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Rawlins: William, 330. Ray : David, 329.
Ray : John, 84.
Read : Charles, 135 (n.). 158 (n.), 192.
Reading : John, 336 (n )
Reading : Mary, 336 (n.)
Reading : Thomas, 41, 78, 79, 289 (n.)
Red Bank, 480, 487, 492, 493, 497, 514, 517, 501, 503, 501 .- Account of reduction of, 485, 488 -Account of surrender of, 485, 487 .- Americans erect works at, 484, 486 .- Americans set fire to magazine at, 487 .- Count Donop died at, 487 .- Fort at, 492, 496, 522, 531 .- Fort at, taken 487 .- Repulse at, 492, 493 .- Skirmish at, 480.
Reddall : Ambrose, 486.
Redick: David, 430. Redman : Doctor John, 8, 543.
Redman : Thomas, 70, 188. Reed : Bowes, 530.
Reed : Joseph. 216, 332, 363. Reemer : Frederick, 64.
Reeves : David, 30.
Regiment : First, 346 (n.)-Of Burlington County Militia, 149 (n.) -Of Light Horse, trumpeter wanted in, 327 .- Of Middlesex County, 10 (n.)-Of Mon- mouth County, 528 (n.)-Of New York, 261 (n )-Of Pennsylvania, 244 (n.)-Of Sussex County, 290 (n.)-Of Virginia Continental Infantry, 269 (n.)
Regiment: Second, of New Jersey, Cap- tain of, 346 (n.)-Major of, 396 (n.)- Surgeon of, 173 (n.)-Deserted from, 102, 282, 285, 291, 345, 355, 374, 375, 381 .- Of Essex, Surgeon for, 18 (n.)-Of Mid- dlesex, 225 .- Of Sussex county militia, 289 .- Of Sussex county Continental, 291 (n.)
Regiment : Third, 128, 225, 340, 341, 346 (n.), 347 .- Of Connecticut, 224 (n.), 226 (n.) -Of Virginia Continental Line, 170 (n.)-Three Continental, 262 .- Three, from Rhode Island, 256 (n.)
Regiment: Fourth, of Hunterdon county militia, 33 (n.), 144, 452 (n.) - Four New Jersey, of Continental service, officers of, 329 .- Fifth Virginia Conti- nental, 363 (n.)-Seventh Pennsylvania Continental, 314 (n )-Eighth Pennsyl- vania Continental, 244 (n.). 287 -Ninth Virginia, 262 .- Twentieth Continental, 225. - An additional constitutional, 197 .- " Congress Own," Pennsylvania, 459 (n.)-Delaware State troops, 269 (n.), 279 (n.)-Light-horse at Spank- town, 441 .- Militia of Suffolk county, Mass, 256 .- New Jersey, new levies, 196-New Jersey, 328. - New Jersey, Captain of, 321 (n.)-New Jersey State troops of Somerset, Sussex and Hun- terdon, 144 .- New York, 456 (n.) -- Pennsylvania rifle, 166 (n.). 224 (n.) -Pennsylvania State, of artillery, Col- onel of 261 (n.) 339 (n.)-Philadelphia, 187 .- Staten Island, 145 .- Virginia, two ordered home, 325 .- Colonel : Atlee's, 182 -Dayton's, 147 (n )-Durkee's, 225, 226 (n.)-Duychunck's, 225. - Ford's, 121 -Forman's, 196, 453 .- Glover's, 216. -Hatch's, 182 .- Humpton's, 277, 565 .- Miles', 244 (n )-Moore's, 214 .- Mor- gans light infantry, 402 .- Patton's, 423. -Piper's artillery, 182 .- Potter's, Sec- ond, 364 (n )-Price's, 459 .- Proctor's, 339, 518 .- Read's, Virginia, 332, 363 .- Reed's, 216 .- Shepherd's, 216 .- Small- wood's, 182 .- Spencer's, 198, 319 (n.)- Of guards, 313. - Williamson's light horse, 452 (n.)
Register, 390 (n.)
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Regulars : Advancing towards Philadel- phia, 472 .- Encampment Billop's Point, 154.
of, near Reid : Augustine, 336. Reid : Colonel John, 17, 336 (n.) Remsen : Henry, 490.
