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headquarters at, 625. Hessians at, 535.
horse for sale in, 316 ; horses and waggon for sale in, 49 ; horses, &c., for sale near, 610, 666; horse stolen in, 404; horse taken up in, 186; horse to be returned at, 289.
houses for sale in, 667.
ladies' subscription for the relief of the Continental soldiers, 486-488.
land for sale in or near, 39, 53, 125, 136, 218, 301, 371, 436, 574, 575, 659.
landing, continental store-house at, broken open, 17.
leather for sale in, 286.
legislature to meet at, 245, 367 ; meeting of the legislature at, 643.
paper mill at, 50n.
post-office, letters remaining in the, 130, 316, 583; sword found to be had at the, 644.
school master wanted at, 193.
stage waggon to, 659.
store broken open at, 356.
Supreme Court to be held at, 97. tobacco factory in, 559.
township, horse breeding at, 317. Trenton Falls (Tinton), Mon- mouth county, enemy landed at, 283.
"Triton," prize brig, 56.
"Triumph," British war ship. 646. Troops in service of United States, act for completing quota of, 277.
of New Jersey, subsistence of, 117. 151.
Troup, Captain Robert, 425.
Troy, Morris county, 290, 425, 618 ; confiscated land for sale at, 270.
"True American Inn," tavern, 49n. "True Patriot," communications by, 11, 12, 242-245, 273-276, 282-283, 309-313 ; criticised, 69, 85, 161; criticises com- munication from "Honestus," 312.
"True Subject," sloop, tent put on board of, 466.
Truhun, J., petition of, 136.
"Trumbull," armed vessel, sailed from New-London, 364, 384; disables British ship, 448.
"Truth, appeal to the public in be- half of," 649 -- 650.
Tryon, General, 469, 470; British under command of, 441; em- barked for England, 653. Tucker, Dean, 662.
Mr., tavern keeper, lost certifi- cates, &c., to be returned to, 444.
Samuel, 50n ; land for sale by, 57.
Wessels, steel springs, &c., for sale at the house of, 348 ; horse strayed or stolen from the door of, 368.
William, 50n.
Tuexberry township, 118; land sold in, 262.
Tunison's tavern, 197.
Turell, Ebenezer, horse stolen from, 25.
Turk's Island salt for sale, 45.
Turner, Daniel, horse stolen from, 66 ; riding chair, &c., for sale by, 294.
Turpin, Thomas, 341. Tuthill, Elizabeth, 426n.
Ty (negro), Colonel, and party, prisoners taken by, 434, 435 ; landed at Conascung, 456. Tyger. Jacob, sale of land, in the possession of, 118.
Tyhickan Creek, 399.
Tyranny of American demagogues, 560. vs. slavery, 653. Tyson's mills, 437.
U.
Uniform of an officer, cost of, 128. Union county, 402n.
Union Salt Works, at Manasquan, salt for sale at. 6. United States Almanac for 1780 just published, 67. debts to be paid, 512.
lottery, 53, 386. public buildings of, 14. tax, purpose of, 258. "Unshaken," communication of, re- ferred to, 106; communication by, 258. Upper Freehold, 49n, 184, 215,
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249; land sold in, 120, 264; land for sale in, 190; robbery at, 401.
Urag, John, shoes for sale by, 377. Ustick, William, of Philadelphia, marriage of daughter of, 153.
V.
Van Antwerp, John, prisoner, 252. Vanartsdalen, Cortland, cattle for sale at the house of, 107. Vanausdal, Cortland, miscellaneous articles for sale by, 295 ; no- tice to persons indebted to, 347 ; negro wench and children for sale by, 428.
Vạn Beaverhout, Lucas, gardener and dairy woman wanted by, 290.
Van Blerkum, Harmanus, loyalist, 77.
Peter I., loyalist, 77.
Van Boskerk, Andrew, loyalist, 77. David, loyalist, 77.
John, loyalist, 90.
John, jun., loyalist, 90.
Peter, loyalist, 90. (See also Boskirk, Buskirk, Van Bus- kirk. )
Van Buren, James, loyalist, 77.
