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Cargill, James, wickedly kills the In- dians, ii. 314, rewarded, 328 ;- 337 Note.
Carlisle, earl of, has one of the 12 prov- inces assigned to him, i. 257.
Carmel, town of, ii. 618.
Carr, Sir Robert, a king's Commission- er, i. 409.
Carratunk-falls, i. 48.
Cartwright, George, king's commis- sioner, i. 409.
Casco-bay, i. 33; settlements on its bor- ders, 239.
Castine, bar'n de, resides at 'Biguyduce, i. 471; affronted with the English, 588; goes to France, ii. 41-7; his daughter taken captive, 47.
Castine, the Younger, son of the baron, ii. 41-2; plundered by the English, 42; attends Major Livingston to Canada, 60; his character, 70; seized and carried to Boston, 108; other ill- treatment he received, 144; his death, 145
Castine, town of,-situate on the penin- sula of 'Biguyduce, i. 71; the resi- dence of d' Aulney, 308; of baron de Castine, 471; occupied by the Brit- ish, ii. 469; a shire town, 549; in- corporated, 572; occupied by the Brit- ish, 642; evacuated by them, 657.
Catholics, or Papists, opposed, i. 222; disall'd rights of conscience, ii. 18, 692. Chadbourn, Humphrey, a settler at Ne- wichawannock, i. 244; submits to Massachusetts, 344; 3 years a Dep- uty to the General Court, 451; his character, 667.
Chadbourn, Benjamin, a councillor, ii. 484-5-7.
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Chadwick, Paul, killed, ii. 613.
Champernoon, Francis, one of Gorges' councillors, i. 278; opposed to Mas- sachusetts, 405; first justice under the king's commissioners, 416; char- acter, 667.
Charters, viz. Gorges' i. 272; Province, ii. 1; Explanatory 160; Province re- sumed, 432; [See patents.]
Charles II, restored, i. 398; his orders as to church communion, baptism, book of common prayer and political suffrage, 403; his letter, 412; death, 572.
Charleston, town of, ii. 618.
Cherryfield, town of, ii. 661.
Chesterville, town of, ii. 594.
China, town of, ii. 668.
Chubb, Commander of Fort William Henry at Pemaquid, i. 642; surren- ders the garrison, 643; cashier'd, 644. Church, Benjamin, Major,-his first Eastern expedition, i. 614; his second, 624; his skirmishes, 625; his third, 635; his excursions, 636; his fourth, 645; is superseded, 646, his fifth expedition, ii. 46; his excursions, 47, 48.
Churches, i. 278-9; ii. 278.
Cincinnati Society, ii. 601.
Clark, Thomas, his land-claims, i. 330. Cleaves, George, agent of Sir F. Gorges, i. 266; appointed Deputy-president of Lygonia, 295; opposed by Gorges' agents, 296; opens a court at Saco, 302; his administration, 303, 327-8; opposes Massachusetts, 357; sub- mits, 391; is a commissioner, 395; a Deputy to the General Court, 404, 452; character, 668.
Climate, and seasons, i. 98. Clinton, a town, ii. 569.
Coins, regulated, ii. 74; gold, a tender, 360; cents coined, 579; federal, 569, 570; rates and kinds, 686.
Colleges, ii. 537; Bowdoin, 562; Wa- terville, 594.
Colonies,-those of New-England unite, i. 292; Maine not admitted to the union, 293; plans of General Union, ii. 299; established, 425.
Columbia, town of, ii. 572.
Committees, of land-claims, ii. 31; and settlements, 81, 86, 156, 182; of safe- ty and supplies 416; of Eastern lands, 500, 507, 537; amount of their salcs, 569; land-agents, 592; land commis- sioners, 662, 678.
Commock, Thomas, his patent, i. 236; one of Gorges' Assistants, 265, 666.
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Commissioners, the king's, i. 409, 410; visit Kittery, 415; York, and appoint Justices, 417; visit Sagadahock, 420; their report, 423; their return, 425; last court holden under them, 430-1. Commissioners of plantations, i. 259; ii. 26, 282, 372.
Commissioners, from Massachusetts to
Maine, i. 342; admit the inhabitants, 344, 354; their protest, 355; adopt the people of Lygonia, 391; visit York, 434; their measures, 437; oth- ers appointed to divide the property after the Separation, ii. 678; propose in vain to buy the public lands, 679. Congregationalists, described, i. 378; ii. 695.
