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JOHNSON, FORT, Charleston Harbor, 85.
JOHNSON, DR. JOSEPH, finds Mecklenburg
Resolutions, 476, note.

JOHNSON, GUY, Indian Agent, 438, 576.
JOHNSON, SIR JOHN, commands Tories and
Indians, 438.

JOHNSON, SIR NATHANIEL, appointed Gover-

nor of South Carolina, 82; defends
Charleston, 85.

JOHNSON, ROBERT, Governor of South Car-
olina, 97; deposed, 101; returned with
a royal commission, 106.
JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM, settles in the Mo-
hawk Valley, 243; his influence with the
Indians, 252; his expedition against
Crown Point, 283 et seq.; wounded, 287 ;
made a baronet, 288; attempts to re-
lieve Fort William Henry, 294; cap-
tures Fort Niagara, 302; restrains the
Iroquois from joining in Pontiac's con-
spiracy, 313; makes a treaty with the
Indians at Oswego [1766], 326; his re-
lation to Brant, 608.

JOHNSTON, COLONEL, 616, note.
JOHNSTON, COL. PHILIP, killed, 501.
JOHNSTON, GABRIEL, Governor of North

Carolina, 105; his speech in Parlia-
ment, 375.

JONES, CAPTAIN, of Georgia militia, 168
JONES, JOHN PAUL, sails from France, 617;
his descent on the British coast, 618;
captures the Serapis, 620; effects of
his exploits, 621 et seq.

JONES'S FORD, 553.

JONQUIÈRE, Governor of Canada, 216.
JUMEL MANSION, THE, 506, note.

JUMONVILLE, slain, 260.

641

KNOWLES, COMMODORE, impresses seamen
in Boston, 218.

KNOWLTON, LIEUT.-COL. THOMAS, 397; his
raid into Charlestown, 422, 507; killed,
509.

KNOX, COL. HENRY, plans the works at Bos-
ton, 394; given command of artillery,
409; brings cannon from Ticondero-
ga for the siege of Boston, 424; com-
mands artillery at New York, 462, 495;
cited, 536, note; at Trenton, 528.
KNYPHAUSEN, GENERAL, 518; captures Fort
Washington, 519; at Brandywine, 554;
at Monmouth, 603.

256.

LA BAYE, French station on Green Bay,
LAFAYETTE, pays the claims against Col-
onel Barton, 550, note; sails for Amer-
ica, is commissioned, and joins Wash-
ington, 553; at Valley Forge, 593; his
loyalty to Washington, 596; takes posi-
tion at Barren Hill, 601.
LAFAYETTE, Ind., 257.

LAKE GEORGE, called St. Sacrament, 284;
battles of, 285 et seq.

LAMB, CAPT. JOHN, 456; exploit at Turtle
Bay, 457; dismantles the Battery, 458;
Colonel, 548.

LAMBERTVILLE, 602.

LANCASTER, Mass., attacked by French and
Indians, 123.

LANCASTER, Penn., arsenal established at,
545; Congress adjourned to, 557.
LANDAIS, Captain of the Alliance, 619–621.
LAND BANK, the, 201.

JUNIUS, 364, note; theory that Charles Lee LANDS, tenure of in Georgia, 154.

wrote the letters, 460, note.

KAPP, DR., cited, 454, note.

KAPP's Life of Steuben cited, 597, note.
KASKASKIA, 257; captured by Clark, 611.
KEITH, GEORGE, 176.

KEITH, SIR WILLIAM, becomes Governor of
Pennsylvania [1717], 186; removed,
[1725], 188, 257.

KENNEDY HOUSE, THE, 495, note.
KENNETT SQUARE, 553.

KENON, COLONEL, at Moore's Creek, 465.

KENTON, pioneer, 610.

KEPPEL, ADMIRAL, 622.

KERRY. (See Sorubiero.)

KETELTASS, ABRAHAM, 232, note.

KIDD, ROBERT, 37, note.

