/A14]
Petition to the Board of Trade from Thomas Seamark of “Bishopsgate Street Without” requesting land to settle in West Florida
17. May 18, 1764 [67/A15]
From Dan. Burton, secretary of the” Incorporated Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts”, at Bartlet’s Buildings, Holborn [London] to the Board of Trade, recommending Samuel Hart to be minister at Mobile, requesting that “a proper place be provided for Divine Worship”, and wishing that the Board will advance to Hart “some part of his salary, to enable him to ear the expenses of his Journey.”
18. May 18, 1764 [71/A16]
From Burton at Bartlet’s Buildings, Holborn, to the Board of Trade
Recommending William Dawson to be minister at Pensacola, requesting that a place of worship be provided, and that part of Dawson’s salary be advanced as “Dawson hath a very large family.”
19. [no date] received May 29, 1764 [75/A17]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Johnstone making the case for more military funding and forces since “…it appears from undoubted Authority that the Province of West Florida is immediately surrounded with Ten Thousand Indians capable of bearing arms” and “…each of the other Colonies have been allotted a Garrison Staff, while West Florida which seems to require every exertion of military Order in a double degree has been left without any such Establishment”
20. [no date] received May 28, 1764 [79/A18]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Johnstone requesting a galley built vessel of 90 tons to communicate among the posts in the colony.
21. [no date] received June 15, 1764 [83/A19]
Petition to the Board of Trade from Johnstone along with John Mackintosh and Samuel Hannay, London merchants, addressed to Pownall, seeking a grant of 20,000 acres of land in West Florida which they propose to cultivate [see documents 46, 47]
22. November 17, 1764 [87/A20]
From Burton at Bartlet’s Buildings conveying the recommendation of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts for Mr. Enoch Hawksworth to be appointed school master in one of the new settlements of East or West Florida
23. December 14, 1764 [91/A21]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from John Ellis, Esq., His Majesty’s Agent to the Province of West Florida, at Gray’s Inn [London], seeking direction on how to pay bills received from the Chief Justice of West Florida William Clifton for his salary
24. January 14, 1765 [98/A22]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Ellis from the Plantation Office, requesting direction on how to handle two bills from the West Florida governor, drawn in Jamaica totaling, £300.
25. September 3, 1764 [99/A23]
Copy of a letter from Johnstone at Kingston, Jamaica, acquainting the Board of Trade with his arrival there and “the measures he is taking for the improvement of the said Province under his Government”
26. September 25, 1764 [103/A24]
From Johnstone at Kingston, acquainting the Board of Trade of the want of cash in Pensacola; of seizure of some Spanish vessels by British ships, and of having drawn on the Agent for £200 of contingency money
27. September 25, 1764 [107/A25]
From Johnstone at Kingston, acquainting the Board of Trade of “a purchase he has made of Rum for Indian Presents and his Draught on the Agent”
28. September 13, 1764 [111/A26]
Copy of a letter from Sir William Burnaby, commander of a West Indies/Gulf of Mexico naval fleet based at Jamaica, to Johnstone concerning 12 puncheons [casks] of rum, stating that the captain has no place to store them
29. September 21, 1764 [115/A27]
Invoice from merchants Thomas Ingles and Malcolm Laing for 1,398 gallons of rum, signed by Oliver Hall and directed to Johnstone
30. October 31, 1764 [117/A28]
From Johnstone at Pensacola, acquainting the Board of Trade of his arrival in West Florida and “containing his Sentiments on the Spanish & Indian Trades, and other Affairs relative to the said Province.”
31. July 22, 1764 [123/A29]
“A Talk from Mortar [evidently the English name for an Indian informer] to John Stuart Esqr. [British agent to the Indians in the American Southeast] at Little Tallapees” [in West Florida] with information about Indian tribes; a copy by Johnstone, enclosed in his letter of October 31, 1764 [document 30]
32. November 9, 1764 [129/A30]
From Johnstone at Pensacola, acquainting the Board of Trade of the “dispute between him & Capt. [Robert] Mackinen, commanding the 35th. Regiment, with regard to his being admitted as Governor of the Garrison at Pensacola”
33. no date] received May 28, 1764 [133/A31]
copy of Johnstone’s “preamble to His Majesty’s Instructions for the speedy & effectual Settlement of the Province of West Florida”; enclosed in his letter of November 9, 1764 [document 32]
34. November 3, 1764 [139/A32]
copy of a letter by Johnstone to Captain Mackinen concerning their dispute; enclosed in his letter of November 9, 1764 [document 32]
35. “Tuesday 8 at Night” [147/A33]
copy of a note by Johnstone to Mackinen requesting a reply to his letter of November 3, 1764; enclosed in his letter of November 9, 1764 [document 32]
36. November 5, 1764 [151/A34]
From McKinen at Pensacola to Johnstone, begging for a little time before responding to Johnstone’s letter, since “it is an affair of moment”; enclosed in Johnstone’s letter of November 9, 1764 [document 32]
37. November 6, 1764 [155/A35]
Copy of McKinen’s letter, written at Pensacola, responding to Johnstone’s letter of November 3, 1764 [document 34], explaining that his orders to command the garrison at Pensacola came from the Secretary of War through General Thomas Gage, commander in North America; enclosed with Johnstone’s letter of November 9, 1764 [document 32]
38. November 7, 1764 [159/A36]
Copy of Johnstone’s letter, written at Pensacola, replying to McKinen’s letter of November 6, 1764 [document 37]; Johnstone, not satisfied with McKinen’s response, states that “I am therefore obliged to ask once more Who now Governs in this Garrison?”; asking several more specific questions; answering his own questions that “I do apprehend these several Powers belong to me without infringing on the Powers of General Gage or ever clashing with his Order…”; enclosed with Johnstone’s letter of November 9, 1764 [document 32]
39. November 7, 1764 [163/A37]
Copy of McKinen’s response, written at Pensacola, to Johnstone’s letter of the same date [document 38]; concurring that Johnstone is governor of the province, including its garrison
40. February 9, 1765 [167/A38]
From George Montague-Dunk, Earl of Halifax, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, at St. James’s [London] to the Board of Trade
Concerning the governor of West Florida’s letters and enclosures concerning the capture of Spanish vessels, expressed need for more troops, and dispute over command of the troops: British policy prevents molestation of Spanish ships entering British ports in distress or for refreshment; orders from His Majesty for General Gage to reinforce troops at Pensacola, based on Gage’s judgment, “as soon as the Tranquility of the Country is sufficiently secure, in consequence of the general Pacification with the Indian Nations”; new orders from His Majesty to field commanders clarifying the distinctions between civil and military commands
41. February 7, 1765 [171/A39]
From Lord John Barrington, Secretary of War, at the War Office to Halifax
Extract from a letter concerning separating military and civil command in the North American colonies: the military commander on the scene must obey orders from his military superiors; however, in certain designated circumstances, the civil governor may give orders to the troops; returns are to be submitted to both the military commander and the civilian governor; “the civil Governor is not to interfere with the detail of the Military Regimental Duty and Discipline…”
42. May 22, 1764 through March 11, 1765 [175/A40]
“Account of the Money received and paid by John Ellis Esqr. Agent for the King in behalf of the Publick for the Province of West Florida”; accounting for expenses of £4,333 out of £5,700 received from the Treasury
43. March 18, 1765 [179/A41]
From Burton of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at Bartlet’s Buildings, Holborn, conveying a recommendation that Mr. John Firby be appointed schoolmaster at Pensacola
44. [no date] received April 11, 1765 [183/A42]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from John Firby, requesting an allowance for passage and accommodations in Pensacola
45. May 5, 1765 [187/A43]
Petition to the King in Council from Richard Robert Crowe seeking a grant of 5,000 acres of land in West Florida; the petition was referred to the Board of Trade
46. May 15, 1765 [193/part of A44]
Proclamation from the King in Council notifying the Board of Trade of royal approval of land grants of 10,000 acres each of vacant land in East Florida for John Mackintosh and Samuel Hanney; signed by Robert Walpole [see documents 21, 47]
47. March 25, 1765 [195/part of A44]
Petition to the King in Council from John Mackintosh and Samuel Hannay, London merchants seeking a grant of 10,000 acres of vacant land in West Florida [see documents 21, 46]
48. [no date] received June 1, 1765 [201/A45]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from brothers Joseph Debat, Esqr. and Captain Theophilus Debat seeking a grant of 20,000 acres of land in West Florida for settlement
49. [no date] [205/part of A46]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from James Fanning London merchant, Silvester Fanning Senior Esqr. Matthew Fanning gentleman of Waterford, Ireland, Arthur Neil, Francis Whittaker of London a gentleman, and Thomas Sumplon Esqr. of Sheerness; seeking grants of land in West Florida of 2,000 acres each [enclosed with document 50]
50. July 15, 1765 [207/part of A46]
Cover letter from Arthur Neil at King Street, Golden Square [London] to Pownall, enclosing a memorial seeking land in West Florida [document 49]
51. June 6, 1765 [213/A47]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Ellis seeking guidance on how to handle bills, including those for salary now overdue to Rev. William Dawson, minister of Pensacola
52. [no date] received June 26, 1765 [217/A48]
Petition to the Board of Trade from “the French (Protestant) Colonists who are desirous of settling in West Florida”
53. August 20, 1765 [221/A49]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Ellis, at the Plantation Office, seeking guidance on how to handle bills from Clifton and for officers’ pay [pages 224-225 microfilmed twice]
54. August 23, 1765 [225/A50]
From Lieutenant Governor of West Florida Montfort Browne at London to [?]
