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Howe, Jemima, taken captive, 100- sketch of, 101.
Howe, lord, slain, 103.
Hubbard, Henry, speaker of the House of Reps., 195.
Hull, gen., surrender of, at Detroit, 180.
Huske, Ellis, counsellor, 114. Hussey, Christopher, counsellor, 33. I Idolatry, a capital crime, 16.
Immigrants, elasses of, in N. H., 75-from Conn., plant a number of towns, 109.
Independence of the US. declared, 134-declaration of, read at Exe- ter by John T. Gilman, 134-is published in the several counties with the beat of drum, 135.
Indians, names of tribes in N.H.,8- efforts to civilize, 18 -- was with, 31, 13-,25 -- 29,41,57,72 -- peacewith, 31, 74, 93-complaints of, against the English, 42-attaek Dover, 43 -make an attack on Rye, 47- attack Durham, 50-conferences with, 58, 62, 65-are attacked by capt. Baker, 70-by eapt. Love- well, 72 -- attaek the fort at Charles- town, 92-character of, 93-burn Bridgeman's Fort, 92-a party of, attack Shelburne, 147.
Insurrection at Exeter, 156.
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Invasion of N. E. by the French Kittredge, Jonathan, Temperance intended, 91. address of, 198.
Isles of Shoals, 130. J
Jackson, Andrew, commands at
New Orleans, 184-candidate for Laconia Company, 7, 152.
pres. in 1824, 195-is elected in Ladd, Daniel, company under, ar- rives at Concord, 91.
1828, 199-visits N. E., 200-re- ception of in N. H., 201.
Jackson, Clement, death and char- acter of, 173.
Jackson, Hall, death of, 173.
Jaffrey, George, one of the Masoni- Lake Winnepiseogee, 27, 45, 72, an proprietors, 89-pres. of the 91, 114, 201. council, 114-death of,-108.
James II., 40, 42.
Jay's treaty, encounters much oppo- sition, 166-ratified by Washing- ton, 167.
Jefferson, Thomas, candidate for the presidency in 1796, 167-is elected by the House of Reps. in 1801, 170-declines a third elec- tion, 177 -- succeeded by James Madison, 177-195 -- death of, 195. Johnson, James, and family taken prisoners, 98.
Johnson, gen., with gen. Lyman, leads an expedition against Crown Point, 99.
Jones, Esther, anecdote of, 62.
Jones, John Paul, sails from Ports-
mouth, 140-daring exploits of, Langdon, Samuel, 87-death of, 140. 173.
Jones, Abner, founder of the sect of Langdon, Woodbury, a patriot of Christians, 169. the revolution, 151.
Judiciary, act of 1813, repealed, 185.
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Keene, granted by Ms., 74-settled, 75-persons killed at, by the Indi . ans, 89-court at, disturbed, 149. Kennebeck river, 7.
Kidd capt., and other pirates, taken, sent to England and executed, 55. Leverett, Jolin, governor of Mass., Kilburn, John, successfully defends 33. his garrison, 100.
Kimball Union Academy, notice of, 181.
Kimball, Daniel, founder of the academy incorp. by his name, 181. King, Rufus, candidate for pres., 189.
Kingston settled, 49.
Kittery, early settlers at, 8.
Knowles, Sir Charles, presents a sword to capt. Stevens, 92,
Lafayette visits the U. S., 191- account of liis reception at Con- cord, 191.
Lake Erie, battle on, 182.
Langdon, John, with Sullivan,seizes the fort, 122-chosen delegate to Congress, 122-speaker of the house of reps., 136-president of convention of delegates, 143-151- chosen president of N. H., 155- delegate to the convention for forming the federal constitution, 157-delegate to the convention for deciding on its adoption, 158 -again chosen president of N.H., 160-elected senator in Congress, 160-opposes the ratification of Jay's treaty, 166 --- candidate for governor, 169-elected governor, 172-is succeeded by gov. Smith, 178-again elected governor, 178 -retires to private life, 178.
Lebanon, planted by people from Conn., 109.
Lee, Jesse, introduces Methodism into N. E., 164-visits N. H., 164.
Lempster, 109.
Legislature, places of its holding sessions, 175.
Leveridge, William, minister of Dover, 12.
Lexington, battle of, 125.
Linen, manufacture of, by the first settlers of Londonderry, 67.
Litchfield, settled, 67.
Literary fund, avails of, 192.
Little Harbor, settlement at, 8- salt manufactured at, 8.
