Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Appian Way, an, from Lake Erie to the Hudson, viii. 27.

Appleton, Madam Elizabeth, marriage of, with Rev. Edward Payson, ii. 214.

Appleton, Col. John, Ipswich. Mentioned, i. 350 n., ii. 103, 148, 208; iii. 387; vi. 259, 440. Letter of Samuel Sewall to, ii. 114. Appleton, Capt. John, death of, at Ipswich, 1699, i. 215.

Appleton, Rev. Nathaniel, sermon on President Leverett, ii. 305, on Col. Foxcroft, 307. Mentioned, iv. 36, 216, 263, 465 n. Appleton, Nathaniel, Boston, 1780, viii. 27, 28.

Appleton, Nathaniel W., M.D., iv. 270. Appleton, Major Samuel (d. 1696), nominated as Councillor, i. 2. Mentioned, iii. 449, 450.

Appleton, Col. Samuel (d. 1725), i. 328. Engaged in bringing captives home from Canada, 330. Mentioned, v. 230. Appleton, Samuel (d. 1728), death of, in England, ii. 264.

Appleton, Thomas, consul at Leghorn, viii.

28.

Appleton's "Cyclopædia of American Biography," cited, iv. 440 n., 539 n.; ix. 100 n., 116 n., 138 n., 385 n., 432 n., 471 n., 482 n., 484 n.; x. 101 n., 138 n., 192 n., 369 n. April Fool day, denounced by Samuel Sewall, i. 365.

Apthorp, Charles, ix. 183 n.; x. 411, 426,
427, 430, 433, 445, 459, 460, 468.
Apthorp, George, ix. 358.
Apthorp, Miss Sarah W., ix. 421 n.
Arbuckle, John, viii. 28.
Archer, Mrs. Alice, grandmother
Samuel Sewall, i. 265.
"Argonaut," ship, 1797, viii. 28.
Argonecherin Indians, iii. 345.
Argyle, Archibald Campbell, Earl of,

iii. 472. Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, notice of, vi. 195n. Mentioned, 185, 203, 204, 378. Presents to, 196, 203, 330. Letters from Jonathan Belcher to, 195, 484; vii. 185, 465. "Aristides," seditious address by, viii.

28.

Armand, Col. Charles T., viii. 28.
Armed neutrality, viii. 28.
Armed private vessels, viii. 28.
Armistead, B. D., viii. 28.
Arms and ammunition, viii. 28.
Armstrong, Rev. James F., viii. 28.
Armstrong, Gen. John, viii. 28, 29.
Armstrong, Lieut.-Gov. Lawrence, notice

of, vi. 107 n. Mentioned, 818; vii. 503. Letters from Jonathan Belcher to, vi. 107, 472, 486, 494, 510; vii. 78, 458, 469, 478, 489.

Army, American, viii. 29.

of Ashby, Anthony, iii. 7; v. 86, 94, 106, 125, 136, 141, 145, 149, 183, 223, 230, · 234, 235, 252, 253, 329. Ashcraft, John, iii. 242. Ashe, Edward, vi. 14 n. Ashley, Lodowick, viii. 30. Ashly, ii. 131. Ashton, Jacob, viii. 30. Ashuelot River, proposed settlement on the, 1733, vi. 507.

Ashurst, Henry, father of Sir Henry, iii.

19 n.

Ashurst, Sir Henry, presents an address of Massachusetts colony to King Wil liam, i. 145. His interest in the affairs of New England, 194. Letters of Samuel Sewall to, 336, 359, 385, 403. A bill of exchange on Connecticut, 377. Concerning bills of exchange, 383. Notice of, iii. 19 n. Letters of, to Fitz-John Winthrop, 19, 26, 61; the attempt to take away the charter, 69; about Dudley and Randolph, 75, 85; about Hallam's appeal and Dudley's intrigues, 119; complains of his letters miscarrying, 126; begs Fitz

