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"Magazine of American History," reference to, 514. Maidenhead, 5, 45, 52, 75, 76, 124, 287, 299, 340, 341, 374; horse strayed in, 338 ; horse strayed or stolen, 16 ; land for sale in, 185.
Mails, southern and eastern, 160. Main (s), Thomas, captured, 153.
Maitland, Hon. Lieut. Col., obituary notice of, 113.
Makus, James, loyalist, 90.
Malone, Francis, captured, 153.
Malting business carried on, 126.
Manaskunk, brigantine stranded on the shore of, for sale, 206. Manasquan, 206n. ; salt works at, 6.
Manely, Robert, 48n.
Manning, John, vindication from charge of, 431.
William, commissioner of for- feited estates, land for sale by, 303, 330.
Mansfield, Burlington county, 374, 575 ; land to let in, 320 ; mar- riage at, 556.
Manslaughter, man found guilty of, 352.
Manton, Hon. Joseph, jun., death of, 598.
Mantua Creek bridge, 192; bat- teau taken near, 492; land for sale near, 220, 294.
Mapletown, 51, 489. Maraguier, Anthony, attempt to set fire to store of, 508.
Marblehead, 211.
Marbois, Mr., passes through Tren- ton, 314.
Marchant, Henry, attorney, mem- ber of Congress, 211.
Marcus-Hook, 358. Maria, alias Amoritta, runaway negro wench, 517.
Mariner, Captain, privateer brig recaptured by, 359. Market established, 613.
Marriage, 152, 173, 221, 258, 292, 371, 556.
Marriner, Captain, daring exploit of, 351; captor of brig "Black Snake," 355; vessels captured by, for sale, 385.
Marseleson, John, payments due printer to be paid to, 553. Marsh, Benjamin, prisoner, 252. Benjamin, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 303, 330.
Daniel, commissioner of forfeited estates, land for sale by, 232, 270. Daniel, Q. M., 92; notice by, 292, 479, 618. Mrs. (Daniel), 487.
. Edward, notice by, 479. Ephraim, jun., challenges his ac- cusers, 571.
Noah, negro run away from, 369. Ralph, horse breeding by, 328. William, jun., horse stolen from, 65. Marshal, Daniel, contractor for Es- sex County, 592.
Marshall, Dr. Thomas, 130, 316. Randall, land purchased by, 584. Thomas, petition from, 584.
Martin, Isaac, commissioner of for- feited estates, land for sale by, 229.
John, sale of land in the posses- sion of, 119, 263.
John, tavern-keeper, 65. Mrs. (Col.), 487.
Martinico, reinforcement arrived at. 60; sailing of French and Spanish fleet from, 557. Martinique, 485, 486; vessel from, 464. Martin, Colonel, battalion of, 427n. Martin's Regiment, New Jersey Militia, 406n.
M'Ary, George, 316. Maryland, 154. camp, hanger lost in. 297.
Maryland House of Delegates, favor regulation of prices, 133. 134; considering scheme of finance. 485; Line. 320. 654; a body of fine troops, 485 : commander of, wounded, 614: marching of the, to the South. 123, 337; members of Congress from, 212; Refugees of, 100, 101.
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Mascotkill, land for sale opposite, 229.
Mason, Fra, captured, 153.
Massachusetts-Bay, 133; regula- tion of prices considered by, 55; Refugees of, 100, 101; members of Congress from, 211; sloop captured in, 343. Matcheponix, land to let at, 320. Matomkin inlet, vessel put into, 464.
Mathew, Col., Guards, 466.
General, embarked for England, 653; sends detachment to at- tack White Plains, 467.
Mathews, John, lawyer, member of Congress, 212.
Matthews, James, land for sale in the possession of, 13.
Maus, Jacob, clock and watch- maker, 643.
Maxwall, Robert, deserter, con- victed of burglary, 380; escape of, 476.
Maxwell, Gen. William, brigade of, 6; with militia at Elizabeth, 432; British losses by, 450, 481; retreat of, 452; compli- mented by Washington, 460 ; alleged copy of letter from, 440.' 465 ; checks advance of British, 441. Rhoda, 21n.
Mayberry, Colonel Thomas, mar- riage of, 221.
Mayhew, Eleazer, horse to be re- turned to, 19.
