NOTE

    Places are in Massachusetts unless otherwise stated.

    Names of vessels are grouped under the heading “Ships.”

    Names of Indians are grouped under the heading “Indians.”

    Names of negroes are grouped under the heading “Negroes.”

    Index

    Abbatt, William, 363–365

    Absolutism, 313, 316, 318

    Adams, Abigail (Smith), 529

    ——Charles Francis (d 1886), 388, 390, 392

    ——Eliphalet, 300

    ——Henry, 319

    ——James Truslow, 39, 44–45, 309, 389–390

    ——John, 75, 130, 319, 399, 404, 467, 526, 528–529

    ——John Quincy, 320

    ——Samuel, 399–400, 403, 407, 413, 526, 533

    Admiralty courts. See Massachusetts, Court of Vice-Admiralty

    Adventurers, for Bahamas, 81–85, 155–172; for Ireland, 203–204, 206. See also Merchant adventurers

    Aeschylus, 534

    Agar, Herbert, 320

    Agrippa, M. Vipsanius, 537

    Albany Plan, 68

    Albemarle, Duke of. See Monck, Christopher

    Alicante (Alligant), Spain, 135, 137–138

    Allen, Capt.——, 509

    —— ——, tailor, N. Y., 105, 111

    —— Amos, 447

    —— Ethan, 454, 457

    —— Ira, 457

    —— James, 40

    —— John (d 1671), 388

    —— John (H. C. 1643; d 1648), 388

    —— Samuel (d 1742), 185

    —— Gov. Samuel, New Hampshire, 122–123, 125

    —— William, England, 259 n

    —— William, Cambridge, 374, 375 n

    Alligant. See Alicante

    Alsop, Anthony, 126

    Ames, William, 257, 299, 329; theology of, 249–250, 252–254, 256, 258 n–259 n, 267–269, 274–275, 282

    Amory, Thomas, 496

    Amsterdam, Holland, 141

    Amundia, Rosael, 138

    Anabaptists, 10, 32, 35, 82, 246, 323, 331. See also Baptists

    Anarchists, 312

    Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 303 n

    Anderson, George Pomeroy, 184; on Auditing Committee, 87; comment on J. L. Huntington’s paper on Charles Phelps, 455–460

    André, John, 526

    Andrews, Charles, 380 n

    —— Charles M., 310

    —— Richard, 199–200, 244

    —— Thomas, 204–205

    Andros, Sir Edmund, 25–27, 29, 122–123, 124 n, 125, 127–128, 188

    Anglicans. See Episcopalians

    Angoff, Charles, 431

    Antibes, France, 140

    Andnomians, 10, 82, 285 n, 312–313

    Appleton,——, 188

    —— Nathaniel, 36

    Apsley, Edward, 226

    Aquinas, Thomas, 267, 533

    Aristotle, 267, 529–530, 533–534, 538

    Argus (N. Y.), 378

    Armine, Mary, Lady, 214, 220, 237 n, 242

    Arminianism, 254–255, 258 n–259 n, 278, 294

    Army, British, promotions, 368, 370; punishments, 369–370

    Arnold, Benedict, 376 n, 526

    Articles and Orders, Bahama, authorship, 155–173; text, 81–85

    Ashe, Joseph Windham, 129 n

    Associated Counties, England, 228 n

    Astrology, 350

    Atkins, Thomas, 185

    Atkinson, Joseph, 385 n

    —— Joseph (d 1818), 385–386

    Aurora (Philadelphia), 378

    Austin, Benjamin, 467

    Axel, Samuel. See May, Samuel

    Bacon, Francis, Viscount St. Albans, 170, 294

    —— Leonard, verses by, 425–427

    Bagford Ballads, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 346–347

    Bahama Company, 155–172; articles of, 81–85

    Bahama Islands, a broadside advertising, 81–85, 155–173; descriptions of, 78–79; monopoly of natural resources, 83–84, 165–166

    Baldwin, Gov. Simeon E., Conn., 528

    Ball, John, 222, 257, 259 n, 264 n

    Ballads. See Poetry

    “Ballotines,” 85, 162, 172

    Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert, George

    Banister, Thomas (d 1709), 30

    —— Thomas (d 1716), 30

    Banks, Charles Edward, 393

    Baptism, 324–326, 330–332

    Baptists, 32–34, 47, 312–313; their churches in Boston, 303–304. See also Anabaptists

    Barbados, trade of, 515–520

    Barcelona, Spain, 135, 138–139

    Barker, Matthew, 329

    Barnard, John, 34, 133

    Barnes, Henry, 496

    —— Viola F., 25

    Bartlett, Thomas, 92 n

    Baxter, James Phinney, 3rd, elected Recording Secretary, 22

    —— Richard, 259 n

    Bayes, ——, 210 n

    Baylies, Walter Cabot, death, 417; tribute, 418

    Baynes, Paul, 257

    Beale, Joseph Henry, elected Resident Member, 12, 24, 174

    —— Othniel, 147

    Beauchamp, John, 199–200

    Beauty spots, 515–516

    Beck, Paul, 139

    Becket, Retire, 506

    Beckford, William, 406 n

    Beer, George Louis, 310

    Behmen, Jacob, 117

    Belcher, Gov. Jonathan, 122–126, 129–130, 521

    Bellomont, Earl of. See Coote, Richard

    Bemis, Frank Brewer, death, 308; tribute, 354

    Berlin, Florence, 324

    Bermuda Islands, 80

    Bernard, Gov. Sir Francis, 122, 124–126, 128, 526; and Boston newspapers, 397–400, 402–403, 405–407, 409; libeled, 470; recalled, 406; rift with Council, 405–406

    Berwick, Duke of. See Fitz-James, James

    Betteress, Samuel, letters of Hugh Hall to, texts, 517–518

    Bigelow, John, 70

    —— Joshua, 477

    Bilbao, Spain, 135

    Bill of lading, text, 135–136

    Bills of exchange, 135

    Binning, John, 520

    Bird, —— (d 1758), 112, 114 n, 115

    —— Jonathan, 111–112; Maylem’s poem on, 113–116

    —— Nathaniel, 112

    Birdsall, Paul, elected Resident Member, 12, 24, 174

    Blackstone, Sir William, 40, 535

    Blaine, James G., 457

    Blair, Samuel, 301

    Blake, Thomas, 258 n–259 n

    “Blanco,”——, New York, 105–106, 109

    Bless, Daniel, 496

    Block Island, 147

    Blunt, Thomas, 226

    Board, John, 138

    Böhme, Jakob. See Behmen

    Bolitho, John, 92

    Bollan, William, 406 n

    Bolton, Charles Knowles, 54

    Bond, Nicholas, 217

    Book of Common Prayer, 388, 391–392

    Books, given to Harvard, 516; given to Society, 186; sale of, 38 n; text-books, 249, 256–257. See also Tracts

    Boston, Association of Inhabitants, 498–500; churches in (1725), 303–304; evacuation of, 503–504, 526; fortification of, 492; hospital, 501; massacre, 410; mob, 26, 32–33, 53, 400, 402, 405, 414; newspaper propaganda in, paper on, by A. M. Schlesinger, 396–416; Sabbath in, 108; schoolmasters of, 184–185; selectmen, 146, 300–303, 471; siege, conditions during, 501–502; town meetings at, 300–304, 471; troops quartered in, 405, 407, 410; watch, military, 499

    —— Brattle Street Church, 43

    —— British Coffee House, 406

    —— Castle William, 414

    —— Christ Church, 34

    —— Com Street, 132

    —— Federal Street, 379 n

    —— First Church, 3–4

    —— Free American Fire Company, 414

    —— Huguenot Church, 88 n, 303

    —— King Street, 132, 379 n, 411

    —— Long Lane, 379 n, 407

    —— Long Wharf, 132, 147

    —— New North Church, 49

    —— New Old South Church, 186

    —— Old North Grammar School, 136

    —— Old South Church, 36

    —— Second Church, 30, 36

    —— Selby’s Coffee House, 146

    —— State Street, 379 n

    Boston Chronicle, 411–412, 415–416

    Boston Evening-Post, 397, 400–402, 405–406, 408–410, 412

    Boston Gazette, 397, 399–403, 405, 407, 409–412, 451 n

    Boston News-Letter, 404, 410

    Boston Post-Boy, 396, 404

    Bourgeois, Emile, death, 174; tribute, 175

    Bourne, Nehemiah, 216

    Boutineau, James, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496

    Bowditch, Harold, 418; on Nominating Committee, 308

    Bowdoin, James (d 1790), 467

    Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, death, 353; tribute, 355

    —— Isaac, 92

    —— Penuel, 301

    Bowers, Jerathmeel, 467

    Boyle, Robert, 37, 40, 321 n, 389

    Boylston, Zabdiel, 53

    Brackett, Jeffrey Richardson, elected Resident Member, 12, 24, 174

    —— Keziah. See Maylem

    Braddock, Gen. Edward, 124 n

    Bradford, Gov. William, 194, 199

    —— William (d 1791), 62

    Bradstreet, Anne, 322, 324

    —— Dorothy. See Cotton

    —— Gov. Simon, 27, 44, 351

    Brattle, Thomas, 27, 30, 43–44

    Brewster, Frank, death, 362; tribute, 418

    Bridger, John, 146 n

    Bridges, Francis, 200

    Bridgewater, resolution of town meeting, text, 489

    Brindley, Thomas, 496

    Bristol, County of, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 481–482

    Broadsides. See Tracts

    Brooke, Lord. See Greville, Robert

    Brooks, Rosefair. See James

    “Brother Jonathan.” See “Jonathan”

    Brown, Samuel, 520

    —— William, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500

    Brownism, 47

    Bruce, ——, 511

    —— Philip Alexander, 435

    Bruix, Eustache, 508 n

    Brutus, Marcus Junius, 531

    Bryan, John Stewart, elected Corresponding Member, 184, 247

    Bryant, Philip, 489

    Bryce, James, Viscount Bryce, 528

    Buchanan, James, 388

    Buckingham, Duke of. See Villiers, George

    —— Thomas, 46

    Buckle, Henry Thomas, 429

    Buffinton, Arthur Howland, 393; paper, Massachusetts Experiment of 1630, 308–320

    Bulkley, Gersholm, 27

    —— Peter, 258, 259 n; theology of, 260–262, 264 n, 269, 272–273, 285–286, 289, 291–292

    Bull, ——, Newport, 114

    Bullock, Chandler, elected Resident Member, 24, 55, 174

    Bunker, Joe, nickname, 379

    Bunker Hill, John Clarke as historian of, paper on, by Allen French, 362–373

    Burch, William, 415 n

    Burgoyne, Gen. John, 498

    Burke, William, 379 n

    Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 34, 46, 125

    —— Gov. William, 122–126, 129

    Burnton, Thomas, 520

    Burr, Allston, on Auditing Committee, 505

    —— Heman Merrick, tribute, 14

    —— Jonathan, 383 n

    —— Peter, 185

    Burroughs, George, 41

    —— Jeremiah, 210

    Byles, Mather (d 1788), 53, 301

    Cabot, John, 519 n

    Cadbury, Henry Joel, elected Associate Member, 417, 440

    Cadiz, Spain, 137, 141

    Calamy, Edmund, 214

    Calef, Robert, 26, 29–30; on witchcraft, 41, 43–45

    Calfe, Elizabeth. See Gatchell Caligula, 534

    Calvert, Sir George, Lord Baltimore, 383, 537

    Calvin, John, 47, 247, 255, 259, 300, 329; political ideas of, 314, 316; theology of, 250–252, 260 n, 273–274, 275 n–276 n, 279 n, 281–282, 283 n, 289–290

    Calvinism, 31, 314, 317; modification of, 247–300. See also Puritanism

    Calvinists, 28, 34–35, 255–256, 258 n–259 n, 266; persecuted, 32–33. See also Puritans

    Cambridge, association of ministers, 42, 51; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 484–486

    Campbell, John, Earl of Loudoun, 124 n

    Candles, 519–520

    Cape Cod, 6

    Capitalism, 310

    Carlisle, Earl of. See Hay, James

    Carnes, John, 520

    Carr, Patrick, 410 n

    Carroll, Charles (d 1782), 520

    —— Charles (d 1832), 520 n

    Carroll and Garrett, 520

    Cary, Eleazer, 489

    Castell, William, 78

    Caswall, John, 132, 139

    —— Jonathan, 143 n

    Catholics, 10

    Cato, Marcus Porcius, the elder, 531

    Chadburn, Benjamin, 467

    Chafee, Zechariah, Jr., 132, 146 n; elected to Council, 22; host to Society at Signet Club, 395; on Nominating Committee, 395

    Chaloner, Richard, 225–226

    Champion, Judah, 399

    Chandler, John, 496

    Chapin, Howard Miller, elected Corresponding Member, 12; notes: Colonial Military Flags, 306–307; Some Recently Found Flag Items, 521–525

    Charity, 84. See also Orphans; Poor

    Charles I, 158, 197, 198 n, 201–202, 206, 209–210, 230, 306, 388, 393

    Charles II, 27

    Charlestown, 367

    Charters, 60, 63, 70, 72; proposed for Eleuthera, 81–85; Pennsylvania’s, 71 n; Rhode Island’s, 233. See also under Massachusetts.