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Livermore, Samuel, principally| drauglits a new constitution, 143, 151-in favor of the federal con- constitution, 158-chosen repre- sentative in Congress, 160-presi- dent of the convention to revise the constitution, 164 --- senator in Congress, 160 --- in favor of Jay's treaty, 166-death of, 174.
Livius, Peter, goes to England and accuses gov. Wentworth, 118.
Londonderry settled, 66 --- first set- tlers of, introduce the culture of potatoes, 67.
Lord, Nathan, president of Dart- mouth college, 116-obtains sub- scriptions for the college, 199.
Lothrop, Thomas, surprized and slain by the Indians, 23.
Loudon, carl of, has the chief mili- tary command in America, 101- is superseded, 103.
Louisburg, plans for the capture of, proposed by William Vaughan, 86 --- is taken, 87.
Lovewell, John, 69-expeditions of, against the Indians, 72 --. death of, 72.
Lovewell's war, 72.
Lovewell, Zaccheus, takes part in reducing Ticonderoga, 104.
Lyman, lient., attacks the Indians, 58.
Lyman, gen., with Johnson, leads an expedition against Crown Point, 99.
Lyme, planted by people from Conn., 109.
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McClary, Andrew, killed at Bunker Hill, 128.
McClary, John, a patriot of the revolution, 151.
Mc Clary, Michael, adjutant general, death and character of, 204.
Macclintock, Samuel, preaches elec- tion sermon in 1784, 153-death of, 174.
McDonough, commodore, defeats the British on Lake Champlain, 182.
Mc Gregore, David, minister of Londonderry, 67, 94-death of, 151.
Mac Gregore, James, one of the first!
settlers and minister of London- derry, 66.
McNeil, John, 67-a distinguished officer in the late war, 180, 182. Madison, James, elected president, 177, 181-succeeded by James Monroc, 189.
Mudokawando, 42.
Maid's Tree, affecting story con- nected with, 118.
Maine, early settlers in, 8-named by Gorges, 10.
Manstealing, a capital crime, 16. Marlborough, 157.
Marlow, 109.
Murtyn, Richard, counsellor, 32- suspended by Cranfield, 36, 37. Mason, Jolin and Robert, 41.
Mason, John, 7-obtains a patest of N. H., 10, 12-death and character of, 13-widow of, sends agent to N. II., 14-widow of, neglects and looses her goods and effects in N. II., 18.
Mason, Robert, endeavors to estab- lish his claim to N. H., 23-makes a second attempt, 31 --- comes to N. II. claiming a seat in the coun- cil, 35-returns to England, 35, 36 --- chancellor, 37-death of, 41. Musonian proprietors, 157 --- names of, 89.
Mason's Hall, first house erected in N. II., S.
Massachusetts, receives N. H. un- der its government, 15.
Mather, Cotton, recommends imocu- lation, 68.
Mather, Increase, goes to England, 11.
Maud, Daniel, first settled minister of Dover, 20.
Maverick, Samuel, 23.
Mayhew, Thomas, 18, 31.
Merrimack county, incorporated, 118.
Merrimack river, 7.
Mesandowit, lodges in Waldron's house, 43.
Meserve, George, appointed stamp distributor in N. H., 112-rcsigns his commission, 113.
Meserve, Nathaniel, a masonian proprictor, 89-commands a N. HI, regiment, 101.
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Meteors, remarkable exhibition of, 201.
Methodism introduced into Ameri- ca, 164.
Middlesex canal, commenced, 160. Miller, James, 67 --- an officer in the late war, 180, 182.
Militia, of N. H., re-organized, 126-
sixteen companies of, from N. H. march to Cambridge, 133.
Minas, engagement at, 92.
Ministers, convention of, formed, 94.
Mitchel, George, 82.
Moffat, John, a masonian proprie- tor, 89.
Mohawks, endeavor by Philip to enlist in the war, 26 --- are seen at Amoskeag, 40.
Monroe, James, elected president and visits N. E., 189 --- incident in connection with, at Hanover, 190 -- re-elected president, 191.
Montcalm, marquis de, commands! the French army, 102-invests fort William Henry, 102.
Montreal, attacked by gen. Wilkin- son, 182.
Moodey, Joshua, ordained at Ports- mouth, 25 --- opens N. H. legisla- ture at its first meeting with prayer and an election sermon, 34-per- secuted by Cranfield, 38 -- impris- onment of, preacher at Boston and returns to Portsmouth, 39- death and character of, 52, 53.
Moodey, Betty, anecdote of, 130. Moore, Jacob B., 197.
Moore, Samuel, colonel in the Lou- isburg expedition, 87-masonian proprietor, 89.
