CO 194/30 [Reel B-675] |
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| 1-1v | Dec. 31, 1770 | Lords of the Admiralty (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for an enclosed letter from Byron concerning the use in constructing the fortifications of men from the warships stationed in St. John’s |
| 3-3v | Dec. 6, 1770 | Byron (London) | Stephens (London) | Concerning use in constructing fortifications of men from warships stationed in St. John’s |
| 5 | Dec. 31, 1770 | Byron (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for an enclosed schemes of the British fisheries and account of the French fisheries of that year |
| 6-7 | No date | General scheme of the fishery and inhabitants of Newfoundland in 1770 | ||
| 8 | No date | General account of the French fishery at Newfoundland in 1770 | ||
| 9-12 | Jan. 3, 1772 | Dunn (London) | Observations and remarks on the necessity of establishing Officers of the Customs at Newfoundland | |
| 13 | Jan. 23, 1771 | Lords of the Admiralty (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for a list of the names and rates of warships to be stationed this year in Newfoundland |
| 15 | Jan. 23, 1771 | Lords of the Admiralty (London) | List of English ships intended for Newfoundland | |
| 17 | March 15, 1771 | Office of the Ordnance (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Instructions on who to employ as labourers for the fortifications to be built at St. John’s |
| 19 | April 10, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Lords of the Admiralty (London) | Redirected copy of the previous document (see p. 17) |
| 21-21v | April 11, 1771 | Boddington (London) | Pownall (London) | Further instructions concerning the building of fortifications at St. John’s; mentions complaints of the inhabitants of Quidi Vidi |
| 23 | Feb. 12. 1699 | Blathwayt (London) | Lillburn (London) | Document defining pay for soldiers working on fortifications at St. John’s (enclosed in Boddington’s document, pp. 221v) |
| 25 | April 12, 1771 | Pownall (London) | Boddington (London) | Cover letter for enclosed directions given in respect to the men to be employed as labourers at the harbour in St. John’s |
| 27 | April 17, 1771 | Lords of the Admiralty (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Letter requesting new and/or additional instructions (if required) concerning Byron’s annual voyage to Newfoundland |
| 29 | April 20, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Lords of the Admiralty (London) | Reply to previous document; contains no new instructions for Byron |
| 31-32 | May 4, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Byron (London) | Instructions for Byron to be carried out immediately upon his arrival in Newfoundland; reference to the Sea-Cow (Walrus) fishery at the Magdalen islands |
| 33-34v | May 16, 1771 | General Conway (his secretary?) | Hillsborough (London) | Argument in favor of the extra allowance for sodiers employed at the harbour in St. John’s |
| 35-35v | May 16, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Byron (London) | Concerning extra allowance for soldiers and sailors |
| 37 | May 16, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Officers of the Ordnance (London) | Request seeking clarification on the matter of extra allowance |
| 39-39v | May 22, 1771 | Officers of the Ordnance (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Board of Ordnance recommend that Gen. Gage makes the final decision concerning the allowance for the labourers |
| 41 | May 23, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Officers of the Ordnance (London) | Hillsborough’s approval of the previous document’s recommendation |
| 43 | May 23, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Byron (London) | Cover letter for documents concerning the issue of an extra allowance for the labourers at St. John’s harbour |
| 45-45v | June 2, 1771 | Byron (Plymouth) | Hillsborough (London) | Report concerning the events ( and damage to ships) during the voyage to Newfoundland |
| 47 | June 5, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Byron (Plymouth) | Cover letter for a letter to Debbieg; includes reference to the recent birth of a son to the Queen |
| 49 | June 9, 1771 | Byron (Plymouth) | Hillsborough (London) | Update of Byron’s plans for sailing to Newfoundland |
| 51-52 | Sept. 30, 1771 | Byron (St. John’s) | Hillsborough (London) | Response to letter of May 4, 1771, (see pp.31-32) concerning the Sea-Cow (Walrus) fishery at the Magdalen Islands; cover letter for document below |
| 53-56 | Sept. 2, 1771 | Inhabitants of Quidi Vidi | Copy of claims by the inhabitants of Quidi Vidi for their indemnification in case of damage there; contains certificates | |
| 57-58 | Sept. 30, 1771 | Byron (St. John’s) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for documents concerning French fishing encroachments and documents concerning the allowance and condition of the labourers at the St. John’s harbour |
| 59-59v | Aug. 14, 1771 | D’Angeac (St. Pierre) | Byron (St. John’s) | [In French] Complaints about the violent measures used by two English vessels in taking 10 French "chaloupes" and sending the 30 fishermen, who were fishing in the canal between our islands, back on-board one "chaloupe" without any sail. This cruelty I cannot think came from your orders but was the act of bad individuals. |
| 61-62 | Aug. 16, 1771 | Bennett (Burin) | Byron (St. John’s) | Complaints about French fishing encroachments at Burin |
| 63-64v | Sept. 4, 1771 | Byron (St. John’s) | D’Angeac (St. Pierre) | Apology (and justification) for the violent measures taken to prevent the French from fishing in the channel between St. Pierre and Newfoundland. (see pp. 59-59v) |
