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Labadie Tract, the, ii. 231.
Labadist Fathers, i. 70; Journal of experiences of, ii. 224, 226-227.
Labadists, settlement of, in Maryland, ii. 230-231.
La Chair, Salamon, notary public and tavern-keeper, i. 460-461.
La Garce, privateer, i. 232.
Lake Champlain, called Corlaer's Lake, ii. 55.
La Montagne, Jean (de), i. 149; made councillor by Kieft, i. 152; member of Stuyvesant's council, i. 266; De Sille's complaints against, i. 372; at one time a schoolmaster, i. 442; vice- director at Fort Orange, i. 486. Lampo, Jan, i. 72, 104.
Land patents, i. 95; issued by Nicolls for Duke of York, ii. 30; Nicolls' difficulties over, ii. 50-52; issued by Leisler, ii. 436.
Latin, use of, in New Amsterdam papers, i. 478.
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Latin School, ii. 73.
Law, Roman-Dutch, in New Nether- land, i. 42, 426, ii. 153-154.
Law practices descended from the Dutch, ii. 153-154.
Laws, Nicolls' code, ii. 26-27; imposed on Long Island only, ii. 32-33.
Lawsuits in New Amsterdam, i. 471- 472.
Lawyers, in New York under Love- lace, ii. 75; prejudice against, in New York, ii. 221.
Lawrence, Cornelius W., elected mayor of New York in 1834, ii. 417.
Lawrence, John, envoy of Stuyve- sant's to Connecticut, i. 410; prays to remain neutral, at time of Eng- lish seizure, i. 521; takes Nicolls' oath of allegiance, ii. 22; member of first board of aldermen, ii. 35; mayor of New York, ii. 79; amount taxed for, by Colve, ii. 116; as mayor at time of surrender to Dutch, sur- renders city seal, mace, etc., ii. 107; member of Andros's council, ii. 172; appointed deputy-mayor of New York, ii. 174; member of assembly, ii. 259; commissioned mayor by Sloughter, ii. 530.
Lawrence, William, ii. 109; delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404; ancestry and connections of, ii. 418;
member of Leisler's council, ii. 434. Leisler, Jacob, first mention of, i. 407; signs petition to Stuyvesant to sur- render New Amsterdam to English, i. 525; amount taxed for, by Colve, ii. 116; deacon of church at New York, ii. 183; career of, in New York, ii. 184-185; captured by Turkish pirates, ransoms himself, ii. 223; character and standing of, ii. 368-369; degree of education of, ii. 372; militia captain under Nichol- son, ii. 380; refuses to pay customs duties, ii. 382; comes to the front as leader of people against Nichol- son, ii. 385; letters of, written at this time, ii. 390, 391, 395, 404; as- persions cast on character of, ii. 396- 397; proclaims government of Will- iam and Mary in New York, ii. 398; first promotion above other militia captains, ii. 407; first exercise of new powers by, ii. 407-408; repairs fort, ii. 409; powers of, extended by Committee of Safety, ii. 410; sends letter to king and queen, ii. 412; re- ceives from king's messenger letter from William III to New York, ii.
430-431; question of proper course for, on receipt of king's instructions, ii. 433; considers himself king's ap- pointee and forms a council, ii. 433- 434; members of council, ii. 434; views of opposition, on his pro- claiming himself lieutenant-gover- nor, ii. 435; activities of, as lieu- tenant-governor, ii. 436-437, 446 ff .; letters of, to William III and to Bishop Burnet, ii. 446-448; account of plot discovered by intercepted letters, ii. 447-448; imprisonment of Bayard and Nicolls by, ii. 448-449; on the Schenectady Massacre, ii. 453; takes measures for relief of Albany, ii. 457-458; opinions of, held by Massachusetts and other colonies, ii. 461; takes steps for expedition against the French, ii. 466 ff .; as- sault on, by enemies in New York, ii. 472-473; foundation of charges of cruelty and robbery against, ii. 475-476; accused of intentions of absconding, ii. 482-483; on failure of Canadian expedition, arrests Winthrop, ii. 489; strong feeling against, in various quarters, H. 493- 497; consideration of difficult posi- tion of, ii. 498; reception of Slough- ter's lieutenant, Major Ingoldsby, by, ii. 503 ff .; dealings between Ingoldsby and, ii. 504-516; battle between Ingoldsby and, ii. 516-518; testimony for, ii. 518-519; on arrival of Sloughter, is at once imprisoned, ii. 519; conduct on arrival of Slough- ter, ii. 527-528; treatment of, when arrested, ii. 529; trial of, ii. 533 ff .; charges brought against, ii. 536; sentenced to death, ii. 542; execu- tion of, ii. 553-558; after-effects of death of, ii. 564-568.
Leisler, Jacob, the younger, ii. 543.
Leisler, Mary, married to Jacob Mil- borne, ii. 509; married to Abraham Gouverneur, ii. 554.
Leisler Medal, the, ii. 561.
'Leisler Rebellion ' mentioned, ii. 348, 362-364.
'Leisler's Half-Moon,' ii. 409.
Le Moire, Captain, privateersman, ii. 194-195.
Le Moyne, Jesuit, in New Amsterdam, i. 448.
Letters, opening of suspected, by Dutch officials, i. 330.
Leverett, Captain John, i. 337, 341, 355.
Lewin, John, special agent of Duke
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of York, at New York, ii. 203-205; protest of city magistrates against acts of, ii. 238; returns to England and is acquitted by Jeffreys and Churchill, ii. 241.
Libraries in New Amsterdam and New England, i. 186.
Literature, quality of that written by New Netherlanders, i. 480-483.
Livingston, Robert, manorial estate of, ii. 297; history of, ii. 297-298; first town clerk of Albany, ii. 306; acts as money-lender to the govern- ment, ii. 328; opponent of Leisler, ii. 370; lends money to Albany con- vention, ii. 414; on the Schenectady Massacre, ii. 453; Leisler issues war- rant for arrest of, as a rebel, ii. 459- 460; goes to Hartford and Boston, ii. 460; remains at Hartford and makes false accusations against Leis- ler, ii. 482-483; returns to Albany with Colonel Winthrop, ii. 486; pres- ent at execution of Leisler and Mil- borne, ii. 556-557.
Locke, John, correspondence of, quoted, ii. 81, 82.
Lockermans, Govert, i. 210, 335; mem- ber of board of Nine Men, i. 273; death of, ii. 131; quarrel about estate of, ii. 370.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, statement by, criticised, ii. 158.
Lodwyck, Charles, militia captain under Nicholson, ii. 380.
Long Island, naming of, i. 54; first settlements on, i. 147-149; English settlements on, i. 165-166; land on, given to settlers from New England by Kieft, i. 183; town rights secured by Englishmen on, i. 258-259; Eng- lishmen on, plot against New Nether- land government, i. 337, 339, 356; Indians on, chastised by force under John Underhill, i. 340; Thomas Baxter's piratical raids on, i. 348; given to Connecticut by charter of 1662, i. 403; question of Connecti- cut's or New Netherland's jurisdic- tion over, i. 410-412; Five Dutch Towns established on, i. 419; first Dutch church organized on, i. 419- 420; Quakers on, i. 446-447; Cap- tain John Scott's actions as repre- sentative of New England and Old England among towns of, i. 507 ff .; Governor Winthrop of Connecticut settles governments of English towns on, i. 518; Winthrop resigns to Nicolls pretensions of Connecti-
cut to, i. 524; renamed Yorkshire, ii. 25; delegates of, summoned to convention at Hempstead by Nicolls, ii. 26; delegates ratify new code of law, ii. 27; as Yorkshire, divided into three ridings, ii. 28; govern- ment of, ii. 28-29; people from, given lands in New Jersey by Nicolls, ii. 40; Nicolls' difficulties with English in, ii. 48-50; poor state of, in Lovelace's time, ii. 86; under second Dutch occupation, ii. 107- 108; controversy over, between Connecticut and Governor Colve, ii. 111-113; Denton's book on, ii. 138- 139; other works on, ii. 139; dis- content in, under Andros, ii. 177; schools on, ii. 222; division of, into three counties, ii. 265; rising in, during events following accession of William III, ii. 381.
