[5] Error for stayed.

[6] Error for 1757.

[7] Don Francisco Cagigal de la Vega, captain-general of Cuba; see [doc. no. 189].

[8] Governor of New York from Sept., 1755, to June, 1757.

[9] Printed in N.C. Col. Rec., V. 756.

[10] Calendar of Council Minutes, p. 434.

[11] See [doc. no. 185].

[12] [Doc. no. 186].

[13] William Smith, jr. (1728-1793), the historian of New York, afterward chief-justice of New York and, in his last years, of Canada.

[14] James Duane (1733-1797), a prominent member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1784.