INDEX.
Abercrombie, James, 249 n, 250 n, 330.
Abingdon, Va., 344, 349, 350, 369.
Aborigines of Australia, by E. G. Porter, 62.
Abraham, Plains of, Quebec, Canada, 332.
Adams, Charles Francis (1807–1886), H. C. 1825, his Life of John Adams, mentioned, 8 n.
— Charles Francis (H. C. 1856), son of Charles Francis (H. C. 1825), guest at the annual dinner, 238.
— Henry, 57.
— Henry Brooks. See Adams, Henry.
— Herbert Baxter, LL.D. xviii; tribute to, in Report of the Council, 234.
— John, Life of, by C. F. Adams, mentioned 8 n; Works of, cited, 8 n; his defence of Capt. Preston resented by the Bostonians, 22 n; letters between Prof. J. Winthrop and, 326 n.
— Samuel, 19, 21; Wells’s Life of, cited, 10 n; quoted, 22 n; of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11; articles by, in Boston Gazette, on Case of Capt. T. Preston, 22 n; portions of letter to B. Franklin from, 22 n; E. G. Porter’s Address on, mentioned, 62.
— Rev. William Hooper, E. G. Porter’s Sermon on the death of, 61.
Addison, Joseph, 121.
Addressers of Gage and of Hutchinson, preparation of new list of, announced by A. Matthews, 22.
Aeronautics, Washington’s opinion regarding, 187.
Ainsworth, Henry, inscription in a copy of his Psalms in Metre (1618), 402.
Aintab, Asia Minor, American College at, 60.
Akin, Amey (Fish), wife of James, 200 n.
— Amie, daughter of James, 200, 200 n.
— James, 200 n.
Albany, N. Y., 248.
— Robert, 354.
Alexandria, Va., races, at, 138; Potomac Canal directors meet at, 145, 157, 390; election of Delegates at, 391.
— Academy, 158, 163; G. Washington’s gift to, 171.
Alix, Pierre Michel, 330.
Allan, Miss —, 141.
Allen, Andrew Hussey, 120 n.
— Rev. Joseph Henry, D.D., xvii; C. C. Everett’s Memoir of, 49, 340.
Allerton, Isaac, possible identity of Master Williamson with, 399, 400, 401.
— Mark, misreading for Isaacke Allerton, 402.
Almon, John, his Collection of interesting, authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America, 4 n; his Remembrancer, quoted, 106 n.
Alpha Delta Phi Society, Williams Chapter, 56.
Alton, John, servant of G. Washington, 139, 166, 172.
America, alleged origin of the name, 99 n.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 340; hospitality of, to this Society, 49.
American Antiquarian Society, 95 n, 270, 271, 273; E. Rawson’s copy of the General Laws and Liberties owned by, 26, 290; members of, from the Class of 1858, H. C., 57, 58; sends E. G. Porter as delegate to meeting of Royal Society of Canada, 61; Proceedings of, cited, 26, 406 n.
American Archives, cited, 255 n, 275 n.
American Bank Note Company, 264, 265; paper read before Trustees of, by R. N. Toppan, 272.
American Historical Association, 61, 234, 273.
American Oriental Society, 340.
American Philosophical Society, 273, 326.
American Social Science Association, 269.
American Unitarian Association, 238; hospitality of, to this Society, 49.
Ames, Fisher (H. C. 1774), biographical essay on, by J. B. Thayer, mentioned, 308.
— Fisher (H. C. 1858), 57.
— Hon. Frederick Lothrop, A.B., xvi.
— James Barr, LL.D., xvi; his tribute to J. B. Thayer, 315–317.
Amory, Jonathan (H. C. 1787), 221 n, 222 n, 222 n.
— Mehitable (Sullivan) Cutler, wife of Jonathan (H. C. 1787), 221 n.
— Thomas Coffin, his Life of Sullivan, cited, 219 n, 221 n.
Anderson, —, 184.
— Nicholas Longworth, his message to W. F. Lee, 58.
Andover, Mass., Phillips Academy, 56.
Andrew, Hon. John Forrester, LL.B., xvi.
Andros, Sir Edmund, Governor of Massachusetts, petitioned by E. Rawson for compensation for services, 293, 294; sent back to England, 294.
Andros Records, copies of, communicated to American Antiquarian Society by R. N. Toppan, 272.
Andros Tracts, cited, 294 n.
Angell, Hon. James Burrill, LL.D., xviii.
Anglican Church, re-establishment of supremacy of, 290.
Anne, Queen of England, 82.
Appeal, Massachusetts Colony denies right of, 290.
Appleton, Mehitable, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel (1693–1784). See Haven.
— Rev. Nathaniel (1693–1784), 217 n; degree conferred upon, 324 n.
Arlington, Mass., Cutter’s History of, quoted, 27, 28 n, 29 n; formerly West Cambridge, 223 n.
Arminius, Jacobus, monument to, 81.
Armstrong, —, 346.
Army and Navy Journal, G. E. Pond’s connection with, 57.
Arnold, Benedict, 253; marches against the Cedars, 255; cartel and exchange of prisoners effected by, 255, 256.
Aspinwall, William, 289; his Notarial Records, cited, 72 n.
Assize Law, 189.
Association of American Law Schools, 316.
Astrea, British ship, 110.
Atkins, Dudley, 218 n.
— Francis Higginson, his Joseph Atkins, cited, 218 n.
— Joseph, 218 n.
— Mary Russell, daughter of Dudley. See Searle.
Attleborough, Mass., early iron works at, 92, 93; Daggett’s History of, cited, 92.
Aubrey, John, his Lives of Eminent Men, quoted, 120.
Audley (Odlin) Ann. See Clark.
Austin, Hon. James Walker, A.M., xvi.
— John, J. S. Mill’s opinion of, 312.
— Mary (Fish), wife of Stephen, 200 n.
— John Osborne, his 160 Allied Families, cited, 202 n; his Ancestry of 33 Rhode Islanders, cited, 199 n; his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, cited, 199 n, 201 n, 202 n.
Australia, Aborigines of, by E. G. Porter, 62.
Babson. Robert Tillinghast, LL.B., xvii.
Backus, Eunice. See Trumbull.
Bacon, —, 15.
Bacon’s Grove, Mass., 223 n, 227 n.
Baker, Dr. —, 166.
Balch, Rev. —, 346; letter of Washington to, 185.
— Francis Vergnies, LL.B., xvi.
Baldwin, Abraham, 170.
— Hon. Simeon Eben, LL.D., xviii.
Balfour & Barraud, 396.
Ball, Burges, 175.
— Mary. See Washington.
Ballads, importance of early American, 115 n.
Bangor, Me., Independent Congregational (Unitarian) Church, 338.
Bank Note Engraving, A Hundred Years of, paper by R. N. Toppan, 272, 273.
Baptism, denied to children of unbelievers, 78.
Baptists, 285.
Bar Association, Boston, 238.
Bar Harbor, Me., J. B. Thayer’s summer home at, 306.
Barber, William, 344.
Barbié, Jacques, 330.
Barker, Hon. James Madison, LL.D., xvii.
Barnam, Benedict, son of Francis, 103.
— Francis, of London, 103.
Barnum, Rev. Caleb, 251, 251 n, 252.
Baron Hill. See Barren Hill.
Barraud, Balfour &, 396.
Barrel plough, Washington’s experiments with, 384, 386, 389, 390, 393.
Barren Hill, battle of, 191.
Bartlett, John Russell, his Dictionary of Americanisms, cited, 95 n.
— Samuel, Jr., 92 n.
Barton, Edmund Mills, 95 n, 115 n.
Bassett, Burwell, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 138, 139, 381.
— Frances, daughter of Burwell, 130, 177, 192; wedding of, 135. See also Washington, Frances (Bassett).
Batchelder, Josiah, 65.
— Josiah (d. 1809), called Squire Batchelder, son of Josiah, 65.
Bateman, Philip, 174.
Bates, Col. Joshua, of Weymouth, 216 n.
— Joshua (1788–1864), son of Col. Joshua, letter of, to W. Ropes, 216; date of birth, 216 n.
— Lucretia (Sturgis), wife of Joshua (1788–1864), 216 n.
— Tirzah, wife of Col. Joshua, 216 n.
Batherick, Elizabeth, first wife of John (1702–1769), 28.
— John (1702–1769), 28.
— John (b. 1730), son of John (1702–1769), 28.
— Phebe, daughter of John (b. 1730), domestic in the families of John Wilson and Lot Wheelwright, Sr., 28; her reminiscences of the Concord Fight, 29, 30.
— Ruth (Hook), second wife of John (1702–1769), alleged capture of British soldiers by, 27.
Battery G, First Heavy Artillery, M. V. M. See Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans.
Bavaria, Germany, 182.
Baxter, Hon. James Phinney, Litt D., xviii; elected Corresponding Member, 48; guest at the annual dinner, 238; his edition of the Journal of Lt. W. Digby, cited, 245 n.
Bayle, —. See Bailey.
— Capt. —, 186.
Baylies, Francis, his Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, cited, 400 n.
— Thomas, his association with Attleborough iron works, 90, 93; his settlement in Attleborough, 91, 91 n.
— Walter Cabot, A.B., xvi.
Beach, Lazarus, his Jonathan Post-free, 114, 114 n.
Beacon Street, Boston, 219 n.
Beekman, James William, his Centenary Address delivered before the Society of the New York Hospital, cited, 218 n.
Beirut, Turkey, American Mission at, 59.
Bell, D., two water-color views of Cambridge by, exhibited by W. C. Lane, 274.
Bellamie, John, printer, 401.
Bellingham, Richard, transcriptions of the Liberties and Capital Laws ordered by, 23; one of several to oversee the printing of the Laws, 24.
Bellott, A., 330.
Bent, William, 250, 250 n, 253.
Berkeley, Arabella, daughter of Bishop George. See Hamilton.
— George, Bishop of Cloyne, 336.
Berkeley, Va., 390.
— County, Va., desire to erect school and meeting-house on land of G. Washington in, 365.
Betsey, a schooner, 5 n.
Bibby, Capt. —, 186.
Billings. John Shaw, D.C.L., xviii; accepts Corresponding Membership, 1, 48.
Binghamton, N. Y., 248 n.
Bishop, Joel Prentiss, 313.
— Thomas, servant of Washington, 170; wife of, 166.
Black. George Nixon, Esq., xvii.
Blackburn, Anne, daughter of Thomas. See Washington.
Blake. Francis A. M., xvii.
— George, 226 n.
Bliss, Eugene Frederick, 57.
— Leonard, Jr., his History of Rehoboth, cited, 92 n.
Bloxham, James, 394.
Body of Liberties (1641), 289; no printed copy known to be extant, 23; transcription and distribution of copies of, ordered by the General Court, 23, 24; revised and made ready for printing, 24.
Boerhaave, Hermann, monument to, 81.
Boishebert, Charles Deschamps de, 333.
Bold, to feel, the expression, 106, 106 n.
Bollan, William, 91 n, 92 n; letter of, on Boston Massacre, 12, 211; text of letter, 212, 213.
Bolton. Charles Knowles, A.B., xvii; his Private Soldier under Washington, 100 n; reads anonymous contemporary Elegy on the Death of General George Washington, 196–198.
Bond, Henry, his Genealogies and History of Watertown, cited, 248 n.
— William, regiment commanded by, 246, 246 n, 248; sketch of, 248 n.
Bonnechose, Charles de, his Montcalm et le Canada Français, mentioned, 331.
Boot-legs, made by skinning Indians, 278.
Booth, William, 367.
Boston, Mass., arrival of British regiments in, 3 n, 6, 20; hostile feeling toward these troops in, 6, 7, 20, 22 n; testimony of Capt. Preston regarding conduct of inhabitants of, 6; appoints Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 5, 11, 12; Committee condemns Capt. Preston’s account, 13, 15–17, 19–21; text of the Committee’s Report, 13–19; first theatre built in, 210; mint established in, 286; Randolph’s effort to establish Episcopal church in, 291.
— Athenæum, 222 n; gift of James Perkins to, 219 n.
— Bar Association, 238.
— Battery G, First Heavy Artillery, M. V. M. See Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans.
— Beacon Street, 219 n.
— Brattle Square, Church in, 222 n.
— Bromfield Street, formerly Rawson’s Lane, 289, 289 n.
— Butler’s Row, 219 n.
— Castle Island, removal of troops to, after Boston Massacre, 13, 18; Commissioners retreat to, 14.
— Concord Square, 207.
— Contractors and Builders Association of the City of Boston, 229 n.
— Custom House, plunder of, feared, 4 n, 7, 8; alleged attempt against, in Boston Massacre, 16.
— Evacuation of, tributes to Washington after, 322, 323, 329.
— Faneuil Hall, town-meeting at, to consider Boston Massacre, 11, 12.
— First Baptist Church, 93.
— First Church, first minister of, 281.
— Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans, 230 n.
— King’s Chapel, 219 n, 222 n; funeral of E. Wheelwright takes place in, 32; rates of silver collated from Ledger Records of, 280; Foote’s Annals of, cited, 280 n.
— King Street, scene of Boston Massacre, 18 n.
— Massacre, papers in connection with, communicated by A. Matthews, 2–21; Capt. Preston’s account of, 4; text of this account, 6–10; testimony regarding conduct of Bostonians during, 6; committee appointed by the town to report on, 11, 12; garbled accounts of, condemned, 13, 15–17, 19–21, 22 n; text of committee’s report on, 13–19; A Short Narrative of the horrid Massacre, cited, 16 n, 211; Fair Account of, cited, 4, 16 n; letter concerning, by Catharine Macaulay, 212; letter concerning, by W. Bollan, 212, 213; letter concerning, by T. Pownall, 213–215.
— Merchants Row, 219 n.
— Pearl Street, Athenæum Library building in, 219 n.
— Rawson’s Lane, now Bromfield Street, 289.
— Record Commissioners’ Reports, cited, 72 n, 228 n, 296 n, 325 n, 403 n.
— St. Botolph Club, 36.
— Second (North) Church, 325 n.
— Siege of, letters to Meletiah Bourne written during, 202.
— South Church, papers relating to, given up by E. Rawson, 294.
— Trinity Church, 86.
— West Church, 403 n.
Boston Traveler, founded by R. L. Porter, 55.
Boston and Lowell Railroad, 223 n.
Boston and Maine Railroad Company, plan of Middlesex Canal in Engineer’s office of, 219 n.
Bougainville, Jean Pierre de, 331 n.
Bounties for scalps, paper on, by A. Matthews, 275–278; alleged to have been offered by the British, 275; recommended to the South Carolina Assembly, 275; offered by Pennsylvania, 276, 277.
Bourne, Meletiah, 202.
— Sylvanus, son of Meletiah, 202.
Bourne Papers, G. L. Kittredge communicates letters from, 202.
Bowditch. Charles Pickering, A.M., xvi; of Committee to draught Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32.
Bowdoin, James, 213, 215; extract from letter of, 5 n.
Bowdoin College, trustees of, reject C. C. Everett as Professor, 65, 66, 338; gives him degree of D. D., 66.
— Phi Beta Kappa, 340.
Bowen, Sir Charles Synge Christopher Baron, 311.
— Clarence Winthrop, Ph.D., xviii.
Bowes, Mary (D’Ewes), wife of Sir Thomas, 74 n.
— Sir Thomas, 74 n.
Bowie, John, 158.
Boyne, Viscount. See Hamilton, Gustavus.
— William, his Trade Tokens, cited, 120 n.
Bradford, Sarah Alden. See Thayer.
— William, Governor of Plymouth Colony, his History of Plymouth Plantation quoted by R. Wolcott, 87; it does not mention Master Williamson, 399.
— William, printer, remarks on by H. H. Edes, 198.
Bradlee, Josiah, 57.
Bradstreet, Simon, Governor of Massachusetts, 207, 282.
Brant, Joseph, the Indian, 108, 108 n.
Brattle Square, Boston, Church in, 222 n.
Breedon, Thomas, presents volume of the Laws of Massachusetts to Council for Foreign Plantations, 25 n; questions allegiance of the Colony to King James, 25 n.
Brewster, Caroline Freeman (Kettell), wife of William, owner of the manuscript of Lt.-Col. J. Vose’s Journal, 247 n.
— Frank, A.M., xvi.
Briggs, Enoch, 201 n.
— Hannah, wife of Enoch, 201 n.
— Sarah. See Durfie.
— Susannah, daughter of Enoch. See Cook.
Brightman, Henry, 201 n.
— Joan, wife of Henry, 201 n.
— Sarah, daughter of Henry. See Hoar.
Brimmer, Hon. Martin, A.B., xvi.
Brindley, —, manager of the Susquehanna Canal, 380, 381.
Bristol County, Mass., Deeds, cited, 91 n, 93 n, 199 n, 203 n; Probate Records, 204.
Bristol, R. I., Records, cited, 200 n.
British Army List, cited, 3 n.
British Museum, London, 210.
British Officers Serving in America, Ford’s, cited, 3 n.
Brockwell, Rev. Charles, reproduction of Pelham’s portrait of, exhibited by H. W. Cunningham, 278.
Brodhead, Daniel, 276.
Bromberg, Frederic George, 56.
Bromfield Street, Boston, formerly Rawson’s Lane, 289, 289 n.
Brooke, Capt. W., 376.
Brooks, Peter Chardon, 227.
Brown, —, London publisher, 187.
— Benjamin Graves, 57.
— Gustavus Richard, 132, 166, 174, 357, 365, 367.
— James, 282.
— Lawrence, 296.
— Nicholas, & Company, of Providence, now Brown & Ives, 93 n.
— Thomas (1663–1704), his Comical View of the Transactions that will happen in the cities of London or Westminster, cited, 121.
Brown & Ives, formerly Nicholas Brown & Company, of Providence, 93 n.
Browne, Rev. Edmund, letter and report from, 68, 69; text of these, 74–80; first minister at Sudbury, 76 n.
Brunner, Heinrich, his Origin of the Jury, 315.
Buckingham, Joseph Tinker, his Specimens of Newspaper Literature, cited, 328 n.
Buckminster, Eliza, afterwards wife of Thomas Lee, 222 n, 224.
— Rev. Joseph Stevens, 222 n.
— Lucy Maria. See Farrar.
— Mary Lyman. See Lothrop.
— Olivia, afterwards wife of George Barrell Emerson, 222 n, 225, 227.
Bulfinch, Charles, gold medal given to, by proprietors of first Boston theatre, exhibited by H. H. Edes, 210, 210 n.
Bull, John, the nickname, 95, 115, 116, 116 n; contrasted by Lowell with Brother Jonathan, 117.
— Jonathan, Paulding’s description of, 115, 116; nickname for the North, 116 n. See also Jonathan, Brother.
— Mary, nickname for the South, 116 n.
Bunker Hill, Dr. A. Craigie cares for wounded at battle of, 403 n.
Bunker Hill Monument Association, 273.
Burgoynade, the word, 112 n.
Burgoyne, Gen. John, 111 n.
Burgoyne, to, the verb, 112 n.
Burling, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas. See Curzon; Whittell.
— Samuel. See Curzon.
— Thomas, 218 n.
— Walter, son of Thomas, kills Samuel Curzon in duel, 218 n.
Burn, Jacob Henry, his Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee House Tokens, cited, 120 n.
Burnet, William, Governor of Massachusetts, 202, 202 n.
Burwell, Frances. See Page.
Bushnell, Horace, his Historical Estimate of Connecticut, in Work and Play, quoted, 95, 96.
Bushrod, Hannah, daughter of John. See Washington.
— John, 137 n.
Butler. Sigourney, LL.B., xvi.
Butler’s Row, Boston, 219 n.
Byram Bridge, Ct., 108, 108 n.
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Baron, his Vision of Judgment, quoted, 116, 117.
Byron Bridge. See Byram Bridge.
Cabot, Elizabeth Lee, daughter of Samuel (1759–1819), afterwards wife of Charles T. C. Follen, 225 n.
— John, monument to, 61.
— Louis, A.B., xvii, 57, 58 n; appointed on Nominating Committee, 1.
— Samuel (1759–1819), 225 n.
Cabot Celebrations of 1897, by E. G. Porter, 62.
Calendar of State Papers, cited, 80 n; quoted, 25 n.
Callender, John (H. C. 1790), 222, 222 n, 225.
Calvert, Eleanor. See Custis; Stuart.