Mrs., 487.
M'Calla, William, C. P. B. C., notice by, 399.
McCarnel, John, broke gaol, 5.
McDonald, Alexander, land for sale by, 473. McIlvaine, Dr. William, 570n. Mary, 570n.
M'Collem, John, horse taken up by, 192, 234.
M'Cord, Sam., captured, 153.
M'Coy, John, deserter, convicted of burglary, and executed, 380, 381.
M'Crea, Miss, tragical death of, 503.
M'Donald, Alexander, horse stolen from, 174.
James, prisoner, 252.
Wm., stolen horse to be returned to, 409.
Mead, Lieut. Col. Richard Kidder, nearly drowned, 84.
Medicines for sale, 21, 362, 590. Meeker-see Mieker.
Mehelm, Colonel John, 582n.
John, commissary of hides, 130; stills and horses for sale by,
509; trustee estate of Lord Stirling, 13, 36, 120, 265. M'Elroy, Archibald, land for sale by, 525.
M'Leane, James. farmer, member of Congress, 212.
Men killed, wounded and taken prisoners, 484. Mendem, 60, 83.
Mendham, 24, 141, 160, 527; con- fiscated land for sale in, 270 ; land for sale in, 195; horse stolen in, 413.
Merailles, Mr., a Spanish gentle- man, passes through Trenton, 314.
Mercer, Mr., schoolmaster wanted by, 644.
Mercereau, Mr., horse stolen out of stable of, 140.
Merchandise for exchange, 428, 429; for sale, 47, 48, 61, 68, 76, 91, 110, 127, 128, 186, 205, 206, 268, 269, 293, 338, 339, 363, 451, 554, 590, 599, 619, 620, 631, 640, 647, 667.
"Mercury Packet," vessel, captured, 608.
Meredith, Samuel, notice by, 463.
Merril, Joseph, confiscated land of, for sale, 46.
Merriot, Samuel, farm wanted by, 223.
Merselse, John, loyalist, 77. Mershon, Henry, tavern-keeper, 131; buckskin breeches, etc., for sale by, 196; horse strayed to the place of, 410.
"Metellus," communication 176, 177.
from,
Meteor, remarkable, 15.
Metuchen, 582n.
Mexico, conquest of, not desired by Great Britain, 561.
Meyers, Elizabeth, 47n.
M'Farland, Andrew, captured, 153. M'Gee, Capt., on prison ship, 597.
Middle Brook, 47n., 48n. ; land for sale in, 158 ; land sold near, 119, 264; household furniture for sale at, 294.
Middlesex County, 402n., 582n. ; loyalists of, 303, 329, 330.
Middlesex County courts, sitting of the, 372, 644 ; ladies' aid com- mittee, 487; refugees from, 121; seat, act to change, 117, 150; militia, 402n. Middleton township, 214.
Middletown, Monmouth county, 136, 148, 248, 299, 316; brigantine for sale in, 206;
British landed at, 285 ; horse breeding at, 342 ; land for sale in, 191, 216, 249.
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Miadle-Town Point, information from, 386, 395; land for sale near, 520.
Mieker, Samuel, commissioner of forfeited estates, land for sale by, 229.
"Mifflin," privateer, 384.
Miles, Col. Samuel, notice by, 665.
Miles' Pennsylvania rifle regiment, 396n.
John, captured, 153.
Military hospitals, subsistence of, 573 ; supplies, act for procur- ing, 117, 151.
Militia, act relating to, 277; loss sustained by the, at Spring- field, 491; of New Jersey, gal- lantry of, 446; orders to the, 570.
Mill of G. Hopper burned by the British, 324, 351.
Milledge, Thomas, loyalist, confis- cated lands of, for sale, 270.
Miller, Andrew, deceased, vendue at house of, 22.
Capt., scows or Newark ferry boats wanted by, 560.
John, horse stolen from, 375.
Mary, executrix, vendue by; 22. Michael, loyalist, notice to cred- itors of, 373.
Mr., probable hanging of, for treasonable printing, 654.
Peter, land for sale by, 411, 420. Samuel, plow-shear moulds for sale by, 267. Milnor, Joseph, merchant, 50n. ; cedar posts and rails for sale by, 76; iron for sale by, 99 ; store of, Trenton, 195; steel for sale by, 316; merchandise for sale by, 339 ; articles stolen from, 356.
