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1766, November 6. Governor Hopkins to Lord Shelburne. VI. 510.
1766, November 6. Governor Hopkins to the Lords of the Trea- sury. VI. 512.
1766, November 6. Governor Hopkins to Joseph Sherwood. VI. 513.
1766, November 10. Governor Hopkins to the Lords of Trade. VI. 515.
1766, December II. Lord Shelburne to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 519.
1767, October 23. John Robinson to the Committee of the Rhode Island Assembly. VI. 459.
1767, November 14. M. Bowler to the Lords of the Treasury. VI. 568.
1767, November 14. M. Bowler to Secretary Conway. VI. 569. 1768, January 23. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 540.
1768, February 11. Speaker of the House (Mass.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VI. 535.
1768, February 20. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 540.
1768, March 5. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VI. 540.
1768, April 21. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 541.
*1768, April 30. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 555.
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1768, May 14. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VI. 545.
1768, June 17. Governor Lyndon to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 547. 1768, June 17. Governor Lyndon to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 547. 1768, June 17. Governor Lyndon to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 547. 1768, June 17. Governor Lyndon to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 548. 1768, June 20. Governor Lyndon to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 548. 1768, July 2. Joseph Sherwood to Governor Lyndon. VI. 592. 1768, July 4. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VI. 558.
1768, July 11. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VI. 558.
1768, July 11. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VI. 558.
1768, September 2. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 558.
1768, September 14. Lord Hillsborough to Governor Lyndon. VI. 559.
1768, November 15. Lord Hillsborough to Governor Lyndon. VI. 571.
1768, December 8. Joseph Sherwood to Governor Lyndon. VI. 571.
1768, December 10. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VI. 572.
1769, February 20. Lord Hillsborough to Governor Lyndon. VI. 579.
1769, May 5. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 584. 1769, May 5. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 584. 1769, May 5. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 584. 1769, May 19. Speaker of the House (Va.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VI. 586.
1769, June 17. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VI. 590. 1769, July 5. Joseph Sherwood to Governor Wanton. VI. 593. 1769, August 4. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VI. 597.
1770, February 17. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VII. 10.
1770, December 11. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VII. 24.
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1771, May. Governor Wanton to Henry Marchant. VII. 30. 1771, July 19. Lord Hillsborough to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VII. 34.
1771, September 2. Governor Hutchinson to Governor Wanton. VII. 37.
1771, November 2. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VII. 42.
1772, March 21. Deputy-Governor Sessions to Governor Wanton. VII. 60.
1772, March 22. Governor Wanton to the Commander of the Gaspee. VII. 61.
1772, March 23. Lieutenant Dudingston to Governor Wanton. VII. 61.
1772, March 23. Governor Wanton to Lieutenant Dudingston. VII. 62.
1772, April 8. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. 62. 1772, May 8. Governor Wanton to Admiral Montagu. VII. 63. 1772, May 20. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VII. 66. 1772, May 22. Lieutenant Dudingston to Admiral Montagu. VII. 64.
1772, June II. Deputy-Governor Sessions to Governor Wanton. VII. 77.
1772, June II. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. 82. 1772, June 12. Deputy-Governor Sessions to Governor Wanton. VII. 80.
1772, June 12. Governor Wanton to Admiral Montagu. VII. 85. 1772, June 15. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. 88. 1772, June 16. Governor Wanton to Lord Hillsborough. VII. 90. 1772, July 8. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. 93. 1772, July II. Admiral Montagu to Lord Hillsborough. VII. 94. 1772, July 16. Governor Wanton to Captain Linzee. VII. 98. 1772, July. Lieutenant Dudingston to Admiral Montagu. VII. 99. 1772, July 22. Governor Wanton to Admiral Montagu. VII. 100. 1772, August 14. Lord Dartmouth to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VII. 54.
1772, August 18. Governor Wanton to the House of Deputies. VII. 104.
1772, September I. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. IOI.
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1772, September 2. The Royal Commission to the Commissioners of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 108.
1772, September 4. Instructions to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 110.
1772, December 11. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. 113.
1772, December II. Governor Wanton to Judge Auchmuty. VII. 116.
1772, December 14. Governor Wanton to Admiral Montagu. VII. 115.
1772, December 14. Governor Wanton to Peter Oliver. VII. 116. 1772, December 14. Governor Wanton to Judge Auchmuty. VII. 116.
1772, December 22. Governor Wanton to the County Sheriffs. VII. 117.
