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House of Lords, 144; petition to, for repeal of the Stamp Act, 103. Household furniture for sale, 426. Houshill, William, horse stolen from, 354.
How, Micajah, Sheriff, land for sale by, 226. Samuel, mulatto servant man, ran away, 138.
Howard, General, 122. Howe, Henry. "Historical Collec- tions of the State of New Jersey," by. 473.
Howell. Benjamin, deceased, ne- groes of, for sale, 150; ferry boat of, for sale, 150.
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David, graduated from Prince- ton College, 220.
Joseph, land in the possession of, for sale, 174. Rebeccah, ferry boat for sale by, 150; negroes for sale by, 150. Howell's ferry, road leading to, 15.
Huddy, Hugh, conveyance to, 5. Joshua, property for sale late of, 247.
Martha, conveyance from, 5. Hudson's river, land to let near, 276.
Hugg, John, conveyance to, 5. William, 255, 274; cedar bat- toe of, went adrift, 255, 274; innkeeper, land for sale at the house of, 374; mulatto ran away from, 499.
Hughes, John, land for sale by, 105; letter from, to be print- ed, 196; appointed Distribu- tor of Stamps for Pennsyl- vania, 197; extracts of letters from, to Benjamin Franklin, agent for said province, 197; servant ran away from, 463; encouraged by Gov. Frank- lin to apply for a commis- sion to his son, 213.
Hulings, Michael, alleged thief, 151.
Hull. Capt. John, 245.
Joseph, land for sale formerly surveyed to, 312; land for sale bounded by the lands belonging to, 437.
Hullings, Michael, land for sale by, 133.
Hume, Anne, house to let by, 505; various articles for sale by, 505.
Humphreys, Samuel, 359.
William, witness to resigna- tion of William Coxe as Stamp Distributor, 9.
Humphries, Joshua, conveyance from, 5.
Hunsinger, John, land for sale by, 306.
Hunt, Abraham, 3. John, insolvent debtor, 301. Samuel, land for sale by, 364. Hunter, Captain, 406.
Hunterdon county, 1, 2, 13, 15, 18, 27, 34, 35, 46, 56, 64, 65, 66, 83, 105, 106, 116, 130, 131, 136, 139, 140, 145, 148, 170, 201, 202, 215, 225, 268, 308, 327, 354, 359, 387, 416, 474, 477; courts, 13, 27, 66, 401;
goal of, 19; Justices of the
Peace for, 57; grist mill in, for sale, 59; Judges of, 139; Clerk of, 221: Sheriff of, 221; land for sale in, 328, 436.
Huntingdon, Long Island, 470.
Huntington, Samuel, senior, land for sale by, 331.
Hussey, Joseph, insolvent debtor, petition of, 115; creditors of, 115. .
Patrick, runaway servant, 386. Hutchinson, - carpenter of the brig Nancy, wrecked, 89.
John, servant ran away from, 415, 420.
Jonathan, servant belonging to, supposed to have run away, 214. Hutschlar, Peter, runaway miner, 129, 134. Hyes, William, conveyance from, 5. Hyndshaw, James, insolvent debt -- or, petition of, 18.
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Imlay, John, land for sale by, 202, 241.
Peter, servant ran away from, 251. Joseph, Sheriff, land for sale by, 242.
William, 359. Imlay's Town, 251, 427, 430.
Independent Church at Wappetaw, S. C., 222.
Indian corn, 48; for sale, 296. "Indian field," 431. Indian man, murder of, 88, 265, 271.
Indian murderers, reward to the persons active in apprehend- ing the, 405.
Indians, the Colonies protected from. at their own expense, 383, 384.
Indian Queen, tavern in Philadel- phia, 169, 237.
Indian ran away, 393.
Indian Settlement, S. C., 54.
Indian women murdered, 163, 165, 183-5, 391.
Individual ownership of land, 384.
Ingersol's branch, land for sale near, 198.
Iron master, 163.
Ironmongery and cutlery for sale, 426.
Iron ore at Great Egg Harbor, 461. Iron mine, Suckesana, 74.
