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Pizarro, Joseph G. Leon y, and Fla. negotiations, 5. 32.
Plague, in Holland (1655), 3. 194; in Eng. (1666), 4. 281.
Plaine Description of Barmudas, ex- tant copy, 12. 161.
Plainfield (Quinabaug), Conn., acad- emy (1795), 3. 44; papers concern- ing (1659-1700), 5. 289, 294, 299, 303.
Plaisted, John, in N. H. Council, 8. 93. Plank, Fort, N. Y., in 1779, 2. 452; alarm, 455, 456.
Planner, Mary (Haughton), 13. 34.
Plantayne, William, Boston estate, 1. 312.
Planterose, Mary C. (Marye), prize case (1743), 5. 87.
Plate belonging to Washington, 1. 255. Plater, Mrs. Joane, exile in Amster- dam (1621), 6. 59.
Plater, Richard, exile in Amsterdam (1621), 6. 59. Platt, -
-, at Boston dinner (1776), 10. 103.
Platt, Capt. Jesse, in campaign of 1760, 4. 408.
Platt, Susan (Pynchon), 1. 137.
Plattsburg, case, 14. 411.
Playfair, John, commercial tables, 17. 357.
Pleasant Hill, Somerville, 10. 549. Pleasants, Thomas, 17. 487.
Plimpton, George A., docs. on slavery owned by, 20. 512.
Plough patent, 1. 232.
Plowed Hill, fortification, 7. 403, 17. 304.
Ploydon, Sir Edmund, patent, 1. 248. Plum Island, control (1683), 4. 290. Plumbe, Edward, examination about pirates (1699), 5. 297.
Pitts, James, keeps a carriage (1768), 'Plymouth, Eng., and Popham Colony,
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2. 243, 244, 248; letter to corpora- tion from Va. Co. (1609) on aiding settlement of Va., 244-246.
Plymouth, Mass., French cruisers before (1697), 1. 151; Maverick's account (1660), 242; in 1650, 2. 48; alarm after evacuation of Boston, 158; smuggling (1771), 232; loyalists, 234, 3. 402 n .; Howland's Tavern, 383, 400 n., 10. 47; Old Colony Hall, 3. 385, 393 n .; Romney at (1769), 394 n .; Central House, 402 n .; Croswell's drama on Pilgrim Fathers, 431 n .; removal and restor- ation of Rock, 441 n., 4. 135; Com. of Corresp. chosen, 3. 440-443; in 1801, 4. 135; ancient wreck de- posited at, 217-219, 311; royal arms, 373; sexual morality (1642), 6. 510; foundering of Gen. Arnold (1778), 10. 107, 393, 12. 199; cus- toms force at (1774), 193; and Clark's Island, 346; fever (1676), 13. 357. See also Old Colony Club, Plymouth Colony.
Plymouth, Perry's Japan expedition, 2. 260.
Plymouth Colony, Maverick's account- (1660), 1. 242-244; and N. Neth., 246; settlements and ministers (1650), 2. 48-49; date of landing of Pilgrims, 3. 383 n .; coat of arms, 391, 392; information on Mullins, Williamson, Heale, and captain of Mayflower, 5. 33-37; reason for compact, 326; hist. services of Chas. Deane, 7. 49-58; first patent found, 52; Congregational celebration of 250th anniversary, 97; missing scal of first patent restored, 8. 283-284; election sermons (1669), 9. 425 ; (1674), 434 ; Book of General Laws (1672), 430; (1685), 465; royal address (1690), 482; marginalia concerning, on
old Bible considered, 10. 256-263; first record of name Mayflower, 11. 70; missing account of voy- age of Mayflower, 367, 12. 17; course and landing of Pilgrims, 17. 378-382; as first family colony, 18. 372-375; Standish's Indian fight, 20. 576-578. See also Brad- ford's History, Pilgrim Society, Pilgrims, Plymouth (Mass.), Plym- outh County.
Plymouth Company, and Argall's raid, 1. 189 n .; use of kidnapped Indians, 2. 36-38.
Plymouth County, Mass., loyalist
refugees, 2. 234-235; collection of ancient plans, 4. 196.
Plymouth Rock, piece of, 2. 101; removal and restoration, 3. 441 n., 4. 135.