William, stolen horse to be re- turned to, 412.
Mills, Timothy, jun., notice to debtors and creditors of, 170. Millstone, burning of the court house at, 447n. Millstone river, 373. Minbrook, 51.
"Minck." runaway negro, 52.
Mine-Brock, Somerset county, 397. Minisink, hostile Indians discovered at, 352. Miralles, Don Juan, 353n.
Mirbach regiment, raids New Jer- sey, 306, 307.
Miscellaneous articles for sale, 37. 99, 123, 127, 132, 136, 137, 139. 148, 171, 260, 271, 295, 296, 302.
Mitchel, James, captured, 153.
Mitchell, Randle, horse for sale by, 217; land for sale by, 584.
M'Koy, Captain Garven, member of court-martial, 297.
M'Kean, Thomas, lawyer, member of Congress, 211.
M'Leane, James, farmer, member of Congress, 212.
M'Mollen, John, captured, 153.
M'Murdy, John, killed, 523.
M'Naughton, Capt., 464.
Moiland, Colonel, 523.
"Molly," prize schooner, 372; for sale, 386, 520.
Money lost, 45, 52; stolen, 390.
Monmouth Associators, 545; com- missioners of forfeited estates, notice by, 146, 191, 245, 249. Monmouth, battle of, 545.
Monmouth county, 7, 40, 146, 190, 511, 544, 608 ; Hessians taken up in, 407; letter from, 434. 435, 456, 457; act for defence of part of, 447; spies and horse thieves captured in, 465 ; ladies' aid committee, 487; county militia, 603; loyalists of, 190, 191, 215, 245, 248.
Courthouse, land for sale at the, 249; land for sale near, 520; gaol, robber lodged in, 598; men charged with murder taken up in, 401 ; refugees cap- tured, 551, 557.
Monson, Captain Stephen, member of court-martial, 297.
Montgomery, Wm., 46.
Moody, Lieutenant, secret instruc- tions to, 435; near the Mor- avian Mills, 436; captured, 552; orders to, 552.
Mooney, Margaret, notice by. not to trust son, 389.
Samuel, notice not to trust, 389. Moore, Capt., 324.
Moore, Captain James, stray horse to be returned to, 657.
Daniel, commander, wounded, 491.
Ely, horse stolen from, 390.
Silas. deceased, land for sale be- longing to the estate of, 293. Moore's House, Washington's Head- quarters. 43.
Moores. Ensign Britton, taken pris- oner, 580.
Moores-Town, 392; horse stolen near, 412.
Moorehouse. Captain Sam .. cap- tured, 153.
Moravian Meeting House. New
York, 48n.
Moravian Mills, 436.
More. Major, 523. Morehouse. Jeptha, linen stolen
from. 444.
Morgan, Colonel George, 41n. :
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servant of, eloped, 405; slave run away from, 419.
Jane, 47n.
Joseph, wife of, drowned, 401. Mrs. (George), 487.
"Morning Star," armed schooner, capture of. 351; libeled, 355; for sale, 385.
Morrell, Jacob, miscellaneous arti- cles for sale by, 271; land for sale adjoining, 290.
Jonathan, merchandise for sale at the house of, 590. Samuel, death of, 614.
Thomas, drugs for sale by, 21; merchandise for sale by, 93.
Morris county, 24n., 36, 84, 573 ; counterfeiters arrested in, 61 ; cantoning of army in, 70, 83 ; gaol, counterfeiters lodged in, 84; land sold in, 119, 120; ladies' aid committee, 487; courts, holding of, 571 ; militia, arrears due the, 617 : loyalists of, 195, 269, 270, 619.
Morris, Ensign John, captured by Refugees, 299.
Israel, 50n. ; appointed state clo- thier. 448, 480.
John, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248.
Lewis, horse imported by, 341. Mrs. (General), 487.
Robert, elected to Assembly, 4.
Robert, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248.
widow, negro boy for sale by, 326.
William, deceased. 50n.
Morris River, 221, 251.
Morrison, James, captured, 153.
John, vessel commanded by, 147. Morrissania, 16.