Iron works-Air furnace at Mount Holly, 254; Andover, 243; Andover forge, 217; Ando- ver furnace, 286; Beeman's forge, 303, 359; Change Water forge, 370, 464; Durham fur- nace, 233; Greenwich forge, 232, 462: Grubb's forge, 169; Hibernia furnace, 303; John Johnston's, 261; Man- olapon forge, 196; Monolo- pan river forge. 296; iron forge on Musconetcung riv- er, 1, 48, 49, 232, 258; Old Union furnace, 310; Oxford furnace, 312; Ringwood, 129, 134, 135, 203, 279, 394; Rockaway, 303; Sharp's, 321; Spotswood, 258; Sterling,
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203, 279: Union, 170, 243, 249, 327, 356, 359, 360; forge in Bucks county, 438; new, in Morris county, erecting by Garret Rapelje, 217. artificers imported for, 463. Inskeep, Isaac, 475. Insolvent Act repealed, 152.
Ireland, 12, 237, 434, 472.
Ireland's, John, land for sale near, 199. Irvin, Samuel, 359.
Isaiah, runaway apprentice, 430. Isletine, Samuel, land of, for sale, 18.
Ivins, Moses, servant man ran away from, 80.
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Jack, negro man, held in custody, 246.
Jack, negro, taken up, 416.
Jack, runaway Indian, 393.
Jack, Indian slave, ran away, 397; runaway negro in company with, 397. Jackson, James, 359. Rev. William, of Bergen, 345. Jacob, runaway mulatto, 128.
Jacob, runaway negro, 150.
Jacobs, Philip, runaway Dutch- man, 479.
Jagard, James, bond given to, re- pudiated, 306.
Jamaica, L. I., Erasmus Academy at, 348. Jamaica, West Indies, 189; arri- vals at, 305, 445; stamps forced upon the inhabitants of, 11; brig Nancy from, 40; sloop Ann bound for, 89; Captain Ward arrives at, 388; arrival of Capt. Joseph Jauncey from, 481.
James, Abel, house to be let by, 245.
Hugh, 146.
Richard, negro ran away from, 427; slave ran away from, 430.
Robert, suit of, 339.
Thomas, innkeeper, land for sale at the house of, 418. Jameson, David, land for sale by, 269. Jaquess, Captain, 240. Jarvis. Capt. Robert, arrival of, 456.
Jauncey, Captain, sailed for Pen- sacola, 25.
James, delivers an oration at Princeton College, 219; re- ceives the degree of Master of Arts, 222.
Joseph, Captain, arrival of, from Jamaica, 481.
Jauncy, James, assignee, land for sale by, 438.
Jay. John, land to be let by, 276. Jeffries, Captain, 415. Jelf. Joseph, merchant, 204. Jemmy. runaway negro, 165. Jenkins, Charles, inn of, 3. Jenny. Philip, 276.
Jew Alley. New York, land for sale opposite the, 269.
Joans. William, horse stolen from, 250.
Joe, runaway negro, 153, 367. John and Jane, sloop, 90. Johnson, Captain, sailed for Cora- cca, 25.
James, writs issued against the goods of, 243; creditors of, 244; land of, for sale, 257.
John, 20; supposed runaway, taken up and put in Trenton goal, 193; runaway, 169, 170. Mary, Miss, creditors of John West to meet at the house of, 39.
Nicholas, confession of, 262; condemned to the rack for murder, 262.
Robert, insolvent debtor. 45; inquiries as to William Pled- ger by, 280.
Samuel William, commission- er to Stamp Act Congress, 103. Simon, 344. Thomas, 475.
Sir William, 267, 344; prudent manner for use of provisions proposed by, 405.
Johnston, Andrew, land for sale adjoining the farm of the late, 328; deceased, land for sale by the executors of, 328.
David. land for sale by, 24, 75.
Elizabeth, house of, 124.
James, land of, to be sold by the Sheriff, 17; land for sale by, 258.
Joseph, senior, negro ran away from, 159.
John, land for sale by, 282, 329.
John, runaway mulatto ser- vant man, 2.
John L., house to let by, 38. Lewis, 29; land for sale by, 329.
Mrs., innkeeper, 16, 29; house to be let in the possession of, 338.
Stephen, land for sale by, 329. Sir William, letter from, 391. Johnston, Skinner and Smith, New Jersey bills signed by, 440. Jones, Daniel, degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred upon, 218, 220.
