Wickam power to administer Sacrament here, being no other Parson.

PROCLAMATION BY THE ADMIRAL &c.

To all to whom these present shall come, I, Samuel Argall Esquire, Admiral, and for the time, present Governor, principal of Virginia send Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting, in all places of Wars and Garrison Towns, it is most Expedient and necessary to have an honest and Carefull Provost Marshal to whose charge and safe custody all Delinquents and Prisoners of what nature and Quality soever their offences be, are to be committed; now know ye that for the Honesty sufficiency and carefullness in the Execution and Discharge of the said office, which I conceive of William Cradock, I do by these presents nominate, Constitute, ordain and appoint the said William Cradock to be Provost Marshal of the Burmuda City and of all the Hundred thereto belonging, giving and granting unto the said William Cradock all power and authority to execute all such offices, duties and commands belonging to the said place of Provost Marshall, with all Privileges, Rights and Preheminences thereunto belonging, and in all cases which Require his speedy execution of his said office by virtue of these presents shall require all Captains, officers, soldiers or any other member of this Colony to be aiding and assisting to him to appease all mutinies, Factions and Rebellions and all other Discords, contrary the quiet and Peaceable Government of the Commonwealth as they will answer the Contrary at their further Perils. Given at Bermuda City this 20th of Febuary in fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord James by the grace of God King of England &c. and of Scotland the fifty first and the eleventh year of the Plantation Anno Domini 1617.

Extract and Record as per John Rolf Secretary and Recorder at General.

BOUNDARY LINE PROCEEDINGS, 1710.

[Ludwell MSS., Virginia Historical Society.]

A Journal of the Proceedings of Philip Ludwell and Nath" Harrison Commissioners appointed for seteling ye Limits betwixt Virg & Carolina Begun July ye 18th 1710 by P. L. Before we enter upon the narrative of our proceeding it will be necessary to observe that upon the arrivall of her Majesty's Letters mandatory for the settling the bounds between Virga and Carolina, we were appointed the 18th day of April last to be the Commissioners for that purpose and our instructions were agreed on by the President and Councell ye 27th of that month. That thereupon Mr. President after haveing discoursed Mr. Lawson (one of ye Commissioners of Carolina) and Received his answer writt to ye Commissioners on the 4th of May to notify our being ready and named the 9th of June as a proper time for haveing a meeting of both Commissioners to adjust the method of proceeding in this affair. That Mr. Lawson one of the Commissioners of Carolina wriht to Mr. President that he had not then seen Mr. Moseley that he was then very busy in settling the pallatines (in which he expected to meet with much difficulty by reason of the distractions of that Government) and that therefore they ye Commissioners of Carolina could not meet us according to that appointment but hoped they should be able to do it in July, and Mr. Moseley in a letter of the 5th of June acquainted the President that he could not attend that appointment of ye Presedents because he had not seen Mr. Lawson nor the Powers sent from the proprietors, but when he had he would give timely notice when they ye said commiss" could

meet us.

Thus this matter stood at ye arrivall of ye Lt. Govern' Coll. Spotswood who thinking it necessary that our Instructions should be re-examined in Councell was pleased on ye 6th of July to signe our Comission, and the month of July being far spent without hearing from y Comission" of Carolina, on the

18th we waited on the Govern' and Received our Comission & Instructions and the same day we wriht the following order to the Comissioners of Carolina:

Gent:

WILLIAMSBURGH, July ye 18th, 1710.

Haveing Received a Commission from his Majesty's Lt. Govern' to a conjunction with you for settling the boundarys between this her Majesty's Collony and Carolina, we were in hopes that according to what you were pleased to write to Mr. President Jennings you would have signified to us when you could conveniently have met us, for adjusting the proper methods for carrying on this worke. But haveing heard nothing from you since your answer to the President's letter, we think ourselves obliged very earnestly to desire you will lett us know your Last Resolutions whether we may expect to meet you at Williamsburg any time this month, or if you doe not think fitt to meet us there, we desire you to appoint some other place where we may meet you this month, because the Season of the year will not admit of any longer delay. We are, Gent.,

Y' Most Humb. Serv",

P. L.

N. H.

To Edw Mosely & Jno. Lawson Esqrs. Commiss" appointed by y Lords Proprieters of Carolina for setling the Limitts thereof or either of them. In North Carolina.