Van Burer, John, stolen articles found at the house of, 196.
Van Buskirk, Colonel Abraham, New Jersey loyalist, British expedition under, 371n ; troops under command of, 166, 178, 180.
John, loyalist, notice to creditors of, 393. (See also Boskirk, Buskirk, Van Buskirk.)
Van Cleve, Mrs. B., 487.
Vandegrift, Joseph, horses, &c., for sale by, 632.
Vanderbelt, Agness, executrix, no- tice by, 197.
Jacob, executor, notice by, 197.
John, deceased, notice to debtors and creditors of, 197.
Van De Water, Garret, 47n.
Henry, lottery Vandike, Colonel
tickets for sale by, 53.
Van Dine, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 191.
Hendrick, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 191.
Van Dyck, Colonel, member of court-martial, 297. Nicholas, attorney, member of Congress, 211.
Van-Emburgh, Major, taken pris- oner, escaped, 407.
Van Gelder, Abraham, horse strayed or stolen from, 425.
Van Giesen. John, prisoner, 252. Van Geison, Hendrick, wounded, 277.
Vanhautan's, - , land for sale near, 229.
Vanhorn, Cornelius L., loyalist, 90 ; runaway negro formerly be- longed to, 197.
John, land for sale by, 148. Joseph, near Sherrard's ferry, 583.
Van Houten, Cornelius, 408n.
Van Kirk, John, horse ran away from, 300.
Vanmarter, Daniel, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 249.
Captain John, horse bred by, 317 ; horse breeding at the farm of, 342.
Hendrick, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 249.
Van Mater, Chrineyonce, prisoner, 557.
Van Norden, Gabriel, loyalist, 77. Van Noorstrand, Christopher, horse strayed or stolen from, 126.
Vannote, Peter, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 249. Van Nuys., Corn., executor, land for sale by, 217.
Van Riper, - run away negro belonged to, 443.
Van Skiver, John,
ship timber taken up by, 232.
Vanuxem, James, stolen horse to be returned to, 454. Van Veghter's bridge, raid on. 3. . Van Veighter, Derick, horse stolen from, 51.
Van Wagenen, G., prisoner, 252.
Van Winkle, Henry, prisoner, 252. Simeon, horses stolen from, 593. Van Winkelen, Jacob S., loyalist, 77. Vanzant, Mrs., 487.
Varvalen, Isaac, prisoner, 252.
Vaux-hall, 23, 639; horse strayed at, 593. road, 474, 475, 481.
Veal, Mr., narrow escape of, from execution, 472.
Veal Town, horse stolen from, 443; horse taken up in, 575. Venter, Captain, on prison ship, 597.
Venter, negro, prisoner, 252. "Veritas," communication from, 240, 241.
Verry, James. 130. Versailles, Court of, 314.
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INDEX.
Vessels, "Abigail," sloop, taken, 343.
"Admiral Rodney," privateer brig, worsted in fight, 491.
"Alcide," British war ship, 646. "Alliance," arrival of, 624.
"Amazon," privateer brig, taken, 343.
"Ambuscade," ship, 7.
"America," British war ship, 580.
"Amphitrite," British frigate, 580.
"Anna Theresa," packet, 44.
"Argo," American brig, captured by the British, 353; private brig of war, 372.
"Beaver," rebel sloop, brig cap- tured by, 115.
"Bedford," British war ship, 580. "Betsey," prize schooner for sale, 473.
"Blacksnake," rebel privateer brig, captured, 308, 351, 355; for sale, 359, 385.
"Brittannia," brig, hull of, for sale, 136, 148.
"Britannia," brigantine, libel against, 147.
"Britannia," privateer, driven ashore and captured, 121.
"Britannia," brigantine, sails and rigging of, for sale, 214, 232. "Centaur," British war ship, 646. "Commerce," armed sloop, vessel taken by, 472.
"Congress," sloop of war, sailing of, 384.
"Culloden," British war ship, 646.
"Defiance," British man of war, 227.
