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From Gov. Greene, 1744, joint cruise of sloops, I. 261, 267, 272; 1745, Louisbourg expedition, 324.
Laws, colonial, submission for royal approval, I. 63, 75, 148, 154, 157;
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deference to English policy, 63, 73; Lords of Trade inquiry concern- ing, on trade, 72, 73. See also Par- liament.
Lechmere, Thomas, I. 96; surveyor- general, 216.
Lee, Joseph, 2. 100.
Leheup, Peter, treasurer, 2. 115.
Lestock, Admiral, and the Toulon fight, I. 248, 311, 332; measures to warn, of Anville's fleet, 2. 15-19, 21-23; not sent to America, 29.
Letters of marque, royal warrant for, against Spain, 1. 106-108; power to issue, 159, 160.
Lisbon, earthquake, 2. 17.5.
Livingston, Philip, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Lloyd, Robert, 2. 417.
Lockman, Leonard, appointed judge of Admiralty, I. 224; controversy over appointment as naval officer, 227-230, 233, 242-246, 252, 255, 311, 344, 2. 30, 92.
London, interest of merchants of, in colonial affairs, 2. 361-365, 375, 391. Lopez, Moses, potash monopoly, 2. I42 n.
Lords of the Admiralty, instructions to captains, 1743, impressment, I. 241 ; to Lords Justices, same, 238; to Rhode Island, 1740, letters of marque, 159; warrant, 1758, appoint- ment of judge of Vice-Admiralty, 2. 275 ; from Sherwood, 1759, petition for officers for court of Vice-Admi- ralty, 291. See also Corbett, Vice- Admiralty.
Lords Committee of Council, consid- eration of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island boundary dispute, I. 94, 95, 98, 223, 228, 234, 246, 277, 279, 288, 289, 291-294, 296. See also Privy Council.
Lords Justices, to Rhode Island, 1740, value of foreign coins, 1. 176; from Lords of Admiralty, impressment, 238 ; from Partridge, 1743, naval officer appointment, 228. See also Stone.
Lords of Trade, to Rhode Island, 1735, laws on trade in force, I. 72; 1739, transmitting addresses, III; 174I, acts on trade of Parliament, 190; 1750, boundaries, 2. 101 ; 1765, de- siring information, 371 ; 1747, report on Louisbourg expedition reim-
bursement, 49. See also Hill (T.), Pownall (J.).
From Gov. Greene, 1750, iron manufactures, 2. 129; from Par- tridge, 1724, charter, I. 13; 1749, Canadian expedition reimbursement, 2. 104, 114; 1756, cannon, 209 ; from Privy Council, 1746, Louisbourg ex- pedition expenses, 37; from Rhode Island, 1735, laws on trade in force, I. 73.
Duties, I. xiv ; unfriendly to char- ter governments, 30; hearing on boundary dispute, 86-89; investiga- tion of colonial paper money, 161 ; form of petition to, for cannon, 314 ; reduces Rhode Island's bill for Canadian expedition, 97 ; powers, I 37.
Lords of the Treasury, from Partridge, 1748, petitions on reimbursement, 2. 72, 89 ; from Gov. S. Ward, 1765, Robinson's complaint, 373. See also West.
Loudoun, Earl of, to Rhode Island, 1756, observations on the late cam- paign, 2. 238.
Commander-in-chief in America, 2. 187 ; departure for America, 214, 215; and the campaign of 1756, 231 ; removed, 270.
Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Auchmuty's plan to capture, I. 255 ; convoy from, 2. 3; ships at, in 1746, 18; capture in 1758, 279. See also Cape Breton Island, and next title. Louisbourg expedition, 1745, attitude and participation of Rhode Island, I. xxviii-xxxi, 306, 307, 312, 320, 324, 328, 333-335, 347, 348, 351, 354, 357, 360, 361, 363-370, 372-374, 379, 380, 409, 412-414; requirements, 298; plan of attack, 299-302; French garrison, 302, 305 ; genesis, 303-306 ; cooperation of colonies expected, 303, 306; force to be raised, 305; naval force and operations, 313, 322, 327-330, 334, 346-350, 351, 355, 356, 361, 362, 367, 378-381 ; Massachu- setts levies, 322; ordnance from New York, 322; commands and commissions, 324, 326, 382 ; sailing of Connecticut force, 328; royal attitude, 333, 364; progress of the attack, 335-342; capture of the grand battery, 336; reinforcements desired, 340-346; officers com-
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mended, 342; defeat of French re- inforcements, 349; capture, 352; in- terest in England, 354; news of capture in England, 358, 370; cap- ture and condemnation of French East India ship, 361-363; question of reimbursement to Rhode Island and other colonies, 369, 370, 409- 415, 432-434, 2. 36-40, 47-50, 63, 66; garrison after capture, I. 381, 384-389; expected French attack, 385; pay of garrison, 388; power of colonial agents to receive reim- bursement, 410, 2. 66, 78, 80-83, 85-87 ; Rhode Island petition for reimbursement, 412-415; Lords of Trade to investigate claim to reim- bursement, 2. 37 ; report of Lords of Trade, 47-50; reimbursement and paper money, 70, 78, 80-83, 94; payment of reimbursement to Rhode Island, 100, 103, 115. See also next title above.