Rewards offered : Clothing stolen, 28, 104,
140, 244, 420, 516, 517, 543 .- Deserters from army, 78, 79, 102, 134, 149, 169, 183, 184, 207, 214, 282, 285, 289, 290, 291, 343, 345, 355, 359, 374, 375, 381, 396, 431, 453. -From Fort George, New York, 112 .- Escaped prisoner, 45, 445, 467 .- For General Howe, 426 .- Horse stolen, 11, 22, 60, 85, 104, 122, 137, 150, 161, 168, 169, 181, 188, 189, 215, 217, 221, 222, 238, 239, 427, 430, 445, 460, 468, 499, 509, 534, 561. -Household goods stolen, 543 .- Lost, 317 .- Ledger stolen in Trenton, from Clerk's Office, 382 .- Lieutenant's com- mission lost in New York, 481 .- Money stolen in Burlington, 516 .- In Salem, 359 .- Pocketbook lost, 542, 552 .- Rob- bery near Princeton, 317 .- Runaway servants, 9, 14, 17, 19, 31, 36, 60, 71, 79, 84, 85, 92, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 119, 120, 124, 125, 134, 135, 139, 151, 157, 158, 165, 179, 184, 185, 187, 288, 538, 545, 550, 553, 554, 556, 557 .- Apprenticed lad, 105, 113, 125, 280, 341, 551 .- Indentured lad, 188 .- Servants, 85, 101, 124, 158, 188 .- Negroes, 134, 192, 209, 355, 343, 390, 407, 424, 464, 470, 498, 559, 562 .- Women, 108, 342, 356 .- Strayed away, a cow, 179 .- Horse in Deerfield precinct, 421. -From Morristown, 460 .- To Trenton, 239 .- Trunk lost, 251 .- Watch lost in Bucks county, Pa., 491 .- Stolen, 137, 150, 420.
Rhode Island, 256, 333, 334, 392, 417 (n.), 492 .- Colony, 479 .- Conquest of, 266 .- Rice : Captain, 496.
Richard : Daniel, 98, 549 .- Shallop stolen, 549.
Richard : Samuel, 559 (n.)
Richard family, 556, 558 (n.)
Richards : B. W., 558 (n.)-
Richards: Jesse, 557 (n.)
Richards: Captain John, 271.
Richards : William, 256, 557 (n.), 559 (n.) Richardson: William, 135. Richmond, 292, 462 -Staten Island, 292. Riddle : William, 358, 372.
Ridgway : Edward, 196.
Riggs : Joseph, Esq., 78, 196.
Ringwood, 47 (n.), 56 (n.)-Iron mines, 114 (n.), 351 (n.)-Company formed for de- velopment of, 351 (n.)-Valley, 114 (n.) Ritney : Major, 326.
Rivers : Atsion, 158 (n.) - Byram, 322 .- Delaware, 8 (n.), 15, 16, 25, 38, 58, 62, 64, 99 (n.), 100, 142, 144, 156 (n.), 178, 237, 242, 257, 263, 264, 269, 274, 275, 297, 331, 332, 344, 345, 358, 367, 368, 369, 376, 387, 388 (n.), 394, 406, 407, 417, 424, 425, 432, 435, 440, 445, 453, 471, 475, 476, 479, 484, 485, 487, 488, 497, 498, 501, 505, 518, 522, 531 .- East, 121 (n.), 199, 227, 411 .- Egg Harbour, 191 .- Little, 286 .- Ganges, 511. -Hackensack, 54 (n.), 56 (n.), 72, 315, 331, 352 (n.)-Hudson, 54 (n). 77 (n.), 114, 145, 256 (n.), 270, 429, 456 (n.)-Masco- netcong, 299. - Maurice, 420. - Mill- stone, 275, 370, 563 .- Morris, 98, 162, 468, 549 .- Muskenykunck, 380 .- North, 88, 160, 186, 199, 223, 225, 226, 227, 231, 233,
236, 262, 273, 297, 314, 400, 406, 411, 470, 562 .- Passaick, 43, 55 (n.), 273, 315, 316 (n.), 352 (n.), 379 (n )-Rahway, 12, 255. -Raritan, 48, 52, 222 (1.), 239 (n.), 268, 273, 297, 298, 339, 367, 389, 401, 406, 424 .- Saddle, 58 (n.), 379 .- Second, 271, 338 (n.), 444, 446, 469, 531 .- Third, 316 (n.). -l'oms, 485. - Tuckahoe, 191, 300 .- Whippany, 115.
Rivets : George, 474.
Roads Town, 30, 191, 417 (n.)-House for rent in, 191 .- And farm for sale near, 30.
