INDEX
Places are in Massachusetts unless otherwise stated
Names of vessels are grouped under the heading Ships
AA, Abraham Jacob van der, his Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden, cited, 64 n
Abbot, Frederic Vaughan, 181
Aberdeen, Scotland, University and King’s College, 376 n
Act of Uniformity. See Uniformity, Act of
Adams, Abigail, wife of President John, 114
— John, President, 126, 126 n; honorary degree conferred upon, by Harvard College, 113; the diploma exhibited, 113 n; characterization of, in this diploma, 113 n, 114 n; his letter acknowledging the receipt of the diploma, 114, 115; his views on European education and travel, 114, 116; on the education of his son, 114, 115, 116; early associations of, with his son, 116, 117; his Memoir of the Life of J. Q. Adams, cited, 117 n
— John Quincy, President, son of President John, J. Adams’s proposal to send him to Harvard College, 114, 115, 116; vote of Corporation regarding, 115; his early education and travels, 117
— Samuel, Governor of Massachusetts, 127, 295, 298, 299 n, 304 n, 329, 398, 442 n; Writings of, quoted, 296; cited, 296 n, 299 n, 307, 442 n; his Appeal to the World, 302 n, 389, 389 n, 393, 396; De Berdt’s letters to, 333, 337, 343, 377, 404, 406
Aiken, Hon. John Adams, LL.D., xvii; elected a Resident Member, 146; accepts, 182
Aix-La-Chapelle, Peace of, 441 n
Albach, James R., his Annals of the West, cited, 266 n
Aldworth, John, 168
— Richard, 165
Alexander, Randall, 279
Alexis, Grand Duke of Russia, 160 n; photograph given to Holworthy Hall by, 160 n
Allen, John, printer, 214 n, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 253
— Rev. Joseph (H. C. 1811), 271, 271 n
— Rev. Joseph Henry, son of Rev. Joseph (H. C. 1811), 271 n
Allston, Washington, poem by, on the death of Washington, 135, 136, 137; L. Jarvis’s account of the delivery of this poem, 138, 139; his poem at Commencement (1800), 139 n
Almanacs. See Boston Almanac; Clough, Samuel; New-England Almanack; Tulley, John
Almon, John, his Prior Documents, 307
Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo (1508–1583), Duke of, 294
American Antiquarian Society, 13, 13 n, 15, 197, 207, 208 n; copy of A Review of the State of the British Nation in, 5, 11; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69, 182; books formerly belonging to Rev. C. Chauncy and Rev. C. Mather owned by, 139 n; copies of Tulley’s Almanacks in, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222; Proceedings of, cited, 288 n, 289 n
American colonies, W. Pitt favors right of internal taxation in, 310; conditions of trade between Great Britain and, 328, 329, 333, 334, 335; necessity for manufactures in, 328, 329; appointment of governors and judges in, 329, 457; De Berdt urges economy in, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 347, 348, 366, 367, 373; question of representation in, 331; Act of Parliament relating to appeals in, 331; contest over right of taxation in, 332, 333, 335, 337, 340, 347, 351, 354, 355, 364, 366; effort to provoke acts, of violence in, 346, 360; expense of collecting the revenue in, 347, 363; purpose of taxation of, 363; petitions of, asserting their own right of taxation, 366; motion and vote in House of Commons regarding taxation of, 370, 371, 406; rumors regarding repeal of these laws, 373, 374, 375, 377; charters of, threatened, 375; De Berdt’s letter to Lord Halifax regarding taxation of, 428–431; to Lord Dartmouth, 431–442, 446–448; persons accused of treason in, to be brought to England for trial, 379, 382, 461; reasons given to justify taxation of, 434, 435, 436, 458; disregard of charters of, 436, 437; trade with Spain forbidden to, 439, 440; restraints on trade of, with Ireland, removed, 451; earliest relations between England and, 455; England’s determination to raise revenue from, 455, 456; results of this determination in, 456, 457; British troops and ships not under control of civil authorities in, 459, 459 n; disposition of revenues raised in, 459, 460; specific grievances of, 460, 461. See also Stamp Act
American Fabius, 99
American Gazette, 307, 339 n, 347 n, 349 n, 353 n, 354 n
American Historical Association, 182
American Monitor, Boston, 1785, copy of, discovered, 182
American Philosophical Society, 339 n
American Unitarian Association, 147
American Year-Book Association, 273
Ames, James Barr, LL.D., 74; death of, announced, 1, 147; Memoir of, by C. S. Rackemann, 75–81; a teacher at Harvard, 75; made assistant professor of law at Harvard, 75; appointed Bussey Professor, 75; appointed Dean of the Law School, 75; case system developed by, 77; his literary work, 77, 78; his book of cases, 77, 78; his interest in the Harvard Law School Association and the Harvard Law Review, 78; his tribute to C. C. Langdell, 79; his remarks on the functions of the law school, 79, 80; his personality, 80; his tribute to J. B. Thayer, 81; his marriage, 81; his religious beliefs, 81
— Joan (Fletcher), second wife of Rev. William, 62, 63, 67, 67 n; grant to, 68
— Nathaniel (d. 1822), his Diary, quoted, 320 n
— Sarah (Russell), wife of James Barr, v, 81
— Rev. William (d. 1633), 65, 67; letter of Gov. Wood to, mentioned, 16; quoted, 50; his Coronis, 50, 50 n; G. L. Kittredge’s Note on, 60–69; Gov. Wood’s letter to, reprinted, 61, 62; this letter thought to have been addressed to Rev. N. Bernard, 63; reasons for considering Dr. Ames the addressee, 63, 64; probable date of the letter, 68, 68 n; biographical notices of, 64, 64 n; his Latin Works, 64, 64 n; his correspondence with Winthrop about coming to America, 64; becomes an associate of Rev. H. Peters, 65, 65 n; his services in the controversies between Arminians and Calvinists, 66 n, 67; his Anti-Synodalia Scripta, 66 n, 67 n; his death, 68
— William (H. C. 1645), son of Rev. William (d. 1633), 68
Amherst, Jeffrey, Baron Amherst, 413
Ancaster, Duke of. See Bertie, Peregrine
Anderson, Peter John, his Officers and Graduates of University & King’s College, Aberdeen, quoted, 376 n
Andros, Sir Edmund, 209, 247; P. Sergeant’s opposition to, 248
Angell, Hon. James Burrill, LL.D., xviii
Apollinarius, the elder, Presbyter of Laodicea, 57
— the younger, Bishop of Laodicea, 57
Apostolic Church, colonial church modelled on, 82, 83, 84, 89
Appeal to the World. See Adams, Samuel
Appleton, Francis Randall, LL.B., xvii
— Rev. Nathaniel, his Thanksgiving sermon (1765), 319 n
Arber, Edward, his edition of Capt. John Smith’s Works, cited, 17 n, 228, 228 n, 232 n, 233 n
Archangel, northern pole of the terrestrial magnet located at the meridian of, by W. Whiston, 191
Arianism, 204
Arminius, Remonstrance of the disciples of, against certain Calvinistic tenets, 65, 65 n, 66, 66 n, 67
Arnold, James Newell, his Vital Record of Rhode Island, cited, 145 n
Ashpo, Samuel, an Indian, 422, 422 n
Aspinwall, William, 89, 90; his Notarial Records, cited, 54 n, 96 n
Athanasius, St., Bishop of Alexandria, 201
Auburn, N. Y., political convention at (1810), 102, 103
Augustine, St., 201
Austin. See Augustine, St.
Austria, the Family Compact directed against, 437 n
Avery, Dr. Benjamin (d. 1764), 411, 411 n
— John, 303 n
Ayer, James Bourne, M.D., xix; death of, announced, 146, 147
Aylworth, Thomas, 125
B., H., 213 n. See also Harris, Benjamin
Babson, Robert Tillinghast, LL.B., xvi
Bailey, John, 323 n
Baker, Ezra Henry, A.B., xvii; elected a Resident Member, 1, 148; accepts, 82; appointed on Auditing Committee, 133; signs Report of this Committee, 152
Balch, Thomas Willing, LL.B., xviii, 149
Baldwin, A., bookseller, 200
— Hon. Simeon Eben, LL.D., xviii
Ball, John, 180
Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert, Sir George
Baltimore, Md., curves showing secular change in magnetic declination and dip at, 184
Bangs, Edward, 244
— Mary, daughter of Edward. See Merrick
Bann Valley, Ireland, 278; emigrants to Londonderry, N. H., from, 279
Baptism. See Sacraments
Barbados, observation with the dipping needle at, 187, 191
Barber, Gabriel, 47
Barker, Rev. John (1682–1762), 425 n
Barkham, Judith (Halsey), wife of Sir William, 162. See also Holworthy
— Sir William, 162
Barnard. See Bernard, Sir Francis
Barnsley, Thomas, 168
Barnstable, Otis’s Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, cited, 244 n
Barré, Col. Isaac, 358, 358 n, 360, 375, 376, 378, 382, 385, 405
Barrett, Mary (Clarke), wife of Samuel, 205 n
— Samuel, 205 n
— Sarah, daughter of Samuel. See Cabot
— William, his History and Antiquities of Bristol, cited, 164 n
— family, 241 n
Barrington, William Wildman, second Viscount Barrington, 362, 362 n
Bauer, Louis Agricola, his United States Magnetic Declination Tables and Isogonic Charts for 1902, 183
Baxter, Charles Newcomb, 181 n
— Hon. James Phinney, Litt.D., xviii
Baylies, Walter Cabot, A.B., xvi
Beale, Capt. Othniel, dip observation made by, 183, 186, 187, 188, 191; an adventure of, 195; offices held by, 195, 196; his marriage, 195, 195 n; his age, 195, 195 n, 196
— Hannah, daughter of Capt. Othniel. See Bull
— John, son of Capt. Othniel, 196 n
— Katherine (Gale), wife of Capt. Othniel, 195 n; death of, 196 n
— Mary (Ross), wife of John, 196 n
Bedford, Duke of. See Russell, John
Bed well, Francis, 305 n
Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, 299
Belknap Papers, 299 n
Bell, —, wife of John (d. 1869), 269
— — (Elfrith), wife of Gov. Philip, 45, 45 n
— Philip, Governor of Bermuda, 23 n, 26 n, 38 n; arrives in Bermuda, 29; trouble between Gov. Woodhouse and, 30, 30 n; his popularity, 30; his efforts in behalf of Rev. G. Stirk, 31 n; institution of vestries opposed by, 32, 35, 36, 42; S. Painter’s opposition to, 32, 33, 34, 34 n, 35, 36, 42, 43; his troubles with Rev. A. Graham, 32, 32 n, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41, 41 n, 42, 42 n; reprimanded by Bermuda Company, 33; his letters to Sir N. Rich, 32–34, 36, 37, 38, 41 n, 42 n; his differences with Stirk, 33, 36, 42, 43; Council’s letter in favor of, 35 n, 36, 37, 39, 42, 42 n; alleged method of obtaining signatures to this letter, 39, 40, 42 n; his proclamation regarding church sittings, 44, 45; commissioned Governor of Santa Catalina, 45 n
Belleisle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet (1684–1761), Due de, 415 n; his letter to Contades, outlining military plans, 415, 416
Belle Isle, Strait of, American colonists forbidden to fish in, 447
Benson, Rev. George (1699–1762), 425 n
Benthall, Rev. Edward, 40 n
Berdt. See De Berdt
Bergen op Zoom, Holland, 442
Berkeley, Norborne, fourth Baron Botetourt, 399, 399 n
Bermuda, Church of England ministers in, 16, 17, 17 n, 18, 18 n, 19, 19 n, 62, 62 n; irregularities in form of church services in, 19, 20, 21; division of, into Tribes, 22 n; troubles over division of tobacco crop in, 23, 23 n, 24, 24 n, 25, 25 n, 26; ministers’ salaries in, paid in tobacco, 27 n, 28 n, 30, 38 n, 44, 46, 46 n, 49, 50, 51, 63; vestries opposed in, 32, 35, 36; vestries reestablished in, 42; separation of men and women in churches of, 44; royalist uprising in, 54; trade with, prohibited by Long Parliament, 54
— Council, constitution of, 35 n; their letter in favor of Gov. Bell, 35 n, 36, 37, 39, 42, 42 n; their action regarding trade restrictions, 37 n, 42 n; alleged method of obtaining signatures to their letter in favor of Gov. Bell, 39, 40, 42 n; petition for a royal governor, 56
— General Assembly, 18 n, 19, 19 n; passes expunging resolutions in the case of Rev. N. Bernard, Rev. G. Stirk and S. Painter, 26 n, 27 n, 30, 30 n, 63 n; decides against building a church at the Overplus, 34 n
— Hamilton’s Tribe, 32; minister of, a member of the Council, 35 n
— Pembroke Tribe, 38 n
— St. George’s, 20, 20 n; church at, 31 n, 32; minister of, a member of the Council, 35 n
— Smith’s Tribe, minister of, a member of the Council, 35 n
— Southampton Tribe, 22, 22 n, 23, 23 n, 25, 29, 36, 45 n; parish of, restored to Rev. G. Stirk, 30, 31; overseers chosen from, 35; vestry of, 42, 43; troubles regarding church sittings in, 44, 45
— Warwick’s Tribe, parish of, Rev. P. Copeland appointed to, 30, 30 n
Bermuda Company, ministers sent to Bermuda by, 17, 17 n, 19 n, 21 n; charter granted to, 22 n; its action regarding division of the tobacco crop, 23, 23 n, 24, 24 n, 25; correspondence between Gov. Woodhouse and, regarding tobacco difficulties, 26 n, 27, 27 n, 28, 28 n, 29, 29 n; restrictions on trade made by, 36 n, 37 n; Gov. Wood’s letter to, 45, 46, 46 n; grant to widow of Rev. G. Stirk from, 52, 52 n, 53; its proposed school, 57, 57 n; petition that the affairs of the Bermudas be taken out of their hands, 56
— Orders and Constitutions of, mentioned, 17 n, 24; cited, 24 n, 35 n, 49
Bernard, —, wife of Gov. John, 18 n
— Sir Francis, Governor of Massachusetts, 326, 332, 340, 345, 353, 367, 377, 401, 446, 452; De Berdt’s opinion of his policy, 318, 319, 349, 352, 355, 363, 365, 371, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 393; disapproves J. Otis as Speaker, 320 n; misunderstanding between the House and, 321, 334; ordered to dissolve Massachusetts House until circular letter is rescinded, 336; address of Boston selectmen to, 371, 371 n; made a baronet, 371, 371 n, 375; De Berdt seeks to prove allegations of Massachusetts against, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 397; petition of the Massachusetts House against, 382, 384, 385, 394; this petition referred to the Privy Council, 384; observations of a Boston committee on letters of, 389, 389 n; his petition to the King, 390, 391; expense of the prosecution of, 391, 396, 398; De Berdt’s petition asking for postponement of the trial of, 393, 394; action on this petition, 394, 395; alleged reasons for his proroguing the Massachusetts House, 395, 397, 400, 402, 404; De Berdt’s petition for further postponement of the trial of, 400, 401; action on this petition, 401; De Berdt’s memorial regarding his failure to appear against, 402, 403, 404, 406; his charges against the Massachusetts Speaker and House, 403; proceedings of the Privy Council on the charges against, 407–410; the charges dismissed, 410
— John, Governor of Bermuda, 19, 21, 49; his arrival in Bermuda, 17, 17 n, 21 n; his commission, 18 n; his death, 18 n, 19 n
— Rev. Nathaniel, 16 n, 38 n, 39 n, 50 n; minister in Bermuda, 18, 18 n, 21; prosecuted by Laud, 22 n; Gov. Woodhouse opposed by, 25, 25 n, 26; his punishment for this opposition, 26 n, 27, 27 n, 30; action of Assembly against, expunged from records, 26 n, 30; his release, 28, 28 n; leaves Bermuda, 29 n, 30 n, 63 n; vote regarding salary due him, 30 n, 63 n; Gov. Wood’s letter to Rev. W. Ames thought to have been written to, 63
Berry, Richard, 93
Bert. See De Berdt
Bertie, Peregrine, third duke of Ancaster, 407
Beverley family, 279
Bible, literal interpretation of, by colonial churches, 83, 84
Billings, John Shaw, D.C.L., xviii
Binner, Sisley, 178
Binney, Capt. Barnabas, 318, 318 n
Birch, Col. John, 165
Blair, William, 410
Blake, Francis, A.M., xvii
Blodgett, Hon. John Taggard, A.M., xviii
Bollan, William, 377, 377 n, 378, 380
Bolton, Charles Knowles, A.B., xvi, 16 n; exhibits photograph of petition to Gov. Shute, and speaks on Scotch-Irish emigration, 145; his remarks on an Irish petition to Gov. Shute, 277–280; text of the petition, with signatures, 280–288; his Scotch-Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America, quoted, 278; cited, 284 n
Bond, Francis, 249
Boscawen, Hugh, second Viscount Falmouth, 407
Boston, celebration of Washington’s birthday in (1785), 96; (1794), 120; G. Washington’s reception in (1789), 107, 108, 110; Shakespearean Society in, 1794–1795, two newspaper articles regarding, communicated by A. Matthews, 126–128; paper on Observation with the Dipping Needle at, in 1722, by H. E. Ware, 183–197; curves showing secular change in magnetic declination and dip at, 184; earliest dip observation in the United States made at, 183, 186, 187, 191, 197; early markets in, 208, 209, 209 n; longitude of, reckoned from St. Michael’s in one of Champlain’s maps, 226; in Capt. John Smith’s map of New England, 228, 230; in Smith’s map of Virginia, 229; in map in Wood’s New Englands Prospect, 229, 230; in Greene’s historical account, 230; first fire engine in, 249; prime meridian fixed at, by C. Southack, 293; Stamp Act riots in, 322, 322 n, 323 n, 343; threats of sending British troops to, 332, 335, 336, 337; merchants, De Berdt’s letter to, 335, 451; the troops sent to, 338, 339, 340, 340 n, 342, 343, 344; trouble arising from the quartering of British troops in, 335, 341, 343, 348, 349, 349 n, 350, 351, 352, 353, 363, 371, 372, 379, 380, 387; convention in (Sept., 1768), 342 n, 344, 346, 364, 372; petition from the convention to George III, 342; delivery of this petition, 345; deemed an illegal assembly, 345, 347, 349; answer to, 347, 349; town meeting in (Sept., 1768), disapproved by British ministry, 342, 344, 345; De Berdt urges removal of troops from, 367, 368, 382; petition of, to George III, 375; fire of 1760 in, 418, 418 n; merchants, petition of, to Parliament (1767), 451
— Bible, Sign of the, 216
— Blue Anchor, 216
— Brattle Street Church, 241
— Castle Tavern, 249
— Castle William, retreat of the Commissioners of Customs to, 353, 367; quartering of British troops at, 372
— Congress Street, 95
— Evacuation of, reference to, in Irish poem, 255
— First Church, paper on Two Ruling Elders of, by Rev. C. E. Park, 82–95; Records of, quoted, 87; organization of, 89, 90; important work required of ruling elders of, 90, 91; restriction of law-suits by, 91; remarks by Rev. C. E. Park on two mural tablets lately placed in, 251–253. See also Old Church