1772, December 24. Governor Wanton to Judges Oliver and Auchmuty. VII. 117.
1772, December 24. Governor Wanton to Admiral Montagu. VII. 117.
1772, December 28. Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton. VII. 118.
1773, January I. Governor Wanton to Admiral Montagu. VII. 118.
1773, January I. Governor Wanton to Judge Auchmuty. VII. 118.
. 1773, January 2. VII. 119.
Admiral Montagu to Governor Wanton.
1773, January 4. VII. 118.
Governor Wanton to Captain Keeler.
1773, January 5. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Admiral Montagu. VII. 121.
1773, January 8. Admiral Montagu to the Commission of In- quiry on the Gaspee. VII. 130.
1773, January 11. Judge Bowler to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 132.
1773, January 14. Admiral Montagu to the Commission of In- quiry on the Gaspee. VII. 140.
1773, January 15. Deputy-Governor Sessions to Governor Wan- ton. VII. 146.
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1773, January 16. Admiral Montagu to the Commission of In- quiry on the Gaspee. VII. 143.
1773, January 16. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Admiral Montagu. VII. 144.
1773, January 16. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Admiral Montagu. VII. 144.
1773, January 18. Deputy-Governor Sessions to Governor Wan- ton. VII. 149.
1773, January 18. Deputy-Governor Sessions to Governor Wan- ton. VII. 150.
1773, January 19. Admiral Montagu to the Commission of In- quiry on the Gaspee. VII. 152.
1773, January 19. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Admiral Montagu. VII. 153.
1773, January 19. Arthur Fenner to Governor Wanton. VII. 154. 1773, January 19. James Sabin to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 154.
1773, January 20. George Brown to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 155.
1773, January 20. John Andrews to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 156.
1773, January 20. D. Hitchcock to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 157.
1773, January 20. John Cole to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 157.
1773, January 21. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Lord Dartmouth. VII. 159.
1773, January 25. Deposition of Governor Wanton concerning the Gaspee. VII. 160.
1773, February 16. Governor Wanton to Lord Dartmouth. VII. 222.
1773, February 20. Chief Justice Horsmanden to Lord Dart- mouth. VII. 182.
I773, March 19. Peyton Randolph to Governor Wanton. VII. 225.
1773, March 26. The Lords of Admiralty to Admiral Montagu. VII. 164.
1773, April 10. VII. 186.
Lord Dartmouth to Governor Wanton. VOL. II.
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1773, May 15. Speaker of the House (R. I.) to the Speaker of the House (Va.). VII. 227.
1773, May 24. Admiral Montagu to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 165.
1773, May 27. Captain Keeler to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 166.
1773, May 27. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Captain Keeler. VII. 166.
1773, May 27. J. Wentworth to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 228.
1773, May 29. J. Cruger to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 230.
1773, May 31. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Captain Keeler. VII. 166.
1773, June 2. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Admiral Montagu. VII. 167.
1773, June II. Justices of the Superior Court of Rhode Island to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 175. 1773, June 12. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to the Justices of the Superior Court of Rhode Island. VII. 176.
1773, June 14. Admiral Montagu to the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee. VII. 167.
1773, June 15. E. Silliman to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 231.
1773, June 22. The Commission of Inquiry on the Gaspee to Lord Dartmouth, with Report to the Crown. VII. 177, 178.
1773, June 23. Chief Justice Smythe to the Commission of In- quiry on the Gaspee. VII. 177.
1773, July 22. Rawdon Lowndes to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 232.
1773, August 20. Governor Wanton to Lord Dartmouth. VII. 233.
1773, October 25. Speaker of the House (Del.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 236.
1773, November 20. Speaker of the House (Ga.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 237.
1773, November 20. Speaker of the House (Ga.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 237.
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1773, December 6. Speaker of the House (Md.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 237.
1773, December 26. Speaker of the House (N. C.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 239.
1774, March I. Speaker of the House (N. Y.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 288.
1774, March 16. Committee of Correspondence for New Jersey to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 289.
1774, May 19. Committee of Correspondence at Westerly to the Committee at Boston. VII. 289.
1774, May. Committee of Correspondence at Boston to the Com- mittee at Newport. VII. 291.
1774, May 28. Committee of Correspondence for Massachusetts to the Committee for Rhode Island. VII. 293.
1774, May 28. Committee of Correspondence for Virginia to the Committee for Rhode Island. VII. 292.
1774, June 3. Committee of Correspondence at Hartford to the Committee at Boston. VII. 294.
