Saltonstall, Gurdon, ii., 255. Sassafras, i,, 90.
Say, Lord, i., 201, 217, 256, 258, 280, 304, 423, 449.
Saybrook, settlement and fort, i., 230, 262, 287, 326.
Schenectady, destruction of, ii., 131. Schools, Public, in New England, i., 370, 371, 393-394; iii., 386; in Maryland, ii., 182, 325; iii., 386.
Sobuyler, Peter, ii., 134, 141, 254, 261. Schuyler, Philip, ii., 469, 546, 553; major general, iii., 80; commands in the north- ern department, iii., 91, 102, 115, 143, 173, 198, 199, 204; house burned, iii., 211; ac- quitted with honor, iii., 215; member of Congress, iii., 215, 304, 324, 405. Sears, Isaac, ii., 532; iii., 79, 91, 113, 114. Sedgwick, Robert, i., 388, 389, 391. Seminoles, ii., 231.
Senecas, ii., 86, 89, 102, 317; iii., 542. Sequeen, i., 241, 252.
Sevier, John, at King's Mountain, iii., 326; governor of Frankland, iii., 469, 539. Shaftesbury, Lord, i., 567; ii., 25–26, 41. Shakers, ii., 578.
Shaw anese, ii., 101, 465, 466, 504; iii., 50, 456, 461, 462.
Shawomet or Warwick, i., 291, 297, 317, 323, 377, 379.
Shays, Daniel, iii., 474, 475, 542.
trict between the Ohio and the Tennes- see, ii., 574; overtures to, by Congress, iii., 88; join Burgoyne, iii., 197, 201; part of the confederacy favorable to the Amer- icans, iii., 205, 261; inroads upon the frontier, iii., 262, 263, 288; Sullivan's ex- pedition, iii., 287-289; further inroads, iii., 329, 359; treaty with the United States, iii., 456; migration and decline, iii., 543.
Skene, Colonel, iii., 75, 202. Slavery, its introduction into America, i., 44; in England, i., 119–120; ii., 125, 214, 426, 565; in Virginia, i., 119, 518, 521, 561; ii., 177-180, 235, 329, 423, 493-494; iii., 392-394; in Maryland, i., 519, 565, 568; ii., 323; iii., 392; in Massachusetts, i., 278, 282; ii., 271, 419, 563; iii., 391; in Connecticut, i., 372; ii., 419; iii., 392; in Rhode Island, i., 373; ii., 419; iii., 392; in New Netherland, i., 441; in New York, ii., 48, 419; iii., 394; in New Jer- sey, ii., 419; iii., 394; in North Carolina, ii., 33, 423; iii., 394; in South Carolina, ii., 33, 271, 421; iii., 394; in Georgia, ii., 368, 371, 385, 417, 422; iii., 395; in the colonies generally, ii., 419-430.
Slave trade, i., 282; ii., 214, 329, 427; iii., 44, 131, 509-520.
Smallwood, iii., 126, 146; major general, iii., 325; governor of Maryland, iii., 478.
Shelburne, Lord, ii., 538; iii., 247; prime Smibert, the artist, ii., 350. minister, iii., 416.
Shepherd, Thomas, i., 233, 455. Sherman, Roger, iii., 42; speeches and mo- tions in the Federal Convention, iii., 487, 488, 489, 490, 495, 501, 507, 508, 513, 514, 515, 517, 518, 522, 523, 524. Ship-building in New England, i., 200, 270, 331; ii., 297; in Virginia, i., 510. Shirley, William, Governor of Massachu- setts, ii., 381, 395, 401-402, 406; colonel, ii., 398; boundary commissioner, ii., 406, 446; general, iii., 448, 461; commander- in-chief, iii., 462, 464, 467. Silk, attempts to produce it, in Virginia, i., 122, 124, 128, 364, 515; in Carolina, ii., 36; in Georgia, ii., 364, 367. Six Nations (see Five Nations) cede their country east of the Blue Ridge, ii., 328; cede the valley, ii., 394; relinquish all claim to Pennsylvania, ii., 445; treaty of neutrality with the French, ii., 470; join the English, ii., 485, 487; cede the dis-
Smith, John, i., 100; in Virginia, i., 101, 103, 104, 106, 109-110; in New England, i., 151; efforts to promote its settlement, i., 152, 194.
