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Metropolitan district, v, 73, 331.
Metropolitan State Hospital, v, 59. Mexican border, National Guard on, v, 188, 591, 602.
Mexican War (1846-1848), attitude of Mass., iv, 95, 126, 296, 337.
Mexico, commerce, iii, 544; war with U. S., iv, 95, 126, 552; indemnity, iv, 133; World War, v, 601. Meyer, Marghareta, iv, 166.
Miantonomo, i, 208, 209, 218, 232.
Miantonomo (Indians), i, 208, 209, 218, 232.
Michigan (State), War of 1812, iii, 479, 484.
Michigan Central R. R., v, 158, 159.
Middleborough, founding, i, 528; iron works, ii, 407; Mass. Constitution, iii, 197; Mass. taxes, 349; popula- tion, 408.
Middlefield, iv, 355.
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Middlesex Agricultural Society, iii, 358. Middlesex Canal, iv, 421; lottery for,
iii, 568.
Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery, v, 544.
Middlesex County, settlement, ii, 103, 106, 110, 112; convention (1774), ii, 550; wealth, iii, 348; cotton indus- try, iv, 281 ; map (1801), iii, inside cover.
Middlesex School, v, 241.
Middleton, founding, ii, 106; weaving, iii, 319.
Middleton, Arthur, iii, 172.
Middletown (Conn.), i, 222.
Midwives, i, 310, 318; v, 210.
Mifflin, General Thomas, iii, 144.
Miles, General Nelson A., v, 580, 584. Milford (Conn.), i, 222.
"Milford" (H.M.S. frigate), iii, 33.
Military defenses, colonial, i, 533; ii, 74.
Military science, European, iii, 1; American, iii, 3, 8; British, ii, 583; iii, 3, 8, 9, 13; British manual, iii, IO.
Military expenses, ii, 204.
Military stores, neglect, ii, 100; pro- vision by Crown, i, 23; vegetables planted, ii, 438; supplies from France, iii, 39; provision in peace, 451.
Military training, York County, i, 201 ; exemption, 424, 447; requirements, ii, 245; festivals, 272.
Military service, enlistment bounties, ii, 429; colonial with English troops, 429, 434; ages, 429; in foreign ar- mies, v, 599.
Militia election of officers, i, 116; iii, 72, 75; iv, 6, 512,; v, 571, 592; training, i, 201; v, 570, 576-578; 583, 588, 591, 596; ages, i, 229; v, 570 ; quota, i, 229, 252, 253, 365, 500, 549; ii, 73; iii, 177; draft, i, 240, 242-244, 549, 597; ii, 74; v, 571, 591, 614; unified for New England, i, 229, 596; ii, 18; iii, 358; arming,
i, 438; ii, 100; v, 570, 588 ; selection of commander, i, 486; commanders, i, 503; ii, 18; organization, i, 548- 549, 597; iii, 122; rising against An- dros, i, 601 ; commander in chief, ii, II, 76; v, 651; appointment of of- ficers, ii, 11; iii, 138; unmilitary, ii, 74-75; v, 571; frontier defense, ii, 74, 79 ; muster, ii, 245 ; v, 610; equip- ment, ii, 245; v, 570; Boston, ii, 252, 480; iv, 358; refusal to muster against mob, ii, 480; rising against British, ii, 548, 562, 567-584; iii, 5; preparations for rebellion, ii, 523, 549, 553, 562; iii, 157, 158; Penob- scot expedition, iii, 37; numbers, iii, 91; in Revolution, iii, 121, 122, 127- 130, 135-136, 139, 142, 159, 324; commanders in chief, iii, 121; sup- port out of federal taxes, iii, 466; detail to another State, iii, 466; War of 1812, iii, 477; 489 ; subject to na- tional service, iii, 477; iv, 109; v, 572, 591; refusal to leave Mass., iv, 96; Civil War, iv, 504, 506-512, 516- 520; in peace time, iv, 511; v, 571, 572; emergency service, v, 94, 190, 578, 587; records, v, 274; armories, v, 330, 576, 577, 586, 587; duty, v, 570; nineteenth century, v, 572; parades, v, 577; medal, v, 578; War with Spain, 578; twentieth century, 583, 651; maneuvers, 583; rations, 586; federalization, 588, 590; foreign service, 591 ; on Mexican frontier, 591; Mass. State Guard, 593, 602, 605; universal training, 610; map of movements (1690-1723), opp. ii, 66; record (1804), (illus.), opp. v, 572. See also Army, colonial ; Army, Con- tinental; National Guard ; also names of individual States, etc.