Daniel, of Mt. Holly, subscrip- tions for the Pennsylvania Chronicle received by, 428. Elias. admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 469. Hugh, takes a house in Glou- cester. 360. John, 359.
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John, master, 89; drowned, 90. John, surgical operation per- formed by, 398.
John, shoemaker, runaway ap- prentice, 488.
Joseph, runaway apprentice, 488.
Peter, 252.
Whitehead, land for sale by,
313, 366; houses for sale by, 513.
Jouet, Cavelier, land for sale by, 24.
Julius
Caesar, snow, put into
Capes in distress, 487.
Justis, William, struck by light- ning, 402, 408.
"Justitia, Americus," sent piece to be inserted in paper, 183.
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Katskill, N. Y., 344. Kay. Isaac, conveyance to, 5.
Kearney, James, land for sale by, 309.
Michael, horse belonging to, 346.
Kearney's Landing, negro men drove over to, 310.
Keasbey, Bradway, one of the owners of the meadows on South Branch of Stoe Creek, 68.
Keene, Richard, man belonging to, confined in Burlington coun- ty goal, 272.
Keith, Marshal, horse purchased by, 346.
Kellogg, Solomon, degree of Bach- elor of Arts conferred upon, 221.
Kellum, "Theophilus, alias John Rhoads, negro taken out of the custody of, 54.
Kelly, James, sen., insolvent debt- or. 301.
William, house and lot to be let by, 306; French indigo for sale by, 306; land for sale adjoining lands of, 435.
Kemble, Peter, Speaker of the Council, 157, 403.
Kennedy, Archibald. Commander of the Coventry, 263; arrival of, 489.
Catharine, Mrs., death of, 263 .. Samuel. horses, etc., for sale by, 350.
Samuel, Jun., subscriptions for book received by. 455. Samuel, Rev., land of, for sale, 350. Kensington, Pa., 147; curing of sturgeon carried on in, 372; land to let lying in, 500.
Kent, county of, Del., 31, 227; pe- tition of the government of, 103. Kerr. Mrs., drowned, 310. Walter, Captain, drowned, 89, 90.
Ketcham, Micajah, insolvent debt- or, 301.
Samuel. insolvent debtor, 66; land for sale by, 15. Kettle-Creek, land for sale bound- ed by, 425.
Key, Simon, runaway apprentice, 432.
Kidd, Captain, 516. Kildair, 434.
Kill van Coll, land for sale on the, 325.
Killigrove, Henry, arrested on suspicion of felony, 292; rescued by Thomas Kirk and Thomas More, 292.
Killmorey, the Right Honourable Viscount, 121.
King, Andrew, broke goal, 197. Francis, land for sale lately occupied by, 202.
King road, 89.
King's highway, 105, 174, 175, 226; land for sale adjoining the, 327.
Kingsbury, land in, for sale, 129; house for sale in, 315.
Kingston, tavern in, for sale, 176. Kingston, New York, 222.
Kingston, West Indies, 414.
Kingston, Daniel, deceased, land for sale formerly of, 250.
Kingstown, grist mill near, for sale, 54.
Kingwood, 135, 201, 359; land in, for sale, 46. Kinsey, James, member of New Jersey bar, 6. . Kirk, Thomas, 292.
Kirkbride, Joseph, land for sale bounded by land surveyed to, 438.
Kirkpatrick, Alexander. insolvent debtor, petition of, 136. Klein, John, negro ran away from, 99. 141.
Kleinbehl, Daniel, 233. John, 233, 234.
Knowles, Captain, 406, 411. Koffler, Captain, 203.
Kollock, Jacob, jun., appointed Collector of Customs at
Lewistown, 387.
Konig. Wilholm, runaway miner, 134. Koster. Benjamin, deceased, land for sale late the estate of, 348, 349. Kotts, Conrad. servant ran away from, 499.
Kowasafer Richard, 359. Kuyper, Hendrick, 345.
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Lackey. Thomas, 276.
Lad, John, land for sale adjoining the lands taken up by, 432. Ladd, John, land for sale by, 249.
Lagrange, Bernardus, land for sale by, 258. Lake, Commissary, 378. Lamaton, Falls of, land at, for
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sale, 102.
Lamberson, Simon, prisoner, con- fined in goal of the city of Perth Amboy, 114.