“Relating to the French Emigrants”; concern about their allegiance
55. February 19, [1765] [229/A51]
From Johnstone at Mobile to Pownall listing appointments he has made for members of “His Majesty’s Council for the Province of West Florida”
56. February 19, 1765 [233/part of A52]
From Johnstone at Mobile to Pownall; lengthy letter (17 manuscript pages) “containing an Account of the State of the Province of West Florida; the measures taken for its settlement—and the Steps necessary for its improvement” [pages 248-249 microfilmed twice]
57. [no date] [253/part of A52]
“Schedule of Papers inclosed by Governor Johnstone…” with his report of February 19, 1765; list of 17numbered documents, of which all except for the 14th and 16th are microfilmed below [documents 58-70, 73, 74]
58. December 10, 1764 [257/A53]
Copy of a letter by Johnstone to Sir John Lindsay, commander of the British squadron on the West Florida coast, requesting that “a sloop of war might be ordered to carry the Troops to Point Iberville” [Point Iberville may be at the present-day location of Biloxi, MS, across from which the small town of D’Iberville still remains; Iberville was the founder of the French colony at New Orleans, and his name still identifies a number of places in the vicinity] [1st enclosure listed in document 57]
59. January 2, 1765 [261/A54]
Copy of a letter from Lindsay on the Tartar in Pensacola Harbor to Johnstone: offering congratulations for having cleared the channel to Iberville, thus opening it up for Indian trading; offering the Nautilus for carrying troops [2nd enclosure listed in document 57]
60. January 7, 1765 [265/A55]
Minutes of a meeting at Mobile between Johnstone and several officers from different regiments (Major Farmar 34th, Major Loftus 22nd, Captain Campbell 34th, and Engineer Archibald Robertson) concerning “establishing a Post on Point Iberville” [3rd enclosure listed in document 57]
61. June 6, 1765 [269/A56]
Copy of an “Estimate for the Post to be erected at the Point of the River Iberville” totaling $5,619.70, signed by Johnstone [4th enclosure listed in document 57]
62. February 7, 1765 [273/A57]
Copy of a letter from Johnstone to Robertson “relative to erecting a Fort at Point Iberville”; ordering Robertson to go with the troops on the Nautilus and giving specific instructions about the fort [5th enclosure listed in document 57]
63. [no date] Received September 24, [1765] [277/A58]
Copy of letter from Lindsay to the Secretary of the Admiralty concerning the necessity of relying on the Spanish for trade along the West Florida coast but raising questions about the legality of such a reliance [6th enclosure listed in document 57]
64. [no date] Received September 24, [1765] [281/A59]
Copy of the “Opinion of Hector Berringer Beaufeune [Hector Beringer Beaufain, a French Huguenot immigrant to South Carolina] respecting the Spanish Commander”; seeking a legal way around the British prohibition on using foreign vessels for British trade by using a Spanish commander on a British ship [7th enclosure listed in document 57]
65. February 9, 1765 [285/A60]
From Johnstone, responding to complaints received from officers of the 35th Regiment about the behavior of a Mr. McPherson [8th enclosure listed in document 57]
66. February 7, 1765 [289/A61]
Copy of letter from Monsieur Aubry, commandant at New Orleans, to Johnstone [written in French] [9th enclosure listed in document 57]
67. December 14, 1764 [293/A62]
Minutes of a first meeting with Major Farmar concerning disputes relating to him [10th enclosure listed in document 57]
68. December 23, 1764 [297/A63]
Copy of a letter from Johnstone at Mobile to Farmar “stating his Demands, & requiring an answer to them” [11th enclosure listed in document 57]
69. January, 1765 [301/A64]
Copy of a letter from Johnstone at Mobile to General Gage concerning “the Obstructions & Difficulties I have met from Major Loftus & Major Farmar” and from Captain McKenin; focusing on the behavior of Major Farmar; including a “Schedule of [34] Sundry Letters & Papers Inclosed by Governor Johnstone to General Gage” [these documents are not microfilmed here]; [12th enclosure listed in document 57]
70. February 7, 1765 [313/A65]
Copy of a letter from Johnstone, at Mobile, to Farmar, concerning Farmar’s having refused “to give an Acct. of his Proceedings to His Excellency”; documenting Johnstone’s strong authority, as governor, over all governmental matters in West Florida; responding to Hunter Sedgwick’s January 1 arguments in Farmar’s favor, copied into Johnstone’s letter; insisting he has jurisdiction and control over all matters, including the inventorying of military goods; complaining about being accused of endeavoring “to Vilify the Profession [of the military]; concluding that “I take Pride in being of that profession myself, but Much more in being a member of that Constitution, which has prescribd. Proper for Its Authority; that my Children, when I am dead, May enjoy the [fruits] my Labour, without any Secret or Arbitrary Administration on My [part] [13th enclosure listed in document 57]
71. March 4, 1765 [321/A66]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall apologizing that he has not had time to get all the letters copied, which he itemizes, that he wanted to send by packet.
[Note: The 14th and 16th of the enclosures listed in document 57 are not found among the microfilmed documents. Given the contents of document 71, they might never have been sent. According to document 57, these include a letter from Johnstone to Colonel Fletcher, and a letter from Monsieur Aubry to Johnstone concerning the necessity of establishing a post at Iberville.]