"Delaware," 324; prizes taken by, 343.
"Delight," 313.
"Delight," British war ship, 384.
"Delight," frigate, chased by Paul Jones, 370.
"Dispatch," prize sloop, for sale, 338, 355.
driven ashore, 121, 182, 308. "Elizabeth," brig. 299.
"Enterprize," brigantine, schoon- er captured by, for sale, 386.
"Enterprize, privateer brig, 438; schooner recaptured by, 385.
"Europa," British man of war, 227.
"Fair American," private vessel of war, 372.
"Fame," picaroon schooner, cap- tures schooner, 385.
"Galatea," British frigate, 313, 384 ; rebel vessel driven ashore by, 308 ; capture by, 351;
chased by Paul Jones, 367,
370.
"General Mifflin," sailed from New-London, 364.
"General Reed," American priva- teering brig, taken by the British, 343, 353.
"General Wayne," privateer brig. taken, 343.
"Good-Hope," prison ship, con- sumed, 284.
"Granville Packet," departure of, 207.
"Hancock," sloop of war, sailing of. 384.
"Hazard," captured, 242; prize sloop for sale, 246, 247.
"Hazard," lumber sloop, taken, 490.
"Henry," transport sloop, 227.
"Hetty," ship, captured by the British, 343, 353.
"Holker," American privateer brig, 580, 581; ship captured by, 389.
"Hope," 324.
"Iris," 324; prizes taken by, 343; frigate, chased by Paul Jones, 370; frigate, in New- York, disabled, 448; brig run ashore by, 635.
"Jack," private ship of war, 372.
"Jenny," coal transport, taken, 384.
"Jenny," ship, captured, 364.
"Lady Crosby," transport brig, 227.
"Lady Washington," Continental ship, capture of, 113.
"La Fortune," British war ship, 646.
"L'Amazone," French frigate, 557.
"La Provence," French ship of war, 557.
"L'Ardent," French ship of war, 557.
"La Surveillante," French frig- ate, 557.
"L'Constance," brig, captured, 115.
"Le Cesar," French ship of war, 557.
"Le Duc de Burgogne," French war ship, 557.
"Le Fantasque," French ship of war, 557.
"L'Hermoine," French frigate, 557.
"Le Jason," French ship of war, 557.
"Le Neptune," French ship of war, 557.
"L'Eveille," French ship of war, 557.
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"Lewis-Town Revenge," whale- boat, 251.
"Little Molly," private schooner, for sale, 473.
"Lively," prize schooner, 438.
"London," British war ship, 580 "Mercury Packet," captured, 608.
"Mercury," privateer schooner, for sale, 7.
"Mercury," schooner, 40.
"Mifflin," privateer, 384.
"Molly," prize schooner, for sale, 386, 520.
"Morning Star," armed schooner, 351; libel against, 355; for sale, 385.
"Neptune," privateer brig, taken, 343.
"Peggy," 324.
"Polly," prize schooner, taken, 385.
"Providence," brigantine, 40; for sale, 125.
"Prudent," British war ship, 580.
"Rainbow," 313.
"Raisonable," British man of war, 227, 490.
"Ranger," 242.
"Rattle Snake," 242, 308, 338 ; rebel privateer, driven ashore, 314.
"Renown," British man of war, 227, 346.
"Resolution," 324.
"Restoration," armed schooner, taken, 472.
"Retaliation," prizes taken by, cutter, 242; sailing of, 384.
"Revenge," prize sloop, for sale, 473.
"Revolution," 485, 486; chased by a frigate, 464.
"Robuste," British man of war, 227.
"Roebuck." British man of war, 113, 227, 346.
"Romulus," British man of war, 227, 346.
"Royal Oak,"' British war ship, 580.
"Russel," British man of war, 227, 370, 646. "Sandwich," British war 646.
ship,
"Saratoga." capture by, 655.
"Scorpion," prisoners on board the, 597.
"Shrewsbury," British war ship, 580, 646.
"Smaragda," 324.
"Speedwell," prize sloop, for sale, 338, 355.
