Ames, Nathaniel, A YEAR Of A College

STUDENT'S LIFE, 266-272.
Anburey, Thomas, Travels, 18, 20.
André, John, THE EXPERIENCES OF A
BRITISH SPY, 515-518.

Andrews, John, THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY,
431-433; Letters, 433.

Andros, Sir Edmund, his diligence, 91-92.
Annual Register, 11.

Anonymous, A PLEA FOR PROTECTIVE
DUTIES, 247-248; A BALLAD OF PIG-
WACKET, 344-346; A FRENCH ACCOUNT
OF BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT, 365-367; A
BRAVE MAN'S DEATH, 484-485; Ex-
PLOITS OF DE GRASSE IN THE WEST
INDIES, 612-615; Journal of an Officer,
615.

Archives, American, in Europe, 10.

Armstrong, Edward, Record of the Court at
Upland, 208.

Army, American, recruiting service, 457,
481-483, 586; clothing, 468-469, 527;
joined by Lafayette, 485-488; proposed
use of negroes, 488-490; Washington on
militia, 490-492, 560-562; punishments,
493-494; Washington's headquarters, 495-
497; prisoners, 508-511; needs, 528, 530;
losses at Concord and Lexington, 548; at
Valley Forge, 568-573; rank, 570; resig-
nations, 572; Steuben in, 582-585; foreign
officers in, 584-585; Patrick Henry's
views of, 586; condition in the south,
612; Order of Cincinnati, 626-627. — See
also Officers, Revolution, War, and Table
of Contents.

Army, English, employs Hessians, 500-
504; camp life in Canada, 504-507; Ger-
mans and English, 506-507; loyalist
corps, 511-513; capture of André, 515-
518; losses at Concord and Lexington,
550; "Battle of the Kegs," 562-565; a
woman's life in, 565-568. - See also
Officers, Revolution, War, and Table of
Contents.

Articles of Confederation, difficulties in
framing, 539-543; Maryland's refusal, 591-
593: completed, 604.- See also Con-
gress, United States.

Assemblies, records of, 6; business of, 173-
174; dissolution, 174-175; bills vetoed,
179-181; bills disallowed, 183-184; con-

Baltimore, a growing town, 102.

Bancroft George, use of sources, 22, 23;
History of the United States, 22.
Bank of North America, established, 605.
Barnes, Mary Sheldon, and Barnes, Earl,
Studies in American History, 33.

Bartlett, John Russell, Records of Rh de
Island and Providence Plantations, 17
52, 174.

Bartram, William, Travels, 18.

Beardsley, Eben Edwards, Life and Corre-
spondence of Samuel Seabury, 19.

Belcher, Jonathan, speech, 176; A GOOD
MAN'S LETTER, 287-289.

Belknap, Jeremy, History of New Hamp
shire, 15.

Bellini, at Williamsburg, 608.
Bellomont, Earl of, OFFICIAL PROTEC-
TION OF PIRATES, 244-247.
Berdt, Dennis de, COMPLAINT AGAINST
THE ACTS OF TRADE, 415-417.
Beverly, Robert, History of Virginia, 15,
94; ANDROS'S AND NICHOLSON'S AD-
MINISTRATIONS, 90-94.

Bibliography, of sources, 22-23; of sec-
ondary works, 32–34. - See Index passim.
Bienville, Jean Baptiste, in Louisiana, 312-
313, 315-316.

Bills of credit. - See Currency, Finances,
Money.

Biographies, as sources, 19.

Bishops, plan for establishment in America,
289-290; colonies opposed to, 418-420,—
See also Religion.

Board of Trade. - See Lords Commis-
sioners.

Bodleian Library, 10.

Bolzius, Johann Martin, quaintness, 4:
THE COMING OF THE Salzburg Ger-
MANS, 114-116; Journal, 116.
Bond house, at Edenton, 4.

Boone, Daniel, adventures in Kentucky,

383-385.

Boston, Old South Church, 4; Records, 14,
17, 21; description in 1750, 61-63; ob-
servation of the Sabbath, 63; merry-
making in, 240-243; effect of an earth-
quake in 1727, 261-262; riot against the
Stamp Act, 397-400; troops in, 420-423;

massacre," 429-431; "tea-party," 431-
433; siege of, 550–554. - See also Massa-
chusetts, Revolution.

Boston Athenæum, catalogue, 22.
Boston Gazette, 263.

Boston Public Library, 10; catalogue, 22.
Boudinot, Elias, AN INVESTIGATION OF
BRITISH MILITARY PRISONS, 508-511;
Life, 511.

Boudinot, Jane J., Life of Elias Boudinot,
511.

Boundaries, of states, 542-543; English,
624.- See also Colonies, Land, Treaty.
Boyle, Robert, Voyages and Adventures, 77.
Braddock, General, defeated, 365-367.
Bradford, Alden, Speeches of Massachusetts
Governors, 12.