Roberdeau : Br. Daniel, 187 .- Sketch of, 187 (n.) Roberdes : Blanch, 28.
Roberson: Daniel, 181.
Roberts : Edward, 169.
Roberts : Jacob, 185.
Roberts: Moses, 352 (n.)
Robertson : General, 54 (n.)
Robeson : Benjamin, 293.
Robeson : George Maxwell, 7 (n.)
Robeson : William, 293.
Robins: Isaiah, 534.
Robinson : Alex, 353.
Robinson : Captain, 376.
Robinson : Major, 323.
Robinson : William, 388.
Rochester : Valentine, 345.
Rocky Hill, 9. 370. 403.
Roddin : John, 293.
Rodgers : John Richardson Bayard, M. D., 49 (n )
Rodgers : Rev. Ravaud Kearny, 49 (n.)
Rodgers : Samuel, Jr., 198.
Rodman : Elizabeth, 417 (n.)
Rodman : Thomas, 48, 65.
Rodrigo : Francis, 135.
Rodrigo : Joseph, 135, 180, 558.
Rodrigues : Emanuel, 180, 558.
Rollofse : Cornelis, 56 (n.)
Rome, 174. Rosborough, 33.
Rose : Ezekiel, 168.
Rose : Rd., Surgeon, 367.
Rosencrantz : John, 490.
Ross : Alexander, 54, 60.
Ross: George, 26.
Ross : John, 44, 94, 396, 489.
Ross : Peter, 293.
Ross : Sarah, 60.
Rossel : Zachariah, 490, 529.
Rowand : Joseph, 209, 560.
Roxburghshire, Scotland, 455 (n.)
Roxbury (Chester), 235. - Massachusetts, 256. - Meeting house, 235 .- Morris
county, 335.
Royal army, 475, 487 .- In Pennsylvania, 484.
Royal navy, 487.
Royal Scots : Lieutenant of, 455 (n.) Rumsey : Colonel, 327.
Runaway servants, 9, 14, 17, 19, 31, 60, 71, 92, 95, 96, 187 .- Described, 31, 37, 84. 85, 101, 102, 104, 105, 108, 109, 120, 124, 135, 139, 157, 158, 165, 184, 185 .- In goal, 19. -Indentured lad, 188 .- Lad, appren- ticed, 113, 125 .- Negro, 84, 125, 134, 192, 209, 335, 343, 390, 407, 464, 470, 498, 559. Rush : Dr. Benjamin, 252 (n.), 363, 393.
Russia, 507, 521 .- Empress of, 507, 521 .- Sheeting shirt, 545.
Russians, 529 .- Commerce, 507.
Russian drilling stolen, 517.
Rutgers : Anthony, 18 (n.)
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Rutherford (Sandford Springs), 352 (n.), 456 | Rutherfurd : Walter, 54 (n.), 454 (n.), 455 (n.) Rutherfurd : John, 456 (n.) 456 (n.)
Rutherfurd : Sir John, 455 (n.)
Rutherfurd : Mrs., 456 (n.)
Rye : Act regulating price of, 519, 536. Ryerson : Martin Frans, 56 (n.)
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Sackett : Elijah, 418. Saddle river, 58 (n.), 379 .- Township, 56 (n.)
Salem, 85, 95, 187, 192, 312 (n.), 313, 318, 374, 381, 421 (n.), 559 .- Baptist Church at, 362 (n.)-County of, 23, 38, 49, 79, 82, 83, 84, 96, 101, 107, 120, 157, 165, 187, 188, 280, 311 (n.), 312, 329, 330, 345, 346, 356, 358 (n.), 371, 381, 382, 388, 418, 421 (n.), 437, 471, 490, 501, 546 .- Goal at, 61, 84, 95, 374, 382 .- Horse stolen from, 499 .- Largesum of money stolen, 359 .- Near, 123, 149 .- Road from Amboy, 69. - Road from Philadelphia, 215 .- Road to, 49, 105, 158, 179, 355 .- Washington ad- dresses militia of, 501.
Salem County Historical Society, 313 (n.) Salmon : John, 374.
Salt : An act regulating price of, 519, 535. Salt Petre, 116.
Saltar : Charles, 345.
Saltar : Lawrence, 85, 159, 556.
Sam : Negro servant runaway, 17.
Sampton, 326, 377.
Samtown, 320.
Sandford : William, 352 (n.)
Sandford : Mary, 352 (n.)