John to come to England, and encloses letter to Lord Cornbury, 136; defeats Hallam, 234; accuses Dudley, 298; describes his services in the Mohegan appeal case, 324; warns against one Bridger, 328; denounces William Wharton and Edward Palmes, 377. Letters to the Governor and Council of Connecticut on becoming their Agent in England, 62; on his pecuniary advances for the Colony, 326; on the intrigues of Dudley and Cornbury, 378-380. Memorial of, against allowing appeals to England, 63; about complaints of the Quakers, 381, 382; against a new Mohegan commission, 383. Petition of, to Parliament concerning the charter of Connecticut, 77. Desires some one to come to England to assist him in defending the right of appeals, 76. Desires to make Wait Winthrop Lieutenant-Governor Massachusetts, 86. Letters to, from Fitz-John Winthrop: relating to the affairs of the Colony, 108; concerning designs against the government of Connecticut, 133; giving account of Indian invasions and Hallam's proceedings, 212-215; answering charges made against Connecticut, 349-355. Desires a legal adviser for the affairs of Connecticut, 286. Mentioned, 298 n., 330, 381 n. Letter of Governor and Council of Connecticut to, concerning Owaneco's complaint, 304. Prints a separate edition of the funeral sermon on Fitz-John Winthrop, 410. Delays Dudley's appointment as Governor of Massachusetts, 521 n., 523. Notice of, v. 37 n. Letters to Wait Winthrop, offering his services, 37; requesting him to aid Mr. Jackson and Lord Bellomont, 39; giving his opinion of Joseph Dudley, 40; on the appointment of Nathaniel Byfield as Judge of Admiralty, 42; on the same subject, 43; sends a commission appointing Wait Winthrop to that office, ib., 45; in regard to his compensation as agent, 46; on the same subject, 50; in regard to Mr. Byfield's threats and the proposed impeachment of Lord Bellomont, 60; in regard to his services as agent of Connecticut and Massachusetts, 80; giving an account of his doings, 84; on his opposition to Dudley, 88; on the appointment of Dudley as Governor of New England and New Hampshire, 89; writes that he is endeavoring to procure the appointment of Winthrop as LieutenantGovernor, 100; complains of ill-usage, 109; desires payment from Connecticut for his services, 113; about Nicholas Hallam's complaints, 118; in regard to his compensation, 131; en

closing letters and papers, 133; desires documents to be sent to him in answer to the complaints against Connecticut, 135; writes that Dudley is the cause of all Winthrop's troubles, 136; his labors in behalf of Connecticut, 138; his opposition to Dudley, 151; his dislike of Dudley, 152; still hopes to secure Wait Winthrop's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor, and expresses his grief at the death of Fitz-John Winthrop, 173; has had Cotton Mather's sermon on the death of Fitz-John Winthrop reprinted, 213; complains of misrepresentations made about his course in England, 219; and on personal matters, 225. His memorial to be heard in opposition to the appointment of Dudley as Governor, 92. Letter to the Governor and Council of Connecticut, giving an account of his acts as agent, 191. Letters to Gurdon Saltonstall, in answer to letters from him, 194; urges Connecticut to stand by the Charter, 198; is surprised that his bills are not paid, 213; on the same subject, 222. Letter to Nathan Gold presenting his affectionate service, &c., 197. Letters to Increase Mather, communicating the current news, 199; describing his devotion to New England, 215; sending sermons and pamphlets and complaining of misrepresentations, 216. Letters to, from Wait Winthrop, 46, 71, 82, 110, 120, 128, 187, 179; from Gurdon Saltonstall, 204, 207. To be paid for his services, 56. Mentioned 63, 282, 493. His good services to Connecticut, 71, 138, 139. Recommends the appointment of Wait Winthrop as General of the expedition against Canada, in 1709, 199. Death of, 255. Ashurst, Lady, wife of Sir Henry, death of, v. 180. Ashurst, Sir Henry, the younger, v. 306. Ashurst, Gov. Robert, letter of, ii. 157.

Letters of Samuel Sewall to, 166, 176. Letter to Samuel Sewall, on his resignation as Treasurer of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, 168. Sympathizes in the death of Rev. Increase Mather, 169. Illness of, 207.

