Francis Nicholson, to the Board of Trade, Virginia, 1701 December 2
Scope and Contents
Sends copies of all accounts, trial proceedings, and collectors' and naval officers' bonds; regrets that they are "not in all respects agreeable to yo[u]r Lordships Directions;" requests suitable stationery; is troubled at the Assembly's refusal to build a house for his Majty's [sic] Governor; reports that the revision of laws has not yet been completed; discusses the problem of finding suitable employees for various offices as "there is little or no incouragement [sic] for men of any tolerable parts to come hither;" lists the contents of his enclosures; sates that if your Lordships do not approve of "Mr. Dionysius Wright to be either his Majesty's Atturney [sic] general, or Clerk of his Majty's honorable Council, I humbly propose...to send two persons out of England for those employments, to live at his Majtys City of Williamsburgh;" complains of the difficulty in getting a sufficient number of Councellors together; reports that their request about Meditteranean passes, "is done;" refers to a letter describing the French Protestant Refugees. 5 pp. ALS.
Dates
- Creation: 1701 December 2
Creator
- From the Collection: Gardiner Family (Family)
- From the Collection: Beeckman, Margaret Gardiner, d. 1857 (Person)
- From the Collection: Copland, Charles (Person)
- From the Collection: Gardiner, Alexander, d. 1850 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gardiner, David Lyon (Person)
- From the Collection: Gardiner, Juliana McLachlan, d. 1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gilmer Family (Family)
- From the Collection: Gilmer, Anne Baker (Person)
- From the Collection: Gilmer, Thomas Walker (Person)
- From the Collection: Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peticolas, C. L. Southern Cross (Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tyler Family (Family)
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
From the Collection: 6.00 Linear Feet : 17th and early 18th century materials are photocopies.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository