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Bradish, Ebenezer, lawyer of Worcester, 15 397; 19. 159, 165.
BRADISH, Hon. LUTHER. 4. 101 ; 12. 292. Letter from, 2. 595. Eleeted an Hon- orary Member, 6 471. His death, 7. xiii. Accepts membership, 7. 115. Remarks on his death, 7. 143, 144.
Bradlee, Rev. Caleb D., donations from, 3. 114. 182 ; 4. 107, 286, 391 ; 5. 1, 30, 159, 196. 227, 309 ; 6. 331 ; 7. 1, 100 ; 9. 177 ; Io. 40, 469, 484; II. 499.
Bradlee, Frederic H., 19. 357.
Bradlee, John T., 4 98. 98 n. President of Mount Auburn Cemetery, 17. 435, 436. Letter from Dr. Bigelow to, 17. 435, 436.
Bradlee, Joseph P., contributes to pur- chase the Society's building, 1. 405 n. Bradlee, Josiah Putnam, 19. 357. Bradlee, Nathaniel J., 19. 357.
Bradley, -, 17. 209, 210.
Bradley, Mr., a farmer of Greenfield, Conn., II. 18.
Bradley, Mrs., 17. 210.
Bradley, Benjamin & Co., money paid to, for binding, 6. 10; 10. 160; 11. 36, 247, 248.
Bradley, Judge Charles S., proposed as arbiter in the ease of the 'Hutchinson Papers,' 12 269.
Bradley, Charles William, letter from, concerning the Trumbull Manuseripts, 2. 355. Donation from, 2. 533.
Bradley, David, 19. 176.
Bradley, Lieut. David, 15. 80.
Bradley, Jolin, 14. 137.
Bradley, S., 11. 18.
Bradley, W. L., donation from, 7. 347.
Bradshaw, Richard, 14. 367.
Bradstreet, -, 8. 357.
Bradstreet, Mrs. Anne, poems of, noticed, 15. 394, 395.
Bradstreet, Col. Dudley, 14. 132, 145.
Refuses to serve in Gov. Dudley's council, 7. 485 n.
Bradstreet, Rev. Dudley, d. 1714, 8. 30. Bradstreet, Col. John, letter to, from Sir Jeffery Amherst, 7. 101.
Bradstreet (Broadstreet), Samuel, II.C. 1653, 8. 12, 21, 26.
Bradstreet, Simon, II.C. 1700, 8. 30.
Bradstreet, Gor. Simon, d. 1697, 8. 20; 10. 391; 12. 120 : 13. 79 ; 14. 124n. ; 15. 217; 17. 106, 110, 129, 220, 222, 222 n., 223, 348; 18. 390; 19. 96; 20. 162 n. Portrait of, 6. 17. Letter from Roger Williams to, 6. 49, 50 .. His aetion in England in regard to the Narragansett Patent, 6. 65 n. Re-elected governor, 7. 485, 485 n. Refuses to serve in Gov. Dudley's eouneil, 7. 485 n.
Bradstreet (Broadstreet), Rer. Simon, II.C. 1660, 8. 13,21, 26.
Bradstreet, Rev. Sinon, II. C. 1693, 8. 29.
Bradstreet Avenue, 6. 5.
Brady, Rev. N., D.D., 20. 152.
Bragden, Arthur, 14 136.
Bragdon, Capt. Joshua, 15. 82.
Bragg, -, 4. 401.
Bragg, Rev. Mr., 10. 160.
Bragg, Arral, donation from, 2. 532.
Brain, Benjamin, II. 205.
Brain, James, II. 205.
Brainard, David, 2. 493 n.
Braine, Thomas, 19. 237, 239.
Brainerd, Ret. David, 12. 36.
Braintree, Mass., 3. 217, 218, 281, 324; 4. 43; 5 90, 310; 6. 60, 62; 7 237, 238, 245, 246, 247, 253-255, 258; 10. 51; 12. 52, 394, 395, 400; 16. 303, 305 n .; 18. 16; 19. 150-152 n., 377; 20. 121, 360. ' Result of an Ecclesiastical Couneil at,' I. 12. Origin of the name of, 12. 396.
Braman, Rev. Isaae, 1. 344; 16 119.
Brandenburg, 'Geographical Aecount of the States of the House of,' I. 113.