Moorhead, John, 94.
Morals, state of, in 1644, 19, 20.
Morril, David Lawrence, senator to Congress, is chosen governor by New-Hampshire Bible Society, no- tice of, 179. the legislature, 194, 195-is suc- ceeded by Benjamin Pierce, 198. |New-Hampshire Gazette, commen- Morrison, William, minister ofj ces, 102. Londonderry, death of, 203.
Morton, Thomas, sent prisoner to England, 89.
Moulton, captain, 70, 71. Moultonborough, 161.
Murray, John, preaches Universal- ism in N. H., 119.
Nash and Sawyer, discover the Notch of the White Mountains, 118.
Nashua, two men taken at, 71.
Neal, Walter, superintendent at Portsmouth, 10-resides at Little Harbor, 11-returns to England, 12.
Nesmond, marquis, sails from France for N. E., 51.
New-Boston, granted by Mass., 74. Newbury, Vt., 97.
New-Castle, is incorporated, 49.
Newcomb, Daniel, member of the convention of 1781, 146.
New-England, named by Charles I., 7-confederation of colonies of, 17.
New-Hampshire, patent of, granted to John Mason, 7, 10-settled in 1623, 7-population of in 1641, 15-united with Mass. 15-char- acter of first settlers of, 20-be- comes a royal province, 32-popu- lation of in 1680, 35-is a second time united with Mass., 42-popu- lation of in 1702, 57-population of in 1730, 77-connected with Mass., under the same governor, more than forty years, 83-has a separate governor, 83-population of in 1749, 94-raises troops in the French war, 101, 102-num- ber of ministers, lawyers, and justices in 1768, 115-divided in- to counties, 118-the ninth State which ratifies the federal constitu- tion, 159-population according to U. S. census, 161, 170, 191, 200.
New-Hampshire Bank, 163.
New-Hampshire Baptist Missionary Society, 171.
New-Hampshire Grants, contro- versy respecting, 111.
New-Hampshire Historical Socie- ty, 194.
New-Hampshire Medical Society, 163.
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New-Hampshire Missionary Socie- ty, 171.
New-Humpton Academy, notice of, 196. New-Haven settled, 115.
Newington, attacked by Hoophood, 46, 166.
New-London, 157.
New-Orleans, battle of, 183, 184.
Newport, R. I., meditated attack upon, 140.
Nichols, Moses, col., in Bennington battle, 137.
Nichols, Richard, commissioner of Charles II., 23.
Nicholson, Francis, governor, makes Mrs. Duston a present, 51.
Nil desperandum Christo duee, motto given by Mr. Whitefield for a flag, 87.
Norfolk, county of, 17.
Norridgewock, expedition against, 59-attack upon, 70.
Northam, former name of Dover, 8. Northumberland, 126.
Norton, Francis, agent of widow Mason, 14, 18.
Notch of the White Mountains, dis- covered, 118.
Nottingham, settled, 67, 92.
Nova-Scotia, expedition against, succeeds, 99-emigration to, 107.
Number Four, name changed to Charlestown, 92.
Occum, a Moliegan Indian, a preaeli- er, 116.
Odiorne, Jotham, a masonian pro- prietor, 89-judge of superior court, 114.
Odiorne's point, at Little Harbor, settled by David Thompson, 8.
Chio Fever, 189.
Olcott, Mills, member of Hartford convention, 183.
Olcott, Simeon, senator in Congress, death of, 203.
Omens, regarded, 31.
Orange, 157.
Orford, planted by people from Conn., 109.
Ossipee Lake, 27, 30, 72.
Ossipees, tribe of Indians, 8, 26, 40, 43.
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Packer, Thomas, death of, 84.
Packer, Thomas, one of the maso- nian proprietors, 89-sheriff, 114 -death of, 123.
Page, William, 161.
Paine, Thomas, 170.
Paper money, vote against the issue of, 156.
Parker, Abel, opposes the federal constitution, 158.
Parkhurst, Phinehas, wounded by the Indians, 145.
Parliament of Great Britain, im- poses a stamp duty on the colonies, 112-repeals the stamp aet, 113- imposes duties on glass, paper, paints, and tea, 115-new aets of oppression of, 123.
Parris, Ferdinando John, solicitor for Thomlinson, 79.
Partridge, Alden, calculates the height of the White Mountains, 153.
Partridge, William, appointed lieut. governor, 52.
Pascataqua river, 7-bridges built across, 166, 193.
Passaconaway, sachem of the Pena- cook Indians, and head of the Pawtuckets, 8-seizure of son of, 17-makes his farewell address, 23.
