The original papers and letters, relating to the Scots Company, trading to Africa and the Indies from the memorial given in against their taking subscriptions at Hamburgh, by Paul Ricaut, His Majesty's resident there, to their last address sent up to His Majesty in December, 1699 : faithfully extracted from the Companies books.
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The original papers and letters, relating to the Scots Company, trading to Africa and the Indies from the memorial given in against their taking subscriptions at Hamburgh, by Paul Ricaut, His Majesty's resident there, to their last address sent up to His Majesty in December, 1699 : faithfully extracted from the Companies books.
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Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
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[Edinburgh? :: s.n.],
1700.
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Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
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"The original papers and letters, relating to the Scots Company, trading to Africa and the Indies from the memorial given in against their taking subscriptions at Hamburgh, by Paul Ricaut, His Majesty's resident there, to their last address sent up to His Majesty in December, 1699 : faithfully extracted from the Companies books." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34145.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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The Secretary's Answer.
Whitehall, Febr. 7. 1699.
SIR,
I Have presented to his Majesty the Petition of the African Company; and I am commanded by him to let you know, That there being accounts that the Ships belonging to the Company are ar∣riv'd upon the Coast of America; And the parti∣cular Design not being communicated to his Maje∣sty, he therefore does delay to give any Answer un∣til he receive certain Information of their Settle∣ment. This you may signify to the Council or Directors of the Company, as being by his Majesty's Command: I am,
To Sir Archibald Mure of Thorn∣ton, &c.
SIR,
Your most humble Servant, Sic subscribitur, Seafield.
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