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Coffee, parliamentary resolution on duty on, 2. 385.
Coggeshall, Daniel, to Sec. Willard, 1744, riot and extradition, I. 323.
Colden, Cadwallader, boundary com- missioner, I. 102.
Coles, Edward, captain in Crown Point expedition, 2. 151 ; lieutenant- colonel, 159.
Collins, H., 2. 64.
Colonial agent, duties and qualifica- tions, I. xii, xv, xviii; of Rhode Island, xv-xxi. See also Partridge, Sherwood.
Colonies, rights and grievances, 1. 34, 2. 407-412, 416-418, 441. See also Charter, Common cause, and colo- nies by name.
Commissioners of Customs, England, to governor of Rhode Island, 1732, 1742, appointment of a surveyor- general, 1. 32, 216; to J. Peagrum, 1733, instructions, 39. See also Car- kesse.
Established in the colonies, 2. 397, 398. See also Trades.
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Commissions, military, in Cartagena expedition, I. 166, 172, 174, 204, 210 ; in Louisbourg expedition, 324, 326, 382; in French and Indian War, for foreigners, 2. 198 ; provin- cial, 227, 239, 267, 281, 300.
Committee of War, to Col. Babcock, 1758, arms, 2. 278 ; to Gov. Hop- kins, 1755, equipment for Crown Point expedition, 2. 151; from G. Beekman, 1756, commissary affairs, 218 ; from T. Cranston and P. Bours, 1755, equipment for Crown Point expedition, 151; from Partridge, Lambertie affair, 160, 163, 168 ; from N. Whiting, 1756, commissary af- fairs, 237.
Committees of Correspondence, Bos- ton to Newport, 1774, post-office re- form, 2. 434 ; Massachusetts to Rhode Island, acts of Parliament against Massachusetts, 437.
Common cause in King George's War, I. 259, 262, 320, 334, 367, 375, 383, 396, 404-407, 416-420 ; commissions at Albany, 260, 262, 269, 2. 184.
Common Pleas, Court of, Thornton affair, I. 191-197.
Comstock, Hezekiah, assaults a Mas- sachusetts sheriff, I. 49-52, 54, 59. Conflans, Admiral, to join Anville, 2. 14.
Conigsegg, Gen., I. 332.
Connecticut, House of Assembly to Rhode Island House, 1775, prepa- ration for the campaign, 2. 441. See also Fitch, Law, Talcott.
Boundary controversy with Rhode Island, I. xxii, xxiii, 3-6, 15, 2. 138 ; Rhode Island objects to annexation to, I. 11-14 ; paper money, 120, 186, 2. 119, 132, 136, 442; cruise of co- lonial sloop, I. 261, 267-269, 274; and the Louisbourg expedition, 321, 324, 381, 2. 86; and the expedition against Canada, I. 424, 2. 71, 98 ; troops for 1755, 162 ; troops for 1756, 189, 192, 201 ; share in reimburse- ment for 1755, 200 ; reimbursement for 1756, 271, 297 ; troops voted for 1759, 322; method of recruiting in, 333 ; troops for 1761, 349 ; overplus due Rhode Island, 355; Stamp Act petition rejected, 360; troops for 1775, 442, 443.
Conti, Prince, in War of the Austrian Succession, I. 345.
Conway, H. S., in Rockingham's min- istry, 2. 367.
Cook, Joseph, lieutenant in Cartagena expedition, I. 199.
Cooke, Nicholas, from J. Northup, 1775, equipment of troops, 2, 439. Suggested for governor, 2. 324. Cooper, William, 2. 436.
Cope, Henry, boundary commissioner, I. 102.
Corbett, Thomas, to governors in America, 1743, impressment, I. 235 ; from W. Strahan, 1744, Lockman affair, 243.
Cornell, Capt. George, to Gov. Hop- kins, 1763, Rhode Island troops, 2. 350; to Gov. S. Ward, 1762, reën- listments, 340.
