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John Lawrence.
DEPUTY IN THE NEW YORK PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
Commencement of Session.
NAME.
May 23, 1775.
Jacob Bayley .*
* General Bayley did not take his seat.
CUMBERLAND AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES.
MILITARY OFFICERS.
THE records relative to the military appointments in Cumberland and Gloucester counties, are very imperfect, The statements which follow have been compiled from various sources. In May, 1775, an attempt was made by the New York Pro- vincial Congress, to establish a military organization on the New Hampshire Grants, and, on the 31st of that month, the commission of brigadier-general of a brigade which it was intended should comprise the militia of Cumberland, Glou- cester, and Charlotte counties, was offered to Col. James Rogers of Kent, now Londonderry, and was by him refused. In June, 1775, Major William Williams, Major Benjamin Wait, and Captain Joab Hoisington offered their services to the New York Provincial Congress, respectively, as colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and major of a regiment of militia. About the same period, a design was entertained of creating two regiments in Cumberland county, one of which was to be called the lower regiment, and the other the upper regiment. On the 15th of August, 1775, at Springfield, Simon Stevens, Joseph Marsh, and Benjamin Wait, appended their names, as field officers, to the following " true list of the officers in the upper regi- ment in Cumberland county, chosen by their respective companies."
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MILITARY LIST.
UPPER REGIMENT.
Towns.
Captains.
Lieutenants.
Ensigns.
Windsor
Springfield
Chester
Weathersfield
Woodstock
Hartford
Hertford
Pomfret
Cavendish .
Timothy Lull. Oliver Udall. John Coffein.
William Cooper. Timothy Spencer. Jonathan Tarbell. Israel Burlingame. Benjamin Emmons. Benjamin Wright. Aaron Willard. John Perin. Thomas Gilbert.
Ebenezer Curtis. Nathaniel Weston. Amos Gile. Oliver Kidder. William Powers. Alexander Brink. Asa Taylor. Zebulon Lyon. Phinehas Kimball.
On the 22d of August, 1775, the New York Provincial Congress voted that the militia of the counties of Charlotte, Cumberland, and Gloucester should be formed into one brigade. On the 21st of November following, the field officers for the lower and upper regiments, and for a regiment of minute-men, were nominated at a convention of representatives from the towns in Cumberland county, held at West- minster. On the 4th of January, 1776, during the recess of the New York Pro- vincial Congress, the committee of safety for that colony confirmed the nominations of the officers for the upper regiment and the regiment of minute-men, but refused to act upon the nominations of the officers for the lower regiment, on account of the political character of some of those whose names were presented. Those to whom commissions were given, were, for the
UPPER REGIMENT.
Colonel.
Lieut .- Colonel.
First Major.
Second Major.
Adjutant.
Quartermaster.
Joseph Marsh.
John Barrett. | Hilkiah Grout JoelMatthews
Tim. Spencer.
Amos Robinson.
REGIMENT OF MINUTE MEN.
Colonel.
Lieut .- Colonel.
First Major.
Second Major.
Adjutant.
Quartermaster.
Joab Hoisington
Seth Smith.
Joseph Tyler.
Joel Marsh.
Tim. Phelps.
Elisha Hawley.
On the 1st of February, 1776, the following officers for the lower regiment were nominated at a convention held at Westminster. These nominations were confirmed on the 1st of March following, by the New York Provincial Congress.
LOWER REGIMENT.
Colonel.
Lt .- Colonel.
First Major.
Second Major.
Adjutant.
Quartermaster.
Wm. Williams Benj.Carpenter
Oliver Lovell. AbijahLovejoy
Sam'lMinottJr. Sam'l Fletcher
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Abner Bisbee. George Earl. Hilkiah Grout. Joab Hoisington. Joel Marsh.
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HISTORY OF EASTERN VERMONT.
On the 6th of February, 1776, in a letter dated at Guilford, Benjamin Carpenter chairman of the committee of safety for Cumberland County, communicated to the New York Provincial Congress, the annexed list of militia officers, chosen in the dif- ferent towns comprised within the lower regiment. The nominations were con- firmed on the 1st of March.
