Colonel Cartwright's papers concerning the New England Colonies read. (Cal., § 512.)
June 19.
Patent of Massachusetts read. (Cal., § 572; The Journal says, "Cartwright's report"; but this seems to be wrong as both Evelyn and the Calendar place Cartwright's report on the 21st.)
June 20.
"To carry Colonel Middleton [Capt. Thomas Middleton of the former Council for Foreign Plantations] to Whitehall, to Lord Sandwich, our President, for some information which he was able to give of the Colony in New England." (Evelyn's Diary, II, p. 65.) Probably no regular meeting was held on this day.
June 21.
Commission and instructions of the New England Commissioners read; Col. Cartwright heard (Cal., §§ 512, 566). "To Council again, when one Colonel Cartwright a Nottinghamshire man (formerly in commission with Colonel Nicholls) gave us a considerable relation of that country; on which the Council concluded that in the first place a letter of amnesty should be despatched." (Evelyn's Diary, II, p. 65.)
June 26.
Further consideration of the New England case. (Cal., §§ 512.)
"To Council, where Lord Arlington acquainted us that it was his Majesty's proposal we should, every one of us, contribute £20 toward building a Council Chamber and conveniences somewhere in Whitehall, that his Majesty might come and sit amongst us, and hear our debates; the money we laid out to be reimbursed out of the contingent monies already set apart for us, viz. £1000 yearly. To this we unanimously consented." (Evelyn's Diary, II, p. 66.)