With this we waited on the Gov' and communicated it to him who was pleas'd to desire that we would press the Commissioners of Carol: to give the most expeditious dispatch to this affair that could be which occasioned the following postscript to ye foregoing letter:

P. S. July y 19th, 1710.

Coll. Spotswood our Governor being very pressing to have this affair expedited as much as possible, we are obliged once more to desire you will please appoint us the shortest day of

meeting that can be and that you will give this messeng' the quickest dispatch with your answer, which will very much oblige

Gent. Yr most H. S.

P. L.
N. H.

August ye first Mr. Harrison Received the following Letter from Mr. Moseley:

Gents:

NORTH CAROLINA, July 25, 1710.

This day I received yrs. of ye 18th Instant relating to the Boundary between this Government and Virg". I think myselfe obliged to acquaint you that I have taken all ye necessary measures I possibly could to bring it to some Issue. For immediately after my receipt of Mr. President Jennings's Letter which came from Mr. Lawson I dispatched a Letter Desiring Mr. Lawson to informe me when he could be at leisure from business; since which on ye nineteenth of ye Last month I pressed him to a speedy determination. But to this time have rec" no answer which I ascribe to ye great distance he is from me, at least an hundred miles, and three large and difficult ferrys in the way.

However I have adventured to appoint the one and twentyeth of August next for our meeting you at Williamsburgh agreeable to Mr. President Jenning's request & yours; being desirous to shew willingness to retrieve the lapsed time.

I designe to-morrow to send a messenger directly to Mr. Lawson to advertise him hereof. In the mean time I am gent'

Yr. Most H. S.,

EDWD. MOSELEY.

To Philip Ludwell Esq. his majesty's Honble Councell & to Maj. Nath' Harrison Commiss" appointed for settling y' Boundarys of Virg.

August ye 21. We went to Williamsburgh Expecting to have mett the Commissioners of Carolina but they did not come.

Augt. ye 25. Being informed that Mr. Hyde [Govern' of

North Carol.] was come to Williamsburgh and Expecting the Commissioners were come with him, P. L. went thither where I understood Mr. Lawson had been there and was gone to Capt. Jones' with designe to returne home speedily there being noe news of Mr. Moseley. I imediately waite on the Govern' to

Receive his Directions how to proceed who was pleased to direct me to dispatch a messenger Early ye next morning to Mr. Moseley to desire his Comp" as soon as possible at Williamsburgh & in ye meane time he was pleased to engage Mr. Lawson to stay for the returne of ye Messenger.

Ye 26. Early in ye morning I dispatched the following Letter to Mr. Moseley:

VIRGA. Augt. ye 25 at night, 1710.

Sir, Conformable to your appointment in yr. Letter of the twenty fifth of July wee met at Williamsburgh ye 21st instant where we flattered ourselves we should have had the honour of your Company but being disappointed of it that day. without hearing from you and alsoe being informed that severall Carolina Gent' designed to wait on Mr. Hyde that verry day at Norfolke. We concluded we should see you at Williamsburgh in 2 or 3 days. Our Conjecture proved not altogether wrong for Mr. Lawson arrived on Wensday or Thursday (haveing been hindred a day or two in his passage) but not findeing you here resolved to Returne home speedily. Our Gov' Coll. Spotswood being desirous to bring this affair to as speedy a conclusion as may be and being apprehensive that if we faile of a meeting while Mr. Lawson is here it will be in vaine to expect any farther proceeeings in Concert with you this year, Commands us to desire your company at Williamsburgh by Wensday next where we shall be always Ready to doe everything that can be expected for Expediteing this good worke. In the mean time we

are

Sr. y' Most H. S.,

L.
N. H.

To Edw Moseley Esq. &c.

As soon as this Letter was sent away, I sent a letter to Mr.