COMPANIES IN THE LOWER REGIMENT.
Towns.
Captains.
First Lieutenants.
Second Lieuts.
Ensigns.
Guilford .
Brattleborough
Steph. Shepardson John Sergeant
Fulham
Jonathan Knight
Westminster
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John Averill
Putney
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Abijah Moore
Halifax .
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Daniel Rich
David Stowell Oliver Cooke Josiah Boyden Jabez Perry Daniel Jewett Benjamin Henry.
Timothy Root Timothy Church Daniel Kathan Azariah Wright Ephraim Clay Robert Patterson
Dillingt'nJohnston John Alexander Shepard Gates William Crook Ephraim Pierce Edward Harris
On the 22d of May, 1776, at a convention called for the committees of safety of the counties of Cumberland, Gloucester, and Charlotte, and held at Windsor, Jacob Bayley, of Newbury, was chosen brigadier-general, and Simon Stevens, brigade- major of the brigade comprising those three counties.
For the purpose of affording protection against the savages, the New York Con- vention determined, on the 23d of July, 1776, to establish ranging companies in the more exposed counties of the state. Cumberland and Gloucester counties were ordered to raise two hundred and fifty-two men. On the following day, Joab Hois- ington was appointed major of the rangers in the two counties. On the 6th of Au- gust, 1776, the committees of safety for Cumberland and Gloucester counties met at Windsor, and nominated the officers for the four companies into which the rangers were to be formed. After considerable delay, the nominations, with a few excep- tions, were confirmed by the New York Convention. Commissions were granted to the following officers on the 10th of October, 1776, and on the 23d of the same month they were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties.
COMPANIES OF THE RANGERS.
Captains.
First Lieutenants.
Second Lieutenants.
Benjamin Wait,
Elisha Hawley,
John Strong,
Eldad Benton,
Joseph Hatch,
Simon Stevens,
Zebulon Lyon, John Barnes, Amos Chamberlain,
Abner Seelye .*
Benjamin Whitney.
Jehiel Robbins.
* Seelye resigned his commission on the 22d of December, 1776.
Meantime the brigade comprising the counties of Cumberland, Gloucester, and Charlotte was divided. The militia of the two former counties were formed into one brigade; the militia of the latter into another. The command of the Cumberland and Gloucester brigade was given to Brigadier-General Jacob Bayley, and to Brigade Major Simon Stevens, on the 1st of August, 1776.
The militia of Cumberland county were subsequently divided by the Legislature of New York into the northern regiment and the southern regiment. The officers of the southern regiment, who received their commissions from the Council of Appointment of that state, on the 18th of August, 1778, were as follows :-
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MILITARY LIST.
SOUTHERN REGIMENT.
Colonel.
Lieut .- Colonel.
Major.
Adjutant.
Quartermaster.
Eleazer Patterson John Sergeant
Elkanah Day
Henry Sherburne Richard Prouty
The companies which were established in this regiment are named in the annexed list :-
COMPANIES IN THE SOUTHERN REGIMENT.
Towns.
Captains.
First Lieutenants.
Second Lieuts.
Ensigns.
Hinsdale
Reuben Field
Guilford
Asa Rice
Halifax
John Pannel
Brattleborough
Timothy Church
Jonathan Church
Weightstill Orvis Micah Rice Joseph Stewart Jr. Samuel Root Shepard Gates Nathaniel Lord Benj. Whitney Ashur Evans*
Those officers designated by a *, were appointed on the 24th of October, 1778. That officer designated by a +, was appointed on the 19th of October, 1779. The remainder were appointed on the 18th of August, 1778. On the 19th of October, 1779, James Clay Jr., and Daniel Cushing exchanged places in the Putney Company.
The companies which were formed in the northern regiment were these :---
COMPANIES IN THE NORTHERN REGIMENT.
Towns.
Captains.
First Lieutenants.
Second Lieuts.
Ensigns.
Weathersfield Springfield
Eliphalet Spafford Oliver Kidder John Bisbee Abner Bisbee
Joseph Douglass Taylor Spencer
The officers of the Weathersfield Company were appointed on the 24th of October, 1778. Those of the Springfield company on the 20th of October, 1779.
