From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1693 May 4
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 196
Image Count:
4
Description:
Asks Blathwayt's advice whether his son should continue to study philosophy under M. Bayle at Rotterdam; corn riots; another fraud by Fuller. 1. Vernon, James, d. 1756. 2. Fuller, William, 1670-1717?.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1693 Jun 2
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 196
Image Count:
4
Description:
Discusses the arrest of Eleanor Aldridge for conveying letters to St. Germain; demonstrations by the weavers against the lack of raw silk. 1. Aldridge, Eleanor. 2. Weavers-- Great Britain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1693 Jun 6
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 196
Image Count:
4
Description:
Apparently about Vernon's request to become Secretary for Virginia by deputy, the seizure of two presses has stopped libels on behalf of the weavers. 1. Virginia--History--Colonial period. ca. 1600-1775. 2. Printers-- Great Britain. 3. Weavers--Great Britain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Jul 22
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Writing at the end of the first day of polling for M.P.'s in Westminster, Vernon reports a request by Lord Paget for additional supplies and discusses complaints from the French concerning the island of St. Christopher. 1. Great Britain. Parliament-- Elections. 2. Colt, Henry, Sir, d. 1731. 3. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713. 4. Great Britain-- Foreign relations--France. 5. Great Britain--Colonies--Leeward Islands.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Jul 26
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Acknowledges receipt of orders about marine regiments; thinks Stepney wants to leave Berlin; and expresses his extreme fatigue at contesting the Westminster election. 1. Great Britain. Navy. 2. Stepney, George, 1663-1707. 3. Great Britain. Parliament--Elections.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Jul 29
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Discuss his election as M.P. for Westminster and reports other news, including the death of Lady Manchester. 1. Great Britain. Parliament-- Elections. 2. Manchester, Anne Yelverton, Duchess of, 1623?-1698. 3. Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of, 1661-1715.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Aug 9
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
2
Description:
Consideration of commissioners for the West Indies, prorogation of Parliament. 1. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations. 2. Great Britain. Colonies--West Indies. 3. Great Britain. Parliament, 1698.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Aug 12
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
6
Description:
Filling of marine regiments, reference of Paget's bill to the Treasury; suggestions for minor offices; importance of finding a better position for Ellis. 1. Great Britain. Navy. 2. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713. 3. Ellis, John, 1643?-1738.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Aug 19
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Describes the method adopted by the Lord Justices for proroguing Parliament in the King's absence. 1. Great Britain. Parliament, 1698. 2. Great Britain. Lords Justices.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Aug 30
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Concerning an incident in Lisbon involving an English sailor who had married a Portuguese woman. 1. Mathnen, Paul, Sir, 1672-1757. 2. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Portugal.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Sep 6
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
2
Description:
Reports the death of Sir Robert Howard and the granting of his office to Christopher Montague, and expresses his hope that Princess Anne's danger of miscarriage has abated. 1. Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698. 2. Montague, Christopher, d. 1735. 3. Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Sep 13
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
6
Description:
Reports settlement of controversy in Portugal and the arrest of those who had robbed the West Country mails; state of the Genovese problem; describes an illegal trade with pirates by New York vessels and reports the partial seizure of the goods of one of the ships in Hamburg by Sir Paul Rycaut. 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Portugal. 2. Great Britain. Post Office. 3. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Genoa. 4. New York (State)--Trade. 5. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations. 6. Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. 7. Philipse, Frederick, 1626-1702.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Sep 16
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
5
Description:
Concerns the payment of foreign envoys, particularly Lord Paget; further discussion of Philipse's illegal trade from New York. 1. Great Britain. Treasury. 2. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713. 3. New York (State)--Trade. 4. Philipse, Frederick, 1626-1702. 5. Heysham, William, d. 1727.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Oct 18