Congress, Continental, first meeting, ii. 299, again 379; measures, 413, declare Independence, 447; members, 708.
Congress, Provincial, ii. 412, 415, 416, 425; whole period of them, 432.
Constitution, of Massachusetts formed, ii. 464, 483; came into operation, 486; of the United States, 535-6; of Maine, 674.
Continental army, ii. 453, 456.
Corinna, town of, ii. 661.
Corinth, town of, ii. 618.
Cornish, town of, ii. 567.
Cornville, town of, ii. 580.
Cornwallis, surrenders, ii. 501.
Coroners, first appointed, ii. 73.
Corporeal punishment, abolished, ii. 631.
Cornwall county, i. 408, 421, 582. Cossins, John, i. 670.
Counties, Yorkshire, or York, i. 345; Cumberland and Lincoln, ii. 354; Hancock, 548; Washington, 548-9; Kennebec, 582; Oxford, 600; Somer- set, 611; Penobscot, 661.
Councillors, under Gorges, i. 265, 278, 300; under Rigby, 328; under Pres- ident Danforth, 565, 593; under Andros, 584; under Massachusetts, ii. 11, 75, 161, 350-1; Mandamus, 409, 412, 416; provincial, 484; under her constitution, 707; of Maine, 676. County-conventions, ii. 409, 414.
Courts, and Judges under Gorges, i. 265, 280, 300-1; under Rigby and Cleaves, 302, 328; Associates or County Court under Massachusetts, 348; 374; under Plymouth, at Kennebec, 368; under President Danforth, 568; under Dudley and Andros, 577, 584; under the Provincial Charter, [viz. Supreme Court and Common Pleas, ] ii. 14, 15; other Courts, 16, 17: terms several places, 76, 354; 549;
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Judges, 355; courts closed, 420; new appointments, 444; under the Con- stitution, 502; Judges, 549; Courts new-modified, 587, 596, 619, 620; District Court, 550; those under Maine, 677.
Cowsegan claim, i. 331.
Coxall, incorporated, ii. 465. [See Ly- man.]
Criminal Code, i. 381; ii. 20, 74.
Crown, William, a proprietor of Nova Scotia, i. 362.
Croix, St. or Neutral Island, i. 88, for- tified by DeMonts, 190; River de- termined by Commissioners, ii. 578. Crown-lands, ii. 362; or king's woods, 371, 380.
Cumberland County, ii. 354.
Cushing, William and Charles, ii. 353 444-5, 469.
Cushing, town of, ii. 541.
Cushenoc, a trading stand, i. 252; for- tified, ii. 90, 576. [See Augusta.]
Customs, and duties, ii. 282-6, 359; officers, 393; Collections, 549; dis- tricts, 582.
Cutts, Robert, one of the king's Justi- ces, i. 416; Edward, a Councillor, ii. 485-7, 708; character of Robert, John and Richard, i. 670.
D.
Damariscotta-river, described, i. 56; has settlers on its banks, 243; [See Newcastle, ii. 290.]
Damariscove Islands, i. 56.
Danforth, Thomas, President of Maine, i. 558, 563, 593; a Judge, ii. 15; character, i. 673.
Danville [Pegypscot] ii. 504; D'An- ville's fleet scattered, ii. 247-9.
Dark day, ii. 482.
Dartmouth, or New-Dartmouth, i. 421; Fort, 589; destroyed, 609.
Davie, George, settler at Wiscasset- point, i. 331; character of George, Humphrey and John, 671.
Davis, Sylvanus, agent of Clark and Lake, i. 526; wounded at Arrow- sick, 536; carried a captive to Que- bec from Fort Loyal, 621; a mem- 1. ber of the Provincial Council, ii. 11; sketch of character, i. 671.
Davis, John, one of Pres. Danforth's council, i. 565-6; Dep. President 566, 671.
Dearborn, Henry, an officer in the ex- pedition to Quebec, ii. 440; member
of Congress, 562; Major-General, 570.
Dearborn, town of, ii. 626.
Deer Isle, described, i. 74; incorporat- ed, ii. 543.