Lyndon, Gov. Josias, from Sherwood, 1769, reimbursement, 2. 413.
Clerk of the House of Deputies, 2. 95, 287, 390.
Lyttelton, W. H., governor of South Carolina, captured, 2. 172.
Macleane, S., 2. 398.
McSparran, Dr., I. 85.
Maidstone case, I. 359.
Malbone, Godfrey, I. II 5.
Mansfield, Lord. See Murray (W.). Manufactures, measure against colo- nial, 1. 55, 62, 67, 70, 87, 101 ; Rhode Island attitude, 64; en- couragement of potash, 2. 131, 135, 142, 143. See also Iron.
Maplesdon, Capt., ship seized by Sal- letine cruiser, 2. 1 54.
Maps of Rhode Island, 1. 70.
Martin, James, secretary of Rhode Island, to Partridge, 1734, royal veto of Rhode Island laws, 1. 63 ; bound- ary, 65.
Martinique, naval battle, 1. 400.
Maryland, House of Delegates to Rhode Island House, 1770, resolu- tion on colonial rights, 2. 416, 417. .See also Sharpe.
Refuses to join intercolonial com- mission of 1746, 1. 420.
Mascarene, John Paul, lieutenant- governor of Nova Scotia, to Shirley, I744, reinforcements, I. 265.
And the boundary commission, I. 102; warned of expected attack, 385; no news of Anville's fleet, 2. I5.
Mason, Samuel, affair, 1. 124, 179. Massachusetts, Council, 1747, resolu- tion on defence of Nova Scotia, 2. 45; General Court, to Rhode Is- land, 1734, boundary violence, I. 57 ; 1744, vote on defence of Annapolis, 263; General Court, from R. Ward, 1731, boundary, 18; House of Representatives from Rhode Island House, 1768, colonial rights, 2. 410. See also Belcher, Phips, Pownall (T.), Shirley, Willard.
Religious intolerance, 1. 14; de- mands on Rhode Island for extradi- tion, 60, 284, 323, 325 ; admonished against paper money, 120; com- plaint against Rhode Island paper money, 207, 213; and the Canadian expedition of 1746, 424; colonial impressment, 2. 1; fears Anville's fleet, 12; reinforcement for Nova Scotia, 35, 43-46; and the Louis- bourg expedition reimbursement, 36, 86; defeat of troops in Nova Scotia, 41 ; supplies for Iroquois, 51, 150; prisoners of war, 53; project to call in paper money, 61, 124; paper money not current in, 119, 123; emissions of paper money, 123, 126; levies for '1755, 149; levies for 1756, 188, 195, 201; and the reimbursement of 1755, 186, 200, 234 ; measures of defence, 258 ; re- imbursement of 1756, 297; troops voted in 1759, 322; troops voted and raised in 1761, 349; reimburse- ment of 1760, 351; acts of Par- liament against, 436, 437. See also Boundary, Louisbourg expedi- tion.
Massachusetts Government Act sent to Rhode Island, 2. 436, 437.
Mast fleet, 1. 345.
Matthews, Admiral, I. 247; fight at Toulon, 248, 249; inquiry into con- duct, 311, 332.
Mawdsley, John, and the reimburse- ment of 1756, 2. 422, 425, 427.
Mediterranean passes, 1. 47, 2. 415. Mellish, Mr., 2. 373.
Merchants of London, from Gov.
Ward, 1766, thanks, 2. 391. See also London.
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Millard, Jonathan, ensign in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Milliken, Mr., I. 376.
