Massachusetts company form-
ed, i. 22. begins a plantation at
Salem, 23. obtain a royal char-
ter, ib.
tion, and on measures for secur- nor Hutchinson, 201., declare a-
ing the province, and providing gainst his receiving his support
for its defence, 383. settled its from the crown, 205. their pro-
independent constitution, ii. 136. ceedings respecting the judges,
accedes to the confederation, iii. and the support intended them
by the crown, 227. their peti-
tion to the king, for the removal
of the governor dismissed, 230.
choose delegates to meet in con-
gress at Philadelphia, 240. the
Bay, the governor and people prepare to defend their
company of, in New England, rights by point of the sword, 249.
begin, their plantation govern- the representatives meet, and re-
ment in the Massachusetts, i. solve themselves into a provincial
25. conclude on removing with congress, 268. the provincial con-
their charter to the Massachu- gress apppoint a committee to
setts, 26. arrive at Salem, 27. draw up a plan for the immediate
assume the form of a common defence of the colony, 269. push
wealth, 29. admit none to free- their preparation for hostile op-
dom but members of their chur- posision, 271. send a circular
ches, 30. their general court as- letter to the ministers of the gos-
sume spiritual jurisdiction, 31. pel, 272. picture of the Massa-
their government in divers res- chusetts colony, 278. a new pro-
pects absolute, ib. their charter vincial congress meet, 305. their
annihilated, 39. a new charter proceedings, 307. the inhabitants
given them, 73. they declare in arms, 315, their unpreparedness
what are their privileges, 74. for an hostile contest with Great
the war of 1744, 81. of 1755, Britain, 319. the provincial con-
97. their general address to the gress write a circular letter to
British parliament on the subject the several towns of the colony,
of duties and taxes, 108. the 337. borrow money, and forward
house of assembly propose a con- dispatches to the general con-
gress, 120. leave out of the gress, 338. apply to Connecticut
council the crown officers and and Rhode Island for assistance,
justices of the superior court, 142. ib. orders militia to Roxbury,
at length agree to make compen- 339. resolve upon writing to the
sation to the sufferers by the riot, eastern tribe of Indians, 240.
144. propose a circular letter to the Massachusetts representatives
the other colonies 151. their new meet, and take up their old form
assembly are required to rescind of government, 286. the public
the resolution which gave birth schools of the colony, 404. the
to the circular letter, 153. they assembly resolve to fit out armed
vote not to rescind, and are dis- vessels, 416. the Massachusetts
solved, 154. a new assembly pass delegates at congress conduct
a number of resolves, evidencing with great policy, ii. 91. the
their disregard to the resolutions state agrees upon a constitution
of the lords and commons, 174. for the commonwealth, iii. 75.
refuse making provision for the incorporates the American Aca
troops, 175. disagreements be- demy of Arts and Sciences, 76,
tween the mand lieutenant gover- the last act before entering on a
new constitution, 139, the first
general court upon the new con-
stitution, ib. the constitution vi-
olated by the general court, 386.
Massacre of the Moravian In-
dians, iii. 330.
Matthew, general, makes a des-
cent on Virginia, ii. 433.
Mawhood, lieut. col. attacked
at Princeton, ii. 157.
Mayhew, Dr. his letter to
judge Hutchinson, i. 123.
Measures taken at Philadelphia
for relieving the army under gen-
eral Washington, iii. 62.
Medical departments, defects
in the American, occasion the
loss of many sick, ii. 314.
Meeting-house, the old south,
turned into a riding school for
the British dragoons, i. 413.
Meigs, col. his expedition to
Sagg harbour, ii. 198.
Mercenaries, foreign, sail for
America, ii. 59
Militia, American, complain-
ed of, ii. 104. 108. 114.
Minorca attacked by the Span-
iards aided by the French, iii.
Minute-men instituted, i. 269.
Mob at Boston, i. 122. attack
judge Hutchinson's house, ib. at
Rhode Island, 127. at New York,
128. at Boston, on account of the
seizure of Mr. Hancock's sloop
Liberty, 156.
Monmouth court house action,
ii. 352.
Montgomery, general, is sent
on with troops to Canada, and
besieges St. John's, i. 424. he
takes Montreal, 428. appears be-
fore Quebec, 430. his whole force
little more than half the garrison,
ii. 19. he attempts carrying the
city by a coup de main, and is
killed, 22.
Montreal taken, i. 428.
Montserrat surrenders, iii. 287.
Morgan, general, attacked by
a superior force under colonel
Tarleton, whom he defeats, iii.
160, is pursued by lord Cornwal-
lis, 164, is joined by general
Greene personally, ib.
Movements of the armies un-
der Sir H. Clinton and general
Washington, after the evacuation
of Philadelphia, ii. 354.
Mud Island, ii. 274. is aban-
doned, 276.
Mugford, captain, takes the
Hope powder ship, ii. 71, is kill-
ed, 72.