    Chauncy, Charles (d 1787), 299, 301, 303

    —— Elnathan, 271

    —— Ichabod, 28

    Checkley, Anthony, 514, 519

    —— John, 30

    —— Lydia (Scottow) Gibbs. See Colman

    —— Samuel (d 1739), 301

    —— Samuel (d 1769), 301, 302 n

    Cheese, trade in, 506

    Chetwynd, Hon. William, 385 n

    Children, 54. See also Orphans

    Chillingworth, William, 294

    Chipman, Nathaniel, 453

    Chittenden, Gov. Thomas, Vermont, 456–457; letter quoted, 452

    Christian Socialism, 314

    Church, Benjamin, 413

    Church and churches, affairs at Hampton, N. H., 324–326, 329–332; in Boston (1725), 303–304; communion, 331, 443–444; dismissal of member, 443–444; excommunication, 220, 325, 330; membership, 318; organization, 317. See also Congregational churches

    Church of England, 6–7, 27, 32; churches in Boston, 303–304; established in New England, 25, 29; Puritan attitude toward, 33–36; reform of, 190–191, 194, 196–197, 201, 205, 210, 212–213, 221, 245–246; spoliation of, 313

    Cicero, influence on James Wilson, 526, 529–536, 538

    Circular Letter, Massachusetts, 408

    “Citron-water,” 517

    Civil War, England, 198, 207, 209, 218, 221, 226, 228, 313

    Clap, Nathaniel, 91 n

    Clark, Clarke, etc.

    —— ——, 363–364

    —— George, 364

    —— Hermann Frederick, elected Resident Member, 55, 87, 175

    —— John, 363–364

    —— John, First Lieutenant of Marines, as historian of Bunker Hill, paper on, by Allen French, 362–373

    —— John Montague, 363, 370–371

    —— Richard, 496

    Classical learning, influence of, in writings of James Wilson, paper on, by R. M. Gummere, 525–538

    Clemens, Samuel, 428

    Clement, Gregory, 204

    Clements, William Lawrence, death, 174; tribute, 175

    Clergy, New England, paper on, by C. K. Shipton, 24–54. See also Ministers

    Cleveland, Grover, 457

    Clifford, John, 325, 332

    Clinton, Gov. George, New York, 450–451, 457

    Clocks and watches, trade in, 520

    Cobb, Josephine, 131 n

    Cobbett, Thomas, 259 n, 264 n

    Cocceian School. See Federal School

    Cocceius. See Koch, Johannes

    Cock, Capt.——, 520

    Cocoa, trade in, 520

    Coffee, trade in, 506

    Coit, John, 520

    Colcord, ——, wife of Edward, 332

    —— Edward, 325, 350

    Cole, Edward, 113–114

    College, in Vermont, Charles Phelps’s plans for, 445

    Collins, ——, 511

    —— Nathaniel, 52

    —— Timothy, 52

    Colman, Benjamin, 30, 32, 34–36, 300 n, 301, 515

    —— Lydia (Scottow) Gibbs Checkley, 514–515, 519–520

    —— William, 515

    Colonial agents, duties and activities, 56–77

    Colors. See Flags

    Columbian Centinel, 377, 379

    Comic opera, 384–385

    Committees of Correspondence, 467, 492

    Common law courts, jurisdiction, 132, 144–155

    Commonplace book, Seaborn Cotton’s, paper on, by S. E. Morison, 320–352

    Communion. See Church and churches

    Conant, James Bryant, 361; elected Honorary Member, 184, 247

    Congregational churches, Anglican threat to, 29; attendance at, 25; covenant of, 292–293; financial difficulties of, 48; membership of, 25, 29, 31, 35, 36; plan to liberalize, 31; quarrels with ministers, 48, 50–52; rise of ruling elders in, 47–48; softening of doctrine of, 36; splitting of parishes, 48, 50–51. See also Church and churches; Ministers; Puritanism

    Congregationalism, Non-separating, 257

    Congregationalists, 35, 303. See also Independents; Puritans

    Connecticut, 48–49, 309; early settlement, 194; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 475; reform of churches, 31; tolerance in, 34; trade in, 194

    Conner, Lewis, 520

    Constitution, for Bahamas, 81–85, 158, 167; of Pennsylvania, 527; of United States, 537–538

    Contempt of court, 146. See also Libel

    Conway, Edward, Baron Conway, 225

    Cooke, Elisha (d 1715), 30

    —— Elisha (d 1737), 149, 152

    —— George, 215 n, 235

    Coombs, Mrs. Jerome W., 514

    Cooper, Samuel, 70, 301, 303, 399

    —— William, 301

    Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont, 122–125

    Corné, Michael Felice, 513

    Corning, Howard, elected Resident Member, 12

    Coruncanius, Tiberius, 531

    Corwin, George, 46

    Cotton, Abijah, 351

    —— Anne, 348

    —— Anne Lake, 352

    —— Dorothy, 348

    —— Dorothy (Bradstreet), 322, 350–351

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of John (d 1652), 351

    —— Elizabeth, daughter of Seaborn, 348

    —— John (d 1652), 192, 222, 225, 227, 256–258, 259 n, 295, 321, 326, 329, 337, 348, 351; theology of, 261–263, 265, 267–268, 272, 277 n–278 n, 283–284, 286, 288 n, 289, 291, 292 n, 293–294, 297

    —— John (d 1699), 350 n

    —— John (d 1710), 320, 322–323, 325–326, 348; church records of, 332, 339; family records, 352

    —— Maryah, 351

    —— Mercy, 351

    —— Prudence (Wade) Crosbey, 351

    —— Rowland, son of John (d 1652), 351

    —— Rowland, son of Seaborn, 351

    —— Sarah, daughter of John (d 1652), 351

    —— Sarah, daughter of Seaborn, 348

    —— Sarah, wife of John (d 1652), 351

    —— Seaborn, 29; his commonplace book, paper on, by S. E. Morison, 320–352

    —— Wade, 352

    Coupland, Reginald, elected Corresponding Member, 363, 387

    Covenant School. See Federal School

    Crane, R. S., 433

    —— Verner Winslow, elected Corresponding Member, 505; paper, Benjamin Franklin and the Stamp Act, 56–77

    Cranfield, Gov. Edward, N. H., 29

    Crisp, Crispe

    —— Sir Nicholas, 204

    —— Tobias, 259

    Cromwell, Oliver, 156 n, 160, 168, 170, 221, 227, 231, 306–307

    Cromwell, Conn., 36

    Crosbey, Prudence (Wade). See Cotton

    Cucking, William, 465 n, 466

    Culpeper, Lord Thomas, 24

    Culver, Francis B., 307

    Currency, 130; inflation of Continental, 449; reforms proposed by Franklin, 58–59, 69

    Cursellis, Nicholas, 228

    Cushing, Caleb (d 1798), 467

    —— Thomas, 74, 399, 413

    Customs Board, 404, 406, 412, 414

    Customs duties. See Taxation

    Cutler, Timothy, 32, 34, 46, 49

    Cutter, Richard Ammi, on Nominating Committee, 87

    Dall, William, 185

    Daly, Richard, 384

    Dana, ——, 511

    Danforth, Samuel, 465, 467, 472; resigns from Council, 474, 484

    —— Thomas, 44

    Daniel, ——, 214

    Danielson, Timothy, 467

    Dartmouth, Lord. See Legge, George

    Davenport, Addington, 152

    —— John (d 1670), 222, 256–257, 259 n

    —— Richard, 216 n

    Davis, William, 399

    Day, Clive, 314

    Dean, Deane, etc.

    —— Charles, 388

    —— Ephraim, 380 n

    —— James, 380 n

    —— John, 380 n

    —— William, 380 n

    De Berdt, Dennys, 65, 68

    De Bernière, Henry, 365

    Debts, of Bay Colony, 191, 193; paid in kind, 190

    Deering, ——, 325, 331

    Defoe, Daniel, 46

    Dehanes, Ann. See Maylem

    —— Jacob, 90 n

    ——Rachel. See Greene

    Deioces, King of the Medes, 536

    Deism, 275

    Democracy, 310, 317–320; contempt for, 9–10, 316

    Denison, Daniel, 351

    —— Jabez, 91 n, 92 n

    —— Rachel (Maylem), 91 n, 92 n

    Denny, Thomas, 477

    Derby, Elias Hasket (d 1800), letters from son, text, 507–511; trading ventures, 505

    —— Elias Hasket, Jr., voyage to Mediterranean, 505–514

    —— Richard, 467

    Derwentwater, Earl of. See Radcliffe, James

    Descartes, René, 266 n, 294, 529

    Deverson, William, Sr., 380

    —— William, Jr., 380 n

    Dewey, Francis Henshaw, death, 12; tribute, 14

    Dexter, Samuel, 467

    Diamond, George, 380 n

    Dibdin, Charles, 385 n

    Dickinson, John, 398, 528–529, 537

    Dictatorship, 316, 318

    Dimond, Thomas, 380 n

    Dio of Halicarnassus, 534

    Diseases, 215; fevers, 208; fluxes, 207, 517; scurvy, 139; smallpox, 45, 501, 517

    Dissenters. See Calvinists; Independents; Puritans

    Divine Right, theory of, 316

    Doan, ——, 380 n

    —— Nathaniel, 380 n

    —— Seth, 380 n

    Dobson, Austin, 432

    —— Edward, 213, 215 n

    Dodd, William E., 315

    Doddridge, Philip, 259 n

    Domat, Jean, 529

    D’Orange, Jean-Augustin, 102

    Douglass, William, 45

    Downame, George, 259 n

    —— John, 259 n

    Downing, Calibute, 210 n, 227

    —— Emmanuel, 192, 193 n, 216–217, 232

    Doyle, Wilfred Joseph, elected Associate Member, 174, 184

    Drake, Samuel Adams, 363–364

    Drama, 384–385

    Draper, Richard, 404, 405 n, 410

    Dry-goods, funeral specialties, 519–520; trade in, 511, 513, 517–520

    Duane, James, 451, 457

    Dudley, ——, 331

    —— Gov. Joseph, 26, 36, 122–123, 126 n, 127–130

    ——Paul, 152

    ——Gov. Thomas, 128

    Dummer, Jeremiah, 145, 300

    ——Lieut.-Gov. William, 462 n

    Dunbar, Samuel, 489

    Duncan, Nathaniel, 239 n, 240

    Dunn, John, 380 n

    ——Nathaniel, 380 n

    ——Richard, 380 n

    Dunster, Henry, 199, 215 n, 218

    Dupee (Dupuy), John, 113–114

    Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, 94 n, 526

    Du Simitière Collection of Maylem Papers, 110

    Dutch West India Company, Peter’s mission to, 194–195, 230–231, 245

    Dutton, Lieut.——(d 1775), 367

    Dwight, Josiah, 52

    Dyer, Mary, 10

    Eastern Association, England, 227

    East Indies, trade with, 506

    Ebsworth, Joseph W., 333 n

    Edes, Benjamin, 399, 401–402, 406, 410

    Edgcomb, John, 136

    Edson, Josiah, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499; intimidation of, 474; resolution of town meeting concerning, 489