Minas, N. S., Canadians at, 2. 31. Minden, battle, 2. 306.
Ministry, attempt to distress Wal- pole's, 1742, I. 210; changes, 1742, 2II ; 1746, 2. 30; 1750, 101 ; 1751,
131; 1754, 141; 1755, 174; 1757, 244 ; 1763, 352; Rockingham's, 1765, 367.
Minorca, French attack on, 2. 213, 215, 224, 225.
Mirapoia, Duke de, 2. 165.
Moffat, Thomas, demand for riot in- demnity, 2. 387, 396.
Money, parliamentary inquiry on value of specie, 1. 113; drain from the colonies, 156; value of foreign, 176, 186. See also Paper money.
Montagu, Duke of, master-general of ordnance, to the Council, 1744, can- non for Rhode Island, I. 282 ; from the Office of Ordnance, same, 279.
Montagu, Admiral, complaint against Rhode Island, 2. 430.
Montague, Capt. William, I. 358.
Moore, John, 2. 21.
Morris, Capt., I. 97.
Morris, Col. Lewis, and the boundary dispute, I. 67.
Morris, Owen, charged with kidnap- ping, 2. 368, 371.
Moulton, Capt., in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 339.
Mumford, Nathaniel, from Gov. S. Ward, 1762, billeting rolls, 2. 326.
Mumford, Capt. Richard, to Gov. G.
Wanton, 1745, Rhode Island troops at Louisbourg, French prize, I. 361. Mumford, William, candidate for Vice-Admiralty office, 2. 291.
Murray, Lieut .- Col., in French and Indian War, 2. 258.
Murray, Joseph, New York council- lor, 2. 21.
Murray, William (Lord Mansfield), solicitor-general, 1748, report on Louisbourg expedition reimburse- ment, 2. 84.
Counsel for Rhode Island, I. 86, 98, 224.
Narragansett church land case, I. 85.
Naval officer, controversy over ap- pointment in Rhode Island, I. 226-
230, 233, 242-246, 252, 255, 311, 344, 2. 30, 92.
Navy, preparations for war in 1734, I. 56, 57; preparations for war with Spain, 88, 95, 114, 117; West Indian expedition, 1740, 127, 182, 185 ; act to encourage enlistment, 149, 159; prize money, 170; operations in War of the Austrian Succession, 247, 248, 252, 253, 277, 371, 2. 29, 48, 49, 64 ; Toulon fight, I. 248, 249, 3II, 332 ; cruise of colonial sloops, 261, 267-269, 273, 274, 408; in Louisbourg expedition, 298, 301, 313, 322, 327-330, 334, 341, 346-350, 355, 356, 361, 362, 378-381 ; Rhode Island accused of harboring de- serters, 354, 360; threatened de- scent of Anville's fleet on American coast, 2. 10-23, 29-31 ; act to pro- mote supplies, 134 ; capture of mer- chant ships before declaration of war, 162, 171, 172, 187, 199; opera- tions in Seven Years' War, 213, 225, 260, 270, 274, 279, 293, 307; Mi- norca affair, 213, 215, 224, 225; Con- necticut coast guard in 1775, 443. See also Privateers, Prizes.
Nellie, sloop, case, 2. 376-379. Nelson, John, deposition, I. 271.
Netherlands, complains of depreda- tions on neutral trade, I. 225, 230- 233, 250 ; and the War of the Aus- trian Succession, 247, 248, 404, 2. 48. Neutral trade, depredations on, I. 225, 230-233, 250.
New Hampshire, attempt to annex Rhode Island to, I. xxiii, 8, 11-14; boundary dispute with Massachu- setts, 98; troops for Louisbourg ex- pedition, 321 ; troops for Canadian expedition of 1746, 424; Canadian expedition reimbursement, 2. 71 ; Louisbourg expedition reimburse- ment, 86; paper money, 118; levies for 1756, 189, 195; reimbursement of 1755, 200; reimbursement of 1756, 304; troops voted in 1759, 322; troops voted and raised in 1761, 349.
New Jersey, opposition to the Sugar Act, I. 19, 31, 67, 71 ; Canadian ex- pedition reimbursement, 2. 68, 70 ; reimbursement of 1755, 200; reim- bursement of 1758, 298; troops voted in 1759, 322; troops voted and raised in 1761, 349.
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New London Society, its bills of credit denied currency, I. 33.