Militia (Mass.), record (1804), (il- lus.), opp. v, 572.
Militia organizations, v, 574, 589, 590, 591, 595; First Regiment, 574, 575, 576, 578, 581, 616, 620; Second Regi- ment, 574, 579, 615 ; Third Regiment,
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iv, 517, 518; Fourth Regiment, 517, 518; Fifth Regiment, 517, 519; V, 574, 577, 581, 615, 619; Sixth Regi- ment, iv, 507-509, 511, 517, 518; v, 574, 579, 580, 615, 619 ; Seventh Regi- ment, iv, 519; Eighth Regiment, 507, 517, 519; v, 574, 579, 580, 583, 586, 615, 619; Ninth Regiment, 574, 579, 615; First Corps of Cadets, 576, 595, 616; Second Corps of Cadets, 576, 590; Artillery, iv, 519; v, 585, 586, 590, 616; Cavalry, 577; Irish- American, 521, 525; National Lan- cers, 577; naval, 576, 577, 582, 587, 591, 595, 608; rifles, iv, 519.
Milk, supervision, v, 554, 557.
Millbury, population, iv, 281.
Miller, Mrs. Patience, v, 540. Millers, rates, i, 429.
Million Purchase, i, 571, 577, 587. Millis, Indian earthworks, i, 136. Mills, in Maine, iii, 551, 578. Mills. See also Textiles.
Milton, John, i, 340, 385; ii, 170.
Milton (Mass.), founding, i, 531 ; ii, 410, 411; Suffolk County congress, ii, 547, 548.
Miner, Alonzo Ames, v, 467.
"Minerva" (brig), iii, 60.
Mining, companies, i, 570; v, 163. Ministry at Large, iv, 274.
Minneapolis (Minn.), library, v, 154; art institute, v, 155.
Minot, Charles Sedgwick, v, 566.
Minot, George Richards, v, 564.
Mints, Mass., Hull's, i, 435, 479. Mint, U. S., established, iii, 415. Minutemen, ii, 553, 562.
Minute Men (political), v, 187.
Miquelon Island, ii, 445.
Mishawum. See Charlestown.
Missionaries. See Indians; also names of persons.
Missions, foreign, iv, 356; v, 456, 531. Mississippi, State of, abolitionists lynched, iv, 322; suffrage, 555; re- construction, 567; Negroes' civil rights, 582-583.
Mississippi Valley, development, v, 158. Missouri, slavery in, iii, 576.
Missouri Compromise (1850), iv, 127- 129, 484.
Mitchel Field, v, 596. Mitchell, John, v, 22.
Mitchell, Maria, v, 215. Moguncoy. See Hopkinton.
Mohawk Indians, i, 129, 131, 233, 254, 512, 586 ; ii, 72, 80, 89-90, 432; Bos- ton Tea Party, ii, 241, 510.
Mohican Indians, i, 130, 131, 218, 231- 232, 247, 254.
Molasses, smuggling, ii, 146; Act of 1733, ii, 218, 405, 414; duties, ii, 218, 473, 475, 489 ; military ration, ii, 447, 448, 449.
Molineaux, William, ii, 409; iii, 511. Monarchy, agitation for, iii, 368.
Monckton, Robert, ii, 426, 430, 443. Monday Evening Club, v, 290.
