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1696-Aug. 28.-Letter from Governor Andrew Hamilton of East
Jersey, to Governor Fletcher of New York,-difficulty
of obtaining troops for the frontier.......
115
66
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Nov. 10.-Memorial of Edward Randolph, Secretary, etc., to
the Commissioners of the Customs, on Illegal Trade
in the Proprieties..
--Petition of Elizabethtown people to the King, for
greater protection from the East New Jersey Pro-
prietors..
116
124
Nov. 21.--Commission of Thomas Coker to be Collector of
the Customs at Perth Amboy..
130
6.-Memorial of Edward Randolph, Secretary, etc., to
the Lords of Trade....
131
Dec.
11.-William Penn's Observations on the Proceedings
of Gov. Fletcher of New York....
132
16.-Memorial of the Proprietors of Several Provinces
in America to the Lords of Trade, relating to Courts
of Admiralty...
133
1697-Feb.
9.-Communication from the Lords of Trade to the
Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, relating
to the raising of troops..
134
April 2.-Opinion of Sir Creswell Lewinz, on the liability of
East Jersey to New York for Customs..
136
9.-Letter from Attorney General Trevor to Secretary
Popple, with form of bond to be signed by Deputy
Governors in the Provinces..........
138
22.-Letter from the King to the Proprietors of East
and West New Jersey, relating to the Plantation
Trade....
140
May
6.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Jeremiah Basse,
relating to his official bond...
141
18.-Draft of Commission to Jeremiah Basse as Gover-
nor of West New Jersey..
143
20.-Agreement of the Governor, Council and Members
of the House of Representatives of West Jersey, bind-
ing themselves to uphold the interests of the King.. 145
20.-Congratulatory address of the Governor and Coun-
cil of West New Jersey to the King, on his escape
from assassination...
-Agreement of the Quaker Members of the House
of Representatives of West Jersey to uphold the in-
terests of the King.....
147
-Memorial of the Proprietors of East and West New
Jersey, asking for the approval of the appointment
of Jeremiah Basse to be Governor of both Provinces, 149
1697-June
July
8.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to Jeremiah Basse.
His bond to be executed before he enters upon any of
his duties as Governor
15.-Letter from Jeremiah Basse to Secretary Popple-
Pirates, Piracies, and his official bond..
21.-Letter from Jeremiah Basse to Secretary Popple,
asking for a reply to his letter of 15th....
22.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Jeremiah Basse, in
answer to the foregoing letters....
150
154
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155
26.-Letter from Jeremiah Basse to Secretary Popple
about Pirates and Piracies...
157
August 4.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Jeremiah Basse in
answer to the foregoing.....
8.-Communication from the Lords of the Treasury to
the Lords of Trade, transmitting documents refer-
ring to the payment of Customs by the inhabitants
of East and West New Jersey..
14.-Letter from Secretary Pópple to Secretary Lownds,
in answer to the foregoing...
23.-Order in Council, referring to the Lords of Trade a
petition of the Proprietors of East Jersey, relative to
their right to a Port of Entry.
--State of the case of the Proprietors of East New
Jersey, respecting Ports, submitted to the Lords of
Trade.
6.—Letter from Secretary Popple to the Attorney Ge.1-
eral and Solicitor General, respecting the authority
of the Proprietors of East New Jersey to constitute
Ports in their Province..
12.-Letter from the Proprietors in England to Gover-
nor Hamilton and Council in East Jersey, informing
them of the appointment of Jeremiah Basse to be
Governor...
18.-Answers of the Attorney General and Solicitor
General to the inquiries of the Lords of Trade, dated
October 6th....
162
163
168
169
171
174
176
177
20.-Letter from the Commissioners of the Customs, to
Edward Randolph, Surveyor General of the Customs
in America, relative to the Ports of Perth Amboy and
Burlington... .. 178
27.-Representation from the Lords of Trade to the
Lords Justices, against the right of the Proprietors
of East Jersey to establish Ports-transmitting opin-
ions of the Attorney General and Solicitor General.. 180
1.-Authority to George Willocks from the Proprietors
of both East and West New Jersey, to receive Quit
Rents..
186
1697-Dec.
14.-Authority to Rip Van Dam from the Proprietors
of both East and West New Jersey, to receive from
George Willocks or John Reid, the amounts collected
for arrears of Quit Rents....
29.-Order of the King in Council, directing the pay-
ment to the Governor of New York, of all duties by
vessels trading in Hudson's River.....
194
200
1698-Feb.
23.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to the Earl of Bello-
mont, Governor of New York, relative to Ports in
New Jersey.
201
--Account of the Disbursements by the Proprietors
of East Jersey...
202
April 8.-Proclamation of Governor Basse for the suppres-
sion of Vice and Immorality.
206
14.----Letter from the Council of West Jersey to the Pro-
prietors in England-Arrival of Gov. Basse
14.-Instructions to Governor Jeremiah Basse..
207
209
--Letter from Governor Basse to Secretary Popple-
announcing his arrival in New Jersey...
214
46
8.-Letter from Earl of Bellomont, Governor of New
York, to the Lords of Trade-New Jersey Ports inju-
rious to New York....