Bradford, William, Life and Correspondence
of Joseph Reed, 20.

Brewton, Miles, and others, THE EVIL
DEEDS OF THE SPANIARDS, 340-344.
British Museum, Americana in, 10.
Brookline, town records, 5.
Brown, John Carter, library, 10.

Brymner, Douglas, Canadian Archives, 17.
Buckingham, Joseph T., Specimens of News-
paper Literature, 263.
Bunker Hill, battle, 550-551.

Burgoyne, John, lenity of America to, 480;
surrender, 565-568; Madame Riedesel's
opinion of, 566.

Burk, J. D., History of Virginia, 15.
Burke, Edmund, European Settlements, 20,
126, 150; distance from colonies a disad-
vantage, 31; NEED OF RELIEVING GEOR-
GIA, 124-126; THE LAW IN ALL OUR
PROVINCES, 149-150.

Burnaby, Andrew, Travels, 20, 89; NEW-
YORK CITY, 87-89.

Burnet, William, A DEFENCE OF PAPER
MONEY, 251-253.

Bute, Lord, head of the English army, 379.
Byles, Mather, A POETICAL LAMENTA-

TION OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF
HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE
FIRST, 258-260; Collection of Poems, 260.
Byrd, William, house, 4; History of the
Dividing Line, 141, 238; SOCIETY IN
VIRGINIA, 235-238.

CAMBRIDGE (Mass.), battery at, 4: A

REMONSTRANCE, 401-402;
manuscript records, 402; camp at, 552.
Camden, battle of, 610.

Camp life, at Washington's headquarters,
495-497; in Canada, 504-507; at Valley
Forge, 568-573.-See also Army.

Canada, Archives, 17; fur trade in, 322-
324; government of, 324-326; Hessian
troops in, 504-507. See also French,

-

Indians.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, on bishops in
America, 289-290.

Cape Breton, expeditions against, 59, 60.
Carolinas, settlements in, 94-100; govern-

ment of, 143; campaigns in, 606-608.-
See also North Carolina, South Carolina.
Carroll, B. R., Historical Collections of South
Carolina, 17, 21, 344.

Carver, John, value of personal experience,
3; A CONCISE CHARACTER OF THE IN-
DIANS, 334-336; Travels, 336.

Castelman, Richard, PHILADELPHIA, A
NOBLE, LARGE, AND POPULOUS CITY,
74-77 Voyage, Shipwrack, and Miracu-
lous Escape, 77.

Catalogues, as guides to sources, 22.
Chalmers, George, Revolt of the American
Colonies, 15; Opinions of Eminent Law-

yers, 19.
Channing, Edward, Guide to the Study of
American History, 3-6, 11, 14, 16, 23, 26,
28; American History Leaflets, 5, 12, 20;
Student's History of the United States, 33;
United States of America, 34.

Charleston, St. Michael's Church, 4, 285;
description in 1699, 94-95; in 1742, 99;
surrender of, 606.

Charters, as sources, 5; New England, de-
fended, 133-137; loss of New England,
135-136; right of Parliament to annui,
questioned, 137; rights under, 394-395
See also Colonies, Constitution.
Chastellux, Marquis de, on the American

Chew house, at Germantown, 4.
Chimneys and fire-places, care of, 211.
Church of England, dissenters, 52-53; ten-
dency to undermine, 106; church wardens
210, 212-213; attempt to establish, 289-
290, 418-420. See also Religion.
Churchill, Charles, The North Briton, 380.
Cincinnati, The, society of, 626–627.
City government, record, 208-211.
Clap, Thomas, THE HISTORY OF YALE-
COLLEGE, 255-258; History of Yale-Col-
lege, 258.

Clark, George Rogers, THE CONQUEST
OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY, 579-582;
Journal, 582.

Clark, Walter, State Records of North Caro-
lina, 13.

Clarke, George, Jr., ONE THOUSAND
POUNDS FOR A GOVERNORSHIP, 161-
162.

Clergy, benefit of, claimed, 192.

Clinton, General George, ABANDONMENT
OF NEW YORK, 554-556.

Clinton, Governor George, A GOVERNOR'S
PERQUISITES, 162–164.
Coercion, issue of, 434-453.