Pocahontas, controversy over Smith's story, 7. 59-61.
Pocock, John, letters to Winthrop (1645, '47) on iron works, 8. 15-17. Poetry, books in Elder Brewster's library, 5. 84; Longfellow as poet, 8. 154-166, 20. 564-574; ballads, 9. 2; Holmes as poet, 11. 49, 55, 57- 58, 17. 139; Thos. Day on Am. (1786), 339-341. See also next title, and Hymns, Psalms.
POETRY, verses and Latin epigrams by Sewall, 1. 14, 2. 42, 3. 380, 4. 80- 82, 6. 381; "Non-Conformist's Oath," 3. 188-190; verses by John Winthrop (1717), 381; Scammell's song on Pilgrim Fathers, 417-418; "Grammarians Funeral," 5. 2; "Social Group" by Jos. Story and others, 106-107; punning verses on Boston ministers (1818), 8. 252-254; a carrier's address (1796), 267; Holmes on Parkman, 360- 361; three funeral elegies (1681, 1710), 387-395; ballads on 1755, 9. 3-5; Sewall's verses on Merrimac River, 7-8; contemp. verses on Conn. River, 9-10; 0 BK songs, 131- 132, 138; Wm. Everett on Holmes, 160-162 ; specimens of Benj. Tomp- son's, 10. 263-284, 369-371; dog- gerel on battle of Bennington, 504- 506; verses on Bradford's fight with French privateers (1800), 12. 250- 252; social verses by J. Q. Adams, 16. 399, 405; verses by Lady Pepperrell, 17. 88; ode by Eliza- beth White, 19. 434 n; Bryant's hymn for Dr. Snell's jubilee, 437; Lyman's Hasty Pudding song, 20. 152 n.
Poignand, Louise E. [Mrs. Aspinwall], 7.37.
Poinsett, Joel R., on Panama Con- gress and Cuba, 12. 362.
Poley, John, protest against students' long hair (1673), 9. 99.
Police, reform movement in Boston (1792), 4. 62-64. See also Con- stables, Order.
Police power, recent decisions of Supreme Court, 18. 178-180.
Polignac, Jules, prince de, and Span. Am. (1823), 15. 382, 430.
Polignac Decrees, protest, 1. 140.
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Political revolution, age as element, 11. 226-233.
Political science, books in Elder Brewster's library, 5. 84. See also Government.
Politics, slavery agitation (1844-60),
3. 325-328; Boston local election- eering (1786-96), 14. 63-77; in 1800-34, 20. 257-391 [see Duane, Wm.]. See also Elections, Govern- ment, Political revolution, and par- ties by name.
Politika, -, Russian agent (1810), 20. 343.
Polk, James K., papers, 18. 338.
Pollard, , (?) of Boston, in Lon- don (1728), 9. 343.
Pollard, , of Western Va. (1788), 17. 496.
Pollard, Ann, tradition, 18. 372.
Pollard, Benjamin, in campaign of 1760, 4. 389, 390.
Pollard, Benjamin, subscription to Boston dinner (1830), 6. 342.
Pollard, Jonathan, in campaign of 1760, 4. 391, 392.
Pollard, Joseph, in campaign of 1760, 4.391.
Pollock, Sir Frederick, at Congress of Hist. Sciences (1903), 17. 246.
Polly, whaling-sloop (1771), 10. 15.
Polverel, Étienne, commissioner to
Haiti, 2. 335 n .; and claim of Am. merchants, 356, 367-368; character as commissioner, 368.
Pomangun, Indian, at Ft. Dummer (1724), 6. 367.
Pomeroy. See also Pomery.
Pomeroy, Rev. Benjamin, and New London (1743), 15. 9.
Pomeroy, Capt. Ebenezer, career, 6. 374; conference with Scatacooks (1728), 377-381.
Pomeroy, Col. John, in Boston (1768), 10. 70.
Pomeroy, Medad, 6. 374.
Pomeroy, Samuel C., and Emigrant Aid Soc., 1. 181.
Pomeroy, Major Seth, at Louisburg (1745), 11. 420.
Pomery, Leonard, settlement, 1. 234. Pomfret, Conn., inn (1804), 2. 32. Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette (Poisson), marquise de, letters from Lévis, 4. 96.