Sandford Springs (Boiling Spring), 352 (n.) Sandy Hook, 92, 226, 228, 292, 331, 443, 449, 485 .- Anchors and cables found near, 486 .- Attack on light-house at, 132, 310. -Brig ashore near, 434 .- Engagement at, 225 .- Fleet at, 135, 218, 225, 518 .- Fleet left, 232 .- Fleet from Halifax at, 137 .- Fleet from Plymouth Sound, 210. -"Grampus " store ship at, 486 .- Lord Howe arrives at, 145 .- Pilot-house at, 93 .- Provision ship lost near, 297 .- Ships at, 160 .- Ships store at, 25 .- Ships sail from, 97, 110 .- Ships sail to, 154 .- "The Cedars " below, skirmish at, 286. -Troops from, 485.
Sanpinck : See Assunpink. Saullard : John, 183.
Savage : Richard, 472.
Saw Mill, 192, 235, 299, 361, 372, 380, 437, 540 (n.)-At Little Egg Harbour, 286 .- At Mount Holly, 8 .- Site suitable for, 8, 356.
Sayre : Ananias, Esq., 490.
Schenectady, 147 (n.) Schenk : Peter, 73, 74, 51.
Schenck : Rev. William, 346 (n.) Schmidtz : General, 210.
School established, 299 (n.) - Grammar opened, 256 .- Grammar, opened at Ja- maica, Long Island, 256 .- Grammar, opened at Princeton, 561. - Wood- bridge, 11 (n.) Schreiner : Jacob, 253. Schuyler : Arent, 56, 417 (n.)
Schuyler : Casparus, 417 (n.)
Schuyler : Gertrude, 146 (n.) Schuyler : Mr., 469.
Schuyle : Philip, 54 (n.)
Schuyler : Philip Peterse, 417 (n.) Schuyler's Basin, 56 (n.)
Schuylkill, 518 .- Battery at mouth of, 493. -Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, 516 (n.)-" The Trap" on, 475 .- Upper ferry on, 361.
Scotch Plains, 477 .- Baptist church at, 362 (n.)-Road to Metuchin meeting house, 477.
Scotland, 170, 261 (n.), 346 (n.), 365 (n.), 456 (n.)-Address to natives of, 148 .- Edgerston, Roxburgshire, 455 (n.)
Scotch parentage, 265 (n.)
Scott : Andrew, 290.
Scott : Colonel, 306, 366.
Scott : General Charles, 423.
Scott : John, 35.
Scott: Thomas, 209, 424, 562.
Scudder : Colonel Jacob, 528 (n.)
Scudder : Dr. John Anderson, 528 (n.)
Scudder : Joseph, 528 (n.)
Scudder : Nathaniel, 528.
Seabrook : Esq., Thomas, 354.
Sea coast guard at Great Egg-Harbour, 300 (n.) Secacus, 331.
Second River (now Belleville), 271, 338 (n.), 444, 469, 531 .- General Sullivan at, 444 .- Spy hung at, 44j.
Seeley : Benjamin, 358 (n.)
Seeley : Christina, 358 (n.)
Seeley : Colonel Enos, 490.
Seeley : Ephraim, 168.
Seeley : Henry, 469.
Seeley : Josiah, 44.
Sellers : Mr., 19.
Senator from New Jersey, 527 (n.)
Seneca : Anders, 313 (n )
Seneca : Andrew, 313 (n.)
Seneca : Sarah Gill, 313 (n.)
Septuagint : Translation of Bible from the, 270.
Sermon preached at Princeton, 148. Serone: Matthew, 180.
Servants (see Indentured Servants), 53, 543. -Runaway, 9, 14, 17, 19, 31, 36, 60, 71, 79, 84, 85. 92, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 119, 120, 124, 125, 134, 135, 139, 151, 157, 158, 165, 179, 184, 185, 187, 288, 538, 545, 550, 553, 554, 556, 557 .- Apprenticed lad, 105, 113, 125, 188, 280, 341, 551 .- Women, 108, 342, 356.
Sewart : Archibald, 552.
Sewart: John, 490.
Sewell : Stephen, 238.
Shad fishery : Near Burlington, 64, 100, 142. -Near Swedesborough, 356.
Shade : George, 453.
Shaffer : William, 81.
Shambough : Joseph, 184.
Shamokin, 215, 318.
Sharp : Captain Anthony, 44.
Sharp : Joseph, 84, 437.
Sharpe : Edward S., 313 (n.)
