INDEX
“A. B.,” (anti-government writer), 354n
Abowndrawonit
petition of, 134n
Abrahams, Woodward
affidavit
as enclosure, 487
cited, 500
Acadia National Park, 6
Acadians
and Assembly, 192
Castle William, moved to, 34
and Hispaniola, governor’s proclamation, 190-91, 229, 232
flight to Hispaniola, 107, 190-93n, 232-33, 249, 260
and labor, price of, 34
at Louisbourg, 96
petitions and memorials of, 193n
and politics, 8
poverty, relief of, 192
religion of, 33, 232-33n, 249, 260
and British policy, 33-34, 119, 192, 229, 249
Cambridge meeting discusses, 107
and France, king of, 107
to Maine, 33
Rhode Island, leave from, 191
and smallpox epidemic (1764), 34, 96
Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies (William Whiston), 465
Account of the Fire at Harvard-College, as enclosure, 45
Accounts, 169
Acts and Resolves, Public and Private of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 20
Actual Survey of the Sea Coast from New York to the I. Cape Briton (Cyprian Southack), 228n
Adams, Benjamin (Mrs), 38n
Adams, John
Boston memorial, presents to FB, 446n
as counsel for Boston, 446n
library of, 461
on “Principles of Law and Polity,” 480
on Ruggles, 373
Adams, Samuel, 424n
and Boston caucus, 306n
and Boston committee, 444n
House of Representatives, member of, as, 392n-3n
identified, 392n
and MacIntosh, 429n
popularity of, 392n
at “Union Feast,” 424n
Administration of the Colonies (Thomas Pownall), 481n
Administration, Letters of, 169
Admiralty Board
Affidavits, 170
African Queen (snow), 310
Allegheny Mountains, 182
Allen, Thomas
identified, 284n
mentioned, 297-98
seizes La Vray Amitie, 282
Allen, William, 221n
Mayhew, letter to, 218
Allestree, Richard
Gentleman’s Calling, 469n
Officium Hominis Cum Stylo, 458, 469n
Alsop, Anthony (step-father of FB), 460
Amaguntic Pond, Maine, 67
American Colonies
Britain, opposition to, 1-2, 90, 370, 377-87, 390, 414
as dominions outside realm, 482-83n
government of. See under Government, Colonial
Great Britain, constitutional relationship with, 87, 383, 414, 418, 433, 479, See also BERNARD, FRANCIS:WRITINGS:“The Principles of Law and Polity” (1764)
independence, aspirations of, 375
mentioned, 11
Parliament, representation in, 418, 433
and parliamentary authority, 432-33
and parliamentary taxation, 44, 216, 308, 413-15
and secretaries of state, 15
specie, drain on, 163-64
and Vice Admiralty Courts, 271
Amherst, Sir Jeffery
identified, 37n
letters from cited, 354n
Amyand, Claudius
identified, 532n
letters to listed, 525
mentioned, 214n
An Act for Granting and Applying certain Stamp Duties . . . in America, 393n
An Answer to the Dissenters Pleas for Separation (Thomas Bennet), 468n
Anderson, Thomas, 38n
Androscoggin River, Maine, 146
Anguilla, Leeward Islands
forged customs clearances from, 32n, 125-28n, 131, 486, 489-90
governor of, 202n
imports from, 32n, 128n, 131, 485
Animadversions Upon Dr. Sherlock’s Book . . . A Vindication of the Holy and Ever-Blessed Trinity (Robert South), 454, 463n
Annotations Upon Some Difficult Texts in All the Books of the New Testament (Norton Knatchbull), 454, 464n
Answer Rejoyned (John Burges), 454, 463n
Antiquitates Apostolicae (William Cave), 453, 462n
Antiquitates Christianae (Jeremy Taylor), 453, 462n
Antrobus, Charles
and Bristol Co. justices
advises FB to direct, 508
lack of assistance from, 514, 517
FB views on, 518
and Polly
seizure and rescue of, 255-56, 265, 505, 507
and Temple
Council proceedings, sends, 245
reports Taunton riot, 507-8
Temple, letter to, 507-8
as enclosure, 244
received by FB, 246
Apologies of Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and Minutius Felix in Defence of the Christian Religion (William Reeves), 455, 465n
Appeals, 169-70
Apthorp, Charles, 406n
Arguments to Prove the Being of God (John Hancock), 465n
Aristotle, 481n
Arsenau, Marguerite, 98n
Art of Contentment (Anon. ), 458, 470n
Art of Making Common Salt (William Brownrigg), 40n
Assembly (the Council and the House of Representatives)
about, 8
and Acadians, 165-66, 229, 233
acts and resolves, 153, 236, 242, 287, 289, 509, See also under General Court, Legislation
Castle William, reinforcements for, 165-66
census, ordered, 52
and Customhouse fees, 117
petition to Parliament, 165-66
special province agent, election of, 43
elections to, 20
fees in public offices, regulation of, 238
Fort Pownall, enlarges garrison, 40n
forts, establishment for, 41
friends of government in, 9
and governor, 5, 100, 134, 184, 420, 447
Harvard Hall, rebuilding of, 50
House of Commons, petition to, as enclosure, 166
Maine Survey (1764), approves, 7, 41, 42n, 45, 50-51, 70-71, 150, 158-59, 259
Massachusetts regiments, refuses requisition for, 36, 42, 45, 49-51, 165-66
meetings of, 174, 219, 310, 319, 323, 340-41, 346, 368-69, 383
and Naval Office fees, 117, 153
Parliament, petition to
concerning Sugar Act and Stamp Tax, 120n, 145n, 165-66, 263
and parliamentary taxation, 119, 139, 141, 165-66
Penobscot townships grants, approves, 45, 47n, 51-52, 70-71
and Pope’s Day, 398
popular party in, 8, 319, 375, 389-90, 394, 419, 426
and province agent
instructions to, 29, 31, 44, 47n, 120n
instructions, as enclosure, 45
salary of, 234
special agent, election of, 219, 384
and public finances, 109
public offices, resolve to open, 442
public offices, fee bills, as enclosures, 240
in session, 149, 165, 200, 210, 217, 400, 479
Stamp Act, implementation of, 310, 341, 351, 355-56, 359, 362-68, 383
Stamp Act Congress, circular letter on, 287
and Stamp Act riots, 311n
stamped papers, distribution of, 369
Superior Court justices, votes salaries of, 242n
unanimity of, 165
votes of, 426
Assurance Policies, 171
Atheist’s Objection . . . Refuted (John Harris), 463n
Atheist’s Objections (John Harris), 463n
Atheistical Objections (John Harris), 463n
Atkinson, Ichabod
petition of, as enclosure, 141
Atterbury, Francis, 460
Attorney General of England and Wales, 238
Attorney General of Massachusetts, 114, 183, 504
Attorneys, Admissions of, 170
Auchmuty, Robert
as advocate general of Vice Admiralty, 273-276
biography, 275n
and Cockle
advises Cockle on composition, 125, 491-93
prosecutes seizures by Cockle, 127, 136, 187, 197, 201, 485, 490-92
and Colvill, 63
FB praises, 274
and Fitch v Peate, 448
Freemason, seizure and prosecution of, 61-62, 75
identified, 63n
and Polly, prosecution of, 265, 270, 517
rivals for office, 274
and Temple, 198
Avery, John, Jr.
identified, 438n
Bail, 170
Bailey, Joseph, 133
Baines, Lt. (Royal Navy officer), 268, 509, 511
Baker, Sir William
identified, 211n
mentioned, 210
province agent, and election of, 218, 405
Ball, Robert
identified, 325n
letters to, 325
listed, 528
orders concerning stamped papers, 325
Banks, R. R.
Religion and Reason Adjusted and Accorded, 458, 470n
Baptismon Didache, the Doctrine of Baptisms (William Walker), 455, 465n
Bar Iron, 238
Barlow, Thomas
as critic of Arminianism, 460
Genuine Remains of That Learned Prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow, 458, 469n
Several Miscellaneous and Weighty Cases of Conscience Learnedly and Judiciously Resolved, 458, 469n
Barnard and Harrison (merchants), 311-12, 320, 342, 347
Barnet, William
identified, 38n
letter to, 37-38
listed, 521
smallpox inoculating hospital, invited to establish, 37-38
Barons Controversy
and Stamp Act riots, 337
and Treasury, 343n
Barons, Benjamin, 137n
Barrington, John, 145n
Barrington, Lord
and Bernard, Amelia, 2, 25n, 64
her illness and recovery, reported by FB, 87-88, 211
sends letter to her, 129
on Bernard, Francis, Jr., 69, 128-29
on British politics, 64-65
and Egremont, 128
and FB
as patron, 5, 67-70, 88, 129, 408-9
FB disappointed with Mount Desert Island grant, 210-11
FB proposes reform of colonial government, 413-17
FB seeks
Naval Office for son, 409
support against Temple, 408
gift of fish, receives, 64
on Grenville administration, 64
happiness of, 211
and Hillsborough, 98
on Hillsborough, 64
Journals of the House of Representatives, FB sends copies, 417, 418
letters from, 128-29
cited, 70, 88, 106n, 130n, 182, 211, 241n, 480
letters to, 69-70, 87-88, 210-11, 408-10, 413-18
cited, 10, 17, 59, 65n, 70n, 98-99n, 101n, 129n-30n, 141, 211n, 343, 406n, 418n, 479-81n
as enclosures, 141
Select Letters, published in, 418
marital relations of, 130n
on Mount Desert Island Grant, 64
Naval Office, discussions about, 128-29, 211, 409
and Parliament, 74
and Pemberton, 409
and Pitt, 128-29
Pownall, J., FB advises he consult, 417
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764)
FB sends copies, 87-88, 98, 432, 480
Halifax and Hillsborough on, reports views of, 480
Temple’s complaint to Treasury, concerning, 242, 278, 299
as Treasurer of the Navy, 128
Barrington, Mary, 130n
Barrington, Shute
letters to
cited, 59
listed, 522
Barristers, 275n
Bartlett (ship’s captain), 363
Bates, William
Harmony of the Divine Attributes, in the Contrivance and Accomplishment of Man’s Redemption, 454, 464n
Bay of Fundy, 148-49
Beaver, 236
Becancour River, Qu., 78
Belcher, Jonathan
and Acadians, 97n
identified, 75n
mentioned, 73-74
Belfast, 313
Bennet, Thomas
Abridgement of London Cases, 457
Answer to the Dissenters Pleas for Separation, 468n
Confutation of Popery, 457, 468n
Discourse of Schism, 457, 468n
History of Precomposed Set Forms of Prayers, 458, 469n
Benoit, Rosalie, 192n
Beresford, Jane, 311n
Berkeley, George
Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision, 456, 466n
mentioned, 470n
Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, 456, 466n
Bernard Family
in Boston, 17-18, 39, 59, 308, 311n
at Castle William, 346
inheritance of, 135
Bernard, Amelia (daughter), 311n
Bernard, Amelia (née Offley)
Barrington, writes to, 129, 210
identified, 65n
illness, recovery from, 87, 129, 211
mentioned, 2, 64, 70, 145n, 346
represents FB in composition, 492-93
Bernard, Frances Elizabeth (daughter), 311n
BERNARD, FRANCIS
AND JAMES COCKLE
appraisal of, 203-7n
defends, 136, 187-90n, 197-98, 203-7, 277
effectiveness of, 205-7n
Gloucester, meet owners of, 207
petty corruption, 205-7n
on suspension of, 198
CORRESPONDENCE
with Board of Trade, about, 16-17, 284, 296, 300
Colvill’s claim, 105-6
and editorial policy, 17
instructions concerning, 356n
secretary of state, original versions of letters to, 16
Stamp Act, enforcement of, 10
and clerks, 17-18
conveyance, concerns about security of, 151, 373
with Conway, about
imperial crisis, 343
Stamp Act Crisis, 369-70
description of, 1
disruption to, 408
epistolary style, about, 11-12
Hancock’s ships, carried by, about, 310-11
with Hillsborough, private correspondence, 144
as historical evidence, 2, 8, 10
in-letters, 1
Isaiah, quotes, 355
king, for attention of, 401
List of Correspondence, 520-32
mentioned, 20
Lucan, quotes, 400
Matthew, paraphrases, 383
with Most, J., 138
private and public letters, discusses, 400
and Rockingham ministry, about, 386-87
secret, 350
with secretary of state, about, 15-16, 300
Stamp Act riots, 447
security concerns, 320
Sparks Manuscripts, 1
on Stamp Act riots, about, 10, 12, 305-6, 322, 324, 343n, 355, 386-87, 447
and British government, 342-43, 355
hides papers, 417
House of Commons, referred to, 342
Treasury, referred to, 214
CROWD ACTION
American Colonies, rumored in, 308
democracy, 422
on disorders, 404
“fresh disturbances,” fears, 417
Pope’s Day (1765)
effigies, 397
leaves Boston, 397
meets with militia officers, 397
government lacks authority and power, 420
MacIntosh as street leader, 397-98
military watch, orders countermanded, 399
military watch, preparations for, 396, 420
militia refuse orders, 398, 420
parades and processions, 399, 401n, 420, 423
receives “Assurances” about peace, 397
and popular power, 428
and Stamp Act riots. See under BERNARD, FRANCIS:STAMP ACT RIOTS, AND
GEOGRAPHY
Halifax, sends maps and charts to, 259
Machias Bay, unfamiliar with, 156
and Maine survey (1764), 7
and colonial government, reform of, 159
maps prepared from, 159, 282-83, 243, 249-51, 259-60
proposes routes of, 42, 67-68, 243, 73
route plans, 79-80
teams, established, 48, 51, 71
and maps and charts, 1
Pownall, J., sends to, 259
Mount Desert Island, third voyage to, 160n
Sagadahoc, lacks knowledge of, 298
on St. Croix River, identification and location of, 226-27
GOVERNMENT
and assembly
on Crown requisitions, 426-27
Parliament, petition to
“merit” of, 263
reviews, 144, 175, 184-85, 404-5
Penobscot township grants, 45
proceedings of
discusses, 43-46, 51-53, 88-92, 175-76, 183-85, 284-87, 426-29
refuses assent to bills, 238
salaries of judges, voted, 315-16
speech of 25 Sept. 1765
about, 370
impact of, 364-66, 368, 373, 381
reactions to, 382n
speech of 8 Nov. 1765, explains, 426
on Stamp Act, implementation of, 353, 356, 359
on bankruptcy law, 288
on boundary dispute between Massachusetts and New York, 294
Circular to the governors of the American Colonies, listed, 525
Crown civil list, advocates, 240
fees in public offices, discusses, 116, 139, 153-54
fees in public offices, sends list of, 117
on fiscal policy and public finances, 315-16, 288, 383
Fort Pownall, proposes refortification of, 103-4
on French hostages, ransom of, 282-83
on grant of governor’s salary, 315-16
as hard money advocate, 167n
on Hutchinson as special agent, 404-5
on Hutchinson’s leave of absence, 225
on Jackson as province agent, 217-221n, 224-26, 404-5
on land grants as compensation, 315-16
on Massachusetts regiments, requisition for, 36, 42
Gage, requires supporting letter from, 36
presents Gage’s letter to assembly, 42
on Penobscot township grants, 47n, 51-52, 70-72, 142-44
on province agent
election of, 217-21
election of special agent, 43-44, 404-5
instructions for, 404-5
protests election of separate agent by House, 90
on Province Treasury Annual Supply Act (1765), 315-16
on radicalism of other colonies, 185
on Sagadahoc, territory of, 227
on Turks Islands, merchants’ losses in, 223-24
Vice Admiralty court, advocate general, appoints, 276
Waldo patent proprietors, complains about, 102-4
GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
on Acadians and British policy, 33-34
appointment, 2
British interests, upholds, 8, 74
business of, 174
census, deplores opposition to, 238
and Council, 246
early years (1760-63), 2
and House of Representatives
Acadians, presents petition of, 34
income as, 76, 116, 134-35, 408-9
independence of, 101
Instructions as
as enclosure, 271
military assistance, about, 230
trade laws, enforcement of, about, 264
leave of absence, 225, 391, 399, 404, 417
Liberty Tree, expects summons to, 440
military support, lacks, 308
Molasses Act (1733), orders to enforce, 194
newspapers, attacked in, 184
oath
as enclosure, 392
takes, 111
obliged to “quit” province, 391, 394, 396, 442
on opposition to, 8, 62, 90, 146, 220, 285, 396, See also Whig Party, See also Government of Massachusetts:opposition to
orders to Saltonstall and Miller, 328-32
orders, awaiting, 423, 428, 442
patrons in Britain, 5
perquisites, 76
political priorities, about, 8
professionalism of, 2
royal and provincial instruments used, 113-14
rumors about replacement, 186
salary, 102n
seal, 171n
seizures, defends entitlement to share of, 54-55, 61-62, 75-77, 83-84, 199
speeches and messages to assembly
as enclosures, 165, 224, 278-79, 364, 366, 369, 400, 420
impact of, 184
speeches, career defining, 9
Stamp Act Crisis, conducts business during, 317, 346, 447
stamped papers, declares he has no authority to distribute, 354n
GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY
appointment, 2
IMPERIAL CRISIS
and American Colonies
constitutions of, 477-78
subjects’ rights in, 476
subordination of, 473
American nobility, proposes an, 478, 483n
American parliament, 481n
as “beleaguered imperialist,” 10-11
British government, reputation with, 11
British identity, 483n
charters, limitations of, 477, 483n
civil list, recommends, 157-58, 405, 482n
colonial government, reform of
about, 418
anticipates, 154
disappointments over, 225
as experiment, 158
mentioned, 141
New England Union, proposes, 147, 158, 483n
New England, proposes “Division” of, 146-50, 154-60
opposition to, 146
options, discusses, 418, 413-18
principles underlying, 158, 210, 471
restructuring and reorganization, 477-78
royal government, extension of, 482n
and Superior Court, 147
urgency of, 100, 321, 405, 416-17, 421, 432
on Council, Crown-appointed, 405
England, prepares to leave for, 394
FB and, 12
on governors, weakness of, 308
and Grenville ministry, 300
historiography of, 2
imperial sovereignty, 472, 482n
Ireland as precedent, 416, 419n, 433
on King and Parliament, 473-74
King-in-Parliament, sovereignty of, 472-73, 482n
legislative independence, colonists aiming at, 414
and natural rights, 482n
Parliament
American Colonies, defence of, 474
on American representation in, 415, 432-33, 476, 483n
legislative supremacy of, 415, 472-77
parliamentary taxation
and colonial rights, 482n
and defence of American Colonies, 474-75
expenditure in dominions, 474
on opposition to, 308
preferable to provincial taxes, 475, 482n
and representation, 474
and Rockingham ministry, 12-13, 300
on Stamp Act Congress, 315-16, 404-5
INDIAN AFFAIRS
and Fort Pownall conference (1764), 124
hunting, impact of “English,” 178
on Indian trade, recommendations, 177-79
Maine Indians, good humor among, 35
on Penobscots’ request for priest, 123
Penobscots, proposes missionary to, 91-92, 122-24, 131-33
Penobscots, suspects insurrection, 78-79
Plan for Future Management of Indian affairs, responds to, 182, 176-82
Pontiac’s Rebellion, 40-42, 48-49, 67-68
Toma and Espegueunt, proposes arrest of, 78
views on, about, 7
on acts and resolves, 93-95, 236-41, 288-90, 315-16
on Additional Debtors Act (1765), 315-16
on Eastern Indians Annual Supply Act (1764), 315-16
fees in public offices, provincial bills for, vetoes, 315-16
Harvard Lottery Act (1765), Board of Trade approval, requests, 315-16
on Impost and Tunnage Act (1764), 315-16
on Little, Abigail (1764), act to enable, “Equity” of, 315-16
on Naval Office Act (1701), limits of, 153
LETTERS. See also under CORRESPONDENCE
in-letters. See under named correspondent:letters from
enclosures, listed. See under Enclosures:in-letters
letters from. See under named correspondent:letters from
letters to. See under named correspondent:letters to
out-letters. See under named correspondent:letters to
enclosures, listed. See under Enclosures:out-letters
OPINIONS
on Acadians
religion of, 34
relocation of, 35n
America, desires land in, 144
on assembly
on British-Colonial relations, future of, 383-84
BSETC, “State of Trade” (1763), flaws in, 53
civil war, prospect of, 383
on Cockle, 204, 207, See also BERNARD, FRANCIS:COCKLE, JAMES, AND
on Connecticut and Rhode Island, republican tendencies of, 156, 208, 443
on constitution of Massachusetts, 89-90, 157, 225, 285, 426, 445
on crowd action and militia, 247
Customs Act (1762), governors’ share of seizures not denied by, 83
on economy, colonial
specie payments, fears drain from, 163-64, 167n
government lacks power and authority, 13, 303, 308, 346, 356, 359, 362, 380, 383, 399, 404, 424, 430, 432
government, fears “dissolution” of, 442
governor as “Cypher,” 400
on governors’ salaries and incomes, 76
on Halifax, 300
on Harvard College library, 43
House of Representatives, harmony in, 41
on Hutchinson, 225
as imperialist, 166
independence, radicals aim at, 375, 432
on judges, independence of, 117
land grants, settlers for, 262
land shortage, 33
Massachusetts regiments, requisition for
hopes assembly will act, 36
on merchants, 166
military assistance, decides not to request, 363
on Miller as surveyor and cartographer, 41
Molasses Act (1733), commercial impact of, 29-31
molasses duty, optimum rates, 161
newspapers, sedition in, 184
on Otis Jr., J., 111, 219, 263, 390, 398-99, 423
parliamentary taxation, reviews criticism of, 100-1
Pennsylvania, favors establishment of royal government in, 74
on province agents, special, 225
salmon, likes pickled, 39
smallpox inoculation, favors, 37
smugglers, criticism from, considers, 52
social conflict, prospect of, 352
Stamp Act Crisis, social and economic consequences of, 352
on Stamp Act riots, impact of, 307-11, 313, 319-20, 345-47
trade, colonial
exports, 161-62
and foreign colonies, 30, 164-65
and Great Britain, 164
ignorance of, 164
on trade laws, 76
Turks Islands, merchants’ losses in, 223
on Vice Admiralty courts, 162-63
PAPERS. See under BERNARD, FRANCIS:CORRESPONDENCE;WRITINGS
PERSONAL AFFAIRS
Barrington, relationship with, about, 2, 130n
Bernard, Francis, Jr.