Lords of Trade, the, ii. 168.
Lovelace, Dudley, ii. 66, 101; taken to Fayal, ii. 105.
Lovelace, Colonel Francis, succeeds Nicolls as governor of New York (1668), ii. 65; sketch of career of, ii. 65; administration of government by, ii. 66-87; hears news of war with Holland, ii. 97; absent in Con- necticut at time of surrender of New York to Dutch, ii. 100; re- turns to fort on Manhattan, ii. 106; property of, confiscated by Dutch, ii. 108; leaves New Orange on Binckes's ship, ii. 110; fate of, in London, ii. 176.
Lovelace, Thomas, ii. 66, 79, 176.
Lovelace, William, ii. 101.
Lovelace, William, Jr., funeral of, ii. 77.
Loyalty Vindicated, pamphlet, cited, ii. 375, 379, 395, 397, 400, 408, 470, 475, 476, 558.
Lubbertsen, Frederik, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179.
Lumber, use of word, ii. 215.
Lupold, Ulrich, i. 152.
Lutheran churches at New York and Albany, ii. 73-74, 332.
Luyck, Ægidius, schoolmaster, i. 443; returns to New York from Holland, ii. 73; burgomaster of New Orange, ii. 107; in difficulties with Andros over oath of allegiance, ii. 178 ff.
Lyon, Henry, delegate to form Com- mittee of Safety, ii. 405.
Macgregory, Patrick, killing of, ii. 517. Mckenzie, Captain, quoted, ii. 410.
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Mackerel, yacht, i. 45, 46, 69.
Magistrates. See City magistrates.
Maiden Lane, derivation of name, i. 458.
Maize, growing of, i. 57.
Manhattan, history of name, i. 55-56; purchase of island of, from Indians (1626), i. 72-74; appearance in 1626, i. 75-76.
Manning, Captain John, ii. 20; alarmed by report of Dutch fleet's approach, ii. 97; conduct as com- mander of Fort James, on arrival of the Dutch, ii. 101-105; taken to Fayal, ii. 105; returns to New York with Andros, ii. 170; court-mar- tialled and sentenced by special court, ii. 174-175.
Manomet, Dutch trading station at, i. 41; Dutch and English come in contact at, i. 85.
Manors and manorial rights in New York, ii. 83-85, 296.
Manuel the Giant, attempted execu- tion of, i. 194.
Map, Velasco's, 19-20; the first so- called 'Figurative Map,' i. 22; second Figurative Map, i. 26; Cham- plain's, i. 54; Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, i. 81; Jacob- sen's, i. 81; inaccuracy of a Floren- tine, published in 1647, i. 250; the Danckers, i. 379; the Visscher, i. 379; Cortelyou's, of New Amster- dam, i. 416-417; De Coninck's, of New Amsterdam, i. 416, 432; The Duke's Plan, i. 458; Augustine Herrman's, of Maryland and Vir- ginia, i. 486; the Nicolls, ii. 140; the Allard, ii. 141; in Montanus's New World, ii. 141; Dankers', of Delaware River, ii. 230.
Maps published at Amsterdam (1662-
65) and at Middleburg and the Hague (1666), ii. 140.
Markets, in New Amsterdam, i. 457; in New York, ii. 337.
Marriage regulations, in New Amster- dam, i. 427-428; in New York, ii. 282.
Martha's Vineyard, Duke of York's authority asserted in, ii. 87.
Maryland, the claim of, to the Dela- ware country, i. 385-386; final deci- sion as to claims, i. 399; Augustine Herrman's career in, i. 486-487; Lab- adists'' description of, ii. 227-228; Labadist settlement in, ii. 230-231; portion of Delaware country given to, ii. 287; bloodless revolution in, VOL. II. - 2 s
on accession of William of Orange, ii. 361-362.
Massachusetts, creation of, i. 106; population in 1645, i. 246; lays claim to rights in Hudson River territory, i. 386-387; controversy with Stuyvesant on the subject, i. 387-389; efforts of, to obtain land in Narragansett region, i. 501; atti- tude of, toward Dutch reoccupation of New York, ii. 113-114; wealth of merchants of, ii. 210; loses charter of 1629, ii. 276; offences leading to loss of charter, ii. 276-277; becomes a royal province with no rights, ii. 277-278; James II's activities against, ii. 288-289; instructions sent to, by William III, ii. 429; representatives from, at New York congress, ii. 466-468; expedition from, against Quebec, ii. 491. See Boston.
