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In the latter part of April Commander W. McCarty Little, of the naval battalion, was ordered upon active duty on the Constellation ; but such strenuous opposition was at once manifested by the State authorities that the order was revoked on the 29th of that month. The men of the naval battalion during this time were anxious for active service; but through delays and misunderstanding in regard to their being given a physical examination, they were kept for some time at the Newport training station, whither they were ordered about the 1st of May for preliminary instruction. On May 12 Governor Dyer was notified that orders had been given for mustering in the naval re- serves, but they were to remain in camp on Coaster's Island Harbor until they could be assigned. At the same time Commander Little communicated to the Navy Department that there were in the bat-
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talion one hundred and fifty men and twelve officers ready for service for a term of one year. On the 17th an order was given to muster in the battalion and send them on board the Constellation; instructions were sent to Commander Little to report to the commandant of the naval station at Newport for muster. The commander was also in- formed that the duties of the battalion would be on patrol vessels on the Rhode Island coast, except in a possible special emergency. On the 30th of May the Rhode Island naval battalion had been mustered into the United States service and was on duty aboard the Constella- tion. On the 18th of June application was made to the Navy Depart- ment for a patrol vessel for Narragansett Bay. In the latter part of that month a list of officers for appointment in the naval battalion was sent to the Navy Department, but owing to various delays the com- missions did not arrive until in July; the pay of the naval officers began on July 2.
For a short time the converted yacht Kanawa was assigned to Rhode Island for the use of the naval militia.
In summarizing the work of the Rhode Island troops and naval militia in this war in his message of January 31, 1899, Governor Dyer wrote as follows:
"During the month of May application was made to the Secretary of the Navy to permit our naval militia to enter the naval service of the United States, and that department accepted 152 officers and men. During the summer they were quartered either upon the U. S. S. Con- stellation, Newport, or at League Island, Philadelphia, and upon one or two monitors which were never in commission."
The men who entered the naval service, being assigned to differ- ent ships, were not mustered out of service at one time; the greater number of them, however, were mustered out in August, 1898, and a service, which at the beginning seemed to promise much of actual war- fare, came to an end. Although these men did not face the enemy behind the guns, yet they performed a service which entitles them to fill an honorable position in the history of the war with Spain.
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Index
Abacco, naval expedition to, 1776, 607 Abbot, Col. Charles W., 389
Lieut. Charles W. jr., 523
Abbott, Daniel, n 33
Abell's tavern, 349
Abolition party, 353
Aborigines of Southern New England, their manners and customs, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Abuse, political, 291, 301
Abutting owners, assessment of, 286
Acquedneck island, 45
Act for encouragement of seamen, 1718, 556
Act of trade and navigation, not conformed to, 546 Act for disbanding troops, 1709, 554 Act passed to raise troops, 1746, 568 ; 1753, 573 Acadia, 130 Adams, Brooks, n 103
Charles Francis, n 28, 39, 44
fort, 287
Ebenezer, 457, 473
