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Journal of the House of Representatives
3 Post Meridiem.
A Petition of Thomas Harvey of Taunton, and Nicholas Morey of Freetown, pre- sented to the House and Read, Praying, That the said Harvey may be Enabled to bring forward his Appeal from a Judgment of the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas held in Bristol in January last, in a Cause between him and John Godfrey, respecting Title of Land, to the next Superiour Court of Judicature to be holden in Bristol, which through a Mistake, he is now Barred from: And that the said Morey may be relieved from the Judgment of the said Inferiour Court, whereby he was obliged to pay the said Godfrey the Sum of 11 l. 15 s. 7 d. for Reasons alledged in the said Petition.
Ordered, That the said Petition be Referred to the next Session of this Court for further Consideration.
An Engross'd Bill, Intituled, An Act in addition to an act Intituled, An act, pro- viding in Case of Sickness. Read, and
Resolved, That the Bill do pass to be Enacted.
An Engross'd Bill, Intituled, An act for Calling in of Province Bills of Credit. outstanding of former Plates, sign'd with three Hands only. Read, and
Resolved, That the Bill do pass to be Enacted.
A Message from his Excellency the Governour, by Edward Bromfield, & Na- thaniel Paine Esqrs; That this House do immediately attend his Excellency the Governour in the Council Chamber.
Mr. Speaker and the House went up accordingly. And Mr. Secretary Willard by his Excellency's Order Prorogu'd the Court to Wednesday the Ninth Day of April next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon.
BOSTON: Printed & Sold by 15. Brren. 1 7 1 8.
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Abbot, Nehemiah, member for Andover, 178. Abjuration, oath of, 1, 77, 178.
Acts, expiring, committee on, 7, 88, 153, 188. Adams, Henry, member for Medfield, 178.
Adams, Jacob, petition, 34, 52; member for Suffield, 178.
Addington, Isaac, secretary, 4, 9, 121; allowance, 74.
Address to King, see George I.
Admiralty, court of, fees, 89, 97, 100, 117; trial of pirates, 222.
Agent, colony, in England, see Jeremiah Dum- mer; allowance to Mather, 92, 96; considered, 137, 140; election of, 140, 141, 142.
Agoganquamasset, 127.
Akin, John, captain, member for Dartmouth, 77.
Albany, N.Y., Indian commissioners, 80; com- pensation to Indian, 145.
Allen, Daniel, of Swanzey, petition, 197.
Allen, Ebenezer, petition, 99, 100.
Allen, Elnathan, petition, 257.
Allen, Francis, of Kittery, petition, 26, 27.
Allen, Jeremiah, treasurer, accounts, 8, 13, 87,
90, 131, 138, 141, 189, 194, 224; grants and funds, 24; election of, 33, 92, 212; salary, 38, 42, 59, 75, 122, 216; inspect bonds, 218; excise debts, 219.
Allen, Joseph, member for Braintree, ix.
Allen, Margaret, 265.
Allowances, granting of, 59, 74; fixed, 171.
Allyn, Elizabeth, 136.
Ames, John, of Groton, 267.
Amesbury, representatives, x, 77, 178.
Amsden, Isaac, of Marlborough, petition, 14, 134, 152, 184, 225, 226, 230, 232, 247.
Andover, 188, 199; representatives, ix, 77, 178. Andros, Sir Edmund, 72, 127, 230.
Androscoggin River, 19.
Angier, Joseph, of Framingham, petition, 143, 153, 154, 168.
Anne, Queen, 36, 117, 190.
Anne, sloop, 190. Annisquam river, 83, 104. Antony, Benjamin, 14.
Appleton, John, 39, 88, 133, 180, 199, 226; mem- ber for Ipswich, ix, 178; councillor, 2, 78, 179; Reading meeting house, 173.
Appleton, Samuel, 39.
Apportionment of town and county assessments, 53, 55.
Arms, John, of Deerfield, petition, 86, 88.
