INDEX

    INDEX

    Places are in Massachusetts unless otherwise stated

    Names of vessels are grouped under the heading Ships

    Abbott, Isaac, of Andover, his tavern, 59, 59 n

    Adams, Charles Francis (H. C. 1856), value of his edition of Morton’s New English Canaan, 145

    —— John, President, his project for an Academy of Science in Boston, 259, 260, 261; for an American Academy of Language, 261, 262, 263; his letter to Congress on this subject, 262, 262 n; his comments on H. Gray, 322, 323, 327 n

    —— Samuel, Governor, H. Gray’s subscription toward his Land Bank debt, 322

    Addington, Isaac, Secretary of Massachusetts, 90 n, 364

    Addison, Joseph, 253; his contribution to the development of English prose fiction, 256, 257

    Agassiz family, 311 n

    Aiken, Hon. John Adams, LL.D., 1, 63, 71, 80

    Alexander, Giles, 332

    Alkahest, 164, 174, 174 n

    Allen, Elisha, 68

    —— Rev. James, 240, 240 n, 244

    —— Sarah, daughter of Elisha. See Morrill; Tompson

    —— Rev. Thomas, 65

    Allestree, Richard, 241 n

    Alligator, J. Dunton’s description of, 214, 214 n, 215 n

    Allis, William W., 275, 275 n

    America, juncture of Japan with northwest, 147, 166–170

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences, incorporation of, 261; again offers its hospitality to this Society, 306, 311 n

    American Academy for refining, improving and ascertaining the English Language, proposed by J. Adams, 261, 262, 263

    American Antiquarian Society, 81 n, 95, 95 n, 102 n, 270 n, 287 n, 311 n; this Society represented at centennial celebration of, 306

    American Philosophical Society, 259, 260

    American Society of Language, proposed, 1774, 263–264

    American Unitarian Association, 69, 132, 304, 311 n

    Americanisms, early examples of, 257, 258; President Witherspoon’s study of, 258, 259, 263; J. Pickering’s volume relating to, 259.

    Ames, Joan (Fletcher), wife of Rev. William, 64, 65, 66

    —— Keziah (Hayward), wife of Thomas, 28 n

    —— Sylvanus (H. C. 1767), son of Thomas, 27, 29; sketch of, 28 n; his losses by fire, 38–39

    —— Thomas, 28 n, 39

    —— Rev. William (d. 1633), 63 n; paper on the library of, by J. H. Tuttle, 63–66; Rev. C. Mather’s comment on, 63; catalogue of his library, 65, 66

    Amory, Thomas Coffin, his account of John and Margery Sullivan, 137, 138, 140

    Amphisbsena, Rev. C. Mather’s letter on, 107, 107 n, 114 n

    Anatomy House, 408

    Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 117

    Anderson, Capt. ——, 278 n

    —— David, 119

    Anderson Auction Company, 275

    Andover, Washington’s visit to, 58, 59

    Andrewes, Alderman ——, 123

    Andrews, Richard, 124, 125

    Angelis, Girolamo de, 168, 169, 169 n

    Anian, Strait of, 167, 167 n, 169

    Anne, Queen of England, 366 n, 370 n, 385

    Annesley, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel. See Dunton

    —— Rev. Samuel, 214, 220, 223

    Answer to a Scandalous Paper, . . . subscribed Edward Breck, etc., 1656, title-page of, 52 n; description of, 52 n; quoted, 55 n, 56 n

    Anthony, an Indian, 252 n

    Apothecaries, in New England, 146, 157, 158, 159, 160; in London, 157; practice of medicine by, 160, 161, 162

    Apothecaries’ Company, London, 157, 160

    Arber, Edward, 280 n

    Aristotle, problems ascribed to, 173

    Armine, Mary (Talbot), Lady, second wife of Sir William Armine, 124, 125

    Armitage, Joseph, 118

    Arnold, ——, 259, 260

    —— Benedict, Governor of Rhode Island, son of William, 144

    —— Caleb, son of Governor Benedict, 144, 145, 152

    —— William, 144

    Ashe, Edward, 381

    Ashley, John, 395

    Ashurst, Sir William, 363 n, 365, 367 n, 368 n

    Asia, supposed juncture of, with northwest America, 167–170

    Aspinwall, Thomas, 277 n, 278 n

    Astwood, James, 227 n

    Atkins, Joseph, 292, 294

    —— Mary (Dudley) Wainwright, wife of Joseph, 292; her portrait, 294. See also Wainwright

    —— Rev. Robert, 44, 47; twice ejected from Exeter, 46

    Atkinson, Theodore, 382

    Atlantic Ocean, great island in, described by Diodorus Siculus, 166

    Audleigh, ——, 124

    —— Mary, 124

    Augustine, St., 238

    Austin, Anne, a Quaker, 51

    Avery, Dorothy, daughter of Jonathan, 165

    —— Elroy McKendree, his paper on John Humfrey, 115–117

    —— Dr. Jonathan, son of Dr. William, 164, 165

    —— Margaret, daughter of Jonathan, 165

    —— Mary, wife of Dr. William, 165

    —— Mary, daughter of Dr. William. See Tisdale.

    —— Robert, son of Dr. William, 165

    —— Sibyll, wife of Jonathan, 165

    —— Sibyll, daughter of Jonathan, 165

    —— Dr. William, 174 n; his skill in physic and midwifery, 146; his new method of planking ships, 147; account of, 162–165

    —— William, son of Dr. William, 165

    Axe, effect of rattlesnake bite on, 174

    Axes, stone, used by Indians, 153

    Aver, Clarence Walter, 356

    —— Edward Everett, 276 n

    —— Dr. James Bourne, 158 n

    Aylett, Anne. See Washington

    Baker, Anna Frances. See Lincoln

    —— Ezra Henry, A.B., v; volume formerly belonging to Edward Everett exhibited for, 264

    —— John, 403

    —— William, 21

    Baldwin, Edward Chauncey, 236 n

    Bancroft, Thomas, 395

    Banian, a garment, 33, 33 n

    Bank of England, founding of, 212

    Banks, Lydia, 117, 118

    Barbé-Marbois, Francois, Marquis de, 260

    Barber-surgeons, 159, 160. See also Company of Barbers and Surgeons

    Barbing (barbering), a trade by itself, 146, 159, 160

    Barbour, Peter, 400, 406

    Barker, Benjamin, 395

    Barlow, Capt. Henry, 106 n

    Barnard, Abigail (Upham), wife of Samuel (H. C. 1766), 27 n

    —— Ebenezer (H. C. 1766), son of Joseph, 29; sketch of, 29 n; his losses by fire, 36

    —— Joseph, 27 n

    —— Lemuel, 29 n

    —— Sally (Ingersoll), wife of Ebenezer (H. C. 1766), 29 n

    —— Samuel (H. C. 1766), son of Joseph, 26–27, 29, 29 n; sketch of, 27 n; his losses by fire, 36

    —— Thankful (Sheldon), wife of Joseph, 27 n

    Barometer, not to be found in New England, 1722, 178

    Barré, Isaac, 322

    Barrell, John, 407

    Barrett, Mary. See Farrar

    Barrows, John, 27 n

    —— John (H. C. 1766), son of John, 27, 29; sketch of, 27 n; his losses by fire, 36–37

    —— Priscilla (Philbrook), wife of John, 27 n

    Bartlett, Mary (Warren), wife of Robert, 130

    ——Robert, 130

    Bass, Eliza. See Curtis

    Bates, Jesse, 130

    Baths, hot, used by Indians, 151, 181, 182

    Batters, Edmund, 118, 119, 120

    Bayberry candles. See Candles, bayberry

    Beale, John, 279

    —— Capt. Othniel, date of his observations in Boston with the dipping needle, 135, 136, 136 n; his original records not preserved, 137, 137 n

    Belcher, Jonathan, Governor, 3, 216, 374, 376, 384; his opposition to E. Burges, 362 n, 363 n; asked to issue proclamation against New Hampshire Notes, 377; this proclamation issued, 378, 379; his speeches on the subject to the New Hampshire Legislature, 378, 379; reply to speech, 378, 379

    Bellingham, Richard, Governor, 135

    Bemis, Frank Brewer, 309

    Bering Strait, discovery of, 167

    Bernard, ——, 341

    —— Sir Francis, Governor, 2, 2 n, 4 n, 11, 12, 12 n, 13, 14, 15, 15 n, 16, 16 n, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 26 n, 29, 328

    Bernardstown, N. H., H. Gray’s land in, 331, 332

    Bernsdorff. See Bernstorff

    Bernstorff, Andreas Gottlieb Bernstorff (d. 1726), Baron, 368, 368 n

    Bigelow, Melville Madison, LL.D., 75, 115; elected a Resident Member, 69, 305; accepts, 80

    Biggelow. See Biglow

    Biglow, Jedidah (Hathorn), wife of Samuel, 29 n

    —— Samuel, 29 n

    —— Sarah (Hall), wife of Rev. Silas (H. C. 1765), 29 n

    —— Rev. Silas (H. C. 1767), son of Samuel, 29; sketch of, 29 n; his losses by fire, 41–42

    Bill, Samuel, 406, 407

    Billerica, 59, 59 n

    Billings, John Shaw, D.C.L., death of, xix

    Bills of mortality, 147

    Bimon, Mrs. ——, 123

    Birchall, John, 50

    Bird, Edward Vanderhoop, elected a Corresponding Member, 80, 305; accepts, 202

    Bishey, Elisha, 395, 397 n

    Blake, Francis, death of, xix, 359

    —— Robert, 395

    —— family, 51

    Blanchard, ——, 334

    —— John, 395

    —— Lydia. See Holt

    Bliss, Daniel, 326 n

    —— Philip, 236 n

    Blodgett, John Taggard, A.M., death of, xix, 298, 305

    Blood-letting, unknown to Indians, 152

    Blood-root, remedy for rattlesnake bite, 184

    Blowers, Samson Salter, 326 n

    Boardman ——, 323

    —— Andrew. See Bordman

    Bohn, Henry George, 273, 295 n

    Bolton, Charles Knowles, 49

    Bond, Amos, 25 n

    —— Hannah (Bright), wife of Amos, 25 n

    —— Jonas, 395

    —— Nathaniel (H. C. 1766), son of Amos, 25; sketch of, 25 n; his losses by fire, 26

    Bordman, Andrew (H. C. 1719), 13

    Boston, physicians and apothecaries in, 1690, 146, 147, 156–163; population in 1690, 146, 146 n, 158, 159; extent of, 1690, 155; epidemic of fever in, 155; two burying-grounds belonging to, 155; bonds for security against strangers demanded in, 216 n; fire of 1747 in, 361 n; fire of 1711 in, 401; district covered by this fire, 406; changes caused by it, 406, 407; attempt to provide a currency in, 1733, 373; division of, into precincts, 1716, 402 n; some of the best known coffee houses and taverns in, 407, 408; liquor licences in, in early eighteenth century, 408

    —— Admiral Vernon Tavern, 407

    —— Almshouse, called the “pretty house upon the common for the poor,” 146; earliest in the country, 158

    —— Bear Tavern, 401 n, 407

    —— Bright Tavern, 401 n, 407

    —— British Coffee House, 407; meetings of the Monday Evening Club at, 322

    —— Cornhill, laid out in 1816, 407 n

    —— Crown Tavern, 407

    —— Exchange Coffee House, 407

    —— Faneuil Hall, grasshopper vane on, 407

    —— French Huguenot Church, 405

    —— Golden Ball Tavern, 407

    —— Gutteridge’s Coffee House, 407

    —— Hall’s Coffee House. See Hall, Richard, taverner

    —— Harbor, manuscript map of, exhibited, 385; variations between this map and the first engraved map of, 385, 386, 387; map of, in English Pilot of 1767, 386 n

    —— Insane Hospital. See State Hospital

    —— King’s Chapel, 191

    —— Monday Evening Club, 1765, 322

    —— Province House, 362, 362 n

    —— Public Library, 144, 277 n, 278 n, 295 n, 296, 374 n, 399, 400 n; Prince Collection, 66

    —— State Hospital, 354, 355

    —— Sun Tavern, 407

    —— Tea Party, H. Gray’s opposition to, 324, 325; measures taken by Parliament to exact compensations for, 324, 325

    —— Three Mariners Tavern, 401 n

    —— Washington Street, 407 n

    —— Wilson’s Lane, now Devonshire Street, 400, 401

    Boston Athenæum, 144, 296, 311 n; on site of town almshouse, 158

    Boston Gazette, imperfect files of, 374 n

    Boston News Letter, photograph of copy of, November 9, 1775, exhibited, 311; negatives given to this Society, 311 n; imperfect files of, 374 n

    Boston Port Bill, 324

    Bourn ——, Capt., 98 n

    —— Ezra, 395

    —— Meletiah, 397 n

    Bourne, Maj.——, 125

    Boutineau, James, 329

    —— Susannah (Faneuil), wife of James, 329, 336, 338, 350

    Bowden, James, 51

    Bowdoin, James, Governor, 13

    Bowers, Col. Jerathmeel, 14

    Bowes, Robert, 281 n

    Boyle, Robert, 164, 183, 184

    Boylston, Nicholas, 321

    —— Zabdiel, 102 n, 103, 103 n, 104 n, 114, 257 n, 282, 288, 289 n

    Boys, Antipas, 118

    —— Antipas, Jr., son of Antipas, 118

    Bradbury, Rev. Thomas, 98 n, 99

    Bradford, William, Governor of Plymouth Colony, 300

    Bradish, Ebenezer, glazier, son of John, 20; sketch of, 20 n

    —— Hepzibah, wife of John, 20 n

    —— John, glazier, 20 n

    Bradley, Henry, 46 n

    Brattle, Thomas (1658–1713), 164, 164 n, 313, 314

    —— Rev. William, his membership in the Royal Society, 95, 95 n, 96, 291

    —— William (d. 1776), 13

    Breck, ——, daughter of Edward (d. 1662), 50

    ——, —— first wife of Edward (d. 1662), 50

    —— ——, son of Edward (d. 1662), 50

    —— Edward (d. 1662), of Dorchester, son of Robert, 49, 50, 51; his letter on the Quakers, 1655, 52–58; description of the pamphlet from which this letter is reprinted, 52 n; photographs of armchair brought from England by, exhibited, 80, 80 n

    —— Ensign Edward, son of John (d. 1690), 50

    —— Edward, of Boston, 80; his sketch of E. Breck of Dorchester, 49–52

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of Edward (d. 1662). See Minot

    —— Hugh, 50

    —— Isabell Rigby, second wife of Edward (d. 1662), 50

    —— Joanna, daughter of Robert, 240 n

    —— Joanna (Mason), wife of Robert, 213 n, 219, 228, 231 n, 232 n, 236, 240, 240 n, 249, 254, 257; J. Dunton’s sketch of, 241–246. See also Perry

    —— John (d. 1690), son of Edward (d. 1662), 50, 80 n; families descended from, 51

    —— Robert, son of Hugh or Thomas, 50

    —— Robert, 240, 240 n

    —— Robert, son of Edward (d. 1662), 50, 50 n

    —— Rev. Robert, son of John (d. 1690), 80 n

    —— Robert (b. 1683), son of Robert, 240 n

    —— Sarah, daughter of Rev. Robert. See Gott

    —— Thomas, 50

    —— family, 51. See also Breck

    Brek, Robert del, 49

    —— Thomas del, son of Robert del, 49. See also Breck

    Brerewood, Edward, 168, 168 n

    Brewster, John, 404

    Bridge, Anne Palfrey, daughter of Rev. William Frederick. See Piper

    —— Elizabeth Guild (Crosby), wife of Rev. William Frederick, 352

    —— Rev. William Frederick, 352

    Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 381

    Bridges, ——, 124

    Brigham, Anna, daughter of Samuel. See Davis

    —— Anna (Gott), wife of Samuel, 80 n

    —— Charles Saunders, A.M., 75, 89 n; elected a Resident Member, 80, 305; accepts, 134

    —— Samuel, 80 n

    Bright, Hannah. See Bond

    Brindley, ——, 408

    Briscoe, Elizabeth, daughter of John. See Hall

    —— Joseph, Sr., 402, 403, 404

    —— Joseph, Jr., 402

    —— Nathaniel, 65

    —— Rebecca, wife of Joseph, 404

    British Museum, v, 240 n

    Brooks, Mary, daughter of Joel. See Farrar

    —— James Willson, death of, xix, 298, 305

    —— Joel, 19 n

    —— Sarah. See Willard

    Brown, Carleton Fairchild, 91 n, 291

    —— Elizabeth (Otis), wife of Capt. James, 330

    —— Ernest William, 110

    —— Dr. Francis Henry, 309

    —— Horatio Forbes, 370

    —— John, 395

    —— Margery, adopted by J. Sullivan, 137; her marriage to him, 138. See also Sullivan