Cambridge, Mass., Paige’s History of, cited, 28 n, 403 n, 405 n, 406 n; plans for printing Records of, 50; two early water-color views in, by D. Bell, 274; development planned by Andrew Craigie in, 404, 405; location of old County Court-House in, 406 n, 407 n.
— Christ Church, 403, 403 n, 406, 406 n.
— Craigie House, Longfellow’s residence, 403; articles about, 406 n.
— Craigie’s Bridge, 405.
— Craigie’s Road, 405.
— First Parish, plans for printing Registers of, 50.
— Lechmere’s Point, 404.
Camden, S. C., battle of (1780), 109.
Cameron, Va., 356.
Campbell, John, Earl of Loudoun, 330.
— William, 277.
Canada, Lt.-Col. J. Vose’s Journal describing expedition to, in 1776, 245; commanders of the expedition, 246, 246 n; text of the Vose Journal, 248–262.
— Royal Society of, 61.
Candiac, Château de, France, 330.
Candles, Washington’s experiments with spermaceti and tallow, 165, 167, 181.
Cape Porpoise. See Porpoise, Cape.
Card, Joseph, son of Richard, 202, 202 n.
Card, Richard, 202 n.
Carleton, Edward. See Carlton.
— Sir Guy, Baron Dorchester, 128 n. 334.
Carlton, Edward, 284.
Carr, Maurice, 9.
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, 117 n.
Carruth, Nathan, house of, in Dorchester, 56.
— Sarah Ann (Pratt) Porter, wife of Nathan, 56.
Carter. Franklin, LL.D., xvii, 125; tribute of, to Roger Wolcott, 86–89.
— Hon. James Coolidge, LL. D., xviii; deceased, xix; letter of Jared Sparks concerning, 216, 217.
— Landon, 176.
Carver, John, appointed an overseer of William Mullins’s will, 400, 401, 402; also a witness of this will, 401.
— Jonathan, origin of term Jonathan attributed to, 102.
Castle Island, Boston, removal of troops to, after Boston Massacre, 13, 18; Commissioners of Customs retreat to, 14.
Cato, servant of Meletiah Bourne, 202.
Caton, Marianne, daughter of Richard. See Patterson; Wellesley.
— Richard, 117 n.
Cedars, Canada, news of the disaster at the, reaches Gen. Thompson’s men, 247, 254; Gen. Arnold marches against, 255; cartel and exchange of prisoners effected at, 255, 256.
Centlivre, Mrs. Susannah, her Bold Stroke for a Wife, cited, 121.
Central Republican Club, Fall River, 230 n.
Centras, Canada, Gen. Thompson’s men retreat to, 259.
Chadwick. James Read, M. D., xvii.
Chamberlain, Hon. Joshua Lawrence, LL. D., xviii.
Chambly, Canada, 247, 251, 252, 252 n, 257, 259; Gen. Thompson’s men retreat to, 258.
Chancery, Court of, declares Charter of Massachusetts forfeited, 292.
Channing, Edward Tyrrel, 207.
— Susan Cleveland (Higginson), wife of Francis Dana, 221 n, 225 n.
— William Henry (H. C. 1829), 225n.
Charles II., King of England, 120; restoration of, 290, 295.
Charles III., King of Spain, his gift to Washington, 140.
Charleston, S. C., siege of (1780), 109, 111 n, 112 n.
Charlestown, Mass., Wyman’s Genealogies and Estates of, cited, 28 n.
— Sullivan Square, origin of name, 224 n.
Charton, —, 375.
Chase. Charles Augustus, A. M., xvi.
Chauncy, Charles, letter to Ezra Stiles from, regarding Prof. J. Winthrop, 327.
Chavillie, —, 392.
Cheiza d’Artignan, Comte de, 375, 376.
Chevillet, G. See Chevillet, Justus.
— Justus, 331.
Chichester, —, 170.
Chilmark, Mass., 199 n.
Choate. Charles Francis, A.M., xvi.
— Hon. Joseph Hodges, D. C. L., xviii; memoir of W. C. Endicott assigned to, 47.
Christ Church, Cambridge, 403, 403 n, 406, 406 n.
Church members, right of suffrage restricted to, 290; E. Randolph’s effort to transfer right from, 291.
Cilley, Bradbury Longfellow, 57.
Cincinnati, Society of the, prejudices against, 127, 192, 193, 194.
— Massachusetts, 238, 246, 247 n; Memorials of the Massachusetts Society, cited, 245 n, 246 n, 248 n.
— New York, diplomas signed by Washington, 169.
— Pennsylvania, diplomas signed by Washington, 142.
Civil service, Gov. R. Wolcott’s attitude towards, 87, 88.
Clark, Ann (Audley), wife of Jeremiah (1643–1729), 199 n.
— Frances (1669), daughter of Jeremiah (1643–1729). See Sanford.
— Frances (Dungan), wife of Jeremiah, 198 n.
— George Rogers, Vincennes recaptured by, 335.
— Jeremiah, 198 n.
— Jeremiah (1643–1729), son of Jeremiah, 198 n.
Clarke, Jonas, 92.
— Richard (H. C. 1729), land conveyed to, 91 n; name not found in accounts of Taunton iron works, 92; employees of, exempted from military service, 89; petition for this exemption not found, 90; Receipt-book of, exhibited, 217.
— Sarah, wife of William, 92 n.
— William, properties conveyed to, 91 n; properties conveyed by, 92 n.
Clergymen, forbidden by colonial law to perform marriage service, 285.
Cleveland, Hon. Grover, LL.D., xviii, 43.
Clifford, Hon. Charles Warren, A.M., xvi; tribute of, to Roger Wolcott, 85.
Clopton, Anne, daughter of Sir William. See D’Ewes.
— Thomasine, daughter of Sir William. See Winthrop.
Clover, best method of raising, 396.
Cochran, James, reward for Indian scalps received by, 276 n.
Coddington, William, Governor of Rhode Island, 203.
Coffee-houses in London, history of, 120, 120 n, 121.
Coffin, Capt. Hezekiah, 326 n.
— Joshua, his History of Newbury, cited, 283 n, 284 n, 285 n.
Coggeshall, Elizabeth, daughter of John. See Sanford.
— John, 199 n.
Cogswell, Joseph Green, 217, 217 n.
— Rev. William, his biographical sketch of W. D. Williamson, 402.
Cohasset, Mass., E. Wheelwright’s summer home at, 41.
Coinage of money in Massachusetts, 286.
College, use of the word, as applied to buildings, 405 n.
Colonial laws, Edward Rawson’s knowledge of, 289.
Colonial Society op Massachusetts, 273; holds special meeting in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32, 46, 48; his services to, 31, 34, 35, 37, 40; members of the Class of 1844 (H. C.) belonging to, 32, 36; records of Wheelwright memorial meeting, 33–44; annual dinners of, 47, 48, 53, 54, 238; need of permanent habitation for, 49, 50, 235; receives collection of unpublished manuscripts from H. H. Edes, 239; J. B. Thayer’s services to, 297, 298, 300; accepts F. L. Gay’s offer in regard to publishing early Records of Harvard College, 319; F. L. Gay made Chairman of Special Committee to carry out the project, 320; W. C. Lane and A. Matthews appointed as other members of this Committee, 320 n; Dr. Everett’s contributions to, 340.
— Annual Meetings, 45–54, 233–240.
— Auditing Committee, appointment of, 211, 341; report of, 52, 237.
— By-Laws, 50; amendment to, 84, 235.
— Corresponding Members, xviii; 1, 48, 203, 205, 209, 238; loss of, by death, 47, 234, 321.
— Corresponding Secretary, xv; reads Annual Report, 45–50; reports new members, 1, 45, 84, 205, 211, 233, 296, 321; nomination and election of, 52, 53, 238; requests and obtains permission for the Society to print the early Records of Harvard College, 320, 320 n. See also Noble, John.
— Council, xv; appoints S. Wells to Nominating Committee, vice Dr. Everett, deceased, 1 n; special meeting of, takes action on death of President Wheelwright, 31–32, 46; appoints Committee to draw up Resolutions in memory of him, 32; report of this Committee, 33–35; accepted, 42; Annual Report of, 45–50, 233–235; Edward Hale elected member of, for three years, 53; expression of sorrow on death of R. N. Toppan, entered on records of, 231, 232; stated meetings of, 231, 391; A. Matthews elected member of, for three years, 238.
— Editor of Publications, iii, xv. See also Matthews, Albert.
— Executive Members of the Council, xv.
— Funds, 45, 49, 51, 52, 63, 235, 236, 237; E. Wheelwright’s contributions to, 40; need of, 49, 239.
— Honorary Members, xviii, 47; loss of, by death, xix.
— Memoirs, assignment of, 30, 47, 209.
— Nominating Committee, appointment of, 1, 211, 341; report of, 52, 53, 237, 238.
— President, xv, 30, 84, 85, 127, 205, 231, 233, 238, 241; appoints Nominating Committee, 1, 211, 341; nomination and election of, 52, 53, 237, 238; makes Inaugural Address, 63; appoints Committee to examine Treasurer’s accounts, 1, 341. See also Wheelwright, Edward; Kittredge, George Lyman.
— Publications, character and possibilities of, 49, 50, 233; funds for, 49, 235, 238; Vol. iv. to contain Bibliography of the Massachusetts House Journals, 215 n; statement regarding, by H. H. Edes, 238, 239, 240; cited, 3 n, 18 n, 21 n, 69 n, 228 n, 293 n.
— Recording Secretary, xv, 39; reads Annual Report of Council, 233–235; nomination and election of, 52, 53, 238. See also Cunningham, Henry Winchester.
— Registrar, xv; nomination and election of, 53, 238. See also Gay, Frederick Lewis.
— Resident Members, xvi, xvii, 30, 45, 47, 48, 83, 203, 205, 210, 211, 230, 233, 234, 295, 296, 407; loss of, by death, xix, 46, 47, 234; from the class of 1858 (H. C.), 58 n.
— Stated Meetings, 1, 63, 84, 127, 205, 211, 241, 296, 321, 341; change in date of holding, 235. See also Annual Meeting, above.
— Treasurer, xv; reports receipt of first instalment of Wheelwright bequest, 63; annual report, 50–52, 235–237; nomination and election of, 53, 238. See also Edes, Henry Herbert.
— Vice Presidents, xv, 31, 32, 33, 45, 63, 296; nomination and election of, 52, 53, 237, 238. See also Goodwin, William Watson; Thayer, James Bradley; Knowlton, Marcus Perrin.
Columbia, E. G. Porter’s Ship Columbia and the Discovery of Oregon, 62.
Columbia University Law School, 265.
Columbus, Christopher, 99 n.
Commerce, powers of Congress to regulate, 188, 190.
Commissioners of Customs, 14, 15; letters regarding Boston Massacre sent to England by, 4, 13, 15; committee appointed to inquire into conduct of, 11, 12; retirement of, to Castle William, 14, 18.
Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, 286, 287.
Commissioners to New England (1664), 290, 291.
Compton, Henry, Bishop of London, 293.
Concord, Mass., President Wheelwright relates an incident of the battle of, 26–30; E. G. Porter’s Four Drawings of Lexington and, in 1775, 62.
— Old Manse, 301.
Concord Square, Boston, 207.
Concord Turnpike, 405.
Confederacy of 1643. See United Colonies.
Congress, United States, powers of, to regulate commerce, 188, 190.
Connecticut, sobriquet “Brother Jonathan” not applied particularly to men of, 112; remarks on services of, in Revolution, by A. McF. Davis, 122–124; geographical advantages of, 122, 123; agricultural wealth of, 123; food supplies furnished by, 123, 124; claims of, in Pennsylvania, 124.
— Colony of, yields to demands of Royal Commissioners, 290.
Contractors and Builders Association of the City of Boston, 229 n.
Contrast, The, play by Royall Tyler, 112, 112 n.
Cook, Aaron, 83.
— Enoch, son of William, 201, 201 n.
— Joanna, daughter of Aaron. See Porter.
— Joseph, 201 n.
— Susannah, wife of Joseph, 201 n.
— Susannah (Briggs), wife of William, 201 n.
— William, son of Joseph, 201, 201 n.
Cooper, Rev. Samuel, 324.
Copley, John Singleton, 217.
Corey, Deloraine Pendre, his History of Malden, cited, 26 n.
Cornwallis, Charles, first Marquis, 15th Regiment sent to Cape Fear under, 334.
Cotton, Elizabeth (Saltonstall), wife of Rowland, 200 n.
— Grissel (Sylvester) Sanford, wife of Rev. Nathaniel, 200 n.
— Rev. John (1585–1652), 70, 73, 76, 79, 207.
— Rev. Nathaniel, son of Rev. Rowland, 200, 200 n.
— Rev. Rowland, 200 n.
— Sarah (Hankredge) Story, wife of Rev. John (1585–1652), 70.
— Seaborn, son of Rev. John (1585–1652), 70.
Court of Chancery. See Chancery, Court of.
Coverly, Nathaniel, Jr., printer, 115 n.
Craigie, Capt. Andrew, 403 n.
— Dr. Andrew (1754–1819), son of Capt. Andrew, reminiscences of, by J. Holmes, communicated and read by S. L. Thorndike, 403–407; Apothecary-General of Northern Department of Revolutionary Army, 403 n; buys Vassall estate, 404, 404 n; marriage of, 404, 404 n; speculative plans of, 404, 405; pecuniary troubles of, 405, 406; funeral of, 406.
— Elizabeth (Shaw), wife of Dr. Andrew, 404 n, 406 n.
Craigie House, Cambridge, Longfellow’s residence, 403; articles about, 406 n.
Craigie’s Bridge, Cambridge, 405.
Craigie’s Road, Cambridge, 405.
Craik, Dr. James, 128, 132, 139, 145, 157, 354, 356, 357, 377, 378, 389.
— William, 137, 138, 147, 354.
Cramer (or Cranmur), —, 158.
Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 281; his Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson mentioned, 295 n; his Ancestry of Edward Rawson mentioned, 295 n.
— Joshua Eddy, letter from, regarding iron works at Attleborough, 90–93.
— Hon. Winthrop Murray, LL.D., xvii.
Cranmur. See Cramer.
Creamer, Jacob, 277.
Cremer, Adrian, 226 n.
— Thomas, 226 n.
— Thomas Theodore, 226 n.
Cretan refugees, 59.
Crillen. See Crillon.
Crillon, Louis des Balbes de Berton de, Duc de Mahon (1718–1796), 145.
Crown Point, N. Y., 333; American retreat to, 247, 259–261; fort at, 251.
Crowninshield, Benjamin William, 57.
Cruelty, unproved charges of, against British, 275, 278; as practised by Americans, 275–278.
Cunningham. Henry Winchester, A.B., ii, xv, xvi, 39, 231, 319; nominated and elected Recording Secretary, 52, 53, 238; identifies author of manuscript entries in copy of Titan’s New Almanack for 1729, 198; his note on William Sanford, 203, 204; communicates letters of Joshua Bates and of Jared Sparks, 216, 217; communicates Journal of Lt.-Col. Joseph Vose, April–July, 1776, 245; exhibits reproductions of portraits by Peter Pelham, 278.
— Peter. See Wheatley, Henry Benjamin.
— Stanley, A.B., xvi.
Currency, depreciated, in the Revolution, 110 n.
Currier, John James, his Ould Newbury, cited, 295 n.
Curson. See Curzon.
Curtis, Gerard, 57.
Curtiss. Frederic Haines, xvii.
Curzon, Elizabeth (Burling), wife of Samuel (1753–1786), 218 n. See also Whittell.
— Margaret (Searle), wife of Samuel (1781–1847), 218, 218 n, 220, 225 n, 226.
— Richard, 219 n.
— Samuel (1753–1786), son of Richard, sketch of, 218 n, 219 n; killed in a duel, 218 n.
— Samuel (1781–1847), son of Samuel (1753–1786), sketch of, 218 n, 219 n; reared under the name of Burling, 218 n.
Curzon’s Mill, Newburyport, Mass., 219 n.
Cushing, Sarah Moody, daughter of William. See Toppan.
— Thomas, 140, 168; of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19, 21.
— William, 267.
Custis, Betty. See Custis, Elizabeth Parke.
— Eleanor (Calvert), wife of John Parke, 130 n. See also Stuart.
— Eleanor Parke, daughter of John Parke, 130, 344, 346, 370.
— Elizabeth (or Betty) Parke, daughter of John Parke, 344, 350.
— George Washington Parke, son of John Parke, 177, 344, 346, 370.
— John Parke, son of Martha (Dandridge), 130 n.
— Martha (Dandridge). See Washington.
— Martha (or Pattey) Parke, daughter of John Parke, 344, 350.
— Nelly. See Custis, Eleanor Parke.
— Pattey. See Custis, Martha Parke.
— Washington. See Custis, George Washington Parke.
Cutler, James, 221 n.
— Mehitable (Sullivan), wife of James, 221 n. See Amory.
— Rev. Timothy, reproduction of Pelham’s portrait of, exhibited by H. W. Cunningham, 278.
Cutter, Benjamin and William Richard, their History of Arlington, quoted, 27, 28 n, 29 n.
Cutting, Nathaniel, his Journal, quoted, 404 n.
Cuttyhunk, Mass., shaft erected at, in memory of Gosnold, 321.
Daddies, 109.
Dade, Mrs. —, 163.
Daggett, John, his History of Attleborough, cited, 92.
Dalrymple, William, informed of Boston Massacre, 9.
Dana, Richard, of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19, 21.
— Martha. See Custis; Washington.
Dane, Nathan, 64.
Danforth, Rev. Samuel, Elegy in memory of T. Leonard by, 245, 245 n.
Dangerfield, Thomas, his Particular Narrative of the late Popish Design, cited, 120.
Darley, —, 330.
Dartmouth, Mass., 199 n, 200, 200 n, 203, 204.
David, the Psalmist, 95.
Davies, Rev. Rowland, Journal of, quoted, 120.
Davis. Andrew McFarland, A.M., i, xvi, 108 n, 215, 275, 319; mentions volume of the Laws of Massachusetts submitted for inspection in England, 25; memorandum communicated to American Antiquarian Society by, 26; of Committee to draught Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32; offers Minute in behalf of the Committee, 33–35; paystribute to President Wheelwright, 37, 38; represents Society at funeral of Roger Wolcott, 64 n; his remarks on Gov. Wolcott, 89; his remarks on Brother Jonathan, 122–124; note emitted by Ipswich Land Bank exhibited by, 228; information regarding Historical Societies communicated by, 228–230; his Memoir of R. N. Toppan communicated, 262; text of Memoir, 263–273; note on bounties for scalps by, 275 n; table of silver rates, 1706–1750, submitted by, 278, 279; table of rates of silver, 1730–1747, submitted by, 279, 280; communicates sketch of Edward Rawson by R. N. Toppan, 280–295; presents Minute to be recorded, on death of J. B. Thayer, 298–302; gives sketch of career of B. F. and Henry Stevens, 321.
— Charles Henry, A.B., xvii.
— Hon. Horace, LL.D., xviii.
— James Clarke, 57.
— Judge John, 226 n.
— Hon. John Chandler Bancroft, LL.D., xviii, 321; elected Corresponding Member, 48.
Davy, servant of Washington, 170, 172.
Deakens, William, 195.
Dean, John Ward, theory of, concerning Master Williamson, 400, 401.
Decatur, Stephen, 116.
Dedham, Mass., land bought by Edward Rawson in, 289.
Defoe, Daniel, his Tour through England, cited, 121.
De Haas, John Philip, 255; military service of, 255 n.
Delancey, Alice. See Izard.
— James, 108.
Delfshaven, Holland, last meeting place of Pilgrims in, 82.
Denny, Ebenezer, his Military Journal, quoted, 243; on the Indian summer, 243.
Deschambault, Canada, 253 n, 332; retreat to, 254.
D’Estaing. See Estaing.
Desertion from British regiments encouraged by Bostoniaus, 6, 20.
Desfontaines, —, 330.
Detroit, Mich., Henry Hamilton’s expedition from, 331, 334.
De Vere, Maximilian Schele, his Americanisms, quoted, 96.
D’Ewes, Anne (Clopton), wife of Sir Simonds, 69, 75.
— Mary, daughter of Paul. See Bowes.
— Sir Simonds, 68; intimacy of, with Gov. Winthrop, 69; tradition concerning letters of, 69; Autobiography and Correspondence of, cited, 69 n; four letters of Gov. Winthrop to, 70–74; letter and report on Massachusetts from Edmund Browne to, 74–80; investments in New England considered by, 70, 75.
Dexter. Franklin Bowditch, Litt. D., xviii; his edition of Stiles’s Literary Diary, quoted, 125 n.
— George, 57.
— Rev. Henry Martyn, statement of, regarding Master Williamson, 401, 402.
— Rev. Morton, A.M., xvii; elected Resident Member, 295; accepts, 296.
— Samuel, letters of, 239.
Dialect Notes, cited, 405 n.
Digby, William, his Journal, cited, 245 n.
Digges, Dudley, 156.
Dighton, R. I., formerly part of the Taunton South Purchase, 201 n.
Diomede, a British ship, 110.
Dismal Swamp, N. C. and Va., 129.
Doradour, Count, 158.
Dorchester, Mass., Nathan Carruth’s house in, 56.
— Second Church, 56.
Douglas, —, 171.
Dover, Mass., Historical and Natural History Society of Dover and Vicinity, 229.
— Lucy (Winthrop), wife of Emanuel, 76, 207.
Drake, Francis Samuel, 245 n; his Town of Roxbury, cited, 250 n.
— Samuel Adams, his Historic Mansions and Highways around Boston, cited, 28 n.
— Samuel Gardner, quoted, 400.
Draper, Richard, printer of the Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Weekly News-Letter, 10 n.
Drill plough. See Barrel plough.
Dudley, Joseph, Governor of Massachusetts, 82; copy of Records of the Council meetings under, communicated to the Massachusetts Historical Society, by R. N. Toppan, 272; appointed President of the Massachusetts Colony, 292.
— Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, 71, 207.
Dulany, —, 134.
— Benjamin, 173.
— Daniel, 173.
— Daniel, son of Daniel, 173, 174.
— Walter, 146.
— Mrs. Walter, 146.
Dumfries, Va., 347, 369, 370, 395, 397.
Dummer, Richard, 284.
Dungan, Frances. See Clark.
Dunlap, William, his History of the American Stage, quoted, 117.
Dunster, Henry, 26.
Durfie, Ann (Freeborn), wife of Thomas (d. 1729), 199 n.
— Mary (Sanford), wife of Robert 199 n.
— Robert, 199 n.
— Sarah, daughter of Thomas, son of Thomas (d. 1729), 199 n.
— Sarah (Briggs), wife of Thomas, son of Thomas (d. 1729), 199 n, 200.
— Thomas (1643–1712), 199 n.
— Thomas (d. 1729), son of Thomas (1643–1712), 199, 199 n.
— Thomas, son of Thomas (d. 1729), 199 n, 200.
Dutch, difficulties of, at Manhattan, 286, 290.
Dutton, Houghton &, 228 n.
Duxbury, Mass., Winsor’s History of, cited, 403.
Dwight, Rev. Timothy, 101 n.
Dwinel, Sarah Octavia. See Everett.
Dyer, Mary, monstrosity borne by, 79, 80.
Dyson, Henry, Stow’s Survey of London edited by, 103 n.
Eagland, Miss —, 144.
Eames. Wilberforce, A. M., xviii.
East, commercial tie between West and, 182.
East India Records, 402.
Eddy, Caleb, his Historical Sketch of the Middlesex Canal, mentioned, 219 n.
Edes, Benjamin, printer, 6, 19.
— Henry Herbert, ii, xv, xvi, 24, 25, 31, 63, 208, 231, 279, 285 n, 319; his remarks concerning the Body of Liberties of 1641, 22–24; his tribute to E. Wheelwright, 39–42; presents photograph in behalf of the late President, 42; memoir of Edward Wheelwright assigned to, 47; nominated and elected Treasurer of this Society, 53, 238; reads letter of regret from H. Williams, 53, 54; commission to Samuel Porter, exhibited by, 82; presents communication from D. R. Slade, regarding certain exemptions from military service, 89, 90; his remarks thereon, 90; reads letter from J. E. Crane on iron works at Attleborough, 90–93; reference of, to President Eliot’s long service at Harvard College, 126; chair of President Holyoke of Harvard College owned by, 126; exhibits copy of Titan’s New Almanack for the year of Christian Account 1729, 198, 203; his remarks on William Bradford, printer, 198; exhibits copy of Otis’s Rudiments of Latin Prosody (1760), 202; exhibits gold medal given to C. Bulfinch in 1794, 210; his remarks on the Massachusetts House Journals, 215; paper describing an excursion on the Middlesex Canal in 1817, communicated and read by, 217–228; makes statement regarding Publications of this Society, 238, 239, 240; presents to the Society a collection of unpublished manuscripts, 239; exhibits miniature of Washington, 239; exhibits original commission to Thomas Leonard and an Elegy in his memory, 244; communicates Memoir of R. N. Toppan, by A. McF. Davis, 262; his tribute to J. B. Thayer, 317, 318; his remarks on the misapprehension that Washington was the first person on whom Harvard College conferred an LL.D., 321–328; communicates and reads paper on Master Williamson by J. Williamson, 398–403.
— Robert Thaxter, 57.
Edinburgh, Scotland, University of, confers degree of LL.D. on Prof. J. Winthrop, 320 n.
Eells, Rev. James, A. B., xvii.
Egleston, Thomas, his Life of John Paterson, cited, 254 n.
Eliot, Rev. Andrew (H. C. 1737), 324; statement of, regarding Capt. T. Preston, 3 n.
— Andrew (H. C. 1762), son of Andrew (H. C. 1737), 324.
— Catharine, daughter of Samuel, afterwards wife of Andrews Norton, 224, 226 n, 228.
— Charles William, long service of, at Harvard College, 126.
— Samuel, 222 n, 226 n; residence of, 228 n.
— Samuel Atkins (1798–1862), 328; his Sketch of the History of Harvard College, quoted, 323.
— Rev. Samuel Atkins (H. C. 1884), son of Charles William, guest at the annual dinner, 238.
— See Elliot.
Eliot family, 218 n.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, the “monuments” erected in churches to the memory of, 103, 103 n, 104, 104 n.
Elizabeth River, cut between Pasquotanck and, 188.
Elliot, William, 56.
Elson, Alfred Walter, ii, 51, 236.
Ely, Rev. Zebulon, 101 n.
Embargo, 405.
Embargo, The, A New Song, quoted, 115.
Emerson, George Barrell, 222 n, 227.
— Olivia (Buckminister), wife of George Barrell, 222 n. 225, 227.
— Ralph Waldo, 301, 305; J. B. Thayer’s trip to California with, 302, 308.
Emerton. Ephraim, Ph.D., i, 234; elected a Resident Member, 203; accepts, 205; communicates through J. Noble, a Memoir of C. C. Everett, 336–340.
Emery, Samuel Hopkins, his History of Taunton, cited, 91 n, 201 n; his Ministry of Taunton, cited, 201 n, 251 n.
Endicott, John, Governor of Massachusetts, 44; supplies copy of the Body of Laws to Ipswich, 23, 24.
— William, A. M., xvi.
— Hon. William Crowninshield, LL.D., xvi, xvii; death of, announced, 42; tribute of J. Noble to, 42–44; early impression made by, 42; member of Essex Bar, 42; as lawyer and judge, 43; Secretary of War, 43; his services to Harvard College, 43, 44; inherited characteristics of, 44; references to death of, in Report of Council, 46; Memoir of, assigned to J. H. Choate, 47.
England, title given to Gov. J. Trumbull in, 97.
— Church of, Gov. Winthrop opposes conformity to, 71.
Episcopal Church, Randolph’s effort to establish, in Boston, 291.
Essex County, Mass., Bar, 42.
— Land Bank. See Ipswich Land Bank.
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., Historical Collections, cited, 225 n.
Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d’, 107.
Everett, Alexander Hill, son of Oliver, 64, 337.
— Rev. Charles Carroll, D.D., son of Ebenezer, i, xvii; appointed on Nominating Committee, 1, 47; death of, 1 n; of Committee to draught Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32; references to death of, in Report of Council, 46, 47; memoir of, assigned to E. Hale, 47; his memoir of J. H. Allen, 49, 340; remarks of S. L. Thorndike on death of, 64–67; family and early studies of, 64; denied professorship at Bowdoin, 65, 66, 338; degree of D. D. given by Bowdoin, 66; at Harvard Divinity School, 66, 338; theological study given broader scope by, 67; wit and humor of, 67; as a theologian, remarks by E. Hale, 68; Memoir of, communicated by J. Noble for E. Emerton, 336–340; his ancestry an education, 337; his services at Bowdoin College, 337, 338; his only pastorate, 338; his Science of Though, 338; his services in the Harvard Divinity School, 338, 339; as Preacher to the University, 339; his published works, 339; his marriage, 339; societies to which he belonged, 340; his contributions to this Society, 340 his personality, 340.
— Ebenezer, son of Rev. Moses 64, 337.
— Edward, son of Oliver, 64, 337.
— Joanna Batchelder (Prince), wife of Ebenezer, one of the founders of Sabbath Schools in America, 64, 337.
— Mildred, daughter of Rev. Charles Carroll, 339.
— Oliver, brother of Rev. Moses, 337.
— Richard, a founder of Dedham 337.
— Sarah Octavia (Dwinel), wife of Rev. Charles Carroll, 339.
Evidence at the Common Law, Preliminary Treatise on, by J. B. Thayer 310–312, 315; Prof. Thayer’s project for another work on, 315.
Ewer, Anna. See Wing.
Exeter, N. H., bounds of, 284.
Fair Account of the late Unhappy Disturbances at Boston in New England, 4, 16 n.
Fairfax, Rev. Bryan, son of Sir William, 136, 137, 369, 370.
— George William, son of Sir William, 167, 394.
— Hezekiah, 170.
Fairfield, Ct., British attack upon (1779), 107.
Fairley. See Fairlie.
Fairlie, James, 168, 169, 192, 193.
Fall River, Mass., Central Republican Club, 230 n.
Faneuil Hall, Boston, town meeting called at, after Boston Massacre, 11, 12.
Farrar, John (H. C. 1803), 222 n.
— Lucy Maria (Buckminster), wife of John (H. C. 1803), 222 n.
Fauquier County, Va., 345.
Federal Cases, cited, 226 n.
Feel bold, to, the expression, 106, 106 n.
Felt, Joseph Barlow, his History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton, cited, 23 n.
Fendall, Philip Richard, 145, 354, 382.
— Mrs. Philip Richard, 142, 143.
Fessenden, Thomas Green, his Country Lovers, quoted, 114.
Field. Edward, A. B., xviii.
First Church. See Boston.
Fish, Amey. See Akin.
— Mary. See Austin.
Fisher, Catherine Maria. See Fisher Kitty.
— Rev. George Park, LL.D., xviii.
— Kitty, and Yankee Doodle, paper on, read by A. Matthews, 341.
Fishery, on Washington plantation, 177, 179, 382, 383, 384, 387, 395, 397.
Fiske, John, his New France and New England, cited, 249 n.
Fitch, John, exhibits model of machine for steam navigation, 143; his map of Northwestern part of the United States (1787), exhibited by W. C. Lane, 274.
Fitzgerald, John, 136, 154, 166, 195, 347, 351, 352, 369, 370, 371.
Fitzhugh, William, of Chatham, Va., 139, 185, 365, 394, 395, 397.
— William, son of William, of Chatham, 395.
Flucker, Lucy. See Knox.
Follen, Charles Theodore Christian, 225 n.
— Elizabeth Lee (Cabot), 225, 225 n.
Food supplies, furnished by Connecticut in Revolution, 123, 124.
Foote, Rev. Henry Wilder, 57; rates of silver collated by, 280; his Annals of King’s Chapel, cited, 280 n.
Forbes, John Murray, 305.
Ford. Worthington Chauncey, i, xviii, 115 n; his British Officers serving in America, cited, 3 n; unpublished Diary and letters of Washington (1785), communicated by, 127–196; unpublished letters communicated by, 211; Bibliography of the Massachusetts House Journals, 1715–1776, communicated by title, 215; his edition of the Writings of Washington, cited, 328 n; unpublished Diary of Washington (1786) communicated by, through F. A. Foster, 341–398.
Foreign Missions, E. G. Porter’s interest in, 60.
Formicalo’s Tavern, Richmond, Va., 396.
Fort Anne, N. Y., 249 n.
Fort de France, Martinique, formerly Fort Royal, 334.
Fort Edward, N. Y., 249.
Fort Miller, N. Y., 249.
Fort Royal, Martinique, now Fort de France, 334.
Fort William Henry, N. Y., 249.
Foster. Francis Apthorp, xvii; elected Resident Member, 296; accepts, 321; on committee to examine Treasurer’s accounts, 341; communicates, for W. C. Ford, an unpublished Diary of Washington, 341–398.
Fox, William Henry, 57.
Fox-hunting, Washington’s participation in, 164, 165, 167, 169, 172, 174, 342, 345, 346, 350, 354.
France, dispute with Holland, 181, 190.
Frances, Thomas and, the ship, voyage of, 76.
Francis, George Ebenezer, 57.
Franklin, Benjamin, 187, 202; a True State of the Proceedings, etc., said to have been drawn up by, 4 n, 5 n; Boston Committee’s statement regarding the Massacre sent to, 19 n; portions of letter from Samuel Adams to, 22 n; meeting of this Society on anniversary of birth of, 48; Houdon sent by, 130; correspondence of, with Washington regarding Houdon’s arrival, 130 n; activity of, in Pennsylvania (1785), 190; friendship of Prof. J. Winthrop with, 326, 326 n.
Fredericksburg, Va., 395, 397.
Freeborn, Ann. See Durfie.
Freeman, Capt. Constant, of ship Juno, 12.
Freemasons, American Revolutionary generals among, 101.
Freetown, R. I., 201 n.
Frothingham, Richard, 119; opinion of, regarding connection between Jonathan’s Coffee-House, and the word Jonathan, 121.
Fuller, Hon. Melville Weston, LL.D., xviii.
— Rev. Thomas, his Church-History of Britain, quoted, 103.
Fullerton, Richard, 141.
Furness. Horace Howard, LL.D., xviii; accepts Corresponding Membership, 1, 48; letter of acceptance, 2.
Gabriel, negro servant of Washington, 357.
Gage, Thomas, preparation of new list of Addressers of, 22.
Gannett, Caleb, Steward of Harvard College, 202.
Gardiner. See Gardner.
Gardner, Capt. Andrew, depositions regarding the Boston Massacre carried to England by, 5, 5 n, 12; letters brought back by, 5, 11, 12; delay of, in London, 213.
— John Lowell, 57.
Garfield, James Abram, E. G. Porter’s President Garfield’s Ancestry, 62.
Garraway’s Coffee-house, London, 121.
Gay. Frederick Lewis, A.B., i, ii, xv, xvi, 31, 231, 398; nominated and elected Registrar, 53, 238; seventeenth-century documents communicated by, 68–80; site of Winthrop House discovered by, 69 n; calls attention to an entry in Boston Selectmen’s Records, 296; announces intention to submit communication on early Boston portrait painters, 296; offers to defray cost of transcribing and publishing early Records of Harvard College, 319.
— Martin, E. Wheelwright’s paper on, 38.
Genealogical Gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters, contains copy of William Mullius’s will, 401.
Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck, cited, 219 n.
George, York, servant of Washington, 157.
George III., King of England, 27; T. Pownall proposes an Address to, 214.
Georgetown, D. C., Directors of Potomac Company meet at, 136.
— Academy, 158; expenses at, 185.
Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 106, 106 n.
Germain, George Sackville, first Viscount Sackville, 335.
Germans, Washington’s desire to import, 184.
Getchell, Emily Adams, 288.
Gibbons, William, 58.
Gibbs. Wolcott, LL.D., xviii.
Gibraltar, siege of, 145.
Gilliland’s Creek, 261.
Gillingham, Dorsetshire, Eng., 281.
Gilman. Daniel Coit, LL.D., xviii.
Gilpin, George, 136, 143, 166, 351, 369, 397.
Glasgow, the ship, date of sailing for England, 3 n.
Goddard, Anne, 202.
Goodale. George Lincoln, LL.D., xvii.
Goodell. Abner Cheney, A.M., xvi, 54; communicates copy of Commission to Edward Randolph, 2; text of the Commission, 2 n; pays tribute to Edward Wheelwright, 35; his edition of the Province Laws, 272.
Goodwin, Capt. —, 158.
— Hersey Bradford, 57.
— Ozias, 57.
— William Watson, D.C.L., xv, xvi, 30, 33, 63, 210, 296; nominated and elected a Vice-President, 52, 53, 237, 238; presides and makes speech at annual dinner, 53.
Gordon, Rev. William, 167 n, 357; opinion of, as to derivation of the word Yankee, 101, 102; his History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, cited, 102 n, 357 n; letter of Washington to, 191.
— Mrs. William, 192.
Gorton, Mary. See Sanford.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, paper on, read by G. F. Tucker, 321.
Gould. Benjamin Apthorp, LL.D., F. R. S., xvi, 32, 33, 317; services of, to this Society, 34; Fund in memory of, 35, 235: Memoir of, 36; his friendship for Edward Wheelwright, 37.
Governor Sullivan, passenger packet, 221 n.
Governor’s Island, N. Y., fortification of, 248.
Grange Erin, County Cork, Ireland, 331.
Grant, James, 191.
Gray, Horace (H. C. 1819), 222 n.
— John, quarrel between workmen and British soldiers at rope-walk of, 7, 30 n.
— Samuel, killed in Boston Massacre, 9, 30 n.
Grayson, Rev. Spence, 135.
— William, 350.
Great Britain, retention of Western posts by, 182, 193, 194; opposition to interference of, in Ireland (1785), 186; need of commercial treaty with, 190.
— Council for Foreign Plantations, volume of the Colony Laws presented to, 25 n.
— Parliament, T. Pownall’s appeal to, regarding American Colonies, 214.
Great Falls, Directors of Potomac Company meet at, 347, 351, 352, 369, 370.
Greaton, John, regiment commanded by, 246, 246 n, 248, 249, 251 n, 252, 256, 257, 260; brief sketch of, 248 n.
Green. Charles Montraville, M.D., xvi.
— John, printer, 10 n.
— Samuel Swett, A.M., i, xvi, 58 n; appointed to write Memoir of E. G. Porter, 30, 47; communicates this Memoir, 53; text of the Memoir, 55–62; article on Craigie House by, 406 n.
— Thomas, 170.
Greene, Benjamin Daniel, 226 n.
— Margaret Morton (Quincy), wife of Benjamin Daniel, 226 n.
— Nathanael, Washington’s mezzotint of, 187.
Greenleaf, Stephen, 17.
— William, of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19.
Greenough. James Bradstreet, A. B., xvii, 234; death of, announced, 241; sketch of, in Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, 241 n.
Greenwich, Ct., 124.
Greenwood, Thomas, depositions of, regarding Boston Massacre, 16, 16 n.
Griffin. Appleton Prentiss Clark, xviii.
Griffith, Rev. David, 135, 145, 353, 354, 355, 356, 382, 383.
Grindal, Right-Rev. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, 281.
— Elizabeth. See Woodhal.
Grove, —, 277.
Gunpowder, Edward Rawson’s attempt to manufacture, 283, 285.
Gurdon, Brampton, 71, 71 n, 73.
— Muriel, daughter of Brampton. See Saltonstall.
Hackensack, N. J., 248 n.
Hadley. Arthur Twining, LL.D., xviii; elected Corresponding Member, 48.
Hadley, Mass., first person born in, 82.
Haile, Lady, 294.
Haines, John. See Haynes.
Hains, James. See Harris.
Haldimand, Sir Frederick, Governor of Quebec, 334 n, 335.
Hale, Rev. Edward, A. B., xvii, 231, 244; elected a Resident Member, 30; accepts, 45, 48; Memoir of C. C. Everett assigned to, 47; his remarks on Dr. Everett as a theologian, 68; elected a member of the Council for three years, 53; invokes Divine Blessing at annual dinner, 53; represents Society at funeral of Roger Wolcott, 64 n.
— George Silsbee, A. M., xvi, 32.
— John Parker, Minister to Spain, 266.
Half Moon, N. Y., now Waterford, 248; named for Hudson’s ship, 248 n.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, departure of 64th and 65th regiments (British) for, 6.