Lamberton, 147, 455; fishery at, 371, 372, 459.
Lancaster, Pa., 82, 170, 355, 413. county, Pa., 12, 224, 349; Grubb's forge in, 169.
Land for sale, 1, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22,
23, 24, 28, 31, 34, 37, 41, 46, 47, 49, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 69. 70, 74, 75, 85, 91, 95, 96, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 129, 133, 150, 152,
163, 170, 171, 174, 175, 176,
177, 187, 191, 193, 194, 200,
202, 203,
205, 209, 211, 215,
216, 224, 225,
229, 232, 234,
239, 240, 241, 242, 247, 248, 268,
249, 250, 254,
258,
264, 279,
282,
283, 284, 285, 286, 293, 294,
295, 296, 298,
306, 307,
308,
303, 309,
311,
304, 305, 312, 323, 330,
331, 332, 335, 339, 343, 348.
349, 350, 351,
353,
376,
377,
410, 411,
420, 423,
434, 435, 436,
437, 438, 439, 440, 447, 450,
451, 456, 461, 462, 465, 471,
480, 483, 487, 491, 492, 493,
495, 507, 512.
Land to let, 20, 41, 75, 134, 276, 325, 500, 509, 510.
Lane, Elizabeth, land for sale by, 240.
Gozebert, negro ran away from, 369.
Henry, land of, for sale, 16. Mr., a London merchant, 40. Langweider, Joseph, runaway miner, 134; in custody, 160. Laning, Richard, 105, 174.
Lanning, Richard, insolvent debt- or, confined in Sussex coun- ty goal, 67.
Lanweider, Joseph, runaway mi- ner, 129.
Large, Ebenezer, deceased, land of, taken in execution, to be sold, 174.
Lash, Captain, sailed for the West Indies, 25. Lawrence, Captain, arrival of, from Ely Town, at Bristol, 481, 489.
George, land for sale by, 494. John, lawyer, 6, 119.
John, land for sale by, 324; Surveyor, land for sale by, 326.
Richard, land for sale by, 325. William, insolvent debtor, 74. William, land for sale by, 456. Lawrenceville, land for sale in, 304.
Lawyers, 30, 31, 36, 40, 261, 377, 415. of America, urged to prosecute
their business with modera- tion. 144; given promise of some lawsuits, 244.
of Elizabethtown, agree to carry on business without stamps, 36, 40.
of New Jersey, determine to transact business without stamps, 31.
Layton, Samuel, insolvent debtor, 301. Leacock, Pa., 224.
Leake, Andrew, mills of, for sale, 101; horse stolen from, 474; horse stolen from, taken up, 486.
Leake's mill, land for sale adjoin- ing, 268.
Leather for sale, 183.
Leather roofs for buildings, ad- vantages of, 467.
Lebanon, Pa., horse stolen in, 310. Lee, Gershom, 105, 174.
Legal tender quality of paper money objected to, 380.
Leonard, James, insolvent debtor, confined in the goal of the county of Middlesex, peti- tion of, 100.
Joseph, land for sale by, 452. Thomas, insolvent debtor, con- fined in the gaol of the county of Somerset, petition of, 58, 97; creditors to meet at the house of, 100; prop- erty of, for sale, 185; as- signees to meet at the house of, 195.
Lenard, William, repudiates bond given by him, 306.
Leslie, Edmond, appointed attor- ney, 374.
Edmund, 112; executor, land for sale by, 205.
Edward, 113.
James, 112.
Lethermon, John, Mrs. Chrismon living with, 171.
Lewes-Town, Del., 137. 445. Lewis, runaway mulatto servant man, 137.
Lewis, runaway negro, 153. Lewis Court, Del., mulatto wo- man escaped bail at, 453.
Lewis, Josiah, degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred upon, 221; licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New Castle, 222.
Lewistown, Del., 387.
"Lex Talionis," author of, 361, 362, 363.
Lexington, battle of, 221.
Liberty, transport ship, 406.
"Liberty," rode by the famous Will Pitt, 313.
Liberty of the Press, toast to the, 144.
Liberty Oak, Sons of Liberty as- sembled at, 144.
Lighthouse struck by lightning, 176. Lighthouse to be built at Cape Henlopen, 445.