    —— Neil, 372 n

    —— Thomas, of Halifax, 191

    —— Capt. William, of Marblehead, 154 n

    Browne, Joseph (H. C. 1666), his almanac, 270, 270 n

    —— Samuel, 397 n

    Brunning, Joseph, 250 n

    Bruster, John. See Brewster

    Bryant, Thomas, 395

    Bull, John, 216

    Bullard, Capt. Samuel, 395

    Bullivant, Dr. Benjamin, J. Dunton’s sketch of, 236, 249, 254, 256

    Bullock, Augustus George, 309

    Burbeck, William, 17

    Burges, Capt. E., 368 n

    —— Col. Elizeus (Elisha), Governor, paper on, by A. Matthews, 360–372; his appointment as Governor, 360, 360 n, 365, 367 n, 372, 389; exemplification of his commission, 360, 361; his resignation, 362, 362 n, 363, 363 n, 389; J. Dummer’s opposition to, 362, 362 n, 363, 363 n, 364, 365, 367, 368; sent to Ireland, 362 n, 370; his charges against Dummer, 366, 367; his army career, 368, 389 n; Countess Cowper’s charges against, 367, 369; arrested for manslaughter, 367, 370, 371; his escape from prison, 369, 369 n; pardoned, 370; Resident at Venice, 370, 371, 371 n, 372, 372 n; his death, 372 n; abstract of his will, 372 n

    —— Capt. Samuel, convicted of piracy and pardoned, 370 n

    —— Thomas, nephew of Col. Elizeus, 372 n

    Burgis, William, advertisement of the publication of his Prospect of the Colledges, 1726, 127

    Burney, Capt. James, 167, 167 n

    Burrill, John, 366, 366 n

    Burroughs, Francis, 216 n, 248

    Bushell, John, 404

    Bushrod, Hannah. See Washington

    Butcher, ——, 123

    Butler, Alban, 98 n

    —— James, second Duke of Ormonde, 368, 368 n

    —— Samuel, 234, 236

    Byfield, Judge Nathaniel, 364, 366, 397 n

    Byles, Rev. Mather, 284, 294; his sermon on the death of Mrs. Dummer, 293, 293 n

    Cabot, George, 406

    Cahill, ——, 4 n

    Calamie, ——, 124

    Calamy, Rev. Edmund (1671–1732), 47

    Callow, ——, 369 n

    Calvert, Giles, 52 n

    Cambell, Duncan, Boston bookseller, 144, 144 n

    Cambridge, Massachusetts General Court adjourned to, 2, 3 n; horse race at, 1722, 408

    —— Associated Charities of, 353

    —— Avon Home for Children, 353, 354, 355

    —— Blue Anchor Tavern, meeting place of House of Representatives, 20 n

    —— District Nursing Association, 355

    —— Public Library, 356

    —— School Committee, 355, 356

    —— Social Union, 353

    Candles, bayberry, 144, 152; made of silk grass, 152

    Caron, Francois, 169, 169 n, 170

    Carteret, John, second Baron Carteret of Hawnes and Earl Granville, 371

    Cassalis, Sir Gregory, 370

    Cassava, 173

    Chamberlain, John. See Chamberlayne

    —— Samuel, 395

    Chamberlayne, John, 88 n, 93, 94, 94 n, 105 n, 106 n; Rev. C. Mather’s World Alarm’d published in form of a letter to, 95, 95 n

    Chambers, ——, 123

    —— Rebecca. See Russell

    Champlain, Samuel de, 171

    Champney, Sarah. See Lowell

    Chandler, John, 395

    Chapman, Henry Leland, LL.D., death of, xix, 388

    “Character,” use of the form in seventeenth century English literature, 232, 232 n, 233, 234, 234 n, 235 n, 236, 236 n; definitions of, 232, 233, 234, 234 n, 235, 235 n

    Charles I, King of England, 45

    Charles II, King of England, his attitude toward Nonconformists, 45, 46; search for paper purporting to refer to bank in time of, 203–212

    Charlestown Ferry, revenue of, granted to Harvard College, 146, 146 n, 156

    Charms, Indian, 152

    Chase, Charles Augustus, A.M., death of, 69, 70

    Checkley, John, raises question regarding Rev. C. Mather’s membership in the Royal Society, 96, 282; his grievances against Mather, 97, 99, 99 n, 100 n, 111; his letter to F. Nicholson regarding Mather’s membership in the Royal Society, 97, 97 n; Nicholson’s answer to, 98; his letter to Halley on the same subject, 99, 101, 102, 286; title assumed by, 100, 100 n, 286; his journey to England, 106, 106 n, 113; his Choice Dialogues, 286; his shop, 288

    Cheney, Lt. Ebenezer, 28 n, 38

    —— Elizabeth (Palmer), wife of Lt. Ebenezer, 28 n

    —— Samuel (H. C. 1767), son of Lt. Ebenezer, 27, 29; sketch of, 28 n; his losses by fire, 38

    Chepian, 176

    Chester, Joseph Lemuel, transcript of Dunton’s Letters from New England made for, 221, 221 n, 222, 222 n, 226, 227, 228 n, 229, 229 n, 244 n, 217 n, 249 n

    Cheverus, John, Bishop of Boston, 345, 345 n

    Child bearing among Indian women, 148, 149, 176, 177

    Chiswell, Richard, the London agent of J. Usher, 278, 278 n, 279, 280, 280 n, 281, 281 n

    Choate, Charles Francis, A.M., death of, 69, 70

    —— John, 11, 13

    Chrysostom, St., 345

    Ch—h. See Church, Benjamin (H. C. 1754)

    Church, Benjamin, 9 n

    —— Benjamin (H. C. 1754), son of Benjamin, 9; sketch of, 9 n

    —— Thomas, 395

    Cibber, Colley, 370, 370 n

    Clap, Capt. Roger, 215, 215 n, 216

    —— Col. Thomas, 2

    Clark, John, 397 n

    —— William, 395

    Clarke, ——, 124

    —— Sir Simon, 296

    Clark’s Island, W. W. Goodwin’s home at, 299, 300

    Clarkson, James, 383

    Clavering, Mary. See Cowper

    Clayton, Rev. John, 145, 183, 186

    Cleave, Isaac, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Clerk, a clergyman, 35

    Clinton, Lady Arbella, daughter of Thomas. See Johnson

    —— Lady Susan, daughter of Thomas. See Humfrey

    —— Theophilus, fourth Earl of Lincoln, 115, 116, 117 n, 121

    —— Thomas (alias Fiennes), third Earl of Clinton, 115, 115 n, 116

    Clough, Samuel, Chester, 309; elected a Resident Member, 359; accepts, 388; his remarks on changes caused by the fire of 1711, Boston, 405–408

    Coal, not much used in Boston, 1690, 155

    Cocke, I., 247 n

    Coddington, William, 121

    Codner & Homer, 17

    Coffin, Admiral Sir Isaac, letter regarding the establishment of a Lancastrian school, 294, 295

    —— Joshua, 107 n

    —— Tristram, 294, 295

    —— William, 294, 295

    Colden, Cadwallader, 104, 159, 178

    Collier, Rev. Jeremy, 232 n

    Collins, John (1625–1683), 279, 279 n

    Colman, Rev. Benjamin, 144 n, 283 n, 364

    Colonial Societt of Massachusetts, vote of, regarding two early houses lately uncovered in Cambridge, 67; gifts to, 71, 72; needs of, 72, 306, 307; hospitality of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences again offered to, 306

    —— Annual Meetings, 69–76, 298–310

    —— Auditing Committee, appointment of, 1, 267; Report of, 74, 308

    —— Corresponding Members, death of, 71, 298, 305, 388; election of, 80, 305; additions to, reported, 71, 202

    —— Corresponding Secretary, reports new members, 1, 80, 134, 141, 202, 267, 298, 359, 388; election of, 75, 309. See also Park, Rev. Charles Edwards

    —— Council, Annual Report of, 69–72, 304–307; new members of, 309

    —— Editor of Publications. See Matthews, Albert

    —— Honorary Members, additions to, 71, 359; election of, 311

    —— Nominating Committee, appointment of, 1, 267; Report of, 75, 309

    —— President, 1, 67, 69, 76, 134, 141, 267, 298, 310, 311, 359, 388; election of, 75, 309. See also Lefavour, Henry

    —— Publications, 71, 72, 305, 306

    —— Recording Secretary, election of, 75, 309. See also Cunningham, Henry Winchester

    —— Registrar, election of, 75, 309. See also Gay, Frederick Lewis

    —— Resident Members, death of, announced, 69, 298, 304, 305, 359; election of, 69, 80, 134, 141, 202, 267, 305, 359, 388; additions to, reported, 71, 134, 141, 202, 267, 298

    —— Stated Meetings, 1, 80, 134, 141, 202, 267, 311, 359, 388

    —— Treasurer, Annual Report of, 72–74, 307, 308; election of, 75, 309. See also Edes, Henry Herbert

    —— Vice-Presidents, election of, 75. See also Knowlton, Marcus Perrin; Davis, Andrew McFarland

    Columbia, the name, applied to America, 1764, 9

    Colway, a part of Lyme Regis, 48

    Company of Barbers and Surgeons, 159, 160. See also Barber-surgeons

    Concord, N. H., State Archives, 375

    Conjuration among Indians, 149, 175, 176

    Conjurers, Indian. See Powwows

    Connecticut Company, 373, 374

    Continental Congress, 325

    Conway, Henry Seymour, 322

    Cook, Capt. James, 167

    Cooke, Elisha (d. 1737), 397 n

    —— Westwood, 395

    Coolidge, Joseph Randolph, Jr., 309

    —— Thomas Jefferson, Jr., A.B., death of, xix, 298, 304

    Cooper, Judith (Sewall), wife of Rev. William, 10 n

    —— Rev. Samuel (H. C. 1743), son of Rev. William, 9 n, 260 n, 261; sketch of, 10 n

    —— Rev. William, 10 n

    Copland, ——, 124

    —— John, 124

    Cornbury, Lord. See Hyde, Edward

    Cornish, cornice, 15

    Corporation for the Promoting and Propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England, 122

    Coscúshaw, 173

    Cosh-caska, 149, 173

    Cotesworth, Caleb, 103 n

    Cotton, ——, 402 n

    —— Abigail. See Hall

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John of Newton. See Hastings

    —— Rev. John, of Newton, 24 n

    —— John, of Watertown, 407

    —— Josiah, 268 n, 273

    —— Mary, of Watertown, 407

    —— Mary, daughter of William. See Hall; Holt

    —— William, 28 n

    Cowper, Mary (Clavering), second wife of William, Earl Cowper, 369 n; her statements regarding E. Burges, 368, 369

    —— William, first Earl Cowper, 368, 368 n, 369 n

    Craddock, ——, 125

    Crafts, William, 118

    Crafts & Tileston, 17

    Crafts, Waters &, 17

    Crapo, Henry Howland, 309

    Cromwell, Oliver, 191; honorary degrees conferred during his visit to Oxford, 1649, 116 n, 117 n

    Crosby, Elizabeth Guild. See Bridge

    Cross’s Mills, R. I., burial place of royal family of Narragansett Indians at, 188 n, 189 n; Indian relics found at, 188 n

    Crown Commissions, disappearance of one volume of, 398 n

    Crows, as Indian oracles, 151; in Indian witchcraft, 176

    Cunningham, Alexander (d. 1737), 371 n

    —— Henry Winchester, A.B., elected Recording Secretary, 75, 309

    Currency, experiments for providing, during the first half of the eighteenth century, 373, 374; state of, in New England to be laid before Privy Council, 383, 384

    Curiosity, archaic use of the word, 150, 178

    Curtice. See Curtis.

    Curtis, Eliza (Bass), wife of Rev. Philip, 27 n

    —— Rev. Philip, 27 n, 35

    —— Samuel (H. C. 1766), son of Rev. Philip, 26, 29; sketch of, 27 n; his losses by fire, 35

    Curwen, Samuel, 326

    Curzon, Mary Russell, 294

    Curzon-Howe, Richard George Penn, fourth Earl Howe, 387

    Cushing, John, 397 n

    —— Thomas, 395

    —— Thomas (1725–1788), 13

    Cushman, Isaac, 395

    D—N. See Deane, Rev. Samuel (H. C. 1760)

    Dale, Samuel, 88 n

    Dance, Indian, held at Narragansett, 154

    Danforth, Allen, 268 n

    —— Samuel, 13, 16, 17

    Dank-faced, 147, 166

    Darby, John, printer, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Davenport, Addington, 394, 397 n

    —— Rev. John, 280, 280 n

    Davidson, Alexander, 199

    Davis, Capt. ——, 332, 339

    —— Adelaide (Goodwin), wife of Charles Henry, 77, 78

    —— Andrew McFarland, A.M., 65 n, 202, 235 n, 328 n, 329 n; pays tribute to memory of Rev. E. H. Hall, 141; his remarks on a Visit to the Archives of Westminster Abbey, 202–212; his appreciation of W. W. Goodwin, 298–304; elected a Vice-President of this Society, 309; his communication on New Hampshire Merchants’ Notes, 1734–1735, 373–385

    —— Anna (Brigham), wife of Isaac, 80 n

    —— Charles Henry, A.B., son of Isaac, Memoir of, by S. S. Green, communicated, 75; text of the Memoir, 77–79; his military service, 77; his love of music and art, 78

    —— George Clinton, son of Joseph, 80 n

    —— Isaac, of Northborough, 80 n

    —— Hon. Isaac, of Worcester, 77

    —— Jenkin, 120

    —— Judge John, 276 n; his edition of Morton’s New England’s Memorial, 268 n, 272, 272 n, 273

    —— Joseph, 395

    —— Joseph, son of Isaac of Northborough, 80 n

    —— Mary, daughter of Jenkin. See Ivory

    —— Mary Holman (Estabrook), wife of Hon. Isaac, of Worcester, 77

    —— Mary Louise, daughter of George Clinton, 80 n

    —— Nicholas Darnell, 90, 92 n, 100 n

    Dawes, Capt. Thomas, 15, 17

    Daws, ——, 344

    Dean, Samuel. See Deane, Rev. Samuel

    Deane, Charles, 277 n

    —— Eunice (Pearson), wife of Rev. Samuel, 10 n

    —— Rachel (Dwight), second wife of Samuel, 10 n

    —— Samuel, 10 n

    —— Rev. Samuel (H. C. 1760), son of Samuel, 9, 9 n, 35; sketch of, 10 n

    Dedham, Latin School in, 1680, 163, 163 n, 164; military company, 163

    Defoe, Daniel, 228, 228 n, 235 n, 253, 257

    Deforestation, effect of, 154

    Denny, John, 330

    —— family, 51

    De Normandie, Rev. James, 75

    Derham, Rev. William (1657–1735), 177

    Dewey, Francis Henshaw, 76, 310

    Dexter, Rev. Henry Martyn, 273

    —— Timothy, United States loan certificate signed by, exhibited, 388

    Dickinson, Wharton, 115, 115 n

    Dictionary of American biography, meeting held to consider preparation of, 67

    Diodorus Siculus, 147, 166

    Diseases, among Indians, 148, 149, 151, 172, 173, 181, 186; those curable by mithridate, 157

    Dispensary dispute, 161

    Dittany. See Pennyroyal

    Dixon, ——, 123

    Dixwell, Epes Sargent, 130

    Doble, Charles Edward, 241 n

    Dodge, Joseph, 404

    Donovan, James, v

    Douglass, Dr. William, 107, 159, 178, 182, 283 n; his opposition to inoculation, 103, 104, 105 n, 282, 282 n, 284, 286, 288, 289, 289 n; his attacks on Rev. C. Mather, 103, 104, 104 n, 105, 105 n, 106, 106 n, 107, 107 n, 282, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290; his anti-inoculation letters to A. Stuart, 103, 105, 105 n, 291; pamphlets dedicated to A. Stuart by, 107, 107 n