On the 5th of June and the 24th of July, 1782, the following persons were chosen officers of the
SOUTHERN REGIMENT,
Lt .- Col.Comm'd't.
First Major.
Second Major.
Adjutant.
Quartermaster.
Timothy Church
William Shattuck
Henry Evans
Joel Bigelow
Elisha Pierce
On the 24th of July, 1782, the following officers were chosen to the command of the
COMPANIES IN THE SOUTHERN REGIMENT.
Towns.
Captains.
First Lieutenants.
Second Lieuts.
Ensigns.
Brattleborough: South Comp'y
Artemas How North Comp'y Richard Prouty Guilford :
Reuben Church John Alexander
Isaac Crosby Francis Prouty
Rutherford Hays Jonat'n Alexander
First Comp'y
Second Comp.
Joseph Peck Daniel Ashcraft Third Comp'y Joseph Elliott
Halifax · . Thomas Baker
William White Jas. Walsworth Jr. Elisha Root Isaac Orr
Israel Bullock Benoni Cutbeth Isaac Weld Daniel Donaldson
Joshua Nurse Samuel Stafford Simeon Ferrel David Lamb
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Putney
Lucas Wilsont
Westminster
Michael Gilson .
Rockingham
.
Moses Wright*
Timothy Root Pelatiah Fitch Jr. James Blakslee Daniel Kathan Daniel Cushing Michael Gilson Isaac Reed*
James Clay Jr. Ephraim Ranney
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Fulham
Josiah Allen
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Abenaqui, or Abenaquis Indians, 20, 585. Abenaquies of Bekancour, 66.
Adultery, punishment of, 575.
Aix la Chapelle, peace of, 53, 61.
Albany, 318; treaty at, 63; county town for the New Hampshire Grants, 136; design of the British to take, 303.
Albany county, 275, 291, 309, 376; includes the New Hampshire Grants, 129, 131, 634, 763, 765; attempts to divide, 132-135; its unli- mited extent, 136; fairs in, 193; disturbances in, 237; exposed to attack, 264; orders to the militia of, 336; act relating to, 523.
Algerine Captive, 713, 714; extract from, 715- 713.
Algonkins, 66.
Andover, 177; when chartered and settled, 121 -123.
Arlington, 488; consultation at, 338; report concerning, 481 ; Council meet at, 493, 596. Arrest of a dead body, 584.
Arson, 574.
Assistant, 575. 576, 577 ; office of an, 572.
Athens, an alarm at. 396, 397, 398, 411.
Attorney-at-law, oath required of an, 581.
Bainbridge, granted to the sufferers by Ver- mont, 546, 547.
Ballot-box, protection of, 569, 571, 572.
Barnard. incursion at, 382; fort at, 383; rioters from, 548. See Bernard.
Barney Island, 60.
Bear story, 733, 734.
Bellows Falls, fishing at, 101 ; Indian sculptures at, 587-592.
Bennington, 225, 481, 499, 513, 531, 551, 558, 568, 631, 703; when chartered, 93; "mob," 237, 240, 607; quarrels incited by the people of, 239, 243; battle of, 303, 304, 441, 453, 567, 641, 729; first session of the court at, 326; troops collect at, 440; jail at, 478, 488, 495, 498, 506, 526; letters written at, 490, 495, 496; troops from, 519; convention at, 562, 563.
Bennington county, 3, 434; order to the militia of, 339 ; subdivision of, 403; troops assemble from, 440; sheriff of, 496.
Berkshire county, assistance from, 354.
Bernard, when chartered, 107. Same as Bar- nard.
Bernardston. death of a citizen of, 528-531. Bestiality, 574.
Bethel, incursion at, 382; fort at, 382, 383, 384; an attack anticipated at, 411.
Blasphemy, 574.
Boston, restraint on the people of, 215; inci- dents connected with the siege of, 610-625. Block-houses, how built, 26.
Bradford, when chartered, 123, 124; early set- tlement at, 139, 140.
