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1699-Aug. 19.-Commission to Andrew Hamilton to be the agent
of the West New Jersey Society.
299
"Commission to Andrew Hamilton to be Governor of
West Jersey...
301
21.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to the Earl of Bellomont, Governor of New York, explaining the port question.....
302
-Account of the inhabitants of West Jersey in 1699. 305
25.-Letter from Secretary Popple to William Dockwra,
inquiring as to the operation of a certain act against
fraud, &c., in East and West Jersey.....
306
Nov. 14.-Letter from William Dockwra to Secretary Popple
in answer to the foregoing....
20.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Attorney General
Trevor, asking for his opinion respecting a new mode
of having the Proprietary Governors approved.............. 307
15.-Memorial of the Proprietors of East Jersey to the
Lords of Trade, insisting upon a clause in their new
charter establishing Perth Amboy as a port of entry. 308
1.-Letter from Governor Basse to the Lords of Trade,
giving an account of his administration of the affairs
of New Jersey..
1700-Jan.
66
Feb.
310
23.-Petition of Jeremiah Basse and John Lofting, to the
House of Commons, relating to the ship Hester..... 311
March 12.-Minutes of a Court of Sessions held at Elizabeth-
town, relating to Samuel Carter..
313
19.-Minutes of Middlesex County Court held at Pis-
cataway
315
26.-Letter from William Penn to Samuel Leonard,
relative to the provisions for the approval of the
appointment as Governor..
318
--Letter from Governor Hamilton [to the Secretary
of State?] relative to the capture of four pirates.---- 321
1.-Letter from Governor Andrew Hamilton to the Proprietors in England...
437
July
-.-Remonstrance of the inhabitants of East Jersey
against the acts of the Proprietors, and asking for
the appointment of a competent Governor...
23.-Letter from Andrew Bowne and Richard Harts-
horne, to Jeremiah Basse, relating to the disorders in
New Jersey
322
327
30.-Letter without signature to Jeremiah Basse, giving
an account of the disturbances in East Jersey.
Aug. 27.-Indictment of sundry persons by the Grand Jury
of Monmouth County.
329
332
xvii
Nov.
333
340
1700-Sept. 10-30.-Minutes of the Court of Sessions of Essex County and of the Grand Jury, held at Newark..
15.-Letter from Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of Trade,
transmitting certain documents..........
16.—Letter from Secretary Popple to William Dockwra,
enclosing to him the Remonstrance of the inhabitants
of East and West Jersey, to be submitted by him to 340
the Proprietors..
23.-Letter from the Earl of Bellomont, Governor of
New York, to the Lords of the Treasury-good for-
tune of Mr. Basse in recovering damages for the
341
seizure by him of the ship Hester..
3.-Memorial from Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of
Trade, desiring a speedy action on the petition of the
Proprietors...
46
Dec.
343
5.-Letter from William Dockwra to Secretary Popple,
in answer to his of 16th November, etc..
9.-Answer of the Proprietors of East Jersey, to the
Remonstrance of the inhabitants referred to them by
the Lords of Trade.............
344
352
17.-Letter from Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of Trade,
desiring a copy of the foregoing document.....
17.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Wm. Dockwra,
asking for the proposed Surrender of their Govern-
ment by the Proprietors of East Jersey, referred to
in their answer, etc., under date of December 9..... 353
13.-Report of Colonel W. W. Roemer to the Earl of
Bellomont, on the harbor of New York....
19.-Extract from report of Mr. Edward Randolph, on
the mal-administration of Governors in America.... 356
21.-Memorial from Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of
Trade, praying that the petition of the inhabitants of
East Jersey, relating to the disorders there, be con-
sidered...
354
357
362
March 24.-Crimes and Misdemeanors charged upon the Gov-
ernors of the Proprietary Governments in America. 358
25.-Proceedings of the Court of Sessions of Monmouth
County, at Middletown, relative to the putting of
sundry officials under guard... 26.-Proceedings of the Court of Sessions of Monmouth
County, at Middletown, against several persons..... 364
26.-Letter from John Johnstone to the Council of East
Jersey, relating to the troubles at Middletown, Mon-
mouth County.
April 29.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to the Earl of
366
Bellomont-boundaries between New York and New
Jersey-the ship Hester.....
1700-April 30.-Letter from three of the Council of New York to
the Lords of Trade, respecting the condition of New
Jersey.
May
--Petition of the Governor and Council of East Jer-
sey to the King, asking for orders to the inhabitants
to yield obedience to the authority of Governor Ham-
ilton....
--Memorial of the Proprietors of East and West Jer-
sey to the Lords of Trade asking for the approval of
Andrew Hamilton as Governor..
12.-Petition of the Council and Assembly of West Jer-
sey to the King, asking for the confirmation of Andrew
Hamilton as Governor..
16.-Address of the inhabitants of West Jersey to the
King, asking to be taken under his immediate Gov-
ernment..
June 18.-Letter from the Council of East Jersey to the Pro-
prietors in England, objecting to the appointment of
Andrew Bowne as Governor.
