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Abercrombie, general, ii. 69. repulsed at
Ticonderoga, 83.

Aborigines of America, origin of, i. 557,
Note III.

Abraham, battle on the plains of, ii. 93.
Academy, in Philadelphia, American, ii. 22.
incorporated, 319. Phillips (Andover),
ib. incorporated, 438. Phillips (Exeter),
337. Dummer, 343. Connecticut, of arts
and sciences, 420. Bacon, at Colchester,
426. Pennsylvania, of fine arts, 431. of
natural sciences, at Philadelphia, 485.
Law, of Philadelphia, 497. United States,
military, at West Point, 250.
Acadié, destruction of French settlements
in, i. 143. mortgaged, 279. submits to the
English, 300. grant of, to St. Etienne,
307. given up to the French, 346–353.
Adams, John, his summary of Otis' plea
concerning writs of assistance, ii. 105. dis-
sertation on the civil and feudal law, 140.
denies the authority of parliament to pass
the declaratory act, 147, N. observation
on the treatment of Indians, 150, N. ap-
pointed minister to Holland, 339. his let-
ter to congress, 346. introduced to the
king of Great Britain as ambassador from
the United States, 357. inaugurated presi-
dent of the United States; speech of, at
his inauguration, 407-409. gives land and
his library to the town of Quincy, 499.
dies at Quincy, 519.

—, John Quincy, first professor of rhe-
toric and oratory in Harvard College, ii.
438. inaugurated president of the United
States; speech of, at inauguration, 509.
Samuel, death of, ii. 426.
Addington, Isaac, death of, i. 515.
Adirondack Indians, i. 141.

Admiralty, court of, i. 403, 450.

African treaty; foundation of a settlement
for free Africans at a place called Liberia;
new town built, called Monrovia, ii. 497.
Agamenticus named York, i. 296.
Agawam or Ipswich settled, i. 225.
Aix la Chapelle, treaty of, ii. 36.
Alabama, state of, admitted into the Union,
ii. 488. seat of government laid out, 489.
Albany, i. 335. incorporated, 419. popu-
lation, 509. congress with the Indians at,
529. Note XXXV, 580. fire in, ii. 395.
houses and inhabitants in, 405. trade of,
514.

Albemarle in Carolina, i. 329, 344. first
assembly in, 350. act concerning mar-
riage, ib.
earl of, commands the army
against Havana, ii. 111.
Alden, John, death of, i. 424.
Alexander, son and successor of Masas-
soit, death of, i. 308.

Alexandria submits to articles of capitula-
tion, and is entered by the British, ii. 465.
Algerine frigate and brig of war captured,

ii. 476.

Algiers, instructions to the consul at, ii.
419. dey of, conduct towards the consul
offensive, 438. hostile acts of; war de-
clared against; peace with; treaty with
the dey of, 474-476.
Allen, John, death of, i. 360.

, Thomas, death of, i. 365.
-, Ethan, death of, ii. 379.
Ira, death of, ii. 472.

Allison, Francis, death of, ii. 305.
Almagro, one of the conquerors of Peru,
1525, 1531. invades Chili, 1535. behead-
ed, 1538.

Alsop, Richard, death of, ii. 477.
Alvarado attacks the Mexicans, 1520. ex-
pedition of, to Quito, 1533. death of, 1541.

the Spaniards, retaken by the English,
ii. 342.

Balboa establishes a colony at Darien,
1510. discovers the South Sea, 1513. is
beheaded, 1514.

Baltimore, lord, grant to, i. 176. visits
Virginia, 208. liberal policy of, 221. gov-
ernment of Maryland taken from, 297.
government reverts to, 325.

in Maryland, first settlement
of, ii. 28, 44. state of, 367. imports to;
navigation, 403. mob at, 448. battle near,
with the British, 465. first independent
church in, corner stone laid, 486.
Balloting, method of, i. 271.
Bank of North America established, ii. 320.
of the United States, 390. of South Caro-
lina; of Pennsylvania; of New Hamp-
shire; Union, in Boston, 392. of Balti-
more; Union, in South Carolina, 405.
national, 480.

bills issued in Carolina, i. 507.
Bankruptcy, law for a uniform system of,

ii. 416.

