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Nanfan, Captain John, Lieutenant-Governor of New York, 1004, 1022 I., 1033.
-, -,-, his commission, 1133.

Nanjemy parish (Maryland), 864 I.

Nanticoke Indians, 4, 864 II., 1050.

Nantucket Island, 274.

NARRAGANSETT Country or King's Province, 348, 695, 1232.
-, -, dispute of Connecticut with Rhode Island concerning, 559, 1274, 1280.
-, -, claim of Connecticut, 689.
-, -, proprietors of, petitions, etc., from, 1697:—p. 319, 636.
-, -, claim of Duchess of Hamilton to, 952, 962 I.–III., 972, 985, 986, 992, 993, 995, 1151, 1202, 1206, 1220, 1232, 1234, 1280.
-, -, Commander-in-Chief of, 1092.
-, -, Government of, 1027.
-, -, boundary of, 1027.
-, -, River (or Pawcatuck River), 1027.
-, -, Indians of, p. 377.

Nassau (ship), p. 564, 1225.

Nassau Island. See Long Island.

Naval Stores in America, 514, 515, 533.
-, -, the abundance of them, 108.
-, -, those from Massachusetts reported on, 22, 28, 604.
-, -, proposals for supplying, 121, 122 II., 500, p. 320, 1160.
-, -, those in America to be inspected, 182, 264, 297, 318, 334.
-, -, application for a Charter by subscribers in New England, 539, 1325, 136 II.
-, -, Commissioners for, in New England, 972.

Navy, the Royal. See H.M. Ships; Arundel; Bideford; Blunt; Chatham; Chester; Colchester; Comet; Crown; Deptford; Dreadnought; Dunwich; Falkland; Foresight; Fowey; Greenwich; Guernsey; Hampshire; Harwich; Hastings; Hollandia; Jersey; Lion; Lincoln; Lyme; Mary; Monk; Newcastle; Newport; Norwich; Orford; Oxford; Play; Portland; Princess Anne; Prince of Orange; Reserve; Richmond; Seaford; Seahorse; Sorlings; Southampton; Suffolk; Surloin; Swan; Swift; Virgin; Wolf.
-, -,-, officers sworn to observe new Act of Trade and Navigation, 954.
-, -,-, misconduct of officers, 377, 768.
-, -,-, the question of subjecting naval officers to Colonial Governors, p. 180.
-, -,-, the question of convoys to the West Indies, 287, p. 177, 324, 333, 336, 368, 413–415, 541, 555, 562, 565, 615, 620, 646, 679, 770, 778, 781, 787, 791, 792, 800, 801, 808, 1321, 1364.
-, -,-, West Indian convoy captured 5th March, 1697, 1089.
-, -,-, impressment by, at home, 622, 755, 758.
-, -,-, the evils of impressment in the Colonies, 48, 97, 101–103, 219, 232–234, pp. 168–169, 288, 324, 333, 460, 461, 567, 604, 639, 721, 739, p. 551.
-, -,-, powers of impressment taken from naval officers, 455.
-, -,-, causes of mortality among seamen in the West Indies, pp. 179–180.
-, -,-, power of impressment vested solely in Governors of Colonies, 944.
-, -,-, provisions for, 565.
-, -,-, the Commissioners of, 567.
-, -,-,-, letters from, 22, 28, 567 I., 834 I.
-, -,-,-, their neglect to provide for ships in the West Indies, 101, 103, 499, 859.
-, -,-,-,-, remedy for, 508, 508 I., 519.
-, -,-, squadron for, 638, 645, 659, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 931, 944, 975, 990, 996, 1049, 1080, 1122, 1201 I.–IV., 1334, 1339, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1382.
-, -,-, supply of masts for, 571.
-, -,-, supernumerary men for Jamaica, 603.
-, -,-, reliefs of North American squadron, 659.
-, -,-,-, West Indian squadron, 659.

Neale, Thomas, 497, 582, 656, 695, 1334.
-, -,-, memorials of, 505.

Nelson, Gilbert, 120 V., 553, 759 I., 1122.
-, -,-, memorial of, 1123 I.
-, -, John, 207, 219, 238, 407, 438, 830, 842, 874, 1388.
-, -,-, memorials of, 250, 252, 920, 921, 925, 1153.
-, -,-, letters, etc., to, 851, 1219, 1373, 1394.
-, -,-, deed of submission of Siganecto to, 921 II.

Nemiskie, Fort, Hudson's Bay, 593, 619.

Nesmond, Monsieur, 1395.

