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Privy Council, order, 1746, Louisbourg expedition reimbursement to Rhode Island, 2. 37; from the Lords of Trade, 1738, boundary commission- ers, I. 102 ; from the Duke of Mon- tagu, 1744, cannon for Rhode Island, 282 ; from Partridge, 1745, boundary, 317 ; 1746, Louisbourg expedition reimbursement, 412 ; 1757, cannon, 262. See also Lords Committee, Sharpe (W.).
Prizes and prize money, Commission to distribute, to Rhode Island, 1744, desiring data, I. 256.
For privateers, I. 150; distribu- tion, 170, 253, 256-258; at Louis- bourg, 361-363, 414 ; in War of the Austrian Succession, 37I.
Providence, R. I., rise, I. xxxviii.
Provisions, act of Parliament on co-
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lonial exportation, 2. 245, 248 ; price of wheat in England, 254.
Provost, William, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Prussia. See Austrian Succession, Seven Years.
Quartering Act, 2. 362, 363, 365 ; co- ercion on New York Assembly, 395.
Ramesey, French commander, cap- tures Massachusetts troops in Nova Scotia, 2. 41.
Ramsden, Thomas, from Partridge, 1745, Rhode Island and the Louis- bourg expedition, I. 372.
Read, Capt., 2. 426.
Reading, John, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Reed, William, deputy, 2. 359.
Reeder, William, deserter, 2. 221. Regency in 1745, 1. 332; bill, 2. 364. Reimbursement, Louisbourg expedi-
tion : Rhode Island desires to share in, I. 369, 409 ; Massachusetts peti- tions, 409-411 ; agents' power to re- ceive, 410, 2. 25, 28, 66, 71, 78, 86, 87 ; Rhode Island accounts, I. 410, 2. 39; Massachusetts demand, I. 4II ; Rhode Island petition, 411- 415; Rhode Island demand, 415; favorable report by Committee of the Council, 432-434 ; accounts be- fore Lords of Trade, 2. 36-38, 40; report of Lords of Trade on Rhode Island accounts, 47-50 ; and paper money, 61, 70, 78, 80-85, 88, 94; amount voted by Parliament to Rhode Island, 63 ; demand on agents for security, 82, 85; Rhode Island petition for payment into Bank of England, 87-90 ; payment to Rhode Island, 103.
Canadian expedition : presenta- tion of Rhode Island bills, 2. 38-40, 62, 64, 67, 68 ; Clinton's bill, 39-41 ; Shirley's criticism of Rhode Island accounts, 57-59, 88, 92; accounts from other colonies, 68, 70, 71 ; ac- ceptance of Rhode Island bills con- ditionally, 69; Rhode Island peti- tion for payment, 72-77 ; part payment to Rhode Island, 77; re- duction in bill of Rhode Island and other colonies, 97-99, 103; Rhode Island petition against reduction, 104-115 ; discharge, 115.
Of 1755 : king disposed to grant, 2. 175-177 ; Parliament grants, 186; apportionment and warrant for, 186, 200; shipment to the colonies, 206- 208, 213, 223; expected in Rhode Island, 216; insurance, 224 ; arrange- ment for reception by Massachu- setts, 234 ; reception by Rhode Is- land, 236.
Of 1756: Connecticut solicits, 2. 271, 272 ; not granted to Rhode Is- land, 297; nor to New York and New Hampshire, 304; efforts of Rhode Island to secure, 304-306, 309, 310, 313-317, 321, 323, 334, 347, 348, 366, 374, 384, 392, 401, 413, 422, 425-429, 431 ; and the Stamp Act riot in Rhode Island, 387, 393, 394, 396, 415, 424, 428.
Of 1758: royal recommendation promised, 2. 268 ; solicited, 285; royal recommendation, 289; amount voted by Parliament, 290 ; limited to expenses of that year, 293; share of Rhode Island, 297 ; payment by exchequer loan, 303, 304.
Of 1759: royal recommendation promised, 2. 283 ; Rhode Island ac- count, 304, 306 ; royal recommenda- tion, 307 ; amount voted by Parlia- ment, 308; basis of apportionment, 318, 319.
Of 1760: royal recommendation promised, 2. 301 ; amount voted by Parliament, 313; basis of appor- tionment, 319, 331, 343, 346, 351 ; Rhode Island share, 332; overplus due Rhode Island from Penn- sylvania and Connecticut, 347, 353, 355, 359.