Morris Town, 24, 25, 26, 34, 37, 46. 60. 65, 66, 83, 84, 85, 107, 108, 109, 131, 134, 142, 158, 160, 171, 172, 259, 325, 330, 331, 397, 424, 426, 436, 443, 444, 472, 489, 519, 526, 529, 617, 619, 639, 648, 649; arrival of army at, 154, 480; attack on, threatened, 472; brigade detached from, 452; British expected to advance to- ward. 461; camp near, 413; confiscated land for sale at, 270; Continental troops sta- tioned at, 441; death at, 352, 353 ; letters from, 122, 314, 370, 414, 418, 455, 469, 568 ; gaol, 476; British prisoners taken from the, 472; counterfeiters lodged in, 551; loyalist sus- pects committed to, 566; gen- eral review at, 326; Washing- ton's army at, 467, 468 ; Wash-
ington's Headquarters at, 97, 113, 118, 150, 173, 314, 412; Green, land for sale on the, 195; hanger lost near, 289; horse to be returned at, 289 ; horse taken near, 320; horse taken up in, 348; horse stolen at the Camp near, 349, 350; horse strayed from, 429 ; horse strayed in, 592; land for sale near, 293, 325, 411, 420, 591, 617, 618.
Morristown, 414; lottery tickets lost near, 141 ; merchandise for sale in, 269, 554, 647 ; minute guns heard in the direction of, 357; prisoners taken to, 483 ; rebels at, 321; silver watch lost near, 139; Spanish resi- dent died at, 383, 384; spies and horse thieves hanged at Headquarters near, 465 ; troops detached from, 174; Washing- ton's army at, 152, 467 ; Wash- ington's removal from, 441. Morris township, 526.
Morse, Isaac, executor, notice by, 261.
Joseph. jun., deceased, notice to debtors and creditors of, 260, 261.
Morton, Hugh, 128.
Moss, Nathaniel, horse strayed or stolen from, 425.
Mott. James, sen., taken prisoner, 457.
Mount. James, negro men for sale by. 184.
James, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248.
John, boatman, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248. "Mount Airy" farm for sale, 213, 524.
Mountholly, 98, 109, 123, 125, 149, 372, 392, 437, 439: Court of Admiralty to be held at, 354, 382, 398; marriage at. 221; sitting of General Assembly at, 118 ; General Assembly to meet at, 14, 54, 202.
Mount-Holly Creek, wood land for sale on, 333 ; General Assem- bly to meet at, 14, 54, 202. Mount Hope. 172.
Mount Pleasant, 149.
Mountain Meeting-House, cattle
levied on at, for the Ameri- can army, 658.
Moylands, Colonel, cavalry of regi- ment of dragoons, detached, to collect cattle, 577; at Elizabeth-Town, 658. M'Pherson, Capt .. 343. Lieut. Col., 252, 276.
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Mud Creek, 117, 151.
Mulenburgh, Frederick, parson, member of Congress, 212.
Mulford, Abraham, horses strayed to, 63.
Jeremiah, horse strayed from, 527. John, captured, 153.
Mullan, Lieutenant John, wounded. 523.
Mullen, John, captured, 153. William, captured, 153. Mullico's hill, land for sale near, 192.
Munds, Munns, Captain, capture, of, 7, 19, 20.
Mundy, Affe, eloped, 499.
Nicholas, wife eloped from, 499. Munn, Samuel, meeting at the
house of, 639.
Munn's tavern, accounting at, 592. Munro, John, 40.
Murray, Mr., of New York, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 249.
Musconetcong, land for sale near the, 286.
Muscovado sugar for sale, 183, 631. Muskenycunck river, forge to let at the head of, 68.
Myer, John, administrator, notice by, 160.
N.
Nails for sale, 498. Nanking china for sale, 136. Narrows, vessels sunk at, 44. Nassau-Hall, Princeton, 223. Naval engagement, 485.
Navigation opened between Trenton and Philadelphia, 214 ; stopped, 113.
Neal's Artillery Company, 570n. Ned, runaway negro, 657.
Neeler, Capt., Continental troops under the command of, 91.
