Letter from Francis Nicholson to the Privy Council of England Committee for Trade and Foreign Plantations [Extract]
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728November 04,
1690
Volume 01, Page 367
[B. P. R. O. America and W. Ind. No. 636—Extract.]
GOVr NICHOLSON TO THE LDS COMMITTEE 4 NOVEMBER 1690.
Virginia James Citty Novr 4th 1690
May it please yr Lordps
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I was att our Southern Bounds and if ye Lords Proprietrs gett a grant for North Carolina to begin att ye Lattitude of 36 & a half, suppose they will take from this their Maties Province a great many Plantac̄ons to the lessening of their Majties Quitt rents & great dissatisfaction of ye planters for those I spoke wth in North Carolina, desired to be immediately under their Majties Governt of Virginia itt lying soe convenient for them therefore hope wee shall keep them quiet.
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Yor Lordps most obliged
& obedient servant
& obedient servant
FR. NICHOLSON
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