*1774, June 4. Committee of Correspondence for Massachusetts to the Committee for Rhode Island. VII. 295.
1774, June 4. Committee of Correspondence at Hartford to the Committee at Newport. VII. 295.
1774, June 17. Speaker of the House (Mass.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 296.
1774, June 20. Speaker of the House (R. I.) to the Colonies in North America. VII. 297.
1774, June 24. Committee of Correspondence for New York to the Committee for Connecticut. VII. 297.
1774, June 27. Speaker of the House (N. Y.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 298.
1774, July 24. Speaker of the House (Penn.) to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 301.
1774, July 28. Committee of Correspondence for North Carolina to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 301.
1774, August 2. Committee of Correspondence for Delaware to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 302.
1774, August 28. Committee of Correspondence for New Hamp- shire to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 302.
1774, October 3. Samuel Ward to Governor Wanton. VII. 304.
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1774, October 19. Lord Dartmouth to the Governor and Com- pany of Rhode Island. VII. 305.
1774, November 2. Lord Dartmouth to Governor Wanton. VII. 305.
1774, December 10. Lord Dartmouth to Governor Wanton. VII. 305.
1774, December 12. Captain Wallace to Admiral Graves. VII. 306.
1774, December 24. Messrs. Bollan, Franklin, and Lee to the Speaker of the House (R. I.). VII. 307.
1775, March 3. Lord Dartmouth to the Governor and Company of Rhode Island. VII. 330.
1775, May 2. Governor Wanton to the General Assembly. VII. 332.
1775, May 3. Speaker of the House (R. I.) to Governor Wanton. VII. 334.
1775, May 4. Governor Wanton to the Speaker of the House. VII. 334.
1775, May 5. The Speaker of the House to Governor Wanton. VII. 334.
1775, May 5. Governor Wanton to the Speaker of the House. VII. 335.
1775, June 13. Governor Wanton to the General Assembly. VII. 336.
1775, June 14. Deputy-Governor Cooke to Captain Wallace. VII. 336.
1775, June 15. Captain Wallace to Deputy-Governor Cooke. VII. 336.
1775, October 31. Act of the General Assembly, deposing Joseph Wanton and declaring the office of governor vacant. VII. 392.
END OF VOLUME II.
INDEX
INDEX
References to correspondence occupy the first or first two paragraphs : let- ters written precede those received; the arrangement is alphabetical by corre- spondent, with a chronological subarrangement. Impersonal correspondence will be found under the colonies or departments.
Abbot, Col., I. 39.
Abercrombie, Gen. James, from Gov. Hopkins, 1758, Rhode Island troops, 2. 277.
And the campaign of 1756, 2. 222, 226; commander-in-chief, 270 ; defeat before Ticonderoga, 279.
Acts of Trade, compliance with, I. 7; enforcement, 32; promotion of exe- cution, 226. See also Trade.
Adams, Capt., I. 423, 2. 25.
Adams, Samuel, 2. 437.
Admiralty. See Lords of the Admi- ralty, Vice-Admiralty.
Albany, conferences at, I. 260, 262, 269, 2. 184.
Albany Plan in England, 2. 199, 213. Allcock, Mr., pardoned, 2. 25.
Allen, Capt., I. 203.
Allen, James, I. 275.
Allspice. See Pimento.
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, from Col. Rob- ertson, 1762, Rhode Island billeting rolls, 2. 338.
Praises Rhode Island troops, 2. 341.
Andrews, John, appointed judge of Admiralty, 2. 274-276, 278; customs officers' comment on, 376-381, 394. Andros, Sir Edmond, Rhode Island under, I. 9.
Angell, Major Samuel, to Gov. Hop- kins, 1756, condition of Rhode Is- land troops, 2. 221 ; condition of campaign, 23I.
Colonel, 2. 255.
Annapolis. See Nova Scotia.
Annexation, objections of Rhode Is- land to union with New Hampshire or Connecticut, I. 8, 11-14.
Anonymous letter, 1775, coercion, 2. 439.
Anson, Lord, naval victory, 2. 48; in the ministry, 131 ; resigns, 244.
Anville, Duke d', threatened descent on American coast, 2. 10-23; list of his ships, 19; measures to warn Les- tock against, 15-19, 21-23; misfor- tunes, 29; departure, 30.
Appleby, Joshua, invention to freshen sea water, 2. 147.
Appointment. See Naval officer, Vice- Admiralty.
