American History Told by Contemporaries/Volume 2/Index
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| [The names of the authors of extracts are in boldface. The titles of the pieces are in Small Capitals. The titles of books cited are in italics. An index to the set will be found at the end of Volume IV.] |
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| ABOLITIONIST, arguments of a New Englander, 293-297; arguments of a Quaker, 302-308. — See also Slavery. |
| Acadians, deportation of, 360-365. |
| Adair, James, value of personal experience, 3: The Life of an Indian Trader,326-330; History of the American Indians,330. |
| Adams, Abigail, Letters, 20, 554; A Woman at the Front, 530-554. |
| Adams, Charles Francis, Familiar Letters of John Adams and his Wife, 20, 64; Letters of Mrs. Adams, 554. |
| Adams, Charles Kendall, Manual of Historical Literature, 32. |
| Adams, John, value of journal, 2; Letters, 20, 64; Works, 20, 223, 378, 439, 543, 625; Overweening Prejudice in Favor of New England, 63-64; The Dignity of a Selectman, 220-223; The First Continental Congress, 437-439; Difficulties in Framing Articles of Confederation, 539-543; Explanations of the Peace of 1782, 623-625. |
| Admiralty, court of, in the colonies, 396-397. — See also Smuggling. |
| Advertisements, for runaways, 298-302. |
| Agents, colonial, in England, 184-187. |
| Albany, Records of a City Government, 208-211; clearing of streets, 208; keeping of Sabbath, 208; constables, 208-209; taxes, 209-210; minister's salary, 210; selling of liquor, 210; care of chimneys and fire-places, 211; center for Indian trade, 322-324; Plan of Union formed at, 357-360. |
| Allen, Ethan, sent to England, 529-530. |
| Alliance. — See Treaty. |
| Allibone, S. Austin, Critical Dictionary, 30. |
| Almanac, Poor Richard's, extract, 263-266; title page, 264; Ames's, 266-272. |
| Almon, John, Collection of Papers, 11; Remembrancer, 11, 451; Anecdotes of the Life of Pitt, 19, 407. |
| America, archives on, in Europe, 10; pride, 411; distinguishing characteristic, 423; Lafayette's opinion, 485-488; reconciliation or independence, 530-534; foundation of state constitutions, 534-537; character of Congress, 543-545; during the Revolution, 560-562; Steuben's opinion, 584-585; financial state in 1781, 594-603; people discontented, 597; Articles of Confederation, 604; bank, 605; attitude of George III toward, 619-620; peace with England, 623-625; results of the Revolution, 629-632. — See also Colonies, Congress, Revolution, United States, Table of Contents, and Vol. I. |
| American Antiquarian Society, library, 10. |
| American Historical Association, Annual Report, 11, 23; favors study of sources, 26. |
| American Historical Review, 32, 530, 582. |
| American History Leaflets, 5, 12, 20. |
| Ames, Nathaniel, A Year of a College Student's Life, 266-272. |
| Anburey, Thomas, Travels, 18, 20. |
| André, John. The Experiences of a British Spy, 515-518. |
| Andrews, John, The Boston Tea-Party, 431-433; Letters, 433. |
| Andros, Sir Edmund, his diligence, 91-92. |
| Annual Register, 11. |
| Anonymous, A Plea for Protective Duties, 247-248; A Ballad of Pigwacket, 344-346; A French Account of Braddock's Defeat, 365-367; A Brave Man's Death, 484-485; Exploits of De Grasse in the West Indies, 612-615; Journals of an Officer, 615. |
| Archives, American, in Europe, 10. |
| Armstrong, Edward, Record of the Court at Upland, 208. |
| Army, American, recruiting service, 457, 481-483, 586; clothing, 468-469, 527; joined by Lafayette, 485-488; proposed use of negroes, 488-490; Washington on militia, 490-492, 560-562; punishments, 493-494; Washington's headquarters, 495-497; prisoners, 508-511; needs, 528, 530; losses at Concord and Lexington, 548; at Valley Forge, 568-573; rank, 570; resignations, 572; Steuben in, 582-585; foreign officers in, 584-585; Patrick Henry's views of, 586; condition in the south 612; Order of Cincinnati, 626-627. — See also Officers, Revolution, War, and Table of Contents. |
| Army, English, employs Hessians, 500-504; camp life in Canada, 504-507; Germans and English, 506-507; loyalist corps, 511-513; capture of André, 515-518; losses at Concord and Lexington, 550; "Battle of the Keggs," 562-568. — See also Officers, Revolution, War, and Table of Contents. |
| Articles of Confederation, difficulties in framing, 539-543; Maryland's refusal, 591-593; completed, 604. — See also Congress, United States. |
| Assemblies, records of, 6; business of, 173-174; dissolution, 174-175; bills vetoed, 179-181; bills disallowed, 183-184; conversion into conventions, 519-524. — See also Colonies, Government, States. |
| "Association," adopted by First Continental Congress, 439-441. |
| Augusta, center for Indian trade, 126. |
| Austin, James T., Life of Elbridge Gerry, 19. |
| BACKUS, ISAAC, History of New England, 15. |
| Baltimore, a growing town, 102. |
| Bancroft George, use of sources, 22, 28; History of the United States, 22. |
| Bank of North America, established, 605. |
| Barnes, Mary Sheldon, and Barnes, Earl, Studies in American History, 33. |
| Bartlett, John Russell, Records of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 17, 52, 174. |
| Bartram, William, Travels, 18. |
| Beardsley, Eben Edwards, Life and Correspondence of Samuel Seabury, 19. |
| Belcher, Jonathan, speech, 176; A Good Man's Letter, 287-289. |
| Belknap, Jeremy, History of New Hampshire, 15. |
| Bellini, at Williamsburg, 608. |
| Bellomont, Earl of, Official Protection of Pirates, 244-247. |
| Berdt, Dennis de, Complaint Against the Acts of Trade, 415-417. |
| Beverly, Robert, History of Virginia, 15, 94; Andros's and Nicholson's Administrations, 90-94. |
| Bibliography, of sources, 22-23; of secondary works, 32-34. — See Index passim. |
| Bienville, Jean Baptiste, in Louisiana, 312-313, 315-316. |
| Bills of credit. — See Currency, Finances, Money. |
| Biographies, as sources, 19. |
| Bishops, plan for establishment in America, 289-290; colonies opposed to, 418-420. — See also Religion. |
| Board of Trade. — See Lords Commissioners. |
| Bodleian Library, 10. |
| Bolzius, Johann Martin, quaintness, 4; The Coming of the Salzburg Germans, 114-116; Journal, 116. |
| Bond house, at Edenton, 4. |
| Boone, Daniel, adventures in Kentucky, 383-385. |
| Boston, Old South Church, 4; Records, 14, 17, 21; description in 1750, 61-63; observation of the Sabbath, 63; merrymaking in, 240-243; effect of an earthquake in 1727, 261-262; riot against the Stamp Act, 397-400; troops in, 420-423; "massacre," 429-431; "tea-party," 431-433; siege of, 550-554. — See also Massachusetts, Revolution. |
| Boston Athenæum, catalogue, 22. |
| Boston Gazette, 263. |
| Boston Public Library, 10; catalogue, 22. |
| Boudinot, Elias, An Investigation of British Military Prisons, 508-511; Life, 511. |
| Boudinot, Jane J., Life of Elias Boudinot, 511. |
| Boundaries, of states, 542-543; English, 624. — See also Colonies, Land, Treaty. |
| Boyle, Robert, Voyages and Adventures, 77. |
| Braddock, General, defeated, 365-367. |
| Bradford, Alden, Speeches of Massachusetts Governor, 12. |
| Bradford, William, Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, 20. |
| Brewton, Miles, and others, The Evil Deeds of the Spaniards, 340-344. |
| British Museum, Americana in, 10. |
| Brookline, town records, 5. |
| Brown, John Carter, library, 10. |
| Brymner, Douglas, Canadian Archives, 17. |
| Buckingham, Joseph T., Specimens of Newspaper Literature, 263. |
| Bunker Hill, battle, 550-551. |
| Burgoyne, John, lenity of America to, 480; surrender, 565-568; Madame Riedesel's opinion of, 566. |
| Burk, J.D., History of Virginia, 15. |
| Burke, Edmund, European Settlements, 20, 126, 150; distance from colonies a disadvantage, 31; Need of Relieving Georgia, 124-126; The Law in all our Provinces,149-150. |
| Burnaby, Andrew, Travels, 20, 89; New-York City, 87-89. |
| Burnet, William, A Defence of Paper Money, 251-253. |
| Bute, Lord, head of the English army, 379. |
| Byles, Mather, A Poetical Lamentation occasioned by the death of his Late Majesty King George the First, 258-260; Collection of Poems, 260. |
| Byrd, William, house, 4; History of the Dividing Line, 141, 238; Society in Virginia, 235-238. |
| CAMBRIDGE (Mass.), battery at, 4; A Spirited Remonstrance, 401-402; manuscript records, 402; camp at, 552. |
| Camden, battle of, 610. |
| Camp life, at Washington's headquarters, 495-497; in Canada, 504-507; at Valley Forge, 568-573. — See also Army. |
| Canada, Archives, 17; fur trade in, 322-324; government of, 324-326; Hessian troops in, 504-507. — See also French, Indians. |
| Canterbury, Archbishop of, on bishops in America, 289-290. |
| Cape Breton, expeditions against, 59, 60. |
| Carolinas, settlements in, 94-100; government of, 143; campaigns in, 606-608. — See also North Carolina, South Carolina. |
| Carroll, B.R. Historical Collections of South Carolina, 17, 21, 344. |