Hall, Rev. Edward Henry, D. D., xv, xvii; appointed to write Memoir of G. O. Shattuck, 30, 47; elected Resident Member, 48; invokes Divine Blessing at annual dinner, 238; tribute to J. B. Thayer by, 307–310; appointed on Nominating Committee, 341.
— Henry Bryan, 330.
— Capt. James, London accounts of Boston Massacre brought to Boston by, 5 n; letter of Boston Committee carried to England by, 5n, 13.
Halsey, Francis Whiting, his Old New York Frontier, cited, 108 n.
Hamilton, Alexander, 169 n; letter of Washington to, regarding the Cincinnati, 192, 193.
— Arabella (Berkeley), wife of Sackville, 336.
— Elizabeth (Lee), wife of Gov. Henry, 336; miniature of, exhibited by W. C. Lane, 331.
— Elizabeth (Schuyler), wife of Alexander, 193.
— Gustavus, first Viscount Boyne, 336.
— Henry (1692–1743), grandson of Gustavus, 336.
— Henry, Governor of Bermuda, son of Henry (1692–1743), original Journal of (1778–79), exhibited by W. C. Lane, 274; miniature of, exhibited by W. C. Lane, 331; account of the Journal and reminiscences of, by W. C. Lane, 331–336; leads expedition from Detroit and captures Vincennes, 331, 334; his experiences in the 15th Regiment, 331–334; wounded at siege of Louisburg, 332; his account of his capture at Quebec, 332, 333; his exchange, 333; paints a view of the Falls of the Passaic, 333; Lt.-Governor at Detroit, 334; nicknamed “Hair-buying Hamilton,” 334; taken prisoner at re-capture of Vincennes, 335; exchanged, 335; returns to London, and sends account of Detroit expedition to Gen. Haldimand, 335; made Deputy-Governor of Canada, 335; Lt.-Governor and then Governor of Bermuda, 335; Governor of Dominica, 336; family of, 336.
— Mary Anne Pierpoint, daughter of Gov. Henry, 336.
— Sackville, son of Henry (1692–1743), 336.
Hamlin, Cyrus, 62.
Hammersmith, Eng., 91 n.
Hammond, Elizabeth (or Betsey), daughter of John. See Shaw.
— John, 404 n.
— Mary (Ruggles), wife of John, 404 n.
— Roland, his History and Genealogy of the Descendants of William Hammond, cited, 404 n.
— William, Jr., son of William, Sr., 70; killed by Indians, 73.
Hamond. See Hammond.
Hampton, N. H., formerly Winnacunnet, 282.
Hancock, John, 322; of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19, 21.
Hanes, James. See Harris.
Hanover Court House, Va., 396.
Hanson, Samuel, 146, 173, 174.
— Mrs. Samuel, 146.
Hardy, Sir Charles, 332.
Harlakenden family, 22.
Harleian Manuscripts, British Museum, 69; cited, 71 n, 72 n, 73 n, 74 n, 76 n.
Harley, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 69.
Harris, James, manager of the James River Canal, 372, 380, 381.
Harrison, Robert Hanson, 157.
— William, 372.
Hart, Albert Bushnell, statement of, regarding degree bestowed upon Washington, 324.
Hartshorne, William, 343.
Hartwell, Alfred Stedman, 57.
Harvard, Mass., 228 n.
— Historical Society, 228.
Harvard, the sloop, voyages of, for wood, 407 n.
Harvard College, E. Wheelwright’s Annals of the Class of 1844, 32, 37, 41; members of the Class of 1844 belonging to this Society, 32, 36; W. C. Endicott’s services to, 43, 44; debt of, to J. H. Ricketson, 47; Class of 1858, well-known members of, 56, 57; losses of, in the Civil War, 58; building of, 80; Class of 1837, 205, 209; annual prize founded by R. N. Toppan, 232, 268; two water-color views by D. Bell presented to, 274; Journal of Henry Hamilton presented to, and to be printed by, 274, 275 n; request of this Society to publish early Records of, 319, 320; request granted by, 320 n; first person to receive degree of LL.D. from, 322–325, 328; J. Quincy’s History of, quoted, 322; Peirce’s History of, 323; S. A. Eliot’s Sketch of the History of, quoted, 323; degrees conferred by, in 1773, 324; these degrees not confirmed by Overseers, 324 n; Boston Gazette’s account of Commencement at, 1773, 324, 325; Prof. J. Winthrop declines Presidency of, 326; Great Rebellion of 1808 in, 406 n; location of the old wharf and woodyard of, 407 n.
— Corporation, Records of, cited, 326 n.
— Law School, J. B. Thayer’s services to, 297, 299, 305, 313, 314, 315, 316.
— Library, gift from Mrs. C. L. Rice to, 331, 336. See Gore Hall.
— Mowlson Scholarship, Lady, reestablished, 317.
— Phi Beta Kappa, 232; E. Wheelwright’s election as an honorary member of, 41; E. G. Porter elected to, 61.
— Porcellian Club, 41.
— Quinquennial Catalogue, 322, 337.
— Sanders Theatre, 41.
Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, cited, 241 n, 322, 324; article by W. C. Lane in, 274 n.
Harvard Historical Society, Harvard, Mass., 228.
Harwich, Eng., 4 n.
Hassard. See Hazard.
Hastings, Jonathan, of Cambridge, 102.
Haven, John, son of Rev. Samuel, 217 n.
— John Appleton, son of John, 217 n.
— Mehitable (Appleton), wife of Samuel, 217 n.
— Rev. Samuel, 217 n.
— Sarah Sherburne (Langdon), wife of John, 217 n.
Hawkins, Jane, 80.
Hawthorne, William, 23.
Hay, —, public printer, 189.
— Hon. John, LL.D., xviii; deceased, xix.
Haynes, Henry Williamson, guest at the annual dinner, 238.
— John, Governor of Massachusetts, 72.
Hazard, Benjamin, son of Thomas, 200, 200 n.
— Hannah (Nichols), wife of Benjamin, 200, 200 n.
— Susannah, wife of Thomas, 200 n.
— Thomas, 200 n.
Heale, Giles, a witness of W. Mullins’s will, 401; Allerton’s gift to, witnessed by “Da: Williams,” 402.
Heath, William, his Suffolk Regiment, 246; his Memoirs, quoted, 246 n.
Heitman, Francis Barnard, his Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, mentioned, 246 n, 248 n.
Hemenway, Alfred, guest at the annual dinner, 238.
— Augustus, A. B., xvi.
Henry, Patrick, 375.
Herbert & Potts, 351 n.
Herring, James, artist, his National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, cited, 101 n.
Hibbins, Ann, E. Rawson’s attempt to save, 287.
Hickman, Joseph, 171.
Higginson, Barbara Cooper, daughter of Stephen (1743–1828). See Perkins.
— George, 220 n.
— Henry Lee, LL.D., xvii; elected a Resident Member, 30; accepts, 45, 48; on Committee to examine Treasurer’s accounts, 211; report of, as Auditor, 237.
— Stephen (1743–1828), 225 n, 226 n.
— Stephen, & Co., 226 n.
— Susan Cleveland, daughter of Stephen (1743–1828). See Channing.
— Thomas Wentworth, his Travellers and Outlaws, quoted, 97 n; his poem on Madam Craigie in Afternoon Landscape, cited, 406 n.
— family, 218 n; Materials for a Genealogy of the, cited, 225 n.
Hill. Adams Sherman, LL.D., xvii.
— Joseph, 407.
Hillsborough, N. C., 110 n.
Hilton. Gustavus Arthur, LL.B., xvi; appointed on Nominating Committee, 341.
Hipkins, —, 354.
Historical Societies and Organizations professing purposes of a similar nature in Massachusetts, namely:
— Central Republican Club, 230 n.
— Contractors and Builders Association of the City of Boston, 229 n.
— Dover Historical and Natural History Society of Dover and Vicinity, 229.
— Harvard Historical Society, 228.
— Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans, 230 n.
— Longmeadow Historical Society, 229.
— Palmer Historical Society, 229.
— Veteran Association, Company L, Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., 230 n.
— Wales Family Association, 229 n.
— West Newbury Natural History Club, 230 n.
Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, 280 n; work of, 267, 268, 271.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, unique copy of Massachusetts House Journal, March, 1721–22, owned by, 215.
Hite, Abraham, 376.
— Jesse, 175.
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 301; requests J. B. Thayer to write biographical sketch of S. Ripley, 302.
— Hezekiah, Sr., 201 n.
— Hezekiah (1678–1729), son of Hezekiah, Sr., 201, 201 n.
— Rebecca, wife of Hezekiah, Sr., 201 n.
— Sarah (Brightman), wife of Hezekiah (1678–1729), 201 n.
Hoffe, Atherton. See Hough.
Holden. Edward Singleton, LL.D., xviii.
Holland, dispute with France, 181, 190.
Hollis, Thomas, reproduction of Pelham’s portrait of, exhibited by H. W. Cunningham, 278.
Hollister, Gideon Hiram, 96 n; his History of Connecticut, quoted, 96.
Holmes, —, 395.
— Rev. Abiel, 404 n.
— John, son of Rev. Abiel, reminiscences of Andrew Craigie by, communicated and read by S. L. Thorndike, 403–407.
— Oliver Wendell (1809–1894), son of Rev. Abiel, 403 n.
Holyoke, Edward, President of Harvard College, 323; book-plate of, 126.
Homans, John, 57.
Homes of American Statesmen, mentioned, 308.
Hooe, Col. —, 158.
— Rice, 366.
Hook, Ruth. See Batherick.
Hooker, Rev. Edward, 70, 73, 74.
— John, 281.
— Rev. Thomas, 281.
Hooper. Edward William, LL.D., xvii, 234.
— Stephen, 221 n.
— Susan Coffin (Marquand), wife of Stephen, 221 n. See Searle.
— William, 101 n.
Horn Pond, Woburn, Mass., 221 n, 227 n.
Horses, Washington’s directions for feeding, 342, 343.
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 133; arrival of, 127, 130, 130 n; makes bust of Washington, 132, 133, 137.
Hough, Atherton, 282.
Houghton, Lord. See Milnes, Richard Monckton.
Houghton & Dutton, 228 n.
Howe, David, Jr., son of James (b. 1713), 250 n.
— George Augustus, Viscount Howe, 250 n.
— James (b. 1713), weaver, 250 n.
— James (1746–1798), baker, son of James (b. 1713), 250, 250 n.
— Jane (Meroth), wife of James (b. 1713), 250 n.
— Joseph, 325.
— Josiah, 246.
— Richard, Viscount Howe, 250 n.
— Sarah, daughter of Josiah. See Vose.
Howell, James, Jacobs’s edition of his Familiar Letters, cited, 120 n.
Hoxie, Anna, daughter of Ludovick. See Wing.
— Ludovick, 199 n.
Hubbard, Samuel, 226 n.
Hudson, Henry, 248 n.
— John Elbridge, LL.B., xvii; references to death of, in Report of Council, 46; memoir of, assigned to J. B. Thayer, 47.
Hudson River, no bridges over (1776), 248 n.
Humfrey. See Humphrey.
Humphrey, John, 282.
Hunnewell, Hollis (H. C. 1858), 57.
Hunter, —, 129.
— John, 154.
— Samuel, reports the taking of two Indian scalps, 277.
— William, 175.
Huntington, Faith (Trumbull), wife of Jedidiah, 101 n.
— Jedidiah, 101 n.
— Rev. William Reed, D.D., xviii.
Hurd, Hon. Francis William, A.M., xvii; elected Resident Member, 407.
Hutchinson, Anne (Marbury), wife of William, 203; heresies of, 79; monstrosity borne by, 80.
— Bridget, daughter of William. See Sanford.
— Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, 9, 10; promises protection to Capt. T. Preston, 17 n; preparation of new list of Addressers of, 22; his History of Massachusetts Bay, cited 26 n.
Inches. John Chester, xvi, 234.
Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans, 230 n.
Indian corn, value of, in 1656, 287.
Indian scalps, bounties for. See Bounties for scalps.
Indian summer, paper on, by A. Matthews, 241–244; earliest recorded use of the term, 241, 242, 243; conflicting assertions regarding, 242; popular belief regarding, 242; varied history of the term, 243; its origin obscure, 243, 244.
Indians, security from, 78; British trade with, 194; our knowledge of, comes from white sources, 244; party of Gen. Thompson’s men attacked by, 259, 260; land bought by Edward Rawson from, 289; J. B. Thayer’s services in behalf of, 299.
Indies, New Laws of the, copy of, exhibited by A. McF. Davis, 321.
Inman, Susanna, adopted daughter of John Rowe. See Linzee.
International coinage, proposed unit of value for, 269, 270.
International Statistical Congress, Berlin (1863), 269.
Ipswich, Mass., S. Symonds representative from, 22; extract from records of, relating to Body of Liberties (1641), 23; Felt’s History of, cited, 23 n; N. Ward minister at, 23, 24; part of Plum Island given to, 285.
Ipswich Land Bank, note emitted by, exhibited by A. McF. Davis, 228.
Ireland, opposition to British interference in (1785), 186.
Iron Rocky Hill, 91 n.
Isle aux Coudres, Canada, 332.
Isle aux Noix, Canada, Gen. Thompson’s men retreat to, 259.
Isle La Motte, Vermont, 252, 252 n; artillery stores of Gen. Thompson’s force sent to, 259.
Isle of Orleans, Canada, 332.
Izard, Alice (Delancey), wife of Ralph, 5 n.
— Ralph, 5 n.
Jack, nickname for a sailor, 111 n.
Jackson, Harriet, daughter of Jonathan, 225 n.
— Jonathan, 225 n.
— Mary, daughter of Jonathan. See Lee.
Jacobs, Joseph, his edition of the Familiar Letters of James Howell, cited, 120 n.
Jägers, 107.
Jamaica Pond, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 222.
James II., King of England, 294, 295.
James River, Va., plan to extend navigation of, 191; cut made for improvement in navigation of, 396.
Jameson. John Franklin, LL.D., xviii.
Jamieson, Neil, 396.
Jay, John, letter of Washington to, 128 n, 129 n.
— Sarah Van Brugh (Livingston), wife of John, 128 n, 129 n.
Jefferson, Thomas, Houdon recommended to Washington by, 130.
Jenifer, Daniel, 146, 147, 156, 368.
— Mrs. Walter, 132.
Joanes. See Jones.
John Bull. See Bull.
Johnny, the nickname, 111 n.
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, H. B. Adams editor of, and contributor to, 234.
Johnson, Edward (1599–1672), Poole’s edition of his Wonder Working Providence, cited, 26 n.
— Hon. Edward Francis, LL.B., xvii.
— Samuel (1709–1784), his Dictionary, mentioned, 105 n.
— Samuel, A.M., xvi; Memoir of, assigned to W. J. Tucker, 209.
— Thomas, Governor of Maryland, 136, 172 n, 369; letter of Washington to, 194, 195.
Johnston, Alexander, his Connecticut, quoted, 98 n.
Jolthead, the word, 114 n.
Jonathan, a nickname applied by the Loyalists to the patriots, 106–111; by the Americans to a country bumpkin, 112–115, 117, 121; water marks representing, 122. See also Jonathan, Brother.
— the Scriptural, 95.
— Brother, an alleged poet (1643), 103, 104, 105.
— Brother, the nickname, 122, 125; paper on, by A. Matthews, 94–122, 125 n; generally regarded as having been first given by Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 94–99, 101 n; not applied particularly to New Englanders, 96 n, 112; story connecting the term with Jonathan Trumbull baseless, 99, 100, 101 n, 102 n, 111, 111 n, 112, 125 n; origin of, attributed to Jonathan Hastings, 102; to Jonathan Carver, 102; to an alleged poet named Brother Jonathan, (1643), 103–105; its history obscure, 105; early examples of the term, 105 n, 124, 125 n; not known in 1755, 106; first applied by the Loyalists to the patriots, 106–112, 119, 125 n; later applied by the Americans to a country bumpkin, 112–115, 118, 119, 121; finally applied to the American nation, 115–119; described by J. K. Paulding, 115, 116; contrasted by Lowell with John Bull, 117; passing of, described by Col. Rusting, 118, 119; first used in 1776, 125 n. See also Bull, Jonathan; Jonathan.
Jonathan Bull. See Bull.
Jonathan Postfree, by Lazarus Beach, 114 n.
Jonathan’s Coffee-house, London, Note on, by A. Matthews, 119–122; perhaps named from Jonathan Paynter, 120; the particular resort of stock-jobbers, 120, 121.
Jones, Christopher, a witness of W. Mullins’s will, 401.
— Rev. David, 130, 130 n, 131.
— James Athearn, 244.
— McDuffie & Stratton Company, 210.
Joseph and his Brethren. See Brant, Joseph.
Josselyn, John, his Two Voyages to New England, cited, 26 n.
Joubleau, Félix, his Montcalm et le Canada bought by the Pequot Library, Southport, Ct., 330 n.
Jouffroy, Théodore Simon, R. N. Toppan’s translations from his Mélanges Philosophiques, and Cours de Droit Naturel, 265; moral problem laid down by, 265, 266.
Juno, the ship, 12.
Kachlein, Peter, 277.
— Nathaniel, 200 n.
Keene, N. H., Unitarian Church, 222 n.
Keith, Rev. —, 158.
— George, Quaker, 198.
Kellogg, Stephen Wright, 96.
Kettell, Caroline Freeman. See Brewster.
King Philip’s War, company in, commanded by possible son of Master Williamson, 402.
King’s Chapel, Boston, 219 n, 222 n; funeral of E. Wheelwright takes place in, 32; rates of silver collated from Ledger Records of, 280; Foote’s Annals of, cited, 280 n.
King Street, Boston, scene of Boston Massacre, 18 n.
Kirchewall, William, 171.
Kittredge. George Lyman, LL.D., xv, xvi, 84, 210, 211, 231, 241, 244, 321, 329, 341, 396; nominated and elected as President, 52, 53, 237, 238; makes speech at annual dinner, 53; delivers Inaugural Address, 63; President Holyoke’s book-plate described by, 126; letters from the Bourne Papers communicated by, 202; asks information concerning the word “martinet,” 202; Memoir of H. Williams assigned to, 209; presides at annual dinner, 238; his sketch of J. B. Greenough in Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, 241 n; his Old Farmer and his Almanack, cited, 328 n.
Knap, Rev. —, 108.
Knight, George, 220 n.
— John, 282.
— Mary (Price), wife of George, 219 n.
Knowlton, Hon. Marcus Perrin, LL.D., xv, xvii; elected Resident Member, 262; accepts, 274.
Knox, Henry, 169 n; letter from Washington to, 193, 194.
— Lucy (Flucker), wife of Henry, 193, 194.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Dumotier, Marquis de, 158, 187; gift to Washington from, 129, 129 n; at Barren Hill, 191.
Lake of the Woods. See Horn Pond, Woburn, Mass.
La Live de Jully, Ange Laurent de, Marquis de Removille, 330.
Lamar, —, widow of Lewis, 343.
— Lewis, 343.
La Moyeur, Dr. —, 389.
Landon, Charles Paul, 330.
Lane. Gardiner Martin, A.B., xvi.
— George Martin, LL.D., xvi.
— William Coolidge, A. B., xvii, 324 n; exhibits two water-color views by D. Bell, 274; exhibits Journal of Capt. Henry Hamilton (1778–79), and map illustrating Hamilton’s march, 274; appointed to Special Committee in charge of printing early Records of Harvard College, 320 n; exhibits miniatures of Henry Hamilton and his wife, 331; his remarks on two manuscripts by Capt. H. Hamilton, 331–336.
— Sarah Sherburne. See Haven.
— Woodbury, 217 n.
Langley. Samuel Pierpont, D.C.L., F.R.S., xviii.
Lasheene. See Lachine.
Lathrop, Hon. John, A.M., xvii; of Committee to draught Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32.
Lawrence, Rev. Arthur, D.D., xvii; Memoir of R. Wolcott assigned to, 209.
Lawton, Adam, Jr., 201, 201 n.
— Elizabeth. See Nichols.
— Giles, son of Adam, Jr., 201 n.
— Jeremiah, 200.
— Martha (Slocum), wife of Adam, Jr., 201 n.
Lear, Tobias, 130 n.
Lebanon, Ct., “War Office” of Gov. Trumbull at, 97.
Le Barbier Serviteur, dramatic performance of, 181.
Le Bœuf, Pa., 243.
Lechmere’s Point, Cambridge, Mass., 404.
— Col. —, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, Eng., 336.