Negro boy for sale, 171, 326, 360, 381, 632. taken up, 16. children for sale, 428. . deserters from New York, 445. escaped gaol, 509. farm-hand wanted, 430. fellow for sale, 633. girl for sale, 233, 633. wanted, 381.
lads for sale, 56. man for exchange, 132. for sale, 477, 530, 632.
Negro man taken up, 109, 110, 121, 190, 199, 254, 339. men for sale, 184, 265, 319. Negro sentenced to be executed for burglary and larceny, 60. Negro wench for sale, 320, 428, 437, 509, 510, 527, 530, 531, 590, 619, 632 ; run away, 517. Negroes taken prisoners, 406, 457.
Neil, Colonel Henry, arrival of, from Delaware, 597. Phoebe, 241.
Robert, acting commissary, cap- ture of, 149, 153, 155; sub- Deputy Quartermaster, 189; alleged barbarity of, to Tories, and alleged career of, 240. Robert, jun., of Newark, taken prisoner, 167, 179, 188. Neilson. James, 402n. Joanna, 402n.
Col. John, President of court martial, 297, 402, 427; ap- pointed deputy quartermaster, 655 ; notice by, 665 ; biographi- cal sketch of, 402n.
John, M. D., 402n. Mrs. (Col.), 487.
Nelson, Alexander, merchant, land for sale by, 236.
"Neptune," privateer brig, taken, 343. Neshameny Ferry, 186, 632. Neshaminy, fulling mill erected on, 361.
Newark, 3, 10, 21n., 25, 38, 131, 169, 181, 219, 325, 431 ; Acad- emy converted into a barrack, captured by the British, 132, 155, 180; to Amboy, few or none of the Continental Army at, 567; British attack on, 149, 152, 155, 167, 174, 178, 180, 221, 394. 395, 402; list of prisoners taken
at, 153 ; confiscated land in, to be sold, 408; contribu- tions levied at, for the Ameri- can army, 658; death at, 525, 546, 614; ferry boats wanted, 560: fire in. 61; horses for sale in, 139; mer- chandise for sale in, 268; no guard at, 173; opening of school in, 199. 209; pocket- book lost in. 591; prisoners from. 188; raid upon by refu- gecs, 519, 537 ; troops detached to. 174.
Newark-Mountain, 369, 639; wife absconded at, 368.
Mountains, 64, 170, 193; cattle for sale at. 261. Newark township. 589.
New Barbados. Bergen county, let- tor from, 433. 434, 445.
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Newbold. Cleayton, robbed, 597.
Joseph, salt for sale at the house of, 6.
William, 597.
New-Bridge, 254, 306, 586, 670; valiant defence of, 379.
New Brunswick, 16, 36, 45, 56, 231, 399, 402n., 619, 633; act securing to owners of lands in, the use and benefit there- of, 277 ; chocolate manufactory erected in, 367 ; harponiers wanted at, 656; land for sale in, 667; land for sale near, 489 ; merchandise for sale at, 234, 631, 640 ; petition of in- habitants of, 135, 136; Re- formed Dutch Church at, 48n .; stage waggon from. 633, 640; ; ferry to Elizabeth Town, stage waggon from, 431 : gaol, negro boy brought to, 16.
Newbury privateers, 608.
New-Castle upon Thyne, 318 ; ves- sel captured from, 384.
Newell, Mrs., 487.
New-England primers for sale, 630 ; privateer, 580 ; privateers, cap- ture of English ship by, 370, 394.
Newenham, Edward, toasted, 285. Newfoundland, Banks of, 19.
New Germantown, 109, 110, 121, 581n., 582n.
New Hampshire, 133; members of Congress from, 210 ; Refugees of, 100, 101; regulation prices considered by, 55.
New Haven, Conn., 21n.
New Jersey, act for payment of officers and public debts of, 117, 151; Almanack for 1780 for sale, 133.
"New Jersey Gazette," for 1779, 20; for sale, set of the, 99: notice to creditors of the, 588, 589; price of, 204, 205, 515, 543, 575.
"New Jersey Journal," 671; notice to subscribers of. 367.
New Jersey, Laws of, printed and ready for delivery, 347. 589 ; Legislature, acts passed by, 116, 117, 150; Loan Office,
409 ; members of Congress from, 211; militia, commenda- tion of, 616; ordered to be ready, 581; toast to, 507 : valor of, 535, 536: quota of the war debt, plan for raising, 621; Refugees in, 100. 101; regiments, act to complete the. 447; to raise $9,000.000 by tax, 75 : Volunteers, loyalists, 2n .; raid by detachment of, 324.