Money, scarcity of coin, i, 433, 462; ii, 194, 402, 433; substitutes, i, 433- 434, 436-437; ii, 201, 348; coinage, i, 435, 479, 558, 576; ii, 202; ex- port, i, 435; ii, 413; pine tree shil- lings, i, 435, 462; foreign coins, 435, 462; ii, 201, 212, 422; regulating value, i, 596; counterfeiting, ii, 194; iii, 346; economic necessity, ii, 195; Spanish dollar, 201-202; exchange rates, 201, 207; iii, 344, 352; Eng- lish reckoning, ii, 201 ; legal tender, 207, 212 ; iii, 81 ; silver basis, ii, 212; England drained of specie, 402; lack during Revolution, iii, 44; supplied by France, 51 ; gold ratio, 79; pass- ing through British lines, 322; specie from foreign sources, 346, 534; in- trinsic value, iv, 89; payment for public lands, 289; gold standard, v, 173 ; trading in specie, 364. See also Banking.
Money, paper: bills of credit, ii, 69, 129, 135, 139, 193-195, 198, 202-207; iii, 342-346, (fac simile) opp. ii, 218; tax payments, 194, 198, 209, 211; real estate security, 195, 200, 208;
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premium for taxes, 198; depre- ciation, 198, 202, 204, 212; iii, 344 ; unredeemed, ii, 199, 205, 212; iii, 344 ; loan bills, ii, 200-204; inflation, 200-207; iii, 81, 85; old and new tenor, ii, 205, 211-213 ; middle tenor, 211-212; merchants' notes, 208 ; pri- vate bank notes, 209-210; redemp- tion, 212; iii, 344; Continental fiat money, 79, 82, 327, 343, 346; Mass. loan notes, 81, 84, 342; currency of notee of all colonies, 81, 82; discount illegal, 82, 346 ; salaries at face value, 345 ; proposed for legal tender, 368; basis of intrinsic value, iv, 89; State bank notes, 288; Virginia scrip, 289; U. S. treasury notes, 610; v, 351 ; national bank notes, 341; National Monetary Commission, 349.
Monhegan, i, 76, 363.
Monis, Judah, i, 407.
Monk, Christopher, ii, 251, 555.
Monopolies prohibited, i, 428.
Monroe, President James, iii, 246, 489 ; iv, 292, 304.
Monroe Doctrine, germs, i, 507.
Monmouth battle, iii, 132.
Monson, founding, ii, III ; school, v, 50; hospital, v, 57, 59.
Montagnais Indians, i, 152.
Montague, Mrs. Mindwell (Lyman), ii, 357.
Montague (Mass.), founding, ii, III ; tannery, iv, 362; river route, iv, 364. Montcalm, General Louis Joseph, mar- quis de, ii, 436, 438, 442, 444.
"Monthly Anthology and Magazine of Polite Literature," founding, iii, 505. "Montgomery" (brig), iii, 496.
Montreal, expeditions against, i, 255; ii, 444.
Montresor's Island (N. Y.), iii, 128.
Monument Beach, shipbuilding, v, 388. Moody, Lady Deborah, i, 311-312, 317. Moody, Chief Justice William H., v, 119.
Moore, Edward C., v, 456.
Moore, Edward Caldwell, "Questions
of Religious Freedom," i, chap. xiv, pp. 382-408.
Moore, George Foote, v, 457.
Mooshassuc. See Providence (R. I.). Morals, i, 281, 315; ii, 364.
Moran, John B., v, 177, 178.
Morell, William, i, 17, 79, 194, 523.
Morgan, Clement G., iv, 585.
Morgan, John Pierpont, iv, 248; v, 633.
Morgan Memorial (Boston), v, 459; (illus.), opp. v, 458.
Morgan, William, iv, 81.
Morgan Memorial (Boston), v, 459.
Moriarty, G. Andrews, "Social and
Geographic Origins of the Founders of Massachusetts," i, chap. iii, pp. 49-65; "The Royal Governors and the General Court," ii, chap. v, pp. I22-153.
