NOTE
Places are in Massachusetts unless otherwise stated.
Names of vessels are grouped under the heading “Ships.”
Names of Indians are grouped under the heading “Indians.”
Names of negroes are grouped under the heading “Negroes.”
Index
Abbatt, William, 363–365
Adams, Abigail (Smith), 529
——Charles Francis (d 1886), 388, 390, 392
——Eliphalet, 300
——Henry, 319
——James Truslow, 39, 44–45, 309, 389–390
——John, 75, 130, 319, 399, 404, 467, 526, 528–529
——John Quincy, 320
——Samuel, 399–400, 403, 407, 413, 526, 533
Admiralty courts. See Massachusetts, Court of Vice-Admiralty
Adventurers, for Bahamas, 81–85, 155–172; for Ireland, 203–204, 206. See also Merchant adventurers
Aeschylus, 534
Agar, Herbert, 320
Agrippa, M. Vipsanius, 537
Albany Plan, 68
Albemarle, Duke of. See Monck, Christopher
Alicante (Alligant), Spain, 135, 137–138
Allen, Capt.——, 509
—— ——, tailor, N. Y., 105, 111
—— Amos, 447
—— Ira, 457
—— James, 40
—— John (d 1671), 388
—— John (H. C. 1643; d 1648), 388
—— Samuel (d 1742), 185
—— Gov. Samuel, New Hampshire, 122–123, 125
—— William, England, 259 n
—— William, Cambridge, 374, 375 n
Alligant. See Alicante
Alsop, Anthony, 126
Ames, William, 257, 299, 329; theology of, 249–250, 252–254, 256, 258 n–259 n, 267–269, 274–275, 282
Amory, Thomas, 496
Amsterdam, Holland, 141
Amundia, Rosael, 138
Anabaptists, 10, 32, 35, 82, 246, 323, 331. See also Baptists
Anarchists, 312
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 303 n
Anderson, George Pomeroy, 184; on Auditing Committee, 87; comment on J. L. Huntington’s paper on Charles Phelps, 455–460
André, John, 526
Andrews, Charles, 380 n
—— Charles M., 310
—— Thomas, 204–205
Andros, Sir Edmund, 25–27, 29, 122–123, 124 n, 125, 127–128, 188
Anglicans. See Episcopalians
Angoff, Charles, 431
Antibes, France, 140
Andnomians, 10, 82, 285 n, 312–313
Appleton,——, 188
—— Nathaniel, 36
Apsley, Edward, 226
Aristotle, 267, 529–530, 533–534, 538
Argus (N. Y.), 378
Armine, Mary, Lady, 214, 220, 237 n, 242
Arminianism, 254–255, 258 n–259 n, 278, 294
Army, British, promotions, 368, 370; punishments, 369–370
Articles and Orders, Bahama, authorship, 155–173; text, 81–85
Ashe, Joseph Windham, 129 n
Associated Counties, England, 228 n
Astrology, 350
Atkins, Thomas, 185
Atkinson, Joseph, 385 n
—— Joseph (d 1818), 385–386
Aurora (Philadelphia), 378
Austin, Benjamin, 467
Axel, Samuel. See May, Samuel
Bacon, Francis, Viscount St. Albans, 170, 294
—— Leonard, verses by, 425–427
Bagford Ballads, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 346–347
Bahama Company, 155–172; articles of, 81–85
Bahama Islands, a broadside advertising, 81–85, 155–173; descriptions of, 78–79; monopoly of natural resources, 83–84, 165–166
Baldwin, Gov. Simeon E., Conn., 528
Ball, John, 222, 257, 259 n, 264 n
Ballads. See Poetry
Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert, George
Banister, Thomas (d 1709), 30
—— Thomas (d 1716), 30
Banks, Charles Edward, 393
Baptists, 32–34, 47, 312–313; their churches in Boston, 303–304. See also Anabaptists
Barbados, trade of, 515–520
Barcelona, Spain, 135, 138–139
Barker, Matthew, 329
Barnes, Henry, 496
—— Viola F., 25
Bartlett, Thomas, 92 n
Baxter, James Phinney, 3rd, elected Recording Secretary, 22
—— Richard, 259 n
Bayes, ——, 210 n
Baylies, Walter Cabot, death, 417; tribute, 418
Baynes, Paul, 257
Beale, Joseph Henry, elected Resident Member, 12, 24, 174
—— Othniel, 147
Beauchamp, John, 199–200
Beauty spots, 515–516
Beck, Paul, 139
Becket, Retire, 506
Beckford, William, 406 n
Beer, George Louis, 310
Behmen, Jacob, 117
Belcher, Gov. Jonathan, 122–126, 129–130, 521
Bellomont, Earl of. See Coote, Richard
Bemis, Frank Brewer, death, 308; tribute, 354
Berlin, Florence, 324
Bermuda Islands, 80
Bernard, Gov. Sir Francis, 122, 124–126, 128, 526; and Boston newspapers, 397–400, 402–403, 405–407, 409; libeled, 470; recalled, 406; rift with Council, 405–406
Berwick, Duke of. See Fitz-James, James
Betteress, Samuel, letters of Hugh Hall to, texts, 517–518
Bigelow, John, 70
—— Joshua, 477
Bilbao, Spain, 135
Bill of lading, text, 135–136
Bills of exchange, 135
Binning, John, 520
Bird, —— (d 1758), 112, 114 n, 115
—— Jonathan, 111–112; Maylem’s poem on, 113–116
—— Nathaniel, 112
Birdsall, Paul, elected Resident Member, 12, 24, 174
Blackstone, Sir William, 40, 535
Blaine, James G., 457
Blair, Samuel, 301
Blake, Thomas, 258 n–259 n
“Blanco,”——, New York, 105–106, 109
Bless, Daniel, 496
Block Island, 147
Blunt, Thomas, 226
Board, John, 138
Böhme, Jakob. See Behmen
Bolitho, John, 92
Bollan, William, 406 n
Bolton, Charles Knowles, 54
Bond, Nicholas, 217
Book of Common Prayer, 388, 391–392
Books, given to Harvard, 516; given to Society, 186; sale of, 38 n; text-books, 249, 256–257. See also Tracts
Boston, Association of Inhabitants, 498–500; churches in (1725), 303–304; evacuation of, 503–504, 526; fortification of, 492; hospital, 501; massacre, 410; mob, 26, 32–33, 53, 400, 402, 405, 414; newspaper propaganda in, paper on, by A. M. Schlesinger, 396–416; Sabbath in, 108; schoolmasters of, 184–185; selectmen, 146, 300–303, 471; siege, conditions during, 501–502; town meetings at, 300–304, 471; troops quartered in, 405, 407, 410; watch, military, 499
—— Brattle Street Church, 43
—— British Coffee House, 406
—— Castle William, 414
—— Christ Church, 34
—— Com Street, 132
—— Federal Street, 379 n
—— First Church, 3–4
—— Free American Fire Company, 414
—— King Street, 132, 379 n, 411
—— New North Church, 49
—— New Old South Church, 186
—— Old North Grammar School, 136
—— Old South Church, 36
—— Selby’s Coffee House, 146
—— State Street, 379 n
Boston Chronicle, 411–412, 415–416
Boston Evening-Post, 397, 400–402, 405–406, 408–410, 412
Boston Gazette, 397, 399–403, 405, 407, 409–412, 451 n
Bourgeois, Emile, death, 174; tribute, 175
Bourne, Nehemiah, 216
Boutineau, James, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496
Bowditch, Harold, 418; on Nominating Committee, 308
Bowdoin, James (d 1790), 467
Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, death, 353; tribute, 355
—— Isaac, 92
—— Penuel, 301
Bowers, Jerathmeel, 467
Boyle, Robert, 37, 40, 321 n, 389
Boylston, Zabdiel, 53
Brackett, Jeffrey Richardson, elected Resident Member, 12, 24, 174
—— Keziah. See Maylem
Braddock, Gen. Edward, 124 n
Bradford, Gov. William, 194, 199
—— William (d 1791), 62
—— Dorothy. See Cotton
Brattle, Thomas, 27, 30, 43–44
Brewster, Frank, death, 362; tribute, 418
Bridger, John, 146 n
Bridges, Francis, 200
Bridgewater, resolution of town meeting, text, 489
Brindley, Thomas, 496
Bristol, County of, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 481–482
Broadsides. See Tracts
Brooke, Lord. See Greville, Robert
Brooks, Rosefair. See James
“Brother Jonathan.” See “Jonathan”
Brown, Samuel, 520
—— William, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500
Brownism, 47
Bruce, ——, 511
—— Philip Alexander, 435
Bruix, Eustache, 508 n
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 531
Bryan, John Stewart, elected Corresponding Member, 184, 247
Bryant, Philip, 489
Bryce, James, Viscount Bryce, 528
Buchanan, James, 388
Buckingham, Duke of. See Villiers, George
—— Thomas, 46
Buckle, Henry Thomas, 429
Buffinton, Arthur Howland, 393; paper, Massachusetts Experiment of 1630, 308–320
Bulkley, Gersholm, 27
—— Peter, 258, 259 n; theology of, 260–262, 264 n, 269, 272–273, 285–286, 289, 291–292
Bull, ——, Newport, 114
Bullock, Chandler, elected Resident Member, 24, 55, 174
Bunker, Joe, nickname, 379
Bunker Hill, John Clarke as historian of, paper on, by Allen French, 362–373
Burch, William, 415 n
Burgoyne, Gen. John, 498
Burke, William, 379 n
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 34, 46, 125
Burnton, Thomas, 520
Burr, Allston, on Auditing Committee, 505
—— Heman Merrick, tribute, 14
—— Jonathan, 383 n
—— Peter, 185
Burroughs, George, 41
—— Jeremiah, 210
Byles, Mather (d 1788), 53, 301
Cabot, John, 519 n
Cadbury, Henry Joel, elected Associate Member, 417, 440
Calamy, Edmund, 214
Calef, Robert, 26, 29–30; on witchcraft, 41, 43–45
Calfe, Elizabeth. See Gatchell Caligula, 534
Calvert, Sir George, Lord Baltimore, 383, 537
Calvin, John, 47, 247, 255, 259, 300, 329; political ideas of, 314, 316; theology of, 250–252, 260 n, 273–274, 275 n–276 n, 279 n, 281–282, 283 n, 289–290
Calvinism, 31, 314, 317; modification of, 247–300. See also Puritanism
Calvinists, 28, 34–35, 255–256, 258 n–259 n, 266; persecuted, 32–33. See also Puritans
Cambridge, association of ministers, 42, 51; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 484–486
Campbell, John, Earl of Loudoun, 124 n
Candles, 519–520
Cape Cod, 6
Capitalism, 310
Carlisle, Earl of. See Hay, James
Carnes, John, 520
Carr, Patrick, 410 n
Carroll, Charles (d 1782), 520
—— Charles (d 1832), 520 n
Carroll and Garrett, 520
Cary, Eleazer, 489
Castell, William, 78
—— Jonathan, 143 n
Catholics, 10
Cato, Marcus Porcius, the elder, 531
Chadburn, Benjamin, 467
Chafee, Zechariah, Jr., 132, 146 n; elected to Council, 22; host to Society at Signet Club, 395; on Nominating Committee, 395
Chaloner, Richard, 225–226
Champion, Judah, 399
Chandler, John, 496
Chapin, Howard Miller, elected Corresponding Member, 12; notes: Colonial Military Flags, 306–307; Some Recently Found Flag Items, 521–525
Charity, 84. See also Orphans; Poor
Charles I, 158, 197, 198 n, 201–202, 206, 209–210, 230, 306, 388, 393
Charles II, 27
Charlestown, 367
Charters, 60, 63, 70, 72; proposed for Eleuthera, 81–85; Pennsylvania’s, 71 n; Rhode Island’s, 233. See also under Massachusetts.