Cornish, Capt., 2. 206.
Cotterell, Thomas, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Cotton, parliamentary resolution on trade in, 2. 386.
Counterfeiting of paper money, I. 122, 270, 382.
Courand, John, to governor of Rhode Island, 1740, value of foreign coins, I. 176.
Courier to Albany, expenses, 2. 248. Cousins, Gregory, prisoner of war, 2. 54.
Crabtree, Benjamin, fined, I. 60. Craigie, Capt., I. 401.
Crane, Capt., 2. 303.
Cranston, Gov. Samuel, to Partridge, 1723, boundary and charter, I. I. As governor, I. xxii.
Cranston, Thomas, to Partridge, 1749, account, 2. 91. See also Committee of War.
Cross, Edward, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Crown. See Privy Council, and kings by name.
Crown Point, N. Y., plan to attack in 1746, 2. 5-10; expedition of 1755, equipment and transportation of Rhode Island troops, 151-153, 159; reinforcements for Johnson, 152, 162; news of Johnson's success in England, 174; plan for winter attack on, 181-185; plan and preparation against, in 1756, 188, 195-197; strengthened by the French, 194; French force, 232.
Cruger, John, speaker of New York Assembly, 2. 441.
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Cumberland, Duke of, wounded, I. 234; defeated at Fontenoy, 332, 345; pursuit of the Young Pre- tender, 399 ; in Flanders, 2. 48 ; con- vention of Cloisterseven, 259. Cushing, Thomas, 2. 437. Cust, Sir John, death, 2. 416. Customs. See Trade.
Cutler, Capt., in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 34I.
Darling, Samuel, 1. 52. Darnall, Sergeant, I. 26.
Dartmouth, Lord, to Rhode Island, 1733, salute to the flag, 2. 430; re- imbursement, 431. Davis, Capt., 2. 140. Davis, Mr., 2. 340.
De Joncourt, Peter, deposition, I. 271. De Lancey, James, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102 ; councillor, 2. 14, 21. Defence, Rhode Island, measures, I. 6, 7, 16, 37, 77, 314, 31 5, 2. 209, 211, 262, 273, 288 ; petition to England for cannon and stores, 1. 17, 77, 79, 275, 278-283, 290, 308-311, 313-315, 2. 23, 35, 48, 156, 171, 173, 209-212, 214, 225, 258, 262-265 ; cruise of sloop, I. 261, 267-269, 273, 274 ; plan of fort, 308, 314, 315, 351, 433, 2. 2, 25-28 ; brigantine, 273.
Delaware Indians, in French and In- dian War, 2. 203 ; treaty, 228.
Dennis, John, privateer, I. 425.
Denny, William, governor of Penn- sylvania, to Gov. Hopkins, 1756, greeting, 2. 229.
Desertions in French and Indian War, 2. 221, 255, 329, 337.
Devonshire, Duke of, Lord of the Treasury, 2. 244. Dexter, John, I. 270.
Doddington, Mr., in the ministry, I. 2II.
Donahew, Capt., in Louisbourg expe- dition, I. 339, 341.
Dorset, Duke of, and the boundary controversy, I. 316 ; Lord President, 2. 36; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, IOI, 131.
Douglas, J. G., West Indian agent, to Partridge, 1751, Sugar Bill, 2. 133.
Dowdeswell, William, in Rocking- ham's ministry, 2. 367.
Draper, Capt., I. 47.
Draper, Jonathan, Massachusetts sher- · iff, assaulted, I. 48-52.
Dummer, Jeremy, Defence of the Char- ters, I. IO ; Partridge amends, 256. Dun, Samuel, captain in Cartagena expedition, I. 199.
Dunbar, Col. Thomas, 2. 175.
Durel, Capt. Philip, I. 297, 350, 354. Duvivier, Capt., captures Canso, I. 266 n .; plan to intercept, 299.