Brandon, Lord, 13. 109.
Brandon, John, a refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266.
Brandt, Joseph (Thayandenega), 19. 405, 407, 408, 416. Brandywine, battle of, 5. 221.
Brandywine, ship, 5. 357.
Branford, Conn., 17. 147, 347 ; 20. 403.
Brantry, -, 6. 349.
Brash & Reid, Messrs., I. 197 n.
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Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbe, sketch of, 4. 280, 281. On Bernal Diaz del Cas- tillo, 4. 282.
Brattle, Lieut. Ebenezer, 15. 80.
Brattle, Mrs. Elizabeth, sudden death of, 20. 121.
Brattle, Katherine ( Mrs. Winthrop), 19. 329.
Brattle, Thomas, d. 1713, 8. 23, 27; 12. 370, 371; 14. 223; 17. 131; 20. 210. Book of early accounts used by, at Harvard College, 6. 337 n., 341-354. Letter from, to Capt. Edward Pelham, 6. 345. Kennebec lands sold to, 7. 369. BRATTLE, THOMAS, A. M., d. 1801, II.
. 140; 19. 216, 219 His death, I. xlii, 140 n. Nominated a Resident Member, I. 104. Elected, I. 106. 'Memoir of,' cited, I. 140 n , 145, 151.
Brattle, Gen. William, II.C. 1722, 8. 351, 352, 354; II. 140; 12. 322; 15. 338; 19 216 ; 20. 9, 140. (? Old B-le) 8. 399. A refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266.
Brattle, Rev. William, II. C. 1680, 2. 449n .; 3. 288 ; 6. 341, 312; 8. 23, 28, 34; 10. 162, 324; 12. 300; 14. 223, 224; 16. 58; 17. 263, 274 n., 280. His . Compendium of Logie,' Io. 162.
Brattle Manuscript, donation of, to Mr. Sibley, 6. 354.
Brattle Street, Boston, Mass., 6. 27.
Brattle Street Church, Boston, I. 44, 45; 3. 309; 10. 48; 12. 65; 15. 173, 391, 391 n. ; 16. 394. 498 ; 17. 113 n., 166 ; 18. 279 ; 19. 75, 127, 128, 179, 390 ; 20. 189, 192, 404. Matters pertaining to, 2. 466, 467. Edward Everett the pastor of, 8. 115-117. The Church rs. Grant, 10. 76. Relie of, presented, 12. 219. Dedi- cated, 15. 34. A model of, offered to the Society, 15. 264; 16. 166. Vote of the Society to receive, 15. 264. New bell in, 15. 361. Part of the pulpit and the deacons' seat deposited in the So- ciety's Cabinet, 18. 436.
Brattle Street parsonage. 3. 88.
Brattleborough, I't., 18. 167.
'Brattle's Gardens,' Cambridge, Mass., II. 10.
Brauwer. Adrian, 13. 317.
Brawn, Eleanor ( Mrs. Rhodes), 14. 152. Brawn, Elizabeth ( Mrs. Thomas), 14. 152. Brawn, George, marriage of, 14 151. Brawn, John, killed by Indians, 14. 140. Brawn, Michael, 14. 140 n. Brawn, Mrs. Sarah, 14. 151.
Brawnde, Edward, 18. 91.
Braxton, Carter, 15. 393. Bray, Lieut. Jolin, 15. 86.
Brav, Rev. Thomas, D.D., 18. 425. His 'Catechetical Lectures,' 18. 427. His 'Bibliotheca Parochialis,' 18. 430.
Braybrooke, Charles C. Neville, 5th Lord, 12. 336.
BRAYBROOKE, RICHARD GRIFFIN, Lord, 12. 437 ; 13. 74, 75; 19. 243. Nominated a Corresponding Member, 2. 340. Elect- ed, 2. 342. Accepts membership, 2. 354. . Ilis death, 4. 20.
Brazen, Thomas, see Waterhouse, S.
Brazer, Rec. John, D.D., donation from, 2. 258.
Brazier, Benjamin, 20. 124.
Brazil, 6. 248. llistorical and Geograph- ical Society of, see Instituto llistorico e Geografico Brasileiro, Rio da Janeiro. Brazos, Santiago, 7. 412.
Bread, a specimen of, used in the Revolu- tionary War, donated to the Society, 3. 112.