Colden, Cadwallader, THE FRENCH AND
THE FUR TRADE, 320-324; History of
the Five Nations, 324.
Collections of documents, 11-13.
College, founding of Yale, 255-258; life in
Harvard in 1758, 266-272; examinations,
272-275; in New Jersey, beginning of,
288. See also Intellectual Life.
Colonies, records of, 2, 5, 6; sources on,
14-21; charter colonies, 133-137; power
of Parliament over charters, 137; relation
to mother country, 138-141; common
1. w, 139; need of judges from England,
140; militia of, 140; union of, 140; emu-

-

lation in, 140; suggestion of stamp duties,
141; distinguished from provinces, 141–
142; character of first settlers, 142; good
effect on the mother country, 142; kinds
of population, 142; royal grants, 143:
remedies for misgovernment, 149; Eng-
lish law in, 149-150; legislative power,
151; instructions, 152; executive salaries,
166-169; elections, 171-172; summoning
of juries, 188-189; grand jury charged,
189-191; life in, 224-243; episcopacy,
289-290, 418-420; French, 312-326; ques-
tion of independence, 352-353: Albany
Plan of Union, 357-360; Grenville's
scheme of taxation, 381-382; the Ohio
country, 387-391; rights limited by char-
ters, 394-395; smuggling in, 396-397;
Stamp Act riot, 397-400; declaration of
rights and grievances, 402-404; Franklin
on the state of, 407-411; population in
1766, 408; attitude toward England, 409-
411; Townshend's taxation scheme, 413-
415; complaint of acts of trade, 415-417:
troops in, 420-423; "Sons of Liberty,"
420; Dickinson's plea for moderation,
423-426; statement of grievances, 442-
445; Sam Johnson's reply, 445-448; atti-
tude of George III, 451-453; beginning
of the Revolution, 455-457; mobs in, 438-
461; opposition to Britain, 482; change
into states, 519-524, 534-539. - See also
each colony by name, Table of Contents,
and Vol. I.
Commerce.

-

See Trade.
Commissioners of Maryland and Pennsyl-

vania, THE RUNNING OF MASON AND
DIXON'S LINE, 107-109.

Commons, House of, THE STATE OF THE
COLONIES, 407–411.

Conciliation, opposed by Patrick Henry,
586-587.

Concord (Mass.), conflict at, 546-550.
Concord (N. H.). Records, 17.

Confederation, difficulties in framing Arti-
cles of, 539-543; Maryland refuses to
join, 591-593; completed, 604. — See also
Congress, Revolution.

Congress of the Confederation, receives
Washington's resignation, 627-629.
Congress, First Continental, meeting, 434-
439; Adams's estimate, 438.

Congress, Second Continental, statement
of grievances, 442-445; proceedings, 525-
530; debate over independence, 537-539;
debate over slavery, 539-541; debate over
voting, 541-542; debate over state boun-
daries, 542-543; falling-off in character,
543-545 appealed to by Washington,
560-562; recompense promised to Steu-
ben, 585.

Congress, Stamp Act, statement of rights
and grievances, 402-404.

Congress of the United States, records, 6;
library, 10; Journals, 12, 445; Secret
Journals, 12, 593, 600.

Connecticut, value of records, 6; Records,
17, 202; government, 59-60, 143; charac-
ter, 228; trade, 228-229.

Connecticut Historical Society, Collections,
61.

Constables, duties, 208-209.

Constitution, French view of British, 144-
149; of New Hampshire, 534-537. — See
also Confederation.

-

Convention, Maryland, proceedings, 519-
524. See also Revolution.
Conway, Henry Seymour, THE REPEAL
OF THE STAMP ACT, 411-412.
Copy of Letters sent to Great-Britain by
Thomas Hutchinson, 423.
Cornell University, library, 10.

Cornwallis, Marquis, Correspondence, 19,
618; in the Carolinas and Virginia, 606–
608; THE CAPITULATION OF YORK-
TOWN, 615-618.

Correspondence, committees of, attitude
toward Tories, 470-472.
Cosby, William, A GOVERNOR'S PLEA
FOR PATRONAGE, 153-154; libelled, 193-

194.

Councils, records of, as sources, 6; His
Majesty's Council in New Jersey,
CONCERNING THE RIOTS & INSURREC-
TIONS IN NEW JERSEY, 80-84; business
of a council, 175-179; Mayor, Recorder,
Aldermen, and Common Council of Al-
bany, RECORDS OF A CITY GOVERN-
MENT, 208-211.

County, on Delaware, 72; juries, 188;
court, 205.

Courts, colonial, records of, as sources, 6;
Court of Perquimans, RECORDS OF A

PRECINCT COURT, 191-192; appoint-
ment of judges, 202; defects, 203-204;
need of court of appeal and equity, 204;
business of a county court, 205-208; ad-
miralty, 396-397. - See Juries, Trial.
Cranston, Samuel, AN EXPLANATION BY
RHODE ISLAND, 49-52.

Creditors, American and British, 624.
Currency, continental, 601-603. - See also
Finances, Money.

Curwen, Samuel, Journal and Letters, 21,
349, 480; a loyalist refugee, 25; THE
LOUISBURG EXPEDITION, 346-349; THE
LOT OF THE REFUGEE, 477-480.