Moriarty, James T., v, 662.
Morison, Samuel Eliot, "The Clipper Ships," iv, chap. xv, pp. 434-471.
Mormonism, spread, v, 143.
Morris, Lewis, ii, 171.
Morris, Robert, iii, 39, 169, 354.
Morse, Edward Sylvester, iv, 239.
Morse, Jedediah, ii, 316; iv, 261.
Morse, John Lovett, v, 557.
Morse, William, ii, 34.
Mortgages, tax on, iv, 604; invest- ment in, v, 351, 353.
Morton, James Madison, v, 635, 639, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 663 ; portrait, opp. v, 100.
Morton, Governor Marcus, judge, iv, 54, 78; v, 114; offices, 78, 95; poli- tics, 80, 82-88, 90, 93-94, 97, 288, 475 ; governor, 88, 91-92.
Morton, Nathaniel, i, 372.
Morton, Perez, ii, 254; iii, 69, 93; iv, 70. Morton, Thomas, i, 17, 85, 274, 366, 373, 392, 524. Morton, William Thomas Green, v, 549.
"Moses his Judicialls," i, 117.
"Mother Goose's Melodies," ii, 308.
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Motley, John Lothrop, i, 366; iv, 209; v, 15I.
Motor vehicles, legislation, v, 43, 45, 61; Sunday privileges, 46; State control, 60-65; distance condensed, 60; common carriers, 61, 422; State income from, 61, 62; registration, 65 ; accidents, 63, 120; statistics, 121, 422; effect on other industries, 380; tires, 386; industry, 390.
Motors, internal combustion, iv, 187.
Mott, Mrs. Lucretia (Coffin), iii, 336. Moulton, Hannah, ii, 574.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, v, 565.
Mount Holyoke College, iv, 184, 191, 360; v, 201, 206, 265.
Mount Hope (R. I.), i, 253, 541, 551 ; iv, 35I.
Mount Vernon (Va.), iv, 212.
"Mount Vernon" (privateer), iv, 463. "Mt. Vernon" (U.S.S.), v, 608.
Mount Wollaston, i, 85, 524.
Moving pictures, censorship, v, 37; on Sunday, 45.
Mowbray, George W., iv, 366.
Muddy River, i, 287, 415, 423; ii, 103, 244.
Mugwumps. See Independent voters. Mulattoes. See Negroes.
Mumford, James Gregory, v, 567.
Munitions Board, v, 607.
Munroe, James Phinney, "Last Chance for the Empire (1774)," ii, chap. xvii, pp. 514-531.
Munroe, William, ii, 565, 568, 569.
Murder cases, i, 104, 546; ii, 34, 263 ; iii, 550; iv, 51, 56; v, 122; Indians, i, 205, 546; jurisdiction, v, 112; rec- ords, 118.
Murdock, Kenneth B., "Cotton Mather, Parson, Scholar and Man of Affairs," v, chap. xi, pp. 323-350. Murlin, Lemuel H., v, 235, 458. Murphy, William Parry, v, 564.
Murrayfield, vote for independence, iii, 102.
Muscovy Company, i, 94.
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), iv,
234, 238, 247; school, iv, 241; v, 219; library, 290; building, (illus.) opp. iv, 236.
Museums, iv, 239, 249; v, 154; Sun- day activities, 46; private, 220; for children, 250.
Music, restrictions, i, 274; ii, 277; private entertainment, 283; accomp- lishment, 360; iii, 331, 502; public entertainment, ii, 360; iii, 293; v, 45; singing schools, iii, 295, 314; psalmody, 294; instruction, iv, 241 ; v, 265; collection, 271 ; publishing, 499.
Music Hall (Boston), convention in, v, 174.
Musical instruments, ii, 277, 360; iii, 502; manufacture, iv, 362; v, 396. Musketaquid. See Concord.
Muskets. See Firearms.