— Gutteridge’s Coffee House, 211
— Leverett’s Lane, 95
— Liberty Tree, 98 n
— London Coffee House, 211, 213, 214 n
— Memorial History of, cited, 209 n, 218 n, 227 n, 228 n, 307
— Museum of Fine Arts, 204
— New Brick Church, 241; occasion of founding of, 240 n
— New North Church, Historical Notices of the New North Religious Society in the Town of Boston, quoted, 236; cited, 236 n; mentioned, 240 n; Records of, quoted, regarding choice of a pastor, 237–241; fullness and importance of these Records, 241 n
— Old (First) Church, 241
— Old North (Second) Church, 241
— Old South Church, 241
— Province House, 248
— Public Library, v, 157 n, 207, 208 n, 232 n; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69; copies of Tulley’s Almanacks in, 211, 212, 214, 216, 219, 220, 221, 222; book once belonging to Rev. C. Mather in, 289
— Record Commissioners’ Reports, cited, 91 n, 96 n, 240 n, 247 n, 249 n, 251 n, 349 n, 352 n, 371 n, 418 n
— Second Church. See Old North Church
— Selectmen, ruling elders serve as ex officio members of, 90; affidavits sent to England by, regarding the conduct of British troops, 350, 351, 352, 352 n, 353; De Berdt’s letters to, 351, 371, 389; address of, to Gov. Bernard, 371, 371 n; send observations of a Boston committee on letters and memorials written by Gov. Bernard, 389, 389 n
— State Street, 95
— Theatre, opening of, 127
Boston Almanac (1692), 213 n, 214 n
Boston Athenæum, v, 157 n, 197; owns a copy of A Review of the State of the British Nation, 11; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69; Washington Collection in, 109 n; copies of both editions of the exercises at Harvard College on the death of Washington owned by, 135 n; Little London Directory of 1677, owned by, 170 n
Boston Chronicle, 300 n, 339 n, 353 n
Boston Evening Post, 300 n, 338 n, 339 n, 376 n
Boston Gazette, 300 n, 322 n, 323 n, 326 n, 327 n, 339 n, 344 n, 352 n, 356 n, 373 n, 377 n, 389 n, 410 n, 433 n, 439 n, 450 n
Boston News Letter, 300 n, 306, 338
Bostonian Society, lottery tickets in, 181 n
Bostwick, Rev. David (1721–1763), 420, 420 n, 426
Botetourt, Baron. See Berkeley, Norborne
Bourbon dynasties, Family Compact of, 437 n
Bowditch, Charles Pickering, A.M., xvi
Bowdoin, James, Governor of Massachusetts, 303, 303 n
Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, Ph.D., xviii
Boyd, Rev. William, 279, 280; petition from inhabitants of North of Ireland presented to Gov. Shute by, 145
Boyse, James, 176
Bradford, Alden, his Massachusetts State Papers, 307, 307 n; cited, 322 n, 326 n, 337 n, 338 n, 360 n, 454 n
Bradstreet, Anne (Dudley), wife of Gov. Simon, 64 n
— Simon, Governor of Massachusetts, 64 n
— Rev. Simon (H. C. 1660), son of Gov. Simon, 64 n
— Simon (H. C 1693), son of Rev. Simon (H. C. 1660), 64 n
— Simon (H. C. 1728), son of Simon (H. C. 1693), 64 n
Bragge, Susanna. See Henley
Brainerd, Rev. John, 413, 413 n, 414, 417, 422
Brant, Henrik, his Latin version of the official report of the proceedings of the Hague Conference (1611), 66 n
Brattle, William (1706–1776), 319 n; De Berdt’s letter to, 319
Brewster, Frank, A.M., xvi
Bridge, Samuel, 251
Brief Account of the State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, author and character of, 4 n
Brief Narrative of the Indian Charity-School, quoted, 298; cited, 298 n
Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 15, 140 n, 182 n
Brinley Catalogue, 13; tracts dealing with the currency in, 3; quoted, 207, 212; cited, 207 n, 212 n
Brinley library, poem by S. Dunn in, 144 n, 145 n
Bristol, Earl of. See Hervey, Augustus John
Bristol, Eng., attitude of, at outbreak of Civil War, 163, 164; vicissitudes of, 164, 165
British Museum, v, 200 n, 206 n; its edition of A Review of the State of the British Nation, 5, 11
Brockenbrough, John, 101
Broglie, Victor Francois (1718–1804), Due de, 415, 415 n
Bromfield, Edward (H. C. 1742), Smibert’s portrait of, exhibited, 133
— Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Henry, 206, 206 n. See also Rogers
— Hannah (Clarke), second wife of Col. Henry, 206, 206 n
— Henry, Jr., son of Col. Henry, 206, 206 n
— Margaret (Fayerweather), first wife of Col. Henry, 206 n
Brook, Benjamin, his Lives of the Puritans, mentioned, 22 n, 64; cited, 64 n
Brooke, Lord. See Greville, Robert; Rich, Sir Robert
Brookes, Sir Robert, 173
Brooks, Charles Butler, 259 n
— James Willson, A.M., xvii
— Alexander, his First Republic in America, cited, 18 n; his Genesis of the United States, cited, 18 n
— Benjamin, son of William, 250; bond given to, 242, 243; his marriage, 248; public offices held by, 248; his death, 249
— Mary (Hicks), wife of Benjamin, 248
— William, 248
Browne, John, his History of Congregationalism in Norfolk and Suffolk, mentioned, 64; cited, 64 n, 65 n, 68 n
Bruce, Capt. James, 325, 325 n
Bryant, Capt. —, 391
Bryce, James, his American Commonwealth quoted regarding the expression favorite son, 100; cited, 100 n; his characterization incomplete, 105
Buchanan, James, President, sobriquet favorite son applied to, 103, 104, 105
Buckingham, Duke of. See Villiers, George
Buell, Rev. Samuel, 323, 323 n, 426 n, 444; his Faithfull Narrative, etc., 323, 323 n, 444; his Excellence and Importance of the saving Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, 323 n, 426
Bulfinch, Charles, triumphal arch designed by, in honor of Washington, 107, 110
Bull, Hannah (Beale), wife of William, Jr., 196 n
— William, Jr., Lt.-Governor of South Carolina, 196 n
Bullock, Edward, 169
Burk, John Daly, his History of Virginia, cited, 18 n
Burke, Edmund, 356, 358, 373, 378
— Robert, 178
— Thomas, 178
Burkitt, Wright, 305 n
Burt, Ann (Ellery), wife of Rev. John, 237 n
Butler, Nathaniel, Governor of Bermuda, 17 n, 49; his Historye of the Bermudaes, quoted, 17 n; cited, 18 n, 19 n, 20 n, 21 n, 23 n, 37 n; authorship of this work questioned, 17 n; leaves Bermuda, 18 n, 21 n; complaint of the colonists to, 18 n, 19 n; form of church service allowed by, 20, 21; orders to, respecting the tobacco crop, 23 n
Buttolph, Nicholas, 211
Bysshe, Sir Edward, 169, 175 n
Cabot, Louis, A.B., xvi
— Sarah (Barrett), wife of Samuel, 205, 205 n
— family, 241 n
Caldwell, William, 229
Calef, Capt. Robert, 311, 311 n, 312, 313, 420
Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, cited, 45 n; Domestic, quoted, 162; cited, 121 n, 162 n, 163 n, 165 n, 168 n
Calhoon, James, 140 n
— Lucy, daughter of Samuel, date of her death, 140, 140 n; poem on her death, 140–144
— Lucy (Gibbs), wife of Samuel, 140, 140 n
— Susannah (Hinds), wife of James, 140 n
Califf. See Calef
Call from the City to the Country, 411, 425, 425 n
Calvert, Sir George, first Baron Baltimore, 163
Calvinists, Arminian tenets rejected by, 66, 67
Cam, —, 161
— — (Holworthy), 161
Cambridge, discoveries in trench of subway in, 74; name changed from Newtown to, 274 n
— First Church, 241; Records of, quoted, 241; cited, 241 n; paper regarding Relations between the First Church in Hartford and, by Rev. E. H. Hall, 273–277; the migrations of this Society, 273; moves to Hartford, 273, 274, 275; distinction between the original First Church and the present, 276; celebrates its 250th anniversary, 276; covenant of original church not extant, 276, 277
— Synod of 1640, creed agreed upon by, 277
Cambridge, Eng., St. Mary’s, 22 n
Camden, Lord. See Pratt, Charles
Cameragraph, exhibition of reproductions made by, 224
Cameron, Simon (d. 1889), 104
Candler, Rev. Matthias, his Pedigree of Ward, 38 n, 40 n
Cape Henry, longitude of, 229
Canterbury, Prerogative Court of, 294 n, 305 n
Carpenter, Rev. Henry, 40 n
Carter, Franklin, LL.D., xviii
— Sir Gilbert, 181
— Hon. James Coolidge, 78
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 195
Cartwright, Samuel, 228
Cary, Richard (d. 1790), 298, 356, 361, 378, 393, 434; his gift of De Berdt’s portrait to Massachusetts, 302, 303, 303 n, 304; his friendship for the De Berdts, 304 n; his death, 304 n; his character, 304 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 334, 339, 342, 348, 352, 357, 361, 362, 365, 368–370, 392, 397, 406
Case system of teaching law, 76, 77
Caswell, Elizabeth. See Leonard
— Thomas, 243
Catawba Indians, 411
Catholic disabilities. See Test Act
Caxton Exhibition, London, 1877, 267
Cazneau, Capt. Isaac, 385, 385 n, 386
Censure, meaning of the word, in Bermuda, 26 n
Chaddock, Thomas, Governor of Bermuda, 31 n, 37 n, 38; does not sign letter in favor of Gov. Bell, 36 n, 37
Chamberlain, Hon. Joshua Lawrence, LL.D., xviii
— Mellen, 307
Chamberlin, —, 320
Champlain, Samuel de, longitude indicated in maps made by, 226, 227, 227 n, 228; longitude reckoned from Ferro by, 226, 226 n, 227, 231; edition of his Voyages, published by the Prince Society, cited, 227 n
Chandler, —, wife of Rev. Samuel, 324
— Rev. Samuel (1693–1766), 324, 324 n
Channell, Edmond, 178
Chapman, Henry Leland, LL.D., xviii
Charnock, John, his Biographia Navalis, cited, 417 n
Charlecote, Eng., 125
Charles I, King of England, 164, 165, 458;
Charles River named for, 230
Charles II, King of England, 120, 121, 161, 164
Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, the Young Pretender, T. O’Meehan’s poem relating to, 255, 257
Charles River, named for Charles I, 230
Charleston, S. C, City of Charleston Year-Book, cited, 196 n; St. Philip’s Church, 196 n
Charlestown, J. Greene’s account of Capt. J. Smith’s visit to, 230; First Church, organization of, 89; simplicity of early covenant of, 277; Town Records quoted, 330; their present location, 230 n
Chase, Charles (H. C. 1813), 462
— Charles Augustus, A.M., death of, xix
— Frederick, his History of Dartmouth College, 412 n; cited, 422 n, 424 n; quoted, 461 n
Chatham, Lord. See Pitt, William
Chauncy, Rev. Charles, President of Harvard College, papers of, lent to Harvard College, 139; books belonging to, presented to Rev. C. Mather, 139, 140; some of these books in American Antiquarian Society’s library, 139 n
— Elnathan, his library, 289
Chauncy Papers, described by W. C. Lane, 139
Cheese, presented to President Van Buren, 270, 271; to President Jackson, 270, 270 n; to President Jefferson, 270 n
Cherokee Indians, 411
Chesterfield, Lord. See Stanhope, Philip Dormer
Choate, Charles Francis, A.M., death of, xix
— Hon. Joseph Hodges, D.C.L., xviii
Church, Benjamin, 246; his History of Philip’s War, cited, 246 n
— Elihu Dwight, 208 n; copies of Tulley’s Almanack in the collection of, 221
Church membership, importance attached to, in the colonial church, 85
Churches, colonial, modelled on the apostolic church, 82, 83, 84, 89; Scriptures literally interpreted by, 83, 84; importance of the covenant in, 84; the two principal sacraments in, 84, 85; functions of teaching elders in, 85, 86, 87, 88; Cotton’s limitations regarding size of, 85; function of ruling elders in, 86, 87, 88; of deacons, 88; of widows, 88; simple covenants of, 276, 277
Cigrand, Bernard J., 462
Cincinnatus, Virginian, 99
Clap, Col. Thomas, 295
Clapp, Elisha, 253
— Mary (Paine), wife of Elisha, 253
Clare Bards, Brian O’Looney’s edition of, mentioned, 255
Clark, Thomas, 87
Clarke, Edward, son of Richard (H. C. 1729), 205, 206
— Edward, son of Edward, son of Richard (H. C. 1729), 205
— Elizabeth (Winslow), wife of Richard (H. C. 1729), 204, 204 n
— Rev. Ezekiel, 40 n
— Hannah, daughter of Richard (H. C. 1729). See Bromfield
— Isaac Winslow, son of Richard (H. C. 1729), 205, 206
— Jonathan, son of Richard (H. C. 1729), 205
— Mary, daughter of Richard (H. C. 1729). See Barrett
— Richard (H. C. 1729), photograph of, exhibited, 204; his will, 204–200
— Sarah, daughter of Richard (H. C. 1729). See Startin
— Susanna, daughter of Richard (H. C. 1729). See Copley
Clifford, Charles Warren, A.M., xvi
Clinton, Henry Fiennes, second Duke of Newcastle, 407
Clough, Samuel, his series of almanacs, 221
Clowes, Sir William Laird, his Royal Navy, cited, 417 n
Cobbet, Rev. Thomas, 250
Cobham, Rev. Thomas, 278
Cochran, James, 279
Codman, Ogden, xvii
Cokayne, George Edward, his Complete Baronetage, cited, 167 n
Colden Papers, 314 n
Coleraine presbytery, 278, 279
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, gifts to, 149; urgent financial needs of, 149, 150
— Annual Meeting, 146
— Auditing Committee, appointment of, 133; Report of, 152
— Committee of Publication, ii
— Corresponding Members, xviii, 146, 148; death of, xix, 1, 148; election of, 133, 223
— Corresponding Secretary, xiv; reports new members, 1, 82, 146, 182, 224, 254; election of, 152. See also Park, Rev. Charles Edwards
— Council, xiv, 182; Annual Report of, 147–150; G. V. Leverett elected a member of, 152
— Editor of Publications, xiv; salary of, guaranteed for five years, 82, 149. See also, Matthews, Albert
— Honorary Members, xviii, 146, 148; election of, 133, 223; death of, xix, 146, 148
— Nominating Committee, appointment of, 133; Report of, 152
— President, xiv, 1, 82, 118, 133, 146, 181, 182, 224, 254; election of, 152. See also Lefavour, Henry
— Publications, 148, 149; cited, 38 n, 53 n, 81 n, 96 n, 98 n, 99 n, 112 n, 126 n, 175 n, 181 n, 182 n, 196 n, 226 n, 227 n, 229 n, 251 n, 274 n, 284 n, 340 n, 462; gifts toward issue of, 118, 149
— Recording Secretary, xiv; election of, 152. See also Cunningham, Henry Winchester
— Registrar, xiv; election of, 152. See also Gay, Frederick Lewis
— Resident Members, xvi, xvii; additions to, reported, 1, 82, 146, 148, 182, 254; election of, 1, 133, 146, 223, 224, 272; death of, xix, 1, 146, 147, 148, 272
— Stated Meetings, 1, 82, 118, 133, 182, 224, 254, 272
— Treasurer, xiv; reports provision for editor’s salary, 82; announces gifts toward payment for two volumes of Publications, 118; committee appointed to audit accounts of, 133; Annual Report of, 150, 151; election of, 152. See also Edes, Henry Herbert
— Vice-Presidents, xiv; election of, 152. See also Goodwin, William Watson; Knowlton, Marcus Perrin
Columbia, 106, 107, 108; use of the word, as applied to this country, 109
Columbus, Christopher, suggests determining longitude at sea by means of the magnetic declination, 183
Colvile, John, 172
Comerford, James, 305 n
Commissioners of Customs, 351, 406; instructions of, 347, 347 n; their retreat to Castle William, Boston, 353, 367; affidavits sent to England by, 380; arbitrary powers of, 459, 460
Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England, 420, 420 n, 461 n
Connaught, legendary Queen of, 259
Connecticut, Colonial Records, cited, 274 n
Connecticut Historical Society, Collections, cited, 274 n
Conningham. See Cunningham, Waddel
Consolidator, published by De Foe, 5
Contades, Louis Georges Erasme (1704–1795), Due de, 415 n; Belleisle’s letter to, outlining military plans, 415, 416
Continental Congress, Papers of, cited, 260 n, 261 n, 264 n; Journals, cited, 265 n, 266 n
Connotaucarius, name conferred upon Washington by Indians, 265
Conway, Sir Edward, first Viscount Conway, 121, 121 n, 162, 163
— Henry Seymour, 311, 312, 313, 315, 319, 323 n, 329, 358
Cooke, George (d. 1768), 312, 312 n, 313, 335, 335 n, 445 n
Coolidge, Archibald Cary, Ph.D., xviii, 182; elected a Resident Member, 1, 148; accepts, 82
— Thomas Jefferson, Jr., A.B., xvii
Cooper, Charles Henry, 38 n, 41 n
— Mehitable, widow of Thomas. See Sergeant
— Thomas, 248
Copeland, Rev. Patrick, 16, 61, 61 n, 62 n, 63, 63 n; joins independent church, 22 n, 53; differences between Rev. G. Stirk and, 22 n, 23 n, 30 n; sent to Bermuda, 29, 29 n, 30 n; appointed to parish of Warwick’s Tribe, 30, 30 n, supports Gov. Bell regarding vestries, 32, 36, returns to England, 46, 46 n; his salary, 46, 46 n, 50; sends Rev. G. Stirk’s Musae Somerenses to Gov. Winthrop, 53, 56, 57; free school desired by, 57 n; notices of, 61 n; his Virginia’s God be thanked, mentioned, 61 n
Copley, John Singleton, 204, 204 n, 205, 206
— John Singleton, Jr., Baron Lyndhurst, son of John Singleton, 206, 206 n
— Susanna (Clarke), wife of John Singleton, 204, 204 n, 205
Cornwallis, Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis, 107; tradition regarding, 106, 106 n
Coronis, meaning of the word, 65
Corporation and Test Acts Repeal Bill, royal assent given to, 123 n
Cotton, Rev. John, 88, 251, 273, 274, 275; limits set by, regarding the number of members in a church, 85; function of ruling elders defined by, 86; ordained to the office of teacher in the First Church in Boston, 90, 95; acquitted from charge of nonconformity, 94; arrives in Boston, 94
Cottrell, Stephen, 401
Covenants, simplicity of, in early colonial churches, 276, 277
Cox, —, 234
Crane, Hon. Winthrop Murray, LL.D., xvii
Crofts, James, 161, 169; seizure of his goods, 164, 165
— Prudence (Holworthy), wife of James, 161, 164, 178
Cross, Tom Peete, calls attention to an Irish poem relating to Washington, 254; transliteration of this poem by F. N. Robinson and, 255, 256; translation of the poem by the same, 256, 257
Crump, Thomas, printer, 4 n
Cruso’s Island, imprint borne by certain satirical tracts, 2, 3
Cunningham, Henry Winchester, A.B., xiv, xvi, 149, 170 n; pays tribute to the memory of M. H. Morgan, 118; vote of thanks from this Society to, 118; elected Recording Secretary, 152
Currency, satirical tracts dealing with the, listed in the Brinley Catalogue, 3, 3 n; in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, 4 n. See also Paper currency
Curtiss, Frederic Haines, xvi
Cushing, Thomas (1725–1788), Speaker of the Massachusetts House, 298, 304 n, 320 n, 330, 331 n, 337, 340, 342, 345 n, 356, 357, 361, 362, 377, 387, 389, 392, 397, 398, 402, 403, 406, 408, 409, 442 n, 444, 445 n, 446 n, 450 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 320, 322, 324, 325, 329–331, 332, 333, 336, 337–339, 340, 344–347, 349, 355, 360, 361, 362, 363, 366, 370, 372, 373, 374–377, 378–382, 385, 388, 391, 392, 395–397, 404, 450, 452, 454; Dennis De Berdt’s letters to, 406, 410