Arnold, Seth, 22; member for Duxbury, ix; mon- itor, 3; governor's house, 14.
Arrowsick island, settlement, 4, 8, 15, 20, 30; reinforced, 80, 87, 99; named Georgetown, 98; garrison, 149, 207; visit of governor, 222, 226; Indian wigwam, 266.
Artillery, train of, 25, 117, 207, 265; company, Boston, petition, 120, 219.
Ashley, John, member for Westfield, ix, 77; peti- tion of Hatfield, 159.
Assanamisco, 15, 40, 84, 114, 134, 153, 173, 192, 268.
Assessments, town and county, 53, 54.
Attleborough, 83; representatives, x, 77, 178.
Attorney General, election, 33, 37, 41, 42, 90, 92, 210; see Paul Dudley.
Auger, see Angier.
Augusta, 250.
Austan, John, clerk of Suffield, 52; petition, 59.
Ayers, Edward, petition, 201.
Ayers, John, of Brookfield, 201.
Ayers, Joseph, petition, 201, 227.
Ayers, Mark, petition, 201.
Ayers, Nathanael, petition, 201.
Ayers, Thomas, petition, 201, 227.
Bacon, John, member for Barnstable, 178; lists of estates, 183; petition, 263.
Baker, Thomas, captain, account, 9; journal, 87.
Bakers, petition of Boston, 116, 131, 151.
Balch, Freeborn, 202.
Balch, Samuel, 49, 133; member for Beverly, ix, 77.
Ballentine, John W., petition, 112, 219. Bane, Joseph, 92.
Bane, Lewis, on Brunswick fort, 55; Kittery church, 86, 145; member for York, 178; killing of wolves, 192; Wells and Kittery, 146, 217, 236, 241; petitions, 217, 232, 234, 237, 244, 246.
Bankrupts, act concerning, 161, 162, 165, 214, 216, 220.
Barker, Caleb, petition, 243.
Barker, Thomas, captain, member for Pembrook, ix.
Barnes, Nathanael, 185.
Barnstable, boundary, 98; representatives, ix, 77, 178; division, 263.
Barnstable, county, 191; time of courts, 18, 22, 33; accounts, 34, 85, 206; tax apportioned, 39. Barrington, 252.
Bartlett, Daniel, petition, 108, 139, 144, 147, 153, 157.
Basset, William, colonel, 167, 168, 206; member for Sandwich, 77; treasurer's accounts, 81; ad- dress to King, 81; on rateable estate, 83, 90; Mather allowance, 92; Carr's petition, 96; ex- cise, 97; on produce and trade, 104; on fees, 105, 147; election of agent, 142; lists of estates, 159; monitor, 160; Plymouth petition, 184, 223; Nantucket Indians, 245.
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Baxter, rev. Joseph, letter, 239. Beacon island, light-house, 38, 40, 43, 47, 49, 53, 54. Beauchamp, John, of Boston, petition, 197.
Beauchamp, Magdalene, petition, 52. Bed, John, of Cohasset, petition, 200.
Bed, Lazarus, of Cohasset, petition, 200.
Belcher, Andrew, 4, 48, 52, 56, 60, 61, 66, 75, 79, 89, IOI, III, 128, 138, 171, 187, 188, 203, 204, 220, 225; councillor, 2, 78, 179; grants and funds, 24; petitions, 31, 119, 219; memorial, 56; on tax, 60, 101; Dummer's letters, 185.
Belcher, Jonathan, petitions, 31, 119, 219; thanks, 209.
Bell, Thomas, bequest to Roxbury, 128.
Bennet, Aaron, petition, 89.
Bennet, John, member for Middleborough, x.
Bennet, Spencer, alias Phips, 108, 113, 114, 115, II6.
Berwick, 8, 26, 27, 86, 145; representatives, x, 77, 178; assigned to Kittery, 151; bounds, 230, 236,
241; petition, 239; opposes wood surveyor, 272.
Beverly, representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Bibles and catechisms, 113, 142.