"Mystery" (clipper ship), iv, 459. Mystic (Conn.), i, 535.
Mystic (Mass.). See Medford.
Mystic River, shipbuilding, i, 38, 265, 447; boundary, 250; bridge, 432; sewerage, v, 331; docks, 421. Mystic Side. See Malden.
N AHANT, Democratic victory, v, 18I. Nails, manufacture, i, 41 ; iii, 359.
Namasket, i, 128. See also Middle- borough.
Nameoke. See New London.
Names, old-fashioned, iii, 285; Mrs. iii, 288.
"Nancy" (H.M.S.), iii, 22-23, 33. Nanepashemet (Indian), i, 135.
Nantasket, i, 18, 19, 97, 261.
Nantucket, geology, i, 27, 29; whaling, 36; ii, 403; iii, 362, 528, 532, 545; iv, 404; notables, i, 316; iii, 336, 474; iv, 383; v, 215; Indians, i, 539; part of Mass., ii, II ; settlement, 112; in Revolution, iii, 527; smuggling, iii, 542; War of 1812, iii, 544. Narragansett Bay, i, 137, 21I.
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Narragansett Indians, i, 73, 208, 211,
213, 218, 231-233, 241, 247, 253, 540, 548.
Narragansett River, boundary, i, 216, 217.
Narragansett Townships, ii, 107, 110. Nashaway Indians, i, 530.
Nashua (N. H.), i, 130; iv, 414; rail- road, iv, 427.
Nashua River, v, 86, 332.
Nashville (Tenn.), exposition, iv, 244. Natick, fortification, i, 135; Indian settlement, 248, 537-538, 539, 553; Indian attack, 254; hospital, v, 458. "Nation" (periodical), iv, 560.
National American Woman Suffrage Association, v, 202, 222.
National Anti-Slavery Bazaar, iv, 330.
National Anti-Slavery Society, iv, 320, 331, 335-337.
National Bar Association, v, 43.
National Cotton Mule Spinners, v, 435.
National Council of Education, v, 318. National Defense Act (1920), v, 572, 594; National Defense Act (1916), v, 590.
National Democratic party, iv, 490.
National Educational Association, v, 318.
National Greenback party, iv, 605.
National Guard, v, 588, 591, 594, 602, 604, 605, 613, 619, 621 ; emergency duty, 596, 603; training, (illus.) opp. v, 594. See also Militia.
National Monetary Commission, v, 349. National Republican party, iv, 77-80, 82, 83. See also Whigs.
National Shawmut Bank, v, 344.
National Tuberculosis Association, v, 217.
National Union party, iv, 593.
Nationalists, iii, 377, 380-391, 395, 398.
Nationalization of commodities and utilities, v, 412, 606, 612, 625, 628, 640.
Native American party, iv, 76, 94, 96, 97; V, 517, 521.
Natural history, iv, 194.
Naturalization. See Citizens.
Naturalization Act, iii, 425.
"Nautilus" (U. S. brig), iii, 484.
Naumkeag. See Salem.
Naumkeag River, i, 202.
Nauset, i, 70, 73, 130, 134, 147.
Naval Committee (1775), iii, 22.
Naval stores, natural resources, i, 443, 461; ii, 398; English need, i, 17; exports, ii, 413 ; legal encouragement, 415.
Navigation Acts (Eng.), enactment, i, 446, 451, 470, 475-476; ii, 17, 18, 414; disregarded, i, 449, 450-460, 485, 488, 562-564; enforcement, i, 452-457, 572, 577, 596; ii, 474, 495 ; trial under, i, 487; commerce de- stroyed, i, 596; colonial opposition, to, ii, 19.
Navigation Acts (U. S.), need, iii, 367, 394; opposition, iii, 376, 394; power of Congress, iii, 392-393.
Navy (English), protection of New England, ii, 71, 73, 83; French and Indian War, 422, 430, 438, 442, 443, 446; enforcement of Acts of Trade, 474-475, 505; Siege of Boston, 548; iii, 22, 31-33, 35; rations, 53; at Rhode Island, 121; War of 1812, 479.