Branding, 341, 346, 574, 575, 576.
Brattleborough, 349, 361, 375, 376, 397, 421, 427, 432, 438, 505, 674, 701, 702, 704, 718; when chartered, 104, 105, 106; grants in, 141; road to Chester from, 177; road through, 194; county committee meet at, 278, 294-297, 750; friendly to New York, 291, 292, 293: committee of, 295, 322, 359, 461, 471 ; meeting of those friendly to New York, at, 309, 311 -314, 320, 335, 340, 359, 370, 373, 506, 507 ; town meeting at, 310, 319, 419; sentiments prevalent in, 325, 423, 756; arrests in, 339, 488, 722 ; representation from, 416, 417, 538 ; convention at, 420; militia of, 436, 453, 475, 772, 773 ; commotion at, 440, 444, 415, 452, 516; quarters of Vermont officers at, 510; attack on the iun at, 511; Vermont troops assemble at, 514, 515; pardon of citizens of, 536; Indian inscriptions at, 589-591; epi- taphs at, 711, 725; census of, 745.
Bribery denounced, 571, 572.
Bridgman's Fort, 26; incursion near, 36; burned by the Indians, 39; disastrous affair at, 74- 77.
British in Canada, negotiations with, 380, 381, 408, 412-414, 416, 419, 421, 422, 461, 464, 479, 485, 503, 568, 720, 721.
Brookliue, incident at, 396-399.
Bunker Hill, 641.
Burglary, punishment of, 575, 576.
Burial, a strange, 583, 584.
Burk's Garrison, 67.
Burning of Royalton, 383-395.
Burying-ground at Westminster, 214, 215.
Caledonia county, 6. Cape Breton war, 28, 60, 68, 94.
Capital offences, 574, 576.
Cattle, seizure and sale of, 356-358.
Caucus, call for a, 599.
Caughnawaga, Indians at, 23, 24, 673, 737; cap- tives at, 391.
Cavendish, when chartered, 120; incidents connected with the settlement of, 121; mili- tia of, 771.
Charlestown, origin of the name of, 38; fort at, 67, 68; forces at, 81 ; incidents at, 83, 91, 92; attack on, 85, 86, 87, 88; meeting at, 401 402. See Number Four.
Charlotte county, 237, 265, 275, 282, 284, 285, 290, 291, 292, 299, 300, 305, 309, 355, 376; mi- litia of, 249, 250, 251, 255, 256, 266, 770, 771, 772; advice to, 252; exposed to attack, 264; act relating to, 523; division of, 554, 555.
Chenango county, 546, 547.
Cheshire county, 401, 402, 754.
Chester, 328. 638, 639, 651 ; when chartered, 109, 634; selected as a county town, 187, 142; at-
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
tempt to overawe the court at, 164-166; threats to pull down the jail at, 172; descrip- tion of the jail at, 173-182; removal of county buildings from, 183, 184; patriotic meetings at, 197, 198, 204, 206, 279; friendly to a new state, 269; town meetings at, 288, 635, 653; the committee of, 656; consus of, 745; representative from, 754; militia of, 771.
Chimney Point, the first settlement in Ver- mont west of the Green mountains, 24.
Choir, description of a, 218.
Christianize the Indians, efforts to, 17, 18, 23.
Civil officers, list of, 762-770
Clapp's Hill, 61.
Clarenceville, 704, 706.
Clinton county, 555.
Clinton township, grants in, 544-547, 757- 760.
Coghran's Fort, 33. Colden county proposed, 132, 133.
Columbia college, 140.
Confiscation, 327, 328.
Congregationalists, divisions among, 211.
Congress, resolves of. 298, 313, 350, 352, 355, 364, 365, 370, 375, 377, 400, 418, 422, 464, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 485, 486, 492, 496, 503, 542, 555, 623, 658, 659, 686, 688, 693; temporizing conduet of, 335, 337, 369, 539; appeal to, 338, 349, 360, 466, 535; report to, 358, 359, 623; aetion of, de- nounced. 363; attempts to obtain an opinion from, 367, 458, 522, 523, 525; interview with, 381, 676; remonstrance against the conduet of, 382; the position of, 436, 437, 451 ; letter to, 457 ; argument before a committee of, 463, 685; sentiments towards, 478; aet ad- mitting Vermont into the Union, 563, 564; aet of, 596; petition to, 622, 623, 661; secret session of, 722, 723.