Of 1761 and after : voted, 2, 322, 342; delay in distribution, 347, 35°, 352; share of Rhode Island, 354, 356.
Remick, Capt., I. 142.
Representation and taxation, I. 34.
Revolution, preparation, 2. 439, 441- 443; and Canada, 444.
Rhode Island, to George III., 1766, loyal address, 2. 388; to Lords Committee, 1740, boundary, I. 131 ; to Lords of Trade, 1735, colonial trade laws, 73; to Sir C. Wager, 1735, cannon, 76; General Assem- bly to Partridge, 1744, 1749, paper money, accounts, 284, 290, 297, 2. 94; House of Deputies to Massachu-
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setts House, 1768, colonial rights, 410; to Virginia House, colonial rights, 407 ; House of Magistrates to Deputies, 1741, Thornton affair, I. 196.
From Anonymous, 1739, warning against paper money, I. 120; from Col. Blakeney, 1740, Cartagena ex- pedition, 164, 171 ; from the Com- missioners of Customs, 1742, ap- pointment of a surveyor-general, 216; Commissioners for Distribut- ing Prizes, 1744, asking data, 256; from J. Courand, 1740, foreign coins, 176 ; from Dartmouth, 1773, salute to the flag, 2. 430 ; reimbursement of 1756, 431 ; from George II., 1739, warrant for privateers, 1. 106; 1740, Cartagena expedition, 146; from T. Hill, 1751, acts of Parliament, 2. 134; from Hillsborough, 17.68, escaped murderer, 402 ; from Gov. Jencks, 1732, valedictory, I. 29; from W. Knox, 1774, acts of Parlia- ment, 2. 436; from the Lords of the Admiralty, 1740, letters of marque, I. 159; from the Lords Justices, 1740, foreign coins, 176; from the Lords of Trade, 1735, colonial laws on trade, 72; 1739, transmitting House of Lords addresses, III ; 1741, acts of Parliament on provi- sions, 190; 1750, boundaries, 2. 101 ; 1765, desiring information, 371 ; from Loudoun, 1756, late campaign, 238 ; from Newcastle, 1739, war with Spain, I. 109, 121 ; 1740, Cartagena expedition, 127, 143, 187 ; encour- agement of privateers, 149; 1743, depredations on neutral trade, 225; 1744, prize money, 253 ; from W. Pitt, 1757, 1758, 1760, preparation for campaigns, 2. 246, 265, 270, 280, 299; from J. Pownall, 1772, king's speech, 429; from Shelburne, 1767, commissioners of customs for
America, 398; from Sherwood, 1759, colonial agency, 287 ; 1765, trade, Quartering Act, 361, 363; from Sherwood's executors, 1773, account, 431 ; from A. Stone, 1740, prize money, I. 170; exportation of provisions, 184; 1743, depredations on neutral trade, 230; 1743, impress- ment, 237 ; General Assembly, 1755, 1764, summons, 2. 162, 357, from J. Arnold, 1770, resignation, 424 ;
from Gov. Hopkins, 1755, Brad- dock's defeat, 157; 1756, paper money, 234; from T. Shattock, 1767, deeds to Indian lands, 398; from D. Updike, 1741, bill, I. 206; from Gov. W. Wanton, 1733, elec- tion frauds, 37; from S. Ward, 1757, 1761, 1762, Ward-Hopkins feud, 2. 250, 311, 323; Governor from Gov. Belcher, 1734, boundary violence, I. 48; from T. Corbett, 1743, impressment, 235; from Mas- sachusetts General Court, 1734, boundary violence, 57; from Par- tridge, 1747, reimbursement, war news, 2. 38, 47; 1750, reimburse- ment, acts of Parliament, 97, 100 ; House of Deputies from Connecti- cut House, 1775, preparation for campaign of 1775, 441 ; from Gov. Greene, 1745, Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 306; 1750, paper money, 2. 116; from Gov. Hopkins, 1756, levies, 216; 1758, 1759, defence, 273, 288; from Maryland House, 1770, colonial rights, 416; from New York House, 1775, colonial grievances, 441 ; from Gov. W. Wanton, 1733, private bills of credit, I. 33 ; from Gov. R. Ward, 1742, emolument, 217. See also Committee of War, and governors, agents, and other officers by name.