Bicknell, Zachariah, petition, 233, 248.
Bill, Samuel, petition, 104.
Billerica, 199; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Billerica bridge, 84, 112, 113, 114, 117, 120.
Billings, John, of Dorchester, petition, 198.
Billings, Roger, of Dorchester, 267; petition, 198, 208.
Bills, engrossing of, 58; expiring, 7, 88, 153.
Bills of credit, 14, 30, 46, 48; of other govern- ments, 38; burning of, 51, 53, 85, 109, 137, 182, 190, 216, 263; issue authorized, 64, 69, 108; disposition of interest, 95; new issue, 110, 114, 116, 118, 120, 124, 125, 126, 131, 132; main- taining value, 147; bill for emitting, 159, 160, 162; special issues, 164, 166, 167, 215, 232, 251; form of mortgage, 167; discount on, 169, 170, 182, 202, 203; valuation of estates, 172; recess committee 206, 208; suits on bonds, 215, 218; small denominations, 244; Middlesex propor- tion, 254; resumption of specie, 262; of old plates, 271, 272, 273; suits under, 271.
Bishop, Edward, of Ipswich, petition, 89, 103, 106, 131, 133.
Black Lead Mine Hill (Tantiusques), 21.
Black Point, 20, 244.
Blackwell, Caleb, of Dartmouth, petition, 38.
Blagrove, Nathaniel, Rhode Island boundary, 250.
Blake, John, of Dorchester, memorial, 183. Boardman, Andrew, 134.
Boards, 181.
Bomiskeke, Indian, 97.
Bommazeen, captain, 63, 97.
Book debts, interest on, III.
Boston, representatives, ix, 77, 178; impost house, 4; powder house, II, 12, 17, 41, 47, 49; hospital for infectious diseases, 86; over-
seers of poor, 99, 100; artillery company, 120, 219; Royal exchange, 125, 126; petition of prisoners, 164; innkeepers, 197, 212; Neck, security of passengers, 232, 235; petition of deacons, 244.
Boston harbor, see Light-house.
, Bosworth, Hezekiah, of Plymouth, petition, II2.
Bourn, John, petition, 151.
Bourn, Melatiah, Crocker petition, 267.
Bowman, Francis, member for Lexington, ix.
Boxford, 185; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Boyden, John, member for Medfield, ix.
Bradbury, William, of Salisbury, petition, 197.
Bradford, John, major, 37, 44; representative from Plymouth, 30, 31; on tax, 60; petition, 181, 184, 223. 238, 239, 240.
Bradford, representatives, x, 77, 178; attendance, 261.
Bradstreet, Simon, heirs of, 18.
Braintree, against hospital, 170; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Bramhall, Joseph, petition, 86, 88.
Bread, Assize of, 116, 154, 161, 232, 235.
Briant, John, of Scituate, 236.
Briant, Jonathan, 235.
Briant, Joseph, Sr., petition, 236, 245, 256.
Briant, Joseph, Jr., petition, 236.
Briant, Judith, petition, 236.
Briant, Mary, 235.
Briant, Thomas, petition, 236, 245, 256.
Bridger, John, surveyor of woods, 272.
Bridges, Benjamin, of Framingham, petition, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271.
Bridgewater, 43; representatives, ix, 77, 178; petition, 10; division of, 83, 93; boundary, 98; attendance, 261.
Brigham, Henry, of Boston, petition, 38, 39, 249; account, 201.
Brigham, John, 193; petition, 4, 15, 60, 84, 89, 134, 152, 173, 183, 230.
Brigham, Samuel, petition, 249.
Brigham, Sarah, 38.
Brigham's farm, 134, 173, 183.
Bright, Henry, messenger, 266.
Brimfield, enlargement of, 7, 21.
Bristol, 43; representatives, x, 77, 178.
Bristol county, accounts, 34, 107, 252; tax appor- tioned, 39.
Bromfield, Edward, 61, 66, 114, 118, 163, 178, 196, 245, 273; councillor, 2, 78, 179.