on career prospects of, 69
Franklin’s help for, requests, 40
on language skills and scholarship of, 69
proposes career plans for, 60, 210-11
urges return to Boston of, 39
on return to England of, 69-70
on travels in America of, 69
biography of, 2
Boston, absent from, 140
career positions of, about, 2
at Castle William, 139
Jackson to advise Cockle, engages, 187-88
Jamaica Plain farm, purchases, 381-82n
land grants, speculation in, 7
on Mount Desert Island
development of, 281n
German settlers for, 243
Mount Desert Island grant
on delay in confirmation, 30, 32n, 47n, 112-13, 137-41, 144, 210-11, 243, 262
and colonial government, reform of, 482n
memorial concerning, 113n, 134-35, 138
Naval Office, fears competition for, 409
portrait of, iv
Privy Council, petitions, 32n
Sagadahoc, schemes concerning, 144
St. Croix Bay grants
accepts, 410-12
advises caution, 73
agreement of partners, 228
applies for, 404-5
as partner, 152, 228, 373, 374
and boundary disputes, 72-74, 227-28, 231-32
interest in, 61
Jackson, requests clarification from, 404-5
recommends location for, 226-27, 404-5
requests confirmation, 73
reviews terms of, 404-5
sturgeon fishery, plans for, 39
worship, at, 490
POLITICS
assembly, friends of government in, 404-5
Auchmuty, appointment for, 282-83
Boston Gazette
a “most factious paper,” 296
radicalism of, 296
Boston politicians, 262-63
Boston representatives, meets with, 119
on Brattle, 377-80
and BSETC, “State of Trade” (1763), 31
on Council, 285
fees current in public offices, discusses, 116-18
friends of FB, 319
friends of government, reliance on, 221
governor of Nova Scotia, rumors about appointment as, 186
governor, rumors concerning replacement as, 186
His Majesty in Council, petition to, 140n
libels, ignores, 295
on Oliver
election to Council, 315-16
public resignation of, 444-45
on Otis
“repents” radicalism, 263
vehemence of, 111
people, madness of, 355-56, 380, 399
on popular politicians, 111, 356, 375, 380, 423, 426
organization of, 428
“wickedness” of, 399
on radical literature, 100
on revolution, 10
on Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), 111
Ruggles, advises, 372-73
on Stamp Act Crisis, political strategy for
about, 370
and assembly, 354n
SOCIETY
and Acadians
communicates through leader, 96
departure of, 190-92
Hispaniola, flight to, 190-91, 233
and relief of, 34
religious bigotry, 232
relocation of, 34, 282-83, 107, 232-33, 260-61
“Improvements,” FB advocates, 281n
and Harvard College fire (1764), 43, 46n
and Harvard College, donations to, 121-22
and Harvard Hall, building of, 289
Robins, aids, 97n
smallpox inoculation, supports, 37
ON STAMP ACT
instructions concerning, 119, 392
orders to assist stamp distributor, 361
and parliamentary taxation, 9
popular opposition to, 278, 380-81
receives instructions, 120n
royal instruments to be taxed, sends list of, 168
stamped papers, 314-16, 325, 445-449, 354n
disclaims authority to distribute, 361
makes public declaration, 351-52
submission, expects, 301
“sudden Accident,” like, 433
views, 9, 373, 413, See also BERNARD, FRANCIS:POLITICS:on Stamp Act Crisis, political strategy for
STAMP ACT CRISIS
and assembly
delays calling, 319
requests support to implement act, 340, 353-57, 363, 373-74, 444-45
on resolves to suspend Stamp Act, 390-92, 394
summoned to discuss, 119
on British response to, 12-13, 16, 322, 361, 387
Castle William garrison, reinforces, 316
on failure to implement act, consequences of, 340-41, 356, 359, 364-65, 369, 383
Council, ineffectiveness of, 341
and Customhouse, 430
government lacks power and authority, 10, 355, 369
military assistance, considers, 359, 360, 367
nonexportation, 411
orders, awaiting, 340
political strategy, reviews, 375, 444-47
on public offices, closure of, 12, 340, 442-45
response to, discussed, 2, 6-8, 109
AND STAMP ACT RIOTS
Boston (14 Aug. 1765)
account of, gives, 301-6, 315-17
anxious about being attacked, 10, 304-5, 308, 321
Barnard and Harrison, reports directed to, 311, 320, 342, 347
fears for safety of family, 308
fears further disturbances, 316-17
hides valuables, 417
on leaders and organizers, 304
military assistance lacking, 321-22
Oliver, fears murder of, 302-3, 305
popular support for, 304
proclamation, issues, 334
protection, wants, 310
on success of, 304
Boston (26 Aug. 1765)
account of, gives, 337-43
Council, summons, 339
describes mob, 344n
fears further disturbances, 323
Hutchinson, fears murder of, 338
military watch, organizes, 339, 344n, 348
proclamation, issues, 336
Castle William
orders reinforcements for, 332-33, 340, 346, 358
prepares to defend, 321-33, 359-60, 363-64
and Council, 315-16
Crown officers, vulnerability of, 11
describes as
“insurrection,” 304, 308, 316-17, 321-22, 324, 337, 352-53, 414
“War of plunder,” 339
England, awaiting orders from, 317
government lacks power and authority, 10, 319, 321-23, 340
governor possible target, 319, 323, 346, 447
military assistance, considers requesting, 304, 317, 322-26, 333n, 339-40
secret correspondence concerning, 350
murder allegations, about, 307n
on Oliver’s vulnerability, 305
personal memories of, 355
proclamation calling General Court, cited, 354n
response to, describes his, 351-53
and social conflict, 10
sources of information, about, 307n, 342
south battery in Boston, orders for preparing, 348
AND TAUNTON RIOT
on Bristol Co. justices, 256-57
Council, presents Temple’s information to, 244
defends his response to, 257
no “riotous Opposition to the Laws,” 256
on Polly, seizure and rescue of, 244, 255-56, 282-83
Temple, confronted by, 246-48, 254
AND TEMPLE, JOHN
deposition of FB, cited, 500
disagreements and mutual antipathy, 4, 136, 187, 193-201, 269-72, 282-83
and FB’s reputation, 5
interdepartmental rivalry, 4, 194-95, 275n
reconciliation with, 194
and Robinson, 264
on Temple’s complaint to Treasury, 242, 277
acknowledges, 130-31
allegations, aware of, 207
wants commission of enquiry, 279n
contests, 127, 262, 278, 404-5
refutes, 174, 188, 198-201, 282-83
on trade laws, Temple’s obstructiveness, 197
Temple’s abusive behavior, 198, 248, 254, 257
aggrandisement of, 199-200, 271
customs officers, relations with, 3, 194, 212-14
AND TRADE LAWS
Colvill, dispute with, 63, 315-16
Customhouse, working with, 188, 193-94, 269
on Freemason (brigantine), seizure and prosecution of, 61-63
on informers, use of, 272-75
on La Vray Amitie, seizure and prosecution of, 297-98
on Molasses Act (1733), 9, 29-31
on Polly, prosecution of, 270-71
on Rhode Island, lax enforcement in, 259
on Royal Navy, lack of co-operation with, 282-83
on Sally, seizure and prosecution of, 195-200
on smuggling, reports, 208-9, 282-84
Vice Admiralty Court, working with, 166, 193
on Waldo, F., 196-97
WRITINGS
“A State of the Grant of the Island of Mount Desert” (1764)
“An Enquiry into an Act of [3 Geo. 3, c. 22]”
as enclosure, 32n
Pownall, J., sends, 30
Answer to the Queries of the Board of Trade (1763), cited, 46n
Board of Trade, memorial to
listed, 524
Certification of the Conduct of James Cockle, 203-7
and British administration, 207
listed, 525
mentioned, 188
“Defence of the Right of the American Governors to a third of seizures”
and British government, 54
governors, sends, 83
Jackson, sends, 54
Deposition, listed, 525
Minutes of a Conference with the Indians of Maine (1764)
cited, 124
as enclosure, 133
Minutes of Conferences with the Penobscots (1763)
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), 461-81
about, 6
Adams, J., read by, 480
arguments, candor of, 100
Barrington, Halifax, and Hillsborough, sends to, 87-88, 98, 100
Britain, reception in, 480
Britain, sends to, 87-88, 98-100, 432, 479-80
cited, 6, 9, 88, 99, 120n, 130n, 166n, 211n, 311n, 418, 419n, 434
British government files copy, 6
and colonial government, reform of, 100-101, 432-34
and Grenville, 99
and imperial crisis, as commentary on, 479, 480
Jackson and J. Pownall, sends to, 100
mentioned, 88
parliamentary sovereignty, defends, 480
Pownall, J., sends to, 98, 100, 432
Pownall, T., comparison with, 481n, 483n
provenance of, 479
published in Select Letters (1774), 479-80
publishing, considers, 87, 479, 111
“Proceedings relative to the Robbery at Taunton,” as enclosure, 258
Proposals for a Fishery at Mount Desert, cited, 40n, 113n
Proposals for settling a Colony of Germans at a Town in Mount Desert, cited, 113n, 142n
Representation on a Rescue at Taunton, Bristol Co., Mass., 246-48
Council, laid before, 248n, 255
as enclosure, 260
listed, 526
secretary of state and Board of Trade, sends copies, 259
Treasury, received by, 248
Royal and Provincial Instruments in Massachusetts, 169-71
cited, 9
as enclosure, 168
listed, 524
secretary of state, memorial to
Jackson, sends, 140
Select Letters (1774)
cited, 30
publishing history, xxv
Bernard, Francis, Jr. (son)
allowance of, 57
American Colonies, travels in, 39-40, 59
and Barrington, 128
Boston, returns to, 39-40
career prospects of, 56-59
character of, 58
Christ Church, returns to, 57, 59, 69
as father’s clerk, 18
FB, relationship with, 59
FB, reports to, 58
“instructions” to, 56-59
letters from received, 58
letters to, 56-60
Naval Office, appointment to, 210, 211
at Oxford, 311n
at Philadelphia, 40n
Bernard, Jane (daughter), 311n
Bernard, John (son)
Boston, comes to, 17
as father’s clerk, 17-18, 87, 296, 312-14, 322, 326-27, 389, 402n, 418, 479
as merchant, 18
Bernard, Julia (daughter), 311n
Bernard, Margery (mother of FB), 460
Bernard, Rev. Francis, (father of FB), 459-60
Bernard, Scrope (son), 311n
Bernard, Shute (son), 311n
Bernard, Thomas (son)
education of, 291n
England, returns to, 18
mentioned, 311n
Bernard, William (son), 311n
Bethune, Nathaniel, 449n
Beveridge, William
as High Church Anglican, 460
Private Thoughts Upon Religion, Digested into Twelve Articles, 455, 464n
Private Thoughts, in Two Parts, 458
Sermons on Several Subjects, 455, 464n
Thesaurus Theologicus, or, A Complete System of Divinity, 455, 464n
Bingham, Joseph
French Churches Apology for the Church of England, 458, 469n
Bishop, Thomas
Board of Customs Commissoners, letter to, cited, 55
Colvill, letter to, carries, 326
Customs Act, claims shares of seizures under, 55
on FB and Customs Act, 55
FB praises, 283
FB, co-operates with, 55, 283, 284n
and Freemason, seizure of, 53n, 61, 63, 75
listed, 528-29
orders concerning stamped papers, 312, 314-15
and Sally, seizure of, 53n, 55, 200
seizures made, 283
and stamped papers, arrival of, 326
Treasury, complains to, 55
Black Colonists, 348
Blackall, Offspring
Boylean Lectures, 454
Sufficiency of a Standing Revelation, 463n
Blackbourne, Leverett, 152
Blackburn, Joseph
Otis, James, Jr., portrait of, 222
Blackstone, William, 482n
Board of Customs Commissioners
customs officers, circular letter to, mentioned, 96, 188
Hallowell, letter from, cited, 344n
and Temple’s complaints about FB, 131, 272
Board of Trade
and American business, 16
and assembly
act to enable Abigail Little (1764), FB sends proceedings, 93-94
address, FB sends copy, 166, 175
FB’s speech, FB sends copy, 166
fee bills, FB sends abstracts, 240
petition to Parliament, FB sends copy, 166
proceedings reported by FB, 426-28
Auchmuty’s appointment, 275n
Brattle, disaffection of reported by FB, 377-78
Cockle’s certification, sends to Privy Council, 207
and colonial policymaking, 16
and Colvill
dispute with FB reported, 75-76
commands from, 174
commission (from 12 Aug. 1765), 290, 429
Council minutes, FB sends copies, 305, 317
Council minutes, received, 290
FB advocates Crown civil list, 240
FB requests direction in responding to election irregularities, 88-90
FB responds to Plan for Future Management of Indian affairs, 176-82
FB warns of House electing separate agent, 90
FB warns of Otis and radicalism, 90
FB writes to, 30, 52, 54, 76, 200, 257, 400
fees in public offices, FB sends list of, 116-17, 153-54, 239
filing system, 17
General Court, acts and resolves
act to enable Abigail Little (1764)
considers, 95
reviewed by FB, 93-94
Eastern Indians Annual Supply Act (1764), notes, 105
Impost and Tunnage Act (1764), notes, 105
Mashpees Act (1763), approves, 106
reviewed by FB, 65-66, 236-41, 288-90
House of Commons resolution, sends copy to FB, 109
and House of Representatives
proceedings referred to Privy Council, 287
proceedings reviewed by FB, 284-86
votes of, FB sends copy, 426
letters from, 105-6
cited, 55, 63, 66, 71, 97n-98n, 109, 118n, 202n, 291n, 429
quoted, 71
received, 106, 109, 116, 150, 378
letters to, 65-66, 70-72, 75-77, 88-92, 93-95, 108-11, 116-18, 153-54, 176-82, 236-41, 284-90, 301-6, 315-17, 377-80, 426-29
cited, 7, 8, 10, 32n, 47n, 55, 70n, 77n-79, 97n, 118, 133, 139, 140n, 145n, 154n, 167n, 176, 182n, 207n, 241n, 242n, 275n, 284, 291n, 296n, 300, 305-6, 310, 313n, 318n, 333, 335, 342-43n, 355n-56n, 366n-67n, 387n, 403n, 418n, 421-22n, 438, 441
considered by Board, 92, 118, 258, 305-6, 317, 342, 378, 392
as enclosures, 355
FB writes, 365
House of Commons, referred to, 306, 317
for king’s attention, 401
listed, 522-532
Privy Council, referred to, 12, 305, 336, 342, 375, 381, 392
quoted, 424n
read by Board, 66, 71, 77, 92, 94, 118, 124, 133, 240, 305, 317, 428
received, 66, 71, 92, 94, 118, 124, 240, 305, 428, 440, 445
secretary of state, original versions of letters to
cited, 77, 124, 133, 166, 257, 258, 305, 307, 315, 342, 353, 355, 366, 369, 375, 378, 440, 443, 445
listed, 522-532
Treasury, referred to, 105
Maine survey, described by FB, 70-71
and map of America, 226
and Massachusetts’s boundary disputes, 286-87
mentioned, 15
Minutes of a Conference with the Indians of Maine (1764), FB sends copy, 133
Minutes of Conferences with the Penobscots (1763), FB sends copies, 91-92
and Mount Desert Island grant
confirmation, recommends, 139
Privy Council, referred to, 71
Mount Desert Island grant, FB’s memorial concerning
FB sends, 135
Privy Council, referred to, 113n
Murray, message to Toma, FB sends copy, 124
naval office lists, received, 290
Nova Scotia land grants
recommends, 152
Vassall, memorial of, 145n
“Objections against a Bill . . . for Fees to be taken by . . . Customs” (Hale), FB sends copy, 241
Penobscot township grants
FB sends, 70
plans (1763), by Jones, FB sends copies, 71
Privy Council, referred to, 106n
Penobscots request missionary, 90-91
Plan for Future Management of Indian affairs (1764)
about, 181
FB responds to, 175
and Pownall, J., FB’s private letters to, 424
proclamations concerning Stamp Act riots, FB sends copies, 305, 335
province treasurer’s accounts, FB sends, 108
and public finances of Massachusetts, 111
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), FB sends copy, 90
and Robins, 97n
and Stamp Act riots
Boston (14 Aug. 1765)
described by FB, 301-5
reported by FB, 10, 313, 315-17
report received, 317
Boston (26 Aug. 1765), FB sends report, 355
and Temple’s complaint about FB
considers, 215-16
dismisses, 488
treasurer’s accounts, received, 290
Turner, petition of, considers, 97n
Waldo patent, FB complains about proprietors of, 102
Body of Divinity, or, The Sum and Substance of Christian Religion (James Ussher), 454, 463n
Bollan, William
as advocate general of Vice Admiralty, 276n
resignation expected, 274, 276
and Auchmuty, appointment of
FB requests his support, 273, 276
Boston, not returning to, 274
letters to, 276
listed, 526
mentioned, 501n
as province agent, 234-35n, 404
Stephens, FB’s letter to, FB sends copy, 276
Bonds and Obligations, 170
Boone, Thomas
identified, 64n
mentioned, 62
Bordeaux, 97n
Boscawen (ship), 355
Boston
assembly sitting at, about, 310, 341, 351
blacks, 348
Council meeting at, about, 303, 339, 341, 351
Customhouse. See under Customhouse:Boston
gangs, union of, 422-24n
Indians, 348
mentioned, 8-9, 18, 32, 63, 138, 149, 256, 269, 282, 377, 380, 485
merchants. See under Merchants
North End, 38, 79, 326n, 344, 403, 422
Overseers of the Poor, 192
political writers, 295
politicians, 175, 263, 295, 310, 375, 380
Oliver, criticize, 284
Oliver’s public resignation, attend, 436
popular power in, 442-43
rumors in, 186
selectmen. See under Boston Selectmen
sherriffs’s deputies resign, 316
smallpox epidemic. See under Smallpox Epidemic (1764)
South End, 12, 306, 351, 363, 402-3, 422-23
and Stamp Act
popular opposition, 312, 315-17, 396, 398, 422-23, 428, 430, 440, 443
public offices, campaign to open, 442-43
and Stamp Act riots
discussed, 12, 301-6, 310-11, 319, 323-25, 337, 340, 359, See also under Stamp Act Riot, Boston (14 Aug. 1765), (26 Aug. 1765)
people of “property,” 352
streets and places mentioned, 10, 38n, 192, 302-4, 306n-7n, 311n, 320n, 343n-44n, 349n, 403n, 439n. See also under name of location
town meeting. See under Boston Town Meeting
town representatives. See under Boston Representatives
Boston Customs Officers
letters to listed, 530
Boston Evening-Post
articles, reprints, 297n
cited, 38, 46, 193n, 214n, 284n, 299n-300, 306n, 311, 324n-43n, 349n, 382n, 402n-3n, 412n
Customhouse open, announces, 438
“Essay upon Trade” (Stephen Hopkins), printed, 47n
letters, reprints, 402n
MacIntosh depicted in, 424n
Pope’s Day, reported, 402n
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), advertised, 92
Temple’s announcement, printed, 31n
Boston Gazette
“A. B.,” 354n
articles, reprints, 167n
cited, 32n, 36, 38n, 101n, 182n, 207n, 287n, 299n, 312, 364
Conway, letter to FB, printed, 386
criticizes FB, 167, 175, 190, 421n
as enclosure, 101, 347, 363, 366, 375
Haverhill riot, reported, 354n, 358
Husk, letter to Boston merchants, printed, 402n
legislative proceedings, reprinted, 176n
libels in, 296
and New York Assembly, 176n
Pennsylvania assembly, address to governor, printed, 75n
printers of, 381
proclamations, prints, 343n
proprietors, 306n
radicalism of, 100-1n, 296, 362, 380
Sons of Liberty, letters by, 438n
Stamp Act, advertised, 393n
Stamp Act riots, reported
(14 Aug. 1765), 306n
Story, letter to printers, 343n
Temple’s announcement, printed, 31n
threats in, 306n
Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser
Account of the Fire at Harvard-College, 45
cited, 214n, 311n, 324n, 344n, 347n, 364, 372n, 403n
Conway, letter to FB, printed, 386
as enclosure, 400
FB’s speeches to the assembly, printed, 224
notice, reprints, 97n
proclamations, prints, 54n, 354n
Stamp Act Congress, resolves of, 401n
Temple’s announcement, printed, 31n
Treaty with France (1763), 501n
Boston Representatives
assembly, ask FB to call, 119
assembly, propose meeting of, 120n, 175, 183
instructions to
as enclosure, 101
quoted, 120n
Oliver’s public resignation, attend, 436
Parliament, introduce petition to, 184
on parliamentary taxation, 119
and province agent
disagreements over, 219
election of, 217
propose joint agents, 217
and Stamp Act (1765), 119-20, 404-5
Boston Selectmen
Oliver’s public resignation, attend, 436
and Pope’s Day, 396
and smallpox inoculation, 37-38
and Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765), 303
Boston Society for Encouraging Trade and Commerce (BSETC)
State of Trade (1763), 31, 44, 47n, 52-54n
Boston Town Meeting
law courts, requests opening of, 444
lawyers for, 444-46n
mentioned, 12
and Pope’s Day (1765), 402n
Stamp Act, memorial concerning, 444-45
Boundary Disputes between Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, 286-88n
Nova Scotia, 7, 72-73, 139, 227, 294
Bourne, Melatiah, 449n
Boutineau, Anne, 412n
Boutineau, James
identified, 412n
mentioned, 411
Bowdoin, James
as councilor, 354n
mentioned, 25n
Bowers, Jerathmiel
identified, 268n
and writs of assistance, 268n, 509-10
Boylston, Thomas, 53n, 195, 200, 202n, 349n
Bradbury, Jonathan, 97n
Bradford, Gamaliel, 353n
Bradford, Samuel
Boylean Lectures, 454
Imperfect Promulgation of the Gospel . . . Considered, 463n
Imperfect Promulgation of the Gospel . . . Preached, 463n
Bradstreet, John, 36
Bragge, Francis
Of Undissembled and Perservering Religion, 467n
Practical Treatise of the Regulation of the Passions, 456, 467n
Sermons, 456
Brandy, 209
Brattle, William
FB, opposition to, 377-78
FB’s views on, 377-80
identified, 380n
mentioned, 426-28
portrait of, 379
Bray, Thomas
Papal Usurpation and Persecution, 453, 462n
Brett (ship’s captain), 43, 54
Brevint, Daniel
Missale Romanum, or Depth and Mystery of the Roman Mass, 455, 458, 465n, 470n
and Restoration monarchy, 460
Saul and Samuel at Endor, 457, 468n
Brief Defense of Episcopal Ordination (Benjamin Hoadly), 468n
Brief Exposition of the Apostles Creed (Basil Kennett), 456, 467n
Brightwell, Eng., 460
Robinson and Antrobus, letter from, 508-9
Bristol Packet (brigantine), 363
Bristol, Eng., 45, 53, 60, 66, 69, 71, 74, 77, 83, 224, 231, 305, 317, 355
British Army
29th Regiment of Foot, 350
garrison duty, 183
at New York, 311n
British Dominions, 138, 156, 432, 472, 474, 476-77, 495, 482-83n
British Empire, 1-3, 6, 29, 386, 471-79
British Government
and Native Americans, 132
patronage and American Colonies, 69
on Regulars, deployment of, 387
and Stamp Act Crisis, 387
British North America. See under British Empire
British Politics, 16, 64, 84-85, 300, 306, 387, 429
Broadfield, Edward
identified, 40n
mentioned, 39
Brownrig, Ralph
as anti-Calvinist, 460
Brownrigg, William, 40
Bruce, James, 364
Bulkeley, Richard, 152
Burges, John
Burgess, Anthony
as Parliamentarian, 460
Burgis, Lt. (Royal Navy officer), 509
Burnet, Gilbert
Discourse of the Pastoral Care, 455, 465n
Exposition of the Church Catechism, 458, 469n
Relation of a Conference Held About Religion at London, 457, 467n
Some Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, 457, 469n
Burscough, Robert
Treatise of Church-Government, 455, 465n
Burt, Eleazer
letter from, 81-82
listed, 522
received, 82
Burton, Daniel
letter to
cited, 121
listed, 523
Secker, T., FB’s letter to, FB sends, 121
Business
insolvency, 236-37
Butler, Lilly
Boylean Lectures, 454
Discourse, Proving, That Faith and Practice of True Christians, Are No Just Matter of Shame or Reproach, 464n
Cadets,Company of
and Stamp Act riots, 326, 339, 344n
Caesar (C. Julius Caesar), 403n, 407n
Calamy, Benjamin
Discourse Concerning the Rise and Antiquity of Cathedral Worship, 469n
as High Church Anglican, 460
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, 457, 468n
Calamy, Edmund
Inspiration of the Holy Writings of the Old and New Testament, 457, 467n
Calef, Robert, 375
Calvin, Jean
Institution of Christian Religion, 453, 461n
Calwald, Mr. (of Taunton), 512
Cambridge Town Meeting
instructions to representative, 377-78
quoted, 380n
votes and resolutions, as enclosure, 378, 400
Cambridge, Mass.