Connecticut, influence of the laws of, on Ver- mont legislation, 573, 574, 579 ; lands assigned to, 735, 736.
Conspiracies, acts for the punishment of, 432, 433, 573.
Constitution of Vermont, 308, 320, 328, 329; its adoption, 297, 566-568; epitome of, 569 -572; revised, 702, 703.
Contrast, the first American play, 711, 712.
Coos, intended settlement at, 62; meaning of, 585; county of, 586, 587.
Coosucks, an Indian tribe, 586.
Cornish, noted for its white pines, 146.
Corporal punishment, 341, 346, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 627; infliction of, 582, 583.
Councillor, 504, 526, 572, 581, 642.
Council of Appointment, 321, 322, 323, 422, 428, 430, 432, 435, 678, 693, 772.
Couneil of Censors, 582, 662.
Counterfeiting, punishment of, 576.
Court-house, 291, 294, 299, 354; permission to build one at Chester, 173; description of one built by Thomas Chandler, 176, 177 ; deserip- tion of one at Westminster, 184-186; fight and occurrences in that at Westminster, 219 -236; at Windsor, 534.
Court-house Hill, 185.
Court party, 216, 232, 636.
Courts of justice established, 137, 160, 161, 182, 183, 195, 196, 571.
Creed prescribed, 570.
Cromwell's Ironsides, 593; troops, 594.
Cross of fire, 223.
Crown Point, road to, 268; prisoners taken at, 667.
Cumberland county, 185, 299, 363, 419, 493 ; origin of name of, 1; boundaries of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 195, 554; eharter of, disallowed, 2, 141; when erccted, 136, 634, 680; provisions of the aet of incorporation of, 187; charter granted by the King to, 142, 173, 635 ; records of, 143, 647; territory north of, 159, 160; petitions
of inhabitants of, 169, 170, 175, 176, 181, 182, 191, 809, 605 ; census of, 187, 745; represen- tatives in the New York Assembly from, 188, 861, 367; laws relative to, 136-139, 189 -196, 528; friendly to the cause of the colo- nies, 200, 203, 204, 215, 216, 242; appropria- tions for, 238, 609; meeting of committee of, 243; congress of, 245; delegates in the New York Provincial Congress from, 246, 250, 254, 258, 263; condition of, 247, 282, 370, 371; means to defend, 248, 300-302; power to de- legates from, 249, 258-260; militia of, 249, 251, 256, 266, 267, 275, 305, 315, 356, 357, 358, 372, 373, 377-379, 428, 729, 757; convention of, 250, 267, 268, 401 ; advice to, 252, 253; loan to, 255; committee of safety of, 257, 262, 277, 278, 304, 305, 306, 641; supplies to, 262, 263, 264; rangers for, 265, 286-289, 300; discus- sions relative to, 270, 294-297; report con- eerning, 271-274; disaffection in, 283-285, 346-349; measures for the welfare of, 289- 294; memorials concerning, 306, 307, 461, 462; letters to the inhabitants of, 312-314, 458; reconstructed, 315; justice in, 317, 318; appeal to Congress in behalf of, 324; views of the citizens of, 325, 755, 756; enlarged, 326; estates in, confiscated, 328; militia ordered to, 339 ; preparations to maintain the rights of New York in, 351; agent from, 353, 381; letters from committees of, 373, 374, 376; plan of new jurisdiction in, 400-402; subdivision of, 403, 404; officers appointed in, 430, 431, 595, 604, 634, 635, 638, 639, 644, 647, 677, 678, 684, 691, 693, 695, 706, 719, 725, 762-773; report concerning citizens of, 542, 543; lands granted to citizens of, 544-547, 757-760; proceedings in, 720; division of, into districts, 743, 744; statement of the judges of, 746, 747.
Cumberland, town of, census of, 745.