Brookfield, 16, 40, 52, 106, 201, 227; survey of land, 7; petition, 21, 25, 58, 245; assessments in, 25; meeting house, 99.
Brook's pasture, Swanzey, 233.
Brookline, representative, 178; ministry, 202.
Brown, George, member for Billerica, 77, 178. Brown, Hopestill, captain, petition, 4, 60, 90, 173, 270; member for Sudbury, 178. Brown, Ichabod, petition, 212.
Brown, Joseph, of Newbury, petition, II, 28. Brown, Nathaniel, member for Rehoboth, 178.
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Brown, Samuel, 78, 160, 220, 261; councillor, 2, 78, 179.
Brown, William, 134, 135.
Brunswick, 140; established, 19; defence, 30, 49, 72; fort, 55, 57, 71, 141; proposal of proprie- tors, 62; stores, 66.
Buchanan, John, petition, 116, 131, 151.
Bucklen, Joseph, of Rehoboth, petition, 135.
Buckman, Jeremiah, of Ipswich, petition, 183, 215, 233, 234.
Buckminster, Joseph, colonel, 253, 254, 257; member for Framingham, ix, 77; petition, 144, 146, 156, 161, 248, 258, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271.
Budd, John, petition, 268.
Budd, Rebecca, petition, 268.
Bulfinch, Adine, petition, 115.
Bull, Ezekiel, of Rhode Island, petition, 40. Bull, Job, 19, 30.
Bull, Sarah (Sherin), 19.
Burbank, John, of Suffield, petition, 52.
Burges, Elizeus, governor, 81, 88; house for, 14, 16, 35; reception of, 43; expected, 80; letter to, 85, 87.
Burglary, act against, 18, 22, 33.
Burleston, Edward, petition, 245, 247.
Burnap, Joseph, captain, 197; Stow boundary, 152, 173.
Burrill, John, 3, 35, 39, 185, 192, 225, 228, 232, 261, 265; member for Lynn, ix, 77, 178; elected speaker, 1, 78, 179; land grant, 70, 73, 219; Reading meeting house, 173; English petition, 257.
Bush, Abiel, petition, 173.
Buttrick, John, member for Stow, ix, 77.
Byfield, Nathaniel, 138, 253, 257, 264, 265; coun- cillor, 2, 79, 180; Tiverton, 105, 113; How's petition, 156; memorial, 248, 258.
Cambridge, representatives, ix, 77, 178; registry of deeds, 93, 101, 189, 204; shire town, 103, 203.
Campbell, John, petitions, 28, 34, 92, 98, 202, 214, 253.
Canada, Stoddard and Williams' accounts, 7, 9; Tarboll's, 12; artillery train, 25, 117, 207, 265; charges for expedition, 26, 30, 31, 119, 194, 219; trade with, 50; captives, 83, 87, 100, 115, 228; suits on bonds, 215, 218.
Cane, Samuel, member for York, 77; on Kittery, 146, 217; petitions, 155, 232, 234, 237.
Canso, gut of, illegal fishing by French, 56.
Cape Breton, 9; French settlement, 50; Indians, 50; guard-ship, 56.
Cape Cod, province land, 17, 24; meeting-house, 208, 21I.
Cape Porpus, 20; petition, 244.
Cape Sable, 104; Indians, 48, 55, 56, 57, 66; mes- sage of Governor, 58; wages of surgeon, 60. Capen, Samuel, of Dorchester, petition, 183. Captives, in Canada, 7, 83, 87.
Captures, ransoming of, 57, 100.
Carleton, Thomas, member for Bradford, 77. Carolina, Indians from, 38, 197; refugee, 48, 52. Carr, George, 96, 98.
Carr, Richard, 90, 95; petition, 156, 160.
Cary, Nathanael, petition, 25, 117, 207.
Casco Bay, 92; town near, 12; fort and settle- ment, 97; Small Point Harbor, 140; petition, 244.