John, President, visits Providence, 285 ; 286, 287, 288, 300 ; death, 314 John Quincy, President, 312, 315, 316, 317, 322 Samuel, 223
Addresses to the King from the Rhode Island colonists, 217
Administration Republicans, 319 Admiralty, 148, 156
court of, 155
jurisdiction assumed by Rhode Island colony, 157 act, n 163 act repealed, 162 vice-admiralty, 164, 217
British, 283 trial before, 1723, 557
Admiral, British, 228 French, 241 Advertising patronage, in payment of politi- cal favors, 317
Africa, line of battleship, 283, 284 African race, 277, 324 slaves, 305
Agriculture, 142, 165, 175, 253, 272
Aix-la-Chapelle treaty of 1748, 187, 193, 196, 427
Alarms, frequency of, in War of 1812, 511 Albany, Congress at, 196, 197, 198, 201 Alcock, John, n 107
Aldermen, Providence, 321, 325 to be elected by wards, 364, 369
Aldrich, Judge, n 103
Aldrich, Wilmarth N., 347
Aldridge, Ellen, 58
Alexander, Indian chief, 123
Alger, Camp, 389
Algerines, 341 Algerine constitution adopted, 345 "Diet of Worms," 350
Algiers, 134 Algonquins, 10
Alien and sedition laws, 285
Allen, Paul, 241
Philip, 359, 360, 361, 362
Representative, 328 William, n 240 Z., n 312
Allegiance to England accepted by General Assembly, 113
to Great Britain renounced, 232, 233, 239
T. W. Dorr offered pardon if he will take oath of, to constitution, 351
Alum pond, 171
Almy, Mrs. Mary, her account of the Battle of Rhode Island, 500, 501
Ambassadors, 248
Amendments to Constitution of United States, 265, 267, 272, 287
to Rhode Island constitution ; ward and town clerks not required to forward iist of voters to generai assembly ; governor given pardon- ing power with advice and consent
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of senate; general assembly to American fleet, withdrawal of, to Boston,
meet only at Newport and Provi- dence, all adopted, but the aboli- tion of registry tax and extension of time for registration defeated, 363, 364
repeal of registry tax and substitut- ing a poll tax, and allowing gen- eral assembly to regulate pay of its members, defeated, 366, 372
relieving the governor from presiding in the senate and making the lieu- tenant-governor the presiding offi- cer, and declaring the general as- sembly to have the same power of granting trials and rehearings that it had previous to the adoption of the constitution, 372
equal rights to foreign born soldiers and sailors defeated at polls, 380 repeal of property qualification as to foreign born citizens, repeal of registry tax, prohibition of state appropriation for sectarian pur- poses, and woman's suffrage, all defeated, 381
clause relating to corporations and repeal of registry tax, rejected at polls, 383
prohibition of liquor selling carried, by popular vote, 383, 384, but this action reversed by another amend- ment, 384
enfranchisement of foreign born sol- diers and sailors passed, 385
extension of suffrage to foreign born citizens on same conditions as na- tive born citizens, carried by popu- lar vote, 386
plurality elections substituted for majority, general assembly author- ized to enact a general corporation law, but biennial elections defeat- ed, 387
May session abolished, pay of assem- blymen increased, date of state election changed, time for regis- tration of voters extended, 390
opinion of Supreme Court in 1883 as to method of making, 390
America, 4, 5, 15, 77, 117, 150, 196, 205, 215, 217, 218, 219, 232, 238, 240, 251, 266, 282, 284, 376 daughters of, 279
American and Americans, 71, 192, 212, 228, 229, 233, 235, 236, 244, 248, 252, 259, 283, 286, 291 army, 241 congress, 223, 225 exploration, 9
1778, 496
grievances, 224
liberty, 222
party, 366, 370
ports, 153 revolution, 140 troops,, 230, 247
trade, 235 Republican party, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370 Union Prox, 294