Dwight, Joseph, commissioner to run boundary line, 2. 96.
Earle, Capt., 2. 359. Earle, W. R., I. 281.
Eaton, Mr., 2. 341.
Egremont, Earl of, death, 2. 352.
Elections, proposed reform, I. 37.
Ellery, William, clerk of House of Deputies, 2. 410.
Ellison, Lieut .- Col., 2. 175.
Embargo in French and Indian War, 2. 270, 277.
England, influence on American de- velopment, I. xiii ; threatened war in 1834, 47, 56, 57, 62, 68, 79; threatened French invasion, 400, 403 ; threatened war with Sallee, 2. 154. See also Ministry, Parliament, Spain, and wars by name.
Evelyn, J., commissioner of customs, I. 32. Evers, Capt., 2. 307.
Exchange, cause of high, I. 1 58.
Extradition, demanded by Massachu- setts, I. 60, 284, 323, 325.
Faesch, J., I. 233.
Famme Goose Bay, action, I. 349. Faukener, William, I. 258.
Fauquier, Francis, governor of Vir- ginia, to Gov. S. Ward, 1765, kid- napping of negroes, 2. 368; from C. Thomas and T. Newton, same, 369, 371.
Fay, Thomas, officer in the French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Finances. See Paper money, Reim- bursement, Taxation.
Finglass, Capt., 2. 292.
Fisheries, encouragement, I. 64.
Fitch, Thomas, governor of Connecti- cut, to Gov. Hopkins, 1756, quotas of troops, 2. 192; Indian treaty, 228.
Flag, failure to salute, 2. 430.
Fletcher, Capt., in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 336. Flowers, Robert, privateer, I. 230, 250.
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Fones, Capt. Daniel, to Gov. Greene, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, I. 329 ; to Gov. G. Wanton, same, 349; con- dition of his ship, 355, 356, 378, 381. In the Louisbourg expedition, I. xxix, 369; instructions to cruise for Lestock, 2. 21-23.
Fontenoy, battle, 2. 332, 345.
Foster, Capt., I. 55.
Fox, Henry, in the ministry, 2. 141, 174; resigns, 244.
France, neutrality in English-Spanish War, I. 119, 139, 154, 162; war rumors in, 1740, 162, 182; squadron sent to the West Indies, 182, 185 ; effect of War of the Austrian Suc- cession on colonial trade, 402 ; Eng- lish descents on the coast, 2. 260, 274, 279. See also wars by name.
Freebody, Thomas, opposed to Sher- wood, 2. 422, 425. Freiburg, siege, I. 278.
French and Indian War, Rhode Island troops, I. xxxv-xxxvii ; privateers, xxxvii; French encroachments on the Ohio, 2. 144, 145; sailing of Brad- dock's forces, 146; Rhode Island activity commended, 147; Shirley's preparations for campaign of 1755, 149; and the Indians, 150, 158, 194, 203, 228; equipment and transporta- tion of Rhode Island troops for Crown Point expedition of 1755, 151- 153, 159 ; reinforcements for Crown Point expedition, 1 52, 162 ; news of, in England, 153, 155, 174; capture of Chignecto, N. S., 155; effect of Braddock's defeat, 157; scout on Ticonderoga in, 1755, 177-179; plan for winter attack on Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 181-185 ; prepara- tion in England for, 1756, 187, 198, 213; Loudoun commander-in- chief, 187; plan and preparation for campaign of 1756, 188-191, 195- 197, 202, 222, 226; colonial levies for 1756, 189-193, 195, 201-204, 216, 220, 227 ; transportation problems, 191, 195, 202, 222; arms and com- missary supplies for 1756, 196, 198, 206, 218; foreign officers, 198; re- enlistments, 204; command of pro- vincials in 1756, 204; government of forces, 216; condition of troops in 1756, 221, 223, 232, 239-242 ; de- sertions, 221, 255, 329, 337 ; regulars and provincials, 222, 226, 240, 243;