Cust, Sir John, 331 n
Cutler, John, 247
Cutler, Russell &, printers, 157 n
DALRYMPLE, Col. William, 353, 379, 379 n
Dana, Francis (H. C. 1762), 114, 117
Dartmouth, Earls of. See Legge
Dartmouth College, first name and location of, 298, 376 n
— Library, v, 412 n; letters of Dennys De Berdt in, 293
Dartmouth College Manuscripts, 412 n, 414 n, 416 n, 418 n, 419 n, 420 n, 421 n, 423 n, 424 n, 425 n, 426 n, 427 n
Dartmouth Manuscripts, 324 n, 431 n, 433 n, 434 n, 438 n, 441 n, 442 n, 444 n, 446 n, 450 n
Dashwood, Francis, fifteenth Baron Le Despencer, 407
Davids, Thomas William, his Nonconformity in Essex, cited, 39 n, 40 n
Davies, John (d. 1618), of Hereford, his lines on Capt. John Smith’s map of New England, 232; his customary addition to his signature, 233; his numerous poems and epigrams, 233; his epigrams to Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, 233; his sonnet on Capt. Smith, 233; Rev. T. Fuller’s tribute to his penmanship, 233, 234; Grosart’s edition of his Complete Works, cited, 233 n
— Rev. John (d. 1644), 233
— Sir John (1569–1626), Attorney-General for Ireland, 233
— Rev. Samuel, President of the College of New Jersey, 296, 297, 411, 418; De Berdt’s dedication to his Curse of Cowardice, 297, 413, 413 n, 415, 418; full title of this work, 298 n
Davis, Alice (King), wife of Gherardi, 293
— Andrew McFarland, A.M., xvi, 125, 148, 149, 182, 272; his paper on A Bibliographical Puzzle, 2–15; his Colonial Currency Reprints, cited, 6 n; list of books in Rev. H. Dunster’s hand prepared by, 139; reads letter from Mrs. John Davis to Mrs. Joseph Davis, 268–271; his tribute to F. C. Lowell, 272
— Charles Henry, A.B., xix; death of, announced, 146, 147
— Eliza, wife of Gov. John, letter to Mrs. Joseph Davis from, describing life in Washington (1838), 269–271
— Gherardi, Letter Book of Dennys De Berdt given to Library of Congress by, 293
— Hon. Horace, LL.D., xviii
— John (H. C. 1781), 157 n, 180 n
— John, Governor of Massachusetts, 268, 268 n
— Col. Joseph (d. 1843), 268
— Lydia (Cogswell), second wife of Col. Joseph, letter from E. Davis to, 268–269
Deacons, function of, in the colonial church, 88
Dean, John Ward, his Memoir of Nathaniel Ward, cited, 38 n, 39 n, 40 n, 41 n
Deane, Charles, his edition of Capt. John Smith’s A True Relation of Virginia, 229 n
De Berdt, —, 294
— Mrs. — (d. 1803), 305 n
— Dennis (d. 1817), son of Dennys (d. 1770), 294, 299, 303, 304 n, 305 n, 306 n, 307, 319, 319 n, 320, 350, 352, 443; spelling of his christian name, 299 n; settloment with, for allowances made to his father, 302, 302 n; his interest in American affairs, 305; his death, 305, 305 n; his will, 305 n; his letters to T. Cushing, 407, 410
— Dennis, son of Dennis (d. 1817), 305 n
— Dennys (d. 1770), son of John, his Letter Book given to the Library of Congress, 293; remarks of A. Matthews on, in communicating this Letter Book, 293–307; appointed agent of the Massachusetts House in London, 294, 295, 296, 299 n, 303, 307, 308, 310, 311, 377, 378, 379; account of his family, 294, 295; a Dissenter, 295; his early interest in the American colonies, 296; his interest in Dartmouth College, 298, 410, 411, 412, 417, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 427; his dedication of Rev. S. Davies’s sermon to Lord Halifax, 297–298, 413; dissatisfaction with, as agent, 298, 299; date of his death, 299, 300, 300 n, 410; his financial difficulties, 299 n; appointed agent for three lower counties of Delaware, 300, 327, 353, 353 n, 383; gift to, from Delaware, 300, 301, 327; grants and votes of thanks to, from Massachusetts, 301, 302, 302 n, 309, 321, 325, 333, 341, 342, 343, 452; his efforts for repeal of the Stamp Act, 301, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313; announces repeal of the Stamp Act, 314, 315, 443; his difficulty in collecting money due him, 302, 340; his portrait in the State House in Boston, 302, 303, 304; expenses of his office, 302 n, 321, 328; his will, 305 n; objects to his daughter’s marriage, 306; previous printing of his letters, 307, 307 n; signs a letter about the Declaratory Act, 313 n; his efforts to remove restraints of trade, 314, 315, 328, 329, 333, 335; hears that the colonies are not sufficiently grateful for the repeal, 317; his interest in the fisheries of the colonies, 316, 429, 430, 432, 433, 443, 447, 448, 452, 453; his opinion of Gov. Bernard’s policy, 318, 319, 349, 352, 355, 363, 365, 371, 375, 377, 380, 381, 382, 393; his health, 319, 342; his efforts to secure indemnity for the Stamp Act riots, 322, 326, 344; seeks confirmation of his office from other branches of the Massachusetts Legislature, 327, 333, 334; his opposition to a paper currency in Massachusetts, 328, 453; his memorials to Lord Shelburne, 330, 330 n, 331; text of the memorials, 446–450; urges economy in the colonies, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 347, 348, 366, 367, 373; his suggestion regarding fees to clerks of the House of Commons, 332; his efforts to prevent sending of British troops to Massachusetts, 332, 338, 341; his letters: to S. Adams, 333, 337, 343, 377, 404, 406; to Boston merchants, 335, 451; to Boston selectmen, 351, 371, 389; to W. Brattle, 319; to R. Cary, 334, 339, 342, 348, 352, 357, 361, 362, 365, 368–370, 392, 397, 406; to T. Cushing, 320, 322, 324, 325, 329–331, 332, 333, 336, 337–339, 340, 344–347, 349, 355, 360, 361, 362, 363, 366, 370, 372, 373, 374–377, 378–382, 385, 388, 391, 392, 395–397, 404, 450, 452, 454; to Lord Dartmouth, 431–442, 446–448; to Delaware Committee, 354, 359, 365, 385; to S. Dexter, 328, 334, 358; to Down and Thornton, 321; to H. Gray, 309, 343; to Lord Halifax, 428; to J. Hancock, 343; to Lord Hillsborough, 383; to A. Lynsen, 310; to T. McKean, 326, 399; to J. Otis, 312, 317, 321, 378, 386, 391, 405; to G. Read, 326; to J. Reed, 443, 453; to C. Rodney, 326, 374; to S. Sayre, 317, 320; to E. Sheafe, 327, 377, 387, 398; to J. Smith, 317, 427 n; to W. Smith, 314, 316, 323; to E. Wheelock, 410–428; to S. White, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 315; to G. Wyllys, 311, 313; to unknown correspondents, 331, 405, 406, 446, 453; his opinion of Gov. Pownall’s policy, 342, 345, 351, 352, 368, 376, 378; his efforts for repeal of taxation laws, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 362, 364, 365, 366, 367, 370, 392, 393, 396, 397, 398, 399; suspects that his letters are opened, 361, 392; urges removal of troops from Boston, 367, 368, 382; seeks to prove allegations of Massachusetts against Gov. Bernard, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 397; J. Pownall’s letter to, 384; his petitions to the King, 384, 393; his petition to the Council, 400; his memorial to the Council, 402; imprudent printing of his letters, 443; his Remarks, 455–461
— Esther (d. 1780), daughter of Dennys (d. 1770). See Reed
— Jane (Greer), wife of John (d. 1731), 294 n
— John, father of Dennys (d. 1770), 294
— John (d. 1731), 294 n
— Martha, wife of Dennys (d. 1770), 305 n, 306, 306 n; her account of her husband’s family, 294, 295
— Mary, daughter of Dennis (d. 1817). See Hovell
— Susanna. See Stables
— coat of arms, 305
Declaratory Act, 313 n
Dedham Historical Register, cited, 320 n
Defoe, Daniel, 14, 15; Review of the State of the British Nation conducted by, 5; the Consolidator published by, 5; questions regarding News from the Moon to be settled by bibliographers of, 12
Delaware, address to George III from, 326, 327, 353, 354, 354 n, 359, 383, 384; De Berdt appointed agent for three lower counties of, 300, 327, 353, 353 n, 383; gift to De Berdt from, 300, 301, 327
— Committee, 354 n; De Berdt’s letters to 354, 359, 365, 383
— Indians, documents regarding visit of chiefs of, to G. Washington communicated, 259–265; nickname conferred upon G. Morgan by, 265, 266
Delbridge, Capt. Benjamin, 37 n
— John, 28 n; his opposition to the Bermuda Company’s restrictions of trade, 36 n, 37 n; permitted to trade, 42 n
De Levery, a Norman, 94
Denbigh, Earl of. See Feilding, Basil
Denerson, Capt. —, 423
De Normandie, Rev. James, 181
Desaguliers, John Theophilus, 197, 197 n
Desborough, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. James. See Holworthy
— Dr. James, son of Samuel, 173
— Samuel, 173
Deskaw. See Dieskau
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Litt. D., xviii, 56 n, 96
— Rev. Henry Martyn, his edition of Church’s History of Philip’s War, cited, 246 n
— Rev. Morton, A.M., xix; death of, announced, 146, 148
— Samuel (1726–1810), 295, 328 n, 398; his first letter to De Berdt, quoted, 296; De Berdt’s letters to, 328, 334, 358
Dickinson, John, his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, mentioned, 334, 334 n, 335
Dictionary of American biography, a, suggested, 273
Dictionary of National Biography, cited, 41 n, 64 n, 234 n; mentioned, 64, 67, 273, 425 n
Dinneen, Rev. Patrick Stephen, his edition of T. O’Sullivan’s poems, 258
Dipping Needle, paper on Observation with the, at Boston, in 1722, by H. E. Ware, 183–197; four mariners supplied with, 183, 185; their observations with, 183, 185–188, 191; a Table of the Angle of Inclination below the Horizon, in Dipping-Needles, 190; imperfect success of experiments with, 194, 197
Disbrowe. See Desborough
Dissenters, fees paid by, to clerks of the House of Commons, 332; funds solicited for dissenting ministers in Halifax, 376, 376 n
Dixey, Capt. Thomas, 308, 508 n, 309
Dodge, Capt. —, 264
Dodswel. See Dowdeswell
Donaldson, William, his letter to De Berdt, 441
Dorchester, Liberty Tree Tavern, 98 n
Dort, Synod of (1618–19), 66, 66 n
Doughty, Philip, 319
Douglas, Charles, third Duke of Queensberry, 407
Dowdeswell, William (1721–1775), 350, 350 n, 358
Down, —, De Berdt’s letter to, 321
Downing, Sir George, 119
Drake, Samuel Gardner, his History and Antiquities of Boston, 218 n; cited, 98 n, 209 n, 248 n, 249 n; his edition of Church’s History of Philip’s War, cited, 246 n
Draper, Eben Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts, v, 304
Duckett, Capt. William, 300
Dudley, Anne. See Bradstreet
Dugdale, Sir William, his Antiquities of Warwickshire, cited, 125 n
Dunbar, Rev. Samuel, 98 n
Duncan, Nathaniel, 91
Dunniway, Clyde Augustus, his Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts, mentioned, 2, 12, 14; cited, 2 n, 14 n
Dunk, George Montagu, second Earl of Halifax, 297, 411, 413, 432; De Berdt’s dedication of Rev. S. Davies’s Sermon to, 297–298; De Berdt’s letter to, regarding taxation of the colonies, 428–431
Dunlop, Rev. Alexander, 278
Dunn, Mary, wife of Richard, 145 n
— Samuel, son of Richard, his poem on the death of Lucy Calhoon, 140–144; another poem by, 144 n, 145 n; his pedigree, 144 n, 145 n
Dunster, Rev. Henry, President of Harvard College, manuscript volume belonging to, 53, 54; list of books in hand of, belonging to J. Harvard, 139
Dunton, John, 250
EAMES, Wilberforce, a.m., xviii; his statement regarding the different impressions of Capt. J. Smith’s map of New England, 227; regarding the different impressions of Smith’s map of Virginia, 228 n
Earle, Alice Morse, 268
East India Company, 397
Eberhard, Rev. —, 188
Edes, Henry Herbert, a.m., ii, v, xiv, xv, xvi, 112, 134, 197, 273, 288; reads letters from Washington and T. Lear to Rev. J. Willard, 110; communicates poem on the death of Lucy Calhoon, 140–144; elected Treasurer, 152; reads paper on Rev. A. Eliot (1719–1778), 234–241; communicates documents relating to visit of Delaware chiefs to Washington, 250–265
Edes & Gill, 389 n, 433 n, 439 n
Edeward, Nicholas, 169
Edward VII, King of England, photograph given to Holworthy Hall by, 160 n
Edwards, —, 421
— Rev. John (d. 1716), Rev. C. Mather’s Old Pathes Restored dedicated to, 198, 198 n, 200; W. Whiston’s opinion of, 201; his intention of bringing out Rev. C. Mather’s Goliathus detruncatus, 204; his death, 204, 204 n
Eeds, John, sacrament certificate of, 124, 125
Elder, Rev. Thomas, 278
Elders, function of teaching and ruling elders, in the colonial church, 85, 86, 87, 88; important work required of ruling elders, 90, 91
Eldred, Anne. See Henley
Eleuthera, Bahama Islands, Rev. N. White’s Independent church moved to, 53, 54; exiles to, recalled, 54 n
Elfrey. See Elfrith
Elfrith, —, wife of Daniel, 45
— —, daughter of Daniel. See Bell
— Thomas, 26 n
Elfroy. See Elfrith
Eliot, Rev. Andrew (1719–1778), paper on, by H. H. Edes, 234–241; his confession of faith, 234–236, 241; Rev. W. W. Fenn’s comment on this confession, 236; his son’s characterization of, 236; a moderate Calvinist, 236; asked to preach in the New North Church, 238, 239; chosen pastor of this church, 239, 240; his ordination, 241
— Charles William, 75
— Ephraim, son of Rev. Andrew (1719–1778), his characterization of his father, 236
— Hannah, daughter of Rev. John (d. 1690). See Glover
— Jacob (1631–1693), 247
— Sir John (1592–1632), 162, 163, 163 n
— Rev. John (d. 1690), 249
— Samuel Atkins, his Sketch of the History of Harvard College, cited, 134 n
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 175
Ellery, Ann, daughter of William (d. 1764). See Burt
— William (d. 1764), Dep.-Governor of Rhode Island, 237 n
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 407
Elliott, Gabriel, 169
Ellise, Sarah. See Gee
Elwyn, Dr. Alfred Langdon, 296 n
Elzevir, Isaac, 66 n
Endicott, John, Governor of Massachusetts, 291
— William, A.M., xvi
England. See Great Britain
English Advice to the Freeholders, etc., of the Massachusetts-Bay, 3 n
Englishman deceived, The. See Sayre, Stephen
Episcopacy, efforts to promote, in the colonies, 417
Equator, magnetic, method of calculating distances from, 191, 192
Ernst, Harold Clarence, 181
Erving, George (H. C. 1757), 206, 206 n
Essex, Col. Thomas, 164
Essex Institute, New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Estrées, Louis Charles César Le Tellier (1697–1774), Due d’, 425, 425 n
Etheridge, Samuel, printer, 135
Extract of a Letter, etc., 1770, 302 n, 395, 395 n, 396, 397, 398, 399, 461 n
Evans, Charles, 4 n; his characterization of News from the Moon, 3, 4, 13, 15; his American Bibliography quoted, 3, 4
Evelyn, John, his Diary, quoted, 121, 124; cited, 121 n, 124 n
FAIRBANKS, Arthur, 181
Fairfax, John, 168
— Thomas, third Baron Fairfax of Cameron, 164
Fairs, early advertisements of, in New England, 218, 218 n
Falmouth, Viscount. See Boscawen, Hugh
Family Compact, 423, 437, 437 n
Farmer’s Letters. See Dickinson, John
Farwell, John Whittemore, xvii, 293 n; elected a Resident Member, 133, 148; accepts, 146; his comments in communicating an old bond, 243–251; exhibits copy of Rev. S. Willard’s The Fountain Opened, 253; exhibits copy of Southack’s map of New England coast, 292, 293 n
Father of his country, the term, 99, 99 n, 100 n
Favorite son, sobriquet applied to Washington, 100, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109; applied to others, 100–106; figurative use of, 109 n
Fayerweather, Margaret. See Bromfield
Feilding, Basil, sixth Earl of Denbigh, 407
Felgate, Robert, 30
Felt, Rev. Joseph Barlow, mention of News from Robinson Cruso’s Island in his Massachusetts Currency, 13; his Annals of Salem, quoted, 249; cited, 249 n
Fenn, Rev. William Wallace, D.D., xvii, 234; reads extract from Rev. A. Whyte’s Thomas Shepard, Pilgrim Father and Founder of Harvard, 224–225; his comments on Rev. A. Eliot’s profession of faith, 236
Ferdinand (1721–1792), Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 415, 415 n, 425
Ferro, island of the Canaries, meridian of, used as prime meridian by S. de Champlain, 226, 226 n, 227, 231
Field, Edward, A.B., xviii
Fiennes, Capt. Nathaniel, son of William, 164
— William, first Viscount Saye and Sele, 47, 164; petition of Rev. G. Stirk to, 48, 49
Finley, Rev. Samuel (1725–1766), President of the College of New Jersey, 99 n, 324, 324 n, 445
Firmin, Giles, 90
First Century of Scandalous Priests, cited, 39 n, 40 n
Firth, Charles Harding, 206 n
Fischer, Jean Chrétien, 415
Fisher, Rev. George Park, LL.D., death of, announced, 1, 148
Fisheries, effect of British taxation on colonial, 316, 429, 430, 432, 433, 443, 447, 448, 452, 453
Fitzroy, Augustus Henry, third Duke of Grafton, 358
Flagg, Jared Bradley, his Life and Letters of Washington Allston, cited, 139 n
Fleet, Sir John, 294 n
Fletcher, Joan. See Ames, Joan (Fletcher)
Flood, William H. Grattan, 259 n
Florida, advantages to be expected from Spanish trade in, 440
Flower, John, 52
Fobes, Rev. Peres, 243
Forbes, Alexander, tenth Baron Forbes, 207 n; extracts read by Rev. H. A. Parker from pamphlet describing his expedition to Ireland, 206
— Edward Waldo, 181 n
Ford, Paul Leicester, his Check-List of American Magazines Printed in the Eighteenth Century, 70 n
— Worthington Chauncey, A.M., xvii, 32 n, 148; his edition of the Journals of the Continental Congress, cited, 265 n
Forfitt, —, 427
Forster, Josias, Governor of Bermuda, 54
Foster, Alfred Dwight, v, 208 n, 215; copies of Tulley’s Almanack in the collection of, 211, 215, 217, 220, 221, 222; Boston Almanack (1692) in the collection of, 213 n, 214 n, 215, 215 n
— Francis Apthorp, xvii; appointed on Nominating Committee, 133
— Joseph, his Alumni Oxonienses, cited, 40 n
— Thomas, 295
Fowke, Capt. Thorpe (d. 1784), 417, 417 n
Fowler, William Chauncey, Chauncy Papers lent to Harvard College by widow of, 139
Fownes, Mary, daughter of Thomas. See Holworthy
— Thomas, 161
Foxcroft, John, 306