New York Assembly to Rhode Island Assembly, 1775, colonial grievances, 2. 441 ; Council to Gov. Greene, 1746, Anville's fleet, 20. See also Clarke (G.), Clinton, Hardy.
Opposition to Sugar Act, I. 23, 31 ; vacancy in governorship, 81 ; ordnance for Louisbourg expedition, 322 ; inertness of the Assembly, 398 ; troops for 1756, 2. 189, 202, 203 ; reimbursement of 1755, 200; reim- bursement of 1756, 304; troops voted in 1759, 322; troops voted and raised in 1761, 349; and the Quartering Act, 395.
New York City, rumor of concentra- tion of regulars at, in 1775, 2. 439, 440.
Newcastle, Duke of, to Rhode Island, 1739, violation of Spanish conven- tion, I. 109; declaration of war, 121 ; 1740, Cartagena expedition, 127, I43; encouragement of trade, naval enlistment, and privateering, 149; recruits for Cartagena expedition, 187; 1743, violation of neutral rights, 225; 1744, prize money, 253. From Gov. Greene, 1744, viola- tion of neutral rights, 1. 250; from Gov. R. Ward, 1740, loyalty, 183 ; 1741, Cartagena expedition, 199; 1742, Cartagena expedition, paper money, 212.
Resigns from the ministry, 2. 244.
Newell, Capt., 1. 103.
Newland, Lieut. Edmund, to Gov. S. Ward, 1762, recruiting, 2. 333.
Newport, R. I., suffers through French and Indian War, I. xxxviii; fort at, 16, 2. 211 ; exposed position, 262.
News, monthly sheet, 2. 199.
Newton, Thomas, to Gov. Fauquier, kidnapping, 2. 37I.
Nicholls, James, 2. 403.
Nichols, Jonathan, deputy-governor of Rhode Island, from Partridge, 1755, war news, 2. 173. See also Committee of War.
Nicoll, John, comptroller at Newport, to Gov. S. Ward, 1766, complaint against court of Vice-Admiralty, 2. 376, 394 ; from Gov. S. Ward, 1765, protection, 372.
Ninigret, Narragansett sachem, land deeds, 2. 400.
Noailles, Marshal, I. 234.
Noble, Col., defeat in Nova Scotia, 2. 4I.
Noel, Counsellor, retained by Massa- chusetts, I. 291.
Non-importation agreement, 2 .. 420, 424.
Norris, Admiral Sir John, I. 57, 247, 248.
North Carolina, troops in 1761, 2. 349. Northey, Sir Edward, attorney-general, on impressment in America, I. 236. Northup, John, to Dep .- Gov. Cooke, 1775, equipment, 2. 439.
Norton, Fletcher, solicitor-general, 2. 323 ; speaker, 416.
Nova Scotia, reinforcement for An- napolis and, I. xxxi, 263-266, 304, 2. 31-35, 42-47, 73-76, 108; supposed objective of French fleet, 17 ; Cana- dians retire from before Annapolis, 31 ; defeat of Massachusetts rein- forcements, 41.
Oath of allegiance, question of, by charter governors, I. 64 ; bill to re- quire, in colonial assemblies, 2. 208. Odgers, William, English customs of- ficer, murdered, 2. 402-407.
Office of Ordnance to the Duke of Montagu, 1744, cannon for Rhode Island, I. 279.
Oglethorpe, James, opposes the Sugar Bill, I. 26.
Ohio River, French encroachments, 2. 144, 145.
Oldridge, Richard, I. 50.
Oliver, Andrew, I. 250.
Onslow, George, in Rockingham's min- istry, 2. 367.
Onslow, Richard, death, 2. 306.
Orrocks, Capt., I. 197.
Osborne, John, to Gov. Hopkins, 1757, courier, 2. 248.
Ostend, besieged, I. 371.
Oswego, N. Y., reinforcements, 2. 226 ; captured, 231, 239.
Otis, John, commissioner to run bound- ary line, 2. 96.
Palmer, Eliakim, agent for Connecti- cut, and the Louisbourg expedition reimbursement, 2. 86.