rank and commission of provincial officers, 227, 239, 267, 281, 300; cap- ture of Oswego and its effect, 231, 239; criticism of campaign of 1756, 232, 233 ; Webb's retreat down the Mohawk, 233; commissary affairs at end of campaign of 1756, 237 ; Lou- doun's observations on the cam- paign of 1756, 238-243 ; levies for 1757, 241, 246, 255-257; raising troops for particular service con- demned, 242, 243, 246; regulars for 1757, 244; preparation for campaign of 1757, 246 ; king's share in expense of colonial forces, 247, 268, 282, 301 ; pay, arms, and supplies, 247, 249, 267, 268, 277, 278, 283, 302; squad- rons from England, 254, 270; cap- ture of Fort William Henry, 261 ; preparation for campaign of 1768, 265-269 ; levies for 1758, 265; Aber- crombie commander-in-chief, 270; capture of Louisbourg, 279; defeat before Ticonderoga, 279; prepara- tion for campaign of 1759, 280-284; preparation for campaign of 1760, 299-303; levies voted for 1759, 322 ; instructions to Rhode Island troops for 1762, 325, 326; payment of Rhode Island billeting account, 326-329; recruiting for 1762, 330; Rhode Island troops for 1762, 330, 337, 338; method of recruiting, 333; condition of reenlistments for 1763, 340-342, 350 ; Amherst praises Rhode Island troops, 341 ; Rhode Island troops at Fort Stanwix in 1763, 345, 350 ; levies for 1761, 349. See also Reimbursement, Seven Years' War.
Frontier defence, attitude of Rhode Island, I. 16.
Fry, Thomas, officer in the French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Gage, Gen. Thomas, request for troops in 1763, 2. 357 ; expected movement in 1775, 439, 440.
Gardner, John, from Shirley, 1755, commendation of Rhode Island, 2. 147.
Attests Louisbourg expedition ac- counts, 2. 39 ; on Committee of War, 278 ; deputy-governor, 359.
Gardner, Thomas, 2. 437.
George II., 1739, warrant for reprisal on Spain, 1. 106; 1740, secret in-
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structions on Cartagena expedition, 146; from Rhode Island, 1729, petition for cannon, 15. See also Privy Council.
On the Continent, I. 82, 181, 331, 346, 354, 370, 2. 66, 68, 79, 84, 135. George III., from Rhode Island, 1766, loyal address, 2. 388.
Proclaimed, 2. 310.
George, Fort, in Rhode Island, I. 37. Gibbs, George, marshal, I. 244.
Gibbs, Robert, to Gov. R. Ward, 1741, Thornton affair, I. 191, 192.
Gidley, John, judge of Admiralty, I. 227 n.
Gleasier, Col. Bemsley, to Gov. Hop- kins, 1756, reenlistments, 2. 204.
Commands Fort William Henry, 2. 179.
Glynn, Thomas, 2. 403.
Goddard, William, plan for postal re- form, 2. 434.
Goff, Charles, killed, 2. 227.
Gooch, William, governor of Vir- ginia, to Gov. J. Wanton, 1740, preparation for Cartagena expedi- tion, I. 165; from Gov. R. Ward, same, 167, 174.
To command provincials in Car- tagena expedition, I. 164.
Gordon, William, 2. 218, 219.
Goudy, Alexander, assault on Massa- chusetts sheriff, I. 49-52, 59.
Goulding, George, I. 122, 208.
Governor, colonial, status, I. x-xii ; list and terms of Rhode Island, xli ; objection to oath of allegiance by, in Rhode Island and Connecticut, 64; salary in Rhode Island, 217 ; colonial agent of Rhode Island to use impersonal superscription, 351. Gower, Lord, resigns Privy Seal, 2. 131.
Grafton, Duke of, in Rockingham's ministry, 2. 367.