— Arthur, 390, 391; author of A True State of the Proceedings, etc., 5 n; Life of, by R. H. Lee, quoted, 5 n.
— Caroline. See Macrea.
— Charles, 166.
— Eliza (Buckminster), wife of Thomas (H. C. 1798), 222 n, 224.
— Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Lee, of Banbury, Eng. See Hamilton.
— Elizabeth (Steptoe), wife of Philip Ludwell, 142, 143.
— Francis Henry, xvii.
— Hannah, daughter of Richard Henry, 182. See also Washington.
— Henry (1756–1818), 163, 164, 178, 368, 381.
— Henry (1782–1867), 225 n.
— Joseph, employees of, exempted from military service, 89; their petition for this exemption not found, 90; his name not found in account of Taunton iron works, 92; conveyances to, 92 n.
— Ludwell, son of Richard Henry, 154, 195.
— Mary, daughter of Richard Henry, 182.
— Mary (Jackson), wife of Henry (1782–1867), 225 n.
— Matilda (Ludwell), wife of Henry (1756–1818), 163, 164.
— Mildred (Washington), wife of Thomas (d. 1805) son of Richard Henry, 137 n.
— Richard Henry (1732–1794), 137 n, 154, 368; letter of Washington to, 181–183; a stockholder in the Potomac Company, 183.
— Rev. Richard Henry (1794–1865), his Life of Arthur Lee, quoted, 5 n.
— Thomas (d. 1805) son of Richard Henry (1732–1794), 137 n, 195.
— Thomas (H. C. 1798), 222 n, 225 n.
— Thomas Sim, Governor of Maryland, 136, 352.
— William Fitzhugh, son of Robert Edward, 56; his message to N. L. Anderson, 58.
Legislatures, State, Washington’s doubts about, 186.
Leigh, John, of Agawam, cited, 90 n.
Lenox Library, New York, 330 n.
Leonard, James, Jr., of Taunton, 93.
— Thomas, his original Commission as Captain of a foot company, and an Elegy in his memory, exhibited by H. H. Edes, 244, 245, 245 n.
— family, 245 n.
Leverett. George Vasmer, A.M., xv, xvii, 234; elected Resident Member, 230; accepts, 233; on Committee to examine Treasurer’s Accounts, 341.
— John, successor of, as Deputy-Governor, 22; becomes Governor, 22.
Levis. See Point Levi.
Lewis, King. See Louis.
— Elizabeth (Washington), wife of Fielding, 397.
Lexington, Mass., President Wheelwright relates an incident of the Battle of, 26–30; E. G. Porter ordained minister of Hancock Congregational Church at, 59; becomes Pastor Emeritus, 60; his published works dealing with the Battle of, 61; his Address on the Centennial of Washington’s Visit to, 62; Four Drawings of Concord and, in 1775, 62.
Leyden, Holland, memorials of John Robinson in, 80, 81.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 112 n, 158, 164, 192; letters of, 239.
— Francis Henry, A.M., xvi; of Committee to examine Treasurer’s accounts, 1; report as Auditor, 52; his remarks on Gov. Wolcott, 89; two unpublished letters of Webster read by, 228; appointed on Nominating Committee, 341.
— Waldo, A. B., xvi.
Lincolnade, the word, 111 n, 112 n.
Linzee, Capt. John, 3 n.
— Susanna (Inman), wife of Capt. John, genteel dance given for, 3 n.
Little, —, of Cameron, Va., 356.
— William, 282.
— Brown, & Co., 203.
Littlepage, Capt. Lewis, 145.
Livingston, —, son of Peter Van Brugh, 134.
— Peter Van Brugh, 134.
— Sarah Van Brugh, daughter of William. See Jay.
Lobster, as applied to a British soldier, 8 n.
Local history, R. N. Toppan’s contributions to, 271, 272.
Lochry, Archibald, approves offering bounties for scalps, 276.
Locke, Rev. Samuel, President of Harvard College, degree of D.D. conferred upon, 324, 325.
Lomax, —, 373.
London, Eng., Probate Records, 401; Stow’s Survey of, 103; quoted, 103 n; 104, 104 n.
— British Museum, 210.
— Coffee-houses in, history of, 120, 120 n, 121.
— Exchange Alley, 120, 120 n, 121.
— Royal Exchange, 121.
— Royal Society, 326.
— St. Clement’s Church, Eastcheap, 162; monument to Queen Elizabeth in, 103, 104.
— St. Michael’s Church, 120, 120 n.
— St. Mildred’s Church, Bread Street, monument to Queen Elizabeth in, 104 n.
— Westminster Abbey, 103.
— Whitehall, 2.
Longacre, James Barton, engraver, his National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, cited, 101 n.
Longfellow, Alice Mary, article on Craigie House by, 406 n.
Longfellow House. See Craigie House.
Longmeadow, Mass., Historical Society, 229.
Loring. Augustus Peabody, A. B., xvii.
— Charles Greely, A. M., xvii; elected a Resident Member, 83, 234; accepts, 84; gives opinion of R. S. Poole on a United States coin, 210.
— James Spear, his Hundred Boston Orators, cited, 222 n.
Lossing, Benson John, his Field Book of the Revolution, cited, 248 n, 254 n.
Lothrop, Mary Lyman (Buckminster), wife of Rev. Samuel Kirkland, 222 n.
— Rev. Samuel Kirkland, 222 n.
— Thornton Kirkland, A.M., xv, xvii, 222 n.
Loudoun, Lord. See Campbell, John.
Louis XVI., King of France, 106.
Lowe, John, 133.
Lowell. Augustus, A. M., xvii; of Committee to draught Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32; references to death of, in Report of Council, 46; Memoir of, assigned to F. C. Lowell, 47.
— Hon. Francis Cabot, A.B., xvi; Memoir of A. Lowell assigned to, 47.
— James Jackson, 58.
— James Russell, 305; quoted, 99 n, 117.
— Hon. John, LL.D., xvi.
Luyster, Isaphine Moore. See Wheelwright.
Luzac, Jan, monument to, 81.
Lyle, —, 390.
Lyman. Arthur Theodore, A. M., xvii; of Committee to draught Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32.
Lynde, Benjamin, and Benjamin Lynde, Jr., Diaries of, cited, 3 n.
Lyons, —, 382.
Macaulay, Catharine, her letter on the Boston Massacre, read in town-meeting, 12; the letter communicated by W. C. Ford to this Society, 211; text of the letter, 212.
McCarty, —, 139.
— Miss —, daughter of Col. Daniel. See Piers.
— Col. Daniel, 128, 166, 167, 353.
— Mrs. Daniel, 166.
McComb, —, 131.
McDougall, Alexander, 169.
McField, Col. —, 261.
McKean, Rev. Joseph, 219.
McKinley, William, 316.
Macky, John, his Journey through England, quoted, 121.
McPherson, —, 365.
— Daniel, 343.
Macrea, Caroline (Lee), 239.
Madison, James, 165 n; his Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull, quoted, 116 n; visits Mt. Vernon, 134, 135; letter of Washington to, 188.
Magistrates, marriage service performed by, under colonial law, 285.
Magowan, Rev. Walter, 158.
Mahon, Duc de. See Crillon.
Maize, —. See Mease.
Malden, Mass., Corey’s History of, cited, 26 n.
Manhattan, trouble between Massachusetts and Dutch government at, 286; England’s effort to conquer, 290.
Mann, Moses Whitcher, 219 n.
Mansfield, Lady, widow of Sir John, 281.
— Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John. See Wilson.
— Isaac, Jr., 202.
Marl, use of, by Washington, 350, 351.
Marquand, Joseph, 221 n.
— Susan Coffin, daughter of Joseph. See Hooper; Searle.
Marriage, considered civil act in colonial law, 285.
Marsh. Arthur Richmond, A.B., xvii, 234; elected Resident Member, 210; accepts, 211.
Marshall, John, Chief-Justice, 311.
Marshfield, Mass., Memorials of, by Miss Thomas, cited, 403.
Martineau, James, 310.
Martinet, formerly a slang word, 202, 203.
Martinique, Henry Hamilton’s description of arrival at, 333, 334.
Mary Bull. See Bull.
Mason, —, 164.
— Charles Frank, A.B., xvii.
— Edward Bromfield, 57.
— George, 135, 163, 163 n, 168, 169, 170, 391.
— George Champlin, his Reminiscences of Newport, cited, 200 n.
— Jonathan, ii.
— Thomson, 350.
— William Powell, 222 n.
Mason’s Reports, cited, 226 n.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, attitude toward Edward Randolph as Customs Commissioner, 2; letter of, to King James II., 25 n; report on state of, by Rev. E. Browne, 68, 69; text of report, 74–80; four letters from Gov. Winthrop on affairs in, 70–74; soil and products of, 77; varieties of fish and meat, 77, 78; condition of the church in, 78, 79; R. N. Toppan’s contributions to history of, 272; commissioners to receive the submission of Wells, Saco, and Cape Porpoise to the Government of, 286, 287; trouble with Dutch government at Manhattan, 286; denies right of appeal, 290; trouble with Royal Commissioners, 290, 291; Rawson’s defence of rights of, 291–293.
— Archives, mentioned, 289; plan of Middlesex Canal in, 219 n; labor performed by Edward Rawson on, 280, 281.
— Charter, Edward Rawson’s knowledge of provisions of, 289; claims of the Colony under, 290, 291; action of quo warranto against, 291; fate of, 292.
— Colony Laws, no printed copy of first edition known to be extant, 23; transcription and distribution of, 23, 24; arrangement for printing, 24; controversy as to date of first edition, 25, 26, 26 n; Whitmore’s edition of, 290; cited, 285 n.
— Colony Records, quoted, 23, 24; cited, 25 n, 282 n, 283 n, 284 n, 285 n, 286 n, 287 n, 291 n, 292 n, 293 n; never published after 1686, 272.
— General Court, orders Body of Liberties and Laws to be transcribed and distributed, 23; revises the Laws, 24; arranges for printing and distributing them, 24; Bibliography of House Journals, communicated (by title) by W. C. Ford, 215; Bibliography to be printed in Vol. iv., 215 n; E. Rawson represents Newbury in, 282; orders all towns to manufacture saltpetre, 283; divides Plum Island, 285; services of Edward Rawson recognized by, 288, 289.
— House of Deputies, Edward Rawson appointed Clerk of, 284.
— Province Charter, 240.
— Province Laws, edited by A. C. Goodell, 272.
— Province Records, never published, 272.
— Superiour Court of Judicature, Capt. Preston before, 18 n.
Massachusetts Gazette, two papers so called in 1770, 10 n.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 2 n, 61, 62, 238; Resident Members of, from H. C. Class of 1858, 57; serial publications of, 239, 240; copy of Records of the Council meetings under President Joseph Dudley communicated to, by R. N. Toppan, 272; Collections of, cited, 69 n, 71 n, 101 n, 245 n, 326 n, 327 n; quoted, 3 n, 5 n, 101 n; Proceedings of, cited, 2 n, 3 n, 219 n, 287 n, 326 n, 402 n, 404 n; quoted, 17 n.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, in the War of the Revolution, cited, 250 n.
Massasoit, Standish’s meeting with, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402.
Massé, Jean Baptiste, 330.
Mather, Rev. Cotton, 292, 325 n.
— Rev. Samuel, degree of D.D. conferred upon, 324, 325.
Matthews. Albert, A.B., i, xv, xvii, 124, 211 n, 319, 326 n; appointed on Nominating Committee, 1; submits documents relating to Capt. Thomas Preston, 2–21; preparation of new list of Addressers of Gage and of Hutchinson announced by, 22; presents report of Nominating Committee, 52, 53; paper on Brother Jonathan by, 94–122; reads paper on Yankee and Yankee Doodle, 210; nominated and elected as member of the Council for three years, 238; paper on Indian Summer by, 241–244; his remarks on charges of cruelty brought against Henry Hamilton by Americans, 275; on bounties for scalps, 275–278; appointed to Special Committee in charge of printing early Records of Harvard College, 320 n; his remarks on Prof. Winthrop’s newspaper communications, 328; gives English text of diploma conferring degree of LL.D. on Washington, 328, 329; reads paper on Kitty Fisher and Yankee Doodle, 341.
May, Col. Joseph, 219 n, 222 n, 224 n.
— Samuel Joseph, son of Col. Joseph, 222 n, 224, 225, 227; anecdote of, 223.
Mayflower, the ship, passenger list does not include Master Williamson, 399, 401; William Mullins a passenger on, 400, 401; date of return of, 401; David Williamson possible factor of, 402.
Mayhew, Rev. Jonathan, 403 n.
Means, Rev. James Howard, 56.
Mechanicsville, Mass., 91.
Mecom, Benjamin, remarks on, by W. C. Ford, 202.
Medford, Mass. first minister of, 83.
Medford Historical Register, cited, 219 n, 221 n.
Medford River lock, tavern of the, 224 n.
Memorial History of Boston, cited, 210 n, 285 n, 404 n; E. G. Porter’s contribution to, 61.
Menotomy, Mass., afterwards West Cambridge, 28, 223; British soldiers captured at, 27; houses sacked in, 30. See also Arlington; West Cambridge.
— James, 396.
Merchants Row, Boston, 219 n.
Meroth, Jane. See Howe.
Merrimac, Mass., 75.
Merrit, John, 93.
Michigan Pioneer Collections, cited, 334 n, 335 n.
Middlesex Canal, Mass., excursion on, in 1817, 217–228; projected by Governor Sullivan, 219; Eddy’s Historical Sketch of, mentioned, 219 n; plans of, 219 n.
Middleton, Col. —, 139.
— Dr. —, 382.
Militia, 189.
Mill, John Stuart, 312.
Miller, Capt. —, 4 n.
Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, Life, Letters, and Friendships of, quoted, 119.
Milton, Mass., Church Records, 245 n; Town Records, 245 n.
Minns. Thomas, xvii; five Dutch photographs presented and described by, 80–82; appointed to Nominating Committee, 211.
Mint, established in Boston, 286.
Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de, attack of, upon the Cincinnati, 194.
Mississippi, relative unimportance of navigation of, 182.
Mitchel, Hugh, 169.
Mohawk River, no bridges over (1776), 248
Moldavia, 60.
Molineux, William, of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19, 21.
Monetary Congress, Paris, 1867, 269.
Money, R. N. Toppan’s publications dealing with, 268, 269, 270; coinage of, in Massachusetts, 286.
Montagu, John, Earl of Sandwich, 106 n.
Montcalm Gozon de Saint Véran, Louis Joseph, Marquis de, paper on portraits of, read by D. R. Slade, 330, 331.
Montcalm et le Canada, by F. Joubleau, copy of, bought by Pequot Library, Southport, Ct., 330 n.
Montgomery, Richard, 333; date of his death, 245, 245 n.
Montmorency, Canada, attack on, 332.
Montreal, Canada, Col. J. Vose’s troops in, 247, 255; rumors of pending attack upon American troops in, 256.
Moodey. See Moody.
Moody, Rev. Joshua, 293.
— William, 282.
Moore, George Henry, controversy between W. H. Whitmore and, regarding date of first edition of the Colony Laws, 25, 26.
Moret, —, 330.
Morgan, Abner, 260.
Morris, one of Washington’s overseers, 140, 142, 170.
Morton, Rev. Charles, first clergyman to solemnize marriages in Charlestown, 285 n.
— Eliza Susan, daughter of John. See Quincy.
— Hon. Jambs Madison, LL.D., xvii, 234; elected Resident Member, 230; accepts, 233.
— John, 221 n.
Mount Lebanon, Turkey, American Mission at, 59.
Mount Vernon, Washington’s estate, origin of name, 217.
Moursher. See Morshur.
Mourt (or Morton), George, his Relation, cited, 399 n, 401; quoted, 399; his Relation contains all that is known of Master Williamson, 403.
Mowlson, Ann (Radcliffe), Lady, her scholarship at Harvard College, 317.
Much Bromley, Essex, Eng., 74 n.
Mud, used for fertilizing by Washington, 143.
Mullins, Priscilla, daughter of William, 400.
— William, overseers of will of, 400; significance of these appointments, 401, 402; witnesses to will of, 401.
Munday, Anthony, Stow’s Survey of London edited by, 103 n.
Munro, Wilfred H., his History of Bristol, cited, 200 n.
— James, 16; passenger on H. M. S. Glasgow, 3 n.
— James Augustus Henry, 105 n.
Muse, Battaile, 140, 176, 394.
Musgrave, Sir William, his Obituary, cited, 91 n.
Muskett, Joseph James, Winthrop and Browne letters to D’Ewes discovered by, 69; his Suffolk Manorial Families, cited, 325 n.
Napoleon I., dispute between Holland and, 181, 190.
Narrative and Critical History of America, cited, 275 n, 321 n quoted, 17.
Nash, Nathaniel Cushing, A.M., xvii.
Natchez, Miss., 219 n, 220, 220 n.
National Council of American Congregational Churches, tablet erected to John Robinson by, 81.
Navigation, Inland. See Inland navigation.
Negroes, difficulty of obtaining, for work on Potomac Canal, 195; list of those employed by Washington, 358–364.
Neufville, Jan de, 184.
New England, England’s determination to execute laws of trade and navigation in, 291. See also Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England; Commissioners to New England.
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 273; E. G. Porter President of, 61; Edward Rawson’s portrait owned by, 295.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Wheelwright’s Lowell Pedigree in, 41; cited, 199 n, 200 n, 203 n, 245 n, 287 n, 400 n, 401 n, 402 n.
New Englanders, sobriquet of Brother Jonathan not applied particularly to, 96 n, 112.
New Haven Colony, yields to demands of Royal Commissioners, 290.
New Kent, Va., 393.
New Laws of the Indies, A. McF. Davis exhibits copy of, 321.
New Orleans, La., traffic between the Lakes and, 182.
New York City, N. Y., American losses of property at time of evacuation of, 128 n.
— Hospital, 218 n.
— Lenox Library, 330 n.
New York (State), Documents relative to the Colonial History of, cited, 25 n.
Newbury, Mass., biographical sketches of natives and residents of, by R. N. Toppan, 271; first mention of Edward Rawson in records of, 281; meetinghouse of, protected by armed sentinels, 282; offices held by Rawson in, 282, 283, 284; J. Coffin’s History of, cited, 283 n, 284 n, 285 n; part of Plum Island given to, 285; land granted to Rawson by, 288, 289.
Newburyport, Mass., historical interest in, aroused by R. N. Toppan, 267, 268.
— Historical Society of Old Newbury, 280 n.
Newcomb. Simon, D. C. L., F. R. S., xviii.
Newenham, Sir Edward, 163 n, 380; letter from Washington to, 186, 187.
— Lady, wife of Sir Edward, 187.
Newport, R. I., efforts to dislodge British from, 124.
— Second Baptist Church, 199 n.
— Trinity Church, 200 n.
Newton, Thomas, 396.
Newton, Mass., Nonantum Hill, 29.
Nichols, Elizabeth (Lawton), wife of Jonathan, 200 n.
— Hannah, daughter of Jonathan. See Hazard.
— Jonathan, 200 n.
Nightingale, The; or Rural Songster, quoted, 114.
Niles, Hezekiah, his Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America, cited, 106 n.
Nisbett, —, 371.
— I M., 371.
Noble, George Washington Copp, 57.
— John, LL.D., iii, xv, xvi, 2, 31, 63, 231; papers connected with Boston Massacre exhibited by, 2; quotation by, in regard to sailing of H. M. S. Glasgow, 3 n; tribute to W. C. Endicott by, 42–44; Report of Council presented by, 45; nominated and elected Corresponding Secretary, 52, 53, 238; tribute to H. Williams by, 205–207; extracts from early newspapers communicated by, 230; presides at Stated meeting, 296; pays tribute to memory of J. B. Thayer, 296–298; communicates Memoir of C. C. Everett for E. Emerton, 336.
— John, Jr., A.B., xvii.
Nonantum Hill, Newton, Mass., 29.
Norfolk, Va., 396.
North American Review, founder of, 222 n.
North Kingston, R. I., 200 n.
Northampton, Va., 352.
Norton, Andrews, 222 n.
— Catharine (Eliot), wife of Andrews, 222 n, 224, 226 n, 228.
— Charles Eliot, 305.
Notes and Queries, quoted, 101 n; cited, 102 n.
Nowell, Elder Increase, Secretary of the Colony, one of several to oversee printing of the Laws, 24.
— Samuel, 293.