Patten, Matthew, 151.
Paugus, Indian chief, killed, 72.
Pawtuckets, confederacy of Indians, 8.
Payson, Seth, minister of Rindge, death of, 203.
Peabody, Nathaniel, member of the convention of 1781, and one of the committee for framing the con- stitution, 146, 151.
Peabody, Oliver W. B., delivers poem at Portsmouth, 193.
Peabody, Oliver, state treasurer, is succeeded by Nathaniel Gilman, 173.
Peace, with the Indians, 31-with the French and Indians, 53-with the Indians, 74-between England and France, 93-between England and France, 107-between the U. S. and England, concluded at Paris in 1782, 150-between the
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U. S. and England, 184.
Peace Society, American, formed, 188-notice of, 188.
Pearl, -, of Dover, killed, 60. Pearson, Joseph, secretary of state,
is succeeded by Philip Carrigain, 173.
Peirce, Daniel, death of, 123.
Peirce, John, 157, 166.
Peirce, Joshua, counsellor, 78 -- ma- sonian proprietor, 89.
Pelham, settled, 67.
Pembroke, granted, 74, 92.
Penacook, now Concord, 45.
Penacooks, tribe of Indians, 8, 26, Pitt, William, placed at the head 30, 40, 43, 58.
Penhallow, John, 69.
Penhallow, Samuel, counsellor, is
suspended by Vaughan, 64-death Plains of Abraham, battle of, 104. of, 84
Penobscot Bay, 183.
Pepperell and Gibbons, anecdote of, 131.
Pepperell, William, commander at the taking of Louisburg, 87, 95. Pequawkets, tribe of Indians, 8, 26, 43, 58, 72.
Pequot war, 13.
Perjury, a capital crime, 16.
Perry, commodore, captures British squadron on Lake Erie, 182.
Peterborough, granted by Mass., 74.
Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags, instigates a war against the colo- nies, 25-sketch of his war, 25, 29-is killed by a friendly Indian, ' 29.
Phillips, John, founder of Exeter' Population, increase of in the U. S., Academy, sketch of, 146.
Phips, William, commands a force for Canada, 46-notice of, 48- lady of, accused of witchcraft, 49. Pickering, John, forcibly takes re- cords, 48.
Pickering, John, member of the convention and one of the com- mittee for forming the constitution, 146, 147, 151, 152-in favor of the federal constitution, 158-is appointed chief justice of the S. C., 161-president pro tem. of the convention to revise the con- stitution, 164-death and notice of, 174.
Pickering, Thomas, with Sullivan and Langdon, seizes the fort, 122. Pierce, Benjamin, leads the soldiers of the revolution on Lafayette's visit, 195 -- elected governor, 198- is succeeded by John Bell, 199 --- again elected governor, 199.
Pike, John, minister of Dover, death of, 62.
Pinckney, Charles C., receives the votes of N. H. for president, 172-candidate for president, 177. Pitcairn, major, commands the British at Lexington, 125.
of affairs in England, 103.
Plainfield, planted by people from Conn., 109.
Plaisted, Roger, killed, 27.
Plan of government, prepared by the convention at Exeter, describ- ed, 132.
Plattsburg, battle of, 182.
Plausawa, an Indian, killed in Bos- cawen, 97.
Plumer, William, is elected gov- ernor, 178 ---- succeeded by gov. Gilman, 181 --- again elected gov- ernor, 185-declines re-election, and is succeeded by Samuel Bell, 190.
Plymouth, cannon at Bunker Hill heard at, 129, 157.
Poor, Enoch, commands a regiment, 126-commands a brigade to Ti- conderoga, 136, 137 --- death of, 145, 151.
15-of N. H. in 1680, 35-in 1702, 57 --- in 1730, 77 --- in 1749, 94-divisions of, 110-of U. S., 123-of N. H. in 1790, 161-of the U. S. and N. II. in 1801, 170-of N. H. in 1820, 191 --- of N. H. and U. S. in 1830, 200. Portland, treaty with Indians at, 93 --- conflagration of, 129, 183.
Port-Royal, expedition against, 60. Portsmouth, charter of obtained, 10 --- called Strawberry Bank 30 years, 18 --- people killed at, 50 --- Universalist church founded at, 119, 165 --- yellow fever at, 168- society of christians formed at,
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170-great fire at, 171-great fire Riot at Exeter and Hampton, 37, 38. at, 182-183-Atheneum, 190. Rochester, 89-Indian hostilities at, Post-Office established in N. H., 49. 90, 92.