Democrats, first called anti-federalists, ii. 559; also, Republicans, 561; fa- vor the French, ib .; chose S. Adams Governor, 561; opposed to Mr. Jay's treaty, 561, 574; and to feder- al measures, 581; espouse Jeffer- son's administration, 589; and the war, 629; a majority in U. States, 593, 60-5; in Maine, 630.
D'Monts' patent of Acadia, i. 651, 188; visits St. Croix and fortifies, 189; leaves it, 190; quits the province, 205.
Denmark, town of, ii. 608.
Denys, M. his view of Acadia, i. 248; his command in it, 361; his history, 429.
Dennysville, town of, ii. 668.
Dermor, Thomas, his voyage, i .217-18; made peace with the Indians, 243.
Devonshire, a county, established, i. 443, 444; militia in it, 447.
Dexter, town of, ii. 661.
District, first considered as a County, i. 285; then as a town, ii. 360; of "Maine" 467; senatorial, 486, 622; congressional, 562, 622; District Court, 467, 550.
Dixfield, town of, ii. 598.
Dixmont, town of, ii. 609.
Dogs, used in the Indian wars, ii. 306. Donnell, Samuel, a Charter-councillor,
ii. 11, 12; Henry, i. 672;
Dover, [in N. H.] destroyed by the In- dians, i. 610, 640: town of, [in Me.] incorporated, A. D. 1822.
Dresden, town of, ii, 567. [See Pow- nalborough].
Dreuilletts, a Jesuit Missionary, i. 322. Drowne, Shem, the origin of his right called the "Drowne Claim," i. 329; its territory resettled, ii. 97, 169; dis- pute ended, 623.
Dudley, Joseph, President of New- England, i. 576; superseded by An- dros, 577; Governor, ii. 34; treats with the Indians, 35.
Duels, first law against, ii. 168.
Duke of York, [James II.] his patent of New-York and Sagadahock, i. 407; appoints R. Nichols his D. Gov. 409; has his patent renewed, and appoints Sir E. Andros Gov. 445, 555; is king, 581; abdicates. the throne, 592.
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Duke of Monmouth, i. 554.
Dummer, Richard, an assignee of Ly- gonia, i. 240 .- See Note # ib .; Shu- bael, i. 672.
Dummer, William, Lt. Gov. corre- sponds with the Indians, ii. 149; his administration, 152; 710-11; his treaty with the Indians, 146; 155. Dunbar, David, appointed surveyor of the royal woods, ii. 165; rules in Sagadahock, repairs the fort at Pem- aquid, and calls it Fort Frederick, lays out lots, and forms townships, 166; his other measures, 167; com- plaints againts him, 169, 170; ap- pointed Lt. Gov. of N. H. 172, re- port against his claim, 174-5; re- moved, 176; returns to England, 178.
Dungan, Thomas, Gov. of New-York and Sagadahock, i. 581; removes Dutch families into Maine, 584.
Durham, town of, ii. 545.
Dutch people settle at Damariscotta and Sheepscot, i. 420, 580, 584.
Dyer, Wm. a Justice in Sagadahock, i. 421.
E.
Earthquakes, i. 271; ii. 155, 317. Eastern lands, [See Public lands.]
Eastport, [Moose Island], described, i. 85; incorporated, ii. 579; seized upon by the British, 640; surren- dered by them, 666.
Ecclesiastical affairs, i. 378; ii. 18; Sectarian, 487, note t.
Eddy, Jonathan, attacks a fort in Nova Scotia, is repulsed and his party flee to Machias, ii. 451-2; his excursion to the bay Fundy, 458; lands grant- ed to him and associates, 515.
Eddington, town of, ii. 618.
Eden, town of, ii. 573.
Edgecomb, Sir Richard, a grant to him, i. 268; lost, ii. 367. Edgecomb, town of, ii. 404.
Education, promoted by law, i. 383; ii. 18, 73, 158, 278; 686, profession- al, 688-691.
Elbridge, Gyles, a patentee of Pema- quid, i. 241; his son a ruler there, 267, 673;
Elliot, town of, ii. 617.
Ellsworth, town of, ii. 590.
Embargo, a restrictive measure, ii. 603. Embden, town of, ii. 598.
Emigration, to New-England, checked
by the king, i. 254, 268; subsides, 287; that to Ohio, ii. 664.
Emigrant Society, instituted, ii. 569.
Episcopalians, ii. 401, 693.
Erascohegan, i. 53: ii. 89.
Etechemin Indians, i. 469; three tribes of them, 470; number, 482-3.
Etna, town of, ii. 674.
Excise, ii. 286.
Exeter, town of, ii. 617.
Exports, amount, ii. 617; articles, 700.
F.
Fairfield, town of, ii. 540.
Falmouth, described, i. 30; first settled, 239; made a town, 393; subject to Rigby, 295; visited by the king's Commissioners, 420; a shire town, 429; destroyed by the Indians, 620; assailed by them, ii. 43; resettled, 81-3; a principal town, 158; a half shire with York, 185; number of families, 280; census 373; troubled by the British enemy, 417, 427; re- duced to ashes, by Mowett, 437; di- vided, 377; 528; 638.
Familists, emigrants to Casco, i. 239; a sect, ii. 276.
Farmington, town of, ii. 564.
Fayette, town of, ii. 568.
Federal Constitution adopted, ii. 535.
Federalists, become a party, ii. 559;
favor Mr. Jay's treaty, 561; they elect the President of the United, St. 570-5; 588; also the Gov. 574; all friends to the English, 575; their eagle, 589; defeated at the polls 605; triumphant, 610, 611; a minor- ity, 616; their violence, 629; they favor a navy, 630; become more ac- quiescent, 658.
Fees, and costs, discussed, explained by the Gov. ii. 210-11; the crown as- sumes to regulate fees, 382; revised, 502.
Fires, ii. 364.
Firewards, first chosen, ii. 262.
Fishes, species of, 150.
Fisheries, claimed to be free, i. 229, 232; the cod-fishery secured, ii. 504; reg- ulated, 597; revived, 659.
Fore-river, described, i. 30.
Forest-trees, ii. 94-5; marked, 98.
Fort-hill, Indian village destroyed, ii. 143.
Forts, Scammell, i. 35; Preble, ib .; Frankfort, 51; Castine, 71; Shir- ley, ii. 301; Popham, i. 52, 199; Hammonds, 53; La Tour and Alex- ander, 245; William IIenry or fort George at Pemaquid, 57, 635; Rich-
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mond, 51; ii. 97; Loyal, i. 540. 565- 621, 590; Saco, i. 638; George [at Brunswick] ii. 88, 99; Cushenoc, 90; St. Georges, [at Thomaston,] ii. 97, 115; Frederick, ii. 166, 342; Halifax, 300; Western, i. 50; ii. 301; Frederic and others at and in the region of Crown Point, 304; Eastern, 305, 308; Pownal, 338; dismantled, 418; changes command- ers, 371, 426; Cumberland, 452; Machias, 458; at Castine, i. 71; ii. 643; William and Mary, (on Great Island) ii. 31, 50; forts repaired, 202, 210 ; in different place, 305 ; thoughts of resigning them to the crown, 323.
Foxcroft, town of, ii. 627.
Fox-Islands, described, i. 186; a town, ii. 546.
Foxwell, Richard, i. 674.
François, St. an Indian village, formed, ii. 40, 341; its savages visit us, 265; instigate war, 303; destroyed, 341.
Frankfort, a fortress, ii. 352; a town, 546.
Freedom, a town, ii. 632.
Freeman, Enoch, Col. ii. 428; council- lor, 484.
Freeman, a town, ii. 609.
Freeport, town of, ii. 543.
Frenchman's Bay, described, i. 79.
French Neutrals, ii. 264, 309; their fate, 310, 317, 349, 364.
French War, begun, ii. 304, 306, 318; declared, 319; disastrous, 324, 330; eventuates in the capture of Canada by the English, 345.
French Revolution, ii. 560.
French, settle Canada, i. 187; claim Nova Scotia, 188; court the good- will of the Eastern Indians, 322; claim and hold to Penobscot, 308; disliked, 359; draw the Indians to Canada, ii. 40, 209; fate of duc d An- ville's fleet, 247; their eastern claims stated, 291-2; they aspire to own the northern hemisphere, 294; their expeditions, 306; driven from North America, 345; assist the Americans, 467.
French Feet, disasters, ii. 248, 253.
Friendship, settled, ii. 238, 285; a town, 609.
