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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

Fernow, 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, 115116; 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.
Dld Testament, argument against slavery,

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Osburne, Sarah, tried as a witch, 43-45. testimony, 45-48.

Osgood, Herbert L., on colonial govern. ment, 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; Uni

versity of, library, 10; Colonial Records

17; Archives, 17; condition in 1698, 6568; 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. 1. 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, 458461.

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 Amer. ica in 1766, 408.

Pownall, Thomas, adviser of English gov ernment, 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.

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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, 8587.

Providence, Records, 14, 17, 21, 219; business of a town-meeting, 214-219.- See also Rhode Island.

Public Record Office, contains colonial manuscripts, IO.

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.

UAKERS, arguments with Orthodox

QUARES, 27, 282, THE FIRST VOTE

AGAINST SLAVERY, 291-293; arguments against slavery, 302-308.-See also Re ligion, 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, 470472.

Ramsay, David, History of the American Revolution, 16, 632; History of SouthCarolina, 16; THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE REVOLUTION, 629-632.

Randolph, Edward, mission to America, 30; REPORT OF AN INVESTIGATING AGENT IN CAarolina, 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, 279282; 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, 78; 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, 394412; 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, 434453 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, 500518; Hessians, 500-507; prisons, 508; loyalist corps, 511; navy, 514, 556, 587; André, 515; progress of the Revolution, 519-632; union and independence, 519545; Revolutionary conventions, 519; in Congress, 525, 543; call for independence, 530; state constitutions, 534; Declaration of Independence, 537; Articles of Con

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federation, 539; first stage of the war, 546573; 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, 606618; 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.

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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, II, 360.

Riedesel, Baroness von, Letters and Memoirs, 21, 568; THE SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE, 565-568.

Riots, in New Jersey, 80; Stamp Act, 397; 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.

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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.

Salem Village, witches in, 35-48.
Salzburgers. See Germans.
Sands, R. C., John Paul Jones, 590.
Saratoga, British earthworks at, 2; sur-
render 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, 461463.

Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Maryland,

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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 MARY

LAND, 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.

See Indians.

Sioux. Slavery, introduction into Georgia, 118121; 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-Cæsaria, 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.

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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

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