| Carver, John, value of personal experience, 3; A Concise Character of the Indians, 334-336; Travels, 336 |
| Castelman, Richard, Philadelphia, A Noble, Large, and Populous City, 74-77; Voyage, Shipwrack, and Miraculous Escape, 77. |
| Catalogues, as guides to sources, 22. |
| Chalmers, George, Revolt of the American Colonies, 15; Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, 19. |
| Channing, Edward, Guide to the Study of American History, 3-6, 11, 14, 16, 23, 26, 28; American History Leaflets, 5, 12, 20; Student's History of the United States of America, 34. |
| Charleston, St. Michael's Church, 4, 285; description in 1699, 94-95; in 1742, 99; surrender of, 606. |
| Charters, as sources, 5; New England, defended, 133-137; loss of New England, 135-136; right of Parliament to annul questioned, 137; rights under, 394-395. — See also Colonies, Constitution. |
| Chastellux, Marquis de, on the American |
| army, 24; How the Frontiers were Settled, 392-292; Travels, 393, 497; At Washington's Headquarters, 495-497. |
| Chatham, Earl of. — See Pitt, William. |
| Chauncy, Charles, Fears of Episcopacy, 418, 420; Letters to a Friend, 420. |
| Cheever, Ezekiel, Witches' Testimony, 40-48. |
| Chesapeake Bay, naval actions in, 575-576, 609. |
| Chew house, at Germantown, 4. |
| Chimneys and fire-places, care of, 211. |
| Church of England, dissenters, 52-53; tendency to undermine, 106; church wardens 210, 212-213; attempt to establish, 289-290, 418-420. — See also Religion. |
| Churchill, Charles, The North Briton, 380. |
| Cincinnati, The, society of, 626-627. |
| City government, record, 208-211. |
| Clap, Thomas, The History of Yale-College, 255-258; History of Yale-College, 258. |
| Clark, George Rogers, The Conquest of the Illinois Country, 579-582; Journal, 582. |
| Clark, Walter, State Records of North Carolina, 13. |
| Clarke, George, Jr., One Thousand Pounds for a Governorship, 161-162. |
| Clergy, benefit of, claimed, 192. |
| Clinton, General George, Abandonment of New York, 554-556. |
| Clinton,Governor George, A Governor's Perquisites, 162-164. |
| Coercion, issue of, 434-453. |
| Colden, Cadwallader, The French and the Fur Trade, 320-324; History of the Five Nations, 324. |
| Collections of documents, 11-13. |
| College, founding of Yale, 255-258; life at Harvard in 1758, 266-272; examinations of 288. — See also Intellectual Life. |
| Colonies, records of 2, 5, 6; sources on, 14-21; charter colonies, 133-137; power of Parliament over charters, 137; relation to mother country, 138-141; common law, 139; need of judges from England, 140; militia of, 140; union of, 140; emulations in, 140; suggestion of stamp duties, 141; distinguished from provinces, 141-142; character of first settlers, 142; good effect on the mother country, 142; kinds of population, 142; royal grants, 143; remedies for misgovernment, 149; English law in, 149-150; legislative power, 151; instructions, 152; executive salaries, 166-169; elections, 171-172; summoning of juries, 188-189; grand jury charged, 189-191; life in, 224-243; episcopacy, 289-290; 418-420; French, 312-326; question of independence, 352-353; Albany Plan of Union, 357-360; Grenville's scheme of taxation, 381-382; the Ohio country, 387-391; rights limited by charters, 394-395; smuggling in, 396-397; Stamp Act riot, 397-400; declaration of rights and grievances, 402-404; Franklin on the state of, 407-411; population in 1766, 408; attitude toward England, 409-411; Townshend's taxation scheme, 413-415; complaint of acts of trade, 415-417; troops in, 420-423; "Sons of Liberty," 420; Dickinson's plea for moderation, 423-426; statement of grievances, 442-445; Sam Johnson's reply, 445-448; attitude of George III, 451-453; beginning of the Revolution, 455-457; mobs in, 458- 461; opposition to Britain, 482; change into states, 519-524; 534-539. — See also each colony by name, Table of Contents, and Vol. I. |
| Commerce. — See Trade. |
| Commissioners of Maryland and Pennsylvania, The Running of Mason and Dixon's Line, 107-109. |
| Commons, House of, The State of the Colonies, 407-411. |
| Conciliation, opposed by Patrick Henry, 586-587. |
| Concord (Mass.), conflict at, 546-550. |
| Confederation, difficulties in framing Articles of, 539-543; Maryland refuses to join, 591-593; completed, 604. — See also Congress, Revolution. |
| Congress of the Confederation, receives Washington's resignation, 627-629. |
| Congress, First Continental, meeting, 434-439; Adams's estimate, 438. |
| Congress, Second Continental, statement of grievances, 442-445; proceedings, 525-530; debate over independence, 537-539; debate over slavery, 539-541; debate over voting, 531-542; debate over state boundaries, 542-543; falling-off in character, 543-545; appealed to by Washington, 560-562; recompense promised to Steuben, 585. |
| Congress, Stamp Act, statement of rights and grievances 402-404. |
| Congress of the United States, records, 6; library, 10; Journals, 12, 445; Secret Journals, 12, 593, 600. |
| Connecticut, value of records, 6; Records, 17, 202; government, 59-60, 143; character, 228; trade, 228-229. |
| Connecticut Historical Society, Collections, 61. |
| Constables, duties, 208-209. |
| Constitution, French view of British, 144-149; of New Hampshire, 534-537. — See also Confederation. |
| Convention, Maryland, proceedings, 519-524. — See also Revolution. |
| Conway, Henry Seymour, The Repeal of the Stamp Act, 411-412. |
| Copy of Letters sent to Great-Britain by Thomas Hutchinson, 423. |
| Cornell University, library, 10. |
| Cornwallis, Marquis, Correspondence, 19, 618; in the Carolinas and Virginia, 606-608; The Capitulation of York-Town, 615-618. |
| Correspondence, committees of, attitude toward Tories, 470-472. |
| Cosby, William, A Governor's Plea for Patronage, 153-154; libelled, 193-194. |
| Councils, records of, as sources, 6; His Majesty's Council in New Jersey, Concerning the Riots & Insurrections in New Jersey, 80-84; business of a council, 175-179; Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of Albany, Records of a City Government, 208-211. |
| County, on Delaware, 72; juries, 188; court, 205. |
| Courts, colonial, records of, as sources 6; Court of Perquimans, Records of a Precinct Court, 191-192; appointment of judges, 202; defects, 203-204; need of court of appeal and equity, 204; business of a county court, 205-208; admiralty, 396-397. — See Juries, Trial. |
| Cranston, Samuel, An Explanation by Rhode Island, 49-52. |
| Creditors, American and British, 624. |
| Currency, continental, 601-603. — See also Finances, Money. |
| Curwen, Samuel, Journal and Letters, 21, 349, 480; a loyalist refugee, 25; The Louisburg Expedition, 346-349; The Lots of the Refugee, 477-480. |
| DANVERS, General Gage's house at, 2. |
| Dartmouth, Earl of, A Reprimand to a Colonial Governor, 169-170. |
| Dates, use of, 24. |
| Deane, Silas, Papers, 19. |
| Debt, state of national, 598-600. |
| Declaration of Independence, facsimile, 11; debates on 537-539. |
| Dedham Historical Register, 272. |
| Delaware, separation from Pennsylvania, 72-74. |
| Dickinson, John, Farmer's Letters, 2, 426; Writings, 21; The Pennsylvania Farmer's Remedy, 423-426. |
| Dinwiddie, Robert, Charge to a Grand Jury, 189-191; Official Records, 191. |
| Dissenters, in New England, 52-53. — See also Religion. |
| Documents, collections of, 11-13; Documents relative to New-York, 13, 17, 21, 79, 131, 154, 162, 164, 170, 184, 247, 250, 253, 290, 334, 339, 356, 357, 367, 387, 412; Documents relating New Jersey, 13, 21, 84, 161, 166, 179, 181, 254, 289, 302, 351. — See also Sources. |
| Doddridge, Joseph, shows hardship of frontier life, 25; The Settlement of the Western Country, 387-391; Notes on the Settlement of the Western Parts of Virginia & Pennsylvania, 391. |
| Domestic life, among the Indians, 327-330; in the Ohio River settlements, 387-391; on the frontiers, 392-393. — See also Colonies. |
| Donne, W. Bodham, Correspondence of George the Third, 453, 620. |
| Douglass, William, Summary of the first Planting of the British Settlements, 21, 143; views tinged and descriptions poor, 31; Various Kinds of Colonial Government, 141-143. |
| Drayton, William Henry, prejudiced, 31; The Tyranny of King George Third, 449-451. |
| Drowne, Solomon, Life on a Privateer, 497-499; Journal, 499. |
| Duane [James], The State of the National Debt, 598-600. |
| Dummer, Jeremiah, Defence of the New-England Charters, 4, 137; Defence of he New-England Charters, 133-137. |
| Dunmore, Earl of, narratives colored by rumors, 31; Cold Water on an Ohio Colony, 386-387; Enforcement of the Association, 439-441. |
| Duties, plea for protective, 247-248. — See also Finances. |
| DuVall, Gabriel, Proceedings of a Revolutionary Convention, 519-524. |
| Duyckinck, E.A., and Long, George, Cyclopœdia of American Literature, 12. |
| Dwight, Theodore, Journals of Madam Knight, etc., 229. |
| Dwight, Timothy, Columbia, Columbia, to Glory Arise, 465-467. |