Ames, Samuel, 340, 371, 375
Amherst, Major-General Jeffrey, 205, 583
Ammunition, 113, 225, 230, 344
Amnesty act in relation to participators in Dorr War, 352
Amsterdam, New, 109
Anabaptism, 38, 53
Anabaptists, 89, 175, 177
Anarchy in Rhode Island, 102, 175, 262 at Providence, 115, 116
"Anarchiad," The, 259
Anchor Bay, 9 seal of colony, 147
Anderson, Major, 376
Andrews, Col. John, 434, 435, 582
certificate of military service of, 502 Andros, Sir Edmund, appointed governor of New England, 140, 141
arrives in Boston and demands char- ter of Rhode Island, 143
organizes his government in Boston, 144
again demands charter, 145
is seized in Boston, imprisoned and deposed, 145, 146; 147, 149, 150, 151, 161, 164
Angell, Col. Israel, observations of 1779, 508 Joseph K., n 326 Nathan, 597 Col. Samuel, 432 Thomas, n 24, n 33
Anglican church, 18, 20
Anglo-Italian, 358
Ann, the Ship, 284
Annapolis, 261
Anne, Queen, 165
Annexation of Texas, 351
Animosities, local, Providence and War- wick, 91, 92
Annual elections, 387 encampments, 529
Anonymous letters, 289, 290
Anti-Federalists, 286
Anti-foreign craze, 365
Anti-Masons, 319, 327
Anti-Masonic party, 323-5, 327, 329, 331 craze, 365 Antinomian movement, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 controversy, 57
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Antinomian exiles, 51, 58; 175 Anti-Sabbatarlans, 175
Anti-Slavery movement, 304, 305, 329, 367, 371 Anthony, Alfred, 370
Danlel, map of Providence, by, 310 Henry B., elected governor, 356 re-elected, 358; 359 elected United States senator, 369, 370; 376, n 380 Antiquitates Americanæ, 4 Apaum, 30
Appleton, Major Samuel, 406
Aquedneck Island, purchased from the In- dians, 45; 48, 49, 51, 54, 56, 60, 61, 69, 79, 82, 83, 87, 89, 95
Aquedneck colony 74
Aquedneck settlers, 53
Aquednecks, Indians, 11
Aquethneck, 50
Aquethnec, 49
Arbitration as a means of settling difficul- ties in early colonial history, 34, 55, 72, 116
proposed as to boundary dispute with Connecticut in regard to Narragan- sett country, 119, but was not agreed to 121
proposed in the Indian disputes by the Rhode Island people, 125, 150, 152, 173
Aristocracy, 207, 301 Arminians, 175
Armed vessels, 232, 292
Arms, fire and small, 226, 229, 230, 347, 376 reception of, 1813, 511 used by Rhode Island soldiers (plate) 424
Army, 198, 226, 227, 229, 230, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241, 244 French, 248 British, surrenders, 248
of United State, 376, 377, 383, 385
of Observation, ordered by assembly, 1775, 227, 441 oath of enlistment in, 441
Arnolds, 64, 65, 88, 141
Arnold, Benedict, old mill at Newport, bullt by, 4, 5; 31, n 33
buys land at Pawtuxet, 35; n 36 acts as interpreter, 64 elected president of colony, 96; 90, 106, 115, 120, n 122
J. N., n 99 General, 236
Lemuel H., Governor, 319, 322, 323, 342, 352, 354 Peleg, 283, 292, 299 Olney, 370 Samuel G., historlan, n 47, n 121, 125, 160, 167, 183, n 272
Arnold, Lieutenant-Governor, 361, 362,
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William, n 24, n 31, n 30, 35, 61, 62, n 93, 96
refuses to leave his home at Pawtuxet during King Phil- Ip's War, 418
Arsenal, Providence, 343 attack on, by Dorrites, 344
Arrival of French army in America, 1780, 508
Articles of confederation, 248, 249, 256, 261, 263, 264
Artillery, 225, 230, 235, 320, 344, 379, n 389, 426, 454, 511, 516, 521
Ashaway river, 171, 172, 174
Assembly, General, n 75
the first held at Portsmouth, 82, 83, 84; 86, 88, 91-95, 97, 99, 104-7, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 120, 122, 127, 131, 135, 137, 139, 140, 146