Chauncy, Charles (d 1787), 299, 301, 303
—— Elnathan, 271
—— Ichabod, 28
—— John, 30
—— Lydia (Scottow) Gibbs. See Colman
—— Samuel (d 1739), 301
—— Samuel (d 1769), 301, 302 n
Cheese, trade in, 506
Chetwynd, Hon. William, 385 n
Children, 54. See also Orphans
Chillingworth, William, 294
Chipman, Nathaniel, 453
Chittenden, Gov. Thomas, Vermont, 456–457; letter quoted, 452
Christian Socialism, 314
Church, Benjamin, 413
Church and churches, affairs at Hampton, N. H., 324–326, 329–332; in Boston (1725), 303–304; communion, 331, 443–444; dismissal of member, 443–444; excommunication, 220, 325, 330; membership, 318; organization, 317. See also Congregational churches
Church of England, 6–7, 27, 32; churches in Boston, 303–304; established in New England, 25, 29; Puritan attitude toward, 33–36; reform of, 190–191, 194, 196–197, 201, 205, 210, 212–213, 221, 245–246; spoliation of, 313
Cicero, influence on James Wilson, 526, 529–536, 538
Circular Letter, Massachusetts, 408
“Citron-water,” 517
Civil War, England, 198, 207, 209, 218, 221, 226, 228, 313
Clap, Nathaniel, 91 n
Clark, Clarke, etc.
—— ——, 363–364
—— George, 364
—— Hermann Frederick, elected Resident Member, 55, 87, 175
—— John, 363–364
—— John, First Lieutenant of Marines, as historian of Bunker Hill, paper on, by Allen French, 362–373
—— John Montague, 363, 370–371
—— Richard, 496
Classical learning, influence of, in writings of James Wilson, paper on, by R. M. Gummere, 525–538
Clemens, Samuel, 428
Clement, Gregory, 204
Clements, William Lawrence, death, 174; tribute, 175
Clergy, New England, paper on, by C. K. Shipton, 24–54. See also Ministers
Cleveland, Grover, 457
Clinton, Gov. George, New York, 450–451, 457
Clocks and watches, trade in, 520
Cobb, Josephine, 131 n
Cocceian School. See Federal School
Cocceius. See Koch, Johannes
Cock, Capt.——, 520
Cocoa, trade in, 520
Coffee, trade in, 506
Coit, John, 520
Colcord, ——, wife of Edward, 332
Cole, Edward, 113–114
College, in Vermont, Charles Phelps’s plans for, 445
Collins, ——, 511
—— Nathaniel, 52
—— Timothy, 52
Colman, Benjamin, 30, 32, 34–36, 300 n, 301, 515
—— Lydia (Scottow) Gibbs Checkley, 514–515, 519–520
—— William, 515
Colonial agents, duties and activities, 56–77
Colors. See Flags
Comic opera, 384–385
Committees of Correspondence, 467, 492
Common law courts, jurisdiction, 132, 144–155
Commonplace book, Seaborn Cotton’s, paper on, by S. E. Morison, 320–352
Communion. See Church and churches
Conant, James Bryant, 361; elected Honorary Member, 184, 247
Congregational churches, Anglican threat to, 29; attendance at, 25; covenant of, 292–293; financial difficulties of, 48; membership of, 25, 29, 31, 35, 36; plan to liberalize, 31; quarrels with ministers, 48, 50–52; rise of ruling elders in, 47–48; softening of doctrine of, 36; splitting of parishes, 48, 50–51. See also Church and churches; Ministers; Puritanism
Congregationalism, Non-separating, 257
Congregationalists, 35, 303. See also Independents; Puritans
Connecticut, 48–49, 309; early settlement, 194; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 475; reform of churches, 31; tolerance in, 34; trade in, 194
Conner, Lewis, 520
Constitution, for Bahamas, 81–85, 158, 167; of Pennsylvania, 527; of United States, 537–538
Contempt of court, 146. See also Libel
Conway, Edward, Baron Conway, 225
Cooke, Elisha (d 1715), 30
Coombs, Mrs. Jerome W., 514
Cooper, Samuel, 70, 301, 303, 399
—— William, 301
Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont, 122–125
Corné, Michael Felice, 513
Corning, Howard, elected Resident Member, 12
Coruncanius, Tiberius, 531
Corwin, George, 46
Cotton, Abijah, 351
—— Anne, 348
—— Anne Lake, 352
—— Dorothy, 348
—— Dorothy (Bradstreet), 322, 350–351
—— Elizabeth, daughter of John (d 1652), 351
—— Elizabeth, daughter of Seaborn, 348
—— John (d 1652), 192, 222, 225, 227, 256–258, 259 n, 295, 321, 326, 329, 337, 348, 351; theology of, 261–263, 265, 267–268, 272, 277 n–278 n, 283–284, 286, 288 n, 289, 291, 292 n, 293–294, 297
—— John (d 1699), 350 n
—— John (d 1710), 320, 322–323, 325–326, 348; church records of, 332, 339; family records, 352
—— Maryah, 351
—— Mercy, 351
—— Prudence (Wade) Crosbey, 351
—— Rowland, son of John (d 1652), 351
—— Rowland, son of Seaborn, 351
—— Sarah, daughter of John (d 1652), 351
—— Sarah, daughter of Seaborn, 348
—— Sarah, wife of John (d 1652), 351
—— Seaborn, 29; his commonplace book, paper on, by S. E. Morison, 320–352
—— Wade, 352
Coupland, Reginald, elected Corresponding Member, 363, 387
Covenant School. See Federal School
Crane, R. S., 433
—— Verner Winslow, elected Corresponding Member, 505; paper, Benjamin Franklin and the Stamp Act, 56–77
Cranfield, Gov. Edward, N. H., 29
Crisp, Crispe
—— Sir Nicholas, 204
—— Tobias, 259
Cromwell, Oliver, 156 n, 160, 168, 170, 221, 227, 231, 306–307
Cromwell, Conn., 36
Crosbey, Prudence (Wade). See Cotton
Culpeper, Lord Thomas, 24
Culver, Francis B., 307
Currency, 130; inflation of Continental, 449; reforms proposed by Franklin, 58–59, 69
Cursellis, Nicholas, 228
Cushing, Caleb (d 1798), 467
Customs Board, 404, 406, 412, 414
Customs duties. See Taxation
Cutler, Timothy, 32, 34, 46, 49
Cutter, Richard Ammi, on Nominating Committee, 87
Dall, William, 185
Daly, Richard, 384
Dana, ——, 511
Danforth, Samuel, 465, 467, 472; resigns from Council, 474, 484
—— Thomas, 44
Daniel, ——, 214
Danielson, Timothy, 467
Dartmouth, Lord. See Legge, George
Davenport, Addington, 152
—— John (d 1670), 222, 256–257, 259 n
—— Richard, 216 n
Davis, William, 399
Day, Clive, 314
Dean, Deane, etc.
