Proposals to all such people as are minded to transport or concern themselves in the island of Tobago which lieth about forth leagues south from Barbadoes.

PROPOSALS To all ſuch People as are minded to Tranſport or Concern themſelves in the Iſland of TOBAGO, Which lieth about forty Leagues South from Barbadoes.

WHereas his Majeſty the King of Great Brittain, that now is, hath given and granted unto James Duke of Courland, his Heirs and Succeſſors, the ſaid Iſland of Tobago, on Condition that none ſhall inhabit the ſaid Iſland, ſave only the Subjects, of the King of England and the Duke of Courland, their Heirs and Succeſſors: On the ſaid Condition, Captain John Poyntz hath contracted with the ſaid Duke, that himſelf and Company ſettle One hundred and Twenty Thouſand Acres of Land in the ſaid Iſland, and to have ſeveral great and large Priviledges; Some of which are here incerted, viz.

Imprimis, That One Hundred & Twenty Thouſand Acres of Land in the ſaid Iſland of Tobago, is given and granted to the ſaid Poyntz and Company, and their Heirs for ever; and Seven Years to be free from Payment of any Rent; and after the Expiration of Seven Years each for himſelf is to pay Two Pence per Acre every Year to the ſaid Duke, his Lawful Heirs and Succeſſors.

Secondly, That Poyntz and Company, and all the Inhabitants, ſhall enjoy Liberty of Conſcience, without Interruption; Roman Catholicks only Excepted.

Thirdly, That Poyntz and Company, &c. are to be Governed by a Governour, Deputy Governour, and Aſſembly, to be yearly choſen by the Majority of Freeholders Votes, of the People in the Iſland, to make good and wholeſome Laws for the good Government and Defence of the ſaid Iſland; and all Controverſies in the Premiſes to be decided by the Majority of Voices.

Note, Theſe are but Breviates and part of the Heads of the Grant from the Duke of Courland, Ratified to Poyntz and Company, whereby they hold and enjoy their Land; for that end the ſaid Poyntz and Company do refer all People to The Preſent Proſpect of Tobago, now in the Preſs, and to the Grant, as more at large; as alſo to them that have been on the Skirt or Body of the ſaid Iſland, to confirm the Truth of the Products thereof.

Propoſals for Further Encouragement.

Firſt, Thoſe which are deſirous to concern themſelves in the ſaid Iſland, ſhall and may have as much Land as they themſelves pleaſe, either by Leaſe or Purchaſe; onely they are to put upon every Fifteen Acres of Land one White Man, and ſo in proportion to the reſt; and this to be done in Three Years time.

Secondly, All Perſons that are deſirous to Tranſport themſelves to the ſaid Iſland in the quality of Servants, ſhall have Better Encouragement from Captain Poyntz and Company, than has been yet Propounded by any of His Majeſties Subjects in any Settlement in the American Plantations.

Thirdly, And for a further Encouragement, All thoſe Perſons and Planters that are any ways concerned in the Premiſes, ſhall have Credit given unto them from Crop to Crop, as the Factory is ſtor'd, for what they ſhall ſtand in need of; for which the ſaid Company will Erect a Bank or Factory of Credit in the ſaid Iſland, the Debtor allowing only two and a half per Cent.

Fourthly, All Merchants and others that ſhall import any Negroes or other Merchandiſe into the ſaid Iſland, ſhall have their Goods and Debts Inſured, and diſpoſed of, for Two and a Half per Cent. with Factorage, Storage, Wharfage, &c. And Exported again for Two and a Half per Cent. more. And all Tradeſmen and Others that Contract any Debts amongſt themſelves, ſhall have Credit given them out of the Bank or Factory, from Crop to Crop, for Two and a Half per Cent. And the Proprietors do engage their Whole Intereſt for the True Performance of the aforeſaid Premiſes.

Fifthly, All Merchants and others that have Goods fit to Accommodate the ſaid Iſland, and have not ready Money to purchaſe Land, nor to pay for their own or Servants Paſſage, ſuch may barter with Goods in lieu of Money: Always provided, This implies only ſuch Perſons as contract with the Proprietors, or ſome of them, before the firſt Shipping departs out of the River of Thames, to Ship off, as above, their proportion of Goods or People, as is already ſufficiently above-expreſſed.

For the Accommodation of all Perſons that deſire to be Concern'd in the above-named Iſland of TOBAGO, ſome of the Proprietors, or their Agents, will give their Attendance every day in the Week, at Mr. Nathaniel Morin's, at the Blew Anchor in Finch-Lane, near the Royal Exchange, from Eight a Clock in the Morning, till two in the Afternoon: And at Jone's Coffee-Houſe in Ship-yard in Bartholomew Lane, from two in the Afternoon till four. And at the Amsterdam-Coffe-Houſe in Bartholomew Lane from four in the Afternoon till ſix. Where any Perſon may receive more Particular Satisfaction.