Pompton, N. J., troops at (1779), 2. 476; in 1777, 6. 102.
Ponce de Leon, Juan, and Menendez, 8. 418.
Pond, John, in Mass. (1630), 8. 469.
Pond, Joseph, in Eng. (1631), 8. 471. Pond, Robert, in Mass. (1631), 8. 470. Pond, William, letter to (1631) on conditions in Mass., 8. 469-473.
Pons, Thomas, Boston estate, 1. 315. Ponsonby, Sarah, home, appearance, 19. 466.
Pontiac Conspiracy, Parkman MSS. on, 3. 153, 4. 44.
Pontus, Mary, Pilgrim at Leyden, 17. 183.
Pontus, William, Pilgrim at Leyden, 17. 179.
Pontus, Wybra (Hanson), Pilgrim at Leyden, 17. 179.
Pook, Charles, works on Boston defences (1814), 14. 152; charac- terized, 153.
Pool, - of Boston, Hammond's suit against (1691), 7. 158, 159. Pool, tavern-keeper at New London (1795), 3. 44.
Pool, -, tailor, and Napoleon III., 16. 470.
Pool, Thomas, works on Boston defences (1814), 14. 152; charac- terized, 153.
Poole, William Frederick, M. H.S. tribute to, 8. 503.
Poopoonuck, Indian, at Ft. Dummer (1724), 6. 367.
Poor. See also Poore.
Poor, Gen. Enoch, in Sullivan's ex- pedition, 2. 463, 464; battle of Newtown, 465; brigade in N. J., 475; in Saratoga campaign, 3. 104, 108, 109; in Monmouth cam- paign, 114, 6. 108; change in force, - 3. 118; brigade in Conn. (1778), 120, 122, 123; furlough, 123, 128; brigade goes to R. I. (1777), 6. 99; brigade reviewed (1778), 107. Poor, Mrs. Henry V., gift to M. H.S., 8. 118.
Poor, Isaac, works on Boston de- fences (1814), 14. 152.
Poor, Mrs. John, death (1677), 7. 169. Poor, John A., on Argall's raid, 1. 189 n.
Poor, Mary W. (Pierce), memoir of John Pierce, 7. 124.
Poor, Capt. Thomas, at Half-Way Brook fight (1758), 6. 33.
Poor, Thomas. See Powers.
Poor, apprenticing of Boston paupers (1792), 2. 242; provision for, in provinces, 8. 104. See also Charity, Franklin Fund.
Poor whites of Carolina (1805), 2. 22, 30.
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Poore. See also Poor.
Poore, Benjamin, letter (1838), 16. 291.
Poore, Benjamin P., letter from Sparks (1846) on Fr. archives, 15. 01.
Pope, -, Anti-Federalist in West- ern Va., 17. 496.
Pope, Lieutenant, in campaign of 1760, 5. 354, 360, 382.
Pope, Anna (Hammond), in old age, 19. 433 n.
Pope, Rev. Augustus R., at Plymouth anniversary (1845), 10. 395.
Pope, Edward, guest of Old Colony Club, 3. 408.
Pope, Ephraim, Boston estate, 1. 319. Pope, Lieut. (?) Isaac, at siege of Boston, 9. 75.
Pope, John, ports. of Webster, 2. 263. Pope, Rev. Joseph, at Spencer, 3. 51; biog. note, 52 n .; as minister, 19. 434 n.
Pope's Day, mobs in Boston, 10. 56. Popham, John, port., 8. 197.
Popham Colony, history, 2. 243; Va. Co. on, 243, 244; question of en- tire abandonment, 244, 247; inter- est of Plymouth, Eng., 244, 248. Popkin, Ebenezer W., 1. 338.
Popkin, Col. John, membership in Cincinnati, 1. 76; conimission, 250; milit. career, 251; spelling of name, 251; second wife, 338.
Popkin, John Snelling, career, 1. 339; and step-mother, 339; on Boston pre-Rev. milit. companies, 250; on John Popkin, 251; Har- vard D.D. (1815), 5. 180; respect for former pupil, 248; condition (1846), 251; memorial to, 251 n .; at Commencement (1848), 258; engraving, 10. 292.
Popkin, Mrs. Rebecca, 1. 251.