Baptism, council of ministers concerning,
i. 309. differences concerning, 316.
Baptists, church of, in Boston, i. 341. ex-.
empted from taxes, i. 545. churches and
ministers of, from Maryland to Carolina,
ii. 179. number of, in U. States, 395.
Barbadoes, non-conformist church at, i.
469.

Barlow, Joel, appointed minister to France;
death of, ii. 451.

Barnard, John, death of, ii. 175.
Barnstable settled, i. 255.

Barre, M. de la, expedition against the
Five Nations, i. 413.

-, colonel, his speech against the
stamp act, ii. 132.

Barrell's sound, first visited, ii. 378.
Barrington incorporated, i. 530.
Barry, commodore John, death of, ii.

427.

Barton, lieut. colonel, takes major general
Prescot by surprise at his quarters in
R. Island, ii. 280.

Bartram, John, death of, ii: 280.
Baskerville, Sir Thomas, expedition of, to
West Indies, 1595.

Bastidas, voyages of, 1502. voyage of, to
Codego, 1504.

Battle of Lexington, ii. 204. of Bunker
Hill, 209. of Long Island, 248. of White
Plains, 250. of Trenton, 253. of Prince-
ton, 261. of Brandywine, 265. of Ger-
mantown, 267. of Red Bank, 268. of
Stillwater, 272, 273. of Monmouth court
house, 283. of Camden, 310. of the Cow-
pens, 321. of Guilford, 323. of Eutaw,
327. at Tippecanoe, 445. of Fort George,
454. of the Thames, 456. See Thames.

of Williamsburg, ib. of Chippewa, 463.
of Bridgewater, 464. of New Orleans,
466.

Bayler, colonel, his regiment of American
cavalry surprised, ii. 288.
Bayonne decree, ii. 439.
Beaufort, S. Carolina, i. 516. N. Carolina,
532.

Beausejoure fort taken, ii. 60.
Bedford, and vicinity, spoliations at, by
the British, ii. 288.

Beers, captain, with his soldiers waylaid
and killed by Indians, i. 373.
Belcher, Jonathan, governor of Massachu-
setts, i. 549. death of, ii. 78.
Belknap, Jeremy, death of, ii. 413.
Bell foundery erected at Stoughton, ii.

173.

Bellamy, Samuel, the pirate, 517.`
Bellingham, Richard, governor of Massa-
chusetts, death of, 363.

Bellomont, earl of, death of, i. 481.
Benezet, Anthony, death of, ii. 356.
Bennington, grant of, ii. 39.
Berkeley, Sir W. governor of Virginia, i.
293, 311. recalled, 389.

dean, in America, i. 554. death

of, ii. 53.
Berlin decree, French, revoked, ii. 448.
Bermudas discovered by Bermudez, 1522.
See 1572, 1593. sold, colonized, and
named Somer islands, i. 142, 146. notices
of, 151, 179.

Bernard, Francis, governor of Massachu-
setts, ii. 102. recalled, 162.

Bernardston granted to the soldiers in the
Fall fight, i. 386.

Berwick destroyed by Indians, i. 533.
Bethabara, settlement of, ii. 52.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, built by the
Moravians, ii. 17.

Beverly incorporated, i. 349.
Beyroot, mission at, ii. 504.
Bible, German, printed, ii. 22; and news-
paper, ib.

Indian, i. 331.

printed by Aitken, and recommend-
ed by congress, ii. 343.

societies, ii. 441. See Societies.
Bibles, taken in a prize, ii. 470.
Bienville, expedition of, against the Chick-
asaws, ii. 16.

Billerica settled, i. 267. incorporated, 305.
Bishoprick of Paraguay, 1547; of Brazil,

1552.

Bishops, plan of sending, to the colonies,
ii. 38. consecrated in England for Penn-
sylvania, New York, and Nova Scotia,
366. one for Maryland, the first conse-
crated in this country, 392.

Blackstone, William, i. 204. death of, 377.
-Bladensburg, action at, ii. 464.

Blair, James, death of. ii. 22.
Bland, Richard, his enquiry into the rights
of the British colonies, ii. 147.
Block island Indians, i. 235.

Blockade of American ports, ii. 452. ad-
miral Cochrane's declaration of; counter
proclamation, 462.