Shaw : Samuel, 168 (n.), 557.
Shea : Colonel John, sketch of, 121.
Shea : Lieutenant Colonel (British), 526.
Shea : Mrs. Cecilia, 526. Sheffer, 432.
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Shepherd : Nathan, 105. Shepherd : William, 216, 219.
Sheriff : Bowen, David, 30, 31, 165 .- Decou, Isaac, 36 .- High, of Monmouth county, 346 (n.)-Of Essex county, 195, 527 (n.)- Sinnickson, Thomas, 313. - Skinner, Thomas, 45, 134 .- Stockton, Robert, 66 .- Taylor, John, 146 (n.)-Tucker, Samuel, 11, 63 (n.)-Wetherby, Ed- mund, 82, 83, 84.
Sherrod's ferry, 475.
Shfrone : Matthew, 558.
Shields : John, 190, 288, 311.
Shiloh, 417 (n.)
Shinn : Jacob, 157.
Shinn : Joseph, 388.
Shinn family. 388 (n.)
Ships : Shipping,-Adventure, 518 .- Am- buscade, 210 .- Asia, 80, 97, 99 .- De- serted from, 156, 159 .- At Hell Gate, 198 .- Baltimore Hero, 464 .- Britannia, 518 .- Catharine, 464 .- Cornwall, 395 .- Cornwallis, 518 .- Defience, 355 (n.)- Captured, 300 .- Diamond, 210 .- Dut- chesse of Gordon, 92, 97 .- Edward, 518. Endeavor, 518. - Fortune, 435 (n.)- Friendship, 518 .- Hannah, 518 .- Har- riet, 518 .- His Majesty's Ship : Active, and 200 transports sails from Sandy Hook, 245 .- Fenny and 200 transports sails from Sandy Hook, 245 .- Iris, 487, 495, 502 -Liverpool, 487 .- Mercury, 31, 110 .- Pearl, 487, 502 .- Roebuck, 193, 199, 204, 228, 487, 492, 493, 503 .- Attack batteries at Billingsport, 503 .- Deserted to Cape May from, 437 .- Tender from, 487 .- Vigilant, 487, 502, 503 .- Fired on Fort Mifflin, 495 .- Galleys, 495 .- Jenny, 255 .- Juno, 110 .- Kitty, 31 .-- Kingfisher, 98, 549 .- Lady Gage and four brigs, 97, -Lady Julianna, 110 .- Lord Dunluce, 255 .- Mary, 449 .- Number seen going to Philadelphia, 85 .- Orpheus, 199 .- Patty, 529 .- Phoenix, 145, 199, 464 .- Phoenix at Hook, 97 .- Phoenix dam- aged, 160 .- Pirate, men landed from, 96 .- Pomona, 518. - Popeshead_cap- tured, 355 (n.)-Porcupine, 518 .- Raby, 354 .- Rebecca and Frances, 38 .- Re- nown, 226, 227 .- Reynolds, 111 .- Rose, man escaped from, 160 .- Russel, 395 .- Sally, 518. - Ship at Elizabethtown Point fired on, 474 .- Ship in Chesa- peake, 325 .- Ships at Sandy Hook, 135. -Solebay, 429 .- Somerset, 495, 502 .- St. Mary's Packet, 518 .- Sterling Castle, 395 .- Store ship : Seized, 25 .- Bucking- ham at Sandy Hook, 486 .- Blue Moun- tain Valley, 25, 68 .- Gampus at Sandy Hook, 486 .- Lost near Sandy Hook, 297 .- Sulton, 395 .- Syren, 292, 310 .- The Howe, 518 .- Trident, 395 .- Army vict- ualers, vessels pass up Delaware, 505 .- Brig, Andria Doria, 496 .- Ashore near Sandy Hook, 434 .- Ashore at Deal, 443. - Convention, 496. - Greyhound, 540 (n.)-Richmond captured, 160 .- Tender, Stanley, 400, 438 .- Transports, under convoy, 31 .- Two captured at Egg-Harbour, 400 .- Brigantine, from Halifax, blown ashore, 480 .- " Wm. and Anne " sold, 439, 449 .- Continental frigates launched, Delaware, 156 (n.)- Taken, 476 .- Randolph, 156 (n.)-Frig- ate, Delaware, 505 .- Maidstoine, 518 .-
Mermaid, 354 .- Milford and Thames, 443 .- Tartar, 331 .- Venus and Foy, 486. -Letter of Marque captured in Egg- Harbour, 400 .- Lord Hyde's packet, 167 .- Men of War, Man of war, trans- ports and tender, 42 .- British men of war at capes of Delaware, 438 (n.), 439. -British men of war near Amboy, 138. -British men of war in Dela- ware, 531. - Bristol, 376 .- Augusta, 480 .- Account of destruction of, 492, 493. -Oyster boats captured at Egg Har- bour, 486 .- Schooner : American priva- teer destroyed at Egg Harbour, 354 .- Charming Betsy, 34 (n.)-Delaware, 496 .- Rebel taken at Barnegat, 430. -Shallop seized by British, 98. - Sloop : armed, 502 .- Congress captures Richmond, 110, 160 .- Champion, 496. - Dolphin, 449. - Merlin, 480. -Of Philadelphia, from Charlestown, 162 .- Of war Mantillus, 97 .- Race, 496. -Speedwell, letter from, 491. - Two sailed, 97 .- York, 502 .- Transport Ro- man Emperor, 502 .- Transports at Elizabethtown, 193 .- Two vessels with salt in Tom's River, 485 .- Xebecks : Champion, 496 .- Repulse, 496.