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Norris as envoy to India; Moroccan embassy, Genovese treatment of English merchants. 1. Norris, William, 1st bart., 1657- 1702. 2. East India Company English). 3. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Morocco. 4. Great Britain- -Foreign relations--Genoa. 5. Blackwell, Lambert, Sir, d. 1727.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Oct 25
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Urges the King's return so that Parliament may sit; frauds of William Fuller; account of the Board of Trade's report to the Lords Justices concerning New York; importation of corn. 1. Great Britain. Parliament, 1698. 2. Fuller, William, 1670-1717?. 3. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations. 4. Fletcher, Benjamin, fl. 1692-1698. 5. Bellamont, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of, 1636-1701.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Oct 28
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
About payment of Lord Paget's bills; envoy to Morocco; gold medals for Blathwayt brought by Sir Charles Cotterell; Fuller. 1. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713. 2. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Morocco. 3. Cotterell, Charles Lodowick, Sir, 1654-1710. 4. Fuller, William, 1670-1717?.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Nov 1
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Irish Parliament; attempts to arrest Fuller; Bellamont's opinion of Fletcher's government in New York. 1. Ireland. Parliament, 1698. 2. Fuller, William, 1670-1717?. 3. Bellamont, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of, 1636-1701. 4. Fletcher, Benjamin, f. 1692-1698.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Nov 11
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
2
Description:
Summary of Sir Charles Hedges' report on the seizure of the French vessel in Jamaica. 1. Hedges, Charles, Sir, d. 1714. 2. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- France.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Nov 15
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
2
Description:
Thinks the Board of Trade will support Bellamont in putting a stop to unlawful trade. 1. Bellamont, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of, 1636-1701. 2. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Nov 22
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Question of the jurisdiction of the Admiralty in the Plantations; seizure in Rotterdam of silver directed to the East India Company. 1. Great Britain. Admiralty. 2. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations. 3. Hedges, Charles, Sir, d. 1714. 4. East India Company (English).
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Dec 2
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Response to a French memorial concerning their ship seized in Jamaica and alleged damage to St. Christopher. 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- France. 2. Hedges, Charles, Sir, d. 1714. 3. Great Britain--Colonies-- Leeward Islands.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jun 13
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
2
Description:
Concerning a possible pension of £100 p.a. for M. d'Arselliers on the Irish establishment, and a special dispensation for a kinsman of Lord Coningsby to continue his studies at Dublin. 1. Arselliers, Gaspard Perrinet Arselliers, Marquis of. 2. Coningsby, Thomas Coningsby, Earl, 1656?-1729.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 4
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
3
Description:
Vernon will send a copy of Beeston's proclamation against the Scots in Darien to Stanhope to help settle differences with Spain; need to send further instructions to Robinson now that Williamson has returned from the Hague. 1. Beeston, William, Sir, fl. 1702. 2. Darien, Scots' Colony. 3. Stanhope, Alexander, 1637?-1707. 4. Williamson, Joseph, Sir, 1633-1701. 5. Robinson, John, Bishop of London, 1650-1723.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 7
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
3
Description:
About replacing Edmund Dummer as Surveyor of the Navy; an attack on several Irish counterfeiters; Tobacco contract with the Czar. 1. Dummer, Edmund. 2. Great Britain. Navy. 3. Counterfeiters and counterfeiting--Great Britain. 4. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Russia. 5. Tobacco manufacture and trade--Russia.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 11
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
3
Description:
Concerning the Irish counterfeiters in prison at Arnheim; warrant for bucks for Lord Mayor and Sheriffs; return of Williamson to London. 1. Counterfeits and counterfeiting-- Great Britain. 2. Williamson, Joseph, Sir, 1633-1701.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 18
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
3
Description:
Necessity of meeting costs of envoys; seizure of pirates from East Indies by Col. Blackistone; consideration of reward to one Turner for providing information against pirates. 1. Pirates. 2. Blackistone, Nathaniel, d. 1722.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 25
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
3
Description:
Fitzgerald the counterfeiter; bucks for Eton at elections; Robinson and Swedish negotiations; a duel involving Count Dhona, envoy from Brandenburg. 1. Counterfeits and counterfeiting-- Great Britain. 2. Eton College. 3. Robinson, John, Bishop of London, 1650-1723. 4. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Sweden. 5. Great Britain-- Foreign relations--Brandenburg.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 28