Bollan, William, dies in England, ii. 259.
Bombay, American mission to, ii. 460.
Boon, Daniel, death of, ii. 488.

Boston settled, i. 204. fortification in, 215.
enlarged, 225. state of, in 1638, 249. ship
from, seized and confiscated by the
French, 282. church at north end of, 288,
first fire in, 298. synod at, 324. baptist
church in, 341. old south church in, 352.
population &c. of, in 1673, 365. printing
press in, 367. fire in, 1676, 387. quit-
claim of the peninsula of, 416. first epis-
copal society in, 420. and church built
in, 426. wooden buildings prohibited in,
441. church in Brattle street founded in,
473. population of, 476. first newspaper
established in, 490. Quaker meeting
house in, 503. great fire in, 505. new
north church in, 512. light house at, 514.
brick church in, 527. Hollis street church
in, 555. third episcopal church in, ii. 5.
market established in, ib. divided into
wards, 6. church in Lynde street, 9.
workhouse in, 11. Faneuil Hall built in,
20. church in Bennet street, ib. ship
building in, 21. second baptist church in,
ib. threatened by the French in 1746, 30.
tumult in, 34. town house in, 35. trade
of, 37, 40. stone chapel built in, 41.
population of, 48. great fire in, 1760, 103.
great storm in, 108. instructions to rep-
resentatives, 126. tumults in, on account
of the stamp act; discountenanced by the
town, 136. population of, 142. merchants
of, enter into non-importation agreements,
155. seizure of a wine vessel causes
disorder there, 157. convention at, 158,
British troops arrive at; land and march
to the common; occupy the public build-
ings; council refuse to provide barracks;
more troops arrive, 158, 159. massacre in,
166. transactions of; choose a committee
of correspondence, which is the basis of
the union of the colonies, 178. distressed
by an act of parliament. See Port bill.
lamps first used in, 197. evacuated by
the British, 242. fire in, 367, 401. new
state house in, 413. municipal court es-
tablished, 416. city incorporated, 498.
See Fires.

Botanic gardens, and a botanic society,

ii. 431.

Botany, elements of, published, ii. 426.
American medical, 497.
Boudinot, Elias, death of, ii. 498.

Bouquet, colonel, defeats the Indians and
relieves Fort Pitt, ii. 122.
Bovadilla supersedes Columbus, 1500. lost
at sea, 1502.

Bow incorporated, i. 541.

Boxer, British brig, captured, ii. 455.
Boylston, Nicholas, founds a professorship
in Harvard college, ii. 179.

Zabdiel, Dr., introduction of in-
oculation by, i. 526. death of, ii. 148.
Braddock, general, commands troops to
America, ii. 59. expedition of, against
Fort Duquesne, 60. defeat and death of,

62.

Bradford, William, governor of Plymouth,
i. 168. death of, 309.

major, commands the Plymouth
troops in Philip's war, i. 375.

William, printer, death of, ii. 49.
Bradstreet, governor of Massachusetts, i.
428, 436. death of, 466.

colonel, takes Fort Frontenac,

ii. 83. death of, 198.
Brainerd, David, death of, ii. 36.

mission at, commenced among
the Cherokee Indians, ii. 485.
Braintree, church at, i. 255.
Branford settled, i. 274. inhabitants of,
remove to Jersey, 338. resettled, 415.
Brattle, Thomas, death of, i. 511.

William, death of, i. 518.
Brazil discovered, 1500. French protest-
ants in, 1556, 1558, 1560. attempted Eng-
lish settlement in, 1572.
Breda, peace of, i. 346.

Brewster, William, death of, i. 276.
Briar Creek, defeat at, ii. 294.
Bridge, over York river, ii. 109. Connecti-
cut river, 354. Mystic, at Malden, 367.
Bass, at Salem, 370. Merrimack and Ra-
ritan, 403. Mystic, at Chelsea, 429.
Schuylkill, near Philadelphia, 431. Ash-
ley river, 442.

—, Thomas, death of, i. 515.
Bridgewater settled, i. 295. attacked by
Indians, 380.

