British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675

by Charles McLean Andrews

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([5]) That all these proposals were drafted by Povey is evident from similar terms and phrases used in his letters.

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([6]) Brit. Mus., Add. MSS., 11411, ff. 11^b–12^b.

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([7]) Brit. Mus., Egerton, 2395, f. 86.

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([8]) Brit. Mus., Egerton, 2395, f. 99; Add. MSS., 11411, ff. 3–3^b. In a letter of August, 1657, Povey refers to these "Overtures," which he says were designed "for the better setting and carrying on of the general affairs of the West Indies, enforcing the authority and powers of the several governors there, and the establishment of a certain course," etc.

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