"Strumbulo," prisoners on board the, 597.
"Success," sloop, capture of, 221. "Swallow," prize sloop, 372, 382, 377, 385.
"Swift," brig, 313.
"Swift," transport sloop, 227.
"Terrible," British war ship,
646.
"Thames," British frigate, 242, 313, 471.
"Therese," ship, arrival of, 606. "Three Sisters," brig, 113.
"Torbay," British war ship, 646. "Trelawney," 324.
"Triton," brig, 56n.
"Triumph," British 646.
war ship,
"True Subject," tent put on
board of, 466.
"Trumbull," sailed from New- London, 364, 384; disables British ship, 448.
"Volcano," 351.
"Vulcan," war ship, 221.
"Vulture," sloop of war, driven ashore, 182, 199 ; vessel driven ashore by, 308; sailors cap- tured, 443.
"William Maid," prize schooner, 438.
"William," sloop, for sale, 7, 40. "Yankey Witch," armed schoon- er, for sale, 474.
"Yarmouth," British war ship, 646.
brigantine or polacre for sale, 206.
British, burned, 155; captured and driven ashore, 154.
for sale, 7, 125, 246, 338, 385, 386, 473-474, 520.
privateer snow, 635. ransomed, 19.
retaken, 491.
sail up Hackinsack river, 381. sailed from Sandy-Hook, 122. taxen from the British, 462.
Vienna. Court of, 88.
Virginia, 7, 55, 84n, 97, 134, 154. 341, 392, 601; American of- ficers in, resigned, 601.
Capes of, naval fight off, 539. contribution of, to the Continen- tal Treasury, 118.
legislature, considering scheme of finance, 485.
line troops, march of, through Trenton, 97: marching and number of the, 485. members of Congress from, 212. purse won in, 358.
refugees of, 100, 101.
troops, S5: to go South, 123.
"Volcano," British war vessel, 352. Volunteers of Ireland toasted, 285.
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Voorhees, James, loyalist, 87. Captain Peter, massacred, 4.
Vorhees, Jacobus, land of, confis- cated, 184. Voorhes, Captain, murder of, 20. Voorheese, Catharine, 402n. John, 402n.
Voorhies, Miss Nancy, marriage of, 371.
Votes and Proceedings of the Gen- eral Assembly for sale, 656. Vreeland, Hartman, 408.
"Vulture," sloop of war, driven ashore, 182, 199 ; vessel driven ashore by, 308. sailors of, captured, 443.
W.
Wade, Caleb, 262. Deacon, enemy set fire to the house of, 422.
Wadsworth, Colonel, horse stolen from, 5. Jeremiah, Deputy Commissary- General of Purchases, 5n.
Wagaraw, murder at, 612n.
Waggon and gears for sale, 610, for sale, 23, 45, 49, 261, 397, 584, 666. stopped by refugees, 424.
wanted to convey provisions to Washington's army, 463.
Wake, Drury, land for sale by, 213, 525. Wales, 21n. Walker, volunteer, with British, treatment of, 188. Captain, 481.
John, gambler and farmer, mem- ber of Congress, 212.
Wall, James, prisoner, 457. John G., 570n. Wallabout-bay, ship lying in, con- sumed, 284.
Walling, Captain, wounded, 457. James, jun., prisoner, 457. John, prisoner, 457. Philip, prisoner, 457. Thomas, 457. Waln, Robert, 279.
Walpole, Mr., surgeon, remarkable operation by, 207.
Walton, William, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 249. Wan, Ebenezer, ship's boat taken up, to be had from, 588. Wannamaker, A., loyalist, 90.
Wanted, bills
of exchange on
France, 215. Chimney-sweeps, 200. clean linen rags, 128. coachman, 428. dairy woman, 290. farm, 198, 223. flaxseed, 50, 99. gaol keeper, 609. gardener, 290.
harponiers in the whaling busi- ness, 656. journeyman hatter, 430.
journeyman printer, 381, 516. linen rags, 290. negro farm-hand, 430.
negro girl, 381.
post rider, 367.
printer's apprentice boy, 327. school master, 368, 431, 644. schoolmistress, 391. stocking weaver, 261, 377.
