III. LIST OF TRANSCRIPTS FROM MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE: AND THE LIBRARY OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS BRITISH MUSEUM. Selections from the following volumes: Additional Manuscripts: Newcastle Papers: Official correspondence of Thomas Pelham (Diplomatic Correspondence) 32760 Vol. LXXV. Jan. 22-April, 1729. 32761 Vol. LXXVI. 23 Apr. 19-July, 1729. 32762 Vol. LXXVII. 21 July-Aug., 1729. 32763 Vol. LXXVIII. Sept. 30-Oct., 1729. 32764 Vol. LXXIX. 30 Oct.-Dec., 1729. (General Correspondence; and Miscellany) 33003 [Not transcribed. This is a "Narrative," by the Duke of Newcastle, of negotiations relating to changes in the Ministry, in the form of "very secret" letters to John White, M. P., of Walling Wells, co. Notts, 4 June, 176513 Oct., 1767. The whole manuscript, edited by Mary Bateson, was printed by the Royal Historical Society, 1898.] 33004 Minutes of meetings of the Privy Council, 22 Jan., 1739, to 15 Oct., 1745. [Only the first part, relating to affairs with Spain, is here. The latter part of the volume relates to the Jacobite uprising of 1744-1745, and was not transcribed.] 33032 Vol. CCCXLVII. Papers relating to the South Sea Company, 1710-1753. 33033-33037 [Not transcribed. These five volumes contain Papers of Proceedings in Parliament, part of which have been printed.] PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, Colonial Office, Class 5: Vol. 1313 [old Board of Trade, Virginia, 10] Correspondence and papers relating to Virginia, 1702– 1704. [Contains letters and proclamations of Francis Nicholson; accounts of tobacco tax, impost on liquors, servants and slaves, and quit rents; abstract of report of committee for public claims; abstract of militia in Virginia; list of land patents; cost of building the Capitol and prison; memorials from merchants trading to Virginia and Maryland from various English ports, and lists of ships belonging to the Virginia and Maryland trade, with amount with line of battle and signals.] Vol. 1314 [old Board of Trade, Virginia, 11] Volume lettered: Virginia Papers. Bundle L M. Correspondence nad papers relating to Virginia, 1704-1705. [Contains correspondence of Francis Nicholson, Edmund Jenings and others; charges of mal-administration against Gov. Nicholson, and his defense; the will of William Byrd and affidavits relating to it; rent rolls of the several counties of Virginia, 1704, and lists of land grants, tobacco taxes and quit rents; papers relating to Her Majesty's ships Dreadnought and Fowey and others, and lists of merchant ships convoyed from Virginia to England; Mr. Jenings's Observations upon the Collection of Laws; Orders in Council; Minutes of Council; and papers relating to the College of William and Mary. Vol. 1315 [old Board of Trade, Virginia, 12] Correspondence and papers relating to Virginia, 1705– 1707. [Contains letters and proclamations of Edward Nott, and the announcement of his death, August, 1706; letters from Secretary Edmund Jenings, and from the President and Council; appointment and letters of Gov. Robert Hunter; accounts of tobacco tax, and of the manner of taking up and patenting of land; lists of land patents; papers relating to the patenting of lands on Blackwater swamp; petition of merchants and owners of ships trading from English ports to Virginia and Maryland; petition of merchant planters and manufacturers of tobacco; many papers relating to the tobacco trade, including observations by John Linton and by Robert Quary, and papers on the manufacture of tobacco in Holland and Russia; account of invasion of South Carolina by the French, August, 1706, and an agreement with the Governor of Carolina for transporting French prisoners to Virginia, to be sent to England, September, 1706.] Vol. 1364 [old Board of Trade, Virginia, 42] Volume marked: F 1714 to 1717. New York, 1759-1782. Part II. Vol. IV. North and South Carolina, 1712-1761. Vol. V. North and South Carolina, chiefly 1759-1774. Vol. IX. Marked: Letters (originals) New England, &c [Contains letters from all sections, from New foundland to the West Indies.] 1740-1741. REPORT. OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington, D. C., December 2, 1918 SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report as Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds (and disbursing officer) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. The operations of the office comprised as usual the custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Building and Grounds, the construction, purchase, and repair of library equipment, and the disbursement of the appropriations for this office, for the Library of Congress, for the Botanic Garden, and other appropriations under the control of the Joint Committee on the Library. The operations are shown in the following tables of disbursements: |