The articles that follow is an attempt to identify the owners of 19 bottle-seal fragments from English glass wine bottles and to provide some insight into the practice of bottle-sealing.

An extract from Letter to Board of Trade, by Colonel J. Gibson, dated June 28, 1697.

Counsel for Cecil Calvert (Second Baron Baltimore), in his case concerning the Province of Avalon, dating from December 23, 1651.

Overview of the Dutch raid on Ferryland in 1673, which occurred after the Dutch had been defeated by the English and lost their colonies in what is now New York.

Deposition of Edward Davis, taken on September 23, 1695, and dealing with France, war, fortifications, and ordance.

Petition to the Board of Trade from George Strange et al., dated January 21, 1706.

Petition to the Board of Trade from James Benger et al., dated January 10, 1707.

Petition to William III from John Clappe et al., dated 1697, and dealing with France, war, planters, names, boats, and stages.

Petition to Governor Joseph Dudley of Massachusetts from Richard Amiss et al., dated May, 1709, dealing with France and the war

Deposition of Richard Hartnoll et al., dated September 15, 1707, and dealing with the Pool Plantation, planters, names, France, and war.

Deposition of Thomas Cleasby, taken on March 23, 1708, and dealing with the Pool Plantation, planters, France, war, cod, fisheries, houses, and stages.

Overview of the French attack on Ferryland, which occurred in the winter of 1696 as a part of the war between France and England.