Articles of peace between the most serene and mighty prince Charles II. by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. And several Indian kings and queens, &c
Subtitle: Concluded the 29th day of May, 1677
By: Published by His Majesties command
Contributors: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
Publisher: Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty.
Published: 1677
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Pamunkey Indians; Treaties; Cheroenhaka Indians; Indians of North America; Commercial treaties; History
Notes: Colophon reads: London, Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1677.

Caption title on p. 3 reads: Articles of peace between the most serene and mighty prince, and our dread sovereign lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. And several Indian kings and queens, &c. Assenters and subscribers hereunto, made and concluded at the camp at Middle Plantation the twenty ninth day of May 1677. being the day of the most happy birth and restauration of our said sovereihn lord, and in the nine and twentieth year of His Majesties reign, by the right honourable Herbert Jefferies esquire, lieutenant-governour of His Majesties colony of Virginia.

"Memorandum the 29th day of May, 1677, p. 17-18, is signed: John Berry, Francis Morison.

Consists of 21 articles, in which the Indians acknowledge subjugation to the British crown and the British guarantee them protection. They provide that no English settlement shall be made nearer than three miles of any Indian town and exclusivity to certain fishing grounds. The treaty was signed by the queens of Pamunkey and Waonoke tribes, the kings of the Nancymond and Nottoway [Cheroenhaka] tribes, and by captain John West, son of the queen of Pamunkey. Their marks are reproduced on p. 16.

Signatures: A-B⁴ (A1 verso blank) C² (C2 blank)

Title printed within double rule border; initial.

De Puy, H.F. Bibliography of the English colonial treaties with the American Indians, 1.

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Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), C2909.

English short title catalogue, R35908.

Purchase; 1928; 15098.