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I have the honour to be with great respect for yourself and the other gen- tlemen of the committee, Sir, your most obt. and humble sev't.
JAMES BOWDOIN.
Honourable ENOCH FREEMAN, Esq. Chairman of the Committee.
No. 3. MR. BOWDOIN'S LETTER TO GOV. POWNAL IN LONDON.
BOSTON, SEPT. 23, 1783.
DEAR SIR-I had the honour of writing to you by Mr. Gorham on a subject similar to the present. The former respected Charlestown, and this relates to Falmouth, in Casco Bay ; the greater part of which, as is sufficiently known, was wantonly burnt in October 1775, by the order of Admiral Graves.
I have just received a letter from the committee of Falmouth, accompanied with a letter to yourself on that subject ; a general address to the friends of humanity in England, which they wish to have published; and a certificate of their appointment, which they desire me to get properly authenticated. The authentication under the seal of the Common vealth, will accordingly be an- nexed to the address and certificate and enclosed.
In the address they have left a blank for the name of the gentleman, to whose care the donations are requested to be delivered; and it is their desire you will please to allow and direct, your name to be inserted in it.
To a gentleman of your benevolence and humanity, and in whose former . relation to them as governour, the people of Falmouth, with the province in general, thought themselves very happy, it need only be observed on this oc- casion, that they continue, what you knew them to be, a worthy people ; that they are under great embarrassments by reason of the losses they have sus- tained ; and that the donations of the benevolent for their relief cannot be more fitly applied. I have the honour to be with every sentiment of esteem,
Dear Sir, your most obedient and very humble servant, JAMES BOWDOIN.
The Honourable Gov. POWNAL.
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No. 4. Gov. POWNAL'S LETTER.
RICHMOND, [Surrey] Dec. 9, 1783.
GENTLEMEN-I received the latter end of last month your letter dated Fal- mouth, Sept. 3, 1783. It was enclosed and forwarded to me by my worthy friend Mr. Bowdoin, and it came to my hands by favor of Mr. Wheelwright, who sent it to me at this place.
You are not mistaken in your opinion of the affection I bear to the good people of the Massachusetts Bay ; nor am I insensible to the marks of regard and affection which I always experienced from them.
I wish most sincerely that your case stated to this country, at this time, could be promised to have more effect than I fear it will have. And I wish as sincerely that I could promise you without deceiving you, that I (in my pres- ent retired secluded situation in this country) was capable of doing you the service which you flatter yourselves I am.
Alas ! You little know how people in this old world feel about those distant matters, distant in time and place. The retaliated severities of civil war, ofa war ofbrethren, are always cruelties, which those who have a disposition to relieve the distresses of fellow-creatures know not how to interfere in, by their charity ; while the general clamor of their fellow-subjects, and the sentiments of their government are calling for relief on the other hand for those of a dif- ferent description, who are supposed to have suffered under like severities, yet cannot obtain that redress, which negotiation stipulated for them. I beg that I may be rightly understood, not to enter here on the grounds of policy or justice in the subject matter, but simply into the grounds of the reasoning and feeling of people here on the fact. Those, who from a general benevolence, have pity for their fellow-creatures (be they whom they may) that actually suffer distress, and may feel willing to administer relief, will, under these cir- cumstances be puzzled. And to those who have no feeling or disposition this way, these circumstances will be excuses under which they will justify them- selves to the world and to themselves. This view of the matter makes me doubt of the success of your application, in this country at this time ; and makes it appear peculiarly and personally difficult in me to become a principal in it.
Under these circumstances, as I never did and never will promise more than I can perform, all that I can promise is, that I will make enquiry what can be done and what I may venture to do safely and with propriety ; and that I will do. As far as I have been able to lay this matter before those who are the best judges, as well as the best disposed to promote any business which can serve the citizens of America, they see it exactly in the form in which I do, and in which I have stated it to you. I have also on application to a person, the most conversant in the publications in our newspapers, and who has been a great sharer in them, and I have no great hope that the printers of our pres- ent papers will be willing to publish the case gratis as you imagined. This however shall make no difference. I shall go to London the day after to-mor- row, I will then enquire what can be done, and will do every thing in my pow-
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er to the purport of your letter. Besides the matters and reasons stated above which make it very difficult for a person, circumstanced as I am, for a person retired as I am, from the business of this old world, and from its connections, to undertake this business. The resolution which I have taken and am putting in execution of quitting England in spring, renders it impracticable after my departure. As amongst other views, I have it in contemplation to come to America. You may easily conceive how pleasant a thing it would be to me to come with the desired relief in my hand.
I will at all events endeavour to find out some person more and better calcu- lated in efficiency, though not in inclination, to your purpose than I am or can be ; and if I can meet with such, as I can be satisfied will be really willing and able to serve you in this matter, I will put your affairs into his hands and do as an individual, what I feel, duty calls upon me to do.
I am as of old, so at present, inzeal and affection to the citizens of the Mas- sachusetts State, Gentlemen, your friend and faithful se'vt.
T. POWNAL.
To the Hon. ENOCH FREEMAN, Esq. and others,
a committee of the sufferers in Falmouth, Casco Bay. S
No. 5. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.
To all friends of humanity and charitable persons in Ireland.
The following address of the distressed and much injured inhabitants of Falmouth, in Casco Bay, in New England, is respectfully presented by the subscribers, their committee.
We hereby make known to you, that in the month of October A. D. 1775, soon after the beginning of the late unhappy contest between Great Britain and this country, a number of armed vessels, under the command of one Hen- ry Mowatt, entered our harbour, and drew up in line of battle. As no naval hostilities had then commenced, we viewed them with surprise, and wondered what should be the cause of their maneuvers. But how great was our aston- ishment, when by a flag, we were informed that he had orders from Mr. Graves, a British admiral, to burn our town. We in vain remonstrated against such cruel conduct ; nor could all our entreaties, or the soft persuasions of the gentler sex, avail with him to avert his cruel purpose : notwithstanding the obligations he was under to us for having, a little while before, rescued him from the hands of a number of incensed men. But with unparalleled barbarity, whilst we were in a defenceless and inactive situation, he sud- denly began the attack, and in a day, reduced to ashes more than three- fourths of our once fair and flourishing town, giving us scarcely time to escape with our wives and children from the devouring flames, which, with horror, we now beheld, consuming our delightful habitations.
St. Paul's church, a large new building, a very elegant and costly new court-house, the town-house, and the public library ; one hundred and thirty dwelling-houses, with a great number of out houses, shops, stores, and most of the wharves, with all the vessels in the harbour (except two that were car-
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ried off) were entirely consumed-together with large quantities of merchan- dize, household furniture and other goods.
Thus were we at once reduced to unspeakable distress. The sick, the aged and infirm, among the rest, were obliged to seek for shelter to the new back settlements, and wander to and fro in quest of the necessaries of life ; depend- ing on the hospitality of those, who could but poorly support themselves.
The whole loss occasioned by this horrid conflagration, as estimated by order of government, amounted to fifty-four thousand six hundred pounds. And this loss has been exceedingly increased by means of the total stagna- tion thereby put to our trade and navigation, by the impracticability of follow- ing those trades, whereby many of us were formerly supported, and by the dispersed condition we have been in ever since.
We are therefore constrained to ask relief from our compassionate friends, whose property has not to a degree like this, been made a prey to the ravages 'of fire and sword. Let your imaginations paint to you, the state of men re- duced from affluence and ease to poverty and distress, and we cannot but flat- ter ourselves you will let your munificence be employed to cheer our hearts and relieve us from our pressing wants. We greatly need help in rebuilding our waste places-and to you as brethren we repair, who are children of the same great Parent of the world, on whom we all depend for whatever we en- joy, who is ever well pleased with the sacrifices of a charitable heart, and who will not fail to reward the cheerful giver.
As we are rejoicing in the returning blessings of peace, you will greatly contribute to our happiness, by lightening the evils which bring a damp upon our joy-and enabling us gladly to return to our former situations, which have been so long abandoned. So shall we have fresh occasion to pray for your prosperity, and glory in your friendship.
Even the smallest gratuities will be thankfully received-and faithfully ap- plied by the subscribers to the general relief of the unhappy sufferers. And they may be delivered to the care of our worthy friend
or such persons as he may appoint to receive them, to transmit to us for that purpose.
ENOCH FREEMAN, JEDEDIAH PREBLE, SAM'L FREEMAN,
TIMOTHY PIKE, JOHN WAITE.
No. XI-Page 158.
A grant of two townships of land, each six miles square, to the sufferers of Falmouth, was made by the General Court of Massachusetts March 9, 1791. on petition of Enoch Ilsley, Nathaniel Deering, Samuel Freeman and Thom- as Sandford. One condition of the grant was, that the grantees should settle a certain number of families within three years on the townships. These were incorporated by the name of Freeman and New-Portland in 1808. In 1830, New-Portland contained 1,215 inhabitants and Freeman 724.
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The sufferers formed a propriety and held regular meetings ; in 1793, the towns were surveyed and divided into lots of 100 acres each, and after ineffec- tual attempts to sell the whole tracts, first at one dollar an acre and afterwards at 50 cents, and even a much less sum, they were distributed among the suf- ferers by lot. In the grant there were reserved 640 acres for the support of schools, 560 for the ministry, 800 for the first settled minister, and 474 for the future appropriation of government. Beside these, the proprietors reserved for sale to defray expences 6,720 acres. The grant on the whole was pro- ductive of little or no benefit to the sufferers, the expences and taxes having consumed the capital. The town petitioned for a future grant a year or two after, but were not successful.
No. XII-Page 183.
The amount of Registered and Enrolled tonnage at different periods in the port of Portland, has been as follows. I have added the licensed, being that which was employed in the fishery, for some years.
Year.
Registered.
Enrolled.
Total.
Licensed.
1794,
9,622
4,377
13,999
1795,
8,403
4,893
13,297
1796,
12,451
5,385
17,837
1797,
12,706
5,316
18,023
1798,
12,776
5,825
18,602
1799,
14,468
5,287
19,756
1800,
16,458
5,014
21,474
1801,
22,171
5,537
27,709
1802,
16,673
4,926
21,601
1803,
18,850
5,195
24,046
1801,
21,700
5,310
27,011
1805,
24,114
7,530
31,644
1806,
28,102
8,440
36,543
1807,
28,495
10,513
39,009
1808,
20,460
12,645
33,106
1809,
19,425
10,006
29,432
1810,
21,404
6,551
27,956
1811,
22,190
9,254
31,445
1812
26,357
9,155
35,512
1813,
20,322
9,086
29,409
1814,
18,231
8,299
26,531
1815,
25,650
6,213
31,863
1816,
22,277
7,051
29,329
1817,
18,716
8,731
27,418
1818,
18,367
8,182
26,549
3,458
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Year.
Registered
Enrolled.
Total.
Licensed.
1819,
21,452
8,668
30,121
1820,
22,588
9,477
32,066
2,005
1821,
21,389
10,290
31,681
1,825
1822,
22,220
11,376
33,596
1823,
24,079
11,145
35,224
1824,
27,406
12,470
39,876
2,903
1825,
30.220
13,574
43,795
4,288
1826,
33,307
14,032
47,310
4,640
1827,
33,508
16,047
49,555
3,870
1828,
33,661
15,224
49,906
1829,
33,641
17,469
51,111
1830,
27,545
15,525
43,071
1931,
27,154
15,436
42,591'
Amount of duties received at the custom house in Portland, on Merchan- dize imported into that port.
1790,
88,109
1808,
$ 41,369
1815,
115,676
1801,
204,333
1809,
60,309
1816,
173,701
1802,
157,290
1810,
112,084
1820,
139,446
1803,
161,295
1811,
173,249
1822,
179,336
1804,
225,759
1812,
227,365
1826,
258,860
1805,
290,229
1813,
196,607
1828,
332,662
1806,
346,444
1814,
163,055
1830,
260,103
1807,
267,555
The number of tons of new vessels built in this District in 1820 was 2,378 ; 1821, 2,306 ; 1822, 2,787 ; 1823, 3,711; 1824, 6,076; 1825, 8,611; 1826, 6,189 ; 1827, 7,581 ; 1828, 5,576. In 1789, there were only 31 vessels built in the United States whose tonnage amounted to 4,366 tons.
