INDEX.
ADAMS, Josiah, property of, attached, 85, 86.
——Samuel (1689–1748), partner in the Land Bank, 37, 72, 83, 104, 137, 142; signs petition for hearing in Land-Bank scheme, 4; resigns his position, 8; removed from office, 8; deposition of, 85; suit of N. Martyn against, 121.
Alden, Daniel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 100; form of writ used in the suit, 100, 101.
Ale-wives, Acts respecting, 451.
Allen, James, warrant of distress against, 113.
——Jeremiah, his suit against C. Ford, 118, 119, 120.
——John, printer, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328.
——John, Jr., suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
——Joseph, his attitude toward Land-Bank bills, 17.
Amendment to Article XIX of the Silver Bank, prepared by. A. McF. Davis, 155–163.
American Antiquarian Society, Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202; copies of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 299, 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 309, 310, 311, 316, 317, 322, 323, 324, 330, 331, 333 n, 336, 337, 339, 340, 344, 374, 379, 417, 450.
——Nathaniel, warrant of distress against, 107.
Anne, Queen of England, Arms of, 326, 327.
Articles of the Land Bank or Manufactory Company, prepared by A. McF. Davis, 131–142.
Articles of the Silver Bank, prepared by A. McF. Davis, 143–154.
Ashley, Noah, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
Aspinwall, William, Rev. J. Cotton’s Abstract of the Laws of New England reissued by, 295, 298.
Auchmuty, Robert, a director of the Land Bank, 79, 80, 83, 84, 97, 98, 104, 105, 137, 142; signs petition for hearing in Land-Bank scheme, 4; his opinion regarding the jurisdiction of the General Court in the Land-Bank matter, 76, 77, 78; declares that Land-Bank directors have indemnified the partners, 78.
Bank of credit (proposed), 1714, 198.
Bankrupts, a bill concerning, 426.
Barker, Caleb, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 96.
Barnstable County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 11.
Baskett, John, printer, 352, 356.
——Mark, printer, 458.
——Robert, printer, assigns of, 458.
Bates, Samuel, affidavit of, regarding a confederacy to know why Land-Bank money had no currency, 18.
Belcher, Jonathan, Governor of Massachusetts, 107, 357; his proclamation warning against unauthorized bills, 6, 7; recommends further consideration of Land Bank and Silver Scheme by committee, 7; his warning to officeholders who receive Land-Bank bills, 7; results of this warning, 8; his speech to the General Court regarding Land Bank and Silver Scheme, 8; recommends suppression of Land Bank, 8; his speech regarding its suppression, 13; disapproves choice of S. Watts as Speaker, 21; dissolves the Court, 21; disapproves choice of J. Choate as Speaker, 22; his proclamation to those relinquishing Land Bank and Silver Scheme, 24; his speech on the Act for the more speedy finishing the Land Bank, 29; consents to the Act, 31; his speeches regarding consideration of the Act, 32; signs Act in further addition to the Act for the more speedy finishing the Land Bank, 41; execution of the Amendment to the Nineteenth Article of the Silver Bank secured by, 153, 159; report on speech of, 239.
——Jonathan, of Chelsea, warrant of distress against, 118.
Belknap, Samuel, warrant of distress against, 109.
Bernard, Sir Francis, Governor of Massachusetts, 279, 282, 283; dissolves the General Court (1768), 283; petition for removal of, 284; letter to the Earl of Hillsborough from, 284; letter from H. S. Conway to, 463.
Bibliography of the Laws of the Massachusetts Bay, 1641–1776, by W. C. Ford and A. Matthews, 291–480.
Bibliography of the Massachusetts House Journals, 1715–1776, by W. C. Ford, 201–289.
Bill, Charles, printer, 320, 337.
Billeting, Act for, in North America, 478.
Bills of credit, 239; action of House and Council regarding emission of, 22; order of the General Court regarding, 241, 242; Act for supplying the Treasury with, 372, 373, 378, 410, 413, 410, 420, 420; Act for drawing in, 400; Act to prevent the currency of the bills of credit of Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island within the Province of Massachusetts, 469.
Blackwell’s Bank, 198.
Blanchard, Capt.——, land in the Groton Gore sold to, 13.
——Joseph, removed from office, 9, 10; warrant of distress against, 108.
Blodgett, Seth, his bill against the third Land-Bank commission, 82.
Blood, John, case of T. Kilby against, 88.
Body of Liberties, prepared by Rev. N. Ward, 295; adopted 1641, 295; first printed in 1843, 295; reproduced in facsimile in 1890, 295.
Boone, Nicholas, printer, 210, 211, 213, 214.
Borden, Thomas, examined regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
Bordman, John, signs petition in favor of Land-Bank scheme, 5.
Boston, Mass., annual meetings of Silver Bank to be held in, 150; order relating to building in, 310, 311.
——Athenæum, Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202, 215, 225; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 293, 302, 303, 305, 306, 313, 315, 324, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 338, 339, 372, 392, 405, 414, 415; manuscript of Body of Liberties owned by, 295.
——Castle William, muster rolls of, 212.
——Court House, destroyed by fire, 39, 40, 44, 58, 65, 79; House of Representatives meets at, 229.
——Exchange Tavern, King Street, 130.
——George Tavern, House of Representatives meets at, 229.
——King Street, 130, 205, 344, 357, 358.
——London Coffee House, 313.
——Massacre, 286.
——Newbury Street, 207.
——Public Library, 293; Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 316, 318, 319, 321, 326, 327, 333 n, 344, 356, 379, 380, 404, 417, 437, 441, 455, 456, 480; Chamberlain Collection in, 356.
——Queen Street, printing house in, 130, 419, 429, 430, 431, 432, 438, 451, 459.
Boston Evening Post, 47, 91, 95, 99, 101.
Boston Gazette, 47, 91, 95, 99, 101; Act for finishing the Manufactory Scheme to be published in, 36.
Boston News-Letter, 91, 95, 99, 101; names of subscribers to Land Bank furnished by, 106; quoted, 206.
Boston Weekly Post-Boy, 91, 95, 99, 101.
Bosworth, Henry, warrant of distress against, 108.
Boundary line between Massachusetts and New York, 277, 456.
Bourne, William, 77.
Boutineau, James, a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
Bowdoin, James, signs petition against issuing of notes by J. Colman and others, 6; a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
——James, Governor of Massachusetts, 70.
Boyce, Benjamin, Jr., warrant of distress against, 108.
——David, warrant of distress against, 108.
Boydell, Hannah, her claim against the directors of the Silver Scheme, 84, 85.
Brackett, Richard, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 104.
Brattle, William, 77.
Bray, John, accused of part in Land-Bank conspiracy, 21.
Brayton, John, 85.
Brintnal, Paul, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Brintnall, Benjamin, warrant of distress against, 118.
Bristol County, Mass., land mortgaged to Land Bank in, 14.
British army, an Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America, 423; an Act for the more speedy levying men for, 429.
Brown, John, his petition regarding project for bills of credit, 16, 17; his petition for adjustment of affairs between partners and directors of Land Bank, 41, 42; action on this petition, 42, 43, 44, 45.
——Josiah, warrant of distress against, 109.
——Robert, affidavit of, 19; his examination regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
——William, of committee to consider petition of E. Eveleth and others, 17.
Brown Library, John Carter, editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 344, 357.
Browne, William, 162.
Bryant, Jonathan, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 114; warrant of distress against, 114; his obligations discharged, 114.
Bubble Act (1720), bill to extend, to America, 16.
Bullock, Daniel, warrant of distress against, 116.
Burbank, Ebenezer, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 103.
Burbeen, James, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
Burgess, Elizeus, Governor of Massachusetts, 206.
Burleigh (or Burley), Andrew, signs petition in favor of Land-Bank scheme, 5; summoned before Council, 10; admits passing Land-Bank bills, 11.
Burnap, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 109.
Burroughs, George, Act to reverse the attainder of, for witchcraft, 343, 344.
Calef, Joseph, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
Calendar, an Act for correcting the, 408.
Calendar of the Papers and Records relating to the Land Bank of 1740, prepared by A. McF. Davis, 1–121.
Cambridge, Mass., House of Representatives meets at, 213, 228, 329, 351, 352, 301, 362, 363, 411, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474.
Camden, Earl of. See Pratt, Charles.
Campbell, Archibald, Earl of Ilay, third Duke of Argyll, 357.
Capen, Edward, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 120.