Ashurst, Sir William, letter of Samuel Sewall to, about the Christianizing of the aboriginal natives of America, i. 192. Letter of Samuel Sewall to, about the Indian affairs, 231. Letters of Samuel Sewall to, 239, 275, 388, 404. Letter of Samuel Sewall to, about the pirates, 300. Letter of Samuel Sewall to, on appointment of John Higginson, 311. Mentioned, 377; ii. 110. Afflicted by

the death of Lord Lovelace, i. 386. Appointed agent for the colony, 389. Letter to Increase Mather, 411. Concerning his nephew, Mr. Lane, ii. 9, 16. Letter of Samuel Sewall to, on the death of Queen Anne, and proclamation of King George, 35. Letter of Samuel Sewall to, on appointment of Col. Shute as Governor, 56. On certain aspersions on Ashurst's character, 57. Declined to be agent of Massachusetts, v. 227. Mentioned, 231, 283; vi. 173.

"Athenian Mercury," English periodical,

i. 202.

"Athenian Oracle," London paper, i. 322 n.; ii. 101.

Atherton, Major-General Humphrey,
death and funeral of, ii. 308. Men-
tioned, v. 150.
Atherton, Joshua, iv. 388-390.
Atkins, Capt. Joseph, letters of Jonathan
Belcher to, vi. 459, 463, 466, 509.
Atkins, Thomas, i. 218.
Atkins,

arrives in New York from England, iii. 468. Atkinson, Capt. B., vi. 84, 253. Atkinson, Theodore, notices of, iv. 49 n.; x. 128 n. Mentioned, iv. 58, 483; vi. 84, 120, 145, 154, 161, 163, 179, 257, 270, 295, 304, 317, 319, 321, 322, 338, 348, 351, 353, 356, 361, 364, 433, 437, 444, 451, 493, 495, 499, 508, 519; vii. 19, 51, 52, 62, 64, 100, 101, 110, 116, 120, 127, 128, 135, 158, 223, 434, 448, 460, 517. Letters to Jeremy Belknap, iv. 49; to William Pepperrell, x. 128. Atkinson, Col. " x. 485, 494. Atonement, doctrine of the, iv. 258; viii. 31.

Atwater, Anna, married Jeremiah Dummer, ii. 67.

Atwater, Joshua, Sr., ii. 67; v. 311 n. Atwater, Joshua, Jr., death of his wife, i. 86.

Atwater, Mary, married John Clark, ii. 67.

Atwell, England, i. 96. Atwell, v. 254. Atwood, Anthony, viii. 31. Auchmuty, Lieut. James, x. 420, 445, 472. Auchmuty, Robert, vi. 3, 4, 263, 300, 316, 317, 320, 346, 348, 350-352, 354, 355, 360, 362, 419, 440, 506, 509, 512; vii. 49, 54, 98, 122, 125, 147, 161, 203, 205, 213, 230, 232, 239, 300, 311, 369, 373, 383, 407, 419, 428, 446, 449, 487, 493, 495, 523, 526, 531, 538, 542, 548. Letters from Jonathan Belcher to, vi. 468, 518. Notice of, x. 116 n. Letters from, to William Pepperrell, 116, 471. Mentioned, 135, 405, 420, 429, 432. Auchmuty, Robert, the younger, x. 472. Auchmuty, Rev. Samuel, D.D., x. 472. Auchmuty, —, v. 378.

Augur for boring gun barrels, viii. 31. Augusta, Georgia, public meeting in, against the treaty of 1795, viii. 31. Auldjo, Thomas, viii. 31. Aupaumut, Hendrick, Stockbridge Indian chief, viii. 31, 32.

Aurora," Philadelphia newspaper, viii.

32.

Austrians, iv. 584, 608.

Authority and power, remarks on, viii. 33.