—— Charles, 388
—— Ephraim, 380 n
—— James, 380 n
—— John, 380 n
—— William, 380 n
De Bernière, Henry, 365
Debts, of Bay Colony, 191, 193; paid in kind, 190
Defoe, Daniel, 46
Dehanes, Ann. See Maylem
—— Jacob, 90 n
——Rachel. See Greene
Deioces, King of the Medes, 536
Deism, 275
Democracy, 310, 317–320; contempt for, 9–10, 316
Denison, Daniel, 351
—— Rachel (Maylem), 91 n, 92 n
Denny, Thomas, 477
Derby, Elias Hasket (d 1800), letters from son, text, 507–511; trading ventures, 505
—— Elias Hasket, Jr., voyage to Mediterranean, 505–514
—— Richard, 467
Derwentwater, Earl of. See Radcliffe, James
Descartes, René, 266 n, 294, 529
Deverson, William, Sr., 380
—— William, Jr., 380 n
Dewey, Francis Henshaw, death, 12; tribute, 14
Dexter, Samuel, 467
Diamond, George, 380 n
Dibdin, Charles, 385 n
Dickinson, John, 398, 528–529, 537
Dimond, Thomas, 380 n
Dio of Halicarnassus, 534
Diseases, 215; fevers, 208; fluxes, 207, 517; scurvy, 139; smallpox, 45, 501, 517
Dissenters. See Calvinists; Independents; Puritans
Divine Right, theory of, 316
Doan, ——, 380 n
—— Nathaniel, 380 n
—— Seth, 380 n
Dobson, Austin, 432
Dodd, William E., 315
Doddridge, Philip, 259 n
Domat, Jean, 529
D’Orange, Jean-Augustin, 102
Douglass, William, 45
Downame, George, 259 n
—— John, 259 n
—— Emmanuel, 192, 193 n, 216–217, 232
Doyle, Wilfred Joseph, elected Associate Member, 174, 184
Drake, Samuel Adams, 363–364
Drama, 384–385
Draper, Richard, 404, 405 n, 410
Dry-goods, funeral specialties, 519–520; trade in, 511, 513, 517–520
Dudley, ——, 331
—— Gov. Joseph, 26, 36, 122–123, 126 n, 127–130
——Paul, 152
——Gov. Thomas, 128
——Lieut.-Gov. William, 462 n
Dunbar, Samuel, 489
Dunn, John, 380 n
——Nathaniel, 380 n
——Richard, 380 n
Dunster, Henry, 199, 215 n, 218
Dupee (Dupuy), John, 113–114
Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, 94 n, 526
Du Simitière Collection of Maylem Papers, 110
Dutch West India Company, Peter’s mission to, 194–195, 230–231, 245
Dutton, Lieut.——(d 1775), 367
Dwight, Josiah, 52
Dyer, Mary, 10
Eastern Association, England, 227
East Indies, trade with, 506
Ebsworth, Joseph W., 333 n
Edes, Benjamin, 399, 401–402, 406, 410
Edgcomb, John, 136
Edson, Josiah, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499; intimidation of, 474; resolution of town meeting concerning, 489
Education. See Religious education
Edwards, Jonathan (d 1758), 48, 50, 53; and Covenant of Grace, 299–300; interest in science, 39; reading of, 46
——Thomas, 227, 238, 245; quoted, 159, 234 n
——William, 520
Election by grace, “conditional,” 285, 289. See also Grace; Predestination
Election sermon, 303 n–304 n; Israel Loring’s, 35
Elections, in Eleuthera, 85; prohibited, 465, 468
Eleuthera. See Bahama Islands
Eliot, Andrew, 301
——Jared, 37; on making iron, 437–438
——John (d 1690), 158 n, 218, 242–244
Elizabeth Islands, 304
Ellery, Capt.——, 520
Ellis, Milton, elected Corresponding Member, 24, 55, 175
——Welbore, 60 n
Elton, Edward, 329
——Oliver, 460; quoted, 461–462
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 431
Endecott, John, 189, 245; opposes Weld-Peter mission, 191–192, 196
Endicott, William Crowninshield, death, 440
England, Board of Trade, 465 n
——Church of England. See Church of England
——Commission for Foreign Plantations, 198
——Court of Delegates, 145, 147
——King in Council, 132, 144–145, 444 n
——Legislation, Act for advancement of New England, 216–217; Act creating the Warwick Commission, 232; Act for regulating government of Massachusetts, 465, 468; Act securing peace in Kent, 226; Declaratory Act, 72; Intolerable Acts, 465, 468, 471, 475–486, 490, 502; Mutiny Act, 60; Quartering Act, 397; Stamp Act, 56–77, 147, 396, 401, 403; Townshend Acts, 398–399, 404, 412
——Magna Carta, 397
——Merchants’ committees, 58, 60, 67–69
——Parliament, 190, 197–198, 213, 218, 226–227, 231 n 235 n 406; authority of, 210–211; commission to Peter, 229; committee of accounts, 237; committee of safety, 226, 228; Franklin before, 56, 68–69; and Irish rebellion, 202–204, 207, 209; jurisdiction over colonies, 63, 69, 71–77, 198, 217 n, 232; Lords’ Protest (1766), 71–73, 74 n petitions to, 80, 203, 210–212, 214, 216, 228; purges of, 161; Rockingham ministry, 56, 59 n, 61; Sayle’s patent, 80; removal of trade restrictions, 198, 216–217. See also above Legislation
——Petition of Right, 397
——Privy Council, 198, 465 n, 468, 470
——Revolutions. See Revolutions
Epicurus, 532
Episcopalians, their churches in Boston, 303–304; in revolt against Andros, 27; tolerance toward, 33–36. See also Church of England
Erving, Irving, etc.
——George, 491, 493–494, 496, 499
——John (d 1816), 465 n, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499–501
Eustis, ——, 447
Evans, Cadwallader, 76
——Charles, death, 247; tribute, 354
Excommunication. See Church and churches
Eyre, John, 27
Fairchild, Major——, 97 n
——Catherine (Malbone), poem to, 96–97
Faith, 250, 254–255, 261, 269–270, 272, 276–281, 283–284, 287, 293, 297–298; how engendered, 268, 286; justification by, 290
Familists, 10
Faneuil, Andrew, 520
——Benjamin, 496
Farley, Michael, 467
Farnsworth, Amos, 366
Fast Day, sermons, 212–213
Federal School, 259 n, 266 n, 274, 279, 283, 285 n, 295
Felt, J. B., 194 n
Fenwick, John, 165 n
Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, 510
Ferguson, Adam, 527
Field, Hon. Fred Tarbell, elected Resident Member, 24, 55, 174
Fielding, Henry, 46
Fiennes, William, Viscount Say and Sele, 189–191, 198, 204, 229
Finnes, Nathaniel, 229
Firth, Sir Charles Harding, 168; elected Honorary Member, 184, 247; death, 395; tribute, 418
Fish, prices, 134; trade in, 133, 138–139, 171, 519–520
Fiske, John, 41
Fitz, Reginald, 183; elected Resident Member, 184, 247; elected Member of Council, 361
Fitzgerald, Thomas, 206
Fitz-James, James, Duke of Berwick, 138
Flags, military, note on, by H. M. Chapin, 306–307; naval, note on, by H. M. Chapin, 521–525
Fleeming, John, 411; mobbed, 414
Flucker, Thomas, 465, 469, 472, 475–476, 479–483, 493–496, 498–499
Fogg, John S. H., 320
Folsom, Israel, 92 n
Fones, Elizabeth. See Winthrop
Foote, Henry Wilder, 300
Forbes, Alexander, Lord Forbes, 204–209, 214, 228
——Allyn Bailey, meeting held at house of, 505
——John, 205
Fornaro, Don Francisco, 140
Fort William Henry, N. Y., ambush at, 100–101
Foster, Jedidiah, 467
Fothergill, Dr. John, 62
France, 313; American relations with, 507
Franchise, 26–27, 30; in Eleuthera, 85, 159–160
Franke, August Hermann, 46
Franklin, Ann (Smith), 93 n
——Benjamin, 30, 113, 438, 526, 528; on colonial autonomy, 63, 69–77; pseudonyms, 63–64, 71; and the Stamp Act, paper on, by Verner W. Crane, 56–77
——James (d 1735), 30
——Gov. William, N. J., 123
——William (d 1813), 59, 70, 75, 77
Freeman, Enoch, 467
Freemasons, 112–113
Freemen, 195, 317; in Eleuthera, 85; percentage, 25; qualifications, 26. See also Non-Freemen
French, Allen, 375, 380 n; paper, John Clarke, Historian of Bunker Hill, 362–373
French and Indian War, John Maylem in, 98–104, 109
Frontier, influence of, 317
Frothingham, Richard, 367–368
Fry, Frye, etc.
——Mary Isabel, 81 n
Fuller, ——, 332
——Thomas, 255
Fulton, John Farquhar, elected Corresponding Member, 24, 55, 175
Funeral specialties, 519–520
Gage, Margaret (Kembal), 367
——Gov. Thomas, 123–124, 125 n, 127, 364, 369–370, 460, 461 n–462 n, 488, 492, 498–499; addresses of Council to, text, 469–470, 498; correspondence with Earl of Dartmouth, 464–475, 483–484, 487, 489–494, 497; letter from Hampshire County, text, 472–473; letter from Thomas Hutchinson, text, 480; letter from Joseph Lee, text, 483; letter from Daniel Leonard, text, 481–482; letter from Timothy Paine, text, 476–478; letter from William Pepperrell, text, 482–483
Galloway, Joseph, 58–59, 62–63, 76–77
Gardiner, Gardner, etc.
