There are one hundred and one proclamations entered in this volume. They have been carefully transcribed from the printed broadsides, except in the few instances where the broadside could not be found and some other source had to be used. Above each proclamation the date is given, and also a descriptive heading supplied by the editor and enclosed in brackets. The notes serve chiefly to explain obscure points, or to refer to original sources for certain Acts printed in the text. The bibliographical information entered at the end of each document gives the size of the original broadside, a list of libraries where it is to be found, a reference regarding the entry of the proclamation upon the Patent Roll, Crown Office Docquet Book, or Privy Council Register, and a note of the fact as to whether it is reprinted elsewhere. A list of the libraries referred to as containing the broadsides, and a chronological list of the proclamations precede the body of the text. The frontispiece reproduction of a proclamation of 1688 is from an original broadside owned by the John Carter Brown Library.

The editor's indebtedness to many English officials and librarians for courtesies extended to him in the course of his work is hereby gratefully acknowledged, especially to Mr. Hubert Hall of the Public Record Office and Sir Almeric FitzRoy, Clerk of the Privy Council. Professor W. L. Grant, then editing the "Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series," made many helpful suggestions. To Mr. Robert Steele above all others the Society is most deeply indebted. His aid and advice willingly given, his exceptional knowledge of the particular subject constantly placed at the editor's service, and finally his scholarly published work on the Bibliography of Royal Proclamations have all greatly helped to lighten the burden of research.

CLARENCE S. BRIGHAM,
Editor.

August 5, 1911.

List of Proclamations.