Capron, Banfield, warrant of distress against, 115.
Carpenter, Eliphalet, warrant of distress against, 109.
Carter, Richard, accused of part in Land-Bank conspiracy, 21.
Caswell, John, warrant of distress against, 118.
Cattle, order relating to rating of, 310.
Chaffe, Joel, warrant of distress against, 108.
Chandler, John, Jr., 10; summoned before Council, 12; his attitude toward the Land-Bank scheme inquired into, 13; promises not to countenance Land-Bank bills, 14; member of first Land-Bank commission, 90, 92, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101; report regarding his acts in connection with warrants of distress, 109, 110.
Chapman, Livewel, 298.
Chardon, Peter, a director of the Land Bank, 83, 137, 142; signs petition for hearing in Land-Bank Scheme, 4; suit of R. Martyn against, 121.
Chatham, Earl of. See Pitt, William.
Chebaquiduck, an Act for preventing mischief by unruly dogs on the Island of, 414.
Cheever, Abijah, his suit against J. Robinson, 92; form of writ used in the suit, 93, 94.
——Joshua, 112.
——Thomas, a director of the Land Bank, 83, 137, 142; his petition to the General Court regarding his Land-Bank troubles, 47, 48; suit of N. and R. Martyn against, 112; suit of N. Martyn against, 121.
——Timothy, suit of R. Martyn against, 121.
Child, Ebenezer, warrant of distress against, 109.
Chiswell, Richard, 304.
Choate, John, 32, 72; signs petition in favor of Land-Bank scheme, 5; resigns his position, 8; removed from office, 8; disapproved by Gov. Belcher as Speaker, 22; a director of the Land Bank, 83, 137, 142.
——Robert, signs petition in favor of Land-Bank scheme, 5.
Church, Elihu Dwight, copy of the Massachusetts Laws of 1648 owned by, 294.
Clark,——, of Braintree, 20.
Clarke, Nathaniel, Secretary of New Plymouth, 313.
Clerk, Nathaniel. See Clarke.
Cobb, Morgan, warrant of distress against, 116.
——Nathaniel, 19.
Coin, rates of foreign, in America, 337.
Colman, John, 106; heads list of subscribers to Land Bank of 1740, 3; forbidden to proceed, 4; heads petition to be heard by House, 4; signs petition praying for relief, 26; his suit against Land-Bank directors, 104, 105.
Colonial. Society of Massachusetts, character of its Publications, viii; Publications of, cited, 87, 89, 119, 356.
Compass, variations of, 277.
Concord, Mass., Land-Bank meeting at, 22; House of Representatives meets at, 262, 278, 409, 410, 411, 412, 453, 454, 456, 457.
Congress, Library of. See Library of Congress.
Connecticut, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283; Act to prevent the currency of the bilk of credit of, in Massachusetts, 469.
Constables, order regulating payment of, 309.
Conway, Henry Seymour, 282; letter to Gov. Bernard from, 463.
Cook, William, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 103.
Cooke, Middlecott, 80, 95, 120.
Coombs, John, warrant of distress against, 118.
Cope, Robert, warrant of distress against, 117.
Corbin, Jabez, warrant of distress against, 108.
Cotton, Rev. John (1585–1652), “How far Moses Judicialls bind Mass.” thought to be in handwriting of, 294; his Abstract of the Laws of New England (1641), 295, 297; reissue of (1655), 295, 298; these Laws never in force, 295.
Coules, Francis, publisher, 297.
Crosby, Joseph, his examination regarding the Land-Bank conspiracy, 20
——Thomas, 19.
Crown Point, an Act for the more speedy levying of Soldiers for the Expedition against, 421, 424.
Crowninshield, Edward Augustus, sale of his books, 219.
Currency, royal instructions regarding emission of, 157.
Cushing, Adam, affidavit of, regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
——John, 57; of committee to consider petition of E. Eveleth and others, 17.
——Seth, examined regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
——Thomas, Speaker of the Massachusetts House, 282.
Danforth, Samuel, member of Land-Bank commission, 48, 70, 90, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 104, 108, 115, 118; his plan for assessing Land-Bank partners approved, 38; reports loss of Land-Bank accounts by fire, 40; files accounts, 45; presents report of the commissioners, 65, 66; action on this report, 67, 68; his claim for services, 69, 74, 75; new statement presented by, 79, 80.
Darrell, John, dismissed from office, 10.
Dartmouth, Mass., call for town meeting in (1741), 85.
Davis Andrew McFarland, A.M., his papers relating to the Land Bank of 1740, viii; his Calendar of the Papers and Records relating to the Land Bank of 1740, 1–121; his Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, cited, 85, 89, 93, 94, 99, 100, 107, 115; Prospectus of the Land Bank or Manufactory Company, prepared by, 123–130; Articles of the Land Bank or Manufactory Company, prepared by, 131–142; Articles of the Silver Bank, prepared by, 143–154; Amendment to Article XIX of the Silver Bank, prepared by, 155–163; his List of Partners in the Land Bank of 1740, 165–194; his List of Subscribers to the Silver Bank, 195–200.
——Joseph, warrant of distress against, 108.
——Joshua, warrant of distress against, 109.
Debts, Acts relating to payment of private, 382, 383.
Deer, Acts respecting, 451.
Desertion, Acts for prevention of, 423, 430; Acts for punishing mutiny and, 460, 463, 467.
Dexter, Ephraim, warrant of distress against, 116.
——Richard, warrant of distress against, 121.
——Samuel, chosen member of third Land-Bank commission, 71; his bill for service, 72; his petition for an examination of Land-Bank accounts, 82; report of committee regarding these accounts, 82.
Dodge, Josiah, warrant of distress against, 117.
Dogs, an Act for preventing mischief by, 414.
Dominica, Act for opening, etc., certain ports in Jamaica and, 463.
Draper, John (d. 1762), printer to the Governor and Council, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 381, 384, 388, 390, 393, 396, 398, 400, 405, 407, 413, 416, 420, 421, 423, 425, 426, 431, 436, 439, 443, 446, 450.
——Richard (d. 1774), printer to the
Governor and Council, son of John (d. 1762), 452, 454, 455, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476. See also Draper, Green & Russell.
——Samuel (d. 1767), printer, nephew of John (d. 1762), 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464.
Draper, Green & Russell, printers to the Government, 477.
Dudley, Joseph, of Concord, case of N. Martyn against, 87; warrant of distress against, 109.
——Paul, 244.
——Samuel, letters to, regarding his attitude toward the Land Bank, 14, 15; dismissed from office, 17.
——William, of committee to consider petition of E. Eveleth and others, 17.
Dummer, William, 212.
Dunten, Samuel, warrant of distress against, 117.
Duties, Act for granting certain, in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, 455, 466; Act to amend an Act repealing, 467.
Dyer, Benjamin, 20.
Eames, Wilberforce, A.M., 145.
Eayres, Moses, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Edes, Benjamin (d. 1803), printer to the Council and House of Representatives, 289, 478, 479, 480. See also Edes & Gill.
——Henry Herbert, A.M., 203.
Edes & Gill, printers, 275, 276, 283, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 459. See also Edes, Benjamin; Gill, John.
Eight, making pieces of, 309.
Eliot, Benjamin, 324, 325, 344, 357, 358, 359, 360.
Ellingwood, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 108.
Ellis, Eleazar, case of Land-Bank commissioners against, 89–92.
Embargo Act, 434.
Engs, William, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 120.
Enlistment of indented servants, 423.
Essex County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 11.
Estabrooks, Benjamin, warrant of distress against, 117.
Estates, tax upon, granted, 325, 326, 327, 328, 333, 335, 337, 338, 340, 342, 345, 348, 349, 350; an inquiry into the rateable, 379, 430. See also Real estate.
Esty, Joseph, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 92.
Eveleth (or Evelith), Edward, petition of, regarding project for bills of credit, 16, 17.
——James, signs petition in favor of Land-Bank scheme, 5.
Fairfield, John, warrant of distress against, 118.
Farnham, John, Sr., 300.
Fay, Moses, warrant of distress against, 117.
Field, Daniel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
Fish, Acts respecting ale-wives and other, 451.
Fisher, John, justice of the peace, 142; dismissed from office, 11.
Fleet, Thomas (d. 1758), printer, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 362.
Floyd, Benjamin, warrant of distress against, 114.
Ford, Cadwallader (or Chadwalliter), suit of J. Allen against, 118, 119, 120.