The principal exports from this port to foreign ports in 1826, were specie $2,361, 18,790 quintals of dried fish, 6,879 bbls. pickled fish, 25,004 lbs. sperm candles, 2,410 M. shingles, 32,212,676 ft. of boards, 303 bbls. tar, pitch, &c. 2481 bbls. of beef, 16,660 lbs. of butter, 3,525 lbs. of cheese, 1,955 lbs. of bacon, 74,280 lbs. of lard, 5,333 bbls. flour, 4,789 bushels of corn, 1,590 bbls. of bread, 4,316 bushels of potatoes, 293 tierces of rice, 303 hhds. tobacco, 94,987 lbs. tallow candles, 157,307 lbs. soap, 4,884 gallons dom. spirits, 25,308 lbs. of nails, 21,798 lbs. of powder ; besides household furniture, castings and other manufactures of iron and other articles, lumber, raw products, &c. not enume- rated, all to the amount of $100,000.
The principal imports into this port in 1831, were molasses, 36,460 hlids, 370 tierces, 1,121 bbls. ; salt 222,380 bushels ; coffee 2,633 bags ; flour 38,299 bbls. ; corn 45,250 bushels.
' I have omitted the fractional parts of the tonnage, which minutely effects the total.
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No. XIII-Page 190.
Petition for the Incorporation of Portland.
To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of that part of the town of Fal- mouth, in the county of Cumberland, commonly called the Neck, humbly shews, That in their present situation, they are destitute of many advantages which the inhabitants of maritime towns receive, and which as such they might en- joy, if they were incorporated into a distinct town.
In their present state they suffer much for want of some regular method of employing and supporting the poor, who are principally resident in this part of the town ; and of repairing and regulating their streets ; the establishment of proper order and by-laws, for conducting their internal police, such especial- ly as more immediately relate to sea-port towns ; some permanent and effec- tual provision for the support of schools, so necessary to the happiness of indi- viduals and the well being of society ; and of power to raise money for these and other purposes ; particularly incident to our compact situation.
They therefore pray, that your honours would pass an act, whereby they and all who live within the following bounds, viz. to begin at the middle of the creek that runs into round marsh, thence northeast to Back Cove creek ; thence down the middle of that creek to Back Cove ; thence across said cove to san- dy point ; thence round by Casco Bay to the Fore river ; thence up said river to the first bounds, as well as the islands in said town, may, together with their estates, be incorporated into a separate and distinct town ; and that by said act your honors would be pleased to constitute us the shire town of the county, and indulge us with all the privileges incident thereto, and your pe- titioners as in duty bound will ever pray.
Enoch Freeman, W. Vaughan,
Wm. Frost,
Samuel Freeman,
John Mussey,
Thos. B. Wait,
Richard Codinan,
Moses Brazier,
Thos. Sandford,
Dudley Cammett,
Enoch Brazier,
Thos. Reed,
Paul Cammett,
Lemuel Weeks,
James Fosdick,
Enoch Freeman jr.
James Gooding,
James Jewett,
Enoch Ilsley.
Stephen Tukey,
Stephen Hall,
Timothy Pike,
Jeremiah Torrey,
Eben'r Davis,
Jona. Morse,
Elijah Littlefield,
Woodbury Storer,
Wm. Wiswall,
Joseph Mclellan,
Nath'l Atkins, John Nichols,
Jona. Paine,
Enoch Moody,
John Thrasher,
Nath'l Moody,
Stephen Harding,
Wm. Jenks,
Daniel Davis,
John Burnham,
Joseph Silvester,
Stephen Codman,
John Archer,
Joshua Rogers,
J. Hobby,
Joseph Noyes,
Moses Noyes
Wm. Hobby,
Benj. Titcomb,
Benj. Waite jr.
Eben'r Preble,
Hugh Mclellan,
Jos. H. Ingraham,
Robert Boyd,
Arthur McLellan, Nath'l Deering, John Stephenson, Thos. Robinson,
Samuel Freeman, Rich- ard Codman and Tim- othy Pike, in the name and behalf of the first Parish in Falmouth, a- greeably to their vote passed 23d Jan. 1786.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the House of Representatives March 4, 1786. On the petition of Enoch Freeman and other inhabitants of that part of the town of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, called the Neck, praying to be incorporated into a sep- arate town, for reasons set forth in their petition,
Ordered, That the petitioners notify the town of Falmouth, by leaving an attested copy of the petition and this order with the clerk of said town, thirty days at least, before the third Wednesday of the next session of the General Court, that they may show cause on said day, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted.
Letter from Josiah Thatcher, Senator from Cumberland, enclosing the above to . John Frothingham, Esq. Town Clerk.