Paper money, Jencks's veto, I. xxiv, 20-25, 27, 30, 47 ; burden in Rhode
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Island, 33 ; of New London Society, 33; Rhode Island emission of 1733, 41, 42 ; parliamentary inquiry, 112, 116, 120, 124, 126, 139, 142, 147, 148, 186 ; and value of specie, 113 ; crown colonies forbidden to issue, charter colonies admonished, 120; counter- feit, 122, 270, 382, 2. 216 ; resolution of Commons on, I. 148, 152, 154, 161 ; argument against English interfer- ence, 153, 155-158; necessary to colonial trade, 156; security, 156; and rise of exchange, 158 ; warning against a private issue in Massachu- setts, 169; Connecticut issue in 1740, 186; report on Rhode Island issues, 187, 189, 197; parliamentary act against private, 198; Rhode Island agent instructed to oppose suppres- sion, 201, 208, 284-287, 290; Massa- chusetts complains of Rhode Island, 207, 213; Rhode Island Cartagena expedition issue, 213; expense of opposition to suppression, 208, 255, 403, 2. 132, 136, 139; parliamentary bill against, I. 254, 289, 294, 311, 331, 344, 391, 2. 83; colonial opposi- tion to the bill, I. 255, 295, 297, 403, 2. 94 ; Shirley's comment on Rhode Island issues, 1. 320; agent's caution against further issues, 391 ; and the Louisbourg expedition reimburse- ment, 2. 61, 62, 70, 78, 80-83, 86, 88-90, 94; Massachusetts to call in, 61, 124; cause of multiplicity, 94 ; issue for Canadian expedition expenses, 107; Greene's message against further issues, 116-129; de- preciation, 116, 120, 126, 234-236; outstanding in 1750, 117; New Hampshire bills, 118 ; not current in Massachusetts, 119, 123; and trade, 118, 119; Massachusetts emissions, 123, 126 ; royal disapprobation, 125- 128; and the Rhode Island charter, 125, 127, 128; parliamentary act against, passed, 130, 134; petition of Newport merchants against, 136; Rhode Island Crown Point money, 212 ; maintenance of credit in Rhode Island, 217 ; remedies for deprecia- tion, 234-236; Connecticut issue in 1775, 442.
Paris, F. J., to Partridge, 1737, connec- tion with Rhode Island cases, I. 85. Solicitor for Rhode Island in boundary dispute, I. 82, 84, 86; bill,
106, 403 ; expects a gratuity, 423 ; bill for other matters, 2. 132, 136, 139. Parliament, harmony with the king, 1. 401 ; acts affecting the colonies, 2. 100, 134, 208, 436; act on provi- sions, 245, 247 ; new election in 1761, 317 ; Regency Bill, 364 ; to consider general state of America, 416. See also Iron, Manufactures, Paper money, Sugar Bill, Taxation, Trade. Partridge, Richard, agent for Rhode Is- land, to the Committee of War, 1755, Lambertie affair, 2. 160, 163, 168 ; to governor of Rhode Island, 1747, re- imbursement, war news, 38, 47; 1750, reimbursement, acts of Parliament, 97, 100 ; to Gov. Greene, 1743, naval officer, boundary, war news, I. 233; I744, naval officer, war news, 245; war news, 252; paper money, 254; account, war news, 274 ; boundary, paper money, 288, 289, 295 ; 1745, cannon, boundary, 308, 313, 316, 330; 1746, boundary, 422; reim- bursement, 432 ; cannon, boundary, account, reimbursement, war news, 2. 25, 27 ; 1747, reimbursement, 35; 1748, reimbursement, 64, 68, 71, 79, 82, 87; 1750, reimbursement, 103 ; 1751, paper money, Sugar Bill, 130; 1752, Sugar Bill, account, 135; 1753, Sugar Bill, boundary, zeal for colo- ny's interests, 138; 1754, attack on the charter, 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 ; to Gov. Hop- kins, 1755, greeting, war news, 1 53, 155; cannon, 173 ; reimbursement, 175; 1756, reimbursement, 186; re- imbursement, troops for America, war news, colonial union, 198; re- imbursement, 206; war news, 213; shipment of reimbursement money, war news, 223; 1757, war news, 244 ; 1758, judge of Vice-Admiralty, 273 ; war news, 278; 1759, reimburse- ment, 284 ; illness and succession in the agency, 286; to Gov. Jencks, 1731, Sugar Bill, I. 19 ; to the Lords Justices, 1743, naval office appoint- ment, 228; to the Lords of Trade, 1724, defence of the charter, 13; 1749, Canadian expedition charges, 2. 104, 114; 1756, cannon, 209; to the Lords of the Treasury, 1748,