Frost, Charles, a Councillor and Judge, i. 566; character, 674, ii. 12, 706; killed, i. 646: Nicholas, i. 674; John, Gen. ii. 445; ordered to detach mili- tia-men, 470.
Fryburgh, granted, ii. 363, incorporat- ed, 459.
Fur-trade revived, ii. 337, regulated, 382, 550.
G.
Gage, Thomas, Governor-general, ii. 411; denounced, 420.
Gard, Roger, Register and Mayor of Gorgeana, i. 282, 287, 675, 289; one of the Council, 298.
Gardiner, Thomas, a king's Justice, i. 421; a county officer in Devonshire, 443-4; 675.
Gardiner, town of, ii. 597.
Garland, town of, ii. 618.
Gebeag, Great and Little, i. 37.
Gedney, Bartholomew, one of Andros' Council, i. 577, 584.
Gendell, Walter, trustee of N. Yar- mouth, i. 562; killed, 607-8; char- acter, 676.
Georgetown, i. 54; first settled, 228, 243; [see Arrowsick,] burnt, 535; resettled, ii. 81; a town, 88-9.
Gerry, Elbridge, Gov. ii. 616.
Ghent, treaty of, ii. 656.
Gibson, Richard, a preacher, on the Isles of Shoals, i. 291, 395.
Gilead, town of, ii. 599.
Godfrey, Edward, first settled at Aga- menticus, i. 288; an Assistant or Councillor, i. 265, 278; Aldermen of Gorgeana, 287-8; Governor, 303; opposes Massachusetts, 335; sub- mits, and is a commissioner, 384; still an opponent, 399; character, 677.
Goldthwait, Thomas, commands fort Pownal, ii. 371; superseded, 388. Goodwin, Ichabod, Major-General, ii. 503.
GORGES SIR FERDINANDO, takes na- tives into his family, i. 195; sends R. Vines to Maine, 206; active mem- ber of the P. Council, 222; defends the Charter, 229, 232, 254; settles Agamenticus, 231; discouraged, 255; appointed Governor-General of New- England, 259, 269; sends over Wm. Gorges, his Dep. Gov. 264; commits his Prov. to Massachusetts, 267; his charter of Maine and government, 272-284; gives Gorgeana a city- charter, 288, 289; thrown into pris- on, 298; death and character, 304. Gorges, Robert, Gov. of New-England, i. 229; returns home, 230, 258.
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Gorges, William, arrives Dep. Gov. of New-Somersetshire, i. 264; his gov- ernment and council, 265; returns to England, 267.
Gorges, Thomas, commissioned Dep. Gov. of Maine, i. 278; arrives, 283; his administration, 284-5; returns home, 295; his letter, 312.
Gorges, L'd. Edward, takes as assignee, one of the 12 Provinces, i. 257.
Gorges, Ferdinand, grandson of Sir Ferdinando, publishes a History of Maine, i. 399; revives his claim, 404; has a decision in his favor, 402, 450; sends over Archdale, as agent, 403; sells his Province to Massachu- setts, 451-Sketch of their several Characters, 675.
Gorgeana, a city corporate, i. 288.
Gorham, settled, ii. 181; beset by In-
dians, 244, 311; incorporated a town, 374
Gortonists, ii. 276.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, his voyage, i. 184-5.
Gospel, a society for propagating it, i. 322-3; supported by aid of law, 402; another society for promoting it, ii. 32;' ministers of, 157, 279.
Gouldsborough, town of, ii. 544.
Gourcheville, Madame, procures De- mont's patent, i. 208.
Governors, lists of, ii. 368; 710-711; in Canada, 273.
Gray, town of, ii. 465.
Great Island, fortified, ii. 31; fort Wil- liam and Mary there, 50.
Green, town of, ii. 539.
Greenwood, town of, ii. 661.
Guilford, town of, ii. 661.
Gunison, Hugh, an Associate, i. 348.
H.
Halifax, fort, built, ii. 297, 300; a trading house there and J. Brewer Truck-master, 499
Hallowell, a town, corporate, ii. 390. Hampden, town of, ii. 566; taken by the British, 645.
Hammond, Joseph, a Counciller and Judge, ii. 75, 161.
Hancock, John, Gov. ii. 487; resigns, 513; rechosen, 533; death, 555.