Appy, John, Amherst's secretary, 2. 339·
Apthorpe, Mr., 2. 234.
Argyle, Duke of, I. 21I.
Army, efficiency of the Rhode Island militia, 1. 7 ; troops for Pontiac War, 2. 357 ; act to quarter soldiers, 362, 363, 365, 395 ; preparations for the Revolution, 439, 442, 443. See also Canadian expedition, Carta- gena expedition, French and Indian War, Louisbourg expedition.
Arnold, James, I. 287.
Arnold, John, I. 325.
Arnold, Jonathan, clerk of the Supe- rior Court, resigns, 2. 424.
Arrault, Daniel, deputy, 2. 359.
Assiento, trouble over trade under, I. 88, 106, 109.
Attorney - general, 1748, report on Louisbourg expedition reimburse- ment, 2. 84.
Auchmuty, Robert, I. 53; agent for Massachusetts, 85; plan to capture Louisbourg, 255.
Austrian Succession, War of, progress,
I. 234, 247-250, 276-278, 295, 311, 331, 332, 345, 354, 370, 400-404, 433, 2. 48; France declares war on Eng- land, I. 252 ; naval operations, 277, 332, 371, 400-402, 2. 29, 48, 64;
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treaty of Dresden, I. 400; peace conference, 2. 29, 36; peace, 66, 71, 79. See also Canadian expedition, King George's War, Louisbourg ex- pedition.
Ayrault, S., 2. 64.
Baal, Capt. Samuel, I. 230, 250.
Babcock, Dr., 2. 444.
Babcock, Henry, to Sec. T. Ward, 1755, artillery company, 2. 148; from Committee of War, 1758, arms, 278.
Officer in the French and Indian War, 2. 232.
Babcock, Ichabod, Jr., lieutenant of artillery company, 2. 149.
Bagley, Col. Jonathan, 2. 196 n.
Bagnell, Benjamin, I. 75.
Baker, William, I. 258.
Bane, Capt., in King George's War, I. 377.
Bannister, John, I. 98.
Barnard, Sir Jonathan, I. 153.
Barons, Benjamin, Gov. Hardy's sec- retary, 2. 228.
Barré, Isaac, letter from Rhode Island to, 2. 383.
Barrington, Lord, Secretary of War, 2. 174.
Bastide, John, I. 265.
Bayard, Stephen, 2. 21.
Bayard, William, to Gov. Hopkins, 1756, reimbursement money, 2. 236. Baylis, Robert, commissioner of cus- toms, I. 32, 40.
Beckford, Alderman William, com- ment on the grant for the campaign of 1755, 2. 207.
Bedford, Duke of, Secretary of State, 2. 68; to be President of the Coun- cil, 101.
Beekman, G. G., to Committee of War, 1756, commissary supplies, 2. 218, 236.
Belcher, Jonathan, governor of Mas- sachusetts, to Gov. J. Wanton, 1733, boundary, I. 36; 1734, violence in disputed territory, 48; 1738, bound- ary, 96; 1740, illicit trade, 163.
From Gov. J. Wanton, 1739, coun- terfeiting paper money, Sugar Act, I. 122.
Partridge's relationship, 1. 66, 69; governor of New Jersey, 433.
Bellomont, Lord, on Rhode Island government, I. xxi.
Bills of credit. See Paper money.
Bills of exchange, Clinton's, 2. 39-41 ; protested, 322, 335, 382 ; from Sher- wood, 356.
Bishop for America, threatened ap- pointment, 2. 440.
Blackney, slave-trader, 2. 369.
Blakeney, Col. William, to and from Gov. R. Ward, 1740, Cartagena expedition, 1. 164, 168, 171, 175, 180. Adjutant-general of the expedi- tion, I. 129, 144.
Blood, Richard, I. 52.
Bolding, Mr., 2. 371.
Bollan, William, agent for Massachu- setts, and the reimbursement for the Louisbourg expedition, 2. 36, 79, 86. Bonner, Capt., I. 55, 94.
Borden, Capt., I. 61.
Borden, Abraham, death, I. 37.
Boscawen, Admiral, blockades Brest, 2. 225.
Bosch, Capt., in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 336.
Boston Evening Post, 1745, Rhode Island, sailors for Louisbourg expe- dition, I. 379.
Boston Port Bill sent to Rhode Island, 2. 436, 437.
Botetourt, Lord, governor of Virginia, to Gov. S. Ward, 1768, greeting, 2. 412.