    Education. See Religious education

    Edwards, Jonathan (d 1758), 48, 50, 53; and Covenant of Grace, 299–300; interest in science, 39; reading of, 46

    ——Thomas, 227, 238, 245; quoted, 159, 234 n

    ——William, 520

    Election by grace, “conditional,” 285, 289. See also Grace; Predestination

    Election sermon, 303 n–304 n; Israel Loring’s, 35

    Elections, in Eleuthera, 85; prohibited, 465, 468

    Eleuthera. See Bahama Islands

    Eliot, Andrew, 301

    ——Jared, 37; on making iron, 437–438

    ——John (d 1690), 158 n, 218, 242–244

    Elizabeth Islands, 304

    Ellery, Capt.——, 520

    Ellis, Milton, elected Corresponding Member, 24, 55, 175

    ——Welbore, 60 n

    Elton, Edward, 329

    ——Oliver, 460; quoted, 461–462

    Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 431

    Endecott, John, 189, 245; opposes Weld-Peter mission, 191–192, 196

    Endicott, William Crowninshield, death, 440

    England, Board of Trade, 465 n

    ——Church of England. See Church of England

    ——Commission for Foreign Plantations, 198

    ——Court of Delegates, 145, 147

    ——King in Council, 132, 144–145, 444 n

    ——Legislation, Act for advancement of New England, 216–217; Act creating the Warwick Commission, 232; Act for regulating government of Massachusetts, 465, 468; Act securing peace in Kent, 226; Declaratory Act, 72; Intolerable Acts, 465, 468, 471, 475–486, 490, 502; Mutiny Act, 60; Quartering Act, 397; Stamp Act, 56–77, 147, 396, 401, 403; Townshend Acts, 398–399, 404, 412

    ——Magna Carta, 397

    ——Merchants’ committees, 58, 60, 67–69

    ——Parliament, 190, 197–198, 213, 218, 226–227, 231 n 235 n 406; authority of, 210–211; commission to Peter, 229; committee of accounts, 237; committee of safety, 226, 228; Franklin before, 56, 68–69; and Irish rebellion, 202–204, 207, 209; jurisdiction over colonies, 63, 69, 71–77, 198, 217 n, 232; Lords’ Protest (1766), 71–73, 74 n petitions to, 80, 203, 210–212, 214, 216, 228; purges of, 161; Rockingham ministry, 56, 59 n, 61; Sayle’s patent, 80; removal of trade restrictions, 198, 216–217. See also above Legislation

    ——Petition of Right, 397

    ——Privy Council, 198, 465 n, 468, 470

    ——Revolutions. See Revolutions

    Epicurus, 532

    Episcopalians, their churches in Boston, 303–304; in revolt against Andros, 27; tolerance toward, 33–36. See also Church of England

    Erving, Irving, etc.

    ——George, 491, 493–494, 496, 499

    ——John (d 1786), 465 n, 472

    ——John (d 1816), 465 n, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499–501

    Eustis, ——, 447

    Evans, Cadwallader, 76

    ——Charles, death, 247; tribute, 354

    Excommunication. See Church and churches

    Eyre, John, 27

    Fairchild, Major——, 97 n

    ——Catherine (Malbone), poem to, 96–97

    Faith, 250, 254–255, 261, 269–270, 272, 276–281, 283–284, 287, 293, 297–298; how engendered, 268, 286; justification by, 290

    Familists, 10

    Faneuil, Andrew, 520

    ——Benjamin, 496

    Farley, Michael, 467

    Farnsworth, Amos, 366

    Fast Day, sermons, 212–213

    Fasts, 202, 331

    Fayal, Azores, 136, 143

    Federal School, 259 n, 266 n, 274, 279, 283, 285 n, 295

    Felt, J. B., 194 n

    Fenwick, John, 165 n

    Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, 510

    Ferguson, Adam, 527

    Field, Hon. Fred Tarbell, elected Resident Member, 24, 55, 174

    Fielding, Henry, 46

    Fiennes, William, Viscount Say and Sele, 189–191, 198, 204, 229

    Finnes, Nathaniel, 229

    Firmin, Giles, 236 n, 288 n

    Firth, Sir Charles Harding, 168; elected Honorary Member, 184, 247; death, 395; tribute, 418

    Fish, prices, 134; trade in, 133, 138–139, 171, 519–520

    Fiske, John, 41

    Fitz, Reginald, 183; elected Resident Member, 184, 247; elected Member of Council, 361

    Fitzgerald, Thomas, 206

    Fitz-James, James, Duke of Berwick, 138

    Flags, military, note on, by H. M. Chapin, 306–307; naval, note on, by H. M. Chapin, 521–525

    Fleeming, John, 411; mobbed, 414

    Fleet, John, 400, 411

    ——Thomas, 400, 411

    Flour, trade in, 506, 520

    Flucker, Thomas, 465, 469, 472, 475–476, 479–483, 493–496, 498–499

    Fogg, John S. H., 320

    Folsom, Israel, 92 n

    Fones, Elizabeth. See Winthrop

    Foote, Henry Wilder, 300

    Forbes, Alexander, Lord Forbes, 204–209, 214, 228

    ——Allyn Bailey, meeting held at house of, 505

    ——John, 205

    Fornaro, Don Francisco, 140

    Fort William Henry, N. Y., ambush at, 100–101

    Foster, Jedidiah, 467

    Fothergill, Dr. John, 62

    Foxcroft, Thomas, 301 n, 302

    France, 313; American relations with, 507

    Franchise, 26–27, 30; in Eleuthera, 85, 159–160

    Franke, August Hermann, 46

    Franklin, Ann (Smith), 93 n

    ——Benjamin, 30, 113, 438, 526, 528; on colonial autonomy, 63, 69–77; pseudonyms, 63–64, 71; and the Stamp Act, paper on, by Verner W. Crane, 56–77

    ——James (d 1735), 30

    ——James (d 1762), 30, 113–114

    ——Gov. William, N. J., 123

    ——William (d 1813), 59, 70, 75, 77

    Freeman, Enoch, 467

    Freemasons, 112–113

    Freemen, 195, 317; in Eleuthera, 85; percentage, 25; qualifications, 26. See also Non-Freemen

    French, Allen, 375, 380 n; paper, John Clarke, Historian of Bunker Hill, 362–373

    French and Indian War, John Maylem in, 98–104, 109

    Frontier, influence of, 317

    Frothingham, Richard, 367–368

    Fry, Frye, etc.

    ——Joseph, 99, 103 n

    ——Mary Isabel, 81 n

    Fuller, ——, 332

    ——Thomas, 255

    Fulton, John Farquhar, elected Corresponding Member, 24, 55, 175

    Funeral specialties, 519–520

    Furs, trade in, 189, 199

    Gage, Margaret (Kembal), 367

    ——Gov. Thomas, 123–124, 125 n, 127, 364, 369–370, 460, 461 n–462 n, 488, 492, 498–499; addresses of Council to, text, 469–470, 498; correspondence with Earl of Dartmouth, 464–475, 483–484, 487, 489–494, 497; letter from Hampshire County, text, 472–473; letter from Thomas Hutchinson, text, 480; letter from Joseph Lee, text, 483; letter from Daniel Leonard, text, 481–482; letter from Timothy Paine, text, 476–478; letter from William Pepperrell, text, 482–483

    Galloway, Joseph, 58–59, 62–63, 76–77

    Gardiner, Gardner, etc.

    ——Andrew, 53 n

    ——George, 80

    ——Lion, 188 n

    ——Samuel R., 168

    ——Sir Thomas, 78

    ——William, 379 n

    Garland, John, 350

    Gatchell, Elizabeth (Calfe), 185

    ——Increase, 185, 519 n

    Gee, Joshua, 301 n, 302

    Genoa, 140

    George III, address of Mandamus Council to, text, 495

    George, Mary Dorothy, 375 n

    ——Robert H., 183

    Gerard, Gilbert, 229

    Gerhardt, Paul, 46

    Germain, George, Lord, letter from Lieut.-Gov. Oliver, text, 503–504

    Germany, Calvinism in, 258 n

    Gerrish, ——, 92 n

    ——Samuel, 520

    ——William, 300 n

    Gibbs, Capt.——, 107

    ——Benjamin, 514, 519

    ——Lydia. See Hall

    ——Lydia (Scottow). See Colman

    Gibraltar, 135; trade with, 507, 513

    Gilbert, Bartholomew, 304 n

    ——Joseph, 477

    ——Thomas, 496

    Gill, John, 399, 401–402, 406, 410; assault on, 411

    Gillingham, Harold E., 521

    Glanvill, Joseph, 40

    Glover, ——, 60 n

    ——Samuel, 229

    Gloves, trade in, 511, 519

    Gobelin (Gribelin), ——, 526

    Goddard, William, 62–63

    Golding, William, 80

    Goldsmith, Oliver, 432

    Good Hope. See Hartford

    Goodspeed, Charles Eliot, 384 n

    Goodwin, John, 156, 169 n, 210

    ——Thomas, 156 n, 256–257

    Gookin, Nathaniel, 320, 322

    Goose, ——, 324, 330

    Gordon, William, Viscount Kenmure, 141

    Gorges, Ferdinando, 312

    Gorton, Stephen, 33

    Gortonists, 233 n

    Gosnold, Bartholomew, note on, by Fulmer Mood, 304–306

    Gosnold’s Bay, Va., 304–306

    Gosnold’s Island, 304

    Gosse, Edmund, 432

    Gouge, William, 257

    Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 187

    Goulding, John, 477

    Government, of Bahama, proposed, 85, 158–162, 167; Massachusetts experiment in, 308–320; of West Jersey, 165 n. See also Democracy; Political theory; Theocracy

    Governors, royal, of New England, paper on, by L. W. Labaree, 120–131

    Grace, 251, 254–255, 267–268, 270, 279–281, 291–292, 294; defined, 289. See also Election by grace; Predestination

    Grace, Covenant of, 257, 262–266, 271–272, 274, 275 n, 277, 281, 283–298; “conditional” covenant, 285, 289; defined, 256, 258–261, 280; historical theory, 268–269; legalistic aspects, 258 n, 272–273, 282, 286, 299; repudiated, 299–300

    Grace, Election by. See Election by grace; Predestination

    Grain, trade in, 511–513, 519–520

    Grant, Ulysses S., 428

    Graves, Samuel, 369

    ——Thomas, Lord, 498

    Gray, Austin K., 87

    ——Ellis, 302

    ——Harrison, 465, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500

    Great Awakening, 31, 36, 48

    Great Migration, 188–189

    Greene, Jerome Davis, elected Resident Member, 441, 505

    ——John, 118, 404

    ——Joseph (d 1715), 54

    ——Joseph (d 1780), 112–113, 116, 415 n, 466, 472–473

    ——Rachel (Dehanes), 90 n, 94, 95 n

    ——Timothy, 119

    Greenleaf, Benjamin, 467

    Greenough, Chester Noyes, elected Vice-President, 182, 361, 425

    Greenwood, Nathaniel, 133 n

    Grenville, George, Lord, 68–69; colonial policy, 56–57

    Greville, Robert, Lord Brooke, 189, 198, 204, 208

    Griscom, Ludlow, elected Resident Member, 12

    Groth, John, 350

    Grotius, Hugo, 529, 535

    Groton, 36

    Gubbins, Frances (Maylem), 91 n, 92 n, 95

    ——Francis, 95

    ——William, 92 n, 94, 95 n

    Gummere, Richard Mott, elected Resident Member, 353, 362; paper, Classical Precedents in Writings of James Wilson, 525–538