——Andrew, 53 n
——George, 80
——Lion, 188 n
——Samuel R., 168
——Sir Thomas, 78
——William, 379 n
Garland, John, 350
Gatchell, Elizabeth (Calfe), 185
Genoa, 140
George III, address of Mandamus Council to, text, 495
George, Mary Dorothy, 375 n
——Robert H., 183
Gerard, Gilbert, 229
Gerhardt, Paul, 46
Germain, George, Lord, letter from Lieut.-Gov. Oliver, text, 503–504
Germany, Calvinism in, 258 n
Gerrish, ——, 92 n
——Samuel, 520
——William, 300 n
Gibbs, Capt.——, 107
——Lydia. See Hall
——Lydia (Scottow). See Colman
Gibraltar, 135; trade with, 507, 513
Gilbert, Bartholomew, 304 n
——Joseph, 477
——Thomas, 496
Gill, John, 399, 401–402, 406, 410; assault on, 411
Gillingham, Harold E., 521
Glanvill, Joseph, 40
Glover, ——, 60 n
——Samuel, 229
Gobelin (Gribelin), ——, 526
Goddard, William, 62–63
Golding, William, 80
Goldsmith, Oliver, 432
Good Hope. See Hartford
Goodspeed, Charles Eliot, 384 n
Goodwin, John, 156, 169 n, 210
Gordon, William, Viscount Kenmure, 141
Gorges, Ferdinando, 312
Gorton, Stephen, 33
Gortonists, 233 n
Gosnold, Bartholomew, note on, by Fulmer Mood, 304–306
Gosnold’s Bay, Va., 304–306
Gosnold’s Island, 304
Gosse, Edmund, 432
Gouge, William, 257
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 187
Goulding, John, 477
Government, of Bahama, proposed, 85, 158–162, 167; Massachusetts experiment in, 308–320; of West Jersey, 165 n. See also Democracy; Political theory; Theocracy
Governors, royal, of New England, paper on, by L. W. Labaree, 120–131
Grace, 251, 254–255, 267–268, 270, 279–281, 291–292, 294; defined, 289. See also Election by grace; Predestination
Grace, Covenant of, 257, 262–266, 271–272, 274, 275 n, 277, 281, 283–298; “conditional” covenant, 285, 289; defined, 256, 258–261, 280; historical theory, 268–269; legalistic aspects, 258 n, 272–273, 282, 286, 299; repudiated, 299–300
Grace, Election by. See Election by grace; Predestination
Grain, trade in, 511–513, 519–520
Grant, Ulysses S., 428
Graves, Samuel, 369
——Thomas, Lord, 498
Gray, Austin K., 87
——Ellis, 302
——Harrison, 465, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500
Great Migration, 188–189
Greene, Jerome Davis, elected Resident Member, 441, 505
——Joseph (d 1715), 54
——Joseph (d 1780), 112–113, 116, 415 n, 466, 472–473
——Rachel (Dehanes), 90 n, 94, 95 n
——Timothy, 119
Greenleaf, Benjamin, 467
Greenough, Chester Noyes, elected Vice-President, 182, 361, 425
Greenwood, Nathaniel, 133 n
Grenville, George, Lord, 68–69; colonial policy, 56–57
Greville, Robert, Lord Brooke, 189, 198, 204, 208
Griscom, Ludlow, elected Resident Member, 12
Groth, John, 350
Groton, 36
Gubbins, Frances (Maylem), 91 n, 92 n, 95
——Francis, 95
Gummere, Richard Mott, elected Resident Member, 353, 362; paper, Classical Precedents in Writings of James Wilson, 525–538
Guns, brass, 511
Haldimand, Sir Frederick, 455
Hale, John, 44
——Sir Matthew, 40
Half-Way Covenant, 31, 36, 293
Halifax, N. S., description of, 104
Hall, Albert Harrison, 99 n, 184; elected Resident Member, 55, 87, 175
——David, 62
——Hugh (d 1732), 514–515
——Hugh (d 1773), letter-book of, paper on, by S. E. Morison, 514–521
——Lydia (Gibbs), 514
——Richard, 518–519
——Sarah, 519
Hamilton, Alexander, 459
——Charles, 522
——Sir William, 510, 511 n, 512
Hammond, Otis G., 92 n
Hampton, N. H., 321
Hancock, John (d 1752), 48
——John (d 1793), 399, 405, 415–416; and non-importation agreement, 413–414
Haraszti, Zoltán, elected Associate Member, 308, 353
Hardwick, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 476
Harrington, James, 162, 169 n, 172
Harriott, John, 380–382
Harrison, Henry, 520
——Nathaniel, 520
——Mrs. Nathaniel, 520
Hart, Francis Russell, meeting held at house of, 247
Hartford, Conn., 194
Hartford, Treaty of, 230
Hartlib, Samuel, 170
Harvard College, 29–31, 34, 36, 49, 52, 193, 218 n, 219, 234 n, 388; gifts to, 166, 199–201, 219, 237, 239, 241, 245, 516; loan to library, 514; C. Phelps’s letter to president, 443
Harvey, Solomon, 446
Hatch, Nathaniel, 484, 491, 493–494, 496, 499–501
Hathorne, William, 192
Hawley, Joseph, 400; disbarred, 401, 402 n
Hawxhurst, ——, 107
Hay, James, Earl of Carlisle, 80
Haynes, Gov. John, Conn., 194
——William, 184
Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur, 189
Henchman, Hinchman, etc.
——Daniel, 185
——Richard, 185
Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, 228
Henry IV, King of France, 537
Herbert, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 275
——George, Witts Recreations, 323; quoted, by Seaborn Cotton, 342–346
Heretics, 32–33
Hersey, Frank Wilson Cheney, 183; elected Resident Member, 247, 308
Hession, Marie J., 99 n
Hibbins, William, 195, 199, 200 n, 201, 235 n, 237 n; mission to England, 191–192
Higginson, John (d 1708), 46, 54
——John (d 1720), 54
Hill, ——, 134 n
——Don Gleason, 13
——James J., 187
——Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, 128 n, 400, 403 n, 406, 407 n
Hillsborough, Earl of. See Hill, Wills
Hinchman. See Henchman
History, economic factors in, 309, 314–315; literary, of colonial period, paper on, by H. M. Jones, 428–439
Hoast, Derrick, 228
Hobbes, Thomas, 294, 529, 532, 535
Hockett, Homer Carey, 40; quoted, 39, 41–42
Hohenzollerns, 313
Holbrook (misprinted Holyoke), Samuel (d 1766), 185 n
——Samuel (d 1784), 185
Holden, Benjamin, 478
Holland, 6; Calvinism in, 254, 258 n–259 n, 266 n, 269 n; dispute over Connecticut valley, 194, 230; and English Civil War, 228–230; Peter’s mission to, 194, 228–230
Holmes, Hon. Oliver Wendell, death, 308; tribute, 355
Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 62, 75–77
Hooker, Richard, 258 n
——Thomas, 200, 248 n, 256, 258, 259 n; theology of, 263 n, 266, 268–272, 276 n, 277, 280–284, 287–288, 291, 293–294, 298–299
——William, 302
Hopkins, Caleb, 380 n
——Esek, 524–525
——John, 391
——Samuel, 444
Horace, 538
Horagan, J., 516
Hornberger, Theodore, 434
Horse-trade, 350
Hosmer, James Kendall, 389
Houghton, Robert, 199
Howe, Sir William, 363, 366–367, 498–503
Hubbard, William, 186–188, 217
Hudson, Frederic, 415 n
Humfry, John, 190, 192, 204–205
Hunnewell, James Melville, elected Treasurer, 22, 182, 361, 425
Hunt, John, 302
Huntington, James Lincoln, elected Corresponding Secretary, 425; on Nominating Committee, 308; paper, The Honorable Charles Phelps, 441–455
Hutchinson, Anne, 10, 284 n–285 n, 312
——Forster, 465, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500
——Gov. Thomas, 123, 126–130, 462 n, 468, 474, 480, 491–492; and Boston newspapers, 399, 401–404, 408–409, 412; libeled, 470
——Thomas (d 1811), 465, 472, 496; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 480; resigns from Council, 474, 480
Impressment, military, 84–85, 163–164
Ince, Jonathan, 383 n
Independent Chronicle, 378–379, 526
Independents, 35, 47, 80–82, 156–162, 167, 236, 246; conversion of, 227; and Presbyterians, 210, 221–225; tenets of, 259. See also Congregationalists; Puritans
Indians, 84, 194, 218 n, 219, 237, 239, 241, 245; captives of, 89; conversion of, 193, 220, 242–244
——Narragansett, 233 n
Ingersoll, Jared, 56
Inheritance, law of, 315
Insanity, 220
Intemperance, 51, 381–382. See also Drunkenness under Offences
Intolerable Acts, 397, 465, 468, 502; evasion of, 471; reaction to, 475—486, 490
Intolerance. See Religious intolerance Ireland, Adventurers for, 203–204, 206; rebellion in, 201–209, 214; relief of Protestants in, 202, 214, 218, 228–230
Ireton, Henry, 156 n, 160; quoted, 159
Iron, from black sand, 437–438; trade in, 519
Irving. See Erving
Iviza, Balearic Islands, 139–140
Jackson, Edward, 240
——Richard, 128 n
James, Caroline. See Young
——Eldon Revare, elected Associate Member, 362, 387
——Eleazer, 187
——Rosefair (Brooks), 187
——Ruth. See Loring
Jamestown, Va., Gosnold at, 304–305
Jay, John, 459; letter, quoted, 450
Jefferson, Thomas, 435, 526, 528–529
Jervis, John, Earl St. Vincent, 509
Jesuits, 246
John of Leyden, 312
Johnson, Alfred, tribute, 14–15
——Edward, quoted, 194 n, 311, 315
Johonnot, Peter, 496
“Jonathan,” nickname, paper on, by Albert Matthews, 374–386
Jones, Elisha, 496
——Howard Mumford, elected Associate Member, 440–441; paper, Desiderata in Colonial Literary History, 428–439
——John Paul, 525
——Matt Bushnell, 394, 444 n, 451; on Auditing Committee, 308, 395; on Nominating Committee, 505
Josephson, ——, New York, 107, 111
Journalism. See Newspapers
Judd, Sylvester, 443
Jurien, Pierre, 46
Justinian, 533
Kay, Frederick B., 433
Keene, ——, 129 n
Keith, George, 32
Kendall, Edward Augustus, 382–383
Kenmure, Viscount. See Gordon, William
Kennet, White, Bishop of Peterborough, 32
Kent, England, Peter’s activities in, 226–227
Kentucky, admission to Union, 458
Kidder, Alfred Vincent, elected Resident Member, 87, 175
——Nathaniel Thayer, on Auditing Committee, 87
King, Widow——, mother of Hannah (King) Maylem, 89
——Hannah. See Maylem
“Kingdom,” use of word, 216 n
Kingman, David, 489
Kinsolving, Arthur L., 183
Kittredge, George Lyman, 324
Kneeland, Anstis, wife of Timothy. See Phelps
——Timothy, 447
Knox, John, 47
Labaree, Leonard W., 376 n; paper, the Royal Governors of New England, 120–131
Ladd, Joseph Brown, 95 n, 97–98, 109
Laet, Joannes de, 78
Lake, Anne. See Cotton
Lamontais, Francis, 133
Land, speculation in, 528–529; system of holding, 315
Land banks, 130
Land grants, in Eleuthera, 82–83, 164–165; in West New Jersey, 165 n
Landin, Ephraim, 134 n
La Rose, Pierre, 418
Lascelles, Mary, 518
Latham, Robert, 489
Lathrop, John, 302
Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 7, 196–198, 234 n, 312, 393
Laurence. See Lawrence
Laurie, Walter Sloane, 365
Law, Gov. Jonathan (misprinted John), Conn., 47
Law, code of, 317; notes on, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 328; reform, 82, 85, 162–163; James Wilson’s attitude toward, 530–532. See also Moral law; Natural law
Lawrence, Laurence, etc.
——Abbott, 504
——Adam, 228
Lawson, Deodat, 41
Lawyers, Crown, 471; disbarred, 401
Leach, William, 163
League of Nations, Covenant of, 309
Lechford, Thomas, 193
Lechmere, Richard, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–499, 501
Lee, Joseph, 465, 472; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 483; resigns from Council, 474, 483–484
——Robert E., 456
Leete, Gov. William, Conn., 36
Lefroy, Sir John Henry, 81
Legg, Legge, etc.