Grant, Lieut .- Col., expedition against the Cherokees, 2. 349.
Grant, Lieut., killed or captured, 2. 223.
Granville, Earl of, President of the Council, 2. 131.
Gray, Robert, slave-trader, 2. 369.
Green, Benjamin, deputy, 2. 359. Green, Thomas, 2. 419.
Greene, Jeremiah, captain in French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Greene, Gov. William, to Gov. Clin-
ton, 1746, enslaved Spanish negroes, I. 427 ; to the Deputies, 1745, Louis- bourg expedition, 306; 1750, paper money, 2. 116; to the governor of Havana, 1746, enslaved negroes, I. 425; to Gov. Law, 1744, joint cruise of sloops, 261, 267, 272; 1745, Louis- bourg expedition, 324 ; to the Lords of Trade, 1750, iron manufactures, 2. 129; to Newcastle, 1744, neutral trade, I. 250; to Partridge, 1743, naval officer, 242 ; 1746, boundary, 2. I ; cannon, 23; 1749, reimburse- ment for Canadian expedition, 92 ; to Gov. Sharpe, 1754, French en- croachments, 144; to Gov. Shirley, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, I. 312 ; 1746, 1747, defence of Nova Scotia, 2. 30, 46; to Gov. Thomas, 1746, enslaved Spanish negroes, I. 427.
From D. Fones, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, I. 329; from Gov. Law, 1744, joint cruise of sloops, 267, 268, 274 ; 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 326; from New York, 1746, An- ville's fleet, 2. 20 ; from Partridge, 1743, naval officer, boundary, war news, I. 233 ; 1744, naval officer, war news, paper money, boundary, 245, 252, 254, 274, 288, 289, 295 ; 1745, cannon, boundary, war news, 308, 313, 316, 330; 1746, boundary, re- imbursement, cannon, war news, naval officer, 432, 2. 25, 27 ; 1747, reimbursement, 35; 1748, same, 64, 68, 77, 79, 82, 87 ; 1750, same, 103; 1751, paper money, Sugar Bill, 130; 1752, Sugar Bill, account, 135; 1753, same, 138; 1754, attack on the char- ter, 140; potash, 142; French on the Ohio, 143; Braddock's force, Sugar Bill, war rumors, 145; 1757, war news, cannon, 253, 258; 1758, reimbursement, 271; from Gov. Shirley, 1744, defence of Nova Scotia, I. 263; French privateers, 271 ; 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 298, 303, 320; 1746, intercolonial commission, 417 ; Canadian expedi- tion, 420, 421, 424, 428, 2. 3; An- ville's fleet, 12, 15; 1747, disasters to Rhode Island troops, 34; 1755, war preparations, 149; from Ad- miral Warren, 1746, Canadian ex- pedition, I. 428, 429, 2. 3 ; convoy, 3; Anville's fleet, 15; from Gen. Webb, 1757, condition of troops,
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255; reinforcements, 256 ; from Sec. Willard, 1744, counterfeit currency, I. 269; riot and extradition, 283; 1745, same, 325; from R. Wolcott, 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 328. As governor, I. xxxviii.
Greenhill, Capt., I. 427.
Greenleaf, Stephen, I. 298.
Gregory, George, I. 281.
Grenard, Lord, I. 21I.
Grenville, James, Lord of Trade, 2. I02. Griffith, Capt., I. 361.
Gunn, Stephen, courier, 2. 249.
Haddock, Admiral, 1. 114.
Hadwen, John, 2. 345.
Hale, H., commissioner of customs, I. 40.
Halifax, Dunk, Lord, Lord of Trade,
2. 102; resignation and reinstate- ment, 259.
Halket, Sir Peter, 2. 175.
Hall, Mr., 1. 382.
Hall, Capt., I. 179, 181.
Hall, Ezekiel, I. 258.