British ministry, intentions in regard to
America after the peace of 1763, ii. 124.
compromise between the ministry and
East India company, 181.-government,
regulation about the customs excites com-
plaints; its effects, 123. corps and re-
cruits embarked for North America, 305,
316, and Tables.

ed, 448.

orders in council, ii. 436. repeal-

troops defeated at Broad river; re-
pulsed at Black Stocks, ii. 314.

Brock, British general, killed at Queens-
town, ii. 449.

Brookfield settled, i. 316, 347. burned by
Indians, 371. incorporated, 520.

Brookline incorporated, i. 493. church
gathered at, 518.

Brooks, John, dies at Medford, ii. 515.
Bucaniers in West Indies, i. 345, 422.
Buckminster, Joseph, death of, and of his
son Joseph S. ii. 451.

Buell, Abel, makes printing types, and so-
licits aid for a foundery, ii. 165.
Buenos Avres founded, 1535.
Buffalo, village of, burnt by the British,
ii. 459.

Buford, colonel, defeated at Waxhaws by
colonel Tarleton, ii. 309.

Bulkley, Peter, death of, i. 314.

Bull, captain, spirited resistance of, to An-
dros, i. 368.

Bunker hill, anniversary of battle of, com-
memorated, ii. 511. monument, ib. See
Battle.

Burgoyne, general, arrives at Boston, ii.
208. arrives at Quebec; advances to
Crown Point; invests Ticonderoga, which
is evacuated by the Americans; reaches
fort Edward; encamps at Saratoga; bat-
tle near Stillwater; detaches colonel Baum
to Bennington; general Stark prepares to
attack him; Baum and Brayman defeat-
ed; Baum mortally wounded; Burgoyne
encamps at Saratoga; battle near Still-
water; second action; he retires to Sara-
toga; attempts in vain to retreat; the
royal army surrender prisoners of war, ii.
269-275. dies in England, 393.
Burke, Edmund, in parliament, on Ameri-
can affairs, ii. 228-230.

Burlington, N. Jersey, settled, i. 388.
Burnet, governor, i. 541. dispute of, with
legislature of Massachusetts, 542. death
of, 546.

Burr, Aaron, president of N. Jersey col-
lege, death of, ii. 78.

vice president of the United
States, ii. 418. arrested for a conspiracy,
436.

Butler, general, mortally wounded, ii. 388.
Button, T. voyage of, i. 142. Button's
bay, ib.

Byfield, Nathaniel, death of, ii. 4.

Lechmere Point in, ii. 480.
Camden, lord, vindicates the colonies, ii.
145.

S. Carolina, battle at, between
lord Rawdon and general Greene; evacu-
ated, ii. 325.
Campaign, British, objects of, ii. 243.
northern, 269. plan of, fixed on by gen-
eral Washington in consultation with
American and French officers, afterwards
changed, 329.

Campbell, Laughlin, Highland colony or,
ii. 9.

lieut. colonel in the American
army, mortally wounded, ii. 327.
Campeache [Campeachy] founded, 1540.
taken, i. 314. sacked by bucaniers, 345.
Canada visited by Cortereal, 1500. Car-
tier's voyages to, 1534, 1535. settled by
Cartier, 1540. French trade to, 1581.
French fleet sails for, 1591. commission
for the conquest of, 1598. project for
settling, i. 192. taken by the English,
199. restored to France, 212. first bishop
of, 313. earthquake in, 331. granted to
the French West India company, 342.
peace of, with the Iroquois, 347. disease
among the Indians of, 355. population of,
416, 426. expedition of Sir W. Phips
against, 432. projected expedition against,
447. population of, in 1693, 448. manu-
factures in, 493. projected expedition
against, 500. disastrous expedition against,
in 1711, 504. population of, in 1714, 512.
mission from N. England to, 537. pro-
jected expedition against, ii. 28. militia
of, 40. alarm of the governor of, 49.
number of forts in, 72. entire reduction
of, by the English, 100. confirmed to the
English in 1763, 113. population of, 115.
submits to the stamp act, 138. expedition
to, under generals Schuyler and Mont-
gomery; Schuyler's address to the inhabi-
tants, 220. Arnold's expedition to, 220.
221. evacuated by the Americans, 243.
number of inhabitants in, 352. See Que-
bec.

Canal, Middlesex, (Mass.) ii. 395. on
Connecticut river, at S. Hadley, 403.