    Guns, brass, 511

    Haldimand, Sir Frederick, 455

    Hale, John, 44

    ——Sir Matthew, 40

    Half-Way Covenant, 31, 36, 293

    Halifax, N. S., description of, 104

    Hall, Albert Harrison, 99 n, 184; elected Resident Member, 55, 87, 175

    ——David, 62

    ——Hugh (d 1732), 514–515

    ——Hugh (d 1773), letter-book of, paper on, by S. E. Morison, 514–521

    ——Lydia (Gibbs), 514

    ——Richard, 518–519

    ——Sarah, 519

    Hamilton, Alexander, 459

    ——Charles, 522

    ——Emma (Lyon), Lady, 510, 512

    ——Sir William, 510, 511 n, 512

    Hammond, Otis G., 92 n

    Hampton, N. H., 321

    Hancock, John (d 1752), 48

    ——John (d 1793), 399, 405, 415–416; and non-importation agreement, 413–414

    Haraszti, Zoltán, elected Associate Member, 308, 353

    Hardwick, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 476

    Harrington, James, 162, 169 n, 172

    Harriott, John, 380–382

    Harris, ——, 111, 367

    Harrison, Henry, 520

    ——Nathaniel, 520

    ——Mrs. Nathaniel, 520

    Hart, Francis Russell, meeting held at house of, 247

    Hartford, Conn., 194

    Hartford, Treaty of, 230

    Hartlib, Samuel, 170

    Harvard College, 29–31, 34, 36, 49, 52, 193, 218 n, 219, 234 n, 388; gifts to, 166, 199–201, 219, 237, 239, 241, 245, 516; loan to library, 514; C. Phelps’s letter to president, 443

    Harvey, Solomon, 446

    Hatch, Nathaniel, 484, 491, 493–494, 496, 499–501

    Hathorne, William, 192

    Hawley, Joseph, 400; disbarred, 401, 402 n

    Hawxhurst, ——, 107

    Hay, James, Earl of Carlisle, 80

    Haynes, Gov. John, Conn., 194

    ——William, 184

    Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur, 189

    Heath, William, 375 n, 446

    Henchman, Hinchman, etc.

    ——Daniel, 185

    ——Richard, 185

    Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, 228

    Henry IV, King of France, 537

    Henry, Patrick, 376 n, 435

    Herbert, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 275

    ——George, Witts Recreations, 323; quoted, by Seaborn Cotton, 342–346

    Heretics, 32–33

    Hersey, Frank Wilson Cheney, 183; elected Resident Member, 247, 308

    Hession, Marie J., 99 n

    Hibbins, William, 195, 199, 200 n, 201, 235 n, 237 n; mission to England, 191–192

    Higginson, John (d 1708), 46, 54

    ——John (d 1720), 54

    Hill, ——, 134 n

    ——Don Gleason, 13

    ——James J., 187

    ——Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, 128 n, 400, 403 n, 406, 407 n

    Hillsborough, Earl of. See Hill, Wills

    Hinchman. See Henchman

    History, economic factors in, 309, 314–315; literary, of colonial period, paper on, by H. M. Jones, 428–439

    Hoast, Derrick, 228

    Hobbes, Thomas, 294, 529, 532, 535

    Hockett, Homer Carey, 40; quoted, 39, 41–42

    Hohenzollerns, 313

    Holbrook (misprinted Holyoke), Samuel (d 1766), 185 n

    ——Samuel (d 1784), 185

    Holden, Benjamin, 478

    Holland, 6; Calvinism in, 254, 258 n–259 n, 266 n, 269 n; dispute over Connecticut valley, 194, 230; and English Civil War, 228–230; Peter’s mission to, 194, 228–230

    Holmes, Hon. Oliver Wendell, death, 308; tribute, 355

    Holt, John, 407–408, 451

    Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 62, 75–77

    Hooker, Richard, 258 n

    ——Thomas, 200, 248 n, 256, 258, 259 n; theology of, 263 n, 266, 268–272, 276 n, 277, 280–284, 287–288, 291, 293–294, 298–299

    Hooper, Robert, 466, 472–473

    ——William, 302

    Hopkins, Caleb, 380 n

    ——Esek, 524–525

    ——John, 391

    ——Samuel, 444

    Hopkinson, Francis, 527, 529

    Horace, 538

    Horagan, J., 516

    Hornberger, Theodore, 434

    Horse-trade, 350

    Hosmer, James Kendall, 389

    Houghton, Robert, 199

    Howe, Sir William, 363, 366–367, 498–503

    Hubbard, William, 186–188, 217

    Hudson, Frederic, 415 n

    Hughes, John, 56, 61

    Humfry, John, 190, 192, 204–205

    Hunnewell, James Melville, elected Treasurer, 22, 182, 361, 425

    Hunt, John, 302

    Huntington, James Lincoln, elected Corresponding Secretary, 425; on Nominating Committee, 308; paper, The Honorable Charles Phelps, 441–455

    Hutchinson, Anne, 10, 284 n–285 n, 312

    ——Eliakim, 484, 491, 493–494

    ——Forster, 465, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500

    ——Gov. Thomas, 123, 126–130, 462 n, 468, 474, 480, 491–492; and Boston newspapers, 399, 401–404, 408–409, 412; libeled, 470

    ——Thomas (d 1811), 465, 472, 496; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 480; resigns from Council, 474, 480

    Impressment, military, 84–85, 163–164

    Ince, Jonathan, 383 n

    Independent Chronicle, 378–379, 526

    Independents, 35, 47, 80–82, 156–162, 167, 236, 246; conversion of, 227; and Presbyterians, 210, 221–225; tenets of, 259. See also Congregationalists; Puritans

    Indians, 84, 194, 218 n, 219, 237, 239, 241, 245; captives of, 89; conversion of, 193, 220, 242–244

    ——Narragansett, 233 n

    Ingersoll, Jared, 56

    Inheritance, law of, 315

    Insanity, 220

    Intemperance, 51, 381–382. See also Drunkenness under Offences

    Intolerable Acts, 397, 465, 468, 502; evasion of, 471; reaction to, 475—486, 490

    Intolerance. See Religious intolerance Ireland, Adventurers for, 203–204, 206; rebellion in, 201–209, 214; relief of Protestants in, 202, 214, 218, 228–230

    Ireton, Henry, 156 n, 160; quoted, 159

    Iron, from black sand, 437–438; trade in, 519

    Ironworks, 198 n, 217

    Irving. See Erving

    Irwin, John, 465, 473

    Iviza, Balearic Islands, 139–140

    Jackson, Edward, 240

    ——Richard, 128 n

    James II, 28, 53, 125

    James, Caroline. See Young

    ——Eldon Revare, elected Associate Member, 362, 387

    ——Eleazer, 187

    ——Rosefair (Brooks), 187

    ——Ruth. See Loring

    Jamestown, Va., Gosnold at, 304–305

    Jay, John, 459; letter, quoted, 450

    Jefferson, Thomas, 435, 526, 528–529

    Jenkins, Robert, 112, 114

    Jervis, John, Earl St. Vincent, 509

    Jesuits, 246

    John of Leyden, 312

    Johnson, Alfred, tribute, 14–15

    ——Edward, quoted, 194 n, 311, 315

    Johnston, Augustus, 112, 114

    Johonnot, Peter, 496

    “Jonathan,” nickname, paper on, by Albert Matthews, 374–386

    Jones, Elisha, 496

    ——Howard Mumford, elected Associate Member, 440–441; paper, Desiderata in Colonial Literary History, 428–439

    ——John Paul, 525

    ——Matt Bushnell, 394, 444 n, 451; on Auditing Committee, 308, 395; on Nominating Committee, 505

    Josephson, ——, New York, 107, 111

    Journalism. See Newspapers

    Judd, Sylvester, 443

    Jurien, Pierre, 46

    Justinian, 533

    Kay, Frederick B., 433

    Keene, ——, 129 n

    Keith, George, 32

    Kendall, Edward Augustus, 382–383

    Kenmure, Viscount. See Gordon, William

    Kennet, White, Bishop of Peterborough, 32

    Kent, England, Peter’s activities in, 226–227

    Kentucky, admission to Union, 458

    Kidder, Alfred Vincent, elected Resident Member, 87, 175

    ——Nathaniel Thayer, on Auditing Committee, 87

    King, Widow——, mother of Hannah (King) Maylem, 89

    ——Hannah. See Maylem

    “Kingdom,” use of word, 216 n

    Kingman, David, 489

    Kinsolving, Arthur L., 183

    Kittredge, George Lyman, 324

    Kneeland, Anstis, wife of Timothy. See Phelps

    ——Samuel, 118–119, 447

    ——Timothy, 447

    Knox, John, 47

    ——William, 70, 73–74

    Koch, Johannes, 258 n, 269 n

    Labaree, Leonard W., 376 n; paper, the Royal Governors of New England, 120–131

    Ladd, Joseph Brown, 95 n, 97–98, 109

    Laet, Joannes de, 78

    Lake, Anne. See Cotton

    Lamontais, Francis, 133

    Land, speculation in, 528–529; system of holding, 315

    Land banks, 130

    Land grants, in Eleuthera, 82–83, 164–165; in West New Jersey, 165 n

    Landin, Ephraim, 134 n

    La Rose, Pierre, 418

    Lascelles, Mary, 518

    Latham, Robert, 489

    Lathrop, John, 302

    Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 7, 196–198, 234 n, 312, 393

    Laurence. See Lawrence

    Laurie, Walter Sloane, 365

    Law, Gov. Jonathan (misprinted John), Conn., 47

    Law, code of, 317; notes on, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 328; reform, 82, 85, 162–163; James Wilson’s attitude toward, 530–532. See also Moral law; Natural law

    Law of Nations, 533, 535–536

    Lawrence, Laurence, etc.

    ——Abbott, 504

    ——Adam, 228

    Lawson, Deodat, 41

    Lawyers, Crown, 471; disbarred, 401

    Leach, William, 163

    League of Nations, Covenant of, 309

    Lechford, Thomas, 193

    Lechmere, Richard, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–499, 501

    Lee, Joseph, 465, 472; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 483; resigns from Council, 474, 483–484

    ——Robert E., 456

    Leete, Gov. William, Conn., 36

    Lefroy, Sir John Henry, 81

    Legg, Legge, etc.