——Hezekiah, warrant of distress against, 117.
——Worthington Chauncey, A.M., viii, 133; Bibliography of the Massachusetts House Journals (1715–1776) by, 201–289; Bibliography of the Laws of the Massachusetts Bay (1041–1776) by, and A. Matthews, 291–480.
Foster, Moses, warrant of distress against, 109, 117.
Foye, William, 371.
Franklin, Benjamin, 441; Articles of the Land Bank printed in his General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, 133; Articles of the Silver Bank published in the same, 145.
Frauds, an Act for preventing, 320.
French, David, accused of part in Land-Bank conspiracy, 21.
——William, warrant of distress against, 118.
French, the, an Act to prevent sale of supplies to, 419.
Fry, Richard, 10.
Fuller, Timothy, warrant of distress against, 118.
Fund, The, in Boston (1681), 198.
Gage, Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, letter to the Earl of Hills-borough from, 284.
Gardner, Samuel, signs petition to the General Court for suppression of Land Bank of 1740, 4.
Gaskill, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 108.
George II, King of England, 85, 90, 93, 94, 99, 100, 107, 108, 119, 454, 455.
George III, King of England, 455, 457, 458, 460, 463, 466, 478, 480; addresses to, 280; petition to (1708), 282; petition to, for removal of Gov. Bernard, 284.
Georgia, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283.
Gerrish, Benjamin, signs petition to the General Court for suppression of Land Bank of 1740, 4.
——Samuel, 205.
Gill, John (d. 1785), printer. See Edes & Gill.
Gold, Thomas, 300.
Goldthwait, Ezekiel, 92, 100, 101.
——Thomas, member of second Land-Bank commission, 74, 115, 116; his bill for services as Land-Bank commissioner, 67, 74.
Goodale, Jacob, warrant of distress against, 117.
Goodell, Abner Cheney, A.M., 344.
Gorham, Nathaniel, 82.
——Shuball, his report regarding his officers and the Land Bank, 16.
Gouge, Joseph, 19.
Gould, Benjamin, warrant of distress against, 108.
——David, warrant of distress against, 109.
Governors, of Massachusetts, instructions regarding salary of, 226, 227, 227 n, 301, 362.
Gray, Francis Calley (H. C. 1809), 295.
——Harrison, 77, 468, 472, 474.
Great Britain, Parliament, attitude of, toward bills issued in America, 16; bill to extend the Bubble Act passed in, 16; Acts of, regarding frauds and combinations, 28; for preventing fraud, and for regulating abuses in the plantation trade, 320; for ascertaining the rates of foreign coins in America, 337; for regulating the commencement of the year, and for correcting the calendar, 408; relating to attestation of wills and codicils, concerning real estate, etc., 410; for the better securing and encouraging the trade of the sugar colonies, 454, 455; for granting certain duties, 455, 466, 467; the Stamp Act, 458, 459, 460, 463; for punishing mutiny and desertion, 460, 463, 467; for opening, etc., certain ports in Jamaica and Dominica, 463; for better regulation of government, 478; for impartial administration of justice, 478; regarding suppression of riots, 478; billeting of troops, 478; addresses to, 280.
——Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 282.
Green, Bartholomew (d. 1732), printer, 205, 206, 207, 211, 212, 217, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 232, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 331, 333, 335, 337, 338, 340, 342, 344, 345, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 363, 364, 365; refuses to print the Massachusetts House Journals, 210, 211.
——John (d. 1787), printer to the Government, 465. See also Green & Russell.
——Samuel (d. 1702), of Cambridge, printer, 301, 302, 304, 313.
——Timothy (d. 1763), printer, 248, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 258, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415.
Green & Russell, printers, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476. See also Draper, Green & Russell; Green, John; Russell, Joseph (d. 1795).
Greenleaf, William, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 109.
Gregg, Jacob, his suit against J. Weld, 121.
Gridley, Jeremiah, Attorney General of Massachusetts, 27, 29.
Griggs, Jacob, his demand on J. Weld, 87, 88, 89.
Groton Gore, Mass., 13.
Grout, Edward, Jr., suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 96; his suit against the commissioners, 104; warrant of distress against, 109.
Gurney, Joseph, his statements regarding the Land-Bank conspiracy, 20; suspected of being concerned in the conspiracy, 21.
Hale, Robert, his attitude toward Land-Bank scheme, 8; removed from office, 8; not allowed to make record of Manufactory Scheme in Secretary’s office, 9; his account with Land-Bank partners, 32, 38; a director of the Land Bank, 83, 137, 142; suit of N. Martyn against, 121.
Hall, Hugh, a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
——Zechariah, warrant of distress against, 117.
Hallowell, Benjamin, bill to grant compensation to, 463.
Hampshire County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 16.
Harback, Thomas, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 92.
Harris, Benjamin, printer, 313, 314, 315.
Hartshorn, Eben, letter from J. Miller to, 23; petitions for legislation to protect Land-Bank partners, 23.
Harvard College, House of Representatives meets at, 214, 227, 284, 286, 287, 470.
——Law School Library, editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 293, 299, 300, 301, 314, 316, 379, 454, 455.
——Library, Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202, 263, 283; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 293, 324, 333 n, 337, 344, 379, 407, 419, 439, 455, 478, 480.
Hasey, Nathanael, case of N. Martyn against, 87.
Hatch, Nathaniel, member of second Land-Bank commission, 74, 75, 115, 118; presents account of this commission, 80.
Hatheway, Ebenezer, warrant of distress against, 118.
——Ephraim, warrant of distress against, 117.
Hathorn, Samuel, warrant of distress against, 109.
Haven, Samuel Foster (H. C. 1852), 331.
Haywood, Eleazer, warrant of distress against, 108.
Hearsey, Solomon, his mortgage to the Land Bank, 84.
Henchman, Daniel, 163.
Henshaw, Daniel, his suit against J. Sheafe, 98, 121.
Hewes, George, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
——Robert, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
——Solomon, his mortgage to the Land Bank, 84; warrant issued against, 88, 89; suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 97, 121.
Hicks, John, warrant of distress against, 117.
Higginson, John, list of Land-Bank mortgages in Essex County sent by, 11.
High-ways, Acts respecting, 451.
Hildeburn, Charles Riché, his compilation of the Charlemagne Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws, 295; quoted, 370, 374, 377, 380, 440, 465; an erroneous statement by, regarding the Stamp Act, 455.
Hill, Wills, first Earl of Hillsborough, 283, 284.
Hiller, Joseph, 142.
Hills, Henry, 356.
Hillsborough, Earl of. See Hill, Wills.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202, 238 n, 239, 244; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 293, 330, 339, 340, 414, 444, 465.
Hobson, John, Speaker of the Massachusetts House, 378.
Holman, Solomon, warrant of distress against, 116.
Hood, Richard, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102, 103; warrant of distress against, 109.
Hooper, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel, 84.
——Nathaniel, his mortgage to the Land Bank, 84.
How, Perley, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Howland, Samuel, sends list of mortgages to Land Bank in Bristol County, 14.
Humphrey, James, chosen member of third Land-Bank commission, 71.
Hunt, Samuel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 101.
——Thomas, warrant of distress against, 118.
Husband, Edward, 298.
Hutchinson, Edward, 86, 92, 95, 100, 101, 102; heads list of subscribers to Silver Scheme, 3; forbidden to proceed, 4; a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
——Elisha, 302.
——Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, 157, 239, 302, 456; messages between Council and, 285; bill to grant compensation to, 462, 463.
Ilay, Earl of. See Campbell, Archibald.
Impost duties, Acts granting, 371, 392, 425, 451.
Indemnifying Act, 463.
Indians, order in regard to, 303.
Ipswich, Mass., citizens of, endorse Land-Bank scheme, 5.
Jackson, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 108.
Jacob (or Jacobs), Benjamin, his petition against Land-Bank commissioners, 56; action on the petition, 57; R. T. Paine’s claim against, 68; warrant of distress against, 117.
Jamaica, Act for opening, etc., certain ports in, 463.
Jarvis, Leonard, his case against T. Salter, 87.
Jeffries, John, member of Land-Bank commission, 48, 70, 90, 92, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101, 104, 108, 118; presents report on the state of the Land Bank and Silver Scheme, 26, 37; his plan for assessing Land-Bank partners approved, 38; reports loss of Land-Bank accounts by fire, 40; files accounts, 45; his claim for services, 74, 75; new statement presented by, 79, 80.