Popkin, Sarah (Willis | Sargeant), 1. 338; and step-son, 339.
Poplar Forest, Va. (1817), 6. 174.
Population, of cities of Haiti (1785), 2. 308; of Haiti (1790). 318 n .; of various Mass. towns (1790), 4. 136; of Groton (1659-1885), 137-140; Mass. census (1765), 137-139; of Mass. during Rev., 139; royal instructions for pro- vin. census, 8. 100; negro fecun- dity, 19. 96.
Porcupine, Peter. See Cobbett (Wm.). Pormort, Philemon, teacher, 1. 325. Port, -, innkeeper on Great Pedee (1805), 2. 34.
Port au Prince, Haiti, condition (1785), 2. 308, 308 n.
Port Folio, Wm. Duane on, 20. 269. Port Mahon, medal commemorating capture (1756), 8. 500.
Port Mahon, Brit. war-ship (1744), 5. 88.
Port Royal, Acadia, expeditions against (1704), 1. 157; (1707), 159,4. 154; (1710), 1. 161; (1690), 7. 154, 155, 9. 484, 13. 334; Ar- gall's raid, 1. 187; conditions (1695), 3. 65; and N. Eng. trade, 4. 153-154; Mass. order on trade with (1691), 12. 284. See also Acadia, Annapolis.
Port Royal, S. C., Menendez on, 8. 451.
Port Royal Island, name as royal memorial, 4. 251.
Portalis, Joseph M. M. C., comte de, Mignet's éloge on, 1. 142-144.
Porter, escape from Cape Français, 2. 341 n.
Porter, - , consul at Tangier (1831), 19. 480.
Porter, Rev. Ambrose, biog. note, 16. 422 n.
Porter, Anthony, of Ga., 20. 512. Porter, Catherine (Greenbury), exile in Amsterdam (1604), 6. 59.
Porter, Com. David, Rogers on (1815), 4. 208; papers, 18. 336; at Con- stantinople, 19. 502.
Porter, Adm. David D., on Butler, 19. 356.
Porter, Douglass W., purchases slaves, 20. 512-513.
Porter, Edward Griffin, gifts to M. H.S., 1. 250, 3. 8, 10. 125, 12. 188. 14. 144; lectures on Old North End, 2. 69; on disinterment of re- mains of Wm. Blackstone, 480; Rambles in Old Boston, 3. 178; list of publications (1886-1900), 280, 8. 185, 9. 24, 10. 555, 12. 175, 13. 66, 14. 129; MEMOIR OF CHAS. HUDSON, 4. 28-32; MEMOIR OF J. C. PHILLIPS, 33-36; on com. on Delftshaven Memorial, 6. 1, 40; reprinted M.H.S. papers, 240; on church record of Hancock's mar- riage, 395-397; elected to M.H.S. Council (1891, '92), 420, 7. 383; communicates journal of Ezra Stiles, 338-345; on discovery of Columbia River, 416-421; pre- sents gifts of others, 8. 21; on Nominating Com. (1893), 151; report, 200; communicates letter
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from Boston (1775), 9. 10; on French drama of Am. Rev., 108- 109; remarks, 158, 11. 277, 13. 62; on Library Com. (1895), 10. 1; report, 136; on Acton's com- memoration of Concord battle, 188-193; on Barrell house or McLean asylum, 548-552; on the Morse tablet at Rome, 11. 282-285; on the Cabot celebration at Halifax, 12. 2-9; on com. on annual meet- ing (1899), 13. 1; M.H.S. tributes to, 426-428, 443-448; death, 426, 15. 59; ancestry, 13. 426, 15. 55- 56; birth, 13. 426, 15. 56; educa- tion, 13. 427, 444, 15. 56; travel, 13. 427, 15. 57, 58; pastorate at Lexington, 13. 427, 15. 58; in M.H.S .. 13. 427, 445, 15. 64; in- stitutional offices, 13. 427, 445; in Civil War, Sanitary Commission, 444, 15. 57; as hist. investigator, 13. 444, 446-447, 15. 61-63; character and appearance, 13. 445, 447, 15. 59, 64; MEMOIR by Morton Dexter, 55-68; PORT. and AUTOG., 55; at Andover, 57; health, 57, 60; and Italian Protestantism, 58; in retirement, 59; as preacher and pastor, 60-61; and Lexington centennial, 62; character of writ- ings, 63; societies, 64; list of writ- ings, 65-68.