LAND TAX, proposed reduction of, 352.
LANGDON, JOHN, his patriotism, 580.
LANNING, DAVID, 529.
LAROCHE, JOHN, 143, note.
LASHER, COL JOHN, 462.
LATIMER, COL. JONATHAN, at Bemus's
Heights, 584.

LATOUCHE, JEREMIAH, 232, note.
LAURENS, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, at the
Chew House, 561.

LAURENS, HENRY, President of Congress,
596.

LAURIE, in command of English troops, 389.
LAW, JOHN, 130.

LAWRENCE, CHARLES, Governor of Nova

Scotia, 275, note.

LAWRIE, GAWEN, a Proprietor of East Jer-
sey, 6, note; Governor of East Jersey, 9.

KIDD, WILLIAM, his career, 33 et seq.; trial, LAWSON, JOHN, murdered by Indians, 92.

36; execution, 37.

KING LOG, allusion to, 20.

KING'S COLLEGE, New York, 247, 511.
KING'S FRIENDS, THE, 334 et seq.; 364, 421.
KING'S PROVINCE, THE, 112.
KINGSTON, N. J., 602.

KINGSTON, N. Y., burned, 588. (See Zo-
pus.)

KINSEY, JOHN, 187.
KIP'S BAY, 505.

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LAY, early abolitionist, 177.

LEARNED, GENERAL, at Bemus's Heights,
584.

LEATHER, manufacture of encouraged in
Virginia, 59.

LE BŒUF, Fort, 257; burned by the Indians,

323.

LECHMERE'S POINT, 383.

LECKY'S History of England cited, 203,

note.

LEE, ARTHUR, quoted, 367.
LEE, CHARLES, 386; appointed Major-gen-
eral, 407; sent to protect Newport, 418;
his iron-clad oath, 418, note; stationed
at New York, 429; letter to New York
Committee of Safety, 460; theory iden-
tifying him with Junius, 460, note;
transferred to the Southern Depart-
ment, 461; at defence of Charleston,
468; letter to Purviance, 482; his in-
subordination, 522; his capture, 525; his
treason, 550; court-martialled, 597; re-
buked by Washington at Monmouth,
604.

LEE, FORT, 491; evacuated by the Amer-
icans, 521.

LEE, MAJ. HENRY, surprises Paulus Hook,
617.

LEE, RICHARD HENRY, his Resolutions de-
claring independence, 483.

LEE, THOMAS, acting Governor of Virginia,
78; projects the Ohio Company, 257.
LEE PAPERS cited, 604, note; 469, note.
LE FEBOURE, CAPTAIN, commands the fleet
sent against Charleston, 85.
LEFFINGWELL, MR., 433.
LEISLER, JACOB, captain of militia, 13, 14;
his house, 14, note; left in command of
New York, 15; leader of the Protestant
movement, 15; his life, 15; left at the
head of the government, 16; assumes
the governorship, 16; receives the royal
letter of instructions, 18; in first colo-
nial Congress, 20; what Walley said of
him, 20; plans an expedition against the
French, 20; rebuilds fortifications of
New York, 20; sends out privateers, 20;
delivers up the government to Slough-
ter, 22; tried, with his council, for mur-
der and treason, and sentenced to death,
22; executed, 24; his attainder reversed,
24; re-buried, 32.

LEISLER and anti-Leisler factions, 37.
LEITCH, MAJ. ANDREW, 508; killed, 509.
LE MOYNES, three, lead attack on the fron-
tiers, 18.

LENNI LENAPE, THE, 258.

LESLIE, COLONEL, his expedition to Salem,
378; his raid on Dorchester Neck, 424 ;
at New York, 493, 514.
LESSING, 454.

LESTER, LIEUTENANT, at Michilimackinac,

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LILLINGTON, COLONEL, at Moore's Creek,
465.
LINCOLN, GEN. BENJAMIN, reports to
Schuyler, 575; campaign in the South,
613 et seq.

LINDESAY, JOHN, his settlement in Cherry
Valley, 243.