| EARTHQUAKE, in New England, 261-262. |
| East Hampton (L.I.), Records, 14, 17. |
| Eddis William, The Wretchedness of White Servants, 308-310; Letters from America, 310. |
| Edenton, Bond house at, 4. |
| Education, value of sources, 3. — See College, Schools. |
| Eggleston, Edward, History of the United States for Schools, 33. |
| Election, a colonial, 171-172; of a selectman, 220-222. |
| England, American archives in, 10. — See Colonies, Revolution, United States, Table of Contents, and Vol. I. |
| English, methods of teaching history, 27, dislike arbitrary government, 131-132; fear Mississippi settlements, 316-320; French and fur trade, 320-324; massacre at Schenectady, 323, 337-339; with the Spanish, 340-344; expedition against Louisburg, 346-349; Spanish privateers, 349-351; claims to the Ohio River, 354-356 ; to resist the French, 356-357; remove the Acadians, 360-365; defeat of Braddock, 365-367; fear French influence on the continent, 367-369; capture Quebec, 369-372 ; question of Ohio settlement, 386-387; protest against taxation in America, 404-407; army, 500-518; jealous of German troops, 506-507; American prisoners, 508-511; breach with the colonies, 519-539; campaigns, 546-590,
606-618; surrender at Vincennes, 579-582 ; conciliation, 586-587; peace, 623-625. — See also Army, Colonies, Revolution, and Table of Contents. |
| Enlistments, in Revolution, 457, 481-483, 586. — See also Army. |
| Episcopacy, fear of, in the colonies, 418-420. — See also Bishops. |
| Evangelist, in Georgia, 283-287. — See also Religion. |
| Examinations, college, skit on, 272-275. |
| FARMERS, J., and Moore, J.B. Collections, 346. |
| Farmer's Letters. — See Dickinson, John. |
| Field Museum, collections, 5. |
| Filson, John, The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, 383-385; Discovery of Kentucke, 385. |
| Finances, bill for paper money disallowed, 183-184; Franklin's pamphlet on paper
money, 231; paper money defended, 251-253; paper money forbidden, 254; considered in Second Continental Congress, 527, 529 ; government censured for neglecting to keep up credit, 572, 586; Washington on, 594-597; national debt, 598-600; continental currency, 601-603; bank of North America established, 605. |
| Fisher, George P., Colonial Era, 28, 34. |
| Fishery question, 379, 625. |
| Fiske, John use of records, 22; History of the United States for Schools, 33. |
| Fonblanque, Edward B. de, Political and Military Episodes of Burgoyne, 19. |
| Force, Peter, American Archives, 11, 12, 441, 537, 550, 556, 559; Tracts, 114, 121. |
| Forts, as sources, 4. |
| Fox, Charles, James, Memorials and Correspondence, 19. |
| France, American archives in, 10. — See French. |
| Franklin, Benjamin, Autobiography, a mile-stone in literature, 4, 235; Works, 21, 74, 187, 382, 575, 623; spirit of his age, 24; Dispute over the Agency, 184-187; A Man Diligent in his Calling, 229-235; starts in printing business, 229-231; publishes pamphlet on paper currency, 231; success in business, 232-233; courtship, 233; starts subscription library, 233-234; his frugality, 234-235; The People's Favorite Literature, 263-266; Poor Richard, 1744, 266; Grenville's Scheme of Taxation, 381-382; The State of the Colonies, 407-411; Examination, 411; A Treaty with France, 574-575; blamed by Vergennes, 621-623; Explanation of the Peace of 1782, 623-625. |
| Freeholders, The Question of Slavery in Georgia, 118-121. |
| French, incite the Indians, 57; expeditions against, 60; found Louisiana, 312-316; English fear of their settlements, 316-320; fur trade, 320-324; extend of their American settlements, 320-321; trade, 321-323; relations with Indians, 323-324; share in massacre at Schenectady, 323, 337-339; government in Canada, 324-326; Ministerial Minutes, The French Title to the Beautiful River, 354-356; encroachments feared by English, 356-357; removed by English from Acadia, 360-365; account of Braddock's defeat, 365-367; conquests on the continent, 367-369; frontier settlements, 392-393; arrival of Lafayette in America, 485-488; Chastellux visits Washington, 495-497; Mirabeau's appeal to the Hessians, 500-504; aid to America, 558-559; treaty, 574-575; Patrick Henry's appreciation, 586-587; block at Rhode Island, 609; naval conflict with English in West Indies, 612-615; protest against separate articles of peace, 621-623. — See also Canada, Colonies, Indians, Louisiana, Mississippi River War, and Vol. I. |
| French, B.F., Historical Collections of Louisiana, 17, 316. |
| French and Indian War, 352-372. |
| Freneau, Philip, Poems, 19. |
| Friend, The, 293. |
| Frontier, skirmishes on the, 344-346; settlement of the, 392-393. — See also Indians, West. |
| Frothingham, Richard, Rise of the Republic, 22. |
| Fur trade, in Georgia, Carolina, and Virginia, 126; in Canada, 320-324. — See also Canada, French, Indians. |
| GATES, HORATIO, in command of the southern department, 606; recalled, 606; meeting with Greene, 610. |
| General histories, list of, 34. |
| Genoa, American archives at, 10. |
| George I, poem on his death, 258-260. |
| George III, value of letters, 2; character as Prince of Wales, 373-374; instances of his tyranny, 449-451; An Obstinate Guelph, 451-453; opinion of Chatham, 452; plans for conduct of the American war, 453; Correspondence, 453, 620; The Sudden Change of Sentiments, 619-620. — See also English, Revolution. |
| Georgia, reasons for settlement of, 110-113; character incorporating the trustees for establishing the colony, 111; settlement of, probable aid to England, 112; settlement of, probable aid to conversion of Indians, 113; benefactions solicited for, 114; Salzburg Germans in, 114- 116, 283-284; and unfavorable opinion of, 117; Trustees, The Question of Slavery in Georgia, 118-121; Whitefield's orphan-house, 122-124; need of relief in 1749, 124-126; manufactures and trade, 125-126; John Wesley in, 283-287; redemption of, 607. |
| Germanna (Va.), description, 235. |
| Germans, Palatines in New York, 77-79; question of naturalization, 101; the Salzburgers in Georgia, 114-116, 283-284; Washington's desire to import Palatines, |
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| 310-311; Mirabeau's appeal to the Hessians, 500-504; Hessian troops in Canada, 504-507; ill-feeling against English, 506-507; in Rhode Island, 578; Steuben in America, 582-585. |
| Germantown, Chew house at, 4; first vote against slavery, 291-293. |
| Goelet, Francis, Boston the Metropolis of North America, 61-63; Journal, 63, 243; Roisterers in Boston, 240-243. |
| Good, Sarah, tried as a witch, 40-43; testimony, 45-48. |
| Gordon, William, The Closing Scene, 627-629; History of the United States, 629. |
| Government, in general, 127-204; three powers of, 144-149; financial support of, 166-169; county, 205-208; local, 205-223; colonial city, 208-211; of Canada, 324-326; relation between governors and governed, 423-424. — See also Colonies, County, Courts, Governors, Towns. |
| Governor, official papers, as sources, 6; plea for patronage, 153; sample of commission and instructions, 154-161; money offered for office, 161-162; perquisites, 162-164; reasons for removal, 165-166; support, 167-168; reprimanded, 169-170; a veto message, 179-181; instructions, 184. — See also colonies by name and governors by name. |
| Grant, Anne, Memoirs, 18. |
| Grasse, Count de, naval exploits, 612-615. |
| Graydon, Alexander, Memoirs, 1, 21, 483; The Recruiting Service, 481-483. |
| Greene, George Washington, Life of Nathanael Greene, 19; Historical View of the Revolution, 34. |
| Greene, Nathanael, succeeds General Gates, 606; active in the south, 606-607; Affairs in the South, 609-612. |
| Grenville, George, scheme of taxation, 381-382. |
| Griffin, A.P.C., Bibliography of Historical Societies, 11, 23. |
| HALE, NATHAN, capture and death, 484-485. |
| Hamilton, Alexander, Battalions of Negroes, 488-490; Falling-off of the Character of Congress, 543-545. |
| Hamilton, Andrew, counsel in Zenger trial, 195-199. |
| Hamilton, Henry, surrender of Vincennes, 579-581. |
| Hamilton, James, governor of Pennsylvania, 86-87. |
| Hardy, Josiah, representation for his removal from New Jersey, 165-166. |
| Harpe, Bénard de la, Foundation of Louisiana, 312-316; Establishment of the French in Louisiana, 316. |
| Hart, Albert Bushnell, Guide to the Study of American History, 3-6, 11, 14, 16, 23, 26, 28; American History Leaflets, 5, 12, 20; Formation of the Union, 34. |
| Harvard College, library, 10; catalogue, 22; student life in 1758, 266-272. |
| Heath, William, Memoirs, 2, 21, 627; Foundation of the Society of the Cincinnati, 626-627. |
| Henderson, Richard, Riot of the North Carolina Regulators, 426-428. |
| Hening, W.W., Statutes-at-Large of Virginia, 5, 17. |
| Henning, George N., translator of Mirabeau's appeal to the Hessians, 504. |
| Henry, Patrick, argument in the "Parson's Cause," 105-106; A Warning against Conciliation, 586-587. |