bicameral system introduced, 149; 151, 157, 161, 167, 169, 170, 171, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 192-198, 201, 202, 203, 214- 218, 220, 225-237, 242, 244, 247, 250-2, 254, 258-269, 271, 274-7, 279-288, 290-300, 302-309, 311-315, 317-333, 335, 337-9
condemns People's convention, 340 ; 341-358, 360-372, 374, 375, 380, 381, 383-390, 392
address of, to Queen Anne, 555 power to commission privateers, 542 act of, to raise troops, 1755, 573
act to raise troops for Crown Point, 574
act of, to raise regiment, 575
act by, against carrying off slaves, 580
act of, regarding naval militla, 1898, 626
act to raise regiment, 1760, 589
votes to build a war vessel, 1757, 582 order from, to ralse troops, 1759, 584 Assessment of abutting owners, 286
of taxes, 366
Assessors of taxes, 144, 244, 335, 369
Assistants, governor's, 86, 104, 106, 114, 115, 116, 138, 149, 157, 169, 180, 188, 208, 212, 284 Aspinwall, William, 43, n 46 Assonet Bridge, 191
Atherton, Mayor Humphrey, 99 purchase, 99, 132 company, 101, 108, 131, 132, 134, 135 men, 109 mortgage, 150
proprietors, 151 Attack upon Providence, disputed date of, 413
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Attleboro Gore, 190, 191, n 192
Attorney-General, English, decides in favor of Rhode Island charter, 147, 148; 152 gives decision favorable to Rhode Island in the controversy with Dudley, but advises repeal of ad- miralty act, 162; 164
Atwell, Samuel T., 325, 333, 334, 338, 339, 340, 341, 348
Auctioneers, fees of, used for support of free schools, 315, 316
Auction of Narragansett Indians' lands, 385 Auditor, state, office created, 366
"Aurora," 289
Austin, John D., 354
Authority of the crown, believed in by Sam- uel Gorton, 60
Avery's crew, 154
Ayrault, Monsieur, 151
Azores Islands, 169
Babcock, Henry, 434
Colonel, 584 ; letter from to the gov- ernor, 1759, 586-7 Jacob D., 356 Lieut. Joshua, 473 Rowse, 360
Bahamas, 169 Bail, 348
Baker, Capt. Edgar R., 524 David S., 387
Ballot law, secret, 358, 360, 362, 364
Ballou, Ariel, 369 John, 402 Olney, 352, 354 Sullivan, 370, 375
Baltimore, 320
Bancroft, George, historian, 5, 36, n 101 Bands of Music, 302, 337
Bankruptcy as a result of paper money is- isues, 179, 190, 259
Bank, United States, opposed by President Jackson, 326; favored by general assem- bly, 327, 333
Banks of paper money, 169, 170, 178, 179, 182, 187-9, 195
the Providence organized, 280; re- quired to make annual reports to assembly, 293; summary process for collection of debts by, abol- ished, 304; powers restricted by act, 329; allowed to issue notes, 330 ; act to regulate, 369 Gen. Nathaniel P., 350
Banishment as a punishment for crime, 290 Banns, publication of, 366 Bannister house, Newport, 480
Banquet to President Washington in Provi- dence, 279, 312
Baptism of Roger Williams, 38, 112 Baptist church, first in New World at Prov-
idence, 39; at Newport, 53 ; Seventh Day, 281
Baptist meeting house, the First, 265, 315 Baptists, 24, n 122, 143
Bar, the Rhode Island, 371
Barbary, 134
Barbecue, 337 Barber, Mr., 340
Barber's Heights (North Kingstown), artil- lery at, 1814, 512
Barracks, 244
Barrington, Sir Thomas, n 76
town of, n 191, n 192, 274, 286; headquarters in 1776, 454
Barstow, Amos C., 354
Bartlett, John R., secretary of state, 372. 376
Barton, David, brave act of, 484
Gen. William, captures British Gen- eral Prescott, 237, n 238, 471-481 ; is presented by Congress with a sword, 480; attacks the British at Bristol and Warren, 486
Battalions, 235, 299
Battery, siege, establishment of, to defend Narragansett Bay, 1775, 230, 448 ; A and B light infantry, 1898, 524
Battle of Bunker Hill, effects of in Rhode Island, 443
at Ticonderoga, losses in 1758, 436
at Nipeatchuck swamp, 1675, story of, 401-03
of Rhode Island, 241, 491-502, 504
Battles, 230, 234, 237, 248 ; bloodless, 344 Baulston, Wm., n 46
Baxter, Captain George, 106 .