318,
319, 320, 321,
313, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,
366, 369. 373,
395, 399, 418,
409.
419,
364, 365, 381,
388, 414, 417, 425. 426, 431,
269, 275, 276,
278,
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Lightning, damage by, 176, 381, 398, 410.
Limming, John, jun., 86; insol- vent debtor, petition pre- sented by, 86.
Linden, runaway negro, 369.
Lindon, John, 276.
Lindsey, Williams, land for sale late the property of, 417. Lippincott, Job., conveyance to, 5. Lintot, Bernard, land for sale by, 24.
Lisbon, Captain Bulkley from, 498. Lispenard, Leonard, commission- er to the Stamp Act Con- gress, 103. Lithotomy, operation for, 398.
Litchfield, Conn., 472.
Little-Britain, settlers at, 12.
Little Creek. 367.
Little Egg-Harbour, 423; land for sale situate on, 447.
river, 55; land on, for sale, 234; branch of, 248.
Little Meadows road, 199.
Little Mantau creek, land for sale bounded by, 374.
Little pond, land situate at the head of, for sale, 217.
Little Tinicum for sale, 209.
Little, Samuel, insolvent debtor, petition presented by, 114. Liverpool, 189.
Liverton, Christopher, insolvent debtor, petition of, 105.
Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, de- gree of Bachelor of Arts conferred upon, 221.
Philip, 344; commissioner to Stamp Act Congress, 103; signer of the Declaration of Independence, 222.
Philip J., servant ran away from, 281. Robert, 344.
Livingstone, Robert R., commis- sioner to Stamp Act Con- gress, 103.
Lloyd. Ephraim, land for sale by, 352.
Lock, Mary, insolvent debtor, 13. Lockart, Mrs., 359.
Log house at Pilesgrove burned, 356.
London, 79, 81, 95, 98, 117, 121, 212, 227, 235, 244, 249. 384, 415, 448, 483, 484; ship Ellis from, 44. 49; extract of a letter from, 39: merchants of, deputation from the, 39; ar- rival from, 77; American gentleman in, extract of a letter from, 117; letter from gentleman in, 206; fire en- gine made in, 317; article from Public Ledger pub- lished in, 413; arrival of brigantine Hannah from, 456; sloop of war Beaver arrived from, 479; coach- maker in, 508.
London Coffee House. 113, 146, 284; horse bought at, 91;
sale at, 119; horse sold at the, 126; land for sale at the, 198, 348; forge for sale at the, 296. ,
London Company, land for sale adjoining land laid out for the, 327; composed of Eng- lish investors, principally of London, who took over most of the iron mines in North- ern New Jersey, 327.
Londonderry, Pa., 472.
Londongrove, Pa., 472.
London Grove township, Pa., 419. Long, Captain, 321.
David, part owner of the meadows on South Branch of Stoe Creek, 68.
Long Island, 138, 153, 194, 224, 348, 374, 426, 470.
Lord, Joshua, servant ran away from. 136, 154.
Lott, Abraham, 344.
Cornelius. Sub-Sheriff, 138. Maria, 352.
Widow, land for sale at the house of, 185.
Lottery to raise a sum of money to run out straight public roads through the Province of New Jersey, between New York and Philadelphia, 256.
Low, Cornelius, boat for sale by, 358.
Cornelius, jun., assignee, land for sale by, 102.
Isaac, boat for sale by, 358. Tunis, insolvent debtor, 148.
Lower Dublin, Pa., 264.
Lower Freehold, grammar school opened in, 261.
Lower Marlborough, Md., 77.
Lower Penn's Neck, 95, 428.
Lower Pittsgrove, 352.
Lowrey. Thomas, 105, 106, 174.
Loyd, Ephraim, notice given by, 455. Loyd's marsh, 455.
Lucas. Benjamin, conveyance to, 6. Charles, land for sale by, 320. Ludlow. Gabriel H., merchant, 366; land for sale by, 366. John, merchant, land for sale by, 366.
Lukins, John, horse strayed away from. 91.
Lupton. John, shoemaker, 281,
336; runaway apprentice, 281. 336.
Lyal. Captain, arrival of, 439.
Lycan, Jacob, land for sale by, 389; sawmill for sale by, 389.
