Instructions to Walter Sykes, Robert Street, Captain William Pyles and Captain Nicholas Redwood from the Council of State, dated June 16, 1652.

Extract from Acts by the Privy Council, dated June 14, 1639, and dealing with planters, food, and material culture.

'Letter to the Earl of Sunderland' from William Popple, dated April 1, 1708, and dealing with planters, government, the Pool Platation, and houses.

Biography of Antoine Parat, governor of Plaisance from 1685-1690.

Biography of Bellot dit Lafontaine, governor of Plaisance from 1664-1667.

Biography of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, governor of Plaisance from 1702-1706.

Biography of Jacques-François de Mombeton, governor of Plaisance from 1690-1701.

Biography of Joseph de Monic, acting governor of Plaisance from 1697-1702.

Biography of La Palme, governor of Plaisance from 1667-1670.

Biography of La Poippe, governor of Plaisance from 1670-1684.

Biography of Louis de Pastour de Costebelle, interim governor of Plaisance from 1690-1691.

Biography of Nicolas Gargot, governor of Plaisance in 1660.

Biography of Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle, governor of Plaisance from 1706-1713.

Biography of Sieur de Kéréon, governor of Plaisance in 1655.

Biography of Thalour du Perron, governor of Plaisance from 1652-1663.

Biography of Sir Arthur Aston, Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon, c.1625-1627.

Biography of Edward Wynne, Proprietary governor of Avalon Colony, 1621-1625.

Biography of Sir George Calvert (Lord Baltimore), Proprietary governor of the Province of Avalon,1627-1629.

A history of proprietary governors in Newfoundland which began in 1610, with the appointment of its first governor, John Guy and ended in 1728 with the appointment of the first naval governor.

Biography of John Guy, Proprietary governor of Cuper's Cove, 1610-1614.