Casco Fort, troops for Arrowsick, 5, 8; garrison, 8, 15, 20, 30; razing, 30, 31, 42, 72, 82, 117; stores, 55; support of, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73; damages, 151.
Castle William, 86; Sunday firing of guns, 6; victualler, 21, 24, 115; inlistments, 24; garri- son, 36; charge of, 94; repair, 244, 252, 255; regulating soldiers, 244, 249, 257.
Catechisms, 113, 142.
Cathcart, Robert, of Tisbury, 206.
Cawley, James, 1, 3, 5, 37, 49, 68, 73; member for Marblehead, ix; address to King, 5; peti- tion, II; on tax, 60; on forts, 71.
Cayley, -, captain, 48, 50.
Chamberlain, Jane, 269.
Chambers, Charles, captain, 37, 67, 71, 75, 85, 87, 98, 118, 124, 126, 129, 133, 135, 180, 199, 216, 220, 235, 245; member for Charlestown, x, 77, 178; treasurer's accounts, 8, 13, 81, 189; peti- tions, 25, 117, 207; bills of credit, 53, 109, 140, 170, 182, 263; on tax, 60; on rateable estate, 83; on produce and trade, 104, 120; Billerica bridge, 112, 113; poll lists, 140; election of agent, 142; on election of councillors, 179; Dummer's letter, 186; address to King, 187; fees, 203; valuation of estates, 224; thanks to governor, 226; hospital account, 229.
Chandler, John, major, 7, 40, 228, 232; Rhode Island boundary, 148, 208; member for Wood- stock, 178; Marlborough petition, 184, 225, 230, 231; expiring acts, 188, 189; Cape Cod petition, 208; Connecticut boundary, 211, 239; Hopkins land, 218, 245, 253, 255; on petitions, 240; Deerfield plat, 241; flask and sand ware, 243; iron works, 243; Little Hingham, 257. Chandler, John, Jr., 240.
Chapin, Josiah, captain, petition, 23, 58, 84, 199; member for Mendon, 77, 178; monitor, 135, 160, 180.
Chapin, Samuel, 23, 199.
Chapmen, petty, bill on, 95, 97, 100, 104.
Charlestown, 100; shire town, 93, 103, 189, 203; representatives, x, 77, 178; registry of deeds 204.
Charnock, John, petition, 147.
Chebacco, 89, 131, 133, 161, 183, 215, 233; peti- tion, 89; plan, 106.
Chelmsford, representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Child, Ruth, of Newtown, petition, 242. Children, instruction of, 142, 154, 156.
Chilmark, 162; representatives, 77, 178; congre- gation, 206; petition, 228, 229.
Chipman, John, 1, 59, 61; member for Sandwich, x.
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Chittingden, Israel, colonel, 256.
Choate, Thomas, petition, 89, 133.
Church, Benjamin, colonel, memorial, 103, 104; gift of books, 110; petition on pay, 156.
Cider, excise on, 93, 118.
Claims, eastern, IOI.
Clap, Samuel, 1, 37; member for Scituate, ix; treasurer's accounts, 8, 13; Piscataqua lands, 32.
Clap, William, petition, 67.
Clapp, Hopestill, member for Dorchester, ix, 77, 178.
Clark, Daniel, member for Topsfield, 77.
Clark, Henry, Wells and Kittery, 24I.
Clark, John, 5, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 72, 74, 85, 123, 124, 127, 144, 220, 235, 262; councillor, 2, 78, 179.
Clark, Samuel, of Ipswich, petition, 232.
Clark, Thomas, member for Harwich, 77.
Clerk of House, election of John White, 1, 78, 179.
Cleveland, Enoch, of Framingham, 143, 155. Clocks, care of, 166.
Coat, see Cole.
Coffin, Ebenezer, of Nantucket, petition of, 199, 209.
Coffin, Eleanor, petition, 259.
Coffin, Eliphalet, petition, 259.
Coffin, Elizabeth, petition, 259.