Mather, Increase, in England, ii. 357- 358.
Mauritz, Jacob, ii. 494.
Maverick, Samuel, Brief Description of New England by, i. 497; suggests conquest of New Netherlanders, i. 500; later history of, ii. 133.
Mayor, office of, in New York, ii. 34- 35; appointment of, by governor, according to Dongan Charter, ii. 301, 303.
Mayors, list of, under Nicolls and Lovelace, ii. 79.
Mayor's Court of the City of New York, i. 330-331, ii. 36-37; be- comes town court, ii. 267; end of, ii. 416-417.
Megapolensis, derivation of name, i. 213.
Megapolensis, Domine, assigned to Rensselaerswyck, i. 200; becomes clergyman of New Amsterdam, i. 309; chaplain in expedition against Swedes, i. 367; tract on Mohawk Indians by, i. 379; vain efforts to Christianize Indians, i. 443-444; at- tempts religious persecution, i. 445; subscriber to loan to New Amster- dam, i. 509; acts as messenger be- tween Stuyvesant and Nicolls, i. 522; death of, ii. 73.
Megapolensis, Samuel, i. 486.
Melyn, Cornelis, obtains patroonship of Staten Island, i. 175; chosen president of board of Eight Select Men, i. 227; Stuyvesant's stern treatment of, i. 269; sent a prisoner to Holland, i. 270; saved from
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wreck of Princess, i. 271; returns from Holland, i. 285; rights of, recognized by States General, i. 287; continued troubles with Stuyvesant, i. 287 ff .; goes back to Holland, i. 302; returns to New Amsterdam, to meet fresh troubles, i. 316; cap- tured by Indians, i. 370; escapes from Indians and moves from Staten Island to New Haven, i. 420-421; bargain with West India Company about his patroonship, i. 421; last mention of, i. 485-486; rights in Staten Island overridden, ii. 80.
Melyn, Isaac, ii. 122-123.
Memorial of board of Eight Men, i. 230.
Mey, Cornelis Jacobsen, i. 20, 21, 27, 44. Michaelius, derivation of name, i. 213. Michaelius, Jonas, first clergyman in
New Amsterdam, i. 81-83; quoted, i. 102; recall of, i. 119.
Middleburg (Newtown), founded, i. 183; charter granted to, i. 354.
Midwout (Flatbush), superior district court at, i. 353.
Milborne, Jacob, ii. 183; career of, ii. 185; successful suit of, against An- dros, ii. 241; returns to New York, and career there, ii. 369; arrives in New York from abroad, and be- comes Leisler's chief adviser, ii. 412; heads expedition to Albany, ii. 420- 421; actions of, at Albany, ii. 422- 423; secretary of province and clerk of Leisler's council, ii. 434; as Leis- ler's messenger pays visit to Con- necticut, ii. 458; takes charge at Albany, ii. 460-461; commissioned by Leisler commander of allied army of colonies, ii. 481; superseded by Winthrop, ii. 482; marriage of, to Mary Leisler, ii. 509; arrested by Sloughter, ii. 527; sentenced to death, ii. 542; execution of, ii. 553- 558.
Milborne, William, ii. 369.
Militia captains, six, commissioned in 1684, ii. 380; elected by the people of New York in September, 1689, ii. 435.
Militia companies, first enrolment of, in New York, ii. 71.
Militia regulations in New York under Nicolls, ii. 32.
Mining in New Netherland, i. 436. Minister, use of word, ii. 215.
Minuit, Peter, first director-general of New Netherland, i. 71; letter of, to Governor Bradford, i. 86; com-
plaints against, i. 100-101; recall of, i. 104; dismissed from West India Company's service, i. 119; plants a colony in Delaware country, i. 155-157; death of, i. 169.