Navy (Mass.), French wars, ii, 73; hired vessels, 73; enforcing Naviga- tion Laws, i, 457; English veto, 16; Revolution, iii, 35, 37.
Navy (France), in American Revolu- tion, iii, 49.
Navy (U. S.), beginning, iii, 21; blockade of Boston, 21-23, 32-34; hire of vessels, 32; development, 426, 471 ; insufficient, 473; War of 1812, iii, 473, 479; Civil War, iv, 529, 539, 540; adequate, v, 226; bonuses from Mass., 334; Spanish War, 582; reserves, 595, 607; World War, 607, 622.
Nazing (Eng.), i, 59.
"N. B. Palmer" (clipper ship), iv, 452. Nebraska, slavery question, iv, 484.
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"Nebraska" (U.S.S.), v, 608. Needham, founding, ii, 103, 104. Negotiable instruments, v, 44.
Negroes, slaves, i, 183, 268-270, 462 ; ii, 262; iii, 295, 506; Christians, i, 270; hired servants, 268; intermar- riage, 279; ii, 262, 302; iii, 295; iv, 339; return to Africa, i, 439; num- bers, 270; ii, 262; iii, 355; iv, 310; in Boston, ii, 227, 336; iii, 222, 296; restraint, ii, 227, 263 ; witnesses, 228; intoxicants, 263 ; notable, ii, 367; iii, 317; iv, 585, 329; in Continental Army, iii, 137, 297; conspiracy, 222 ; prisoners taken on high seas, 296; in church, iii, 299; representation in Congress, 300; seamen at Charles- ton, iv, 95, 295; unsettled problem, 202 ; status, 310, 339 ; mock election, 310; colonization, 315; soldiers, 535, 581, 583, 591 ; v, 619 ; franchise with- held, iv, 555; military protection, 556; suffrage right, 556, 571-578, 593, 594; civil rights, 556, 571, 583- 587, 590; migration northward, 572; private schools, 579; aid to freed- men, 578-581; admission to public buildings, 584; social discrimination, 585; public schools, 585. See also slavery.
Neighborhood House Association, v, 469.
Nelson, John, i, 515-516; ii, 67, 70.
Nemasket, i, 73.
Neponset, i, 74; v, 388.
"Neptune's Car" (clipper ship), iv, 467.
Netmaker, John, ii, 274.
Neutrality, between colonies, i, 506; United States, iii, 419, 423 ; v, 599 ; disregard by Eng., iii, 431, 436, 472. New Amsterdam, established, i, 5, 84; Pilgrims invited, 13; trade, 84.
New Bedford, industries, i, 44 ; iv, 414 ; v, 373, 374, 381, 396; shipbuilding, i, 448 ; abandoned, 416; whaling, ii, 404; iii, 362, 532 ; iv, 163, 404, 405 ;
in the Revolution, iii, 31; War of 1812, 494; Americanization center, iv, 151; foreign-born residents, 162, 163; churches, iv, 163, 266; popula- tion, 281; textile school, v, 253; strike, v, 596.
New Braintree, district, ii, 110.
New England, Dominion of, i, 197, 254, 460, 517-518, 568-569, 572, 582-605. New England, English territory, i, 6, 16; name, 16, 32, 364, 493; iv, 345; proposed division, i, 18; geography and topography, 26-31; climate, 31; attractions, 32-47, 363 ; iii, 301 ; plan for dominion, i, 197; "Emmanuells land," 257; united for war, ii, 66; described by Adams, iii, 301 ; seces- sion proposed, 429; economic unit, v, 399, 409 ; map, i, inside cover; opp. i, 528. See also names of colonies, places, also specific topics.
New England, United Colonies of, i, 226-257, 365, 471, 497, 498-501, 505, 506, 548; iv, 346.
