A Guide to the William Blathwayt Papers, 1631-1722 William Blathwayt Papers MS 1946.2
A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library Manuscript Number MS 1946.2
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Repository
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Manuscript Number
MS 1946.2
Title
William Blathwayt Papers 1680-1700
Physical Characteristics
2564 items.
Creator
Blathwayt, William
Location
On site.
Language
English
Abstract
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
William Blathwayt Papers, Manuscript #MS 1946.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1946
British colonial official, Secretary of the Lords of Trade and Plantations
(1679-1710).
Papers consist chiefly of letters written to Blathwayt by colonial governors and
others. Includes some drafts of letters by Blathwayt. Subjects include French and
Indian troubles, military defense, illegal trade, the Navigation Acts, charter of
Massachusetts, piracy in the Caribbean, Virginia tobacco trade, wars in Jamaica, the
slave question in the Leeward Islands, troubles between governors and the assembly
in Bermuda. Included is a copy of "The Declaration of the People Against Sir Wm.
Berkeley..." (1676) by Nathaniel Bacon, Jr.; and an original draft of the Charter of
Pennsylvania (1681).
The items are arranged chronologically.
Persons:
Bacon, Nathaniel, 1648-1676
Bacon, Nathaniel, ca. 1620-1692
Baltimore, Charles Calvert, Baron, 1699-1751
Banister, John, 1650-1692
Beeston, William, Sir, b. 1636
Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of, 1636-1701
Beverley, Robert, ca. 1673-1722
Blair, James, 1656-1743
Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Brattle, William, 1662-1717
Byrd, William, 1652-1704
Byrd, William, 1674-1744
Chicheley, Henry, Sir, 1615-1683
Codrington, Christopher, 1640-1698
Codrington, Christopher, 1668-1710
Cony, Richard
Copley, Lionel, 1648-1693
Cranfield, Edward
Cranston, Abraham
Culpeper, Thomas, Sir, 1626-1697
Digges, Dudley, 1655-1710
Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720
Fletcher, Benjamin, 1640-1703
Hinckley, Thomas, ca. 1618-1706
Howard of Effingham, Francis Howard, Baron,
1643-1695
Jenings, Edmund, 1659-1727
Leisler, Jacob, d. 1691
Limerick, Thomas Dongan, Earl of, 1634-1715
Ludwell, Philip, 1672-1727
Lynch, Thomas, Sir, d. 1684
Mather, Increase, 1639-1723
Molesworth, Hender
Morgan, Henry, Sir, 1635?-1688
Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728
Page, John, d. 1710
Penn, William, 1644-1718
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695
Plater, George
Randolph, Edward, ca. 1632-1703
Ritchier, Isaac
Robinson, Robert
Spencer, Nicholas, d. 1689
Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740
Stapleton, William, Sir
Stoughton, William, 1632-1701
Van Cortlandt, Stephanus, 1643-1700
Watson, Francis, Sir
Wharton, Richard
Wormeley, Ralph, 1650-1701
Subjects:
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676
Slavery, Leeward Islands (West
Indies), History, 17th century
Geographical Names:
Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands),
History, 17th century
Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands),
Politics and government, 17th century
Jamaica, History, To 1962
Jamaica, Politics and government
Pennsylvania, History, Colonial
period, ca. 1600-1775
United States, History, Colonial
period, ca. 1600-1775
United States, Politics and
government, To 1775
Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands),
History, 17th century
Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands),
Politics and government, 17th century
Jamaica, History, To 1962
Jamaica, Politics and government