Avery, Dr. Benjamin, vii. 367, 387; x. 395. Letters from Jonathan Belcher to, vii. 538, 550, 556, 558, 560. Avery, Capt. James, letter from Fitz-John Winthrop, giving instructions about the Indians, iii. 154, 155. Recommended to take charge of an Indian post, 172. Surprised by the Indians, 210. Recalled from Deerfield, 229. Ordered to Groton for defence, 252, 253. Mentioned, 448; v. 271, 292. Avery, John, Secretary of Massachusetts, iv. 406, 407; viii. 33; ix. 468. Avery, Samuel, v. 99. Avery, Rev. -1 iv. 294.

Ayers (Airs), Edward, Portsmouth, N. H., ii. 128.

Babcock, Adam, Boston, viii. 33. Babson, John J., his "History of Gloucester," cited, iv. 566 n., 567 n.; x. 202 n.

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, viii. 33. Backhouse, Thomas, viii. 33.

Backus, Andrew, New York, viii. 33.
Backus, Rev. Simon, death of, x. 448.
Backus, Rev. to marry Eunice Ed-

wards, ii. 269.
Bacon, Devereaux, vi. 146, 491.
Bacon, Robert, England, ii. 62.
Bacon, iv. 87.

Bacon, Connecticut, ii. 249.
Bacot, Thomas Wright, viii. 33.
Bacri and Busmah, Jews of Barbary,
viii. 33.

Baker, Samuel, vi. 31.

Baker, Thomas, i. 218.

Baker, Sherbourn, ii. 279.
Baker,

Baddesly, England, i. 24.

Badger, Gen. Joseph, iv. 388.
Bagly, Jonathan, x. 43.
Bagnal, Benjamin, ii. 175.
Bagnal,

vi. 82, 122. Letter from Banks, viii. 35.
Jonathan Belcher to, vii. 488.
Bagworth, Benjamin, i. 135.
Bailey, Cyrel, an impressed seaman, viii.

33.

Bailey, Thomas M., viii. 33.
Bairstow, i. 276.
Baker, Anthony, ii. 216.

Baker, Capt. Ephraim, to appraise ves-
sels and goods, x. 9. Mentioned, 123.
Baker, John, chosen selectman at Boston,
ii. 222.

Baker, Col. Otis, iv. 11, 12, 15, 16, 68,
136, 142, 155, 157, 159, 293.

Baker, Sir Richard, his "Chronicles,"
ii. 141.

"Baltimore Whig," viii. 34.
"Baltimore," sloop of war, viii. 34.
Bambridge, U. S. Dep. Marshal at
New York, viii. 34.
Bancroft, Col. Thomas, viii. 34.
Banister, Andrew, Schoharie, N. Y., viii.
34.

Balston, James, Jr., ii. 62, 76.
Balston, Jonathan, mariner, i. 38, 53, 109.
Balston, Nathaniel, ii. 226, 261.

Married

Banister, W. B., Newburyport, viii. 34.
Banister, fashionable tailor in Bos-

to Hannah Hirst, 254.
Baltimore, Md., viii. 34.
"Baltimore American," viii. 34.

ton, iii. 333. Funeral charge to estate
of Fitz-John Winthrop, 412.
Bank of England, viii. 35.
Bank, United States, viii. 34, 35.
Banking system in the United States,
viii. 35.

Barbary sheep and wheat, viii. 35.
Barbary States, viii. 35.
Barbault, Roger, viii. 35.
Barbelle,

x. 173.

letter from Jonathan Bel- Barber, James, letter from Samuel
cher to, vii. 543.
Sewall to, i. 103.
Baker, ix. 100.
Balch, Rev. Benjamin, iv. 379.
Baldesque, Joseph, viii. 33.

Barber, William, N. Y., viii. 35.

Barbor, Samuel, and Samuel Rockett,

letter of, to Samuel Sewall about the
dismissal of their pastor, ii. 95.

Baldwin, Abraham, Georgia, viii. 33.
Baldwin, E., viii. 34.

Barbour, James, Secretary of War, viii.
35.

Baldwin, Col. Loammi, viii. 34.

Baldwin, Richard, i. 144 n.

burial of, v. 53.