France, treaty between the United States and, 97 n; England aids Germany against, 418, 435; a partner in the Family Compact, 437 n. See also French, the
Franklin, Benjamin, 305 n, 306, 307, 372; Calendar of the Papers of, cited, 339 n
— James, brother of Benjamin, 3, 14
— William, his excommunication, 87
— William, Governor of New Jersey, son of Benjamin, 99 n, 305 n
Fraser, Lane, Son, &, 396 n
Freake, Elizabeth. See Henley
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 416
French, the, defeated by Prince Ferdinand, 415, 415 n; general desire to expel, from the American continent, 425, 426. See also France
Fuller, Hon. Melville Weston, LL.D., xix, 78; death of, announced, 146, 148
— Rev. Thomas, his tribute to J. Davies, 233, 234; his History of the Worthies of England, cited, 233 n
Fulton, Peter, 279
Furness, Horace Howard, LL.D., xviii
GAGE, Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, 302 n; address of the Massachusetts Council to, 347, 349
Gale, Katherine. See Beale
Garden, Rev. Alexander, 196
Gardiner, Robert Hallowell, A.B., xviii
— Samuel Rawson, 163 n; his History of England, cited, 22 n
Gardner, Thomas, 299 n
Garland, Hugh A., his Life of Randolph, cited, 101 n
Gay, Frederick Lewis, A.B., xiv, xvi, 149; copy of letter of Rev. T. Welde communicated by, 128–132; elected Registrar, 152
Gazetteer, London, 338 n
Gee, Henry, and William John Hardy, their Documents Illustrative of English Church History, cited, 123 n
— Joane, wife of John, 240 n
— John, 240 n
— Rev. Joshua, 240 n
— Lately, son of John, 240, 240 n
— Sarah (Ellise), wife of Lately, 240 n
Gentleman’s Magazine, 294 n, 305 n, 360 n, 375 n, 417 n
George I, King of England, 195
George II, King of England, 191, 297, 298, 411
George III, King of England, 308, 311, 313, 314, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 326, 327, 330, 331, 335, 337, 338, 338 n, 339, 341, 342, 342 n, 344, 345, 348, 350, 352, 353, 353 n, 354, 359, 362, 364, 369, 370, 372, 373, 375, 377, 378, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 389, 390, 391, 393 n, 394, 401, 403, 408, 409, 410, 428, 434, 436, 438, 441, 444, 453, 455, 459, 460, 461; sobriquets of, 99 n, 100 n; New York Assembly resolves to provide for statue of, 318 n; De Berdt’s petitions to, 384, 393; Bernard’s petition to, 390
George, Daniel, his Ode, quoted, 107
Georgia, settlers of, 437; climate of, 440
Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 97, 97 n
Germany, England gives aid to, against France, 418, 435
Gibbons, Edward, 91
Gibbs, Caleb, 260 n
— Lucy. See Calhoon
Gibson, Edmund, Bishop of London, 196
Gifford, William, his edition of Ben Jonson’s Works, cited, 231 n
— William Logan Rodman, A.B., xviii
Gilbert, William, 183; his De Magneto, 192, 193
Gill, John, 99 n
— Obadiah, bond given to, 242, 243; public offices held by, 249; fine imposed on, 249
Gill, Edes &, 389 n, 433 n, 439 n
Gilmore, James, 279
Githings, —, 234
Gist, Christopher, his Journals, cited, 266 n
Given, David, 279
— John, 279
— Robert, 279
Glinn. See Glynn
Glover, Habakkuk, 249
— Hannah (Eliot), wife of Habakkuk, 249
— Gen. John, 261
— Rebecca, daughter of Habakkuk. See Smith
Glynn, John (1722–1779), 381, 381 n; counsel for Massachusetts in its action against Gov. Bernard, 302 n, 385, 386, 387, 389, 391, 392, 404
Golde, William, 176
Goodale, George Lincoln, LL.D., xvi
Goodell, Abner Cheney, A.M., xvi
Goodwin, William Watson, D.C.L., xiv, xvi; elected a Vice-President of this Society, 152
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 163
Gorham, Capt. John, 245
Gorsuch, Rev. John, 39 n
Gouge, Rev. Thomas (1609–1681), 178, 178 n
Grafton, Duke of. See Fitzroy, Augustus Henry
Graham, Rev. Abraham, 31 n; his quarrels with Gov. Bell, 32, 32 n, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41, 41 n, 42, 42 n; his arrival in Bermuda, 38 n; sent back to England, 41, 41 n, 42, 42 n
— George, his discovery regarding magnetic needles, 194
Granville, Earl. See Carteret
Graves, Dr. —, 289
Gray, Benjamin, proceedings against, 3, 4, 13, 14; his apology, 14
— Harrison, 340, 342, 342 n; De Berdt’s letter to, 309, 343
— John, 279
— Thomas, 442 n
Great Britain, troops sent by, to aid Germany against France, 418, 435; war between Spain and, 423; the Family Compact directed against, 437 n; appointment of judges in, 458
— Admiralty Courts, aggressions of, 314, 315, 392, 404, 460
— House of Commons, three parties in, regarding repeal of laws taxing the colonies, 312, 333; fees paid by Dissenters to clerks of, 332; motion in, to repeal taxation of the colonies, 370, 371; Journals of, cited, 22 n, 40 n, 119 n, 123 n
— House of Lords, account of procedure in (March 29, 1673), 120, 121; friends of the colonies in, 308, 310, 326, 329, 342, 344, 350, 351, 353, 358; form of petition of Stamp Act Congress objected to in, 312, 313; harsh resolves taken by, against the colonies, 349, 350, 359, 360; resolves of, passed by the Commons, 355, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362; Journals of, cited, 39 n, 40 n, 119 n; Manuscripts of, cited, 119 n
— Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs, 407; petition of Gov. Bernard referred to, 390; their action regarding the date of Gov. Bernard’s trial, 394, 395; De Berdt’s petition to, for further postponement of the trial, 400, 401; their action on this petition, 401; De Berdt’s memorial to, 402, 403
— Lords of the Treasury, De Berdt’s memorial to, 404, 405; action of, on this memorial, 406
— Mutiny Bill (1769), 362, 366, 368, 370, 376
— Parliament, trade with Bermuda prohibited by, 54; Test Act introduced into, 119; discussion regarding this Act, 119; royal assent given to it, 121; reward offered by, for discovery of method of determining longitude, 196; recommends indemnification for Stamp Act riots, 322, 326; repeal of English laws possible only through action of, 337, 339, 340
— Privy Council, 410 n; disallows Act of Massachusetts House regarding compensation for Stamp Act riots, 323 n; proceedings of, on the petition of Gov. Bernard, 390; on the petition of De Berdt, 394; in the matter of charges against Gov. Bernard, 407–410; De Berdt’s petition to, 400; notice issued by, 401; De Berdt’s memorial to, 402
— Public Record Office, v, 19 n, 33 n, 431 n. See also Manchester Papers
— Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Reports of, cited, 17 n, 19 n, 21 n, 30 n, 32 n, 35 n, 36 n, 37 n, 38 n, 44 n, 45 n, 47 n, 119 n, 324 n, 396 n, 431 n
— Statutes of the Realm, cited, 123 n
Greele, Maria Antoinette (Paine), wife of Samuel, 253
— Samuel, 253
Green, Bartholomew, printer, 211, 212, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 253
— Charles Montraville, M.D., xvi
— Samuel (d. 1690), printer, 208, 209, 211, 212
— Samuel Swett, A.M., xvi
Greene, David, his part at Harvard College Commencement (1800), 139 n
— John, his historical account of the discovery and settlement of Charlestown, quoted, 330
Greenlaw, William Prescott, 145 n
Greenleaf, S., 157 n
Greenough, Charles Pelham (H. C. 1864), 156 n
Greenwich, 145 n
Greer, Amy, 294 n
— Jane. See De Berdt
Grenville, George, 312, 318, 318 n
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 170
Greville, Robert, second Baron Brooke, 207 n
Grey, Anchitell, his Debates of the House of Commons, cited, 119 n, 120 n
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark, v, xviii; Letter Book of Dennys De Berdt communicated by, 293
Grosart, Alexander Balloch, his edition of the Complete Works of John Davies of Hereford, cited, 233 n
Grow, Thomas, 279
Guilford Historical Society, Guilford, Ct., 268
H., B., 214 n. See also Harris, Benjamin
Hackett, Hon. Frank Warren, A.M., xviii
Hackney, Eng., St. John’s Church, 171
Haddock, Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Nicholas. See Holworthy
— Admiral Nicholas, 174
Hadlet, Arthur Twining, LL.D., xviii
Hague Conference (1611), 65, 66, 66 n, 67
Hale, Rev. Edward, A.B., xvi
Halifax, Earl of. See Dunk, George Montagu
Halifax, Nova Scotia, fund collected for support of Dissenting ministers in, 376 n
Hall, Anna (Thornton), wife of Nathaniel, 245
— David Brainard, his Halls of New England, cited, 244 n
— Rev. Edward Henry, D.D., xvi; his paper on Relations between the First Church of Hartford and the First Church in Cambridge, 273–277
— Edwin Herbert, 181
— Capt. James, 370 n
— John, 244
— Nathaniel, son of John, 244; bond given by, 242, 243; his allowance for wounds received in Indian fights, 245, 246, 247; given a monopoly of liquor-selling in Yarmouth, 245; this privilege withdrawn, 247 n; his skill as a physician, 246, 247; his later military service, 246, 247; his difficulty in collecting his dues, 246, 247; his places of residence after leaving Yarmouth, 246, 247
Halley, Edmund, his hypothesis regarding the magnetic poles, 188, 189, 191
Hallowell, Benjamin, Jr., 349, 349 n
Halsey, Sir John, 162
— Judith, daughter of Sir John. See Barkham; Holworthy
Halworthy. See Holworthy
Hambleton, Bermuda, 31 n
Hammatt Papers, cited, 250 n
Hancock, Dorothy (Quincy), wife of John, 332 n. See also Scott
— John, Governor of Massachusetts, 126, 126 n, 299 n, 301, 332 n; offers to build a fence around Harvard College buildings, 112; this fence not built by him, 113; strained relations between Harvard College and, 112, 113; De Berdt’s letter to, 343; seizure of his sloop Liberty, 349 n
Hanna, Charles Augustus, 278; his Scotch Irish, cited, 16 n
Hanover, House of, 438
Harard, Nathaniel, 418
Hardy, William John. See Gee, Henry
Harleian Society, Publications of, cited, 170 n, 294 n
Harris, Benjamin, his connection with Tulley’s Almanacks, 208, 210, 211, 213, 213 n, 214, 214 n, 215, 216, 217, 217 n
— Edward Doubleday, his William and Anne Robinson of Dorchester, cited, 98 n
— William, his Historical and Critical Account of Hugh Peters, cited, 69 n
Harrison, John, Governor of Bermuda, 18 n, 19 n
— William Henry, President, 104 n
Hart, William Henry, 152
Hartford, Ct., name changed from Newtown to, 274 n
— First Church, paper regarding Relations between the First Church of Hartford and the First Church in Cambridge, by Rev. E. H. Hall, 273–277; Rev. T. Hooker and his congregation establish, 273, 274, 275; celebrates its 250th anniversary, 276; covenant of, not extant, 276; later Confession of Faith in, 277
Harvard Book, cited, 160 n
Harvard Club, New York City, lottery tickets in, 159 n
Harvard College, photographs of foundation walls of possible early buildings of, exhibited by W. C. Lane, 74; tribute paid by, to memory of Washington, 110, 111; J. Hancock’s offer to build a fence around, 112, 113; strained relations between J. Hancock and, 112, 113; broadside containing Questiones pro modulo Discutiendæ (1758), exhibited, 133; A. H. Nichols’s paper on the Bells of, 133, 133 n; honorary degree given, and address presented to Washington by, 134, 134 n; an account of the exercises at, on death of Washington, 134–139; these exercises printed in two forms, 135, 135 n; Sir M. Holworthy’s bequest to, 153, 160, 174, 177, 177 n; H. Henley’s bequest to, 174; Lely’s portraits of Sir M. and Lady Holworthy, bought for, 174, 175; portrait of Rev. S. Willard presented to, 253; Day of Judgment acted by students of, 320, 320 n; two medals recently given to, exhibited, 462
— College Books, cited, 113 n, 115 n, 153 n, 174 n, 289 n
— College Records, cited, 160 n
— Fogg Art Museum, v, 175, 181 n
— Holworthy Hall, origin of the name, 153, 160; completion of, 154, 159; transmittendum in, 160 n; its alleged harsh name, 180 n
— Law School, services of J. B. Ames in, 75, 76, 78; C. C. Langdell introduces case system of teaching law into, 76, 77, 78; growth of, 80 n
— Library, v, 61 n, 64 n, 66 n, 67 n, 208 n; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69; Willard manuscripts acquired by, 112, 113; Chauncy Papers lent to, 139; meeting of this Society in Treasure Room of, 147; list of lottery prizes in, 156 n; lottery tickets in, 159, 159 n; copies of Tulley’s Almanacks in, 211; early gift of books to, 289
— Lottery, 154, 154 n, 156, 156 n, 157, 158, 159, 181 n
— President and Fellows, 82; vote of, regarding J. Q. Adams, 115
— Stoughton Hall, money for building of, raised by lottery, 155
— University Hall, 181 n
Harvard Law Review, founding of, 78; cited, 80 n
Harvard Law School Association, organization of, 78
Hassam, John Tyler, 64 n
Hauck, Albert, His Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche, cited, 64 n, 66 n
Haugh, Atherton, mayor of Boston, Eng., 94; obliged to flee to New England, 95
Havana, Cuba, taken by the British, 425, 425 n
Haven, Samuel Foster (H. C. 1852), mention of News from the Moon in his catalogue of Ante-Revolutionary Publications, 13; his confusion between News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, and New News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, 13, 15
Haviland, Mary, daughter of Matthew. See Holworthy
— Matthew, 161
Hawke, Sir Edward, first Baron Hawke, 407
Hawkins, Thomas, 93
Hayley, George (d. 1781), 343, 343 n
— Mary (Wilkes) Storke, wife of George, 343 n
Hayward, John, 251
Heathcote, Elizabeth (Holworthy), wife of Samuel, 174
— Samuel, 174
Heberden, Charles Buller, Principal of Brasenose College, 166 n
Heckewelder, Rev. John, his Historical Account of the Indian Nations, quoted, 265
Helyer, Rev. Jonathan, 238, 238 n
Henchman, Richard, letter of, to Rev. I. Mather, quoted, 245
Henley, Andrew (d. 1631), son of Robert (d. 1614), 166, 170 n
— Sir Andrew (d. 1675), son of Robert (d. 1656), 167, 167 n, 170 n
— Anne (Eldred), wife of Robert (d. 1656), 170 n
— Anne (Truebody), first wife of Robert (d. 1614), 170 n
— Dorothy (Sandford), wife of Andrew (d. 1631), 170 n
— Elizabeth (Freake), second wife of Robert (d. 1614), 170 n
— George, 170 n
— Henry (d. 1638), son of Robert (d. 1614), 170 n
— Henry (d. 1695), of Leigh, Somerset, son of Henry (d. 1638), 153, 170, 170 n, 172, 180, 181 n
— Henry, of Colway and Lyme Regis, Dorset, son of Henry (d. 1695) of Leigh, a benefactor of Harvard College, 174, 181 n
— Mary, daughter of Robert (d. 1656). See Holworthy
— Robert (d. 1614), son of George, 170 n
— Robert (d. 1656), son of Andrew (d. 1631), 168, 169, 170 n; petition of Sir M. and Mary Holworthy against, 166, 167
— Susan (Morridge), wife of Henry of Leigh, 170 n
— Susanna, daughter of Henry of Leigh. See Holworthy
— Susanna (Bragge), wife of Henry (d. 1638), 170 n
Hennessy, George, his Novum Repertorium, cited, 40 n
Henry VIII, King of England, 350, 461
Henry (d. 1612), Prince of Wales, 233
Henry de Newburgh, 125
Henshaw, Joshua, 352
Herbert, William, bookseller, 293 n
Hertford, Marquis of. See Seymour, William
Hervey, George William, second Earl of Bristol, 407
Het, Mary. See Smith
Hewatt, Rev. Alexander, his History of South Carolina, quoted, 195; cited, 195 n
Hewes, Rev. Lewes. See Hughes
Hicks, Rev. George, Dean of Worcester, 248
— Rev. John, his execution, 248
— Mary, daughter of Rev. John. See Brown
Higginson, Henry Lee, LL.D., xvi
Higinbotham, Rev. Robert, 278
Hiles, John, 382
Hill, Adams Sherman, LL.D., death of, xix
— Arthur Dehon, 181
— Wills, second Viscount Hillsborough and first Marquis of Down-shire, 338, 338 n, 339, 340, 344, 345, 345 n, 348, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 357, 359, 368, 373, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 384, 385, 395, 396, 406, 407; appointed Secretary of State for America, 330, 331; not over-friendly to the colonies, 330; his attitude regarding right of taxation in the colonies, 332, 335; questions De Berdt’s authority as agent, 334, 341; displeased by circular letter of the Massachusetts House, 336, 342, 371; favors repeal of taxation laws, 337, 351; his attitude toward the petition of the Boston Convention, 345, 347, 349; controversy regarding delivery of Massachusetts House petition to, 364, 365, 369, 370; his views regarding the attitude of the British government toward the colonies, 366, 367; his misapprehension regarding discontent in the colonies, 372; his apparent designs against the colony charters, 374, 375, 392; De Berdt’s letters to, 383; De Berdt presents his original appointment from Delaware to, 383; his sympathies with Gov. Bernard, 386; opposes removing duty on tea, 399
Hilliard, William, printer, 159
Hillsborough, Earl of. See Hill, Wills
Hilton, Gustavus Arthur, LL.B., xvi
Hinds, Susannah. See Calhoon
Hingham, early physicians in, 247; History of, cited, 247 n
Historical Magazine, cited, 97 n
Historical societies, delegates to seventh convention of State and local, 182
Hoar, Col. Jonathan (1720–1771), 377, 377 n, 378
Holden, Edward Singleton, LL.D., xviii
Hollis, Thomas (1659–1731), 160
— Thomas (1720–1774), 420, 420 n, 421
Hollowell. See Hallowell
Holworthy, —, first wife of John (d. 1602), 161
— daughter of Richard (d. 1645). See Cam
— Agnes, daughter of John (d. 1566), 161
— Ann, daughter of Richard (d. 1645). See Launce
— Ann, daughter of Richard (d. 1665), 162, 171
— Anne (d. 1732), daughter of John, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162
— Anne (Proby), wife of John, son of Richard (d. 1645), 161, 162
— Christian, daughter of John (d. 1566), 161, 175, 176
— Desborough, son of Matthew (d. 1728), 174
— Elizabeth, daughter of John (d. 1602), 161
— Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew (d. 1723). See Heathcote
— Elizabeth (Desborough), wife of Matthew (d. 1728), 173, 174
— Elizabeth (Haddock), wife of Samuel (d. 1804), 174
— Frederic Matthew Richard, 161, 161 n, 170 n, 174, 174 n, 175, 175 n, 177 n
— George, son of Richard (d. 1665), 162, 170, 172, 179
— Grace, second wife of John (d. 1602), 161
— Helen, daughter of John (d. 1566), 161