New Levies, 455, 568 ; captured, 665; release of prisoners by, 476.
New-London, 115, 364, 384; vessel sails from, 384.
New-Mills, 439.
Newport, Rhode-Island, arrival of the French at, 537.
New-Providence, 22, 21n., 64, 92, 93, 171; meeting-house, 21. New Testament, new edition of the, for sale, 327.
Newton, George, notice by, 304.
Newtown, Pa., purse won at, 358.
New-Town, Sussex County, burg- lary at, 380.
New Utrecht, marriage at, 371.
New York, 7, 10, 14, 17, 19. 59, 60, 61, 84, 115, 128, 134, 221, 251, 332, 370, 523, 552, 600; accounts from, 182, 314; alleged letter intercepted com- ing from, 628, 630; arrival via, 154 ; artillery, 456n. ; Brit- ish embarkation to take place at, 351; British expedition from, 414, 441; British losses in landing at, 450: British prizes taken to, 353 ; British raid from, 166, 178, 180, 253 ; British reinforcements from, 442; British ships at, 538; capture of a large ship for, 370 : clandestine intelligence carried to, 419 ; deaths at, 598 ; deserters conveyed from, 352; dry goods from, seized and con- fiscated, 299; fire wood to be delivered at, 208; fleet left. 122 ; goods clandestinely sent out of, 129 ; horses driven to, 181 ; illicit trade to,
61; impressment in, for naval ser- vice, 597 : inhabitants rally to defence of, 469; members of Congress from, 211; men of war and troops leave. 182; prisoners taken to, 406, 580; projected attack upon. 469, 635 : Reformed Dutch Church, 47n. ; Refugees in. 97; regula- tion of prices considered by, 55 : shortage of fuel at, 138 : sickness in, 598 : special ses- sion of Legislature of, 123; sloop from, ran ashore, 299: state levies, 552; state militia to be ordered out. 539: wag- ons from, stopped by Refugees, 424.
Nicholson, Capt., 384.
Nicomixon township, Pennsylvania, land for sale in. 301.
Nieuw Wit, or Neuwied, Germany, 47n
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Nightingale, Thomas, loyalist, con- fiscated land of, for sale, 192. Nixon, Sarah H., 426n.
Nolton, Samuel, member of Con- gress, 211.
Norfolk, Virginia, British losses at, 450; burnt by the English, 503, 664.
Norris, Richard, stay-maker, 390. Robert, innkeeper, silver hanger stolen from house of, 46. North, Lord, declaration of, 238, 548 ; reply by, 89.
Northampton county, Pennsylvania, 299 ; . recruiting for the In- dians in, 406.
North Carolina, 599 ; American de- sertions in, 601; brigade, 88 ; members Congress from, of
212; militia, 484; troops, 85; Refugees of, 100, 101.
North River, 10, 85, 568, 579 ; Brit- ish expedition expected up the, 461; crossed by the Rebel army, 658; passage of, with cannon, on the ice, 466, 468 ; British vessels in the, 465. Norton, Lieut. Colonel, 227; com- mands detachment to attack White Plains, 467. Notch, (Great), 84. Nott, Capt., arrival of, 646. Nottingham, Burlington county, 633 ; purse won at, 358 ; town- ship, 49n., 78; land for sale in, 218, 230, 559.
Noyes,
John, horse
strayed
or
stolen from, 499.
0.
Oakeson, John, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 249. Oakland, Bergen county seat re- moved to, 447n.
Obituary notices : De Merailles, Don Juan, 352. Fitzrandolph, Captain Nathaniel, 476, 514.
Lowrey, Sarah, wife of Stephen, 400.
Maitland, Hon. Lieut. Col., of the 71st regiment, 113. Parker, Samuel Franklin, 90, 110. Piatt, Daniel, Major 1st N. J. regiment, 353.
Officers taken, 155.
Ogden, Aaron, lottery
tickets
for
sale by, 169.
and Canfield, merchandise for sale by, 647. Col., 481.
David, 546n .; loyalist, confis- cated land of, for sale, 195, 269, 270.