Breast-pin, a relie of S: Adams and J: Hancock, 4. 44.
Brebeuf, Father, eaten by the Iroquois, 4. 278. Breck, Capt., of the ' Despatch,' 7. 427.
Breek, Arnold, killed by Indians, 14. 131.
Breck, Edward, Esq., donation from, 9. 1. Breck, Robert, donations from, I. 68, 74. Breck, Ret. Robert, 8 30.
Breck, Samuel, the e'der, 3. 310 n .: 5. 355; 7 211, 215; 8. 319, 321, 333, 349, 357, 374, 380. 405. 407; 12. 61, 64. His wife, 8. 352, 390, 407.
Breck, Samnel, the son, d. 1862. 8. 316. Notes on Jolin Andrews's letters by, 8 319-321. Donation from, 2. 263. Letter to, from James Lloyd, 7. 369- 372. The ' Recollections of,' cited, 17. 364 n.
Breck, Mrs. Samuel, 7. 211, 245.
Breck, William, 11. 110
Breckenridge, Vice-Pres. John C., 4. 92. Breda, Carl Fredrik von, 10. 277.
Breda, treaty of, 15. 18.
' Breeches Bible,' 18 963.
Breed, Ebenezer & Jolin, 11. 303.
Breed, Josiah, 15. 90.
Breed's Ilill, 4. 250; 7 360 Cannon-balls found on, 7. 302. Woodeut of the mon- ument erected in 1794, 14. 63. Sce Bunker Hill.
Breeze, Arthur, 19. 417.
Bremen, Adam of, 13. 353, 362 ; 18. 22.
Breiner, John L., 19. 356.
Bremerhaven, explosion at. 14. 205.
Brentford, John (Gov. William Brad- ford), 3. 34.
Brentford, town of, 6 66 n.
Brenton, Ebenezer, 4 256, 257.
Brenton, James, 17. 203.
Brenton, William, 3. 398.
Brenton, William, Collector of Boston, 2. 298 n. Brenton, William, Pres. of R. I., d. 1674.
assertion concerning the Narragansett Patent, 6. 50. Copy of the Narragan- sett Patent shown to, 6 65 n. Brenton's Neck, 1775, 7. 220.
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Brereton, John, manuscript copy of the | volume of, given to the Society, 2. 116. Manuscript of, 2. 119.
Brereton, William, Lord, 16. 207, 210, 212, 213, 215, 216, 220, 238, 249-251; 20. 63. Letterfrom, to Gov. Winthrop, 16.
215. Letter from Winthrop to, 16. 219, 2:20.
Brerewood, Edward, 17. 173.
Bression Aymer, 13 381.
Breton, Cape, 7. 476. Conquest of, rec- ommended to the French King, 1782, 7. 265.
Brett, Clacs, 10. 389.
Brevoort, Henry, Ictter of Sir Walter Scott to, on receipt of a copy of Irv- ing's ' Knickerbocker,' 4. 397; 12. 141.
BREVOORT, J. CARSON, 17. 119. Elected
a Corresponding Member of the Soci- ety, 4. 228. Donations from, 4. 397 ; 5. 26, 104; 7. 300 ; 8. 480 ; Io. 134. Vote of thanks to, 4. 424.
Brewer, Rev. Daniel, 8. 28.
Brewer, Col. David, 14. 295; 15. 84, 85, 128, 154, 160. Officers of the regiment of, 15. 84, 84 n.
Brewer, Lieut. David, Jr., 15. 84.
Brewer, Lieut. Elisha, 15. 83.
Brewer, Gardner, 10. 413; 20. 359, 364.
Brewer, Isaae G., 10. 89.
Brewer, Capt. James, 20. 13. Letter to, from Maj .- Gen. lleath, 6. 260, 261. Brewer, Lieut. John, 14. 100.
Brewer, Co/. Jonathan, 6. 178; 12. 201; 15. 83, 85, 110, 129, 159, 160. Officers of the regiment of, 15. 83, 83 n.
Brewer, Nathaniel, 20. 7.
Brewer, Nathaniel, donation from, 1. 39.
Brewer, Brigade Major Samuel, 15. 87. Brewer, Lieut. Samuel, 15. 83, 143 n., 150. Brewster, Mr., 1. 155 n.