Bay colony, Massachusetts, 62, 65, 66, 69, 71, 72, 74, 79, 89, 90, n 93, 95, 96, 99, 100 n 111
"Bay of St. Juan Baptist," 8 "Bay of Refuge," 9
Beacon Hill (College Hill), fortifications on, 449
Pole Hill, 447
Beacons erected during Spanish war, 184; during revolution, 238; at Providence, 426, 446; in Cumberland and on Tonomy hill, 447
Beauregard, Gen., 376
Beaver Tail, beacon erected at, 426; fort ordered at, 1776, 454
Beers, Robert, date of death of, 417
Bellevue House, 361
Bellingham, Richard, 106 Bellingham, Mass., 347, 349
Bellomont, earl of, appointed royal gover- nor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York, 153, 154; commissioned to secure evidence against Rhode Island, 156 ; his charges, 157, 158, 159 ; death of, 159; 160, 161, 162, 174
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Benefit street, Providence, 278, 390
Berkeley, George, his stay at Newport, 177-8
Bermuda, 169; college, 178
Blacks, n 192, 282, 320, 345 Blackstone canal, 356 Blackstone, Willlam, n 29
Blasphemy, as a polltical offense in Massa- chusetts, 66, 67, 68
Blair, Judge, 277-8
Blake, Ellls L., 369 Blanding, Capt. Christopher, 521
"Bleeding Kansas," 367
Blockade of British at Newport, 240
Block Adriaen, discovery and description of Block Island and Narragansett Bay, 9 Block Island, first discovery of, 8; 36, 105 ;
included in the Rhode Island colony by royal charter, 107; pier at, 182; garri- soned, 184, 385 ; beacon erected on, 426; second attack upon, 1689, 552 ; third visit to of pirates, 552 ; capture of, 1689, 547- 49; troops stationed on, 1706, 547
Blodget, Col. Leonard, 306, 307 Col. William P., 347, 349
Blodgett, William, 513
Biblical phraseology used in pamphlets, 209 Bicameral system introduced in Rhode Island legislature, 149 Biddle,. Capt. Nicholas, 6. 11
Biennial elections, 387 Bigotry of Puritans, 44
Bigots religious, 175
Bill of rights, 84, 271, n 390
Bills of credit, issued by Rhode Island, 167, 170, 179, 180, 182-3, 187-190, 193-5, 198, 206, 256, 259, 589; issued by Massachu- setts, 555
new and old tenor, 188
Bipartisan commission to revise state con- stitution, 389, 390
Birney, James G., 351
Births, registering, 357
Bishop Berkeley, 178
Bjarni Herjulfson, 3
Board of Trade, English, and its relations to the Rhode Island colony, 134, 142, 154, 155-7, 159, 162-4, 168, 171, 173, 174, 176, 181, 183, 188, 191, n 192, 537-9, 556
Boats of the British sloop Liberty, burned, 221; British troops board fleet by, 246 Bombardment of Bristol, 1775, 448
Bonnet Point, earthwork on, 1777-8, 457 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 297; era of, 301 Bonds, State, issued to build new State house, 392
Borden, Luther vs. n 350, n 351 Representative, 366
Border warfare between Rhode Island and Connecticut, 100; troubles with other colonles, 149, 151; frays, 171 Boss, John L. Jr., 299
Boston, 16, 18, 23, n 29, 40-2, 53, 54, 57, 64-6, 68, 76, 89, 90, 96, 97, 98, 109, 132, 135, 137, 139, 143, 145, 146, 150, 155, n 156, 184, 188, n 217, 219, 222-6, 229, 230, 231, n 240, 241, 302, 316, 321, 328, 355 and Providence railroad, 321, 328 court, 18
harbor, 223, 224 magistrates, 36, 51
Neck, 99, 130; breastworks on, 1776, 454 News Letter, 185 tea party, 223, 224
Bosworth, Mr., 340 Alfred, 359