Coffin, James, member for Nantucket, x, 77; val- uation of estates, 224.
Coffin, Joanna, petition, 259.
Coffin, John, commissioner of excise, 121.
Coffin, Joseph, member for Nantucket, 178; peti- tion, 191, 192.
Coffin, Judith, petition, 259.
Coffin, Lydia, petition, 259.
Coffin, Peter, petition, 83.
Cohasset, 135, 147, 257, 258; petition, 8, 21, 22, 149, 200, 249.
Coker, Benjamin, 20, 29.
Cole, Henry, 18.
Cole, John, 269.
Cole, Mary, petition, 18, 24, 41.
Cole, Nicholas, of Wells, petition, 230, 236, 241.
Collins, rev. Nathanael, of Enfield, petition, 137, 145.
Colman, Benjamin, II, 23.
Colman, John, petition, 272.
Commissioners for placing loans, 165.
Concord, boundary, 35, 115, 122, 152, 173; repre- sentatives, ix, 77, 178.
Conihasset, see Cohasset.
Connecticut, 65; duty on staves, 148; new settle- ments, 210; boundary, 211, 214, 239.
Connecticut river, survey of land, 62; Indians, 87.
Constables, refusal to serve, 97.
Convention of ministers, 175.
Converse, Josiah, captain, 29; member for Wo- burn, ix; Stow boundary, 35, 115.
Cooke, Elisha, councillor, 2, 180.
Cooke, Elisha, Jr., 5, 7, 23, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43, 66,
78, 79, 85, 89, 92, 98, 115, 127, 129, 140, 154, 168, 201, 203, 207, 212, 217, 225, 231; Rhode Island boundary, 4; address to King, 5, 81; expiring laws, 7, 88, 153; treasurer's accounts, 8, 12, 13; printing sermon, 25; Piscataqua lands, 32; reception of governor, 43; on tax, 60; notice of prorogation, 70; member for Boston, ix, 77; on rateable estate, 83, 90; on produce and trade, 104, 120; bills of credit, III, 170; burning of bills, 137; on Lord's day, 137; com- mission for Dummer, 145; How's petition, 156; mortgage for loan, 167; Dummer's letter, 185; letter on Bridger, 272.
Cooke, Jacob, petition, 181, 184, 223, 239, 240. Coomes, Hephzibah (Newel), petition, 6, 18, 32, 41.
Coomes, Richard, petition, 6, 18, 32, 41, 49.
Copestock, Susanna, 230.
Coroner's writs and duties, 189, 191, 197, 198, 205, 206.
Cotton, rev. Roland, of Sandwich, election ser- mon, 160; thanked, 181.
Council, memorial, 5, 36; election charge, 24, 106; to meet earlier, 70.
Councillors, election, I, 24, 78, 179.
County, charges in, 23, 27, 30.
Courts, times for holding, Barnstable, 18, 22, 33.
Covel, Ephraim, 148.
Covel, Joseph, 148.
Coy's Hill, Brookfield, 245.
Credit, restriction of, III.
Crocker, Ebenezer, of Barnstable, petition, 266. Crocker, Joseph, of Barnstable, petition, 266, 267. Crocker, Josiah, of Barnstable, petition, 266.
Curtis, Ephraim, of Sudbury, petition, 184, 185, 224.
Cushing, rev. Caleb, 197, 236.
Cushing, Jeremiah, of Boston, petition, 197.
Cushing, John, 22, 52, 83, 92, 93, 141, 163, 181; councillor, 2, 79, 180.
Cushing, Joshua, captain, member for Pembrook, 77. Custom house, fees, 89, 90, 98, 100, 107, 112. Cutting, John, of Watertown, petition, 153.
Danforth, Elijah, petition, 246, 247. Danforth, John, II.
Danforth, Samuel, 267; petition, 246, 247.
Dartmouth, representatives, x, 77, 178; support of minister, 38, 134, 249; petition, 99; boundary line, 100; attendance, 261.