Boundaries, colonial, Lords of Trade inquiry, 2. IOI.
Boundary, Connecticut-Rhode Island controversy, I. xxii, xxiii, 3-6, 15, 2. I 38.
Boundary, Massachusetts-New Hamp- shire, adjustment in England, I. 81.
Boundary, Massachusetts-Rhode Is- land controversy, I. xix ; gratuity for Partridge, xix, xx, 75, 294, 423, 2. 91, 103 ; attempts to settle, 1. 18, 36, 38 ; violence, 48-53, 57-61, 66, 283, 323, 325; disputed jurisdiction, 54; referred to England by Rhode Island, 61, 65, 69, 74; expense in England, 62, 87, 100, 104, 106, 277, 290, 310, 331, 423; pending before the Lords of Trade, 70, 78, 80-83 ; Rhode Island's claim one of jurisdic- tion only, 76; hearing before the Lords of Trade, 86; their report, 88; before the Council, 94, 95, 98; value of report of Lords of Trade, 97 ; peace pending settlement, 97;
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order for commissioners to settle, 100 ; issuing of the commission, 100, 103, 104, 115, 123, 125, 138, 154, 155, 162, 178; commissioners, 102; at- tempt at accommodation, 115, 118, 119; Rhode Island's petition on the commission and its provisions, 131-138; commission issued, 181 ; award of the commissioners, 201 ; appeal from the award, 207, 214; preparation for the appeal, 218, 219, 223, 224 ; appeal pending, 228, 234, 246, 252, 255, 274, 277 ; hearing and pleadings of appeal, 279, 288, 289, 291-293 ; award confirmed, 289, 293, 296; Massachusetts petitions for a new commission, 309, 310, 312, 330, 344, 357, 359 ; opposition to peti- tion of Massachusetts, 316-320, 350, 390, 392-394 ; history, 317-319; pe- tition pending, 403, 408, 410, 411 ; final decision, 422, 432; running of the line, 422, 2. 35, 47, 95-97 ; satis- faction in Rhode Island, I ; royal order to run the line, 25.
Bounty, on hemp, I. 64; Rhode Island Cartagena expedition, 167, 168, 205 ; Louisbourg expedition, 367, 368; Canadian expedition, 2. 2 ; in French and Indian War, 340, 350.
Bours, Peter, to Partridge, 1749, ac- count, 2. 91 ; from Sec. Willard, 1739, boundary, I. 115. See also Committee of War.
Assistant, I. 196, 224.
Bowdish, Asa, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 328, 329. Bowen, Jabez, to Gov. R. Ward, 1741, Thornton affair, I. 191.
Bowler, Metcalfe, speaker of House of Delegates, 2. 410, 444.
Boyce, Joseph, counterfeiter, I. 270. Bradbury, Capt. Jabez, to and from Shirley, 1745, Penobscot Indians, I. 376, 377.
Braddock, Gen. Edward, departure from England, 2. 146; effect of de- feat, 157 ; news of defeat in England, 174.
Bradford, Capt., I. 338.
Bradshaw, Thomas, to R. Phelps, 1768, escaped murderer, 2. 405 ; from E. Stanley, same, 403, 406.
Bradstreet, Col., in Louisbourg expe- dition, I. 34I.
Breda peace conference, 2. 29, 37. Brenton, Mr., I. 122, 382.
Brenton, Thomas, lieutenant in Car- tagena expedition, I. 200.
Brest, France, blockaded, 2. 225. Bristol, R. I., riot, I. 283. Brown, Capt., 2. 38. Brown, Allin, sheriff, 2. 253. Brown, George, I. 287.
Brown, John, rioter, I. 325.
Brown, Joshua, at Fort
William Henry, 2. 205.
Brown, Moses, to Sherwood, 1770, non-importation, 2. 420 ; dissatisfac- tion with Sherwood, 421; from Sherwood, 1769, account, 414 ; 1770, reimbursement and dissatisfaction, 423, 425, 426 ; from J. Wanton, Jr., Ward-Hopkins feud, 418.
Bruce, Capt., 2. 63, 145.
Burden, Benjamin, rioter, I. 325.
Burr, Andrew, in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 326.
Byng, Admiral, and the siege of Mi- norca, 2. 213, 225; convicted, 245.
Cahoon, Capt., I. 378.
Campbell, Hume, resolution on colo- nial paper money, I. 153, 154; re- tained by Massachusetts, 291.
Canada and the Revolution, 2. 444. See also French and Indian War, and next title.