War letters, 344-346.
supplies, act for procuring, &c., 277. Ward, Artemas, farmer and attor- ney, member of Congress, 211. Captain, refugees under, 523. Lieutenant Eben, refugees under command of, 519. John, barn of, burned, 61. Dr. Samuel, 569n. Captain Thomas, 521.
Wardel, Ebenezer, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248.
Wardell, John, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248. Peter, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 191.
Wardsesson, 388.
Warne, George, commissioner of
forfeited estates, lands for sale by, 279.
Warner, Captain, captured by refu- gees, 299. Philip, tobacco manufactory of, 559.
Washington, General, 397, 402n, 501.
and the army toasted, 285.
army of, 6, 629; appearance of the flower of, 521; at Morris- Town, numbers of, 468; flour for, 152; short allowances to, 600, 646. artillery of, 85.
baggage and stores for, im- pressed wagons to transport, 441. commendation by, of Springfield, 460. : troops at at Philadelphia, 84. cantoning of army, 60. detachment sent by, to attack
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INDEX.
Staten Island, 467.
dispatches from, captured, 97.
general order by, against pro- fane swearing, 43. headquarters at Little Falls, 514 headquarters of, at Morris- Town, 173 ; at Arnold's tavern, 426n.
headquarters of, at Old Bridge, 635.
headquarters of, in Trenton, 49n. general orders of, on battle of Springfield, 483-484. gone to Rhode-Island, 658. in vicinity of Bergen, 605. letter from, 480n.
letter received by, from de la Fayette, 359 ; letter of, to Con- gress, relating to de la Fay- ette.
march by, from Prackness, 579. melting away of army of, 534. men executed at camp of, 472. movements of army of, 455, 587. nearly drowned, 84.
near White Plains, 567.
order by, to honor St. Patrick, 322, 323.
orders from, 613.
posted between Paramus and English Neighbourhood, 634. reported meditating a great stroke upon New-York, 469. report of, as to raid on Staten Island, 143-144.
toast to, 505, 507.
to camp in Morris county, 83.
tries to draw enemy from Eliza- beth-Town Point, 417-418.
wagons wanted to convey pro- visions to army of, 463. glorification of, 600. Mrs., passes through Trenton, 118; passes through Spring- field, 449; passes through Chatham, 480. Colonel, 92; in Trenton, 75. at West-Point, 19.
secret visit to Elizabeth-Town by, 357.
sagacity of, at Germantown, 562. sends expedition against Staten Island, 467.
Washington Valley, Morris county, 426n.
Waste of timber, &c., act to pre- vent, 277.
Watches made and repaired, 643. Watch-making business, 463.
Waterford township, Gloucester county, horse stolen in, 514 ; cattle for sale in, 587; land for sale in, 516.
Waters, Foster, horse strayed from, 391.
Watkins, Major John W., marriage of, 292.
Watley, Mary, 49n.
Watmer, John, horse strayed or stolen from, 360.
Watson, Alexander, loyalist, con- fiscated land of, for sale, 303, 329.
John, cloth for fulling received by, 361.
Wayne's brigade, attack by, 114; detached to collect cattle, 577. Wayne, General Anthony, 85, 586, 587, 668, 669, 671. exaltation of, 600. tanner, 585n.
attack by, on block house at Bull's Ferry, 546, 578.
attack on Fort Lee by, 520. in vicinity of Bergen, 605. leaves Bergen, 129.
passes through New Barbados, Bergen county, 434.
unsuccessful attack made by. on blockhouse at Closter, 538.
at Paramus, 19.
Weather intensely cold, 113, 139, 146.
severity of, 466, 468. intensely hot, 597. table of the, 155, 156. Weaving business carried on, 26$, 290. Webb's, Colonel, regiment of. 482. Weehawk, estate at, burned, 613.
Weirmiss, British troops at, 276. Welch, Captain, 324.
Catherine, cow to be returned by, 68. Wells, Ben., captured, 153.