Smith, Sir Thomas, i., 87, 112, 118. Society for Propagating the Gospel, ii, 215, 230, 232, 308, 527-528. Somers, Lord, ii., 124, 125, 231. Somers, Sir George, i., 99, 109, 111. Somersett's case, ii., 565. Sons of Liberty, ii., 529. SOUTH CAROLINA. See Carolina-Bound- aries, iii., 532; counties, ii., 38; consti- tution, colonial, ii., 30, 34, 42, 211, 337; state, iii., 129, 275, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 381; ecclesiastical establishment, ii., 32, 212, 230, 232; iii., 383.
1670, William Sayle, ii., 33. 1671, Joseph West, ii., 34. 1671, John Yeamans, ib. 1674, Joseph West, ii., 35.
1683, Joseph Moreton, ii., 36. 1684, Joseph West, ib. 1684, Richard Kyrle, ib. 1684, Joseph West, ib. 1684, Robert Quarry, ib. 1685, Joseph Moreton, ib. 1686, James Colleton, ii., 42. 1690, Seth Sothel, ii., 43. 1692, Philip Ludwell, ii., 210. 1693, Thomas Smith, ib. 1695, John Archdale, ii., 211. 1696, Joseph Blake, ii., 212. 1700, James Moore, ii., 228. 1703, Nathaniel Johnson, ii., 230. 1709, Edward Tynte, ii., 232. 1710, George Gibbs (acting), ib. 1712, Charles Craven, ii., 232, 269. 1716, Robert Daniel (acting), ii., 285. 1717, Robert Johnson, ii., 286-287. 1719, James Moore (acting), ii., 288. 1721, Sir Francis Nicholson, ii., 289- 291.
1725, Arthur Middleton (acting), ii., 291. 1730, Robert Johnson, ii., 337-338. 1735, Thomas Broughton (lieut. gov.), ii., 338.
1737, William Bull (acting), ib. 1743, James Glen, ii., 383, 439, 472. 1756, William H. Littleton, ii., 473, 492. 1760, William Bull (lieut.gov.), ii., 493. 1762, Thomas Boone, ib., 498.
1763, William Bull (lieut. gov.), ii., 493. 1766, Lord Charles Montague, ib. 1769, William Bull (lieut. gov.), ib.; iii., 94.
State Department. See Foreign Affairs. Stephen, Adam, ii., 465; iii., 117, 146, 173. Sterling, Lord. See Alexander. Steuben, iii., 243, 323, 325, 340.
Stockbridge Indians, ii., 389, 446; iii., 88. Stoughton, Israel, i., 221, 248, 251, 334. Stoughton, William, i., 494, 498, 503; ii.,
109, 144, 156, 163, 166, 185, 249. Suffrage, right of, iii., 381, 506. Suits, territorial, iii., 406, 531, 532. Sullivan, John, iii., 53, 80, 124; commands the northern army, iii., 126; major gen- eral, iii., 146; at Long Island, iii., 149; exchanged, iii,, 151, 160; at Trenton, iii., 167; leads an expedition to Staten Isl- and, iii., 195; at Brandywine, iii., 218; at Germantown, iii., 223; leads an expe dition against Newport, iii., 252; against the Six Nations, iii., 287; member of Congress, iii., 80, 289; governor of New Hampshire, iii., 473.
Sumter, iii., 314, 315, 317, 327, 350. Sunday Laws, in Rhode Island, i., 459; in
South Carolina, ii., 37; in New York, ii., 46, 192; in Pennsylvania, ii., 68; in Mas. sachusetts, ii., 169; in Virginia, ii., 176; in Transylvania, iii., 98; in the states generally, iii., 385.