Hancock, County, established, ii. 548. Hancock Free School, established, ii. 638.
Harlem, town of, ii. 572. Harmony, town of, ii. 597.
Harpswell, town of, settled, ii. 87-8; made a town, 329; an exploit there, 429.
Harraseeket river, described, i. 32.
Harrington, laid out by Dunbar, ii. 166 .- Another surveyed, 362; incor- porated a town, 576.
Harrison, town of, ii. 599.
Hartford-Convention, ii. 656.
Hartford, town of, ii. 580.
Hartland, town of, ii. 674.
Hawkins, Sir Richard, his voyage, i. 214.
Heath, Capt. destroys the Indian vil- lage at Bangor, Fort Hill, ii. 143. Hebron, town of, ii. 554.
Henrietta, Maria, her marriage with Charles I., occasions a cession of Acadia to France, i. 231.
Heresy, punishable by law, i, 379.
Hermon, town of, ii. 638.
Heyman, Samuel, a Councillor, ii. 11.
Hill, John, a Councillor, ii. 351 :- Pe- ter and Joseph, character, i. 678.
Hiram, town of, ii. 609.
Hollis, town of, ii. 580.
Holmes, John, Commissioner under
4th article of the Ghent treaty, i. 14; a Senator to Congress, ii. 677.
Holt, Isle of, described, i. 74.
Hook, William, one of Gorges' Coun- cil, i. 278.
Hook, Francis, one of the king's Jus- tices, i. 416; a councillor to Pres. Danforth, 565; and a treasurer, 568; a Province councillor, ii. 12; Judge of the Common Pleas, 15; death, 395: a sketch of their lives, i. 678-9. Hope, town of, ii. 598.
Howell, Morgan, an Assistant under Cleaves, i. 328.
Humphreys, Capt. attacks the Leopard, ii. 602.
Hunting, ii. 289; prohibited in king's woods, 371, 550.
Hunt, Thomas, kidnaps Savages, i. 213.
Hutchinson, Thomas, Lieut. Gov. ii. 355; takes the chair, 386; Govern- or, 388; has difficulties with the house of Representatives, 397; goes to England, 404; his family, i. 679.
I.
Impressment, begun, ii. 208; resented, 602; number of impresses, 628; resisted, 629.
Imprisonment, i. 384; ii. 262; mitigated, 349; in different rooms, 532.
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Indians, kidnapped, i. 195; 207-8; wast- ed by pestilence, 216; restless, 250; use fire-arms, 358, 428; wars among them, 440; aboriginal, 453; number of tribes, 457; names and census, 463-483; habits and language, 484 -514; first war, 515; Sagamores, 516; 400 of them seized, 539; take 20 fishing vessels, 551; peace, 553; second war, 604; 20 of them arrest- ed at Saco, 608; sell their captives in Canada 611; their miseries, 641, a treaty, 649; third war, ii. 38; some of them retire to Canada, 40; at- tack on the Eastern settlers, 42; on Kittery and York, 51; treaty, 66; a peace party, 105; denounced as reb- els, 107; fourth war, 111; their sen- timents, 112, 117; fleet, 127; treaty, 146; Sagamores promote peace, 149; fifth war, 234; peace, 259; misehiev- ous, 268-272; disturbed by new settlers, 288; hostile, 297; sixth war, 304; last efforts of the Eastern Na- tives and end of the Indian wars, 333; Governor's views of them, 372; their amity and aid, 449; coneluding notice taken of them, 670.
Industry, town of, ii. 598. Ingersol, George, i. 680. Insects, described, i. 170.
Interest, 8 per cent. i. 383. Islands,-300 described, i. 20-87.
Islesborough, town of, ii. 542.
Isles of Shoals, described, i. 23; called " Smiths' Isles," 276; a complaint there, 291; 304; governed, 349; made a town, [Appledore,] 401; trial of causes there, 441-2; 564; a part of them included in the Province charter, ii. 10.
J.
Jackson, Andrew, hero of New Orleans, ii. 656.
Jackson, town of, ii. 668.
Jacobins, ii. 560. James II .- [See Duke of York.] Jay, town of, ii. 568. Jay's treaty, ii. 561.
Jefferson, Thomas, President of United States, ii. 589.
Jefferson, town of, ii. 608.