72. December 12, 1764 [325/A67]
Copy of the first letter from Captain Campbell to Johnstone reporting his proceedings at New Orleans in “cleaning out” the Iberville area
73. September 8, 1764 [329/A68]
Copy of a letter from Halifax at St. James to Johnstone, with a letter enclosed [possibly document 74]; concerning Swiss and German citizens living in New Orleans and France’s intention to cede Louisiana to Britain [15th enclosure listed in document 57]
74. December 10, 1764 [333/A69]
“Extract of a Letter from Lieut Maclellan who was in New Orleans on the Public Service”; concerning obstacles to British colonial expansion into Louisiana [possibly the letter enclosed with document 73] [17th enclosure listed in document 57]
75. May 4, 1765 [337/A70]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “relative to establishing a Post at Point Iberville or Manchac [Louisiana, across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans]”
76. May 4, 1765 [341/A71]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “relative to his transactions with the Indians, and the fertility of the Soil of the sd. Province, and likewise to the necessity of permitting the Spanish Commerce”
77. May 4, 1765 [347/part of A72]
From Johnstone to Gage responding to Gage’s having been “startled at the Circumstances communicated in [Johnstone’s previous] Letter” concerning the dispute with Major Farmar about the Governor’s authority; including a detailed accounting of Johnstone’s side of the dispute and his justifications for his actions; enclosing documents to help explain further [document 78] [pages 352-53 microfilmed twice]
78. April 3, 1765 [357/part of A72]
“Copy of a Letter from Captain Simpson Commanding 35th Regt., at New York, to Captain Stuart” concerning outstanding bills, including an order written and signed by Gage relative to the importance of following the Articles of War “concerning the appointing administration upon the Effects of dead officers” [enclosed with Johnstone’s letter to Gage [document 77]
79. January 5, 1765 [361/part of A73]
Copy of a letter from Christopher Miller at Mobile to Johnstone concerning Miller’s purchase of Horn Island
80. February 17, 1765 [365/part of A73]
From Johnstone at Mobile to Miller “explaining the Terms which must be complied with, before his Title to Horn Island can be confirmed”
81. April 21, 1765 [371/A74]
Copy of an “Address” from the “Merchants and Inhabitants of the Town of Pensacola” to Governor Johnstone congratulating him on his governorship, pledging their loyalty, and stating that “We flatter Ourselves that the Many Difficulties we have hitherto labour’d Under will at length be Removed by your Prudent Conduct and proper Representation”
82. April 21, 1765 [375/A75]
Copy of a response by Johnstone to the “Merchants and Inhabitants of the Town of Pensacola”
83. June 11, 1765 [379/A76]
From Johnstone and Stuart at Pensacola to Pownall
Report giving an account of “their transactions with the Chickasaw, Chactaw & Creek Nations”
84. June 11, 1765 [391/A77]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to the Earl of Hillsborough, concerning the state of the province
85. October 3, 1765 [399/part of A78]
From Ellis at London to Pownall, stating that “In compliance with their Lordships orders of the 2d of July last, I have agree’d with Lieutenant Gov. Browne for the conveying of the 60 French Protestant Imigrants from hence to West Florida”; enclosing an agreement to implement the order [document 86] and an accounting of related purchases [document 87]
86. July 5, 1765 [401/part of A78]
“Copy of an Agreement made by John Ellis Agent for West Florida with Montfort Browne Esqr. Lieutenant Governr. of the said Province conformable to the order of the Lords of Trade and Plantations of July 2, 1765 for the freight and victualling of 60 French Protestant Emigrants” [enclosed with document 85]
87. August 7, 1765 [403/part of A78]
“An Account of Sundry Necessaries bought” pursuant to the Board of Trade’s July 2 order [enclosed with document 85]
88. October 5, 1765 [407/part of A79]
From Ellis at Grays Inn to Pownall, enclosing the requested state of Contingency and Indian Presents Funds “for these two last years” [documents 89-91]
89. October 5, 1765 [409/part of A79]
“The present State of the Contingent Fund granted by Parliament for the province of West Florida for one year vizt. from the 24 of June 1763 to the 24 of June 1764. Being the sum of £1000: – – ”; prepared at London [enclosed with document 88]
90. October 5, 1765 [411/part of A79]
“The present State of the Contingent Fund granted by Parliament for the Province of West Florida for one year vizt. from the 24 of June 1764 to the 24 of June 1765 being the sum of £1000: – – ”; prepared at London [enclosed with document 88]
91. October 5, 1765 [413/part of A79]
“The present State of the Account of Indian Presents granted in the estimate for one year vizt. from the 24 of June 1763. to 24 of June 1764 for the province of West Florida being the Sum of £1500: – – ”, including the funds remaining on June 24, 1765; prepared at London [enclosed with document 88]
92. February 10, 1766 [415/A80]
From Samuel Hannay, at London, to Pownall, Hanney having been “lately appointed Provost Marshall in West Florida, requesting that provision may be made in the Estimate for a Salary for him”
93. February 3, 1766 [419/A81]
From James Macpherson at London to Pownall requesting a salary for his position as Vendue Master of West Florida or adding to the “provision already made for that of Secretary to the said Province”
94. February 18, 1766 [423/A82]
“An Account of Money expended for the use of his Majesty’s Province of West Florida by John Ellis Agent for the said Province” including balance on hand as of February 18, 1766; signed by Ellis
“Contingent Fund for West Florida from June 24 1763 to 24 of June 1764”
“Contingent Fund for West Florida from 24 of June 1764 to 24 of June 1765”
“Account of Indian Presents for West Florida from June 24 1763 to June 24 1764”
“Account of Bounties to encourage commerce in West Florida from 24 of june 1763 to 24 June 1764 and from the 24 of June 1764 to 24 June 1765”
An Account of Money granted by Parliament for the Civil Establishment of his Majestys Province of West Florida and recd. by John Ellis Agent”
95. February 20, 1766 [431/A83]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “advising his having drawn a Bill upon the Agent of fifty pounds for an allowance to a Minister”
96. April 2, 1766 [435/A84]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “recommending a supply of Goods to be sent out for presents to the Indians”
97. July 17, 1766 [443/A85]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from Ellis, seeking directions for how to respond to Samuel Hannay’s request for a salary [see document 92]
98. January 28, 1766 [447/A86]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “relative to the Confusion which has arisen from the different interpretations of the King’s Orders respecting the powers of the Govns. of Provinces, and the military Commanders”, with multiple enclosures [documents 99-119]
99. June 20, 1765 [459/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Gage, enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
100. July 31, 1765 [467/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Gage at New York to Lieutenant Colonel Wedderburn, enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
101. July 31, 1765 [475/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Gage at New York to Simpson, enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
102. February 25, 1765 [483/part of A87]
Copy of orders from Gage at New York concerning civil and military governing in West Florida, signed by Deputy Adjutant General Richard Maitland, “alluded to in [Johnstone’s] Letter to Captain Simpson wh. [Lieutenant] Colonel [Ralph] Walsh [commander of the 31st Regiment] has directly disobeyed”; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
103. May 25, 1765 [487/part of A87]
“Orders for the Garrison of Pensacola”; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
104. March 14, 1765 [494/part of A87]
Copy of a proclamation by the King appointing John Lorimer surgeon of the hospitals at Pensacola; signed by Halifax; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
105. May 6, 1765 [497/part of A87]
From the Secretary of War at the War Office to Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
106. September 29, 1765 [501/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Walsh; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
107. September 30, 1765 [509/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Walsh; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
108. September 30, 1765 [513/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Walsh at Pensacola to Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
109. October 5, 1765 [517/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Gage; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
110. December 21, 1765 [525/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Walsh “in Consequence of a message he received from Ensn. Darrell that the Colonel had ordered him to take forceable Possession of a house without the Garrison”; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
111. January 11, 1766 [529/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Walsh; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
112. December 21, 1765 [533/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Walsh at Pensacola to Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
113. January 12, 1766 [535/part of A87]
Copy of a letter from Walsh at Pensacola to Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
114. August 22, 1765 [537/part of A87]
Copy of a letter from Robert Adair, Esq. at London to John Lorimer, surgeon to the hospitals at Pensacola; concerning sending home hospital staff not needed in Pensacola; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
115. April 26, 1765 [539/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone to the Attorney General and copy of the Attorney General’s response, dated May 3, 1765
“Question proposed by Governor Johnstone to Edmd. Rush Wegg Esq. His M. Attorney General concerning forceable Entries & the Attorney General’s answers”: enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
116. January 23, 1766 [543/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Walsh; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
117. January 27, 1766 [547/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Johnstone to Gage “containing the Charge against Colonel Walsh”; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
118. January 14, 1766 [551/part of A87]