Noxon, Laura Ann, daughter of Robert. See Toppan.
— Robert, 264.
Noyes. James Atkins, A.B., xvii, 322; elected Resident Member, 262; accepts, 274.
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 270, 273.
Odlin (Audley), Ann. See Clark.
Old Colony Historical Society, 92.
Old Harry, nickname for the Devil, 111 n.
Old Manse, Concord, Mass., 301.
Oliver, Andrew (1731–1799), comment on Capt. Preston, 3 n; probable author of Elegy on Prof. Winthrop, 327 n.
— Peter, 92.
Olney, Hon. Richard, LL.D., xvi.
Oneida Lake, N. Y., 108 n.
Oregon, E. G. Porter’s Ship Columbia and the Discovery of, 62.
Orr, Benjamin, 350.
O’Sullivan. See Sullivan, John.
Otis, James (1725–1783), attempted assassination of, 4 n; copy of his Rudiments of Latin Prosody (1760), exhibited by H. H. Edes, 202.
— Joseph, Keeper of Suffolk County Jail, 21, 21 n.
Page, Frances (Burwell), wife of John, 185.
— John, letter from Washington to, 184, 185.
Paige, Rev. Lucius Robinson, his History of Cambridge, cited, 28 n, 325 n, 403 n, 405 n, 406 n.
Paine, Nathaniel, A. M., xvi.
Palfrey, John Gorham (1796–1881), his History of New England. quoted, 400; cited, 400 n.
— John Gorham, LL.B., xvii, 48.
— William, comment of, on Capt. Preston, 3 n.
Palmer, John, 294.
— Mass., Historical Society, 229.
Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 330 n.
Paoli, the brig, 5 n.
Paper money, 182.
Park, Rev. Edwards Amasa, 59.
— John Gray, 57.
Parker, Rev. Henry Ainsworth, A.M., xvii; relates incidents of Gov. R. Wolcott’s boyhood, 89.
Parkman. Francis, LL.D., xvi; E. Wheelwright’s Memoir of, 32, 38; his Montcalm and Wolfe, mentioned, 330; probably never saw Joubleau’s Montcalm et le Canada, 330 n.
Pasco, Samuel, 56.
Pasquotank River, N. C., cut between Elizabeth River and, 188.
Paterson, John, 254; regiment commanded by, 246, 246 n, 248; brief sketch of, 248 n; Egleston’s Life of, cited, 254 n.
Patten, Henry Lyman, 58.
Patterson, Marianne (Caton), wife of Robert, 117 n. See also Wellesley.
— Robert, 117 n.
Paulding, James Kirke, his Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan, quoted, 115, 116.
Payne, Susanna. See Wilson.
Paynter, Jonathan, Jonathan’s Coffee House possibly named for, 120.
Peake, Mrs. —, 144.
Pearce, Robert Rouiere, his Memoirs and Correspondence of Marquess Wellesley, cited, 117 n.
Pearl Street, Boston, Athenæum library building in, 219 n.
Peck, Elizabeth. See Perkins.
— Joseph, Genealogical History of the Descendants of, cited, 219 n.
— Thomas Handasyd, 219 n.
Pecoit. See Pequot.
Peirce, Benjamin, his History of Harvard University, 323.
— James Mills, A.M., xvi.
Pelham, Peter, reproductions of three portraits by, exhibited by H. W. Cunningham, 278.
Pelham Club, portraits by Peter Pelham reproduced by, 278.
Pemberton, Samuel, 215.
Pennsylvania, iron industry of, ably represented by J. H. Ricketson, 47; claims of Connecticut in, 124; bounties offered by, for Indian scalps and prisoners, 276, 277.
— Archives, cited, 275 n, 277; quoted, 277.
— Colonial Records, quoted, 277; cited, 277 n.
Pepys, Samuel, 120.
Pequot Country, Ct., 283, 285, 288.
Pequot Library, Southport, Ct., 330 n.
Percy, Sir Hugh, Earl Percy, Duke of Northumberland, 407.
Perkins, Barbara Cooper (Higginson), wife of Samuel G, 226 n.
— Elizabeth (Peck), wife of James, Sr., 219 n.
— Elizabeth Peck, daughter of Samuel G, 226 n.
— James, Sr., 219 n.
— James (1761–1822), son of James, Sr., 218 n; gift of, to Boston Athenæsum, 219 n.
— Rev. John Carroll, D.D., xviii.
— Samuel G, son of James, Sr., 219 n, 221 n, 226 n.
— Susan Cleveland, daughter of Samuel G. See Searle.
— Thomas Handasyd, son of James, Sr., 218 n, 219 n.
Perne, Rachel. See Rawson.
Peters, Hon. John Andrew, LL.D., xviii.
Phelps, Hon. Edward John, LL.D., xviii; references to death of, in Report of Council, 47; tribute of E. Wheelwright to, 47.
Phi Beta Kappa, Bowdoin Chapter, 340; Harvard Chapter, 232; E. Wheelwright’s election as an honorary member of, 41; E. G. Porter elected to, 61.
Philippine Commission. See United States, Philippine Commission.
Philips, —, 158.
Phillips, John Charles, 57; E. G.
Porter’s Memoir of, 61.
— Gillam, 219 n.
— William, of committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19, 21.
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 56.
Phips, Sir William, Governor of Massachusetts, 240, 244.
Pickering. Edward Charles, LL.D., 234; elected Resident Member, 210; accepts, 211.
Piers, Mrs. — (McCarty), 353.
Pilgrims, house of the, Leyden, 81; last meeting place of, in Delfshaven, 82.
Pine, Robert Edge, 177.
Piper. William Taggard, Ph.D., xvii; presides at meeting held in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 33; announces death of W. C. Endicott, 42.
Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham, 250 n, 331 n.
Pittsburg, Pa., J. H. Ricketson’s interest in, 47.
Plaster of Paris, preparation of, for statuary, 133; Washington’s agricultural experiments with, 141, 144, 177, 178, 179, 181.
Plimpton. George Arthur, A.B., xviii.
Plum Island, Mass., division of, 285.
Plymouth Colony, yields to demands of Royal Commissioners, 290; Records, cited, 286 n.
Pocoson. See Poquosin.
Pohick Church, 130.
Point Aufare, 261.
Point Levi, Canada, 332.
Pointe aux Trembles, Canada, 332.
Political Science, Toppan Prize offered for essays on, at Harvard, 268.
Pollack, —, 350.
Pollock, Sir Frederick, 311.
Pond, George Edward, 57.
Poole, Reginald Stuart, his opinion of a United States coin, 210.
— William Frederick, his edition of Johnson’s Wonder Working Providence, cited, 26 n.
Poor, Enoch, regiment commanded by, 246, 246 n, 248, 249; brief sketch of, 248 n.
Pope, Charles Henry, his Pioneers of Massachusetts, cited, 403 n.
Poquosin, history and derivation of the word, 345 n.
Porpoise, Cape, Me., submission of, to Massachusetts, 287.
Port Bill, 189.
Porter, —, 158, 176, 352, 353.
— Aaron, first minister of Medford, son of Samuel (1660–1722), 83.
— Daniel, son of James (b. 1745), 55.
— David, 116.
— Rev. Edward Griffin, A. M., son of Royal Loomis, i, xvii, 209; his customary talks on the 19 April, 27; S. S. Green appointed to write Memoir of, 30, 47; references to death of, in Council’s Report, 46; the Memoir communicated, 53; text of the Memoir, 55–62; his family, 55; his education, 56; some of his classmates, 56, 57; his interest in American history, 57, 61; his travels and study abroad, 58; takes degree of A. M., 58; is graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, 59; is licensed to preach, 59; joins United States Sanitary Commission, 59; goes abroad again, 59; ordained minister of the Hancock Congregational Church, Lexington, 59; his activities in Lexington, 60; his interest in foreign missions, 60; offices held by, 60, 61; his membership in various societies; 61; his published works, 61, 62; his death and funeral, 62; his services to this Society, 62.
— Elisha, 260.
— Frank, son of Royal Loomis, 56.
— Hannah (Stanley), wife of Samuel, Sr., 82.
— James (b. 1720), 55.
— James (b. 1745), son of James (b. 1720), 55.
— Joanna (Cook), wife of Samuel (1660–1722), 83.
— John (of Plymouth), 55.
— John, 291.
— Royal Loomis, son of Daniel, editor of the Boston Traveller, 55.
— Samuel, Sr., of Windsor, Mass., 82.
— Samuel (1600–1722), of Hadley, Mass., son of Samuel, Sr., his Commission as Sheriff exhibited by H. H. Edes, 82; sketch of, 82, 83.
— Samuel (H. C. 1730), 83.
— Sarah Ann (Pratt), wife of Royal Loomis, 55. See also Carruth.
— William, son of Royal Loomis, 56.
Portsmouth, R. I., Records, cited, 199 n, 200 n, 201 n, 203 n; Vital Records, cited, 203 n.
— Common Fence Point, 199 n.
Potain, —, aerial voyage of, 187.
Potomac Company, 145, 157, 166, 181; Canal projected by, 136, 137; meeting of Directors of, 136, 347, 351, 352, 369, 370, 390; attempt to raise money for, 184, 185; petition regarding depth of Canal, 189, 194, 195; difficulty of obtaining negroes for work on Canal, 195; route of Canal decided upon, 370; contract for rations given by, 390.
Potts, John, Jr., 134, 136, 158, 351, 352, 369, 370, 371.
— Herbert &, 351 n.
Pouchot, —, his Memoir upon the late War in North America, cited, 330, 331 n.
Powell, Samuel, 138, 142, 180, 181.
Pownall, Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, his letter on the Boston Massacre, 12, 212; Boston Committee’s statement regarding the Massacre sent to, 19, 19 n; text of his letter, 213–215.
Pratt, Horace, 57.
— Sarah Ann. See Carruth; Porter.
Precedents, danger of, 186.
Prescott, William, 226 n.
— William Hickling, ancestress of, 3 n.
Preston, Capt. —, of the West Middlesex militia, probably not the same as Capt. Thomas, 4 n.
— Capt. Thomas, card published by, in Boston Gazette, 3, 6, 19; visits America, 3 n; opinions regarding, 3 n; returns to England, 3 n; account of Boston Massacre sent to England by, 4; text of this account, 6–10; warrant and charges against, 10; Boston Committee condemns his account, 13, 15–17, 19–21; his life threatened, 17 n; his trial, 17, 17 n, 18 n, 22 n; acquitted, 18 n; bitter feeling against, 22 n; articles about, by Samuel Adams, in Boston Gazette, 22 n; consideration asked for, 215.
Price, Mary. See Knight.
Priestman, Thomas, of London, 104.
Prince, Joanna Batchelder. See Everett.
— Rev. Thomas, his Annals cite Mourt in regard to Master Williamson, 399; his Chronology, cited, 400.
Prince Society, 263, 271, 273.
Prior Documents, name usually given to Almon’s Collection of interesting authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America, 4 n.
Pumpkins, method of preserving, 395.
Putnam, Herbert, LL.D., xviii.
— Israel, released from Indians, 249, 249 n.
— Rufus, letters of, 239.
Pynchon, John, of Springfield, 83, 289 n.
Quakers, 285; Rawson’s attitude toward, 287.
Quebec, Canada, news of defeat at, reaches Gen. Thompson’s troops, 247, 252; Gen. Thomas deceived regarding conditions at, 254; capture of, 332.
— Plains of Abraham, 332.
— Ursuline Church, epitaph of Montcalm intended for, 331 n.
Quebec, the British ship, 110.
Quincy, Abigail Phillips, daughter of Josiah (1772–1864), 226, 226 n.
— Eliza Susan, daughter of Josiah (1772–1864), account of excursion on Middlesex Canal by, 220, 226–228.
— Eliza Susan (Morton), wife of Josiah (1772–1864), 221 n, 222, 223, 228.
— Henry Parker, M.D., xvi.
— Margaret Morton. See Greene.
— Josiah (1772–1864), 221 n, 222 n, 226 n; his History of Harvard University, cited, 328 n; quoted, 322, 327.
— Josiah (1802–1882), son of Josiah (1772–1864), his Figures of the Past, cited, 406 n.
— Josiah Phillips, son of Josiah (1802–1882), 220.
Rackemann, Charles Sedgwick, A.M., xvi; sends letter of regret to meeting in memory of E. Wheelwright, 39.
Radcliffe, Ann. See Mowlson.
Raikes, Robert, 337.
Rambles in Old Boston, by E. G. Porter, 61.
— Sarah, 135, 176, 352, 353, 356.
Randolph, Edmund Jennings, Governor of Virginia, 392, 396.
— Edward (1632–1703), 240, 285 n, 293; copy of Commission to, communicated by A. C. Goodell, 2; attitude of Massachusetts Colony toward, 2; R. N. Toppan’s work on, 231, 263, 271; his efforts to reform church and suffrage laws in Massachusetts, 291.
Rawlins. See Rollins.
Rawson, Edward, his copy of the Colony Laws, 26; manuscript sketch of, left by R. N. Toppan, 271; text of this sketch, 280–295; Secretary of the Massachusetts Colony, 281; family of, 281; offices held by, 282–286; his attempt to manufacture gunpowder, 283, 285; his attitude toward Quakers, 287; his attempt to save Ann Hibbins, 287; becomes a resident of Boston, 288; chosen a Commissioner of the town, 288; land grants to, in Newbury, 288, 289; land bought from Indians by, 289; his knowledge of Colonial laws, 289; his important services as Secretary, 289–293; financial embarrassment of, 293; his petitions for compensation for work on public papers, 293, 294; delivers papers relating to South Church to a committee, 294; publishes pamphlet with Sewall, 294; death of, 294; portrait of, 295.
— Grindal, son of Edward, 281.
— Margaret (Wilson), mother of Edward, 281.
— Rachel (Perne), wife of Edward, 281.
— Rebecca, daughter of Edward. See Rumsey.
— Sullivan Sumner, his Memoir of Edward Rawson, mentioned, 295 n.
— William, son of Edward, 294.
Rawson’s Lane, Boston, now Bromfield Street, 289.
Read, Col. Seth, 256.
Reed, Joseph, bounties for scalps favored by, 276, 277.
Reformado, The, 102, 102 n; quoted, 103, 105, 105 n.
Regiments or Companies:
— Battery G, First Heavy Artillery, M. V. M. See Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans.
— Eighth Continental Infantry, 246.
— Fifteenth Continental Infantry, 246, 254 n.
— Fifteenth Regiment, experiences of, 331–334.
— Fifth Continental Infantry, 257 n.
— First Battalion of Pennsylvania Regulars, 255 n.
— First Massachusetts Regiment (1777), 246.
— First Rhode Island Regiment (1777), 254 n.
— Fourteenth Regiment, trial of, 6; part of, in Boston Massacre, 9.
— Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion, 260 n.
— Heath’s Suffolk Regiment, 246.
— Independent Boston Fusilier Veterans, 230 n.
— Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, 257 n.
— Regiment de Berri, 333.
— Regiment de la Reine, 333.
— Sixty-Fifth Regiment, arrival of, in Boston, 6, 20.
— Sixty-Fourth Regiment, arrival of, in Boston, 6, 20.
— Twenty-Fifth Continental Infantry, 246.
— Twenty-Fourth Continental Infantry, 246, 250 n.
— Twenty-Ninth Regiment, visits America, 3 n; part of, in Boston Massacre, 9.
— Veteran Association, Company L, Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., 230 n.
Rehoboth, Bliss’s History of, cited, 92 n.
Revolution, The, in New England Justified, etc., by Rawson and Sewall (1691), 294.
Rhode Island, fortunate position of, at time of Revolution, 123; exhausted resources of, 124; some of the original proprietors of, 203; yields to demands of Royal Commissioners, 290.
— Colonial Records, cited, 199 n, 201 n.
Rhode Island Historical Magazine, cited, 199 n, 203 n.
Rhodes, James Ford, 48.
Rice, Mrs. Caroline L., gift of, to Harvard College Library, 331, 336.
Ricketson, John Howland, A.M., xviii; references to death of, in Report of Council, 47.
Right to Coin under the Colonial Charters, by R. N. Toppan, 263.
Ripley, Rev. Ezra, 301.
— Rev. Samuel, son of Rev. Ezra, 301; J. B. Thayer’s biographical sketch of, 302, 308.
— Sarah Alden (Bradford), wife of Rev. Samuel, 308.
— Sophia Bradford, daughter of Rev. Samuel. See Thayer.
Rivington, James, printer, 111 n.
Robertson, Archibald, miniature of Mrs. Andrew Craigie by, 404 n.
Robin’s Coffee-house, London, 121.
Robinson, Edward Forbes, his Early History of Coffee Houses in England, cited, 120, 120 n, 122.
— Henry Cornelius, his Jonathan Trumbull, quoted, 99 n.
— John (1575–1625), inscription relating to, 80, 81; tablet in honor of, 81.
— John, Commissioner of Customs, letters and depositions regarding Boston Massacre carried to London by, 4 n, 16; attempted assassination of J. Otis by, 4 n.
Robson, Capt. —, 4 n.
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de, 124, 166 n; letter of Washington to, 190.
Roe, Cornelius McDermott, stone mason, 346, 347, 350.
Rogers, Rev. John, of Dedham, Eng., 71 n.
Rollins, —, 372, 392, 393, 397.
Roosa. Daniel Bennett St. John, his Old New York Hospital, cited, 218 n.
Ropes, Rev. James Hardy, D. D., xvii; elected Resident Member, 295; accepts, 296.
— William, 216.
Rowe, John, genteel dance given by, 3 n; opinion of, regarding Capt. T. Preston, 3 n.
Rowley, Mass., part of Plum Island given to, 285.
Royal Commissioners to New England. See Commissioners to New England.
Royal Exchange, London, 121.
Royal Governors of the Territory and Dominion of New England and of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Commissions and Instructions of, to appear in Vol. II. of Publications of this Society, 2 n, 239.
Royal Society of Canada, 61.
Royal Society of London, 326.
Ruggles, Mary. See Hammond.
— Samuel Bulkley, 265, 266; Chairman of Committee of New York Chamber of Commerce on International Coinage, 269.
Rumsay. See Rumsey.
— Rebecca (Rawson), wife of Thomas, tragic fate of, 294.
— Thomas, 294.
— Walter, his Organon Salutis, quoted, 120.
Rusling, James Fowler, 118.
Russell, Elias Harlow, xvii.
— Joseph, printer, 10 n.
— Sarah, daughter of Hon. Thomas. See Sullivan.
— Hon. Thomas, 221 n.
— Hon. William Eustis, LL.D., xvi; Memoir of, by C. C. Everett, 340.
Sabbath School, first in America, 64.
Sabin, Joseph, statement regarding authorship of A True State of the Proceedings in the Parliament of Great Britain and in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 5 n.
Sacket, —, proposed offer of, to Congress, 142.
Saco, Me., submission of, to Massachusetts, 286.
Saffell, W. T. R., his Records of the Revolutionary War, cited, 245 n, 253 n.
St. Botolph Club, Boston, 36.
St. Clement’s Church, Eastcheap, London, 102; monument to Queen Elizabeth in, 103, 104.
St. François, Canada, 257, 257 n.
St. Fransway’s. See St. François.
St. John’s, Canada, 250, 251, 252, 252 n; prisoners taken at, 255; retreat from Montreal to, 256, 257, 258, 259.
St. Jonathan, 118.
St. Jonathan’s Day, 118.
St. Lawrence River, Canada, 254.
St. Michael’s Church, London, 120, 120 n.
St. Mildred’s Church, Bread Street, London, monument to Queen Elizabeth in, 104 n.
St. Peter’s Church, Leyden, tablet to John Robinson, 81.
Salisbury, Mass., 284.
Salsberry. See Salisbury.
Saltonstall, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel. See. Cotton.
— Hon. Leverett, A. M., xvi, 32.
— Muriel (Gurdon), wife of Richard (1610–1694), 71 n.
— Nathaniel, 200 n.
— Sir Richard (d. c. 1658) 71 n.
— Richard (1610–1094), son of Sir Richard, 71 n.
— Richard Middlecott, A.B., xvii; of Committee to draft Resolutions in memory of Edward Wheelwright, 32.
Saltpetre, orders to manufacture, in Massachusetts, 283.
— family, 91 n.
— See Saunders.
— Esther (Woodward), wife of Robert, goldsmith, 91 n.
— Deacon Robert, 91 n.