——Col.——, 134 n
——William, Earl of Dartmouth, 66–67, 371 n, 460, 461 n, 462; correspondence with Gov. Gage, text, 464–475, 483–484, 487, 489–494, 497; correspondence with Lieut.-Gov. Oliver, text, 485–489, 491–492, 498, 501–503
Leghorn, Tuscany, 135, 137, 141, 168; trade with, 511–513
Leigh, Edward, 259 n
Lemon, Robert, 460 n, 463, 464 n, 465 n, 472 n, 487 n, 504
Lemontais. See Lamontais
Lenthall, William, 207
Leonard, Daniel, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499–500; intimidation of, 474; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 481–482
Leghorn-Marseilles
——David, 489
——George, 467
Leusden, John, 46
Leverett, John (d 1724), 30, 36, 515–516
Libel, 146–147, 149, 152–154, 402–403, 469; text, 150–151
“Liberty or Death,” 376 n
Licorice, trade in, 511
Lime juice, trade in, 520
Lincoln, Arthur, 186
——Waldo, tribute, 14
Liquors. See Wines
——Samuel, 92 n
Live stock, trade in, 520
Lollardy, 47
London, 135, 141; Common Council, petitions to, 211–212
——King’s Arms Tavern, 67
London Company, 305
Longbotham (Longbottom), Capt.——, 517–518
Loring, Augustus Peabody, Jr., meeting held at house of, 24, 174, 184, 362, 440; elected Recording Secretary, 182, 361, 425
——Israel, 45; Election sermon, 35
——Joseph, 187
——Joshua (d 1781), 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499; intimidation of, 474, 480–481; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 480–481
——Joshua (d 1789), 496
——Mary. See Young
——Ruth (James), 187
Loudoun, Earl of. See Campbell, John
Lovejoy, A. O., 433
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 13, 175
Luce, Peter, 90 n
Ludlow, Edmund, 230
Lumber, trade in, 520
Luther, Martin, 259
Lutherans, 35
Lyell, Sir Charles, 39
Lynde, Benjamin, 152
Lyon, Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop, 393
——Thomas, 393
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 431
Macfedris, Capt.——, 137
Mackenzie, Henry, 433
Madison, James, 435, 458 n, 528, 537
Mainwaring, Capt.——, 212
Malbone, Catherine, daughter of Godfrey. See Fairchild
——Catherine, wife of Godfrey, 97 n
——Edward Greene, 97 n
——Godfrey, 97 n
——John, 97 n
——Samuel, 321
Mandeville, Bernard, 433
Manfredonia, Kingdom of Two Sicilies, 511–512
Manna, trade in, 511
Manton, Thomas, 329
Marblehead, 133
Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, 510
Marriage, 29
Marseilles, France, 140
Marshall, Stephen, 210 n
Marston, Thomas, 331
Martel, Jean-Baptiste-Grégoire, 102
Martha’s Vineyard, 304
Martin,——, 134 n
Maryland, military flags of, 307
Masefield, ——, 134 n
Mason, George, 435
Massachusetts, claims to Vermont, 446, 455
——Bay Colony, auditor of, 237; depression in, 189–192; experiment of 1630, paper on, by A. H. Buffinton, 308–320; emigration from, 188–190; gifts to, 199–201, 214, 218–220, 236–239, 241, 245; status of, 216 n
——Body of Liberties, 317
——Charter (1629), 190, 198, 232, 245, 311, 316–317; (1691), 26, 144; attitude of clergy toward, 30, 319; revoked, 465, 468
——Council, 26, 402, 404; election of, 467; rift with Gov. Bernard, 405–406. See also below Mandamus Council
——Court of Assistants, 26; sends commission to England, 190–191
——Court of Vice-Admiralty, 132, 405; decree, text, 142–143; jurisdiction, 132, 144–145; petition to, text, 150–151; writs restraining, 148–150
——Courts of law, discontinuance of, 490; hindrance of, 473
——General Court, 30, 35, 45, 48, 190–191, 225, 242, 467; financial committee, 240; meeting at Salem, 490; misuse of funds, 215, 236–238; note to Weld, 235; petition to, 144, 146; Weld’s letter to, 220–221
——Governors, royal, paper on, by L. W. Labaree, 120–131
——House of Representatives, 30, 402
——Mandamus Council, addresses to Gov. Gage, text, 469–470, 498; address to king, text, 495; answer to Lieut.-Gov. Oliver’s message, text, 500; appointed, 465, 468; distress of, 497; documents relating to, 460–504; evacuates Boston, 503–504; harsh treatment of, 471, 474, 476–489, 493, 496 n; lists of members of, 465–467, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499; message of Lieut.-Gov. Oliver to, text, 499–500; minutes of, 475–476, 494–495, 498–501; organized, 471; resignations from, 474–475, 477, 480, 483–484, 486, 489; rights and duties of, 466. See also above Council
——Province of Massachusetts Bay, acting governors, 462 n; governors of, 120–131; navy, 131
——Superior Court of Judicature, 132, 144, 146–147; attacked, 401–402; decision of, text, 153–155; petition to, text, 151–153; powers, 145; writs issued by, text, 148–150
Massachusetts Gazette, 404, 411
Massachusetts Gazette, and Boston News-Letter. See Boston News-Letter
Massachusetts Gazette, and Boston Post-Boy. See Boston Post-Boy
Massachusetts Historical Society, 387–392
Mataro, Spain, 138
Mather, Cotton, 26–27, 29–31, 36–37, 44, 46–47, 49, 53–54, 300, 302, 311, 388, 428, 431, 530; attitude toward medicine, 45; attitude toward science, 38; attitude toward witchcraft, 40–43; tolerance of, 33
——Increase, 26–28, 30–31, 33, 36–37, 45–47, 128, 188, 302, 431; attitude toward Anglican church, 34; attitude toward science, 37–38; attitude toward witchcraft, 39–40, 42–43
——Kirtley, 39
——Richard, 221–222
——Samuel (d 1785), 302
——Sarah Cotton, 351
Matthews, Albert, 407 n; communication, Documents Relating to Massachusetts Royal Council, 1777–1776, 460–504; paper, Brother Jonathan Once More, 374–386
May, Samuel, 33
Mayer, Lloyd M., 91 n
——Thomas (d 1681), 158 n, 243–244
Maylem, Mylam, etc.
——Ann, 91 n
——Ann (Dehanes), 91, 92 n, 93; administratrix, 90, 93–94, 95 n; guardian, 94–95
——Christian, wife of John (dc 1660), 88
——Frances. See Gubbins
——Francis, 91 n
——Hannah (King), 89
——John (d 1742), 88–92, 95 n; estate, litigation over, 93–94; freeman of R. I., 93; real estate transactions, 92 n
——John (d c 1762), paper on, by L. C. Wroth, 87–120; list of works, 110, 117–120
——Joseph (d 1733), 88–89, 94; as mummer, 89; will, 88 n, 90 n
——Joseph, son of Joseph (d 1733), 90 n
——Keziah (Brackett) Patterson, 89
——Mary (d 1727), daughter of John (d 1742), 91 n
——Mary, daughter of John (d 1742). See Mumford
——Rachel. See Denison
Meat, trade in, 520
Medicine, 45. See also Diseases
Mediterranean, trade in, 138–141; 505–514; voyage to the, during the Napoleonic Wars, paper on, by R. E. Peabody, 505–514
Mein, John, 411, 415; flight, 414; and non-importation agreement, 412–414
Mencken, Henry Louis, 309
Menzies, John, 142, 145–151, 154
Mercantilism, 313
Merchant adventurers, Dutch, 194–195, 228, 230–231, 245; English, 82–85, 228, 305. See also Adventurers
Merrill, John D., 183
Mifflin, Thomas, 374
Milburn, William, 27
Miller, John, 113–114
——John Chester, elected Associate Member, 184
——Perry Gilbert, 434; on Nominating Committee, 308; paper. The Marrow of Puritan Divinity, 247–300
Milne, Samuel, 307
Milton, John, 156 n
Ministers, 32, 319; admonition by, 329, 332; associations of, 31, 42; attitude toward medicine, 45; attitude toward science, 37–39; attitude toward witchcraft, 39–45; business ventures, 48, 52; changes in type, 49–50; decline of spiritual authority, 47–48; deficiencies of, 52–53; disrespect toward, 49; evangelists, 52–53; financial difficulties, 48, 53; illiteracy, 33; intellectual liberalism, 46; number of, 50; part in Revolution (1689), 27–29; proposal for organization, 31; quarrels with parishioners, 48, 50–52; recreations, 54; secular activities and influence, 30, 46–49, 192, 196, 210–212, 217, 25–228, 245; theology of, paper on, by P. G. Miller, 247–300; tolerance of, 32–36; at town meeting, Boston, note on, by R. F. Seybolt, 300–304; tyranny of, 27, 31. See also Missionaries
Minot, George Richards, on Nominating Committee, 87
Miracles, 267
Missionary work, 84, 157, 193, 243–244; gifts for, 214, 220, 237 n, 239, 241–242, 245. See also New England Company
Mitchell, Edward, 367 n
——Nathan, 489
——Stewart, on Nominating Committee, 505; paper, Two Winthrops and a Mouse, 387–394
——Thomas, 380 n
Molasses, trade in, 520
Monaco, Prince of, 140
Monaco, Savoy, 140
Monck, Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, 125 n
Monckton, Robert, 98, 100, 117
Monmouth’s Rebellion, 28
Monopolies, in Bahamas, 83–84, 165–166, 171
Montagu, John, Earl of Sandwich, 372, 377 n, 380 n
——Hon. William, 380–382
Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de, 530
Montgomery, Lieut.-Gov. John, N.Y., 517 n
Mood, Fulmer, 440; notes: Broadside Advertising the Bahamas, 78–86; Bartholomew Gosnold and Gosnold’s Bay, 304–306; paper, Henry Robinson and Bahama Articles and Orders, 155–173
Moodey, Joshua (d 1697), 29, 40
Moody, Eleazer, 184
——Robert Earl, paper, Last Voyage of the Province Galley, 131–155
——Samuel, 51–52
Moore, Allen, 522
——Gov. Sir Henry, N. Y., 123
Moral law, 253, 260, 265, 283, 291, 296, 319–320, 533; Puritan concept, 290, 298
More, William, 331
Morgan, Daniel, 376 n
——Nathaniel H., 376 n
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 12, 24, 174, 184, 247, 271, 308, 353, 362, 387, 393, 395, 417, 440–441; elected President, 22, 182, 361, 425, 505; meeting held at house of, 55, 174; papers: Letter-Book of Hugh Hall, 514–521; Seaborn Cotton’s Commonplace Book, 320–352
Morley, Herbert, 226
Morris, Gov. Lewis, N. J., 123
——Robert, 529
Morse, Hosea Ballou, death, 55; tribute, 175