Brewster, Charles Warren, his ' Rambles about Portsmouth ' eited, 14. 122 n., 130 m .; 16. 6 n., 8 n.
Brewster, Edward, son of William, 12. 98n. Brewster, Job, 1. 114 n.
Brewster, John, 16. 264.
Brewster, Jonathan, 12. 99 n. Letter from, 5. 38, 39.
Brewster, Rev. Nathaniel, H.C. 1642, 4. 441; 8. 11, 20, 25.
Brewster, Osmyn, 2. 227 n.
Brewster, William, 1609, 12. 99 n.
Brewster, William, 12. 98 n.
Brewster, William, father of Elder Brew- ster, 12. 102, 120.
Brewster, Elder William, 1. 113 n .; 4. 142, 144 ; g. 348; 10. 80 ; 11. 94; 12. 98-103, 129, 342; 14. 304; 17. 303, 340-342, 344, 348; 18. 210; 19. 108, 425; 20. 97. Sword of, 1. 114; 4. 6, 142. Letter of Sir John Stanhope relating to his (W. B.'s) appointment as Postmaster of Scrooby, 12. 98-100. Children of, 12. 98 n.
Brewster, Mass., 20. 415.
Brewsters, the, in Boston Harbor, 4. 295 ; 7. 164, 198.
Breyman's Fort, captured by Col. Brooks, 3. 272-274.
Briamant, Pierre, Boston, naturalized, 4. 363.
Brian's Island, Io. 394.
Briant, Rev. Lemuel, 1. 137.
Briarly, Samuel, 20. 23.
Brick, see Breek.
Bricket, Lt .- Col. James, 14. 88; 15. 79, 92, 96, 98, 99, 106, 112, 113, 117, 120, 122, 126, 127, 133, 137, 139, 142, 147, 160.
Bridg, Mathew, 6. 349.
Bridge, Mr., 11. 310.
Bridge, Rev. A. M., 20. 415.
Bridge, Col. Ebenezer, 14. 68 n. ; 15. 81, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 97, 101, 103, 108 n.,
110, 113, 117, 121, 123, 126, 129, 138, 146, 154, 160, 255. Officers of the reg- iment of, 15. 81, 81n. Acquitted by court-martial, 15. 154.
Bridge, Lieut. Ebenezer, 15. 76.
Bridge, Rev. Ebenezer, his election ser- mon, 1. 79.
Bridge, Elizabeth (3/rs. Garfield), fac- simile of the signature of, 19. 84.
Bridge, Henrietta (Mrs. Dana), 19. 60. Bridge, John, 15. 81.
Bridge, Joseplı, 17. 157.
Bridge, Rev. Josiah, his election sermon, 1. 98.
Bridge, Mattlicw, 19. 84.
Bridge, Samuel, 12. 107, 108; 20. 3, 23.
Bridge, Samuel J., II. 484, 485 ; 20. 345. Letter from, to R. C. Wintlirop, 4. 322, 323. Donation from, 4. 322-324. Let- ter to, from F. G. Gardner, 4. 323.
Bridge, Rev. Thomas, 2. 449 n. ; 17. 263 ; 20. 5, 210.
Bridge, Rev. William, II. 201 ; 20. 23.
Bridger, Charles, transmits a copy of a letter from William Winthrop to Jolin Fox, 15. 262.
Bridger, John, 12. 375.
Bridges, Jolin, 11. 431 n.
Bridges, Richard, 13. 405, 406.
Bridge's Creek, Va., 17. 210, 241.
Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, 3d Duke of, 11. 60.
Bridgewater, John Egerton, 2d Duke of, 13. 106.
Bridgewater, Mass., 3. 217-219; 4. 99; 8. 349; 10. 50; II. 30 m., 496; 12. 394, 395, 399, 400; 13. 54; 15. 5; 17. 23, 31, 121, 344; 18. 176, 246, 435, 436; 19. 256, 259, 314, 382: 20. 238, 355. History of, 2. 561. Church at, 8. 221. Extract from the records of the town of, 13. 68. Rev- olutionary broadside of the town of, 13. 371, 372.
Bridgewater Academy, 17. 215, 215 n.
'Bridgewater Collection,' 2. 561. Bibli- ographieal note on, 17. 121, 122.
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Bridgham, Ebenezer, 11. 393, 395. A
refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266.