Wentworth, John, merchant, mem- ber of Congress, 210. Wescot, Mrs. Colonel, 487.
Westcott. Colonel Richard, prize vessels for sale at the house of, 377, 385, 473, 520.
Westbrook, Captain, killed, 352. West-Chester county, 627. West-Farms, 589.
Westfield. 6. 140. 141. 327. 332. 369, 3SS, 389, 479: General Wayne and brigade gone to. 129: meeting-house. 35: silk gowns stolen, belonging to a lady in, 479.
West-India goods, prices of, falling, 123. islands, 223.
rum for sale, 171, 183. 260, 590. 619. 631. 640. 647. 667. West-Indies, 20. 45, 113. 346. American prize ships ordered to the. 60S. arrival of French fleet from the. 580.
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INDEX.
British embarked for the, 44.
British ships sailing by way of the, 324.
severe naval engagement in the, 540. troops bound for the, 122.
vessels with troops bound the, 122.
for
West, Mr., killed in
attack on Shrewsbury, 353.
West-Point, 19, 84. American army at, 3.
British marching towards, 455; British attack on, expected, 465, 480, 484.
Ensign Moody lodged at, 553. Washington's removal to, 441.
Wet goods for sale, 215.
Wetherill, J., petition of, 136.
Whatnung Mountains, 63.
Whatnung-Plains, land for sale at, 325.
Wheat and rye, crops of, good, 540.
Wheehawk, 254 ; British expedi- tion landed at, 253.
Wheat and forage taken, 614.
Wheaton, Isaac, land for sale ad- joining, 1. "Whig, theoretical or speculative," 532.
Whilden, James, elected to Assem- bly, 4.
Whilden, Mrs., 487.
Whipple, William, a shop-keeper. member of Congress, 210.
Whippany, 480.
Whitaker, Jonathan, strayed or stolen horse to be returned to, 97, 397.
Thomas, land for sale adjoining, 57.
White, Brittain, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248. Whitehall, 121.
White Horse tavern, 223.
White House, 581n ; land for sale near the, 295, 301, 328.
White Plains, 567; British losses at, 450; British attack on, 467 ; light infantry at, 573. White, Rachel, negro wench for sale by, 320. White's tavern, 566n.
Whitzell, John, Asst. Com. Pur., moneys of, embezzled, 299.
Wickes, Dr. Stephen, quoted, 570n. Wick, Mary, 24n.
Widows and Children of Deceased Presbyterian Ministers, act for relief of, 569n. Wife eloped, 499.
Wikoff, Jacob, commissioner of for- feited estates, 146, 191. 249. Mrs., (Jacob), 487.
Wilby, -, commander, 251. Wilcocks, John, lost loan office cer- tificates to be forwarded to, 411.
Mr., judge advocate of court- martial, 297.
William, 48n.
Wilcock's land, land sold adjoining, 264.
"Wildair," horse, 51.
Wilkes, John, 654; case of, 115.
Will, Colonel, address presented by, 624. Mr., arrival of, 484, 485. escape of, 485.
Will, negro, stolen articles found at the house of, 196 ; prisoner, 252.
runaway negro, 52. runaway negro boy, 169.
Willard, Josiah, captured, 153.
Willet, Lieutenant-Colonel, detach- ment under, 145.
William's Farms, 327.
Williams, John, captured, 153. John, country attorney, member of Congress, 212.
John, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 191; notice to debtors and creditors of, 248.
John, jun., loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248. John, prisoner, 252.
Joseph, prisoner, 252.
R., horse strayed or stolen from, 126.
Rensellaer, 49n. Williamson, Ben., 519.
D., petition of, 136.
Major, 519; captured, 149, 153, 155, 181. Major Matthias, horse taken up by, 171; notice to creditors of, 292.
William, stolen horse to be re- turned to, 526.
"Willing Maid," prize schooner, 438. Willock, George, land for sale ad- joining, 13.
Willson, William, land for sale in the tenure of, 515.
Wilson, Allen, salt for sale by, 22. Hendrick, commissioner of for- feited estates, 18, 36, 185.