Jennings, Edward, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 103.
Jennison, Samuel, his attitude toward Land Bank inquired into, 12, 13.
——William, his attitude toward Land-Bank scheme inquired into, 13; disapproves the scheme, 13, 14.
Jennys, Richard, 27.
Jewell, John, his petition regarding Land-Bank assessments, 64.
John Carter Brown Library. See Brown Library, John Carter.
Johnson, Benjamin, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 92.
——Samuel, 113.
Johonnot,——, 19.
Jones, John, 13.
Jordan, Thomas, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 95, 97.
Josselyn, Thomas, 118; affidavit of, 19; examined regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
Justice, Act for the impartial administration of, 478.
Justices of the peace, asked to prevent passing of Land-Bank bills, 10, 12; instructed to issue warrant against certain Land Bankers, 19.
Keith, Job, warrant of distress against, 108.
——Simeon, warrant of distress against, 108.
Kelly, Abiel, Jr., suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 92.
Kemball, Thomas. See Kimball.
Kennebec River, 276.
Kenney, Joseph, his evidence regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
Kent, Benjamin, 98.
Kilby, Thomas, his case against S. Hewes, 88; against J. Blood, 88.
Kimball, Thomas, dismissed from his regiment, 14; his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 16; answers the inquiries, 18.
Kingsman, John, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
Kneeland, Samuel (d. 1769), printer, 217, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237, 239, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 456.
Knox William, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Land Bank of 1740, papers relating to, viii; Calendar of these papers, prepared by A. McF. Davis, 1–121; subscribers to, 3, 6; project referred to joint committee, 3, 5, 7; report on, 4; petitions to the General Court regarding, 4, 5, 6, 23; citizens of Ipswich endorse, 5; disagreement between Council and House regarding, 5, 6; assessment on subscribers to, 6, 7, 38, 47, 64, 69; Gov. Belcher recommends suppression of, 8; Secretary not allowed to record, 9; names of those mortgaging lands to, sought by Council, 9, 10, 11, 12; relation of army officers toward, inquired into, 9, 16, 17, 21; encouragers of, not permitted to appear before the board, 15; reported conspiracy among supporters of, 18, 19, 20, 21; General Court dissolved on account of attitude toward, 21; action of Council regarding bonds, etc., given to, 22; report of committee of, 22, 23; legislative committee appointed to adjust and audit accounts of, 24; petitions of certain partners in, 25, 26, 27; committee reports on affairs of, 25, 26, 43; order of Council against delinquent partners of, 27; answer of directors of, to petition of S. Stevens, 27, 28; General Court passes acts for the more speedy finishing of, 29, 31, 34, 30, 37, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 68, 71, 72; partial subsidence of, 32; General Court assigns rooms to commissioners of, 36; commissioners authorized to burn bills of, 37; commissioners lose accounts of, in Court House fire, 39, 40, 44, 58, 65, 79; assessment receipts called in from partners of, 39, 40; petition for adjustment between partners and directors of, 41, 42, 43; S. Stevens’s complaint against commissioners of, 43, 44, 45; instructions to commissioners regarding this complaint, 44; commissioners of, authorized to hold additional meetings, 44, 45, 48, 50, 53; account of commissioners filed, 45; General Court appoints joint committees to consider accounts of directors and commissioners of, 46, 69, 70, 72; report of these committees, 46, 47, 69, 70, 72; delinquents of, 48; joint legislative committee appointed to examine accounts of, 50; requirements of possessors of bills of, 51; remonstrance of S. Stevens to commissioners of, 53; report of joint committee on this remonstrance, 54; petitions for a lottery in behalf of, 55, 58; bill passed for discovering quantity of outstanding manufactory bills, 56; petitions against commissioners of, 56; committee of reference appointed for petitions of Jacob and Leonard, 57; Council orders co-operation between commissioners and town assessors, 58; lottery for, authorized, 59, 61, 63, 64; report of proceedings of commissioners of, from beginning, 65, 66; action on this report, 67, 68; appointment of first and second commission on, 60; third commission appointed, 71; judgment against directors of, 72, 73; statement of account of second commission on, 74; question as to General Court’s jurisdiction over, 76, 77; the Court’s jurisdiction established, 77, 78; further hearing granted to directors of, 78, 80; basis of report of third commission called for, 79, 80; accounts of three commissions presented, 79, 80; these accounts referred to a legislative committee, 80; basis of report of third commission presented, 81; report relative to amount due from directors, 81; Calendar of papers relating to, in Suffolk Court Files, 83–121; mortgages to directors of, 83, 84; partners of, allowed to pay in produce and manufactures, 83, 84, 86, 127, 128, 130, 134, 137, 138; antagonism of directors of Silver Bank toward, 84, 151, 157; forms of writ used in suits against partners of, 85, 86, 93, 94; forms of writ used by commissioners against delinquent partners of, 89–92, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101; suit against E. Ellis, 89–92; J. Esty, 92; B. Johnson, 92; T. Harback, 92; A. Kelly, Jr., 92; J. Woodcock, 94, 95; D. Plummer, 95; T. Jordan, 95, 97; J. Vinal and J. Vinal, Jr., 98; E. Grout, Jr., 96; C. Barker, 96; S. Hewes, 97; S. Morgan, 97; T. Pool, 98; D. Thayer, 98–100; D. Alden, 100, 101; D. Leach, 101; E. Leonard, 101; J. Stutson, Jr., 101, 104; S. Hunt, 101; J. Stack-pole, 101; J. Wetherell, 101; S. Webster, 102; J. Nichols, 102; J. Russell, 102; T. Salter, 102: J. Puffer, 102; J. Moffatt, 102; E. Parks, 102; T. Woolley,102; J. Wild, 102; J. Allen, Jr., 102; J. Woolley, 102; M. Rice, 102; W. Knox, 102; E. May, 102; S. Pain, 102; P. Brintnal, 102; E. Wales, 102; P. How, 102; A. Newton, 102; M. Eayres, 102; S. Mirick, 102; P. Stevens, 102; R. Hood, 102, 103; N. Smith, 103; F. Miller, 103; W. Cook, 103; E. Jennings, 103; B. White, 103; E. Burbank, 103; R. Brackett, 104; E. Grout’s suit against commissioners of, 104; J. Colman’s suit against directors of, 104, 105; further actions begun by commissioners of, 105, 106; accounts of commissioners with, 105, 106; bills issued by, 106; outline of history of, 100; redemption of bills of, 106; meetings of commissioners of, 106, 107; printing of laws relating to, 107; Act for finishing the Land Bank to be posted, 107; suit of commissioners of, against W. Green-leaf, 109; account of money received by commissioners from partners of, 110, 111, 117; record of attendance of commissioners of, at meetings, 111; suit of commissioners of, against J. Bryant, 114; A. Packard, 114; P. Phinney, 114; bills burned by commissioners of, 118; suit of commissioners against M. Woodcock, 118; E. Capen, 120; W. Engs, 120; E. Stead, 120; S. Smith, 120; J. Steams, 120; suits against partners of, 121; Prospectus of, 123–130; original form of the Prospectus, 125; stock of, 127, 128, 135; officers of, 128; obligations of partners of, 128, 129, 130, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141; duties of directors of, 129, 130, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141; dividends of, 129, 136, 137, 140; securities accepted by, 129, 130, 136; form of twenty-shilling bill issued by, 130; Articles of, 131–154; these Articles recorded in Suffolk Registry of Deeds, 133; number of votes allowed stockholders in, 135; filling of vacant offices in, 139; recording of mortgages given to, 139; penalties for delinquent partners of, 140; extra meetings of, 140; power of partners to redeem estates, 140; power to amend articles of, 141; records of, open to inspection, 141; replacing of worn or destroyed bills of, 142; constituency of, 157; General Assembly friendly toward, 157, 168; no provision for current redemption of bills of, 158; sources from which list of partners in, is made up, 166, 167; difficulty of compiling such a list, 167, 168; alphabetical list of partners in, 169–194; opponents of, 197. See also Warrants of distress.
Lands, rating of unimproved, 309.
Lane, Andrew, his petition for special Justices to try Silver Scheme cases, 38, 39; his suit against W. Stoddard, 97, 98.
——Ephraim, warrant of distress against, 116.
Latham,——, of Bridgewater, 19.
Leach, David, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 101.
Learned, David, warrant of distress against, 108.
Lee, Henry, his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 16; answers the inquiries, 18; dismissed from office, 18.