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payment of reimbursement, 72, 89 ; to Sec. Martin, 1735, boundary, bill against manufactures, salary, I. 69 ; to Dep. - Gov. Nichols, 1755, war news, 2. 173; to the Privy Council, 1745, boundary, I. 317, 392; 1746, reimbursement, 412 ; 1757, cannon, 2. 262 ; to T. Ramsden, 1745, Rhode Island and the Louisbourg expedi- tion; I. 372, to T. Sandford, 1731, Jencks's veto, 24; to Sandys and Campbell (M. P's.), 1740, paper money, 155; to W. Sharpe, 1745, boundary, Rhode Island and Louis- bourg expedition, 359; 1746, plan of fort, Canadian expedition, 2. 26; to Gov. G. Wanton, 1745, greeting, boundary, naval officer, paper money, war news, I. 342; Louis- bourg expedition, 353; Rhode Is- land and Louisbourg expedition, fidelity to colony's interests, 357, 370, 380 ; boundary, Hopkins affair, war news, paper money, 389; war news, 399; 1746, reimbursement, boundary, 408; 1748, reimburse- ment, 2. 62; to Gov. J. Wanton, 1732, Jencks's veto, I. 20; Sugar Bill, Jencks's veto, 25; 1734, boundary, 61 ; 1735, bill against manufactures, 67; 1736, boundary, 78, 80 ; 1737, boundary, Iron Bill, 82; Solicitor Paris, 84; 1738, boundary, Sugar Bill, Iron Bill, war rumors, 86; Iron Bill, 90 ; boundary, 94, 95, 97 ; 1739, boundary, 100, 103 ; Iron Bill, 105; Paris's bill, 106; Spanish crisis, 113; boundary, Sugar Bill, paper money, war news, II5; war news, boundary, 117, 118, 121; 1740, boundary, Sugar Bill, paper money, 125; bound- ary, 138; paper money, boundary, 142, 147, 148, 161, 178 ; to Gov. W. Wanton, 1732, Jencks's veto, 30 ; 1733, Sugar Bill, 34; account, 35; 1734, Jencks's veto, Iron Bill, 46; Iron Bill, War of the Polish Suc- cession, 55; to Gov. R. Ward, 1740, J. Wanton, boundary, war news, 180; 174I, paper money, boundary, 197, 207; 1742, fall of Walpole's ministry, 210; boundary, 218; 1743, boundary, 223 ; naval officer, 226; to Dep .- Gov. Whipple, 1744, bound- ary, 29I.
From P. Bours and others, 1749, account, 2. 91 ; from Gov. Cranston,
1723, boundary, defence of the char- ter, I. I ; from the General Assem- bly, 1744, 1749, paper money, ac- count, 284, 290, 297, 2. 94 ; from Gov. Greene, 1743, naval officer, I. 242; 1746, boundary, 2. 1 ; cannon, 23; 1749, Canadian expedition charges, 92; from Sec. Martin, 1734, royal veto, I. 63; boundary, 65; from F. J. Paris, 1737, connection with Rhode Island cases, 85 ; from W. Sharpe, 1746, reimbursement, 434 ; from Gov. G. Wanton, 1745, bound- ary, remittance, plan of fort, super- scription of letters, 350; Rhode Is- land and the Louisbourg expedition, 363; from Gov. J. Wanton, 1735, boundary, cannon, royal veto, 74; 1736, boundary, 80 ; 1739, boundary, Sugar Bill, paper money, 123; from Gov. R. Ward, 1740, paper money, 186, 189; 1741, account, paper money, 200; boundary, 214; 1742, Dr. Hull, 215; from the West In- dian agents, 1751, Sugar Bill, 2. 133.
Ancestry, I. xv ; as colonial agent, xvii-xx, 180, 342, 358, 2. 138-140 ; promised gratuity for boundary set- tlement, I. xx, 66, 75, 294, 423, 2. 91, 103 ; account and supply, 1. 20, 23, 31, 62, 71, 74, 80, 87, 99, 104, 118, 178, 187, 189, 198, 200, 208, 224, 243, 255, 285, 287, 293, 296, 297, 331, 344, 350, 354, 390, 402, 433, 2. 28, 79, 91, 103, 136, 137, 171, 177, 214, 260, 274, 275, 277, 284; salary, I. 28, 36, 47, 66, 71, 75, 79; relation with Bel- cher feared, 66, 69 ; connection with Massachusetts - New Hampshire boundary settlement, 98; amends Dummer's Defence, 256; authority to receive reimbursement money, 410, 2. 26, 28, 66, 70, 78, 81, 91 ; ill- ness and death, 286, 287.
