N. B. The numeral letters refer to the volume; the figures, to the page. From 1492 to 1607 the refer- ence is to the year only; the European discoveries and settlements are thus distinguished in the Index from the English colonies and United States.
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,
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.
Amadas and Barlow, voyage of, to North Argal, Samuel, destroys the French colo- America, 1584.
Amazon river discovered, 1500. Amelia island taken possession of by un- authorized persons; taken by authority of the United States, ii. 483. president's message about, 487.
America, islands of, discovered, 1492. con- tinent of, discovered, 1498. origin of name of, 1499. ecclesiastical government in, 1506. board of trade for, ib. attempt to settle the continent of, fails, 1509. council of Indies for government of, 1511. origin of the inhabitants of, 557, Note III. American. See Societies. Americans declared to be out of the royal protection, ii. 237.
Amerigo Vespucci, 1499. sails from Por- tugal, 1501, 1502. dies, 1512. Note VII, 562.
Ames, Fisher, death of, ii. 440. Amherst, general, commander in chief in America in 1758, ii. 80. takes Ticonde- roga and Crown Point, 89. successful campaign of, in 1760, 99, 100. death of, 413.
Mass. charity institution in, ii.
Anabaptists, law against, i. 275. prosecu- tion of, 341.
Andover founded, i. 258. attacked by In- dians, 379. See Theological. André, major, taken, and executed as a spy, ii. 316.
Andrews, John, death of, ii. 460. Andras, Edmund, governor of New York, i. 367. demands Connecticut territory, 368. commission of, for government of New England, 419. arbitrary conduct of 420, 425. opposition to, 425. expedition of, against the eastern Indians, 426. seized and imprisoned, 427. made governor of Virginia, 444. removed, 468. death of, 513.
Anguilla settled, i. 293.
Annapolis made a port town, i. 452. capi- tal of Maryland, 473. printing at, ii. 16. in Nova Scotia, formerly Port
Royal, i. 502. Antigua settled, i. 216. grant of, and tak- en by the French, 345. Apalaches Indians discovered, 1539. Apalachian mountains, i. 512. Appleton, major, commands the Massa- chusetts troops in Philip's war, i. 375. , Jesse, death of, ii. 492. Apprentices library at Philadelphia incor- porated, ii. 497. Apthorp and Mayhew, controversy of, ii.
East, dies in London, ii. 481. Archdale, governor of Carolina, i. 453.
Argus, U. S. sloop of war, captured in nies in Acadiè, i. 144. governor of Vir- ginia, 153. tyranny of, 155. Arkansaw erected into a territorial govern- St. George's channel, ii. 454. Armory, national, ii. 412. ment, ii. 488. seat of, laid out, 493. Armstrong, colonel, destroys the Indians Army, American, assembled after the battle at Kittaning, ii. 73. of Lexington in the environs of Boston, ii. 207. British and American, disposition of, 218. American, state of, 239, 240. standing army, of 88 battalions, to be raised in the colonies, 240. Washington's farewell orders to; eulogy upon; dis- banded, 350, 351.
-, provisional, ii. 411. Arnold, Benedict, governor of R. Island, death of, i. 393.
colonel Benedict, leads a detach- ment of American troops to Canada; ar- rives near Quebec; is joined by general Montgomery; assault on Quebec, ii. 221 -223. treachery of, 315. expeditions against Virginia and New London, 335. Artillery company, ancient and honoura- dies in London, 421. Asbury, Francis, death of, ii. 481. able, origin of, i. 248. Ash, general, surprised and defeated at Briar Creek, ii. 294.
Ashurst, Sir Henry, Massachusetts agent, Ashley river in Carolina, settlements on, i. 354, 356. Asia, trade with, ii. 446. death of, i. 504.
Asuncion built, 1535. -, Western, first missionaries to, embark at Boston, ii. 490.
Asylum for deaf and dumb, ii. 503. Atahualpa, inca of Peru, 1532. put to death, 1533.
Attleborough incorporated, i. 452. Atheneum, Boston, incorporated, ii. 437. Augusta, fort at, taken by the Americans, Aubert sails up the St. Lawrence, 1508. Augustine, St. castle of, in Florida, built ii. 326. by Melendes, 1565. churches in, Note IV. Aurora Borealis, in 1719, i. 523.
Backus, Isaac, death of, ii. 434. Bacon, Nathaniel, rebellion of, in Virginia, i. 385. death of, ib.
Bagota, Santa Fe de, 1538. Baffin's voyage and discoveries, i. 152. Bahama islands granted to the proprietors of Carolina, i. 345. settlement of, 349. English expelled from, 499. taken by
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,
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.
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.
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.
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,
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,
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,
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.
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.
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