Genealogy, 546n.
Isaac, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 105, 269, 270.
John, 546n.
Mr., killed, 432. Mrs. (Counsellor), 387. Phebe (Baldwin), 569n.
Robert, 569n. Robert, elected to Council, 4. Sarah, 569n.
Rev. Uzal, 380 ; biographical sketch of, 546n .; death of, 525, 546.
Ogle, Mr., toasted, 285. Ohio, 21n. Oil Mill, 361; for sale. 175, 180.
Oid, Benjamin, prisoner, 252.
Old Bridge, Washington's Head Quarters at the, 635.
Old Ferry, Philadelphia, 412. "Old Man," An, petition by, 97, 98. Oldman's Creek, land for sale near, 411, 420, 588. Old pewter wanted, 123. Oldwine. Lawrence, strayed horse to be had from, 405.
Oliver, John, horse stolen from, 35. O'Neil, Christian, prisoner, 252. Oporto, 19; arrival from, 7. Orange, Essex county, 478, 589, 639 : meeting-house, 592. Orange-Town, N. Y., 304. Orchards destroyed, 613.
for sale, 13, 39, 53, 158, 192, 213, 220, 236, 291, 293, 295, 301, 302. 318, 319, 325, 326, 329, 382, 525, 528, 529, 554, 574, 591, 606, 607, 615, 617. 618.
Osborn. Jonathan Howel, 21n. Rhoda, 21n.
Osborne, Captain, ship of, locked in the ice, 470. Cornelius. stolen horse to be re- turned to, 140.
Osburn, Samuel, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of. 24S. Ott, John, axes made and for sale by. 410.
Outwater, Capt., wounded. 277. Thomas, loyalist .. 77.
Oxford furnace, land for sale near. 27S.
Oxford. John, confiscated land for sale near, 278. Oxford township, confiscated land for sale in, 278.
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P.
Paca, William, 133. Packet taken, 97.
Pacquanock, fines of inhabitants ·for not turning out, 513. Page, John, 254.
Pain, John, lost watch to be re- turned to, 140.
Palmer, Philip, sale of land in the possession of, 119, 263. Pancoast, Capt., horse strayed to plantation of, 575.
Paper currency, letters on, 26, 31, 95, 96, 105, 107, 161, 164, 273, 276, 282, 284, 309, 313, 333, 337, 594, 596, 620, 623 ; act for issue of, 117, 150; evils of, 200; depreciation of, 243, 273, 282, 309; necessity for, 333; redemption of, 258, 512; dissatisfaction with, 468 ; improvement in, 595, 623.
Paramus, 19, 282, 634; British at- tack on, 280, 281, 306, 321, 323, 326, 350, 378, 381; intended British attack on, 253, 257, 276; British retreat from, 277; land for sale at, 382 ; loan office certificates lost at, 411; prisoners taken at, 252; skirmish at, 517; Washington at, 587. Parchment pasteboard for sale,
316.
Parker, Capt. Alexander, stolen horse to be returned to, 413. Admiral Hyde, squadron of, 45, 182.
James, deceased, printer, 90n., 110.
James, Pittstown, 130, 316, 583. Joseph, loyalist, notice to debt- ors and creditors of, 248. Sir Peter, squadron of, 182.
Samuel-Franklin, printer, death of, 110, 113: obituary notice of, 90, 91, 110, 113 ; notice to debtors and creditors of, 296, 329.
Parks, Jacob, land for sale adjoin- ing, 221.
Parliament. debates in, on Ameri- can affairs, 600.
Parry, Joseph, land for sale at the house of, 229.
Parsippeny, marriage at, 292.
[P]ar[so]n, Joseph, captured, 153. Partridge, George, schoolmaster, member of Congress, 211. Pasaick river, 17 ; land for sale on, 411, 420; British raid to the banks of the, 152; county, 546n. ; Great Falls of the,
84n., 593 ; rebel patrols on
the banks of the, 180; land for sale on, 185; Valley, Genealogies of first settlers
of, 21n.
Paterson, William, 56n. ; letter lost, directed to, 52.
Mrs. (Attorney-General), 487.
Paterson, 24n., 84n., 514n.
Paton, James, 570n. Lieut., killed, 614.
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