Council convened at, 323-24, 339, 341, 346
General Court convenes at, 40, 43
and Harvard College, 121
militia, 339
town meeting. See under Cambridge Town Meeting
Campobello Island, N.S., 145n
Canada
conquest of, 132
and Penobscots, disaffection of, 78
priests in, Roman Catholic, 123, 133
Caner, Rev. Henry, 318n
Canon of the New Testament Vindicated (John Richardson and Henry Dodwell), 457, 468n
Canterbury, Archbishop of
papers of, 121
as president of SPG, 121
Cape Ann, Mass., 327
Cape Francois (Hispaniola), 107, 195-96
Cape St. Nicholas (Hispaniola), 190, 192n, 232
“Casariensis,” 362
Casco Bay, Maine, 41-42, 148, 154-55, 195
Castle Island (Boston Harbor), 192, 312, See also Castle William
Castle William
about, 282
attack on, rumors of, 316, 321, 326, 332, 340, 369, 420, 427
Bernard family in residence, 311
British warships achored at, 364
defence of, 10, 83-84, 316, 321, 323, 326, 332-33, 340, 349-53, 359-60, 447
garrison, 316, 321, 323, 326-27, 332, 340
inoculating hospital at, 38
map of, 331
mentioned, 33, 139, 190, 197, 212, 490
as refuge, 10, 315, 319, 339, 342, 346, 397, 417, 430
reinforcements for, 327-32, 340, 398, 405, 420, 427
British soldiers, 359
stamped papers deposited at, 12, 312, 314-16, 332, 340, 351, 366, 369
expenses incurred, dispute over, 447-48
Cave, William
Antiquitates Apostolicae, 453, 462n
Primitive Christianity, 457, 467n
Cavendish, William, 393n
Census, 53n
Certainty and Necessity of Religion in General (Francis Gastrell), 464
Certainty of Divine Revelation (John Williams), 463n
Certainty of the Christian Revelation (Francis Gastrell), 455, 464n
Certificates, 169
Chadwick, Joseph
journal of, 80
and Maine survey (1764), 80
map of disputed lands in the Waldo Patent, 104
maps of the route from Fort Pownall to Quebec (1764-78), 80
Chalmers, George, 25n
Champlain, Samuel
on St. Croix River, 388
Voyages de la Novvelle France (1632), 226
Chandler, Edward
Defence of Christianity From the Prophecies of the Old Testament, 457, 469n
Chandler, John, 354n
Characters of Divine Revelation (John Williams), 463n
Charles I, King, 318n, 424n, 460
Charles II, King, 460
Charlestown, Mass.
mentioned, 38
militia, 339
Charron, Pierre
Chatham-Grafton Ministry, 16
Chaudière River, Qu., 51, 67-68, 79-80, 158, See also Maps and Charts
Chester, Eng., 473
China, 69
China Ware, 170
Choate, John, 353n
Christian Blessedness, or, Discourses Upon the Beatitudes (John Norris), 458
Christian Life (John Scott), 455, 464n
Church of England, 2, 123-24, 132-33, 459, 460
Seven Bishops, protest of, 460
Church, Benjamin
as spy, 407n
The Times: A Poem, 407
writings of, 406n
Citations, 169
Civil List
colonial opposition to, 482n
and independence of officials, 475-76
Clagett, Nicholas
Persuasive to an Ingenuous Tryal of Opinions in Religion (Nicholas Clagett), 463n
Clagett, William
Collection of Papers, Which Passed Between the Late Learned Mr. Leibnitz, and Dr. Clarke in the Years 1715 and 1716, 455, 465n
Clerk no. 1
mentioned, 17
papers in handwriting of, 17, 63, 70, 109, 113, 120-21, 152, 176, 189, 211, 221, 225, 227, 233, 235, 261, 264, 276-77, 299, 357, 364, 366, 373-74
Clerk no. 2
mentioned, 17
papers in handwriting of, 17, 30, 279
Clerk no. 3
mentioned, 17
papers in handwriting of, 59
Clerk no. 4
papers in handwriting of, 171
Clerks of FB, about, 17-18
Cobscook Bay, Maine, 388-89
Cockle, James
and accounts, 189
and Anguilla, forged clearances from, 125, 187
Auchmuty, advised by, 493
FB advises on prosecution, 490-91
FB, alerts, 136, 187, 197-98, 485, 489-90
notified of, 489
prosecutes and compounds with owners, 485-86, 491-93
Temple, delays alerting, 485, 493
Answer to Temple, 489-500
cited, 207-8n
bankruptcy of, 188-89n
Certification of the Conduct of James Cockle, FB writes, 188
character of, 204
character references, 204-5
compounding, defends legality of, 491-92
as customs officer, 188-89, 207n, 494-97
declaration of
cited, 131
as enclosure, 487
England, sails to, 189
extortion, denies, 190n, 493, 496-97
FB promises assistance, 277
FB views on. See BERNARD, FRANCIS:COCKLE, JAMES, AND
FB, co-operates with, 5, 131, 136, 203, 207n
France or Holland, going to, 188
and Gloucester
bribes owners, 207
negotiates with, 495-97
identified, 128n
Jackson, carries letter to, 231
justice of the peace, appointed, 205, 208n
letter to, 277
cited, 5
listed, 526n
as reply, 277
letters from
received, 277
Massachusetts, arrival in, 203, 207n
and merchants, 205
and Molasses Act (1733), enforcement of, 203
property of, 277n
replaced, 209n
seizures, defends entitlement to share of, 491-92
suspension of, 131, 136, 187-88, 198, 488
and Temple
relationship with, 204
reprimanded by, 491
“tyranny” of Temple, 187
Cockle, John, 188
Cockle, William, 207n
Cocoa Tree, 86n
Coffee, 170
Coffin, Nathaniel, 345n
Coke on Littleton, 98-99n
Coke, Sir Edward, 99n
Colden, Cadwallader
on boundary disputes between Massachusetts and New York, 522
Council resolution, FB sends copy, 294
FB complains about Livingston, 294
letters from
cited, 294
letters to, 294
cited, 294
quoted, 294
on Livingston, 294
mentioned, 295n
Whitmarsh claim, dismisses, 294
Collection of Cases and Other Discourses Lately Written (Anon.), 453, 462n
Collection of Interesting, Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America (John Almon), 25n
Collection of Miscellanies (John Norris), 456, 467n
Collection of Papers, which passed between the late learned Mr. Leibnitz, and Dr. Clarke in the Years 1715 and 1716 (Samuel Clarke and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz), 455, 465n
Collier, Jeremy
Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects, 457, 468n
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1
Colvill, Lord
Admiralty about FB, complains to, 55, 63-4n
assembly’s resolves to suspend Stamp Act postponed, 394
Conway, orders from, 386
and Customhouse, 55
“Defence of the Right of the American Governors to a third of seizures,” FB sends copy, 63, 83
FB, and
dispute governors’ entitlement to shares of seizures, 83
dispute Royal Navy entitlement to shares of seizures, 61-62
FB may “quit” province, 394, 403n
naval and military assistance, requested, 363
FB’s speech, FB sends copy, 364
Gage, letter from, 350
High Court of Admiralty, applies to, 54
identified, 54n
Journals of the House of Representatives, FB sends copy, 394
letters from
letters to, 61-63, 83-84, 325-26, 363-64, 394
cited, 54-55, 63, 77n, 318n, 324, 360n, 393n, 401n, 403n, 412n
as replies, 63
Russell, letter to, cited, 75
seizures, claims Royal Navy entitlement to shares of, 54, 55, 63, 75-76, 106
Treasury, complains to, 55
Comber, Thomas
Companion to the Temple, 469n
On the Common Prayer, 458
as Williamite, 460
Commentary on the Five Books of Moses (Richard Kidder), 455, 465n
Commentary on the Prophecy of Hosea (Edward Pococke), 453, 461n
Commentary on the Prophet Isaiah (Samuel White), 454, 463n
Commissions, 169
Companion to the Temple (Thomas Comber), 469n
Compensation, Stamp Act Riots
assembly, FB proposes to, 426-27
Compounding, 4-5, 127, 131, 486-89, 491-94
Concord, Mass., 100
Concordance to the Holy Scriptures (Samuel Newman), 453, 462n
Confutation of Popery (Thomas Bennet), 457, 468n
Congregational Ministers, 316
Connecticut
Acadians in, 190
and colonial government, reform of, 146-48, 154-56
smuggling into, 208
and Stamp Act riots, 346
Stamp Act, opposition to, 423, 443
Connecticut Gazette
“Philolutherus,” 382n
Connecticut River, 155
Constitutional Courant, 382
Continuation of the Friendly Debate (Simon Patrick), 458, 469n
Conway, Henry Seymour
Bernard, Francis Jr., confirms appointment of, 211
Boston Evening-Post, FB sends copies, 369
Boston, memorial, FB sends copy, 443, 445
on colonial greivances, 386
Council minutes, FB sends copies, 369
on FB as governor, 300, 385-87
urges “lenient & persuasive Methods,” 386
FB explains
assembly’s response to Stamp Act Crisis, 419-20
government lacks authority, 343
political strategy, 367-69
FB urges resolution of Stamp Act Crisis, 420-21
FB writes to, 300
FB’s speeches and messages, FB sends copies, 368-69
Hutchinson, letter from, cited, 385n
Journals of the House of Representatives, FB sends copies, 369, 421, 429
letters from, 300, 385-87, 531
published, 386
received, 386
letters to, 300, 531n, 419-21, 440, 442-45
cited, 12, 300, 343, 360n, 366n, 367n, 376, 386, 419, 421n, 429, 438, 441, 443-45n
listed, 530-32
quoted, 402
received, 300, 369, 385-86, 421, 440, 443, 445
Select Letters, published in, 369, 372n
Loring, permits leave for, 300
mentioned, 15
military assistance, advises FB on procedures, 386
military assistance, orders providing, 386
New London (Conn.), resolves of assembly at, FB sends copy, 443
newspapers, FB sends copies, 421, 429, 440
Oliver, letters from, FB sends copies, 440
Oliver’s public resignation, account of, FB sends copy, 440
Oliver’s resignation, reported by FB, 440
parliamentary authority, determined to uphold, 386
Pope’s Day crowd action, reported by FB, 420
on popular party, 386
portrait of, 371
public offices, campaign to re-open, reported by FB, 442-45
secretary of state, appointed, 211
and Stamp Act riots, 343
on Temple’s complaint about FB, 300
Conybeare, John
Defence of Revealed Religion, 455, 465n
mentioned, 470n
Cooper, Grey
identified, 376n
Journals of the House of Representatives, FB sends copy, 448
letters from, 530
listed, 530
quoted, 361
letters to
listed, 532
Stamp Act, failure of, reported by FB, 447-48
stamped papers, distribution, transmits instructions, 376
Cooper, William
identified, 444n
mentioned, 442
Copies and Extracts of Several News Papers Printed in New England (Anon.), 382n
Copley, John Singleton
portraits of
Brattle, 379
FB, iv
Oliver, 439
Copp’s Hill, Boston, 403n
Copy of letters sent to Great-Britain, by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon Andrew Oliver, and several other persons, born and educated among us, 214n
Cosin, John
Scholastical History of the Canon of the Holy Scripture or The Certain Indubitate Books Thereof . . ., 454, 462n
as Tory, 460
Cosmography in Four Books (Peter Heylyn), 453, 461n
Cosmologia Sacra (Nehemiah Grew), 453, 462n
Cotton, John
certifies documents, 248
as co-signatory, 334
Council
and Acadians, 192
assembly, advise FB to call, 351
Boston, memorial, considers, 442
boundary disputes between Massachusetts and New York
resolution concerning, 294
Castle William repairs, cost of, 282
Castle William, reinforcements for, 327, 332, 346, 358, 420
orders countermanded, 358, 362, 367, 420, 427
courts, closure of, proceedings concerning, 12, 430, 442-45
and crowd action, 82
and Oliver, 284
FB views on, 285
and FB
General Council summoned, 351
Stamp Act, discuss consequences of nonimplementation, 351
stamped papers, FB’s declaration on, 351-52
and French hostages, ransom of, 95-96
and House
fee bills, 238-39
Parliament, petition to, proceedings concerning, 184-85
province agent, instructions to, 90
Stamp Act, resolves to suspend, 395n
and Indian trade, 66
meetings, attendance at, about, 354
minutes of, as enclosures, 260, 305, 317, 333, 342, 353, 355, 363, 369, 400, 445
Otis, insulted by, 398-99
Pope’s Day (1765), proceedings concerning, 396-399, 420
popular party in, 362, 377, 391, 399
and province agents, election of, 90, 219
public offices, closure of, proceedings concerning, 395-96, 430, 446n
records, about, xxv
reform of, 157
resolution, as enclosure, 400
Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765), proceedings concerning, 301-3
Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), proceedings concerning, 339-42
and Stamp Act riots
assembly, calling of, 346
Cambridge, meeting at, 323-24, 339
ineffectiveness of, 10, 82, 341
meetings during, 313, 319, 323, 356
military assistance, advises against requesting, 324, 332, 339-40
military guard, dismisses, 362
stamped papers, proceedings concerning
distribution, 361, 364, 366, 369
payments for storage, 447-49
preparations for arrival, 314-16, 332, 346, 349-52
Taunton riot, proceedings concerning, 244-47, 251-57, 269, 502-3, 512, 518-19
Countess of Leicester (packet boat), 32n
Court of the King’s Bench, 86n
Craddock, George, 214n
Crawford, William, 80, 91, 93n
Cromwell, Oliver, 318n
Crowd Action. See also Stamp Act Riots; Stamp Act Riots, Boston (14 and 26 Aug. 1765); Pope’s Day (5 Nov.)
aims and objectives of, 10, 304, 308-10, 321, 323, 337, 427
Boston “mobs,” 10, 12, 17, 303, 398-99, 404, 423, 427, 438
crowds
composition of, 10, 303-4, 337
restraint of, 315
violence of, 10, 302-3, 305, 326, 338-39
Haverhill, Mass., 352, 354n, 358
Jubilee, 316
and justices of the peace, 82
land riots, 294
Northampton, Mass., 81
numbers involved, 307n
and Oliver’s publication resignation, 437
parades and processions, 395, 397-98, 419, 422-23
rumors of, 301
Crown
authority of, 416
civil list, 6
and colonial government, reform of, 157
and Indian affairs, regulation of, 181-82
interests of, 129
law officers, 504
and Mount Desert Island grant, confirmation of, 137, 139
officers
salaries of, 413
and Stamp Act, 12, 414, 428, 448
and Stamp Act riots, 413
requisitions for provincial forces, 2, 42
requisitions, authority regarding, 426-27
seizures, 265
service of, in, 270-71, 274, 278, 300, 486, 503, 519
white pines monopoly, 82
Cudworth, Benjamin, 318n
Cultural Imperialsim, 459
Cunningham, James
identified, 351n
ready to send detachment to Castle William, 349
Curwen, Samuel, 382n
Cushing, Thomas
and assembly committee, 282n
as Boston representative, 46, 444n
mentioned, 438n
Customhouse
Boston, 195
Royal Navy complains of, 55
and ships’ clearances, 411-12n
chest moved to Castle William, 430
“confederacy” against, 273
customs officers, 117, See under Customs Officers
Falmouth, 199
and governors, colonial, 4-5, 115, 197
and Molasses Act (1733), 3
Newport, R.I., 505
Northern District establishment, 3
Rhode Island, 266, 508, 514, 517
accounting procedures, 205
and Anguilla, false clearances from, 485, 489-90
and seizures, 4
and Stamp Act riots, 338-39, 427
and Sugar Act, provisions of, 31
and Temple, FB’s dispute with, 127, 131, 209
Temple, under, 3
and writs of assistance, 4
Customs Officers
compounding with merchants, 5
conduct of, 115
fees confirmed, 343n
liability of, 31
FB, relations with, 278
seizures, shares from profits of, 4, 31, 55
smugglers, collusion with, 3, 188, 205-7n
smugglers, struggle to detect, 272
and Stamp Act, 430
and Temple’s complaint about FB, 278
Customs, North America (Northern District). See under Customhouse
Cutting, Bartlett, 97n
Cygnet, HMS (sloop), 25n, 347n
D’Estaing, Comte Charles-Henri
Hispaniola, governor of, as, 193n
mentioned, 191
Danforth, Samuel, 345n
Dartmouth, Earl of
Board of Trade, president of, as, 429
identified, 429n
letters to, listed, 531
Dawes, Thomas, 290
De Monts, Pierre Du Gua, 226, 228n
DeBerdt, Dennys
health of, 404
House of Representatives, special agent for, as, 404-6n
identified, 406n
Deblois, Gilbert, 507
Debtors, 237
Deckwessit River (Digdeguash River, N.B.), 227, 231
Decrees, Interlocutory, 172n
Deeds, 170
Defence of Christianity From the Prophecies of the Old Testament (Edward Chandler), 457, 469n
Defence of Revealed Religion (John Conybeare), 455, 465n
Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome (Edward Stillingfleet), 457, 467n
Democracy, 101n
Demonstration of the Existence and Providence of God (John Edwards), 455, 466n
Demonstration of the Messias (Richard Kidder), 457, 468n
Detroit, 35-36
Deverson, William, Jr., 400, 403n
Devonshire (ship), 231
stamped papers, carries, 449n
stamped papers, delivers, 364
D’Holbach, Baron, 59
Diatribae. Discourses on Divers Texts of Scripture (Joseph Mede), 454, 463n
Dighton, Mass., 244, 248, 266, 268n, 505, 507-10
Discourse Concerning [Five Points of Calvinism] (Daniel Whitby), 468n
Discourse Concerning a Judge of Controversies in Matters of Religion (William Sherlock), 454, 462n
Discourse Concerning Prodigies (John Spencer), 458, 470n
Discourse Concerning the Authority, Stile, and Perfection of the Books of the Old and New Testament (John Edwards), 456, 466n
Discourse Concerning the Beauty of Providence (John Wilkins), 468n
Discourse Concerning the Existence of God (Edward Pelling), 458, 469n
Discourse Concerning the Gift of Prayer (John Wilkins), 457, 468n
Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome (Edward Stillingfleet), 457, 467n
Discourse Concerning the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness to Us (Thomas Hotchkis), 454, 464n
Discourse Concerning the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Humphry Ditton), 458, 469n
Discourse Concerning the Rise and Antiquity of Cathedral Worship (Benjamin Calamy), 458, 469n
Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity (Edward Stillingfleet), 457, 467n
Discourse of Schism (Thomas Bennet), 457, 468n
Discourse of Superstition (William Shelton), 458, 469n
Discourse of the Necessity and Usefulness of the Christian Revelation (Daniel Whitby), 456, 467n
Discourse of the Pastoral Care (Gilbert Burnet), 455, 465n
Discourse of the Right of the Church in a Christian State (Herbert Thorndike), 458, 469n, 470n
Discourse, Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers (Jonathan Mayhew), 318
Discourse, Proving, That Faith and Practice of True Christians, Are No Just Matter of Shame or Reproach (Lilly Butler), 464n
Discourses (John Scott), 455
Disney, John
Primitiae Sacre. The Reflections of a Devout Solitude, 455-56, 466n
Second Essay Upon the Execution of the Laws Against Immorality and Prophaneness, 456, 466n
Ditton, Humphry
Discourse Concerning the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, 458, 469n
Divine Essays (Samuel Walker), 455, 465n
Dodwell, Henry
as High Church Anglican, 460
Separation of Churches From Episcopal Government, 454, 462n
Doggett, Timothy, 244, 266, 505, 508
Domett, Mrs., 38n
Donation of Books to Harvard College Library (1764), 450-61
subject matter of, 460-61
Dorr, Harbottle, 297n
Dorrington, John, 353
Dougdale, Capt.