Hall, Capt. Fair, and the Sugar Bill, I. 24, 27.
Hamilton, James, governor of Penn- sylvania, to Gov. Hopkins, 1763, money due Rhode Island, 2. 353.
Hamilton, John, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Hamilton, Otho, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Hammond, W., sheriff, return, 2. 359.
Hampton, Alexander, deposition, 2. 403.
Hanbury, John, 2. 201.
Hanover, convention of Cloisterseven,
2. 259; evacuated by the French, 274.
Hardwick, Earl of, resigns from the ministry, 2. 244.
Hardy, Sir Charles, governor of New York, to Gov. Hopkins, 1756, war news, 2. 193; quotas of troops, com- mand, 203.
And the plan of campaign for 1756, 2. 226.
Hargill, Christopher, officer in French and Indian War, 2. 328-330.
Harrington, Lord, 2. 30.
Harris, Col. Christopher, in French and Indian War, 2. 159, 221, 232. Harrison, Capt., 1. 103.
Harrison, Capt. Joseph, 2. 259, 334, 40I, 427.
Harrison, Peter, I. 163.
Harvey, Seth, I. 379.
Hassard, George, deputy, 2. 359.
Havana, governor of, from Gov. Greene, 1746, enslaved Spanish ne- groes, I. 425.
Hawke, Admiral Edward, 2. 64; sails, 155; commands Mediterranean fleet, 225.
Hawkins, Abraham, officer in French and Indian War, 2. 328, 329.
Hawley, Joseph, 2. 437.
Hazard, Col. Joseph, 2. 399.
Henenden, William, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Henry, James, 2. 179.
Het, Rene, deposition on Anville's fleet, 2. 13.
Hill, John, commissioner of customs, I. 40.
Hill, Thomas, secretary of Lords of
Trade, to Rhode Island, 1751, acts of Parliament, 2. 134.
Hill, Lieut. Thomas, complaint against Rhode Island in the St. John af- fair, 2. 364, 366.
Hillsborough, Lord, to Rhode Island, 1768, escaped murderer, 2. 402.
Hoar, Capt., 2. 25.
Hohenfriedberg, battle, I. 345.
Holburn, Admiral, 2. 27I.
Holden, William, to Gov. R. Ward, 1741, Thornton affair, I. 192.
Holderness, Earl of, Secretary of State, 2. 131, 137.
Honeyman, J., I. 228, 394 ; assistant, 2. 359.
Hop, Netherlands envoy, complaint of depredations on neutral trade, I. 225, 230.
Hopkins, George, to receive the reim- bursement money, 2. 236.
Hopkins, Josiah, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Hopkins, Rufus, commissary in French and Indian War, 2. 218.
Hopkins, Gov. Stephen, to Abercrom- bie, 1758, Rhode Island troops, 2. 277 ; to the Assembly, 1755, Brad- dock's defeat, 157; 1756, paper money, 234; 1755, 1764, summons of Assembly, 162, 357 ; to the Depu- ties, 1756, troops, 216; 1758, 1759, defence, 273, 288.