Ship joiner, 191.
Shippard : Samuel, 44.
Shippen : William, 146, 394 .- Buried, 263. Shippen street, Philadelphia, 356.
Shirass : Peter, 546.
Shivers : Josiah, 106.
Shoemaker : Jacob, 193.
Short-Hills, 374.
Shotwell : Isaac, 27.
Shourt : Catharine, 110.
Shrack: John, 184.
Shreve : Israel, 282, 285, 286, 329, 345, 378, 381 .- Sketch of, 103 .- Recruits of com- pany of, join at Burlington, 286.
Shrewsbury, 287, 399, 420, 435, 474, 489, 528
(n.), 565 .- Farm for sale near, 115 .- Great road from Cape May to, 436 .- Inlet, 480 .- Letter from, 218 .- News from, 479 .- Salt works destroyed, 485. -Stores captured at, 277 .- Thieves at, 140. Shull : Boston, 95.
Shuter : Robert, 255.
Sickler: Christopher, 335.
Sidney, 186 (n.)
Simkins : Jonathan, 83.
Simmonds: Captain, 429, 430.
Simms : Lewis, 312.
Simpson : Michael, 207.
Sing-Sing, New York, 413.
"Sim :" Negro slave runaway, 407. Sinickson : Andrew, 64.
Sinnickson : Thomas, Sheriff, 313.
Six Nations : Expedition against, 156 (n.)
Skeen : Abram, 184.
Skelton : Thomas, 4.
Skillman : Benjamin, 23.
Skinner : Cortlandt, 265, 357 .- Studied law with, 341 (n.)
Skinner : Gertrude, 454 (n.)
Skinner : General, 453, 462.
Skinner : Hon. Stephen, house burned at Amboy, 250, 309.
Skinner : Thomas, 45, 134.
Skinner : Rev. William, 309 (n.), 454 (n.)
Slab Town, Burlington county, 60, 243. Slater : Thomas, 438.
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Slater Neck, Sussex county, 445.
Slaves : Indian, 436 (n.)-Negro, 26, 29, 33, 52, 53, 66, 81, 125, 192, 209, 335, 351, 352 (n.), 380, 382 (n.), 390, 436 (n.), 464, 471, 543, 559, 562 .- Redemptioners, 436 (n.) Sleight : Matthew, 75.
Slotterdam (Slaughter-dam), 397.
Slough ! Colonel Matthias, 220.
Smallwood : Colonel William, 218, 457, 459, 461 (n.)-Sketch of, 148 .- Corps at- tacks, 462.
Smallwood : General, 484.
Smith : Benjamin, 382 (n.), 542.
Smith : Colonel, 146, 494.
Smith : Daniel. 56, 179, 181.
Smith : Elizabeth, 63 (n )
Smith : Esther, 421.
Smith : Hugh, 308.
Smith : James, 77, 100, 289, 549.
Smith : Jasper, 49.
Smith : Jecamiah, 489.
Smith : John, 80, 343, 344, 421, 427.
Smith : Captain Jonathan Henry, 334, 335, 344. Smith : Joseph, 124, 150, 539.
Smith : Lieutenant-Colonel, received sword from Congress, 522.
Smith : Captain Matthew, 207.
Smith : Mrs., 251.
