Papers of Sir William Berkeley [manuscript], 1661-1676.

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Papers of Sir William Berkeley [manuscript], 1661-1676.

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The collection contains eleven letters from Berkeley to Henry Bennet, later Lord Arlington, concerning fortifications, a planned expedition to the west to find the East India Sea, the promotion of a silkworm industry, his salary, the Scarborough case and patronage. Three letters to a Committee of the Privy Council also concern defense, Scarborough, silk, and western exploration. A letter to Berkeley concerns other English colonies. In addition the collection contains a page of minutes of the Council for Foreign Plantations ordering Berkeley to supply information; a warrant to pay him two thousand pounds; an order to award him for a shipment of Virginia products; and a General Court decision concerning the Scarborough case. In addition there are five petitions concerning tobacco, Berkeley's expenses, Nova Scotia, and Bacon's rebellion.

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