367
368
369
374
377
380
385
19. Surrender of the Government of East Jersey to the
Crown, by certain Proprietors..
387
20.-Memorial of Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of Trade,
asking for a consideration of the memorials and letters
in their hands, relating to the governments of East
and West Jersey-
391
15.-Memorial from Governor Basse to the Lords of
Trade, relating to the government of New Jersey... 392
.-Petition of the inhabitants of East Jersey, asking
to be taken under the immediate government of the
King, should the Proprietors fail to appoint a suitable
Governor...
394
5.-Letter from Lewis Morris to the Lords of Trade,
relating to the disorders in New Jersey.
12.-Memorial of the Proprietors of East and West Jer-
398
sey, submitting their views relative to the surrender
of their governments...
404
Sept.
14.—Memorial of the Proprietors of both East and West
Jersey, asking for the approval of Andrew Hamilton
as Governor, until the surrender of their governments
can be perfected ... ... ... ... ....
408
2.-Memorial of Lord Cornbury, Governor of New
York, to the Lords of Trade, asking for such an ex-
tension of his authority as will allow of his appointing
militia officers in New Jersey and Connecticut...... 411
412
417
1700-Sept. 13.-Letter from Lewis Morris to Secretary Popple,
relating to the surrender of the governments of the
Proprietors of East and West Jersey...-
13.-Memorial of a majority of the Proprietors of East
and West Jersey, enclosed in the foregoing letter... 415
13.-Persons recommended by the majority of the Pro-
prietors of East and West Jersey to be of the Council
in New Jersey
30.-Memorial of Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of Trade,
asking to be heard before final action, in relation to
the surrender of the governments of East and West
Jersey
2.-Representation from the Lords of Trade to the
Lords Justices, relating to the surrender of the gov-
ernments of East and West Jersey by the Proprietors 420
20.-Letter from Chief Justice Atwood to the Lords of
Trade had been to Burlington and published his
commission.
Oct.
Nov. 14.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Sir Thomas Lane,
submitting a draft of a commission and instructions
for a Governor of New Jersey.
418
428
5.-Names of persons proposed by Sir Thos. Lane and
other West Jersey Proprietors for the Governor and
and Council of New Jersey..
5.-Names of persons proposed for Governor and Coun-
cil of New Jersey, by Wm. Dockwra and others of
East Jersey.
429
1702-Jan.
9.--Letters from Secretary Popple to Edward Northey,
Attorney General, asking for a consultation with the
Lords of Trade about the surrender of the govern-
ment of East and West Jersey
16.-Objections to the appointment of Andrew Hamil-
ton as Governor of New Jersey, presented to the
Lords of Trade by William Dockwra..
31.-Memorial from Lewis Morris to the Lords of Trade, in answer to the foregoing objections of William
Dockwra....
6. Representation from the Lords of Trade to the
King, transmitting drafts of a commission and in-
structions to the Governor to be appointed over New
29.-Order of the King in Council to the Lords of Trade,
transmitting a form of a surrender of the govern-
ments of East and West Jersey for execution by the
Proprietors....
430
432
442
448
450
1702 March 20.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to Lord Cornbury,
Governor of New York, to have Queen Anne pro-
claimed...
April 13.-Surrender of the Government of East and West
Jersey to the Crown.....
452
64
June
17.-Order of Queen Anne in Council, directing the Sur-
render of the Governments of East and West Jersey
to be enrolled in the Court of Chancery....
21.-Letter from Colonel Blakeston, of Maryland, to Mr.
Moore, of Pennsylvania, relating to irregularities in
that Province and in New Jersey, with Mr. Moore's
answer...-
461
465
14.-Order of Council referring to the Lords of Trade
a petition from Peter Sonmans and William Dockwra,
asking for the appointment of some person, as Gover-
nor of New Jersey, who had taken no part in the dis-
sensions of the Province-the petition follows....
14.—Order of Council referring to the Lords of Trade a
petition from several of the Proprietors of East and
West Jersey, recommending Col. Andrew Hamilton
to be Governor-the petition follows... 468
28.-Memorial of Wm. Dockwra and Peter Sonmans to
the Lords of Trade, submitting objections to the
appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor of
New Jersey.
28.-Letter from Secretary Popple to Sir Thomas Lane,
transmitting copies of papers received from Win.
Dockwra and Peter Sonmans....
470
473
1.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to the Earl of Not-
tingham, Secretary of State, enclosing a draft of a
letter for the signature of the Queen, conferring tem-
porary authority in New Jersey on Lewis Morris.... 474
3.-A reply by several of the Proprietors of East and .
West Jersey, to the complaints made by William
Dockwra and Peter Soumans against Andrew Hamil-
ton...
17.-Memorial from Colonel Quary to the Lords of
Trade, objecting to the appointment of Andrew
Hamilton as Governor of New Jersey.
18.-Letter from Surveyor General Randolph to the
Lords of Trade, relative to Andrew Hamilton's
connection with illegal trade....
23.-Letter from Lord Cornbury to the Lords of Trade,
giving an account of his visit to New Jersey to pro-
claim the Queen...
475
479
481
482