    ——Col.——, 134 n

    ——William, Earl of Dartmouth, 66–67, 371 n, 460, 461 n, 462; correspondence with Gov. Gage, text, 464–475, 483–484, 487, 489–494, 497; correspondence with Lieut.-Gov. Oliver, text, 485–489, 491–492, 498, 501–503

    Leghorn, Tuscany, 135, 137, 141, 168; trade with, 511–513

    Leigh, Edward, 259 n

    Lemon, Robert, 460 n, 463, 464 n, 465 n, 472 n, 487 n, 504

    Lemontais. See Lamontais

    Lenthall, William, 207

    Leonard, Daniel, 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499–500; intimidation of, 474; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 481–482

    Leghorn-Marseilles

    ——David, 489

    ——George, 467

    Leusden, John, 46

    Levellers, 156, 159–163, 167

    Leverett, John (d 1724), 30, 36, 515–516

    Libel, 146–147, 149, 152–154, 402–403, 469; text, 150–151

    “Liberty or Death,” 376 n

    Libraries, 46, 388

    Licorice, trade in, 511

    Lightfoot, Robert, 112, 114

    Lilburne, John, 156, 163, 167

    Lime juice, trade in, 520

    Lincoln, Arthur, 186

    ——Waldo, tribute, 14

    Liquors. See Wines

    Lisbon, Portugal, 135, 139

    Little, Ephraim, 49, 52

    ——Samuel, 92 n

    Live stock, trade in, 520

    Livy, 534, 538

    Locke, John, 529, 538

    Lollardy, 47

    London, 135, 141; Common Council, petitions to, 211–212

    ——King’s Arms Tavern, 67

    London Company, 305

    Longbotham (Longbottom), Capt.——, 517–518

    Loring, Augustus Peabody, Jr., meeting held at house of, 24, 174, 184, 362, 440; elected Recording Secretary, 182, 361, 425

    ——Israel, 45; Election sermon, 35

    ——Joseph, 187

    ——Joshua (d 1781), 466, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499; intimidation of, 474, 480–481; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 480–481

    ——Joshua (d 1789), 496

    ——Mary. See Young

    ——Ruth (James), 187

    Loudoun, Earl of. See Campbell, John

    Lovejoy, A. O., 433

    Lowe, Samuel, 92 n, 93

    Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 13, 175

    Luce, Peter, 90 n

    Ludlow, Edmund, 230

    Lumber, trade in, 520

    Luther, Martin, 259

    Lutherans, 35

    Lyell, Sir Charles, 39

    Lynde, Benjamin, 152

    Lyon, Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop, 393

    ——Thomas, 393

    Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 431

    Macfedris, Capt.——, 137

    Mackenzie, Henry, 433

    Madison, James, 435, 458 n, 528, 537

    Mahon, Minorca, 137, 139–140

    Mainwaring, Capt.——, 212

    Majorca, 137, 139

    Malbone, Catherine, daughter of Godfrey. See Fairchild

    ——Catherine, wife of Godfrey, 97 n

    ——Edward Greene, 97 n

    ——Godfrey, 97 n

    ——John, 97 n

    ——Samuel, 321

    Mandeville, Bernard, 433

    Manfredonia, Kingdom of Two Sicilies, 511–512

    Manna, trade in, 511

    Manny, Margaret, 522, 524–525

    Manton, Thomas, 329

    Marblehead, 133

    Marcus Aurelius, 534, 535

    Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, 510

    Marriage, 29

    Marseilles, France, 140

    Marshall, Stephen, 210 n

    Marston, Thomas, 331

    Martel, Jean-Baptiste-Grégoire, 102

    ——Jean-François, 101, 103

    Martha’s Vineyard, 304

    Martin,——, 134 n

    Maryland, military flags of, 307

    Masefield, ——, 134 n

    Mason, George, 435

    —— John, 26, 123 n

    Massachusetts, claims to Vermont, 446, 455

    ——Bay Colony, auditor of, 237; depression in, 189–192; experiment of 1630, paper on, by A. H. Buffinton, 308–320; emigration from, 188–190; gifts to, 199–201, 214, 218–220, 236–239, 241, 245; status of, 216 n

    ——Bay Company, 3, 311

    ——Body of Liberties, 317

    ——Charter (1629), 190, 198, 232, 245, 311, 316–317; (1691), 26, 144; attitude of clergy toward, 30, 319; revoked, 465, 468

    ——Council, 26, 402, 404; election of, 467; rift with Gov. Bernard, 405–406. See also below Mandamus Council

    ——Court of Assistants, 26; sends commission to England, 190–191

    ——Court of Vice-Admiralty, 132, 405; decree, text, 142–143; jurisdiction, 132, 144–145; petition to, text, 150–151; writs restraining, 148–150

    ——Courts of law, discontinuance of, 490; hindrance of, 473

    ——General Court, 30, 35, 45, 48, 190–191, 225, 242, 467; financial committee, 240; meeting at Salem, 490; misuse of funds, 215, 236–238; note to Weld, 235; petition to, 144, 146; Weld’s letter to, 220–221

    ——Governors, royal, paper on, by L. W. Labaree, 120–131

    ——House of Representatives, 30, 402

    ——Mandamus Council, addresses to Gov. Gage, text, 469–470, 498; address to king, text, 495; answer to Lieut.-Gov. Oliver’s message, text, 500; appointed, 465, 468; distress of, 497; documents relating to, 460–504; evacuates Boston, 503–504; harsh treatment of, 471, 474, 476–489, 493, 496 n; lists of members of, 465–467, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 499; message of Lieut.-Gov. Oliver to, text, 499–500; minutes of, 475–476, 494–495, 498–501; organized, 471; resignations from, 474–475, 477, 480, 483–484, 486, 489; rights and duties of, 466. See also above Council

    ——Province of Massachusetts Bay, acting governors, 462 n; governors of, 120–131; navy, 131

    ——Superior Court of Judicature, 132, 144, 146–147; attacked, 401–402; decision of, text, 153–155; petition to, text, 151–153; powers, 145; writs issued by, text, 148–150

    Massachusetts Gazette, 404, 411

    Massachusetts Gazette, and Boston News-Letter. See Boston News-Letter

    Massachusetts Gazette, and Boston Post-Boy. See Boston Post-Boy

    Massachusetts Historical Society, 387–392

    Mataro, Spain, 138

    Materialism, 267, 270

    Mather, Cotton, 26–27, 29–31, 36–37, 44, 46–47, 49, 53–54, 300, 302, 311, 388, 428, 431, 530; attitude toward medicine, 45; attitude toward science, 38; attitude toward witchcraft, 40–43; tolerance of, 33

    ——Increase, 26–28, 30–31, 33, 36–37, 45–47, 128, 188, 302, 431; attitude toward Anglican church, 34; attitude toward science, 37–38; attitude toward witchcraft, 39–40, 42–43

    ——Kirtley, 39

    ——Richard, 221–222

    ——Samuel (d 1785), 302

    ——Sarah Cotton, 351

    Matthews, Albert, 407 n; communication, Documents Relating to Massachusetts Royal Council, 1777–1776, 460–504; paper, Brother Jonathan Once More, 374–386

    Maule, Thomas, 32, 40, 394

    May, Samuel, 33

    Mayer, Lloyd M., 91 n

    Mayhew, Jonathan, 302, 319

    ——Thomas (d 1681), 158 n, 243–244

    Maylem, Mylam, etc.

    ——Ann, 91 n

    ——Ann (Dehanes), 91, 92 n, 93; administratrix, 90, 93–94, 95 n; guardian, 94–95

    ——Brackett, 89, 91 n

    ——Christian, wife of John (dc 1660), 88

    ——Frances. See Gubbins

    ——Francis, 91 n

    ——Hannah (King), 89

    ——John (d c 1660), 88, 89 n

    ——John (d 1742), 88–92, 95 n; estate, litigation over, 93–94; freeman of R. I., 93; real estate transactions, 92 n

    ——John (d c 1762), paper on, by L. C. Wroth, 87–120; list of works, 110, 117–120

    ——Joseph (d 1733), 88–89, 94; as mummer, 89; will, 88 n, 90 n

    ——Joseph, son of Joseph (d 1733), 90 n

    ——Keziah, 90, 91 n

    ——Keziah (Brackett) Patterson, 89

    ——Mark, 88 n, 90 n

    ——Mary (d 1727), daughter of John (d 1742), 91 n

    ——Mary, daughter of John (d 1742). See Mumford

    ——Rachel. See Denison

    Meat, trade in, 520

    Mecom, Benjamin, 100, 117

    Medicine, 45. See also Diseases

    Mediterranean, trade in, 138–141; 505–514; voyage to the, during the Napoleonic Wars, paper on, by R. E. Peabody, 505–514

    Mein, John, 411, 415; flight, 414; and non-importation agreement, 412–414

    Mencken, Henry Louis, 309

    Menzies, John, 142, 145–151, 154

    Mercantilism, 313

    Merchant adventurers, Dutch, 194–195, 228, 230–231, 245; English, 82–85, 228, 305. See also Adventurers

    Merrill, John D., 183

    Mifflin, Thomas, 374

    Milburn, William, 27

    Miller, John, 113–114

    ——John Chester, elected Associate Member, 184

    ——Perry Gilbert, 434; on Nominating Committee, 308; paper. The Marrow of Puritan Divinity, 247–300

    Milne, Samuel, 307

    Milton, John, 156 n

    Ministers, 32, 319; admonition by, 329, 332; associations of, 31, 42; attitude toward medicine, 45; attitude toward science, 37–39; attitude toward witchcraft, 39–45; business ventures, 48, 52; changes in type, 49–50; decline of spiritual authority, 47–48; deficiencies of, 52–53; disrespect toward, 49; evangelists, 52–53; financial difficulties, 48, 53; illiteracy, 33; intellectual liberalism, 46; number of, 50; part in Revolution (1689), 27–29; proposal for organization, 31; quarrels with parishioners, 48, 50–52; recreations, 54; secular activities and influence, 30, 46–49, 192, 196, 210–212, 217, 25–228, 245; theology of, paper on, by P. G. Miller, 247–300; tolerance of, 32–36; at town meeting, Boston, note on, by R. F. Seybolt, 300–304; tyranny of, 27, 31. See also Missionaries

    Minot, George Richards, on Nominating Committee, 87

    Miracles, 267

    Missionaries, 29, 46

    Missionary work, 84, 157, 193, 243–244; gifts for, 214, 220, 237 n, 239, 241–242, 245. See also New England Company

    Mitchell, Edward, 367 n

    ——Jonathan, 321, 383 n

    ——Nathan, 489

    ——Stewart, on Nominating Committee, 505; paper, Two Winthrops and a Mouse, 387–394

    ——Thomas, 380 n

    Molasses, trade in, 520

    Monaco, Prince of, 140

    Monaco, Savoy, 140

    Monck, Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, 125 n

    Monckton, Robert, 98, 100, 117

    Monmouth’s Rebellion, 28

    Monopolies, in Bahamas, 83–84, 165–166, 171

    Montagu, John, Earl of Sandwich, 372, 377 n, 380 n

    ——Hon. William, 380–382

    Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de, 530

    Montgomery, Lieut.-Gov. John, N.Y., 517 n

    Mood, Fulmer, 440; notes: Broadside Advertising the Bahamas, 78–86; Bartholomew Gosnold and Gosnold’s Bay, 304–306; paper, Henry Robinson and Bahama Articles and Orders, 155–173

    Moodey, Joshua (d 1697), 29, 40

    Moody, Eleazer, 184

    ——Robert Earl, paper, Last Voyage of the Province Galley, 131–155

    ——Samuel, 51–52

    Moore, Allen, 522

    ——Gov. Sir Henry, N. Y., 123

    Moral law, 253, 260, 265, 283, 291, 296, 319–320, 533; Puritan concept, 290, 298

    More, William, 331

    Morgan, Daniel, 376 n

    ——Nathaniel H., 376 n

    Morison, Samuel Eliot, 12, 24, 174, 184, 247, 271, 308, 353, 362, 387, 393, 395, 417, 440–441; elected President, 22, 182, 361, 425, 505; meeting held at house of, 55, 174; papers: Letter-Book of Hugh Hall, 514–521; Seaborn Cotton’s Commonplace Book, 320–352