| Henry, William Wirt, Patrick Henry, 587. |
| Herman, Ephraim, The Business of a County Court, 205-208. |
| Hessians. — See Germans. |
| Hewatt, Alexander, Historical Account of South Carolina and Georgia, 15. |
| Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Young Folks' History, 33; Larger History, 34. |
| Hills, G.M., History of the Church in Burlington, 474. |
| Hillsboro, Court House at, 4. |
| Hillsborough, Lord, interview with Franklin, 184-187. |
| Historical Magazine, 573. |
| Historical Manuscripts Commission, 5. |
| History, what is it, 1; literary value, 2; educative value, 3; contemporary, 9; historians enumerated, 14-16; collections of transcripts, 22; requirements for entrance |
| to college, 26. — See Table of Contents, Parts I, II. |
| Hoadly, Charles J., Public Records of Connecticut, 17, 202. |
| Holdernesse, Earl of, Royal Orders to Resist the French, 356-357. |
| Hopkins, Stephen, Planting and Growth of Providence, 15; The ALBANY PLAN of Union, 357-360; A True Representation, 360. |
| Hopkinson, Francis, humor, 4; Miscellaneous Essays, 21, 275, 565; A Skit on College Examinations, 272-275; The Battle of the Kegs, 562-565. |
| Hosmer, James Kendall, Life of Thomas Hutchinson, 19. |
| Houses, as sources, 4. |
| Howard, Martin, A Colonist's Defence of Taxation, 394-397; Letter from a Gentleman a Halifax, 397. |
| Humphrey, George P., American Colonial Tracts, 12. |
| Huntington, Benjamin, Regulation of Prices, 463-465; Letters, 465. |
| Hutchinson, Thomas, adviser of English government, 7; Collection of Papers, 12; material not limited, 15; History of Massachusets Bay, 15; Diary and Letters, 18; house attacked by a mob, 397-400; Troops and Sons of Liberty in Boston, 420-423; Letters, 423. |
| IBERVILLE, LEMOYNE D', in Louisiana, 312, 313, 315; at Schenectady, 337-339. |
| Imlay, Gilbert, Topographical Description, 21. |
| Independence, mentioned in 1748, 352-353; urged by South Carolina, 451; reasons for, 530-534; declared, 537-539; Mrs. Adams on, 552-553. — See also Revolution, Union, United States. |
| Indians, incited by the French, 57; in Georgia, 113, 126; instruction, 286; expedition among the Sioux, 313-315; importance of trade with, 318; relations with French and English, 320-324; domestic life,327-330; small-pox and brandy, 330-331; oratory, 331-334; character, 334-336; at Schenectady, 337-339; used by Spanish and English, 340-343; capture Daniel Boone, 383; before the Second Continental Congress, 529. — See also French, and Vol. I, Index. |
| Instructions, king's right of, questioned, 150-152; to envoys in France, 621-623. — See also Governor. |
| Intellectual life, in the colonies, 255-275. |
| Investigators, use of sources, 28. |
| Iron works, in Virginia, 236. |
| JAMESTOWN, once seat of government, 93. — See also Vol. I. |
| Jay, John, Correspondence, 19; Explanation of the Peace of 1782, 623-625. |
| Jay, William, Life of John Jay, 490. |
| Jefferson, Thomas, splendid sentences, 4; Drafting of the Declaration of Independence, 537-539; Writings, 539. |
| Jerseys. — See New Jersey. |
| Jews, in Georgia, 115. |
| Johns Hopkins University, Studies, 22. |
| Johnson, Samuel, prejudices, 31; A Diatribe on the American Arguments, 445-448; Taxation on Tyranny, 448. |
| Johnson, Sir William, A Flowery Speech to the Six Nations, 331-334. |
| Johnston, Alexander, History of the United States for Schools, 33. |
| Johnston, Gabriel, The Dissolution of an Assembly, 174-175. |
| Jones, John Paul, A Desperate SeaFight, 587-590; Life and Correspondence, 590. |
| Joseph, "the selling of," 293-297. |
| Journals, value as sources, 2, 7-8; list, 18. |
| Judges, colonial question of appointment, 202; character, 203. — See also Courts. |
| Judson, Harry Pratt, Growth of the American Nation, 33. |
| Juries, summoned, 188-189; charge to a grand jury, 189-191. — See also Courts. |
| KALM, Peter, Travels, 2, 21, 326, 331, 353; The Government of Canada, 324-326; Small Pox and Brandy among the Indians, 330-331; The question of Colonial Independence, 352-353. |
| Keith, Sir William, A Short Discourse on the Present State of the Colonies, 138-141. |
| Kennedy, Archibald, A Case of Smuggling, 249-250. |
| Kentucky, Daniel Boone's adventures, 383-385. |
| Kettell, Samuel, Specimens of American Poetry, 467. |
| King. — See English, George I, George III, and William III. |
| King, Rufus, providential escape, 577. |
| King's Bench, power over colonies, 149. |
| Knight, Sarah Kemble, cheerful spirit, 25; A Lady's Travel in New England, 224-229; Journal, 229. |
| Knox, John, The Fall of Quebec, 369-372; Historical Journal, 372. |
| LAFAYETTE, Marquis de, Arrival of a French Volunteer, 485-488; visited by Chastellux, 496; in the south, 607-609. |
| Lancaster (Mass.), records, 14. |
| Land, western, title to, 387-388; laws, 389; division lines, 390; productive value, 390-391; Virginia's claim, 579-582; Maryland's stand, 590-593. — See also West. |
| Laurens [Henry], Explanation of the Peace of 1782, 623-625. |
| Laws, value as sources, 2, 5; unsettled, 139-140; English 149-150; common law of England, 203-204. — See also Colonies, Court, Government. |
| Lawson Deodat, prejudiced, 31; SALEM WITCHES,35-40; Christ's Fidelity the only Shield against Satan's Malignity, 40. |
| Lecky, W.E.H., use of printed records, 22. |
| Lee, Charles, Memoirs, 18; captured, 560. |
| Lee, Robert Henry, Memoir of Richard Henry Lee, 19. |
| Lenox Library, 10. |
| Letters, value as sources, 2; lists, 18-21. |
| Lexington, conflict at, 546-550. |
| Libel, question of, 192-199. |
| Liberty, "Sons of," 420-423. |
| Liberty Tree, Paine's poem on, 454-455. |
| Libraries, introduction for, 1-34l containing sources, 10; of selected sources, 14-21; valuable catalogues, 22; use of sources, 29; Franklin's interest, 233-234. — See also Intellectual life. |
| Library of Congress, 10. |
| Liquor, not allowed on the Sabbath, 208; license, 210; fatal to Indians, 330-331. |
| Local government, colonial, 205-223. — See also Colonies, Government, Towns. |
| Logan, James, The Separation of Delaware, 72-74. |
| Lodge, Henry Cabot, English Colonies in America, 34; George Washington, 34. |
| London Gazette, Conflicting accounts of Lexington and Concord, 546-550; 550. |
| Long Island, in 1760, 89. |
| Longmeadow (Mass.), life in, 455-457. |
| Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, records of, 6; minutes of, 10; Rhode Island to, 49-52; Proposal to United the Two Jerseys, 68-72; board created, 129-131; The Commission and Instructions of a Governor, 154-161; Recommendation for the Removal of a Governor, 165-166; Disallowance of a Colonial Bill, 183-184; Paper Money Forbidden, 254; A Slave Act Disallowed, 297-298. |
| Lords of Trade. — See Lords Commissioners. — See also Colonies and Vol. I. |
| Lottery, in Maryland, 102. |
| Louisburg, expedition, 346-349. |
| Louisiana, foundation, 4, 312-316; Historical Collections,17; Bienville in, 312-213, 315-316; Le Sueur in, 313-315. — See also French. |
| Lovewell, Captain, at Pigwacket, 344-346. |
| Loyalists, in the colonies, 470-480. — See also Revolution. |
| Lucas, Eliza, A South Carolina Settlement, 99-100; Journal and Letters, 100, 240; A Modern Woman, 238-240. |
| McCRACKAN, W.D., Huntington Letters, 465. |
| Machiavelli, John Wesley on, 285. |
| Mackenzie, A.S., Life of Paul Jones, 19. |
| McMaster, John Bach, School History of the United States, 33. |
| Madison, James, southern campaign, 2; A Review of the War, 606-609; Letters and other Writings, 609. |
| Manuscripts, as sources, 5. |
| Marshall, Christopher, Diary, 18. |
| Marshall, John, Life of George Washington, 20. |
| Maryland, printed records, 6; Archives, 17, 21, 102, 524; naturalizing Germans, 101; land in, 101; ecclesiastical benefices, 101; Ohio expedition, 102; governor's house uncompleted for want of money, 102; government, 143; Revolutionary convention, 519-524; The Confederation Incomplete, 591-593; signs Articles of Confederation, 604. — See also Vol. I, Index. |
| Mason and Dixon's Line, running of, 107-109. — See also Boundaries, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Vol. I. |
| Massachusetts, printed records, 6; witches in, 35-48; condition, 52; charters, 133; government, 143; town-meetings, 220, 401; Boston life, 240; paper money, 251; earthquake, 261; newspaper, 262; college life, 266; slavery, 293; Indian wars, 344; Louisburg, 346; writs of assistance, 374; acts of trade, 415; "Sons of Liberty," 420; Boston troubles, 429-433; influence in Congress, 434, 442, 525, 537, 539; mobs, 458-461; war in, 546-554; paper money, 601. — See also New England and Vol. I. |
| Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, 117; Proceedings, 400, 433. |
| Mather, Cotton, style, 4; Magnalia, 15, 21; Some Account of the Earthquake that Shook New England, 261-262; The Terror of the Lord, 262. — See also Vol. I. Index. |