Minvielle, Gabriel, mayor of New York, ii. 281; one of six militia captains in 1684, ii. 380; refuses to sign Humble Address of Militia, etc., and resigns commission, ii. 393; falls off from Leisler, ii. 469; appointed to Sloughter's council, ii. 505; respon- sibility of, for execution of Leisler and Milborne, ii. 560.
Modest and Impartial Narrative, etc., ii. 395-396; cited, ii. 415, 416 ff., 446; end of, and question of author- ship, ii. 448-449.
Mohawk Indians, i. 58-59.
Molenaar, Abram Pietersen, member of board of Twelve Men, i. 179.
Monopolies, granting of, in New York, ii. 70; tanners', curriers', butchers', and shoemakers', in New York, ii. 212.
Montanus, Arnold, work by, ii. 139. Montreal, founding of, i. 25.
Moody, Lady Deborah, i. 228; ob- tains town patent for colony at Gravesend, i. 259; death of, i. 485.
Moody, Sir Henry, i. 184, 382, 461; represents government of Virginia at New Amsterdam, i. 400; death of, i. 485.
Moore, Rev. John, i. 354.
Morris, Lewis, ii. 81; member of Don- gan's council, ii. 255.
Morris, Richard, arrival in New York, ii. 81.
Mulford, Samuel, member of first assembly, ii. 259, 392.
Mun, Thomas, English economist, i. 498.
Münster, Treaty of (1648), i. 285-286. Murphy, Henry C., ii. 226.
Muscovy Company, the, i. 3.
Names, of places and things, derived from Indians, i. 57; analysis of Dutch, in New Netherland, i. 210- 215; Dutch family, ii. 144-147; of places, ii. 149-150.
Nantucket, Duke of York's authority asserted in, ii. 87.
Naturalization law passed by first assembly, ii. 268.
Navigation Act of 1651, i. 325; strengthened and extended by Charles II's government, i. 393.
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Navigation Act of 1660, and effect on Holland, i. 397 ff.
Navigation Acts of Charles II, i. 397- 398; enforcement of, i. 495; effect of, on status of American colonists, ii. 14-17.
Negro quarter in New Amsterdam, i. 466.
New Albion, imaginary province, i. 24. New Amstel, colony called, i. 385;
taken by English and renamed New Castle, ii. 22.
New Amsterdam, founding of, i. 68 ff. ; early descriptions of, i. 77-88; ear- liest known use of the name, i. 81; first schoolmaster and first soldiers in, i. 119; first school in, i. 120; Van Twiller's improvements at, i. 144; population in 1642, i. 185; variety of nationalities at, i. 209; contrasted with other provinces as to social distinctions, i. 218-220; burgher or municipal government in- stituted in, i. 328-330; becomes a city, i. 330; limits of city, i. 331; first public debt of, i. 335; first civic banquet held in, i. 365; raid on, by River Indians, i. 368-370; progress and growth of city during last years of Dutch sway, i. 416 ff .; burgher-right established in, i. 421- 425; name of, changed to New York, i. 527; dates relative to, i. 528. New Castle, Delaware, ii. 22.
New England, Council for, i. 39, 134;
United Colonies of, i. 246 ; Dominion of, ii. 310, 360.
New Hampshire, first settlements in, i. 40.
New Harlem, included in limits of New York, ii. 35; Nicolls gives charter to, ii. 37; territories of, ii. 37-38; road built from city to, ii. 72. New Haven, founding of, i. 165; joins confederation of colonies, i. 246; population in 1645, i. 246; Stuyve- sant takes measures against, i. 281- 282; given to English by Hartford Treaty, i. 315; given to Connecticut by charter of 1662, i. 403; schools in, i. 443; appoints John Scott agent to protest at court against consoli- dation with Connecticut, i. 502.
New Jersey, towns in, i. 420; deeded by Duke of York to Carteret, ii. 38; fruitless efforts to regain, ii. 80; troubles in, caused by rival factions, ii. 87; chief places in, volunteer submission to Dutch, after surrender of New York, ii. 108; Duke of York
clings to his prerogative in, ii. 200; Andros's attempt to enforce his jurisdiction over, ii. 201; Andros's conduct justified, but province re- turned to Governor Carteret's au- thority by new grants from Duke of York, ii. 203; Perth Amboy made a port of entry, ii. 339; incorporated with New England Province, under Andros, ii. 343-344; Andros takes over government of, ii. 347; con- ditions in, after deposition of James II, ii. 362; disagreement between New York and, over boundaries, ii. 274-275.