LINSINGEN, COLONEL, at New York, 493.
LINZEE, commander of the Lively, 399.
LIQUORS, spirituous, prohibited in Georgia,

153.

LITTLE, COLONEL, 498.
LITTLE MEADOWS, 265.
LITTLE, OTIS, his State of Trade cited, 271,

note.

LIVINGSTON, EDWARD, collector of New
York, his property confiscated, 37, 38.
LIVINGSTON, COL. HENRY, at Bemus's
Heights, 584.

LIVINGSTON, PHILIP, 502.
LIVINGSTON COL. ROBERT, appears in Lon-
don against Governor Fletcher, 33; de-
mands surrender of his bond, 35.
LIVINGSTON, ROBERT, 413.
LIVINGSTON, R. R., of committee to draft
declaration, 483.

LIVINGSTON'S Review cited, 288, note.
LLOYD, DAVID, opposes Governor Evans,

180; Speaker of Pennsylvania Assem-
bly, 182; his letter to Penn, 183, note.
LOCKWOOD, JAMES, his letter, 393.
LODGE, lawyer, 230, note.
LOGAN, JAMES, 178; quoted, 181, 182; in-
dicted, 182.

LOGAN, pioneer, 610.
LOGAN'S FORT, 610.
LOGSTOWN, Council with Indians at, 258.
LONDONDERRY, N. H., founded [1722], 139.
LONG, COLONEL, 573.
LONG ISLAND, Condition and industries of
in the 17th century, 2; the New York
towns on, 9, 26; battle of, 497 et seq.
LOOK, THOMAS, a Proprietor of Nantucket,
2, note.

LOSSBERG, COLONEL, at New York, 493.
LOUDOUN, FORT, 295.

LOUDOUN, LORD, becomes commander of the
British forces in America, 289; plans an
attack on Louisburg, 291.
LOUGHBOROUGH, LORD, 369.
LOUISBURG, expeditition against, planned
by Governor Shirley, 208 et seq.; its
defences, 209, 210; its value, 216; the
siege of, 212 et seq.; surrender, 215;
restored to France, 217; expenses of
the expedition refunded to the colonies,
217; New York's contribution to the
expedition against, 251; Loudoun's
abortive expedition against, 291; cap-
tured, 297.

LOVELACE, LORD, appointed Governor of
New York 1708], 43; death [1709], 43.
LOVELL, GENERAL, defeated on the Penob-
scot, 617.

LOVELL, MISS, 402, note.

LOVEWELL, CAPT. JOHN, his expedition

against the Indians, 194; his death, 196.

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LUTWIDGE, CAPTAIN, in command on Lake MASHAM, MRS., 45.

Champlain, 568 et seq.

LYMAN, FORT, 283.

LYMAN, GENERAL, moves against Crown
Point, 283.

LYNCH, THOMAS, on committee to renew the
army, 419.

MACGREGOR, THE REV. MR., minister of

Scotch Presbyterians in New Hamp-
shire 139.

MACLEAN, COLONEL, defends Quebec, 445.
MCCONKEY'S FERRY, 532.

MCCREA, JANE, the story of, 569-571.
MCCULLOH, HUGH, on stamp duty, 333.
MCDONALD, COL. DONALD, defeated at
Moore's Creek, 465, 466.
MCDONALD, FLORA, 465.

MCDOUGAL, LIEUTENANT, at Detroit, 317.
MCDOUGALL, GENERAL, 495; at Peekskill,

547; at Germantown, 559.

MCEVERS, JOHN, 232, note.

MCKAY, LIEUTENANT, 162.

MCKEAN, THOMAS, 484, note.

MASON, MR., 115.

MASON CLAIM, THE, 126.

MASSACHUSETTS becomes a royal province,
109; her condition in 1715, 127; her
letter on taxation, 336; her address to
the King, Lords, and Commons, 338;
her circular letter on taxation without
representation, 353; Government Bill,
The, 375; declares for independence,
478; adopts a State constitution, 487;
its peculiarities, 489.