— Hellenice, daughter of John (d. 1602), 161
— Herbert Fleetwood, 174
— James, son of John (d. 1602), 161, 168 n
— John (d. 1566), 161; will of, 175–176
— John (d. 1602), son of John (d. 1566), 161
— John, son of Richard (d. 1645), 161, 162, 164, 165, 168, 170, 179
— John, son of Richard (d. 1665), 162, 171, 179
— John, son of John, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162, 179
— Joseph, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162, 168
— Judith (Halsey) Barkham, wife of John, son of John, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162
— Lucy (Jervoice), second wife of Sir Matthew, 169
— Margaret, daughter of John (d. 1602), 161
— Mary, daughter of Richard (d. 1645). See Maddock
— Mary (Fownes), second wife of Richard (d. 1645), 161, 162, 163, 164; her petition against Sir M. Holworthy, 168
— Mary (Haviland), first wife of Richard (d. 1645), 161
— Mary (Henley), first wife of Sir Matthew, 170 n; petition of Sir M. Holworthy and, against R. Henley, 166, 167
— Mary (Strode), wife of Richard (d. 1665), 162, 171; Pepy’s estimates of, 172, 173. See also Strode
— Sir Matthew, son of Richard (d. 1645), paper on Sir Matthew and Lady Holworthy, 153–181, his bequest to Harvard College, 153, 160, 174, 177, 177 n; Holworthy Hall named for, 153, 160; J. Quincy’s account of, 161; his petition against R. Henley, 166, 167; reproduction of portrait of, 166; petition of his stepmother against, 168; debt of R. Henley and, to Sir W. Paston, 168, 169; his petition regarding the cargo of the ship George, 169; his second marriage, 169; his petition against H. Williams and son, 169, 170; his third marriage, 170, 170 n; his death, 171; his will, 171, 171 n, 176–180; his descendants, 173, 174; Lely’s portrait of, bought for Harvard College, 174, 174 n, 175, 175 n
— Matthew (d. 1728), son of Sir Matthew, 171, 173, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180
— Matthew, son of Matthew (d. 1728), 174
— Nathaniel, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162
— Nicholas, son of John (d. 1602), 161
— Philip, son of John (d. 1566), 161
— Prudence, daughter of Richard (d. 1615). See Crofts
— Rebecca, daughter of Richard (d. 1665), 162, 171, 172
— Richard (d. 1645), son of John (d. 1602), 161, 163, 164, 165, 168; sketch of, 162, 162 n; his will, 166, 166 n
— Richard (d. 1665), son of Richard (d. 1645), 161, 162, 169, 179; petition regarding his estate, 171, 172; his death, 172, 172 n
— Robert (d. 1601), son of John (d. 1566), 161, 161 n, 176
— Robert, emigrant to America (1671), 161 n
— Samuel, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162
— Samuel (d. 1804), known as Samuel Smith, son of Susanna Holworthy (d. 1721) and Samuel Heathcote, 174
— Sarah, daughter of Richard (d. 1645), 162
— Susanna (d. 1721), daughter of Matthew (d. 1728), 174
— Susanna (Henley), third wife of Sir Matthew, 153, 170, 170 n, 172, 177, 179, 180, 181 n; reproduction of Lely’s portrait of, 170; administration of her estate, 171; Lely’s portrait of, bought for Harvard College, 174, 175
— Thomas, son of Richard (d. 1645), 162
— pedigree, 175 n
Hondius, Jodocus, 228
Hone, William, 267
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, 94, 225, 225 n; his brief stay at Cambridge, 273; his departure for Hartford, 273, 274, 275; his letter to Winthrop, cited, 274 n
Hopper, John, 125
Horn-books, one exhibited by E. P. Merritt, 266, 266 n; rarity of specimens of, 267, 268; some examples of, 267, 268; early use of the term, 267; period of their use, 267; only known copies of, in America, 268
Horrocks, Rev. Thomas, 40 n
Hosmer, James Kendall, LL.D., xviii
Hotten, John Camden, 170 n; his Original Lists, mentioned, 52; cited, 52 n, 67 n, 92 n
Household, Thomas, 169
Hovell, Dennis De Berdt, son of Thomas, 301
— Mary (De Berdt), wife of Thomas, 305 n
— Thomas, 305 n
Howe, John, printer, 140, 144; his Almanac, 140 n
— Mark Antony De Wolfe, A.M., xvii; elected a Resident Member, 224; accepts, 254
— Richard, first Earl Howe, 292, 293, 293 n
Hubbard, Margaret (Rogers), first wife of Rev. William, 250
— Mary Pearce, second wife of Rev. William, 250
— William, 250
— Rev. William (H. C. 1642), son of William, 243; settled in Ipswich, 250; his History of the Indian Wars, 250; his History of New England, 250; cited, 274 n; his two marriages, 250
Hughes, Rev. Lewes, minister in Bermuda, 17 n, 18 n, 19 n, 20 n, 21, 21 n, 49, 49 n; form of service used by, 19, 19 n, 20
Hughson, David, his London, cited, 171
Hull, John, 249; his Diary, quoted, 94
Hume, David, 457
Humfrey, John, his letters to Gov. Winthrop regarding Rev. W. Ames, 64, 65
Humphreys, David, his Address to the Armies of the United States of America, quoted, 106; his Miscellaneous Works, cited, 106 n
— John, Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts, his library, 289, 290, 291; his dwelling-place, 289, 290
Hunt, Gaillard, 294
Hurd, Hon. Francis William, A.M., xvii
Hutchinson, Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, 3, 13; his recommendation regarding factious and seditious papers, 2; his History of Massachusetts, cited, 2 n, 339 n
Hyde, Anne, first wife of James II, 121 n
— Douglas, 256 n, 257 n; text and translation of an Irish poem from his MacTernan Prize Essay on Gaelic Poetry, 257, 258; his letter regarding T. O’Meehan, 258, 259
INDIAN Charity School (afterward Dartmouth College), Lebanon, Ct., 323 n; Brief Narrative of, cited, 298 n; effort to collect funds for, 298, 376, 376 n, 420, 421, 422, 423, 428; efforts to procure a charter for, 298, 410, 411, 412, 417, 419, 428
Indians, missions for, 424. See also Ashpo; Catawba Indians; Cherokee Indians; Delaware Indians; Occom, Sampson; Oneida Indians; Onondaga Indians; Philip, King; Tammany; Tecumseh; White Eyes
Ipswich Historical Society, its edition of Rev. N. Ward’s Simple Cobbler, 41 n
Ireland, sympathy of, with the American Revolution, 126; restraints on trade of American colonies with, removed, 451
Irishmen, petition of, to Gov. Shute, remarks on, by C. K. Bolton, 277–280; reasons for the petition, 277; character of the signatures, 277, 278; identity of some of the signers, 278, 279; text of the petition, 280; lists of signatures, 280–288
J—,—, 318
Jackson, Andrew, President, 101 n; cheese presented to, 270, 270 n
— Richard, 308, 308 n, 309, 313, 313 n, 321, 328, 331, 342 n, 443
— William, 110 n
Jacob, —, 87
Jacobson, Capt. Howard, 314, 314 n
James I, King of England, 163, 230; charter granted to Bermuda Company by, 22 n
James II, King of England, 164; as Duke of York lays down his offices, 121; his two marriages, 121 n
Jameson, John Franklin, LL.D., xviii, 182
Jarvis, Leonard, his account of W. Allston’s poem on the death of Washington, 138, 139, 139 n; his part at Harvard College Commencement (1800), 139 n
Jay, John, 260 n; letter of Washington to, 261, 262; letter of G. Morgan to, 264
Jefferson, Thomas, President, cheese presented to, 270 n
Jeffrey, Mary (Wilkes) Storke Hayley, wife of Patrick, 343 n
— Patrick, 343 n
Jennison, William, 51
Jennour, Rev. Daniel, 40 n
Jenyson. See Jennison
Jersey, Earl of. See Villiers, George Bussy
Jervoice, Lucy, daughter of Richard. See Holworthy
— Richard, 169
Johnson, John, books lent by, 289
— Richard Mentor, 104 n; called Old Tecumseh, 104
Jolly, Capt. James, his observations with the dipping needle, 186, 188
Jones, Arthur, 391
— Cadwallader, 165
— Richard, third Viscount and first Earl of Ranelagh, 121, 121 n
Jonson, Ben, his lines on Shakespeare at beginning of Folio of 1623, 232; Gilford’s edition of his Works, cited, 232 n; J. Davies’s epigrams to, 233
Josephus, 183
Julian, the Apostate, 57
Junius, Letters of, 393, 393 n
Junius Americanus. See Lee, Arthur
KEATH. See Keith
Keener, William Albert, his explanation of the case system of teaching law, 76
Keith, Rev. George, of Bermuda, 18 n
Kelby, William, 97 n
Kellen, William Vail, LL.D., xvii
Keth. See Keith
Killen, Rev. William D., 278
Kilraughts, Ireland, parish of, 278
King, Alice, daughter of John Alsop. See Davis
— John Alsop, 293
— Rufus, 293
Kingsbury, Susan Myrick, her edition of the Records of the Virginia Company, cited, 18 n
Kirkland, Rev. John Thornton, President of Harvard College, 153, 155; his remarks at the annunciation of Holworthy Hall, 154, 159, 160; his letter on the name Holworthy, 180 n
Kittredge, George Lyman, LL.D., ii, xvi, 96, 166 n, 242; his paper on George Stirk, Minister, 16–59; his Note on Dr. William Ames, 60–69; pays tribute to the memory of M. H. Morgan, 118; appointed on Nominating Committee, 133; his remarks on George Stirk (H. C. 1646), 145; presents report of Nominating Committee, 152; communicates an eighteenth century Irish song relating to Washington, 254–259
— Henry Chessman, 160 n
Knowlton, Hon. Marcus Perrin, LL.D., xiv, xvii; elected a Vice-President of this Society, 152
Knox, Henry, 99
LABRADOR, American colonists forbidden to fish off the coast of, 447
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Dumotier, Marquis de, 127
Lake George, Dieskau defeated at, 435, 435 n
La Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de, vote to confer honorary degree upon, by Harvard College, 113
Lamplugh, Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, 124; later Archbishop of York, 124 n
Lance. See Launce
— Gardiner Martin, A.B., xvi
— William Coolidge, A.B., xvi, 147, 153 n, 160 n, 175; exhibits photographs of foundation walls of early buildings in Cambridge, 74; his remarks in communicating letters from Rev. J. Willard to J. Hancock, and from J. Adams to Rev. J. Willard, 112, 113; reads paper by A. H. Nichols, on the Bells of Harvard College, 133; Chauncey Papers described by, 139; exhibits reproductions made by cameragraph, 224; exhibits two medals, 462
Lane, Son, & Fraser, 396 n
Lang, Rev. Samuel, minister in Bermuda, 17 n, 18 n, 19 n, 20; nonconformity of, 21, 21 n
Langdell, Christopher Columbus, case system introduced into Harvard Law School by, 76, 77; resigns as Dean of the Law School, 78; J. B. Ames’s tribute to, 79
Last Report of the English Wars, cited, 69 n
Lathrop, Hon. John, LL.D., xix; death of, announced, 146, 147, 148
Latitude, indication of, in early maps, 226, 227, 228, 228 n, 229
Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, his trouble with Rev. N. Bernard, 22 n; his Troubles and Tryal, cited, 22 n; Rev. T. Welde ejected from his living by, 126
Launce, Ann (Holworthy), wife of James, 161, 168, 179
Leach, Henry Goddard, 254 n
Leacroft, Jane, 56
Lear, Tobias (H. C. 1783), 110 n; letter from Washington to Rev. J. Willard regarding, 110; letter to Rev. J. Willard from, 111, 134
Lebanon, Ct., 298, 323 n, 376 n
Le Despencer, Lord. See Dashwood, Francis
Lee, Arthur, vote to confer honorary degree upon, by Harvard College, 113; his Political Detection, etc., by Junius Americanus, 302 n
— Francis Henry, xvii
— George Henry, third Earl of Lichfield, 407
— Joseph (H. C. 1729), 204 n; R. Clarke’s bequest to, 204
— Sir Thomas, 120
Leech, Rev. William, 278
Lefavour, Henry, LL.D., ii, v, xiv, xv, xvii, 1, 82, 118, 133, 146, 182, 224, 254; elected President of this Society, 152
Lefroy, Sir John Henry, Governor of Bermuda, 67, 68, 68 n; his Memorials of the Bermudas, mentioned, 16, 16 n; cited, 16 n, 17 n, 18 n, 19 n, 20 n, 21 n, 22 n, 23 n, 24 n, 25 n, 26 n, 27 n, 28 n, 29 n, 30 n, 31 n, 32 n, 34 n, 35 n, 36 n, 37 n, 58 n, 39 n, 41 n, 42 n, 43 n, 44 n, 45 n, 46 n, 47 n, 50 n, 51 n, 52 n, 55 n, 56 n, 57 n, 60 n, 61 n, 62 n, 63 n, 68 n; quoted, 52; his error regarding identity of Rev. G. Stirk, 17 n; his edition of N. Butler’s Historye of the Bermudaes ascribes that work to Capt. J. Smith, 17 n
Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 102, 102 n, 103
Legge, Williain, second Earl of Dartmouth, 305 n, 308, 310, 312, 316, 318, 320, 324, 373, 431 n, 433 n, 439 n, 445 n; his favorable attitude toward the colonies, 309, 358; loyalty of the colonies to, 319; favors indemnity by the colonies for Stamp Act riots, 322, 444; De Berdt’s letters to, regarding restrictions on the trade of the colonies, 431–442, 441–116; his resignation as Secretary for the colonies, 445
— William Heneage, sixth Earl of Dartmouth, v; letters of Dennys De Berdt in library of, 293, 431 n
Leigh, John, dedication to Washington of his Experimental Inquiry, etc., 109
Lely, Sir Peter, 174
Lennox, Charles, third Duke of Richmond, 322, 349, 359, 446
Lenox Library, 227, 228 n; possibly unique copy of News from the Moon owned by, 4; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Leonard, Elizabeth (Caswell), wife of Uriah, 243
— Henry, 243
— Uriah, son of James, bond signed by, 242, 243; attacked by Indians, 243, 244
— family, iron works established by, 243; King Philip’s friendship with, 243
Lesley, —, 426
Letter to an eminent Clergyman, B. Gray’s prosecution for publishing, 4, 13
Leverett, Anne, wife of Thomas, 95
— Anne, daughter of Thomas, 95
— George Vasmer, A.M., xiv, xvi, 149; vote of thanks from this Society to, 118; elected a Member of the Council, 152
— Jane, daughter of Thomas, 95
— John, Governor of Massachusetts, 95
— Thomas (d. 1650), a ruling elder of the First Church in Boston, 87, 90, 95; serves as selectman, 90, 95; on board of conciliation, 90, 91; on special commission regarding Mt. Wollaston, 91; required to help draw up a catechism, 91; his early life in England, 94; arrives with his family in Boston, 95; his house, 95; his death, 95
Leycroft, —, wife of Richard, 45
— Richard, chosen a member of the Bermuda Council, 35, 45; signs letters in favor of Gov. Bell, 35 n
Leyden, University of, J. Q. Adams matriculates at, 115
Libel, prosecutions for, by the provincial government of Massachusetts, 2
Libraries, early New England, communication on, by J. H. Tuttle, 288–292; mostly in the hands of ministers, 288; lending of books from, 288, 289; some owners of, 289; character of books in, 291, 292
Library of Congress, v, 3 n, 208 n, 260, 260 n, 294; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69; copies of Tulley’s Almanacks in, 209, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222; Letter Book of Dennys De Berdt given to, 293
Lichfield, Earl of. See Lee, George Henry
Limborch, Philipp van, his Historia Vitae Simonis Episcopii, cited, 65 n, 66 n; his Relatio Historica de Origine & Progressu Controversiarum, etc., 66 n; his Prætantium ac Eruditorum Virorum Epistoke, cited, 66 n; his biography of Episcopius, cited, 66 n
Lincoln, Francis Henry, A.M., xvi
— Waldo, A.B., xvi
Lincoln, Bishop of. See Neile, Richard
Liquors, effect on American colonies of duty on, 429
Litchfield, Earl of. See Lichfield
Little London Directory, 1677, 170 n
Littlefield, George Emery, his Early Schools and School-Books, cited, 268
Livermore, William Roscoe, 181
Lloyd, John, one of O’Meehan’s poems prefixed to his Short Tour, 255
Lodowick, Charles, his New-England Almanack (1695), 217
London, Eng., directory of (1677), 170, 170 n; curves showing secular change in magnetic declination and dip at, 184; observation with the dipping needle art, 191; merchants of, cause of American colonies espoused by, 308, 315, 325; petition of, 310; remonstrance of Philadelphia merchants to, 353, 353 n, 354, 355; committee of, join in applying for repeal of colonial tax laws, 355, 359, 361, 362, 364, 397, 398, 399
— Church of St. Dunstan, 233, 234 n
— Dutch Church in Austin Friars, 295, 295 n
— Livery, instructions given to their representatives, 360, 360 n, 361
— Royal Exchange, Sir Thomas Gresham’s, 170, 171
— St. Antholin’s, 22 n
— St. Giles in the Fields, 234
— St. Sepulchre’s, 22 n
London, Bishop of. See Gibson, Edmund
London Chronicle, 300 n
London Magazine, 425 n
Londonderry, N. H., Irish immigration to, 279
Longitude, determination of, at sea, by means of magnetic declination, 183; W. Whiston’s experiments regarding, 185–188; his theory regarding, 186, 189; reward offered for discovery of method to determine, 196; indicated in Champlain’s map of New France (1613), 226, 228; that of Boston reckoned from this map, 226; indicated in Capt. John Smith’s map of New England, 227, 228, 229; in his map of Virginia, 229; on map in Wood’s New Englands Prospect, 229; improved methods of ascertaining, 231
Lord, Arthur, A.B., xvii
Lord’s Supper. See Sacraments
Loring, Augustus Peabody, LL.B., xvii
Lothrop, Thornton Kirkland, A.M., xvii
Lotteries, legislation against, in Massachusetts, 154; legislation authorizing, 154, 154 n, 155; money raised by, for Harvard College, 154, 154 n, 155, 156, 156 n, 157, 158, 159; advertisements of, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159; pamphlets containing fists of prizes and fortunate numbers in, 156 n, 157 n
Lottery tickets, 157 n, 159, 159 n, 181 n; facsimile of one, 159
Louis XIII, King of France, Ferro prescribed as prime meridian by, 227
Louis XIV, King of France, 216, 217
Louis XV, King of France, 416
Louis XVI, King of France, 97, 257, 257 n, 258, 263
Louisburg, Cape Breton, 413; colonial work in the capture of, 435, 448
Love, William De Loss, his Samson Occom, 412 n
Lovett, James D’Wolf, his Old Boston Boys and the Games they Played, 80
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, LL.D., 82, 113 n, 148, 175, 181 n
— Charles, his part at Harvard College Commencement (1800), 139 n
— Hon. Francis Cabot, LL.D., xix; death of, announced, 272; tribute of A. McF. Davis to, 272
Lowell Baseball Club, 80
Lucroft. See Leycroft
Lucy, Sir Thomas, 125
Lumber, duties on American, 428, 429, 430
Luther, Martin 201
Lyde, Capt. Nathaniel Byfield, 357, 357 n
Lyman, Arthur Theodore, A.M., xvi
— Gen. Phineas (1716–1774), 364, 364 n, 428
Lyndhurst, Baron. See Copley, John Singleton, Jr.