Temple, dispute with, 195, 197
Dowse, Joseph
Council, attends, 248n
identified, 248n
mentioned, 258n
representation cited, 248, 503
Draper, Richard, 305, 333, 335-36, 406n
Draper, Samuel, 406n
Du Simitière, Pierre
drawing of Boston Pope’s Day, 425
drawing of Harvard Hall, 293
plan of Harvard Hall, 292
Ductor Dubitantium, or, The Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures (Jeremy Taylor), 453, 462n
Duelling, 213
Duke, Richard
Durham, 473
Dyer, Eliphalet, 140
identified, 142n
Dyson, Jeremiah
as co-signatory, 106
identified, 106n
Eastern Country (Maine), 35, 41, 50, 71, 73, 91, 174, 176, 186, 215, 236, See also under Maine
Eckstorm, Frances H., 80
Ecology, 236
Economy, Colonial
circulation of money, 163
Ectambuit (sachem), 92n
Edes, Benjamin
and Oliver, 434
biographical sources, 25n
and Council records, xxv
and legislative records, 25n
Edwards, John
as critic of Arminianism, 460
Demonstration of the Existence and Providence of God, 455, 466n
Discourse Concerning the Authority, Stile, and Perfection of the Books of the Old and New Testament, 456, 466n
Enquiry into Four Remarkable Texts of the New Testament, 456, 466n
Exercitations Critical, Philosophical, Historical, Theological . . ., 456, 466n
Farther Enquiry into Several Remarkable Texts of the Old and New Testament, 456, 466n
Polpoikilos Sophia, a Compleat History or Survey of All the Dispensations and Methods of Religion, 455, 466n
Sermons on Special Occasions and Subjects, 455, 466n
Some Thoughts Concerning the Several Causes and Occasions of Atheism, Especially in the Present Age, 456, 466n
Egremont, Earl of
and Customs Act (1762), 283
letters from
received, 283
Eighteen Sermons (Richard Allestree), 453, 461n
Eliot, Aaron, 39
Stamp Act riots, carries first dispatches about, 313, 315
Ellery, William
deposition, cited, 500
Elliot, Andrew, 38n
Ellis, Clement
Folly of Atheism, Demonstrated, 457, 469n
Ellis, Welbore
identified, 532n
letters to
cited, 113n
listed, 531
Ellys, Richard
Fortuita Sacra. Quibus Subjicitur Commentarius De Cymbalis, 457, 468n
Embargo (1762), 354n
Enclosures
in-letters
explanatory orders, 230
Halifax, letter from, 35
House of Commons resolution, 109
not found, 129
out-letters
“A State of the Grant of the Island of Mount Desert” (1764), 141, 144
Acadians, petitions and memorials of, 191, 261
Account of the Fire at Harvard-College, 45
Antrobus, letter to Temple, 244
assembly, FB’s speeches and messages to, 165, 224, 278-79, 364, 366, 369, 400, 420
assembly’s bills concerning fees in public offices, abstracts of, 240
assembly’s petition to Parliament, 166
Atkinson, I., petition of, 141
Barrington, letters to, 141
Board of Trade, letters to, 77, 355, 378
Board of Trade, memorial to, 135
Boston Gazette, 101, 347, 363, 366, 375
Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser, 400
Boston representatives, instructions to, 101
Cambridge town meeting, votes and resolutions, 378, 400
Colvill, letter to, 54
Constitutional Courant, 381, 384
Council minutes, 260, 305, 317, 333, 342, 353, 355, 363, 369, 400, 445
“Defence of the Right of the American Governors to a third of seizures,” 54, 63, 83
“Essay upon the Trade of the Northern Colonies” (Hopkins), 46
Gage, letter to Colvill, 350
Gage, letter to Cunningham, 350
General Court, acts of, 66
General Court, proceedings of, 94, 166
governor’s instructions, extract of, 271
Halifax, letters to, 141
Hillsborough, letter to, 141
French hostages, list of, 96
Journals of the House of Representatives, 66, 280, 369, 374, 381, 394, 418, 421, 429, 448
land grant at St. Croix Bay, 412
maps of the Maine Survey (1764), by Miller, 251
Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter, 363, 378, 400, 440
Massachusetts newspapers, 421, 429
Mauduit, J. and I., letters of, 219
Minutes of a Conference with the Indians of Maine (1764), 133
Minutes of Conferences with the Penobscots (1763), 92
Murray, message to Toma, 124
“Narrative of the Proceedings relating to the sloop Polly” (Robinson), 244
Naval Office, tables of fees, 153
New London, Conn., resolves of assembly at, 443
not found, 152, 154, 166, 227, 233, 279-80, 320, 366, 392, 412, 429, 448
“Objections against a Bill . . . for Fees to be taken by . . . Customs” (Hale), 239
Oliver, account of public resignation, 440
Oliver, letters from, 440
opinions of advocate-general of Vice Admiralty and attorney general of Massachusetts, 201
plans of the Penobscot townships (1763), by Jones, 71
Pownall, J., letters to, 54, 61, 113, 141, 263, 378, 423-24
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), 88, 99, 101, 434, 480
“Proceedings relative to the Robbery at Taunton,” 248, 258, 260
proclamation by the French governor of Hispaniola, 191
proclamations concerning
Acadians, 191
fees in public offices, 118
Stamp Act Riot of 14 Aug. 1765, 305, 333, 347
Stamp Act Riot of 26 Aug. 1765, 333, 342, 347
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), 113
Robinson, letter to Temple, 244
Robinson, letters to, 271
royal and provincial instruments in Massachusetts, 168
Saltonstall and Miller, instructions to, 327
Stamp Act Congress resolves, 401
Stephens, letter to, 276
Temple-Russell correspondence, 201
The Times: A Poem (Church), 400, 406
Voyages de la Novvelle France (Samuel Champlain, et al.), extract of, 227
Wilmot, letter to, 232
England, 12, 44, 85, 121, 161, 185, 203, 304, 391, 411, 416
Enquiry into Four Remarkable Texts of the New Testament (John Edwards), 456, 466n
Espegueunt (Penobscot sachem), 78
Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (George Berkeley), 456, 466n
Essay Upon Miracles (William Fleetwood), 456, 466n
Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects (Jeremy Collier), 457, 468n
Essex Street, Boston, 306n
Etechemmes, Rivière des, 388
Exchequer, 367n
Executions, 170
Exercitations Critical, Philosophical, Historical, Theological . . . (John Edwards), 456, 466n
Explication of the Catechism of the Church of England (Gabriel Towerson), 453, 462n
Exposition of the Church Catechism (Gilbert Burnet), 458, 469n
Ezekiel’s Wheels. A Treatise Concerning Divine Providence (Thomas Morton), 458, 470n
Fabularum Æsopicarum Delectus (Anthony Alsop), 460
Falkner, William
Vindication of Liturgies, 457, 468n
Falmouth (Portland, Maine)
capital, site for, 148-49, 155
mentioned, 364
Falmouth, Eng., 32n
Farindon, Anthony
Farther Enquiry into Several Remarkable Texts of the Old and New Testament (John Edwards), 456, 466n
Featley, Daniel
Threnoikos. The House of Mourning, 453, 461n
Fees in Public Offices
and legislation, 237-40
list of, as enclosure, 175
mentioned, 72, 76, 134, 163, 408, 411
tables of, 116
Felix, Marcus Minucius
Fell, John
On St. Paul’s Epistles, 458, 469n
Field, Richard
Of the Church Five Books, 453, 462n
Fifteen Sermons (John Sharp), 454, 463n
Fifteen Sermons (Richard Duke), 455, 465n
Fifty Sermons (Anthony Farindon), 453, 462n
Fish Street, Boston, 38n
Fisher, John
letter to
cited, 209
listed, 526
mentioned, 209
Fitch, Thomas
letters to listed, 521
Fitch, Timothy
owner of John Galley (ship), 318n, 364
sues for damages, 367n, 448-49
Fitzherbert, William
FB’s conduct approved, 430n
identified, 429n
letters from, quoted, 430n
letters to
listed, 531
quoted, 430n
Five Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions (Humphrey Sydenham), 454, 464n
Fleetwood, William
Essay Upon Miracles, 456, 466n
Flucker, Thomas, 345n
Folly of Atheism, Demonstrated (Clement Ellis), 457, 469n
Food, 39
Forest Policy, 82
Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga), 31n
Fort Edward, N.S., 97n
Fort Edward, N.Y., 31n
Fort Halifax, 36, 42, 45, 66, 68, 71, 79, 92n, 177, 249
Fort Hill, Boston, 10, 302-3, 349n
Fort Pownall
disputes over surrounding land, 105n
mentioned, 39, 45, 66, 68, 70-73, 78, 91-92n, 102, 111, 122-24, 132-3, 178
truckmaster, 177
Fort Pownall Conferences
Fort William Henry Massacre (1757), 3, 6, 29, 31n
Fortuita Sacra. Quibus Subjicitur Commentarius De Cymbalis (Richard Ellys), 457, 468n
Fortune, HMS (sloop), 4, 52-53n, 75, 200, 212, 283, 284n, 312, 315, 318n, 321, 325-26, 344n, 353
Foster, Thomas, 374n
Fourteen Sermons (Henry Wharton), 456, 466n
Fox Islands, Maine, 50, 52, 73
France
Canada, cession of, 229
hostages in, 96
North America, policy respecting, 123, 132, 224
Francklin, Michael
FB laments political “Evils,” 389
FB reviews boundary between Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, 388-89
identified, 390n
letters from
cited, 357n
cited, 7, 61, 152n, 332-33n, 354n, 406n, 412n
as reply, 410
and Nova Scotia, land grants in, 384, 412
Plan of Part of the Province of Nova Scotia (1765), by Morris, sends, 388
and St. Croix Bay grants
advises on location, 384
FB corrects deeds, 411-412
FB proposes amendments, 410-12
FB recommends location, 389
FB requests copies, 373
Franklin, Benjamin
and Bernard, Francis Jr., return of, 39, 40n
FB requests
advice on College of Philadelpia, 291n
assistance for son, 39
recipes, 39
and Florida, 143
and governorship of Massachusetts, 186
and Hutchinson-Oliver letters, 214n
and Jackson, 75n
“Join or Die,” 382n
letters from
cited, 40n
listed, 521-22
received, 39-40
as reply, 39
letters to, 39-40
quoted, 291n
and Pennsylvania, campaign for royal government in, 74
Freemason (brigantine)
seizure and prosecution of, 53n-55, 61, 83-84, 64n, 75, 106
French Language, 69, 92, 123, 191
French and Indian War (1754-63), 1-3, 36, 105n, 165, 261, 301n
American Colonies reimbursed, 111
provincial recruitment, 111n
French Churches Apology for the Church of England (Joseph Bingham), 458, 469n
French Colonies
fisheries, 30
illicit trade with, 208-9, 282-83, 298
mentioned, 30, 495, See also St. Domingue (Fr. W.I.)
molasses and sugar, 30
trade with North America, 162, 164-65
French Neutrals. See under Acadians
Friendly Debate Between a Conformist and a Non-Conformist (Simon Patrick), 458, 470n
Friends of Government
about, 281n
House of Representatives, numbers in, 8, 219-20
as king’s party, 274
mentioned, 9, 165, 184, 285, 327, 365-66, See also House of Representatives:friends of government in
and province agent, election of, 218-21
and Stamp Act, 225-26, 316, 327, 365, 370, 380, 382n
Stamp Act Crisis, after, 13
Stamp Act riots, intimidated by, 316, 368
Fulke, William
as critic of Arminianism, 460
New Testament of Jesus Christ, 453, 461n
Fuller, Thomas
as moderate Calvinist, 460
Pisgah-Sight of Palestine, 453, 462n
Fur Trade, 236
Further Continuation and Defence, or, Third Part of the Friendly Debate (Simon Patrick), 458, 469n
Gage, Thomas
Boston, prepares to send troops to, 349-50
and Castle William
defences described by FB, 332-33
Colvill, letter to
as enclosure, 350
sends copy to FB, 350
Colvill, writes to, 349
Council minutes, FB sends copies, 333
Council resolutions, FB sends copies, 332, 340
Cunningham, letter to
as enclosure, 350
sends copy to FB, 350
FB explains failure of troop requisition, 40-41, 48
FB requests
engineer for Maine survey, 67
letter of support, 35
military assistance, 323
Montresor’s map, 36
FB writes to, 35
identified, 37n
letters from, 349-50
assembly, presented to, 42
cited, 36, 42, 48-49, 324, 333, 360, 364n
listed, 529
received, 35, 40, 67, 350, 360, 363
as replies, 68n, 333, 349n, 360
Sherriff, W., delivered by, 349
letters to, 35-37, 40-42, 48-49, 67-68, 323-24, 332-33, 359-60
cited, 7, 36, 37n, 40n, 42, 47n, 49n, 50, 53n, 68n, 75n, 336, 344n-45n, 351n, 364, 370n
as enclosures, 335
not sent, 333n
quoted, 324
received, 36, 42, 49, 68, 333, 349
as replies, 350
and Massachusetts regiments, raising of, 36, 49-50
military assistance
and civil authority, 333n
FB declines, 363
offers FB, 349-50
proclamations concerning Stamp Act riots, FB sends copies, 332-33, 340
and Stamp Act Congress, 403
Garden Court Street, Boston, 344n
Gardner, Andrew, 53, 66, 71, 74, 77, 83, 305, 317, 347, 355
Gascoyne, Bamber
as co-signatory, 106
identified, 106n
Gaspee, HMS (schooner), 284n, 297
Gastrell, Francis
Boylean Lectures, 455
Certainty and Necessity of Religion in General, 464n
Certainty of the Christian Revelation, 455
as Williamite, 460
Geddes, Michael
History of the Church of Malabar, 455, 465n
Gelston, Samuel, 38
General Court
acts and resolves. See also under General Court, Legislation
as enclosures, 66
adjournments, 40, 43, 365-66, 368, 373, 375
Assembly (the Council and the House of Representatives). See under Assembly (the Council and the House of Representatives)
and boundary disputes between Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, 286
Nova Scotia, 7
and Castle William, repairs to, 281
as court of chancery, 93
and crowd action, 399, 420, 422, 423
fast, approves, 390
Governor. See under BERNARD, FRANCIS:GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
Governor and Council. See under Governor and Council
and governor, 220, 223, 226, 353, 369, 381
Governor’s Council. See under Council
harmony in, 90
House of Representatives. See under House of Representatives
and judiciary, 270
land, proprietor of, as, 286
legislation. See under General Court, Legislation
and Maine Survey (1764), 70
mentioned, 43, 284, 289, 295-96
and Mount Desert Island grant, 6
opposition in, 90
and Penobscot township grants, 70, 105, 112
proceedings of, as enclosure, 94, 166
prorogations, 295-96
and province agent, appointment of, 90, 218, 220
and public finances, 288
in recess, 428
and smallpox inoculation, 38
and Stamp Act, implementation of, 353, 359, 366
stamped papers, proceedings concerning, 366
General Court, Legislation
acts and resolves, about, 20
and Board of Trade, 290
Additional Debtors Act (1765), 241n, 288, 291n
Bankruptcy Act (1757), 236, 241n
Bankruptcy Act (1765), 237
Customhouse Fees Bill (1765), 238, 239, 240
Customs Officers Fees Act (1716), 117-18n
Eastern Indians Annual Supply Act (1764), 67n, 105, 178, 183n, 236
Eastern Indians Annual Supply Act (1765), 236, 241n
Fees Act (1765), 241n
Harvard Lottery Act (1765), 289, 291n
House of Representatives Act (1692), cited, 89, 92n
Impost and Tunnage Act (1764), 66n-67n, 105
British commerce, benefits, 237-38
and Privy Council, 106n
Impost and Tunnage Act (1765), 237-38, 241n
Little, Abigail (1764), act to enable, 94-95
Mashpees Act (1763), Board of Trade approves, 105-6
Mount Desert Island grant, 6
Naval Office Act (1701), 117-18n, 153
Naval Office Fees Bill (1765), 238-40
Newbury Act (1764), 88-89, 92n
Night-time Disorders Act (1703), 348-49n
Province Treasury Annual Supply Act (1765), 288
provincial fee bills (1765), Governor and Council veto, 238-39
Public Offices Bill (1765), 391
FB reviews, 395-96
postponed, 396
Public Offices Fees Bills (1765), 241n
Regulation of Fees Act (1692), 116
Regulation of Fees Act (1765), 118n, 237
Regulation of Officers’ Fees (1760), 116, 118n
Vice Admiralty Court Fees Bill (1765), 238-40
Gentleman’s Calling (Richard Allestree, et al.), 458, 469n
Genuine Remains of That Learned Prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow (Thomas Barlow), 458-59, 469n
George III, King, 86n, 134n, 300
George’s River, Maine, 259
Gerrish, Joseph, 92
Gerrish, Joseph (N.S.), 411
identified, 412n
Gilbert (law officer), 509
Gilpin, James
letters to cited, 60n
Glorious Epiphany, With the Devout Christians Love to It (Simon Patrick), 455, 465n
Glorious Revolution, 460
Gloucester (sloop), 190n, 207, 495, 501n
Glover, David
declaration, cited, 501n
mentioned, 489, 495-96, 500-1n
God, 83, 130, 319, 331, 333, 352
Goldthwait, Thomas
identified, 40n
intelligence, supplies, 78
letters from
cited, 79n
listed, 522
Maine, influence in, 183n
mentioned, 92n
as secretary at war, 177
Goodman, John
Government of Massachusetts
fees in public offices, regulation of, 116-18
opposition to. See also Whig Party, See also BERNARD, FRANCIS:GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS:on opposition to
Barons controversy, 193
and crowd action, 420
and popular power, 443
province agent, during election of, 217-18, 220
public finances. See under Public Finances
support for, 280, 339, 368, 377, 428, See also Friends of Government
expense of, 285
Indian trade, 182
and liberty, 6
reform of, 5-6, 87, 98, 100, 147, 150, 154-60, 210, 317, 387, 414, 418, 433, 479-80
and Stamp Act riots, 433
Government, Royal
authority of, 6, 12, 158, 413-14, 480
governors, 8, 208, See also under Governors, Colonial
instructions, 261
instruments of, 9, See also under Legal Instruments
mentioned, 112, 148, 185, 238-39, 482n
prerogatives, 5
Governor and Council
as court of law, 169
and Indian trade, 179
land grants, authority respecting, 112
libels, prosecuting, 296
martial law, authority respecting, 230
opposition to, 356
and parliamentary legislation, 190, 192n
proclamations concerning
Acadians, as enclosure, 191
fees in public offices, as enclosure, 118
Hispaniola, French governor of, as enclosure, 191
Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765), 303, 335-36
cited, 347
as enclosure, 305, 333, 347, 349
Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), 335-36
cited, 347
as enclosure, 333, 342, 347, 349
surveyor general of Woods, 82n
Taunton riot, 513
Governor of Massachusetts. See under BERNARD, FRANCIS: GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
Governor’s Island, Boston Harbor, 312
Governor’s Council. See under Council
Governor’s Seal, 169, 171, 313
Governors, Colonial
“Defence of the Right of the American Governors to a third of seizures,” FB sends copies, 83
salaries and income of, 76
seizures, entitlement to share of, 4, 54-55, 62, 83-84, 106
Gray, Harrison
mentioned, 79, 233, 349n, See also under Province Treasurer of Massachusetts
Gray, Thomas, 282
Great Britain
and American Colonies, revenue from, 164, 413
interests of, 162, 165, 181, 206, 322
legal system, 147
monarchy, 156
political power of, 158, 304, 322, 380
and priests, Roman Catholic, 133
Green, Benjamin, 411
Green, Jeremiah
identified, 349n
letters to, 348
cited, 344n
listed, 529
Stamp Act riots, orders concerning, 348
Green, John, 370n
Greenleaf, Stephen
FB’s opinion of, 316
identified, 38n
Grenville Ministry
colonial policy, 86n, 115, 119-20, 167n
departure, 300
and Stamp Tax, 479
Grenville, George
in effigy, 397
identified, 202n
opposition to, 85
province agents, meets, 120n
royal and provincial instruments, requests information about, 114
Gridley, Jeremiah, 173n
as counsel for Boston, 445n-46n
Grimston, Samuel, 130n
Grove (ship’s captain), 224, 231
Guardianship, 169
Gumbs, Benjamin
Cockle, letter to
as enclosure, 487
identified, 128n
Guteridge, Daniel, 244, 255, 267, 505-6, 509
Hakluyt Posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrims (Samuel Purchas), 226, 228n
Hale, Roger
consults FB, 270
identified, 214n
“Objections against a Bill . . . for Fees to be taken by . . . Customs”
as enclosure, 241
and Robinson, 269-70
Temple, argues with, 212-13, 277
Haliday and Dunbar (merchants), 201, 209
Halifax, Earl of
Acadians
and British policy, reviewed by FB, 33-34, 96, 107, 190-91
petitions and memorials of, FB sends copies, 191
on relocation of, 33, 229, 232
requests information on, 35
assembly
address of, FB sends, 165
FB’s speeches and messages, FB sends copies, 165, 224
petition to Parliament
FB sends, 161
reviewed by FB, 161-65
proceedings reported by FB, 50
commands, issues, 174
Council minutes, FB sends copies, 342, 353
explanatory orders, sends, 230
FB explains
government lacks power and authority, 10, 343
political strategy, 351-53
FB proposes reform of colonial government, 154-58
FB requests
appointment for Auchmuty, 273-74
authorization for payments to informers, 273
direction in relocating Acadians, 190-91
support against Temple, 174, 201, 257, 271
FB writes to, 175, 200, 319, 366, 375
FB’s conduct as governor, approves, 229, 249
governor’s instructions, extract of, FB sends copy, 271
Hispaniola, French governor’s proclamation
British ambassador in France, sends to, 229
hostages in France
instructions on ransom, issues, 97n
list of, FB sends, 96
identified, 35n
illicit trade, requests information on, 115
letters from, 113-15, 229, 230
cited, 35n, 51n, 53n, 95-97, 107, 115, 120, 133, 168, 171, 174n, 192, 202n, 209n, 230n, 233n, 235n, 251n, 261n, 275n, 284n
as enclosures, 35
listed, 522-25
received, 33, 49, 95-96, 174, 208, 229, 249, 282
letters to, 33-35, 49-50, 95-96, 107, 122-24, 131-35, 154-66, 168, 174, 190-201, 208-9, 212-14, 223-24, 251-58, 269-75, 282-84, 337-43n, 351-53, 387n
Board of Trade, referred to, 124, 160
Board of Trade, considered by, 306
cited, 3-6, 8-12, 17n, 35n-36, 46, 53n, 55, 63, 68, 77-78, 92, 96, 97n, 107n, 114, 127, 133n, 137, 140n-41, 145n, 166, 171, 174n, 176n, 185, 189-90n, 192n, 206, 209, 214n, 221n, 229-30n, 234n, 242n, 260-61, 263n, 264-65, 268, 272n, 275n, 276-77n, 297, 300-1n, 305-6, 311n, 313n, 315, 318n, 320n, 324, 326n, 328, 335-36, 342-43, 347-48, 353n, 355n-56n, 358, 370n, 387n, 480, 483n
Elisabeth, carried by, 307, 313
FB sends duplicates, 319, 347, 355
FB writes, 365
Haliday and Dunbar, forwarded by, 201, 209
Hertford, referred to, 191
as historical evidence, 11
House of Commons, referred to, 342
King, referred to, 133
listed, 521-29
Pownall, J., extract, referred to, 133
received, 34, 50, 77, 107, 114-15, 124, 133, 160, 168, 174, 191, 201, 209, 214, 224, 229, 258, 306, 342, 353
Mauduit, delivered by, 96
Stamp Act Crisis, during, 300
Treasury, referred to, 77, 168, 214, 258
Maine Indians, negotiations with, reported by FB, 122-24, 131-33
Maine survey (1764)
maps and charts, FB sends, 259
reported by FB, 158-60
Massachusetts regiments, requisition for
FB reports failure, 35, 40, 42, 49, 50
mentioned, 5, 15, 63, 87, 100, 111, 128, 225
on military assistance, governors requesting, 230
Mount Desert Island grant, memorial, FB sends, 134-35
office, leaves, 211
offices of, 16
opinions of advocate-general of Vice Admiralty and attorney general, FB sends copies, 201
Polly, seizure and prosecution of, reported by FB, 269-71
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), FB sends copy, 87, 432, 480
on “Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), 210
private information for, 143
“Proceedings relative to the Robbery at Taunton,” FB sends copy, 258
proclamation concerning the Acadians, FB sends copy, 191
proclamation of the French governor of Hispaniola, FB sends copy, 191
proclamations concerning Stamp Act riots, FB sends copies, 335-36, 342
Representation on a Rescue at Taunton, FB sends copy, 259
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), FB sends copy, 111
Robinson, FB’s correspondence with, FB sends copies, 264-5, 271
Robinson, reported by FB, 269-71
Royal and Provincial Instruments in Massachusetts
list of, FB sends, 168
requests list, 113-14
Royal Navy, lack of co-operation from, reported by FB, 282-83
smuggling, reported by FB, 193-200, 208-9, 282-83
Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765)
reports received, 317
Stamp Act riot, Boston (26 Aug. 1765)
Hutchinson sends report, 342
Stamp Act riots, FB’s reports on, about, 343, 345n
