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.
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.
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.
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.
KETELTASS, ABRAHAM, 232, 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
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.
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,
LECHMERE'S POINT, 383.
LECKY'S History of England cited, 203,
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,
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,
LITTLE, COLONEL, 498. LITTLE MEADOWS, 265. LITTLE, OTIS, his State of Trade cited, 271,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
MONMOUTH COURT-HOUSE, battle of, 602 et seq.
MONROE, COLONEL, in command at Fort
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,
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],
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.
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,
NARRAGANSETT PATENT, THE, 116.
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
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,
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,
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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