SIR-The court had passed the order of notification enclosed before the vote of the town came to hand. Endeavours were used at both ends of the house to have the order reconsidered and the Neck incorporated ; but it was answered in the Senate, that the state of the town might be greatly altered since that vote passed-so the matter must rest till May next.
The vote of the town above referred to is probably the one passed May 26, 1783, assenting to the separation, which is noticed on page 189
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INDEX TO THE HISTORY OF PORTLAND.
The Roman letters refer to the parts, the numerals to the page.
A.
Acadia, charter of, 1603, I. 5,6. II.88.
Annapolis first settled, I. 5.
Alexander, Sir Wm I. 1i.
Aldsworth and Elbridge, I. 12.
Agamenticus settled, I. 18.
Andrews, Jane I. 33.
Andrews, Samuel I. 33.
Attwell, Widow I. 37, 65.
- Andrews, James I. 61, 67, 75, 140, family 207.
Aucocisco, I. 8, 68.
Allen, Hope I. 73, 150.
Adams, Abraham I. 75.
Associates, I. 100, 108.
Archdale, John I. 109, 110.
Atwell, Benjamin I. 134, 140,-killed, 143. Algur, Arthur I. 107, 139. Andrew I. 139.
Andrews' Island, I. 90, 144.
Andross, Sir Edmund I. 152, 183, 190, 195-removed, 196-died, 201. Assembly, first general in Maine, 1.158. Ammoncongan, I. 68, 170, 171.
Alger, Andrew I. 200.
Andrews, Elisha I. 200.
Armstrong, James II. 18, 290.
Agreement between Old and New Proprietors, II. 24. Allen, Benjamin II. 57.
Archer, John II. 161.
Able bodied men in Falmouth, 1777, II. 102.
Adams, John II. 212.
Attornies in Portland, II. 219.
Academy, II. 269.
Atheneum, II. 274.
Amusements, IT. 287.
Adams, Jacob II. 290.
Allen, Dr. Ebenezer II. 200.
Appendix, I. 221. II. 311.
B.
Brown, John I. 12.
Bagaduce, I. 14.
Bagnal, Walter I. 15, 21.
Bonighton, Richard I. 16, 43, 46.
Beauchamp, John I. 16.
- Black Point, I. 18, 149.
Baley, John I. 35.
Brandy, its price, I. 35.
Beaver, its value, I. 35. Brown, Arthur I. 36, 44.
Batchelder, Stephen I. 37.
Bonighton, John I. 44, 138.
Burdet, George I. 47.
Bode, Arthur I. 49.
Bush, John I. 54.
Booth, Robert I. 55.
Bayley, Jonas I. 55.
Bray, Richard I. 65.
Bartlett, Nicholas I. 65. Brackett, Anthony I. 71, 74, 94, 140- taken by Indians, 143-escapes, 147, 155-second marriage, 155, 159, 179, 191, 198-family, 207.
Back Cove settlements, I. 72.
Bramhall, George I. 74, 150-killed, 200-family, 208, 242.
Bangs' Island, I. 90, 144.
Breme, John I. 92. Brackett, Thomas I. 94, 140-killed, 141-his wife, 152, 174.
Bartlett, George dies, I. 135.
Boaden, Ambrose I. 139.
Burroughs, George I. 141, 144, 174, death and character, 175
Bowdoin, Peter I. 164, 165, 185.
Broadridge, Richard I. 165.
Boutincane, Stephen I. 185.
Barger, Philip.I. 185. Bretton, Philip Le I. 185.
Battle at Back Cove, I. 198.
Brackett, Seth killed, I. 205. Anthony jr. I. 205.
Brackett, Zachariah II. 13, 290.
Bean, Joseph II. 3, 34, 290. Barbour, John II. 14, 290. Bailey, Robert II. 46. [210, 213. Bradbury, Theophilus II. 50, 53, 114,
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Brown, Rev. Thomas settled, JI. 70. Butler, John II. 100, 291.
Brackett, Joshua and Anthony, II. 117. Brooks and Creeks on the Neck, II.118. Boston Port Bill, II. 140.
Bradish, Major David II. 151, 291. Batteries erected, II. 159, 166.
C.
Charter of Virginia 1606, I. 7.