Pennsylvania, History, Colonial
period, ca. 1600-1775
United States, History, Colonial
period, ca. 1600-1775
United States, Politics and
government, To 1775
Box Box 1
Number 1: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, 1682 October -1683
August (10 pieces)
Number 2: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, 1683 September -1685/6 January (12
pieces)
Number 3: New England, New York, 1686 May -1686 July (10 pieces)
Number 4: New England, New York, 1686 July -1687 August (11 pieces)
Number 5: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, 1687 August -1688 October (15
pieces)
Number 6: New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 1688 October -1689 July (8
pieces)
Number 7: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut,
1689 October 8-1689/90 January
10 (10 pieces)
Number 1: New York, Virginia, Ireland, 1683-1692 (5 pieces)
Number 2: Maryland, Virginia, 1692 May -1692 July (10 pieces)
Number 3: New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, 1692 August -1692/3
March(11 pieces)
Number 4: Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, 1693 July -1698 July
(13 pieces)
Number 5: Pennsylvania, New York, 1698 July -1698 September (10 pieces)
Number 6: Carolina, Bermuda, 1699-1700 (11 pieces)
Number 1: New England, New York, New Jersey, 1669-1680 (9 pieces)
Number 2: New England, 1686-1687 May (8 pieces)
Number 3: New England, New York New Jersey, 1687 July -1688 August (8
pieces)
Number 4: New England, New York, 1688 October -1689 June (13 pieces)
Number 5: New York, Virginia, Maryland, 1691 September -1693 (10
pieces)
Number 6: New York, New England, Virginia, Maryland, 1693/4
January 5-1695 June (10 pieces)
Number 7: New York, New England, Virginia, Maryland, 1695 June 6-1698 April (11
pieces)
Number 1: Connecticut, Massachusetts, 1680 September -1691 May (12 pieces)
Number 2: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 1681 October -1686 August (6
pieces)
Number 3: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey, West Indies, Maryland, 1682/3 March-1685/6 December (10
pieces)
Number 4: Massachusetts, 1691 April -1686 May (16 pieces)
Number 5: Connecticut, Massachusetts, 1685 April -1702 May (14 pieces)
Box Box 3
Number 1: Massachusetts, 1692 May -1692/3 February(13 pieces)
Number 2: Massachusetts, 1693 April 6-1693/4 January 18 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Massachusetts, 1692-1693 (15 pieces)
Number 4: Massachusetts, Bermuda, July
1686-1689 (11 pieces)
Number 5: Massachusetts, October
1689-July 1695 (8 pieces)
Number 6: Massachusetts, November
1784-September 1696 (7 pieces)
Number 1: New England, New York, July 1694-30 January 1696/7 (11
pieces)
Number 2: New England, New York, Pennsylvania, 16 January
1697/8-September 1702 (12 pieces)
Number 3: New England, New York, June
1680-August 1683 (11 pieces)
Number 4: New England, New York, December 1683-October 1686 (9 pieces)
Number 5: New England, February1677-October 1680 [1695] (12 pieces)
Number 6: New Plymouth, 1680-1691 (15 pieces)
Box Box 4
Number 1: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, March1680-1681 (1 piece)
Number 2: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, October 1682-1698 (4 pieces)
Number 3: Pennsylvania, New Jersey-Pirates, 1697-8, March-July 1699 (8 pieces)
Number 4: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 1684-1702 (6 pieces)
Number 1: New York, December
1689-December 1701 (6 pieces)
Number 2: New York, August 1689-May
1691 (8 pieces)
Number 3: New York, September
1692-August 1693 (10 pieces)
Number 4: New York, 1693-1694/5 (11 pieces)
Number 5: New York, May 1695-July
1698 (13 pieces)