From Major Angell, 1756, condi-
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tion of troops, 2. 221 ; condition of the campaign, 231 ; from William Bayard, reimbursement money, 236; from the Committee of War, 1755, equipment, transportation, 151, 152; from Capt. Cornell, 1763, Rhode Is- land troops, 350 ; from Gov. Denny, 1756, greeting, 229 ; from Gov. Fitch, quotas of troops, 192 ; Indian treaty, 228; from Col. Gleasier, re- enlistments, 204; from Gov. Hamil- ton, 1763, overplus due Rhode Is- land, 350 ; from Gov. Hardy, 1756, war news, 193; quotas of troops, command, 226 ; from William John- son, 1755, leave for Col. Harris, 159; from C. Kilby, 1757, commissary supplies, 249; from J. Osborne, 1757, courier, 248 ; from Partridge, 1755, greeting, war news, 153, 155; cannon, 173; reimbursement, 175; 1756, reimbursement, war news, in- surance, cannon, 186, 198, 206, 213, 223; 1757, war news, 244; 1758, war news, 278; judge of Admiralty, 273; 1759, reimbursement, 284; ill- ness and succession to agency, 286; from J. Pownall, 1757, acts of Par- liament, 247; from William Robin- son, 1768, deed to Indian lands, 400; from Sherwood, 1759, Admi- ralty court, reimbursement, 289, 292, 296; 1760, reimbursement, 303, 305, 307, 309; 1761, reimbursement, 313, 316, 318; 1762, protested bills, re- imbursement, 322; 1763, reimburse- ment, colonial trade, 347, 350, 351, 354, 356; 1765, Stamp Act petitions, 360; Quartering Act, St. John af- fair, colonial trade, 363; New York and the Quartering Act, new taxes, Stamp Act riot and reimbursement, 395, 396; 1768, reimbursement, ac- count, 401 ; from Shirley, 1756, win- ter attack on Ticonderoga, 181 ; preparation for the campaign, 188, 195, 201 ; Webb's retreat, arrange- ment for reimbursement money, 233; from T. Stephens, potash, 230 ; from N. Whiting, condition of troops, 180; from Gen. Winslow, strength of Rhode Island forces, 219; plan of campaign, 222, 256.
Career, I. xxxiv-xl, and the Thornton affair, 191, 193 ; pamphlet on Stamp Act in England, 2. 362. See also Ward-Hopkins.
Hopkins, Tibbets, captain in French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Hopkins, Capt. William, from Gen. Wentworth, 1742, Cartagena expe- dition abandoned, I. 220.
Captain in Cartagena expedition, I. 199; sent home to raise recruits, 202-204, 206, 209; privateer, 232; recruiting money, 390, 391.
Horsmanden, Daniel, New York councillor, 2. 14, 21.
House of Lords, 1739, addresses on colonial money, I. III, II2.
Howard, Mr., 2. 233.
Howard, Martin, Jr., demand for riot indemnification, 2. 387, 396.
Howe, Com. Richard, on French coast, 2. 279.
Howland, Isaac, deputy, 2. 359.
Hubbard, Ezekiel, I. 379. Hull, Capt. John, I. 215.
Hull, Dr. Teddeman, I. 215.
Hutchinson, Thomas, agent to Rhode Island, on Louisbourg expedition, I. 306, 312.
Huybling, Coenvaat, I. 231.
Hyde, Jonathan, I. 258.
Impressment, attitude of Rhode Is- land, I. xxx ; in the colonies, 235- 242, 2. 271; resistance, I. 239; or- ders to captains, 241 ; by Rhode Island, 368; by Massachusetts, 2. I.
Indians, and Rhode Island settlers, I. 2; and King George's War, 260, 262, 269, 352, 374-378, 383, 395-399, 405, 406, 416, 2. 4, 6, 50-52 ; and the French and Indian War, 150, 158, 194, 203, 228; expedition against the Cherokees, 349; controversy over deed of land in Rhode Island, 398-400.
Indigo, parliamentary resolution on colonial trade in, 2. 386.
Inman, Ralph, 2. 432.
Insurance on reimbursement money, 2. 224.
Ireland, Thurot's descent on the coast, 2. 307.
Iron, parliamentary bill against colo- nial manufactures threatened, I. 47, 55, 83; bill dropped, 89, 90 ; text of dropped bill of 1738, 90-94; colo- nial opposition to the bill, 101, 105; bill renewed, 2. 98, 99 ; passed, 100; Rhode Island not affected, 129;
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encouragement of importation into England, 253.
Iroquois Indians, and King George's War, I. 260, 262, 269, 398, 405, 406, 416, 2. 4, 6; supplies for, 50-52 ; and French and Indian War, 150, 203.
Jackson, Robert, I. 258.