Porter, Eliphalet, at Harvard Com- mencements (1821-31), 5. 188, 200-202, 206.
Porter, Col. Elisha, regt. in Jersey campaign, 2. 224.
Porter, Elizabeth E. (Langdon), gift to M.H.S., 5. 309.
Porter, Rev. George W., letter to R. C. Winthrop (1890) on Wm. Eustis, 5. 309.
Porter, Rev. Huntington, at Harvard Commencements (1819-38), 5. 186,
216, 224; in Boston (1787), 16. 303. Porter, J. K., gift to M.H.S., 1. 31. Porter, Jacob, Plainfield, 6. 209. Porter, James, in Boston society, 10. 77.
Porter, John, immigrant, 15. 55. Porter, Rev. John, relig. controversy, 8. 92.
Porter, John, letter to F. B. Win- throp (1803) on Winthrop Papers, 8. 140.
Porter, Jonathan, Master's oration (1817) and biog. notes, 5. 183, 183 n., 9. 121 n .; @ BK oration (1828), 121.
Porter, Margaret [Mrs. Nash], 17. 183. Porter, Nathaniel, Harvard D.D. (1814), 5. 179.
Porter, Rev. Nehemiah, letter to Andrew Eliot (1770) on aid for N. S. churches, 4. 72-73; biog. note, 73 n .; death, 5. 188.
Porter, Oliver, bills of sale of slaves, 20. 512, 513.
Porter, Royal L., 13. 426; career, 15. 55-56.
Porter, Samuel, at Halifax, 10. 418; Jon. Sewall on, in Eng., 419, 422; desires to return to Salem, 423; addresses to Hutchinson and Gage (1774), 14. 50 n., 51 n.
Porter, Sarah [Mrs. Butler], 17. 177.
Porter, Sarah A. (Pratt), 13. 426; Mrs. Carruth, 15. 56.
Porter, Susannah (Sargeant-), 16. 303. Porter, Thomas, exile in Amsterdam (1604), 6. 59, 64.
Porter, Capt. (?) Thomas, in Boston society (1770), 10. 32.
Porter, William D., memorial, 1. 31. Porterfield, Charles, captured at Quebec, 2. 295.
Portland, Me., royal memorials, 4. 244. See also Falmouth.
Porto Bello, views, 20. 228.
Porto Rico, milit. weakness (1565), 8. 450; attitude of U.S. (1823), 15. 386. Portrait gallery, national, advocated, 3. 8, 7. 10.
PORTRAITS, M. H.S. groups (1858), 6. 76; (1869), 3. front., vi; C. F. Adams [1], 13. 198; William Amory, 4. 414; W. S. Appleton, 17. 516; Thos. Aspinwall, 7. 32; Edward Bangs, 10. 311; G. T. Bigelow, 5. front .; J. S. Bray- ton, 19. 268; L. F. Brigham, 16. 535; Martin Brimmer, 10. 586; A. H. Bullock, 3. 322; E. L. Bynner, 9. 173; J. E. Cabot, 20. 526; P. A. Chadbourne, 18. 448; Mellen Chamberlain, 19. 119; G. B. Chase, 17. front .; Rufus Choate, 11. 124; J. F. Clarke, 4. front .; S. C. Cobb, 7. 318; U. H. Crocker, 19. 554; R. H. Dana, Jr., 6. 262; Chas. Deane, 7. front .; Chas. Devens, 104; Geo. Dexter, 1. 327; H. M. Dex- ter, 7. 90; C. F. Dunbar, 14. 218; Jos. Dudley, 2. 196; Saml. Eliot, 14. front .; G. E. Ellis, 10. front .; R. W. Emerson, 2. 107; W. C. Endicott, 15. front .; Ed- ward Everett, 18. front .; W. A.