Bridgham, John, 8. 13, 22, 27.
Bridgham, Elder Joseph, 12. 365; 20. 323. Bridgham, Lieut. Paul, 15. 75.
Bridgman, Laura, 12. 268.
Bridgman, Thomas, donations from, 2.
444, 471, 491. His ' Memorials of the King's Chapel Burying Ground,' 2. 210. His ' Memorials of the Dead in Boston' cited, 13. 420 n. His 'Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground ' cited, 17 234 n.
' Brief Relation of the State of New Eng- land,' 1689, 10. 348.
' Briefe Relation of the Discovery and Plantation of New England ' cited, 18. 92 n. Extract from, 18. 114, 115.
Brien, -, 17. 198.
Brienne, Madame de, her miniature of Washington, 7. 300.
Brigden, Michael, 20. 124.
Brigden, Zachary, 11. 140.
Brigden, Zecharialı, d. 1662, 8. 12, 21, 26.
Brigeart, Sieur, roasted alive and eaten, 4. 278.
Briggs, Rev. Charles, 19 314.
Briggs, Hon. George N., 2. 308 n .; 10. 441; II. 271; 15. 370; 17. 5. Dr. L. V Bell's opinion of, 7. 57, 57 n.
Briggs, Rev. George W., 6. 318 ; 20. 412.
Briggs, Lieut. Henry, 15. 77.
Briggs, John, 15. 80 n.
Briggs, Capt. William, 15. 77.
Brigham, Amariah, M.D., quoted, 7. 73.
Brigham, Arthur Austin, 13. 281.
Brigham, Charles, 13. 280.
Brigham, Charles, 6. 1769, 13. 280.
Brigham, Charles Brooks, H.C. 1866, 13. 281. Donation from, 10. 311.
Brigham, Rev. Charles H., donations from,
5. 309 ; 8. 274. Vote of thanks to, 5 309. Letter from, 15. 180. Brigham, Edward Austin, 13. 281.
Brigham, Capt. John, 15. 77.
Brigham, Mrs. Margaret A. (Brooks), 13. 281.
Brigham, Mary Brooks, 13. 281.
Brigham, Mrs. Susanna (Baylis), 13. 280. Brigham, Lieut. Timothy, 15. 75 n., 120. BRIGHAM, Hon. WILLIAM, A.B, 4. 124, 144, 167 ; 8. 257 ; 9. 348; 10. 141, 313; II. 33; 12. 4; 20. 410. His death, I. xliv. Has permission to use the Li- brary under certain restrictions, 2. 41. Donations from, 2. 13, 110, 265; 3. 50, 182; 4. 122, 424; 5. 45 ; 6. 23, 82, 361, 417; 7. 304; 8. 4, 480; 9. 227; 10. 40, 93, 207, 469; II. 501. Nominated a Resident Member, 2. 546. Elected, 2. 548. Accepts membership, 2. 549. Of committee to treat with Messrs. Ames and Shattuck concerning certain im- portant exchanges, 2. 549. Present at meetings of the Society, 2. 551, 552,
554, 573, 583, 585, 592, 596, 590, 604 Of Scrutinizing Committee, 2. 572. Of committee to confer with Mr. Lowell concerning valuable papers left by Judge Putnam, 2. 583. Remarks in relation to the true date of the Colonial Ordinance establishing the riparian rights, 2. 594, 595. Amount subscribed by, for the Library and new Catalogue, 2. 603 n. Of Standing Committee, 3. 29, 86, 162 ; 4. 3. To make applica- tion for amendment of charter, with report of the same, 3. 32, 32 d, 33. Ex- hibits a deed of a pew in Brattle Street Church, 3. 38. Of committee to ascer- tain what books may be obtained from the Commonwealth, 3. 41. Of commit- tee to collect Acts of Parliament refer- ring to colonial affairs, 3. 110. Elected Recording Secretary pro tem., 3. 130. Of committee to apply for amendment of the charter with reference to an in- crcase of members, 3. 154, 155. Special meeting called at his house, 3. 177. Offers for acceptance a number of the 'Royal American Magazinc,' 3. 181. Signs a memorial remonstrating against a petition of the Historic-Genealogical Society for a change of its corporate name, 3. 266-270. Exhibits a deed from John Quincy Adams to John Franklin, 3 281, 282. Of committee to nominate officers for the Society, 3. 284 ; 4. 438. Presents historical papers, 3. 336, 337. Report of Standing Committee for 1857-58, 4. 3-7. Remarks by, 4. 283. Of committee on exchange of prisoners in the Revolution, 5. 324, 346. Of com- mittee to decide upon the disposition of certain papers, 6. 6. Remarks by, 10. 93, 94. On the origin of the name of Flint's Pond, 10. 137. His death, II. xviii. Announcement of the death of, with resolutions adopted by the Soci- ety, 11. 138. Mention of his death in a letter from the President, 11. 139. 'Me- moir of,' by Dr. Robbins, 13. 280, 281. His Paper on the authorship of the Introductory Essay of Woods's 'New England's Prospect,' 6. 334-337. Trib- ute to J. Willard by. 8. 291-293. Lec- ture on the ' Colony of New Plymouth. and its relations to Massachusetts,' 13. 281.