Baldwin, Waterman, viii. 34.
Baldwin, ix. 363.
Ball, Joseph, viii. 34.
Ball, Capt.
Ball,
x. 193.
Ballantine, John, Representative in 1726,
ii. 224. Register of Deeds, 231. Men-
tioned, vi. 48; vii. 481.
Ballard, Lieut.- Col. Robert, vii. 34.
Balston, Hannah, married John Inwood,
ii. 62, 63, 76.
Balston, Hannah, buried in John Hull's
tomb, ii. 312.

Balston, James, ship carpenter, ii. 62.
Balston, Mrs. James (Hannah), marries
George Wiltshire, and thirdly John
Man, ii. 62.

Banks, Sir Joseph, viii. 35.

Banks, William, Middletown, Conn., viii.
35..

Banning, R., viii. 35.
Bannister, Samuel, i. 161, 259, 363, 365;
ii. 64, 135.

Bannister, Thomas, i. 167.

Bant, commander of the "Meheta-
bel," 1688, i. 89, 168.
Baptists, iv. 237.
Barbaczy, Col. viii. 35.
Barbadoes, i. 3, 4. Claim of the Assem-
bly to appoint an agent to reside in
England, ix. 89-93.

Barclay, Thomas, viii. 35.

Baring, Alexander (1st Baron Ashbur-
ton), viii. 35.

Barker, Mrs. Elizabeth, daughter of Rev.
Hugh Peter, v. 114, 122, 123.
Barker, John, Mayor of Philadelphia, viii.

35.

Barker, Robert, vi. 32, 453, 495. Letters
of Jonathan Belcher to, 460, 468, 479,
495, 499.

Barker, Thomas, vi. 492.
Barker, Mrs. Salem, i. 288.
Barlow, Joel, iv. 386, 582, 597; viii. 35,
36.
Barlow,
a mariner, ii. 151.
Barnard, Rev. John, Andover, ii. 297.
Barnard, Rev. John, Marblehead, vii. 88,
143. Notice of, x. 114 n. Letter from,
to William Pepperrell, 114. Sends a
plan for the encampment of the army
before Louisbourg, 115.
Barnard, Capt. Ralph, iii. 430.
Barnard, Rev. Thomas, Salem, viii. 36.
Barnard, Deacon i. 218.

Barnardiston, Nathaniel, letter from | Basset, Rev. Nathan, ii. 165, 267.
Jonathan Belcher to, vi. 461.
Barnes, David L., viii. 36.
Barnes, Capt. Samuel, x. 28.
Barnet, Isaac Cox, viii. 36.
Barns, Nathaniel, Antigua, letters from
Samuel Sewall to, i. 90, 108, 109.
Barns, Mrs.

i. 110.

iii. 391.

Barnsdill,
Baron,

Barrack stores, viii. 37.

Barré, Col. Isaac, his speech against the
passage of the Stamp Act, ix. 46. Pro-
poses a revision of all acts relating to
America, 136.

i. 35.

Barrell, Colburn, viii. 37.
Barrell, Joseph, iv. 116.
Barrell, iv. 118.
Barrett, Deacon , iv. 138, 188, 230.
Barrington, Francis, ii. 60 n.
Barrington, John Shute, Viscount, letter
to the Massachusetts Council, ii. 60.
Sends his portrait to the Council, 62.
Letter to the Council about the char-
ter, etc., 71. Notice of, vi. 209 n. Men-
tioned, 64, 65, 114, 182, 186, 268; vii.
123. Letters from Jonathan Belcher
to, vi. 209, 458, 469, 482, 512; vii.
476.

Barrington, William Shute, Viscount, ix.
178. Proposes a new clause in the
American mutiny bill, 131.
Barrington, N. H., iv. 15.
Barron, Capt. James, U.S.N., viii. 37.
Barron, William, Bilboa, letter of Daniel
Quincy to, i. 92.

Barry, Lieut. Henry, notice of, iv. 78 n.
Mentioned, 78, 81, 85.

Barry, James, Baltimore, Md., viii. 37.
Barry, Capt. Jolin, U.S.N., viii. 37.
Barry, Rev. John S., his "History of
Massachusetts," cited, iv. 189 n.