Newmarket racecourse, Hempstead, ii. 82-83.
New Netherland, earliest mention of name, i. 22; birth of province of (1623), i. 41; government of, vested in Amsterdam Chamber of West India Company, i. 42; cosmopolitan character of settlers, i. 47-48; first white children born in, i. 69-70; Peter Minuit appointed director- general of, i. 71; form of govern- ment established for, i. 71-72; Minuit buys island of Manhattan from the Indians (1626), i. 72-74; population at Fort Amsterdam in 1628, i. 77; Minuit opens communi- cation with Plymouth colonists, i. 86-89; Charter of Freedoms (or Privileges) and Exemptions (1629) introduces patroon system, i. 90 ff .; evidence of constant quarrelling at, under Minuit, i. 100; Minuit re- called and Bastiaen Crol appointed director-general, i. 104; purchase of land in Connecticut valley by Crol, for West India Company, i. 105; English designs on, i. 107-110; re- garded as a purely commercial ven- ture, i. 111; consequent slow growth of, i. 113-114; unimportance of, compared with South American, West Indian, and West African posts, i. 114-116; short-sightedness of West India Company in manage- ment of, i. 117-119; Crol superseded by Wouter Van Twiller, i. 119; first schoolmaster and first soldiers in, i. 119; school in, i. 120; visit of Eng- lish ship William, i. 122-124; Van Twiller proceeds with Crol's plans for settlement in Connecticut, i. 125; difficulties with New Englanders, i. 126-127; slow progress of, and causes, i. 149-150; Van Twiller superseded by Kieft, i. 150; States
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General suggests to West India Com- pany relinquishment of, but sugges- tion not carried out, i. 157-158; New Project for (1638), i. 158; new life infused into province, i. 160; new Charter of Freedoms and Ex- emptions for, i. 173; choosing of the Twelve Men (1641), first step toward popular government, i. 178-181; war in, with River Indians, i. 224-232; election of board of Eight Men (1643), i. 227; population in 1645, i. 246; Kieft superseded by Peter Stuyvesant (1645), i. 256; results of Kieft's administration, i. 258; election of board of Nine Men, i. 272- 274; Stuyvesant's administration, i. 277 ff .; drawing up of Remonstrance of New Netherland, i. 289 ff .; 'suit- able burgher government' demanded, i. 291; third Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions issued, i. 311; settlement of boundaries by Hart- ford Treaty of 1650, i. 314-317; op- position of English residents to de- mand for popular government, i. 319-320; failure of attempt to settle fixed boundaries for, i. 326; effect on, of war between Holland and England, i. 327 ff .; Englishmen in, under suspicion during Anglo-Dutch war, i. 329-330; attitude of English colonies toward, during the war, i. 336-342; first legislative assembly in (1653), i. 346 ff .; may be called a little land-tag, or provincial diet, i. 349; denial of right of West India Company to govern, i. 350; conven- tion dispersed by Stuyvesant, i. 351; Remonstrance and Petition of 1653 drawn up and sent to Amsterdam Chamber, i. 352-353; Cromwell commissions expedition against, i. 355; saved from danger from Crom- well's ships by peace in Europe, i. 357; answers to Remonstrance and Petition received from Holland, i. 360-361; second rising of Indians, i. 368-372; literature, maps, and pic- tures of, i. 379-381; English rights to, set forth, i. 383-384; claims of Massachusetts within boundaries of, i. 386-388; danger of, from three sources: Connecticut, Long Island English, and policy of Charles II, i. 388-389 ff .; effect on, of Connecti- cut's charter, secured in 1662, i. 403-404; renewed Indian troubles in, i. 404-410; Long Island and Connecticut decline to aid, i. 410-
411; internal affairs of, 1652-64, i. 416 ff .; Great and Small Burgher- Rights, i. 422-424; courts in, i. 426; transaction of legal business, i. 427 ff .; salaries of officials of, i. 431; commerce and trade of, i. 434-437; regulation of currency, i. 437-441; religious toleration in, i. 444-451; apparent indispensability of province to the English, i. 496; attempted proofs of English rights to, i. 497- 498; activities leading up to seizure by English, i. 498 ff .; patent for region given to Duke of York, i. 512; expedition under Colonel Nicolls sent against, i. 514, 519-520; surrender of, to Nicolls's force (Sept. 8, 1664), i. 526; Articles of Surrender, i. 526; errors of historians in accounts of seizure, ii. 1-2, 8; on recapture of New York by Dutch in 1673, province renamed New Netherland, ii. 106; Anthony Colve governor of, ii. 106; restored to English by Treaty of Westminster and becomes New York again, ii. 124-126.