Smith : Nathaniel, 183.
Smith : Nicholas, 214.
Smith : R. S., 144.
Smith : Richard, 148 (n.), 417.
Smith : Robert, 63 (n.)
Smith : Samuel, 148 .- Sketch of, 148 (n.) Smith : William, 108.
Smith's Cove, Orange county, 326, 429.
Smith's Farm, 328.
Smith's Mills. 56 (n )
Smock : Abraham, 196.
Smollet : Dr. Tobias, 417 (n.)
Smyth: Chief Justice Frederick, 20 (n.), 527 (n.)
Smyth : John, 53.
Snell : Richard, 185.
Snowden : Isaac, 221, 561.
Soal Leather : Act regulating price of, 519, 535.
Society of Cincinnati : President of, 541 (n.)-Original member of, 396.
Society, Cliosophic, founded at Princeton, 66 (n.)
Somers : Richard, 38, 300, 355 (n.), 490. Somers' Point, 300.
Somerset, 37, 338 (n.), 405, 411, 429 .- Estate of Earl of Stirling for sale at, 65 .- Court House, 48, 398, 401, 563 .- Burned, 405 .- Enemy left, 400 .- House and land for sale, 51 .- Market Day at, 51. -Meeting house burned, 405 .- Skir- mish near, 275.
Somerset county, 9 (n.), 11, 23, 45, 65, 73, 74, 238, 239 (n.), 294 (n.), 295 (n.), 298, 338 (n.), 430, 489, 538 .- Committee of Observation and Correspondence of, 45 .- Freeholder of, 538 (n.)-Markets established in (fairs), 46, 47 .- Meeting house burned, 405.
Somerton, 800. Soulard, John, 119.
Soullard, John, 445, 468.
South Amboy : See Amboy.
Southampton : Long Island, 17 (n )-Eng- land, 412 (n.)
South Carolina, 147 (n.), 241, 474, 507, 545.
-Colony of, 479 .- Charlestown, 33 (n.), 92, 162, 241, 333, 474, 545 .- Siege of, cap- ture at, 339 (n.)-State Gazette, 334.
Southern States, 237.
South Hanover, 195 (n.)
South Orange township, 195 (n.)
Southmayd : Charles T., 87 (n.)
Southmayd : Samuel Dwight, 87 (n.)
Southold, 321 (n.)
Southwark, 236.
Sowerland : Horse stolen at, 430.
Sowerland's meeting house, 397.
Spain, 507 .- Off the coast of, 455 (n.)
Spaniards, 508.
Spanish War in Portugal, 368 (n.)-Sugar, 530.
Spanktown (now Rahway), 12, 253, 258, 321, 426-Regiment at, 441 .- Skirmish near, 297, 307. 314.
Sparks : John, Esq., 490.
Spencer : Colonel Oliver, 198, 319 (n.), 343. Spicer : Samuel, 385.
Spicer : Thomas, 385 (n.)
Spirits : Cyder, Act for regulating price of, 520, 536 .- Grain, Act for regulating price of, 520, 536.
Spotswood : Paper mill for sale at, 64, 81.
Springfield, 69, 147 (n.), 151, 442. 464, 540, 554 .- Battle of, 6 (n.)-Road, 396 .- Skirmish near, 270, 280 .- Township, 76, 99, 157, 548.
Spring Hill, 309.
Squire : Jesse, 226.
Squire's-Point, 133, 161, 380 .- Plantation for sale at, 133.
Staats : Doctor, 18 (n.)
Stacy : Mahlon, 238 (n.)
Stage- boat : Established from New York to Amboy, 325 .- From Powlas Hook, 141. Leaves Bordentown, 141.
Stage-waggon, 14 .- From Shrewsbury and Amboy ferry, 117.
Stanton : Leonard, 83.
Stark : John, 490.
State Constitution, 329 (n.)
State Council, 147 (n.)
State House, 8 (n.)
Staten Island, New York, 34, 42, 55 (n.), 77 (n.), 167, 266, 287, 293, 310, 316, 331, 333, 357, 398, 407, 411, 415, 421, 429. 412, 451, 452, 457, 459, 461, 464, 477, 478, 485, 487, 508, 509, 556 .- British troops at, 137, 145, 210, 418 .- Camp opposite, 165 .--- Cannonade on, 177. - Detachment from, 473 .- Enemy evacuates, 208 .- Excursion to, 220 -For Sandy Hook from, 154 .- Lad went over to, 177 .- North and west side of, Americans land on, 452 .- Richmond, 292 .- Skir- mish on, 148, 464 .- Troops on, 80 .- Troops to, 10 (n.)-Vessels at, 145, 154. St. Clair : defeat by Indians, 319 (n.)