| Mather, Increase, A Protest against a Wicked Newspaper, 262-263. — See also Vol. I. Index. |
| Maury, Ann, Memoirs of a Huguenot Family, 106. |
| Maury, James, had little knowledge of law, 31; The Parson's Opinion of "The Parson's Cause," 103-106. |
| Mead, Edwin Doak, Old South Leaflets, 12. |
| Meigs, Return Jonathan, Journal, 18. |
| Mercenaries. — See Hessians. |
| Methodists, in America, 283-287. — See also Religion. |
| Middle colonies, history, 65-89. — See also Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. |
| Military affairs. — See War. |
| Militia, in Indian war, 340-349; in French war, 360-367, 369-372; recruiting, 481; Washington on, 490-492, 560-562; at Lexington, 546-550; at New York, 554; at Valley Forge, 568; at Newport, 575; in the northwest, 579; General Greene on, 611. — See also Army, Revolution. |
| Ministers, writings, 9; salary, 210; responsibility of British, 378-380. — See also Vol. I. |
| Mirabeau, Count de, Appeal to the Hessians Sold by their Princes, 500-504; Œuvres, 504. |
| Mississippi River, French on, 95-96. — See also French, Louisiana, West. |
| Mobs, in New Jersey, 80-84; Stamp Act, 397-400; in North Carolina, 426; "tea-party," 431; Revolutionary, 458; against loyalists, 472-476. — See also Loyalists, Riots, Stamp Act. |
| Money, colonial paper, 251-254; present to soldiers, 468-469; Revolutionary paper, 594-603. — See also Finances. |
| Monseignat, General, The Taking of Schenectady, 337-339. |
| Montcalm, Marquis, death, 372. |
| Montesquieu, Charles de, A French Publicist's View of the British Constitution, 144-149; The Spirit of laws, 149. |
| Montgomery, D.H., Student's American History, 33. |
| Monuments, as sources, 2, 4. |
| Moore, Frank, Diary of the Revolution, 12, 21, 461, 476, 604; Songs and Ballads, 12, 485. |
| Moore, George H., Slavery in Massachusetts, 293, 297. |
| Morris, Lewis, his veto, 2; commission, 154-158; instructions, 158-161; A Determined Veto Message, 179-181; The State of Religion in the Jerseys, 276-279. |
| Morris, Robert, The Foundation of the Navy, 556-559; The Bank of North America, 605. |
| Morse, John T., Benjamin Franklin, 34. |
| Mount Vernon, a sources, 4. — See also Washington, George. |
| Mowry, W.A. and A.M., History of the United States for Schools, 33. |
| Munsell, Joel, Historical Series, 11; Annals of Albany, 211. |
| Museums, sources in, 5; Americana in British Museum, 10. |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM, collections, 5. |
| Navigation Acts, of 1696, 127-129; evasion of, 249; complaints, 415. — See also Lords Commissioners, Smuggling. |
| Navy, American, privateering, 497-499, 557, 558; condition of, 556-559; fight between Bon Homme Richard and Serapis, 587-590; need of, 596; control in West Indies, 612-615. — See also Revolution, War. |
| Navy, English, advantage over America, 608-609; loses control in West Indies, 612-615. — See also Revolution, War. |
| Neal, Daniel, History of New-England, 16, 55; An Historical Sketch of New England, 52-55. |
| Negroes, in American army, 488-490, 527-528. — See also Abolitionist, Slavery. |
| Nelson, William, Documents relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, 13, 21, 302, 351. |
| Newark, riot in, 81. |
| New England, from 1692 to 1775, 35-64; condition in 1720, 52-55; loyalty of the people, 55; Cape Breton, 59; Adams's love for, 63-64; charter governments, 133-137; reason for growth, 135; loss of charters, 135-136; travel in 1704, 224-229; earthquake, 261-262; in Indian war, 344-346; in Stamp Act controversy, 397-402; in revenue controversy, 415-417, 420-423, 429-433; in the Revolution, 455-461, 534-537, 546-554. — See also Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vol. I. |
| New England Courant, Mather's denunciation of the, 262-263. |
| New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 63, 243. |
| New Hampshire, value of records, 6; Records, 17, 21; condition in 1731, 55-58; salaries, 58; government, 143; constitution drawn up, 534-536; protest against the constitution, 536-537. — See also New England and Vol. I. |
| New-Hampshire Historical Society, Collections, 58. |
| New Jersey, Documents, 13, 21, 84, 161, 166, 179, 181, 254, 298, 302, 351, granted to the Duke of York, 69; regranted, 69; conflicting claims, 70-72, Concerning the Riots & Insurrections in New Jersey, 80-84; government, 143; governors, 154-161, 165-166; minutes of the Council, 175-179; state of religion, 276-279; beginning of college, 288; slave act disallowed, 297-298. — See also Middle Colonies and Vol. I |
| New Jersey Historical Society, Proceedings, 279. |
| Newport, State House at, 4; campaign at, 575-578. — See also Rhode Island. |
| Newspapers, as sources, 9; Franklin's venture, 229-235; Mather's denunciation, 262-263; advertisements, 298-302; A Spanish Privateer in the Delaware, 349-351. — See also Intellectual Life. |
| "New Style," chronological reckoning, 24. |
| New York, Documents, 13, 17, 21, 79, 131, 154, 162, 164, 170, 184, 247, 250, 253, 290, 334, 339, 356, 367, 387, 412; Palatine Germans, 77-79; city in 1760, 87; governors, 143, 153, 161, 162, 169; disallowance, 183; Zenger prosecution, 192-199; Albany government, 208-211; pirates, 244-247; smuggling, 249-250; fur trade, 320; Schenectady taken, 323, 337-339; Sir William Johnson, 331-334; Albany Congress, 357-360; Stamp Act Congress, 402; military prisoners, 508; John André, 515; abandoned by the Americans, 554; siege, 608-609. |
| New York City. — See New York. |
| New York Historical Society, Collections, 19. |
| New York Public Library, 10. |
| New York Weekly Journal, libels in, 193; advertisements in, 298. |
| Nicholson, Francis, popularity, 90-91, change in his attitude, 91; disliked, 92-94. |
| Niles, Hezekiah, Principles and Acts, 12, 21, 472; Weekly Register, 404. |
| North Briton, 380. |
| North Carolina, value of records, 6; Records, 13, 175, 192, 214, 248, 428; regulators in, 426-428. — See also Carolinas. |
| Nova Scotia Historical Society, Report and Collections, 365. |
| O'CALLAGHAN, Edmund Bailey, and Pernow, Berthold, Documents relative to the Colonial History of New-York, 13, 17, 21, 79, 131, 154, 162, 164, 170, 184, 247,
250, 253, 290, 334, 339, 356, 357, 367, 387, 412. |
| Odell, Jonathan, The Arrest of a Loyalist Parson, 472-474. |
| Officers, Goelet, 61, 240; Waterman, 214; Byrd,235; Carver, 334; Monseignat, 337; French, 337, 365; Brewton, 340; Lovewell, 344; Curwen, 346; Winslow, 360; Braddock, 365 ; Knox, 369 ; Chastellux, 392, 495; Scammell, 461; Washington, 467, 490, 559, 594; Graydon, 481; Lafayette, 485 ; Hamilton, 488, 543; Thacher, 493; Drowne, 497; Pausch, 504; Boudinot, 508; Simcoe, 511 ; André, 515; Clinton, 554; Riedesel, 565; Burgoyne, 565; Waldo, 568; Trumbull, 575; Clark, 579; Steuben, 582; De Kalb, 585; Jones, 587; Greene, 609; De Grasse, 612; Cornwallis, 615 ; Heath, 626. — See also Army, Revolution, War. |
| Oglethorpe, James Edward, Designs of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, 110-114; Establishment of the Colony of Georgia, 114; receives the Salzburgers in Georgia, 115-116; oversees building of forts, 116-117. |
| Ohio River, question of importing Germans, 310-311; ownership, 354-356; plan to found a colony, 386-387; early settlements, 387-391. — See also Kentucky, West. |
| Old South Church, at Boston, 4. |
| Old South Leaflets, 5, 12, 21. |
| "Old Style," chronological reckoning, 24. |
| Old Testament, argument against slavery, 293-297. |
| Oratory, among the Indians, 331-334: in First Continental Congress, 438. |
| Orphan-house, in Georgia, 122-124. |
| Orthodox. — See Religion. |
| Osburne, Sarah, tried as a witch, 43-45, testimony, 45-48. |
| Osgood, Herbert L., on colonial government, 32. |
| Otis, James, Argument on Writs of Assistance, 374-378. |
| Owners and Masters, All Sorts of Runaways, 298-302. |
| PAINE, Thomas, Common Sense, 2, 534; Writings, 21; Liberty Tree, 454-455; Pennsylvania Magazine, 455; A Call for Independence, 530-534; Mrs. Adams's opinion, 552-553. |
| Palatines. — See Germans, New York. |
| Palfrey, J. G., History of New England, 22. |
| Pamphlets, as sources, 2, 7. |
| Paper money. — See Finances, Money. |
| Papists, compared with infidels, 286. |
| Parkman, Francis, transcripts of documents, 22, 28; use of sources, 26. |
| Parliament, Extracts from a Navigation Act, 127-129; control of colonial charters, 137; colonial authority, 149, 394-396, 409, 410; examination of Franklin, 407; effect of Stamp Act, 409-410; repeals Stamp Act, 411-412; revenue scheme, 413 ; defended by Johnson, 445; relations with crown, 449-453; conciliation, 586; "change of sentiments," 619. —
See also England. |
| Parson's Cause," jury, 103-104; testimony, 104; verdict, 104; Patrick Henry's argument, 105-106. |
| Patriots, arguments, 442, 449 ; proceedings, 454-469; violence, 458, 470-476; spirit criticised, 482; state governments, 519, 534; independence, 537-539. — See also Revolution. |
| Pausch, Georg, prejudiced, 31; Army Life, 504-507; Journal, 507. |
