Miscellaneous Records #3


Title: Correspondence on the Stamp Act
Depository: British Museum / Class: Stowe 265.
SR Number: SR 00164
Reel Number: 542
Dates: 1765 - 1766
References: Andrews Guide 19; Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts,
Vol. I. 342.

f. 386
Capt. Sterling to MR. STEPHENS, Virginia, 5 Nov. 1765. Copy.
Reports he has taken aboard the stamped paper meant for Virginia.
He intends the "Rainbow" to spend the winter at the mouth of the
York, and the "Hornet" at Norfolk.



Title: Lists of civil and military officers in North America; and
correspondence on the Stamp Act business.
Depository: House of Lords Record Office / Class: Main Papers 29 Jan 1766
SR Number: SR 02193
Reel Number: 597
Dates: 1765 - 1766
References: House of Lords Papers. MS. List. 1766-1774.
Andrews Guide 232 (Nos. 214-125).

(ii)
Capt. Sterling to MR. STEPHENS, Virginia, 5 Nov 1765.
Reports he has taken aboard the stamps for Virginia and Maryland,
but sent those for North Carolina by Capt. Phipps. The "Rainbow"
will winter at York River, the "Hornet" at Norfolk, the "Diligence" at
Cape Fear. Capt. Morgan has seized a sloop from Lisbon with wine,
oil and arrack, but is at a loss as to how to proceed, since stamps
cannot be distributed. (This is probably and extract rather than a
copy).

(iii)
Capt. Hawker to MR. STEPHENS. Delaware River, 19 Nov. 1765.
Extract. Encloses copy of letter from Gov. Franklin, with its enclosure.



Title: African Companies. Letter Books. Letters Sent. Instructions to
Captains. (3). 1700-1704
Depository: Public Record Office / Class: T. 70/62
SR Number: SR 05755
Reel Number: 802
Dates: 1701 - 1703
References: Lists and Indexes No. XLVI, p. 53;
Andrews Guide vol. II,p. 256.

pp. 162-166
To Capt. Joseph Bemister. 3 Nov 1702. He is to sail with the "Urban"
frigate from the Thames under convoy of H.M.S. "Chester", CAPT.
ROBERT STEVENS, master, and proceed to James Island in the River
of Gambia. There he will deliver letters and goods to the Company's
factors, who will give him his full complement of 250 Negroes. These
he is to deliver to M. Edward Hill, Jr., in James River in Virginia. He
is to bring home two or three Negroes whom he has selected as
promising to be good sailors, and mark them with an "S" on the right
breast. Other instructions in letter.



Title: African Companies. Accounts. Bills of Exchange. 1700-1705,
Received by the Company.
Depository: Public Record Office / Class: T. 70/278
SR Number: SR 05876
Reel Number: 802
Dates: 1703 - 1705
References: Lists and Indexes No. XLVI, p. 57;

Under heading of London, 16 December 1703; bills received from
Henry Fielding. The two bills are dated Virginia, 20 June 1703 and
July 1703; one is by Mary Smith on on Arthur North, merchant in
London, for §60, payable to the Royal African Company; the other
is by EDWARD STEVENS on Thomas Corbin, merchant in London,
for §4. 4.10, payable to John Major.



Title: Miscellaneous accounts, warrants for payment, and receipts.
Depository: Magdalene College, Cambridge. / Class: Ferrar Papers, Box
"Virginia items 1256 to 1357"
SR Number: SR 06714
Reel Number: 575
Dates: 1619 - 1623
References:

1340
Warrant dated 18 July 1622 for the payment of §45 to EDWARD STEVENS,
with receipt dated 26 July 1622.

1341
Account of EDWARD STEVENS dated August 1622, with warrant to pay,
and receipt.

1342
Account of THOMAS STEVENS dated 10 July 1619, with warrant to pay,
and receipt dated 14 July 1619.

1343
Account of THOMAS STEVENS dated 25 February 1619, with warrant to pay.



Title: Records of a Grand Committee Court held for Virginia, 15 July 1623.
Depository: Magdalene College, Cambridge. / Class: Ferrar Papers, Box
"Virginia No. 1363"
SR Number: SR 06722
Reel Number: 575
Dates: 15 July 1623
References: S. M. Kingsbury, Introduction to the Records of the Virgina
Company, 1905, p. 179.

Present:
Sir Edward Sackvill, Sir Edwin Sandys, John Ferrar, Nicholas Ferroar, Mr.
Sheppard, Mr. Caswell, Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Copland, Mr. Withers, Mr. Rider,
Mr. Barbor, Mr. Birrell, Mr. Moorer, Mr. Proctor, MR. STEVENS, Mr. Viner,
Mr. Hackett.