— Robert, goldsmith, son of Deacon Robert, 91 n.
— Robert, tanner, son of Robert, goldsmith, his association with Attleborough Iron Works, 91, 93; properties conveyed by, 91 n; family of, 91 n.
— family, 91 n. See also Saunderson.
Sandwich, Lord. See Montagu, John.
Sandwich, Mass., 199 n, 202 n.
Sanford, Ann (Weeden), wife of John, son of John, brother of William (1676–1760), 201 n.
— Bridget (Hutchinson), second wife of John (d. 1653), 203.
— Elias Benjamin, his History of Connecticut, quoted, 97.
— Elizabeth, daughter of William (1676–1760), 203. See also Smith.
— Elizabeth (Webb), first wife of John (d. 1653), 203.
— Elizabeth (Coggeshall), wife of Richard, 199 n.
— Frances (Clark), wife of John, brother of William (1676–1760), 199 n.
— George, son of William (1676–1760), 203.
— Grissel (Sylvester), widow of Willam, of Newport, 200 n. See Cotton.
— Hope (Sisson), wife of William (1676–1760), 203.
— John, Sr. (d. 1653), 203.
— John, Jr., son of John, Sr. (d. 1653), 203.
— John, married Mary Gorton, 199 n.
— John, brother of William (1676–1760), 199 n.
— John, nephew of William (1676–1760), married Ann Weeden, 201, 201 n, 202.
— Hon. John Eliot, LL.D., xvii.
— Joseph, son of William (1676–1760), 203, 204.
— Margaret, daughter of John and Ann (Weeden), 201, 201 n.
— Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Gorton). See Durfie.
— Mary, daughter of William (1676–1760). See Shearman.
— Mary (Gorton), wife of John, 199 n.
— Peleg, son of John and Ann (Weeden), 201 n, 202.
— Richard, son of William (1676–1760), 199, 199 n, 203, 204.
— Ruth, daughter of William (1676–1760), 199 n, 203.
— Ruth, daughter of Richard, 199, 199 n.
— Samuel, son of John (d. 1653), 203.
— Sarah, daughter of William (1676–1760), 203. See also Smith.
— Sarah (Waddell), wife of Samuel, 203.
— William (1676–1760), his manuscript entries in a copy of Titan’s New Almanack for 1729, 198–202; Note on, by H. W. Cunningham, 203, 204.
— William (b. 1709), son of William (1676–1760), 203, 204.
— William, of Newport, 200 n.
Saratoga, N. Y., 240; Burgoyne’s surrender at, 112 n.
Saunders, Admiral Sir Charles, 332.
— family, 91 n.
— See Sanders.
Saunderson, Robert. See Sanderson.
— family, 91 n.
Savage, George, 352.
— James, 222 n; his edition of Winthrop’s New England, mentioned, 69; his Genealogical Dictionary of New England, cited, 203 n, 399 n, 403; quoted, 399.
Scaliger, Joseph Justus, monument to, 81.
Scalp-money. See Bounties for scalps.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 244.
Schuyler, Elizabeth, daughter of Philip. See Hamilton.
— Philip, 193; estate of, 249.
Schynesborough. See Skenesborough.
Scollay, John, letters of, 239.
Scott, —, of Maryland, 365.
— Capt. James, English pamphlet regarding Boston Massacre brought to Boston by, 4 n.
— Robert, 175.
— Sir Walter, his Familiar Letters, quoted, 117.
— Walter, son of Sir Walter, 117.
Seabury, Right-Rev. Samuel, 133.
Searle, Fanny, daughter of George (1751–1796), 218 n; governess in Sullivan family, 219; letter of, describing excursion on Middlesex Canal in 1817, 220–226.
— George (1751–1796), 218, 218 n.
— George (1788–1858), son of George (1751–1796), 221 n.
— Margaret, daughter of George (1751–1796). See Curzon.
— Mary Russell (Atkins), wife of George (1751–1796), 218 n, 228.
— Susan Cleveland (Perkins), first wife of George (1788–1858), 221 n.
— Susan Coffin (Marquand) Hooper, second wife of George (1788–1858), 221 n.
Sears, Joshua Montgomery, A.B., xvi; deceased, xix.
— Philip Howes, A.M., xvi, 32.
Seaver, James Edward, 93.
Second summer, a term apparently meaning Indian summer, 243.
Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, A.B., xvii.
Sergent, Antoine François, 330.
Servia, 60.
Sewall, Samuel, his Diary, quoted, 293, 294; publishes pamphlet with E. Rawson, 294.
— Rev. Stephen, 326 n.
Shad fishing, on Washington’s plantation, 387, 393.
Shakspere, William, use of word “jolt-head” by, 114 n.
Shambly. See Chambly.
Shattuck, George Otis, LL.B. xvii; E. H. Hall appointed to write Memoir of, 30, 47.
Shaw, Rev. Bezaliel, 404 n.
— Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Bezaliel. See Craigie.
— Elizabeth (Hammond), wife of Rev. Bezaliel, 404 n.
— John, of Norfolk, Va., 396.
— Joseph Alden, 57.
— Nancy, 406 n.
— Rev. Oakes, 404 n.
— Chief-Justice Lemuel, 404 n.
— Samuel Savage, 404 n.
— William, 130, 131, 132, 138, 139, 141, 144, 155, 157, 158, 163, 165, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 341, 342, 344, 345, 346, 349, 353, 366, 369, 370, 376, 380.
Shearbon. See Sherburn.
Shearman, Alice, daughter of Thomas, 204.
— Mary, daughter of Thomas, 204.
— Mary (Sanford), second wife of Thomas, 200 n, 203, 204.
— Sarah (Sisson), first wife of Thomas, 200, 200 n.
Shelter Island, N. Y., 200 n.
Sherburn, Henry, capture of, 254, 255; military services of, 254 n.
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 118.
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, exempts employees of R. Clarke and T. Lee from military service, 89, 90.
Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, 16 n, 211.
Sibley, John Langdon, his Harvard Graduates, cited, 200 n, 245 n.
Silver, prices of (1706–1750), 278, 279; rates of (1730–1747), 279, 280.
Sisson, George, 203.
— Hope, daughter of George. See Sanford.
— Sarah, wife of George, 203.
— Sarah. See Shearman.
Skenesborough, N. Y., now Whitehall, 249, 249 n, 250.
Slade, Daniel Denison, M.D., xvi, 32, 244.
— Denison Rogers, ii, xvii; communicates letters from Gov. Shirley through H. H. Edes, 89, 90; mezzotint of Admiral Vernon exhibited by, 217; Receipt-book of R. Clarke exhibited by, 217; reads paper on, and gives list of portraits of, Montcalm, 330, 331.
Slocum, Avis (Stanton), wife of Giles, 201 n.
— Charles Elihu, his History of the Slocum family in America, mentioned, 201 n.
— Giles, 201 n.
— Martha. See Lawton.
Small pox, ravages of, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 71; passengers of the Thomas and Frances attacked by, 76; Gen. Thompson’s troops inoculated for, 247, 253 n, 254; much sickness from, among men retreating from Quebec, 253; Lt.-Col. J. Vose’s men suffer from, 256, 257; inoculation for (1792), 404 n.
Smith, Dr. —, 174.
— Abigail, daughter of Deliverance, 201.
— Charles Card, guest at the Annual dinner, 238, 239.
— Elizabeth (Sanford), 204.
— Hon. Jeremiah, LL.D., xvii; appointed to Nominating Committee, 211; tribute to J. B. Thayer by, 310–315.
— Samuel Abbot, his West Cambridge on the Nineteenth of April, 1775, quoted, 30 n.
— Sarah (Sanford), 204.
— Sidney, 116.
Smith & Douglas, of Alexandria, Va., 384.
Smithfield, R. I., conveyance of lauds in, 91 n.
Smollett, Tobias George, 121.
Snow, Charles Armstrong, A.B., xvii, 329; vote offered by, 84; appointed to Nominating Committee, 211; presents report of this Committee, 237, 238.
Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, 286, 293.
Socum. See Slocum.
Södarstrom, Richard, 129.
Sorel, Canada, 257; Gen. Thompson’s men encamped at, hear of disaster at Quebec, 247, 252; fortified and then abandoned, 258; retreat from, to Crown Point, 261.
South Carolina, bounties offered by, for Indian scalps and prisoners, 275, 276.
South Carolina, the vessel, capture of, 110.
Southport, Ct., Pequot Library, 330 n.
Spaight, Richard D., 165.
Sparks, Jared, A True State of the Proceedings, etc., included in his edition of Franklin’s Works, 5 n; his Correspondence of the American Revolution, 119, 120, 120 n; his Life of Washington, cited, 172 n, 188; letter of, regarding J. C. Carter, 216, 217.
Speedwell, the ship, 82.
Spencer, John, 285.
Spotswood, Alexander, 139.
Spring Valley, Mass., 27.
Spurr, Thomas Jefferson, 58.
Spy Pond, Arlington, Mass., 27, 29.
Stafford Court House, Va., 395.
Standish, Myles, his meeting with Massasoit, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402.
Stanley, Hannah, daughter of Thomas. See Porter.
— Thomas, 82.
Stanton, Avis, daughter of Benjamin. See Slocum.
— Benjamin, 201 n.
— Martha, wife of Benjamin, 201 n.
Steam navigation, Fitch’s model of machine for, 143.
Steele, Sir Richard, 121.
Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 311.
Steptoe, Elizabeth. See Lee.
Sterne, Laurence, use of word “jolt-head” by, 114 n; quoted, 183.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand, Baron von, straitened circumstances of, 193.
Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, L.H.D., xviii; elected Corresponding Member, 262; accepts, 274; announcement of death of, 321; sketch of his career, by A. McF. Davis, 321.
— Henry, sketch of his career, by A. McF. Davis, 321.
Stiles, Rev. Ezra, his Literary Diary, quoted, 125 n; Charles Chauncy’s letter to, regarding Prof. Winthrop, 327.
Stillman, Rev. Samuel, letter from, read, 93.
Stillwater, N. Y., 249.
Stoddert, —, 185.
Stone, William Leete, his Life of Joseph Brant, cited, 108 n.
Stoner, John, of London, 104.
Storer, Ebenezer, of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11, 19, 21.
Story, Joseph, 226 n.
Stow, John, his Survey of London, quoted, 103, 104.
Stow Langtoft Hall, Suffolk, Eng., 69, 73, 76 n.
Strype, John, Stow’s Survey of London edited by, 103 n.
Stuart, Miss —, 135.
— David, 130, 130 n, 138, 165 n, 346, 352, 385, 386; letter of Washington to, 188, 189; elected a delegate to Virginia Assembly, 391.
— Eleanor (Calvert) Custis, wife of David, 130 n, 141, 189, 349, 390, 392.
— Gilbert, his unfinished portrait of Webster, ii, 218 n.
— Isaac William, his Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., cited, 95 n; same, quoted, 98, 99, without humor, 99 n; misplaced heroics of, 119; unscientific methods of, 125.
— Nanny, daughter of David, 141.
Sturgis, John, 216 n.
— Lucretia. See Bates.
Style, Dean Swift’s opinion on faults of, 311, 312.
Sudbury, Mass., first minister at, 76 n.
Suffolk County, Mass., Edward Rawson made Recorder of, 286.
— Deeds, cited, 91 n, 92 n, 219 n, 289 n.
— Probate Files, cited, 91 n, 219 n.
Suffrage, right of, restricted to church members, 290; E. Randolph’s effort to transfer to money qualification, 291.
Sullivan, Capt. —, 168.
— George (H. C. 1801), son of Gov. James, 221 n.
— James, Governor of Massachusetts, 221 n; projector of Middlesex Canal, 219; Amory’s Life of, cited, 219 n, 221 n; Sullivan Square, Charlestown, Mass., named for, 224 n.
— John, 108, 108 n, 246, 257, 257 n; resigns his command, 261; Journals of the Military Expedition of, against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779, cited, 108 n, 278 n.
— John Langdon, M. D., son of Gov. James, 221 n, 222 n, 223, 223 n, 227.
— Mehitable, daughter of Gov. James. See Amory; Cutler.
— Richard (H. C. 1798), son of Gov. James, 219, 221 n, 225, 225 n, 227.
— Sarah Bowdoin (Winthrop), wife of George (H. C. 1801), 221 n, 227.
— Sarah (Russell), wife of Richard (H. C. 1798), 221 n, 227.
— Sarah Webb (Swan), wife of William (H. C. 1792), 221 n, 222, 227.
— Rev. Thomas Russell, son of John Langdon, 222 n.
— Hon. William (H. C. 1792), son of Gov. James, 221 n, 222 n, 225, 227.
Sullivan Square, Charlestown, Mass., origin of name, 224 n.
Sultaness-head, Coffee-house, London, 120.
Sumner, George, receipt found by, 81, 82.
Sunday school, first in America, 64.
Swan, Col. James, 221 n.
— Sarah Webb, daughter of Col. James. See Sullivan.
Swansey, R. I., 200 n.
Swift, Dr. —, 158.
— Jonathan, on faults of style, 311, 312.
— Lindsay, A.B., xvii, 54, 244; his tribute to H. Williams, 207–209.
Sylvester, —, 200 n.
— Grissel. See Cotton; Sanford.
Symes, Col. —, 189.
Symonds, Samuel, represents Ipswich in General Court, 22; record of payments by, 22, 23, 24.
Taft, Henry Walbridge, A.M., xvii; deceased, xix.
Tarte, —, 129.
Taunton, Mass., ancient iron works in, 92; Proprietor’s Records, cited, 201 n.
— First Congregational Church, 251 n.
Taxation, regulation of, 189.
Taylor, —, clerk in British Foreign Office, mission of, to Mt. Vernon, 128, 128 n.
— —, of Alexandria, Va., 168.
— John, 201.
— Samuel Harvey, 56.
Thayer, Ezra Ripley, A.M., xvii.
— James Bradley, LL.D., i, xvi, 33; presides at Special Meeting of Council, 31, 32; Memoir of J. E. Hudson assigned to, 47; nominated and elected a Vice-President, 52, 53, 237, 238; death of, announced, 296; J. Noble’s tribute to, 297, 298; his services to the Harvard Law School, 297, 299, 305, 313, 314, 315, 316; his services to this Society, 297, 298, 300, 317, 318; vote of thanks to, by this Society, 298, 300; A. McF. Davis presents Minute to be recorded, on death of, 298–302; his work in constitutional law, 299, 305, 315; his efforts in behalf of the Indians, 299; characteristics of, 301, 303, 304; funeral of, 301, 314; personal appearance of, 301; family of, 301; friendships of, 301, 305, 308; his account of a trip to California with Emerson, 302, 308; his biographical sketch of S. Ripley, 302, 308; tribute of S. L. Thorndiketo, 303–306; his sketch of Chauncey Wright, 304; his hospitality, 306; sonnet on, by W. C. Williamson, 307; tribute of E. H. Hall to, 307–310; literary work of, 308; declines offer of position in English Department at Harvard, 309; his industry, 309; as a citizen, 309; his religious life, 309; tribute of Jeremiah Smith to, 310–315; his Preliminary Treatise on Evidence at the Common Law, 310–312, 315; his simplicity, 311; reasons why he did not write more, 312, 313; as a conversationalist, 314; tribute of J. B. Ames to, 315–317; his Collection of Cases, 315, 316; his projected works, 315, 316; position on Philippine Commission offered to, 316; first president of Association of American Law Schools, 316; tribute of H.H. Edes to, 317, 318; re-establishment of Lady Mowlson Scholarship announced by, 317; affection of young men for, 318.
— John Eliot, A.B., xvii.
— Sophia Bradford (Ripley), wife of James Bradley, 301.
Theatre, first in Boston, 210.
Thomas, Marcia Abiah, her Memorials of Marshfield, cited, 403.
— Isaiah, 115 n.
— John, 245, 246 n, 253; deceived regarding conditions at Quebec, 254; death of, 257, 261.
— and Frances, the ship, voyage of, 76.
— Gen. William (d. 1781), 246, 246 n, 248, 253, 256; plans attack on Three Rivers, 257; taken prisoner, 258, 261.
— Col. William (d. 1796), 112 n.
— William, 365.
Thomson, Col. William. See Thompson.
Thoreau, Henry David, his Maine Woods, quoted, 118.
Thorndike, Samuel Lothrop, A.M., 31, xvi; offers Minute on death of President Wheelwright, 31, 32; tribute to Edward Wheelwright by, 35–37; tribute to C. C. Everett by, 64–67; represents Society at funeral of Roger Wolcott, 64 n; tribute to J. B. Thayer by, 303–306; presides at Stated Meeting of the Council, 319; communicates and reads some reminiscences of A. Craigie. by J. Holmes, 403–407.
Thorpe, —, stucco-worker, 187, 393, 397.
Three Rivers, Canada, 247, 253; projected attack upon, 257; failure of the project, 258.
Ticonderoga, N. Y., 250; American retreat to, 247, 262.
Tilghman, Col. —, 386.
Titan’s New Almanack for the Year of Christian. Account 1729, exhibited by H. H. Edes, 198; manuscript entries in this copy, 198–202; note on the author of the entries (W. Sanford), by H. W. Cunningham, 203–204.
Tobey, Gerard Curtis, 57.
— Horace Pratt, 57.
Tom, Dick, and Harry, the nicknames, 111 n.
Toppan, Abraham, 264, 282, 283, 283.
— Charles, 264.
— Laura Ann (Noxon), wife of Charles, 264.
— Robert Noxon, A.M., son of Charles, i, ii, xvi, 31, 57, 58 n, 234; makes communication for A. C. Goodell, 2; alludes to Rawson’s copy of the Colony Laws, 26; expression of sorrow at death of, entered of records of Council of this Society, 231, 232; his greatest work, Edward Randolph, 231, 271; his loyalty to Harvard College, 232; Memoir of, by A. McF. Davis, communicated by H. H. Edes, 262; text of Memoir, 263–273; portrait, opposite 263; his election to this Society, 263; his historical work, 263; elected to the Council of this Society, 263; his death, 264; his ancestry, 264; his education, 264, 265; studies law, 265; his translations of Jouffroy, 265, 266; abandons the law, 266; travels in Europe, 266; prevented from accepting office of Secretary of Legation at Madrid, 267; his effort to arouse historical interest in Newburyport, 267, 268; his marriage, 267; institutes Toppan Prize at Harvard, 268; his publications dealing with money, 268, 269, 270; with local history, 269, 270, 271; delegate to International Congress for the Unification of Weights and Measures and Money, 269; proposes unit of value for international coinage, 270; his biographical sketches of natives and residents of Old Newbury, 271; his manuscript sketch of Edward Rawson, 271; his services to students of American history, 272; member of various societies, 273; his sketch of Edward Rawson communicated by A. McF. Davis, 280; text of the sketch, 288–295.
— Sarah Moody (Cushing), wife of Robert Noxon, 267.
Toppan Prize, instituted at Harvard by R. N. Toppan, 268.
Topsham, Me., 339.
Tories, bounties offered for capture of those acting in arms with Indians, 277.
Torrey, Henry Warren, 268.
— William, 284.
Trade and navigation, England’s determination to execute laws of, in New England, 291.
Transportation, water. See Water transportation.
Trecothick, Barlow, letter from, on Boston Massacre, read in town-meeting, 12.
Tremont Street, Boston, 228, 228 n.
Trerice, Capt. Nicholas, 72.
Trinity Church, Boston, 86.
Trinity Church, Newport, benefactions of Nathaniel Kay to, 200 n.
Triplett, William, 133.
Troops, British, hostility toward, in Boston, 3 n, 6, 7, 20, 22 n.
True State, A, of the Proceedings In the Parliament of Great Britain, and in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, authorship of, 4 n, 5 n.
Trumbull, David, son of Jonathan, Sr., 101 n.
— Eunice (Backus), wife of Jonathan, Jr., 184.
— Faith, daughter of Jonathan, Sr. See Huntington.
— John (d. 1831), the poet, nephew of Jonathan, Sr., 101 n.
— John (1756–1843), the artist, son of Jonathan, Sr., 101 n, 102 n; John Trumbull and his works, by J. F. Weir, quoted, 125 n.
— Jonathan, Sr. (d. 1785), alleged to have been called “Brother Jonathan” by Washington, 94–99, 101 n, 125 n; no connection between this and term as applied to Americans, 99, 100, 101 n, 102 n, 111, 111 n, 125; cordial relations between Washington and, 122, 124, 125; alleged letter of Washington regarding, 125 n; Washington’s tribute to, 183.