Brigliam, William Tufts, 13. 281. Dona-
tions from, 10. 134, 335 ; 11. 490. Brigham Hill Homestead, 13. 281.
Bright, Benjamin H., 17 305.
Briglit, Rev. Francis, 17. 340, 346.
Bright, Rev. George, 20 8.
Bright, Rev. George, D.D, his 'Treatise on Prayer,' 18. 420.
Bright, Jobn. donation from, I. 137.
Bright, Timothy, M.D., 11. 422 n.
Brightman, Rev. Thomas, 11. 201.
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Brignole Sale, Marchese, 5. 373.
Brimfield, Mass., 11. 11; 12. 403, 404, 412. Brimmer, Col., 7. 202.
Brimmer, Mr., II. 10.
Brimmer, Andrew, 4. 353 n.
Brimmer, George W., 17. 432. Portrait of Gov. Hutchinson lent to, 1. 417. Sale of the land of Mount Auburn, 17. 432. Brimmer, Herman, 4. 353 n. ; II. 140.
Brimmer, John Baker, 4. 303 n.
Brimmer, Martin, the elder, petitions for naturalization, 4. 349, 350. Facsimile of signature, 4. 350. Naturalized, 4 353. His will, 4. 353 n.
BRIMMER, Hon. MARTIN, donation from, 9 67. Elected a Resident Member, 20. xvii.
Brimmer, Martin, Jr., 1775, 4. 82, 353 n .; 8. 398; II. 140.
Brimmer, Mrs. Martin (Watson), II. 150 n.
Briminer, Mrs. Susanna, 4. 353 n.
Brimmer School, the name of, 6. 32.
Brimsdell, -, 12. 115.
Brinard, Capt. Timothy, 15. 86 n.
Brinckerhoff, Isaac, M.D., donation from, 8. 274.
Brindley, -, 15. 91.
Brink, Bakhuizen van der, 16. 433, 451, 461.
Brinley, Mrs. Deborah, 16. 394.
Brinley, Edward, donation from, 2. 375.
Brinley, Edward L., 16. 394.
Brinley, Francis, d. 1765, portrait of, by Smibert, 16. 394.
Brinley, Francis, the younger, 16. 394.
Brinley, Francis, donations from, 2. 346, 413, 430 ; 4. 330. His ' Account of Set- tlements in Narragansett Bay,' 1. 122.
Brinley, Mrs. Francis, portrait of, by Smibert, 16. 394.
Brinley (Brindley). George, 11. 392, 395. Brinley, George, 10. 450 n .; 17. 63, 69,
71, 358 n .; 20. 178. Note from, 2 599. Donation from, 8. 466.
Brinley (Brindley), Thomas, 11. 392, 395;
19. 237. A refugee from Boston in 1776, 18. 266.
Brintnall, Charles, donation from, 1. 471. Brinton, Daniel G., M.D., donation from, II. 499.
Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre, 3. 385 ; 6 251, 252 ; 13 82. Quoted, II. 8.
Bristed, Charles Astor, 4 211. His 'Five Years in an English University ' cited, II. 89.
Bristol, John Hervey, 1st Earl of, 16. 392, 396.
Bristol, Me., 12. 408, 417.
Bristol, Penn., 19. 72.