stamp duties, and introduction of, 113, 171
stamped papers secured, FB reports, 319
Taunton riot, reported by FB, 251-57
Temple and Russell, correspondence of, FB sends copies, 201
Temple, disagreements with, reported by FB, 212-13, 257, 262, 269, 271-73
Treasury, refers FB’s papers to, 207
Turks Islands, merchants’ losses reported by FB, 223
and Wilmot, 152n
Halifax, N.S., 349
Hallowell, Benjamin
Board of Customs Commissioners, letter to, cited, 344n
identified, 214n
letter to cited, 430
Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), account of, 344n
Stamp Act riots
house attacked, 319, 320n, 321, 323, 325, 335, 338, 344n, 429n
proclamation concerning, 335
Temple, dispute with, 212-13
discusses with FB, 213
as anti-Calvinist, 460
Hampden, John, 424n
Hancock, John (merchant)
and Boston committee, 444n
ship carries FB’s letters, 310-11
Stamp Act, opposes, 311
Hancock, John (theologian)
Arguments to Prove the Being of God, 465n
Boylean Lectures, 455
Hancock’s Wharf, Boston, 310
Handbills
law courts, on closure of, 443
proclamation on Stamp Act riot, concerning, 308
Hanover Street, Boston, 320n, 344n
Hanoverian Monarchy, 134n, 171n
Hansen, John
identified, 193n
mentioned, 191
Harmony of the Divine Attributes, in the Contrivance and Accomplishment of Man’s Redemption (William Bates), 454, 464n
Harris, Grace, 187n
Harris, John
Atheist’s Objection . . . Refuted, 463n
Atheist’s Objections, 463n
Atheistical Objections, 463n
Boylean Lectures, 454
Immorality and Pride, the Great Causes of Atheism, 463n
Refutation of the Atheistical Notion of Fate, 463n
Refutation of the Objections Against the Attributes, 463n
Harvard College
books, sale of, 144
donations to, 121-22
donations, FB solicits, 122
Harvard College Fire (1764), 7, 46, 50, 289, 404-5
and FB, 7-8
Harvard Hall, 46n
architectural drawings by FB, 8, 290-91n
drawing of, 293
plan of, 292
Haswell, William, 53n
Hearts Ease, or, Remedy Against All Troubles (Simon Patrick), 457, 469n
Hemp
FB’s cultivation plans, 281n
Henshaw, Joshua, 444n
Hertford, Lord
identified, 230n
mentioned, 191
Hervey, Augustus John, 86n
Hesse-Cassel (Holy Roman Empire), 139, 141
Heylyn, Peter
as anti-Calvinist, 460
Cosmography in Four Books, 453, 461n
Keimelia Ekklesiastika, 453, 461n
Hibbert, Henry
Syntagma Theologicum, 453, 461n
High Court of Admiralty, 54, 63, 170
Hillsborough, Earl of
as co-signatory, 106
identified, 65n
letter to
cited, 141
as enclosure, 138
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), FB sends copy, 87, 432, 480
private correspondence, with, 144
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), FB sends copy, 111
Hispaniola, 165, 199, 282, See also Acadians:Hispaniola, flight to
Historiography
History of All Religions in the World, From the Creation Down to This Present Time (William Turner), 456, 467n
History of England (William Temple), 407n
History of Precomposed Set Forms of Prayers (Thomas Bennet), 458, 469n
History of the Apostles’ Creed (Peter King), 457, 468n
History of the Church of Malabar (Michael Geddes), 455, 465n
History of the World (Walter Raleigh), 453, 461n
Hoadly, Benjamin
Brief Defense of Episcopal Ordination, 468n
as Low Church Anglican, 460
Measures of Submission to the Civil Magistrate Considered, 456, 467
Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church of England, 456, 467n
Sermons, 456
Several Discourses Concerning the Terms of Acceptance With God, 467n
Holland, Samuel, 80
Hollis Hall, Harvard College, 291n
Hollis, Thomas
Harvard College, donations to, 122
Holyoke, Edward, 45
letter to listed, 525
Hooper, Robert, 205
identified, 208n
Hopkins, Stephen
customs officer, unable to administer oath to, 52
“Essay upon the Trade of the Northern Colonies,” 47n
identified, 47n
letters to listed, 522
mentioned, 45, 46, 53-54n, 249n
as political writer, 45
Rights of Colonies Examined, 47n
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), 98n
Hoskins, William, 63
Hostages
French, ransom of, 95-97n
list of, as enclosure, 96
Hotchkis, Thomas
Discourse Concerning the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness to Us, 454, 464n
Hotham, Charles, 86
House of Commons
American Colonies, petitions from, 185
resolutions of, as enclosure, 109
House of Representatives
Council, disputes with, 405, 420
country members, 219
Crown requisitions, contests, 426-27
divisions in
Massachusetts regiments, vote on raising of, 42, 48, 50
province agent, vote to elect, 219, 223n, 232
province agent, votes to elect special, 43-44, 46n, 219
election privileges, 89
fast, considers public, 390-91, 393n, 395
and FB’s speech of 25 Sept. 1765, 365, 368, 373
friends of government in, 278, 280, 281n, 285
Harvard College, and rebuilding of, 43
inter-colonial action, proposes, 90
Journals, as enclosures, 66, 280, 369, 374, 381, 394, 418, 421, 429, 448
land grants, and authority respecting, 112
Massachusetts regiments, refuses requisition for, 35, 40-42, 48
and Newbury elections, 89
Newbury representatives, rejects, 89
Parliament, petition to, 184-85n
parliamentary taxation, resolves contesting, 375
proceedings in, 8
and province agent
accounts, 234
election of, 220
election of special agent, 43, 44
separate instructions to, 90
provincial fee bills, 118, 238-39
public offices, debates opening of, 391
Stamp Act Congress, proposes, 285, 288n
Stamp Act, resolves to suspend, 394, 396, 399
FB discusses, 373-74n, 390, 420, 427
stamped papers, proceedings concerning, 369
votes of, 43-44, 48, 50, 219-20, 240, 286
Howard, Martin, Jr., 347n
Howell, William
Institution of General History, 453, 461n
deposition of, cited, 501n
Hubbard, Thomas
and assembly committee, 282n
on Castle William repairs, 281-82
as councilor, 345n
identified, 182n
letters from, 281-82
cited, 527
as signatory, 281
prohibition of, 236
Husbandry, 29
Husk, John
about, 402n
Boston merchants, letter to, 402n
effigy, in, 397
and English merchants, 402n
and Grenville, 402n
mocked, 402n
and Stamp Act, repeal of, 402n
Hutchinson, Sally
identified, 344n
and Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), 338
Hutchinson, Thomas
Castle William, commander of, as, 312
and compensation for losses, 384-85n, 399
as councilor, 354n
FB’s assessment of, 225
and FB’s leave of absence, 391
FB’s views on
confidence in, 225
“Confidence proved his ruin,” 346
and governorship, 137n
Halifax, letters to
quoted, 342
Hollis, letters to, mentioned, 122
Hutchinson-Oliver letters published, 214n
on Ingersoll, 299n
intimidation of, 11
letters to cited, 113n, 137n, 166, 223n, 306n-7n, 342
leave of absence, 225, 231, 384, 399
library, destruction of, 46, 325, 338
offices of, 221n
Parliament, revises assembly’s petition to, 166, 184
as political manager, 221
portrait of, 111
province agent, and election of special, 43-44, 218, 224-26
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), criticizes, 113n
and Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765), 10, 301-2, 304, 306n-7n
and Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765)
dining with family, 338
house destroyed and looted, 323, 325, 338-39, 362, 427
losses, 344n
Milton, retreats to, 342
money stolen, 326n
popular resentment, 306n, 343n
proclamation concerning, 335-36
and stamped papers, arrival of, 312
Superior Court (27 Aug. 1765), addresses, 366
on Temple’s complaint about FB, 137
and writs of assistance case, 427
Immorality and Pride, the Great Causes of Atheism (John Harris), 463n
Imperfect Promulgation of the Gospel . . .Considered (Samuel Bradford), 463n
Imperfect Promulgation of the Gospel . . Preached (Samuel Bradford), 463n
Imperial Administration
Indentures, 170
abuses in, 66
Informers
disagreements concerning use of, 275n
FB and, 5
and Paxton, 272
payments to, 273
Ingersoll, Jared
arrives in Boston, 298
FB, meets with, 298
FB’s views on, 404-5
Jackson, letters from, delivers, 298n
Rhode Island, supposed to be in, 308
as stamp distributor, 299n
stamped papers, coming on merchant ship, 315
Innholders, 170
Inspiration of the Holy Writings of the Old and New Testament (Edmund Calamy), 457, 467n
Institutes of the Laws of England (Coke), 99n
Institution of Christian Religion (Jean Calvin), 453, 461n
Institution of General History (William Howell), 453, 461n
Ireland
and colonial government, reform of, 415-16, 418-19n, 433
settlers from, 72
and trade, colonial, 162
Isaiah, Book of
quoted, 356n
Jackson, Joseph, 344n, 348, 397
Jackson, Richard
“A State of the Grant of the Island of Mount Desert” (1764)
FB sends abstract, 144
FB sends copy, 141
Account of the Fire at Harvard-College, FB sends copy, 45
assembly
petition to Parliament, deliberations reviewed by FB, 183-85
proceedings of, FB sends copy, 60
response to Stamp Act Crisis, reviewed by FB, 373-74, 383-84, 404-8
speeches, FB sends copies, 280, 373
Barrington, Halifax, Hillsborough, and J. Pownall, FB letters to, FB sends, 141
Board of Trade and secretary of state, memorials to, FB sends, 140
Board of Trade, memorial to, FB sends, 138
Bollan, letter to, as enclosure, 276
and British ministers, 31
and British politics, 60
as business agent, 166n
Cockle, retained as counsel for, 187-89
Colvill’s claim, and
advice regarding, 53-54
as confidant, 142
colonial government, anticpates reform of, 146
Constitutional Courant, FB sends copy, 384
correspondence with FB, 145n, 232
DeBerdt, relationship with, 405
“Defence of the Right of the American Governors to a third of seizures,” FB sends copy, 54
duplicate letters, FB sends, 61
“Essay of the Trade of the Northern Colonies” (Hopkins), FB sends copy, 46
Exchequer, appointment to, 73, 75n, 223
FB advises on St. Croix Bay grants, 72-74, 143-44, 231, 298-99
FB apologizes for being “unpunctual,” 383
FB disappointed with Mount Desert Island grant, 140-41
FB explains
government lacks power and authority, 404-5
political strategy, 356-57
FB proposes
“Land jobbing,” 60
New England union, 142-43
reform of colonial government, 6, 98, 146-50
FB requests
account of ministerial changes, 357
intercession to avert Stamp Tax, 120
intercession with Halifax, 225
transmit speech to Grenville, 280
FB seeks
leave for Hutchinson, 225
support against Temple, 136
FB speculates on being replaced as governor, 186
and Francklin, 374
and Franklin, 75n
as friend, 278
Grenville, meets, 120n
Harvard College fire, reported by FB, 43
identified, 32n
influence of, 221
Ingersoll’s arrival reported by FB, 298
Journals of the House of Representatives, FB sends copy, 374
letters from
acknowledged, 279-80
delivered by Ingersoll, 298
received, 60, 72, 73, 140, 146, 279, 298
returns with broken seal, 373
letters to, 43-46, 54-55, 60-61, 72-74, 98-99, 119-20, 136-37, 140-44, 146-50, 183-89, 217-21, 224-26, 231-32, 234-35, 279-80, 298-99, 321-22, 356-57, 373-74, 383-84, 404-6
cited, 3-4, 6-9, 11, 18, 20, 25n, 32n, 35n, 45, 47n, 53-55, 61, 63-4n, 74, 77n, 79n, 86n, 101n, 120n, 139-40n, 145n, 152, 160n, 166, 176n, 185-86, 202n, 207-8n, 211n, 221, 226n, 232n, 276-77n, 291n, 299n-300, 322, 347n, 356n-57n, 367n, 406n, 479-80, 488, 521n
as enclosures, 55, 61, 186, 366
quoted, 8, 10, 47n, 150, 279n, 424n
Mauduit, J. and I., letters of, FB sends copies, 219
Mauduit, J., Oliver’s letter to, FB sends copy, 46
Molasses Act, merchants concern at enforcement of, reported by FB, 29-33
and Nova Scotia land grants, 61, 74
opposition to Sugar Act and Stamp Tax, described by FB, 119-20
Pownall, J., advised to consult, 99, 141, 186, 225, 279, 322, 383, 404
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), FB sends copy, 98-100, 432, 480
as province agent
attributes, 220-21
commission begins, 221
commission, FB sends, 217, 231
election reported by FB, 217-21
Hutchinson, to assist, 220
interest in, 46
may decline, 279
salary, reported by FB, 234-35
special agent, election of, reported by FB, 43-44, 224-25
and St. Croix Bay grants, 150, 152, 228, 410
and Stamp Act, 120n
Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765), reported by FB, 321-23
and Temple’s complaint about FB, 279, 299
The Times: A Poem (Church), FB sends copy, 406
Wilmot, FB letter to, FB sends copy, 231-32
Jacobitism, 132
Jamaica, 165
Jamaica, HMS (sloop), 25n, 202n, 353, 354n, 449n
Jamaica Plain, Boston, 301n
James II, King, 460
Jamin, Peirre, 284n
Jarvis, Leonard, 344n
Jenkin, Robert
Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion, 456, 467n
Jenyns, Soame
American colonists, hostile to, 429
identified, 429n
Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies, 429n
Jesuitical Aphorisms (Ezerel Tonge), 453, 461n
Jesus and the Resurrection Justified by Witnesses in Heaven and in Earth (Simon Patrick), 456, 467n
Jewish Hypocrisie, a Caveat to the Present Generation (Simon Patrick), 458, 470n
John & Sukey (ship)
stamped papers, delivers, 364
John (ship), 392
John Galley (ship)
mentioned, 318n, 364n, 366, 375
stamped papers, delivers, 364, 367n-68, 448
Johnson, Sir William, 180
identified, 183n
rumored replacement for FB, 183n
Johnstone, George, 145n
“Join or Die,” 382n
Jones, Inigo
indentified, 344n
mentioned, 338
Jones, John
maps by, as enclosures, 71
plans of the Penobscot townships (1763), 71
Joseph (Wewenock), 182n
Judgements, 170
Judges of Massachusetts
and stamped papers, non-use of, 442, 445
Judiciary, England, 150n
Judiciary, Scotland, 150n
Just Weights and Measures That Is, the Present State of Religion Weighed in the Balance (Herbert Thorndike), 454, 463n
Justices of the Peace
and Council, 246
at Fort Pownall and Fort Halifax, 181
mentioned, 247
MacIntosh, discharge, 398
and Penobscots, 181
and Pope’s Day, 396
and Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765)
Fort Hill, attend mob on, 303
Governor and Council, proclamation and orders of, 303, 334, 336
and Stamp Act riots, about, 10
and Taunton riot, 246-47, 251, 254-258, 264-67, 506-19
and writs and legal instruments, 170, 244, 247, 257, 506, 509
Keimelia Ekklesiastika (Peter Heylyn and George Vernon), 453, 461n
Kennebec River
mentioned, 36, 67-68, 79-80, 149, 154, 159, 177, 249
survey of (1764), 51
townships, 148
Kennebeck Proprietors, 145n
Kennett, Basil
Brief Exposition of the Apostles Creed, 456, 467n
Kent, Benjamin, 444n
Kettlewell, John
Measures of Christian Obedience, 457, 468n
Kidder, Richard
Commentary on the Five Books of Moses, 455, 465n
Demonstration of the Messias, 457, 468n
Kilby Street, Boston, 307n
Kilby, Barnard & Partners, 202n
King and Parliament, 368, 423, 427
King Street, Boston, 307n, 311n, 343n, 403n
King, Peter
History of the Apostles’ Creed, 457, 468n
King, The
and Crown lands, 143
as executive, 472
and FB’s correspondence, 124, 133, 401
and Fort Pownall, 103-4
and colonial government, reform of, 149, 157-58, 416
“insolent” treatment of, 400, 406
and legislation, colonial, 117, 239
and revenues, colonial, 205, 491, 492
royal prerogatives, 472
seizures, shares from profits of, 4, 198, 492
Knatchbull, Norton
Annotations Upon Some Difficult Texts in All the Books of the New Testament, 454, 464n
La Vray Amitie (schooner), 284n, 297
Labree, Benjamin, 38n
Lamar, Hill, and Bisset
letters to listed, 521
Lamb, Sir Matthew
Board of Trade, counsel to the, as, 66, 105, 106n
Little, Abigail (1764), act to enable, opinion on, 95
Lambeth Palace Library, 121
Lancaster, Penn.
massacre at, 75n
Land Grants
east of the St. Croix River, 61, See also under St. Croix Bay Grants
as enclosure, 412
Florida, 143
mentioned, 169
Sagadahoc, 144
Landry, Paul
family of, 192n
identified, 192n
memorial of, 193n
mentioned, 191
Laud, William
as anti-Calvinist, 460
Relation of the Conference Between William Laud, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Fisher the Jesuit, 453, 462n
Laurence, R. Roger
Lay-Baptism Invalid, 465n
Law Courts. See also Superior Court
common law courts, 169-70
court of chancery, 93
and smugglers, prosecution of, 270, 423
Stamp Act Crisis, closure during, 12
Lay-Baptism Invalid (R. Roger Laurence), 455, 465
Le Clerc, Jean
Logica, Sive, Ars Ratiocinandi, 458, 470n
Treatise of the Causes of Incredulity, 455, 465n
as co-signatory, 506
mentioned, 244, 255, 267, 502, 505-6, 508-9, 511
negligence of, 269
Lee, John, 466n
Lee, Joseph, 374n
Legal Instruments, 169-71
Legislation
editorial policy and citation of, 20
Legislation, English. See under Parliament of England, Legislation
Legislation, Massachusetts. See under General Court, Legislation
Lemons, 206
Leonard, Daniel
as “Massachusettensis,” 480-81
Leonard, George
identified, 516n
Lescarbot, Mark
Nova Francia (1632), 226
Leslie, Charles
letters to listed, 525
Lewis (Arasagunticook), 182n
Liberty (ship), 310-12, 320, 342, 347
Liberty Tree, 306n, 363n, 403, 435-36, 440
plaque, 397
Licences, 170
Lightfoot, John
Harvard College, bequest to, 46n
Lincolnshire (Eng.), 2
Lithgow, William (Mass. militia officer), 92n
Little Deer Island, Maine, 75n
Little, Abigail, 93-94
Little, Isaac, 94
Little, Isaac, Jr., 94
Little, Lemuel, 94
Little, Moses, 92
Littleton , Sir Thomas de, 99n
Liverpool, 201, 209, 231, 235, 242, 310, 313, 354, 402
Livingston, Robert R.
identified, 295n
land claims, 294
Logica, Sive, Ars Ratiocinandi (Jean Le Clerc), 458, 470n
London
government departments and offices in, 63, 131, 150, 163, 265, 294, 518
news arrives, of Stamp Act riots, 12, 305-6, 311, 343, 361
news from
ministry, change of, 300
parliamentary taxation, 285
publishers, 480
London Gazette
cited, 95-97n
imported, 372n
London Packet (ship), 375
Loring, Joshua
identified, 301n
Loring, Joshua, Jr., 409-10
Louisbourg, N.S.
Loveday, Samuel
Personal Reprobation Reprobated, 458, 470n
Lowndes, Charles
identified, 361n
letters from, 529
cited, 449n
listed, 529
quoted, 421n
stamp distributors, instructions for governors to assist, 361
Lowth, William
Vindication of the Divine Authority, 458, 469n
Loyal Nine, 306, 392, 424n, 429, 438
Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), 403n
Lucas, Richard
Practical Christianity, 456, 467n
Religious Perfection or A Third Part of the Enquiry After Happiness, 456, 466n
Lumber, 281n
white pines, theft of, 81-82
Luther, Martin, 481n
Lyman, Elijah
letter from, 81-82
letter from listed, 522
Lynde, Benjamin, Jr.
identified, 208n
mentioned, 204
Lyttleton, William Henry
identified, 224n
letters to
Machias Bay, Maine, 156
MacIntosh, Ebenezer
arrested and released, 344n, 351n
FB describes, 397-98
identified, 402n
influence of, 398
and Oliver, public resignation of, 438
and Pope’s Day (1765), 397-98, 403n, 422-23
procession, leads, 398
Stamp Act riots, mob leader during, 398
taxes unpaid, 429n
Madeira, 31
Magaguadavic River, N.B., 152, 389, 412n
Maidstone, HMS (man of war), 244, 246, 248n, 265-68, 283, 502, 505, 508-9, 517
Boston to England
carried by
Boscawen, 355
Bristol packet-boat, 45, 231, 363
John, 392
for Bristol, 45, 53, 60, 66, 69-71, 77, 83, 224, 231, 305, 317, 347, 355
ready for departure, 33
waiting on ship, 303
Boston to Glasgow, Elisabeth, by, 307
Boston to Halifax, 152
delayed by closure of Customhouse, 411-12n
carried by Green, 411
Boston to Liverpool
carried by
African Queen, 310
Boston to London
carried by
Liberty, 311-12, 320, 342, 347
London Packet, 375
Thomas & Samuel, 400
Boston to Philadelphia, 40n
Boston to Quebec, 249
delayed by closure of Customhouse, 411-12n
New York to Boston, 381
packet boat lost, 30
secret correspondence, carried by HMS Tryal, 360, 364
Maine Survey (1764)
about, 40-42
Boston to Fort Pownall, 159
of coast between Penobscot River and St. Croix River, 159
Fort Halifax via Kennebec River to Chaudière River and return to Casco Bay, 41-42, 67
Fort Pownall to George’s River road, 159, 243
Fort Pownall via Penobscot River and Chaudière River to Quebec, 41-42, 67-68, 71, 79-80, 158, 243
Fort Pownall via Penobscot River and Sebasticook River to Fort Halifax, 158-59, 243
from Quebec via Chaudière River and west branch of Penobscot River to Fort Pownall, 243
from St. Croix Bay via Passimaquoddy River and Penobscot River to Fort Pownall, 243
mentioned, 7, 91, 154, 156-59, See also Maps and Charts
Passamaquoddy Bay and St. Croix River, 7, 48, 50, 68, 70, 73, 151, 158-59, 243
Passimaquoddy River to Penobscot River and Fort Pownall, 132, 151, 159, 227, 233
Penobscot Bay and Fox Islands, 52, 159, 243
St. Croix River and Passamaquoddy River, 71, 73
survey teams, 7, 41, 48-9n, 50, 68, 71, 80, 158
wages, 42n
Maine, Province of
and colonial government, reform of, 146-48, 155
interior (backcountry), 42
Native Americans in, 389
settlers in, 6
white pines, 82
Mansfield, Earl of
mentioned, 444n
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), FB sends copy, 480
Manufactures
Map of Boston (William Price), 309
Map of the British and French Dominions in North America (John Mitchell), 226, 228n
Map of the British Empire in America (Henry Popple), 226, 228n
Map of the Province of Nova-Scotia (John Turner), 226, 228n
Maps and Charts
map of a route from Fort Pownall to Quebec (1764), by Miller, 7, 80, 159-60n, 233, 243, 249, 250, 259
Map of Boston (1769), by Price, 309
map of Castle William (1771), by Montresor, 331
map of disputed lands in the Waldo Patent, by Chadwick, 104
Map of Nova Scotia (1759), by Turner, 226
map of Penobscot Bay and the Maine Interior (1765), by Miller, 7, 53n, 159-60n, 253, 259
Map of the British and French Dominions in North America (1755), by Mitchell, 226
Map of the British Empire in America (1733), by Popple et al., 226
map of the road from Boston to Albany (1765), by Miller, 259
map of the road from Boston to Penobscot (1765), by Miller, 259
map of the St. John’s River, N.S. (1761), by Peach, 67, 233
maps of the Kennebec River and the Penobscot River (1760), by Small, 36
New England Coastal Pilot (1758), by Southack, 226
plan of a passage from Penobscot by the Sebasticook River to Fort Halifax, 243, 249
plan of a road cut from Fort Pownall to St. George’s Fort, 243
plan of part of the province of Nova Scotia (1765), by Morris, 388-89n, 410
plan of Penobscot Bay and River, the Fox Islands, and the sea coast on the east side of the townships, 159, 243, 259
plan of the Bay of Passamaquoddy and St. Croix, 151, 243, 259, 260n
plan of the Bay of St. Croix and a passage by the Passamaquoddy River to Fort Pownall, 156, 243, 249
plans of the Penobscot townships (1763), by Jones, 71
survey and map of a route from Quebec to Boston (1761), by Montresor, 36, 67-68, 80, 249
surveys and maps of the route from Fort Pownall to Quebec (1764-78), by Chadwick, 80
Marblehead, Mass., 32n, 207n, 380, 382n, 428, 490
Marlborough Street, Boston, 306n
Marque and Reprisal, 169
Marshall, John, 88
Mary, Queen of Scots, 134n
“Massachusettensis”
on FB and Otis, 480
Massachusetts
boundary disputes. See under Boundary Disputes between Massachusetts and
constitution of. See under Government of Massachusetts:constitution
courts. See under Law Courts
court officials, 168
currency, 108
earnings of laborer, 320n
eastern counties. See under Maine; Eastern Country (Maine)
economy, 32n
excise and tonnage duties, 237-38
exports.