Lyell, entered in custom-
house, 225. Captain. 387. Lynch. Thomas, commissioner to Stamp Act Congress, 103.
Lyon, James, A. M., book, "Ura- nia," by, 493. Lyons Farms, fire at, 300.
Lyt. Rev. John, of Brunswick, 345.
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M'Adams, James, insolvent debt- or, 13, 14.
M'Cagherty, Thomas, servant ran away from, 196. M'Caghry, Thomas, servant ran away from, 192.
McCain, Susan, 472.
William, 472; born in Ireland, 472.
McCalla, McCally, Daniel, gradu- ates from Princeton College, 221; sketch of, 222. M'Can, Hugh, merchant, 14.
M'Carthy, James, horse thief, 237. M'Carty, John, reprieved, 246.
M'Clean, John, mare strayed to the plantation of, 94. M'Cord, William. peddler, 170. M'Cormick, Alexander, broke goal, 416; prisoner for debt, 417.
M'Cullough, John, runaway ser- vant, 276.
M'Daniel, James, escaped goal, 242.
John, committed to goal, 56. M'Dermott. Philip, money stolen by, 334; came from Hide's Town, 334.
McDonagh, James, runaway ser- vant, 358.
M'Donald, Morris, money stolen by, $34.
M'Euin. John, 411.
M'Evers, James, assignee, land for sale by. 102.
M'Farlin, James, wife eloped from, 133.
Margaret, eloped, 133.
M'Gill, James, drowned, 50.
ser- M'Grady, James, runaway vant, 82.
M'Ilhenay, James, property for sale taken in execution at the suit of, 209.
M'Kardy, Samuel, 359.
M'Kay. David, honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred upon, 222.
M'Kean, Rev. Robert, sketch of, 472. 478.
Thomas, signer of the Decla- ration of Independence, 473. M'Kee, David, 359.
M'Kensie, M'Kenzy, Mckinsey, James, murderer, 160; trial of, 183; alleged thief, 184; hanged, 185.
M'Kinsley, Dr. William, 359. M'Knight, Rev. Charles, school opened under the inspection of, at Freehold, 261. M'Laughlan, John, runaway ser- vant, 186.
M'Neil, Thomas, servant of, taken up and put in Trenton goal, 193.
M'Pherson, Captain John, contro- versy with, 120, 126.
MacPherson, John, degree of Bachelor of Arts conferred upon, 221; read law with John Dickinson, 222; deliv- ers argument at commence-
ment at Princeton College, 218.
Macky, Captain, 225.
Madeira, 388; port of, 411; arrival
of schooner Sally from, 439. Magee, James, insolvent debtor, petition presented by, 86. Magrath, Roger, land for sale by order of, 450, 451.
Maidenhead, land for sale in, 304, 311. township, 166.
Malt-house for sale, 483.
Man knocked overboard, 394.
Manning, President of
Brown University, 224.
Mannington township, 385.
Manolopon forge, collier at the, 196.
Mansfield, 80, 124, 428; land in, for sale, 66.
Mansfield, Captain, 414.
Mantau creek, 123; bridge, 107.
Manufactures in America, in- crease of, 491.
Manungachung, land at, for sale, 48; hill, land for sale near, 217.
Maquod, Bryan, runaway servant lad, 173.
Marcus Hook, 92, 121, 150; land for sale opposite to, 313, 513; land for sale directly oppo- site, 365; sloop Peggy forced by ice to come to at, 514.
Marenes, Rev. David, of Ach- quegkenah, 345.
Markham, 455.
Captain, arrival of, 460.
Marlatt, Abraham, insolvent debt- or, 140.
Marquisate of Hess-Durmstadt, 233.
Marsden, Captain, soldiers under the command of, 406.
Marsh, Noah, assignee, 285. Thomas Ellet, warns persons not to trust his wife, 414.
Martin, Jacob, servant absconded from, 366, 394.
Luther, sketch of, 222.
Robert, property of, for sale, 194.
Martinico, hurricane at, 240.
Martyr. Justin, quotation from, 490. Marshall, Edward, land for sale by, 105.
Maryland, 4, 11, 40, 77, 81, 145, 166, 172, 193, 202, 219, 220, 222, 272, 316, 365, 383, 413, 428, 448, 505; petition of the government of the Province of, 103; milestones affixed on roads in, 322; runaway Dutchman served his time in, 479; sportsmen of, 146. Masherew, John, 125; stage wag- gon of, 25; flying machine of, 125, 342.