Potatoes, culture of introduced by the Rockingham county formed, 118.
first settlers of Londonderry, 67. Rogers, Nathaniel, minister of Ports- Powder,exportation of prohibited by mouth, death of, 84.
the king, 122-one hundred barrels Rogers, Robert, tortured to death, seized, 122. 46.
Powers, Walter, first Baptist minis- Rogers, Robert, commands the rang- ter in N. H., 101.
Prentice, John, speaker of the House of Reps., 172,
Princeton, battle of, 135.
Providence settled, 15.
ers, 101-author of a journal, 102 -with his rangers, successfully at- tacks the St. Francis Indians, 105. Rolfe, Benjamin, minister of Haver- hill, Ms., killed, 60.
Provost, general, defeated at Platts- Roman Catholic Church established burg, 182. at Claremont, 193.
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Quakers persecuted, 19, 20-enact- of the White Mountains, 161.
ments ag vinst, 21-society of, forin- Rowlandson, Mary, taken by the ed at Seabrook, 56. Indians, 28.
Quebec, expedition against, 46-ex- Rowls, an Indian chief, 8.
pedition against, 61-taken, 104, Royalton, Vt., burnt by the Indians, 134.
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Queen's chapel, Portsmouth, (now Rumney, 97.
St. John's Church,) 79.
Rush, Benjamin, 194.
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Raikes, Robert, founder of Sabbath Schools, 194.
Ralle, Sebastian, account of, 69- taken and killed, 70, 71.
Randall, Benjamin, founder of the Freewill Baptists, 144.
Sackett's Harbor, British defeated Randolph, Edward, comes to N. H., at, 182.
31-returns to England, 32-brings Saco, early settlers at, 8.
commission for the new govern- St. Francis, Indians, 97-surprised, ment, 34-appointed surveyor and collector of the customs, 35-attor- ney general, 37, 39, 41. their village burnt, and two hun .. dred slain, by a detatchment of rangers under Major Rogers, 105.
Rangers, company of, 101, 103-suf- Salem, Ms. settled in 1628, 15-166. ferings of, 105, 106.
Refugees, estates of, confiscated, 140. Reid, George, 67.
Reid, James, colonel in the revolu- Sandeman, Robert, comes to Amen, tion, 125, 143, 151.
Religion, revivals of, &c., 171-in Sandemanians, society of, formed at N. H., 191.
Republicans and Federalists, two Sandwich, 157.
great parties forined, 165.
Revenue of N. H., 78.
Revolution in Boston, 1689, 42- American, commences, 125. Rindge, 157.
Rindge, John, agent of N. H., 79- death of, 84.
Rye, people killed at, 47. S
Sabatis, an Indian, killed at Bos- cawen, 97.
Sabbath guarded by law from vio- lution, 16.
Salisbury first experiences the suf- ferings of invasion in the war of 1755,98.
ica, 111.
Portsmouth, 111.
Saratoga, 137.
Sawyer and Nash discover the Notch of the White Mountains, 118.
Scammell, Alexander, commands a regiment to Ticonderoga, 135, 145 -death of, 148, 151,
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Scarborough frigate, the crew of, dismantle fort at Portsmouth, 127, 129.
Scarcity, effects of, 12.
Schools, common, system of, begun,
18-progress of, 162-amount an- nually raised to support, 163.
Seabrook, Quakers at, 56.
Sergeant, John, conceives the plan of an Indian School, 115.
Sewall, Jonathan M., secretary of the convention of 1781, 146-152. Shackford, captain, pursues the In- dians, 50.
Shakers first appear in N. H., and establish themselves at Canterbury and Enfield, 150.
Shapleigh, Major, 31.
Shays, Daniel, insurrection headed by, 155.
Sheafe, James, candidate for gov- ernor, 185.
Shelburne invaded by the Indians, 147.
Shepard, Amos, president of the Senate, 172.
Sherburne, John S., wounded, 141. Sherburne, Henry, 98-counsellor, 114-death and notice of, 123.
Sherburne, Major, slain, in battle, 139.
Sherlock, sheriff under Cranfield,37. Shirley, William, gov. of Ms.,86.
Shurtleff, Roswell, professor at Dart- mouth college, removed by new trustees, 186.
Shute, Samuel, appointed governor of Ms. and N. H. 64-displaces six counsellors, 64-dissolves the assembly, 64-controversy between and Vaughan, 64-returns to Eng- land, 70,
Slavery, instance of, 19.
Small pox prevails, 48-innocula- tion introduced, 68, 134, 135.
Smith, Dr. Nathan, notice of, 167, 168.