Number 6: New York, November
1698-October 1700 (10 pieces)
Number 7: New York, 1699-1700 (7 pieces)
Number 8: New York, March1686-1687 (12 pieces)
Box Box 5
Number 1: New York, 1687-May 7,
1691 (11 pieces)
Number 2: New York, January 7, 1691-October 1693 (9 pieces)
Number 3: New York, April 1694-May
1698 (10 pieces)
Number 4: New York, July 1698-December
1699 (11 pieces)
Number 5: New York, December
1699-January 1701 /2 (12 pieces)
Number 6: New York, 1700-1701 (6 pieces)
Number 1: New York, February1706-1710 (10 pieces)
Number 2: New York, December 1700-May
1701 (9 pieces)
Number 3: New York, 1682/3-1696 (7 pieces)
Number 4: New York, September
1686-1687 (6 pieces)
Number 5: New York, New York, 1687-1691 (8 pieces)
Number 6: New York, 1692-1694 (10 pieces)
Number 7: New York, May 1695-October
1700 (13 pieces)
Number 8: New York, 1696-1700 (8 pieces)
Box Box 6
Number 1: New York, March1682/3-April 1714 (14
pieces)
Number 2: New York, May
1691-March1694 (7 pieces)
Number 3: New York, November
1694-March1698 /9 (8 pieces)
Number 4: Rhode Island, August
1679-1696 (11 pieces)
Number 1: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, June 1675-December 1684 (13
pieces)
Number 2: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, January 1684/5-September
1687 (9 pieces)
Number 3: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, September 1696-January 1698 /9 (10
pieces)
Number 4: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, November 1695-October 1701 (9
pieces)
Number 5: Barbados, 1687-October 1688 1691 (7 pieces)
Number 6: Barbados, 1695-1697 (13 pieces)
Box Box 7
Number 1: Virginia, 1676-July
1683 (13 pieces)
Number 2: Virginia, September
1683-March1689 /90 (7 pieces)
Number 3: Virginia, May 1692-July
1693 (6 pieces)
Number 4: Virginia, December
1687-November 1692 (9 pieces)
Number 5, Virginia, February1692/3-April 29, 1697 (12 pieces)
Number 6: Virginia, June
1697-March1699 (6 pieces)
Number 7: Virginia, June
1700-1713 (8 pieces)
Number 8: Virginia, January 1705/6-October 1710 (5
pieces)
Number 9: Virginia, [1675]-[1715] (4 pieces)
Number 1: Virginia, November 1683-May
1684 (11 pieces)
Number 2: Virginia, New York, June
1684-December 9, 1684 (11 pieces)
Number 3: Virginia, February12, 1684/5-June 6 1685 (10 pieces)
Number 4: Virginia, June 21, 1685-May
10, 1686 (8 pieces)
Number 5: Virginia, August 1686-June
3, 1687 (10 pieces)
Number 6: Virginia, June 28, 1687-October 1689 (14 pieces)
Number 7: Virginia, July 1686-August
1688 (5 pieces)
Box Box 8
Number 1: New England, New York, Virginia, 1686/7-1691 (9
pieces)
Number 2: Virginia, New York, 7 May
1691-February1693 (10 pieces)
Number 3: Maryland, 1694-1698 (13 pieces)
Number 4: Virginia, 1698/9-1702 (7 pieces)
Number 5: Virginia, 1693-1697 (12 pieces)
Number 6: Virginia, June 1696-June
1713 (5 pieces)
Number 7: Virginia, May 1711-September
1715 (11 pieces)
Number 1: Virginia, May 1681-December
1682 (13 pieces)
Number 2: Virginia, February1682/3-November 1683 (10
pieces)
Number 3: Virginia, February1683/4-May 1685 (10
pieces)
Number 4: Virginia, June 1685-October
1687 (11 pieces)
Number 5: Virginia, October 1687-April
1688 (10 pieces)
Box Box 9
Number 1: Virginia, [1679]-1680 (5 pieces)
Number 2: Virginia, 1680 (6
pieces)
Number 3: Virginia, October 1682-May
1683 (8 pieces)
Number 4: Virginia, 1680-1682 (4 pieces)
Number 5: Virginia, October
1689-January 1690 (7 pieces)
Number 6: Virginia, June
1691-February1692 /3 (7 pieces)
Number 7: Virginia, July 1692-April
1715 (6 pieces)
Number 8: Virginia, 1689/90
(3 pieces)
Number 9: Virginia, 1657-1676 (6 pieces)
Box Box 10
Number 1: Maryland, 1678-1680 (7 pieces)
Number 2: Maryland, 1680/1-1683/4 and not dated (6