| Peabody Institute, catalogue, 22. |
| Peabody Museum, collections, 5. |
| Peace of 1782, French attitude toward America, 621-623; explanation, 623-625; effects, 629-632. |
| Penhallow, Samuel, History of the Wars of New-England, 16. |
| Penn, Thomas, unpopularity, 85. |
| Pennsylvania, value of records, 6 ; University of, library, 10; Colonial Records |
| 17; Archives, 17 ; condition in 1698, 65-68 ; home for the poor, 68; separation of Delaware, 72; Philadelphia, 74-77; political history, 85-87; growth, 113; government, 143; election in, 171-172; county court in, 205; Franklin's almanacs, 263 ; state of religion, 278 ; Quakers against slavery, 291; Braddock's defeat, 365; Congresses in Philadelphia, 434, 442, 525, 543; "Battle of the Kegs," 562; Valley Forge, 568; confederation, 604. — See also Middle Colonies and Vol. I. |
| Pennsylvania Farmer. — See Dickinson, John. |
| Pennsylvania Gazette, 299-302. |
| Pennsylvania Hall, as a source, 4. |
| Pennsylvania Historical Society, transcripts of minutes of Lords of Trade, 10; Memoirs, 20, 208. |
| Pennsylvania Journal, 301. |
| Pennsylvania Magazine, 455. |
| Pennsylvania Packet, 476; The Federal Arch Completed, 604. |
| Perquimans. — See Courts. |
| Perry, W. S., Collections relating to the American Colonial Church, 13. |
| Pettit, Charles, describes local politics, 25; A Colonial Election, 171-172. |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hall, 4; Old Swedes' Church, 4; description in, 1710, 74-77; violent election, 85-86; Adams's impression of, 439; threatened, 559-560; British annoyed at, 562-565. — See also Pennsylvania. |
| Physicians, as writers, 9. |
| Pigwacket, fight at, 344-346. |
| Pirates, official protection, 244-247; in the Delaware, 349-351. |
| Pitch and tar, manufacture of, 96-97. |
| Pitt, William, Correspondence, 19, 369; Anecdotes of the Life of, 19; The Empire is no More, 367-369; An Englishman's Protest against Taxation, 404-407. |
| Plain English, Reign of King Mob, 458-461. |
| Poetry, list of examples, 9. — See also Intellectual Life. |
| Poore, Ben Perley, Federal and State Constitutions, 5, 13. |
| Population, of New England in 1720, 52-53; of New Hampshire in 1731, 57 ; of America in 1766, 408. |
| Pownall, Thomas, adviser of English government, 7; Administration of the Colonies, 21, 152, 169, 183, 204; The Effect of Royal Instructions, 150-152; The Ground of Dispute over Salaries, 166-169; How to Avoid a Governor's Veto, 182-183; Defects of Colonial Judicature, 202-204. |
| Precinct court, business, 191-192. — See also Courts. |
| Preston, H. W., Documents illustrative of American History, 5. |
| Prices, question of regulation, 463-465. — See also Finances. |
| Prisons, English military, 508-511. |
| Privateers, in the Delaware, 349-351; life on, 497-499; fondness for, 557, 558. — See also Navy, War. |
| Privy Council, against colonial misgovernment, 149; appeal case before, 200-202. — See also English, Government, Laws. |
| Proclamations, value as sources, 2. |
| Proud, Robert, History of Pennsylvania, 16, 87; Politics in Pennsylvania, 85-87. |
| Providence, Records, 14, 17, 21, 219; business of a town-meeting, 214-219. — See also Rhode Island. |
| Public Record Office, contains colonial manuscripts, 10. |
| Publishers' Weekly, lists of books, 14. |
| Punishments, by petit jury, 192; military, 493-494. — See also Courts, Prisons. |
| Pupils, practical introduction for, 1-34; use of sources by, 25. |
| Pynchon, William, Diary, 2, 21, 603; table-talk, 25 ; rumors, 31; Not Worth a Continental, 601-603. |
| QUAKERS, arguments with Orthodox ministers, 279-282; The First Vote against Slavery, 291-293 ; arguments against slavery, 302-308. — See also Religion, Slavery, and Vol. I. |
| Quebec, taken by the English, 369-372. — See also Canada, French. |
| Queen Anne's War, 324, 340-341. |
| Queen's Rangers, in the English army, 511-513. |
| Quincy, Josiah, Memoir of Josiah Quincy, Jr., 20. |
| Quincy, Josiah, Jr., The Hutchinson Riot, 397-400; Diary, 400. |
| Quincy, Samuel, A New England Man in Georgia, 116-117. |
| R.H., A Tory's Recantation, 470-472. |
| Ramsay, David, History of the American Revolution, 16, 632; History of South Carolina, 16; The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolution,629-632. |
| Randolph, Edward, mission to America, 30; Report of an Investigating Agent in Carolina, 94-98. — See also Vol. I. |
| Raynal, Abbé, on the American colonies, 541, 584. |
| Read, Charles, Minutes of a Colonial Council, 175-179. |
| Readers, use of sources by, 26, 28, 29. |
| Reconciliation, or independence, 530-534. |
| Record Commission, of Boston, Reports, 17; Records of Providence, 219. |
| Records, colonial, value, 2, 5-6 ; lists, 14-21. |
| Records of Salem Witchcraft, 48. |
| Recruiting, difficulties attending, 481-483, 586. — See also Army. |
| Reed, Esther, Woman's Work for the Soldiers, 467-469. |
| Reed, William B., Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, 172, 469, 612. |
| Refugees, life of, 473, 477-480 ; pensions for, 478-480 ; article in treaty, 624. |
| Regulators, in North Carolina, 426-428. |
| Religion, in New England, 54; in the Jerseys, 276-279; in Pennsylvania, 278; Quakers and Orthodox ministers, 279-282; Wesley in Georgia, 283-287; converts from Romish church, 286; Governor Belcher's letter, 287-289; plan for American bishops, 289-290, 418-420. — See also Quakers. |
| Reminiscence, caution on, 1 ; value of, 7-8 ; list of books, 18. |
| Representation, of colonies, 395-396; unequal, 542. — See also Colonies, Congress, Election, Government. |
| Revenue, a governor's, 162; colonial, 166, 173. 179; local, 205, 208, 214; protective duties, 247; Grenville's scheme, 381; a colonist's defence, 394; Pitt's protest, 404; repeal of Stamp Act, 411; revenue controversy, 413-433 ; discussions in Congress, 525; Revolutionary, 594, 601. — See also Finances. |
| Revolution, sources classified, 4; works illustrative, 7; predictions, 352; causes, 373-453; writs of assistance, 374; arbitrary power in England, 378; Grenville's scheme, 381 ; Stamp Act controversy, 394-412; Hutchinson riot, 397; taxation opposed by Cambridge, 401; by Stamp Act Congress, 402; by Pitt, 404; by Franklin, 407; by Dickinson, 423; by Drayton, 449; taxation defended by Howard, 394; by Conway, 411; by Townshend, 413; by Johnson, 445; question of trade, 415; question of episcopacy, 418; troops in Boston, 420; "Sons of Liberty," 420; regulators, 426 ; Boston "massacre," 429; "tea-party,"431; patriot arguments, 401, 402, 407, 415, 423, 442, 449, 454; loyalist arguments, 394, 420, 439, 445, 472, 477; English feeling, 404, 445; character of George III, 373, 449; revenue controversy, 413-433; issue of coercion, 434-453; First Continental Congress, 434; "Association," 439; Second Continental Congress, 442, 525; charges of tyranny, 449; attitude of George III, 451; conditions of the Revolution, 454-518; the patriots, 454-469; public sentiment, 454, 455, 458, 465; mobs, 458; arrests, 458, 472; soldiers, 461, 467, 481, 484; prices, 463; woman's work, 467, 550; Washington, 467, 490, 495; loyalists, 470-480; popular hatred, 470, 474; refugees, 477; American forces, 481-499; recruits, 481; Nathan Hale, 484 ; French aid, 485, 495; negroes, 488; militia, 490; punishments, 493; privateering, 497 ; British forces, 500-518; Hessians, 500-507; prisons, 508; loyalist corps, 511; navy, 514, 556, 587; André, 515; progress of the Revolution, 519-632; union and independence, 519-545; Revolutionary conventions, 519; in Congress, 525, 543; call for independence, 530; state constitutions, 534; Declaration of Independence, 537; Articles of |
| Confederation, 539 ; first stage of the war, 546-573; Lexington and Concord, 546; siege of Boston, 550; New York campaign, 554; Washington's discouragement, 559; British in Philadelphia, 562; Burgoyne's campaign, 565; Valley Forge, 568; French alliance, 574-590; treaty, 574; Newport campaign, 575; conquest of the Illinois,
579; foreign officers, 582; conciliation, 586 ; Paul Jones's fight, 587 ; crisis in domestic affairs, 591-605; confederation delayed, 591; finances, 594, 598; paper money, 601; confederation completed, 604; bank, 605; end of the war, 606-618; operations, 606; Greene in the south, 609; French fleet, 612; surrender at Yorktown, 615; peace, 619-632; Parliament favorable, 619; negotiations, 621, 623; the Cincinnati, 626 ; Washington's retirement, 627; advantages and disadvantages, 629. — See also Army, Confederation, Congress, English, Independence, Loyalists, Militia, Navy, Officers, Taxation. |
| Rhode Island, Records, 17 ; explanation to the Lords of Trade, 49-52 ; government, 143 ; General Assembly, Proceedings of a Colonial Legislature, 173-174; question of taxation, 394-397; operations in, 575-578. — See also Government, New England, Providence. |
| Rhode Island Historical Society, Collections, 15. |
