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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 of 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 denuncia-
tion of the, 262-263.

New-England Historical and Genealogical
Register, 63, 243.

New Hampshire, value of records, 6; Rec-
ords, 17, 21; condition in 1731, 55-58;
salaries, 58; government, 143; constitu-

tion drawn up, 534-536; protest against
the constitution, 536-537.-See also New
England and Vol. I.

New-Hampshire Historical Society, Collec-
tions, 58.

New Jersey, Documents, 13, 21, 84, 161,
166, 179, 181, 254, 289, 298, 302, 351:
granted to the Duke of York, 69; re-
granted, 69; conflicting claims, 70-72,
CONCERNING THE RIOTS & INSURREC-
TIONS IN NEW JERSEY, 80-84; govern-
ment, 143; governors, 154-161, 165-160;
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 DELA-
WARE, 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, 357. 367. 387. 412; Palatine
Germans, 77-79; city in 1760, 87; gov-
ernors, 143, 153, 161, 162, 169; disallow-
ance, 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; Rec-
ords, 13, 175, 192, 214, 248, 428; regula-
tors 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; Love-
well, 344; Curwen, 346; Winslow, 360;
Braddock, 365; Knox, 369; Chastellux,
392, 495; Scammell, 461; Washington,
467, 490, 559. 594; Graydon, 481; Lafay-
ette, 485; Hamilton, 488, 543: Thacher,
493: Drowne, 497; Pausch, 504; Boudi-
not, 508; Simcoe, 511; André, 515; Clin-
ton, 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, Revo-
lution, War.
Oglethorpe, James Edward, DESIGNS OF
THE TRUSTEES FOR ESTABLISHING THE
COLONY OF GEORGIA, 110-114; Estab-
lishment of the Colony of Georgia, 114;
receives the Salzburgers in Georgia, 115-
116; oversees building of forts, 116-117.
Ohio River, question of importing Ger-
mans, 310-311; ownership, 354-356; plan
to found a colony, 386-387; early settle-
ments, 387-391.- See also Kentucky,
West.

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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 govern-
ment, 32.

Otis, James, ARGUMENT ON WRITS OF
ASSISTANCE, 374-378.

Owners and Masters, ALL SORts of Run-
AWAYS, 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-

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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 docu-
ments, 22, 28; use of sources, 26.
Parliament, EXTRACTS FROM A NAVIGA-
TION ACT, 127-129; control of colonial
charters, 137; colonial authority, 149,
394-396, 409, 410; examination of Frank-
lin, 407; effect of Stamp Act, 409-410;
repeals Stamp Act, 411-412; revenue
scheme, 413; defended by Johnson, 445;
relations with crown, 449-453; concilia-
tion, 586; change of sentiments," 619.
See also England.

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"Parson's Cause," jury, 103-104: testimony,
104; verdict, 104; Patrick Henry's argu-
ment, 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, 65-
68; home for the poor, 68; separation of
Delaware, 72; Philadelphia, 74-77; po-
litical history, 85-87; growth, 113; gov-
ernment, 143; election in, 171-172;
county court in, 205; Franklin's alma-
nacs, 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; Me-
moirs, 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 Intel-
lectual Life.

Poore, Ben Perley, Federal and State Con-
stitutions, 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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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; con-
verts from Romish church, 286; Gover-
nor Belcher's letter, 287-289; plan for
American bishops, 289-290, 418-420. -
See also Quakers.

Reminiscence, caution on, I; value of, 7-
8; list of books, 18.

Representation, of colonies, 395-396; un-
equal, 542.- See also Colonies, Con-
gress, Election, Government.
Revenue, a governor's, 162; colonial, 166,

173, 179; local, 205, 208, 214; protect.
duties, 247; Grenville's scheme, 381;
colonist's defence, 394; Pitt's protest, 404;
repeal of Stamp Act, 411; revenue con-
troversy, 413-433; discussions in Con-
gress, 525; Revolutionary, 594, 601. - See
also Finances.

Revolution, sources classified, 4; works il-
lustrative, 7; predictions, 352; causes,
373-453; writs of assistance, 374; arbi-
trary power in England, 378; Grenville's
scheme, 381; Stamp Act controversy, 394-
412; Hutchinson riot, 397; taxation op-
posed 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 contro-
versy, 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; condi-
tions 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; Washing-
ton, 467, 490, 495; loyalists, 470-480; pop-
ular 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 Con-

federation, 539; first stage of the war, 546-
573: Lexington and Concord, 546; siege
of Boston, 550; New York campaign, 554;
Washington's discouragement, 559; Brit-
ish in Philadelphia, 562; Burgoyne's cam-
paign, 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; Parlia-
ment favorable, 619; negotiations, 621,
623; the Cincinnati, 626; Washington's
retirement, 627; advantages and disad-
vantages, 629.-See also Army, Con-
federation, Congress, English, Indepen-
dence, 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 Me-
moirs, 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.

Rowland, Kate Mason, Life of George
Mason, 20.

Roxbury, condition of camp at, 552.

SABBA

ABBATH, law to prevent breaking the,
- See also Religion.

Sabin, Joseph, Dictionary of Books relating
to America, 22.

Sagas, Norse, a source, I.- 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, 540-550;
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, 461–
463.

Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Maryland,
109.

Schenectady, taking of, 323, 337-339.
Schools, value of sources in, 3; list of his-
tories for, 33. -See College.

Schuyler, Philip, kindness to Madame
Riedesel, 568.

Seabury, Samuel. - See Beardsley, E. E.
Secker, Thomas, A PLAN FOR AMERICAN
BISHOPS, 289–290.

Second Continental Congress, THE NF-
CESSITY OF SELF-DEFENCE, 442-445;
activities, 525-530; degeneracy, 543-545-
-See also Congress.

Secondary works, use of, 28, 32; list, 32-34.

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