Factors in development, I. xxi ; question of governor's veto, xxiv, 24, 27, 31, 47 ; settlement, I ; ob- jections to union with Connecticut or New Hampshire, 8, 11-14 ; under Andros, 9; election frauds, 37 ; map, 70; McSparran affair, 125; Mason affair, 125; loyalty, 183, 364, 369, 373, 2. 388-390, 409; Thornton affair, I. 191-197; and the common cause, 259, 262, 320, 334, 367, 375, 383, 406; accused of harboring naval deserters, 334, 360 ; Lambertie af- fair, 2. 160, 161, 163-173, 188; sit- uation and strategic importance, 212, 262, 263 ; financial distress, 327, 335, 336, 344 ; and the Stamp Act, 361, 372, 387, 391-393, 396, 415; letter to Barré, 383; contro- versy over deed to Indian lands, 398-400 ; attitude on colonial rights, 408-412. See also Boundary, Char- ter, Defence, Paper money, Pri- vateers, Reimbursement, Sugar Bill,
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Trade, Vice-Admiralty, Ward-Hop- kins, and expeditions and wars by name.
Rice, John, Jr., to Gov. R. Ward, 1741, Thornton affair, I. 192.
Richards, Capt., 2. 30, 82.
Richards, John, deposition, I. 271. Richardson, Thomas, to Treasurer Clarke, 1764, money from Pennsyl- vania, 2. 359.
Richardson, William, 2. 360.
Riots, boundary, I. 48-53, 57-61, 66, 283, 323, 325 ; protection to customs officers, 2. 373 ; Stamp Act, and re- imbursement money, 387, 393, 394, 396, 415, 424, 428.
Robertson, Col. James, to Amherst, 1762, Rhode Island billeting rolls, 2. 338.
Robins, John, fined, I. 60.
Robinson, Mr., case against Gov. Law, I. 382.
Robinson, John, collector of customs, to Gov. S. Ward, 1766, method of Vice-Admiralty Court, 2. 376, 394; from Gov. S. Ward, 1765, personal protection, 372.
Collector at Newport, 2. 355; complaint in England, 397, 401.
Robinson, Matthew, to Gov. Hop- kins, 1768, deed to Indian lands, 2. 400.
Robinson, Robert, recommended for customs appointment, I. 41 ; con- troversy over appointment, 42, 43, 46, 56.
Robinson, Sir Thomas, Secretary of State, 2. 147, 156, and the Lamber- tie affair, 160, 164, 168, 171; re- signs, 174.
Rockingham, Marquis of, ministry, 2. 367.
Rodinguez, Antony, brings news of Anville's fleet, 2. 10.
Rodman, Capt., 2. 142, 164, 273.
Rodney, Admiral, expedition against Havre de Grace, 2. 293.
Rogers, Hugh, 2. 403.
Rogers, Robert, scout, 1755, report on scout on Ticonderoga, 2. 177.
Scouts on Crown Point, 2. 193, 232; commended, 194; scout on Ticonderoga, 219.
Rolfe, Benjamin, I. 53.
Rose, Col. Samuel, to Gov. S. Ward, 1762, desertions and recruiting, 2. 329; from Gov. S. Ward, 1762,
instructions, 325; Rhode Island troops, 337.
Officer in French and Indian War, 2. 328, 329.
Rouse, Capt. John, I. 222, 370 ; pri- vateer, 230, 250 ; in Louisbourg ex- pedition, 330, 34I.
Rovley, Admiral, I. 406.
Rugles, Col., in the French and Indian War, 2. 228.
Rushout, Sir Jonathan, hears appeal on boundary decision, I. 291.
Russell, Chambers, judgeof Admiralty, 2. 276.
Russell, Giles, captain in the French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Ryder, Sir Dudley, attorney-general, 1748, report on Louisbourg expedi- tion reimbursement, 2. 84.
Counsel against the Sugar Bill, I. 26; on impressment in America, 236.
Rymes, Capt., I. 152.
Sackville, Lord George, court-martial, 2. 306.
St. Clair, Lieut .- Gen., to command Canadian expedition of 1746, 2. 3 ; not sent to America, 29.
St. John, schooner, affair, 2. 364, 366. St. John's, Prince Edward Island, ex- pedition against, I. 356.
St. Peter's, Prince Edward Island, de- stroyed, I. 339.
Sallee, threatened war with England, 2. 1 54.