Nevill, Admiral, 996, 1080, 1089 I., 1124, 1144, 1148, 1176, pp. 554–556, 1201, 1237, 1255, 1289, 1317 I., II., 1318, 1410.
-, -,-, arrival of his squadron at Barbados, 931, 944, 978, 990, 1049, 1122, 1364.
-, -,-, desertion of some of his men, 975.
-, -,-, letter to, 997.

NEVIS, 1148, p. 567, 1347, 1352, 1405.
-, -, Lieutenant-Governor of. See Burt, William; Gardner, Samuel.
-, -, Council of. 859.
-, -,-, minutes of:
-, 1696:–30, 42, 63, 86, 320.
-, 1697:–682, 723.
-, -,-, list of Councillors of, 859 I.
-, -, merchants trading to memorials of, 735, 803.
-, -, Assembly of, minutes of, 87, 110, 115, 128, 216, 280, 305.
-, -, its attempt to defraud English creditors, 735.
-, -, its claim to its former independence, 682.
-, -, Council and Assembly of, minutes of, 1697:—996, 1003, 1088, 1112, 1183, 1218.
-, -, provision ships, intercepted by the French, 544.
-, -, Admiral Nevill's squadron to be entertained, 996.

Newcastle (Delaware), 729, pp. 421–422, p. 550, 1348.

Newcastle, H.M. Ship, p. 49, 132, 178, p. 96, 301, 330, 360, 380, 398, 600, 773, 944, 975, 978, 1303, 1364.

New England, 636, 1005, 1257.
-, -, Governor of. See Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont.
-, -,-, salary of, 939, 1286.
-, -, considerations put forward for advancing its trade, 172.
-, -, the commission for examining forests in, 182, 318, 334.
-, -, proposals as to its Government, 620.
-, -, proposed union with other Northern Colonies, 651, 656, 704, 800.
-, -, proposed union with New York and New Hampshire, 704, 751, 852.
-, -, laws of, 842.
-, -, Lord Arran's claim to territory in, 656.
-, -, proposal for incorporation of a company to work mines, 539, 770, 787, 793, 842, 894, 899, 904, 952, 995, 1002, 1030, 1031, 1150, 1235, 1305, 1321, 1325, 1328, 1361 I., 1362.
-, -, merchants trading to, memorial from, 1024.
-, -, and the expedition to Newfoundland, 815, 823, 852.
-, -, convoys for, 1024.
-, -, inhabitants appeal to England for help against the French, 894, 896.
-, -, stores of war for, 1004.
-, -, naval stores from, 539, 952, 1031, 1325, 1328, 1361 I.
-, -, Commissioners for examining naval stores in, 972.
-, -, imports to, from Virginia, 956 I.
-, -,-, from Maryland, 1054.
-, -, Duchess of Hamilton's claim to Narragansett, 985, 1202.

NEWFOUNDLAND, 406, 416, 471, 471 I.–III., 453, 482, 647, 797, 1098, 1279, 1388.
-, -, French attack on, 1696:—392, 393, 422, 586, 608 I., 622, 651, 654.
-, -, French attack on, 1694:—417.
-, -, danger to, from the French, 1697:—604, 609, 653, 786, 840, 842, 893, 1104, 1147, 1151, 1164, 1393.
-, -, West Country merchants, letters to, 907.
-, -, petitions and memorials of the West Country merchants respecting, 427, 428, 436, 437, 441, 442, 449, 450, 463, 479, 492, 529, 545, 558, 578, 580, 583, 594 II, 601, 603, 608 I., 614, 635, 692, 693, 705, 787, 790, 796, 839, 872 I., 945, 949, 1147.
-, -, memorial of London merchants respecting, 463, 541.
-, -, the business of, before the Council of Trade, 426, 438, 451, 453, 473, 491, 529–531, 553, 559, 565, 582, 603, 609, 620, 656.
-, -, representation to the King by the Council of Trade concerning 603, 621.
-, -, letters to the West Country merchants, 432, 553, 545, 648.
-, -, fisheries, 558.
-, -, fortifications of, 553, 583.
-, -, convoys for, 583, 589, 596, 597, 603, 679, 693, 729, 738, 739, 745, 746, 782, 784, 787, 788, 790, 796, 797, 799, 802, 806, 807, 819, 839, 867, 872 I., 888, 904, 917, 918, 930, 945, 948, 949, 951, 952, 953, 1164.
-, -, ships of war for, 621, 622, 623, 638, 645, 897.
-, -, expedition for the recapture of, 645, 648, 655, 674, 675, 692, 695, 729, 751, 754, 785, 787, 788, 800, 805, 806, 807, 874, 875, 902, 903, 904, 906, 907, 945, 948, 949, 951, 1042, 1115, 1201, 1354.
-, -, provisions, etc., for, 647, 664, 685, 686, 737, 875, 925, 1146, 1176, 1304, 1354, 1390, 1393, 1401, 1416.
-, -, hospital arrangements for, 831, 832, 833.
-, -, New England and expedition to 815, 823, 852.
-, -, protection of seamen employed in Newfoundland trade from impressment, 751, 755, 758.
-, -, proposed recapture of, by former settlers, 904, 922.
-, -, map of, 896.