Smith, Jeremiah, elected governor, 178 -- notice of, 178-succeeded by Langdon, 178-chief justice, 181. Smith, John, explores the N. E. coast, 7-name of, given to the Isle of Shoals, 180.
Snows, great, 45, 171.
Social Friends Society, 186. Solley, Samuel, counsellor, 114. Somersworth, persons slain at, 26, Spotted Fever rages, 184.
Squando, an Indian sachem, 26.
Stamp act passed, 112-effects of on the colonies, 112-repeal of, 113.
Standish, Miles, takes Morton pris- oner, 9.
Star Island, 130.
Stark, John, 67-taken prisoner by the Indians, carried to Canada, and is redeemed by Capt. Stevens, 97-commands a company of ran- gers, 101-engages in revolutiona- ry war, 123, 135-commands a brigade, 136-collects troops at Bennington, 136 .- defeats Colonel Baum at Bennington, 137-is ap- pointed brigadier general by Con- gress, 138-extract of a letter from, 145, 151-death and sketch of, 192. Stark, William, commands a com- pany of rangers, 101.
State House built, 190.
State Prison built, 179.
State, term of comes into use, 135.
Stevens, Phinebas, sent to occupy fort at Charlestown, 90-brave de - fence of fort at Charlestown, 92, 97-goes to Canada to redeem cap- tives, 97.
Stewartstown, 126.
Stickney, Thomas, colonel in Ben- nington battle, 137.
Stileman, Elias, counsellor, 34, 36. Stillwater, battle of, 138.
Stoddard, 157.
Storer, Clement, is chosen president of the Senate, 172.
Storm, great, 185.
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Strafford county formed 118.
Strawberry Bank, part of Portsmouth, 7-becomes the seat of business, 10-name changed to Portsmouth, 21.
Sullivan county incorporated, 118. Sullivan, John, chosen representa- tative to the first congress, 120- 122-is sent to Portsmouth by Wash- ington, 129 -- goes to Quebec, 134 -- takes the chief command in the Canadaexpedition, 134, 135-com-
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mands at Newport, R. I., 140-com- mands an expedition against the In- dians, 133-retires from the service, 144 -- member of the convention of 1781, 146-secretary pro tem. of the convention, 147, 151-chosen president of N. H., 155-in favor of the federal constitution, 158- president of the convention for de- ciding on the federal constitution, 158-is' again elected president, 160-appointed judge of the U. S. district court, 161-death of, 173. Sunapee Lake, 157, 191.
Sunday School Union of N. II. 194. Superior Court of Judicaturc abol- ished, 181.
Supreme Judicial Court created, 181.
Swanzey granted by Ms., 74-set- tled, 75, 89.
Swanzey, Ms., attacked by Philip, 26.
Synod of N. E., 94. T
Tar manufactured, 65.
Tash, Thomas, commands a rein - forcement, 103.
Tea, duty on, 115-cargoes of, land- ed at Portsinouth, 120-destroycd at Boston, 120.
Temperance Society, 198.
Temple,. 161.
Temple, Sir Thomas, anecdote of, 22
Tender Act passcd, 155.
Tenney, Samuel, representative in Congress, death of, 203.
Test Act, dispensed with, in favor of N. H., 15.
The Cedars, 134.
Therouet, an Indian sachem, notice of, 107.
Thomas, gencral, death of, 134. Thomlinson, John, agent of N. H., 79, 80.
Thompson, Benjamin, (see Count Vaughan, George, sent to England Rumford.)
Thompson, David, settled at Little Harbor, 8.
Thompson, Ebenezer, 151.
Thompson, general, captured, 134- death of, 134.
Thompson, Thomas W., scnator in Congress, death of, 204.
Thornton, Matthew, president of convention of delegates, 126, 132- signer of declaration of independ- ence, 135, 151-death and notice of, 174.
Thornton's Ferry, party of English killed near, 71.
Throat Distemper, prevalence of, 79,80.
Ticonderoga, attacked, 103, 134- evacuated by the Americans, 136.
Tory and Whig, terms comes into use, 121.
Treadwell, Daniel, death of, 108.
Trenton, battle at, 135.
Triennial Act passed, 76.
Tucke, John, minister of the Isles of Shoals, 131
Turnpikes. scveral granted, 167.
Tyler, Bennet, president of Dart- month college, 116.
T'yng, Eleazar, buries the slain of Love well's company, 73.
U Underhill, John, chief magistrate of Dover, 14.
Union of the American colonies pro- posed, 98.
Union of the N. E. colonics, 17.
Unitarian association of N. H. form- ed, 200.