Salusbury, Sir Thomas, judge of Admi- ralty, 2. 27 5.
Sandford, Thomas, and Jencks's veto, 1. 21, 24.
Sandwich, Earl of, in the ministry, 2. IOI, 131, 352.
Sandys, Samuel (Lord Sandys), from Partridge, 1740, paper money, I. 155.
Attitude on paper money, I. 153; attitude on boundary controversy, 291, 310, 317.
Saratoga, N. Y., French and Indians attack, I. 398 ; troops to rendezvous at, 2. 9.
Saunders, Capt., in Louisbourg expedi- tion, I. 336, 340.
Saunders, Hezekiah, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Sayers, Samuel, prisoner of war, 2. 54. Scias, John, counterfeiter, I. 270. Scot, Silvanus, I. 51, 52.
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Scotland, Jacobite rebellion, I. 371, 390, 399, 401, 403, 433.
Scott, Capt., I. 34. Scott, E., 2. 64.
Scott, Edward, I. 270.
Sea water, conversion to fresh, 2. 146. Seabrook, Capt., I. 121.
Secretary of War, 1761, report on re- imbursement of 1756, 2. 313.
Sessions, Darius, 2. 100.
Seven Years' War, pending, 2. 146, 1 53- 155, 157, 161, 171, 172, 187, 199, 213; pre-declaration naval captures, 161, 171, 172, 187, 199; declaration, 214; French invasion of England feared, 213, 224; progress, 224-226, 254, 259, 260, 274, 279, 298, 310 ; naval operations, 225, 260, 274, 279, 293, 307 ; discouragement in England, 244; peace rumors, 332; peace, 342. See also French and Indian War.
Sharpe, Horatio, governor of Mary- land, from Gov. Greene, 1754, French encroachments, 2. 144.
Sharpe, Jonathan, West Indian agent, to Partridge, 1751, Sugar Bill, 2. I33.
Sharpe, William, clerk of the Privy Council, to Partridge, 1746, reim- bursement, I. 434 ; from Partridge, 1745, boundary, Rhode Island and Louisbourg expedition, 359; 1746, plan of fort, Canadian expedition, 2. 26.
Shattock, Tobias, to the General As- sembly, 1767, deed to Indian lands, I. 398.
Shawnee Indians, treaty, 2. 228.
Shelburne, Earl of, to Rhode Island, 1767, commissioners of customs for America, 2. 398.
Sheldon, Capt. Joseph, 2. 138, 218.
Sherwood, Ann, 2. 433.
Sherwood, John, to Gov. Jos. Wanton, 1774, threat against the charter, 2. 438.
Sherwood, Joseph, Rhode Island agent, to M. Brown, 1769, account, 2. 414 ; 1770, reimbursement of 1756, 423, 425, 426; to Gov. Hopkins, 1759, Vice-Admiralty Court, reimburse- ment, 2. 289, 292, 296; 1760, reim- bursement, public affairs, 303, 305, 309; 1761, reimbursement, 313, 316, 318 ; 1762, protested bills, reimburse- ment, 322 ; 1763, reimbursement, 347,
350, 351 ; reimbursement, colonial trade, 354, 356; 1765, Stamp Act petitions, 360; Quartering Act, St. John affair, colonial trade, 363; 1767, Quartering Act, new taxes, reim- bursement and riot, 395, 396; 1768, reimbursement, account, 401; to Gov. Lyndon, 1769, reimbursement, 413; to Rhode Island, 1759, succes- sion to the agency, 287 ; 1765, colo- nial trade, Quartering Act, 361 ; to Secretary of War, 1761, observations on reimbursement report, 315; to Gov. Jos. Wanton, 1770, reimburse- ment, 415; to Gov. S. Ward, 1762, reimbursement, 331; 1763, reim- bursement, 342, 346 ; 1765, Rocking- ham's ministry, 367 ; 1766, reim- bursement, Stamp Act, 381 ; colonial trade resolution in Commons, rein- bursement and riot, 384, 393.
From M. Brown, 1770, non-impor- tation, 2. 420 ; dissatisfaction with conduct of agency, 421 ; from Rhode Island, 1759, letter of agency, 294; from Gov. S. Ward, 1762, financial distress, 354; 1763, reimbursement, Temple affair, 343 ; 1765, Quartering Act, St. John affair, colonial trade, reimbursement, 365; 1766, Stamp Act, reimbursement, 391.