Copy of letter from Lieutenant Maclellan at Pensacola to Walsh concerning the order for his arrest and his protest of it as “Evil treatment”; note at end of copy apparently by the scrivener “To which no answer was returned”; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
119. January 28, 1766 [555/part of A87]
“Schedule of Papers enclosed to The Right Honorable The Board of Trade”; annotated list of 22 documents enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [microfilmed in documents 99 through 118; the Schedule’s document numbers are different from those used here]; signed by Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s January 28, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 98]
120. February 26, 1766 [559/A88]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, “relative to the carrying the Stamp Act into execution; and to the conduct of the Attorney Genl. Chief of Justice, and Lt. Govr. of that Province [West Florida]”; with multiple enclosures [documents 121-141]
121. February 26, 1766 [567/part of A89]
“Schedule of Papers enclosed to The Right Honorable The Board of Trade”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
122. January 20, 1766 [573/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Lieutenant Colonel Edward Maxwell, commander of British troops at Mobile; ordering Maxwell to bring troops to Pensacola, because of Walsh’s “mutiny”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
123. January 31, 1766 [577/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Johnstone to the officer of the main guard stating that “I desire the Indian at the Water Gate may be admitted into the Garrison that I may speak to him”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
124. January 31, 1766 [581/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Ensign James Bouchet, officer of the guard in the 31st Regiment, to Johnstone stating “I am obliged to acquaint you that it is Colonel Walsh’s positive Orders to admit no Indian into this Garrison but by his Leave”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
125. January 31, 1766 [585/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Maxwell to Johnstone, stating that he was complying with Johnstone’s order; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
126. January 31, 1766 [589/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Maxwell with further detailed orders; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
127. January 31, 1766 [593/part of A89]
Copy of warrant from Johnstone to James Johnstone, Esq., Royal Marshall General of West Florida, ordering the marshall to take Walsh into custody to appear before justice officials in the province; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
128. February 1, 1766 [597/part of A89]
Copy of order from Johnstone to Major Edward Brumley of the 31st Division, “directing him to open the Gates of His Majestys Garrison of Pensacola for the admission of the 21st Regiment”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
129. February 1, 1766 [601/part of A89]
“Minutes of a Council held at Pensacola” in which Johnstone recounted the events concerning Walsh, Maxwell, etc., and the Council resolved to support his actions and authority; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
130. February 1, 1766 [605/part of A89]
Copy of Affidavit by Johnstone concerning his disputes with Walsh and Maxwell; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
131. February 1, 1766 [613/part of A89]
“The Examination of Colonel Ralph Walsh”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
132. February 1, 1766 [617/part of A89]
Copy of Chief Justice William Clifton’s report concerning the February 1 examination of Walsh, declaring that “there is not the least Colour for any Legal Prosecution or Cause of Commitment” and ordering that Walsh be discharged out of custody; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
133. February 1, 1766 [621/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Maxwell requesting that six Indians be allowed in the Water Gate to speak with him; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
134. February 1, 1766 [625/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Maxwell at Pensacola to Johnstone, declining to act to implement Johnstone’s request, “according to the Custom of the Service on such Occasions”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
135. February 2, 1766 [629/part of A89]
Copy of Johnstone’s response to Maxwell’s refusal to honor his request, disputing his having done so; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
136. February 3, 1766 [633/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola requesting that Maxwell confine Walsh for the purpose of a court martial; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
137. February 3, 1766 [637/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Maxwell at Pensacola to Johnstone, continuing to resist following orders from Johnstone and requesting that he be permitted to resume his command of troops at Mobile, consistent with his military orders; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
138. February 6, 1766 [641/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Maxwell at Pensacola to Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120] [similar to document 137]
139. February 9, 1766 [645/part of A89]
Copy of letter from Johnstone to Maxwell continuing the dispute and concluding with a feeling of mortification that his authority is being contested; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
140. February 26, 1766 [653/part of A89]
Copy of orders from Johnstone to Walsh for troops of the 31st Division to protect for two months ground where newly arrived French emigrants are to establish themselves; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
141. February 26, 1766 [657/part of A89]
Copy of “Message of Lt. Col Walsh alluded to in the Postscript of the Letter of Gov. Johnstone to the Board of Trade 26th Feby. 1766”; stating that perhaps Johnstone’s orders are a mistake because “as you well know the Colonel cannot obey any Order of Yours”; enclosed with Johnstone’s February 26, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 120]
142. February 7, 1766 [661/A90]
Memorial to Johnstone, signed by 14 inhabitants of the province sitting as a grand jury, requesting relief from “our present impressed Form of Government” and requesting that Johnstone call an assembly
143. March 4, 1766 [665/A91]
Copy of response from Johnstone at Pensacola to the “Grand Jury,” stating that it was not properly constituted, and he wouldn’t recognize it [pages 667-669 microfilmed twice]
144. February 26, 1766 [669/A92]
Copy of message from Walsh at Pensacola to Johnstone “alluded to in the Postscript of the Letters to the Board of Trade 26th February 1766” [similar to document 141]
145. April 1, 1766 [675/A93]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall concerning the ongoing dispute, stating that “The only Conclusion I shall presume to draw, after stating Facts, and the Reasons for my conduct is, that a Public Example seems necessary some where”
146. April 1, 1766 [681/A94]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, concerning enforcement of the stamp tax in his province, observing that “The Circumstances respecting this Law did certainly fall extremely hard on this Province”; stating that “The only reasonable objection which appeared as meriting any Consideration with me was the following ‘Can a British Act of Parliament take Place in the Colonies, without being promulgated Or can a Stamp-master act without a proper Commission?[’]”
147. April 1, 1766 [693/A95]
Affidavit of Robert Collins of Pensacola concerning the possibility of a “Revolution or Rebellion in this said town”
148. April 1, 1766 [697/A96]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall concerning a Spanish ship arrived at New Orleans and more on the dispute with Walsh
149. April 1, 1766 [703/A97]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall concerning the “extraordinary” behavior of Lieutenant Governor Browne
150. August 14, 1766 [715/A98]
Copy of a list of what “Lieut. Governer Browne has agreed to deliver to the 60 French Protestants going to West Florida”, to pay for which, he received money from Ellis [see document 86 for the agreement]
151. April 1, 1766 [719/A99]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall concerning the behavior of Chief Justice Clifton
152. April 1, 1766 [727/A100]
From Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall providing further defense of his actions in relation to Walsh, stating that “The simple matter is this. If I am responsible for the Province and the fortress where I Treade, Mr. Walsh has been guilty of the highest Breach of Duty.”
153. [no date] [747/A101]
Document listing 16 formal charges by Johnstone against Clifton
154. February 1, 1766 [759/A102]
Copy of affidavit by Johnstone concerning Clifton’s behavior; alluded to in Johnstone’s charges [probably enclosed with document 153]
155. April 1, 1766 [767/A103]
Cover letter from Johnstone at Pensacola documenting the withdrawal through Ellis of funds to cover various expenses, some of which were “aready incurrd but which the Scarcity of Cash has disabled me from discharging hitherto”
156. [no date] [771/A104]
“A List of All Prisoners Maintained in the Public Goals of Pensacola and Mobile…from ye. 24th of June 1763 till ye. 24th of February 1766… along with [Johnstone’s] Account from ye. 24th June 1765 till ye. 24th February 1766”; signed by Johnstone
157. March 1 through April 1, 1766 [775/A105]
Four financial receipts dated March 1, 12, and April 1, 1766 plus an account page signed by Walter Easton, Commissary of Indian Stores, itemizing goods purchased from and delivered to Indians by merchants Stephenson and Satterthwaite, dated February 25, 1766; includes £30 “for Victualling the Wolf King and his warriors during the Congress at Governour’s Request”
[Note: Documents 158 through 186 are not assigned Bundle document numbers.]
158. August 21, 1765 [781]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Clifton concerning a disputed/arbitrated account between Mr. Kinnion and Messrs. Horsefalls and Noble, to be expedited because of the death of Mr. Phillips
159. August 22, 1765 [785]
Copy of Letter from Clifton at Pensacola to Johnstone concerning the arbitrated account, declining to proceed in this matter as wished by Johnston, given that “many things appear to me in a different Light than they do to you” [pages 789-790 microfilmed twice]
160. September 10, 1765 [790]
Copy of letter from John Stephenson at Pensacola to Johnstone, reporting an incident of violence by a soldier against Captain Davenant [?] of the Speedwell Transport; Stephenson sought to intervene, but the attacked man declined to seek redress.