    Downame, John (d. 1652), 179

    Downing, Emanuel, 116 n, 117, 125

    —— Sir George, eon of Emanuel, 117

    —— John, 383

    —— John, Jr., 385

    —— Lucy (Winthrop), wife of Emanuel, 116 n, 117

    Dowse, Jonathan, 397 n

    Draper, Eben Sumner, Governor, 354

    —— John, printer, 293 n

    —— Richard, printer, 43

    —— Samuel, printer, 43

    Droeshout, Martin, 296

    Drowne, Shem, 407

    Drugs, inspection of, 157, 160

    Dudley, —— (Gordon), wife of Trueworthy, 28 n

    —— Ann, daughtef of Gov. Joseph. See Miller; Winthrop

    —— Catharine, daughter of Gov. Joseph. See Dummer

    —— John, 40

    —— Joseph, Governor, 164, 164 n, 216, 227, 227 n, 360 n, 361, 364; his four daughters, 294

    —— Mary, daughter of Gov. Joseph. See Atkins; Wainwright

    —— Rev. Nicholas (H. C. 1767), son of Trueworthy, 27, 29; sketch of, 28 n; his losses by fire, 40

    —— Paul, son of Gov. Joseph, 88 n, 136, 174 n, 182, 184, 397 n; his membership in the Royal Society, 96, 96 n, 112, 291, 292

    —— Priscilla (Whiton), wife of Rev. Nicholas (H. C. 1767), 28 n

    —— Rebecca, daughter of Gov. Joseph. See Sewall

    —— Trueworthy, 28 n

    —— William, son of Gov. Joseph, 392, 392 n, 393, 395, 395 n, 396

    Dummer, Anne. See Powell

    —— Catharine (Dudley), wife of Lt.-Governor William, 294; death of, 292; public notices of, 293, 293 n; funeral sermon on, 293, 293 n; her portrait, 294

    —— Jeremiah (d. 1739), 98 n, 366 n, 367, 367 n, 368, 389; his opposition to E. Burges, 362, 362 n, 363, 363 n, 364, 365, 367, 368; his support of Gov. Dudley, 364; Burges’s charges against 366, 367

    —— William, Lt.-Governor, 293, 363 n, 392, 392 n, 393, 394, 395, 397, 397 n, 400 n; his letter on the death of his wife, 292; death of, 292 n, 294; portrait of, 294

    Dummer Academy, 292 n, 294

    Duncan, Nathaniel, 122, 123, 126

    Dunster, Rev. Henry, President of Harvard College, 67

    Dunton, Elizabeth (Annesley), wife of John (1659–1733), 214, 217, 210, 220, 246

    —— Iris, wife of John. See Dunton, Elizabeth

    —— Rev. John, 214

    —— John (1659–1733), son of Rev. John, paper on his Letters from New England, by C. N. Greenough, 212–257; merits of these letters, 213, 213 n; his description of the Boston old maid, 213 n; his apprenticeship as bookseller, 214; his voyage to New England, 214, 214 n, 215; his arrival in Boston, 215, 216; vouched for as a stranger, 215 n, 216, 216 n; his return to London, 217; his subsequent career, 217; Swift’s opinion of, 217, 217 n; the Earl of Sunderland on, 217, 218; charges against, 218; outline of contents of his Letters, 219, 220, 220 n, 221, 221 n, 228 n; the Chester transcript of his Letters, 221, 221 n, 222, 222 n, 226, 227, 228 n, 229, 229 n, 244 n, 247 n, 249 n; his unacknowledged borrowings from Josselyn, 222–225, 247, 247 n, 248, 248 n, 250, 251, 252, 253; from R. Williams, 222, 250, 250 n, 251, 252, 253; from Rev. C. Mather, 227, 227 n, 229, 250; from Rev. T. Fuller, 237, 238, 241 n, 242 n, 248, 249, 253; from Sir T. Overbury, 239, 247, 247 n, 248, 249, 252, 253; from The Ladies Calling, 240–246, 249, 253; from J. W., 248, 253; from R. Flecknoe, 249, 253, 385; from Rev. J. Moody, 250, 250 n, 253; from Rev. I. Mather, 250, 250 n, 253; from Rev. J. Eliot, 252, 252 n, 253; discussion regarding the genuineness of his Letters, 226–231; his account of the execution of J. Morgan, 230, 230 n; his description of a March picnic, 231, 231 n; his use of the “character” form, 231, 232, 232 n; sources of these characters, 236; his characters divided into three groups, 255, 256; to be classed as fiction rather than as history, 256, 257

    —— Lake, son of Rev. John, 219

    —— Sarah, 220

    Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, his drawings of Harvard College, 66, 66 n

    Dutch East India Company, 170

    Dwight, Col. ——, 14

    —— Henry, 395

    —— Rachel. See Deane

    Dyer, Benjamin, 165

    Eagle, in Indian conjuration, 149, 175, 176

    Eames, Thomas. See Ames, Thomas

    Earle, John, Bishop of Salisbury, 234, 234 n, 236; his portrait of A Modest Man, 235 n, 236 n; as the source of some of J. Dunton’s characters, 238, 238 n, 248, 249, 251, 252 n, 253, 254, 255 n, 385

    Eason, ——, 157

    East India Company, 324

    Eaton, Nathaniel, 63, 64, 65, 67

    Edes, Henry Herbert, A.M., v, 75, 80, 122, 135, 137, 216 n, 373; reads extracts from early documents relating to Harvard College, 67; reports on meeting held to consider the preparation of a dictionary of American biography, 67; elected Treasurer, 75, 309; exhibits copy of Ravis’s Hebrew Grammar, 114; deed exhibited by, 134, 135; calls attention to letter from Mary Washington to her son, 141; his communication on the wife of Lt.-Governor Dummer, 292–294; communicates letter from Admiral Coffin, 294; his communication regarding Hall’s Coffee-House, 400–408; reads holograph letter from Washington to Col. Gilpin, 408

    Edwards, Elizabeth, wife of Griffin, 119

    —— Griffin, 119

    —— John, 406

    Edouart, August, silhouettes cut by, 295

    Eliot, Rev. Andrew (H. C. 1737), 21 n

    —— Rev. Andrew (H. C. 1762), son of Rev. Andrew (H. C. 1737), 21, 43; sketch of, 21 n, 22 n; allowance to, for losses by burning of Harvard Hall, 22, 23; his petition regarding these losses, 22, 23

    —— Ann (Mumford) wife of Rev. John, 229 n

    —— Charles William, President of Harvard College, 299, 302, 303

    —— Elizabeth (Langdon), wife of Rev. Andrew (H. C. 1737), 21 n

    —— Rev. John, Apostle to the Indians, 126, 178; J. Dunton’s account of, 220, 227, 229 n, 251, 252; Dunton’s borrowings from, 252, 252 n, 253

    —— Mary (Pynchon), wife of Rev. Andrew (H. C. 1762), 22 n

    Elm, the College, 8

    Emry, John, 124

    England, Admiralty, Lords Commissioners of the, 137, 137 n

    —— Board of Trade, discussions in, regarding the exclusion of New Hampshire Notes from Massachusetts, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378; report against the Act excluding them, 379, 380

    —— Parliament, measures taken by, to exact compensation for destruction of tea, 324, 325

    —— Privy Council, discussions in, regarding the circulation of New Hampshire Notes in Massachusetts, 374, 375, 376, 378, 383, 384; report of Board of Trade to, 379, 380; state of the currency in New England to be laid before, 383, 384

    —— Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 203, 205, 208, 209, 211, 212

    England, Bank of. See Bank of England

    English language, J. Adams’s project regarding an Academy for the improvement of, 261, 262, 263; increasing international use of, 262, 263; an earlier proposition for an American Society of, 263, 264

    English prose fiction, beginnings of, 256, 256 n, 257

    Epes, Capt. Daniel, 395

    —— Daniel, source of J. Dunton’s character of, 238, 238 n, 252 n, 256

    —— Symonds, 397 n

    Erving, George, 323

    —— John, 323

    —— John, Jr., 323

    Estabrook, Mary Holman. See Davis

    Estabrooke, Capt. Joseph, 395

    Evelyn, John, 277 n

    Everett, Edward, 114; volume formerly belonging to, exhibited, 264; description of the volume, 265, 265 n; tins volume presented by him to P. Svinin, 265, 266

    —— William, 264

    Everleigh, Josiah, 98 n

    Exeter, Eng., Nonconformists in, 46, 47

    Exeter, N. H., sweating cure at, 182; Registry of Deeds, 375

    Fairbanks, Arthur, Litt.D., elected a Resident Member, 80, 305; accepts, 134

    Fairfax, Thomas, third Baron Fairfax of Cameron, honorary degrees conferred during his visit to Oxford (1649), 116 n, 117 n

    Fairfield, Daniel, 120

    Fane, ——, son of Sir Henry, 369, 371

    —— Sir Henry, 369

    Faneuil, Peter, 329

    —— Susannah, sister of Peter. See Boutineau

    Farmer, John, 192 n, 277 n

    Farrar, George, 19 n

    —— Rev. Joseph (H. C. 1767), son of George, 19; sketch of, 19 n

    —— Mary (Barrett), wife of George, 19 n

    —— Mary (Brooks), wife of Rev. Joseph (H. C. 1767), 19 n

    —— Samuel, 19, 19 n. See also Farrar, Timothy

    —— Timothy (H. C. 1767), 19 n

    Farwell, John Whittemore, v; unrecorded deed, 1694, exhibited by, 141; appointed on Auditing Committee, 267; Report of this Committee, 308; exhibits volume containing sermon by Rev. D. Lawson, and title-page of the Shorter Catechism, 1690, 359, 409, 410; exhibits manuscript map of Boston Harbor once owned by Admiral Lord Howe, 385

    Favorite son, early use of the term, 8, 8 n

    Fell, John, 241 n

    Felton, Cornelius Conway (H. C. 1827), 300, 301, 319

    Fenn, Rev. William Wallace, D.D., appointed on Nominating Committee, 1

    Feveryear, Grafton, 178

    Fillmore, Millard, President, 319

    Fisher, Capt. Daniel, 163, 163 n

    —— Ebenezer, 404

    —— Joshua, 395

    —— Mary, a Quaker, 51

    Fitch, Thomas, 397 n

    Fitz, Dr. Reginald Heber, 102 n, 282, 282 n

    Fitz-Walter, Lord. See Mildmay, Benjamin

    Flake of hair, 147, 166

    Flecknoe, Richard, 234 n; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 249, 253, 385

    Fletcher, Joan. See Ames Flint, Josiah, 192 n

    Flucker, Thomas, Secretary of Massachusetts, 4 n

    Flynt, Henry, 318 n

    Fogg, Ralph, 118

    Food, of Indians, 150, 178, 179, 180

    Foote, Rev. Henry Wilder (H. C. 1897), 75

    —— Mrs. Joshua, 123

    Forbes, Allan, A.B., elected a Resident Member, 359; accepts, 388

    Ford, Thomas, Dunton’s plagiarisms from, 385

    —— Worthington Chauncey, A.M., 81 n, 134, 399

    Foss, Eugene Noble, Governor, 354

    Foster, Francis Apthorp, v; his paper on the Burning of Harvard Hall, 1764, and its Consequences, 1–43, 126 n; reads extracts relating to loss and recovery of two seals, 126, 127; his reproduction of W. Burgis’s Prospect of the Colledges, 127; elected a member of the Council for three years, 309

    —— John, press of, 409, 410

    —— Capt. John, 395

    —— Thomas, 14

    Foxcroft, Phœbe. See Phillips

    Foye, John, 143, 143 n, 400, 401, 402, 406

    Franklin, Benjamin, 259

    —— James, brother of Benjamin, 283 n, 284, 284 n, 285 n, 287 n; charges against his New-England Courant, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287

    Freind, John, 290, 290 n

    French, Rev. Jonathan, 59

    Fuller, Rev. Thomas (1608–1661), 234, 236; comparison between his character of The Good Merchant and J. Dunton’s Mr. Heath, 237, 238; as a further source of Dunton’s characters, 241 n, 242 n, 248, 249, 253

    —— Ensign Thomas, 163, 163 n

    Furness, Dawes Eliot, 309

    —— Horace Howard, LL.D., death of, xix, 298, 305; J. K. Hosmer’s appreciation of, 318–320

    —— Rev. William Henry (H. C. 1820), 318 n

    Gaffrey, George. See Jaffrey

    Gage, Gen. Thomas, 325

    Gale, Roger, 46

    Games, Indian, 150, 181

    Gardiner, Rev. John Sylvester John, 296 n

    Gardner, Francis, 352

    —— Henry, 327 n

    Garlits, a cloth, 40, 40 n

    Garth, Sir Samuel, 161

    Gay, Frederick Lewis, A.B., v, 51 n, 53 n, 75, 121, 174 n, 184 n, 186 n, 190, 276, 293 n; his remarks on three drawings of Harvard College by Du Simitière, 66; elected Registrar, 75, 309; copies of Rev. C. Mather’s letters owned by, 81 n, 134; communicates a letter written by Rev. T. Shepard (H. C. 1653), 191

    Gee, Lately, 403

    Germantown, 386, 386 n

    George I, King of England, 360, 361, 362 n, 364, 366, 368 n, 372, 372 n; his Explanatory Charter, 391 n, 392, 394, 397, 399; address to, on the charter, 398, 399

    George II, King of England, 384; called George the Great, 9. See also Wales, Prince of

    George III, King of England, 4 n

    George, John, 144

    —— Lydia (Lee), wife of John, 144. See also Mather

    Gerrish, Rev. Joseph, 230, 230 n

    —— Samuel, 95 n, 99 n

    Ghost-Book, A, paper on, by A. Matthews, relating to the alleged London edition of N. Morton’s New England’s Memorial, 1669, 268–281. See also Morton, Nathaniel

    Ghost-words, 268

    Gibbs, Henry, 407; heirs of, 400, 407

    —— Robert, 407

    Gifford, William Logan Rodman, A.B., 173

    Gilbert, Col. Thomas, 14

    Gilchrist, James, 403, 403 n

    Gill, Nathaniel, 130

    Gilman, Sarah. See Pike

    Gilpatrick, Joshua, 138, 138 n

    Gilpin, Col. George, letter from Washington to, 408, 409

    Glasgow University, 106 n

    Glover, Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Jose, 66 n

    —— George, 124

    —— Rev. Jose, 66 n

    Goddard, Capt. Edward, 395

    —— Jonathan, F.R.S., 160

    Goerlitz, Prussia, 40 n

    Goldthwaite, Ezekiel, 346

    Goodwin, Mrs. ——, 123

    —— Adelaide. See Davis

    —— William Watson, D.C.L., death of, xix, 298, 304; elected a Vice-President, 75; A. McF. Davis’s appreciation of, 298–304; his Pilgrim ancestry, 298, 299; his early classical studies, 299; his home at Clark’s Island, 299, 300; his knowledge of Plymouth Harbor, 300; his Greek studies at Harvard, 300; in Germany, 300; his Memoir of G. M. Lane, 301; as a teacher at Harvard, 301; his Syntax of the Greek Moods and Tenses, 301, 303; his support of the elective system, 302; honorary degrees bestowed upon, 302, 303; his services to this Society, 302, 303; his family life, 303; his personality, 304

    Gookin, Daniel, 179

    Gordon, ——. See Dudley

    Gorham, unpaid taxes of, 1774, 327 n

    Gorton, Samuel, 271, 271 n

    Gosling, Rev. George Langham, 136 n

    Gott, Anna, daughter of Benjamin. See Brigham

    —— Benjamin, 80 n

    —— Sarah (Breck), wife of Benjamin, 80 n

    Göttingen University, friendly relations between Harvard College and, 301

    Gore, Christopher, Governor, 267

    Gove, ——, 123

    Grant, Capt. James, 395

    —— Hon. Robert, Ph.D., elected a Resident Member, 202, 305; accepts, 267, 298

    Grantham, Mr. ——, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Gray, Edward, 320, 337

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of Harrison, (1711–1794). See Otis

    —— Elizabeth (Lewis), wife of Harrison, 321, 323

    —— Harrison (1711–1794), son of Edward, paper on the Property of Harrison Gray, Loyalist, by S. E. Morison, 320–350; his offices and income, 321, 321 n, 323, 324; J. Adams’s comments on, 322, 323, 327 n; his desertion of the Whigs, 322, 323, 324, 325; his opposition to the Boston tea-party, 324, 325; result of his defection, 325; loses his office, 325; his pamphlet on the Congresses, 325, 326; leaves Boston, 326; his life in London, 326; accusation against, 326 n, 327 n; these charges refuted, 367 n; confiscation of some of his property, 328, 330 n, 331; classed among the “notorious conspirators,” 328, 329; his grandson undertakes to recover his property, 329, 331, 332, 333 n, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341; his statement of his property before the Loyalist Commission, 330, 330 n; his Vermont and New Hampshire land, 331, 332, 333; his Peterborough farm acquired by the town, 333, 334, 335; his claim against J. Hancock, 338–343, 345–349; his opposition to the theatre, 345; his death, 349