Moulson, Anne (Radcliffe), Lady, 219, 245
——Sir Thomas, 219
Mumford, Mary (Maylem), 91 n, 92 n
——Paul, 92 n
Mummers, 89
Murdock, Harold, 362–363, 365; death, 87; tribute, 175
——Kenneth Ballard, on Nominating Committee, 87
Murray, Daniel, letter to John Murray, text, 478–479
——John, 466, 472, 475, 477, 493–494, 496, 499; intimidation of, 474, 478–479; letter to, 478–479
Music, among Puritans, 323
Mylam. See Maylem
Names, Christian, in New England, 383; of negroes, 527
Naples, trade with, 509–510
Narragansett territory, 233, 235
Natstock (Ratstock), Joshua, 185
Natural law, 253, 260, 266, 270, 277–279, 295–296, 299, 536; defined, 267, 533–534; doctrine of “superior power,” 534–535
Natural resources, monopoly of, 83–84, 165–166
Navy, Continental, flags of, 522–525
Negroes: Nero Brewster, 527; Caesar Gerrish, 527; Seneca Hall, 527; Cato Newmarch, 527; Pharaoh Rogers, 527
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, 508 n, 509–510, 511 n, 512
Nettels, Curtis, elected Corresponding Member, 395, 417
Neville, Anthony, 229
New, Henry, 331
Newcastle, Duke of. See Pelham-Holles, Thomas
New England Company, 158 n, 238–242, 244
New England Confederation. See United Colonies
Newfoundland, 170–171
New Hampshire, 26, 29; claims to Vermont, 444–445, 455; royal governors, 120–131; reform of churches, 31
New Hampshire Grants, 444, 455–457
New Marlborough, Vt., 444 n
New Netherlands, dispute over Connecticut, 194–195, 230
Newport, R. I., description of, 98; Freemasons in, 112–116
Newport Mercury, 414
New Providence, Bahamas, 164 n
Newspapers, Boston, propaganda and, paper on, by A. M. Schlesinger, 396–416; classical influence on language of, 526
Newton, Sir Isaac, 389
New York, dispute over Vermont, 444 n, 445–446, 448–450, 453–457; suspension of legislature, 397; urges Vermont’s admission to Union, 459
New York, N. Y., 318; loses national capital, 458–459; merchants’ committee, 414
——Mr. Roome’s Coffee House, 105
——Mr. Smith’s Coffee House, 106
New York Journal, 407
Nichols, William, 148 n
Niles, Samuel, 36
Noble, John, on Nominating Committee, 395
Non-freemen, 317; support revolt against Andros, 27
Non-importation agreement, 411–414
Non-Separating Congregationalism, 257
Norris, Edward, 192
——Moses, 92 n
North, Frederick, Lord North, 406
Norton, Andrews, 186
Nowell, Increase, 240
——Samuel, 300 n
Oats, trade in, 519
Odlin, John, 91 n
Offences: assault, 406–407, 411; drunkenness, 369–370; violation of Sabbath, 381; theft, 497; treason, 452. See also Libel
Oldham,——, 200 n
Old Providence, island, 164
Oliver, Lieut.-Gov. Andrew (d 1774), 401, 462 n, 480
——Daniel (d 1732), 520
——Daniel, Hardwick, letter of, text, 476
——Nathaniel, 27
——Peter (d 1791), 465, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500
——Lieut.-Gov. Thomas, 460, 462–463, 465, 471–472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498; appointed Lieut.-Gov., 468; correspondence with Earl of Dartmouth, text, 485–489, 491—492, 498, 501–503; correspondence with Lord George Germain, text, 503–504; message to Council, 499–500; oath, 461, 499; resignation from Council, 484, 486
Orange, Robert, 133
Orphans, fund for transporting, to New England, 214–216, 235, 237, 238 n, 240–241, 245
Osborn, Gov. Sir Thomas, N. Y., 124 n
Osgood, Herbert L., quoted, 317
Otis, James (d 1778), 467
——James (d 1783), 68, 398–399, 402 n, 403, 411 n, 413, 533; assault on, 406–407, 410
Oulton, John, and Province Galley, 132, 134–135, 139, 141–148, 150–154
Owen, John, 259 n
Oxford, Treaty of, 212–213
Page, Sir Thomas Hyde, 365
Paine. See also Payne
——Thomas, 378–379
——Timothy, 466, 472; assault on, 474; letter of, text, 476–478; resignation from Council, 477
——Humphrey, 375 n
Pamphlets. See Tracts
Paper money. See Currency
Park, Rev. Charles Edwards, address at dedication of Ware Memorial, 3–11
Parker, Henry, 163
——Thomas, 226
Parmenter, Hon. James Parker, death, 441
Parrington, Vernon L., 33, 38 n; criticism of his Colonial Mind, 431–432
Parris, Samuel, 45
Parsons, Joseph, 515
Pass, admiralty, 137
Patterson,——, 89
——Keziah (Brackett). See Maylem
Payne. See also Paine
Peabody, Robert Ephraim, on Nominating Committee, 395; paper, A Voyage to the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars, 505–514
Peckin, Richard, 489
Pelham, Peter (d 1751), 185
——Peter, son of Peter (d 1751), 185 n
——Sir Thomas, 226
Pelham-Holles, Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, 129 n
Pemberton, Ebenezer (d 1718), 31, 36, 302
Pennsylvania, antiproprietary party, 56; charter, 71 n; constitution, 527
Pennsylvania Chronicle, 528
Pepperrell, Sir William (d 1816), 466, 472, 475, 481, 493–494, 496; intimidation of, 474; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 482–483
Percy, George, 305
——Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, 367, 369, 503
Perkins, William, 257, 329; theology of, 250, 255–256, 258 n–259 n, 274, 288
Perley, Sidney, 13
Persecution. See Religious persecution
——Deliverance (Sheffield), excommunicated, 220, 236
——Hugh, activities in Kent, 226–227; and Civil War, 209–213; early services to colony, 196; and English Reformation, 221–225; Fast Day sermon, 212–213; gifts secured for colony, 199–200, 214–215, 219–220, 245; and iron works, 217; mission to England, paper on, by R. P. Stearns, 188–246; mission to Holland, 194–195, 228–231; mission to Ireland, 204–209; and pauper children, 213–215; quarrel with colony, 234–246; secured removal of trade restrictions, 216–217
Phelps, Anstis Kneeland, 442, 447–449
——Charles (d 1789), comment on Dr. Huntington’s paper, by G. P. Anderson, 455–460; paper on, by J. L. Huntington, 441–455
——Charles, son of Charles (d 1789), 443, 445, 449, 451
——Dorothy (Root), wife of Charles (d 1789), 447. See also Root
——Dorothy. See Warner
——Elizabeth (Porter), 449; diary quoted, 451–452
——John (d 1849), 442; quoted, 445, 448, 453
——Moses Porter, 445
——Nathaniel (d 1702), 442
——Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel (d 1702), 442
——Ruth, 455
——Solomon, 443–445
——Timothy, 444, 450; banished, 452
——William, 442
Philadelphia, merchants’ committee, 414
Philip V, King of Spain, 138
Phillips, George, 259 n, 270 n
——Samuel, Jr., and Province Galley, 132, 134, 136, 138–140
——Samuel (d 1790), 467
——Stephen Willard, elected Member of Council, 183; host to Society at Club of Odd Volumes, 387; on Nominating Committee, 505
——William, 467
——Lieut.-Gov. Spencer, 462 n
Phips, Gov. Sir William, 42, 47, 122–123, 125, 128–129
Pickering, Timothy (d 1829), 377–379
Pickman, Nancy, 511
Pike, John, 26
——Robert, 42
Pirates, 137–138
Piscataqua territory, 196
Pitcairn, Maj. John, 367
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 411
Pittman, John, 133 n
Pitts, James, Boston merchant, 136
——James (d 1776), 467
Plantations, in Bahamas, 81–85, 155–172
Plimpton, George Arthur, death, 417; tribute, 418
Pocock, John, 200, 204–205, 217, 235, 237
Poetry: an acrostic, 415; in Boston Evening-Post, 397; of Leonard Bacon, 425–427; of Hugh Hall, 518; of John Maylem, 96–98, 100–101, 104, 108, 110–116; quoted, by Seaborn Cotton, 321–324, 326–328, 330–331, 333–337, 340–350
Political theory, 290–292, 309–311, 316–319
Pollen, Thomas, 113–114
Poor, 199–200, 214, 220, 239, 241, 245. See also Orphans
Pope, Alexander, 432
Pope Day, 414–415
Porter, ——, mother of Elizabeth (Porter) Phelps, 449
——Elizabeth. See Phelps
Portland, Lord. See Weston, Jerome
Powell, Jeremiah, 466–467, 469, 472–473
Pownall, Gov. Thomas, 59 n, 122, 124–126, 130
Pratt, John, 188
Prayer, at town meetings, 300–304
Preble, George H., 524
Predestination (election), 249, 251–252, 255, 262, 271–274, 284–286, 289, 318. See also Grace, Covenant of
Presbyterians, 35, 161, 245; their church in Boston, 304; and Independents, 210, 221–225, 227, 238, 241 n, 242; in Scotland, 28, 53
Prescott, James, 467
——William, 186
Preston, John, 292 n, 295–296, 299; theology of, 249, 251, 256–257, 258 n–259 n, 259–260, 263–272, 275–282, 284, 286–287, 289, 294, 297–298
——Thomas, 410
Prince, Thomas (d 1758), 91 n, 302; quoted, 35
Privateering, 506
Propaganda, against Stamp Act, 59–66, 68–72; and the Boston newspaper press, paper on, by A. M. Schlesinger, 396–416
Province Galley, last voyage of, paper on, by R. E. Moody, 131–155
Provisions, trade in, 506–507, 511, 519–520. See also Fish; Salt
Prussia, 313
Prynne, William, 169
Pseudonyms, 409; of Samuel Adams, 400, 403; of Benjamin Franklin, 63–64, 71; of James Wilson, 528
Pufendorf, Samuel von, 529, 534, 535
Punishments, 381; in British army, 369–370
——Fines, 146, 149, 190, 411 n; forfeiture of property, 452; imprisonment, 452; whipping, 382
Puritanism, 6–10, 34, 47, 295, 309, 318; theology of, paper on, by P. G. Miller, 247–300; softening of, 31, 36; threatened, 29. See also Calvinism; Congregational churches
Puritans, 202–204, 210, 249–250, 270, 277, 294–295, 309, 311, 314; music and literature among, 323. See also Calvinists; Independents
——James, 496
Quakers, 10, 32–34, 47, 246, 312–313; meeting, 325, 330; meeting house, 303
Queen Anne’s War, 131
Quincy, Josiah (d 1775), 399, 400 n, 526
——Norton, 467
Quinn, Mary T., 112
Rackemann, Charles Sedgwick, tribute, 13
Radcliffe, James, Earl of Derwentwater, 141
Ragg, John, 371
Rainborow, Rainsborough, etc.