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 199
Image Count:
3
Description:
Reports on Fitzgerald the counterfeiter by Sir William Gore and Dr. Newton (as Warder of the Mint); repercussions of the duel involving Brandenburg's envoy; pirates missed in Bristol. 1. Gore, William, Sir, d. 1707. 2. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. 3. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Brandenburg. 4. Pirates. 5. Blackistone, Nathaniel, d. 1722.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Aug 1
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
4
Description:
About preparing an answer to the Emperor's letter about his son's marriage; proposing Alexander Skene as Secretary of Barbados; Benbow's squadron in the West Indies. 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Holy Roman Empire. 2. Skene, Alexander. 3. Barbados--Politics and Government. 4. Benbow, John, 1653- 1702. 5. Great Britain. Navy. 6. Darien. Scots' Colony.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Aug 4
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
Fitzgerald the counterfeiter and the Bank of England's efforts to stop illegal coining; the case of Thomas Wray, involving fraud against the Treasury; report on Kidd. 1. Counterfeits and counterfeiting-- Great Britain. 2. Bank of England. 3. Heathcote, Gilbert, Sir. 4. Great Britain. Treasury. 5. Kidd, William, d. 1701.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Aug 15
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
About the seizure of an English ship off the coast of Guinea; Skene's warrant as secretary of Barbados. 1. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations. 2. Africa--Commerce-- Great Britain. 3. Skene, Alexander.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Aug 18
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
Account of Board of Trade's deliberations on pirates and a militia in Pennsylvania; orders for Penn; warrant for Count Frise. 1. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations. 2. Pirates. 3. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 4. Friesen, Julius Heinrich, Count von.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Aug 29
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
2
Description:
Relays a report that Kidd surrendered to Bellamont in Boston. 1. Kidd, William, d. 1701. 2. Bellamont, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of, 1636-1701. 3. Pirates.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Sep 1
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
Report on the securing of Kidd by Bellamont and moves by the Board of Trade to remove the Deputy Governor and Attorney General of Pennsylvania from office for their encouragement to pirates. 1. Kidd, William, d. 1701. 2. Bellamont, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of, 1636-1701. 3. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 4. Pennsylvania--History-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 5. Pirates.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Sep 5
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
About Will O'Brian, a clipper of coins; settlement with Brandenburg, stemming from Count Dhona's duel; Paget's bills. 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Brandenburg. 2. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Sep 12
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
Reply to Czar's letter is being prepared; payment of envoys; O'Brian the clipper; Kidd. 1. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Russia. 2. Kidd, William, d. 1701.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Sep 26
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
2
Description:
Concerning a proposal by Robinson to the Council of Trade. 1. Robinson, John, Bishop of London, 1650-1723. 2. Great Britain. Board of Trade and Plantations.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Oct 3
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
2
Description:
Scots have quit Darien; Spanish Ambassador is making preparations for his departure. 1. Darien. Scots' Colony. 2. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Oct 6
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
2
Description:
About his efforts to track down source of a false report in "Flying Post" about Darien settlers reaching New York. 1. Darien. Scots' Colony. 2. The Flying-Post: or the post-master.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Oct 10
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
2
Description:
About two cases pending before the Attorney General; departure of Spanish Ambassador. 1. Great Britain. Attorney General. 2. Great Britain--Foreign relations-- Spain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1701 Aug 5
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
About filling army commissions and settling instructions for Admirals Rooke and Benbow. 1. Great Britain. Army. 2. Great Britain. Navy. 3. Rooke, George, Sir, 1650-1709. 4. Benbow, John, 1653- 1702.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1701 Aug 22
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 200
Image Count:
3
Description:
Forwarding an account of the death of William Stoughton, Lt. Gov. of Massachusetts Bay and discussing a commission for one Mr. Hawks. 1. Stoughton, William, 1631-1701. 2. Great Britain. Army. 3. Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