As agent, I. xv, xx ; recommended for the agency, 2. 286 ; account, 335, 356, 401, 413-415, 432-434 ; inade- quate salary, 414, 421, 424 ; design to displace, 422, 425, 426; death, 431.
Shirley, William, governor of Massa- chusetts, 1747, proclamation on Canadian expedition, 2. 55 ; to Capt. Bradbury, 1745, Penobscot Indians, I. 376; to Dep .- Gov. Gardner, 1755, commending Rhode Island, 2. 147 ; to Gov. Greene, 1744, French priva- teers, I. 271 ; Annapolis reinforce- ment, 263; 1745, Louisbourg expedi- tion, 298, 303, 320 ; 1746, Canadian expedition, 420, 421, 424, 428, 2. 3; intercolonial commission, I. 417 ; Anville's fleet, 2. 12, 15; defence of Nova Scotia, 30; 1747, disaster to Rhode Island troops, 34; 1755, war preparations, 149; to Gov. Hopkins, 1756, winter attack on Ticonderoga, 181 ; preparation for the campaign, 188, 195, 201 ; Webb's retreat, reim- bursement money, 233; to Admiral
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Lestock, 1746, warning of Anville's fleet, 16; to Penobscot Indians, 1745, warning, I. 352; to Lieut .- Gov. Phips, expected French attack on Louisbourg, 385; to Gov. G. Wan- ton, Louisbourg expedition, 333, 346, 348; 1747, Iroquois Indians, 2. 51 ; accounts of Canadian expedition, 56; 1748, project to call in paper money, 61 ; to_Gov. R. Ward, 1742, Spanish prisoners, I. 222.
From Capt. Bradbury, 1745, Pe- nobscot Indians, I. 377 ; from Gov. Greene, Louisbourg expedition, 312 ; 1747, troops for Nova Scotia, 2. 46; from Gov. Mascarene, 1744, Anna- polis reinforcement, I. 215; from Pepperell, 1745, progress of Louis- bourg siege, 335; from Admiral Townsend and Gov. Knowles, 1746, Anville's fleet, 2. 10; from Gov. G. Wanton, 1747, Iroquois Indians, 50; prisoners of war, 54; from Dep .- Gov. Whipple, 1746, Crown Point expedition, 8; Annapolis reinforce- ment, 33.
Criticised by Loudoun, 2. 240.
Shirriff, William, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Shores, Capt., I. 410, 2. I.
Silk, act to encourage production of raw, 2. IOI.
Simon, Louis, 2. 13.
Six Nations. See Iroquois.
Skene, William, boundary commis- sioner, I. 102.
Slack, Benjamin, fined, I. 60.
Slavery, interference of French priva- teers with the slave-trade, I. xxxvii ; duty on slaves, 64, 73; return of enslaved Spanish negroes, 425-428; case of kidnapping free Africans, 2. 368-371.
Smethurst, Capt., in Louisbourg expe- dition, I. 339, 34I.
Smith, Capt., 2. 206.
Smith, James, surgeon, certificate of death, 2. 405.
Smith, William, ensign in Cartagena expedition, I. 200; sent home to re- cruit, 209; in Louisbourg expedition, 362, 384.
Snelling, Capt., I. 162.
Solicitor-General, 1748, report on Louisbourg expedition reimburse- ment, 2. 84.
Soubise, Marshal, 2. 279.
South Carolina, troops in 1761, 2. 349
Spain, threatened war with England, 1738, over Assiento troubles, I. 88; war pending, 95, 101, 113, 114, 116- 119; warrant for reprisals against, 106-108; violated convention, 109; French neutrality, 119, 139, 154, 162 ; war declared, 121; squadrons for the West Indies, 127, 182, 185; prize money, 170, 253, 256-258 ; dis- position of Spanish prisoners, 222 ; neutrality in Seven Years' War, 2. 254, 274; privateers against, 322. See also Cartagena.
Sparling, Mr., 2. 371.
Spears, Jonathan, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Spotswood, Alexander, to Gov. J. Wanton, 1740, Cartagena expedi- tion, I. 140, 150.
To command provincial troops, I. 128, 145.
Sprague, Mr., I. 74.
Springfield, Mass., magazine, 2. 258. Stamford, Capt., wounded in Louis- bourg expedition, I. 339.