Bristol, R. I., 3. 298 ; 7. 214. 225 ; 8. 78, 219, 220 ; II. 29: 12. 394, 395, 399; 17- 263 n .; 18. 338-340. Houses burnt in 1775. 7. 213. Ceded by Mass. to R. L., 12. 40In. Rogers Free Library, 18. 332
Bristol County, 6. 253. Donation from the county commissioners of, 4. 146.
Bristol riots, 20. 332.
'British and Foreign Medical Review,' 17. 443.
'British Apollo,' 12. 381.
British Army, 3. 327. Use of the Old South Church, 3 19. Result of Brad- dock's defeat, 3. 236, 237. Uniform of, 4 149, 150. Slaves enlisting offered freedom, 6. 183, 186, 187. Proposal made to Lord Dunmore, 6. 225-227. Condition of, after the Revolution, 6. 371. The Boston Massacre, 6. 480-483. The troops to be removed to the Castle, 6. 482, 483. Position of troops shown on a map of Boston, 1775, 17. frontis- piece. See Parliamentary Army.
British Board of Trade, 18. 437, 444.
British Cabinet, 3. 79.
British Charitable Society, donation from, 7. 100.
British Colonies in North America, 2.524; 6. 63, 70 n. 'Power of Great Britain founded on the liberties of the,' I. 19. Commissioners of the, I. 253; 5. 376, 377 ; 6. 61, 73 n., 477. Map of, 2. 524. Increase of the desire for union among, 3- 33; 14. 261, 269. Acts of Parliament relating to trade in, 3. 92, 110. Rise and progress of, 3. 139. Laws con- cerning slavery, 3. 190. Their rights, 4- 29, 30. Resolution to declare theni independent, 6. 324. Pamphlets and other papers relating to colonial times, 6. 365. A measure of religious intoler- ance, suggested to the General Courts, 6. 477-479. Queries in regard to the royal power over, 7. 119-122. See also names of colonies and New England.
British Government, 3. 73. The light- house system, 3. 78. Unwilling to abolish the slave trade, 6. 141. Negro soldiers employed by, 6. 248.
British Government Assay Office, 6. 471. British Home Department, 3. 205.
British Islands, 6. 25.
British merchants, origin of the slave trade, 6. 141.
British Museum. 3 8; 6. 18, 255; 9. 344 ; IO. 318, 321, 330, 439, 448, 459, 460 n .; II. 323, 410 m .; 12. 428; 16. 141, 431; 19. 330, 331 ; 20. 41, 58. A committee appointed to consider the donation of the Collections to, 2. 354. Report of the committee concerning the Collec- tions to be sent to, 2. 355. Catalogue of manuscripts in, 2. 355. The library of Mr. Grenville donated to, 3. 106, 107. British Parliament, see Parliament.
British Record Commission, see Record Commission.
British Record Office, see Record Office.
'British Resentment,' a caricature, 14. 168.
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British State Paper Office, see State Paper Office.
British statesmen, names of, given to streets, 6. 29, 30.
Britons, 6. 183.
Britton, Mr., 10. 46.
Brizi, Signor Oreste, donation from. 2. 466. Broad Bay, 2. 545 n., 546 n. ; 7. 202.'
Broadstreet, -- , 20. 267.
Broadstreet, Simon, 10. 391.
Broadwater, Charles, appointed to attend the Convention at Williamsburg, 6. 114. Brock, Rev. John, 8. 11, 20, 25.
Brockhans, Friedrich Arnold, 12. 266. Donation from, 5. 223.
Brockton, Mass , 18. 436; 19. 256, 257.
Brockway, -, 17. 177.
Broderick, John, a refugee from Boston in 1776. 18. 266.
Brodhead, Mr., wounded, 7. 335.
Brodhead, Rev. James, D.D., presenta- tion of a memoir of, 7. 299.
BRODHEAD, JOHN ROMEYN, A.M., 2. 299n., 311 n .; 8. 2, 18, 19; 13. 266. Address delivered by him at the anniversary, 2. 295n. Nominated a Corresponding Member, 2. 302. Elected, 2. 303. Ac- cepts election, 2. 318. Present at a meeting of the Society, 2. 441. Dona- tions from, 7. 299 ; 9. 467. Death of, 12. xviii ; announced, 13. 43. Cited, 6. 66 n., 70 n. His ' History of New York' eited, 10. 386 n. ; 17. 220 n., 224 n.