MASSACRES brought about by Jesuit in-
trigues, 16.

MATHER, COTTON, espouses Dudley's cause,

120; attempts to oust him, 121; mobbed
for inoculation, 128; delivers a tolerant
sermon, 135.

MATHER, INCREASE, in England, 25; favors
inoculation, 128.

MATHEWS, JACOB, 166.

MATTHEWS, GENERAL, 493; his raid in Vir-
ginia, 614.

MATSON'S FORD, 601.

MCKENZIE, THE REV. MR., persecuted by MATTAPANY, FORT, besieged, 63.

Governor Cornbury, 39.

MCLANE, CAPTAIN, 559.

MCLEOD, COLONEL, at Moore's Creek, 465.
MCNEAL, MRS., with Jane McCrea, 570.
M'PHERSON, CAPTAIN, builds Fort Argyle,
147.

MCPHERSON, CAPTAIN, killed, 446.

MACY, THOMAS, first settler of Nantucket
[1659], 2.

MAGAW, COL. ROBERT, defends Fort Wash-
ington, 516.
MAIDENHEAD, N. J., 532.

MAINE, coast of, claimed by the French,
123; Indian war in, 123 et seq.; at-
tempts at settlement in, 139; the coast
of, first permanent settlement on [1759],
197, note.
MAMARONECK, 617.

MANCHESTER, Vt., 581.

MAUDUIT, JASPER, 335, note, 336.
MAVERICK, royal commissioner, 119; killed,
363, note.

MAWHOOD, at New York, 493; at Prince-
ton, 534.

MAXWELL, COLONEL, in expedition against
Three Rivers, 450, 602.
MAXWELL, GENERAL, 544, 553; at German-
town, 559.

MAYHEW, THOMAS, buys Nantucket, 2, note.
MAYNARD, LIEUTENANT, in pursuit of pi-
rates, 99.

MAZE, pirate, 34.

MECKLENBURG RESOLUTIONS, THE, 474.
MEIGS, RETURN J., cited, 444, note; his
expedition to Sag Harbor, 548; at
Stony Point, 615.

MELOY's horse to be returned, 393.
MELVIN, JAMES, cited, 444, note.

MANLY, in command of the Lee, takes the MENDON RESOLUTIONS, THE, 472.

brigantine Nancy, 418.

MANSFIELD, LORD, 348.

MARBLEHEAD, Leslie lands at, 379.
MARGRAVATE OF AZILIA, THE, 141 et seq.
MARLBOROUGH, DUKE OF, deposed, 46.
MARSHALL, JUDGE, cited, 338, note.
MARSHALL'S Remembrancer cited, 393, note.
MARSHFIELD, Mass., troops sent to, 378.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, included in govern-

ment of New York, 2; part of Duke's
County, 10; claimed for both New York
and Massachusetts, 28.

MARTIN, Governor of North Carolina, issues
a proclamation, 464; quoted, 475.

MENOTOMY, 383.

MERCENARIES, employment of, 423; at-

tempts to hire them on the Continent,
452-454; their numbers, 455.

MERCER, FORT, 562; attacked by Donop,
563; evacuated, 564.

MERCER, COLONEL, garrisons Oswego, 283;
killed, 290.

MERCER, GEN. HUGH, with Braddock, 267;
commands militia, 495; at Trenton,
529.

MERRITT, JOHN, 232, note.
METUCHEN, N. J., 551.
METUCHEN HILL, 559, 562.

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MILBORNE, Leisler's son-in-law, marches

with a company to Albany, 17; tried for
treason and murder, 22; executed, 24;
reburied, with public honors, 32.
MILES, COLONEL, 501.

MILITIA, Washington's opinion of, 522.
MILLSTONE CREEK, 546.
MINAS, BASIN OF, 272.

MINGERODE, COLONEL, at New York, 493;
killed, 563.

MINOT, his History of Massachusetts cited,
276, note.