Mason, Andrew, master, drowned, 90. Jonathan, commander, 299.
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Massachusetts, 11, 39, 41, 103, 223, 383. Massachusetts Bay, 262; petitions of the freeholders of, 102; addresses of thanks of his Majesty's Council of the Province of, 227; govern- ment of, addresses of thanks from, 249.
Matchaponix, Matchepenix, Match- eponix, 29; land for sale ly- ing in, 293, 328.
Mathematical question, 28; solu- tions of, 36, 37.
Mattawan, 164; creek, 163.
Matthews, Francis, runaway ser- vant, 395.
Mattison, Aaron, land for sale by, 324.
Mattisonia grammar school, Free- hold, opening of, 261; board and tuition at, 415, 416.
Mattson's grove for sale, 374.
Maurice river, 352.
Maxwell, George, letter from, 77. May, John, insolvent debtor, con- fined in the gaol of the county of Middlesex, peti- ion of, 100.
Mayor's Court of Common Pleas for the city of New Bruns- wick, 38.
Mears, James, alleged thief, 151. Mecklenberg Convention, 219.
Meghee, Safety, executrix, land for sale by, 188.
Mellen, William, creditors to meet at the house of, 115. Melvan, James, executor, land for sale by, 60.
William, plantation belonging to the estate of, for sale, 60. Mendum, 455.
"Mercator,"
article signed, 315, 316.
Merchandise for sale, 447.
Merchants, 16. 24, 32, 75, 77, 135,
130, 204, 225, 249, 275, 284, 286, 297, 327, 352. 366, 400, 452, 490: of London, 39, 40; committee of, trading to
North America, letter to, 235; of New York, about to apply to Corporation to pass a by-law that no white oak hogshead staves shall be deemed merchantable by the cullers, 516.
Merchant's Coffee House, land for sale at the, 269, 369, 450. Mercury, ketch, wrecked, 489.
Meredith, Captain, meeting of, 479. Ralph, master of sloop John, 493.
Mersereau, John, land for sale by, 325. Mershon, Joseph, "Urania" to be sold by, 492. Mersier, Mr., 240.
Merry, John, a London merchant, 39. Mesherew, John, stage wagon of, 26.
Middlebush, 352.
Middlesex county, 12, 37, 44, 63, 68, 71, 97, 113, 114, 130, 133, 143, 176, 177, 178, 191, 192, 196, 283, 293, 349, 385, 410, 415, 420, 440; committees of, 42; county courts of, 17, 181, 339, 401; inhabitants of, 180; land for sale situate in the, 332; controversy over loca- tion of court house of, 178. Middleton, Abel, horse struck by lightning belonging to, 410; two horses struck dead be- longing to, 398.
Hudson, property for sale taken in execution at the suit of, 242.
Thomas, conveyance from, 5. Middletown, 164, 292, 299, 359, 411, 455, 463; land in, for sale, 22; land near, for sale, 163, 309.
Middletown-Point, 343, 367, 463; land near, for sale, 69, 309, 343, 450; land for sale sit- uate in, 323.
Mildrid, Mr., a London merchant, 40.
Mile-stones erected on the new road from Burlington to William Cooper's ferry, at the expense of a few sub- scribers, 322; erected in
Maryland, 322.
Millan, William, 112.
Millar, Alexander, Thomas Cox in employ of, 189.
Millard, Dr. Abiather, land for sale belonging to, 366.
Miller, Adam, land for sale by, 304. Josiah, subscriptions for the Pennsylvania Chronicle re- ceived by, 428.
Peter, servant ran away from, 245; Notary Public, 234. William, land for sale by, 35. Mills for sale, 101, 414; to let, 457. Millstone, Milstone, 59, 112, 115, 138, 143, 261, 352; court house at, 43; grist mill on, for sale, 53; Inferior Court of Com- mon Pleas held at, 43; schoolmaster at, 455.
river, 23, 457.
Milnor, John, cooper, land for sale by, 28. Joseph, 359.
Minck, Henry, master, 278.
Minisink, robbery near, 88, 93; murder near, 88, 93.
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