161. [no date] [793]
Copy of proclamation by Johnstone concerning the selling of liquor to Indians; alluded to in the memorial of May 18, 1765 [document not identified among those microfilmed]
162. January 4, 5, 1766 [795]
Records of court minutes presided over by Clifton with the jury finding “not guilty” for various defendants, including Paul Thackery
163. December 13, 1765 [?] [799]
Copy of a court document signed by Arthur Gordon, Attorney General, concerning the case of Paul Thackery
164. February 8 [?], 1766 [801]
Copy of affidavit by Johnstone’s private secretary, Ensign Primerose Thomson, concerning Walsh
165. [no date] [805]
Copy of the “Warrant of Commitment of Lt. Col. Walsh”, directed to James Johnstone, Provost Marshall General, signed by Johnstone, to be executed by Chief Justice Clifton [similar to document 127]
166. [no date] [809]
Copy of the record of Walsh’s examination by Clifton, signed by Walsh and Clifton [similar to document 131]
167. February 1, 1766 [813]
Copy of a legal memorandum by Clifton concerning the arrest and examination of Walsh, Johnstone’s complaints against Walsh; concluding that no legal basis exists for Walsh to be charged or held [similar to document 132]
168. March 30, 1766 [817]
From George Johnstone at Pensacola to James Johnstone “desiring him to make Affidavits of the whole Transaction relative to the Commitment of Lieut. Colonel Walsh & the Discharge of the Governor’s Warrant”
169. March 31, 1766 [821]
“Affidavit of James Johnstone Prov. Mar. G. setting forth the Facts”
170. February 1, 1766 [825]
From Wegg to [Johnstone] concerning the release of Walsh
171. [no date] [827]
Affidavit by James Johnstone concerning the release of Walsh
172. February 28, 1766 [829]
From James Johnstone at Pensacola to George Johnstone, informing him and complaining that Clifton had taken from him and kept the original warrant for Walsh’s custody
173. February 1, 1766 [833]
Copy of the record of the examination of William McFladdin [?] of the 31st Regiment by Clifton, concerning his relationship with Walsh
174. February 1, 1766 [839]
Copy of the affidavit of John Hanney of Pensacola, concerning his relationship with Walsh
175. February 1, 1766 [841]
From Wegg to [Johnstone] concerning the release of Walsh [similar to document 170] [pages 840-841 microfilmed twice]
176. February 1, 1766 [843]
Copy of affidavit by Johnstone to Clifton concerning Walsh’s arrest and custody
177. February 1, 1766 [844]
Copy of memorandum of Clifton’s habeas corpus examination of McFladdin; signed by [?]
178. March 23, 1766 [845]
Copy of letter from Browne at Mobile to Johnstone explaining that it will be impossible for him (“refusing”) to attend an upcoming council in Pensacola
179. February 28, 1766 [849]
Copy of letter from Clifton at Pensacola to Johnstone stating his desire to resign from his seat on the council and his intention to express his reasons to the Board of Trade
180. March 29, 1766 [852]
Copy of affidavit of Gordon concerning Wegg’s papers and actions; note appended by Johnstone suggesting factual differences from the affidavit’s contents based on a recently found affidavit of John Smart [document 181]
181. February 4, 1765 [857]
Copy of affidavit of John Smart of Pensacola “relating to the Robbery Committee on certain Tuckahatche Indians”
182. June 21, 1765 [861]
Copy of affidavit by James Bruce, customs collector at port of Pensacola, concerning being denied access for customs inspection to a sloop that had come into the harbor, under orders of Captain William Cornwallis, commander of ships in the port of Pensacola, on the man-of-war Prince Edward
183. June 21, 1765 [865]
Copy of examination report of James Harris, Master’s Mate of the Prince Edward, relating to the matter of the sloop in the previous document
184. June 21, 1765 [869]
Copy of examination report of Montague Blackwell, midshipman on the Prince Edward, relating to the matter of the same sloop as above
185. June 22, 1765 [875]
Copy of examination report of Lieutenant Dod of the Prince Edward, relating to the matter of the same sloop as above
186. July 6, 1765 [881]
Copy of letter from Bruce at the Custom House, Pensacola, to Johnstone, reminding Johnstone of the previous instance of obstruction from customs inspection of a sloop by crew of the warship Prince Edward; reporting another instance of similar obstruction concerning the sloop Jesus Nazarine by a crew of the frigate Nautilus who claimed that the Governor supported and offered advice concerning their efforts; expressing concern about the Custom Office being able to perform its duty
187. October 24, 1765 [885/part of A106]
Duplicate of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “relative to the causes, by which the design of creating a Fort at Point Iberville has been defeated”, those causes relating in part to the dispute over authority
188. September 2, 1765 [889/part of A106]
Copy of Letter from Robertson at New Orleans to Johnstone, relating to problems with the Indians and other matters; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 24, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 187]
189. September 3, 1765 [893/part of A106]
Copy of letter from Aubry at New Orleans to Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 24, 1765 letter to Pownall [written in French] [document 187]
190. July 8, 1765 [897/part of A106]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Cornwallis, stating his understanding that the sloop under orders from the Prince Edward was being used in public service to convey supplies for the fort at Point Iberville, but that the sloop and supplies have not arrived, location now unknown; requesting an explanation from Cornwallis on this “seemingly unaccountable Conduct”; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 24, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 187]
191. July 9, 1765 [901/part of A106]
Copy of letter from Cornwallis, on the Prince Edward at Pensacola, to Johnstone, stating his surprise at receipt of Johnstone’s letter and reminding him that he (Cornwallis) takes orders only from his naval superiors; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 24, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 187]
192. December 28, 1765 [905/A107]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall “relative to the Creek Indians and the Orders that no more of his Majesty’s Vessels shall be sent to the Mississippi”; including a schedule of papers enclosed [documents 193-200]
193. October 2, 1765 [909/A108]
“Orders and Instructions for the Officer appointed to Command at Fort Bute” located at the mouth of the Iberville River; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
194. October 4, 1765 [913/A109]
Copy of minutes of a meeting at Pensacola “on his Majesty’s Service”, including Johnstone, Lindsay, and Walsh, concerning Johnstone’s decision to give up establishing a post at Iberville; signed by Johnstone, Lindsay, and Walsh; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
195. October 1, 1765 [917/A110]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Robertson, informing him of the abandonment of the project for a fort at Iberville; providing instructions; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
196. December 14, 1765 [925/part of A111]
Copy of letter from Lindsay, on board the Tartar at Pensacola, to Johnstone, informing Johnstone of his being “deprived of fulfilling my intent [as agreed at the October 4 council] by positive orders I have received from Sir William Burnaby [commander of a West Indies/Gulf of Mexico fleet based in Jamaica] not to send any of his Majesty’s Frigates or Sloops…up the Mississippi without his particular order for so doing”; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
[Note: Burnaby’s command included control over surveying of the coastal waters of both Floridas, including harbors and rivers. The chief surveyor was George Gauld, who was under the immediate command of Lindsay on the Tartar]
197. December 14, 1765 [929/part of A111]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Lindsay, concerning Johnstone’s versus Burnaby’s authority to command; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
198. December 15, 1765 [933/part of A111]
Copy of letter from Lindsay, on board the Tartar at Pensacola, to Johnstone, stating that “I am very sorry it is not in my Power to grant the Request which you are pleased to make me”; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
199. November 21, 1765 [937/A112]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Mobile to Elias Lagardiere, commissary for Indian Affairs at Tombigbee [the Tombigbee River flows from northern Mississippi/Alabama southward into Mobile Bay; the location of a place with that name is not clear], sharing notes on problems with the Indians and dealing with them; concluding the letter with the statement that “It will no doubt give you Pleasure to hear that I have Reason to believe by Letters from Genl. Gage, that our Troops from Fort Pitt have taken Possession of the Illinois”; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
200. December 13, 1765 [945/A113]
Copy of minutes of a “Meeting on His Majestys Service” at Pensacola, including Johnstone, Lindsay, Walsh, Captain Robert Carkett, Major Edward Bromley, and Engineer Elias Durnford; concerning establishment of a road between Pensacola and Mobile; concerning relations and proper conduct with the Indians; enclosed with Johnstone’s December 28, 1765 letter to Pownall [document 192]
201. December 29, 1765 [951/A114]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, concerning smuggling difficulties with the French settlements of Louisiana; still wishing for Britain to open up trading with the Spanish
202. April 2, 1766 [959/A115]
Letter from Johnstone to Pownall, “relative to the products & improvements of that Province” [pages 972-973 microfilmed twice]
203. April 23, 1766 [973/A116]
Letter from Wegg to Pownall, concerning his suspension by Johnstone, which he finds unusual and unjust; planning to go to New York on business
204. January 23, 1766 [977/A117]
Copy of letter from Wegg at Pensacola to Clifton, stating that “I am under the Necessity of applying to you, for the Vindication of my Conduct here”; followed by Clifton’s response, with the same date, stating that “I can truly say that I am not conscious of your being chargeable”; followed by “An Address [with the same date] of the principal Inhabitants & Merchants of this Town of Pensacola to Edmund Rush Wegg, Esqr. thanking him for his “honest proceedings during your Time in office here”, signed by 24 persons; followed by Wegg’s response to the address, with the same date; followed by a statement of thanks from the Grand Jury at Pensacola, dated February 7, 1766 and signed by 14 members; followed by Wegg’s response to the Grand Jury
· Volume 575: Official correspondence and documents (Bundle B) 1766-1769: 71 documents with dates from October 2, 1765 through April 24, 1769; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 360; archivist stamped page numbers 1 through 177; BCO Bundle document numbers B1 through B46
Note: DLAR document numbers (left margin) continue throughout an entire microfilm reel. They do not start over when a new Volume or Bundle begins within the same reel.
