A General Report concerning the State of his Majesty's Plantations on the Continent of America Made by the Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations the 8th September 1721 : copy ca. 1750.

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A General Report concerning the State of his Majesty's Plantations on the Continent of America Made by the Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations the 8th September 1721 : copy ca. 1750.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681604972

Fair copy of the report prepared by the Board of Trade for George I. The report includes the Introduction, chapters dealing with Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Carolinas; "The Consequence of the Plantation Trade, Account of the French Settlements, "Some Considerations for enlarging and improving his Majesty's American Dominions, by Preventing Encroachments, cultivating a good Understanding with the Indians," and by "putting the Goverment of the Plantations upon a better Foot."

127 pages, 30 cm., bound volume.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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