Newgate (London), 1134, 1143.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 483 I., 730 I.–III., 742, 749, 842, 1030, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1095, 1274, 1280, 1287, 1421.
-, -, Governor of. See Coote, Earl of Bellomont.
-, -, Lieutenant-Governor of. See Usher, John.
-, -,-, salary of, 939, 1232.
-, -, proprietor of. See Allen, Samuel.
-, -, Assembly of, its refusal to vote money for the Government. 282, 285.
-, -, Council of, refusal of members to sign the Association, 282, 283.
-, -,-, letters from, 919, 1005.
-, -,-, minutes of, 730 II.
-, -, question of Governor's commission for, 909, 910, 911, 1093, 1287.
-, -, names of persons to serve in Admiralty Courts, 759 I., 774 I., 829, 850.
-, -, the question of its annexation to Massachusetts, 341, 652.
-, -, disturbances in, 1015, 1205, 1223.
-, -, supply of masts for the Royal Navy from, 571.
-, -, military help refused by Massachusetts, 942.
-, -, military help granted by Massachusetts, 1001, 1111, 1129.
-, -, danger from the Indians and the French of, 571, 651.
-, -, proposed union with New England and New York, 704, 770, 852.
-, -, proposed union with other Northern Colonies, 651, 704, 729, 762, 804.
-, -, Revolutionary Council of, documents from, p. 516.
-, -, piracy in, 696.
-, -, execution of Indians in, 976.
-, -, complaints of Lt.-Governor Usher. See Usher, John.

NEW JERSEY, 342, 363, p. 241, 1305.
-, -, proprietors of, 1005, 1322.
-, -,-, letters. etc., from, 606, 620, 1030, 1041, 1308, 1342, 1348, 1358, 1359.
-, -,-, letters, etc., to, 701, 960, 1030.
-, -, Governor of. See Hamilton, Andrew.
-, -, piracy in, 1203.
-, -, proposals as to its government, 620.
-, -, the question of its quota of assistance to New York, 25, 56, p. 66, 174, 228, 701.
-, -, proposed union with other Northern Colonies, 651, 691, 694, 804.
-, -, Captain-General for, 852, 910, 911, 1091.
-, -, encouragement given to settlers in, p. 420.
-, -, illegal trade in, 1187.
-, -, names of persons to serve in Admiralty Courts, 759 I., 774 I., 779.
-, -, its trade with Indians, 1288.
-, -, grievances as to trade with New York, 987, 1322, 1342, 1348, 1358, 1359, 1362, 1367, 1388, 1413.
-, And see Proprietary Colonies.

New Kent County (Virginia), 347.

Newman, H., letter from, 1219, 1373.

New Oxford (New England), 514, 533.

New Parlican, 654.

New Plymouth, 992, 993, 1023 II., 1092, 1202.

Newport, H.M. Ship, p. 132, pp. 142–143, 483 I.
-, -,-, captured by the French, 84, 422.

New Severn River (Hudson's Bay), 593.

News papers to be taken in by the Board of Trade and Plantations. 787.

Newton, Thomas, 41, 120 III., V., 165, 189, 198 I., 231, 285, 294, p. 241, 774 I, 813, 829, 850, 853.