1603, September 17.Banishing Vagabonds to America,[1.]
1606, August 23.Transporting of Women and Children to Foreign Parts,[3.]
1614, September 11.Importation of Whale-fins from Greenland,[4.]
1617, December 23.Banishing Notorious Offenders to Virginia,[7.]
1618, June 9.Censuring Sir Walter Raleigh for sacking St. Thomas,[8.]
1619, May 18.Importation of Whale-fins from Greenland,[10.]
1619, October 6.Manufacture of Tobacco-pipes,[12.]
1619, November 10.Inspecting of Tobacco,[15.]
1619, December 30.Forbidding Planting of Tobacco in England,[18.]
1620, May 15.Forbidding Roger North's Expedition to Brazil,[21.]
1620, May 27.Manufacture of Tobacco-pipes,[24.]
1620, June 29.Restraining Disorderly Trading in Tobacco,[27.]
1621, March 8.Suppressing Lotteries in Virginia,[31.]
1622, November 6.Prohibiting Disorderly Trading to New England,[33.]
1624, September 29.Encouraging Growth of Tobacco in Plantations,[35.]
1625, March 2.Encouraging Growth of Tobacco in Plantations,[42.]
1625, April 9.Importation of Tobacco,[50.]
1625, May 13.Settling the Affairs of Virginia,[52.]
1627, February 17.Importation of Tobacco,[55.]
1627, March 30.Sealing of Tobacco,[61.]
1627, August 9.Importation of Tobacco,[62.]
1630, November 24.Forbidding Disorderly Trading with the Savages,[66.]
1631, January 6.Restricting Importation of Tobacco,[68.]
1633, October 13.Restricting Sale of Tobacco,[71.]
1634, March 13.Requiring Licenses from Tobacconists,[74.]
1634, May 19.Concerning Tobacco,[75.]
1636, May 16.Limiting Whale-trade to Muscovy Company,[78.]
1637, April 30.Regulating Emigration to America,[80.]
1638, March 14.Importation of Tobacco,[82.]
1638, May 1.Requiring Licenses for New England,[87.]
1639, March 25.Concerning Tobacco,[88.]
1639, August 19.Licensing of Tobacconists,[92.]
1643, November 24.Requiring Loyalty from America,[94.]
1655, October 10.Encouraging Settling in Jamaica,[96.]
1658, March 9.Limiting Greenland Trade to Muscovy Company,[100.]
1660, September 22.For Apprehension of Whalley and Goffe,[104.]
1661, March 29.Prohibiting Planting of Tobacco in England,[106.]
1661, May 9.Suppressing Vagrancy,[109.]
1661, December 14.Encouraging Settling in Jamaica,[112.]
1667, August 23.Recalling Dispensations of Navigation Act,[114.]
1671, December 22.Concerning the Planters at St. Christophers,[116.]
1674, March 11.Recalling Dispensations of Navigation Act,[119.]
1674, November 30.Prohibiting African Trade to Plantations,[120.]
1675, October 1.For Apprehending Don Philip Hellen,[124.]
1675, November 24.Enforcing Navigation Acts,[126.]
1676, April 1.Concerning Passes for Ships,[129.]
1676, October 27.Suppressing the Rebellion in Virginia,[130.]
1681, April 2.Granting Pennsylvania to William Penn,[133.]
1685, February 6.Continuing Officers in the Colonies,[135.]
1685, April 1.Prohibiting African Trade to Plantations,[137.]
1688, January 20.Suppressing Pirates in America,[140.]
1688, March 31.Prohibiting General Trading at Hudson's Bay,[143.]
1689, February 19.Continuing Officers in the Colonies,[146.]
1689, May 7.Declaration of War against France,[147.]
1690, July 14.For Apprehending William Penn,[150.]
1691, February 5.For Apprehending William Penn,[152.]
1700, January 29.For Apprehending Author of Darien Libel,[153.]
1701, March 6.For the Apprehension of Pirates,[155.]
1702, March 9.Continuing Officers in the Colonies,[159.]
1704, June 18.Rates of Foreign Coins in Plantations,[161.]
1708, June 26.Encouraging Trade to Newfoundland,[163.]
1711, June 23.Establishing Post Office in America,[167.]
1714, October 4.Concerning Passes for Ships,[172.]
1714, November 22.Continuing Officers in the Colonies,[174.]
1717, September 5.For Suppressing Pirates in West Indies,[176.]
1718, December 21.For Suppressing Pirates in West Indies,[178.]
1722, July 19.Concerning Passes for Ships,[180.]
1727, July 5.Continuing Officers in the Colonies,[182.]
1729, December 31.Concerning Passes for Ships,[184.]
1740, April 9.Encouraging Trade with America,[188.]
1740, June 19.Providing for Distribution of Prize Money,[189.]
1741, June 18.Regulating Distribution of Prizes,[193.]
1741, June 18.Regulating Distribution of Prizes,[195.]
1744, March 29.Declaration of War against France,[196.]
1744, June 14.Regarding Distribution of Prizes,[200.]
1752, June 25.Continuing Officers in Georgia,[201.]
1756, May 17.Declaration of War against France,[203.]
1759, October 23.Thanksgiving in England for Defeat of French,[207.]
1759, October 23.Thanksgiving in Scotland for Defeat of French,[208.]
1760, October 27.Continuing Officers in the Colonies,[210.]
1763, October 7.Establishing New Governments in America,[212.]
1764, March 26.Colonizing Granada and other Islands,[218.]
1772, August 26.For Apprehending Destroyers of the Gaspee,[224.]
1774, December 16.Providing Copper Currency for Virginia,[226.]
1775, August 23.For Suppression of Rebellion in America,[228.]
1775, December 22.Appointing the Distribution of Prizes,[230.]
1776, October 30.Fast Day in England,[234.]
1776, October 30.Fast Day in Scotland,[236.]
1778, January 23.Fast Day in England,[237.]
1778, January 23.Fast Day in Scotland,[239.]
1778, September 16.Regarding the Distribution of Prizes,[241.]
1779, January 1.Fast Day in England,[246.]
1779, January 1.Fast Day in Scotland,[247.]
1779, December 13.Fast Day in England,[249.]
1779, December 13.Fast Day in Scotland,[250.]
1780, December 20.Relations of England to Holland,[252.]
1781, January 12.Fast Day in England,[256.]
1781, January 12.Fast Day in Scotland,[257.]
1782, January 9.Fast Day in England,[259.]
1782, January 9.Fast Day in Scotland,[260.]
1783, February 14.Declaring Cessation of Arms,[262.]
INDEX[265.]