MIRACLES, reputed, in connection with the

victims of the Negro Plot, 242.
MIRBACH, GENERAL, 493.
MIREPOIX quoted, 262.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Colden's proposed
route to the, 247; control of access to
the, 256; made the western boundary
of the United States [1782], 611.
MISSISSIPPI SCHEME, THE, 130.
MOHAWK INDIANS detached from the
French, 25.

MOHAWK RIVER, French and Indian raid
on the, 29.

MONCKTON, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, service
in Acadia, 276; Brigadier-general, 304;
at New York, 493; killed, 605.
MONEY given in Europe for the American

cause, 422.

MONMOUTH COURT-HOUSE, battle of, 602 et
seq.

MONROE, COLONEL, in command at Fort

William Henry, 292.

MONROE, LIEUT. JAMES, at Trenton, 29.
MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY, 128.
MONTAUK POINT, 115.
MONTCALM, Louis JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE,

takes command in Canada, 289; be-
sieges Oswego, 290; his journal quoted,
290, note; returns to Montreal, 291;
besieges and captures Fort William
Henry, 293, 294; in command at Ti-
conderoga, 298; defeats Abercrombie,
299; his defence of Quebec, 304 et seq.;
MONTGOMERIE, JOHN, appointed Governor
of New York [1728], death, 50.
MONTGOMERY, FORT, captured, 588.
MONTGOMERY, pioneer, 610.
MONTGOMERY, RICHARD, appointed Briga-
dier-general, 407, note; commands an

expedition against Canada, 439 et seq.;
his death, 446; removal of his remains
to New York, 448; General Smyth's
criticism of his plans, 448, note.
MONTGOMERY, SIR ROBERT, his attempt at
colonization [1717], 140.

MONTGOMERY, Penn., skirmish at, 600.
MONTIANO, DON MANUEL DE, Captain-gen-
eral of Florida, makes war on Georgia,

158.

MONTMORENCI, FALLS OF, 305.
MONTREAL, Surrendered to the English, 311;
attacked by Ethan Allen, 440; captured
by Montgomery, 441.
MONTRESSOR, CAPT. JOHN, 493.
MONTRESSOR, COLONEL, his journal, 441;
his expedition, 443.

MOODY, PARSON, enlists in the expedition
against Louisburg, 211; how he said
grace, 215, note.

MOOR, ROBERT, 143, note.

MOORE, FRANK, his Diary of the Revolu
tion cited, 609, 616, notes.

MOORE, GEORGE, his Treason of General
Lee cited, 450, 523, notes.

MOORE, GOVERNOR of South Carolina, con-
sequences of his expedition against St.
Augustine, 81; against the Southern
Indians, 81.

MOORE, SIR HENRY, Governor of New
York, 352.

MOORE, COL. JAMES, marches to the
relief of North Carolina, 93; elected
Governor of South Carolina, 101.
MOORE, GEN. JAMES, defeats the Loyalists
at Moore's Creek Bridge, 465, 466.
MOORE, DR. JOHN, quoted, 453.
MOORE, MRS. 610.
MOORE, COL. SAMUEL, commands New

Hampshire regiment at Louisburg, 210.
MOORE, WILLIAM, killed by Kidd, 36, 37.
MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE, battle of, 465.
MOORE's Notes on Slavery cited, 176.
MOORSON, cited, 560, note.
MORETON'S POINT, 400.
MORGAN, COL. DANIEL, with Braddock, 267;
at Boston, 415; succeeds to command
before Quebec, 447; surrenders, 448; at
Edge Hill, 564; 575; the make-up of
his rifle corps, 584, note; at Valley
Forge, 593.

MORRIS, CAPTAIN of the Bristol, in attack
on Charleston, 469.
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR, 458.
MORRIS, ISAAC, 180.
MORRIS, LEWIS, a popular leader, 40; ap-
pointed Governor of New Jersey [1743],

248.

MORRIS, MAJOR, 584, note.
MORRIS, RICHARD, 40.
MORRIS, ROBERT, raises money for the
troops, 531.