Boundaries, disputes in regard to Narragan- sett country, 97-102; limits of Rhode Island colony defined in royal charter, 105, 106 ; disputes continued in regard to Narragansett country, 107, 108, 109 ; de- cided in favor of Rhode Island by royal commissioners, 110 ; bounds of Providence Plantations vaguely defined in original deed, 113; Roger Williams' definition of, 114 ; dispute with Plymouth as to terri- tory on eastern side of Narragansett Bay, 110, not settled until a century later, 111; claims of Connecticut to Narragan- sett country revived, 119, 120, 121, 122 ; disputes between Rhode Island towns, 129, in regard to Mount Hope, which is awarded to Plymouth, 130, renewed as to Narragansett country, 131; but decided in favor of Rhode Island, 132; William Harris appointed agent by Connecticut to argue its claim to Narragansett, 133; royal commission decides in favor of Con- necticut claim, 135, 136 ; question of the eastern boundary comes up, but is not settled until half a century later, 148, 149; Narragansett country controversy with Connecticut revived, 151, 152; 170 ; northern line settled, 171; Connecticut line still in abeyance, 172, 173, but de- cided in favor of Rhode Island, 174; eastern line settled, 190, 191, 192, 193; line with Massachusetts, 280, settled in 1862, 375, by exchange of territory, 380 ; final adjustment of Connecticut and Mas- sachusetts lines, 385 Boundaries, town, 168; settled, 381 Bounties to soldiers, 378, 379 Bounty frauds, 380 Bowditch, Josiah B., n 272
Bowen, Deputy Governor, 241, 254 Ephraim, 242, 244, 469 Henry, 356 Bowler, Metcalf, n 223
Bourn, amendment, 386, 387 Augustus O., 383 George, 577
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Bourne, Benjamin, 271, 275, 282, 283, 285 Bours, Peter, 558, 566, 568
Boyden, John, jr., 354, 356 Rev. John, 365 Boynton, Captain, 283 Braddock's defeat, 574
Braddock, General, 198
Bradford, Governor, 18, 190 Senator William, n 223, 282 Major William, 406 Bradley, Charles S., 363, 367 Bradstreet, Governor, 145
Brayton, George A., 359 Representative, 328 William D., 368, 370, 375
Bread, 241, 242 Breda, Declaration of, n 104
Breakwater, 385
Breastworks, erection of 1776, 454
Brenton, Jahleel, London agent of Rhode Island colony, 155 Jahleel, jr., 557
William, n 47, 49, 108, 115, 142, 397 Point, 233, 246; watch house at, 425 ; fort built on, 457 Brenton's Neck, troops stationed at, 1814, 512
Brewster, Elder, 19
Bribery, 189, n 214, 316 ; at elections, 213; how punished, 347 Bridge, Weybosset, 266; Smith street, 321
Bridges, 168, 280, 358, 388
Bridgham, Samuel W., 295, 304, 306 Brigade state militia, 234, 235, 243, 282; the present, 528-9 Brimstone, 230
Brinley, Francis, n 121, 138, 144, 147, 153, 157 ; antagonism to the Rhode Island gov- ernment, 165, 166; faction, 158, 159 Bristol, n 145, 185, 191-2, 202, 211, 224, 231, 235, 240, 254, 274, 285, 292, 295, 302, 306, 307, 309, 311, 312, 326, 331, 332, 335, 346, 350, 364, 368, 372, 386; attack on 1775, n 486; bombardment of 1778, 485-6 ; landing of British at, 1778, 481
Ferry, fortification at, 1776, 453 harbor, entrenchments ordered in, 1775, 454 train of artillery, 526
Britain, 291 British, 198, 215, 216, 219, 220, 222, 226, 228, 231, 236, 237, 240, 244, 246, 252, 283, 284, 291, 295, n 312, 316 army occupies Newport and Rhode Island, 235 admiral, 228 batteries, 241 colonies, 273 crown, 195 empire, 184
British fleet sails from Newport, 246; ar- rival of in Narragansett Bay, 1776, 469 ; non-arrival of, 1709, 553; at Louisburg, 581
forces on Rhode Island, n 493-4
government, 215 invasion, 247 ministry, 187
troops, depredation of, 489 West Indies, 169
Broad street, 321
Broadway, Providence, 374
Broadsides, n 210, n 214
Brooks' assault on Sumner, 367
Browne, George H., 358, 360, 370, 375, 520
Brownes, the, 58
Brown & Francis, 278 Beriah, 281 Captain, 277 Chad, n 33, n 286
D. Russell, 387
family, 319