Note: Notations to the right on each document’s date line indicate the archivist penciled page number of the first page of the document, the archivist stamped page number of the first page of the document (if any), and the BCO Bundle document number (if any), separated by slash marks.
In Volume 575, penciled page numbers are followed by stamped page numbers, which are followed by Bundle document numbers.
Note: Although documents are microfilmed in approximately chronological order, numerous inconsistencies exist, primarily because enclosed documents with various dates are often bundled and microfilmed together with a later cover letter, and some subject-related documents with various dates are also bundled and microfilmed together.
205. April [?], 1766 [1/1/B1]
“Letter from several of the Inhabitants of West Florida to the Secry [John Pownall, secretary to the British Board of Trade and Plantations in London], dated April 1766, complaining of the Grievances which arise from the Administration of [West Florida] Govr. [George] Johnstone”
206. May 4, 1766 [7/4/B2]
Letter from Johnstone to Pownall, transmitting a plan of the Bay of Pensacola and a sketch of the environs; maps were made by Mr. George Gants, surveyor, whom Johnstone recommends to the favor of the Board of Trade
207. July 19, 1766 [11/6/B3]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, enclosing “sundry letters” [documents 208-213] pertaining to the “behavior of Mr. [Don Antonio d’] Ulloa, the Spanish Govr. Of [the Province of] Louisiana”; explaining that Ulloa had sent his secretary to Pensacola, where, despite making “the most Brilliant Appearance” yet in Pensacola, he made a “mistake concerning my Command”
208. April 1, 1766 [17/9/part of B]
Copy of letter from Ulloa at New Orleans to Johnstone [written in Spanish]; followed by copy of the letter’s English translation; announcing his arrival “with an Intention to take Possession of this Collony”; stating his intention to establish amicable relations with Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s July 19, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 207]
209. May 3, 1766 [21/11/part of B4]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Monsieur Aubry, Commander in Chief for the French Province of Louisiana, regretting the loss of a good friend as command at New Orleans changes from French to Spanish; enclosed with Johnstone’s July 19, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 207]
210. May 3, 1766 [25/13/part of B4]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Ulloa, extending hope for cordial working relations with the new provincial government in New Orleans, especially to avoid becoming “the Dupes of the Indians, nor the Indian Traders, who are more savage than them”; expressing hope that boundary lines between the provinces can remain settled amicably; expecting that British inhabitants will retain the right of free passage along the Mississippi River; enclosed with Johnstone’s July 19, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 207]
211. June 3, 1766 [33/17/part of B4]
Copy of letter from Aubry at New Orleans to Johnstone [written in French], stating that he is returning several Negro deserters from Mobile and other matters pertaining to the changeover to Spanish government [written in French]; enclosed with Johnstone’s July 19, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 207]
212. June 10, 1766 [37/19/part of B4]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Ulloa, stating that he is sending Mr. Jones to New Orleans, to reciprocate Ulloa’s having sent Don Manuel to Pensacola, to introduce the new Spanish colonial government to the British colonial government of West Florida; enclosed with Johnstone’s July 19, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 207]
213. July 2, 1766 [41/21/part of B4]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Aubry, concerning the Negro deserters from Mobile, their legal circumstances, what should be done with them, and the inconsistencies between what should be done and prevailing maritime law; enclosed with Johnstone’s July 19, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 207]
214. May 29, 1766 [49/25/B5]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Rev. William Dawson, minister of Pensacola, considering and approving Dawson’s request for extended leave to return to “Carolina”
215. August 7, 1766 [53/26/B6]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, reporting that he has suspended Chief Justice William Clifton and that Engineer Elias Durnford, a member of the Council, has resigned, making it impossible to obtain a quorum in the Council to deal with the matter, short of suspension; justifying his actions; enclosing his charges against Clifton and other documents [documents 216-219]
216. July 23, 1766 [61/30/part of B7]
Copy of the 18 articles of charges against Clifton by Johnstone; enclosed with Johnstone’s August 7, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 215]
217. May 26, 1766 [81/40/part of B7]
Copy of minutes of a council, “when Mr. Clifton refused to take his Seat in Council”; enclosed with Johnstone’s August 7, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 215]
218. August 5, 1766 [85/42/part of B7]
Copy of minutes of a council, during which Clifton’s behavior was examined, against his expressed wishes; enclosed with Johnstone’s August 7, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 215]
219. May 27, 1766 [93/46/B8]
Copy of letter from James Bruce, customs collector at Pensacola, to Johnstone, reporting a complaint against Clifton; enclosed with Johnstone’s August 7, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 215]
220. August 7, 1766 [97/48/part of B9]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, expressing displeasure that Clifton is “going Home”, perhaps to argue his cause against Johnstone, and perhaps to elude the justice Johnstone thinks he deserves; justifying his actions
221. September 26, 1766 [101/50/part of B9]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall; expressing his views about the bad relationships between himself and the military command in West Florida; enclosing copies of correspondence between him and Colonel and Acting Brigadier General William Taylor, commander of the Southern District of North America, to support his views [no correspondence with Taylor enclosed with this letter is microfilmed; but see documents documents 230-233 enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 228]
222. September 26, 1766 [105/52/part of B9]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall; fearing that his letter of February 26, 1766, with enclosures, has not reached the Board of Trade; therefore enclosing copies of letters between him and Lieutenant Colonel Edward Maxwell “that the Account of those Transactions may be completed” [enclosures not microfilmed here; see documents 122, 125, 126, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139 for relevant enclosures with Johnstone’s letter of February 26, 1766 to Pownall, which was indeed received]
223. October 22, 1766 [109/54/part of B10]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall; reporting that Lieutenant Governor Montfort Browne had attempted to take over the governor’s powers from Johnstone when he was absent from Pensacola on provincial business, holding “several Congresses with the Chactaw and Alabama Nations of Indians”; stating that “For my Part, I have complained so often, without obtaining the slightest Ans[wer] or Redress, that I am afraid to mention [the] greatest Irregularities which are daily committed in Contempt of the Kings Orders”; including “Schedule of Papers [two copies microfilmed] inclosed” to support his contentions [documents 224-227]
224. October 18, 1766 [121/60/part ofB10]
Minutes of a council held at Pensacola, summoned by Browne; considered a number of issues, some critical to Johnstone, others supporting him; probably enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 223]
225. October 18, 1766 [125/62/part of B10]
Copy of letter from Browne to Ensign Primerose Thomson, the governor’s private secretary, requiring him to give up to Browne letters directed to the governor in the packet about to leave, in case there “may be some Letters that may require an immediate answer by this Pacquet”; probably enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 223]
226. October 19, 1766 [129/64/part of B10]
Copy of response from Thomson to Browne; refusing to recognize Browne as having the authority of governor; declining to deliver the requested letters; probably enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 223]
227. October 20, 1766 [133/66/part of B10]
“Protest entered by the members of His Majesty’s Council for the Province of West Florida, against the proceedings of Lieutenant Governor Browne”; signed by James Bruce, John Hannay, William Leitch, and James Thompson; probably enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 223]