    —— Harrison, Jr., son of Harrison (1711–1794), 321, 326, 349

    —— John, son of Edward, 321, 344; joins the patriot cause, 327

    —— John, son of Harrison (1711–1794), 321, 326

    —— Lewis, son of Harrison (1711–1794), 321, 326

    —— Mary (Otis), wife of John, son of Edward, 321

    —— Susannah, daughter of Edward. See Jackson

    —— Susannah (Harrison), wife of Edward, 320

    —— William, 344

    Grease, as used by Indians, 151, 182

    Great Britain. See England

    Green, Bartholomew (d. 1732), son of Samuel (d. 1702), 399 n, 409, 410; becomes his brother’s assistant, 409; becomes partner with his father, 409

    —— Charles Montraville, M.D., appointed on Nominating Committee, 267; presents Report of this Committee, 309

    —— Hannah, wife of Samuel (d. 1690), J. Dunton’s sketch of, 213 n, 228, 231 n, 236, 240, 245, 246, 249, 253

    —— Jacob, heirs of, 406

    —— Joseph (H. C. 1726), 191

    —— Samuel, printer (d. 1702), 270, 270 n, 271, 273, 274, 277 n, 279, 280 n, 409

    —— Samuel, Jr. (d. 1690), son of Samuel (d. 1702), takes charge of J. Foster’s press, 409; his death, 409; inventory of his estate, 409, 410

    —— Dr. Samuel Abbott, 144 n, 325 n

    —— Samuel Swett, A.M., communicates Memoir of C. H. Davis, 75; text of Memoir, 77–79

    Greenhill, —— 124

    Greenough, Charles Pelham, 343 n

    —— Chester Noyes, Ph.D., 76; elected a Resident Member, 134, 305; accepts, 141; his communication on John Dunton’s Letters from New England, 212–257; supplementary communication by, on John Dunton’s Letters, 385

    —— Mary. See Langdon

    —— William Whitwell, 114

    Greenwood, Isaac, 102 n, 108 n, 109 n, 178, 283 n; his defence of Rev. C. Mather, 104, 104 n, 105 n; this defence answered, 105

    Grew, Dr. Nehemiah, son of Rev. Obadiah, 100 n, 143 n, 157, 158, 178, 179; his letter (not extant) to Rev. S. Lee, 142; Lee’s reply to, 142, 142 n; S. Sewall’s notes on, 143; sends queries on Virginia Indians to Rev. J. Clayton, 145; text of Lee’s letter to, 145–153; text of Sewall’s letter to, 153–155; his knowledge of rattlesnakes, 175, 175 n, 183

    —— Rev. Obadiah, 143 n; S. Sewall’s notes on, 143; his death, 155 n

    Gridley, Richard, 332

    Grierson, B., 386 n

    Griffin, Edward, 234 n

    Grosse, Matthew, 401; his tavern, 401 n

    Grout, Jonathan, 332

    Guilford, Earl of. See North, Frederick

    Gutteridge, Robert, his Coffee House, 407

    Griswold, Almon Whiting, 275 n

    H—P—R. See Cooper, Rev. Samuel (H. C. 1743)

    Hair, of Indians, 147, 166; cutting of Indian maidens’, 154

    Hale, Anne Taggard (Piper), wife of Matthew, 357

    —— Joseph, 395

    —— Matthew, 357

    —— Will T., 252 n

    Hales, John Groves, his Survey of Boston, 1819, 407

    Halifax, Earl of. See Montagu, Charles

    Hall, Abigail (Cotton), wife of Rev. Willard, 26 n

    —— Charles, son of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— Constance, daughter of Richard, gentleman. See Woodhouse

    —— Rev. Edward Henry, D.D., death of, xix, 141, 298

    —— Edwin Herbert, 310

    —— Eliza, daughter, of Richard, baker, 405

    —— Elizabeth (Briscoe), wife of Richard, baker, 404, 405

    —— George, son of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— James, son of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— John, son of Richard, baker, 405

    —— John, son of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— Joseph, Bishop of Exeter and Norwich, 234, 236; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 254, 255, 255 n, 385

    —— Joseph, son of Richard, baker, 405, 405 n

    —— Martha, daughter of Richard, son of Richard, baker, 405

    —— Martha (Williston), wife of Richard, son of Richard, baker, 405

    —— Mary, daughter of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— Mary, wife of Richard, 405 n

    —— Mary (Kneeland), wife of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— Mary (Cotton) Holt, wife of Stephen (H. C. 1765), 27 n, 28 n

    —— Richard, takes oath of allegiance in Boston, 1678, 401, 401 n

    —— Richard, baker, 401 n, 403, 404, 405; sketch of, 404, 405

    —— Richard, barber, 402

    —— Richard, constable, 401, 402

    —— Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— Richard, mariner, 405 n

    —— Richard, tailor, 401

    —— Richard, taverner, 401 n; his application for a licence, 287 n, 288 n, 289 n, 403, 404; his Coffee House the headquarters of the Society of Physicians Anti-Inoculators, 287, 288, 289; disappearance of this house, 289; his house a political rendezvous, 289 n; precise location of his Coffee House, 400, 401, 406; ordered to close his house, 403, 404; allowed to reopen it, 404; allusions to his Coffee House in contemporary newspapers, 408

    —— Richard, son of Richard, baker, 405

    —— Richard, son of Richard, gentleman, 405

    —— Sarah. See Biglow

    —— Stephen (H. C. 1765), son of Rev. Willard, 26, 28, 28 n, 29; sketch of, 26 n, 27 n; his losses by fire, 30, 31, 31 n

    —— Rev. Willard, 26 n

    —— William, son of Richard, gentleman, 405

    Halley, Edmund, Secretary of the Royal Society, 83, 91, 91 n, 97 n, 98, 108, 290, 385; J. Checkley’s letter to, regarding Rev. C. Mather’s membership in the Royal Society, 99, 100, 101, 102, 286

    Hallowell, ——, 344

    —— Robert, 329

    Halsey, Frederic Robert, 276 n

    Hamilton, A., & Co., 130

    Hammond, George, 336

    —— Joseph, 397 n

    Hancock, Belcher (H. C. 1727), son of Nathaniel, 3 n, 4 n; allowance to, for his losses by burning of Harvard Hall, 18; sketch of, 18 n

    —— Dorothy (Quincy), wife of Gov. John, 348, 349. See also Scott

    —— John, Governor, 323, 324; H. Gray’s claim against, 338–343, 345–349; the claim settled, 350; his treasurership of Harvard College, 341; H. G. Otis’s characterization of, 342, 343; H. G. Otis’s letters to, 344, 346–348; vetoes bill providing for naturalization of refugees, 348, 348 n; his death, 348

    —— Nathaniel, 18 n

    —— Prudence (Russell), wife of Nathaniel, 18 n

    Harding. See Horden

    Harlakenden, Richard, 123

    Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford, 366, 366 n

    Harriot, Thomas, 173

    Harris, David, 331

    —— Jonathan, 331

    —— Thaddeus Mason, photograph of, from silhouette, exhibited, 295

    Harrise, Nathaniel, 402

    Harrison, Gray. See Gray, Harrison

    —— Robert, 110, 136 n

    —— Susannah. See Gray

    Harvard, Rev. John, 65, 66, 145, 156

    Harvard College, 63; grant of the General Court to, 1636, 64; Rev. H. Peter’s service to, 64; N. Eaton’s connection with, 64; three drawings of, by Du Simitière, 66, 66 n; extracts read from recently discovered documents relating to, 67; advertisement relating to W. Burgis’s Prospect of the Colledges, 127; Rev. S. Lee’s account of, 1690, 145, 146; foundation and early days of, 150; Charlestown ferry granted to, 156; Robie’s meteorological observation at, 178; celebration of Washington’s birthday at, 1796, 199, 200; early hour of retiring at, 201; volume containing J. A. Shaw’s sketch of, exhibited, 264, 265; friendly relations with Gottingen University, 301

    —— Harvard Hall, paper on the Burning of Harvard Hall, 1764, and its Consequences, by F. A. Foster, 2–43; meetings of the General Court held in, 2, 3 n; books and apparatus in, destroyed, 2, 2 n, 3 n, 4 n, 5; Mrs. Mascarene’s account of the burning of, 3 n; General Court votes money for rebuilding of, 4 n, 5, 12, 13, 16, 17; donations asked for rebuilding of, 6, 7; poems relating to the burning of, 7–11; committee appointed to superintend rebuilding of, 13, 14; report of this committee, 14–16; allowances made by House to those losing property by burning of, 18–25, 29; two seals lost in burning of, afterward recovered, 126, 127

    —— Hollis Hall, 3 n, 15

    —— Holworthy Hall, 265

    —— Library, v; J. Harvard’s bequest to, 65, 66; Rev. W. Ames’s library at, 65, 66; possible other early collections in, 66, 66 n; recent acquisitions to, exhibited, 67; some interesting objects in, 267; material in, relating to the College, 312, 313

    —— Massachusetts Hall, 3 n, 15

    —— Records, Notes on, 1636–1800, by A. Matthews, 312–318; loss of some volumes of, 312, 314, 314 n; necessity for preserving, 312; character of, 312, 313; publication of, by this Society, 312, 314 n; description of, 313–318

    —— Stoughton Hall, 3 n, 9 n, 265

    Harvard Memorial Society, 67

    Hastings, Elizabeth (Cotton), wife of Jonathan (H. C. 1730), 24 n

    —— Jonathan, 24 n

    —— Jonathan (H. C. 1730), son of Jonathan, his losses by fire, 24; sketch of, 24 n

    —— Sarah (Phips), wife of Jonathan, 24 n

    Hatch, Nathaniel, 323

    Hathora, Jedidah. See Biglow

    Hathorne, William, 117, 118

    Hatley, Maj. ——, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 254, 255

    Hauksbee, Francis (d. 1763), 110

    Hawkesby. See Hauksbee

    Hawks, as Indian oracles, 151

    Hayward, ——, 124

    —— Keziah. See Ames

    Hazlitt, William Carew, 276 n

    Hearne, ——, 99 n

    —— Thomas (d. 1735), 218, 218 n

    Heath, Elias, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 248, 254, 256; J. Dunton’s sketch of, 236

    Hell Fire Club of Boston. See Society of Physicians Anti-Inoculators

    Hell Fire Club of London, 283, 284

    Hemp bank, 384

    Henchman, Daniel, 400 n

    Henley, Andrew, 45, 46 n

    —— Sir Andrew, 196 n

    —— Dorothy (Sandford), wife of Andrew, 46 n

    —— George, 123

    —— Henry (d. 1695), of Leigh, 48, 48 n

    —— Henry, of Colway, son of Henry (d. 1695) of Leigh, 44, 47, 48, 48 n, 49

    —— Mary, daughter of Robert (son of Andrew). See Holworthy

    —— Capt. Samuel, of Charlestown, 13

    —— Susan (Morridge), first wife of Henry (d. 1695) of Leigh, 48, 48 n

    —— Susanna. See Henley, Susan (Morridge)

    —— Susanna, daughter of Henry (d. 1695) of Leigh. See Holworthy

    —— family, 45, 47, 48, 48 n, 49 n

    Herbs, use of, by Indians, 149, 150

    Herlackenden. See Harlakenden

    Hermaphrodites, none among Indians, 147

    Hernandez, Victoria, 372 n

    Hibbens, William, 123, 125, 126; his mission to England, 121, 122

    Hichborn, Col. ——, 343

    Higginson, Francis, 183

    —— Rev. John, 230, 230 n, 253, 270

    Hill, Adams Sherman, LL.D., death of, 70

    —— Richard, 123

    Hingham, F. H. Lincoln’s services to, 131, 132

    —— Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 130, 131

    Hoar, Rev. Leonard, President of Harvard College, 192 n

    Hobbamock, 175

    Hobson, John, 395

    Hodges, Rev. Richard Manning, 265 n

    Hoe, Robert, Catalogue of the library of, 274, 274 n

    Holbrook, ——, 124

    Hollis, Thomas (1659–1731), 3 n, 6 n, 98 n, 99, 317

    —— Thomas (1720–1774), 3 n, 48 n, 88 n

    Holmes, Rev. Abiel, 114

    Holt, Jonathan, 28 n, 41

    —— Lydia (Blanchard), wife of Jonathan, 28 n

    —— Mary (Cotton), wife of Moses (H. C. 1767), 27 n, 28 n. See also Hall

    —— Moses (H. C. 1767), son of Jonathan, 27, 27 n, 29; sketch of, 28 n; his losses by fire, 40–41

    Holworthy, Lucy (Jervoice), second wife of Sir Matthew, 45

    —— Mary (Henley), first wife of Sir Matthew, 45, 196 n.

    —— Sir Matthew, 44, 45, 48, 48 n, 49, 196 n; his benefactions to Lyme Regis, 47, 47 n; Lely’s portrait of, 267

    —— Susanna (Henley), third wife of Sir Matthew, 45, 47, 48, 48 n; her interest in the dissenting clergy, 44, 49; Lely’s portrait of, 267

    —— family, 48

    Holyoke, Rev. Edward, President of Harvard College, 5, 6, 7, 14, 314 n; his letter regarding the burning of Harvard Hall, 3, 3 n; his Diary owned by A. Nichols, 3 n

    —— Margaret, daughter of Rev. Edward. See Mascarene

    Homer, Codner &, 17

    Hooker, Rev. Thomas, 66, 124

    Hool, Samuel, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Hopkins, Edward, 317

    Horden, Hildebrand, 369, 369 n, 370, 371

    Horn, Georg, 167, 167 n, 170, 179

    Horse race, 1722, 408

    Hosmer, Rev. George Washington (H. C. 1826), 318 n; his refusal of a chaplaincy in the Navy, 319

    —— James Kendall, LL.D., his appreciation of H. H. Furness, 318–319

    Hough, Samuel, 114

    Houghton, Robert, 123

    Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe, A.M., 71, 74; a member of Auditing Committee, 1, 74

    —— Richard, first Earl Howe, manuscript map of Boston Harbor once owned by, exhibited, 385; many American maps owned by, 387

    Howe, Lord. See Curzon-Howe, Richard George Penn; Howe, Richard

    Howells, Nathan, 99 n

    Howland, Joanna, daughter of Thomas. See White

    —— Thomas, 24 n

    Howlet, John, 395

    Hubbard, Anna. See Tompson

    —— Thomas, Treasurer of Harvard College, 6, 11, 13, 17

    —— Rev. William, 230

    Hudson, John, 120

    Humfrey, Anne, daughter of John (d. 1651). See Miles

    —— Dorcas, daughter of John (d. 1651), 120

    —— John (d. 1651), the Massachusetts magistrate, paper on, by E. McK. Avery, 115–117; his letters to I. Johnson, 115, 116; admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 117; records relating to, communicated by Rev. T. F. Waters, 117–120; his second marriage, 117 n, 121

    —— Col. John, son of John (d. 1651), 120, 121; degree of M.A. from Oxford given to, 116, 117, 117 n

    —— Joseph, 118; his will, 118, 119, 120; his death, 119

    —— Mary, second wife of John (d. 1651), 121

    —— Sarah, daughter of John (d. 1651), 120

    —— Lady Susan (Clinton), wife of John (d. 1651), 115, 116, 116 n, 117 n, 121

    —— family, remarks on, by H. E. Woods, 120–121

    Hunt, ——, 123

    Huntington, Henry Edwards, 276 n

    —— Samuel, 261

    Hurdon, Dr. ——, 123

    Hutchinson, Edward (d. 1752), 397 n

    —— Thomas (d. 1739), 397 n

    —— Thomas, Governor, son of Thomas (d. 1739), 328, 362 n, 367 n, 394

    Hyde, Edward, Viscount Cornbury and third Earl of Clarendon, 82 n

    Hyslop, Elizabeth, daughter of William. See Sumner

    —— William, 19 n

    Iesso. See Yezo

    Indian conjurers. See Powwows

    Indian corn, 148, 171

    Indian English, 148, 172, 257, 257 n

    Indian relics, found at Cross’s Mills, 188 n

    Indian women, certain characteristics and customs of, 147, 148, 149, 154, 171, 172, 176, 177

