[1] The charter of May 2, 1670 is printed in Dobbs', _Account of the
Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay_, p. 171, and elsewhere. For
the literature regarding the founding of this Company, see Winsor's
_Narrative and Critical History_, viii, 65.
[2] The Hudson Bay Company had petitioned for relief from interruptions
to their trade as early as July 13, 1682 (_Acts of Privy Council_, ii,
37). The Council order approving the above Proclamation was made March
30, 1688 (_Idem_, p. 108).
1689, February 19.
[Continuing Officers in the Colonies.]