Mutiny among the American
soldiers at Philadelphia, iii. 370.
N.
Natches, the British settlements
there reduced by captain Willing,
ii. 325.
New England, the people there
are alarmed with the reports of
an American episcopacy, i. 85,
with the apprehension of designs
on the part of the British minis-
try against their forms of govern-
ment, 101, the supposed plan of
ministry, 102.
New Hampshire.colony settled,
i. 36. the people make their first
hostile movement, 275. their de-
legates receive instructions which
they lay before congress, 429.
the provincial congress proceed
to take up civil government, ii.
11. several of the representatives
protest against it, 12. several of
the towns petition against it, ib.
a return of the inhabitants, 70.
New Haven colony settled, i.
33. made a part of Connecticut,
ibid.
--- town attacked by
general Tryon, ii. 437.
New Jersey settled, i. 41. the
quaker inhabitants complain of
the duties inposed upon them by
the governor of New York, 43.
the assembly declare against in-
Norfolk action in which capt.
Fordyce fell, i. 396. the town is
fired by parties of sailors and ma-
riners from lord Dunmore's fleet,
dependency, 399. the provincial 134. a fresh non-importation a-
congress much influenced by the greement begun at Boston, and
plot to destroy general Washing- afterward adopted elsewhere, 148.
ton's army at New York, ii. 79. declined for the present by the
they form their constitution, 93. Pennsylvania merchants, 163. a-
cruelties practised in that state by dopted by them, and notice there-
the royal troops, 195. the people of sent to the committee of mer-
exasperated and fly to arms, 166. chants at London, 168. given up
New York settled, i. 40. the by the New-Yorkers, 185.
assembly pass an act declaring the
rights of the people, 73. the pow-
ers of legislation taken from the
province, till there is a compli-
ance with a British act of parlia- and destroyed, ii. 35.
ment, 147. the New-Yorkers the North Carolina, general assem-
first who adopted the non-impor- bly meet and resolve to unite with
tation agreement, 133. they de- the other colonies, i. 327. the
sist from the same, 184. a quar- movements of the inhabitants oc-
rel between them and the soldiers, casion the governor's quitting
199. they agree upon a new con- the colony, 378. the convention
gress, 238. the assembly renounce solemnly declare it to be their
all concern with the preceding wish, that they may be restored
congress, 406. a battle between to their state in which they were.
the whigs and tories, on the points before 1763, 393. establish their
congress or no congress, 307. the independent form of government,
New-Yorkers stop the vessels ii. 150.
bound to Quebec and elsewhere, Norwalk burnt by the British,
328. the measures of the citizens ii. 437.
on hearing of hostilities in the Nova Scotia, the representatives
Massachusetts, 329. the cannon thereof present an address, peti-
removed from the battery, and tion and memorial to the king
the Asia man of war fires on the and parliament, ii. 52.
city, 399. the New-Yorkers sus-
pected, 401. the city evacuated
Observations on the Boston port
Officers, the American, petition
congress, iii. 358.
by the Americans, ii. 111. terri- bill, i. 246.
ble fire there, 112. the New-York
state establish their independent
constitution, 236. the city evacu-
ated by the British, iii. 376.
Nevis surrenders, iii. 287.
Neutrality, the armed, iii. 79.
Newfoundland, the storm on the
coasts of it, ii. 45.
Newport, possessed by the Bri-
tish, ii. 131. an expedition against
it, 270. evacuated by the British,
iii. 35.
Ohio company, i. 86. the French
build a fort on the Ohio, 88.
Omoa, fort, taken by the Bri-
tish, iii. 78.
Operations of the troops under
generals Philips and Arnold in
Virginia, iii. 205.
Order of the British king in
council for suspending provision-
ally all the particular stipulations
Non-importation agreement a- respecting the subjects of the
dopted first by the New-York States General, contained in the
merchants, and then by others, i. several treaties, iii. 80.
Ordnance ship from Woolwich tween the American and British
taken by captain Manley, i. 416. commissioners, 345, 350, provisi-
Orvilliers, count de, sails from onal articles, 362, definitive trea-
Brest to join the Spanish fleet, ii.
450. sails with the combined fleet
for Plymouth, 452.
Otis, Mr. James, junior, threat-
ens governor Bernard, i. 100. his
pamphlet, The rights of the Bri-
tish colonies, alarms the people,
107. his speech against rescind-
ing, 154. an affray between him
and Mr. Robinson, 181.
P.
Painter, John the, alias James
Aitkin, ii. 184.
Palliser, Sir Hugh, tried, ii.
Paper-money first emitted by
congress, i. 363, the particular
mischievous effects of it, iii. 228,
its ceasing to circulate occasions
no convulsion, 229.
Papists relieved by act of par-
liament, ii. 341.
Parker, admiral Hyde, engag-
es admiral Zoutman, on Dogger
Bank, iii. 233.