——Thomas, 204–205; quoted, 159
——William, 205
Râle, Sebastien, 32
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 170
Rand, Edward Kennard, 338 n
——Isaac, 496
Randolph, Edward, 24–29
Ranters, 10
Ratcliffe, Robert, 25
Rationalism, 253–254, 266, 270–271, 274–281, 294, 296, 298–299
Ratstock. See Natstock
Rawson, Edward, 477
Read, John, 49
Religious intolerance, 10, 32, 53, 223, 312–313; of laymen, 36
Religious liberty, 25
Religious persecution, 28, 32–33
Religious tests, in Bahamas, 81–82, 157
Religious tolerance, 28, 32–36, 222, 236, 245; in Bahamas, 80–82, 155–157
Revere, Paul, 410 n
Revolutions, England (1642–1649), 198, 207, 209, 218, 221, 226, 228, 313; (1689), 27–29
Rhode Island, 309, 318; charter granted, 233; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 475
——General Assembly, petition to, 93
Rich, Elizabeth, Lady, 257
——Robert, Earl of Warwick, 164, 168, 189–190, 204, 227, 232, 384. See also Warwick Commission
Richards,——, 518
Richardson, Samuel, 46
Rider, Sidney, 88 n
Ridgley, Thomas, 259 n
Rindge, John, 92 n
Robinson, George Frederick, elected Resident Member, 12
——Henry, paper on, by Fulmer Mood, 155–173; writings, list, 169–170
——James Harvey, death,——387; tribute, 418
——John, 406
Roby, Henry, 323, 325, 331–332
Rogers, Ezekiel, 192
——John, 520
Rollins, Hyder E., 324
Roman Catholic Church, 37
Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin Delano, elected Honorary Member, 24, 55, 175
——Theodore, 528
Root, Dorothy, 443. See also Phelps
——Hon. Elihu, death, 441
Ropes, James Hardy, tribute, 13–14
——Nathaniel, 469
Rosenstock, Eugen, 183
Ross (Royse), Vere, 185
Rowe, John, 184
Roxburghe Ballads, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 326–328, 333–336, 340–342
Roxbury, church, 191–192; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 480–481
Royal Society of London, 38
Royse,——. See Ross, Vere
Rugg, Hon. Arthur Prentice, elected Vice-President, 22, 182, 361, 425
Ruggles, Timothy, 99, 465, 472, 475, 478, 493–494, 496, 499–501; intimidation of, 471, 474; letter to, 476
Ruling elders, 46–47
Russell, Charles, 496
——John, 92 n
——Jonathan, 383 n
Rutland, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 478–479
Sabbath, in Boston, 108; as observed by John Adams, 399; violation of, 381
Saddlery, trade in, 519–520
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 429
Saint Vincent, Lord. See Jervis, John
Salem, church, 191–192; shipping from, 506–507; witchcraft, 40–45
Salou, Spain, 138
Salt, 84; trade in, 139–141, 171–172
Saltmarsh, John, 212 n
Saltonstall, Gov. Gurdon, Conn., 46–47
——Sir Richard (d 1658), 235
——Richard (d 1785), 496
Salvation, 253, 260, 262, 271, 273, 279, 283, 285, 288
Salvemini, Gaetano, 183
Samson,——, 185
Sands, George, 226
Sandwich, Earl of. See Montagu, John
Sardinia, 135
Savage, Arthur, and Province Galley, 132–153
——James, 13, 392; and Winthrop’s Journal, 388–390
Say and Sele, Viscount. See Fiennes, William
Saybrook Platform, 31
Sayle, Gov. William, Bermudas, patent to Bahamas, 80; settles Eleuthera, 79, 81
Scaevola, Q. Mucius, 531
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, paper, Propaganda and the Boston Newspaper Press, 396–416
Scholes, Percy, 323
Schoolmasters, Boston, 184–185
Science, 40; attitude of clergy toward, 37–39; and theology, 277, 278 n, 298
Scotland, rebellion in, 201
Scott, John, 520
Scottow, Lydia. See Colman
Seals, theft of Provincial, 497–498
Sedgwick, Capt.——, 199
——Obadiah, 210 n
Seneca, 533
Senter, Isaac, 376 n
Sermons, 294; Election, 35, 303 n, 304 n; Fast Day, 212–213; influence of, 268
Sewall, Elizabeth, 185 n
——Jonathan, 496
——Samuel (d 1730), 36, 45, 89, 147, 152, 300 n, 519
Seybolt, Robert Francis, elected Corresponding Member, 12; notes: Ministers at Boston Town Meetings, 300–304; Schoolmasters of Colonial Boston, 184–185
Shallet & Crowe, 139
Shattuck, Henry Lee, on Auditing Committee, 308, 395
Shaw, Lemuel, 186
——Thomas, 103
Shepard, Thomas (d 1649), 158 n, 222, 234 n, 243, 248 n, 258, 259 n, 296; theology of, 250, 254–255, 264–266, 277–278, 281–282, 285, 287–288
Sheriffs, removal of, 471, 474
Sherley, James, 199–200
Ships, accidents, 133–134; building, 189; insurance, 137; prices, 132; repairs, 139–140
——Alfred, 522–525; Arbella, 388; Boyne, 371; Britannia, 380 n; Bull Dog, 522; Centaur, 364; Centinel, 378; Cerberus, 367 n, 370; Columbus, 522–525; Cruger, 513–514; Dragon, 133, 136, 142, 144–145, 148–149; Eltham, 381 n; Falcon, 365; Flora, 364; Fowey, 504; God Speed, 305; Griffin, 321; Jonathan, 383–384; Liberty, 405; Lucy, 511; Marlborough, 364; Mary (schooner), 380 n; Mary (ship), 380; Mary (sloop), 380 n; Mermaid, 381 n; Milford, 503; Mt. Vernon, voyage to Mediterranean, 505–514; Nancy, 511; Panther, 364; Province Galley, paper on, by R. E. Moody, 131–155; Rippon, 406 n; St. Laurence, 491; Scarborough, 485; Shute Galley, 147; Thomas and Samuel, 380 n; Three Friends, 509–510
Ships’ stores, 139
Shipton, Clifford Kenyon, 90 n, 320, 514 n; paper, The New England Clergy of the “Glacial Age,” 24–54
Shipwrecks, 79
Shirley, Gov. William, 57, 64, 122, 124–125, 127
Short, John, 137
——William, 520
Shrove Tuesday, 89
Shuldham, Molyneux, 503
Shurtleff, Harold Robert, 86
——Gov. Samuel, 122–123, 125–142, 146 n, 147
Sibbes, Richard, 292 n, 299; theology of, 257, 258 n–259 n, 261, 264, 267, 273–274, 277, 285, 289
Sidley, Sir John, 226
Sidney, Sir Philip, Arcadia, 323; quoted, by Seaborn Cotton, 332–333, 336–337, 339
Simonton, Theopa, 380 n
Simpson, Jonathan, 466, 472; resigns from Council, 475
Sin, 284. See also Original sin
Singing, 36
Skinner, Francis, 501
Slaves, classical names of, 526–527; diet of, 517; trade in, 516–518, 520. See also Negroes
Smith, Abigail. See Adams
——Adam, 527
——H. F. Russell, 162 n
——James, 146, 148–149, 151–154
——Joseph, 36
Smuggling, 405
Smyth, Albert H., 70
Soap, trade in, 520
Social compact theory, 292 n, 299
Society for Promoting the Gospel in New England. See New England Company
Socrates, 529
Somers Island Company, 80
Sons of Liberty, 396, 400, 415
Southwick, Solomon, 117–120
Spain, 506; trade with Bahamas, 79
Sparks, Jared, 70
Sparrowhawk,——, 200 n
Spencer, John, 38
Spooner, Walter, 467
Staats, Chester, 112
Stamp Act, Boston newspapers and, 396, 401, 403; Franklin and, paper on, by V. W. Crane, 56–77; riots, 147
Stanley, Raymond Walker, 183; elected Resident Member, 174, 184; on Auditing Committee, 308
Stapley, Anthony, 226
Stark, John, 366
Stearns, Albert Warren, elected Resident Member, 362, 387
——Raymond Phineas, 323 n; paper, Weld-Peter Mission to England, 188–246
Stebbing,——, 99
Steele, William, 212, 238, 240, 242–243
Stephen, Sir Leslie, 432
Sterne, Laurence, 432
Sternhold, Thomas, 391
Stevens, John, 520
Stevenson, Caroline James (Young), 187
——Gen. Robert Hooper, 187
Stiles, Ezra, 375
Stillman, Samuel, 303
Stock, Leo F., 80
Stone, Samuel, 271
Story, Thomas, 32
Stoughton, Israel, 199
Strahan, William, 61
Strickland, Walter, 228–229
Studley, Thomas, 306 n
Superstition, 387–394
Sussex, England, Peter’s activities in, 226–227
Suvaroff, Count Alexander, 511
Swem, Earl Gregg, 435
Swift, John, 52
——Jonathan, 432
Symmes, Zechariah, 200
Synods, in New England (1648), 259 n; (1679–80), 36; (1725), 32; of Dort, 254
Tailer, Lieut.-Gov. William, 462 n
Tarragona, Spain, 137–138
Taunton, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 481–482
Tawney, Richard Henry, 314
Taxation, duties, 193, 198, 216, 245, 398–399, 404, 412; excises, 193, 198, 217, 245; stamp tax, paper on, by V. W. Crane, 56–77; tonnage, 217
Taylor, Anthony, 331
——Jeremy, 295–296
Thayer, John Eliot, death, 12; tribute, 14
Theocracy, 9–10, 25, 316–317; discontent under, 26–27; fall of, 24, 26, 30–31, 46–47
Theology, Puritan, paper on, by P. G. Miller, 247–300
Thomas, Nathaniel, 152
——Nathaniel Rae, 466, 472, 493–494, 496, 499
Thomas A Kempis, 46
Thompson, Maurice, 204, 208, 215 n, 228
Thomson, Charles, 60–61
Thorndike, Albert, 183
Thucydides, 534
Thwing, Charles Franklin, elected Honorary Member, 24, 55