Stamp Act, petitions against, rejected, 2. 360 ; passage foreshadowed, 360 ; action of merchants of London, 361, 363, 375, 391 ; pamphlet against, in England, 362; addresses of Con- gress in England, 375, 383; Rhode Island riots and reimbursement of 1756, 387, 393, 394, 396, 415, 424, 428; Rhode Island address to the King after the repeal, 388-392 ; re- ception of repeal, 392; Virginia re- solves, 407.
Stanley, Edward, to T. Bradshaw, 1768, escaped murderer, 2. 403, 406. Stanley, J., commissioner of customs, I. 32.
Staples, Samuel, assault on a Massa- chusetts sheriff, I. 49-52, 59.
Stephens, Thomas, to Gov. Hopkins, 1756, potash, 2. 230.
Manufacturer of potash, sent to the colonies, 2. 142, 143.
Stevens, Mr., of Marblehead, 2. II. Stevens, Simeon, ensign in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Stoddard, Capt. John, 2. 50, 51.
Stone, Andrew, secretary to the Lords Justices, to Rhode Island, 1740, prize money, I. 170 ; exportation of provisions, 184; 1743, depredations
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on neutral trade, 230; impressment, 237 ; from J. West, 1748, Rhode Island's Canadian expedition bill, 2. 67.
Strahan, Will, to T. Corbett, 1744, naval officer, I. 243.
Strange, Sir John, counsel for colo- nies, I. 26; solicitor-general, on im- pressment in America, 236.
Sugar Bill, colonial opposition to its enactment, I. 19, 23, 25-27, 31, 34, 126, 2. 123, 125 ; enforcement, 1. 39- 46; question of reenactment, 87, 89,
116, 2. 131-134, 136-139, 144, 146, 174, 274; cost of opposition, 132, 136; Commons resolution on, in 1766, 385.
Surveyor-general, appointment of Pea- grum, I. 32 ; power over customs ap- pointments, 42-46, 53, 96; appoint- ment of Lechmere, 216.
Swartwoudt, Philip, attacked by In- dians, 2. 194.
Sweetland, John, fined, I. 60.
Talcott, Joseph, governor of Connect- icut, from Gov. J. Wanton, 1739, Mason affair, Sugar Bill, 1. 124.
Taxation, and representation, I. 34 ; excise in England, 2. 342 ; rumor of new, on the colonies, 395; Town- shend Acts, 397 ; colonial rights, 417. See also Stamp Act.
Tea tax, 2. 397.
Teff, Jonathan, ensign in French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Temple, Lord, Lord of the Admiralty, 2. 244.
Temple, John, surveyor-general, de- mand on Rhode Island, 2. 344.
Tew, Edward, prisoner of war, 2. 54. Tew, Thomas, captain in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Thomas, Capt. Charles, to Gov. Fau- quier, 1765, kidnapping, 2. 369. Charged with kidnapping, 2. 368- 37I.
Thomas, George, governor of Penn- sylvania, from Gov. Greene, 1746, enslaved Spanish negroes, I. 427.
Thomlinson, Capt., agent for New Hampshire, insufficient power, 2. 87. Thomlinson, John, 2. 201.
Thompson, Benjamin, I. 52.
Thornton, Richard, affair of the court records, 1. 191-197 ; objections to, as a deputy, 196.
Thornton, Samuel, lieutenant in French and Indian War, 2. 329.
Thurot, François, descent on Irish coast, 2. 307.
Ticonderoga, N. Y., scout on, 1755, 2. 177-179; French force, 1755, 178, 180; plan for winter attack on, 181- 185; Abercrombie's defeat, 279.
Tilver, Samuel, 1. 55. Tingley, Timothy, I. 60.
Torrey, Mr., I. 85.
Toulon, naval battle, 1744, I. 248, 249 ; inquiry, 311, 332, 401.
Tournay, besieged, I. 332; captured, 345.
Townley, Capt., I. 420.
Townsend, Admiral Isaac, to Shirley and Warren, 1746, Anville's fleet, 2. IO.
Victory in the West Indies, I. 400.
Townsend, Thomas, in Rockingham's ministry, 2. 367.
Townshend, Charles, Lord of Trade, 2. 102.
Townshend Acts passed, 2. 397.