| Rhode Island Historical Tracts. — See Rider, S. S. |
| Ricord, F. W., and Nelson, W., Documents relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, 13, 21, 166, 181. |
| Rider, S. S., Rhode Island Historical Tracts, 11, 360. |
| Riedesel, Baroness von, Letters and Memoirs, 21, 568; The Surrender of Burgoyne, 565-568. |
| Riots, in New Jersey, 80; Stamp Act,; in North Carolina, 426; "tea-party," 431; Revolutionary, 458; anti-Tory, 472. — See also Mobs. |
| Rivers, W. J., History of South Carolina, 98. |
| Rivington's Gazette, 461, 515. |
| Rochambeau, Count de, Memoirs, 18. |
| Rogers, Robert, Journals, 18. |
| Rowland, Kate Mason, Life of George Mason, 20. |
| Roxbury, condition of camp at, 552. |
| SABBATH, law to prevent breaking the; 208. — See also Religion. |
| Sabin, Joseph, Dictionary of Books relating to America, 22. |
| Sagas, Norse, a source, 1. — See also Vol. I. |
| Sailors. — See Navy. |
| St. Augustine, importance to the English, 318-320; besieged by the English, 340; receives runaway slaves, 341-344. |
| St. Paul s Parish, The Record of a Vestry Meeting, 212-214. |
| Salaries, a ground of dispute, 166-169. — See also Revenue. |
| Salem Gazette, Conflicting Accounts of Lexington and Concord, 546-550' 550. |
| Salzburgers. — See Germans. |
| Sands, R. C, John Paul Jones, 590. |
| Saratoga, British earthworks at, 2; surrender of Burgoyne, 565-568. |
| Sargent, Winthrop, Loyalist Poetry, 13; Letters of John Andrews, 433' Loyal Verses of Stansbury and Odell, 515. |
| Saunders, William L., Colonial Records of North Carolina, 13, 175, 192, 214, 248, 428. |
| Savannah, reception of Salzburg Germans, 114; business center, 126. |
| Scammell, Alexander, manuscript letter, 5, 463; A Soldier's Love-Letter, 461-463. |
| Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Maryland, 109. |
| Schenectady, taking of, 323, 337-339. |
| Schools, value of sources in, 3; list of histories for, 33. — See College. |
| Schuyler, Philip, kindness to Madame Riedesel, 568. |
| Seabury, Samuel.— See Beardsley, E. E. |
| Seeker, Thomas, A Plan for American Bishops, 289-290. |
| Second Continental Congress, The Necessity of Self-Defence, 442-445; activities, 525-530; degeneracy, 543-545. — See also Congress. |
| Secondary works, use of, 28, 32; list, 32-34. |
| Selectman, election of John Adams, 220-222; duties, 223. — See also Towns. |
| Serapis, captured, 587-590. |
| Servants, runaway, advertisements for, 298-302; white, wretched condition of, 308-310; plan to import Palatines as, 310-311; — See also Slavery. |
| Seventy-Six Society, Papers relating to Massachusetts, 417. |
| Sewall, Samuel, Diary, 21, 48; Guilt Contracted by the Witch Judges,48; The Selling of Joseph, 293-297; The Selling of Joseph, 297. — See also Vol. I. |
| Sharpe, Horatio, Routine in Maryland 100-102; Correspondence, 102. |
| Sharpe [William], The State of the National Debt, 598-600. |
| Simancas (Spain), archives at, 10. |
| Simcoe, John Graves, animosity against the patriots, 30; A Loyalist Corps,511-513; Journal, 513. |
| Sioux. — See Indians. |
| Slavery, introduction into Georgia, 118-121; Quakers' first vote, 291-293; Sewall's arguments, 293-297; New Jersey act disallowed, 297-298; advertisements for runaways, 300-301; Quaker arguments, 302-308; conditions of, 307; captures by the Spanish, 341; fugitives to Florida, 342; insurrection, 343; in Jefferson's draft, 539; discussion in Congress, 539-541. |
| Sloane, William M., The French War and the Revolution, 34. |
| Smallwood, William, relations with Gates, 610-611. |
| Smith, Richard, The Activities of the Continental Congress, 525-530; Diary, 530. |
| Smith, Samuel, History of the Colony of Nova-Cœsaria, or New-Jersey, 16, 72. |
| Smith, William, History of New-York, 16. |
| Smuggling, in New York, 249-250; practice in the colonies, 396-397. — See also Lords
Commissioners. |
| Soldiers, French, 337,365; Spanish, 340; colonial, 344, 346, 360; Braddock's, 365; at Quebec, 369 ; life of, 461-463 ; aid for, 467-469; recruiting, 481; spies, 484, 515; negroes, 488 ; militia, 490; punishments, 493; Hessians, 500-507; prisons, 508; loyalists, 511; circumstances, 572. — See also Army, Camp Life, War. |
| Sources, what are they, 1 ; reminiscence, 1,7-8, 18; educative value, 3; classification, 4-9 ; journals, 7-8, 18; libraries containing, 10; reprints, 11-13; select library, 14-21; contemporary historians, 14-16; public records, 16 ; collections, 16, 19,20; memoirs, 18 ; biographies, 19; how to find, 22; use by teachers, 24; use by pupils, 25; use by students, 27; use by investigators, 28; use by readers, 28; relations with secondary works, 28, 32; use by libraries, 29 ; caution in using, 30. |
| South, colonies, 90-109; trade in, 94; a lady in, 99, 238; government in, 100; "Parson's Cause," 103; Mason and Dixon's Line, 107; Georgia, 110-126; Germans, 114; a New England man, 116; slavery, 118; orphan-house, 122; juries, 189; precinct court, 191; vestry meeting, 212; society, 235; danger from Louisiana, 316; border fights with Spanish, 340; Kentucky settlement, 383,387; regulators, 426; "Association,"439; Drayton on tyranny, 449; Revolutionary convention, 519; land quarrels, 591; southern campaigns, 606, 609 ; Yorktown campaign, 615. — See also Carolinas, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, and Vol. I. |
| South Carolina, Historical Collections, 17; description in 1699, 94-98 ; fear of French
settlements, 95-96; pitch and tar, 96-97; description in 1742, 99-100; fear of Spaniards, 100; invaded, 341-342 ; slave insurrection, 343; campaigns in, 606-608. — See also Carolinas, Slavery, South, and Vol. I. |
| South Sea, claims to, 542. |
| Southwell, Edward, An Appeal Case in the Privy Council, 200-202. |
| Spaniards, feared by South Carolina, 100; depredations on the English, 340-344; privateer in the Delaware, 349-351. — See also War and Vol. I. |
| Sparks, Jared, Correspondence of the American Revolution, 13, 21; Diplomatic Correspondence, 13, 605; Writings of George |
| Washington, 21; transcripts of documents, 22, 28. |
| Special reports, preparation of, 26. — See also Topical Study. |
| Spotswood, Alexander, home life, 235-238; iron works, 236; Danger from the French Mississippi Settlements,316-320; Official Letters, 320. |
| Spy, Nathan Hale, 484-485 ; John André, 5I5-5I8. |
| Stamp Act, duties suggested in 1728, 141; defended by a colonist, 394-397; riot against, 397-400; remonstrance, 401-402; declaration by Congress, 402-404; opposed by Pitt, 404-407; Franklin on, 407-411; repealed, 411-412. — See also English, Revenue, Revolution. |
| Stamp Act Congress, Declarations of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonists, 402-404. |
| Stansbury, Joseph, The Lords of the Main, 514-515. |
| State Historical Societies, bibliography of, 11, 23; records printed by, 16. |
| States, records, 5-6, 17; early conventions, 519; on independence, 530, 537; first constitution, 534 ; on Articles of Confederation, 539, 591, 604. — See also Colonies, Revolution, United States, and states by name. |
| Statutes of the Realm, 129. |
| Stedman, C., The American War, 16. |
| Stedman and Hutchinson, Library of American Literature, 13, 21. — See also Vol. I. |
| Stephens, William, Mr. Whitefield's Orphan-House, 122-124; Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, 124. |
| Steuben, Baron von, on the American army, 24; A Foreign Officer Well Received, 582-585 ; General Smallwood unwilling to submit to, 611. — See also Officers. |
| Stille, Charles Janeway, Life and Times of John Dickinson, 20; Anthony Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line, 20. |
| Stokes, Anthony, View of the Constitution, 13. |
| Stone, W. L., Letters of Brunswick and Hessian Officers, 21, 585. |
| Storrs, R. S., Proceedings at Longmeadow Centennial Celebration, 457. |
| Story, Thomas, on colonial churches, 24; poor descriptive power, 31; A Quaker's Arguments with Orthodox Ministers,279-282; Journal, 282. |
| Students, practical introduction for, 1-34; use of sources, 27; colonial, 266, 272. — See also College. |
| Sudbury, Wayside Inn at, 4. |
| Swedes Church, at Philadelphia, 4. |
| Swiss Gentleman, How Juries were Summoned,188-189; Letter from South Carolina, 189. |
| TAILFER, PATRICK, and others, Narrative of the Colony of Georgia, 121. |
| Tarleton, Sir Banastre, raid of, 608. |
| Taxation, city, 209; Grenville's scheme, 381-382; a colonist's defence of, 394-397 ; without representation, 395-396; Pitt's protest, 404-407; Franklin's deposition, 407-411; repeal of the Stamp Act, 411-412; Townshend's scheme, 413-415; Sam Johnson's scheme, 445-448; Revolutionary, 528, 595. — See also Finances, Revenue, Stamp Act, Tea. |
| Tea, in Boston harbor, 431-433; considered by Congress, 528. |
| Teachers, practical introduction for, 1-34; use of sources by, 24. |
| Text-books, use of, 27, 32; list of, 33-34. |
| Thacher, James, Military Journal, 21,494; Military Punishments, 493-494.