St. David : Fort, East Indies, 524.
St. Eustatia. 473.
St. Jeans, 136.
Steel : Elizabeth, 61.
Steel : Gideon, 346.
Steel : John, 61.
Steel in New Jersey : history of, 238 (n.)
Steel forge at Stirling, 77.
Steel furnace in Trenton, 103, 23ยบ"
Steel pigmetal : workman for, 77.
Stelle : Thomson, 489.
Steelman : John, 15.
Steelman: Mary, 15.
INDEX. 609
Stephens: Major-General Adam, 324, 344, 366, 367, 377, 384, 386 .- Division attacks British, 383 .- Letter from, 364.
Stephenson : John, 345.
Sterne : Major-General, 477.
Stevens : John, Esq., 52, 206, 412 (n.), 456 (n.) Stevens : Lewis, 118.
Stevens : Richard, 118, 473.
Stevens : Thomas, 76.
Stevenson : Dr. John, 213 (n.)
Stewart : Archibald, 35
Stewart : Captain (British), 386.
Stewart : Charles, sketch of, 36.
Stewart : Elizabeth, 416.
Stewart : James, 133.
Stewart: Major John, 458, 459 (n), 460. Stewart : Joseph, 137.
Stewart : Lewis, 22.
Stewart : Lieutenant (British), 378.
Stewart : Major, of Maryland, 459. Stewart: Miss Matty, 36.
Stewart : Newton, Tyrone county, Ireland, 7 (n.) Stewart: Robert, 293.
Stewart : Stephen, 343.
Still : Copper, 70.
Still Water : Battle of, 242.
Stille : Jacob, 554.
Stille : Pontius Dillare, 136.
Stille : Rachel, 136.
Stillwell : Enoch, 438.
Stirling, 77 .- Steel forge at, 77 .- Pig metal at, 77.
Stirling: Sarah, Countess of. 467.
Stirling : Lieutenant-Colonel, 377.
Stirling : William Alexander, Lord, 10 (n.), 26 (n.), 31, 189, 193, 273, 415, 416, 428, 446, 452, 405 (n.), 467, 477, 518 .-- Brigade, 182, 232 -Captured by British on Long Island, 182 .- Exchanged, 208 .- Divis- ion, 407 .- Division, skirmish with, 421. -Estate for sale, 65 .- Public notice to tenants of estate, 466.
Stites : John, 89. Stockholm and Dixon, 89.
Stock horses advertised, 67, 68, 72, 73, 80, 90, 107, 358, 371.
Stockton : Rev. Philip, 346 (n.)
Stockton: Hon. Richard, 20 (n.), 34 (n.), 41 (n.), 63 (n.), 67 (n ), 323, 363 (n.), 528 (n )-Julia, daughter of, 363 (n.)
Stockton : Richard, Jr., 294 (n.)
Stockton : Richard V., 294.
Stockton : Robert, 66.
Stockton : Samuel, 294 (n.)
Stolen : Cattle on Tindon's Island, by pirates, 96 .- Clothing, 24, 104, 140, 244, 420, 516, 517, 543 .- Clothing, in Chester township, 28 .- Continental currency, 517 .- Dry goods, near Princeton, 317 .- Furniture, 24 .- Goods from store, 140. -Horse, 11, 22, 23, 60, 66, 85, 104, 122, 137, 150, 161, 168, 169, 181, 188, 189, 215, 217, 221, 222, 238, 239, 427, 430, 445, 460, 468, 499, 508, 534, 561 .- Horse and other things, 11, 104 -Horse, black, near Trenton, 267 .- Horse, grey, in Salem, 499. - Horse, matched coach, 60. - Household goods, 24 .- Ledger from clerk's office in Trenton, 382 .- Money, 22, 110. - Money and merchandise in Burlington, 516. - Money, goods and papers belonging to Burlington county, 197. - Money in Burlington,
516 .- Money in Salem, 359 .- Money in Maryland, 517 .- Money, one hun- dred Continental dollars, 355 .- Per- sonal property of Burlington county, 197 .- Small oak box in Trenton, 136 .- State lottery ticket at Middlebrook, 430. - Watch, 137, 150. - At Maurice river, 420.
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