bricks, 283
finances of, 241n, See under Public Finances
and colonial government, reform of, 142-43, 146-47, 149, 155-57
imports
boards and bricks, 298
impost duties on, 65
labor, price of, 34
legislature. See under General Court
magistrates. See under Justices of the Peace
merchants. See under Merchants
militia. See under Militia
Native Americans. See under Native Americans
Naval Office. See under Naval Office
Penobscots. See under Native Americans:Penobscots
politics. See under Politics
province agent. See under Province Agent
royal charter. See under Province Charter (1691)
shipping. See under Shipping
soldiers. See under Massachusetts Regiments
towns. See under Towns
trade. See under Trade, Colonial
wartime expenses and parliamentary reimbursements, 108, 111n
western counties, 154
Massachusetts (province sloop), 7
Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter
FB, declaration of, quotes, 354n
Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies (Soame Jenyns), reprints, 429n
Oliver’s public resignation, reports, 441
proclamations, printed, 82n, 118, 333
Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post-Boy Advertiser
“Massachusettensis,” 481
Massachusetts Regiments
assembly considers requisition, 40, 42
requisition discussed, 35-37, 40-41, 48-50, 67-68, 111n
requisition refused, 35-36, 67-68, 282-83
wages of, 332n
Mather, Samuel
admonished by Council, 82
identified, 82n
as justice of the peace, 81
Mattawamkeag River, Maine, 249
Matthew, Book of
paraphrased, 384n
Mauduit, Israel
identified, 406n
province agent, proposed as, 217-220
Mauduit, Jasper. See also Province Agent
and assembly
accounts considered, 234
House, letter read in, 218
identified, 47n
and Jackson, 217-218, 220, 234
resigns, 46
and special agent, 43
stamp tax, writes about, 119-20n, 219
Maurice, Jacques
family of, 98n
identified, 98n
mentioned, 96
Mayhew, Jonathan
Discourse, Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers, 318n
Stamp Act and sermons, 316, 318n
McCarthy, Daniel, 53n, 196, 202n
McHard, William, 97n
McNutt, Alexander, 74n, 373-74n
McWharton, William, 259, 265, 513
Measures of Christian Obedience (John Kettlewell), 457, 468n
Measures of Submission to the Civil Magistrate Considered (Benjamin Hoadly), 456, 467n
Mede, Joseph
Diatribae. Discourses on Divers Texts of Scripture, 454, 463n
Mensa Mystica, or, A Discourse Concerning the Sacrament of the Lords Supper (Simon Patrick), 454, 464n
Merchants
and Acadians, 193n
of Boston
mentioned, 3, 17, 62-63, 195, 422, 448
Oliver’s public resignation, attend, 436
and compounding, 5
fees in public offices, complain of, 153
of Jamaica, 165
of London, 236
Molasses Act (1733), oppose, 3n, 29, 31, 32n
of Salem and Marblehead, oppose nonimportation, 380
as smugglers, 337
and Stamp Act, opposition to, 401n
and Temple, 199
and Temple’s complaint about FB, 137n
of West Indies, 29
writs of assistance, legal challenge to, 273
Merrimack River, Mass., 146, 149
Meserve, George, 347n
Meserwanderomet (sachem), 92n, 124n
Michell, John
identified, 152n
and St. Croix Bay grants, 150, 152, 228, 280, 410
Militia
and Pope’s Day (1765), 396-97
and Stamp Act riots
about, 10
and Castle William garrison, 316
ineffectiveness of, 303, 321, 345, 398
mentioned, 348-49
patrolling Boston, 326, 332, 340, 422
recruitment, 327
Miller, Francis
appointment to militia company, 333
and Castle William, command of, 350
defies local opposition, 358
FB’s assessment of, 41
identified, 42n
instructions, FB sends, 327
cited, 328, 354n, 356n, 358, 370n
as enclosure, 327
and Maine survey (1764), 41, 48, 67, 68n
maps by, 260n, See also Maps and Charts
as enclosure, 251
map of a route from Fort Pownall to Quebec (1764), 7, 80, 159-60, 243, 249-50, 259
map of Penobscot Bay and the Maine Interior (1765), 7, 47n, 53n, 159, 253, 259-60n
map of the road from Boston to Albany (1765), 259
map of the road from Boston to Penobscot (1765), 259
mentioned, 41
orders to discharge militia company, 358
orders to raise militia company, 328n-32
road from Boston to George’s River, surveys, 259
Milton, Mass., 342
Minucius Felix’s Octavius, and Tertullian’s Apology for the Primitive Christians, Rendered into English, 457, 468n
Miquelon, nr. Nfld., 98n
Missale Romanum, or, The Depth and Mystery of Roman Mass Laid Open and Explained (Daniel Brevint), 455, 458, 465n, 470n
Mitchell, John (cartographer)
identified, 228n
Map of the British and French Dominions in North America (1755), 226
Mobs. See under Crowd Action
Moderation of the Church of England Considered (Timothy Puller), 457, 468n
Moffat, Thomas, 347n
Molasses and Sugar
duties on, 31, 127, 161, 196, 203, See also Sugar Act (1764)
foreign, 127, 131, 196-98, 203-5
fraud, penalties for, 208n
seizures of, 197, 212, 244, 267, 283, 485, 505-6, 513-15
smuggling of, 125, 188, 195n-201, 205, 489, See also Smuggling
Monitions, 170
Monro, George, 31n
Monson, John, 207n
Montcalm, Marquis de, 31n
Montresor, John
identified, 37n
map of Castle William, 331
map of route from Quebec to Boston (1761), 36-37n, 42n, 80
Moose Lake (Moosehead Lake, Maine), 67-68
Morgan, James, 266-67, 509, 511
Bristol Co. justices, letter to, 266-67, 508
Morris, Charles
cartography, FB’s views on, 388
identified, 385n
mentioned, 411
plan of part of the province of Nova Scotia (1765), 388-89, 410
Morton, Thomas
Ezekiel’s Wheels. A Treatise Concerning Divine Providence, 458, 470n
Jackson, introduction to, 141
returning home, 140
Mount Desert Island Grant
Boston Gazette, criticism in, 167
confirmation, 7, 129, 139, 141
confirmation delayed, 111-12, 137-40
memorial concerning, 135, 140-41
mentioned, 7, 64, 73, 127, 131, 134, 215
Mount Desert Island, Maine
development of, 7, 111-12, 262, 491n
German settlers, 112, 138, 140-41, 215, 243, 262
survey of, 7
Murray, James
Acadians, relocation of, discusses with FB, 232-33, 261n
FB warns of Penobscots’ insurrection, 78
identified, 79n
letter from
listed, 527
received, 79
cited, 7, 79-80, 160n, 229, 251n, 261n
Maine survey (1764), described by FB, 80
maps of the Maine Survey (1764), by Miller, FB sends copies of, 233, 249, 251
and Penobscots, priest for, 92
proclamation on settlement of Quebec, 229
and Quebec surveys, 80
Toma, message to, as enclosure, 124
National Archives of the UK, 1
Native American Peoples. See also Indian Trade
conferences with, 79, 91, 132, 182n, See also Fort Pownall Conferences
demography, 67n
Jacobitism of, 132-33
future relations with, 180
Mashpees, 106
Mohawks, 124
Narragansetts, 101n
in Nova Scotia, 48, 178, 180-81
Oneidas, 124
Passamaquoddies. See under Passamaquoddies
Penobscots. See under Penobscots
Plan for Management of (1764), about, 181-82
and rum, 178
of St. Croix Bay, 151, 152, 158, 226-27
Stockbridge Indians, 180
Naval Office (Mass.)
fees of, 116-17, 153, 239, 238-40
fees table, as enclosure, 153
mentioned, 70n
shipping lists, about, 313n
Navigation Acts
seizures, governors’ entitlements to share of, 4, 54, 105, 298, 491
Nelson, Mehitabel, 25n
New Castle, Del., 39
New Discoverer Discovered by Way of Answer to Mr. Baxter (Thomas Pierce), 454, 463n
New England
constitutions of, 147
distances between major towns, 149
geography of, 259
and colonial government, reform of, 6
mentioned, 3, 129, 132, 190, 229
and Pontiac’s Rebellion, 36, 48-49
New England Coasting Pilot (Southack), 228n
New Hampshire
and colonial government, reform of, 146-49, 154, 155
and Stamp Act, opposition to, 346
New Jersey
and Pontiac’s Rebellion, 35-36, 48-49
New Jersey Assembly
provincial regiments, refuses to raise, 48-49
New London, Conn.
assembly, resolves, as enclosure, 443
New Swallow (brigantine), 53, 66, 71, 74, 77, 83, 305, 317, 347, 355
New Testament of Jesus Christ (William Fulke, et al.), 453, 461n
New York
British Army garrison at, 326
financial crisis (1759), 164
and colonial government, reform of, 154-56
seizures at, 54
Stamp Act Congress at, 285, 366, 380, 398, 404
New York Assembly
Bankruptcy Act (1763), 237, 241n
bills of credit passed, 167n
provincial regiments, refuses to raise, 35, 48-49
Stamp Act, petitions against, 175-76n, 185
New York, Province of
backcountry, 3
Pontiac’s Rebellion, 48-49
Newbury Street, Boston, 306n
Newbury, Mass.
division of, 88-89
mentioned, 62
representatives invalidated, election of, 89
Newfoundland, 209
New-Hampshire Gazette
mentioned, 297
Newichewannock River, N.H., 155
Newman, Samuel
Concordance to the Holy Scriptures, 453, 462
New-North Church, Boston, 38n
Newport Gazette
articles, reprints, 381
mentioned, 297
Newport Mercury
Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies (Soame Jenyns), reprints, 429
Pennsylvania assembly, address to governor, printed, 75n
“Philolutherus,” 382n
proclamations, prints, 54n
Rockingham ministry, formation reported, 300
Virginia resolves, prints, 296n
Newport, R.I., 39, 244, 255, 265, 346, 505-6, 512
Newspapers
information, sources of, as, 96, 300
as enclosures, 101, 347, 363, 366, 369, 375, 378, 381, 384, 400, 421, 429, 440
and government, opposition to, 6, 184, 295, 378, 387, 423, 428, 440
as historical sources, 21
libels in, 295-96
and New York Assembly, proceedings of, 49
in New York
and Britain, opposition to, 185, 381
peace negotiations with Indians, 49
on Pontiac’s Rebellion, 36
radicalism in, 100, 165, 297, 419
in Rhode Island, 45, 100, 111, 185, 295, 384
on smallpox inoculation, demand for, 38
stamped papers, printed without, 398
Newtonian Physics, 69
New-York Gazette
Indian raids, reports, 36
Nonexportation, 411
Nonimportation, 382n
Noodogawerimet, 182n
Norris, John
Christian Blessedness, or, Discourses Upon the Beatitudes, 458, 469n
Collection of Miscellanies, 456, 467n
North America, 30, 46, 73, 98, 114, 165, 478-79
North Briton, No. 45, 61n
North Carolina, 30
North End Gang, 306n, 422, 429n
Northampton, Mass., 81
Norton, Sir Fletcher
identified, 86n
Notarial Acts, 170
Nova Francia (Mark Lescarbot), 226, 228n
Nova Scotia, 72
and colonial government, reform of, 142, 154-55, 156
land grants in, 7, 72-74, 152, 410-12, See also St. Croix Bay Grants
mentioned, 42
secretary’s office, errors by, 410
settlement of, 6
Noyes, Belcher, 519
Nuton, Philop, 80
Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies (Soame Jenyns), 429n
Obligatione Conscientiae Praelectiones Decem Oxonii (Robert Sanderson), 458, 470n
Occasional Sermons (William Sancroft), 455, 465n
Of the Church Five Books (Richard Field), 453, 462n
Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (John Wilkins), 457
Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (John Wilkins, et al.), 468n
Of the Sacrament of Baptism (Gabriel Towerson), 455, 465n
Of the Sacraments in General (Gabriel Towerson), 455, 465n
Of Undissembled and Perservering Religion (Francis Bragge), 467n
Of Wisdom (Pierre Charron and George Stanhope), 455, 464n
Officium Hominis Cum Stylo (Richard Allestree), 458, 469n
Oil, 44
Oliver, Andrew
anonymous, letter from, 435
Avery’s house, meeting at, on, 441
and Board of Trade
acts passed, sends copies of, 65
and Boston politicians, 284
and Council, election to, 284-85
as councilor, 345n
“declaration” resigning as stamp distributor, 441
FB, concerned for, 436
FB’s views on, 284, 305, 440, 447
friends of, 436
intimidation of, 11, 302, 316, 339, 340, 398, 435, 440, 531
letters from, 531
as enclosure, 443
listed, 531
Mauduit, J., letter to
cited, 185n
as enclosure, 46
portrait of, 439
printers of Boston Gazette, letter to, 435
sons of, 437
Sons of Liberty, complies with demands, 436
Sons of Liberty, letter from, 435-36
and Stamp Act riot (14 Aug. 1765)
briefs FB, 307n
at Castle William, 302
concessions, makes, 315
further attacks feared but averted, 303-4
house attacked, 302, 337, 397, 422
murder allegations, 307n
proclamation concerning, 334
store house attacked, 302, 422
letters about, 306
as stamp distributor
appointment, 284, 299n, 301, 438
duties, 361
public resignation, 307n, 440-41
public resignation, “narrative” account of, 434-38, 441
resignation, 10, 303, 305, 361, 376, 391, 441
and stamped papers, 314-15
Treasury, letters to
read, 376
Whately, letter to, cited, 306, 336
Whatley, proclamations concerning Stamp Act riot, sends copies, 336
Oliver, Andrew, Jr., 205, 208n
Oliver, Brinley, 438n
Oliver, Daniel, 438n
Oliver, Peter (son of Andrew Oliver), 438n
Oliver, William Sanford, 438n
Oliver’s Dock, Boston, 307n
Ollyffe, John
Practical Exposition of the Church-Catechism, 455, 465n
On St. Paul’s Epistles (John Fell), 458, 469n
Orange Street, Boston, 306n
Oso (Penobscot squaw), 79n
Otis, James, Jr.
as Boston representative, 46n
representatives, disagrees with, 219
as counsel
for Boston, 445n-46n
for Fitch, 448
Council, insults, 398-99
and FB, 263n
FB, views on, about, 8
FB quotes, 381
FB responds to, 482n
FB’s views on, 8, 111, 219, 262-63, 362, 373, 390, 398-99, 423-24n, 482n
on governor’s salary, 101
and Hallowell, B., 343n
“Hampden,” 424n
Hutchinson, insults, 398
influence wanes, 263n
Mauduit, I., favors, 219
Mauduit, J., letter from, 218
mental illness of, 263n
merchants, represents, 273
on militia, 398
newspapers, writings in, 362-63n, 423, 426n
opinions reported, 398
on parliamentary supremacy, 480
on parliamentary taxation, 101
as political leader, 9
and Pope’s Day (1765), 429n
portrait of, 222
and province agent, election of, 219, 223n
recants radicalism, 263n
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 90, 92n, 111, 113n
as enclosure, 113
and Stamp Act (1765), resolves, 390
and Stamp Act Congress, 288n, 398
and Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), 344n
and writs of assistance, 173n
Otis, James, Sr., 353n
Otis, Joseph, 318n
Paddock, Adino, 349n
Pages, Solomon
Preservative Against Separation From the Church of England, 458, 470n
Paine, Robert Treat, 258n, 513-14
Paine, Timothy, 354n
Pallas, 434n
Palliser, Hugh
identified, 532n
letter to listed, 527
Palmer, Mr. (landlord), 324n
Papal Usurpation and Persecution (Thomas Bray), 453, 462n
Papers of Francis Bernard (Colin Nicolson), 1, 8, 13, 17
Parable of the Pilgrim Written to a Friend (Simon Patrick), 454, 463n
Paraphrase and Comment Upon the Epistles and Gospels (George Stanhope), 454, 464n
Pardons, 169
Parker, James, 382n
Parker, William
FB advises on prosecution of La Vray Amitie, 297-98
identified, 298n
letter from received, 297
letter to, 297-98
listed, 527
quoted, 298
as reply, 297
Parliament
and American Colonies
reimburses, 108
American representation in, 414-15, 418, 433, 482n-483n
authority of; See Parliamentary Authority
and colonial government, reform of, 415-16, 432-33
and governors, colonial, 308
members of, friends of FB, 150
mentioned, 31
petitions from
Massachusetts assembly, 175, 184
Stamp Act Congress, 404
proceedings of, reported, 87, 100
prorogations of, 109
sessions of, 113
and stamp duties, 9
taxation of American Colonies. See under Parliamentary Taxation
Parliament of England, Legislation
acts, citation of, 20
Bill of Rights (1689), 419n
Encouragement of Trade Act (1663), 54-55, 61, 63, 75, 105-6, 506
Navigation Act (1660), 54-55, 298
Plantation Trade Act (1695), 54, 113n
Plantation Trade Act (1696), 162, 167n
stamp acts, 168
Parliament of Ireland
acts, citation of, 20
Poyning’s Law (1494), 418n
Parliament of Scotland
after Act of Union (1707), 481n
acts, citation of, 20
Parliament, Legislation
acts of, relating to American Colonies, 52, 285
acts, citation of, 20
American Declaratory Act (1766), 418n, 482n
Bankrupts Act (1763), 241n
Coffee and Sugar Repealing Act (1765), 106
in colonial law books, 52
Currency Act (1764), 167n
Customs Act (1762), 3, 4, 30-31, 54-55, 62, 63, 75, 83, 105-6, 298
Customs Act (1765), 343n
Irish Declaratory Act (1720), 418n
Massachusetts Government Act (1774), 480
Molasses Act (1733)
enforce, orders to, 3, 29, 31n-32n
enforcement of, 3, 195, 201, 490-91
evasion of, 3
prosecutions under, 195, 197, 490
ready money payments, 207n
Paper Bills of Credit, American Colonies Act (1750), 288
Preservation of Woods Act (1733), 82
Stamp Act (1765). See under Stamp Act (1765)
Sugar Act (1764). See under Sugar Act (1764)
White Pines Act (1710), 82
Parliamentarians (English Civil War), 460
Parliamentary Authority
in American Colonies, 9, 208, 308, 367-68, 383, 414, 420, 433
and American independence, 432
and colonial legislatures, 414, 418
and legislative supremacy, 416, 433, 472, 482n
opposition to, 341, 360, 364, 368, 383, 386, 426
and Stamp Act, repeal of, 421
and trade, regulation of, 82
Parliamentary Taxation
and colonial legislatures, 9, 119
for defence of American Colonies, 474-75
duties, and trade, 237
Grenville announces, 114
as innovation, 10, 120, 308, 383, 413-14, 418
and rights and liberties, 184, 368, 373, 383, 390
Partridge, Oliver
and Stamp Act Congress, 288n
Passadamkeag, Maine, 79
Passamaquoddies, 93n, 122, 131-33, 177
and English language, 133
petition of, 124n
request priest, 122
Passamaquoddy Bay Grant, 231, 384
Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine, 6, 7, 42, 73, 152n, 177, 226-27, 373, 389
Passamaquoddy Island, Maine, 73
Passamaquoddy River, Maine
as boundary line, 74, 226-27, 384, 388-89
mentioned, 68, 144, 149, 159, 231, 249, 388, See also Schoodic River, Maine
Patrick, Simon
Continuation of the Friendly Debate, 469n
Friendly Debate Between a Conformist and a Non-Conformist, 470n
Further Continuation and Defence, or, Third Part of the Friendly Debate, 469n
Glorious Epiphany, With the Devout Christians Love to It, 455, 465n
Hearts Ease, or, Remedy Against All Troubles, 457, 469n
Jesus and the Resurrection Justified by Witnesses in Heaven and in Earth, 456, 467n
Jewish Hypocrisie, a Caveat to the Present Generation, 458, 470n
Mensa Mystica, or, A Discourse Concerning the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, 454, 464n
Parable of the Pilgrim Written to a Friend, 454, 463n
Search the Scriptures. A Treatise Shewing That All Christians Ought to Read the Holy Books, 458, 469n
“Patriotism! A Farce,” 113n
Patronage
Barrington and FB, 130n
FB as beneficiary, 2
reversionary appointment, 211
Paxton Riots, 75n
Paxton v. Gray (1761), 516
Paxton, Charles
as customs officer, 272
and FB, 5
house threatened, 323, 325, 429n
and Polly, seizure and prosecution of, 514, 519
Robinson, bails, 514
and Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), 338, 344n
and Taunton riot, 245, 265, 268n
Peach, Joseph
identified, 68n
map of the St. John’s River, N.S., (1761), 67n, 233
Pearl-Ash, 281n
Pearson, William
Sermons on Several Occasions, 455, 466n
Peate, John, 448
Pegge, S., 86n
Pelling, Edward
Discourse Concerning the Existence of God, 458, 469n
Pemberton, Benjamin
identified, 211n
memorial, 118n
Newcastle, letters to, cited, 410
Newcastle, writes to, 409
Pemble, William
Penitent Pardoned (John Goodman), 457, 468n
Penn, John
identified, 75n
Pennsylvania
mentioned, 36, 59, 108, 111n, 352
proprietors’ Indian policy, 75n
royal government, campaign for, 74-75n
Pennsylvania Assembly
address to governor, 75n
Pennsylvania Gazette
“Philolutherus” and “Philopatriae,” 382n
Penobscot Bay, Maine, 154-55
Penobscot River, Maine, 39, 47n, 51, 68, 78, 102, 104, 123, 133, 149, 155, 177, 249, See also Maps and Charts
marine ecology, 40n
Penobscot Township Grants, Maine
agents, 45
Board of Trade delays confirmation, 71, 105
confirmed by Crown, 44, 47n, 71, 106, 139
and General Court, 45, 47n, 51
grantees, 70
population of, 155-56
Privy Council, referred to, 106n
Penobscot, Maine
new colony in, 142, 148-49, 155
Penobscots. See also Indian Trade; Indian Affairs
Anglican missionary to, 123-24, 133
conferences with, 67n, See also Fort Pownall Conferences
demography of, 78
and English language, 133
insurrection of, 78-79
Jacobitism of, 134n
and Maine Survey (1764), 67-68, 79, 159
Massachusetts, relations with, 176, 181
request priest, 91-92, 122, 131-33
and Roman Catholicism, 123
Personal Reprobation Reprobated (Samuel Loveday), 458, 470n
Persuasive to an Ingenuous Tryal of Opinions in Religion (Nicholas Clagett), 454, 463n
Peterborough, Mass., 288n
Pharsalia, 403
Philadelphia, 39, 69, 74-75n, 186, 372n
Phillips, John
indentified, 311n
mentioned, 33
stamped papers, orders to secure, mentioned, 315
“Philolutherus,” 382n
“Philopatriae,” 382n
Philosophy, 69
Physicians, 38
Pierce, Thomas
New Discoverer Discovered by Way of Answer to Mr. Baxter, 454, 463n
Pierre Michael (Norridgewalk), 182n
Pietas et Gratulatio Collegii Cantabrigiensis Apud Novanglos Bostoni, Massachuttensium, 45
Piscataqua River, N.H., 149, 155
Pisgah-Sight of Palestine (Thomas Fuller), 453, 462n
Pitt, William, 128-29
Plan of the Bay and District of Passamaquoddy (Charles Morris), 389n
Plymouth Colony, 286
Plymouth County, Mass., 94
Plymouth, Mass., 32n
Pococke, Edward
Commentary on the Prophecy of Hosea, 453, 461n
Point Shirley Hospital, 38
about, 8, 12, See also BERNARD, FRANCIS:POLITICS
after Stamp Act Crisis, 8-9, 11, 13
Polly (sloop)
rescue of, 244, 251-58, 267, 502, 505-9
seizure and prosecution of, 244-45, 255, 265-67, 505-18
Polpoikilos Sophia, a Complete History or Survey of All the Dispensations and Methods of Religion (John Edwards), 455, 466n
Pontiac’s Rebellion, 35-36, 41, 50-51
Pope’s Day (5 Nov.)