    Indians, their characteristics as noted by Rev. S. Lee, 147–153; explanation of these notes by G. L. Kittredge, 171–186; hair of, 147, 166; theories regarding origin of, 147, 166–171, 178, 179; their singing, 148, 172; their mourning, 148, 171; their use of herbs, 149, 150; their aversion to sweets, 149, 177; expert in the use of poisons, 150; vices of, 150, 179, 181; their games, 150, 181; their food, 150, 178, 179, 180; treatment of infants by, 150, 177, 181; suicide among, 150, 181; their philtres, 151, 185; their oracles. 151; medicines used by, 151, 152, 183, 184, 185, 186; their charms, 152; Sewall’s observations on New England, 153, 154; their weather proverbs, 177; initiation by vomit among, 185; their fondness for rum, 189, 190; their sense of humor, 190; J. Dunton’s accounts of, 220, 222, 251, 252, 253. See also Anthony; Narragansett Indians; Niantic Indians; Ninigret; Speen, John; Squando; Virginia Indians

    Infants, Indian, treatment of, 150, 177, 181

    Ingalls, Francis, 118

    Ingersoll, David, 29 n

    —— Sally, daughter of David. See Barnard

    Inoculation, Rev. C. Mather’s communications to the Royal Society regarding, 101, 102, 108, 108 n, 109 n, 287, 287 n, 289; controversy over, in Boston, 102, 103, 282, 283, 284, 285, 291; possible effect of Rev. C. Mather’s defence of, 102, 103, 104, 281, 286, 400; W. Douglass’s opposition to, 103, 104, 105 n, 282, 282 n, 284, 286, 288, 289, 289 n; J. Jurin’s interest in, 103 n, 108 n, 290; practice of, in London, 1722, 284, 285, 287; Dr. Wagstaffe’s attack on, 291. See also Small-pox

    Insurance, fire, unknown in early days in Boston, 406

    International Congress of Historical Studies, this Society invited to be represented at, 373

    Isaacs, Ralph, Jr., 181

    Ivory, Mary (Davis), wife of Thomas, 120

    —— Thomas, 120

    Jackson, Capt. ——, 123

    —— Edward, 122, 126

    —— Emily Nevill, 295

    —— Jonathan, 318 n

    —— Joseph, 328, 328 n

    —— Susannah (Gray), wife of Joseph, 328 n

    Jaffrey, George, 382, 382 n

    Jameson, John Franklin, LL.D., 70

    Jansson, John, 66

    Japan, its junction with northwest America, 147, 166–170

    Jenings, Edmund, 262

    Jenner, Capt. Thomas, 214, 215, 215 n, 216, 216 n

    Jermyn, Thomas, second Baron Jermyn of St. Edmundsbury, 211

    Jesso. See Yezo

    Jews, theory of descent of Indians from, 178, 179

    Johnson, Lady Arbella (Clinton), wife of Isaac, 115

    —— Daniel, 39

    —— Edward, his description of certain Massachusetts towns, 224 n

    —— Isaac, 115; letters of J. Humfrey to, 115, 116

    —— Marmaduke, 270, 270 n, 271, 273, 274, 277 n, 280 n

    —— Ralph, his definition and rules for making a character, 232, 233, 234

    —— Thomas, 408

    Jolly, Capt. James, 135

    Jones, Josiah, 395

    —— Lucy. See Lee

    Josselyn, John, 172, 177, 179, 180, 181, 185, 213, 222, 257; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 222–225, 247, 247 n, 248, 248 n, 250, 251, 252, 253

    Jurin, James, Secretary of the Royal Society, 90 n, 93, 94 n, 95 n, 100 n, 101, 103, 104 n, 105 n, 106 n, 109, 109 n, 113, 287; Rev. C. Mather’s letter to, regarding his election to the Royal Society, 90, 91, 91 n; regarding his status in the Society, 107, 108, 108 n, 110, 114, 286, 290; his interest in inoculation, 103 n, 108 n, 290

    Keith, George, 279 n

    Kellond, Thomas, 119

    Kent, John, 395

    Key, R., 218, 218 n

    King, ——, 231 n, 245

    —— Charles, 247

    Kinnicutt, Lincoln Newton, elected a Resident Member, 141, 305; accepts, 202

    Kircher, Athanasius, 168 n

    Kittredqe, George Lyman, LL.D., v, 45, 47, 49, 62 n, 191, 198, 257 n, 400; communicates two stories sent to Lady Holworthy, 44; his paper on Cotton Mather’s Election into the Royal Society, 81–114, 134, 135; communicates Letters of Rev. S. Lee and S. Sewall relating to New England and the Indians, 142–155; his notes on Lee’s letter, 156–186; his Further Notes on Cotton Mather and the Royal Society, 281–292; exhibits United States loan certificate signed by T. Dexter, 388

    Kneeland, Mary. See Hall

    —— Dr. William (H. C. 1751), 34

    Knowlton, Hon. Marcus Perrin, LL.D., elected a Vice-President of this Society, 75, 309; represents this Society at the centennial celebration of the American Antiquarian Society, 306

    L—W—LL. See Lowell, John (H. C. 1760)

    Lackey, William, 406

    Ladies Calling, The, editions of, 240, 240 n; as the source of some of J. Dunton’s characters, 240–240, 249, 253

    Lallemant, Charles, 176, 185

    La Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de, 260

    Lancaster, Joseph, 294 n

    Lancastrian school, 294, 294 n

    Land Bank, 1695, paper relating to, 211, 212

    Land Bank of 1740, 373

    Lane, George Martin, 301

    —— William Coolidge, A.B., 6 n, 67, 264, 267, 304, 312; exhibits recent acquisitions to the Harvard College archives, 67; exhibits photographs from silhouettes, 295

    Langdon, Elizabeth. See Eliot

    —— John, 18 n

    —— Mary (Greenough), wife of John, 18 n

    —— Timothy (H. C. 1765), son of John, 42; allowance to, for his losses by the burning of Harvard Hall, 18, 19; sketch of, 18 n, 19 n

    Language, national academies for fixing and improving, 261; American Academy of, proposed, 261, 262, 263; an earlier proposition for an American Society of, 263, 264

    Lansdale, ——, 369 n

    Larkin, George, 219

    Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester, 237, 238

    Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 44

    Lawrence, William Witherle, 252 n

    Lawson, Rev. Deodat, his Duty & Property of a Religious Householder, exhibited, 359, 409

    Leader, ——, 126

    Leclerc, Charles, 272 n

    Lechford, Thomas, 174, 213

    Lechmere, Thomas, 364 n

    Lee, Gen. ——, 62

    —— Arthur, 259

    —— Dr. Joseph, 27 n

    —— Joseph (H. C. 1765), son of Dr. Joseph, 26, 29; sketch of, 27 n; his losses by fire, 31, 32, 32 n

    —— Lucy (Jones), wife of Dr. Joseph, 27 n

    —— Lydia, daughter of Rev. Samuel. See George; Mather

    —— Mildred (Washington), wife of Thomas, 61, 61 n

    —— Rev. Samuel (d. 1691), his letter to N. Grew, 100 n, 142, 142 n, 154; sketch of, 143, 144; forecasts his fate, 144; his library, 144, 144 n; text of his letter to Grew, 145–153; G. L. Kittredge’s notes on tins letter, 156–186

    —— Thomas, 61 n

    Lefavour, Henry, LL.D., 69, 134, 141, 267, 298, 311, 359, 388; elected President of this Society, 75, 309

    Leiter, Levi Zeigler, 276 n

    Lely, Sir Peter, his portraits of Sir Matthew and Lady Holworthy, 267

    Lemax, ——, 408

    Lemmon, Joseph, 396

    Leonard, George, 354

    L’Estrange, Sir Hamon, 179

    —— Sir Roger, 279

    Leusden, John, 228

    Leverett, John, Governor, 401

    —— Rev. John, President of Harvard College, 96 n, 114, 313; his Diary really a collection of College records, 316

    Lewis, Ezekiel, 395

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of Ezekiel. See Gray

    —— Ezekiel, 321, 407

    Lexington, Washington’s visit to, 59

    Library of Congress, 321 n, 325 n

    Licentia deteriores, 146, 158

    Lincoln, Anna Frances (Baker), wife of Francis Henry (d. 1911), 130

    —— Arthur, son of Solomon (d. 1881), 129

    —— Daniel, 130

    —— Francis Henry, A.M. (d. 1911), son of Solomon (d. 1881), v; death of, xix, 69, 70; Memoir of, communicated by H. E. Ware, 128; text of Memoir, 129–133; his ancestors, 129, 130; his education, 130; his business career, 130, 131; his services to the town of Hingham, 131, 132; his other activities, 132

    —— Francis Henry (b. 1876), son of Francis Henry (d. 1911), 130

    —— Mehitable (Lincoln), wife of Solomon (d. 1881), 129

    —— Samuel, 130

    —— Solomon (d. 1881), his public services, 129

    —— Solomon, son of Solomon (d. 1881), 129

    —— Welcome, 130

    Lincoln, Earl of. See Clinton

    Lindall, Timothy, 395

    L’Isle, Laurence, 234 n

    Littlebury, ——, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Littlefeild, John, 124

    Littlefield, Dependence, 396

    —— George Emery, A.B., 66 n, 276 n, 409; elected a Resident Member, 359; accepts, 388

    Livermore, Maj. Samuel, 14, 17

    Lobb, Rev. Stephen, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Loe, Mrs. ——, 123

    London, plague of, 162, 162 n

    —— St. Andrew Undershaft, 44

    —— Westminster Abbey, remarks on a Visit to the Archives of, by A. McF. Davis, 202–212; house of the Dean of, 204; memorial to J. R. Lowell in, 204; arrangement of, 204, 205, 206, 207; the library of, 205, 206; archives of, 207, 208, 211

    London Dispensatory, 146

    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 319; photograph of, from silhouette, exhibited, 295

    Longmore, Henry, 372 n

    Lord, Arthur, A.B., 268 n, 271 n, 273, 276 n, 279 n

    Loring, Capt. Thomas, 395

    Lottery, proposal to raise money by, for Harvard College building, 15

    Lottery ticket, 37, 37 n

    Louisburg Cross, 267

    Love, rare with Indians, 149

    Love philtres, 185

    Lowell, Hon. Francis Cabot, LL.D., death of, 70

    —— James Russell, memorial to, in Chapter House of Westminster Abbey, 204

    —— Rev. John, 9 n

    —— John (H. C. 1760), son of Rev. John, 9, 329; sketch of, 9 n

    —— John (H. C. 1786), 192 n

    —— John Amory, 192 n

    —— Sarah (Champney), wife of Rev. John, 9 n

    Lowndes, William Thomas, his entries regarding Morton’s New England’s Memorial, 272, 272 n, 273, 273 n, 275; impressions of his Bibliographer’s Manual published in or before 1834, 295 n–297

    Loyalist Commission, 321 n, 324 n, 325 n, 327 n, 330, 330 n, 332, 332 n, 338 n

    Loyalists, American, group of, in London, 326; confiscation of property of, 328, 329, 337, 342, 342 n, 345; recommendation to restore property of, 328; special legislation against absentee, 329, 329 n; difficulty of collecting money due to, 336, 337, 348; bill providing for naturalization of, vetoed by Gov. Hancock, 348, 348 n

    Lucas, Philip, 170

    Lupton, Donald, 234 n

    Luttrell, Narcissus, 368, 369, 369 n, 370 n

    Lyme Regis, Eng., Sir M. Holworthy’s benefactions to, 47, 47 n

    Lynde, Benjamin (d. 1745), 393, 397 n

    —— Samuel, 407

    McINTIRE, Charles John, 310

    McSparran, Rev. James, 97 n

    Magicians, Indian. See Powwows

    Malthus, Sarah, 221, 255 n

    Man, Alice (Whitney), wife of Ensign (H. C. 1764), 29 n

    —— Ensign, 29 n

    —— Ensign (H. C. 1764), son of Ensign, 29, 33; sketch of, 29 n; his losses by fire, 42–43

    —— Tabitha, wife of Ensign, 29 n

    Man eaters, 181

    Manchester, Earl of. See Montagu, Charles

    Mann, William, 407

    Marbois. See Barbé-Marbois

    Marrion, John, 403

    Marsh, Christopher Bridge (H. C. 1761), 35

    Martinelli, Vincent, 372 n

    Mascarene, John, 3 n, 4 n

    —— Margaret (Holyoke), wife of John, her letter describing the burning of Harvard Hall, 3 n, 4 n

    Masefield, John, 268 n

    Mason, Arthur, 240, 240 n

    —— Joanna, daughter of Arthur. See Breck; Perry

    —— Joanna (Parker), wife of Arthur, 240 n

    Massachusetts, five coercive measures of Parliament against, 1774, 324, 325; failure of towns of, to pay taxes, 327 n, 338; Governor of, also Governor of New Hampshire, 360 n; attempts to provide a currency in, 373

    —— Bay Company, 66 n

    —— Colony, General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts, imprints of the editions of 1672 and 1675, 279; advertisement in the 1675 volume of, 280

    —— Colony Charter, 215 n, 216 n, 227, 227 n

    —— Council, vote of, on the Explanatory Charter, 397 n

    —— Crown Commissions, disappearance of one volume of, 398 n

    —— Explanatory Charter, 1725–1726, A. Matthews’s communication on the Acceptance of, 389–400; committee of Privy Council recommends this Charter, 391; proceedings in the House on the arrival of, 392, 393, 394, 395; vote of the House, by members, on the acceptance of, 395, 396; acceptance of, 396 n, 397; vote on, in the Council, 397 n; address of both Houses to the King accepting, 398, 399; two separate publications of, in Boston, 1726, 399; differences between the two copies, 399, 400 n; other publications of, 399, 399 n

    —— General Court, adjourned to Cambridge, 2, 3 n; votes money for rebuilding of Harvard Hall, 4 n, 5, 12, 13, 16, 17; records of, destroyed, 11; these records supplied from House Journal, 11, 12; appoints committee to superintend rebuilding of Harvard Hall, 13, 14; report of this committee, 14–16; appoints committee to consider individual losses by this fire, 17; gratuity granted by, to Harvard College, 64, 65; to Mrs. Ames, 64, 65; to Mrs. Glover, 66 n; passes Act prohibiting circulation of New Hampshire Notes, 374, 375; discussion regarding this Act in England, 374, 375, 376, 378; text of the Act, 376, 377; petition of F. Wilks in support of the Act, 375, 376, 377, 380, 383; text of his petition, 381, 382; Board of Trade reports against the Act, 379, 380; the Act disallowed, 384; address of, to George I, accepting the Explanatory Charter, 398, 399

    —— House, petitions to, for allowance for losses by fire, 22, 23, 25, 26–28; Gov. Shute’s controversy with, 389; methods of, disapproved by Privy Council, 390, 391; proceedings in, on arrival of the Explanatory Charter, 392, 393, 394, 395; vote of, by members, on the acceptance of the Charter, 395, 396; accepts the Charter, 396 n, 397

    —— Province Charter, 361, 390, 397, 397 n, 398; suspension of, 324; choice of the Council under, 325 n

    —— Province Seal, loss and recovery of, 13, 126, 127

    —— Provincial Congress, 325

    —— Supreme Court of Probate, loss and recovery of Seal of, 126, 127

    Massachusetts Government Act, 324

    Massachusetts Historical Society, v, 81 n, 144, 188 n, 311 n, 360 n, 399, 400 n; draughts of Rev. C. Mather’s letters, owned by, 134

    Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, 354, 355

    Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Union, 131

    Mather, Rev. Cotton, son of Rev. Increase, 63, 136, 167, 173, 174, 178, 179, 192 n, 213, 214, 222, 257 n; his comment on Rev. W. Ames, 63; paper on his Election into the Royal Society, by G. L. Kittredge, 81–114; his communications to the Royal Society, 81, 81 n, 82, 83, 84, 84 n, 94, 94 n, 101, 102, 104, 105, 105 n, 106 n, 108 n, 109 n, 114, 114 n; his correspondence with Dr. J. Woodward regarding his contributions to, and membership in the Royal Society, 81, 82 n, 83, 83 n, 84, 84 n, 85 n, 90, 91 n, 92 n, 93, 101, 101 n, 102, 102 n, 103, 104 n, 105 n, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 111 n, 113, 114, 288, 290; his nomination to membership in the Society, 84, 90 n, 110, 111; his election, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114; his letter to R. Waller regarding his admission into the Society, 86, 87; his essay on the moose, 88 n; his use of the title F.R.S., 89, 89 n, 90, 95, 95 n, 96, 96 n, 97, 99, 100 n, 113; his correspondence with Jurin regarding his election, 90, 91, 91 n; title F. R. S. given him in the Philosophical Transactions, 91, 92; by members of the Society, 93, 94, 108; his name not in the annual lists of the Society, 91 n, 92, 93, 97, 100 n, 106, 112, 282, 287, 288, 291; J. Checkley’s grievances against, 97, 99, 99 n, 100 n; his membership in the Royal Society questioned by Checkley, 97, 97 n, 99, 101, 102, 286; publication of his Christian Philosopher, 98, 98 n, 99, 99 n; possible effect of his defence of inoculation, 102, 103, 104, 281, 286, 400; I. Greenwood’s defence of, 104, 104 n; W. Douglass’s attacks on, 103, 104, 104 n, 105, 105 n, 106, 106 n, 107, 107 n, 282, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290; his letter to Jurin, regarding his status in the Royal Society, 107, 108, 108 n, 110, 114, 286, 290; his zeal in the witchcraft heresy, 109; his attitude toward the Church of England, 109; R. Thoresby’s testimony regarding his admission to the Royall Society, 110; copies of draughts of his letters offered to this Society for publication, 134; on Rev. S. Lee’s captivity by the French, 143, 144; on cure for rattlesnake bite, 184; on Indian cure for syphilis, 185, 186; publication of his Magnalia, 214, 228, 228 n; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 227, 227 n, 229 n, 250; at J. Morgan’s execution, 230, 230 n, 231 n; Further Notes on Cotton Mather and the Royal Society, by G. L. Kittredge, 281–292; his connection with a pamphlet vindicating the clergy, 282, 283, 283 n

    —— Rev. Increase, son of Rev. Richard, 156, 181, 227 n, 231 n, 278 n, 284, 285 n; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 250, 250 n, 253

    —— Lydia (Lee) George, third wife of Rev. Cotton, 144. See also George

    —— Nathaniel, son of Rev. Increase, 227, 227 n

    —— Rev. Richard, 49

    —— Rev. Samuel, son of Rev. Cotton, 98 n, 105 n, 110; his evidence regarding his father’s election to the Royal Society, 87, 87 n, 88 n, 93, 93 n; his attack on the New-England Courant, 285, 285 n, 286; his implication of J. Checkley, 286

    Matthews, Albert, A.B., 15 n, 44, 89 n, 106 n, 127, 178, 180, 182 n, 264, 408; his remarks on the interest shown in Harvard College by the Holworthies and H. Henley, 45–49; communicates letters written by members of the Washington family, 58; exhibits photographs of armchair brought from England by E. Breck (d. 1662), 80, 80 n; his remarks on Capt. O. Beale, 135, 136; on John and Margery Sullivan, 137–140; on Ninigret, 187–189; on the “Saints” of New England, 190, 191; on the Address of the Yankee Club of Stewartstown to Washington, 198, 199; on a celebration of Washington’s birthday at Harvard College, 1796, 199–201; his communication on Americanisms and a proposed Academy of Language, 257, 264; his paper on A Ghost-Book, 268–281; exhibits photographs of the Boston News-Letter of November 9, 1775, 311; his Notes on the Harvard College Records, 1636–1800, 312–318; his paper on Colonel Elizeus Burges, 360–372; his communication on the Acceptance of the Explanatory Charter, 1725–1726, 389–400

    May, ——, 349

    Mayhew, Elizabeth (Clark), wife of Rev. Jonathan, 323

    —— Rev. Jonathan, his influence over H. Gray, 322, 323

    —— Thomas, 171, 176

    Maylem, Joseph, 405

    Mead, Richard, his attack on J. Woodward, 107 n

    Medical profession. See Physicians

    Medicine, practice of, among apothecaries, 160, 161, 162

    Medicines, Indian, 151, 152, 183, 184, 185, 186; inspection of, in London, 157, 160

    Mendum, Nathaniel, 383

    Mercator, Geraard, 167

    Merchants’ Notes of 1733, 374

    Meredith, Gertrude Euphemia, 140

    Merreal, Alexander, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Merrett, Christopher, 157, 161, 161 n, 162, 162 n, 172

    Merriman, Roger Bigelow, Ph.D., 76; elected a Resident Member, 134, 305; accepts, 141

    Merritt, Edward Percival, A.B., x, 71; a member of Auditing Committee, 1, 74

    Methridate. See Mithridate

    Mews, Peter, Bishop of Bath and Wells and of Winchester, 46

    Mildmay, Benjamin, first Earl Fitz-Walter, 381

    Miles, Ann (Humfrey) Palmes, wife of Rev. John, 119, 120

    —— Rev. John, 119, 120

    Milk, unknown to Indians before English came, 151

    Miller, Ann (Dudley) Winthrop, wife of Jeremiah, 294

    —— Jeremiah, 294

    Milner, Thomas, 110

    Mines, Dr. W. Avery’s interests in, 165

    Minot, Elizabeth (Breck), wife of John, 50

    —— John, 50

    —— family, 50, 51

    Mithridate, 146, 157

    Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, 157

    Moffat, Thomas J., 278 n

    Molyneaux, Samuel, 137 n

    Monk, George, 247

    Monstrosities, few among Indians, 147, 171

    Montagu, Charles (d. 1715), first Earl of Halifax, 366, 366 n

    —— Charles (d. 1722), fourth Earl of Manchester and first Duke of Manchester, 370

    Montague, Rev. William, 327 n

    Moodey, Maj. Samuel, 396

    Moody, Rev. Joshua, 231 n; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 250, 250 n, 253

    Moore, Rev. Edward Caldwell, D.D., appointed on Nominating Committee, 1

    —— Rev. George Foot, LL.D., 71

    —— George Henry, 274

    Mordaunt, Charles, third Earl of Peterborough and first Earl of Monmouth, 368

    Moreau, Jean Victor, 266

    Morey, Maj. Thomas, 17

    Morgan, Edward, 124

    —— James, execution of, 217, 230, 230 n, 231, 231 n, 250, 250 n

    —— John Pierpont, LL.D., 71; death of, xix

    —— Morris Hicky, his Harvard Degrees and Diplomas exhibited, 67

    Morison, Emily Marshall, v

    —— Robert, 333, 335, 336

    —— Samuel Eliot, Ph.D., 76; elected a Resident Member, 141, 305; accepts, 202; his paper on the Property of Harrison Gray, Loyalist, 320–350

    Morrell, Dorothy, wife of Rev. Isaac, 19 n

    —— Rev. Isaac, 19 n

    —— Isaac, perhaps son of Rev. Isaac, 19; sketch of, 19 n

    —— William, 185

    Morridge, Susan. See Henley

    Morrill, Capt. Samuel, 68

    —— Sarah (Allen), wife of Capt. Samuel, 68. See also Tompson

    Morse, Anson Ely, 341

    Mortality, bills of. See Bills of mortality

    Mortimer, Mr. ——, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 248

    Morton, Dr. Charles, of London, 153

    —— Nathaniel, alleged London edition, 1669, of his New England’s Memorial, 268, 272, 272 n, 273, 274, 275, 277, 278, 280, 281; known editions of this work, 268, 268 n, 272, 272 n; his intention to write the book, 268, 269; provisions made by the Plymouth General Court for its publication, 269, 270; first bibliographical allusion to the work, 271, 274, 275; Lowndes’s entries regarding it, 272, 272 n, 273, 273 n; O. Rich’s, 272, 272 n, 273 n, 296; entries in R. Hoe’s Catalogue, 274, 274 n; statements regarding the rarity of the first edition, 275, 275 n, 276 n, 277, 277 n; known copies of this edition, 276 n; copies of it sold at auction, 276 n, 277 n; advertisement of it in England, 280; not listed in R. Bowes’s Catalogue of Cambridge Books, 281 n

    —— Thomas, 115 n, 168 n, 171, 173, 181, 185; value of C. F. Adams’s edition of his New English Canaan, 145

    —— William. See Morton, Nathaniel

    Moulsham, Lady. See Mowlson

    Mount Hope, R. I., 154

    Mourning, among Indians, 148, 151, 171, 182

    Mowlson, Ann (Radcliffe), Lady, 124

    Muddy River; burying ground at, 155

    Mudge, Zachariah, 296

    Mumford, Ann. See Eliot

    Murray, O., 137 n

    Myrtle berries, 186

    Nantasket, comparison between J. Josselyn’s and J. Dunton’s description of, 225

    Nantucket, Indian sweat-houses at, 182

    Narragansett, Indian dance held at, 154

    Narragansett Indians, burial place of royal family of, 188 n

    Nash, Francis Philip, LL.D., death of, 71

    Nason, Elias, 139 n

    Nassau, George Richard Savage, 272, 272 n, 273, 275

    National Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 131

    Neck, an article of apparel, 31, 31 n

    Negro English, 257, 257 n

    Negroes, odor of, 147, 148

    Neilson, William Allan, 263 n

    Nettleham, Eng., 16 n

    Newcastle, Duke of. See Pelham-Holles, Sir Thomas

    New England, used as equivalent to Massachusetts, 360 n; state of the currency in, to be laid before the Privy Council, 383, 384; saints of, A. Matthew’s remarks on, 190, 191; possible origin of the phrase, 190, 190 n; its common use, 190, 191

    New England Courant. See Franklin, James

    New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 221 n, 226

    New England Psalm Book, 190, 190 n

    New England’s Memorial, 1669. See Morton, Nathaniel

    New Hampshire, governor of Massachusetts also governor of, 360 n

    —— House, reply of committee of, to Gov. Belcher, 378, 379

    New Hampshire Notes, Act prohibiting circulation of, in Massachusetts, 371, 375; text of the Act, 375, 377; discussion in England, of this Act, 374, 375; search for information regarding, 375; discovery of bundle containing, 375; list of papers relating to, 375; petition of F. Wilks against, 375, 376, 377, 380, 383; text of this petition, 381–382; Gov. Belcher asked to issue proclamation against, 377; this proclamation issued, 378, 379; Gov. Belcher’s speeches concerning, 378, 379; reply to his first speech, 378, 379; Board of Trade recommends disallowance of Act against, 379, 380, 381; names of persons interested in, 382, 383; Act against, disallowed, 384; copy of one of the Notes, 384, 385

    New London Dispensatory. See Salmon, William

    Newman, Henry (H. C. 1687), 94 n, 135, 136, 136 n

    Newton, Sir Isaac, 111

    —— Thomas. 296

    New York Society Library, 144

    Niantic Indians, Ninigret a generic name for sachem of, 187; wards of Rhode Island, 189, 189 n

    Nichols, Andrew, 3 n

    —— Dr. Arthur Howard, 126 n

    —— Charles Lemuel, M.D., 309; elected a Resident Member, 359; accepts, 388

    —— Col. Ebenezer, 43

    —— Judith, 124

    Nicholson, Francis, J. Checkley’s letter to, regarding Rev. C. Mather’s membership in the Royal Society, 97, 97 n, 99; his answer, 98

    Ninigret, A. Matthews’s remarks on, 187–189; a generic name for the sachem of the Niantic Indians, 187; the first, 187; account of the funeral of the second, 1723, 187–189; many forms of the name, 187 n

    Ninigret, George Augustus, 189; crowning of, 191

    Noli me tangere, 146, 158

    Nonconformists, violent measures against, 46, 47

    Norcross, Grenville Howland, 76, 310

    North, Lady Frances Pope, wife of Sir Francis, first Baron Guilford, 173

    —— Francis, first Baron Guilford, 173

    —— Frederick, Lord North, Second Earl of Guilford, 45 n

    —— Roger, 173

    North America, separation from Asia, 167, 168; juncture with Japan, 170

    Norton, Charles Eliot, 221 n

    —— Samuel. See Morton, Nathaniel

    Norwalk, Ct., Arnold’s collection of American birds and insects at, 259, 260

    Nowell, Increase, 122, 126

    Oakes, Dr. Thomas, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 249, 254

    Odor, of Indians and negroes, 147, 148, 171

    Oldmixon, John, 105, 105 n

    Oliver, Alice, 289, 403

    —— Andrew (H. C. 1724), Secretary and Lt.-Governor, 2, 12, 328

    —— Daniel, 397 n

    Ophiophuga, 184

    Oracles, Indian, 151

    Ormonde, Duke of. See Butler, James

    Osborne, Capt. John, 103 n

    Otis, Elizabeth, daughter of Col. James. See Brown

    —— Elizabeth (Gray), first wife of Samuel Allyne, 321, 326, 328, 330

    —— Harrison Gray (H. C. 1783), son of Samuel Allyne, 320, 321, 328 n; refutes charges against his grandfather, 327 n; his efforts to recover his grandfather’s property, 329, 331, 332, 333 n, 334–350; his characterization of Gov. Hancock, 342, 343; his letters to Gov. Hancock, 344, 346–348; his opposition to the theatre, 345, 345 n

    —— Harrison Gray (H. C. 1878), v

    —— Col. James, 321, 337, 338

    —— James, the Patriot, son of Col. James, 13, 321

    —— John, 397 n

    —— General Joseph, son of Col. James, 321, 338

    —— Mercy, daughter of Col. James. See Gray

    —— Mary (Smith) Gray, second wife of Samuel Allyne, 346, 346 n

    —— Mary, daughter of Col. James. See Warren

    —— Samuel Allyne, son of Col. James, 321, 326, 329, 330, 331, 337, 338, 346

    Otley, Adam, 118, 120

    —— —— (Humfrey), wife of Adam, 120

    Overbury, Sir Thomas, 233; his collection of characters, 233, 233 n, 234, 234 n, 236; as a source of some of J. Dunton’s characters, 239, 247, 247 n, 248, 249, 252, 253

    Oxford, Earl of. See Harley, Robert

    Oxford University, honorary degrees given by, May, 1649, 116, 116 n, 117 n

    Oxnard, Edward, 326, 326 n

    Packer, Thomas, 383

    Paine, Nathaniel, 396

    Palfrey, Rev. John Gorham, 370

    Palmer, Elizabeth. See Cheney

    —— Francis, 389 n

    —— John, 397 n

    —— Samuel, servant of J. Dunton, 214 n, 220, 226

    Palmes, Ann, wife of William, 119, 120. See also Miles

    —— William, 119, 120

    Park, Rev. Charles Edwards, A.B., presents Annual Report of Council, 69, 304; elected Corresponding Secretary, 75, 309

    Parker, Rev. Henry Ainsworth, A.M., 75; appointed on Nominating Committee, 1; makes Report, 75

    —— Joanna. See Mason

    Parkhurst, John, 296

    —— Thomas, 214, 228

    Parkinson, John, 151, 158, 184

    Parkman family, 51

    Parnell, Capt. Francis, 366

    Parr, ——, of Exeter, Eng., 44, 46

    Parsons, Usher, Indian relics found by, 188 n, 189 n

    Partridge, Col. Oliver, 346

    Paterson, William, 212

    Pawwaws. See Powwows

    Payn, Stephen, 402

    Payne, Mrs. ——, of Weymouth, Eng., 47

    Peake, Mrs. ——, 123

    Pearson, Eunice. See Deane

    —— John, 296

    Peck, Joseph, 396

    Peirce, Benjamin (H. C. 1829), 319

    —— Joshua, Sr., 382, 382 n

    —— Joshua, Jr., 383, 383 n

    Pelham, Elizabeth, 118, 119, 120

    —— Peter, 113

    —— Thomas, 381

    Pelham-Holles, Sir Thomas, first Duke of Newcastle, 392, 397

    Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, 404

    Pennyroyal, 175

    Perkins, John, 114

    Perrie, Joshua. See Peirce

    Perry, Joanna (Mason) Breck, 240, 240 n. See also Breck

    —— Michael, 240, 240 n

    Persicaria siliquosa, 146, 158

    Persius, 160

    Peterborough, Earl of. See Mordaunt, Charles

    Peterborough, N. H., H. Gray’s land in, 332, 333, 334

    Peters (Peter), Rev. Hugh, 48 n, 63, 64, 65, 124, 126, 191; his mission to England, 121, 122

    Petiver, James, 92, 92 n, 93, 108, 184, 186

    Philadelphia, Library Company of, Ridgway Branch, v, 66, 66 n

    Philbrook, Priscilla. See Barrows

    Phillips, Henry, 396

    —— John, of Exeter, N. H., 59

    —— Phoebe (Foxcroft), wife of Samuel (d. 1802), 63, 63 n

    —— Samuel, of North Andover, 59

    —— Samuel (d. 1802), son of Samuel, 58 n, 59, 60, 61; account of Washington’s visit to, 58, 59; letter from G. Washington to, 60; from W. A. Washington to. 61, 62; from Hannah Washington to, 62, 63