pieces)
Number 3: Maryland, Virginia, 1684-1699 (8 pieces)
Number 4: Maryland, 1692-1694 (7 pieces)
Number 5: Maryland, 1696-1697 (4 pieces)
Number 6: Maryland, 1692/3-1694 (8 pieces)
Number 7: Maryland, 1694-1695/6 (6 pieces)
Number 8: Maryland, 1696-1698 (7 pieces)
Number 9: Carolina, 1680-1698 and not dated (6 pieces)
Number 1: Newfoundland, New France, 1674-1691 and not dated (6 pieces)
Number 2: Newfoundland, 1695-1702 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Newfoundland, 1699 1620-1680 (5 pieces)
Fragments: Newfoundland
Box Box 11
Number 1: Plantation’s Office Accounts, 1680 September -December (13
pieces)
Number 2: Plantation Office Accounts, December 1683-March1684 (15 pieces)
Number 3: Plantation’s Office Accounts, March1683/4-June 1684 (12
pieces)
Number 4: Plantation Office Accounts, July -December 1684 (19 pieces)
Number 5: Plantation’s Office Accounts, January -June 1684 /5 (20
pieces)
Number 6: Plantation’s Office Accounts, July -October 1685 (17
pieces)
Number 7: Plantation Office Accounts, November 1685-February1685 /6 (14 pieces)
Number 8: Plantation’s Office Accounts, April 1686-April 1687 (22
pieces)
Number 9: Plantation’s Office Accounts: September 1692-June 1693 (12
pieces)
Number 10: Plantation Office Accounts, July 1693-March25, 1694 (13 pieces)
Number 11: Plantation’s Office Accounts, March28, 1694-March8, 1694 /5 (15
pieces)
Number 12: Plantation’s Office Accounts: March23, 1695-December 24, 1695 (17
pieces)
Number 13: Plantation’s Office Accounts, December 25, 1695-October 1696 (13
pieces)
Number 14: Plantation’s Office Accounts, June 1697-October 1699 (12
pieces)
Box Box 12
Number 1: Jamaica, September
1687-February1698 /9 (8 pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, April 1683 October 1692-January 1692 /3 (8
pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, May
1693-March1694 /5 (12 pieces)
Number 4: Jamaica, April 1695-24 August 1695 (11 pieces)
Number 5: Jamaica, 29 August 1695-5 August 1696 (11 pieces)
Number 6: Jamaica, August
1696-March1696 /7 (10 pieces)
Number 7: Jamaica, May 1697-July
1700 (16 pieces)
Number 1: Jamaica, April 1678-May
1679 (8 pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, June
1679-February1679 /80 (11 pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, 24 February1679/80-November 1682 (9
pieces)
Number 4: Jamaica, December
1679-March1681 /2 (6 pieces)
Number 5: Jamaica, September
1684-August 1695 (6 pieces)
Number 6: Jamaica, July 1687-May
1690 (7 pieces)
Number 7: Jamaica, December 1683-February16 84/5 (9
pieces)
Number 8: Jamaica, March1684/5March1685/6 (9 pieces)
Number 9: Jamaica, 1681-2, 1685 (4 pieces)
Number 10: Jamaica, 1689-1691 (10 pieces)
Box Box 13
Number 1: Jamaica, 1661-1662 January -March1681 /2 (8
pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, May -December
1682 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, September -November
1682 (8 pieces)
Number 4: Jamaica, November
1682-March1683 (8 pieces)
Number 1: Jamaica, 13 March1683-June
1683 (9 pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, July 1683-October
1683 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, 7 October 1683-14 December 1683 (9 pieces)
Number 4: Jamaica, 15 December 1683-3 March1683/4 (9
pieces)
Number 5: Jamaica, 9 March1683/4-12 June 1684 (12 pieces)
Number 6: Jamaica, June - November
1684-April 1689 (10 pieces)
Box Box 14
Number 1: Jamaica, September
1684-December 1684 (9 pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, February1684/5-2 November 1685 (10 pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, 16 November 1685-1 May 1686 (12 pieces)
Number 4: Jamaica, 4 May