Canadian expedition, 1746, proposed, I. 420 ; preparation, 421, 424, 428- 431 ; Rhode Island levies, 429, 2. 2, 72, 73, 76; plans considered, 3-8 ; probable strength of levies, 4 ; reim- bursement of expenses, 38-40 ; aban- doned, 55, 56; pay of levies, 56, 60 ; controversy over Rhode Island's bill of expenses, 57-59, 63-65, 67-70, 72-77, 88, 92, 97, 99, 103-115 ; New Jersey's bill, 70 ; payment to other colonies, 71. See also Nova Scotia. Canfield, St. George, retained by Rhode Island, I. 224. Cannon. See Defence.
Canso, N. S., threatened by the French, I. 266 ; rendezvous of Louisbourg expedition, 299, 301.
Cape Breton Island, encouragement to English settlers, I. 389; value to England, 414. See also Louisbourg, Louisbourg expedition.
Carkesse, Charles, to J. Peagrum, 1733, an appointment, 1. 40. Carpenter, Comfort, ensign in French and Indian War, 2, 328.
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Carr, Capt., and the Lambertie affair, 2. 164, 168-171.
Cartagena expedition, interest of Rhode Island, I. xxvii ; plan, 127- 131 ; colonial preparation and in- structions, 140, 141, 143-147, 165; payment of colonial troops, 150-152, 164, 172, 173, 202; commissions, 166, 172, 174, 204, 210; transports and provisions, 166-168, 174, 175; Rhode Island bounty, 167, 168, 205, 213; Rhode Island levies, 167, 168, 183, 199, 205, 213, 367 ; rendezvous, 17I, 180; recruits, 188, 202-206, 210, 212 ; issue of paper money in Rhode Is- land to cover expenses, 213; aban- doned, 220, 221 ; return of colonial troops, 22I.
Carteret, Lord, I. 21I.
Cary, Capt., I. 62, 288.
Casamayor, John, I. 258.
Cathcart, Lord, and the Cartagena expedition, 1. 127, 128, 182.
Cavendish, John, in Rockingham's ministry, 2. 367.
Chaloner, Walter, lieutenant in Carta- gena expedition, 1. 199, 206; sent home to raise recruits, 206, 209 ; bill of exchange on, 2. 104.
Champlin, John, lieutenant of artillery company, 2. 149.
Champlin, Joshua, captain in Louis- bourg expedition, 1. 362.
Chandler, John, commissioner to run boundary line, 2. 96.
Charles VII., Emperor, death, I. 317. Charles, Prince, in War of the Aus- trian Succession, I. 234, 276, 278, 345.
Charles Edward, Prince, Young Pre- tender, intended invasion of Eng- land, I. 247, 248; fleet dispersed, 248; reward for, 371; in Scotland, 390, 399, 403.
Charlestown, R. I., artillery company, 2. 148, 149.
Charter, Rhode Island, parliamentary, I. 2 ; royal, 3 ; defended, 8-15 ; rights under, 227-229, 242, 286, 2. 94, 208, 286; and paper money, 125, 127, 128; attacked in England, 140, 141 ; threatened, 438. See also next title.
Charter governments, parliamentary resolution on oath of allegiance by governors of, 1. 64; admonished against paper money, 120; submis-
sion of laws for royal approval, 154, 157 ; Order in Council on, 179; par- liamentary bill to require oath of al- legiance in Assemblies, 2. 208.
Cherokee Indians, expedition against, 2. 349.
Chesterfield, Lord, I. 211, 2. 30.
Chignecto, N. S., Canadians at, 2. 31 ; captured, 155.
Clark, Mr., counsellor for Rhode Is- land, I. 86, 98.
Clark, John, and the Rhode Island charter, 1. 3.
Clarke, George, lieutenant-governor of New York, to Gov. R. Ward, 1740, Cartagena expedition, I. 17I.
Clarke, Joseph, treasurer of Rhode Island, from T. Richardson, 1764, money from Pennsylvania, 2. 359.
Clinton, George, governor of New York, to Gov. Greene, 1744, colo- nial defence, I. 258; 1745, Indian war, 398; to Gov. G. Wanton, 1746, intercolonial commission, 404, 416.
From Gov. Greene, 1746, en- slaved Spanish negroes, I. 427 ; from Gov. G. Wanton, intercolo- nial commission, 406.
Pay of Canadian expedition ex- penses, 2. 39-41, 56.
Coats, Com., victory, 2. 64.
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