    Phillips Academy, Andover, 59, 63

    Philological Society, London, 268

    Philomusus, 8

    Philtres, Indian, 151, 185

    Phipps, Hannah, daughter of Thomas. See Sprague

    —— Thomas, 20 n

    Phips, Sarah. See Hastings

    —— Spencer, Lt.-Governor, 397 n; sword worn by, 267

    —— Sir William, Governor, 83 n

    Phœnicians, Indians descended from, 147, 106

    Physicians, customs and standing of, in Massachusetts, 146, 156; dispense their own prescriptions, 158, 159, 161; invasion of their domain by apothecaries, 161, 162

    Pia and dura mater, 146, 156

    Pickering, John, his work on Americanisms, 259

    —— William, 296

    Pierce, Daniel, 395

    —— Ephraim, 396

    Pietas et Gratulatio, 9 n, 11

    Pike, Eunice (Smith), wife of Nicholas (H. C. 1766), 27 n

    —— Rev. James, 27 n

    —— Nicholas (H. C. 1766), son of Rev. James, 26, 29, 35; sketch of, 27 n; his losses by fixe, 34

    —— Sarah (Gilman), wife of Rev. James, 27 n

    Piper, Anne Palfrey (Bridge), wife of William Taggard, 352, 355; her death, 357

    —— Anne Taggard, daughter of William Taggard. See Hale

    —— Elizabeth Bridge, daughter of William Taggard, 357

    —— Mary Elizabeth (Taggard), second wife of Solomon (d. 1866), 352, 353

    —— Nathaniel, 351

    —— Ralph Crosby, son of William Taggard, 357

    —— Solomon, 351

    —— Solomon (d. 1866), son of Solomon, 351

    —— William Bridge, son of William Taggard, 357

    —— William Taggard, Ph.D., son of Solomon (d. 1866), v; death of, xix, 69, 70, 71; Memoir of, by J. Woodbury, communicated, 350; text of Memoir, 351–358; his ancestry, 351, 352; his education, 352; his marriage, 352, 353; his philanthropic work, 353–355; as a public official, 355–357; his work on the Cambridge School Committee, 355, 356; as a trustee of the Public Library, 356, 357; his other interests, 357; his family, 357; his death, 357; his characteristics, 357

    Pipes, tobacco. See Tobacco pipes

    Pitts, John, accused of manslaughter, 369 n

    —— John, of Boston, 323, 324, 369 n

    Player, Col. ——, 123

    Plumer, Richard, 381

    Plymouth, 298

    Plymouth Colony, legislation of, regarding N. Morton’s New England’s Memorial, 269–270

    Pocock, ——, 122, 125

    Point Shirley, named, 1753, 386 n

    Poisons, Indians expert in use of, 150

    Pope, Joseph, 118

    Porter, Alexander Sylvanus, 130

    Porteus, Beilby, 296

    Portsmouth, N. H., attempt to provide a currency in, 373

    Potter, Indego, 402

    Powahs. See Powwows

    Powell, Anne (Dummer), wife of Joseph, 292 n

    —— John, 292 n

    Powers, Capt. Isaac, 396

    Powning, Elizabeth, 407

    Powwows, 151, 152, 176, 182

    Prentice, Caleb, 127

    Prescriptions, physicians’ right to dispense their own, 158, 159, 160, 161

    Pretender, Old. See Stuart, James Francis Edward

    Price, Ezekiel, 327 n

    —— Richard, 118, 119

    —— Thomas, son of Richard, 118, 119, 120

    —— William, 127

    Prince, Rev. Thomas (d. 1758), 66, 410

    Prindge, John. See Rindge

    Proctor, William, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Pulling Point, now Point Shirley, 386, 386 n

    Putnam, Charles Pickering, M.D., 71; appointed on Nominating Committee, 267

    —— Herbert, LL.D., 92 n

    —— William Lowell, LL.B., appointed on Auditing Committee, 267; report of this Committee, 308

    Put upon, meaning of the phrase, 90, 90 n

    Pynchon, Mary. See Eliot

    —— William, 396

    Quakers, letter of E. Breck (d. 1662) concerning, 52–58; earliest members of the sect in New England, 50; stern legislation against in Massachusetts, 388. See also Austin, Anne; Breck, Edward; Fisher, Mary

    Quick-in-hand. See Wild mercury

    Quincy, Dorothy. See Hancock; Scott

    —— Edmund (d. 1738), 367, 397 n

    —— Edmund (d. 1788), son of Edmund (d. 1738), 323

    —— Eliza Susan (Morton), wife of Josiah (H. C. 1790), 295

    —— John (d. 1767), 396

    —— Josiah (H. C. 1763), 324

    —— Josiah (H. C. 1790), President of Harvard College, 3, 314 n; photograph of, from silhouette, exhibited, 295

    R, S P Q, 8

    Rackemann, Charles Sedgwick, A.M., 44

    Radcliffe, Alexander, 229, 229 n

    Randal, ——, 127

    Randall, Hannah. See White

    Randolph, Edward, 216, 217, 227, 227 n, 230 n

    Ratcliff. See Radcliffe

    Rattlesnakes, 149, 151, 174–176, 183, 184

    Ravis, Christian, copy of his Hebrew Grammar exhibited, 114

    Rawson, Edward, 135

    Rayment, Jonathan, 396

    Read, John, 99 n

    Reiner, ——, 123

    Remington, Jonathan, 396

    Rice, Caleb, 396

    —— John, 396

    Rich, Obadiah, 277 n; his statement regarding Morton’s New England’s Memorial, 272, 272 n, 273 n, 275, 296

    Richards, Edward, 118

    Richardson, Richard, 113 n

    Rigby, John, 50

    —— Isabell, wife of John, 50. See also Breck

    Rindge, John, 383, 383 n

    Robie, Thomas, his meteorological observations at Harvard College, 178

    Robinson, Edward, LL.D., 71

    —— Fred Norris, Ph.D., 76; elected a Resident Member, 134, 305; accepts, 141

    —— Tancred, 110, 113

    Rochford, Earl of. See Zuylestein, William Nassau de

    Rodd, Thomas, 272 n, 276 n, 296

    Rogers, ——, 346

    —— Capt. William, 396

    Rolfe, Capt. Henry, 396

    Rosier, Capt. James, 180

    Ross, Alexander, 195, 195 n, 196 n

    Rowe, Elizabeth (Singer), 219 n

    —— John, 321

    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, 156, 160, 161; as censors of the apothecaries, 157, 162 n

    Royal Society of London, paper on Cotton Mather’s Election into, by G. L. Kittredge, 81–114; Mather’s communications to, 81, 81 n, 82, 83, 84, 84 n, 94, 94 n, 101, 102, 104, 105, 105 n, 106 n, 108, 108 n, 109 n, 114, 114 n, 287, 287 n, 289; his nomination to membership in, 84, 90 n, 110, 111; his election to, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114; his letter regarding his admission to, 86, 87; statutes of, regarding election and admission of members, 88, 89, 91 n, 92 n, 110 n, 111, 112; Mather’s name not in annual lists of, 91 n, 92, 93, 97, 100 n, 106, 112, 282, 287, 288, 291; Mather’s membership in, questioned by J. Checkley, 97, 99, 99 n, 100 n; Mather’s letter regarding his status in, 107, 108, 108 n, 110, 114, 286, 290; inquiry sent to, regarding Capt. Beale’s journal, 136, 136 n, 137, 137 n; interest of, in rattlesnakes, 174, 175; Further Notes on Cotton Mather and, by G. L. Kittredge, 281–292

    Rugg, Hon. Arthur Prentice, LL.D., 71

    Ruggles, Timothy, Speaker of the Massachusetts House, 14

    Rum, fondness of Indians for, 189, 190

    Rumney Marsh, burying ground at, 155

    Russell, Chambers (H. C. 1731), son of Daniel, 14, 17, 19, 19 n; sketch of, 19 n

    —— Daniel, 19 n

    —— James, 13

    —— Mary (Wainwright), wife of Chambers (H. C. 1731), 19 n

    —— Prudence. See Hancock

    —— Rebecca (Chambers), wife of Daniel, 19 n

    Sabin, Joseph, 276 n

    Sagathy, a stuff, 40, 40 n

    St. Elmo’s fire, 223, 247

    St. Malo, Brittany, 143, 144, 152, 152 n

    Saints of New England. See New England

    Salem witchcraft, 182

    Salmon, William, 157, 157 n

    Saltonstall, Muriel (Gurdon), wife of Richard (1610–1694), 116 n

    —— Richard (1610–1694), 116 n

    Sanders, John, 396

    Sandford, ——, 377

    Sargent, Jonathan, 396

    Saywell, Capt. See Sewall, Samuel

    Savage, Habijah, 403

    Scalping, 153

    Scarlet days, the term, meaning of, 46 n

    Scott, Dorothy (Quincy) Hancock, wife of Capt. James, 350 n. See also Hancock

    —— Edward John Long, 209, 210, 211

    —— Capt. James, 250, 250 n, 341

    Scottow, Joshua, 156, 156 n

    Sebeniack, 148, 172

    Sedgwick, Maj. Robert, 126

    Sesso. See Yezo

    Sewall, Rev. Joseph, son of Judge Samuel, 405

    —— Judith. See Cooper

    —— Rebecca (Dudley), wife of Samuel, Jr., 294

    —— Judge Samuel, 96 n, 167, 180, 213, 214 n, 215, 216, 227 n, 231, 257, 326 n, 360 n, 361, 361 n, 362 n, 372 n, 397 n; deed bearing signature of, exhibited, 141; receives letter of Rev. S. Lee to N. Grew, 142; his notes on N. and Rev. O. Grew, 143; text of letter to N. Grew, 153–155; favors theory of descent of Indians from Jews, 179; takes charge of J. Foster’s press, but resigns, 409

    —— Samuel, Jr., son of Judge Samuel, 294

    —— Rev. Stephen (H. C. 1761), his Hebrew grammar, 6, 6 n

    Shakespeare, William, reprint of items relating to, from Lowndes’s Bibliographer’s Manual, 296

    Shapleigh, Capt. Nicholas, 396

    Sharp, Sarah. See Sumner

    Sharpe, John, 377

    Shaw, John Angier (H. C. 1811), 266; his sketch of Harvard College buildings, 265; other sketches by, 265 n

    —— family, 51

    Sheafe, Jacob, deed given to, exhibited, 134, 135

    —— Samuel, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Shed’s Neck. See Germantown

    Sheldon, Henry Newton, 310

    —— Thankful. See Barnard.

    Shells, Indians till ground with, 153, 154

    Shepard, Rev. Thomas (1604–1649), 44, 176, 191, 192, 196

    —— Rev. Thomas (H. C. 1653), son of Rev. Thomas (1604–1649), letter of, to his son, communicated, 191; text of the letter, 192–198; this letter now first printed in full, 192 n

    —— Thomas (H. C. 1676), son of Rev. Thomas (H. C. 1653), letter to, from his father, communicated, 191; text of the letter, 192–198

    Sherburn, Henry, 382

    Sherley, ——, 126

    Shipley, Capt. John, 396

    Shipman, Carolyn, 274

    Ships, Dr. W. Avery’s notion for planking, 147; Arbella, 115; Blessing, 278 n; Gift, 115 n; Gilbert, 136, 136 n; Julius Cæsar, 191; Rose, 216, 227; Susannah and Thomas, 214

    Shirley, William, Governor, Point Shirley named for, 386 n

    Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly’s Shorter Catechism

    Shove, Edward, 396

    Shrewsbury, Duchess of. See Talbot, Adelhida

    Shute, Samuel, Governor, 136; his appointment as Governor, 362 n, 363, 363 n, 371 n, 389; his controversy with the House of Representatives, 389; his sudden departure from Boston, 389; his memorials to the King against the Massachusetts House, 390; his course approved, 390

    Sibley, John Langdon, 192 n

    Silk-grass, 152

    Silver Bank, 373

    Simples, 151

    Singer, Elizabeth. See Rowe

    Singing, among Indians, 148, 172

    Skeat, Rev. Walter William, on ghost-words, 268

    Skinner, ——, 348 n

    Sleep, a root so called by Inifians, 151

    Sligo, Isabelle Raymonde (de Peyronnet) Browne, Marchioness of, 387

    —— family, 387

    Sloane, Sir Hans, 110, 110 n

    Small, Sarah. See Tompson

    Small-pox, epidemic of, feared, 1764, 2, 3 n; epidemic of, attacks Boston, 1686, 230; in 1721, 282, 282 n. See also Inoculation

    Smith, Eunice, daughter of Sergeant. See Pike

    —— George Charles Moore, 44 n

    —— Sir James, 46

    —— Jeremiah, Governor of New Hampshire, 333, 333 n, 335

    —— Joseph, British consul at Venice, 372 n

    —— Samuel, 383, 385

    —— Sergeant, 27 n

    —— Rev. Sydney, 280

    Snake-root (snake-weed), 151, 183, 184

    Snow, John, 396

    Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 135, 136 n

    Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 123

    Society of Colonial Wars, 267

    Society of Physicians Anti-Inoculators, 284, 285, 286, 287 n; headquarters of, 287, 288, 289, 400

    Somers, John, Baron Somers, 212

    Sophocles, Evangelinus Apostolides, 300

    Soulsby, Basil Harrington, 387

    Southworth, Constant, 269

    —— Nathaniel, 396

    Spademan, Rev. John, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255

    Sparks, Jared, 221 n

    Speen, John, an Indian, 252 n

    Spencer, Robert, second Earl of Sunderland, 217, 218

    —— W. D., 139 n

    Spofford, Walter Richardson, 264

    Spotswood, Gen. Alexander, 60

    —— Elizabeth (Washington), wife of Gen. Alexander, 60

    —— Henrietta, daughter of Gen. Alexander. See Washington

    Sprague, Hannah (Phipps), wife of Jonathan, 20 n

    —— Jonathan, son of Joseph, 20; sketch of, 20 n

    —— Joseph, saddler, 20 n

    —— Samuel, 396

    —— Sarah (Stedman), wife of Joseph, 20 n

    Squando, sachem, 181

    Stacke, ——, 123

    Stafford, ——, 182

    Stallam, Mrs. ——, 123

    Stamp Act, repeal of, 323

    Stanhope, James, first Earl Stanhope, 365, 365 n, 366, 367 n, 368

    Stanley, Rev. Arthur Penrhyn, 208

    Stanning, Mary, 124

    Stanton, John, 331

    Stark, James Henry, 327 n

    Starkey, George, 164, 164 n

    Stedman, John (d. 1728), 127

    —— Sarah. See Sprague

    Steele, Sir Richard, 250; his contribution to the development of English prose fiction, 256, 257

    Sterne, Richard, 241 n

    Stevens, Henry, 273 n

    —— Henry, Son, & Stiles, London, 387

    —— Capt. Jeremiah, 396

    —— Samuel, 396

    Stevens & Brown, Trafalgar Square, London, 209

    Steward, Mr. See Stewart, William

    —— Mrs. See Stewart, Anne

    Stewart, Andrew, 74, 308

    —— Anne, one of Dunton’s characters, 253

    —— William, one of Dunton’s characters, 253

    Stiles, Rev. Ezra, 181, 182

    —— John, 124

    Stirk, George. See Starkey, George

    Stock, ——, 123

    Stoddard, John, 396

    —— Simeon, 287 n, 403, 403 n

    Stone, William, 396

    Story, William, 330, 331, 332, 345

    Strachey, William, 172, 179, 180

    Stuart, Alexander, 103 n, 106, 106 n; W. Douglass’s anti-inoculation letters to, 103, 105, 105 n, 291; not mentioned by Rev. C. Mather, 107; pamphlets dedicated to, by W. Douglass, 107, 107 n

    —— James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender, 366 n

    Stubbe, Henry, 161 n

    Sturgis family, 51

    Sucking, Indians scarify flesh by, 152

    Suicide, common among Indians, 150, 181

    Sullivan, Benjamin, son of John (d. 1795), 139, 139 n

    —— Daniel, son of John (d. 1795), 139 n

    —— James, Governor, son of John (d. 1795), 137, 139 n, 344

    —— John (d. 1795), Margery Brown adopted by, 137; his marriage to her, 138; her public appeal to, 138–139; date of his death, 139 n, 140

    —— Gen. John, son of John (d. 1795), 137, 139 n, 351

    —— Margery (Brown), wife of John (d. 1795), her violent temper, 138, 139; her public appeal to her husband, 138–139, 140