Thomas, Allen C., History of the United States, 33. |
| Thomas, Gabriel, quaintness, 4; Pennsylvania, the Poor Man's Paradise, 65-68; Historical and Geographical Account of Pensilvania, 68. |
| Thomas, Sir George, administration of Pennsylvania, 85-86. |
| Thompson, E., Difficulties in Framing a State Constitution, 534-537. |
| Thomson, William. — See Stedman, C. |
| Thornton, J. W., Pulpit of the Revolution, 13. |
| Thwaites, R.G., The Colonies, 34. |
| Tilghman, Tench, Memoir, 18. |
| Tobacco, testimony as to its value in the "Parson's Cause," 104. |
| "Tomahawk rights," to lands on the Ohio, 388, 390. |
| Topical Study, subjects for, 24, 27 ; use of sources, 26, 32. |
| Tories, in Longmeadow, 457; compelled to recant, 470-472; arrest, 472-474; denounced, 474-476; refugee, 477-480; in the army, 511-513; poetry of, 514-515. — See also Loyalists, Revolution. |
| Tower, Charlemagne, Jr., Lafayette in the American Revolution, 20. |
| Towns, records of meetings, 5, 6, 14, 21; proceedings in Providence, 214-219; expenses, 215-217; officers, 217-219; election in Boston, 220-222; duties of a selectman, 223. — See also Boston, Concord, East Hampton, Government, Lancaster, New England, Providence,
Watertown, Worcester. |
| Townshend, Charles, revenue scheme, 413-415. |
| Trade, in New England, 53; in New Hampshire, 56; in Georgia, 125-126; in furs, 126, 320-324; protective duties, 247-248; smuggling, 249-250; currency, 251-254; with Indians, 318; Indian traders, 327-330; England's control, 407; complaint against acts of, 415-417; continental currency, 601-603. — See a;so Lords Commissioners. |
| Transcripts, from earliest editions, 11, 23; collections of, 22, 28; exact, 23-24. |
| Travels, value as sources, 2, 8; Goelet, 61, 240; Thomas, 65; Casteiman, 74; Burnaby, 87; Quincy, 116; Madam Knight, 224 ; Story, 279 ; Wesley, 283; Woolman, 302; La Harpe, 312; Kalm, 324, 330, 352; Carver, 334; Doddridge, 387; Chastellux, 392, 495; Curwen, 477; Lafayette, 485; Madame Riedesel, 565; Steuben, 582. — See also Government, Religion, Trade. |
| Treaty, with France, 574-575 ; French protest against separate articles, 621-623; with England, 623-625. |
| Trial, witches, 35-48 ; "Parson's Cause,"103-106; John Peter Zenger, 192-199. — See also Courts. |
| Trumbull, J. H., Public Records of Connecticut, 17. |
| Trumbull, John, Autobiography, 21, 578; A Dashington Young Officer in the Field, 575-578. |
| Tucker, George, Life of Thomas Jefferson, 20. |
| Tuckerman, Henry T., America and her Commentators, 30. |
| Tudor, John, An Eye-Witness of the Boston Massacre, 429-431; Diary, 431. |
| Tudor, William, Life of James Otis, 20. |
| Tudor, William, Deacon Tudor's Diary, 429-431. |
| Tyler, Moses Coit, History of American Literature, 11, 22, 30; Literary History of the Revolution,11, 22, 30; use of printed records, 22. |
| UNION, the Albany Plan, 357-360; steps toward, 519-545. — See also Confederation, Independence. |
| United States of America, preparatory Congresses, 402, 434, 525; army, 481-499; navy, 497, 556, 587; independence, 530, 537 ; Articles of Confederation, 539 ; falling-off, 543 ; military affairs, 546-618; treaties, 574, 623; confederation completed, 591,604; finances, 594, 598; paper money, 601; bank, 605; Washington's retirement, 627. — See also America, Army, Colonies, Confederation, Congress, Finances, Revolution, War. |
| University of Pennsylvania, Americana, 10. |
| Upland, County Court, 205-208. |
| VALLEY FORGE, life at, 568-573- |
| Van Schaack, H. C., Life of Peter Van Schaack, 20. |
| Venice, archives at, 10. |
| Vergennes, Count de, A Protest against the Breach of the Instructions of Congress, 621-623. |
| Vestry. — See St. Paul's. |
| Veto, a governor's, 179-181 ; how to be avoided, 182-183. |
| Vincennes, capture of, 579-582. |
| Virginia, Statutes, 5, 17; importance of records, 14; Andros and Nicholson, 90-94; growth, 113; government, 143; society, 235-238 ; iron works, 236 ; alarm at French settlements, 316; territorial controversy with the French, 354, 356; Braddock's campaign, 365; Kentucky, 383, 386; "Association," 439 ; boundary, 542-543; furnishing soldiers, 586; land claims, |
| 591-593 ; cession promised, 604; campaigns in, 607-608; Yorktown, 615. — See also South, Slavery, and Vol. I. |
| Virginia Historical Society, Collections, 191, 320. |
| Von Reck, Commissary, Journal, 116. |
| Voting in First Continental Congress, 434-436; in Second Continental Congress, 525-530, 539-543. — See also Election. |
| WAGES, in Pennsylvania, 66-67. |
| Waldegrave, Earl of, The Character of George Third, 373-374; Memoirs, 374. |
| Waldo, Albigence, Life at Valley Forge, 568-573. |
| Walpole, Horace,Townshend's Revenue Scheme, 413-415; Memoirs, 415. |
| War, Queen Anne's, 324, 340-341; intercolonial, 337-351; French and Indian, 352-372; Revolution, 373-632; other expedients, 423-426. — See also Army, French, Indians, Officers, Revolution. |
| Warren, Mercy, History of the American Revolution, 16. |
| Washington, George, Writings, 21, 311, 488, 492, 518, 545, 562, 597; colonial labor system, 24; letters forged, 30; Desire of Importing Palatines, 310-311; aid for soldiers, 469 ; The Inconveniences of Militia, 490-492; enforces discipline, 493-494; visit from
Chastellux, 495-497; Mrs. Adams's impression of, 55; The Game is Pretty Near Up, 559-562 ; appeals for a standing army, 560-562 ; Thacher's opinion of, 571-572; Revolutionary Finance,594-597; resignation of his command, 627-629. — See also Army, Officers, Revolution, War. |
| Waterman, Richard, Proceedings of a Town-Meeting, 214-219. |
| Watertown, records as sources, 14. |
| Watson, Elkanah, Men and Times of the Revolution, 18. |
| Wayside Inn, at Sudbury, 4. |
| Weare, Meshech, Difficulties in Framing a State Constitution, 534-537. |
| Weeden, W. B., use of records, 22; Economic and Social History of New England, 22. |
| Wells, W. V., Life of Samuel Adams, 20. |
| Wendell, Barrett, Cotton Mather, 20, 21. |
| Wentworth, John, The Condition of New Hampshire, 55-58. |
| Wesley, John, on colonial churches, 24; An Evangelist in Georgia, 283-287; leaving Georgia, 286-287; Journal, 287. |
| West, Daniel Boone in,383-385; Ohio colony discouraged, 386-387; early settlements,
387-391; frontier, 392-393; Virginia's claim, 579-582; Maryland's stand, 590-593. — See also Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Ohio River. |
| West, Benjamin, in London, 478. |
| West Indies, productions of, scarce in Revolutionary times, 552; naval operations in, 612-615. |
| Westover (Virginia), Byrd mansion at, 4. |
| Wharton, Francis, Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, 13, 21. |
| Whig, A, Vengeance on the Tories! 474-476. |
| Whitefield, George, Journal, 18 ; builds orphan-house in Georgia, 122-124; Governor Belcher's letter to, 287-289. |
| Whitehead, William A., Documents relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, 13,
21, 84, 161, 179, 254, 289, 298. |
| Wilkes, John, Opposition to Arbitrary Power,378-380; The North Briton, 380. |
| Wilkinson, Eliza, Letters, 18. |
|
William III, Creation of the Board of Trade, 129-131. |
| Williams, Stephen, value of diary, 2; narrative colored, 31; A Troublous Year in a Country Village, 455-457. |
| Williamsburg, named, 93; Cornwallis at, 608. |
| Winslow, John, hard-hearted, 31; Deportation of the Acadians, Journal, 365. |
| Winsor, Justin, Narrative and Critical History, 5, 11, 23, 30, 32; use of records, 22; Memorial History of Boston, 23; Reader's Handbook of the Revolution, 23. |
| Winthrop, John, petitions the Privy Council, 200. |
| Wisconsin Historical Society, library, 10. |
| Wise, John, Englishmen Hate an Arbitrary Power, 131-132; The Churches Quarrel Espoused, 132. |
| Witches, in Salem Village, 35-48; testimony of, 40-48; case of Sarah Good, 40-43 ; case of Sarah Osburne, 43-45; case of the Indian Titiba, 45-48 ; Sewall's repentance, 48. |
| Witherspoon, John, Works, 19. |
| Wolcott [Oliver], The State of the National Debt, 598-600. |
| Wolcott, Roger, Affairs in Connecticut, 58-61. |
| Wolfe, General James, death, 372. |
| Women, as writers, 9 ; travels in New England, 224-229; occupations, 238-240; aid for Revolutionary soldiers, 467-469; in the Revolution, 550-554, 565-568. |
| Woodward, W. E., Records of Salem Witchcraft, 48. |
| Woolman, John, Journal, 21, 308; Exercise of a Quaker Abolitionist's Mind, 302-308. |
| Worcester, Records, 14, 17, 21. |
| Writs of Assistance, Otis's arguments on, 374-378. |
| Written work, with sources, 27. |
| Wynne, T. H., Byrd Manuscripts, 141, 238. |
| Wyser, John Conrad, The Settlement of the Palatine Germans in New York, 77-79. |
| YALE COLLEGE, foundation, 255-256; first trustees, 255; beginning of library, 256; first president, 256 ; located at Saybrook, 256; first commencement, 256-257; removed to New Haven, 257-258. |
| York, Duke of, Jerseys granted to, 69; regrants the Jerseys, 69. |
| Yorktown, earthworks, 4; Cornwallis's surrender at, 615-618. |
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ZENGER, John Peter, value of his trial, 3; A Prosecution for Criticising Government, 192-199; Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal, 199. |