United Fraternity, 186.
Upham, Timothy, candidate for gov- ernor, 199.
Usher, John, appointed lient. govern- or, 47-character of, 48 -- irritates the people by his conduct, 51-su- perseded by Partridge, 52-is rc- stored to his seat, 54-is appoint- ed lieut. governor under Dudley,57 -retires to Medford, 63.
Van Rensselaer, general, defeat of, 180.
Vaughan, George, 10.
as agent, 56-appointed lient. gov- ernor 63, 64-suspends Peuhallow, 64-is suspended by gov. Shute, 64-is removed from office by the king, 64.
Vaughan, William, counsellor, 32, 37-appeals to the king, 41-sus- pended by Usher, 51.
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Vaughan, William, proposes plan for taking Louisburg, 86-death of, 87.
Vermont, land in, on Connecticut river surveyed, 109-township in, granted by gov. B. Wentworth,
ยท 109-is organized into an inde- pendent state, 135.
Villieu, a French commander, 49.
Volcanic Mountain, 96.
Voters in N. H., number of, in 1684, 35.
Voting, corn and beans, used in, 17. W
Wadsworth, captain Samuel, 'slain by Indians, 28.
Wahwa, an Indian chief, 72.
Waldo's patent, 131.
Waldron, Richard, of Dover, mem- ber and speaker of the gen. court, 21, 22-Indians meet at his house, 29-yields to the seizure of the In- dians, 29-counsellor, 32-deputy to the president, 34-commander- in-chief of the militia, 34-succeeds president Cutts, 36-is suspended by Cranfield, 36, 37-killed by the Indians, 43, 49.
Waldron, Richard, of Dover and Portsmouth, escapes the Indians, 50-counsellor, 51-suspended by Usher, 51-suit of ejectment brought against by Allen, 55, 79- death of, 84.
Waldron, Richard, of Portsmouth, provincial secretary, 79-suspend- ed from his seat in the council, 85 -chosen speaker of the House of Reps. 95-death of, 108.
Waldron, William, magistrate at Dover, 16.
Walker, admiral, sent from England against Quebec, 61.
Walker, Timothy, minister of Con. cord, 119-death of, 151.
Walker, Timothy, 146, 151-can. didate for governor, 169.
Wallingford, Thomas, a Masonian proprietor, 89-death of, 123.
Walpole attacked by the Indians, 100.
Walton, Shadrach, commands in an expedition, 61-commands a par-
ty to the eastward, 69-presides over the council, 78, 80.
War with France, 86, 98-revolu- tionary, commencement of, 125- declared against Great Britain, 180. .
Wars with the Indians,-Pequot, 13-king Philip's, 25, 29 .- king William's, 41-Queen Anne's, 57, Lovewell's, 72.
Warner, Seth, regiment of,reinforces Stark, 137.
Warnerton, Thomas, 10, 12 -- assist- ant magistrate, 14-appointed ma- gistrate for Portsmonth, 16, 18.
Warren, Peter, commodore of the naval forces, in the Louisburg ex- pedition, 87.
Washington city attacked by the British, and public buildings burnt, 182.
Washington, George, takes com- mand of the American army, 129 -enters Boston triumphantly, 133 -marches to N. York, 134, 144, 148-interposes in the Vermont controversy, 149-chosen presi- dent of the convention for adopt- ing the federal constitution, 158- chosen president of the U. S., 160 -visits N. H., 160-again elected president, 164-ratifies Jay's trea- ty, 167-declines another election to the presidency, 167-death of, 169.
Washington, town of, 157.
Waternummus, an Indian chief, 70 -killed by Capt. Baker, 70.
Weare, Meshech, chosen speaker of the House of Reps., 96-appointed president of the council, and chief justice of the superior court, 132- resignation, death and character of, 153-is named, 98, 142, 151, 152. Weare, Nathaniel, sent to England, 37-success. of mission of, 39 -- chosen speaker of the assembly, 76.
IVeare, Richard, mortally wounded, 136.
Weather, very cold, in 1816, 183.
Webb, general, 103.
Webster, David, settles at Plymouth, 110.
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Webster, Ebenezer, member of the convention of 1781, 146.
Webster, Ezekiel, notice of the cir- cumstances of his death, 204.
Weeks, John W., measurement of the White Mountains by, 153.
Weld, Thomas, first minister of Dunstable, 25.
Wendell, effects of whirlwind at, 191.
Wentworth, Benning, 77-counsel- lor, 78-appointed governor, 83- appointed surveyor general, 84- approves of the expedition against Louisburg, 87, 88,9 1-altercations of, with the assembly, 95-com- plained of to the king, 95, 96- resigns the chair, 113-character of, 113.