Davenport, Addington, 4, 52, 55, 57, 66, 75, 78, 79, 85, 89, 114, 117, 118, 127, 128, 129, 152, 160, 163, 168, 180, 199, 220, 226, 235, 262, 264, 265; councillor, 2, 78, 179; eastern parts, 9; burning of bills, 137; How's petition, 156; Dummer's letter, 185; bills of credit, 208; in- spect bonds, 218; valuation bill, 259.
Davis, Jacob, petition, 83, 103.
Davis, Simon, captain, 1, 3; member for Bristol, x.
Day, Rebecca, petition, 230.
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Debt, lands and tenements, 89, 98, 106, 109. Declaration, subscription to, 1, 77, 178.
Dedham, representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Deeds, registry of, 33, 36, 44, 47, 49, 59, 204; choice of register, IIO.
Deer, destruction of, 262, 264, 266, 267, 270, 271. Deerfield, 86, 189, 192, 226, 241; representatives, 77, 178; petition, 198; plot of, 253.
Delano, Jabez, petition, 38.
Delano, John (or Jonathan), member for Dart- mouth, x, 178.
Denison, Edward, of Roxbury, 200, 257, 259.
Denison, John, 135; member for Ipswich, 77, 178; Hingham, 149; coroner's writs, 189; valuation of estates, 224; thanks to governor, 226.
Denison, William, 2, 3, 33, 61, 78, 79, 85, 119,
126, 228; member for Roxbury, ix, 77, 178; petitions, 4; bills of credit, 53, 109, 182, 263; on forts, 71; address to King, 81; on Lord's day, 137; poll lists, 140; governor's speech, 170; on election of councillors, 179; petition, 200, 212, 256.
Denison's farm, Andover, 188.
Devereux, John, 185.
Devereux, Robert, of Marlborough, petition, 185.
Dickinson, John, member for Hatfield, 178.
Dighton, representatives, x, 77, 178.
Dike, Rowland, account, 24, 106.
Discount on bills of credit, 169, 170, 182, 202, 203. Doan, Ebenezer, petition, 208, 211; Cape Cod meeting house, 21I.
Dodson, Jonathan, of Freetown, petition, 145, 151.
Dogs, destruction of unruly, 189.
Dollof, Richard, of Exeter, petition, 228.
Doorkeeper to council, see John Flagg.
Dorchester, 187, 193, 198, 242; representatives, ix, 77, 178; petitions, 27, 125, 164; free school, 125, 164; against hospital, 170; town meeting proceedings, 183, 198.
Dorchester, S.C., petition of Lord, 54.
Dowding, Anne, petition, 100, 102.
Dowding, Joseph, 58.
Downs, Thomas, 185.
Dowse, Jonathan, captain, member for Charles- town, 77, 178; hospital, 94, 170; bills of credit, 109, 206, 263; burning of bills, 137; light-house accounts, 143; treasurer's accounts, 189; votes for treasurer, 212; thanks to governor, 226; Castle William, 244, 253; Harvard College, 249, 263.
Dowse, William Bradford Homer, fund for print- ing volume, viii.
Dracut, 110, 270.
Drake, Thomas, of Taunton, petition, 233.
Drought, fast day, 214.
Dudley, Joseph, 36, 266; reflection on House,
vii, 44; illness, I, 4; approves speaker, I; coun- cillors, 3; disapproves Byfield, 3; on eastern parts, 30; Kittery, 31; speeches to House, 46, 68; message on Cape Sable Indians, 58; supply of treasury, 74; allowance, 75.
Dudley, Paul, Attorney General, 92, 213; memo- rial, 167; mortgage for loan, 167; petition on allowance, 206, 209.
Dudley, William, petition, 27.
Dukes county, 191; tax apportioned, 39; Nan- tucket and, 212.
Dummer, Jeremiah, letters, 4, 9, 95, 185, 232; petition, 30; accounts, 34, 119, 132; allowance, 74, 75, 122, 166, 255; commission, 145, 159, 160, 165; medium of trade, 160; committee on letter, 185, 210, 238, 258.