New England Anti-Slavery Society, iv, 294, 319, 320, 331, 337, 504.
New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, v, 317.
New England Asylum for the Blind, iii, 518.
New England Club (London) formed by exiled loyalists, iii, 272.
New England Coffee-house (London), iii, 272.
New England Conservatory of Music, iv, 241; v, 265.
"New England Courant," ii, 311.
New England Deaconess Hospital, v, 458.
New England Emigrant Aid Company, iv, 487, 494; v, 148.
New England Freedmens' Aid Society, iv, 580.
New England Historical Genealogical Society, v, 288.
New England Hospital for Women and Children, founding, iv, 274; v, 216, 546.
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"New England Journal of Medicine," v, 547.
"New England Magazine," v, 490.
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., v, 357.
New England Navigation Co., v, 403. New England Primer," i, 377; iii, 291, 313 ; V, 506.
New England R. R., v, 403, 418.
New England Rangers, iv, 358.
New England Society for Encouraging Manufactures, iv, 430.
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., v, 620.
New England Transportation Co., v, 424.
New England Trust Company, v, 342. New England Women's Auxiliary As- sociation, iv, 522, 523.
New England's Women's Club, v, 211.
"New England's Crisis," i, 373.
"New England's First Fruits," i, 351- 356, 369, 376, (fac simile) opp. i, 328.
New France, colonization, i, 1, 2, 4; Indian trade, 128 ; peace with Mass., 235, 505; rivalry with neighbors, 85, 256, 497, 510, 518; ii, 91; free trade with New England, i, 235, 505 ; alliance against Indians, 506; rela- tions with Indians, 233, 518; ii, 437, 439, 442, 443, 444; wars, i, 510, 513, 518 ; ii, 4, 68, 71, 79, 212, 419-451; neutrality, 77, 517; extent, 420, 424; population, 420; Indian allies, 424; ceded to England, 445. See also Acadia.
New Glasgow. See Blandford.
New Hampshire, colonists, i, 17, 204, 205; iv, 354; Irish element, i, 63 ; Indians, 130; early colonies, 191, 202-206, 509 ; boundaries, 199, (map) opp. 222; name, 203 ; minister's land, 204; first popular government, 205; Mass. jurisdiction, 206, 241, 488, 513-514 ; natural resources, 496; Philip's War, 553; royal province,
569, 572; ii, 11; in Revolution, 18, 130; governors, 20, 76, 80; King William's War, 66, 80, 82, 85; ally in war, 66, 80, 82; Queen Anne's War, 89; Louisburg expedition, ii, 421; Albany Congress, ii, 423; French and Indian War, 427; loyal- ism, 496; preparations for rebellion, 529, 544; iii, 158; ban on tea, 537; siege of Boston, iii, 5, 12; agrarian movement, iii, 368; federal constitu- tion, 370, 381, 407; proslavery agi- tation, iv, 332; seaboard population, v, 419.
"New Hampshire Patriot," iv, 78.
New Haven (Conn.), founding, i, 221 ;
first church, 222; schools, ii, 308, 376; visited by Washington, iii, 416. New Haven Colony, commerce, i, 218, 219-220 ; trading posts, 219, 233- 234; founding, 221, 226; absorbed by Connecticut, 222; jurisdiction, 222 ; militia, 229, 365; ii, 18; corn for Harvard College, i, 236; Massachu- setts duties, 239, 438 ; war with New Netherlands, 242, 245, 472, 500; war with Niantics, 243-244. See also New England Confederation.
New Jersey, Dominion of New Eng- land, i, 518, 598 ; English, 557; mili- tia, ii, 18; slavery, 508; emigration, v, 138.
"New Jersey" (U.S.S.), v, 397.
New Jersey State Medical Society, v, 541.
New Jerusalem Church, v, 468.
New London (Conn.), i, 60, 222, 247. New Marlborough, founding, ii, 111; industries, iv, 361.
New Meadows. See Topsfield.