Lynsen, Abraham, De Berdt’s letter to, 310
Lysons, Rev. Daniel, 170; his Environs of London, cited, 170 n, 171 n, 173 n
M’CLURE, Rev. David, and Rev. E. Parish, their Memoirs of the Rev. E. Wheelock, mentioned, 412 n; quoted, 413 n, 427–428; cited, 428 n
McCook, Rev. Archibald, 278
McCrady, Edward, his History of South Carolina, cited, 196 n
MacDonnell, Mary Baun, 255
McFaden, Andrew, 279
McGregor, Alexander, 279
— Rev. James, 279
McKean, Rev. Joseph, author of a Sketch of the Character of the late Hon. Robert Treat Paine, 252
— Thomas (1734–1817), 326 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 326, 399
McKeen, James, 279
McKenzie, Rev. Alexander, 277; his First Church in Cambridge, cited, 277 n
Maddock, —, 161
— Mary (Holworthy), 161, 178, 179
Magazines, difference between newspapers and, 69
Magna Charta, 437
Magnetic poles, W. Whiston’s location of, 191; method of calculating distances from, 192
Maitland, Willam, his History and Survey of London, cited, 171
Man, Francis, 168
— James, 168
Manchester Papers cited, 17 n, 19 n, 20 n, 21 n, 23 n, 30 n, 32 n, 33 n, 35 n, 36 n, 37 n, 38 n, 42 n, 44 n, 45 n, 47 n, 48 n, 63 n; mentioned, 32, 36
Marcellus, Bishop of Ancyra, 201
Marick. See Merrick
Marine time-keepers, 197
Marshall, Thomas, 91
Martinique, West Indies, taken by the British, 422, 422 n
Martyn, Edward, 292
Marvin, George, will of, 39 n
Mary II, Queen of England, 214 n
Mary of Modena, Queen of James II of England, 121 n
Masell. See Mousall
Mason, Charles Frank, A.B., xvi
Massachusetts, De Berdt’s opposition to a paper currency in, 328, 453; charter of, threatened, 340, 392; cause of its rigorous treatment by England, 371, 372
— Archives, 293; cited, 290 n, 292 n, 302 n, 303 n, 308 n, 309 n, 322 n, 325 n, 326 n, 337 n, 338 n, 340 n, 346 n, 360 n, 363 n, 367 n, 446 n, 453 n, 454 n; quoted, 302; letters of Dennys De Berdt in, 293
— Colony Records, cited, 68 n, 218 n, 274 n
— Committee of Correspondence, 366
— Council, portrait of De Berdt presented to, 302, 303; portrait accepted by, 303, 304; petition of, to George III, 347, 348, 353; Records of, quoted, 303, 304; cited, 304 n
— General Court, Acts for suppressing lotteries passed by, 154; Acts authorizing lotteries passed by, 154, 154 n, 155; Rev. J. Wheelwright banished by, 93; ordered dissolved, 336; dissolved by Gov. Bernard, 348, 350, 354, 357
— House, libellous publication against, 2, 13; alleged proceedings of, against publisher and printer of New News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, 3, 12; sobriquet applied to George III by, 99 n; appoints De Berdt its agent in London, 294, 295, 290, 299 n, 303, 307, 308, 310, 311, 377, 378, 379; Journals of, quoted, 295, 296, 299 n, 301, 302, 322 n, 325 n, 327 n, 333 n, 338 n; cited, 301 n, 302 n, 313 n, 445 n; grants and votes of thanks to De Berdt from, 301, 302, 309, 321, 325, 333, 341, 342, 343, 452; address of, to George III, 319, 320, 321; misunderstanding between Gov. Bernard and, 321, 334; its action regarding indemnification for Stamp Act riots, 322, 322 n, 323 n, 326, 444; this action disallowed by the Privy Council, 323 n; thanks of, voted to Lords Shelburne and Dartmouth, G. Cooke and others, 324, 325, 326, 445, 445 n, 446; petitions of, to George III, 330, 331, 332, 335, 338, 338 n, 341, 344, 345, 350, 364, 365, 369, 370, 378, 379, 380, 444, 446; circular letter from, to the other provinces, 336, 339, 340, 340 n, 371; order for rescinding this letter, 336, 341, 342; De Berdt seeks to prove allegations of, against Gov. Bernard, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 397; its charges against Bernard dismissed, 410; Extracts from a Letter of, to their agent Dennys De Berdt, printed, with additions, by De Berdt, 395, 395 n, 396, 397, 398, 399, 455–461
— Laws of the Commonwealth of, cited, 155 n
— Province Laws, cited, 154 n, 218 n, 247 n, 322 n, 323 n, 326 n
— State House, De Berdt’s portrait in Council Chamber of, 32
— State Library, New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Massachusetts Centinel, 304 n
Massachusetts Gazette, 338 n
Massachusetts Historical Society, v, 53, 113 n, 207, 208 n, 227, 293, 296 n, 299 n, 448 n, 451 n, 452 n, 454 n; Collections of, cited, 41 n, 53 n, 61 n, 64 n, 65 n, 67 n, 97 n, 244 n, 289 n, 290 n, 302 n, 307 n, 313 n; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69; Proceedings of, cited, 98 n, 215 n, 266 n, 313 n; copies of Tulley’s Almanacks in, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222; letters of Dennys De Berdt in, 293
Massachusetts Papers, cited, 296 n, 299 n, 307, 307 n, 342 n, 345 n, 349 n, 384 n, 385 n, 389 n, 442 n, 445 n, 448 n, 450 n, 454 n
Massachusetts State Papers. See Bradford, Alden
Mather, Rev. Cotton, son of Rev. Increase, 276, 289; not the author of A Brief Account of the State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, 4 n; his Magnalia, cited, 39 n, 273 n, 274 n, 275 n, 276 n, 277 n; his account of being presented with some of Rev. C. Chauncy’s books, 139, 140; his Old Pathes Restored, reprinted by W. Whiston, 193, 197; Whiston’s Preface to this edition, 193, 200–203; copies of this work, 197, 200 n; title-page and collation of the Boston edition, 198, 198 n; part of this work reprinted from A Seasonable Testimony, 198; title-page and collation of this work, 199; part of his Old Pathes Restored reprinted from a section of his Man of God Furnished, 199; title and collation of the London reprint of Old Pathes Restored, 199, 200; his correspondence with Whiston, 197, 203; his fear of distribution of Pelagian books, 199; his Diary, quoted, 203; his unpublished work against Whiston (Goliathus detruncatus), 203, 204; advertisement of his Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion, 213; of his Wonders of the Invisible World, 213; of his Great Examples of Judgment and Mercy, 218; of his Pillars of Salt and his Decennium Luctuosum, 220; his statements regarding Rev. T. Hooker, 273; regarding Rev. T. Shepard’s coming to Cambridge, 274, 275
— Rev. Increase, son of Richard, 53, 66 n; his Discourse proving that the Christian Religion is the only true Religion, 223; letter of R. Henchman to, quoted, 245; character of his library, 288; his catalogue of this library, mentioned, 288, 289
— Richard, books borrowed by, 289
— Rev. Samuel, son of Rev. Cotton, 66 n; his Life of C. Mather, quoted, 197, 203, 204; cited, 204 n
Matthews, Albert, A.B., ii, v, xiv, xv, xvi, 11, 13, 148, 183, 195 n, 204, 257 n; describes differences between London and Edinburgh editions of A Review of the State of the British Nation, 15; his lists of New England magazines of the eighteenth century, 69–74; his remarks on Washington’s birthday in 1779–1782, 96–99; on the sobriquet favorite son, 99–109; his paper on A Sacrament Certificate, 119–126; his communication regarding the Shakespearean Society, 126–128; his communication regarding the exercises at Harvard College on the death of Washington, 134–139; his paper on Sir Matthew and Lady Holworthy, 153–181; announces discovery of a copy of The American Monitor, 182, 182 n; communicates a paper by A. B. Page, 207; speaks of congratulatory address to Washington by an Irish Club, 259; on Col. G. Morgan, 265–266; communicates Letters of Dennys De Berdt, 1757–1770, 293; his sketch of De Berdt, 293–307
Mercator, Geraard, his Historia Mundi, or Mercator’s Atlas, 228
Meredith, Capt. Samuel, 298 n
Merrick, Anna (Wilbore), second wife of Stephen, 244
— George Byron, his Merrick Genealogy, cited, 244 n
— Mary (Bangs), first wife of Stephen, 244
— Stephen, son of William, bond given by, 242, 243; sketch of, 244
— William, 244
Merritt, Edward Percival, A.B., v, xvii, 181; sacrament certificate belonging to, exhibited, 124; elected a Resident Member, 223; accepts, 224; his remarks in exhibiting a horn-book, 266–267
Meteorology, early contribution to the study of, in America, 208, 210, 221, 222
Michel, Capt. —, 188
Middlesex, Eng., petition of freeholders of (1769), introducing American affairs, 373, 375
Middleton, —, 249
— John, 24 n
Milles, Rev. Daniel, 173
Mills. See Milles
Milton, celebrations of Washington’s birthday at (1779–1782), 96, 97–99
Ministers, libraries of, in early New England days, 288
Minns, Thomas, xiv, xvi, 149; vote of thanks from this Society to, 118
Molasses, exorbitant duties on, 314, 315, 429, 432, 433
Molyneaux, Samuel, 191
Monette, John Wesley, his History of the Valley of the Mississippi, cited, 266 n
Monroe, James, President, 145 n
Montagu, Frederick (1733–1800), 358, 358 n
— William Drogo, seventh Duke of Manchester. See Manchester Papers
Montgomery, Richard, 97
Moody, Eliezer, 243; sketch of, 251
Moore, Rev. Edward Caldwell, D.D., xvii, 148; accepts Resident Membership, 1
— Rev. George Foot, LL.D., xvii, 181; elected a Resident Member, 146; accepts, 182
Morgan, Rev. Bellingham, a minister in Bermuda, 29, 30 n, 63 n; Rev. G. Stirk’s salary given to, 31 n
— Edward Delmar, articles by, cited, 17 n
— George, agent for Indian affairs, 265 n; letter to Washington from, regarding visit of Delaware chiefs, 260, 261; letter to J. Jay from, 264; an ancestor of M. H. Morgan, 265, 266; nickname of Tammany conferred upon, by Indians, 265, 266; decline of his friendship with Washington, 266; becomes involved in Spanish intrigues, 266
— John Pierpont, LL.D., xviii; elected an Honorary Member, 223; accepts, 224
— John Pierpont, Jr., 175.
— Morris Hicket, LL.D., death of, announced, 118, 147; a descendant of Col. George Morgan, 265, 266
Morgann, Maurice (1726–1802), 305 n, 453, 453 n
Morison, James, 279
Morning Chronicle, London, 305 n
Morridge, Susan. See Henley
Morse, James, his part at Harvard College Commencement (1800), 139 n
— Jedidiah, 135 n
Morton, Rev. Charles, 248
— Hon. James Madison, LL.D., xvi
Mount Wollaston, 273
Muir, —, 426, 426 n. See Buell, Rev. Samuel
Mullens, Robert, 176
Mullinger, James Bass, his article on Rev. W. Ames, 64 n
Munroe, Oliver &, 156 n
Murdock, Harold, xvii; appointed on Auditing Committee, 133; signs report of this Committee, 152
Murray, —, of New York, Quaker, 396, 398
— James (1712–1794), Governor of Canada, 387, 387 n
— Sir James Augustus Henry, 267
Muskett, Joseph James, 140 n
NAPOLEON I, 270
Narrative and Critical History of America, 299 n, 307, 380 n
Narratives of Early Virginia, cited, 229 n
Nash, Francis Philip, LL.D., death of, xix
Nation, The, phrase favorite son attacked by, 100, 100 n
Neile, Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, 94
Neill, Edward Duffield, his History of the Virginia Company, cited, 18 n; his English Colonization of America, cited, 18 n, 29 n, 61 n; his Virginia Vetusta, cited, 17 n, 18 n, 19 n, 53 n
— Rev. Henry, 278
Neilson, Rev. Robert, 278
Nesmith, James, 279
Nethenus, Matthias, Rev. W. Ames’s Latin Works edited by, 64, 04 n, 66 n, 67, 67 n, 68 n
Newcastle, Duke of. See Clinton, Henry Fiennes
Newcourt, Richard, his Repertorium, cited, 39 n, 40 n
Newell, Rev. William, his Discourses and Poems, cited, 275 n
New England, Rev. T. Welde’s description of, 129–131; early fairs in, 218, 218 n; earliest guide for travellers in, 219, 220; different impressions of Capt. J. Smith’s map of, 227, 228, 229; longitude reckoned from St. Michael’s in this map of, 228, 229, 231; communication by J. H. Tuttle regarding early libraries in, 288–292
New-England Almanack (1695), 217
New England Gazette, 225
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 175 n; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 133 n; cited, 40 n, 64 n, 98 n, 210 n, 243 n, 249 n, 289 n
New England magazines of the eighteenth century, lists of, by A. Matthews, 69–74
New France, Champlain’s maps of, 226, 228
New Hampshire Historical Society, v, 277 n
New Jersey Archives, cited, 99 n, 100 n, 305 n, 306 n, 313 n
New Madrid, Missouri, 266
New News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, 2; alleged proceedings of the Massachusetts House of Representatives against the publisher and printer of, 3, 12; S. F. Haven’s mention of, 13; confusion between News from Robinson Cruso’s Island and, 13
News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, considered a libellous attack on the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1721), 2, 3; Felt’s mention of, 13; confusion between New News from Robinson Cruso’s Island and, 13
News from the Moon, a satirical tract, mentioned by Trumbull and Sabin, 3, 12, 13; attributed to a Boston press, 3, 4; Evans’s characterization of, 3, 4; reference to A Review of the State of the British Nation on title-page of, 3, 4; does not deal with the currency, 3 n; contents of, 4; a virtual transcript of one number of A Review of the State of the British Nation, 5, 6, 10; a reprint of, 6 n; connection of this pamphlet with our local political affairs, 12, 15; Haven’s mention of, 13; B. Gray’s advertisement of, 14; place and date of its publication, 14; the alleged edition of 1772, 15
Newspapers, difference between magazines and, 69; foreign postage on, in colonial days, 343
Newton, Sir Isaac, 194; succeeded by W. Whiston at the University of Cambridge, 193
Newtown. See Cambridge
Newtown, Ct. See Hartford
New York, resolutions of, offensive to the British ministry, 363, 451; legislative power of, suspended, 461
— Assembly, Address of the Democratic Members of, to the Electors of the State (1840), quoted, 101; petition of, to George III, 316, 324; resolve to provide for statues of George III and W. Pitt and a piece of plate for J. Sargent, 318 n, 324, 324 n; action of, regarding compensation for Stamp Act riots, 322
— Colonial Laws, cited, 318 n
— Journal of the Legislative Council, cited, 318 n
New York City, celebration of Washington’s birthday in (1784), 96, 96 n, 97 n; Washington’s reception in (1794), 108
— Presbyterian Church in, petition of, to Moderator and Members of the Church of Scotland, 316, 317
— Public Library, List of Works relating to Money and Banking published in Bulletin of, 4
New York Historical Society, 208 n; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69; copies of Tulley’s Almanacks in, 212
New York Sunday Times, 462
Nicholls, James Fawckner, and John Taylor, their Bristol Past and Present, cited, 162 n, 164 n
Nichols, Arthur Howard his paper on, the Bells of Harvard College, 133, 133 n
Nicholson, Rev. Richard, 40 n
— Rev. Thomas, 40 n
Niles’ Register, cited, 102 n, 103 n, 104 n, 105 n
Noble, John, LL.B., xvii
Norman, Robert, his Newe Attractive, the first work dealing with the dipping feature of the magnetic needle, 192
Norsworthy, Edward, 169
North, Frederick, Lord North, second Earl of Guilford, 336, 407
Norton, Charles Ledyard, his Political Americanisms, 100, 100 n
— Rev. John, his library, 289
— Luke, printer, 207 n
Norwood, Richard, 22 n; his survey of the Bermuda Islands, quoted, 56
Notes and Queries, cited, 38 n, 171 n, 180 n, 360 n
Nova Scotia, 440; first settlers of, 437
Nowell, Increase, 89
Noyes, James Atkins, A.B., xvi
Nutt, Capt. John, a pirate, 162, 163, 163 n
O’BRIEN, Robert Lincoln, 181
Occom, Rev. Samson, an Indian, 323 n, 421, 423, 424, 426; support obtained for his mission, 420, 421, 461 n
O’Daly, John, his Poets and Poetry of Munster, cited, 259 n
Oertel, Hanns, 57 n
Oglethorpe, Gen. James Edward, 438 n
Oil, efforts to remove duty on, 315
Old Tecumseh, sobriquet of R. M. Johnson, 104
Oliver, Anne, first wife of Thomas (b. 1568), 92, 93
— Anne Purchase, second wife of Thomas (6. 1568), 93
— John, 217
— John, son of Thomas (b. 1568), 92
— Nathaniel, son of Thomas (b. 1568), death of, 92, 93
— Thomas (b. 1568), a ruling elder of the First Church in Boston, 87, 89, 90; serves as selectman, 90, 93, 95; on board of conciliation, 90, 91; on special commission regarding Mt. Wollaston, 91; required to help draw up a catechism, 91; emigrates to New England, 92; his place of residence, 92; a chirurgeon, 92, 93, 94; Winthrop’s reference to, 92; disarmed for opposing banishment of Rev. J. Wheelwright, 93; his political leanings, 94; his death, 94; associated with G. Stirk, 96; mural tablet erected to the memory of, 251
— Thomas (b. 1582), 92
Oliver & Munroe, 156 n
Olney, Hon. Richard, LL.D., xvi
O’Looney, Brian, his edition of the Clare Bards, mentioned, 255
O’Meehan, Thomas, allusion to Washington in song by, 255; very little of his verse published, 255; transliteration and translation of the song, 255–257; tune to which the song was sung, 257, 259 n; D. Hyde’s comments on, 258, 259
O’Miodhachain, Thomas. See O’Meehan.