Wentworth, John, of Portsmouth is appointed lieut. gov., 64-becomes commander in chief, 70, 76-dis- solves the asesmbly, 76-death and character of, 77, 84.
Wentworth, John, a Masonian pro- prietor, 89.
Wentworth, John, appointed gov ernor, 114-arrives at Portsmouth, 114-notice of, 114, 118, 120, 131 -takes up his residence in the fort, his house plundered, 127-leaves N. H., and becomes governor of Nova Scotia, 129 -- death of, 129.
Wentworth, .Mark H , a Masonian proprietor, 89.
Wentworth, Paul, map engraved at expense of, 119.
West, Benjamin, 158-member of Hartford convention, 183-death of, 203.
Westbrook, colonel, is sent to seize Ralle, 69.
Westley, John, 164.
Westmoreland, 88-occurrence at, 102.
West River Mountain, volcanic, 96. Wheeler, John, family of, killed, 59.
Wheelock, Eleazar, minister of Leb- anon, Conn., establishes an Indian School, 116-first president of Dartmouth college, 116.
Wheelock, John, president of Dart- mouth college, 116-visit.of, to Europe, 163-is removed from the
office of president, 185-reinstated by new trustees, 186-death of, 187-incident in relation to the widow of, 190.
Wheelwright, John, deed to, from In- dians, (a forgery,) 9-banished from Ms., 14-settles at Exeter, 14 -removes to Wells in Me., 16- returns to Hampton, 17-kindly re- ceived in England by Oliver Crom. well, 17-returns again to N. E., 17
Wheelwright's Pond, in Lee, en- gagement at, 46.
Wrig and Tory, terms of, come into use, 121.
Whipple, William, signer of the dec- laration of independence, 135 -- commands a brigade, 136-inci- dent relating to, 138, 140, 151.
Whirlwind, a most violent one, 191. White, Bishop, 194.
Whitefield, George, visits N. E., 85 -- character of, 86, 87-death of, 123.
White Mountains, notice of, 11-al- titude of, 153.
Wibird, Richard, Masonian propri- etor, 89, 9S, 114-judge of pro- bate, 123 -- death of, 123.
Wibird, Thomas, death of, 123.
Wiggin, Andrew, appointed judge of probate, 85.
Wiggin, Thomas, superintendent at Dover, 10, 11-appointed, magis- trate, 16.
Wilkinson, general, commands at the attempt to penetrate Montreal, 182
Willard, Josiah, 90.
Willard, Moses, killed by Indiane, 102.
Willey, Samuel, and his family, kill- ed by the avalanche at the notch of the White Mountains, 197.
William III., succeeds James II, 42 -death of, 56.
Williams, Francis, appointed gov. of Portsmouth, 13, 14-magistrate, 16.
Williams, - of Portsmouth, compelled to give up his slave, 19. Wilmot, 157.
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Winchester settled, 75, 90-persons captured at, 102.
Winchester, general, defeated at Frenchtown, 182.
Wingate, Paine, member of the con- vention of 1781, 146-chosen sen- ator in Congress, 160.
Winnipiseogee, 27, 45, 72, 91, 114 -steam navigation introduced up- on, 201.
Winthrop, John, gov. of Ms., 33- death of in 1649, 33.
Wiswall, captain, killed by the In- dians, 46.
Witchcraft, at Portsmouth, 21-in Ms., 48,
Wolfe, general James, takes Que- bec, 104.
Wonolanset, 26.
Woodbury, Levi, elected governor,
193-is succeeded by David L. Morril, 195-is elected senator in Congress, 195-is appointed sec- retary of the navy, 199.
Woodward, Bezaleel, professor at Dartmouth College, 174.
Worcester, Rev. Noah, writer of the "solemn review of the custom of war," 188.
Worthen, major, erects forts on Tref- ethen and Pierce's Island, 129.
Wyoming, laid waste by the Indians, 133.
York, in Upper Canada, captured, 182. Yellow Fever, effects of, 168.
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34 " 23, for governmental, read govermental. Erase the word not in this line.
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84 " 39, for 1717, read 1727.
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113 " 31, for assidious, read assiduous.
148 " 35, for collissions, read collisions.
161 running date, for 1709, read 1790.
169 " 39, insert by after Senate.
176 . 39, for session, read sessions,
The name of John Langdon is erroneously inserted, page 135, among' the signers of the Declaration of Independence. For John Langdon, read Josiah Bartlett of Kingston,
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