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Field, 19. 61; H. W. Foote, 8. 236; R. B. Forbes, 6. 197; Ben. Franklin (statuette), 20. 27; O. B. Froth- ingham, 10. 507; Rich. Frothing- ham, 1. front .; Horace Gray, 18. 155; J. C. Gray, 4. 22; W. W. Greenough, 14. 468; G. S. Hale, 12. 483; S. F. Haven, 1. 394; C. H. Hill, 13. 130; H. A. Hill, 11. 188; G. F. Hoar, 19. front .; O. W. Holmes, 11. 47; Williams Latham, 4. 195; A. A. Lawrence, 12. 130; Henry Lee, 19. 228; H. W. Long- fellow, 8. 152; S. K. Lothrop, 3. 161; Augustus Lowell, 15. 169; E. J. Lowell, 9. 541; James R. Lowell, 11. 75; John Lowell, 14. 177; John A. Lowell, 12. 113; Theo. Lyman, 20. 147; S. F. McCleary, 15. 255; H. S. Nourse, 18. 292; F. E. Oliver, 8. 474; L. R. Paige, 15. 240; F. W. Palfrey, 7. 39; E. A. Park, 14. 446; F. E. Parker, 3. 247; Francis Park- man, 8. 520; A. P. Peabody, 11. 25; A. T. Perkins, 7. 426; C. C. Perkins, 3. 223; J. C. Phillips, 4. 33; E. L. Pierce, 18. 363; H. L. Pierce, 11. 386; E. G. Porter, 15. 55; Edmund Quincy, 18. 401; J. C. Ropes, 14. 229; W. G. Rus- sell, 155: Stephen Salisbury [2], 2. 89; Stephen Salisbury [3], 20. 412; Leverett Saltonstall, 11. 337; Jas. Savage (bust), 20. front .; H. E. Scudder, 17. 142; David Sears, 2. 405; G. O. Shattuck, 14. 361; W. S. Shurtleff, 11. 234; J. L. Sibley, 2. front .; E. F. Slafter, 20. 591; H. G. Somerby, 1. 132; Chas. Sumner, 20. 538; H. W. Taft, 19. 390; Nat !. Thayer, 2. 51; B. F. Thomas, 14. 297; R. N. Toppan, 15. 480; H. W. Torrey, 9. 197; C. W. Tuttle, 1. 406; F. A. Walker, 13. 303; Jas. Walker, 6. front .; J. D. Washburn, 17. 511; R. C. Waterston, 8. front .; B. M. Wat- son, 12. 253; Henry Wheatland, 9. 276; W. H. Whitmore, 15. 96; H. A. Whitney, 5. 424; Justin Win- sor, 12. front .; R. C. Winthrop, 9. front .; R. C. Winthrop, Jr., 20. 178; Roger Wolcott, 18. 86.
Portsmouth, Eng., charter (1313), 8. 235.
Portsmouth, N. H., Maverick's ac- count (1660), 1. 234; circular letter and covenant on Boston Port Bill and non-importation, 2. 481-483; Belknap's objections to covenant,
484-486; royal memorials, 4. 244; Indian raid (1694), 7. 167; iron ore (1644), 8. 13; small-pox (1685), 13. 410; Jon. Edwards at (1749), 15. 16-19; Church of England in early, 16. 176-181; as Strawberry Bank, 176; loyalty (1664), 178; use of term "warden," 178. See also New Hampshire.
Portugal, travel in (1866), 20. 189. Portuguese, illicit trade in West In- dies (1565), 8. 443, 445.
Posey, - -, of Va., arrested (1787), 17. 473.
Posey, -, of Va., congressional can- didacy (1797), 15. 160.
"Possee," Boston club, 10. 38.
Post, Captain, short passage to Boston, 10. 52.
Post, Frederick, journal of Pontiac Conspiracy, 4. 44.
Post, Jabez, at siege of Boston, 9. 68, 76.
Post, John, testimony (1697), 5. 296. Post Mary, character, 1. 88 n., 106 n. Post, Quebec-Halifax (1787), 3. 75- 76.
Post-office, Priestley and franking, 3. 25, 27; delays (1799), 29; Mrs. Adams's use of frank (1799), 276; Jas. Parker on colonial, 16. 192, 194, 197-199, 205-208, 211, 217-228; tables of rates, 199, 200; and let- ters from Europe, 211, 217.
Postage stamps of U. S., suggested change in portraiture, 20. 6-10; various issues and ports., 10.
Pot, Thomas, exile in Amsterdam, 6. 59.
Potatuck Indians, names (1703), 5. 300.