228. October 22, 1766 [137/67/part of B11]
Letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, stating that the “unhinged State of all Government in this Province for some Time past, and the debilitated State of our Troops, have induced the surrounding Creek Indians to commit numberless Depradations of late on our Infant Settlers”; stating that, “as no Decision has been pronounced concerning the various Points of Government in Dispute, I shall…[continue to] perform my own Duty with Attention and Zeal”; includes a schedule of papers enclosed [documents 229-233]
229. October 3, 1766 [145/71/part of B11]
Minutes of a committee of the council convened by Johnstone at Pensacola with Bruce, Hannay, Leitch, and Thompson attending, concerning all traders leaving the Creek Nation and other Indian affairs, a block house at Campbell, Tenn., a block house at West Mount, Pensacola, and a post at Mobile; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 228]
230. October 4, 1766 [149/73/part of B11]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Taylor, conveying the results of the council [document 229] as orders for action; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 228]
231. October 6, 1766 [153/75/part of B11]
Minutes of a committee of the council convened by Johnstone at Pensacola with Bruce, Hannay, Leitch, and Thompson present, concerning Taylor’s letter [quoted verbatim], dated October 4, responding to Johnstone’s letter dated October 4 [document 230]; Taylor seeking more detailed information before responding; the response by the council quoted verbatim providing additional details; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 228]
232. [no date; received October 8, 1766] [157/77/part of B11]
Letter from Taylor to Johnstone, contesting Johnstone’s having assumed command over the military storekeepers; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 228]
233. October 9, 1766 [161/79/part of B11]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Taylor, making his case, at length, for his civil authority over military matters in the province; enclosed with Johnstone’s October 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 228]
234. October 23, 1766 [173/85/B12]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, “containing several proposals for the improvement of the Commerce of the Province”; including a list of foreign (non English) European manufactured goods, by nationality (French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) to be considered in the trade proposals
235. March 16, 1767 [177/87/B13]
From William Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Shelburne, Southern Secretary of State, at Whitehall, to members of the Board of Trade; announcing that the King has appointed “John Elliot, Esqr. to be Captain General, and Governor in Chief of His Province of West Florida, in America, in the room of George Johnstone Esqr.”, requesting that the Board prepare a suitable commission for the new governor, to be signed by the King
236. October 2, 1765 [181/89/part of B14 but not so identified]
Receipt affirming that Colonel John Reed at Pensacola had received 800 dollars from Johnstone and would deliver it to Engineer Archibald Robertson for the construction of Fort Bute
237. December 1, 1765 [183/90/part of B14but not so identified]
Receipt affirming that Robertson at new Orleans received 800 dollars “or one hundred & Eighty Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence Sterling” from Reed
238. October 24, 1766 [185/91/B15]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, “enclosing a draught on the agent for that province”, the same 800 dollars referred to in the two receipts [documents 236, 237] [draught not microfilmed] [pages pencil numbered 188-189 microfilmed twice]
239. November 10, 1766 [189/93/B16]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, reporting that Alabama Indians have come to West Florida for British protection from the Choctaw Indians; given the need of coverings and provisions and presents for these Indians, requesting payment for expenses for these goods, including an invoice from traders McGillivray & Struthers, who supplied the goods, signed for by the traders as paid in full (587 dollars) by Johnstone
240. November 22, 1766 [197/97/B17]
Copy of letter from Johnstone at Pensacola to Pownall, enclosing a “Memorial or Representation of the State of this Colony” from the Council and Assembly and a “separate Address to His Majesty, together with the Speech I had the honor of delivering to them at the opening of this Session and their Answers thereto” [enclosures include documents 241-247]
241. November 3, 1766 [201/99/B18]
Copy of the speech by Johnstone, justifying his rule, referred to in and enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
242. November 5, 1766 [205/101/part of B19]
Copy of response to Johnstone’s speech “By Order of the House”, signed by Francis Poussett, Speaker, stating the Assembly’s approval of Johnstone’s rule; enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
243. [no date] [209/103/part of B19]
Copy of Johnstone’s response to the Council, expressing his pleasure at their approbation; enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
244. November 22, 1766 [213/105/B20]
Cover letter from the Council and Assembly requesting that the Governor transmit their representation of the state of the province; signed by James Bruce for the Council and Poussett for the Assembly; enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
245. November 22, 1766 [217/107/B21]
Representation of the Council and Assembly of West Florida, including both accomplishments and further needs, including estimates of the costs of accomplishing the further needs, totaling £68,600 over four years plus £11,600 over four years for other expenses such as maintaining four companies of rangers, importing Negro slaves “to be distributed among the Industrious Inhabitants”, “maintenance of the poor and Distressed”, and “opening Interior Communications”; signed by Bruce and Poussett; enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
246. November 3, 1766 [233/115/part of B21 but not so identified]
Copy of the response to Johnstone’s speech from the Council commending him and pledging their support; enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
247. [no date] [237/117/part of B21 but not so identified]
Copy of letter from Johnstone to the Assembly thanking them for sharing his sentiments about the state of the colony; enclosed with Johnstone’s November 22, 1766 letter to Pownall [document 240]
248. January 12, 1767 [241/119/B22]
Letter from Lieutenant Governor Browne to Pownall, acknowledging receipt of a letter from Shelburne dated September 22, 1766, announcing His Majesty’s permission for Johnstone to return to England to attend to personal affairs and that Johnstone was to turn over the government of West Florida to Browne “during his Absence”; including a copy of a lengthy “Schedule of Papers delivered in Council…By…Johnstone…to… Browne…at Pensacola”, with 22 entries, signed by Johnstone January 9, 1767
249. January 25, 1767 [249/122/B23]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “containing an Account of the manufactures set up and carried on in that province since 1734, and of the publick Encouragements given thereto”
250. March 25, 1767 [253/124/B24]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “relative to the settlement of the French Emigrants, with enclosures [documents 251, 252]
251. March 9, 1767 [257/126/B25]
Minutes of a Council at Pensacola, concerning settlement of the French Emigrants; enclosed with Browne’s March 25, 1766 letter to the Board of Trade [document 250]
252. January 12, 1767 [261/128/B26]
Copy of report of a committee of the council to draw up “Certain Rules and Regulations” to be signed and observed by the French emigrants; enclosed with Browne’s March 25, 1766 letter to the Board of Trade [document 250]
253. April 13, 1767 [265/130/part of B27]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade “transmitting a Copy of his Letter to Mr. Macpherson, Secretary of the said Province, relating to the appointment of a person to officiate upon the Departure of his deputy” [enclosure is document 254]
254. April 14, 1767 [269/132/part of B27]
Copy of a letter from Browne at Pensacola to Macpherson; enclosed with Browne’s April 13, 1767 letter to the Board of Trade [document 253] [pages pencil numbered 272-273 microfilmed twice]
255. October 9, 1767 [273/134/part of B28]
Copy of the report of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs to the Board of Trade forwarding for the board’s consideration a petition from merchant Edward Mease to be granted 6,000 acres in West Florida “in order to Cultivate vines, Olives &c.”