New Netherland, jurisdiction, i, 219- 220, 233-234; treaty (1650), 234, 245; Indian allies, 242; warred upon, 242, 245, 472, 485, 495, 497, 500-501 ; ceded to England, 246, 499; rivalry with neighbors, 256, 475, 493, 499- 500; free trade, 477, 558; English commission of 1664, 484-488.
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New Orleans (La.), battle, iii, 487; commemoration, iv, 504.
New Salem, founding, ii, III.
New Sweden Colony, i, 219. New Town. See Cambridge.
New York (city), mayors,. i, 89; cap- tured by Dutch, 253; intercolonial congress, ii, 68; in Revolution, iii, 107, 126, 144, 149; loyalists, 274; modern buildings, iv, 247; antislav- ery agitation, 322; packet ship lines, 440; draft riots, 536; tunnel, v, 89; banks, 343. See also New Amster- dam.
New York (province), Mass. rights in, i, 67, 511; English, i, 252, 501, 557 ; governors, 484, 582; ii, 68, 71, 76, 80, 85, 89, 426; French conflicts, i, 502, 518; ii, 4; Dominion of New England, i, 518, 597; Iroquois alli- ance, 519; charter, 583; Revolution of 1689, 602; island territory, ii, II ; militia, 18; ally in war, 66, 68-69, 72-73, 80; Queen Anne's War, 78, 80-81; Quebec expedition, 83; ap- peals to Privy Council, 168; bills of credit, 214; Albany Congress, 423 ; French and Indian War, 426; Quar- tering Act disputes, 495; imports from England, 504, 510; cooperation against England, 521, 525; bound- aries, iii, 175, 178.
New York (State), Indians, i, 131; land owned by Mass., iii, 179, 353 ; v, 132; federal constitution, iii, 370, 378, 401, 407 ; national capital, 410 ; population, 434; slavery, 508; iv, 332; immigration, 144, 355; public education, 178; commerce, 305; v, 419 ; emigration, iv, 487.
New York & New England R. R., iv, 603 ; v, 403, 420.
New York & New Haven R. R., v, 403.
New York Central R. R., v, 405, roads absorbed, 159, 175, 401, 4II, 415; mismanagement, 405.
New York, Ontario & Western R. R., V, 4II, 415.
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., v, 179, 400, 402, 405, 408, 413, 416, 417, 418; control of Bos- ton & Maine R. R., 178, 407, 41I, 416; properties absorbed, 400, 403- 404, 4II; territory served, 403; re- gional group, 415; electrification, 418; docks, 420; subsidiaries, 424. "New York Tribune," iv, 558, 597. New York, Westchester & Boston Ry., v, 410.
"New World" (vessel), iv, 443.
New Year's Day, ii, 301 ; v, 35.
New York Historical Society, iv, 135. New York Stock Exchange, v, 365. Newberry Library (Chicago), v, 154. Newburgh Addresses, iii, 148.
Newbury, founding, i, 57, 426, 531 ; description, 416; allotment of land, 420 ; prosperity, 272, 424 ; witchcraft, ii, 34.
Newburyport, early residents, i, 62; industries, ii, 411; iii, 81; iv, 305, 417, 442, 460; privateering, iii, 56, 526; admiralty court, iii, 39; Mass. taxes, 349; Province loan, ii, 200; Mass. taxes, iii, 349; War of 1812, 475; academy, iv, 388; library, v, 276 ; visited by Washington, iii, 417 ; shipping, 432, 545; iv, 305; em- bargo, iii, 542; fort, iii, 491 ; fish- eries, iii, 531; iv, 406; buildings, 229; stage route, 420; commerce, 437 ; public health, v, 542; Spanish War, 581 ; maneuvers, 584. Newcastle (N. H.), ii, 529.
Newfoundland, discovery, i, I; fish- eries, 496; ceded to England, ii, 85; trade act, 494; emigration, iv, 162. Newman, Samuel, i, 88, 528.
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