Trade, slave trade, I. xxxvii, 64, 73, 2. 368-371; Rhode Island measures for security of, 1, 7 ; early parliamen- tary measures against colonial, 55, 62, 67, 70, 101 ; enforcement of laws, 32, 216; control over customs ap- pointments in Rhode Island, 42-46, 53, 96; royal inquiry concerning co- lonial customs law, 72; Rhode Is- land's answer, 73; Assiento trou- ble, 88, 106, 109 ; and paper money, 120, 156, 2. 118, 119; parliamentary act to encourage, 1740, 1. 149; illicit West Indian, 163, 2. 352 ; exporta- tion of provisions forbidden, 1. 184, 185, 190, 2. 245, 248 ; balance of co- lonial, 1. 156; controversy over ap- pointment of naval officers for Rhode Island, 226-230, 233, 242-246, 252, 255, 311, 344, 2. 30 ; French colonial, and the War of the Austrian Suc- cession, I. 402; convoy from Louis- bourg, 2. 3; illicit, with the French, 320; controversy in Rhode Island with Surveyor-General Temple, 344 ; residence of collector in Rhode Is- land, 355; Rhode Island Assembly convened to protest against further burdens, 357; interest of London merchants in alleviating burdens on colonial, 361; St. John smuggling
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riot in Rhode Island, 364, 366; par- liament measures to promote colo- nial, 1765, 1766, 364, 384-387 ; con- ditions in Rhode Island in 1765, 272 ; complaint of customs officers against method of Rhode Island Vice-Admiralty Court in smuggling cases, 373, 376-381, 394, 397, 401 ; rumors of new duties on colonial, 395; Townshend Acts, 397; com- missioners of customs for Amer- ica, 397, 398; smuggling in Eng- land, 403 ; non-importation agree- ment, 420, 424. See also Lords of Trade, Sugar Bill.
Transportation in French and Indian War, 2. 152, 153, 191, 195, 202, 222, 267, 282, 301.
Treaty of Marine and neutral trade, I. 225, 232.
Treneau, David, 2. 403.
Treneau, Richard, 2. 403.
Tresothick, Barlow, London mer- chant, 2. 391.
Trial in the colonies, right of, 2. 417. Tyng, Capt. Edward, I. 265; captures French privateer, 269; in Louis- bourg expedition, 339, 355.
Union, Albany Plan in England, 2. 199, 213; cooperative assertion of colonial rights, 408, 411. See also Common cause.
Updike, Daniel, attorney-general, to the General Assembly, 1741, bill for services before boundary commis- sion, I. 206.
Vanhorn, Abraham, boundary com- missioner, I. 102.
Vanhorn, Cornelius, boundary com- missioner, I. 102. Vaudreuil, Marquis de, 2. 165.
Vernon, Admiral Edward, to Gov. R. Ward, 1740, exportation of provi- sions, I. 185.
Sent to West Indies, 1. 128; ran- soms Porto Bello, 140; in the Channel, 400.
Vernon, Samuel, I. 20.
Vernon, Thomas, candidate for Vice- Admiralty office, 2. 291.
Veto, question of, in Rhode Island, I. xxiv, 24, 27, 31, 47 ; question of royal, in charter colonies, 154, 157. Vice-Admiralty, Court of, in Rhode Is- land, appointment of judge, I. 224, 2.
273-276, 278 ; fees, I. 244; inde- pendent of colonial authority, 251 ; question of officers for, 2. 289, 291- 293, 304, 306; controversy with cus- toms officers, 376-381, 394, 397, 401. See also Lords of the Admi- ralty.
Vigilant, captured French man-of- war, manning of, I. 346-349, 351, 368, 379, 413, 431.
Virginia, House of Burgesses from Rhode Island House, 1768, colonial rights, 2. 407. See also Fauquier, Botetourt.
Ordered to protect Ohio region, 2. 144; troops voted in 1759, 322; troops. in 1761, 349 ; Stamp Act pe- tition rejected, 360; resolves on Stamp Act, 407; resolves of 1769, 416.
Wager, Sir Charles, from Rhode Is- land, 1735, assistance in obtaining cannon, I. 77.
Retires from the Admiralty, I. 211; death, 228.
Wainscott, brigantine, case, 2. 376-379. Wall, Daniel, captain in French and Indian War, 2. 328.
Wallis, William, 2. 218, 219.
Walpole, Sir Robert, and the Sugar Bill, I. 27; overthrow of his min- istry, 210, 21I. .
Walton, Mr., I. 39.
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