The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-25

ces have arisen 10 Our Government In
tho Plantations, by Gifts and Presents
mado TO our Governors. by tho Generai
Assemblys. We have thought nj hereby
TO signify Our express VIII and Pleas
ure that neither You. Our Governor. nor
any Governor. Lieutenant Governor.
Commander in Chief, or President OF tho
Council Of our Colony OF Virginia for
tho time being. do give your or their
Consent to the Passing any Law or Act
for any GIFT or Present to be made to
you or them by the Assembly; And that
neither you nor they do receive any Gift
or Present for tho Assembly or others.
on any account or IN any manner what
soever, upon pain OF Our highest dis
pleasure and OF being recalled from that
Our Government.
And we do further direct and require
that this Declaration OF Our Royal VIII
and Pleasure be communicated to tho
Assembly at their first Meeting after
Receipt hereof and entered In tho Reg
listers OF our Council. All persons whom
II may concern. may govern themselves
accordingly. So We bid you Farewell
Given at Our Court at st. James's tho
10Th day of April 1903. In the Second
Year OF Our Reign
by her Mai. command.
NOTTINGHAM"
Tho other letter Of Queen Ammo is writ
ten 10 Robert Hunter. Lieutenant Cover
nor General OF Virginia. in behalf OF the
inhabitants Of Berne dated September
10th. 1909
Anothed letter. dated PHILADELPHIA. June
18th. 1l3, is written in French bv Mon
sleur do In Luzerne 10 Ills Excellency
Benz. Harrison. Governor OF the State OF
Virginia"
TO PUNISH PIRATES.
liter from King William III gives
instructions in regard 20 the punishment
Of pirates that had been caught I'm tho
plantations in America. Tho following
are the contents Of the letter
"Trusty and Well-bcloved We greet
you VOL. Whereas we have been inform
cd that several Pirates have been lately
seized in Our Plantations In America:
And Il being necessary that due care
be taken for bringing them and all others
that may in like manner be seized here
after. to condign punishment: We do
hereby VIII and Require YOU 20 send
hither I'm safe Custody all Pirates who
are or shall he I'm Prisons I'm Our Colony
and Dominion Of Virginia under your
Government at the time Of your receive
ing this direction and also TO send the
witnesses and other Evidences upon
which tho said Pirates have been seized
and which may be OF any use towards
their conviction here. that so they may
he Tryed and Punished according 10
Law. and Effects Of the said Pirates
be secured. so that they may hereafter
be disposed Of as shall by Law be deter
mined.
And as FOR all other pirates that may
be seized In Our Said Colony of Virginia
for tho future our VIII and Pleasure
q Nv 1a a<,1
ces Of any particular case and by tho
Laws I'm force and Disposition Of tho
People IN Our said Colony OF Virginia
that these Pirates may be moro speedily
and effectually brought do punishment
there than by sending them hither. you
take care in all such cases that they he
Tryed there and punished according 10
the sentences that shall he given: But.
n you judge otherwise by the Disposition
OF the People or by defects I'm the Law
there or other Circumstances. YOU ara
10 send them hither in manner aforesaid.
And in both cases Our VIII and Pleasure
IA. that you take such care that their
Goods and Effects he secured. 40 that
they may be forthcoming 10 he disposed
OF according as the Law shall direct.
And so we bid you farewell. Given at
Our Court at Kensington tho tenth Day
OF February 1899. in the Eleventh Year
Of Our Reign.
BY his Majestics Command
JERSEY.
Tho letter is addressed on tho back as
follows:
ITO Our Trusty and Woll-bolovcd Fran
CTS Nicholson ESD Our Lieutenant and
Governor General OF our Colony and
Dominion OF Virginia. I'm America; Or
70 our Communicating Chief Of our said
Colony for tho time being Virginia"
This letter also bears the seal Of King
William III.
The collection further contains three
letters from Court de Rochambeau to
Governor Harrison. one letter from Court
Sc ViOmenil 10 Governor Harrison and
fvo letters written by George Washington.
two OF which are addressed 10 Governor
Jefferson. one to Governor Nelson and
two to Governor Harrison.
Among tho papers are also several
rosters Of Virginia Regiments during
the revolutionary war and a bill OF
Richard Henry Leo for $3.50 pounds
against the treasury Of the State Of Vir-
Ginia.
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