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Report to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations on the railways of the United States
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Great Britain. Treasury. To the Privy Council, Committees for trade & Plantations
Manuscripts
This collection contains correspondence and documents primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) in his capacity as a British government official in such roles as Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantation Revenues and Secretary and member of the Lords of Trade. The bulk of the papers date from 1660 to 1709 and chiefly relate to the British colonies in North America and the West Indies .
BL 379
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A General Report concerning the State of his Majesty's Plantations on the Continent of America Made by the Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations the 8th September 1721 :
Manuscripts
Fair copy of the report prepared by the Board of Trade for George I. The report includes the Introduction, chapters dealing with Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Carolinas; "The Consequence of the Plantation Trade, Account of the French Settlements, "Some Considerations for enlarging and improving his Majesty's American Dominions, by Preventing Encroachments, cultivating a good Understanding with the Indians," and by "putting the Government of the Plantations upon a better Foot."
mssHM 221
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Great Britain. Privy Council. Committee for Trade & Plantations. To [unknown recipient]
Manuscripts
Corrections in the handwriting of William Blathwayt.
HM 32270