Brodnax, Gen. William H., 18. 269.
Brodriek, Alan, 2d Viscount Midleton, see Midleton.
Broglie, Vietor François, Comte de, 14. 217.
Broke, Sir Philip B. V., 19. 379. Bromfield, Mr., 16. 291.
Bromfield, Mr., letter from, to C. Mather, 6 409, 410. Gratitude to, expressed by C. Mather, 6 414.
Bromfield, Edward, 10. 42, 44. His mar- ringe, 18. 265, 265 n.
Bromfield, Hon. Edward, 12.254, 374, 385, 426; 14. 200; 20. 2.
Bromfield, Elizabeth, death of, 18. 265.
Bromfield, Henry, 1. 173 n. Donations from, 1. 122, 124; 10 42. His gift of the portrait of John Wilson, 10. 42; 18. 265 ก.
Bromfield, John, Boston, d. 1849, 7. 432; II. 225. His death, 7. 432. Bromfield, John, Newburyport, 11. 226. Bromfield family, 13. 215. Bromhall, George, 16. 264. Bromley, Sir Thomas, 14. 197.
Brompton, -, 3. 144 n. Bronson, William, 19. 181. Brook, Benjamin, 18. 3.
Brook (Brooke), Rev. John, H.C. 1646, 5. 155, 156. Legacy to, 5. 155. Brooke, Nathaniel, 18. 432-434.
Brooke, Robert Greville, Lord, 4. 2; 14. 365 ; 16. 210 ; 20. 82 n.
Brookfield, Mass., 4. 59 ; 6. 431, 441 ; II. 345, 346; 16. 155; 17. 338; 18. 17, 17 R .; 19. 396, 398, 422. Second Church in, 6. 431. Origin of the name of, 12. 411. Brookline, Mass., 4. 100, 295; 5- 257; II. 100, 244 ; 12. 60, 247, 403 ; 16. 315; 17. 18 n., 432 ; 18. 183, 241, 339; 19. 3, 60 ; 20. 35, 36, 192, 232, 260. Visited by Gen. Washington, 3 309. In 1775-76, 7. 209, 212, 217, 220, 239, 258. Mortality of, 8. 224. Historical Sketch of, by Dr. Pierce, II. 101. Called originally ' Muddy River,' 12. 409.
Brooklyn, Conn., 18. 177.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 3. 259; 4. 91, 101; 16. 391; 17. 285, 286; 18. 26, 363.
Brooks, Mr., 16. 290.
Brooks, Ann Gorham (Mrs. Frothing- ham), 11. 372.
Brooks, Lieut. Caleb, 15. 80.
Brooks, Mrs. Cecilia, 18. 177.
Brooks, Charles, 17. 98.
BROOKS, Rer. CHARLES. 8. 252, 257, 223, 432; 13. 13 : 18. 154 ; 19. 123. 383. Do- nations from, 2. 361, 452, 477 ; 3 63 : 4 124, 133; 6. 78; 7. 100, 115, 357, 474 : 8. 79, 88, 314, 442; 10. 40; II. 501. Elected a Resident Member, 4. 52. Gift from, 4. 129. Remarks, 4 112. Exhib- its articles exhumed from Indian graves at Medford, 6. 416. Report on the sword of Col. J: Brooks, 7. 344, 478, 479. Reads anecdotes of E. Everett, 8. 272, 273. Remarks of, on J. Willard, 8. 289-291. Communicates a memoir of Joseph Willard, Esq., 9. 275. Death of, 12. xviii. Noticed, 12. 252. Reso- lution passed by the Society, 12. 253. Autograph, and portrait of, face 18. 174 Memoir of, by Solomon Lincoln. 18. 174-178. Birth and parentage, 18. 174. College and Divinity School, 18. 174. Settled at Hingham, 18. 1.4. Establishes a Sunday-school. 18. 175. Other parish work, 18. 175. Visits Europe, 18. 175. His instrumentality in establishing Normal Schools. 18. 176. Professor in the University of the City of New York, 18. 177. Sex. ond visit to Europe, 18. 177. His pub- lications, 18. 177. Marriage, 18. 177. Children, 18. 177. His Paper on ' Re- mains of North American Indians exhumed in Medford,' 6. 362-301. His ' History of Medford' cited. 17. 263 R. Brooks, Charles John, 18. 177.
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