    —— Thomas Russell, 140

    Sumner, Elizabeth (Hyslop), wife of Increase (H. C. 1767), 19 n

    —— Increase, 19 n

    —— Increase (H. C. 1767), son of Increase, 19; sketch of, 19 n

    —— Sarah (Sharp), wife of Increase, 19 n

    —— William, son-in-law of Dr. William Avery, 165

    Sunderland, Earl of. See Spencer, Robert

    Surgeons, in Boston, 1690, 146, 147; in London, 159, 160; no guild of, in New England, 146, 147, 162

    Svinin, Paul Petrovich, 265; sketch of, 266; some of his works, 266 n

    Sweathouses, Indian, 181, 182

    Sweets, Indians averse to, 149, 177

    Swift, Rev. Jonathan, 290

    —— Lindsay, A.B., 280 n

    Symmes, Rev. Zechariah (d. 1671), 124

    Taft, Hon. William Howard, LL.D., elected an Honorary Member, 311; accept, 359

    Taggard, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of William. See Piper

    —— Mary Trow (Welch), second wife of William, 352

    —— William, 352

    Tailer, William, Lt.-Governor, 361, 363 n, 394, 397 n

    Talbot, Adelhida, wife of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, 368

    Tartars, Eastern, Indians descended from, 147, 166, 168, 168 n

    Tartary, Japan a projection of, 169

    Taunton, Eng., first and second charters of, 45, 46; Mayor of, “to goe in scarlet,” 46; Henley almshouses in, 46 n

    —— St. Mary Magdalen, 45 n

    Taututtipoag (taututtipang), 185, 186

    Tay, Isaiah, 396

    Taylor, Capt. Silas, 175

    —— Rev. John L., 59

    —— Randolph, 248 n

    Teeth, Indian, durable, 149, 177

    Teleki, Paul, Count, 171

    Templeton, James, 334

    Tenney, Samuel, 396

    Ternaux-Compans, Charles Henri, 272 n, 276 n

    Terrey, Thomas, 396

    Thacher, Oxenbridge, 14

    —— Rev. Thomas, 270

    Thaxter, Samuel, 397 n

    Thayer, William Roscoe, 310

    Theatre, opposition to, in Boston, 345, 345 n

    Thermometer, not in early New England, 149, 177, 178

    Thomas, Alban, 113 n

    Thomason, George, 236

    Thomlinson, John, 377, 380

    Thoresby, Ralph, 83, 111 n, 113 n, 135; his testimony regarding Rev. C. Mather’s election to the Royal Society, 110, 112, 113; his own admission to the Society, 110 n

    Thorndike, Samuel Lothrop, A.M., death of, 69, 70

    Thornton, John Wingate, 276 n

    Thorowgood, Thomas, 178, 179

    Tileston, Crafts &, 17

    Tilestown, Maj. Thomas, 396

    Tillotson, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, 345

    Tisdale, Mary (Avery), 165

    Tobacco, Indian, 150, 180; pipes for, 150, 153, 180, 181

    Tomlinson, John. See Thomlinson

    Tompsen, Anna (Hubbard), wife of Rev. William, 68

    —— Rev. John (H. C. 1765), son of Rev. William, his losses by fire, 35; sketch of, 68

    —— Sarah (Allen) Morrill, second wife of Rev. John, 68

    —— Sarah (Small), first wife of Rev. John, 68

    —— Rev. William, 68

    Tooth drawing, 146, 159

    Toppan, Rev. Christopher, 107 n

    Torrey, John, 396

    Toulmin, Rev. Joshua, 45; gives a copy of his History of the Town of Taunton to Harvard College, 46 n

    Townsend, ——, 323

    —— Penn, 397 n

    Townshend Acts, 323

    Toy, Mercy, 231 n

    Trail, Rev. Robert, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 255 n

    Treaty of Peace, 1784, recommends restoration of confiscated property, 328; its provision for recovery of debts ignored, 336

    Trowbridge, Edmund (H. C. 1728), 13, 14, 17, 32, 34

    Trowbridge, John, S.D., 71; accepts Resident Membership, 1; elected a member of the Council for two years, 309

    Trumbull, James Hammond, 180, 274, 276 n

    —— John (d. 1831), 322

    Tuckerman, Edward, 180

    —— family, 51

    Tunbridge, Lord. See Zuylestein, William Nassau de

    Turner, Col. ——, 344

    —— Frederick Jackson, LL.D., 71

    —— John, 397 n

    —— Thomas, 396

    Tut hill, Capt. Zechariah, 98 n

    Tuttle, Julius Herbert, 28 n; his paper on the library of Dr. William Ames, 63–66; his communication on Rev. T. Weld, 121–126

    Tyler, Harry Walter, 310

    —— Royall, 13, 17

    Tyng, Eleazer, 396

    —— William, 122, 126

    Tyson, Dr. Edward, 175

    Uniformity, Act of, 47

    Universal Solvent. See Alkahest

    Upham, Abigail, daughter of Dr. Jabez. See Barnard

    —— Dr. Jabez, 27 n

    Usher, Hezckiah, 135, 190 n

    —— John, 271, 274, 277 n, 280 n, 359, 400, 406, 409; his business relations with R. Chiswell, 278, 278 n, 279

    Uzuld, Capt. Azariah, 191

    Valnais, Joseph Dupas de, 260

    Veazie, William, 247 n

    Vices, Indian, 150, 179, 181

    Vimont, Barthélemy, 172

    Virginia, method of killing rattlesnakes in, 175; tobacco in, 180

    Virginia Indians, N. Grew’s queries relating to, 145

    W., J., J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 248, 253

    Wadsworth, Rev. Benjamin, President of Harvard College, 313, 314 n, 317; his Diary really a collection of College records, 316

    —— John, 396

    Wagstaffe, William, his attack on inoculation, 290, 290 n, 291

    Wainwright, Francis, 19 n, 294, 294 n

    —— John, 396

    —— Mary, daughter of Francis. See Russell

    —— Mary (Dudley), wife of Francis, 294. See also Atkins

    Wales, Prince of, 361. See also George II

    Walker, George, 124

    —— Thomas, 46

    Waller, Richard, Secretary of the Royal Society, 81, 82 n, 83, 84, 85, 86 n, 87, 87 n, 88 n, 89, 90, 91 n, 93, 93 n, 94 n, 96, 101, 108, 110, 111, 111 n

    Wallker, George, 383

    Walter, Thomas, his relations with J. Checkley, 97, 100 n

    Ward, Col. Artemas, 43

    —— Edward (1667–1731), 190, 190 n, 257

    —— Richard, 396

    Ware, Horace Everett, A.M., elected a member of the Council, 75; communicates Memoir of F. H. Lincoln, 128; text of Memoir, 129–133; his paper on Observation with the Dipping Needle, 135; presents two letters regarding Capt. Beale’s journal, 136, 137

    —— Thornton Marshall, A.B., death of, xix, 359

    Warner, Daniel, 383

    Warren, Capt. Benjamin, 396

    —— Joseph, 330 n

    —— Mary, daughter of Richard. See Bartlett

    —— Mercy (Otis), 321

    —— Richard, 130

    —— Winslow, 310

    Washburn, Hon. Charles Grenfill, A.B., elected a Resident Member, 388

    Washington, ——, daughter of Col. William Augustine, 62

    —— Anne (Aylett), wife of Augustine, 60

    —— Augustine, half-brother of George, 60

    —— Augustine (d. 1798), son of Col. William Augustine, 59, 60, 62, 63

    —— Bushrod (d. 1830), son of Col. William Augustine, 59, 60, 62, 63

    —— Corbin, son of John Augustine, 61, 61 n

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine. See Spotswood

    —— George, 58, 60, 347 n; his account of his visit to Andover, 59; his letter to S. Phillips, 60; letter from his mother to, 141, 141 n; congratulatory address to, from the Yankee Club of Stewartstown, 198, 199; celebration of his birthday at Harvard College, 1796, 199, 200; his letter to Col. Gilpin, 408, 409

    —— Hannah (Bushrod), wife of John Augustine, 60, 63 n; her letter to S. Phillips, 62–63

    —— Henrietta (Spotswood), wife of Bushrod (d. 1830), 60

    —— Jane, daughter of John Augustine and wife of Col. William Augustine, 60, 61 n, 62, 62 n, 63

    —— John Augustine, brother of George, 60, 61 n, 63 n

    —— Judge Bushrod (d. 1829), son of John Augustine, 63 n

    —— Martha, wife of George, 61

    —— Mary, mother of George, letter written by, to her son, 141, 141 n

    —— Mildred, daughter of John Augustine. See Lee

    —— Col. William Augustine, son of Augustine, 59, 60, 61 n, 62, 62 n: his letter to G. Washington, 60–61; to S. Phillips, 61–62

    —— family, 58

    Water, usual drink of Indians, 150; hot, used in sickness by Indians, 150

    Water engine, 13

    Waters, Rev. Thomas Franklin, A.M., records relating to John Humfrey and his family communicated by, 117–120; reads letter written by five Quakers, July, 1658, 388

    Waters & Crafts, 17

    Watson, Mr. ——, one of J. Dunton’s characters, 249

    —— Benjamin Marston, 299

    —— family, 299

    Watt, Dr. Robert, 271, 275

    Way River. See Weir River

    Wear, Capt. ——, 154, 154 n

    Weather proverbs, Indian, 177

    Webb, Rev. John, 405

    Weeden, William Babcock, A.M., 213 n; death of, xix, 298, 305

    Weir River, 386, 386 n

    Welch, Mary Trow. See Taggard

    Weld, Charles Goddard, M.D., death of, 69, 70

    —— John, 123

    —— Rev. Thomas, communication by J. H. Turtle on Thomas Weld’s Receipts and Disbursements, 121–126; his mission to England, 121, 122

    Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, A.B., 76, 310; elected a Resident Member, 359; accepts, 388

    —— Capt. Thomas, 396

    Welsteed, William, 403

    Wendell, Barrett, A.B., v, 85 n, 375; elected a Resident Member, 267, 305; accepts, 298

    Wensley, John, 119

    Wentworth, Hunking, 383, 384

    Wesley, Samuel, 254

    Westminster Assembly’s Shorter Catechism, Boston, 1690, title-page of, exhibited, 359, 409; printer of, 409, 410

    Wheeler, Ralph, 404

    Wheelwright, Edmund March, A.B., death of, xix, 298, 304, 305

    —— John, 397 n

    White, Cornelius, 24 n

    —— Edward, 396

    —— Capt. Gideon, son of Cornelius, 24, 25; sketch of, 24 n

    —— Hannah (Randall), wife of Cornelius, 24 n

    —— Joanna (Howland), wife of Capt. Gideon, 24 n

    —— John (H. C. 1685), 363, 363 n, 364, 365, 367

    Whiting, Rev. Samuel, 118, 120

    Whitmore, William Henry, 371 n; his edition of J. Dunton’s Letters from New England, 213 n, 214 n, 215, 222, 226, 239 n, 240, 240 n, 244 n, 247, 247 n, 249 n, 250 n, 252 n, 253, 253 n

    Whitney, Rev. Aaron, 29 n

    —— Alice, daughter of Rev. Aaron. See Man

    —— Daniel, 25, 43

    —— James Lyman, 72

    Whiston, Rev. William 136 n; observations with his dipping needle, 135, 136

    Whiton, Priscilla. See Dudley

    Whittier, John Greenleaf, 107

    Whole Duty of Man, authorship of, 240 n, 241 n

    Wibert, Thomas, 383

    Wibird, Richard, 383, 383 n

    Wiggan, Andrew, 383, 383 n, 385

    Wigglesworth, Rev. Edward (H. C. 1749), 316

    Wigwams, 154

    Wilberforce, Rev. Albert Basil Orme, 203, 204, 205, 209

    Wilbert, Richard. See Wibird

    Wild mercury, 158

    Wilder, Joseph, 396

    Wilkins, Comfort, daughter of Richard, J. Dunton’s sketch of, 213 n, 228, 231 n, 232 n, 240, 246, 249, 254

    —— Richard, 216, 217, 219, 220, 232 n

    Wilks, Francis, petition of, 375, 376, 377, 380, 383; text of this petition, 381, 382

    Willard, Col. Abijah, 332

    —— Benjamin, 27 n

    —— Rev. Joseph (H. C. 1765), President of Harvard College, son of Benjamin, 26, 27 n, 29; sketch of, 27 n; his losses by fire, 33

    —— Josiah, Secretary of Massachusetts, 392, 392 n, 394, 395, 398 n

    —— Sarah (Brooks), wife of Benjamin, 27 n

    —— Sidney, 114

    William III, King of England, 100 n

    William and Mary, 390, 397, 398

    Williams, Rev. Daniel (d. 1716), 276 n

    —— Edward, 408

    —— John, 285 n

    —— Rev. Moses (d. 1742), 110

    —— Roger, 171, 172, 178, 180, 181, 271; J. Dunton’s borrowings from, 222, 250, 250 n, 251, 252, 253

    —— Seth, 396

    Williamson, Sir Joseph, 46

    Willis, Edward, 216 n

    —— Pauline, 58 n; her account of certain members of the Washington fanuly, 58–60

    —— William, 58 n

    Williston, Martha. See Hall

    —— Samuel, 76

    Willson, Capt. William, 396

    Willy, Edward, one of Dunton’s characters, 248

    Wilson, Maj. ——, 334

    —— Mrs. ——, 123

    —— Elizabeth, wife of Rev. John, 135

    —— Rev. John, 401, 407; deed given by, exhibited, 134, 135

    Winds, effect of direction of, on Indians, 149, 177; on weather, 154; proverb regarding, 177

    Winship, George Parker, A.M., 89 n, 248 n

    Winslow, Edward, 122, 175, 176, 177

    —— Gen. John, 17

    Winsor, Justin, 276 n

    Winters, in New England, severity of, 154

    Winthrop, Adam (H. C. 1694), 397 n

    —— Ann (Dudley), wife of John (H. C. 1700), her portrait, 294. See also Miller

    —— Frederic, 76

    —— John, Governor of Massachusetts, 115, 125; his statement regarding Lady Susan Humfrey, 116

    —— John, Jr., Governor of Connecticut, son of Gov. John of Massachusetts, 271

    —— John (H. C. 1700), 87 n, 94 n, 98 n, 99 n, 104, 105 n, 106 n, 107 n, 294, 294 n; collections made by, for the Royal Society, 83 n, 84 n, 101 n, 184, 186

    —— John (H. C. 1732), 4 n, 9, 9 n

    —— Kate Wilson (Taylor), wife of Robert, 294

    —— Lucy, sister of Gov. John of Massachusetts. See Downing

    —— Robert Charles (H. C. 1828), 188 n

    —— Wait (d. 1717), 364 n

    Witchcraft, Salem, 182

    Witherspoon, Rev. John, President of the College of New Jersey, his study of Americanisms, 258, 259, 263

    Wolcott, Roger (H. C. 1899), 76

    Wood, Rev. James, 50

    —— Capt. Roger, 63 n

    —— William, 171, 172, 174, 177; his description of Massachusetts towns, 224 n

    Woodbury, John, A.B., 71; his Memoir of W. T. Piper communicated, 350; text of the Memoir, 351–358

    Woodcock, Rev. Thomas, two stories sent to Lady Holworthy by, 44

    Woodhouse, Constance (Hall), 405

    Woods, Henry Ernest, A.M., 28 n, 117 n; his remarks on the family of John Humfrey, 120, 121; appointed on Nominating Committee, 267

    Woodward, Dr. John, of Gresham College, his correspondence with Rev. C. Mather regarding the latter’s contributions to, and membership in, the Royal Society, 81, 82 n, 83, 83 n, 84, 84 n, 85 n, 90, 91 n, 92 n, 93, 101, 101 n, 102, 102 n, 103, 104 n, 105 n, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 111 n, 113, 114, 288, 290; R. Mead’s attack upon, 107 n

    —— Samuel, Secretary of Massachusetts, 88 n, 365, 365 n

    Woolhurst, John, 219

    Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, London. See Apothecaries’ Company

    Wotton, Sir Henry, 370

    Wright, James Osborne, 274, 274 n, 278 n

    Wyborn, Howard, 114

    Yankee Club, Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, congratulatory address of, to Washington, 198, 199

    Yarmouth, Eng., scarlet days not peculiar to, 46 n

    Yezo, 168, 169, 170

    York, John, 231 n

    Young, Rev. Edward James, 276 n

    Zuylestein, William Nassau de, Viscount Tunbridge and second Earl of Rochford, 368, 368 n