Pote, Capt. William, Jr., journal of captivity, 11. 422.
Potomac River, Washington on navi- gation (1772), 12. 156.
Pottawatomie Massacre, 14. 4-7.
Potter, Colonel, seized in Boston (1690), 7. 155.
Potter, Alonzo, Harvard D.D. (1843), 5. 239; @ B K prayer (1829), 9. 122; biog. note, 122 n.
Potter, Bishop Henry C., sermon at centenary of Washington's inaugu- ration, 4. 371.
Potter, Lieut. Isaac, wounded at Lex- ington, 5. 396.
Potter. Mary, and John Haynes, Jr., 1. 126.
Potter, Mary S. [Mrs. Longfellow], 8. 152; death, 153
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Potter, Rev. Nathaniel, at Brookline, 19. 427.
Potter, William, works on Boston defences (1814), 14. 151.
Potter, William E., and Shute's journal, 2. 440.
Potter, William W., and Graves-Cilley duel, 12. 292.
Potts. See also Pot, Pote.
Potts, Richard, and ratification of Constitution, 17. 484, 504.
Pouchot, -- , letters to Lévis, 4. 97.
Pound, Thomas, map of N. Eng. with Boston Harbor inset, 2. 479; pirate, 479.
Pousset, -, and claim of Cape Français merchants (1793), 2. 336. Poutrincourt, Jean de Biencourt, sieur de, in Monts's expedition, 3. 353.
Povey, Thomas, arrives as Dep .- Gov. (1702), 14. 32.
Powder money, in Mass. (1686), 13. 262.
Powel, -, of Va., candidacy (1796), 15.157.
Powel, Samuel, letter to Washington (1787) on R. H. Lee, 17. 490.
Powell. See also Powel.
Powell, Major, of Brit. army, in Boston society (1770), 10. 76.
Powell, James, prize case (1750), 5. 96.
Powell, Jane [Mrs. Jepson], 17. 174. Powell, Jeremiah, in Boston society, 10. 105, 106.
Powell, John, absentee loyalist, 10. 164.
Powell, Susannah [Mrs. Mason], 2. 5.
Powell, Thomas, exile in Amsterdam, 6. 59.
Powell, William, 2. 5; illness, 26; death, 28; characterized, 12. 140. Powell, Yorke, at Congress of Hist. Sciences (1903), 17. 246.
Powers, Hiram, statue of Webster, 2. 264.
Powers, Rev. Peter, sermon at Groton (1778), 12. 98.
Powers (Poor), Capt. Thomas, im- pressment conflict on brig of (1769), 10. 71; trial, 71.
Powis, Sir Thomas, on vacating of Mass. charter, 13. 223.
Powlett. See Pawlett.
Pownalborough, Me., in 1775, 2. 277. Pownall, Thomas, port., 3. 312; view of Boston (1757), 10. 570.
Pratt, Abraham, exile in Amsterdam (1612), 6. 59.
Pratt, Annie S., etching by, 6. 417. Pratt, Benjamin, and Shirley-Waldo case, 12. 45.
Pratt, Daniel, 15. 56.
Pratt, Edward E., on Choate's in- dustry, 11. 143.
Pratt, Elizabeth [Mrs. Whitney], 5. 425.
Pratt, Lieut. Ephraim, death (1776), 12. 102.
Pratt, Ezra, in campaign of 1760, 5. 384.
Pratt, George L., education, 5. 425.
Pratt, Henry C., port. of David Sears,
2. 429; of L. M. Sargent, 3. 283; of Thos. Pownall, 312.
Pratt, Jane (Carter), exile in Amster- dam (1612), 6. 59.
Pratt, John, of Malden, killed (1708), 14. 25.
Pratt, Capt. John (c. 1800), 5. 425.
Pratt, John F., gift to M. H.S., 6. 417.
Pratt, John J., gift to M. H.S., 3. 283.
Pratt, Jonathan, 11. 419.
Pratt, Lucy (Bradstreet), 11. 419.
Pratt, Mary (Tewksbury), 5. 425.
Pratt, Mercy, death, 14. 20.
Pratt, Phineas, teacher, 7. 47.
Pratt, Sarah A. [Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Carruth], 13. 426, 15. 56.
Pratt, Silas, 15. 56.