Lenox (New York Public) Library, set of Franklin’s General Magazine and Historical Chronicle owned by, 145; Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202, 212, 277; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 293, 302, 313, 314, 322, 326, 327, 330, 354, 380, 392, 412, 423, 433, 435, 439, 440, 441, 443, 444, 465, 469, 479, 480.
Leonard, Elkanah, dismissed from office, 11; suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 101.
——George, removed from office, 9; a director of the Land Bank, 27, 28, 83, 137, 142; Land-Bank partner and councillor, 40; petition against Land-Bank commissioners, 56; action on the petition, 57; J. Otis’s action against, 68; his affidavit regarding personal responsibility of Land-Bank partners, 78; approval of his account, 100.
Lewis, John, of Hingham, his evidence regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
Ley, William, publisher, 297.
Library of Congress, Articles of the Land Bank preserved in, 133; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 302, 304, 349.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 18.
List of Partners in the Land Bank of 1740, by A. McF. Davis, 165–194.
List of Subscribers to the Silver Bank, by A. McF. Davis, 195–200.
Little, Isaac, inquiries regarding his attitude toward the Land Bank, 14, 15; dismissed from office, 16.
Livingston, Luther Samuel, 298.
London, the Crown in Popes-head Alley, 298.
——Fleet Street, Sign of the Golden Dragon, 298.
——Paul’s Chain, 297.
——Rose and Crown, St. Paul’s Church yard, 304.
——State Paper Office, 242.
Lords Commissioners of Trade, 32.
Lord’s Day, an Act for repealing laws relating to the observation of, 445.
Lottery, petition of Land-Bank commissioners for, 55; petition of Land-Bank directors and partners for, 58; authorized by the General Court, 59, 61, 63, 64.
Manufactory Company. See Land Bank of 1740.
Manufactory Scheme. See Land Bank of 1740.
Manufactures, Land-Bank bills payable in, 83, 84, 86, 127, 128, 130, 134, 137, 138; Silver Bank bills payable in, 152, 158.
Marion, Joseph, 86, 93, 119, 142.
Martha’s Vineyard, an Act for preventing mischief by unruly dogs on the Island of, 414.
Martyn, Nathanael, asks legislation to compel redemption of Land-Bank bills, 23; accusations of S. Stevens against, 29, 30; denies these accusations, 30; petitions that writs be served on legislators concerned in Land Bank, 30; this petition dismissed, 30; petition of S. Stevens against, referred to Superiour Court of Judicature, 31; memorial of, rehearsing his troubles with S. Stevens, 32; action of House and Council on this memorial, 33, 34; his petition to the Governor and Council, 34, 35; his apology and sentence, 35; his sentence remitted, 35; settlement of S. Stevens’s claim against, 44; further difficulty regarding this claim, 55, 62; his claim against J. Woodward, 68; against J. Adams, 85, 86; against A. Wood, 86; against W. Robertson, 86; against N. Hasey, 87; against J. Dudley, 87; against W. Wheeler, 87; against W. Stoddard, 97, 121; his suit against T. Cheever, 112, 121; against S. Adams, 121; against T. Stevens, 121; against K. Hale, 121.
——Richard, his suit against T. Cheever, 112, 121; against P. Chardon, 121.
Massachusetts, title of, to the country between the rivers Kennebec and St. Croix, 276; boundary line between New York and, 277, 456; tax list of, 360.
——Archives, Calendar of papers and records relating to the Land Bank of 1740 in, 3–82; original Prospectus of Land Bank preserved in, 125; Amendment to Nineteenth Article of the Silver Bank in, 159; lists of subscribers to Land Bank in, 166, 167; list of subscribers to Silver Bank in, 197; manuscript in, entitled “How far Moses Judicialls bind Mass.,” 294.
——Colony Charter, 313.
——Colony Laws, reprinted from the edition of 1660, with supplements through 1672, edited by W. H. Whitmore, 292, 293; reprinted from the edition of 1672, with supplements through 1686, edited by W. H. Whitmore, 292, 293.
——Council, disagreement between House and, regarding Land Bank, 5, 6, 13; justices of the peace removed from office by, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18; refuses permission to Secretary to record Manufactory Scheme, 9; letter to justices of the peace from, 10, 12, 15; letter to courts of justice from, 11; demands explanation from those passing Manufactory bills, 12, 13, 16, 18; answers to these demands, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18; appoints committee to draft letter to Board of Trade, 14; report of the committee, 15; votes that no person encouraging Manufactory bills shall appear before it, 15; passes vote regarding apprehension of those using Land-Bank bills, 19; examination by, of persons connected with seditious meetings, 21; its action regarding bonds and mortgages given in Land Bank and Silver Scheme, 22; its notification to bring in bills of Land Bank and Silver Scheme, 24; order of, against delinquent Land-Bank partners, 27; authorizes additional meetings of Land-Bank commissioners, 45, 48, 50, 53; orders co-operation between Land-Bank commissioners and town assessors, 58; discrepancies between House Journals and minutes of, 214; difference between House and, regarding the supply of the Treasury, 217, 218; letter to the Earl of Hillsborough from, 284; proceedings of, relative to deposition of A. Oliver, 286.
——General Court, appoints joint committees to inquire into projects for emitting notes of hand, 3, 5, 6; report of the committee, 4; petitions to, for suppression of Land Bank, 4, 6; Gov. Belcher’s speech to, regarding Land Bank and Silver Bank, 8; petition of Land-Bank partners to, 16, 17; committee appointed by, to consider this petition, 17; dissolved by Gov. Belcher, 21; its action regarding private schemes for emitting bills of credit, 22; appoints committee to consider petition of N. Martyn and others, 23; appoints committee to adjust and audit accounts of Land Bank, 24; appoints committee to examine affairs of Land Bank and Silver Scheme, 24; report of this committee, 25, 26; petitions of S. Stevens to, 27, 28, 29, 42, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63; answers to these petitions, 28, 31, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62; passes acts for the more speedy finishing the Land Bank, 29, 31, 34, 36, 37, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 63, 71, 72; complaint against members of, concerned in Land Bank, 30, 32, 33; memorial of N. Martyn to, 32, 33; action of, on this memorial, 33, 34; grants hearing to N. Martyn, 34, 35; committee of, advises Martyn’s imprisonment, 35; the sentence remitted, 35; as signs room to commissioners on the affairs of the late Land Bank, 36; authorizes burning of Land-Bank bills, 37; approves reports of Land-Bank commissioners, 37, 38; passes Act for the more speedy finishing the Silver Scheme, 38; calls for accounts of Land-Bank commissioners, 39, 43; hears differences between partners and directors of Land Bank, 41, 42; refers these matters to joint committees, 42, 70; reports of these committees, 43, 44, 72; appoints joint committee to consider accounts of Land-Bank directors and commissioners, 46; report of this committee, 40, 47; petition of T. Cheever to, 47; B. Pollard’s petition to, regarding warrants of distress, 49; orders bill based on this petition, 49; appoints joint committee to examine accounts of commissioners, 50; petitions of T. Stevens to, 53, 66, 67; memorial of Land-Bank commissioners to, regarding a lottery, 55, 58; passes bill for discovering quantity of outstanding Manufactory bills, 56; petitions of G. Leonard and B. Jacob to, 56; action on these petitions, 57; authorizes the Land-Bank lottery, 59, 61, 63, 64; Land-Bank commissioners’ report to, 65, 66; action on this report, 67, 68; report of committee appointed to examine books and papers of Land-Bank directors and commissioners, 69, 70, 72, 73; appoints third Land-Bank commission, 71; statement of account of second Land-Bank commission to, 74; question as to its jurisdiction in Land-Bank affairs, 76, 77; its jurisdiction established, 77, 78; grants further hearing to Land-Bank directors, 78, 80; calls for basis of third commission’s report, 78, 79, 80; receives accounts of three commissions, 79, 80; appoints committee to consider these accounts, 80; friendly attitude of, toward Land Bank, 157; prorogation of, on account of seed time, 206; on account of busy harvest season, 206, 229, 238; great snowstorm, 207; stormy weather, 215, 216; conference between delegates of Six Nations and, 218; acts, bills, resolves, or orders of; regarding salaries of ministers, 221, 356; regarding salary of governors, 226, 227, 227 n, 361, 362; regarding Indians, 303; for prevention of profaneness, 304; regarding the duty of tything-men, 307; regulating payment of constables, 309; relating to troopers, 309; for making pieces of eight current money of New England, 309; for the rating of unimproved lands, 309; in regard to rating of cattle, 310; regarding building in Boston, 310, 311; regarding taxes upon polls and estates, 325, 326, 327, 328, 333, 335, 337, 338, 340, 342, 345, 348, 349, 350; for punishment of officers and soldiers, 331; to reverse the attainder of G. Burroughs for witchcraft, 343, 344; for apportioning and assessing taxes, 353, 354, 355, 359, 301, 303, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 372, 374, 376, 377, 378, 381, 384, 388, 390, 393, 396, 398, 407, 421, 431, 436, 439, 443, 446, 450, 452, 454, 460, 462, 465, 467, 468, 470, 475, 477, 479; for granting duties of impost and tonnage of shipping, 371, 392, 425, 451; for supplying the treasury, 372, 373, 378, 410, 413, 416, 420, 426; for establishing wages, 373; granting inquiry into rateable estates, 379, 430; relating to payment of private debts, 382, 383; for drawing in bills of credit, and for ascertaining the rate of coined silver, 400; for preventing mischief by unruly dogs, 414; for the more effectual prevention of supplies of provisions, and war-like stores to the French, 419; for the more speedy levying of soldiers for the expedition against Crown Point, 421, 424; for the better recruiting His Majesty’s forces on the continent of America, and for the better regulation of the army, and preventing of desertion therein, 423; as to enlisting indented servants, 423; for regulating the militia, 424, 433; concerning bankrupts, and for the relief of creditors against such persons as shall become bankrupts, 426; for the better regulating the choice of petit jurors, 428, 429; for the more speedy levying eighteen hundred men, 429; to prevent the desertion of soldiers, 430; for laying an embargo upon ships, 434; for repealing laws relating to the observation of the Lord’s Day, 445; for providing and maintaining two armed vessels, 451; for granting an excise upon spirits, 451; in regard to the poor, 451; regarding high-ways, 451; respecting ale-wives and other fish, 451; respecting deer, 451; granting compensation to T. Hutchinson, A. Oliver, B. Hallowell, and W. Story, 463; indemnifying Act, 463; for effectually preventing the currency of the bills of credit of Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, in Massachusetts, 469; action of, on the three obstinate and turbulent Anabaptists, 300.