The Kings Commissioners sent to the Company late on Saturday night the
other side's charge consisting of 39 articles, requiring an answer to be made
to them and returned by this morning (i.e. 15 July 1623). The first part of the
reply was prepared, and read in the morning to as many of the Company as
could be assembled; the remainder was read to the Grand Committee Court
during the afternoon, the Court agreeing to it and ordering it to be delivered to
His Majesty's Commissioners in the name of the Company.



Title: Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax 1690-1781
Depository: Gays House, Holyport, Berks / Class: Fairfax of Cameron MSS
SR Number: SR 07048
Reel Number: 585
Dates: 1721 - 1757
References:

2. (undated: no indication of place of origin but presumably Virginia)
Letter from Thomas, Lord Fairfax to William Fairfax. Has received
William Fairfax's letter from Williamsburgh, glad to hear family in good
health. Weather hitherto fine but changing, and snow already fallen.
Let LEWIS STEPHENS have his own or any neighbours deeds out of
the office. STEPHEN'S note is as good as cash and can be sent to
Lord Fairfax any time.
(Endorsed with address to William Fairfax and a note, in his hand,
"rec'd the 14th Dec. at Frederick Town", with another note in G.W.
Fairfax's hand, "Lord Fairfax letter to lett MR. STEPHENS have Deeds
&c. )( 1 page, condition good).



Title: Rodney Papers
Depository: Public Record Office / Class: P.R.O. 30/20
SR Number: SR 05380
Reel Number: Not filmed
Dates: c. 1700 - c. 1850
References: Public Record Office: Class List of Gifts, 131-147.

P.R.O. 30/20/9:
Letter book: (2) Rodney informs Arbuthnot, 16 Aug 1780, that a
Virginia schooner has reported Graves off the Virginia Capes on
12 July; (5) Rodney tells Arbuthnot, 8 Oct 1780, that he had heard
Clinton's plan to support Cornwallis; (37) Rodney mentions to
PHILIP STEPHENS, 13 Nov. 1780, a "design" in Chesapeake Bay,
hampered by an accident to part of Cornwallis's army which required
withdrawal from James River; (137) PHILIP STEPHENS, writes to
Rodney, 4 Jan 1781, refers to Capt. Gayton of "Romulus" and his
account of the Chesapeake expedition.



Title: Boucher Papers. Letters from Johnathan Boucher
Depository: East Sussex Record Office / Class: A/1
SR Number: SR 08464
Reel Number: 871
Dates: 1759 - 1780
References: Historical Manuscripts Commission, Calender of
Boucher Papers

A/1/35 Boucher to Rev. John James, October 23, 1776, Paddington.
Knows most of the American Generals, including Washington, but
thinks rather poorly of them; their successes, which are probably
exaggerated, are due to illmanagement by the British; Mrs. Boucher
is worried about her brother, an officer in the Continental Service, who
may have been at Long Island; the Governor of Maryland, now Sir
Robert Eden, has come to England; Boucher has been hanged and
shot in effigy in America, but his servants & slaves have remained
loyal; he foresees difficulties in store for him when America has been
reduced, but believes that his future lies there. A friend of his, a hosier
who is "as good a scholar and theologist, almost, as a Bishop", has
written a pamphlet in answer to a Whiggish sermon of Dr. Watson of
Cambridge (the hosier is WILLIAM STEVENS: see B/3).



Title: Boucher Papers. Letters to Johnathan Boucher
Depository: East Sussex Record Office / Class: B/3
SR Number: SR 08470
Reel Number: 871
Dates: 1782
References: Historical Manuscripts Commission, Calender of
Boucher Papers

B/3/11 WILLIAM STEVENS to Boucher. April 17, 1782, London.
He hopes to see Boucher on Friday at Bow Church. He has heard
that a legacy to a refugee American clergyman by a pious lady has
been disputed by her relatives (probably a reference to the legacy
left to Boucher by Miss Mary Barton, the daughter of a silk merchant,
who died in 1782).

B/3/90 WILLIAM STEVENS to Archbishop of Janterbury (John Moore),
no date, London. He has made inquiries about Washington's letters; they
are very well written (though he has heard Boucher say that Washington
is no great clerk) but believes them to be authentic as the sentiments
expressed are in keeping with Boucher's account of him.
(WILLIAM STEVENS, 1732-1807; D.N.B.; Treasurer of Queen Anne's
Bounty' biographer of Jones of Nayland)



Title: Blenheim Papers
Depository: British Museum / Class: Add. Mss. 61579
SR Number: SR 13632
Reel Number: Not filmed
Dates: 1706 - 1708
References: Catalogue of the Blenheim Papers

Reports to the Lord High Admiral on letters from merchants seeking
exemptions from embargoes against trading to North America.

76r, 77v
ROBERT STEVENS, owner and freighter of the "Diana", Richard
Thelwell, master, to Maryland and Virginia. March 25, 1707.


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