Partridge, William, career, I. xv. Patterson, Capt., 1. 163.
Paxton, Charles, marshal, I. 244.
Peagrum, John, surveyor-general, to Gov. J. Wanton, 1738, appointment of a collector, I. 96; to Gov. W. Wanton, 1734, authority over cus- toms, 42, 46, 53; from the Commis- sioners of Customs, 1733, instruc- tions, 39, 44.
Credentials, I. 32; superseded, 216.
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Peck, Nathaniel, officer in French and Indian War, 2. 328, 329.
Peers, Charles, commissioner of cus- toms, I. 32, 40.
Pelham, Henry, paymaster-general, I. 202, 209 ; death, 2. 14I.
Pemberton, Judge, I. 251.
Pembroke, Earl of, hears appeal on boundary controversy, I. 291.
Pennsylvania, salary to agent, I. 294; troops voted in 1759, 2. 322 ; over- plus due Rhode Island, 346, 353, 355, 359. See also Denny, Hamilton (J.), Thomas (G.).
Penobscot Indians, from Shirley, 1745, warning, 1. 352.
Outrages and war on, I. 374-378, 383, 395
Pepperell, William, to Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1745, re- port on plan to reduce Louisbourg, I. 305; to Shirley, progress of siege of Louisbourg, 335; to Gov. G. Wanton, recruits, 384; from Gov. Pownall, 1757, military order, 2. 257.
Command in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 326 ; rumored reward, 372.
Perrin, James, I. 254.
Perry, Ebenezer, I. 52.
Perry, F., 2. 399.
Peters, Richard, 2. 403.
Petition, right of, 2. 417.
Phelps, Richard, from T. Bradshaw, 1768, escaped murderer, 2. 405.
Philipps, E. J., boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Phillips, Mr., 2. 28. Phillips, Capt., I. 254.
Phips, Lieut .- Gov. Spencer, to Gov. G. Wanton, 1745, Indian war, I. 374, 383, 395 ; Louisbourg garrison, 385 ; from Shirley, same, 385.
Pike, John, prisoner of war, 2. 54.
Pimento, parliamentary resolution on duty on, 2. 385, 386.
Pitt, William, to Rhode Island, 1757, preparation for campaign of 1757, 2. 246; for 1758, 265, 270; 1758, for 1759, 280; 1760, for 1760, 299. Secretary of State, 2. 244, 394. Plymouth Colony, legality of its pa- tent, I. 292.
Polish Succession, England's interest in War of, 1. 47, 56, 57, 62, 68, 79. Pontiac's War, troops for, 2. 358.
Poor, Thomas, plan for winter attack on Ticonderoga, 2. 184, 185.
Popples, Sec., 1. 70.
Porto-Bello, ransomed, I. 140.
Post-office, proposed reform, 2. 435. Potash, effort to encourage colonial manufacture, 2. 131, 135, 142, 230 ; monopoly in Rhode Island, 142 n. Potter, Gideon, killed, 2. 227.
Potter, Thomas, sheriff, order from Gov. R. Ward, 1741, Thornton af- fair, I. 194.
Power, Capt., 2. 25.
Pownall, John, secretary to the Lords of Trade, to Gov. Hopkins, 1757, parliamentary act on provisions, 2. 247 ; to Rhode Island, 1772, king's speech, 429.
Pownall, Gov. Thomas, to Pepperell, 1757, military order, 2. 257.
Prague, battle, 2. 254 ; captured, 276; evacuated, 295.
Pratt, Charles, chief justice of Com- mon Pleas, 2. 323.
Prentis, John, commander of Con- necticut's sloop, I. 269, 273.
Prince, Capt., I. 348, 2. 47.
Prisoners of war, disposition of Span- ish, I. 222 ; measures to redeem, 2. 53-55.
Privateers, Rhode Island, in King George's War, I. xxvii, xxix, 298, 430 ; in French and Indian War, xxxvii, 2. 264; warrant for, against Spain, I. 106-108; encouragement, 150; bonds, 244; depredations on neutrals, 226, 230, 250; French, off coast of New England, 271-274 ; English, against Spain, 2. 322.
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