Fenner, 354, 356, 360, 365, 370
John, 256, 286, 319, 558
John, raid of, 371
James, n 36
Major James, 555
Joseph, master of the beacon, 446
library, J. Carter, 191
Moses, n 24, n 206; papers, n 206, n 213, n 223, 325, 435
Nicholas, 367 Obadiah, 274, 503
University, 214, 250, 334
Browns, the, 199
Buccaneers, n 160
Buchanan, President, 350, 367, 376
Bucklin, Joseph, 462
Bull, Henry, 46, n 47, n 48, 147 John, 297 Jireh, 405 Bullock, J. Russell, 372
Nathaniel, 331, 332, 342
Bullock's Neck and Point, 191 Bunker Hill, 230
Burdick, Robert, 100
Burke, Jacob, 290
Burke's report, 351
Burgesses, Virginia House of, 225
Burges, Tristam, 312, 313, 315, 317, n 318, 319, 324, 327-9, 331, 333
Burges, Walter S., 340, 341, 348, 350, 352, 372, 375 Burgess, Mayor, 354 Burnside, Ambrose E., 368, 377, 380, 516 Burnyeat, J., 117, n 119 Burr Hill, fortifications on, 1778, 455 Burrill, George R., 286, 292 James, jr., n 286, 292, 294, 300, n 302; death of, 306 Burrillville, 292, 326, 360
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Burrington, Capt. John, 512
Business, 190, 199, 201; paralyzed, 231; 246, 254, 260; men, 330
Butcher, 257, 337
Butter, 272
Butt's HIII, 236; fortifications on, 455 Byfield, Nathaniel, n 145 Cachaquant, Indian Chief, 9
Cadets, 320
Callender, Rev. John, Historical Discourse, n 47, 53, n 142, 175
publisher Richmond Recorder, 290
Calvinistic Commonwealth, 17 Calvinists, 175
Cambridge, Mass., 16, 43 ; college at, 177 Camp Alger, Va., 389 Dyer, 523 Fornance, 389 of French allies, 247 Meade, Pa., 389
Campaigns . against Louisburg and Crown Point, 186; Revolutionary, 240, 247; of 1759, 583-4 ; presidential political, 332, 349, 350
Canonleus, Indian chief, 19, 29, 31, 45, 70, 78, 113, 124
Canada, 148, 167; invasion of by British and colonial troops, 1759, 186, 427; con- quest of 1759, 198, 205, 439, 586 ; expedi- tion to, 1709, 553-5, broken up by storm, 556 ; expedition to 1746, 568
Canadian border, troubles on between French and English in early colonial history, 152
Canal, Blackstone, 356
Canoes, 124
Canton, Mass., 328
Cannon, 168, 218, 226, 233, n 240, 265, 280, 293, 344, 352; received from the general government, 1814, 512
Cape Ann, 15 Cod, 9, 15
Fear, failure of expedition to, 1776, 612
Capital of the nation, 276, 376
Capital crimes, criminals guilty of, to be executed privately, 324
punishment, 355, 368; abolished, 361 Capitals of the State, 312, 347, 392; two instead of five, by amendment to consti- tution, 363, 364
Capitol, the new State, 392 Capitulation of Louisburg, 561-2
Capture of the Desire by privateer, 1653, 534-6 ; of Loulsburg, Rhode Island's credit in, 562 ; of prizes, value of, 565
Carder, Richard, n 45, n 64
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Carieton, Gen., n 246 Carlisle, John, 513 Carolina, 154
Carpenter, Thomas F., 332, 342, 345, 346
Carpenter, William, n 31, 35, 96, 166 wages of a, in paper moncy, 243 Carr, Capt. Edward, 422 John, 280 Sir Robert, 109, n 111
Cartel ships, arrival of, in Providence, 1814, 513
Cartouch boxes, 232
Carthagena, 184, n 185
Cartwright, Col. George, 109, 112, n 142
Cass, Gen. Lewis, 356
Castle Hill, watch house at, 425
Cathay, 5 Catholics, Roman, 175
Cattle, 68, 113, 123 ; killed in King Philip's War, 126; 128, 272; neat, 372
Caucuses, 295, 300, 322
Caunanicusse, 30
Causin's report, n 351
Cautantouwit, Indian god, 14
Cavalry, 235, 379
Celebrations, 265, 266
Census, first official, 169; 176, 177, n 192, 273, 305; municipal, 313; 328, 358, 360, 374; 1860, 375
Centennial celebrations, 383 of 1876, 383
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