ᎠᏎ

ANVERS, General Gage's house at, 2.
Dartmouth, Earl of, A REPRIMAND
TO A COLONIAL GOVERNOR, 169-170.
Dates, use of, 24.

Deane, Silas, Papers, 19.

Debt, state of national, 598-600.
Declaration of Independence, facsimile, 11;
debates on, 537-539.

Dedham Historical Register, 272.

Delaware, separation from Pennsylvania,
72-74.

Dickinson, John, Farmer's Letters, 2, 426;

Writings, 21; THE PENNSYLVANIA
FARMER'S REMEDY, 423-426.

Dinwiddie, Robert, CHARGE TO A GRAND
JURY, 189-191; Official Records, 191.
Disallowance, of a paper-money bill, 183-
184; of a slave act, 297-298.

Dissenters, in New England, 52-53. - See
also Religion.

Documents, collections of, 11-13; Docu-
ments relative to New-York, 13, 17, 21, 79,
131, 154, 162, 164, 170, 184, 247, 250, 253,
290, 334, 339, 356, 357, 367, 387, 412;
Documents relating to New Jersey, 13, 21,
84, 161, 166, 179, 181, 254, 289, 298, 302,
351. See also Sources.
Doddridge, Joseph, shows hardship of fron-
tier life, 25; THE SETTLEMENT OF THE
WESTERN COUNTRY, 387-391; Notes on
the Settlement of the Western Parts of
Virginia & Pennsylvania, 391.
Domestic life, among the Indians, 327-
330; in the Ohio River settlements, 387-
391; on the frontiers, 392-393. - See also
Colonies.

Donne, W. Bodham, Correspondence of
George the Third, 453, 620.
Douglass, William, Summary of the first
Planting of the British Settlements, 21,
143 views tinged and descriptions poor,
VARIOUS KINDS OF COLONIAL GOV-
ERNMENT, 141-143.

31;

Drayton, William Henry, prejudiced, 31;
THE TYRANNY OF KING GEORGE
THIRD, 449-451.

Drowne, Solomon, LIFE ON A PRIVATEER,

497-499; Journal, 499.

Duane [James], THE STATE OF THE
NATIONAL DEBT, 598-600.
Dummer, Jeremiah, Defence of the New-

England Charters, 4, 137; DEFENCE OF
THE NEW-ENGLAND CHARTERS, 133-
137.

Dunmore, Earl of, narratives colored by
rumors. 31; COLD WATER ON AN OHIO
COLONY, 386-387; ENFORCEMENT OF
THE ASSOCIATION, 439–441.
Duties, plea for protective, 247-248. - See
also Finances.

DuVall, Gabriel, PROCEEDINGS OF A
REVOLUTIONARY CONVENTION, 519-

English, methods of teaching history, 27;
dislike arbitrary government, 131-132;
fear Mississippi settlements, 316-320;
French and fur trade, 320-324; massacre
at Schenectady, 323, 337-339; conflicts
with the Spanish, 340-344; expedition
against Louisburg, 346–349; Spanish pri-
vateers, 349-351; claims to the Ohio River,
354-356; to resist the French, 356-357;
remove the Acadians, 360-365; defeat of
Braddock, 365-367; fear French influ-
ence on the continent, 367-369; capture
Quebec, 369-372; question of Ohio settle-
ment, 386-387; protest against taxation
in America, 404-407; army, 500-518;
jealous of German troops, 506-507; Amer-
ican prisoners, 508-511; breach with the
colonies, 519-539; campaigns, 546-590,
606-618; surrender at Vincennes, 579-
582; conciliation, 586-587; peace, 623-
625. See also Army, Colonies, Revolu-
tion, and Table of Contents.
Enlistments, in Revolution, 457, 481-483,
586. See also Army.

Episcopacy, fear of, in the colonies, 418–420.
-See also Bishops.

Evangelist, in Georgia, 283-287. See
also Religion.

Examinations, college, skit on, 272-275.

FARMER, J., and Moore, J. B., Collections,

346.
Farmer's Letters.-See Dickinson, John.
Field Museum, collections, 5.

Filson, John, THE ADVENTURES OF COL
DANIEL BOON, 383-385; Discovery of
Kentucke, 385.

Finances, bill for paper money disallowed,
183-184; Franklin's pamphlet on paper
money, 231; paper money defended, 251-
253: paper money forbidden, 254; con-
sidered in Second Continental Congress,
527, 529; government censured for neg-
lecting to keep up credit, 572, 586; Wash-
ington on, 594-597; national debt, 598-
600; continental currency, 601-603; bank
of North America established, 605.
Fisher, George P., Colonial Era, 28, 34.
Fishery question, 379, 625.

Fiske, John, use of records, 22; History of
the United States for Schools, 33.