Oneida Indians, 420
Onondaga Indians, 263
Onslow, Arthur (1691–1768), 310, 310 n, 325, 326, 358
— George, first Earl of Onslow, son of Arthur (1691–1768), 319, 324, 324 n, 325, 358
Orcutt, William Dana, his Good Old Dorchester, cited, 98 n
Oresby, Rev. Thomas, 39 n
O’Sullivan, Timothy (Tadhg Gaolach O Suilebháin), Poems of, mentioned, 258
Otis, Amos, his Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, cited, 244 n
— Charles Pomeroy, Champlain’s Vovages translated by, 227 n
— James, 295, 298, 301, 387, 398, 442 n; his Life by W. Tudor, cited, 299 n; mentioned, 307; De Berdt’s letters to, 312, 317, 321, 378, 386, 391, 405; disapproved by Gov. Bernard as Speaker, 320 n; J. Robinson’s assault on, 386, 386 n
Overton, Henry, 207 n
— Rev. John Henry, his Life in the English Church, quoted, 121 n
— Rebecca, 291
Owen, William, 240
Oxford English Dictionary, 267
P., H., 207 n. See Peters, Rev. Hugh
Page, Alfred Baylies, his paper on John Tulley’s Almanacks, 1687–1702, 207–223
Paige, Rev. Lucius Robinson, his History of Cambridge, cited, 112 n
Paine, Maria Antoinette, daughter of Robert Treat (H. C. 1749). See Greele
— Mary, daughter of Robert Treat (H. C. 1749). See Clapp
— Nathaniel, A.M., xvi
— Robert Treat (H. C. 1749), 253; mural tablet erected to the memory of, 251, 252; author of a Sketch of the Character of, 252
— Robert Treat (H. C. 1792), son of Robert Treat (H. C. 1749), 253
— Robert Treat (H. C. 1822), son of Robert Treat (H. C. 1792), letter from, regarding portrait of Rev. S. Willard, 253
Painter, —, wife of Stephen, 54
— —, daughter of Stephen. See Stirk
— John, son of Stephen, 56
— Stephen, 22 n, 23 n, 40; his opposition to Gov. Woodhouse, 25, 26, 43; his banishment, 26 n, 27, 27 n, 30, 45; action of Assembly against, expunged from the records, 26 n, 27 n, 30, 30 n; his opposition to Gov. Bell, 32, 34, 34 n, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43; loses his place in the Council, 35; restored to office, 35, 44, 45; does not sign letter in favor of Gov. Bell, 35 n; indicted for high treason and acquitted, 43, 53, 54; his grandson, 43, 44; his efforts to restore peace in Southampton Tribe, 44, 45; comes to Boston, 53, 54; reappointed to the Council in Bermuda, 54, 55; his visit to England, 55; made a councillor for life, 56; other offices held by, 56
Palace, the, name given to the White House, 270 n
Palliser, Sir Hugh, Governor of Newfoundland, 452, 452 n
Palmer, Rev. Samuel, his Nonconformists’ Memorial, cited, 40 n
Pamphlets, foreign postage on, in colonial days, 315
Paper currency, De Berdt’s opposition to, in Massachusetts, 328, 453. See also Currency
Papers relating to Public Events in Massachusetts preceding the American Revolution. See Massachusetts Papers
Parcels, foreign postage on, in colonial days, 323
Parish, Rev. Elijah. See M’Clure, David
Park, Rev. Charles Edwards, A.B., xiv, xvii; his paper on Two Ruling Elders of the First Church in Boston, 82–95; presents Annual Report of Council, 147; elected Corresponding Secretary, 152; his remarks on two tablets recently placed in the First Church, Boston, 251–253
Parker, Edward Lutwyche, his Londonderry, mentioned, 278
— Rev. Henry Ainsworth, A.M., xiv, xvi, 38 n; reads extracts from pamphlet describing Lord Forbes’s expedition to Ireland (1642), 206; calls attention to a curious article on the Washingtons, 462
Parkman, William, 240
— family, 241 n
Parks, William, books lent by, 289
Parris, —, 289
Parton, James, his Life of Andrew Jackson, quoted, 270
Payson, Phillips (H. C. 1778), 159
Pearce, Mary, widow of Samuel. See Hubbard
— Samuel, 250
Pearson, Rev. Eliphalet, mortar-board worn by, exhibited, 133
Peck, —, 421
Pelagianism, Rev. C. Mather’s fear of, 199
Pelham, Thomas, second Baron Pelham of Stanmer and first Earl of Chichester, 407
Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer (H. C. 1721), 424, 424 n; author of A Brief Account of the State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, 4 n
Pendleton, Edmund, 97
Penn, James, 91
— Sir William, 173
Pennsylvania, Historical Society of, New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Pennsylvania Archives, cited, 266 n
Pepys, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel, 172, 173
Perkins, Rev. John Carroll, D.D., xviii
Perry, Bliss, 181
— Michael, bookseller, 268
Peters, Absalom, 412, 412 n, 413, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419
— Rev. Hugh, 61, 65, 65 n, 68, 69, 69 n; his True Relation, etc., describing Lord Forbes’s expedition to Ireland, 206, 206 n, 207 n
Petersham, 140, 145 n; Public Library, v; Town Records of, 140 n; Vital Records of, cited, 140 n
Petition to Gov. Shute from the inhabitants of the North of Ireland, 1718, remarks on, by C. K. Bolton, 277–280; the petition, 280; names signed to, 280–288
Petty, William, second Earl of Shelburne and first Marquis of Lansdowne, 328, 329, 330, 330 n, 331, 334, 344, 349, 350, 351, 351 n, 393, 438 n, 445 n, 452, 453, 454; appointed Secretary of State for the colonies, 326, 327; his friendly attitude toward the colonies, 326, 353, 358, 360, 450, 451; apparent change in this attitude, 332; his thanks to the Massachusetts House, 446; De Berdt’s memorials to, on restraint of trade in the colonies, 446–450
Phelps, Edwin Sprague, 215 n
Philadelphia, Pa., remonstrance of merchants of, to merchants in London, 353, 353 n, 354, 355; continued importation of British goods into, 356, 357, 396, 398
— Library Company, New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Philip, King, Indian, his friendship with the Leonard family, 243; his head deposited in the cellar of the Leonard house, 244
Phillips, Samuel, bookseller, 199, 212, 213, 214
Phips, Mary, widow of Sir William. See Sergeant
— Sir William, Governor of Massachusetts, 246, 248
Pierce, Samuel, his Diary, quoted, 98 n
Piper, William Taggard, Ph.D., xvi
Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham, 319, 324, 358, 413, 431, 431 n, 443; his speech calling for repeal of the Stamp Act, 310, 311, 312, 313; New York Assembly resolves to provide for statue of, 318 n
Plimpton, George Arthur, A.B., xviii, 268
Plotty, a hot drink, 269, 269 n
Plymouth, First Church, simplicity of early covenant of, 276; later Confession of Faith in, 277
Plymouth Colony Records, cited, 218 n, 245 n
Poles, magnetic. See Magnetic poles
Political Detection, etc. See Lee, Arthur
Political Register, 307
Political Science Quarterly, 307 n
Pomeroy, Abigail (Wheelock), wife of Rev. Benjamin, 414 n
— Rev. Benjamin (1704–1784), 414, 414 n, 416, 417, 419
Porter, Rev. Edward Griffin, 307
— Rev. John, 278
Portsmouth, N. H., Washington’s reception in (1789), 108
Powell, Charles Stuart, 127
Pownall, John, brother of Gov. Thomas, 351, 351 n, 369; his letter to De Berdt, 384
— Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, De Berdt’s opinion of his policy, 342, 345, 351, 352, 368, 376, 378
Pratt, Charles, first Baron Camden and first Earl Camden, 358, 358 n
Prentice, Rev. Thomas, of Charlestown, 237, 237 n, 238; his simultaneous calls to three pulpits, 238 n
Prescott, 145 n
Press, censorship of, by the provincial government of Massachusetts, 2
Price, Ezekiel, his Diary, quoted, 98 n
Prince, Rev. Thomas, his Annals, cited, 22 n
Prince Society, edition of Champlain’s Voyages published by, 227 n
Proby, Anne, daughter of Henry. See Holworthy
— Henry, 162
Provisions, high cost of, in England (1768), 454
Prussia, defeat of Russia by, 416
Prynne, William, his Canterburies Doome, cited, 22 n
Psychotherapy, early instance of, 51
Public Advertiser, London, 339 n
Purchase, Oliver, 93
Putnam, Charles Pickering, M.D., xvii, 181; elected a Resident Member, 224; accepts, 254
— Herbert, LL.D., v, xviii, 260, 293
— William Lowell, LL.B., xvii
QUAKERS, 357
Queen Mab, 259
Queensberry, Duke of. See Douglas, Charles
Quick, John, his Icones Sacra? Anglicanæ, cited, 68 n
Quincy, Josiah (H. C. 1790), his History of Harvard University, cited, 134 n, 161 n, 289 n; quoted, 161
RACKEMANN, Charles Sedgwick, A.M., xvi, 74; his Memoir of J. B. Ames, 75–81
— John, of Roanoke, his election to the United States Senate, 101
Ranelagh, Earl of. See Jones, Richard
Ravenel, Harriott Horry, her Charleston: the Place and the People, cited, 196 n
Ray, —, 318
Raynham, forge established at, 243, 244
Rea, Daniel, 107
Read, George (1733–1798), 326 n; De Berdt’s letter to, 326
Reade, Joseph. See Reed, Joseph
Rebellion (1745), 435
Recusants, popish. See Test Act
Reed, Esther (De Berdt), wife of Joseph (d. 1785), 300, 305 n, 306 n, 307, 318, 318 n, 438 n; her letter regarding R. Cary, 304 n; her marriage, 306
— Joseph (d. 1785), 299 n, 300, 305 n, 306 n, 316 n, 318, 318 n, 387, 387 n, 438 n; his marriage, 306; comes to Philadelphia, 306; De Berdt’s letters to, 443, 453; his letter to De Berdt, 440
— William Bradford, grandson of Joseph (d. 1785), 295, 302, 305 n; his Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, quoted, 295; cited, 295 n, 304 n, 305 n, 445 n; his Life of Esther De Berdt, quoted, 295; cited, 295 n, 299 n, 300 n, 301 n, 304 n, 305 n, 306 n, 307 n, 387 n, 439 n, 443 n, 446 n, 454 n
Reflections upon Reflections or more News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, 2
Review of the State of the British Nation, 3, 4; conducted by Daniel Defoe, 5; three titles borne by, 5; News from the Moon virtually a transcript of a number of, 5, 6, 10; this number reprinted, 6–10; two editions of, 11, 15; comparison of copies of, 11, 12; intervals at which it was issued, 11 n
Rhea, John, 326, 400; his letter to De Berdt, 439–440
Rich, Sir Nathaniel, 17 n, 21, 21 n, 32; letters of Gov. Bell to, 32–34, 36, 37, 38, 41 n, 42 n; letter of Rev. G. Stirk to, 47, 48, 52 n
— Sir Robert, second Earl of Warwick, Governor of the Bermuda Company, 39 n, 48
Richards, John, Treasurer of Harvard College, 153, 174, 246
— Thomas, 56
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal, Due de, 227
Richmond Duke of. See Lennox, Charles
Rily, John, 382 n
Rives, William Cabell, 102, 102 n, 103
Robinson, Edward, LL.D., xviii; elected a Corresponding Member, 223; accepts, 224
— Fred Norris, 257, 258, 259; his note on Thomas O’Meehan, 255; his transliteration of one of O’Meehan’s poems, 255–256; his translation of the poem, 256–257
— George Washington, son of Lemuel, 98 n
— J., 128
— John, his assault on J. Otis, 386, 386 n
Rockford, Earl of. See Zuylestein de Nassau, William Henry
Rockingham, Lord; See Watson-Wentworth, Charles
Rodney, Cæsar (1728–1784), 326 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 326, 374
Rogers, Rev. Daniel (H. C. 1725), of Exeter, N. H., 238, 238 n
— Rev. Daniel (H. C. 1725), of Littleton, 238
— Daniel Denison, 206 n
— Elizabeth (Bromfield), wife of Daniel Denison, 206, 206 n
— Margaret, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel. See Hubbard
— Rev. Nathaniel, 250
Rogge, Hendrik Cornells, 66 n
Root, Hon. Elihu, LL.D., xviii; elected an Honorary Member, 133, 148; accepts, 146
Ropes, Rev. James Hardy, D.D., xvii
Ross, Lt. Alexander, 379, 379 n
— Mary. See Beale
Rotterdam, Holland, Rev. Hugh Peters and Rev. W. Ames at, 65, 65 n
Rowe, John, 98 n
Rowland, Rev. David Sherman, his Divine Providence Illustrated and Improved, 329, 329 n
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, v; photograph of page of Irish manuscript belonging to, exhibited, 254
Ruddock, John, 352 n
Rugg, Hon. Arthur Prentice, LL.D., xvii; elected a Resident Member, 223; accepts, 224
— Harold Goddard, 412 n, 461 n
Rupert, Prince, 164
Rushworth, John, his collections, cited, 22 n
Russell, Chambers, 295
— George Robert, 81
— John, fourth Duke of Bedford, 382
— Jonathan, 81
— Sarah, daughter of George Robert. See Ames.
Russell & Cutler, 157 n
Russia, defeat of, by Prussia, 416
SABIN, Joseph, his mention of News from the Moon, 3, 12; his Dictionary of Books relating to America, cited, 3 n
Sacheverell, William, 119, 119 n, 202
Sacrament Certificate, a, 1673, paper on, by a. Matthews, 119–126; made necessary by the Test Act, 123, 124; text of, 124–125; Gov. Shirley’s, 126
Sacraments, in the colonial church, 84, 85
St. Helena, observation with the dipping needle at, 191
St. Michael’s, island of the Azores, longitude reckoned from meridian of, by Capt. J. Smith, 228, 229, 231; by W. Wood, 229; by early English navigators, 232; longitude of, according to two modern authorities, 229 n
St. Patrick’s Day, Shakespearean Society’s celebration of, Boston, 1794, 126–127
Salem, First Church, simplicity of early covenant of, 276, 277
Salisbury, E., 33 n
Salley, Alexander Samuel, Jr., his Register of St. Philip’s Parish, Charles Town, cited, 196 n
Saltonstall, Richard (1610–1694), 290
— Richard Middlecott, A.B., xvi
— Wye, 228
Sanders, Thomas (H. C. 1748), 295
Sandford, Dorothy. See Henley
Santa Catalina, island, 45 n
Sargent, John, New York Assembly resolves to present piece of plate to, 318, 318 n
Saunders. See Sanders
Savage, James, his edition of Winthrop’s Journal, cited, 51 n
Savile, Sir George (1726–1784), 358, 358 n
Saye and Sele. See Fiennes, William
Sayer, Robert, bookseller, 293 n
Sayle, William, Governor of Bermuda, 54
Sayre, Stephen (d. 1818), 299 n, 305 n, 316, 319, 335, 345 n, 350, 352, 353, 364, 365, 368, 369, 438 n, 453; thought to be responsible for De Berdt’s financial disasters, 316 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 317, 320; his Englishman Deceived, mentioned, 347 n, 356 n; quoted, 438 n, 450 n; this pamphlet published anonymously, 438 n; extract from, printed in the Boston Gazette, 439 n
Scharf, John Thomas, his History of Delaware, cited, 327 n
Scotch-Irish emigration to America, 145
Scotchmen, Gov. Wood’s dislike of, 46, 46 n
Scott, Dorothy (Quincy) Hancock, wife of Capt. James, 332 n
— Edward John Long, his Index to the Sloane Manuscripts, cited, 17 n; quoted, 132 n
— Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Thomas. See Smith; Williams
— Capt. James, 332, 332 n, 333, 334, 343
— Rev. Thomas, 314 n
Scottow, Joshua, his Narrative of the Planting of the Massachusetts Colony, 217
Sergeant, John. See Sargent
— Mary Phips, second wife of Peter, 248
— Mehitable Cooper, third wife of Peter, 248
— Peter, 250; bond given to, 242, 243; early lime kiln set up by, 247; his opposition to Andros, 248; his part in the witch trials, 248; Province House built by, 248
Seventy-Six Society, 296 n
Sewall, Judge Samuel, 210; his Diary, cited 248 n, 250 n, 251 n; quoted, 249, 250, 251
— Samuel, son of Judge Samuel, 251, 253
Seyer, Rev. Samuel, his Memoir of Bristol, cited, 164 n
Seymour, Sir Edward, 120, 120 n, 121
— William, first Marquis of Hertford, 164
Shacklewell, Eng., 170
Shakespeare, William, Ben Jonson’s lines on, at beginning of Folio of 1623, 232; R. G. White’s edition of, cited, 232 n; J. Davies’s epigram to, 233
Shakespearean Society, Boston, 1794–1795, 126–128
Shaw, William Arthur, his Church under the Commonwealth, cited, 39 n
Sheafe, Edward (d. 1770), 327 n, 334; De Berdt’s letters to, 327, 377, 387, 398
Shelburne, Earl of. See Petty, William
Shelly, —, 318 n
Shepard, Rev. Thomas, called Pilgrim Father and Founder of Harvard by Rev. A. Whyte, 224, 225; Rev. A. Whyte’s anecdote regarding, 225; his arrival in Cambridge, 274, 275; his ordination, 275, 276
Ships: Arabella, 161 n; Bedford, 417, 417 n; Betsy, 404, 406; Dorset, 52; Earl Warwick, 42 n; Exchange, 29; Fellowship, 165; Garland, 21 n; George, 169; Griffin, 94; Honest Piper, 405; Lark, 27; Liberty, 349 n; Lydia, 332 n, 333, 334; Mary and Francis, 92; Paoli, 370, 371; Pratt, 363, 365; Sea-flower, 17 n; Summer Islands, 42 n; Thomas, 27, 28 n; Thunder, 51, 51 n, 68, 68 n; Tiger, 164, 165; Trial, 396; William and Francis, 92, 128
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, his sacrament certificate, 126
Shute, Samuel, Governor of Massachusetts, 2; photograph of petition to, from inhabitants of the North of Ireland, exhibited, 145; remarks by C. K. Bolton, 277–280; the petition and its signatures, 280–288
Sibley, John Langdon, his Harvard Graduates, cited, 53 n, 64 n, 68 n
Sicilies, the two, partners in the Family Compact, 437 n
Slade, Denison Rogers, A.B., xviii; exhibits portrait of E. Bromfield, mortar-board worn by Rev. E. Pearson, and broadside, 133; exhibits photograph of R. Clarke, 204; communicates R. Clarke’s will, 204
Slarrow, Matthew, 279
Slavery, opposition to, in American colonies, 320
Slemmons, William, 280
Smeath, Rev. Simon, 39 n
Smibert, John, his portrait of E. Bromfield exhibited, 133
Smith, —, 320
— Baxter Perry, his History of Dartmouth College, 412 n
— Elizabeth (Scott) Williams, second wife of William (1697–1769), 314 n, 315
— Capt. John, his Generall Historie of Virginia, quoted, 17 n, 18 n; cited, 18 n, 19 n, 20 n, 21 n; N. Butler’s Historye of the Bermudaes ascribed to, 17 n; Arber’s edition of his Works, cited, 17 n, 228; different impressions of his map of New England, 227, 228, 228 n; longitude reckoned from meridian of St. Michael’s by, 228, 229, 231; his map of Virginia, 228, 229; different impressions of this map, 228 n, 229 n; his visit to Charlestown, 230; lines by J. Davies on his map of New England, 232; J. Davies’s sonnet on, in the Description of New England, 233
— John, Boston merchant, 309, 309 n, 317, 323 n, 413, 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428, 428 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 317, 427 n; his letter to E. Wheelock, 427 n
— Justin Harvey, A.M., xviii; elected a Corresponding Member, 133, 148; accepts, 146
— Mary (Het), first wife of William (1697–1769), 314 n
— Rebecca (Glover), wife of Capt. Thomas, 249, 250
— Samuel. See Holworthy, Samuel
— Sidney, quoted, 78
— Capt. Thomas, bond given to executors of the will of, 242, 243; his marriage, 249; his residence, 249; his voyages, 249; his death, 249
— William (1697–1769), 310, 314 n, 444; De Berdt’s letters to, 314, 316, 323
— William (1728–1793), son of William (1697–1769), 314, 314 n
— William, his New and Compendious History of the County of Warwick, cited, 125 n
— William Roy, his South Carolina as a Royal Province, cited, 196 n
Snow, Charles Armstrong, A.B., xvi
Soapmakers’ Company, 162
Society in Scotland for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 420, 420 n, 421, 461 n
Sons of Liberty, 317; celebration of, 98 n
Soubise, Charles de Rohan (1715–1787), Prince de, 425, 425 n
South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, cited, 196 n
Southack, Capt. Cyprian, copy of his map of New England coast formerly belonging to Admiral Howe, exhibited, 292, 293 n; prime meridian fixed at Boston by, 293
Spademan, Rev. Thomas, 40 n
Spain, war between England and, 423; prohibition of the colonies from trade with, 432, 439, 440; a partner in the Family Compact, 437 n
Sparke, Michael, 228
Sparks, Jared, his Writings of Washington, cited, 259 n, 265 n
Sparrow, —, 316
— Rev. Anthony, Bishop of Exeter, 121; later Bishop of Norwich, 121 n
Spear, —, 405
Sporle, Eng., Sir M. Holworthy’s bequest to the poor of, 178
Sprague, Henry Harrison, his Founding of Charlestown by the Spragues, cited, 230 n
— Richard, 161 n
— Rev. William Buell, his Annals of the American Pulpit, cited, 236 n
Spring, Rev. Leverett Wilson, 181
Stables, Edward (d. 1731), 294 n
— Susanna (De Berdt), wife of Edward (d. 1731), 294 n
— family, 294 n
Stafford, Rev. John, 299
Stamp Act, 363, 433, 449; De Berdt’s efforts to obtain repeal of, 301, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313; repeal of, 301, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 333, 335, 350; Pitt’s efforts for repeal of, 310, 311, 312; opposition to repeal of, 312, 313, 314; House of Commons votes for repeal of, 314; Rev. N. Appleton’s Thanksgiving Sermon on Total Repeal of, 319 n; riots in Boston over, 322, 322 n, 323 n, 343, 344; Rev. D. S. Rowland’s sermon on repeal of, 329, 329 n; demand for repeal of, 439, 440
Stamp Act Congress, 309, 309 n; petition of, to George III, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 443; judged an illegal assembly, 312, 313; form of the petition objected to in the House of Lords, 312, 313
Stanford, Edward, his London Atlas, cited, 229 n
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, 326
Staples, Edward. See Stables