" " Plymouth Company, I. 50, 39. Cleeves, George I. 17, 22, 26, 60-his death, 124.
Cleeves, George died, and Commis- sion from Gorges, I. 31, 233.
Cleeves v. Winter, I. 34, 221, 231.
Cleeves George applies to Massachu- setts for aid, 1. 50.
Cleeves' George jurisdiction in Ligo- nia, I. 54.
Cleeves George protest against Mas- sachusetts, I. 59.
Cleeves' George grants in Falmouth, I. 66, 87.
Cleeves' and Jordan's controversy, I. 76, 85.
Cleeves' George letter to Mass. I. 104. Cape Elizabeth Grant, I. 19, 21-in- corporated, II. 98-trade, 111- acres, 191.
Cammock, Thomas patent, I. 18.
Courts, I. 34, 43, 47, 98, 100, 107, 117, 221, 223. II. 203.
Cammock, Thomas I. 43.
Cosins, John I. 44, 55, 65, 231.
Champernoon, Francis I. 46.
. Child, Dr. I. 52.
Courts of Ligonia, I. 54, 223, 230.
Cape Porpus, I. 54, 236. [111.
Controversy about jurisdiction, I. 57, Corbin, Robert I. 60, 70, 129, 1-10- killed 143.
Commissioners of Falmouth appoint- ed, I. 61.
Casco Mill, I. 69.
Coe, Matthew I. 71, 93, 138.
Cunnaticonnett, I. 76.
Casco river, I. 78.
Clapboard island, I. 88.
Chebeag, I. 88.
Cow island, I. 88.
Clarke, Thaddeus I. 95, 140. II. 159, 164, 173, 200-killed, 202, 208.
Cloice, John I. 94, 121, 140, 166, 173. Commissioners, I. 102, 110.
Commissioners from England arrive, I. 109-their authority, I. 111-re- port, 115.
Casco described, I. 131, 236-attack- ed, 198-derivation of name, II, 100. 'Education II. 46.
Capisic, I. 132, 168.
Cloice, Thomas I. 133, 140, 163, 173 -- killed, 205, 208.
Court at Fort Loyal,by Danforth, I.159 Clements, Win. I. 161.
Richard I. 187.
Castine, St. Baron de I. 194.
Church, Benjamin I. 197. Corney, John I. 209.
Cobb, Samuel II. 13, 28, 292.
Collier Richard II. 14.
Common Land, II. 25.
D.
De Mont I. 5.
DurhamHumphry I. 71,140-killed 143
Davis Lawrence I. 95, 134, 141, 209. Deaths in Falmouth I. 96. II. 281.
Deputies I. 100, 184.
Davis, Isaac I. 133, 141, 160, 209.
Dunstan, origin of name I. 139, Davis Silvanus I. 147, 161, 166, 168, 181, 184, 187, 188, 202, 209.
Danforth Tho. President I. 158, 191.
grants on the Neck I. 160.181
deed to Falmouth I. 182, 240. II. 25.
Dispute between Lawrence and Davis I. 188.
Davenport, Eben'r I. 209. Donnell, Henry I. 209.
Deed of the Neck to Cleeves I. 233.
from Indians to Munjoy I. 239.
6. Pres. Danforth I. 240.
Doughty, James II. 14.
Dean, Samuel II. 53, 69-ordained 71 -death 232.
Duties II. 114.
Deering, Nath'l II. 116, 191.
John
Duties on the colonies II. 124, 127. on molasses and tea II. 134.
Depreciation of paper money 11. 101, 163.
Davis, Eben'r II. 178.
Davis, Daniel II. 215.
District Court of U. S. II. 221.
Dwelling houses II. 280.
Dancing II. 287. E. Episcopal ministry I. 21, 26-opinions 57.
Elkins, Thomas I. 47.
Elliot, Robert I. 95. Eastern boundary ascertained I. 130. Endicott, John I. 164.
English, James I. 164, 166.
East, John II. 22, 294.
Ecclesiastical affairs II. 39, 57, 224.
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Educated men II. 53. 269, Episcopalian Society II. 68, 224. Epidemic fever 11. 87, 276. Exchange-street II. 119, 120. Essex-street II. 122.
Entries and clearances of vessels II. 181.
Eastern Herald II. 197.
Eastern Argus II. 198. Emery, Noah II. 208. Epes, Daniel II. 295.
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