Tillotson, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, 34
Timbs, John, 518
Tithingmen, 54
Tobacco, trade in, 520
Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de, 309–311, 313, 320
Tolerance. See Religious tolerance
Tompson, Benjamin, 185
Tories, leave Boston, 503; treatment of, 471, 474, 476–489, 493, 496 n
Toulon, France, 140
Tovini de Quincinet, Count, 140
Town meetings, 300–304, 471, 489
Townsend, Micah, 453
Townshend Acts, 398–399, 404, 412
Tozzer, Alfred Marston, elected Vice-President, 22; meeting held at house of, 87, 174
Tracts, pamphlets, and broadsides: Agreement of the People, 159, 163–164; Articles and Orders, Bahama, 81–85, 155–173; Church-Government and Church-Covenant, 222–224; England’s Safety in Trade’s Encrease, 170–172; Innocency Cleared, 240, 244; Letter of Ministers in Old England, 221–222; Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 398, 411; Liberty of Conscience, 156, 168; New Englands First Fruits, 218–220; Short Narrative of Ann Maylem, 93; True Relation of a Voyage for Ireland, 208
Trade and Commerce, 79, 193; monopoly of, 83–84, 171; regulation of, 56, 58, 60, 67, 75; restrictions removed from, 198, 216; Robinson’s proposals concerning, 170–172; triangular, 132–133, 135, 189. See also Mediterranean; West Indies
Train-oil, 519
Treat, Salmon, 52
Trevelyan, George Macaulay, elected Honorary Member, 174, 184
Trowbridge, Thomas, 511 n
Trumbull, Jonathan (d 1785), 374, 376 n, 383
——Jonathan (d 1809), 383
Tucker,——, 304 n
Turner, Henry E., 91 n, 92 n, 95
——Polly, poem to, 96–97
Tyler, Moses Coit, 433–434; criticism of his American Literature, 428–431
——Royall, 384–386
Tyng, William (d 1653), 240
——William (d 1807), 496
Tyrrell, Hon. Joseph Burr, elected Corresponding Member, 440–441
Ulpian, 533
United Colonies, 241; Commissioners of, 238–239, 242–243
United States, constitution, 537–538; location of capital, 458; naval flags, 522–525
——Continental Congress, committees of, 522–526; and dispute over Vermont, 449–451; memorial to, text, 453–455
Ursinus, Zacharius, 329
Ussher, James, Archbishop of Armagh, 257, 259 n
Vail, Robert William Glenroie, elected Resident Member, 387, 395
Vassall, John, 484, 491, 493–494
Vattel, Emerich de, 529
Vaughan, Lieut.-Gov. George, N. H., 46
Vegetables, trade in, 519–520
Venn,——, 307
Vermont, admission to Union, 458–459; disputes over territory of, 444 n, 445–446, 448–451, 453–457
Vibert, Capt.——, 134
Viets, Henry Rouse, elected Resident Member, 441, 505
Villafranca, Modena, 140
Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, 256
Vincent, Ambrose, 148–149
——Thomas, 205
Vinson, Robert, 438–439
Virginia, plantation system, 315; void in history of, 435
Wade, Jonathan, 351–352
——Prudence. See Cotton
——Lieut. Simon, 101–103
Wadsworth, Benjamin, 303
Wages, of seamen, 511
Wait, Hon. William Cushing, elected Honorary Member, 184, 247; death, 247; tribute, 355
Walcott, Hon. Robert, elected Corresponding Secretary, 22, 182, 361; elected Member of Council, 425
Waldo, Cornelius, and Province Galley, 132, 135, 139, 141–148, 150–154
Waldron, William, 54
Walker,——, 234 n
——Henry, 214
Waller, Edmund, 225
Walsingham, Sir Thomas, 226
Walton, Clarence Eldon, elected Resident Member, 55, 87, 175
Walwyn, William, 156, 163, 169 n; quoted, 156–157
War, Puritan attitude toward, 318
——Joseph, 185
——Nathaniel, 530
Ware, Horace Everett, gift to Society, 3, 15
Ware Memorial, 15; address at dedication of, 3–11
Warner, Dorothy (Phelps), 449
——Jonathan, 449
Warr, John, 163
Warren,——, 331
——Bentley Wirt, elected Resident Member, 440–441; on Auditing Committee, 505
——Joseph, 399, 402; death, 367–368
——Sir Peter, 381 n
Warwick, Earl of. See Rich, Robert
Warwick Commission, 217 n, 232–235
Washington, George, 374, 375 n–376 n, 435, 458, 526; epaulets of, 388
Waterhouse, Samuel, 415 n
Waters,——, 134 n
Watson, George, 466, 472, 474; resigns from Council, 474
Watts, Isaac, 259 n
Weaver, Edward, 151
Webb, John, 303
Webster, Daniel, 186, 315, 428
——Kenneth Grant Tremayne, meeting held at house of, 308
Weld, John, 219
——Judith, wife of Thomas, 220, 234
——Thomas (d 1662), and Civil War, 210, 213; and English Reformation, 221–225; gifts secured for colony, 199–201, 214–215, 219–220, 245; and iron works, 217; letter to General Court, text, 220–221; mission to England, paper on, by R. P. Stearns, 188–246; and Narragansett patent, 233; quarrel with colony, 234–246
Weldon, Sir Anthony, 226
Wells, William V., 402 n
Welsteed, William, 303; letter of Hugh Hall to, text, 516
Wendell, Barrett, 47
Wentworth, Gov. Benning, N. H., 123, 126 n, 129, 455, 457, 514, 517 n; letter of Hugh Hall to, text, 515–516
——Charles W., second Marquis of Rockingham, 66
——Lieut.-Gov. John (d 1730), N. H., 129 n
——Gov. John(d 1820), N.H., 123, 126 n, 129
——Thomas, Earl of Strafford, 197, 201
Wertenbaker, Thomas J., 25, 37, 54
West Indies, trade of, 79, 166, 171, 189, 506, 516–521
Westminster Assembly, 223, 228
Westminster Confession, 259 n
Westminster (Vt.) Convention, 445
Westminster Drolleries, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 347–348
Westminster (Vt.) Massacre, 445
Weston, Jerome, Earl of Portland, 225
——Robert Dickson, elected Registrar, 22, 183, 361, 425
Wharton, James, charge-book, quoted, 522–523
Wheat, trade in, 511–513
Whichcote, Benjamin, 294
——Andrew D., 430
——John, 227
——Nathaniel, 166 n
——William, 528
Wigglesworth, Michael (d 1705), 45, 321–322
Wilder,——, 478
Wildman, Sir John, 159
Wilkins, William, 371–372
Wilkinson, Henry, 81
——John, 370
Wilks, Francis, 520
Will, freedom of, 251, 267–268, 271, 275, 279, 281–282, 285–289, 291, 297
Willard, Abijah, 466, 472, 494, 496, 499; assault on, 474; intimidation of, 489; resigns from Council, 489
——Josiah, 49
——Samuel, 27–28, 31, 40–41, 428
William III, 34
William and Mary College, 435
Williams, Daniel, 259 n
——Henry, 320 n
——Israel, 409, 466, 472, 496; letter of, text, 472–473
——Job, 482
——John, 509
——Roger, 10, 156 n, 169 n, 233–235, 245, 312–313
Williamsites, 233 n
Williamson, James Alexander, 164 n; elected Corresponding Member, 505
Wills, of Joseph Maylem, 88 n, 90 n
Wilson, Bird, 528
——James, classical precedents in writings of, paper on, by R. M. Gummere, 525–538
——John (d 1667), 243
Wines and liquors, trade in, 506, 511, 513, 517, 520
Wingfield, Edward-Maria, 305, 306 n
——Ferdinando & Co., 135
Winslow, Edward, 194, 200 n, 231 n, 241, 243
——Isaac, 465, 472; resigns from Council, 474
——Joshua, 520
Winstanley, Gerrard, 163
Winthrop, Adam, 45
——Clara B., 391
——Elizabeth (Fones), 393
——Forth, 392–393
——Henry, 393
——John (d 1649), 189, 200 n, 213, 223 n, 230, 234, 525; his journal, 389; and mouse episode, 388, 391–392; quoted, 193–194, 196, 217, 291; his political ideas, 270, 290–291, 311, 314–315, 317
——John, Jr. (d 1676), 193–194, 198 n, 215 n, 217, 393; library of, 388, 391–392
——Margaret (Tindal), 392–393
——Martha Johanna, 393
——Robert Charles, 388, 390–392
——Wait, 149–150
Winthrop Papers, 390
Wirt, William, 376 n
Wiseman, R., 163
Wiswall, John, 496
——Peleg, 185; and Province Galley, 136–139, 141
Witchcraft, 39–45
Wolkins, George Gregerson, elected Associate Member, 505
Women, status in church, 330; recipe for beauty, 331
Woodbridge, Dudley, 52
——John, 52
——Timothy (d 1742), 52
Woods, Tabitha, 136
Woodward, John (d 1728), 38
——John (d 1746), 48 n
Worcester, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 476–478
Works, Covenant of, 256, 260–261, 264, 283, 285 n
Worthington, John, 466, 472–473, 496
Writs, of attachment, text, 136; of prohibition, 132, 144–147; text, 148–150
Wroth, Lawrence Counselman, elected Corresponding Member, 308, 353; paper, John Maylem: Poet and Warrior, 87–120
——Peter, 226
Wythe, George, 435
Yale College, 49
Young,——, Boston, 509
——Alexander (d 1834), 187
——Alexander (d 1854), 186–187
——Benjamin Loring, Sr., 187
——Benjamin Loring, remarks on Alexander Young and William Hubbard, 186–188
——Caroline James. See Stevenson
——Caroline (James), 187
——Charles Loring, 187
——Edward James, 187
——George Brooks, 187
——Mary (Loring), 187