(1764), 422
parades and processions, 397, 403n, 423
“Union Feast,” 423-24n
and Boston town meeting, 402n
drawing by Du Simitière, 425
Popple, Henry (cartographer)
Map of the British Empire in America (1753), 226
Portland, Duke of, 207n
Portsmouth, N.H., 146-49, 282, 297
imports from, 44
Potash, 281n
Pownalborough, Maine, 133
Pownall, John
“A State of the Grant of the Island of Mount Desert” (1764), FB sends copy, 141
acts of the General Court, FB sends copies, 66
advises FB not to leave Boston, 431
“An Enquiry into an Act of [3 Geo. 3, c. 22],” FB sends, 30
and assembly
answer to FB’s speech, FB sends copy, 395
FB explains speech, 365-66
FB reviews assembly’s response to Stamp Act Crisis, 365-66
meeting out of Boston, FB requests orders, 310
petition to Parliament, sent, 175
proceedings reported, 51-52
proceedings, FB sends copies, 60, 175
speeches and messages, FB sends copies, 278-79, 366, 375, 400
Atkinson, petition of, FB sends copy, 141
and Barrington, 215
Barrington, FB letter to, FB sends copy, 141
on Board of Trade approving FB’s conduct, 215
Board of Trade, FB letters to, FB sends copies, 77, 355, 378
Boston Evening-Post, FB sends copy, 401
Boston Gazette, FB sends copies, 100-01, 296, 313, 320n, 347, 362-63, 366, 375
Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser, FB sends copy, 400
Boston representatives, instructions to, FB sends copy, 101
and British ministers, 31, 431
BSETC, “State of Trade” (1763), FB sends copy, 52
on business, burden of, 215
Cambridge town meeting, votes and resolutions, FB sends copy, 378, 400
and colonial policymaking, 166, 343
and Colvill’s claim, 54
Constitutional Courant, FB sends copy, 381-82n
Council minutes, FB sends copies, 259, 355, 362-63, 400
“Defence of the Right of the American Governors to a third of seizures,” FB sends copies, 54, 75
FB obliged to “quit” province, 391
FB proposes
civil list, 405
commission to examine Temple’s complaint, 262
political strategy, 362
reform of colonial government, 100-1, 432-33
FB reports Stamp Act riots
(14 Aug. 1765), 307-10, 319-20
FB requests
advice on prosecution of newspaper libels, 295-96
Board of Trade, correspondence be presented to, 296, 428
Halifax, newspaper libels be referred to, 296
leave of absence, 391, 399-400
land grants, instructions concerning, 111-12
Mount Desert Island grant, confirmation of, 138
removal, 375
support in dispute with Temple, 243, 278
FB warns
government lacks authority, 343
of Otis and radicalism, 111, 262-63
friendship with FB, 5, 142, 262
governor’s oath, FB sends, 113
Halifax, FB letter to, FB sends copy, 141, 355
Hillsborough, FB letter to, FB sends copy, 141
House of Representatives, votes of, FB sends copy, 381
identified, 32n
ill-health of, 137
and Jackson, 346
Jackson, FB letter to, FB sends copy, 366, 375
Journals of the House of Representatives, FB sends copies, 66, 280, 381
letters from, 431
cited, 5, 16, 84, 263n, 279n-80n, 431n, 488
received, 137, 142n, 216, 262, 278, 280, 431
letters to, 137-39, 141, 175-76, 242-43, 259-60, 262-63, 278-79, 295-96, 307-11, 313, 319-20, 345-47, 355, 362-63, 365-66, 375, 380-81, 390-92, 395-401, 422-24, 432-34
Barnard and Harrison, carried by, 347
Board of Trade, considered by, 401
Board of Trade, read by, 104, 381
cited, 6-12, 18, 30-32, 47n, 53-55, 61n, 72, 77, 97n, 99, 111, 113, 130n, 140n-42n, 154, 167n, 171n, 185n, 207n, 209n, 221n, 243n, 248, 259n, 263n, 287n, 305-6n, 310-11, 313n, 320, 322, 335-36, 343, 347n, 355n, 360n, 364, 366, 370, 374, 378, 381, 384, 392n-95n, 403n, 406n, 422n, 424n, 429n, 431n, 444n, 448, 479-80, 482n
as enclosures, 54, 113, 141, 263, 378, 423-24
FB sends copies, 141, 263, 378, 381, 424
FB sends duplicates, 104, 111, 355, 423-24
FB sends triplicates, 319
for publication, 400
listed, 521-31
private, 307-10, 365, 424, 432-33
Privy Council, referred to, 401
as replies, 216, 262, 279n, 390, 431
Rockingham, Pownall sends to, 166, 310
secretary of state, referred to, 166
Select Letters, published in, 434
written in stages, 400
on MacIntosh, 431
map of a route from Fort Pownall to Quebec (1764), by Miller, FB sends, 243, 259
map of Penobscot Bay and the Maine Interior (1765), by Miller, FB sends, 227, 259
Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter, FB sends copies, 362, 378
mentioned, 30, 54, 66, 71, 75, 77, 92, 94, 104, 118, 201, 240, 287, 290, 305, 378, 410, 428
military assistance, advises FB on, 431
Most, J., to assist, 138
and Mount Desert Island grant, 144
expects confirmation, 130n, 139n, 137-39
meets Germans, 215
under consideration, 215
Newport Gazette, FB sends copy, 381
newspapers, FB sends copies, 296, 362, 398, 424
New-York Gazette, FB sends copy, 362
oath, certificate of taking, FB sends, 111
on Parliament’s attitude toward American Colonies, 215-16
plan of a passage from Penobscot by the Sebasticook River to Fort Halifax, FB sends, 243
plan of a road cut from Fort Pownall to St. George’s Fort, FB sends, 243
plan of Penobscot Bay and River, the Fox Islands, and the sea coast on the east side of the townships, FB sends, 243
plan of the Bay of Passamaquoddy and St. Croix, FB sends, 243, 259
plan of the Bay of St. Croix and a passage by the Passamaquoddy River to Fort Pownall, FB sends, 243
Pope’s Day crowd action, described by FB, 396-99, 422-24
“Principles of Law and Polity” (1764), FB sends copies, 98, 100-1, 432, 434, 480
proclamation relative to the fees of public offices, FB sends copy, 118
proclamations concerning Stamp Act riots, FB sends copies, 335-36, 347
Public Offices Bill (1765), FB sends copy, 396
public offices, campaign to re-open, reported by FB, 390-91, 395-96
Representation on a Rescue at Taunton, FB sends copies, 248, 259-60
Rhode Island newspapers, FB sends copies, 111, 113
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), FB sends copies, 111, 113
“seditious papers,” FB sends copies, 380
snake emblem (“Join or Die”), FB sends copy, 381
Stamp Act Congress, resolves of, FB sends copy, 401
Taunton riot, FB sends papers concerning, 257
on Temple’s complaint to Treasury, 216, 279
The Times: A Poem (Church), FB sends copies, 400
Virginia Resolves (1765), FB sends copy, 395
Waldo patent, dispute reported by FB, 102-5
Pownall, Mary (wife of John Pownall), 215
Pownall, Thomas
Administration of the Colonies, 481n
FB’s concerns about, 280
identified, 61n
letters to
listed, 525
and Nova Scotia land grants, 60-61, 280, 410
Principles of Polity being the Grounds and Reasons of Civil Empire, 481n
Rockingham, delivers FB’s letters to, 310
and St. Croix Bay grants, 61n, 150, 152, 228
Poyning’s Law, 415
Poynings, Edward, 418n
Pietas et Gratulatio Collegii Cantabrigiensis Apud Novanglos Bostoni, Massachuttensium, 47n
Practical Christianity (Richard Lucas), 456, 467
Practical Discourse Concerning Death (William Sherlock), 455, 464n
Practical Discourse Concerning Swearing (William Wake), 458, 470n
Practical Exposition of the Church-Catechism (John Ollyffe), 455, 465n
Practical Treatise of the Regulation of the Passions (Francis Bragge), 456, 467n
Praelectiones Theologicae (Anthony Tuckney), 454, 462n
Pratt, Benjamin, 491
Preble, Jedidiah, 80, 103, 105n, 182n
Preble, John, 79
and Maine survey (1764), 80, 92
mentioned, 78
Preservative Against Quakerism (Patrick Smith), 457, 468n
Preservative Against Separation From the Church of England (Solomon Pages), 458, 470n
Price, Mr., 137
Price, William
Map of Boston, 309
Primitiae Sacre. The Reflections of a Devout Solitude (John Disney), 455-56, 466n
Primitive Christianity (William Cave), 457, 467n
Principles of Polity being the Grounds and Reasons of Civil Empire (Thomas Pownall), 481n
Pringle, James
identified, 532n
letters to listed, 530
Private Thoughts Upon Religion, Digested into Twelve Articles (William Beveridge), 455, 464n
Private Thoughts: in Two Parts (William Beveridge), 469n
Privy Council
and boundary disputes between Massachusetts and New York, 294
clerical errors, 410
House of Representatives’ proceedings of, considers, 287
Little, Abigail (1764), act to enable, disallows, 95
Mount Desert Island grant, delays confirming, 6, 71, 113n, 130n, 139
Penobscot township grants, delays confirming, 106
FB’s correspondence, considers, 12
Temple’s complaint about FB, dismisses, 216, 488
Proclamation of Peace (1763), 25n
Proclamation for requiring all Justices of the Peace to bring to Justice Persons concerned in the unlawful proceedings [of 14 Aug. 1765] (Governor and Council), 335-36
paper “stuck up” in response to, 308
Proclamation for requiring all Justices of the Peace to bring to Justice Persons concerned in the unlawful proceedings [of 26 Aug. 1765] (Governor and Council), 335-36
Providence Gazette
letters, reprints, 402n
Pennsylvania assembly, address to governor, printed, 75n
proclamations, prints, 54n
Providence, R.I., 52
Province Agent. See also Jackson, Richard; Mauduit, Jasper
accounts of, problems in, 234
appointment, procedure for, 90
and government interests, 221
House of Representatives, letter from, 263, 295
instructions for, 29, 31, 44, 101, 119
joint agents proposed, 217
payments to, 406n
special agent, election of, 43-44, 46, 224-26, 404-5
and Stamp Act Crisis, 383-84
Province Charter (1691), 90, 146, 365
Province House, Boston, 61, 246, 264, 304n, 341, 404, 430, 447, 492, 517
and Stamp Act riots, 311n, 313, 323
Province Seal, 169, 171n, 248, 490
Province Secretary of Massachusetts. See also Oliver, Andrew
Board of Trade, sends copies of
acts of the General Court, 287, 290
Council minutes, 290
Journals of the House of Representatives, 290
treasurer’s accounts, 290
office mentioned, 96, 169, 448
province agent, corresponds with, 90
Province Treasurer of Massachusetts
mentioned, 282
treasurer’s notes, 108
Province Treasury, 428
Public Finances, 108-9, 163, 288, 291n, 414
about, 109
and parliamentary taxation, 414
public debt, 8
and specie, 164
taxes, provincial, 109
Puffendorf, Samuel, 469n
Puller, Timothy
Moderation of the Church of England Considered, 457, 468n
Puritans, English, 393n
Putnam, James, 275n
Quebec, 34, 42, 67, 68, 79-80, 91-92, 154, 192n, 232
Quincy, Josiah. Jr., 446n
Rainsford Island, Boston Harbor, 38n
Raleigh, Walter
History of the World, 453, 461n
Rawlet, John
Treatise of Sacramental-Covenanting With Christ, 457, 468n
Reade, Charles
identified, 532n
letter to listed, 527
Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion (Robert Jenkin), 456, 467n
Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church of England (Benjamin Hoadly), 456, 467n
Reeves, William
Apologies of Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and Minutius Felix in Defence of the Christian Religion, 455, 465n
Reformation of Manners Promoted by Argument, in Several Essays (Samuel Walker), 455, 465n
Refutation of the Atheistical Notion of Fate (John Harris), 463n
Refutation of the Objections Against the Attributes (John Harris), 463n
Registers, 169
Regulations lately Made concerning the Colonies and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, Considered (Thomas Whately), 418n
Relation of a Conference Held About Religion at London (Gilbert Burnet), 457, 467n
Relation of the Conference Between William Laud, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Fisher the Jesuit (William Laud and John Fisher), 453
Religion, 459
liberty of, 219
Protestant nonconformists, 460
Protestant theology, 460
Roman Catholic priests, 33, 34
Religion and Reason Adjusted and Accorded (R. R. Banks), 458, 470n
Religious Perfection or A Third Part of the Enquiry After Happiness (Richard Lucas), 456, 466n
Replications, 172n
Reply to Jesuit Fisher’s Answer (Francis White), 453, 461n
Request, Letters of, 170
Rhode Island
and Acadians, 190
assembly, 394
governor, 208
Stamp Act, resolves against, 390, 393n
fees acts, 242n
and colonial government, reform of, 146-48, 154-55
and king’s attorney general, 238
Molasses Act (1733), criticism of, 53n
parliamentary authority, opposition to, 52, 100, 185, 295
Stamp Act, opposition to, 423
Stamp Act riots, 347n
Rice, George
as co-signatory, 106
identified, 106n
Richardson and Henry Dodwell, John
Canon of the New Testament Vindicated, 457, 468n
Richmond, Ezra
identified, 268n
and Taunton riot, 258n, 266-67, 506-10, 513, 519
and writs of assistance, 268n, 516n
Rights of Colonies Examined (Stephen Hopkins), 47n
Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (James Otis Jr.), 90, 92, 113n
as enclosure, 113
Rivers, James
identified, 139n
mentioned, 137
Rivière Chaudière. See under Chaudière River
Rivière des Etchemins, 227
Roberts, Benjamin
Cockle, letter to
as enclosure, 487
identified, 128n
Roberts, John
identified, 429n
Robicheau (Acadian leader)
identity and role, 97n
Robins, Jacques
and Board of Trade, 97n
identified, 97n
mentioned, 96
Robinson, John (Boston merchant), 63
Robinson, John (customs officer)
American Board of Customs Commissioners, appointed to, 272
in Boston, 264
and Bristol Co. justices
complains to FB about, 517, 519
lack of assistance from, 265, 267-68, 510-11, 514
as co-signatory, 267, 506, 509
deposition on Taunton Riot (1765), 264-65, 268, 517-20
enclosures to, 520
FB reminds him of duties, 272n
FB’s complaint, responds to, 517-18, 520
letters from, 265-68
cited, 258n, 259n, 265, 268, 515n, 516n, 520n
as enclosure, 265
listed, 526
as replies, 264
letters to, 264
as enclosure, 271
listed, 526
marries, 412n
“Narrative of the Proceedings relating to the sloop Polly” (1765), 505-6
and Polly, prosecution of, 244, 265, 270-71, 517
and Auchmuty, 517
and Russell, 517
and Temple, 517
and Polly, seizure and rescue of, 244, 255-56, 507
FB demands account, 264
reported to FB, 265
on Russell, 271
sends messenger, 246
sued by Smith, 244
and Stamp Act riots, 346-47n
and Taunton riot
on Antrobus, 510-11
armed resistance, warns of, 249n
Bristol Co. justices, response of, 268n
conducts searches, 256
military assistance, considers, 248
reports, 266-68
writs of assistance, requests, 249, 256, 267
and Temple, 245, 264, 271, 518
Temple, letters to, 245, 507, 510-11
FB receives, 246
FB returns, 244
Rockingham Ministry
imperial reform, FB hopes for, 387
Stamp Act riots, reponds to, 12
Temple’s complaints about FB, dismisses, 272
Rockingham Whigs, 86n
Rockingham, Marquess of, 13, 207n, 290, 300
Rogers, John
Twelve Sermons, Preached Upon Several Occasions, 456, 467n
Roman Catholicism, 123-24n, 233n
Rowe, John
and Boston committee, 444
expences relating to stamped papers, 447
identified, 449n
on storm, 281
Rowe’s Wharf, Boston, 349n
Roxbury, Mass., 339
Royal Exchange Tavern, Boston, 307, 311n, 347n, 423-24n
Royal Government. See under Government, Royal
Royal Navy
and Customs Act (1762), 3-4, 31, 55
masts from white pines, 82
North Atlantic Station, 4
officers fail to consult FB, 283
officers liaise with Temple, 283
officers mentioned, 4, 55, 75, 195, 197, 244, 246, 256, 282, 506, 510, 517
seizures, entitlement to shares of, 4, 31, 55, 106
smuggling, operations against, 4
Royalism, 460
Ruddock, John, 444n
Ruggles, Timothy
character of, 373
and FB, 372
letter to, 372-73
listed, 530
mentioned, 367n
and potash, 281n
speech, FB sends copy, 373
and Stamp Act Congress, 288n
Rule and Exercises of Holy Living (Jeremy Taylor), 453-54, 461n, 464n
Russell, Chambers
character of, 117, 163, 270-71
and Cockle, 198
and FB, 55
Freemason, on prosecution of, 62, 64n
identified, 63n
informers, and payments to, 273
Robinson and, 265, 271, 517-18
Temple, answers criticism by, 198
Temple, letter to
cited, 488n
as enclosure, 201
Russell, Joseph, 370n
Sagadahoc River, Maine (Androscoggin River), 146
Sagadahoc, Territory of
and colonial government, reform of, 6, 142-43, 148-49, 155-58, 227
jurisdiction disputed, 47n
mentioned, 45, 50-51, 105, 155, 178
Salem, Mass.
Anguilla, imports from, 485
association, 382n
mentioned, 31n-32n, 207n, 310, 327, 380, 382n, 428, 485
seizure and prosecution of, 53n, 55, 195-96, 199
Saltonstall, Richard
defies local opposition, 352, 354n, 358
identified, 328n
instructions, FB sends, 327
cited, 18, 328, 344n, 354n-56n, 358, 370n
as enclosure, 327
orders to discharge militia company, 358
orders to raise militia company, 327-32, 352
popularity of, 352
recruiting orders, accepts, 328
sheriff of Essex County, appointed, 328
on Stamp Act, 327
Sancroft, William
as nonjuror, 460
Sanderson, Robert
Obligatione Conscientiae Praelectiones Decem Oxonii, 458, 470n
Twenty Sermons Formerly Preached, 453, 462n
Sandwich, Earl of, 139n
Saul and Samuel at Endor (Daniel Brevint), 457, 468n
Saunders, Bradbury, 92n
letter to listed, 531
Sauro Woraromogasa, 92
Saxony (Holy Roman Empire), 141
Scaeva, 403n
Scholastical History of the Canon of the Holy Scripture or The Certain Indubitate Books Thereof . . . (John Cosin), 454, 462n
Schoodic River, Maine, 388
Scott, John
Sermons Upon Several Occasions, 457, 468n
Search the Scriptures. A Treatise Shewing That All Christians Ought to Read the Holy Books (Simon Patrick), 458, 469n
Sebem Lake, Maine, 243, 249, See also under Moose Lake
Secker, Thomas, 121
FB seeks aid for Harvard College, 121
identified, 122n
letters to, 121-22
cited, 8
listed, 523
Second Essay Upon the Execution of the Laws Against Immorality and Prophaneness (John Disney), 456, 466n
Secretary of State
and Colvill’s claim, 53
filing system, 16
letters referred to, 31
letters to considered, 50, 300
Seizures
in America, 53
and compounding, 198, See under Compounding
and duties, payment of, 487
FB views on, 193-94
frequency of, 272
Hallowell, by, 212
HMS Fortune, by, 52
and informers, 273
La Vray Amitie, 282-83, 297-98
at Newbury, 209
Polly, 244, 251, 255-56, 265, 269, 505-10, 517-19
prosecution, mode of, about, 127
prosecutors’ shares, 31, 53-54, 62-63, 75-76, 83, 105, 134
Rhoda, 52
Select Discourses (John Smith), 454, 463n
Select Letters (FB), xxv
Sentences, 169-70
Separation of Churches From Episcopal Government (Henry Dodwell), 454, 462n
Sermon Preached at the Reviving of the General Meetings (William Wake), 466n
Sermon Preached Before the King and Queen (William Wake), 466n
Sermon Preached Before the Lord-Mayor and Court of Alderman (William Wake), 466n
Sermons (Henry Hammond), 453, 461n
Sermons and Essays Upon Several Subjects (William Whiston), 455, 465n
Sermons on Several Occasions (William Pearson), 455, 466n
Sermons on Several Subjects (William Beveridge), 455, 464n
Sermons on Special Occasions and Subjects (John Edwards), 455, 466n
Sermons on the Attributes of God (Daniel Whitby), 456, 467n
Sermons Preached (William Wake), 456
Sermons Preached (George Stanhope), 456, 466n
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions (Benjamin Calamy), 457, 468n
Sermons Upon Several Occasions (John Scott), 457, 468n
Seventeen Sermons (William Clagett), 456, 466n
Several Discourses (Thomas Sherlock), 467n
Several Discourses Concerning the Terms of Acceptance With God (Benjamin Hoadly), 467n
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church (Thomas Sherlock), 470n
Several Miscellaneous and Weighty Cases of Conscience Learnedly and Judiciously Resolved (Thomas Barlow), 458, 469n
Several Sermons Upon Useful Subjects (William Sherlock), 455, 464n
Sewall, Samuel, 444n
Seymour, Henry, 86n
Shaeffer, John Martin, 141, 216n
Sharp, John
Sheaffe, Edward, 282
Sheaffe, William
letter to cited, 430
Shelburne, Earl of
Board of Trade, president of, as, 140n
mentioned, 15
secretary of state, appointed, 140n
Shelden, Christopher, 54n
Shelton, William
Discourse of Superstition, 458, 469n
Sherlock, Thomas
mentioned, 470n
Several Discourses, 467n
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church, 470n
Sherlock, William
Discourse Concerning a Judge of Controversies in Matters of Religion, 454, 462n
Practical Discourse Concerning Death, 455, 464n
Several Sermons Upon Useful Subjects, 455, 464n
Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and Ever Blessed Trinity, 454, 463n
Sherriff William
Gage, letter from, delivers, 349, 363, 367
Gage, reports to, 360
identified, 351n
mentioned, 359
Shipbuilding, 155
Ships’ Captains, 31, 43, 53, 54n, 63, 66, 71, 74, 77, 83, 88, 127, 190-91, 195-96, 206, 223-24, 244, 266, 305, 307, 310, 315, 317, 347, 353, 355, 364, 374-75, 448, 495-96, 505, 508
Shirley, William
identified, 532n
Signals, 325
Sixty Five Sermons (Ralph Brownrig), 453, 461n
Small, John.