1686-September 1686 (13 pieces)
Number 5: Jamaica, October 1686-July
1687 (11 pieces)
Number 6: Jamaica, August 1687-April
1688 (14 pieces)
Number 1: Jamaica, May 1681-20 August
1687 (11 pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, 18 August 1687-10 May 1690 (10 pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, April 1691-April
1692 (13 pieces)
Box Box 15
Number 1: Jamaica, May 1690-August
1692 (15 pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, February1678/9-March1684/5 (12
pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, November
1680-March1682 /3 (14 pieces)
Number 4: Jamaica, July 1680-July
1689 (7 pieces)
Number 5: Jamaica, 1684-1684/5 (4 pieces)
Number 1: Jamaica, March1679/80-April 1687 (12
pieces)
Number 2: Jamaica, July
1681-March1688 /9 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Jamaica, May 1690-May
1712 (9 pieces)
Box Box 16
Number 1: Barbados, November 1675-July
1678 (11 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, November 1678-20 September 1677 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, 21 September
1679-August 1680 (11 pieces)
Number 4: (11 pieces) [this folder has been moved to
oversize]
Number 5: Barbados, November 1706-June
1715 (16 pieces)
Number 1: Barbados, July 1678-April
1681 (10 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, May 1681-August
1681 (6 pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, September
1681-February1681 /2 (10 pieces)
Number 4: Barbados, March1682-March[1682-3À] (9
pieces)
Number 5: Barbados, August 1682-April
1683 (13 pieces)
Number 6: Barbados, July 1683-April
1685 (13 pieces)
Number 7: Barbados, March1683/4-November 1695 (6
pieces)
Box Box 17
Number 1: Barbados, December
1682-November 1698 (10 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, June 1689/90-March1691/2 (12
pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, April
1692-November 1694 (11 pieces)
Number 4: Barbados, September
1685-March1695 (10 pieces)
Number 5: Barbados, March1688/9-July 1696 (9 pieces)
Number 1: Barbados, May
1679-March1693 (9 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, August
1681-November 1684 (9 pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, October
1686-August 1687 (10 pieces)
Number 4: Barbados, September
1687-September 1688 (10 pieces)
Number 5: Barbados, October
1688-March1692 /3 (13 pieces)
Box Box 18
Number 1: Barbados, August 1683-April
1684 (7 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, May 1684-October
1684 (5 pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, December 1684-May
2, 1685 (10 pieces)
Number 4: Barbados, May 7, 1685-August
1, 1685 (11 pieces)
Number 5: Barbados, August 19, 1685-February1686/7 (12
pieces)
Number 1: Barbados, April
1680-September 3, 1681 (9 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, September 25, 1682-October 1682 (6 pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, November 1682-July
1683 (9 pieces)
Number 4: Barbados, July 1685-August
1694 (10 pieces)
Number 5: Barbados, April
1696-March1697 /8 (11 pieces)
Number 6: Barbados, Jamaica, December
1695-March1713 (11 pieces)
Box Box 19
Number 1: Barbados, December
1679-January 1681 (11 pieces)
Number 2: Barbados, 1655-6, March1680/1-May 1683 (14
pieces)
Number 3: Barbados, March1683-October
31, 1683 (10 pieces)
Number 4: Barbados, October 31, 1683-November 1684 (15 pieces)
Number 1: Bermuda, February1684/5-December 1687 (14
pieces)
Number 2: Bermuda, November
1687-October 1688 (10 pieces)
Number 3: Bermuda, November 1688-June
1693 (14 pieces)
Number 4: Bermuda, November 1693-June
1697 (8 pieces)
Number 5: April 1698-January
1701 /2 (9 pieces)