216
11.-Commitment of Lewis Morris for Contempt of
Court...
217
24.-Proclamation of the Governor of New York against
the establishment of Ports in New Jersey....
25.-Letter from the Earl of Bellomont, Governor of
New York, to the Lords of the Treasury, enclosing
the foregoing proclamation.....
218
221
25.-Letter from Earl of Bellomont, Governor of New
York, to the Lords of Trade, enclosing the foregoing
proclamation......
222
27.-Deposition of John Elston, one of the Pirate
Every's crew, taken before Governor Basse...
30.-Proclamation of Governor Jeremiah Basse estab-
lishing Perth Amboy as a Port.....
223
227
June 17-18.-Correspondence between Governor Basse of New
Jersey and the Governor of New York, about two
pirates.
229
30.-Reasons of the Attorney General of New York why
Perth Amboy should not be a free port....
1.-Letter from the Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of
Trade-difficulties with Governor Basse of New Jer-
231
sey..
234
6.-Letter from the Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of
the Admiralty-Gov. Basse had complied with his
requisition for two prisoners..
1698-Feb. 23.-Minutes of the Council of New York, relating to
the clearance of a vessel from New York to Perth
Amboy....
Sept. 18.-Deposition of Ducie Hungerford, Collector of the
Customs at New York, about the seizure of a vessel
at Perth Amboy..
Oct.
236
237
238
241
21.-Letter from Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of Trade about the Port Question...
25.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Governor Basse.. 243
14.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Secretary Lownds
of the Treasury, inquiring about the action of the
Lords of the Treasury....
244
14.-Letter from the Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of
Trade, about his difficulties with Governor Basse.... 245
22.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Secretary Sansom,
transmitting, to the Lords Commissioners of the Cus-
toms, several documents referring to the Port contro-
versy....
247
23.-Petition of the Proprietors that Andrew Hamilton
may be approved of as Governor of East New Jersey 249
17.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Attorney General
Trevor, asking for his opinion as to the qualifications
of Andrew Hamilton to be Governor of East Jersey,
he being a Scotchman.....
250
2.-Letter from Attorney General Trevor to Secretary
Popple, in answer to the foregoing letter.....
21.-Letter from Secretary Sansom to Secretary Popple,
transmitting a report of the Commissioners of the
Customs about Perth Amboy port..
251
March 9.-Order of King in Council, referring to the Lords
of Trade a petition from the Proprietors of East New
Jersey, about their port at Perth Amboy.......
13.-Memorial from the Proprietors of West Jersey,
254
asking for the approval of Andrew Hamilton as Gov-
ernor of that Province....
257
23.-Letter from Andrew Hamilton to Secretary Popple,
relative to the action of the Lords of Trade on his
appointment as Governor of New Jersey..
23.-Memorial of the Proprietors of East Jersey to the
Lords of Trade, in relation to the seizure of the ship
Hester by the Governor of New York, &c......
258
259
April 3.-Memorial of the Proprietors of East New Jersey to
the Lords of Trade, asking for speedy action in rela-
tion to their port at Perth Amboy..
263
1699-April 14.-Letter from Secretary Popple to William Dockwra,
Register of the Proprietors of East Jersey, informing
him that the Lords of Trade had concluded to author-
ize a trial at Westminster, to test their claims to the
Port at Perth Amboy and government of the Prov-
ince....
18.-Representation from the Lords of Trade to the
King, informing him of their determination to have
the claim of East New Jersey to a port, tried in West-
minster Hall....
19.-Memorial of the Proprietors of East Jersey to the
Lords of Trade, relative to the proposed trial of their
right to a port . . - -
21.-Letter from the Town of Newark to the other towns
in East Jersey, in reference to a certain act of the
Legislature, and reflecting upon the conduct of Gov-
ernor Basse.......
May 15.-Letter from the Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of
Trade. enclosing a copy of a letter from the Duke of
York to Governor Dongan...
25.-Proclamation of Governor Basse against certain
immigrants from Scotland..
266
267
268
270
271
272
April 21-25-Letter from the towns of Newark, Elizabeth-
June 1. Stown, Perth Amboy and Freehold, to the Proprie-
tors of East Jersey, condemning Governor Basse... 273
31.-Order of King in Council, referring to the Lords of
Trade a petition of the Proprietors of West New
Jersey, asking for the approval of Andrew Hamilton
as Governor......
1.-Letter from Col. Robert Quary, Judge of the
Admiralty Court in Pennsylvania, to the Lords of
Trade, about pirates....
June
275
277
6.-Letter from Col. Robert Quary to the Lords of
Trade, about pirates in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. 280
3.-Letter from Governor Jeremiah Basse, of New Jer-
sey, to Secretary Popple, about pirates and illegal
traders..
27.-From Charles Goodman, Collector of the Customs
at Perth Amboy, to the Commissioners of the Cus-
toms-goods seized by him had been rescued by
armed men..
286
291
5.-Memorial of the Proprietors of East Jersey to the
Lords of Trade, relative to a surrender of their gov-
ernment...
294
Aug.
1.—A proclamation of Governor Basse against certain
ships from Scotland..
29
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