Superior, Lake, explored, ii., 92, 574. Susquehanna Company, ii., 445, 571; iii.,
Synods, New England, i., 253, 327, 455, 498; ii., 309; Presbyterian, iii., 55, 481,
1775, Lord William Campbell, iii., 94, Tarleton, iii., 306, 315, 325, 327, 341, 343,
1775, John Rutledge (pres.), iii., 129.
1778, Rawlins Lowndes, iii., 275. 1779, John Rutledge, iii., 279. 1782, John Matthews, iii., 373.
1783, Benjamin Guerard, iii., 434. 1785, William Moultrie. 1787, Thomas Pinckney.
1789, Charles Pinckney, iii., 484. Laws, ii., 37, 211, 213, 229, 230, 271, 275, 285, 289, 337, 421; iii., 373, 378, 388, 425. Spencer, Joseph, iii., 67; major general, iii., 146, 160, 252.
Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, ii., 240,
267, 276, 277, 326, 327, 378. Standish, Miles, i., 161, 163, 166, 174, 312. Stark, John, ii., 487; iii., 71, 76, 83, 167, 203, 208.
Temple, Thomas, i., 389, 447, 449. TENNESSEE, first settlements in, ii., 575; iii., 286. See Frankland, state of. Tests, religious, iii., 385. Texas, ii., 99, 282.
Theatricals in America, ii., 407.
Thomas, John, iii., 52, 69, 81; takes the command in Canada, iii., 124, 127, 128. Thompson, Charles, ii., 472; iii., 42, 76. Thury, ii., 129, 187. Tobacco, production and use of, i., 64, 88, 116, 122, 128, 131, 133, 173, 181, 197, 215, 364, 514, 520, 560; ii., 40, 283. Tonti, ii., 96, 97, 98, 222, 223. Tories, English, i., 567; ii., 552; Ameri- can, i, 552; in Massachusetts, iii., 66, 113; in Connecticut, iii., 98; in Rhode
Island, iii., 102; in New York, iii., 114, 115, 140, 150, 156, 175, 195, 202, 264, 288, 329; in New Jersey, iii., 166, 184; in Pennsylvania, iii., 160, 217, 220, 259; in Delaware, iii., 161, 196; in Maryland, iii., 161; in Virginia, iii., 117; in North Carolina, iii., 74, 93; risings of, iii., 119, 277, 308, 316, 331, 345, 373; in South Carolina, iii., 94, 329, 373; in Georgia, iii., 373; in the colonies generally, iii., 57-58, 137, 196, 228, 419; emigration of, iii., 439; softening toward, iii., 444; pro- vision for by the British government, ib. See Loyalist corps.
iii., 177; reception of Deane, iii., 178; of the American commissioners, iii., 179; offers to treat, iii., 246; guarantees a loan in Holland, iii., 363; dislikes John Adams, iii., 411; his views as to the diplomatic policy of the United States, iii., 414; as to the terms of peace, iii., 417; his con- duct toward America, iii., 421. VERMONT (see New Hampshire Grants), ii., 303; iii., 74, 200, 407-410. Verrazzani, i., 42. Villibon, ii., 141, 194, 225. Vine, attempted cultivation of, in Virginia, i., 122, 128, 130; in Carolina, ii., 36.
Townshend, Charles, his scheme of Amer- Virginia, discovery, name, and attempted
ican taxation, ii., 538.
Township system in New England, i., 186,
Trade, American: amount of imports and exports at different periods, ii., 213, 329, 432, 559; iii., 466. TRANSYLVANIA, iii., 96, 162. Treasury Department, iii., 89, 123, 265; re- organized, iii., 295, 361, 403. Trumbull, Jonathan, iii., 325. Trumbull, Joseph, iii., 96, 174, 235. Tryon, Governor of North Carolina, ii., 570; of New York, ii., 572–573; iii., 90, 92; major general, iii., 152, 214–215, 282. Tuscaroras, ii., 228, 268–270.
Uncas, i., 248, 283, 292, 373, 385, 392, 409, 476.