— Jonathan, Jr. (d. 1809), son of Jonathan, Sr., 100 n, 101 n, 102 n; letter of Washington to, 130 n, 183, 184.
— Jonathan, of Norwich, Ct., 125 n.
— Joseph, son of Jonathan, Sr., 101 n.
Tryon, William, offer of, to citizens of Fairfield, 107.
Tucker, George Fox, Ph.D., xvii; reads paper on Gosnold and his landing at Cuttyhunk, 321.
— Rev. William Jewett, LL.D., xviii; Memoir of Samuel Johnson assigned to, 209.
Tudor, William (H. C. 1796), 222 n, 225.
Tupper, Martin Farquhar, quoted, 118.
Turner, Frederick Jackson, Ph.D., xviii.
Turtle feast, at Alexandria, Va., 158.
Tyler, Moses Coit, LL.D., xviii; elected Corresponding Member, 48; death of, announced, 83; brief tribute to, in Report of Council, 234.
— Royall, introduces Yankee into his play The Contrast, 112; play, quoted, 112 n; intention of the character, 117.
Tyng family, 218 n.
Unit of value, proposed by S. B. Ruggles, 269; by R. N. Toppan, 270.
United States, claim against Great Britain for losses during evacuation of New York, 128 n.
— Circuit Court, District of Massachusetts, 226 n.
— Congress. See Congress.
— Philippine Commission, 316.
— Weather Bureau, Monthly Weather Review, paper on Indian Summer, by A. Matthews, published in, 241 n.
University of Edinburgh. See Edinburgh.
Upper Mystic Pond, Mass., 223 n, 227 n.
Vane, Sir Henry, Governor of Massachusetts, 74.
Vassall, Henry, 404 n.
— John, 404 n.
Vassall Estate, Cambridge, Mass., bought by Andrew Craigie, 404, 404 n.
Venice, Italy, Italian (Protestant) Church at, 59.
Vernon, Admiral Edward, mezzotint of, exhibited, 217.
Versailles, France, bust of Montcalm in Historical Museum at, 331.
Veteran Association, Company L, Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., 230 n.
Vincennes, Ind., captured by H. Hamilton, 331, 334; recaptured by G. R. Clark, 335.
Vindex, signature used by Samuel Adams, 22 n.
Virginia, 76; misfortunes of early Massachusetts emigrants to, 74.
Vose, Elijah, brother of Lt.-Col. Joseph, 247 n.
— Rev. James Gardiner, extract from letter of, 247 n.
— Lt.-Col. Joseph, Journal of, communicated by H. W. Cunningham, 245; military service of, 246; an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, 246; other journals known to have been written by, 247; text of the Journal, 248–262.
— Sarah (Howe), wife of Lt.-Col. Joseph, 246.
Waddell, —, of North Carolina, 355, 356.
— Sarah, daughter of William. See Sanford.
— William, 203.
Wade, Winthrop Howland, A.M., xvii.
Wait, Hon. William Cushing, A.M., xvii; his remarks on Gov. R. Wolcott, 89.
Walcott, Henry Pickering, 57.
Waldensian movement, 59.
Walder, Friedrich von, 129.
Wales Family Association, 229 n.
Walker, Hon. Francis Amasa, LL.D., xvi.
— James, President of Harvard College, personal influence of, 266.
— Rev. Williston, D.D., xviii.
Wallachia, 60.
Warburton, George Drought, his Conquest of Canada, cited, 331 n.
Ward, Edward, quoted, 120, 121.
— Rev. Nathaniel, minister at Ipswich, author of Body of Liberties, 23, 24.
— Samuel, quoted, 119.
Ware, Hon. Darwin Erastus, A.M., xvi, 317.
— Horace Everett, A.M., xvii.
— Thornton Marshall, A. B., xvii.
Warren, James, letters of, 239.
— Joseph, 215; of Committee to report on Boston Massacre, 11.
— Mercy (Otis), author of poem on Prof. J. Winthrop, 327 n; her Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous, cited, 327 n.
— Winslow, 57; a guest at the annual dinner, 238.
Washing, done by women in the Sorel River, 252; in the St. Lawrence, 254.
Washington, Anne (Blackburn), wife of Bushrod, 137, 137 n, 138, 139, 343, 344.
— Augustine, half-brother of George, 137 n.
— Bushrod, son of John Augustine, 137, 137 n, 138, 139, 343, 344.
— Corbin, son of John Augustine, 137, 137 n, 138.
— Elizabeth, sister of George. See Lewis.
— Ferdinand, son of Samuel, 173, 174.
— Frances (Bassett), wife of George Augustine, 138, 145, 146, 157, 166, 167, 171, 195, 381; marriage of, 135. See also Bassett, Frances.
— George, 114, 246; Gov. Trumbull alleged to have been called “Brother Jonathan” by, 94–99, 101 n, 125 n; water-marks in paper used by, in 1780, 121, 122; cordial relations between Trumbull and, 122, 124, 125; alleged letter of, 125 n; unpublished Diary and letters of (1785), communicated by W. C. Ford, 127–196; mission of Mr. Taylor to, 128, 128 n; letter to Jay, 128 n, 129 n; correspondence with Franklin regarding Houdon’s arrival, 130 n; letter to Houdon, 130 n, 131 n; sits for bust, 132, 137; meets Directors of the Potomac Company, 136, 347, 351, 352, 369, 370, 390; gift from Charles III. of Spain to, 140; discourages Mr. Sacket’s proposition, 142; makes agricultural experiments with plaster of paris, 141, 144, 177, 178, 179, 181; account of stock and tools on his plantations, 147–156, 159–163; fox-hunts, 164, 165, 167, 169, 172, 174, 342, 345, 346, 350, 354; experiments with candles, 165, 167, 181; gift to Alexandria Academy, 171; memorandum of agricultural operations during 1785, 177—181; letter to R. H. Lee, 181–183; to J. Trumbull, Jr., 183–184; to John Page, 184, 185; to Rev. Mr. Balch, 185; to Sir Edward Newenham, 186, 187; to James Madison, 188; to David Stuart, 188, 189; to Count de Rochambeau, 190; to William Gordon, 191, 192; to Alexander Hamilton, regarding the Cincinnati, 192, 193; to Gen. Knox, 193, 194; to Thomas Johnson, 194, 195; to Lund Washington, 195, 196; anonymous elegy on death of, read by C. K. Bolton, 196, 198; letters of, 239; miniature of, exhibited by H. H. Edes, 239; degree of LL.D. bestowed upon, by Harvard College, 322–324, 326 n; reasons for bestowing the degree upon, 323, 324; English text of this diploma, 328, 329; Ford’s edition of Writings of, cited, 328 n; unpublished Diary of (Jan.– April, 1786), communicated by F. A. Foster for W. C. Ford, 341–398; gives directions for feeding his horses, 342, 343; account of tools, 343; his experiments with marl, 350, 351; account of negro servants, 358–364; journey to Richmond to acknowledge deeds, 395–397.
— George Augustine, son of Charles (brother of George), 130, 138, 144, 145, 146, 157, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 171, 192, 195, 377, 381, 382, 383, 384; married to Frances Bassett, 135; plans for giving him permanent residence at Mt. Vernon, 195, 196.
— George Steptoe, son of Samuel, 176; removed to Alexandria Academy, 158, 163.
— Hannah (Bushrod), wife of John Augustine, 137 n.
— Hannah (Lee), wife of Corbin, 137 n, 182.
— Jane, daughter of John Augustine and wife of William, 137, 137 n, 138, 139, 367.
— John Augustine, brother of George, 137, 137 n.
— Kitty, 135, 138, 165, 176, 352, 353, 356.
— Lawrence, of Chotanck, 143, 365, 366.
— Lawrence, son of Samuel, 157; removed to Alexandria Academy, 158, 163.
— Lund, 135, 143, 157, 169, 170, 172 n, 174, 341, 347, 365, 366, 371, 372, 382, 389; letter of G. Washington to, 195, 196.
— Martha (Dandridge) Custis, wife of George, 129 n, 145, 183, 185, 187, 190, 192, 193, 194, 349, 350, 353, 369, 370.
— Mary (Ball), mother of George, 395.
— Mildred, daughter of John Augustine, afterward wife of Thomas Lee, 137, 138.
— Robert, of Chotanck, 143.
— Samuel, brother of George, 173 n.
— Thornton, son of Samuel, 371.
— William, son of Augustine, 137, 137 n, 138, 139, 367.
Washington, Original Document of the House of (13th century), by E. G. Porter, 61.
Water-marks, in paper used by Washington in 1780, 121.
Water transportation. See Inland navigation.
Waterford, N. Y., formerly Half Moon, 248 n.
Watson, Benjamin Marston, table of silver rates, 1706–50, found among papers of, 278.
Wayne, Anthony, 260.
Webb, Elizabeth, sister of Henry. See Sanford.
— George, 396.
— Henry, legacy of, to Harvard College, 203.
Webster, Daniel, ii, 218, 220, 222, 226 n, 228; Stuart’s unfinished portrait of, 218 n; anecdote of, 223, 224, 227; social impression made by, 224; two unpublished letters of, read by F. H. Lincoln, 228.
— Grace (Fletcher), wife of Daniel, 227.
— James, 109.
Wedgemere, Mass., 223.
Weeden, Ann. See Sanford.
— Hon. William Babcock, A. M., xviii.
Weir, John Ferguson, his John Trumbull and his Works, quoted, 125 n.
Weld, Charles Goddard, M.D., xvii.
— William Gordon, xvi.
Wellesley, Marianne (Caton) Patterson, wife of Marquis Wellesley, 117, 117 n.
— Richard Colley, Marquis Wellesley, 117, 117 n.
Wells, Samuel, A.B., xvi; appointed to vacancy on Nominating Committee, 1; on Committee to examine Treasurer’s accounts, 211; report of, as Auditor, 237.
— William Vincent, his Life of Samuel Adams, cited, 10 n; quoted, 22 n.
Wells, Me., submission of, to Massachusetts, 286.
Wentworth, George Albert, 57.
West, Capt. —, 391.
West, commercial tie between East and, 182.
West Cambridge, Mass., Smith’s West Cambridge on the Nineteenth of April, 1775, cited, 30 n. See also Arlington; Menotomy.
West Church, Boston, 403 n.
West Newbury, Mass., Natural History Club, 230 n.
Westfall, Abel, 390.
Westminster Abbey, London, 103.
Weymouth, Mass., town clerk, 216 n.
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, and Peter Cunningham, their London Past and Present, mentioned, 122.
— Gen. Joseph, LL.D., U. S. A., xviii, 234; makes speech at annual dinner, 53; elected a Corresponding Member, 203; accepts, 205.
Wheelwright, Andrew Cunningham, A. M., xvii; of Committee to examine Treasurer’s accounts, 1; report as Auditor, 52.
— Edmund March, A. B., xvii, 53.
— Edward, A.M., i, xvi, 1, 53; relates an incident of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, 26–30; special meeting of the Council of this Society to take action on death of, 31, 32; his services to this Society, 31, 34, 35, 37; his Annals of the Harvard Class of 1844, 32, 37, 41; Special Meeting of this Society to be held in memory of, 32; proceedings at this meeting, 34–42; his personal characteristics, 34; Secretary of his College Class, 34, 38; elected President of this Society, 34; A. C. Goodell pays tribute to, 35; tribute of S. L. Thorndike to, 35–37; tribute of A. McF. Davis to, 37, 38; his sympathy with the work of this Society, 38, 39; tribute of II. H. Edes to, 39–42; his money contributions and bequest, 40; his varied interests, 41; his Lowell Pedigree, 41; his election to the Harvard Chapter of Φ B K, 41; photograph of, presented to this Society, 42; references to death of, in Report of Council, 45, 46; Memoir of, assigned to H. H. Edes, 47; tribute of, to E. J. Phelps, 47; vote on bequest of, 63; part of bequest received, 235.
— Henry Augustus, brother of Edward, 29, 32.
— Isaphine Moore (Luyster), wife of Edward, 32.
— Rev. John, 203; banishment of, 79.
— John Tower, son of Lot, Sr., 28.
— Lot, Sr., 28.
— Lot, Jr., son of Lot, Sr., 29.
— Susanna (Wilson), wife of Lot, Sr., 28, 29, 29 n.
Whitehall, London, Eng., authorities of, defied by Massachusetts Colony, 2.
Whitehall, N. Y., formerly Skenesborough, 249 n.
Whitmore, William Henry, controversy between Dr. Moore and, regarding date of first edition of the Colony Laws, 25, 26; his edition of the Colonial Laws of Massachusetts, 290; cited, 285 n.
Whitney, David Rice, A. M., xvii.
— James Lyman, A. M., xvii.
Whittell, Elizabeth (Burling) Curzon, wife of Richard, 218 n.
— Richard, 218 n.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, his Leaves from Margaret Smith’s Journal, mentioned, 294; quoted, 313.
Wiggin, —, 29.
Wigglesworth, Rev. Edward (H. C. 1749), his discourse on Prof. J. Winthrop, 325 n, 326 n, 327 n.
— Edward, M. D., xvi.
— George, A.M., xvi.
Will, a negro overseer employed by Washington, 357.
— David, 402.
— Edward Payson, 250, 250 n, 255.
— Ephraim, founder of Williams College, 207.
— Hon. George Frederick, A.B., xvi.
— Henry, A.B., i, xvi, 36, 234; sends letter of regret to annual dinner, 53, 54; death of, announced, 205; tribute to, by J. Noble, 205; oldest Resident Member, 205; held many private trusts, 205; widely known as teacher, 206; his fondness for Scott, 206; on Committee of Publication of this Society, 206; his ancestry, 207; tribute to, by L. Swift, 207–209; his charm as a host, 207; his interest in this Society, 208; his loyalty, 208; at Harvard Commencement, 209; his humor, 209; Memoir of, assigned to G. L. Kittredge, 209.
— Jeremiah, of Roxbury, 250 n.
— Moses, A.B., xvi.
— Roger, taxes on citizens of Massachusetts levied by, 285, 286.
— Thomas, a signer of the May-flower compact, 399, 400.
Williams College, E. G. Porter leaves, 56.
— Alpha Delta Phi, 56.
Williamsburgh, Va., 191; arrival of Henry Hamilton at, as prisoner, 331, 335.
Williamson, David, probable identity of, with “Master Williamson,” 402.
— George Charles, his edition of Boyne’s Trade Tokens, cited, 120 n.
— Hon. Joseph, Litt. D., xviii; paper on “Master Williamson” communicated and read by H. H. Edes, 398–403.
— Master, paper on identity of, by J. Williamson, communicated and read by H. H. Edes, 398–403; with Myles Standish, meets Massasoit, 399, 400, 401, 402; not mentioned by Bradford, 399, 400; not on list of Mayflower passengers, 399, 400; possible identity of, with Master Allerton, 399, 400, 401; with the Mr. Williamson appointed overseer of W. Mullins’s will, 400, 401, 402; with “Da: Williams,” possible factor of the Mayflower, 402; possible son of, 402; suggested identity of the latter with “Master Williamson,” 403.
— William Cross, A.M., xvi; sonnet on J. B. Thayer by, 307.
— William Durkee, W. Cogswell’s biographical sketch of, 402.
Williston, Thomas, 21.
— Edmund, gift of, to Massachusetts Colony, 281.
— Elizabeth (Mansfield), wife of Rev. John, 281.
— Rev. John (1588–1667), first minister of the First Church in Boston, 281; land grant to, 288.
— John (d. 1696), use of word “jolt-head” by, 114 n.
— John, of Menotomy (West Cambridge), 28, 29 n; his house plundered by British troops, 29, 30.
— Margaret, sister of Rev. John. See Rawson.
— Susanna, daughter of John, of Menotomy. See Wheelwright.
— Susanna (Payne), wife of John, of Menotomy, 29 n.
Wine, revenue from, 284.
Wing, Anna (Ewer), wife of Daniel, 199 n.
— Anna (Hoxie), first wife of Jashub, 199 n.
— Conway Phelps, his Wing Genealogy, cited, 199 n.
— Daniel, 199 n.
— Dorothy, second wife of Jashub, 199.
— George Dikeman, 199 n.
— Jashub, son of Daniel, 199, 199 n.
— Shearjashub, 199 n.
Winnacunnet, N. H., afterward Hampton, 282.
Winship, George Parker, A.M., xviii; makes speech at the annual dinner of this Society, 53; reads letters written in Boston in 1779 and 1780, 93.
Winsor, Justin, quoted, 17 n: his Reader’s Handbook of the American Revolution, cited, 245 n; his History of Duxbury, cited, 403.
— See Winzor.
Winthrop, Adam (1647–1700), 286.
— Judge Adam (1676–1743), son of Adam (1647–1700), 325 n.
— Ann, daughter of Thomas Lindall, afterward wife of John Collins Warren, 227, 227 n.
— Jane, daughter of Thomas Lindall, 227, 227 n.
— John, Governor of Massachusetts, 75, 76, 286; his History of New England, cited, 72 n, 80 n; quoted, 23, 24; one of several to oversee printing of Body of Liberties, 24; four letters by, 68, 69; intimacy of, with D’Ewes, 69; Life and Letters of, by R. C. Winthrop, 69; discovery of site of house of, 69 n; text of letters, 70–74.
— John, Jr., son of Gov. John, 282; land of, in Pequot Country, 288.
— Prof. John (1714–1779), son of Judge Adam, paper on, by H. H. Edes, 321–328; receives degree of LL.D. from Harvard College, 324, 325; date of birth, 325, 325 n; appointed Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 325; honors due to his scientific attainments, 326; his public offices, 326; declines Presidency of Harvard College, 326; receives degree of LL.D. from University of Edinburgh, 326 n; death of, 326, 326 n; funeral discourses on and tributes to, 326 n, 327, 327 n; his Two Lectures on Comets, mentioned, 327 n; his communications to newspapers, 328; list of pamphlets published by, 328 n.
— Judith, her deed of the Meeting House land of South Church, 294.
— Lucy, sister of Gov. John. See Downing.
— Robert Charles (H. C. 1828), son of Thomas Lindall, his Life and Letters of John Winthrop, 69.
— Robert Charles, Jr. (H. C. 1854), son of Robert Charles (H. C. 1828), 327 n; Governor Winthrop’s letters sent to, 68, 69; memorandum regarding birth of Prof. John Winthrop (1714–1779) found by, 325 n.
— Sarah Bowdoin, daughter of Thomas Lindall. See Sullivan.
— Thomas Lindall, 221 n.
— Thomasine (Clopton), wife of Gov. John, 69.
Winzor, Joseph, 171.
— See Winsor.
Woburn, Mass., Horn Pond, 221 n, 227 n.
Wolcott, Hon. Roger, LL.D., i, xvii, 234; death of, announced to the Society, 63; Society represented at his funeral, 64 n; tribute of C. W. Clifford to, 85, 86; tribute of F. Carter to, 86–89; quotation from speech of, at reception of Bradford manuscript, 87; vetoes of, 87; incidents of his boyhood, related by H. A. Parker, 89; remarks on, by F. H. Lincoln, A. McF. Davis, and W. C. Wait, 89; Memoir of, assigned to Rev. A. Lawrence, 209.
Wolves, danger from, 78.
Woodhal, Elizabeth (Grindal), 281.
Woodman, Edward, 282, 285, 288.
Woods, Henry Ernest, A.M., xvi.
Woodward, Ashbel, quoted, 96.
— Esther. See Sanderson.
Worcester, Joseph Emerson, 105 n.
Wrentham, Mass., conveyance of lands in, 91 n, 92 n.
Wright, Chauncey, J. B. Thayer’s sketch of, 304.
Wyman, Thomas Bellows, his Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, cited, 28 n.
YANKEE, application of the name, 94; theory of derivation, 101, 102; first appearance of, in literature, under name of Jonathan, 112; progressive characteristics of the, 118; paper on, read by A. Matthews, 210.
Yankee Doodle, 106, 107, 114 n, 115, 119; paper on Yankee and, read by A. Matthews, 210; paper on Kitty Fisher and, read by A. Matthews, 341.
York George, servant of Washington, 157.
Young, Alexander, his Chronicles of Massachusetts, cited, 281 n; suggests identity of Master Williamson with Master Allerton, 399, 401; his Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, quoted, 399; cited, 399 n.
Ysabey, —, 330.