New Netherland, ship, i. 44, 102, 108. New Netherland Company, i. 21-22, 23, 41.
New Netherland Mercury, J. Van Rensselaer's, i. 483.
New Orange, name given city of New York by Dutch (1673), ii. 106; Gov- ernor Colve's administration of, ii. 109 ff .; list of wealthiest citizens in, ii. 116; becomes New York again, ii. 124-126; population of, ii. 141. New Paltz, settled by Frenchmen, and Huguenot church at, ii. 332.
Newport, Jewish colony at, i. 450. New Project, the, i. 158.
New Rochelle, Huguenot settlement of, ii. 418.
New Scotland, patent granted for, i. 39.
New Sweden, colony of, i. 169; slow progress of, under Governor Prinz, i. 364; the last of, i. 367-368.
News from America, Underhill's tract, i. 216, 481.
News from New England, report of Hartford Treaty in, i. 316-317.
Newton, Brian, i. 265, 399, 485.
Newton, Thomas, accuser of Leisler, ii. 483; appointed attorney-general by Sloughter, ii. 530; messenger to Boston, ii. 547.
New Utrecht, founding of, i. 419, 482- 483; seized by Captain Scott for the English, i. 507.
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New World, De Laet's, i. 81. New Year's festival, ii. 151, 225. New York, name of New Amsterdam changed to, i. 527; footing of pro- prietary province of, ii. 12-13; ad- ministration of government of prov- ince, ii. 13; steps taken by Governor Nicolls to secure Delaware country, Albany, and other places, ii. 20-21; boundary lines arranged about, with Connecticut, ii. 23-24; reconstruc- tion begun by Nicolls (1665), ii. 25 ff .; English confirmed in possession of, by Peace of Breda, ii. 59-60; Nicolls relieved of governorship, ii. 63; Colonel Francis Lovelace suc- ceeds as governor in 1668, ii. 65; probable rate of increase of popula- tion, ii. 79; manorial estates in, ii. 83-85; retaken by Dutch (1673), ii. 100; province renamed New Netherland, city New Orange, ii. 106; restored to English by Treaty of Westminster, ii. 121; Dutch gov- ernor, Colve, surrenders possession to Governor Andros, ii. 125-126; literature, maps, and pictures of, ii. 139-141; population of province (1672), ii. 141; commission of Gov- ernor Andros, ii. 167; Andros's ad- ministration, ii. 172 ff .; growth and wealth of (1675-78), ii. 209-210; condition and appearance of city, ii. 211 ff .; Colonel Thomas Dongan succeeds Andros as governor (1682- 83), ii. 247; assembly granted to province by Duke of York, ii. 247; first assembly convened, ii. 259; acts passed by, ii. 259-269; Gov- ernor Dongan settles permanent boundary lines with Connecticut, ii. 273-274; charter granted to city by Dongan (1686), ii. 298-305; change in nature of government by James II, and New York made a royal province, ii. 311; province menaced by the French, ii. 315-328; joined to Dominion of New England, and placed under governorship of An- dros, ii. 342-347; Andros takes charge of affairs at, ii. 352-354; ac- cession of William of Orange to Eng- lish throne ends consolidation of New York with New England, ii. 357-358; conditions in province on downfall of Andros, ii. 362-364; renewed fear of French, ii. 373-374; the papist question, ii. 374-377; Lieutenant- Governor Nicholson at head of gov- ernment, ii. 377; Nicholson sus-
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