Underhill, Captain, i., 187, 247, 248, 249, 255, 259; his penance, i., 271; removes to Connecticut, i., 273; serves the Dutch, i., 424-427; hostility to them, i., 395, 439. Union of the colonies, proposed by Penn, ii., 198; by Coxe, ii., 444; by the Albany Congress, ii., 443. See Congress; also, Confederation, New England. Universalists, ii., 578; iii., 481. Ussellinx, i., 413.
Utrecht, peace of, ii., 275-276.
Van der Donck, i., 429, 431, 437. Vane, Henry, i., 229; governor of Massa- chusetts, i., 235, 244, 246, 247, 322, 382, 395, 448, 455.
Vasco de Gama, i., 36.
Vassall, William, i., 188, 260, 319, 321, 392. Vergennes, French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, sends Beaumarchais to London,
colonization of, i., 81-88; North Virginia, i., 90-94.
Virginia charter, i., 94. Virginia, London Company of, organiza- tion of, i., 99; expeditions sent out by, i., 99, 105, 106, 109, 112, 118, 119; charter of, i., 108; supplementary charter, i., 113; dissensions in, i., 122, 126; charter for- feited, i., 129; restoration of applied for, i., 335.
Virginia, North, Company of, i., 150. See New England.
VIRGINIA, colony and state-Boundaries, i., 94, 206; ii., 28; iii., 286, 406; coun- ties, i., 135, 523; constitution, colonial, i., 118, 123, 513, 523, 550; ii., 234, 414; state, iii., 132, 374, 376, 377, 381, 384; ecclesi- astical system, i., 123, 126, 132, 336, 363, 512; ii., 182; iii., 384.
1611, Lord de War, i., 109, 111. 1611, Sir Thomas Dale (dep. gov.), i.,
1611, Sir Thomas Gates (dep.gov.), ib. 1614, Sir Thomas Dale (dep. gov.), i.,
1616, George Yeardley (dep. gov.), ib. 1617, Samuel Argall (dep. gov.), i., 117. 1619, Sir George Yeardley, i., 117. 1621, Sir Francis Wyatt, i., 123. 1626, Sir George Yeardley, i., 130. 1627, Francis West (acting), ib. 1629, John Potts (acting), i., 131. 1629, John Harvey, ib. 1635, John West (acting), i., 210. 1636, John West, ib. 1639, Sir Francis Wyatt, ib. 1641, Sir William Berkeley, i., 339. 1652, Richard Bennet, i., 357.
1655, Edward Diggs, i., 361. 1656, Samuel Mathews, i., 363. 1660, Sir William Berkeley, i., 366, 511. 1662, Francis Moryson (acting), i., 511. 1663, Sir William Berkeley, i., 517, 521, 522-524, 531-555.
War, department of, iii., 134, 226, 235, 405, 453, 456.
Ward, Artemas, iii., 48; captain general of Massachusetts Bay, iii., 69; Continental major general, iii., 80, 122.
Ward, Nathaniel, i., 225, 271, 274, 381. 1677, Herbert Jeffreys (lieut. gov.), i., | Warner, Seth, ii., 573; iii., 75, 198, 200, 203. Warren, Joseph, ii., 560; iii., 82, 83, 85.
1678, Sir Henry Chicheley (dep.gov.), Wars, Indian. See Indian wars.
1680, Lord Culpepper, i., 558.
1684, Lord Howard of Effingham, i.,
1688, Nathaniel Bacon (acting), i., 564. 1690, Francis Nicholson (lieut. gov.), ii., 173.
1692, Sir Edmund Andros, ii., 181. 1698, Francis Nicholson, ii., 208. 1705, Edward Nott, ii., 235. 1706, Edmund Jennings, ii., 240. 1710, Alexander Spotswood (lieut. gov.), ii., 240, 268, 326-328.
1722, Hugh Drysdale (lieut. gov.), ii.,
1727, William Gouch (lieut. gov.), ii., 329, 340.
1749, Thomas Lee (acting), ii., 437. 1750, Lewis Burwell (acting), ib. 1752, Robert Dinwiddie (lieut.gov.), ib. 1758, Francis Fauquier (lieut. gov.), ii., 508.
1768, Lord Boutetourt, ii., 545.