Cursing, punishment of, 577.
Darthmouth college, 325, 389, 598, 602, 676 Dawes place, 627.
Deerfield, first attack on, 8; second attack on, 10, 591, 669 ; fate of inhabitants of, 11; third attack on, 12; defenee at, 67, 68. Defamation, trial for, 331, 410, 411.
Defiance, Fort, at Barnard, 383.
Dighton Rock, 588, 589.
Dorset convention, 229, 254, 268, 269, 282, 283, 754.
Draper, when chartered, 99; road through, 194; sentiments in, 325, 756. See Wilmington.
Dresden, 325, 389.
Drunkenness, punishment of, 579.
Dummer, Fort, 15. 42, 50, 52, 53, 54, 60, 61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 70, 74, 78, 87, 91, 93, 227, 248, 300, 307, 726, 727, 740 ; plan of, 16; supplies at, 17, 26; garrisoned by friendly Indians, 18; attacked, 18; fate of a seouting party from, 19; used as a truck-house. 20, 21, 671; garri- son at increased, 23; treaty at, 24, 672, 736- 738; defences of, strengthened, 27; deserted by the Indians, 28; dispute as to what go- vernment should maintain it, 29-32, 79, 80; well-located, 33, 34; importance of, 37, 39; repaired, 40; encounters near, 43, 45, 47, 48; sermon at, 49; troubles at, 81, 82; first set- tlement in the state of Vermont at, 104. Dummer meadows, 16.
Dummerston, 228, 231; circumstances con- neeted with the settlement of, 105-109; ex- traets from the records of, 200-203, 231, 750 ; patriotism of, 200; revolutionary measures at, 201-203, 205, 215, 220; patriotie meeting at, 204, 206; rage of the people of. 224; mani- festo from, 251, 252; drafts in, 373; remon- strance from, 410; the edge of, 445; militia of, 516; levies from, 531; occurrence at, 584. See Fulham.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Dummerstonian, a fiery, 720. Dutchess county, 249; act relative to, 193. Dutch Hoosac, attack on, 66.
Duyckincks' Cyclopædia of American Litera- ture, extract from, 711-714.
Ear, punishment of cutting off the, 346, 575, 576.
Eastern Union, 325, 402, 403, 404, 415, 418, 419, 466.
Education, provision for, 570.
Elizabeth, brigantine, 613; laden with the pro- perty of Boston citizens, 614-617; captured, 618, 619, 621 ; libel against, 622; not forfeited, 623.
England, laws of, 582; church of, 743.
Epitaph, on Jemima Tute, 76; on Caleb How, 77; on William French, 215; on Jonathan Tute, 706, 707; on Amos Tute, 707; on Royall Tyler, 711 ; on Samuel Wells, 725; on John Kilburn, 742.
Equivalent lands, 13, 14, 15, 58 ; description of, 105-108, 735, 736.
Essex county, 6.
Eulogy on Washington, 663-665.
Fair captive, account of the, 75, 76, 706, 707.
Fairlee, 32S; when chartered, 119, 120; grants in, 141.
Fairs. law establishing, 192, 193.
Fall Town Gore, 102.
Falmouth, treaty at, 54, 61.
False witness, 574.
Fane, when chartered, 99. See Newfane.
Faneuil Hall, 708.
Farmer's Weekly Museum, a newspaper, 712, 713, 714; extract from, 662, 665.
Farnham, 649; grant in, 704. Flamstead, when chartered, 109. See Chester.
Forfeiture, 574, 576, 577, 578. 579.
Forgery. punishment for, 576, 577.
Fortified houses, how built, 54.
Freedom and Unity, the motto of Vermont, 565.
French war, 81-93, 215, 730.
Fresh river, same as the Connecticut, 128. Friends of Liberty, 242.
Fulham, 109, 361; name how spelled, 106, 108; grants in, 141 ; sentiments in, 325, 756; com- mittee of, 335, 359; troubles at, 336; census of, 745; militia of, 772, 773. See Dummerston.
Gallows, sitting on the, 574. Gaming, punishment of, 577. Garrison life, 55-58.