Sir Peter, and lord
Cornwallis, sail from Portsmouth
to Cork, ii. 55, from Cork to A-
merica with troops, 56, arrive at
Cape Fear, and meet with gene-
ral Clinton, 80, proceeds to at-
tack Charleston, in South Caro-
lina, 81.
Pearson, captain, engages Paul
Jones, ii. 456.
Peek's kill, stores there destroy-
ed, ii. 170.
Pendleton, justice, his reasons
for leaving Charleston, iii. 73.
Penn, governor, on account of
his having delivered the second
petition of congress to the king,
i. 421. examined before the house
of lords, ii. 50.
Pennsylvania, settle their inde
pendent constitution, ii. 136, num-
bers dissatisfied, ib. the Pennsyl-
vania act relating to slavery, iii.
63.
line of troops revolt,
iii. 150, see Revolt.
Penobscot, expedition against
it by the Massachusetts, iii. 17.
Petitions to the house of com-
mons on American affairs, ii. 45,
petitions from the counties for a
public reform, iii. 86, considered
by the house of commons, and the
resolutions of the house in favor
of them, 87, all hopes of obtain-
ing redress from that house at an
end, 88, a fresh petition present-
ed, 232.
Philadelphia merchants express
their minds fully to the commit-
Parliament, the session of it tee in London on the revenue
opened in 1775, ii. 46, the de- acts and grievances, i. 168, the
bates, 47. a motion relative to committee stop the sailing of the
the employing of Hanoverian vessels to Quebec and elsewhere,
troops without the consent of 328, the zeal of the citizens in
parliament, 49, the houses in- hostile preparations, 383, they
formed of the French rescript, provide for the safety of the city,
notifying the treaty with Ame- 384, it is possessed by the royal
rica, 338, unexpectedly dissolv- army, ii. 230, it is evacuated by
ed, iii. 142, the new parliament the British, 352.
meets, 146, the king's speech, Pickens, colonel, defeats the
and debates on the address, 147. South Carolina tories, ii. 415,
Peace necessary
for the United enters the Indian country, and
States, iii. 320, negociations be- destroys their corn, iii. 23, aided
by Lee's legion, reduces the fort Howe's, the benefit of it claim-
at Augusta, 194, chastises the ed by numbers in the Jerseys, ii.
Cherokees for breaking their en-
gagements, 248.
Piquet, Mr. de la Motte, saves
several merchant ships, and enga
ges some British men of war, iii.
81, 82, captures a number of
ships laden with spoils of Statia,
Proposals for building men of
war for the use of the British go-
vernment by private subscriptions
iii. 350.
Protest of several lords against
the bill for regulating the govern-
ment of the Massachusetts Bay,
Pondicherry, taken by general i. 233, against the bill for the
Munro, ii. 423.
impartial administration of jus-
Poule, the Belle, and Arethu- tice there, 234.
sa, engage, ii. 344, the Belle Poule
is taken, iii. 94.
Powder, the quantity thereof
in the Massachusetts, i. 340. the
extreme want of it at camp, 368.
a large supply obtained by the
capture of the Hope, ii. 71.
Pratt, Mr. converses with Dr.
Franklin about the Americans, i.
of the Massachusetts
representatives, iii. 387.
Providence plantations settled,
i. 35, united with Rhode-Island,
36.
Publications relative to the A-
merican war, ii. 60.
Pulaski, count, at Charlestown
ii. 431, mortally wounded, iii.
33, congress resolve to erect a
monument to his memory, 35.
Predatory war against the A-
mericans determined upon, ii. 436. Puritans, the rise of them, i.
Prescot, general, surrenders 14, provide a retreat from perse-
with the soldiers, sailors, and 11 cution in the Massachusetts Bay,
vessels, i. 428, is surprised on 23, people the Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, and carried off by Connecticut, and New-Haven co-
heut. col. Barton, ii. 213.
Prevost, general, enters South Putnam, general, hastens with
Carolina, and marches toward troops to the Massachusetts, i.
Charleston, ii. 430. defends Sa- 328, escapes with 3500 men from
vannah, and repulses the allied New-York, ii. 111.
troops under D'Estaing and Lin-
coln, iii. 30.
Princeton action, ii. 156.
Prisoners, American, the treat-
ment they met with, ii. 280. col-
lections for the relief of those in
England, 332.
British, the treat-
Quakers, a deputation from
their yearly meeting wait upon
congress, iii. 373.
a report of a commit-
tee of congress respecting them,
ii. 222.
in West-Jersey, com-
ment they met with from the A- plain of duties laid upon them, i.
mericans, iii. 269.
43, of Pennsylvania, throwGeorge
Privateers, American, their Keith into prison, 69.
success, ii. 176, 448.
-, two, John Roberts &
Proceedings on the meeting of Abraham Carlisle, are executed
the new parliament in 1774, i. for high treason against the com-
279, the session closes, 326. monwealth of Pennsylvania, ii
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