| 66-67 | Aug. 9, 1771 | Debbieg (St. John’s) | Byron (St. John’s) | Concerning the allowances of labourers building fortifications at the harbour in St. John’s |
| 68-69v | Aug. 9, 1771 | Byron (St. John’s) | Debbieg (St. John’s) | Argument for raising the allowance of the labourers at St. John’s harbour |
| 70-71 | July 30, 1771 | Gage (New York) | Byron (St. John’s) | Denial of the proposal to raise the allowance of labourers at St. John’s harbour |
| 72-73 | Sept. 7, 1771 | Debbieg (St. John’s) | Byron (St. John’s) | Order to immediately inform the labourers that their allowance will not be raised |
| 74-74v | Sept. 7, 1771 | Byron (St. John’s) | Gage (New York) | Confirmation of Gage’s orders against raising the allowance of the laborers at St. John’s |
| 76-76v | Nov. 14, 1771 | Byron (Portsmouth) | Hillsborough (London) | Update of Byron’s whereabouts and activities; cover letter for enclosed documents |
| 78-79 | July 30, 1771 | Merchants of Fogo & Twillingate | Byron (St. John’s) | Petition expressing deepest gratitude to Byron; no particular request made, just a general suck-up letter. |
| 80-81 | Oct. 23, 1771 | Merchants, Traders & Adventurers at St. John’s | Byron (St. John’s) | Petition for Governor’s support in getting rid of plans to establish a customs house (they preferred a Naval officer) |
| 82 | Feb. 5, 1771 | Byron (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for enclosed schemes and accounts of the British and French fisheries |
| 83-84 | No date | General scheme of the fishery and inhabitants of Newfoundland in 1771 | ||
| 85 | No date | General account of the French fisheries at Newfoundland, St.Pierre-Miquelon, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Grand Banks | ||
| 86-86v | March 2, 1772 | Byron (London) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for Court papers concerning the sentencing of John Quinlan |
| 88-89v | Oct. 3, 1771 | Court Proceedings (St. John’s) | Court papers describing the trial of John Quinlan, who was convicted of murder (and given the death sentence) for throwing his crewmate, John Bugden, overboard in mid-June, 1771 | |
| 90-91v | May 6, 1771 | Hillsborough (London) | Shuldham (London) | Cover letter accompanied by instructionss and advice concerning all pressing issues (fortifications at St. John’s, the customs house, the Quinlan case, etc.) in Newfoundland |
| 93-96v | July 6, 1772 | Shuldham (St. John’s) | Hillsborough (London) | Letter in which Shuldham notifies Hillsborough of his arrival and the events at Newfoundland; contains a list of orders that he intends to establish |
| 97-97v | June 6, 1772 | Parker (Placentia) | Shuldham (St. John’s) | Excerpt from a letter from Parker concerning the events at Newfoundland (ie- the arrival of a New England ship) |
| 99-103v | July 30, 1772 | Series of proclamations concerning various issues pertaining to life and work in Newfoundland; including excerpts from letters from Parker (Egmont at Placentia), Hawker (Allborough, at Trinity); Lester (at Trinity) concerning French fishing encroachments | ||
| 105-105v | Sept. 2, 1772 | Dartmouth (London) | Shuldham (St. John’s) | Letter concerning French fishing encroachments at Bonavista; Shuldham is informed that the French have a right to fish in the harbour at Placentia |
| 107-107v | Aug. 8, 1772 | Shuldham (St. John’s) | Hillsborough (London) | Cover letter for enclosed State of the Garrison |
| 109 | July 16, 1772 | A return of the detachment of the garrison at Placentia in 1772 | ||
| 111 | July 23, 1772 | A return of the detachment of regiment and garrison at St. John’s in 1772. | ||
| 113 | June 23, 1772 | A return of the company of the 1st battalion at St. John’s in 1772 | ||
| 115-126 | Sept. 30, 1772 | Shuldham (St. John’s) | Hillsborough (London) | Detailed physical description of the fortifications at Placentia |
| 127-127v | Enclosed in Shuldham’s letter of Sept. 30 | Map of the Harbour at Placentia and the surrounding area | ||
| 128-128v | Aug. 22, 1772 | Parker (St. John’s) | Shuldham (St. John’s) | Reports presence of cannon guarding the harbour at St. Pierre; thinks this may be in violation of treaty terms |
| 130-131 | Nov. 25, 1772 | Shuldham (aboard Panther) | Dartmouth (London) | Cover letter for a court documents concerning the trial of Mary Power of Trinity |
| 132-134v | Oct. 6, 1772 | Court documents describing the trial and crime of Mary Power, a woman accused of murdering her husband; Power, who was pregnant at the time of the trial, was sentenced to death. | ||
| 136-138 v | Dec. 2, 1772 | Dartmouth (London) | Shuldham (London) | Description of the condition of the harbour and fortifications at St. John’s; cover letter for a General State of the fishery |
| 140 | No date | General State of the fishery and inhabitants of Newfoundland in 1772 | ||
| 141 | No date | General account of the French Fishery at Newfoundland, St. Pierre-Miquelon, St. Lawrence and off the Grand Banks. | ||
| 142-153 | July 19, 1772 | Account of ordnance, carriages, small arms, ammunition, and Stores at Newfoundland in 1772 | ||
| 154-156 | Aug. 1772 | Account of the remaining ordnance stores at St. John’s | ||
| 158-191 | Lt. Roger Curtis (Naval officer, served in Otter sloop assigned to the Labrador station) | An extended account about Labrador, its people (Indians, Eskimos and their customs), its fisheries and wildlife, its weather and its landscape; recommendations to encourage inland trade as well as fisheries in and adjacent to Labrador | ||
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