identified, 37n
maps of the Kennebec River and the Penobscot River (1760), 36
Smallpox Epidemic (1764), 38, 40, 43, 50, 96, 107n, 289
Smallpox Inoculation, 37-38
Smith (ship’s captain), 310
Smith, Henry, 310, 311, 320, 342, 347
Smith, Job
Customhouse, enters cargo at, 505
friends and neighbors of, 512
justices of the peace show favor, 513-14
ready to pay duties, 514
Robinson makes example of, 514
Robinson, arrests and sues, 246, 504, 509-10
as smuggler, 510-11
son of, 509-10
stores searched, 267, 268, 509-15
Smith, John (theologian)
Smith, John (innholder)
deposition cited, 499-500
Smith, Patrick
Preservative Against Quakerism, 457, 468n
Smuggling, 208-9, 272-73, 282-83, See also Molasses and Sugar:smuggling of
and compounding, 5
Dutch tea, 208
into Newbury, 209
penalties, 127, See also Compounding
into York, 209
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG), 78, 121-24, 133
Some Sermons Preached on Several Occasions (Gilbert Burnet), 457, 469n
Some Thoughts Concerning the Several Causes and Occasions of Atheism, Especially in the Present Age (John Edwards), 456, 466n
Somerset v. Stewart (1772), 444
Sons of Liberty
about, 370
Oliver, letter to, quoted, 435-36
and Oliver’s public resignation, 440
South Battery, Boston, 348-49
South Carolina, 351n
South End Gang, 306n, 422, 429n
South, Robert
Animadversions Upon Dr. Sherlock’s Book . . . A Vindication of the Holy and Ever-Blessed Trinity, 463n
Southack, Cyprian
Actual Survey of the Sea Cost from New York to the I. Cape Briton, 228
identified, 228n
New England Coastal Pilot (1758), 226
Sovereignty, 472
imports from, 44
Spencer, John
Discourse Concerning Prodigies, 458, 470n
Spicer, John
identified, 60n
Spirits, 170
Spiritual Refining (Anthony Burgess), 453, 461n
Spry, William
identified, 266n
St. Croix Bay
mentioned, 158
St. Croix Bay Grants
about, 152
applications for, 298, 356, 410-11
documentation, errors in, 411
and colonial government, reform of, 156
jurisdiction, problems concerning, 143, 152, 226-27, 299, 356, 388, 410
location of, 150-51, 226, 231, 280, 388, 389, 412n, See also See also Boundary Disputes between Massachusetts and:Nova Scotia
memorial for, 61n
Stamp Act riots, plans disrupted by, 357
survey of, 357
terms and conditions of, 72, 150-51, 299
St. Croix River. See also Maps and Charts
as boundary line, 6, 61, 67, 71, 74, 139, 143, 151, 410
location of, 151, 152n, 226-27, 231, 384, 388-89, 410
mentioned, 67, 68, 144, 146, 149-51, 357
St. Domingue (Fr. W.I.), 191-92n, 223n, 261
St. John’s River, N.S, 7, 67, 149, 155, 233, 249
St. John’s, Nfld., 41, 67, 349
St. Lawrence River, 42, 45, 48, 50-51, 78, 177
St. Pierre (nr. Nfld.), 209
St. Stephen, N.B., 390n
Stamp Act (1765), See also Stamped Papers
court pleadings, duty on, 171
distributors, 299n
drafted, 114
duties levied, 171-73
effect, takes, 12
implementation of, 308, 347, 351, 353, 357, 390, 392, 396, 420
and assembly, 366-70, 381, 419-21, See also Assembly (the Council and the House of Representatives):Stamp Act, implementation of
submission to, 420
mentioned, 9, 114n, 343, See under Stamp Act (1765)
official imprint, 393n
opposition to
in American Colonies, 6, 414-15
in assembly, 280, 365, 368, 394, See also Assembly (the Council and the House of Representatives):Parliament, petition to
in Boston, 10, 82, 304, 311, 321, 338, 340, 362, 365, 420, 437, 443
discussed, 1, 90, 280, 301-2, 366, 390, 413, 426
in Massachusetts, 297n, 340, 352, 356, 367
and public offices, 438, 442-45
and royal instruments, 171
stamped papers. See under Stamped Papers
taxation, and parliamentary, 120, 171, 184
Stamp Act Congress
dates, 92n
FB views on, 285
mentioned, 285-87, 366, 372-73, 398, 404-5
resolves
about, 401n
as enclosure, 401
Stamp Act Riot, Boston (14 Aug. 1765)
approved by “principal people,” 337
and assembly, 311n
British regulars, rumors about, 308
commemorated, 397
Council deliberations, 301-3
visit Province House, 304, 311n, 417
effigies, 301-2
Fort Hill bonfire, 303-4
leaders and organizers, 304
and militia, 303
Oliver’s house and store attacked, 302, 307n
proclamation concerning, 334-35, 528
as enclosure, 335
listed, 528
reward and pardon for information, 334
Stamp Act Riot, Boston (26 Aug. 1765)
Boston town meeting disapproves, 344n
Castle William threatened, 326, 332
Crown officers, 323
proclamation concerning, 336
further disturbances feared, 346
grievances of mob, 337
Hallowell’s house destroyed, 323, 325, 338
houses targeted, sequence of, 324n-325
Hutchinson’s house destroyed and looted, 323-25, 338-39
loyal associations, 380
military patrols, 326, 332, 362
mob gathers, 337
organization of, 311
Paxton’s house visited by mob, 323, 338
proclamation concerning, 335-36
listed, 528
reward and pardon for information, 336
reports arrive in London, 306
Story’s house attacked, 323, 325, 338
Vice Admiralty papers burnt, 323, 325, 338
Stamp Act Riots
aftermath of, 351-53, 356, 359
and American Colonies, 346
British government deliberates, 376, 387
compensation for victims. See under Compensation, Stamp Act Riots
and Council, 315-16
Crown officers threatened, 321
discussed, 9-10, 11, 17, 166, 282, 290
distinctions made between the two riots, 340
friends of government, intimidation of, 316
law enforcement, weakness of, 345n
military assistance after, 323-26, 332-33, 367-68, 431
militia orders respecting, 348
organization of, 306n
reports of, about, 12
Rhode Island, 346-47
rioters arrested, 340, 345n, 351n
stamped papers threatened, 314-15
and volunteer guard, 345-46, 362
Stamp Acts, History of, 168n
Stamp Distributors, 361, 364, 376, 434, 447, See also Oliver, Andrew
Stamp Office, 361
Stamp Tax
and colonial assemblies, 120
news of, 479
and Parliament, 113, 114, See also Parliamentary Taxation
Stamped Papers
arrival of, 312, 314-15, 325, 364, 366, 368
orders concerning, 325
delivery of, 364
failure of, 447-49
Treasury orders, 376
expenses concerning, 447-48
and governor, 354n
disputes about, 428
security of, 314-16
usage, FB’s views on, 445
Stanhope, George
Boylean Lectures, 454
Of Wisdom (trans.), 455
Paraphrase and Comment Upon the Epistles and Gospels, 454, 464n
Success of the Gospel a Proof of Its Divine Authority, 464n
Stephens, Philip
letter to, as enclosure, 276
Stillingfleet, Edward
Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome, 457, 467n
Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome, 457, 467n
Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity of the Doctrine of the Trinity (Edward Stillingfleet), 457, 467n
Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, 454, 464n
Unreasonableness of Separation, 454, 463n
Stipulations, 170
Stockbridge, Mass., 183n
Story, William
house attacked, 323, 325, 338, 429n
proclamation concerning, 335
identified, 324n
merchants, deposition concerning, 343n
Stuart, Gilbert
Temple, portrait of, 126
Stuart, James Francis Edward, 132, 134n
Success of the Gospel a Proof of Its Divine Authority (George Stanhope), 464n
Sufficiency of a Standing Revelation (Offspring Blackall), 463n
Sugar Act (1764)
aims, 31
fraud, penalties for, 208n
repeal of, 13
scope of, 9
seizures, governor’s entitlement to share of, 98n
and Vice Admiralty court, 270
Summonses, 170
Superior Court of Massachusetts
and public offices, closure of, 12, 183
and writs of assistance, 4, 245, 247, 254, 267, 509
Swansea River, Mass., 255, 505
Swift, Henry, 403n, 422, 424n, 429n
Sydenham, Humphrey
Five Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, 454, 464n
Symbolon Theologikon, or, A Collection of Polemical Discourses (Jeremy Taylor), 453, 462n
Syntagma Theologicum (Henry Hibbert), 453, 461n
Tatamagouche Bay, N.S., 145n
Taunton, 245
Taunton Riot (1765)
about, 244
and Bristol Co. justices of the peace, 256, 513-14
discussed, 251-58
and militia, 247, 251, 254-55, 257
Taunton River, Mass., 244, 256, 266-67, 506-8
Taxation, 163-64, See also Public Finances; Parliamentary Taxation
Taylor, Jeremy
Antiquitates Christianae, 453, 462n
Ductor Dubitantium, or, The Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures, 453, 462n
Rule and Exercises of Holy Living, 453, 454, 461n, 464n
Symbolon Theologikon, or, A Collection of Polemical Discourses, 453, 462n
Temple, Earl, 202n
Temple, John
affidavits, as enclosures, 487
Anguilla, investigates imports to Salem from, 32n
and Antrobus
letter from, FB returns, 244
letter to, as reply, 516n
views on, 502
letter to
cited, 488n
as enclosure, 487
views on, 499
and Board of Customs Commissioners
Abrahams, affidavit, sends, 487
affidavits, sends, 487
Auchmuty, Temple’s letter to, sends, 487
Cockle, declaration, sends, 487
Cockle, Temple’s letter to, sends, 487
collectors of the Northern District, letter to, sends, 487
FB and Cockle, complains of, 216, 502-4, 488
FB, letter to, sends, 487
Gumbs and Roberts, letter to Cockle, sends, 487
cited, 128n, 131, 207, 216, 248, 258, 500n, 520
as enclosure, 515
Privy Council, referred to, 488
Treasury, referred to, 488
“Narrative of the Proceedings relating to the sloop Polly” (Robinson), sends copy, 502, 520
Oliver, letter to, sends copy, 502
Robinson, deposition, sends copy, 520
Robinson, letter to FB, sends copy, 265
“State of the Riot and Robbery at Taunton, Massachusetts,” sends, 504
Toovey, affidavits, sends, 487
on Bristol Co. justices, 513-14
career of, 25n
and Cockle
absences of, 498
accounts, 189
on Anguilla clearances, 125, 485
Cockle’s Answer, comments on, 498-500
dismisses, 207
on extortion and fraud of, 488n, 499
on FB, collusion with, 125, 486, 498-99
secrecy of, 498
suspends, 131, 136, 189, 198, 488
suspicious of, 131
collectors, letters to, as enclosures, 487
on compounding, 486-87
condemnation, receives share of, 499
and Council, 248, 251, 254, 503
and Customhouse, reopening of, 430, 438
and Customs Act (1763), prosecutions under, 4
customs officers, relations with, 3, 127, 212-14, 277
duels with customs officer, 213
and FB
Antrobus and Robinson, letters from, sends copies, 512
arguments between, 246-48, 254
operational differences, 4, 5, 127, 131, 200, 212, 213, 271
plans counter-offensive against, 201
relations with, discussed, 4-5, 115, 136-37, 174, 187, 194, 201, 209, 272
views on, 5, 131, 248, 254, 512-15
FB’s views on, 136, 174, 187, 194, 213, 242, 248, 257, 262, 271
writes to FB, 502
friends in England, 207
and Grenville, 193-201, 216, 499
Hale, argument with, 212-13, 277
Hallowell, dispute with, 212
and Hutchinson-Oliver letters, 214n
identified, 25n
informers, dislikes using, 273
and Jackson
complains of FB, 189, 201, 279
influence with, 279
letter to
cited, 189
quoted, 201
letters from, 524
acknowledged, 130, 244-45, 430
cited, 5, 131n, 207, 244n, 248n, 487
as enclosures, 487
listed, 524
as replies, 125, 127, 130, 244-45, 251, 258n, 430
mentioned, 12
and merchants, 213
Molasses Act (1733), orders enforcement of, 3, 31n, 207n
“Narrative of the Proceedings relating to the sloop Polly” (Robinson), FB returns, 244
Oliver, letter to
cited, 255
quoted, 258n
and Polly
seizure and rescue of, 505-7
portrait of, 126
proclamation requesting information on smuggling, 54n
Representation on a Rescue at Taunton, received from FB, 248
on revenue, loss of, 487
and Rhoda, rescue of, 52
Robinson and Antrobus
letters from, FB returns, 244
letter to, 512
about, 258n
and Robinson
letters from
cited, 502-3
sends to FB, 245
letter to, as reply, 516n
Taunton riot, Robinson reports, 502-3
Royal Navy, relations with, 282
and Russell, C.
letter from, as enclosure, 487
letter to
cited, 488n
Salem Customhouse, investigates, 131
and Sally, seizure and prosecution of, 195-97, 200
“State of the Riot and Robbery at Taunton, Massachusetts,” 505-15
as enclosure, 504
as surveyor general of the Customs for the Northern District, 3
and Taunton riot
armed resistance, fears, 249n
correspondence concerning, 245, 515
FB, informs, 251
justices of the peace, criticizes, 504, 511-12
militia raised, wants, 248n, 254
on search for contraband, 508
on writs of assistance, 247, 254
temper of, 212
and Treasury
Dowse’s representation, sends, 248n
FB and Cockle, complains about, 5, 125-27, 174, 197-200, 485, 502
FB, complaint about
at Board of Trade, 216
under consideration, 215-16
and Conway, 300
evidence submitted, 487
Privy Council receives, 216
and Rockingham administration, 272
reports on Taunton riot, 502-3
requests advice on recovery of duties, 487
and Whately, W.
corresponds with, 114
duel with, 214n
Temple, Robert, 25n
Temple, Sir William, 407n
Introduction to the History of England, 407n
Terry, Moses, 311n
Terry, Sarah, 311n
Tertullian
Apology for the Primitive Christians, 457, 468n
Thacher, Oxenbridge
as Boston representative, 46n, 102n
as lawyer, 173
The Times: A Poem (Church)
preface quoted, 407n
Theologia Veterum (Peter Heylyn), 453, 462n
Thesaurus Theologicus, or, A Complete System of Divinity (William Beveridge), 455, 464
Thomas & Samuel (ship), 400
Thomas, Abigail, 94
Thomas, Edward, 94
Thomas, George
identified, 500n
letters to
Thomas, Isaac, 93-94
Thomas, Isaac, Jr., 94
Thomas, Mary, 94
Thomas, Ruth, 94
Thorndike, Herbert
Discourse of the Right of the Church in a Christian State, 458, 469n, 470n
Just Weights and Measures That Is, the Present State of Religion Weighed in the Balance, 454, 463n
Two Discourses on the Primitive Church, 457
Thoroton, Thomas
identified, 152n
and St. Croix Bay grants, 150, 152, 228, 410
Threnoikos. The House of Mourning (Daniel Featley), 453, 461n
Toma (Penobscot sachem)
mentioned, 78-79
Murray, message from, cited, 124
priest, requests, 78
Tonge, Ezerel
Jesuitical Aphorisms, 453, 461n
Toovey, Sampson
affidavit
cited, 131
as enclosure, 487
quoted, 189n
and Cockle, 496
FB and Cockle take bribes, 131
Temple, assists, 190n
Temple, recommended to, 499
Tories, 460
Tory Party (England), 84, 86n, 297n, 347n, 460
Towerson, Gabriel
Explication of the Catechism of the Church of England, 453, 462n
Of the Sacrament of Baptism, 455, 465n
Of the Sacraments in General, 455, 465n
Town House, Boston, 302n, 306n, 307n, 311n, 337, 398-99, 403n, 420, 423, 443
Towns. See also Penobscot Township Grants; Boston; Cambridge; Charlestown; Marblehead; Newbury; Roxbury; Salem; Taunton
and Acadians, 34
government, support for, 428
Molasses Act, petition against, 29, 32n
Townsend, Gregory, 411-12n
Trade Laws, Enforcement of
discussed, 4, 199, 208, 283, See also Compounding
informers, 272-73
and Royal Navy, 3-4
seizures, profits to officials from, 4
Trade, Colonial
with foreign colonies, 164-165
with Great Britain, 29-30, 164
illicit. See under Smuggling
imports, 44, See also Massachusetts:imports
molasses. See under Molasses:imports
as ships’ stores, 206
and Molasses Act (1733), 161
Treasury
Halifax, FB’s letters to, receives, 201, 275
Oliver, letters from, reads, 376
and Privy Council
FB’s correspondence, refers to, 207
Temple’s correspondence, refers to, 488
“Proceedings relative to the Robbery at Taunton,” received from FB, 248
Representation on a Rescue at Taunton, Bristol Co., Mass., received from FB, 248
and stamp distributors
orders FB to assist, 361
orders to governors concerning, 376
and stamped papers
FB unable to comply with orders, 447
orders FB to distribute, 376
Temple’s complaint about FB, considers, 215
Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (George Berkeley), 456, 466n
Treatise of Church-Government (Robert Burscough), 455, 465n
Treatise of Sacramental-Covenanting With Christ (John Rawlet), 457, 468n
Treatise of the Causes of Incredulity (Jean Le Clerc), 455, 465n
Treaty of Paris (1763), 495
Trecothick, Barlow
indentified, 406n
mentioned, 405
Trenton, N.J., 39
Trinity Church, Boston, 145n
Trois-Rivières, Qu., 192n
Trowbridge, Edmund, 168
and Bollan, 218
on Cambridge town meeting, 378
Cockle, opinion on prosecutions by, 198, 201
and Temple, 503
Troy, 434n
Truman, Edward
Hutchinson, Thomas, portrait of, 110
Tryal, HMS (sloop), 350-51n, 360, 364
Tryon, William
identified, 532n
letters to listed, 527
Tuckney, Anthony
Praelectiones Theologicae, 454, 462n
Tulleken, John
identified, 42n
letters to
cited, 97n
listed, 522
Turks Islands
French colonies, raiders from, 224
merchants’ losses in, 223-24, 351n
Turner, James
Map of the Province of Nova-Scotia (1759), 226
Turner, John (hostage)
identified, 97n
Turner, John (theologian)
Boylean Lectures, 455
Wisdom of God in the Redemption of Man, 464n
Turner, William
History of All Religions in the World, From the Creation Down to This Present Time, 456, 467n
Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Occasions (Edward Stillingfleet), 454, 464n
Twelve Sermons, Preached Upon Several Occasions (John Rogers), 456, 467n
Twenty Sermons Formerly Preached (Robert Sanderson), 453, 462n
Twenty-Six Sermons (Robert Sanderson), 453, 462n
Two Discourses on the Primitive Church (Herbert Thorndike), 457
Two Discourses, of Purgatory, and Prayers for the Dead (William Wake ), 454, 463n
Tyler, Royal, 46n, 192, 282n, 345n, 354n
Unreasonableness of Separation (Edward Stillingfleet), 454, 463n
Ussher, James
Body of Divinity, or, The Sum and Substance of Christian Religion, 454, 463n
as moderate Calvinist, 460
Vassall, Florentius, 144
Vassall, Leonard, 145n
Vice Admiralty Court
opinion of, as enclosure, 201
Boston, 55, 63, 127, 187, 193, 270, 485-86
“confederacy” against, 273
courts established, 167n
and informers, use of, 273
juries, trials without, 161
officials mentioned, 117
and salaries from civil list, 240
and Stamp Act riot (26 Aug. 1765), 325, 338, 427
and trade laws, enforcement of, 162-63
Vindication of Liturgies (William Falkner), 457, 468n
Vindication of the Divine Authority (William Lowth), 458, 469n
Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and Ever Blessed Trinity and the Incarnation of the Son of God Occasioned (William Sherlock), 454, 463n
Virginia, 59
Virginia Resolves (1765)
authenticity of, about, 296
mentioned, 295, 301, 395, 420, 427
Virtual Representation, 415, 418n, 482n, 483n
Voyages de la Novvelle France (Samuel Champlain, et al.), 226
as enclosure, 227
Wake, William
Practical Discourse Concerning Swearing, 458, 470n
Sermon Preached at the Reviving of the General Meetings, 466
Sermon Preached Before the King and Queen, 466n
Sermon Preached Before the Lord-Mayor and Court of Alderman, 466n
Sermons Preached, 456
Two Discourses, of Purgatory, and Prayers for the Dead, 454, 463n
Waldo Patent, Maine, 102, 105n, 148
Waldo, Francis
deposition, 196
identified, 202n
letter to cited, 430
and Sally, seizure and prosecution of, 195-97, 199
and Temple, 196
Waldo, Samuel, 102
complaint concerning, 102-4
identified, 105n
Walker, Samuel
Reformation of Manners Promoted by Argument, in Several Essays, 455, 465n
Walker, William
Baptismon Didache, the Doctrine of Baptisms, 455, 465n
Wallace, James, 351n
delivering FB’s secret correspondence to Halifax, 350
Walters, William
identified, 532n
letters to listed, 526
deposition of, cited, 501n
Warrants, 169-70
Warren, Daniel, 38n
Watchusett Hill, Mass., 281n
Watertown, Mass., 107
Way to the True Church (John White), 454, 464n
Weather
freezing temperatures, 221, 224
storm on east coast (Mar. 1765), 281
Welles, Arnold, 444n
Wentworth, Benning
identified, 82n
letter from listed, 522
letters to
cited, 122
mentioned, 122
New Hampshire estates, 82
as surveyor general of Woods, 81
Wentworth, John, 152
West Indies
imports from, 485
trade with, 32n
Wharton, Henry
Whately, Thomas
Regulations lately Made concerning the Colonies and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, Considered, 418n
Whately, William
Stamp Act, drafts, 114
Temple, corresponds with, 114
Temple, duels with, 214n
Wheelwright, Nathaniel, 236, 241n
Whig Party, 13, 189n, 297n, 318n, 370, 393n, 419, 438, See also Assembly (the Council and the House of Representatives):popular party in
Whig Party (England), 86n
Whiston, William
Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies, 465n
Boylean Lectures, 455
Sermons and Essays Upon Several Subjects, 455, 465n
Whitby, Daniel
Discourse Concerning [Five Points of Calvinsim], 457, 468n
Discourse of the Necessity and Usefulness of the Christian Revelation, 456, 467n
Sermons on the Attributes of God, 456, 467n
White Pines, 82
White, Francis
Reply to Jesuit Fisher’s Answer, 453, 461n
White, John
Way to the True Church, 454, 464n
White, Samuel (of Taunton), 267, 511, 513, 258
White, Samuel (theologian), 454, 463n
Widow’s Dowery
right of action, 93-95
Wilbraham, Randle
on British politics, 84-86
identified, 86n
introduces bearer of letter, 84
letter from, 84-86
listed, 522
received, 85
Wild, Jonathan, 5
Wildman’s Club, 86n
Wilkes, John
arrest and prosecution, 61n, 86n
Discourse Concerning the Gift of Prayer, 457, 468n
Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion, 457, 468
Sermons, 457
William III, King, 116-17, 460
“William Pym,” 424n
Williams, James, 258, 267, 511, 513
Williams, John
Boylean Lectures, 454
Certainty of Divine Revelation, 463n
Characters of Divine Revelation, 463n
Franklin, correspondence with, 187n
identified, 187n
Willson (ship’s captain), 32n
Wilmot, Montague
Acadians, petitions and memorials of, FB sends copies of, 261
Conway, orders from, 386
FB proposes allocation of St. Croix Bay grants, 150-52, 226-27
FB requests land grant, 228
FB writes to, 143
and Halifax, 152n
identified, 152n
land grant to FB, 411
letters from received, 226
letters to, 150-52, 226-28, 260-61
cited, 7, 61, 68, 74, 75n, 145n, 193n, 228n, 389, 412n
as enclosure, 232
quoted, 228
map, FB sends, 143
mentioned, 7, 74, 143, 186, 228, 231, 326, 356, 411
Voyages de la Novvelle France (Samuel Champlain, et al.), FB sends extract, 227
Windmill Point, Boston, 192
Wine
excise and tonnage duties, 237, 238
French, 75
Madeira, 31
mentioned, 44, 55, 131, 170, 188, 206, 209, 237, 336
of Portugal and Spain, 188, 206
Wing’s Lane, Boston, 320n
Winslow, Edward, Jr., 382
Winslow, John, 374n
Wisdom of God in the Redemption of Man (John Turner), 464n
Wiswall House, Harvard College, 291n
Wolf River, Maine, 67-68
Woodbridge, Timothy
identified, 183n
letters from
cited, 183n
listed, 521
Woodhouse, Robert, 466n
Works of . . . Henry Hammond (Henry Hammond), 453, 462n
Works of . . . William Pemble (William Pemble), 453, 462
Writs
listed and described, 170-173
Writs of Assitance
mentioned, 170, 173n, 209n, 247, 268n
and merchants, 173n
Stamp Act riots, as grievance behind, 427
Wyer, Daniel, 196
Wyer, David, 40n
Yamachiche, Qu., 192n
Yonge, Phillip
identified, 532n
letter from cited, 522
“Z. Y.” (government writer), 101n