Jacob, Joseph, 2. 64, 171.
Jacobson, Capt., 2. 278.
Jarvis, Leonard, 2. 250.
Jaynes, Capt., killed, I. 339.
Jencks, Daniel, to Gov. R. Ward, 1741, Thornton affair, I. 192.
Mentioned, 2. 1 53, 357 ; suggested for governor, 324.
Jencks, Ebenezer, officer in the French and Indian War, 2. 205, 328.
Jencks, John, 2. 377.
Jencks, Gov. Joseph, to George II., 1729, cannon, I. 15; to Rhode Is- land government, 1732, valedictory, 29; from Partridge, 1731, Sugar Bill, 19.
Boundary commissioner, I. xxiv ; as governor, xxiv; contest over veto of a paper money bill, xxiv, 20- 25, 31.
Jencks, William, to J. Wanton, 1733, 1734, boundary, I. 38, 54.
Jenkes, Jonathan, extradition of, de- manded, I. 60.
Jenkins, Lieut., of the Maidstone, 2. 376.
Jephson, Capt., I. 295. Johns, R., 2. 405. Johnson, Capt., 2. 215.
Johnson, Augustus, attorney-general, 2. 359. Johnson, Noah, 2. 179.
Johnson, William, to Gov. Hopkins, 1755, leave for Col. Harris, 2. 159.
Indian superintendent, 2. 150; re- ward for Crown Point expedition, 175, 186 ; and the plan of campaign in 1756, 226 ; and the deed to Indian lands in Rhode Island, 399. See also Crown Point.
Josselyn, Henry, prosecuted by Rhode Island, I. 59.
Judah, Jacob, prisoner of war, 2. 54. Jury trial, 2. 418.
Kay, Nathaniel, I. 46. Kellam, Thomas, 2. 433. Kennedy, Archibald, boundary com- missioner, I. 102.
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Kilby, Capt., 2. 38.
Kilby, Christopher, to Gov. Hopkins, 1757, commissary supplies, 2. 249.
Massachusetts agent, I. 147, 154; accused of aspersing Rhode Island, 358 ; advances money on Rhode Is- land billeting account, 2. 339.
Kimbal, Asa, officer in French and Indian War, 2. 328, 329.
King George's War, measures for co- lonial defence, I. 259-262; and the Iroquois, 260, 262, 269, 398, 405, 406, 416, 2. 4, 6, 50-52 ; joint cruise of Rhode Island and Connecticut sloops, I. 261, 267-269, 273, 274 ; French privateers, 271-274; war on the Penobscot Indians, 352, 374- 378, 383, 395-397 ; policy of frontier fighting, 396; threatened descent of Anville's fleet, 2. 10-23, 29-31 ; re- demption of prisoners, 53-55. See also Austrian Succession, Canadian expedition, Louisbourg expedition, Nova Scotia.
Kinnicutt, Col. Edward, to Gov. G. Wanton, 1748, pay of levies, 2. 60.
Mentioned, 2. 34, 58, 132.
Kinnicutt, sloop, affair, 2. 355.
Kinsman, Melchisedec, wanted for murder, 2. 402-407 ; description, 407.
Knowles, Sir Charles, to Shirley and Warren, 1746, Anville's fleet, 2. 10; proclamation disbanding Canadian expedition, 55.
Knox, W., to Rhode Island, 1774, acts of Parliament, 2. 436.
La Jonquière, Admiral, defeated, 2. 48.
Lambertie, Marquis de, complaints against Rhode Island, 2. 160, 161, 163-173, 188.
Lascelles, Thomas, I. 281.
Law, Jonathan, governor of Connecti- cut, to Gov. Greene, 1744, joint cruise of sloops, I. 267, 268, 274 ; 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 326; to Gov. G. Wanton, garrison at Louisbourg, law-suit, 381 ; 1746, joint cruise of sloops, 408.
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