——House of Representatives, Bibliography of Journals of (1715–1776), by W. C. Ford, viii, 201–289; key to the libraries owning copies of the Journals, 202; first complete file of, 203; reprint of Journals for 1715, 203; first issue with a title-page, 213; first issue using the Royal Arms as a device, 275, 275 n; disagreement between Council and, regarding Land Bank, 5, 6, 13, 157; regarding the supply of the treasury, 217, 218; circulatory letter sent to Speakers of all Houses of Representatives by, 282; answers to that letter, 283; asks for removal of Gov. Bernard, 234.
——Inferiour Court of Common Pleas, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 109, 110, 114, 118, 119, 120.
——Laws of (1641–1776), Bibliography of the, viii; text of the Bibliography, by W. C. Ford and A. Matthews, 291–480; key to abbreviations used, 292; table of various compilations and issues of, 294; probably unique copy of Laws of 1648, 294, 297, 298; continuous paging of the Laws, 295; facsimiles of the Laws, 330, 333 n.
——Province Charter, 313, 314, 324, 325, 344, 356, 358, 381, 441.
——Province Laws, 293, 294; Land-Bank Acts in, 51, 52, 59, 72; cited, 107.
——State Library, Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 302, 306, 307, 315, 319, 321, 322, 344, 360, 361, 309, 374, 379, 380, 384, 400, 407, 413, 418, 419, 452, 400, 470, 472, 474.
——Superiour Court of Judicature, 83 n, 87, 88, 89, 95, 96, 98, 102, 103, 105, 121; petition of S. Stevens against N. Martyn referred to, 31; justices of, involved in Silver Scheme, 39, 41.
——Treasury, Acts for supplying, 372, 373, 378, 410, 413, 416, 420, 426.
Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts House Journals owned by, 202, 210; editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 293, 299, 300, 301, 302, 306, 315, 318, 319, 324, 344, 346, 357, 373; Proceedings of, cited, 294, 344; Collections of, cited, 295.
Mather, Rev. Cotton, 207.
Matthews, Albert, A.B., 203, 293, 294; Bibliography of the Laws of the Massachusetts Bay (1641–1776), by W. C. Ford and, viii, 291–480.
May, Ephraim, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Metcalf, John, his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 15; dismissed from office, 15.
Middlesex County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 10.
Militia, an Act for regulating, 424, 433.
Miller, Francis, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 103.
——Joseph, 23.
Milton, Mass., Land-Bank meeting at, 22.
Milward, Jeffery, 85.
Ministers, salary of, 221, 356.
Mirick, Samuel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Moffatt, Joseph, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102; warrant of distress against, 117.
Moore, Elias, warrant of distress against, 116.
——George Henry, 293, 330; his Supplementary Notes on Witchcraft in Massachusetts, cited, 344.
Moorey. See Morey.
Morey, John, his answer to inquiries regarding Land-Bank scheme, 15.
Morgan, Samuel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 97.
Mutiny, Acts for punishing, 460, 463, 467.
Nantucket, an Act for preventing mischief by unruly dogs on the Island of, 414.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, cited, 197.
New Hampshire, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283; Act to prevent the currency of the bills of credit of, in Massachusetts, 469.
New Jersey, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283.
New Plymouth, Laws of (1672), 301; Laws of (1685), 312.
New Plymouth Patent, 405.
New York, boundary line between Massachusetts and, 277, 456.
New York Historical Society, editions of Massachusetts Laws owned by, 292, 372, 375.
Newcomb, Thomas, executrix of, 320, 337; assigns of, 356.
Newton, Aaron, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
——Hibbert, his mortgage to the Land Bank, 83.
Nichols, Joshua, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Noble, John, LL.D., viii.
Noyes, Belcher, 206.
Oliver, Andrew (1706–1774), Secretary of Massachusetts, a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163; his deposition regarding the Boston Massacre, 286; bill to grant compensation to, 463.
Orcutt, John, 20.
Osborne, John, his petition for special justices in Silver Scheme cases, 41.
Osgood, John, his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 18.
——William, warrant of distress against, 109.
Otis, James, his action against G. Leonard, 56, 68.
Overing, John, Attorney General of Massachusetts, 88, 89, 96.
Oxnard, Thomas, his petition for special justices in Silver Scheme cases, 41; a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
Packard, Abiel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 114.
——Samuel, warrant of distress against, 117.
Pain, Samuel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Paine, Robert Treat (H. C. 1749), his action against B. Jacobs, 56, 68.
Parker, Henry, warrant of distress against, 108.
——Jacob, warrant of distress against, 114.
Parks, Edward, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Parmenter, Joseph, petition of, 25.
Partners in the Land Bank of 1740, alphabetical list of, 165–194.
Peabody, Nathaniel, warrant of distress against, 117.
Pearson, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 114.
Peirce, John, 116.
——Capt. William, of Milton, and the Land-Bank conspiracy, 19, 20.
Pennsylvania Historical Society. See Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Pepperrell, William, 24.
Perkins, Solomon, 54.
Perry, Josiah, warrant of distress against, 113; lands mortgaged to Land Bank by, 113.
——Nathaniel, warrant of distress against, 113; lands mortgaged to Land Bank by, 113.
Petit jurors, an Act for the better regulating the choice of, 428, 429.
Petty, Sir William, second Earl of Shelburne, 282.
Phinney, Pelatiah, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 114.
Phips, Spencer, Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts, 266.
Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham, 282.
Plantation trade, Act for regulating abuses in, 320.
Plummer, David, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 95.
Plymouth, Patent for, 405.
Plymouth Colony. See New Plymouth.
Plymouth County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 12.
Plymouth Records, 405.
Pollard, Benjamin, sheriff, 48, 113, 114; his petition regarding warrants of distress, 49; bill based on this petition ordered, 49.
Polls, tax upon, granted, 325, 326, 327, 328, 333, 335, 337, 338, 340, 342, 345, 348, 349, 350.
Pool, Thomas, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 98.
Poor, Acts respecting the, 451.
Pratt, Benjamin, 98.
——Charles, first Earl Camden, 282.
Premunire, penalties of, incurred by Land-Bank partners, 88, 89.