    Morley, Herbert, 226

    Morris, Gov. Lewis, N. J., 123

    ——Robert, 529

    Morse, Hosea Ballou, death, 55; tribute, 175

    Morton, Charles, 28, 40

    Moulson, Anne (Radcliffe), Lady, 219, 245

    ——Sir Thomas, 219

    Mumford, Mary (Maylem), 91 n, 92 n

    ——Paul, 92 n

    Mummers, 89

    Murdock, Harold, 362–363, 365; death, 87; tribute, 175

    ——Kenneth Ballard, on Nominating Committee, 87

    Murray, Daniel, letter to John Murray, text, 478–479

    ——James, 400, 409–410, 415

    ——John, 466, 472, 475, 477, 493–494, 496, 499; intimidation of, 474, 478–479; letter to, 478–479

    Music, among Puritans, 323

    Mylam. See Maylem

    Myles, Samuel, 25, 32, 34

    Names, Christian, in New England, 383; of negroes, 527

    Naples, trade with, 509–510

    Napoleon I, 507, 508 n, 511 n

    Narragansett territory, 233, 235

    Natstock (Ratstock), Joshua, 185

    Natural law, 253, 260, 266, 270, 277–279, 295–296, 299, 536; defined, 267, 533–534; doctrine of “superior power,” 534–535

    Natural resources, monopoly of, 83–84, 165–166

    Navy, Continental, flags of, 522–525

    Negroes: Nero Brewster, 527; Caesar Gerrish, 527; Seneca Hall, 527; Cato Newmarch, 527; Pharaoh Rogers, 527

    Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, 508 n, 509–510, 511 n, 512

    Nettels, Curtis, elected Corresponding Member, 395, 417

    Neville, Anthony, 229

    New, Henry, 331

    Newcastle, Duke of. See Pelham-Holles, Thomas

    New England Company, 158 n, 238–242, 244

    New England Confederation. See United Colonies

    Newfoundland, 170–171

    New Hampshire, 26, 29; claims to Vermont, 444–445, 455; royal governors, 120–131; reform of churches, 31

    New Hampshire Grants, 444, 455–457

    New Marlborough, Vt., 444 n

    New Netherlands, dispute over Connecticut, 194–195, 230

    Newport, R. I., description of, 98; Freemasons in, 112–116

    Newport Mercury, 414

    New Providence, Bahamas, 164 n

    Newspapers, Boston, propaganda and, paper on, by A. M. Schlesinger, 396–416; classical influence on language of, 526

    Newton, Sir Isaac, 389

    New York, dispute over Vermont, 444 n, 445–446, 448–450, 453–457; suspension of legislature, 397; urges Vermont’s admission to Union, 459

    New York, N. Y., 318; loses national capital, 458–459; merchants’ committee, 414

    ——Mr. Roome’s Coffee House, 105

    ——Mr. Smith’s Coffee House, 106

    New York Journal, 407

    Nichols, William, 148 n

    Niles, Samuel, 36

    Noble, John, on Nominating Committee, 395

    Non-freemen, 317; support revolt against Andros, 27

    Non-importation agreement, 411–414

    Non-Separating Congregationalism, 257

    Norris, Edward, 192

    ——Moses, 92 n

    North, Frederick, Lord North, 406

    Norton, Andrews, 186

    Nowell, Increase, 240

    ——Samuel, 300 n

    Oats, trade in, 519

    Odlin, John, 91 n

    Offences: assault, 406–407, 411; drunkenness, 369–370; violation of Sabbath, 381; theft, 497; treason, 452. See also Libel

    Oldham,——, 200 n

    Old Providence, island, 164

    Oliver, Lieut.-Gov. Andrew (d 1774), 401, 462 n, 480

    ——Andrew (d 1799), 466, 472

    ——Daniel (d 1732), 520

    ——Daniel, Hardwick, letter of, text, 476

    ——Nathaniel, 27

    ——Peter (d 1791), 465, 472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498–500

    ——Lieut.-Gov. Thomas, 460, 462–463, 465, 471–472, 475, 493–494, 496, 498; appointed Lieut.-Gov., 468; correspondence with Earl of Dartmouth, text, 485–489, 491—492, 498, 501–503; correspondence with Lord George Germain, text, 503–504; message to Council, 499–500; oath, 461, 499; resignation from Council, 484, 486

    Orange, Robert, 133

    Original sin, 276, 281–282

    Orphans, fund for transporting, to New England, 214–216, 235, 237, 238 n, 240–241, 245

    Osborn, Gov. Sir Thomas, N. Y., 124 n

    Osgood, Herbert L., quoted, 317

    Otis, James (d 1778), 467

    ——James (d 1783), 68, 398–399, 402 n, 403, 411 n, 413, 533; assault on, 406–407, 410

    Oulton, John, and Province Galley, 132, 134–135, 139, 141–148, 150–154

    Ovid, 530, 538

    Owen, John, 259 n

    Oxford, Treaty of, 212–213

    Page, Sir Thomas Hyde, 365

    Paine. See also Payne

    ——Thomas, 378–379

    ——Timothy, 466, 472; assault on, 474; letter of, text, 476–478; resignation from Council, 477

    Palmer, Christopher, 324, 329

    ——Humphrey, 375 n

    ——Thomas, 466, 472

    Pamphlets. See Tracts

    Paper money. See Currency

    Park, Rev. Charles Edwards, address at dedication of Ware Memorial, 3–11

    Parker, Henry, 163

    ——Samuel, 304 n, 447

    ——Thomas, 226

    Parmenter, Hon. James Parker, death, 441

    Parrington, Vernon L., 33, 38 n; criticism of his Colonial Mind, 431–432

    Parris, Samuel, 45

    Parsons, Joseph, 515

    Pass, admiralty, 137

    Patterson,——, 89

    ——Keziah (Brackett). See Maylem

    Payne. See also Paine

    ——William, 146, 149–150, 496

    Peabody, Robert Ephraim, on Nominating Committee, 395; paper, A Voyage to the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars, 505–514

    Peckin, Richard, 489

    Pelham, Peter (d 1751), 185

    ——Peter, son of Peter (d 1751), 185 n

    ——Sir Thomas, 226

    Pelham-Holles, Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, 129 n

    Pemberton, Ebenezer (d 1718), 31, 36, 302

    ——Ebenezer (d 1777), 302, 399

    Penn, William, 526, 537

    Pennington, Isaac, 212, 214

    Pennsylvania, antiproprietary party, 56; charter, 71 n; constitution, 527

    Pennsylvania Chronicle, 528

    Pepperrell, Sir William (d 1816), 466, 472, 475, 481, 493–494, 496; intimidation of, 474; letter to Gov. Gage, text, 482–483

    Percy, George, 305

    ——Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, 367, 369, 503

    Perkins, William, 257, 329; theology of, 250, 255–256, 258 n–259 n, 274, 288

    Perley, Sidney, 13

    Persecution. See Religious persecution

    Peter, Benjamin, 205, 214

    ——Deliverance (Sheffield), excommunicated, 220, 236

    ——Hugh, activities in Kent, 226–227; and Civil War, 209–213; early services to colony, 196; and English Reformation, 221–225; Fast Day sermon, 212–213; gifts secured for colony, 199–200, 214–215, 219–220, 245; and iron works, 217; mission to England, paper on, by R. P. Stearns, 188–246; mission to Holland, 194–195, 228–231; mission to Ireland, 204–209; and pauper children, 213–215; quarrel with colony, 234–246; secured removal of trade restrictions, 216–217

    Petty, William, 169 n, 170

    Phelps, Anstis Kneeland, 442, 447–449

    ——Charles (d 1789), comment on Dr. Huntington’s paper, by G. P. Anderson, 455–460; paper on, by J. L. Huntington, 441–455

    ——Charles, son of Charles (d 1789), 443, 445, 449, 451

    ——Dorothy (Root), wife of Charles (d 1789), 447. See also Root

    ——Dorothy. See Warner

    ——Elizabeth (Porter), 449; diary quoted, 451–452

    ——John (d 1849), 442; quoted, 445, 448, 453

    ——Moses Porter, 445

    ——Nathaniel (d 1702), 442

    ——Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel (d 1702), 442

    ——Ruth, 455

    ——Solomon, 443–445

    ——Timothy, 444, 450; banished, 452

    ——William, 442

    Philadelphia, merchants’ committee, 414

    Philip V, King of Spain, 138

    Phillips, George, 259 n, 270 n

    ——Samuel, Jr., and Province Galley, 132, 134, 136, 138–140

    ——Samuel (d 1790), 467

    ——Stephen Willard, elected Member of Council, 183; host to Society at Club of Odd Volumes, 387; on Nominating Committee, 505

    ——William, 467

    Phipps, David, 484, 496

    ——Lieut.-Gov. Spencer, 462 n

    Phips, Gov. Sir William, 42, 47, 122–123, 125, 128–129

    Pickering, Timothy (d 1829), 377–379

    Pickman, Nancy, 511

    Pike, John, 26

    ——Robert, 42

    Pirates, 137–138

    Piscataqua territory, 196

    Pitcairn, Maj. John, 367

    Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 411

    Pittman, John, 133 n

    Pitts, James, Boston merchant, 136

    ——James (d 1776), 467

    Plantations, in Bahamas, 81–85, 155–172

    Plato, 531–532, 534, 538

    Plimpton, George Arthur, death, 417; tribute, 418

    Plymouth Colony, 194, 199–200

    Pocock, John, 200, 204–205, 217, 235, 237

    Poetry: an acrostic, 415; in Boston Evening-Post, 397; of Leonard Bacon, 425–427; of Hugh Hall, 518; of John Maylem, 96–98, 100–101, 104, 108, 110–116; quoted, by Seaborn Cotton, 321–324, 326–328, 330–331, 333–337, 340–350

    Political theory, 290–292, 309–311, 316–319

    Pollen, Thomas, 113–114

    Poor, 199–200, 214, 220, 239, 241, 245. See also Orphans

    Pope, Alexander, 432

    Pope Day, 414–415

    Porter, ——, mother of Elizabeth (Porter) Phelps, 449

    ——Elizabeth. See Phelps

    Portland, Lord. See Weston, Jerome

    Powell, Jeremiah, 466–467, 469, 472–473

    Pownall, Gov. Thomas, 59 n, 122, 124–126, 130

    Pratt, John, 188

    Prayer, at town meetings, 300–304

    Preble, George H., 524

    ——Jedidiah, 467, 469

    Predestination (election), 249, 251–252, 255, 262, 271–274, 284–286, 289, 318. See also Grace, Covenant of

    Presbyterians, 35, 161, 245; their church in Boston, 304; and Independents, 210, 221–225, 227, 238, 241 n, 242; in Scotland, 28, 53

    Prescott, James, 467

    ——William, 186

    Preston, John, 292 n, 295–296, 299; theology of, 249, 251, 256–257, 258 n–259 n, 259–260, 263–272, 275–282, 284, 286–287, 289, 294, 297–298

    ——Thomas, 410

    Prince, Thomas (d 1758), 91 n, 302; quoted, 35

    Privateering, 506

    Prizes of war, 206, 509

    Propaganda, against Stamp Act, 59–66, 68–72; and the Boston newspaper press, paper on, by A. M. Schlesinger, 396–416

    Province Galley, last voyage of, paper on, by R. E. Moody, 131–155

    Provisions, trade in, 506–507, 511, 519–520. See also Fish; Salt

    Prussia, 313

    Prynne, William, 169

    Pseudonyms, 409; of Samuel Adams, 400, 403; of Benjamin Franklin, 63–64, 71; of James Wilson, 528

    Pufendorf, Samuel von, 529, 534, 535

    Punishments, 381; in British army, 369–370

    ——Fines, 146, 149, 190, 411 n; forfeiture of property, 452; imprisonment, 452; whipping, 382

    Puritanism, 6–10, 34, 47, 295, 309, 318; theology of, paper on, by P. G. Miller, 247–300; softening of, 31, 36; threatened, 29. See also Calvinism; Congregational churches

    Puritans, 202–204, 210, 249–250, 270, 277, 294–295, 309, 311, 314; music and literature among, 323. See also Calvinists; Independents

    Putnam, Israel, 375 n, 377

    ——James, 496

    Pym, John, 211, 229

    Quakers, 10, 32–34, 47, 246, 312–313; meeting, 325, 330; meeting house, 303

    Queen Anne’s War, 131

    Quincy, Josiah (d 1775), 399, 400 n, 526

    ——Norton, 467

    Quinn, Mary T., 112

    Rackemann, Charles Sedgwick, tribute, 13

    Radcliffe, James, Earl of Derwentwater, 141

    Ragg, John, 371

    Rainborow, Rainsborough, etc.