Dummer, William, councillor, 179; memorial, 244; allowance, 254; Castle William, 255.
Durfey, Robert, member for Freetown, 77; charges against, 145; expelled, 146.
Duxbury, 224, 238, 239, 241, 256; representatives, ix, 77, 178.
Dwight, Henry, petitions, 17, 226; Northfield, IC6. Dwight, Timothy, 226. Dyer, John, treasurer, 85.
Eager, Abraham, petition, 127, 141.
Eames, Anthony, member for Marshfield, 178.
Eames, John, Jr., petition, 99.
Eames, Thomas, 13.
Eastern parts of province, committee on, 5, 9; report, 12, 17, 19; committee on settlements, 20, 30, 42, 202; road to, 20.
Eastham, representatives, x, 77, 178.
Eaton, Jonas, of Framingham, petition, 265, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271.
Eaton, Joseph, captain, member for Salisbury, ix; petition, 197.
Eaton, Joshua, member for Reading, 77, 178; excuses for non-attendance, 223; Lynn min- ister, 234.
Edgartown, representatives, x, 77, 178.
Edwardson, Thomas, petition, 271.
Eliot, John, 207.
Elisabeth Islands, support of minister, 229.
Ellis, John, of Brookline, petition, 237, 252.
Ellis, Robert, Dr., account, 9, 28, 219.
Emery, rev. Samuel, of Wells, petition, 12, 20.
Enfield, 137, 214; representatives, 77, 178; com- mon lands, 198; bounds, 236, 246.
English, Philip, of Salem, petition, 214, 257, 264.
Epps, Daniel, 1, 41, 71, 74; member for Salem, ix; governor's house, 14; on tax, 60.
Essex county, 96; tax apportionment, 38.
Estate, rateable, of province, committee, 83, 90; bill, 95, 97, 101, 112, 115; polls and, 130, 138, 139, 140, 159, 183; form of lists, 159, 162, 238; valuation, for loans, 172; for taxes, 224, 235, 237, 238, 255, 256, 259.
Everton, Ruth, petition, 229. Everton, William, 229.
Excise on wines, 23, 26, 47, 49, 54; rates, 93; committee, 97; bill, 101, 102, 103, 116, 118, 119, 120, 122; commissioners, 121; petition on, 197; pledge of fund, 204; debts, 219.
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Fadre, Nathaniel, petition, 136, 142, 225. Falmouth, Casco Bay, garrison for, 160; petition of selectmen, 184; settlement, 202.
Farr, Stephen, petition, 35.
Fast day, 214, 220, 262.
Fees, regulation of, 33, 42, 43, 47, 49, 59, 136, 137; custom house, 89, 90, 98, 100, 107, 112; admi- ralty court, 89, 97, 100, 117; committees, 105; bill, 106, 107, 109, 203; law on, 147; report on, 165; deputy secretary, 166; bill, 214, 216, 220. Fenno, Elizabeth, of Boston, petition, 185, 191. Fenno, Ephraim, of Boston, petition, 185, 191. Fever, epidemical, 262.
Field, John, captain, member for Bridgewater, 77, 178; Norton boundary, 243.
Fish, Thomas, of Duxbury, 242, 256.
Fisher, Ebenezer, member for Wrentham, 77, 178.
Fisher, John, member for Medfield, 77.
Fisheries, defence of, 72. .
Fisk, William, member for Wenham, 77.
Fiske, Thomas, captain, member for Wenham, ix. Fitch, Thomas, 22, 57, 60, 61, 63, 65, 72, 74, 85,
125, 133, 138, 160, 168, 193, 203, 207, 212, 235, 265; councillor, 2, 78, 179; grants and funds, 24; petition, 25, 117, 207; tax, 101; Hopkins legacy, 118, 156, 161, 218, 264; Dummer's let- ter, 238; Little Hingham, 257; valuation bill, 259; on Harvard College, 263; bills of credit, 263.
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