256. [no date] [275/135/part of B28]
“The petition of Edward Mease Merchant” seeking a grant of 6,000 acres in West Florida
257. August 6, 1767 [281/138/B29]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “respecting the present state of Affairs among the neighbouring Indians”, with an enclosure [document 258]
258. July 3, 1767 [285/140/B30]
“Copy of an Oath taken by several persons trading to the Indian Nations to endeavor to bring to punishment such as should be found operating or making bad Talks among the Indians”; enclosed with Browne’s letter of August 6, 1767 to the Board of Trade [document 257]
259. December 22, 1767 [289/141/B31]
“Balances in the hands of John Ellis”, agent for West Florida
260. December 19, 1767 [293/143/B32]
Copy of memorial to Shelburne from Chief Justice Clifton, requesting additional salary or provision of space for his residence and for holding court
261. September 29, 1767 [301/147/B33]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “relative to the inconveniences arising to that province from the absence of several patent officers”
262. September 29, 1767 [305/149/B34]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “containing his reasons for having sent the provincial Sloop to Havannah”
263. September 29, 1767 [309/151/B35]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “relative to the regulation of the Indian Trade”
264. July 23, 1767 [313/153/B36]
“Copy of an Oath taken by several Indian Traders for seizing such persons as foment sedition among the Indians”; signed by Browne and about 20 traders; enclosed with Browne’s letter of September 29, 1767 to the Board of Trade [document 263]
265. February 1, 1768 [317/155/B37]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola, West Florida, to the Board of Trade, “relative to the present state of that province”
266. February 1, 1768 [323/158/B38]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “relative to his intention of making use of the King’s license to return to England, in case of sickness”
267. February 1, 1768 [327/160/B39]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “relating to his having appointed Mr. Matthew McHenry to be pastor for the district of Pensacola in the room of Dr. Wilkinson, deceased”
268. February 1, 1768 [331/162/B40]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to the Board of Trade, “relative to the Grant made in 1764 to him & his Brother of 20,000 Acres of Land in that province”
269. February 27, 1768 [335/164/B41]
Letter from Browne at Pensacola to Pownall, “relative to the treatment he has recd. from Mr. Ellis; his expenses;—and the arrival of several Spanish Vessels in the harbor of Pensacola”
270. May 30, 1768 [339/166/B42]
Report from Sir Mathus Lamb at Lincolns Inn [seat of the British judiciary], to the Board of Trade concerning “Fifteen Acts Passed in West Florida in January 1767”; listing the acts and offering the following observations “Upon Perusal and Consideration of the before mentioned Acts I have [?] Objections the acts in Point of Law. They are the first Acts that have been passed in this Province, And the Propriety of then, and how far [?] are agreeable to the Governors Instructions Will be in your Lordships Judgment, and particularly the last Act relating to Foreigners and the orders therein Given to Papists”
271. July 22, 1768 [343/168/B43]
Statement from John Lindsay at Newman Street attesting to the good gentlemanly character of Edward Mease [see documents 255, 256]
272. [no date; received January 24, 1769] [345/169/B44]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from merchant Thomas Comyn of London requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida
273. February 11, 1769 [349/171/B45]
Memorial to the Board of Trade from James Bruce in London, “appointed one of the Council in West Florida by Govr. Johnstone, setting forth his intention of returning to the said Colony, and praying that he may be confirmed in his seat in the said Council by a mandamus from His Majesty”
274. April 24, 1769 [353/173/part of B46]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade the petition [document 275] of David Faitt, assistant surveyor in West Florida from 1764 to 1767, to receive a grant of 5,000 acres
275. [no date] [355/174/part of B46]
Petition to the King from David Faitt requesting a grant of land in West Florida of 5,000 acres
· Volume 576: Land Grant Documents 1764-1767: 22 documents with dates from May 2, 1764 through April 2, 1767; archivist penciled page numbers 1 through 79; archivist stamped page numbers 1 through 46; no BCO Bundle document numbers
Note: DLAR document numbers (left margin) continue throughout an entire microfilm reel. They do not start over when a new Volume or Bundle begins within the same reel.
Note: Notations to the right on each document’s date line indicate the archivist penciled page number of the first page of the document, the archivist stamped page number of the first page of the document (if any), and the BCO Bundle document number (if any), separated by slash marks.
In Volume 576, penciled page numbers are followed by stamped page numbers.
Note: Although documents are microfilmed in approximately chronological order, numerous inconsistencies exist, primarily because enclosed documents with various dates are often bundled and microfilmed together with a later cover letter, and some subject-related documents with various dates are also bundled and microfilmed together.
276. [no date] [no penciled page number/3]
Table with names of 10 person requesting grants of land in West Florida, number of acres applied for, and blank columns for “quantity reported” and “date reported” [microfilmed twice] [supporting documents for these land grant applications is found in documents 277-297]
277. May 5, 1765 [1/7]
The King’s favorable response to the petition from William Harcourt [document 278], Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Regiment of Dragoons, requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
278. [no date] [3/8]
Petition to the King from Harcourt requesting a10,000 acre land grant in West Florida
279. May 5, 1765 [9/11]
The King’s favorable response to the petition from Elias Durnford [document 280], Lieutenant of Engineers, engineer and surveyor general of West Florida, requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
280. [no date] [11/12]
Petition to the King from Durnford requesting a 10,000 acre land grant in West Florida
281. May 29, 1765 [17/15]
The King’s favorable response to the petition from Michael Furey [document 282], formerly an officer under Major General Monckton’s command in America and the West Indies, requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
282. [no date] [19/16]
Petition to the King from Furey requesting a 10,000 acre land grant in West Florida
283. May 2, 1764; November 6, 1764 [21/17]
Copies of statements of character witness of Furey: by Lieutenant Colonel Eyre Massey of the Enniskilling Foot at Dublin (May 2); by Robert Monckton at Sackville Street (November 6)
284. April 2, 1767 [29/21]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade the petition [document 285] of the “Right Honourable George Earl of Craufurd” to receive a grant of 20,000 acres [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
285. September 22, 1766 [31/22]
Petition to the King from Craufurd at Struthers in Fifeshire requesting a grant of 20,000 acres in West Florida for a plantation to make pitch and tar and to raise cotton, indigo, rice, and other commodities
286. April 2, 1767 [37/25]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade, given the King’s approval, a petition from Amos Ogden [document 287], formerly captain in the Corps of Rangers in North America, requesting 25,000 acres of land in West Florida [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
287. [no date] [39/26]
Petition to the King from Ogden requesting a 25,000 land grant in West Florida
288. April 2, 1767 [45/29]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade, given the King’s approval, a petition from Alexander Duncan [document 289] requesting 20,000 acres of land in West Florida for a plantation [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
289. [no date] [47/30]
Petition to the King from Alexander Duncan of Delanay Street, requesting a grant of 20,000 acres in West Florida
290. April 2, 1767 [53/33]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade, given the King’s approval, a petition from George Stewart [document 291] requesting 10,000 acres of land in West Florida for a settlement [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
291. [no date] [55/34]
Petition to the King from George Stewart, merchant of Edinburgh, requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida [microfilmed three times]
292. April 2, 1767 [61/37]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade, given the King’s approval, a petition from James Danskin [document 293] requesting 10,000 acres of land in West Florida for a settlement [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
293. [no date] [63/38]
Petition to the King from James Danskin, merchant in Sterling, requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida
294. April 2, 1767 [69/41]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade, given the King’s approval, a petition from Alexander Callendar [document 295] requesting 10,000 acres of land in West Florida for a settlement [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
295. [no date] [71/42]
Petition to the King from Alexander Callendar, merchant of London, requesting a grant of 10,000 acres in West Florida
296. April 2, 1767 [77/45]
From a committee of the Board of Trade, favorably conveying to the Board of Trade, given the King’s approval, a petition from John Johnstone of Arlington Street, Westminster [document 297] requesting 20,000 acres of land in West Florida for a settlement [one of those requesting grants listed in document 276]
297. [no date] [79/46]
Petition to the King from John Johnstone, requesting a grant of 20,000 acres in West Florida
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