of the Cause Argued at the Cockpit on the Governor of Virginia and the House of Burgesses, with the Speeches of the Attorney-General, Mr. Forester, Lord Granville, Mr. Murray, &c., 1754.-Letters from Governor Fauquier on the Affairs of the Colonies, dated from Williamsburgh, 1760-2.-Speech of the Hon. Francis Fauquier, Governor of Virginia, 1760.-Memorial of the Merchants of London in behalf of themselves and others trading to Virginia, with state of its Taxation, Treasury, Population, &c., 1748.-Act of Parliament for the better securing the Dependency of the American Colonies, 1766.—Copy of the Circular to all Governors on the Continent of America, to support the Commissioners of the Customs in their Duty, 1768.-Representation of the Lords of Trade on the expediency of permitting Settlements on Lands westward of the Great Mountains, 1765.-Circulars relative to the General Instructions given by his Majesty to the Governors of his American Colonies, 1768.Representation of the Lords of Trade on the House of Burgesses of Virginia, praying permission to issue paper money, with copy of Lord Hillsborough's Letter to the Governor, with his Lordship's Autograph, 1768.—Original Instructions for Baron de Botetourt, Governor of Virginia, with Autograph of King George III., 1768, with Letter from him to Lord Hillsborough, 1768–70. -Circular to the Governors of the North American Colonies, respecting their Dispatches, 1768.-Address of the Clergy in Virginia to his Majesty, 1768.— Lists of his Majesty's Council of Virginia, and Officers of the said Government, 1768.-Account of the Revenue, Quitrents, &c. of Virginia, 1770.—Additional Instructions to the Governor of Virginia, 1770.—Original Orders and Instructions to John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, containing ninety-two articles, with autograph of King George III., 1771. Further orders and instructions for the Earl of Dunmore, governor of Virginia, with His Majesty's autograph, 1771.-Statement of the revenue of Virginia, with the account of the receiver-general, with the Earl of Dunmore's autograph, 1771.—Latin verses spoken by the students of the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, before the Earl of Dunmore, governor thereof, in 1771, 1772, 1773, and 1774. -Additional instructions to the Earl of Dunmore, with autograph of King George III., Feb. 4th, 1772.-Further instructions for the order of prayer to be used for the royal family, in Virginia, with autograph of His Majesty, Feb. 17th, 1772.-Account of His Majesty's revenue, in Virginia, with autograph of Earl Dunmore, 1772.-List of the representatives of the house of burgesses in Virginia, 1772.-Account of the Governor's dues on all vessels, 1772.— Representation to the king, on three acts passed in 1772.-Accounts of fees, received for the Earl of Dunmore, as governor of Virginia, 1772.-Additional instructions to the Earl of Dunmore, governor of Virginia, 1774.-Further instructions for granting lands, 1773.-Order in council empowering the Earl of Dunmore to make laws, 1773.-Account of the return of the militia, 1773. -State of Virginia, by the Earl of Dunmore, governor thereof, 1773.-Notes of Lord Dunmore's correspondence, 1773-6.—Additional Instructions to the Earl of Dunmore, for the government of Virginia, &c., with autograph of King George III., 1773.-Nine letters from Lord Dartmouth to the Earl of Dunmore, on the affairs of the American colonies, each with his autograph signature, 1774-5.-Letter from Governor Pownall to Lord Dunmore, 1775.-Proceedings of a treaty between the six nations Delawares and Shawanese by order of the Earl of Dunmore, governor of Virginia, by Major John Connolly at Fort Dunmore, began June Ist, and continued until July 19th, 1775.-Letter from Captain Macartney to the Earl of Dunmore, 1775.-Several letters from Captain Squire to the Earl of Dunmore, respecting the proceedings of the ships under his command off Virginia, &c., 1775.-Address from the inhabitants of Augusta County to the Earl of Dunmore, 1775.-Three long and interesting letters from Admiral Graves, relative to the rebellion in Virginia, and the insufficiency of the navy to command the rivers, &c., &c., 1775.— Two letters from Captain Montagu to the Earl of Dunmore, relative to the ships under his command, stores, &c., 1775.-Petition to the inhabitants, relative to the establishing a court at Pittsburg, &c., 1775.Twenty long and interesting letters from Captain Hammond to the Earl of Dunmore, relative to the rebellion in Virginia, the proceedings of the ships under his command, and account of the various engagements, &c., 1776. Two letters from Captain Henry Bellew to the Earl of Dunmore, on ditto, 1776.—Letter from Captain C. Scott to the Earl of Dunmore, relative to the exchange of prisoners, 1776.-Letters from Lee, Lewis Woodford, and other commanders of the rebels, 1776.-Letters from Admiral Parker to Lord Dunmore, a series of bills intercepted by Lord Dunmore, drawn by R. C. Nicholas upon J. Norton & Sons, of London, to assist the rebels in Virginia, 1775; and other interesting papers. A most curious and valuable collection. |