— Rev. Robert, a minister in Bermuda, 18, 18 n, 19, 21, 30 n, 38 n, 62 n, 63 n; supports Gov. Woodhouse in tobacco dispute, 26, 26 n; dismissed from his parish, 31 n; reinstated in his charge, 31 n, 35 n; discharged from the Bermuda Company’s service, 31 n, 32 n
Starkey, George. See Stirk
Startin, Charles, 205
— Sarah (Clarke), wife of Charles, 205
Stiles, Rev. Ezra, his Diary, cited, 96 n
Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 181
Stirk, — (Painter), wife of Rev. George, 43, 45, 53, 54, 54 n; grant to, 52, 52 n
— —, daughter of Rev. George, 52, 53, 54, 54 n, 55
— Rev. George, paper on, by G. L. Kittredge, 16–59; minister in Bermuda, 16, 17, 18 n, 19, 21, 21 n, 22, 34 n, 61, 62 n, 63, 65; his birth, 16, 16 n; confused with Rev. S. Lang, 17 n; a Calvinist, 22, 22 n; his parish, 22, 22 n, 23, 23 n; differences between Rev. P. Copeland and, 22 n, 23 n, 30 n; his banishment, 23, 26 n, 27, 28, 30, 45, 63 n; opposes Gov. Woodhouse, 25, 25 n, 26; action of Assembly against, expunged from the records, 26 n, 27 n, 30, 30 n, 63 n; returns to Bermuda, 29, 63 n; recovers his old parish, 30, 31, 31 n; his salary, 30, 31, 43 n, 44, 44 n, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 50 n, 51; supports Gov. Bell regarding vestries, 32, 36, 37; Gov. Bell’s differences with, 33, 36, 42, 43; his wife, 43; some characteristics of, 43, 44, 56; his efforts to restore peace in Southampton Tribe, 44, 45; returns to England, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; his letter to Sir N. Rich regarding his health and salary, 47, 48; returns to Bermuda, 47, 48, 50, 50 n; his petition to Lord Say and others, 48, 49, 51; Gov. Wood’s tribute to, 50; his use of psychotherapy, 51, 52; goes again to England and returns to Bermuda, 52, 52 n; his Musa; Somerenses, 52, 56, 56 n; character and purpose of the work, 57, 57 n; passages from it, 58, 59, 59 n, 60 n; his death, 52, 52 n; his family, 52, 52 n, 53; grant to his widow, 52, 52 n
— (Starkey), George (H. C. 1646), son of Rev. George, 16, 43, 44, 52 n, 53, 54, 96; a physician in London, 55, 55 n; in Boston, 55 n; his Pill Vindicated, mentioned, 55 n; G. L. Kittredge’s remarks on, 145
Stoakes, Thomas. See Stokes
Stoddard, Anthony, 91
Stokes, Thomas, proceedings against, 24 n, 25 n; suspended from office, 30
Stone, Rev. Samuel, 94
Storke, Mary (Wilkes), wife of Samuel, 343 n. See also Hayley; Jeffrey
— Samuel, 343 n
Stoughton, William, Lt.-Governor of Massachusetts, 246
Strode, Essex, 173
— Sir George, 162
— John, son of Sir George, 171
— Mary, daughter of Sir George. See Holworthy
— Mary (Strode) Holworthy, wife of Essex, 173
— Sir Nicholas, son of Sir George, 171, 172
Stuart, Gilbert, Lansdowne portrait of Washington by, photograph of copy of, exhibited, 254
Stuarts, the, 436
Suffolk County, Deeds, cited, 249 n, 251 n; Probate Files, cited, 250 n, 289 n
Sugar, duty on, 447
Swift, Charles Francis, his History of Old Yarmouth, cited, 244 n
— Lindsay, A.B., xvi
TADHG Gaolach O Suilebháin. See O’Sullivan, Timothy
Taft, William Howard, President, 78
Taiminend (Tamanend, Tamiened). See Tammany
Tammany, nickname conferred by Delaware Indians on G. Morgan, 265, 266
Tappan, Rev. David, discourse by, on the death of Washington, 135, 136, 137
Tanner, Edwin Platt, his paper on Colonial Agencies in England during the Eighteenth Century, mentioned, 307 n
Tate, Rev. James, 278
Taylor, John. See Nicholls, James Fawckner
— Joseph, 254
Tea, American colonies propose to abandon the use of, 348, 349; opposition to repealing the duty on, 382, 383, 396, 397, 399
Teatte, Rev. James. See Tate
Tecumseh, an Indian, death of, 104 n
Tempest, Capt. —, observation with the dipping needle made by, 187, 188
Terling, Eng., letter from Rev. T. Welde to his parishioners at, 128–132
Terrestrial magnetism, publications of Coast and Geodetic Survey upon, 231
Test Act, introduced into both Houses of Parliament, 119; discussion regarding, 119; royal assent given to, 121; erroneous explanation of, 121 n; text of certain sections of, 122, 123; persons exempted under, 123; certificates made necessary by, 123, 124; repeal of, 123 n. See also Corporation and Test Acts Repeal Bill
Thacher, Rev. Peter, of Weymouth, 240 n; proceedings in choice of a successor to, 237–241
Thames, battle of the, 104, 104 n
Thayer, Ezra Ripley, A.M., xvii
— James Bradley, LL.D., tribute of J. B. Ames to, 81
— John Eliot, A.M., xvi
Theatre, repeal of the law against, in Boston (1794), 127
Thelby, —, 318
Thierot. See Thurot
Thomas, Isaiah, his History of Printing in America, mentioned, 13
Thomson, Elihu, 181
— Rev. James, 278
Thornbury, Walter, his Old and New London, cited, 171 n
Thorndike, Samuel Lothrop, A.M., death of, xix
Thornton, —, De Berdt’s letter to, 321
— Anna, daughter of Rev. Thomas. See Hall
— John Wingate (d. 1878), 157 n
— Priscilla, 240 n
— Richard Hopwood, 101 n
Thurot, Frangois (1727–1760), 418, 418 n
Thynne, Thomas, third Viscount Weymouth and first Marquis of Bath, 407
Ticonderoga, N. Y., 413
Timber. See Lumber
Tippecanoe, sobriquet of W. H. Harrison, 104 n
Tippecanoe River, battle of, 104 n
Tobacco, trouble over division of the crop in Bermuda, 23, 23 n, 24, 24 n, 25, 25 n; ministers’ salaries paid in, 27 n, 28 n, 30, 38 n, 44, 46 n, 49, 50, 51, 63
Townshend, Charles (1674–1738), second Viscount Townshend, 324 n
— Charles (1700–1764), third Viscount Townshend, 324 n
— Charles (1725–1767), son of Charles (1700–1764), third Viscount Townshend, 318, 318 n, 324, 324 n, 325, 329, 329 n
— Thomas (1701–1780), son of Charles (1674–1738), second Viscount Townshend, 324, 324 n
— Thomas (1733–1800), first Viscount Sydney, 324, 324 n
Treason, colonists accused of, to be brought to England for trial, 379, 382, 461
Treat, Abigail (Willard), 253
Trecothick, Barlow, 360 n
Trenchard, George, 180
Trimingham, John, Governor of Bermuda, 54
Trowbridge, John, S.D., xvii, 181; elected a Resident Member, 272
True Relation of the Passages of God’s Providence, etc. See Peters, Rev. Hugh
Trve Sentiments of America, 307
Truebody, Anne. See Henley
Trumbull, James Hammond, 207, 212; volumes grouped under currency by, in the Brinley Catalogue, 3; his note regarding News from the Moon, 3, 12; his confusion of News from Robinson Cruso’s Island and New News from Robinson Cruso’s Island, 13, 15
Tucker, Daniel, Governor of Bermuda, 17 n, 19 n; innovations in form of church service allowed by, 19, 20
— George Fox, Ph.D., xvi
— Henry St. George, applies the term favorite son to J. Randolph of Roanoke, 101
— Joshua, 247
— Rev. William Jewett, LL.D., xviii
Tudor, William, his Life of J. Otis, cited, 299 n; mentioned, 307
Tuer, Andrew White, his History of the Horn-Book, 267, 268; cited, 267 n
Tuileries, palace, Paris, chandelier from, in White House, Washington, 270
Tulley, John, paper on John Tulley’s Almanacks, 1687–1702, by A. B. Page, 207–223; no complete set of the series, 207, 208; form of publication, 207, 208; reproduction of title-page and description of the various issues, 208–223; only one complete copy for 1694, 215, 215 n, 216; his death, 222; his epitaph, 223
Turk, Rev. George. See Stirk
Turner, Frederick Jackson, LL.D., ii, xvii, 182; transferred from Corresponding to Resident Roll, 146; accepts Resident Membership, 182
— John, 299 n
Tuttle, Julius Herbert, xvii; extract from Rev. C. Mather’s Diary read by, 139; his paper on William Whiston and Cotton Mather, 197–204; his communication regarding early New England libraries, 288–292
Tyerman, Rev. Luke, his Life of the Rev. G. Whitefield, cited, 425 n
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, his edition of the Narratives of Early Virginia, cited, 229 n
— Moses Coit, his History of American Literature, quoted, 250; cited, 250 n
Tyng, William, his library, 289
UFFINGTON, Thomas, 305 n
Umberger, David, 103
Uniformity, Act of, 40 n
United States, treaty between France and, 97 n; Coast and Geodetic Survey, publications on terrestrial magnetism by, 231
Urwick, William, his Nonconformity in Herts, cited, 39 n
Usher, John, bookseller, 216, 217, 218
Utrecht, University of, medal struck to commemorate the bicentennial of, exhibited, 462
VAN BUREN, Martin, President, sobriquet favorite son applied to, 102, 103; cheese presented to, 270, 271
Vane, Sir Henry, the younger, 90, 91
Van Rensselaer family, ivory hornbook owned by, 268
Villiers, George, first Duke of Buckingham, 163, 163 n
— George Bussy, fourth Earl of Jersey, 407
Virginia, celebrations of Washington’s birthday in (1782, 1784), 97; longitude reckoned from St. Michael’s in Capt. John Smith’s map of, 228, 228 n, 229, 229 n, 231; address of, to George III, 346
Virginia Company, 61 n; Records of, cited, 18 n
Virginian Cincinnatus, sobriquet of Washington, 99
Visscher, Hugo, his Guilielmus Amesius, 64 n, 65 n
WADE, Winthrop Howland, A.M., xvii
Wait, Hon. William Cushing, A.M., xvi
Wales, Prince of. See George II
Walker, Rev. George Leon, his History of the First Church in Hartford, quoted, 274; cited, 274 n, 275 n, 276 n
— Walter Frederick, his Azores, cited, 229 n
— Rev. Williston, D.D., xviii
Wallis, John, 194
Ward, Deborah Bolton, wife of Rev. Samuel (1577–1640), 39 n
— John, of Haverhill, Eng., 38 n
— Rev. John, son of Rev. Nathaniel (1578–1652), 39 n
— Rev. Joseph, son of Rev. Samuel, 40 n
— Rev. Nathaniel (1578–1652), son of John, 38 n, 40 n; his possible identity with the Perpetual Curate of St. James, 41 n; Ipswich Historical Society’s edition of his Simple Cobbler, 41 n
— Rev. Nathaniel (d. 1667?), minister in Bermuda, son of Rev. Samuel, 38, 49, 68 n; his arrival in Bermuda, 38 n, 41 n; his salary, 38 n, 46 n, 50, 62 n; his identity, 38 n, 39 n, 40 n; his English parishes, 38 n, 39 n, 40 n; bequest to, 39 n; charges regarding his obtaining of signatures to the Council’s letter in favor of Gov. Bell, 40, 42 n; executor of G. Marvin’s will, 39 n, 40 n; asks for parsonage of Althorpe, 40 n; ejected from Stapleford Tawney, 40 n; his death, 40 n; his degree of D.D., 40 n; his possible identity with the Perpetual Curate of St. James, 40 n; leaves Bermuda, 46, 46 n
— Samuel, son of Rev. Nathaniel of Bermuda, 40 n
— Rev. Samuel of Ipswich, Eng., son of John, 38 n, 39 n, 40 n; his marriage, 41 n
Ware, Horace Everett, A.B., v, xvii, 149; appointed on Nominating Committee, 133; his communication on Observation with the Dipping Needle at Boston in 1722, 183–197; his paper on A Forgotten Prime Meridian, mentioned, 196; his paper on Winthrop’s Course across the Atlantic, mentioned, 196, 462; communicates Supplement to “A Forgotten Prime Meridian,” 226–234
— Thornton Marshall, A.B., xvii
Warley, James, 42 n
Warren, Charles, his History of the Harvard Law School, cited, 75 n; quoted, 180 n
— Edward Henry, his statement regarding the case system of teaching law, 76, 77
— Gen. Joseph, 97
— Winslow, 181
Washington, Judge Bushrod, 135 n
— George, early celebrations of his birthday, 96–99, 126; some sobriquets applied to, 99; sobriquet favorite son applied to, 100, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109; his reception in Boston (1789), 107, 108, 110; in Portsmouth, 108; in New York (1794), 108; dedication of J. Leigh’s book to, 109; letter to Rev. J. Willard from, regarding T. Lear, 110, 111; tribute paid by Harvard College to the memory of, 110, 111; honorary degree given, and address presented to, by Harvard College, 134, 134 n; exercises at Harvard College on the death of, 134–139; photograph of portrait of, exhibited, 254; G. L. Kittredge’s remarks on an Irish song relating to, 254–259; the song, 255–257; allusion to, in another Irish poem, 257, 258; congratulatory address to, from an Irish club, 259; his reply, 259; documents regarding visit of Delaware chiefs to, 259–265; writings of (Sparks), cited, 259 n, 265 n; Calendar of the Correspondence of, cited, 260 n; name conferred by Indians upon, 265; decline of G. Morgan’s friendship for, 266
— Martha (Dandridge) Custis, wife of George, 110, 111, 134
— family, curious article on, 462
Washington, D. C, description of life in (1838), by Mrs. John Davis, 269–271
— White House, 270; called the Palace, 270 n
Waters, Henry Fitz Gilbert, his genealogical Gleanings, cited, 38 n, 40 n, 68 n, 166 n, 180 n
— Rev. Thomas Franklin, A.M., xvii
Watson, Benjamin Marston, oration by, on the death of Washington, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139; his Salutatory oration (1800), 139 n
— John, 205
— William, Ph.D., xvi
Watson-Wentworth, Charles, second Marquis of Rockingham, 308, 319, 350, 388, 431 n
Watt, Capt. Alexander, 339, 339 n
Watts, Rev. Isaac, 422
Wear, Robert, 279
Webb, Rev. John, 237, 240, 240 n
— Nathan, 110
Webster, Arthur Gordon, 181
Wedford, Richard, 169
Weeden, William Babcock, A.M., xviii
Weld, Charles Goddard, M.D., 149; death of, xix
Welde, Margaret, first wife of Rev. Thomas, 129, 129 n
— Rev. Thomas, letter of, communicated by F. L. Gay, 128–132; ejected from his living by Laud, 128; his arrival in New England, 129, 129 n; his description of New England, 129–131
Wellesbourne, Eng., parish church of, 124, 125; two places of this name in Warwickshire, 125
Wells, William Vincent, his Life and Public Services of S. Adams, 307
Wentworth, Hugh, 26 n
Weston, Robert Dickson, A.B., xvii
Weymouth, Viscount. See Thynne, Thomas
Wheeler, Joseph, bookseller, 218
Wheelock, Abigail, sister of Rev. Eleazar. See Pomeroy
— Rev. Eleazar, President of Dartmouth College, 298, 323 n, 376, 376 n, 414 n, 461 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 410–428; his Memoirs, mentioned, 412 n; quoted, 413 n, 427, 428; cited, 428 n; letter of J. Smith to, 427 n
Wheelwright, Edmund March, A.B., xvi
— Rev. John, his sympathizers in the First Church in Boston, disarmed, 93
Whigs, friendly to the colonies, 358
Whiston, William, mariners supplied with dip circles by, 183, 185; his Calculation of Solar Eclipses without Parallaxes, 183, 194; full title and collation of this work, 185; that part of the work entitled Some Account of Observations lately made with Dipping Needles, here reprinted, 185–192; his intellectual attainments, 193; succeeds Sir I. Newton at University of Cambridge, 193; his religious belief, 193, 194, 203; his published works, 193, 193 n, 194; his Memoirs, 193, 193 n, 194, 197; reception of his Work on the Longitude and Latitude found by the Inclinatory, or Dipping Needle, 193, 194; imperfect success of his experiments with the dipping needle, 194, 197; his researches stimulated by offer of reward, 196; reprints Rev. C. Mather’s Old Paths restored, 193, 197; his preface to the work, 193, 200–203; his correspondence with Mather, 197, 203; Mather’s unpublished work against, 204
Whitaker, Rev. Nathaniel, 323 n
Whitcombe, Benjamin, 168
White, —. See Whitefield, Rev. George
— Hon. Andrew Dickson, D.C.L., xviii
— Nathaniel, son of Rev. Nathaniel, 53
— Rev. Nathaniel, his independent church, 22 n; indicted for high treason and acquitted, 43, 53, 54; his church removed to Eleuthera, 53, 54
— Richard Grant, his edition of Shakespeare, cited, 232 n
— Samuel (1700–1769), Speaker of the Massachusetts House, 295, 307 n, 312, 314, 315, 333 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 315
White Eyes, Delaware Indian, 266
Whitefield, Rev. George, 298, 410, 412, 415, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 425, 425 n, 426, 428, 434, 434 n
Whitfield, —, 324
Whitney, David Rice, A.M., xvi
— Edward Farley, 175
— James Edward, Jr., 257
Whyte, Rev. Alexander, extract read from his Thomas Shepard, Pilgrim Father and Founder of Harvard, 224, 225; correspondence between Rev. W. W. Fenn and, 225
Widows, function of, in the colonial church, 88
Wigglesworth, Rev. Edward (H.C. 1749), 113
— George, A.M., xvi
Wilbore, Anna. See Merrick
Wilkes, John, 343 n; contribution toward payment of expenses of, 196
— Mary, sister of John. See Hayley; Jeffrey; Storke
Willard, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Samuel. See Treat
— Rev. Joseph, President of Harvard College, letter from Washington to, regarding T. Lear, 110, 111; letter from T. Lear to, 111, 134; letter to J. Hancock from, regarding the Harvard College fence, 112; elected President of Harvard College, 113; J. Adams’s letters to, regarding education and travel in Europe, and the education of J. Q. Adams, 114, 115, 116; his address on the death of Washington, 135, 136, 137
— Rev. Samuel, Vice-President of Harvard College, portrait of, presented to Harvard College, 253; copy of his Fountain Opened, exhibited, 253
— Theodora, 113
William I, King of England, 94, 125
William III, King of England, 214 n
Williams, Col. Elisha, Rector of Yale College, 314 n
— Elizabeth (Scott), wife of Col. Elisha, 314 n. See also Smith
— (alias Cromwell), Henry, Sr., 169
— (alias Cromwell), Henry, Jr., 169
— John, 181 n
— Moses, A.B., xvi
Willis, George. See Wyllys
Wilson, Capt. John, 352 n
— Rev. John, transferred from office of teacher to that of pastor in the First Church in Boston, 89, 90
— Rev. Samuel, 278
Windham, Sir Hugh. See Wyndham
Winsham, Eng., 170
Winship, George Parker, A.M., xviii
Winslow, Elizabeth. See Clarke
Winsom, Eng. See Winsham
Winsor, Justin, his statement regarding different impressions of Capt. Smith’s map of New England, 227, 228
Winthrop, John, Governor of Massachusetts, 68, 276, 462 n; his Journal, quoted, 51, 92, 93; cited, 51 n, 273 n; Rev. G. Stirk’s Musa; Somerenses sent to, 53, 56, 57; correspondence with, regarding the coming of Rev. W. Ames to America, 64, 65; his reference to T. Oliver, 92; to Rev. T. Welde, 129 n; Rev. T. Hooker’s letter to, cited, 274 n; his History of New England, cited, 275 n; his map of New England, 289, 290; his comment on J. Humphreys, 290
Wisconsin, State Historical Society of, New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Wiswall, Peleg, 240
Witherspoon, Rev. John, President of the College of New Jersey, 99
Witch trials, 248
Wood, Dr. —, 324
— John, of Stratford, 38 n
— Roger, Governor of Bermuda, 16, 16 n, 22 n, 35, 37 n, 44, 44 n, 60; his action in the case against C. Parker, 26 n, 27 n; applies to Rev. S. Ward for a ministry, 38 n; his letter to the Bermuda Company, 45, 46, 46 n; his letter book, 46 n, 51 n, 61; his letter to Rev. W. Ames, 16, 50, 61, 62, 67, 69; probable date of this letter, 68, 68 n; his tribute to Rev. G. Stirk, 50; his commission as Governor not renewed, 50 n; his statement regarding the establishment of a free school, 57 n; bis commission for a second term, 62 n
— William, his New Englands Prospect, 227; longitude of Boston as shown by map in his New Englands Prospect, 229, 231; reproduction of map of 1634, 228
Woodbury, John, A.B., xvii; elected a Resident member, 146; accepts, 182
Woodhouse, Mrs. —, 45
— Henry, Governor of Bermuda, 18 n, 45 n, 49; Rev. G. Stirk banished from Bermuda by, 23, 45, 63 n; oath required by, regarding tobacco crops, 24, 24 n, 25 n; opposition to, in the Council, 25; supported by majority of Council, 25 n, 26; punishment of his opponents, 26, 26 n, 27, 27 n; correspondence between Bermuda Company and, regarding tobacco difficulties, 26 n, 27, 27 n, 28, 28 n, 29, 29 n; trouble between Gov. Bell and, 30; sentence of some of his supporters, 30; his favors to Rev. B. Morgan, 31 n; opposition of Rev. G. Stirk and S. Painter to, 43
Woods, Henry Ernest, A.M., xvi, 95
Worshipful Company of Homers, hornbooks shown at exhibition by, 267
Wright, Rev. Joseph, a minister in Bermuda, 18, 18 n, 21; his death, 18 n
Wulff, Fredrik, photograph of portrait of Washington owned by, exhibited, 254, 254 n
Wyman, Thomas Bellows, his Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, cited, 130 n
Wyllys, George (1710–1796), 311 n; De Berdt’s letters to, 311, 313
YALE College, Library, copy of Rev. G. Stirk’s Musæ Somerenses in, 56, 56 n; books belonging to the Winthrop family in, 57 n; New England magazines of the eighteenth century in, 69
Yankee Club of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, congratulatory address sent to Washington by, 259; Washington’s reply to, 259
Yarmouth, 62 n; early liquor-selling regulations in, 245
Yarmouth, Eng., 62 n
York, Duke of. See James II
ZINZAN, Rev. Nicholas, 294 n
Zouch, —, wife of Thomas, 305 n
— Thomas, 305 n
Zuylestein de Nassau, William Henry, fourth Earl of Rockford, 407