    ——Thomas, 204–205; quoted, 159

    ——William, 205

    Râle, Sebastien, 32

    Raleigh, Sir Walter, 170

    Rand, Edward Kennard, 338 n

    ——Isaac, 496

    Randolph, Edward, 24–29

    Ranters, 10

    Ratcliffe, Robert, 25

    Rationalism, 253–254, 266, 270–271, 274–281, 294, 296, 298–299

    Ratstock. See Natstock

    Rawson, Edward, 477

    Read, John, 49

    Religious education, 84, 157

    Religious intolerance, 10, 32, 53, 223, 312–313; of laymen, 36

    Religious liberty, 25

    Religious persecution, 28, 32–33

    Religious tests, in Bahamas, 81–82, 157

    Religious tolerance, 28, 32–36, 222, 236, 245; in Bahamas, 80–82, 155–157

    Revere, Paul, 410 n

    Revolutions, England (1642–1649), 198, 207, 209, 218, 221, 226, 228, 313; (1689), 27–29

    Rhode Island, 309, 318; charter granted, 233; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 475

    ——General Assembly, petition to, 93

    Rich, Elizabeth, Lady, 257

    ——Robert, Earl of Warwick, 164, 168, 189–190, 204, 227, 232, 384. See also Warwick Commission

    Richards,——, 518

    ——John (d 1694), 41, 352

    ——William, 112, 114

    Richardson, Samuel, 46

    Rider, Sidney, 88 n

    Ridgley, Thomas, 259 n

    Rindge, John, 92 n

    Robinson, George Frederick, elected Resident Member, 12

    ——Henry, paper on, by Fulmer Mood, 155–173; writings, list, 169–170

    ——James Harvey, death,——387; tribute, 418

    ——John, 406

    Roby, Henry, 323, 325, 331–332

    Rogers, Ezekiel, 192

    ——John, 520

    Rollins, Hyder E., 324

    Roman Catholic Church, 37

    Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin Delano, elected Honorary Member, 24, 55, 175

    ——Theodore, 528

    Root, Dorothy, 443. See also Phelps

    ——Hon. Elihu, death, 441

    Ropes, James Hardy, tribute, 13–14

    ——Nathaniel, 469

    Rosenstock, Eugen, 183

    Ross (Royse), Vere, 185

    Rowe, John, 184

    Roxburghe Ballads, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 326–328, 333–336, 340–342

    Roxbury, church, 191–192; reaction to Intolerable Acts, 480–481

    Royal, Isaac, 466, 472–473

    Royal Society of London, 38

    Royse,——. See Ross, Vere

    Rugg, Hon. Arthur Prentice, elected Vice-President, 22, 182, 361, 425

    Ruggles, Timothy, 99, 465, 472, 475, 478, 493–494, 496, 499–501; intimidation of, 471, 474; letter to, 476

    Rule, Margaret, 26, 43

    Ruling elders, 46–47

    Russell, Charles, 496

    ——James, 465, 472–473, 496

    ——John, 92 n

    ——Jonathan, 383 n

    ——Joseph, 118, 404

    Rutland, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 478–479

    Sabbath, in Boston, 108; as observed by John Adams, 399; violation of, 381

    Saddlery, trade in, 519–520

    Saint Augustine, 282, 283 n

    Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 429

    Saint Vincent, Lord. See Jervis, John

    Salem, church, 191–192; shipping from, 506–507; witchcraft, 40–45

    Salou, Spain, 138

    Salt, 84; trade in, 139–141, 171–172

    Saltmarsh, John, 212 n

    Saltonstall, Gov. Gurdon, Conn., 46–47

    ——Sir Richard (d 1658), 235

    ——Richard (d 1785), 496

    Salvation, 253, 260, 262, 271, 273, 279, 283, 285, 288

    Salvemini, Gaetano, 183

    Samson,——, 185

    Sands, George, 226

    Sandwich, Earl of. See Montagu, John

    Sardinia, 135

    Satires, 375–377, 384

    Savage, Arthur, and Province Galley, 132–153

    ——James, 13, 392; and Winthrop’s Journal, 388–390

    Say and Sele, Viscount. See Fiennes, William

    Saybrook Platform, 31

    Sayle, Gov. William, Bermudas, patent to Bahamas, 80; settles Eleuthera, 79, 81

    Scaevola, Q. Mucius, 531

    Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, paper, Propaganda and the Boston Newspaper Press, 396–416

    Scholes, Percy, 323

    Schoolmasters, Boston, 184–185

    Science, 40; attitude of clergy toward, 37–39; and theology, 277, 278 n, 298

    Scotland, rebellion in, 201

    Scott, John, 520

    Scottow, Lydia. See Colman

    Seals, theft of Provincial, 497–498

    Seamen, 139; wages, 137

    Sedgwick, Capt.——, 199

    ——Obadiah, 210 n

    Seneca, 533

    Senter, Isaac, 376 n

    Sermons, 294; Election, 35, 303 n, 304 n; Fast Day, 212–213; influence of, 268

    Servants, indentured, 83, 166

    Sever, William, 467, 469

    Sewall, Elizabeth, 185 n

    ——Jonathan, 496

    ——Joseph, 91 n, 95, 303

    ——Samuel (d 1730), 36, 45, 89, 147, 152, 300 n, 519

    Seybolt, Robert Francis, elected Corresponding Member, 12; notes: Ministers at Boston Town Meetings, 300–304; Schoolmasters of Colonial Boston, 184–185

    Shallet & Crowe, 139

    Shattuck, Henry Lee, on Auditing Committee, 308, 395

    Shaw, Lemuel, 186

    ——Thomas, 103

    ——William A., 168, 169 n

    Shepard, Thomas (d 1649), 158 n, 222, 234 n, 243, 248 n, 258, 259 n, 296; theology of, 250, 254–255, 264–266, 277–278, 281–282, 285, 287–288

    Sheriffs, removal of, 471, 474

    Sherley, James, 199–200

    Ships, accidents, 133–134; building, 189; insurance, 137; prices, 132; repairs, 139–140

    ——Alfred, 522–525; Arbella, 388; Boyne, 371; Britannia, 380 n; Bull Dog, 522; Centaur, 364; Centinel, 378; Cerberus, 367 n, 370; Columbus, 522–525; Cruger, 513–514; Dragon, 133, 136, 142, 144–145, 148–149; Eltham, 381 n; Falcon, 365; Flora, 364; Fowey, 504; God Speed, 305; Griffin, 321; Jonathan, 383–384; Liberty, 405; Lucy, 511; Marlborough, 364; Mary (schooner), 380 n; Mary (ship), 380; Mary (sloop), 380 n; Mermaid, 381 n; Milford, 503; Mt. Vernon, voyage to Mediterranean, 505–514; Nancy, 511; Panther, 364; Province Galley, paper on, by R. E. Moody, 131–155; Rippon, 406 n; St. Laurence, 491; Scarborough, 485; Shute Galley, 147; Thomas and Samuel, 380 n; Three Friends, 509–510

    Ships’ stores, 139

    Shipton, Clifford Kenyon, 90 n, 320, 514 n; paper, The New England Clergy of the “Glacial Age,” 24–54

    Shipwrecks, 79

    Shirley, Gov. William, 57, 64, 122, 124–125, 127

    Shoes, trade in, 511, 519

    Short, John, 137

    ——William, 520

    Shrove Tuesday, 89

    Shuldham, Molyneux, 503

    Shurtleff, Harold Robert, 86

    Shute, Richard, 204, 210–212

    ——Gov. Samuel, 122–123, 125–142, 146 n, 147

    Sibbes, Richard, 292 n, 299; theology of, 257, 258 n–259 n, 261, 264, 267, 273–274, 277, 285, 289

    Sidley, Sir John, 226

    Sidney, Sir Philip, Arcadia, 323; quoted, by Seaborn Cotton, 332–333, 336–337, 339

    Silk, trade in, 511, 513

    Simonton, Theopa, 380 n

    Simpson, Jonathan, 466, 472; resigns from Council, 475

    Sin, 284. See also Original sin

    Singing, 36

    Skinner, Francis, 501

    Slavery, 84; Seneca on, 533

    Slaves, classical names of, 526–527; diet of, 517; trade in, 516–518, 520. See also Negroes

    Smith, Abigail. See Adams

    ——Adam, 527

    ——H. F. Russell, 162 n

    ——James, 146, 148–149, 151–154

    ——Capt. John, 305, 306 n

    ——Joseph, 36

    Smuggling, 405

    Smyth, Albert H., 70

    Soap, trade in, 520

    Social compact theory, 292 n, 299

    Society for Promoting the Gospel in New England. See New England Company

    Socrates, 529

    Somers Island Company, 80

    Sons of Liberty, 396, 400, 415

    Soul, 275, 277, 280–281

    Southwick, Solomon, 117–120

    Spain, 506; trade with Bahamas, 79

    Sparks, Jared, 70

    Sparrowhawk,——, 200 n

    Spencer, John, 38

    Spooner, Walter, 467

    Staats, Chester, 112

    Stacey, John, 133, 136

    Stamp Act, Boston newspapers and, 396, 401, 403; Franklin and, paper on, by V. W. Crane, 56–77; riots, 147

    Stanley, Raymond Walker, 183; elected Resident Member, 174, 184; on Auditing Committee, 308

    Stapley, Anthony, 226

    Stark, John, 366

    Stearns, Albert Warren, elected Resident Member, 362, 387

    ——Raymond Phineas, 323 n; paper, Weld-Peter Mission to England, 188–246

    Stebbing,——, 99

    Steele, William, 212, 238, 240, 242–243

    Stelle, Theodore G., 112, 114

    Stephen, Sir Leslie, 432

    Sterne, Laurence, 432

    Sternhold, Thomas, 391

    Stevens, John, 520

    Stevenson, Caroline James (Young), 187

    ——Gen. Robert Hooper, 187

    Stiles, Ezra, 375

    Stillman, Samuel, 303

    Stock, Leo F., 80

    Stoddard, Solomon, 36, 51

    Stone, Samuel, 271

    Story, Thomas, 32

    Stoughton, Israel, 199

    ——William, 27, 44, 462 n

    Strahan, William, 61

    Strickland, Walter, 228–229

    Strong, William, 257, 259 n

    Studley, Thomas, 306 n

    Sugar, trade in, 506–507, 520

    Superstition, 387–394

    Sussex, England, Peter’s activities in, 226–227

    Suvaroff, Count Alexander, 511

    Swain, Richard, 325, 330–331

    Swem, Earl Gregg, 435

    Swift, John, 52

    ——Jonathan, 432

    Symmes, Zechariah, 200

    Synods, in New England (1648), 259 n; (1679–80), 36; (1725), 32; of Dort, 254

    Tacitus, 536, 537

    Tailer, Lieut.-Gov. William, 462 n

    Tarragona, Spain, 137–138

    Taunton, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 481–482

    Tawney, Richard Henry, 314

    Taxation, duties, 193, 198, 216, 245, 398–399, 404, 412; excises, 193, 198, 217, 245; stamp tax, paper on, by V. W. Crane, 56–77; tonnage, 217

    Taylor, Anthony, 331

    ——Jeremy, 295–296

    Thacher, Peter, 49, 303

    Thayer, John Eliot, death, 12; tribute, 14

    Theocracy, 9–10, 25, 316–317; discontent under, 26–27; fall of, 24, 26, 30–31, 46–47