Barter,
x. 432.
Barter, Mrs. marries her daughter
to Rev. John Emerson (the younger),
i. 171.
Barthelemy,

French prisoner in

Cayenne, viii. 37.
Bartlett, Bailey, Haverhill, Mass., viii. 37.
Bartlett, John, a petitioner in behalf of
the Church of England, i. 416.
Bartlett, Jolin, viii. 37.

Bartlett, Hon. Josiah, M.D., iv. 487,
492, 500. Letter to Jeremy Belknap,
479. Notice of, 479 n.
Bartlett, William, viii. 37.
Barton, Benjamin S., M.D., iv. 503, 553,
583, 603, 605. Letters to Jeremy Bel-
knap, 558, 606. Notice of, 558 n.
Barton, John, ii. 178, 179, 191.
Barton, Margaret, viii. 37.
Barton, Matthias, viii. 37.

Barton, William, Lancaster, Pa., viii. 37.
Barton, Lieut.-Col.,
v. 246, 247.
Basilio, Immanuel, i. 387.
Bass, iii. 75, 288; v. 86.

•

Bassett, Richard, Gov. of Delaware, viii.
38.

Bastide, John H., desires to enlist men
for Gov. Shirley's regiment, x. 55.
To make a plan for a barrack shed,
73. To make up his accounts, 93.
Mentioned, 231, 239, 253, 254, 261, 263-
268, 277, 282, 289, 292, 298, 311, 325,
433, 448, 449, 467. Notice of, 239 n.
Letter to, from William Pepperrell, 239.
Letter from, to William Pepperrell, 302.
"Bataafsche Courant," Dutch newspaper,

viii. 38.

Batchelor, Daniel, vii. 79.
Bateaux for Canadian families, 1784,
viii. 38.

Bates, Tarleton, viii. 38.
Batson, Capt.
x. 32.
Batt, Christopher, accidentally shot by
his son, ii. 309.

Battle, William, viii. 38.
Battus, iii. 389.
Baudoin, Pierre, ix., Preface, xiii.
Bauer, Joseph, German Chemist, viii. 38.
Baumann, Col. Sebastian, viii. 38, 39.
Baxter, Rev. Joseph, Medfield, ii. 95.
Baxter, Joseph, viii. 39.
Baxter, Rev. Richard, dissents from the
King's Declaration, i. 54 n. Life of,
by Edmund Calamy, 294; ii. 24. His
Warning to Youth," 31. "Glorious
Kingdom of Christ," 202. "Conver
sion of the Jews," 253. Mentioned,
v. 196.

Baxter,

vii. 71, 107.
Bayard, Hon. James A., viii. 39.
Bayard, Nicholas, iii. 90 n., 93, 497.
Bayard, Samuel, viii. 39.
Bayley, Jacob, i. 18.

Bayley (Bailey), James, Roxbury, men.
tioned, i. 321, 330. Death of, 363.
His estate insolvent, ii. 103.
Bayley, Col.- letters from Jonathan
Belcher to, vi. 518; vii. 469.
Bayley,, Roxbury, iii. 516.
Baylies, Hon. Francis, viii. 39, 40.
Bayly, Rev. John, Watertown, i. 141.
Bayly, John, ii. 248.

Bay Verte, mentioned, x. 6, 8, 88, 96,
244, 263, 266, 279, 312, 325, 450, 453,
487, 488, 491.

Beach, Jesse, viii. 40.
Beach, Zerah, viii. 40.

Beacon Hill, Boston, iv. 55. Monument
on, 491.

Beal, Capt.
Beal, Capt.
Beamis,

i. 128, 131.
x. 103.

x. 93.
Beamon, Mrs. Hannah, Deerfield, ii. 102.
Bean, -, interpreter, x. 219.
Bean,
-, x. 219, 263.

Bean, iv. 313, 314.

Beardsley, Rev. E. Edwards, D.D., his
"Life and Times of W. S. Johnson,"
cited, ix. 280.

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