THE BOARD OF TRADE TO ALL THE GOVERNORS ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA. [
Lond. Doc. XXXIX. ]
Whitehall August 1. 1766. In pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons to His Majesty on the 27 th March last, and of his Majesty's Commands thereupon, signified to us by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, in a letter to us dated the 11 th ultimo, you are forthwith to prepare, and as soon as possible transmit to us, in
order to be laid before the House of Commons in the next Session, a particular and exact Account of the several manufactures which have been set up and carried on within the Colony under your
Government since the year 1734 and of the Public Encouragement which have been given thereto. You are also from time to time Annually to transmit the like Account of any Manufactures which shall be hereafter set up, and of the Public Encouragement which have been given thereto.
We are &c. Dartmouth. Ed. Elliot.
John Roberts.
Wm. Fitzherbert. Palmerston.
[Council Min.
XXVI. ]
At a Council held at Fort George in the City of New York Present
--His Excellency
on Friday the 7 ln day Nov 1766. Sir Henry Moore Baronet, Capt. Genl &c
M Horsmanden M Smith r r
M Read M Morris r
M Apthorpe r
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His Excellency communicated to the Council a Letter to him of the 1 st of August from the Right Honble the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations requiring his Excellency, in pursuance of the Address of the House of Commons to his Majesty on the 27 March