Prescott, Charles, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
——Peter, letter from J. Miller to, 23; petitions for legislation to protect Land-Bank partners, 23.
Produce, Land-Bank bills payable in, 83, 84, 86, 127, 128, 130, 134, 137, 138; Silver Bank bills payable in, 152, 158.
Profanity, laws for prevention of, 304.
Prospectus of the Land Bank or Manufactory Company, prepared by A. McF. Davis, 123–130.
Puffer, Joseph, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Punishment, of officers and soldiers, Act for, 331.
Putnam, Henry, warrant of distress against, 117.
Quincy, Edmund, a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
——John, asked to investigate confederacy of Land Bankers, 18.
Rawson, Edward, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 300, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312.
Raymond, Daniel, warrant of distress against, 108.
Read, John, 24.
——William, 96.
Real estate, Act concerning, 410. See also Estates.
Reed, Samuel, warrant of distress against, 118.
Registers of deeds, asked to send lists of persons mortgaging land to Land Bank, 9, 10; report from Suffolk County, 9, 10; from Middlesex County, 10; from Essex County, 11; from Barnstable County, 11; from Worcester County, 11, 12, 15, 16; from Plymouth County, 12; from Bristol County, 14; from Hampshire County, 16; names of subscribers to Land Bank furnished by, 106, 167.
Regulation of Government, Act for better, 478.
Rhode Island, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283; Act to prevent the currency of the bills of credit of, in Massachusetts, 469.
Rice, Eliakim, warrant of distress against, 117.
——Moses, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102; warrant of distress against, 108.
——William, warrant of distress against, 117.
Richards, John, warrant of distress against, 117.
Richmond, Sylvester, his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 16.
——Sylvester, Jr., his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 16.
Riots, Act regarding suppression of, 478.
Robertson, William, case of N. Martyn against, 86.
Robins, Robert, warrant of distress against, 109.
Robinson, Josiah, suit of A. Cheever against, 92; form of writ used in the suit, 93, 94.
Rockingham, Marquis of. See Watson-Wentworth, Charles.
Roxbury, Mass., East Meeting-House, House of Representatives meets at, 229.
Royal Arms, first Massachusetts House Journal in which this device was used, 275, 275 n; last title-page to bear it, 289, 289 n.
Royall, William, his examination regarding the Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
Ruddock, John, warrant of distress against, 117.
Russell, Joseph, of Charlestown, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
——Joseph (d. 1795), of Boston, printer to the Government, 465. See also Green & Russell.
St. Croix River, 276.
Salaries, of ministers, 221, 356; of Massachusetts governors, 226, 227, 227 n, 361, 362. See also Wages.
Salem, Mass., House of Representatives meets at, 226, 227, 289, 361, 362, 477.
Salisbury, Mass., House of Representatives meets at, 240.
Salter, Thomas, case of L. Jarvis against, 87; suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102; real estate mortgaged to Land Bank by, 113; warrant of distress against, 114.
Saltonstall, Richard (H. C. 1722), his letter regarding Land-Bank scheme, 14.
Scobell, Henry, 298.
Servants, enlisting of indented, 423.
Sewall, Chief-Justice Samuel (1652–1730), sale of his uncut copy of Massachusetts House Journal of 1723–24, 219.
——Samuel, Jr. (1678–1750), a director of the Silver Bank, son of Chief-Justice Samuel, 147, 162, 163; his copy of Massachusetts House Journal (1728), 225.
——Chief-Justice Stephen, 238 n.
Shaw, Ichabod, warrant of distress against, 118.
Sheafe,——, letter from J. Miller to, 23.
——Jacob, suit of D. Henshaw against, 98, 121.
Sheaffe, Edward, 70, 72; chosen member of third Land-Bank commission, 71; his bill against the Land Bank, 82.
Shelburne, Earl of. See Petty, Sir William.
Shipping, Acts granting tunnage of, 371, 392, 425.
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, 264, 267, 378, 383; his alleged Land-Bank interests, 53.
Shute, Samuel, Governor of Massachusetts, 207; dissolves House on account of unwarrantable proceedings, 214; his statement regarding removal of General Court from Boston, 214.
Silver, ratio between Silver Bank bills and, 147, 158; between Land-Bank bills and, 157.
Silver Bank, subscriptions to, 3; joint committee of Council and House report on, 4; project again referred to joint committee, 5; Gov. Belcher recommends further consideration of, by committee, 7; amendment of Article 19 of, 7, 8, 158, 159; text of the amendment, 161–163; action of Council regarding bonds, etc., given to, 22; legislative committee appointed to examine affairs of, 24; report of this committee, 25, 43; Act for the more speedy finishing the Silver Scheme, 38; petitions for special justices to try cases of, 39, 41; Hannah Boydell’s claim against directors of, 84, 85; antagonism of, toward Land Bank, 84, 151, 157; Articles of, 143–154; these Articles published in Franklin’s General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, 145; denominations of notes issued by, 147; ratio between silver and notes of, 147, 158; form of forty-shilling bill issued by, 148; obligations of partners in, 148, 151; concessions for advance payments to, 148; security offered by partners of, 148, 149; responsibility for deficiencies in, 149; regulation of loans by, 149, 152; annual meetings of, 150; obligations of directors of, 150, 152; replacing of directors of, 150; number of votes allowed partners in, 150; attitude of partners of, toward bills of neighboring governments, 150, 151; provision for additional meetings of, 151; allowance to the directors of, for service, 151, 152; provision for bylaws, 152; provision for final destruction of bills of, 152; partners of, allowed to pay in produce and manufactures, 152, 158; provision for withdrawal of partners of, 153; article fixing value of bills of, for fifteen years, 153, 154; bills of, exchangeable for common current bills, 154, 158, 161, 162; Governor and Council friendly to, 157; supporters of, 157; alphabetical list of subscribers to, 199, 200.
Silver coin, Act for ascertaining the rate of, 400.
Six Nations, conference between Massachusetts General Court and delegates from, 218.
Small-pox, 229.
Smith, Ebenezer, warrant of distress against, 108.
——Nathaniel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 103.
——Samuel, warrant of distress against, 118; suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 120.
Snell, Charles, 104.
Snow, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 107.
Soldiers, Act for the punishing of officers and, 331.
South Carolina, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283.
Spear, Nathaniel, accused of part in Land-Bank conspiracy, 21.
Spirits, Act for granting an excise upon, 451.
Sprague, Timothy, warrant of distress against, 109.
Spur, Thomas, warrant of distress against, 117.
Stackpole, John, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 101.
Stamp Act (1765), 458, 459, 460; Hilde-burn’s error regarding, 455; Act repealing, 463.
Stead, Edward, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 120.
Steams, John, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 120.
Stevens, Capt.——, 115.
——Ebenezer, his petition regarding project for bills of credit, 16, 17.
——Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel, 62.
——Hannah, daughter of Samuel, 62.
——Phinehas, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
——Samuel, of Roxbury, his petitions to the General Court, 27, 28, 29, 42, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62; answers to these petitions, 28, 31, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62; N. Martyn’s memorial rehearsing his troubles with, 32; order of reimbursement of, 44, 48; warrant against, 87, 88; suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 121.
——Timothy, son of Samuel, his petitions to the General Court regarding his Land-Bank troubles, 53, 66, 67; involved with his father in Land-Bank difficulties, 61, 62, 63; suit of N. Martyn against, 121.
Stoddard, John, 239.
——William, signs petition for hearing in Land-Bank scheme, 4; resigns his position, 8; removed from office, 8; his statement of accounts to Land-Bank commissioners, 45, 46; signs petition for a lottery, 58, 59; statement of his dealings with the Land Bank, 73; a director of the Land Bank, 83, 137, 142; deposition of, 85; N. Martyn’s suit against, 97; A. Lane’s suit against, 97, 98; suit of N. Martyn against, 121.
Stone, William, warrant of distress against, 117.
Story, William, 142; bill to grant compensation to, 463.
Stoughton, Mass., tax levy on, 472, 474.
Stutson (or Studson), Joseph, Jr., suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 101, 104.
Subscribers to the Silver Bank, alphabetical list of, 195–200.
Suffolk County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 9.
——Court Files, 166, 167; Calendar of papers and records relating to the Land Bank of 1740 in, 83–121.
——Inferiour Court, records from books of the clerk of, 105, 106.
——Registry of Deeds, Articles of the Land Bank recorded in, 133.
Sugar colonies, Act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of, in America, 454, 455.