MORRIS, COL. ROGER, 506.
MORRISANIA, MANOR OF, 40.
MORRISTOWN, N. J., American winter quar-
ters at, 543 et seq.; Washington's head-
quarters, 546.

MORTIER HOUSE, THE, 495.
MOSES CREEK, 576.

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MUHLENBERG, GENERAL, 544.

MURFREE, MAJOR, at Stony Point, 615.
MURRAY, CAPTAIN, service in Acadia, 277.
MURRAY, GENERAL, 304; captures Montre-

al, 311; defeated by De Lévis on the
Plains of Abraham, 311.

MURRAY, JOHN, his stables set on fire, 227.
MURRAY, ROBERT, 506; Mrs. Murray de-
tains British officers, 506.

MURRAY, New York lawyer, 230, note.
MUSGRAVE, COLONEL, at New York, 493;
at Germantown, 559 et seq.
MUSGRAVE, PHILIP, 137.
MUSGROVE, JOHN, JR., 166.
MUSGROVE, MARY, 145; her claim to Geor-
gia, 166 et seq.

MUTINY ACT, THE, 351; extended, 353.

NANFAN, Lieutenant governor of New
York, 37.

NANTUCKET, settlement and progress of, 2;
part of Duke's County, New York, 10.
NARRAGANSETT INDIANS, last remnant of,

114.

NARRAGANSETT PATENT, THE, 116.

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NEW FRANCE disappears from the map, 311.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, townships chartered in,

139; the controversy between Shute
and Vaughan, 198; becomes a separate
province, 199; declares independence,
480; adopts a State constitution, 487;
its peculiarities, 489.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., British raid upon, 615.
NEW JERSEY, Andros's wish to retain it
under the Duke of York's government,
4, 5; said to be robbing New York of
her trade, 9; added to New England, 11;
strength of parties in, 40; grievances
under Cornbury, 41; separated from
New York, 247; declares for indepen-
dence, 482; adopts a State Constitution,
487; its peculiarities, 488; the cam-
paign of 1776-7 in, 520 et seq.; campaign

of 1778, 602 et seq.

NEW LONDON, Conn., prizes brought to, 623.
NEW LOTS, L. I., 500.

NEWMARKET, N. H., Indian atrocities at, 193.
NEW MARKET, N. J., 551.

NEW ORLEANS and the country west of the
Mississippi ceded by France to Spain
[1762], 312.
NEWPORT, R. I., causes of prosperity in the

17th century, 111, 112; threatened, 417.
NEWS LETTER, THE BOSTON, established,

163.

NEWSPAPER, the first in Virginia [1736],
77; the first in Boston [1690], 136.
NEWTOWN, L. I., 504.

NARRAGANSETT RIVER confounded with NEW WINDSOR, N. Y., 615.
the Pawcatuck, 113.

NASH, GENERAL, at Germantown, 559.
NAVAL ACTIONS, 618-623.

NAVAL EXPEDITION, a French, against the
provinces, 216.

NAVAL STORES, exportation of increased,

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NEW YORK (PROVINCE), condition of toward
the end of 17th century, 1 et seq.; granted
an Assembly, 7; "Charter of Libertys
and Privileges," passed, 8; her growth
and prosperity, 10; added to New Eng-
land, 11; the revolution in, 12, 13; the
Protestant movement in, 15; war be-
tween Leisler and Ingoldsby, 22; her
first Assembly, 23; her first bills of
credit, 43; her increase of population
between 1691 and 1741, 242; her me-
morial on taxation, 337; adopts a State
constitution, 487; action on the subject
of independence, 482.

NEW YORK (CITY), progress of, 2; William
and Mary proclaimed in, 15; fortifica-
tions rebuilt by Leisler, 20; life there in
1704, a woman's journal quoted, 243,
244; population, 245; citizens refuse to
put on mourning for Queen Caroline,
245; Gage's intention to occupy, 455,
note; prepares for war, 456; fortified,
461 et seq.; the defenses enlarged and
strengthened, 490; occupied by the Brit-
ish, 510; a great fire breaks out, 510.

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