1770, William Nelson (acting).
1772, Lord Dunmore, ii., 562. 1775, 1776, Provincial Convention, iii., 92, 117, 132.
1776, Patrick Henry, iii., 135. 1779, Thomas Jefferson, iii., 286, 339, 356, 357, 371.
1781, Thomas Nelson, iii., 357, 371. 1781, Benjamin Harrison, iii., 371. 1784, Patrick Henry, iii., 470. 1786, Edmund Randolph, iii., 483. 1788, Beverly Randolph, iii., 538. Judiciary, i., 118, 123, 127, 337, 513, 523, 557; iii., 378, 379; laws, i., 112, 126, 132, 335, 363, 511; ii., 175–180, 235-240, 414; iii., 388, 392.
Waldron, Major, i., 490; ii., 128. Walloons, first settlers on Long Island, i.,
Wampum, i., 269, 384. Wampanoags, i., 161, 476, 491.
Wars, intercolonial-First, ii., 126-137, 141, 183, 187, 193-196.-Second, ii., 227– 231, 251-254, 258-262, 265-267, 275-276. -Third, ii., 376-379, 382-383, 394; cap- ture of Louisburg, ii., 395–398, 399–401, 403, 404.-Fourth, (1754), battle of Great Meadows, ii., 442; (1755), expatriation of the French neutrals, ii., 457-459; Brad- dock's defeat, ii., 460–461; battle of Lake George, ii, 462-463; Shirley's expedi tion to Niagara, ii., 461-462, 464; (1756), capture of Oswego by the French, ii., 470; (1757), Loudon's expedition against Louisburg, ii., 474; Fort William Henry taken by the French, ii., 475; (1758), cap- ture of Louisburg, ii., 482; battle of Ti- conderoga, ii., 483; capture of Fort Fron- tenac, ib.; capture of Fort du Quesne, ii., 484-485; (1759), capture of Ticonde- roga and Crown Point, ii., 486; capture of Fort Niagara, ii., 488; battle of the Heights of Abraham-capture of Que- bec, ii., 488-491; (1760), battle of Sillery, ii., 495; capture of Montreal, ii., 496; (1761), expedition to the West Indies, ii., 500; (1762), capture of Havana, ii., 501. War of the Revolution-(1775), battle of Lexington, iii., 67; capture of Ticonde roga and Crown Point, iii., 75; battle of Bunker Hill, iii., 82; capture of St. John's and Montreal, iii., 103; assault on Que- bec, iii., 104; battle of Great Bridge, iii., 117; (1776), of Moore's Creek Bridge, iii., 119; British expelled from Boston, iii., 121; affair of the Cedars, iii., 128; Thomp- son's defeat, iii., 128; battle of Long Isl- and, iii., 148; New York abandoned, iii., 153; battle of White Plains, iii., 154; Fort Washington stormed, iii., 155; Fort Lee abandoned, iii., 156; retreat through the Jerseys, iii., 156-158; Lee taken pris. oner, iii., 159; Newport occupied by the British, iii., 159; battle of Trenton, iii., 167; (1777), battle of Princeton, iii., 168; British expedition up the Hudson, iii.,
187; battle of Boundbrook, ib.; battle of Danbury, iii., 188; Meigs's expedition to Long Island, ib.; capture of Prescott, iii., 189; expedition to Staten Island, iii., 195; Ticonderoga abandoned, iii., 197; battle of Hubbardton, iii., 198; siege and battle of Fort Schuyler, iii., 201; battle of Bennington, iii., 203; Fort Schuyler relieved, iii., 205; first battle of Beh- mus's Heights, iii., 206-207; Burgoyne's communications cut off, iii., 208; second battle of Behmus's Heights, in., 209–210; retreat of Burgoyne, iii., 211; forts in the Highlands taken by the British, iii., 213; Burgoyne's capitulation, iii., 214; battle of Brandywine, iii., 218-219; Phil- adelphia abandoned, iii., 221; battle of Germantown, iii., 223; defense of Red Bank, iii., 225; the British gain com- mand of the Delaware, ib.; winter quar- ters at Valley Forge, iii., 231; (1778), Philadelphia evacuated by the British, iii., 249; battle of