Symmons, Constant, warrant of distress against, 117.
Tailer, William, Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts, 206.
Taxes, upon polls and estates granted, 325, 326, 327, 328, 333, 335, 337, 338, 340, 342, 345, 348, 349, 350; Acts for apportioning and assessing, 353, 354, 355, 359, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 372, 374, 376, 377, 378, 381, 384, 388, 390, 393, 396, 398, 407, 421, 431, 436, 439, 443, 446, 450, 452, 454, 460, 462, 465, 467, 468, 470, 475, 477, 479; paid the representatives, 361, 363; laid on towns for not sending representatives, 363; levied by the Provincial treasurer, 472, 474.
Tenney,——, of Bridgewater, 19.
Thayer,——, of Braintree, 20.
——Daniel, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 98; form of writ used in the suit, 99, 100.
Tisdal, Ebenezer, 113.
Tithing-men, duty of, 307.
Tower, Charlemagne, Collection of American Colonial Laws (1890), 295.
Trade. See Lords commissioners of trade; Plantation trade; Sugar colonies.
Troopers, laws relating to, 309.
Troops, Act for billeting, in North America, 478.
Tufts, Jonathan, warrant of distress against, 109.
Tumults, Act regarding suppression of, 478.
Turner, Ezekiel, warrant of distress against, 117.
——William, 300.
Tyng, Col.——, inquiries concerning attitude of his officers toward Land Bank, 21.
——John, 162.
Usher, Hezekiah, 297.
Varnum, Col.——, inquiries concerning attitude of his officers toward Land Bank, 17.
Vessels, Act for providing and maintaining two armed, 451.
Vinal, Elijah, 96.
——John, Sr., suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 96, 121.
——John, Jr., son of John, Sr., suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 96, 121.
Vincent, Thomas, his testimony regarding Land-Bank conspiracy, 20.
Virginia, answers circulatory letter from Massachusetts House, 283.
Wages, Act for establishing, 373. See also Salaries.
Waldo, Samuel, 57.
Wales, Elkanah, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Wallis, William, warrant of distress against, 109.
War, laws and ordinances of, 304.
Ward, Daniel, warrant of distress against, 109.
——Rev. Nathaniel, Body of Liberties (1641) prepared by, 295.
——William, summoned before Council, 12; his attitude toward Land-Bank scheme inquired into, 13, 15; his answer to these inquiries, 14.
Warrants of distress, 49, 50, 54; form of, used by Land-Bank commissioners, 107, 108, 115, 116; issued against J. Snow, 107, 108; H. Parker, 108; J. Blanchard, 108; D. Learned, 108; E. Haywood, 108; S. Keith, 108; J. Corbin, 108; M. Rice, 108; D. Boyce, 108; J. Chaffe, 108; H. Bosworth, 108; J. Keith, 108; E. Smith, 108; S. Wilson, 108; B. Boyce, Jr., 108; J. Davis, 108; J. Ellingwood, 108; B. Gould, 108; D. Raymond, 108; J. Gaskill, 108; J. Watson, 108; J. Jackson, 108; E. Grout, Jr., 109; J. Dudley, 109; D. Ward, 109; J. Tufts, 109; T. Sprague, 109; E. Child, 109; E. Carpenter and J. Davis, 109; W. Wallis. 109; W. Osgood, 109; S. Hathorn, 109; J. Brown, 109; T. Woolley, 109; S. Belknap, 109; J. Burnap, 109; R. Robins, 109; R. Hood, 109; M. Foster, 109; D. Gould, 109; J. Allen, 113; J. and N. Perry, 113; B. Floyd, 114; J. Parker, 114; T. Salter, 114; J. Bryant, 114; B. Capron, 115; D. Bullock, 116; M. Cobb, 116; E. Dexter, 116; S. Holman, 116; E. Lane, 116; E. Moore, 116; J. Dodge, 117; B. Estabrooks, 117; M. Fay, 117; H. Ford, 117; M. Foster, 117; Z. Hall, 117; E. Hatheway, 117; J. Hicks, 117; S. Packard, 117; N. Peabody, 117; J. Pearson, 117; E. Rice, 117; J. Richards, 117; T. Spur, 117; W. Stone, 117; C. Symmons, 117; E. Turner, 117; J. Whitcomb, 117; B. Williams, 117; N. Ames, 117; S. Dunten, 117; J. Goodale, 117; R. Cope, 117; J. Moffat, 117; B. Jacobs, 117; H. Putnam, 117; W. Rice, 117; J. Ruddock, 117; S. Wood, 117; J. Belcher, 118; B. Brintnall, 118; J. Caswell, 118; J. Coombs, 118; J. Fairfield, 118; W. French, 118; T. Fuller, 118; E. Hatheway, 118; T. Hunt, 118; S. Reed, 118; I. Shaw, 118; S. Smith, 118; J. Whipple, Jr., 118; J. Wilson, 118; R. Dexter, 121.
Warren, James (1726–1808), 77.
Watertown, Mass., House of Representatives meets at, 289, 478, 479, 480.
Watson, Isaac, warrant of distress against, 108.
Watson-Wentworth, Charles, second Marquis of Rockingham, 262.
Watts, Samuel, removed from office, 8; disapproved by Gov. Belcher as Speaker, 21; Land-Bank partner and councillor, 40; a director of the Land Bank, 83, 137, 142; approval of his account, 106.
Webster, Stephen, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102,
Weld, Joseph, his mortgage to the Land Bank, 84; demand of J. Griggs upon, 87, 88, 89, 121.
Welles, Samuel, a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 163.
Wetherell, Jeremiah, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 101.
Wheeler, William, case of N. Martyn against, 87.
Wheelwright, John, chairman of committee on Land-Bank affairs, 48, 79.
Whipple, John, Jr., warrant of distress against, 118.
Whitcomb, James, warrant of distress against, 117.
White, Benjamin, his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 16; suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 103.
——Samuel, his attitude toward the Land Bank, 15; dismissed from office, 17.
Whitmore, William Henry, his editions of the Colonial Laws of Massachusetts, 292; fulness of his work, 294; facsimile reproduction of Body of Liberties in his Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts Colony, 295.
Whitney, Jonathan, 15.
Wild, Jonathan, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
Wilder, Joseph, 94.
Wilks, Francis, letter from, announcing extension of Bubble Act to America, 16.
Willard, Col.——, inquiries concerning attitude of his officers toward Land Bank, 17.
——Josiah (H. C. 1698), Secretary of Massachusetts, 14, 16, 18, 21, 163, 378; draft of proclamation by, warning officers against being concerned in Manufactory bills, 6, 7; directed not to record the Manufactory Scheme, 9; sends letters to justices of the peace, 10, 12; open letter to suspected encouragers of Manufactory bills, 17.
William III, King of England, Arms of, 326, 327.
——and Mary, King and Queen of England, 313, 314.
Williams, Benjamin, warrant of distress against, 117.
——Jonathan, 106.
Willis, Joshua, 54.
——Samuel, his attitude toward the Land Bank inquired into, 16.
Wills, Act relating to attestation of, 410.
Wilson, James, warrant of distress against, 118.
——Samuel, warrant of distress against, 108.
Winslow, Col.——, inquiries concerning attitude of his officers toward Land Bank, 17.
——Isaac, 148.
——Joshua, a director of the Silver Bank, 147, 162, 103.
Winthrop, Prof. John (1714–1779), his Table exhibiting the Variation of the Compass in Boston, etc., 277.
Wise, Ammi Ruhamah, dismissed from office, 11.
Witchcraft, Act to reverse attainders for, 343, 344; facsimiles of, 344.
Wolcott, John, signs petition to General Court for suppression of Land Bank, 4.
Wood, Abraham, case of N. Martyn against, 86.
——Solomon, warrant of distress against, 117.
Woodcock, Jeremiah, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 94, 121; form of writ used in the suit, 94, 95.
——Michael, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 118, 121.
Woodward, John, N. Martyn’s claim against, 68.
Woolley, Jonathan, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102.
——Thomas, suit of Land-Bank commissioners against, 102; warrant of distress against, 109.
Worcester County, Mass., Land-Bank mortgages in, 11, 12, 15, 16.
Writ, forms of, prepared for suits against partners in Land-Bank scheme, 85, 86, 92, 93, 94, 97, 119, 120; forms of, used by Land-Bank commissioners against delinquent partners, 89–92, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101.
Young, William, accused of passing Land-Bank bills, 10.