Jeremisquam, Island described, i. 55; purchased, 330; Indian deed of it, 365; proprietors of it, 331; ii. 405, note. *
Jesuits, law against, i. 380.
Johnson, Edward, a Commissioner, i. 348.
Jonesborough, town of, ii. 611.
Jonquire, Governor of Canada, ii. 248: his conduct, 253, 264, 272.
Jordan, Robert, arrives a preacher, i. 395; and marries Jolin Winter's daughter, 399; one of Cleaves Coun- cil, 302; reproved by Rigby's son, 340; opposes Mass. 357; sub- mits, 391; forbidden to preach, 402; a king's justice, 416; his death, 395, Note *; posterity killed by Indians, ii. 43, his character, 680.
Joscelyn, Henry, settles at Searborough, i. 392; one of the Couneil to Wil- liam and Thomas Gorges, 265, 278; Deputy Governor, 300; an assistant to Cleaves, 328; a Commissioner and Associate under Massachusetts, 395-7; the king's senior Justice, 439; lived a while at Pemaquid, 375; his character, 682.
Joscelyn, John, his History, i. 446.
Juries, 282, 281; seleeted, ii. 349; re- turned by sheriffs, disallowed, 409; revised, 606.
Justices of the Peace, i. 281, 403, 416 ii. 16.
K.
Katıhdin, mountain described, i. 90. Kennebec, river, described, i. 47; dis- eovered, 186; trade there, 233, 236; a homieide there, 252, 253; decrease of trade, 365; the Patent rented, 366; government instituted, 367; patent sold, 370; settlement resum- ed, ii. 90; limits of the Patent set- tled, 347.
Kennebec County, established, ii. 582. Kennebunk, river described, i. 26; di- visional line between two counties, 285; and between Gorges and Rigby as deeided, 302.
King, William, author of the 'Better- ment act,' ii. 608: Maj .- General, 609; President in both conventions on a Constitution, 664, 673; first Govern. or of Maine, 675; a Commissioner under the Spanish treaty, 679.
Kings of England, viz. James I., i. 196; Charles I., 231; death, 304; Charles II., 398; James II., 581; abdicates the throne, 592; William and Mary, ib .; Anne, ii. 33: George I., 85; George II., 159; George III., 356. Kingfield. town of, ii. 67^
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Kirk, David, and Lewis, conquer Canada, i. 234; the former a trader, 321.
Kirk, Colonel, appointed Governor of four Colonies, i. 572; his character, ib.
Kittery, first settled, i. 243; incorporat- ed, 303; submits to Massachusetts, 344 6; visited by the king's Com- missioners, 415; assisted, ii, 29; de- fended, 76; made a port of entry, 86. Knight, Ezekiel, special magistrate, i. 415; an associate, 438.
Knox, town of, ii. 674.
Knox, Henry, General, ii. 461; Com- missioner, 511.
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Laconia, a province, i. 225; it settles, N. H. 228.
Lake, Sir Biby, purchaser of Woolwich, i. 330; ii. 172.
Land-titles, i. 289; ii. 96.
Land-tax, federal, ii. 581.
Land-office, established, ii. 507, 537, 662, 679 ;- [See Committees Lands.]
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Langdon,. Timothy, District Judge, ii. 467.
Laud, archbishop, i. 270.
Laws, statute, i. 371, 383 ; ii. 9, 486, 677-8; Lawyers, 401, 688.
Lawson, Christopher, his purchase, i. 330; 683.
Leader, Richard, a Councillor, i. 303, 325, 683.
Lebanon, settled, ii. 381.
Leeds, town of, ii. 591.
Leni-lenape, Indians, i. 454.
Letters, anonymous and threatening, ii. 262. Levant, town of, ii. 632.
Leverett, John, ii. 76.
Lewis, Thomas, a patentee of Saco, i. 237; an assistant, or Councillor to Gorges, 265, 683. Lewiston, town of, ii. 568.
Lexington-battle, ii. 419.
Limeric, town of, ii. 534.
Limington, town of, ii. 554.
Lincoln County, established, ii. 354 ; officers, 355, 445; difficulties in, set- tlcd, 623.
Lincolnville, town of, ii. 594.
Lisbon, town of, ii. 583. Litchfield, town of, ii. 568.
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