Pratt, Thomas B., works on Boston defences (1814), 14. 152.
Pratt, William, in campaign of 1760, 5. 384.
Pratt's Tavern, Needham Bridge, 10. 47.
Pray, Edward W., Commencement part (1841), 5. 232; biog. note, 232 n.
Preble, Abraham [1], immigrant, 2. 132.
Preble, Abraham [2], Danforth's deed of trust to (1684), 5. 433.
Preble, Com. Edward, 2. 132; gift to Enoch Lincoln, 6. 421; papers, 18. 336.
Preble, Enoch, 2. 132.
Preble, George Henry, on origin of Am. flag, 1. 28-29 ; publica- tions (1883), 170; on Chesapeake- Shannon fight, 376-379; M. H.S., tributes to, 2. 3-4; service in navy, 3, 132-133; Flag of United States, 3, 134; Steam Navigation, 3, 134; library, 3; writings of, presented, 64, 70; gift to M.H.S., 72; MEMOIR by A. P. Peabody,
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132-135; ancestry and birth, 132; | Prescott, Dr. Samuel, and Revere's education, 132; after retirement, ride, 20. 581. 133; death, 133; occasional arti- Prescott, Susanna [Mrs. Chaplin], 3. 320. cles, 134; societies, 134; marriage, family, 135.
Preble, George H. R., gift to M.H.S., 2. 70; mentioned, 135.
Preble, Gen. Jedidiah, 2. 132; on Priestley's preaching, 3. 40; in Bos- ton society, 10. 33, 83.
Preble, Sally (Cross), 2. 132.
Preble, Susan Z., 2. 135.
Preble, Susan Z. (Cox), 2. 135.
Preble, William P., 2. 132.
Prentice. See also Prentiss.
Prentice, Rev. John, and Groton church controversy (1712), 13. 299- 301; ordained (1708), 14. 34.
Prentice, Major Samuel, at siege of Boston, 9. 59, 62.
Prentice, Capt. Thomas, justice of peace (1686), 13. 229, 246; and Worcester affairs, 247, 251; sham fight (1686), 328.
Prentice, Valentine, Apostle Eliot on, 18. 344.
Prentice, William Henry, innkeeper at Littleton, 6. 80, 88.
Prentiss. See also Prentice.
Prentiss (Prentts), Sheriff John, of New London, bills (1699), 5. 298. Prentiss, Joseph, Speaker of Va. House (1787), 17. 478.
Prentiss, Rev. Thomas [1], of Medfield, contentment, 2. 5.
Prentiss, Rev. Thomas [2], of Charles- town, character, 6. 448.
Presbury, Mary [Mrs. Greenleaf], 16. 417 n.
Presbyterianism, in Barrowism, 6. 42; church in Amsterdam, 43; support of Eng. country churches (1740), 9. 373, 377. See also Religion.
Prescott, Edith [Mrs. Wolcott], 18. 90. Prescott, James [1], 3. 320; on Mass. Com. of Corresp., 4. 85, 88-90.
Prescott, James [2], graduates (1788), 16. 440.
Prescott, John [d. 1681], inscription on monument, 19. 264.
Prescott, Jonas, and Groton church controversy (1712), 13. 299, 302.
Prescott, Oliver, Shays's Rebellion, 1. 303; letter to Bowdoin, certi- ficate against insurgents, 304; on release of Page, 306; on Job Shattuck, Jr., 307; letter to Lincoln on Middlesex insurgents, 4.158-159.
Prescott, Col. William[1], kinswoman's recollections, 3. 320.
Prescott, Judge William [2], autog., 1. 365; and Webster (1822), 14. 402. Prescott, William A., voyage to Europe (1853), 5. 343.
Prescott, William Hickling, MS. copy of Las Casas's History, 1. 222; at M. H. S. meeting at Tudor's, 3. 53; and Zachary Taylor, 4. 237; in M.H.S., 5. 5, 6. 272; Commence- ment part (1814), 5. 179; Harvard LL.D. (1843), 239; in M.H.S. group picture (1858), 6. 77; Tick- nor's biog., 209; reprinted M.H.S. paper, 240; Aspinwall's services to, 7. 35; memoir of John Picker- ing, 124; at bicentenary of N. Eng. Confed., 19. 361.
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