Monmouth, iii., 250; expedition against Newport, iii., 253; battle of Rhode Island, iii., 254; skir mishes and surprises in New Jersey, iii., 257; Kaskaskia taken, iii., 260-261; Wyoming and Cherry Valley, iii., 262- 263; invasion of Florida, iii., 264; inva- sion of Georgia, ib.; British detachment from New York enters the Savannah, iii., 275; (1779), Howe's defeat-Savan- nah taken and Georgia subdued, iii., 276; Tory rising in North Carolina, iii., 277 ; Vincennes taken by Clarke, iii., 284; battle of Briar Creek, iii., 278; South Carolina invaded, iii., 279; Charleston invested, iii.. 280; battle of Stono Ferry, ib.; Virginia plundered by Matthews, iii., 281; British expedition up the Hud- son, ib.; Connecticut plundered, iii., 282; surprise of Stony Point, ib.; Penobscot expedition, iii., 283; Natchez and Mo- bile taken by the Spaniards, iii., 292; sur- prise of Paulus Hook, ib.; expeditions against the Six Nations, iii., 287-289; Newport evacuated, iii., 294; siege and assault of Savannab, ib. ; (1780), South Carolina invaded, iii., 305; siege and capitulation of Charleston, iii., 306; Bu- ford surprised, iii., 307; Loyalist rising in North Carolina, iii., 308; battle of Springfield, iii, 310; French auxiliary army blockaded in Newport, iii., 311; bat-
tle of Camden, iii., 313; partisan corps in the South, iii., 313, 315, 317, 327, 329, 351; Sumter's defeat, iii., 315; treachery of Arnold, iii., 319; North Carolina invad- ed, iii., 325; battle of King's Mountain, iii., 326; (1781), revolt of the Pennsylva- nia and New Jersey lines, iii., 337, 338; Virginia plundered by Arnold, iii., 339; battle of the Cowpens, iii., 342; Mor- gan's and Greene's retreat, iii., 342–344; Wilmington occupied by the British, iii., 344; advance of Greene; Tories cut to pieces, iii., 344, 345; battle of Guilford, iii., 346; battle of Hobkirk's Hill, iii., 349, siege of Ninety-six, iii., 350; Pensacola taken by the Spaniards, iii., 352; Clarke's operations in the West, ib.; Virginia plundered by Phillips, iii., 354; La Fay. ette in Virginia, ib.; Cornwallis in Vir- ginia, iii., 355–357; Washington and the French army march for Virginia, iii., 362; battle of Eutaw, iii., 364; North Carolina Tories, iii., 366; attack on New London, iii., 368; capture of Cornwallis, iii., 369-370; Wilmington evacuated, iii., 373; (1782), Wayne enters Georgia, iii., 424; Savannah evacuated, ib.; Charles- ton evacuated, iii., 425; (1783), mutiny at Philadelphia, iii., 436; New York evac- uated, iii., 441.
Warwick, Earl of (Lord Rich), i., 117, 118, 177, 217, 304, 306. Warwick. See Shawomet. Washington, John, i., 527. WASHINGTON, GEORGE, carries a message to the French on the Allegany, ii., 438; lieutenant colonel, ii., 441; collision with a French party, ib.; succeeds to the chief command; surrenders Fort Ne- cessity, and retires, ii., 442; quits the service, ii., 447; aid-de-camp to Brad- dock, ii., 460, 461; gratuity voted to him, ii., 465; colonel, ib.; visit to Boston, ii., 466; his defense of the Virginia frontier, ii., 468, 474; member of the Continental Congress, iii., 42; chosen commander- in-chief, iii., 80; in the camp before Bos- ton, iii., 85, 107, 121; at New York, iii., 140, 147-150; at Harlem Heights, iii., 150-152; evacuates the city, iii., 153; crosses the Hudson, iii., 155; retreats through the Jerseys, iii., 157; crosses the Delaware, iii., 158; his views re- specting a permanent army, iii., 163;
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