Gentleman, the title of, 257, 736.
Gloucester county, 4, 245, 376, 400; boundaries of, 5, 6, 554, 555; petition for the establish- ment of, 159; formed, 160, 161; petitions of citizens of, 169, 170, 191 ; census of, 187, 188, 745; laws relative to, 189, 190, 523, 544, 545 ; meeting of committee of, 243; delegate to represent, 247; militia of, 249, 250, 251, 255, 256, 266, 275, 305, 423; advice to, 252; sup- plies for, 263, 264; rangers of, 265, 273, 274, 286-289, 299, 300; convention of, 267, 268, 401, 402; condition of, 282, 284, 285; com- missioners for, 289; measures for the welfare of, 290-292, 309; disallowed, 315; civil and military officers in, 768-773.
Goldenstown, 101. See Rockingham. Goodrich's Garrison, 67.
Governor monntain, 111. Governor's rights, 140; meadow, 627.
Grafton connty, 401, 402.
Grafton, town of, when chartered, 111, 112, 411.
Grants, the abbreviation of New Hampshire Grants, 145, 159, 162, 169, 170, 187, 269, 277,
282, 285, 294, 306, 310, 312, 313, 315, 320, 321, 327, 335, 338, 351, 361, 364, 370, 371, 374, 875, 376, 381, 399, 401, 402, 407, 412, 416, 418, 420, 422, 436, 437, 457, 462, 464, 465, 466, 467, 469, 471, 547, 606, 633, 634, 640, 650, 653, 674, 678, 680, 681, 691, 727.
Great Britain, hatred to, 196.
Great Falls, Indian inscriptions at, 588- 591 ; notice of, 670, 671, 674, 752. See Bellows Falls.
Great Gun, 27, 47, 48, 78.
Great Meadow, 13, 14, 80, 34, 671; settlement on, 27 ; garrison at, attacked, 35, 36 ; descrip- tion of fort at, 69 ; appearance of, 70 ; fort at, turned into a dwelling, 92, 93.
Great river, 736. Same as Connecticut river. Green Mountain Boys, 226, 284, 337, 338, 339, 353, 363, 497, 567, 654, 729; corps, 462.
Guildhall, when chartercd, 120.
Guilford, 311, 361, 421, 427, 432, 438, 510, 597, 674, 684, 704; when chartered, 110, 111; grants in, 141, 171, 172 ; militia of, 224, 227, 436, 450, 753, 772, 773; committee of, 295, 317, 322, 335, 359, 461, 471, 478 ; sentiments in, 325, 423, 500, 501, 755; tax levied on citizens of, 336 ; election at, 368; drafts in, 373; in- cident at, 378; address from, 415; represen- tation from, 416, 417, 538; town meeting at, 420, 424, 532 ; a republic, 423; loyal to New York, 424-426, 435, 450, 480,487; proceedings at, 444, 445, 475, 476, 477, 482, 505, 507, 520 ; rebellion at, 446; sympathy for, 451 ; foray at, 452, 453, 455; liberality of the people of, 490; letter to the citizens of, 509 ; fight at, 516-519; troops stationed at, 521, 527; Daniel Spicer killed at, 528-531; pardon of citizens of, 536; census of, 745.
Guilfordites, 419, 425, 531; their patriotism, 243; their attachment to New York, 368; their fear, 444; Allen's proclamation to them, 445; their arrest, 508, 509.
Halifax, 361, 421, 427, 432, 719; when char- tered, 96, 97; friendly to New York, 269, 310; disturbance at, 316, 444, 44S, 511; sen- timents in, 325, 423, 755; committee of, 359, 461, 471 ; drafts in, 373 ; alarm at, 397; town meeting at, 420; militia of, 436; submission of the citizens of, 503; troops at, 514, 517; census of, 745; militia of, 772, 773.
Hardwick, 698.
Hartford, 411, 486; when chartered, 112; grants in, 141; favors a separation from New York, 276; census of, 745; militia of, 771.
Hartland, 698, 699; when chartered, 114, 115; rioters from, 548; fight at, 549, 550.
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