    Theology, Puritan, paper on, by P. G. Miller, 247–300

    Thomas, Nathaniel, 152

    ——Nathaniel Rae, 466, 472, 493–494, 496, 499

    Thomas A Kempis, 46

    Thompson, Maurice, 204, 208, 215 n, 228

    Thomson, Charles, 60–61

    Thorndike, Albert, 183

    Thucydides, 534

    Thwing, Charles Franklin, elected Honorary Member, 24, 55

    Tidcombe, John, 135, 137, 139

    Tillotson, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, 34

    Timbs, John, 518

    Tithingmen, 54

    Tobacco, trade in, 520

    Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de, 309–311, 313, 320

    Tolerance. See Religious tolerance

    Tompson, Benjamin, 185

    Tories, leave Boston, 503; treatment of, 471, 474, 476–489, 493, 496 n

    Toulon, France, 140

    Tovini de Quincinet, Count, 140

    Town meetings, 300–304, 471, 489

    Townsend, Micah, 453

    Townshend Acts, 398–399, 404, 412

    Tozzer, Alfred Marston, elected Vice-President, 22; meeting held at house of, 87, 174

    Tracts, pamphlets, and broadsides: Agreement of the People, 159, 163–164; Articles and Orders, Bahama, 81–85, 155–173; Church-Government and Church-Covenant, 222–224; England’s Safety in Trade’s Encrease, 170–172; Innocency Cleared, 240, 244; Letter of Ministers in Old England, 221–222; Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 398, 411; Liberty of Conscience, 156, 168; New Englands First Fruits, 218–220; Short Narrative of Ann Maylem, 93; True Relation of a Voyage for Ireland, 208

    Trade and Commerce, 79, 193; monopoly of, 83–84, 171; regulation of, 56, 58, 60, 67, 75; restrictions removed from, 198, 216; Robinson’s proposals concerning, 170–172; triangular, 132–133, 135, 189. See also Mediterranean; West Indies

    Train-oil, 519

    Treat, Salmon, 52

    Trecothick, Barlow, 60, 67–68

    Trevelyan, George Macaulay, elected Honorary Member, 174, 184

    Trowbridge, Thomas, 511 n

    Trumbull, Jonathan (d 1785), 374, 376 n, 383

    ——Jonathan (d 1809), 383

    Tucker,——, 304 n

    Turner, Henry E., 91 n, 92 n, 95

    ——Polly, poem to, 96–97

    Tyler, Moses Coit, 433–434; criticism of his American Literature, 428–431

    ——Royall, 384–386

    Tyng, William (d 1653), 240

    ——William (d 1807), 496

    Tyrrell, Hon. Joseph Burr, elected Corresponding Member, 440–441

    Ulpian, 533

    United Colonies, 241; Commissioners of, 238–239, 242–243

    United States, constitution, 537–538; location of capital, 458; naval flags, 522–525

    ——Continental Congress, committees of, 522–526; and dispute over Vermont, 449–451; memorial to, text, 453–455

    Ursinus, Zacharius, 329

    Ussher, James, Archbishop of Armagh, 257, 259 n

    Vail, Robert William Glenroie, elected Resident Member, 387, 395

    Valentine, John, 152, 519

    Vane, Sir Henry, 226, 270

    Vassall, John, 484, 491, 493–494

    ——William, 466, 472–473

    Vattel, Emerich de, 529

    Vaughan, Lieut.-Gov. George, N. H., 46

    Vegetables, trade in, 519–520

    Venn,——, 307

    Vermont, admission to Union, 458–459; disputes over territory of, 444 n, 445–446, 448–451, 453–457

    Vibert, Capt.——, 134

    Viets, Henry Rouse, elected Resident Member, 441, 505

    Villafranca, Modena, 140

    Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham, 256

    Vincent, Ambrose, 148–149

    ——Thomas, 205

    Vinson, Robert, 438–439

    Virginia, plantation system, 315; void in history of, 435

    Wade, Jonathan, 351–352

    ——Prudence. See Cotton

    ——Lieut. Simon, 101–103

    Wadsworth, Benjamin, 303

    Wages, of seamen, 511

    Wainwright, Francis, 132, 150

    Wait, Hon. William Cushing, elected Honorary Member, 184, 247; death, 247; tribute, 355

    Walcott, Hon. Robert, elected Corresponding Secretary, 22, 182, 361; elected Member of Council, 425

    Waldo, Cornelius, and Province Galley, 132, 135, 139, 141–148, 150–154

    Waldron, William, 54

    Walker,——, 234 n

    ——Amasa, 460 n, 463

    ——Henry, 214

    Waller, Edmund, 225

    Walsingham, Sir Thomas, 226

    Walton, Clarence Eldon, elected Resident Member, 55, 87, 175

    Walwyn, William, 156, 163, 169 n; quoted, 156–157

    War, Puritan attitude toward, 318

    Ward, Artemas, 375 n, 467

    ——Joseph, 185

    ——Nathaniel, 530

    Ware, Horace Everett, gift to Society, 3, 15

    Ware Memorial, 15; address at dedication of, 3–11

    Warner, Dorothy (Phelps), 449

    ——Jonathan, 449

    Warr, John, 163

    Warren,——, 331

    ——Bentley Wirt, elected Resident Member, 440–441; on Auditing Committee, 505

    ——Joseph, 399, 402; death, 367–368

    ——Sir Peter, 381 n

    Warwick, Earl of. See Rich, Robert

    Warwick Commission, 217 n, 232–235

    Washington, George, 374, 375 n–376 n, 435, 458, 526; epaulets of, 388

    Waterhouse, Samuel, 415 n

    Waters,——, 134 n

    Watkins, Sir David, 210, 212

    Watson, George, 466, 472, 474; resigns from Council, 474

    Watts, Isaac, 259 n

    Weaver, Edward, 151

    Webb, John, 303

    Webster, Daniel, 186, 315, 428

    ——Kenneth Grant Tremayne, meeting held at house of, 308

    Weld, John, 219

    ——Judith, wife of Thomas, 220, 234

    ——Thomas (d 1662), and Civil War, 210, 213; and English Reformation, 221–225; gifts secured for colony, 199–201, 214–215, 219–220, 245; and iron works, 217; letter to General Court, text, 220–221; mission to England, paper on, by R. P. Stearns, 188–246; and Narragansett patent, 233; quarrel with colony, 234–246

    Weldon, Sir Anthony, 226

    Wells, William V., 402 n

    Welsteed, William, 303; letter of Hugh Hall to, text, 516

    Wendell, Barrett, 47

    Wentworth, Gov. Benning, N. H., 123, 126 n, 129, 455, 457, 514, 517 n; letter of Hugh Hall to, text, 515–516

    ——Charles W., second Marquis of Rockingham, 66

    ——Lieut.-Gov. John (d 1730), N. H., 129 n

    ——Gov. John(d 1820), N.H., 123, 126 n, 129

    ——Thomas, Earl of Strafford, 197, 201

    Wertenbaker, Thomas J., 25, 37, 54

    West Indies, trade of, 79, 166, 171, 189, 506, 516–521

    Westminster Assembly, 223, 228

    Westminster Confession, 259 n

    Westminster (Vt.) Convention, 445

    Westminster Drolleries, in Cotton’s commonplace book, 347–348

    Westminster (Vt.) Massacre, 445

    Weston, Jerome, Earl of Portland, 225

    ——Robert Dickson, elected Registrar, 22, 183, 361, 425

    Wharton, James, charge-book, quoted, 522–523

    Wheat, trade in, 511–513

    Whichcote, Benjamin, 294

    White,——, 509, 522

    ——Andrew D., 430

    ——John, 227

    ——Nathaniel, 166 n

    ——William, 528

    Wiggin,——, 324, 330

    Wigglesworth, Michael (d 1705), 45, 321–322

    Wilder,——, 478

    Wildman, Sir John, 159

    Wilkins, William, 371–372

    Wilkinson, Henry, 81

    ——John, 370

    Wilks, Francis, 520

    Will, freedom of, 251, 267–268, 271, 275, 279, 281–282, 285–289, 291, 297

    Willard, Abijah, 466, 472, 494, 496, 499; assault on, 474; intimidation of, 489; resigns from Council, 489

    ——Josiah, 49

    ——Samuel, 27–28, 31, 40–41, 428

    William III, 34

    William and Mary College, 435

    Williams, Daniel, 259 n

    ——Henry, 320 n

    ——Israel, 409, 466, 472, 496; letter of, text, 472–473

    ——Job, 482

    ——John, 509

    ——Nathaniel, 49, 519

    ——Roger, 10, 156 n, 169 n, 233–235, 245, 312–313

    Williamsites, 233 n

    Williamson, James Alexander, 164 n; elected Corresponding Member, 505

    Willoughby, William, 199, 204

    Wills, of Joseph Maylem, 88 n, 90 n

    Wilson, Bird, 528

    ——James, classical precedents in writings of, paper on, by R. M. Gummere, 525–538

    ——John (d 1667), 243

    Wines and liquors, trade in, 506, 511, 513, 517, 520

    Wingfield, Edward-Maria, 305, 306 n

    ——Ferdinando & Co., 135

    Winslow, Edward, 194, 200 n, 231 n, 241, 243

    ——Isaac, 465, 472; resigns from Council, 474

    ——John, 98, 100, 117

    ——Joshua, 520

    Winstanley, Gerrard, 163

    Winthrop, Adam, 45

    ——Clara B., 391

    ——Elizabeth (Fones), 393

    ——Forth, 392–393

    ——Henry, 393

    ——John (d 1649), 189, 200 n, 213, 223 n, 230, 234, 525; his journal, 389; and mouse episode, 388, 391–392; quoted, 193–194, 196, 217, 291; his political ideas, 270, 290–291, 311, 314–315, 317

    ——John, Jr. (d 1676), 193–194, 198 n, 215 n, 217, 393; library of, 388, 391–392

    ——John (d 1779), 39, 467

    ——Margaret (Tindal), 392–393

    ——Martha Johanna, 393

    ——Robert Charles, 388, 390–392

    ——Wait, 149–150

    ——William Henry, 390, 392

    Winthrop Papers, 390

    Wirt, William, 376 n

    Wise, John, 31, 42, 299, 431

    Wiseman, R., 163

    Wiswall, John, 496

    ——Peleg, 185; and Province Galley, 136–139, 141

    Witchcraft, 39–45

    Wolkins, George Gregerson, elected Associate Member, 505

    Women, status in church, 330; recipe for beauty, 331

    Woodbridge, Dudley, 52

    ——John, 52

    ——Timothy (d 1742), 52

    ——Timothy (d 1774), 466, 472

    Woods, Tabitha, 136

    Woodward, John (d 1728), 38

    ——John (d 1746), 48 n

    Worcester, reaction to Intolerable Acts, 476–478

    Works, Covenant of, 256, 260–261, 264, 283, 285 n

    Worthington, John, 466, 472–473, 496

    Writs, of attachment, text, 136; of prohibition, 132, 144–147; text, 148–150

    Wroth, Lawrence Counselman, elected Corresponding Member, 308, 353; paper, John Maylem: Poet and Warrior, 87–120

    ——Peter, 226

    Wythe, George, 435

    Yale College, 49

    Young,——, Boston, 509

    ——Alexander (d 1834), 187

    ——Alexander (d 1854), 186–187

    ——Benjamin Loring, Sr., 187

    ——Benjamin Loring, remarks on Alexander Young and William Hubbard, 186–188

    ——Caroline James. See Stevenson

    ——Caroline (James), 187

    ——Charles Loring, 187

    ——Edward James, 187

    ——George Brooks, 187

    ——Mary (Loring), 187