James, horses bought from, 78. Peter, elected to Assembly, 4. Wiltshire, Joseph, horse stolen from, 515.
Winans, Elias, executor, notice by, 296.
Isaac, deceased, horse and cattle, &c., for sale at the late dwell- ing-house of, 477. Matthias, deceased, 265.
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INDEX.
Rachel, executrix, household goods for sale by, 265.
Windner, Peter, captured, 153.
Windsor, Middlesex county, 462, 513. Wine for sale, 22.
Winns, Elias, executor, notice by, 329.
Winter, Henry, confiscated land for sale, in the possession of, 278. Winters, J., runaway negro to be returned to, 657.
Witherspoon, J., advice by, as to preparation for Princeton Col- lege, 223-227.
Woglaam, Abraham, 49n.
Women, British and Hessian bru- tality to, 446.
Women's relief corps, 640.
Wood for sale, 287.
Wood, Isaac, Court of Admiralty to be held at the house of, 354, 372, 438.
Wood land for sale, 333.
Wood, solicited for the British army, 567.
Woods, Christopher, horse to be returned to, 25.
Woodbridge, 85, 90n, 92, 249, 296, 329, 369, 472, 476, 507, 514, 565n, 569, 582n, 643, 665. attacked by refugees, 406.
British raid on, 556.
committee of observation of, 566n.
confiscated land for sale in, 303, 329, 330.
death at, 90, 110, 113.
horse strayed or stolen at, 429.
land for sale in, 303.
a letter from, 407. prisoners taken at, 580. raid on, 655, 660. refugee captured at, 556. Sons of Liberty of, 569n.
Woodbury, land for sale in, 192. Woodford, General, arrival of, 97. Woodland for sale, 338.
Woodruff, Captain Thomas, cap- tured, 153.
Woodruff's Farms, grass for sale in, 528.
Woodruff, Nehemiah, cow and heif- ers strayed to, 592.
Samuel, accounts to be settled with, 347; notice by, of meet- ing of hirers of substitutes, 617.
S., steel springs, &c., for sale by, 349.
Woodward, Anthony, 129. Wool-combing, advertisement of, 554, 594.
Wooley, Catharine, 49n. Samuel, 49n.
Woolley, Benjamin, loyalist, notice to debtors and creditors of, 248.
Woolverton, Thomas, loyalist, con- fiscated land of, for sale, 229. Woolwich township, 192.
Wormb, Colonel, Hessian officer, 498, 521.
Worth, Samuel, salt exchanged at the mill of, 99; horse stolen from, 147.
"Worthy Citizens of New Jersey," address to the, 620-623.
Wrecks, reports of, 134.
Wright, Anthony, loyalist, captured, 643. John, 130. John, Bordentown, 583.
Wright's landing, 117, 151. William, loyalist, confiscated land of, for sale, 303, 329. Writing paper for sale, 257, 576. Wyckoff, Jacob, 169.
Martin, negro boy run away from, 169.
Peter, articles stolen from. 360.
Wynans, Jonathan, negro run away from, 267. Wynantz, Dr., house of, plundered, 182. Lieutenant, surprised by refu- gees, 172, 173, 181.
Y.
Yaman. Moses, land for sale by, 287.
"Yankey Witch," armed schooner, for sale, 474.
Yard, Benjamin, 49n.
Isaiah, his title to certain lands questioned. 249, 250, 305: no- tice by, 230.
Thos., 49n. "Yarmouth," British war ship, 646.
Yawpaw, Bergen county seat re- moved to, 447n.
Yeats. Richard, loyalist, 77. Yorkshire, England, 341. Young, Captain, 113. 343; to sail from Philadelphia, 364.
Daniel, horses strayed to the plantation of. 108. Peter, land for sale adjoining, 12.
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Z., letter by, 628-630. Zabriskie, Christian A., loyalist, 77. F., British raiders meet at the house of, 433.
Peter, prisoner, 252, Zabriskie's Mills, 254. Zenger. John-Peter, printer, the trial of, 115.
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