NEW YORK. 968, 1257, 1280.
-, -, Lieutenant-Governor of See Nanfan.
-, -, Governor-of, See Fletcher, Benjamin; Coote, Richard, Earl of Bellomont.
-, -,-, salary of, 939, 940, 1199, 1232, 1286, 1288.
-, -, Council of, 536 V., VII., X., 544.
-, -,-, minutes of, 1696 :—217, 536 IX.
-, -,-, its contest with Robert Livingston, 217, 217 I., II.
-, -,-, its testimony in Governor Fletcher's favour, 217 III.
-, -,-, letters, &c., from, 1696 :—217 III., 503, 536 III., VI.
-, -, General Assembly of, 544.
-, -,-, Acts passed by, 537, 538, 842, 846, 892, 904, 952, 1005, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1059, 1271.
-, -,-, money voted by. p. 282.
-, -, elections in, 541, 543, 544.
-, -, agents for, viz., Chidley Brooke; William Nicolls; 164, 167, 204, p. 241, 565, p. 320, 625, p. 327, 740, 761, 787, 811, 822, 874, 904, 952, 1021.
-, -, -, documents from, 157 III., 194, 394, 536 X., XII., XV., 572, 632, 633, 704, 1006, 1014, 1116, 1190, 1208, 1391.
-, -,-, letters to, 521, 522, 526, 1373.
-, -,-, their voyage to England, expenses of, 957.
-, -, -, their protest against union of New York and New England, 691, 695, 763.
-, -, question of Governorship, 910, 911.
-, -, question of Governor's salary, 904.
-, -, commission of Governor, 1091, 1288.
-, -, charter to be granted to, confirming privileges of inhabitants, 1012.
-, -, names of persons to serve in Admiralty Courts, 759 I., 774 I, 779.
-, -, proposal for union with New England and New Hampshire, 704, 751, 852.
-, -, proposal for uniting with other Northern Colonies under one government, 620, 651, 667, 694, 704, 762, 800, 804.
-, -, the question of the quota of assistance to be furnished by the Colonies, 451, 659.
-, -, -, Connecticut, 14, 15, 25, 27 IV.–VII., p. 66, 117, 203, 228, 286, 521, 522, 696.
-, -, -, Maryland, 6, 14, 15, p. 30, 75 I., 80, 286, 379, 522, 856 I., p. 502, 1055, 1126 V., p. 550, 1178 VIII., 1296, 1390.
-, -, -, Massachusetts, 286, 604, 1023 II.
-, -, -, New Jersey, 25, 56, p. 66, 174, 228, 286, 522, 701.
-, -, -, Pennsylvania, 14, 15, 25, 27 X., XI., 168, 228, 286, 522, 695, 697.
-, -, -, Rhode Island, 14, 15, 25, 27 VIII., IX., 286, p. 266, 700.
-, -, -, Virginia, 3, 6, 14, 15, 57, 286, 522, 660, 966, 967, 1295.
-, -, its dealings with the Five Nations, 13, 14, 572, 1004, 1008, 1009, 1073, 1074, p. 518, 1274, 1276, 1288.
-, -, recommendation of the Council of Trade as to the quota, 286.
-, -, boundary dispute with Connecticut, pp. 519–520, 1329, 1335.
-, -, traffic of the city with pirates, p. 262, 659, 1098, 1203, 1225.
-, -, pirates fitted out from, 604.
-, -, press in. 1288.
-, -, liberty of conscience in, 1288.
-, -, engineer sent to, 659, 724, 1272, 1277.
-, -, stores of war for, 288, 394, 401, 404, 659, 1022 I., 1272, 1274, 1275, 1277.
-, -, the King's companies of foot in, 6, 12, 13, p. 6, 25, 88, 337, 338, 394, 536 I.–XVI., 625–634, 659, 895, 1004, 1008, 1022 I., 1033, 1059, 1073, 1075, 1098, 1144, 1177, 1185, 1387.
-, -,-, recruited by short service, p. 6, 338.
-, -,-, mutiny among, 26, 27 I.–III.
-, -,-, complaints by officers of, 422, 429, 1075, 1283 I., 1285, 1297.
-, -, imports to, from Virginia, 956 I.
-, -, trade rivalry with Boston, 691.
-, -, Indians to be sent to, from England, 924, 968, 972, 1005, 1014, 1321, 1323, 1336, 1337, 1351, 1362.
-, -, grievances of New Jersey with, regarding trade, 987, 1308, 1322, 1342, 1348, 1358, 1359, 1362, 1367, 1388.
-, -, transportation of criminals to, 1190.

Nicholls, John, letter signed by, 707, 761, 1399.

Nicholls, Thomas, 1047.
-, -, -, letters etc., signed by, 1249.

Nicholson, Francis, Governor of Maryland, 14, 15, 171, p. 90, 253, 262, 339, 354, p. 241, 495, 772, 856, 857, 864 III., p. 457, 973, 1090, 1232, 1251, 1262, 1290, 1292, p. 644, pp 661–662, pp. 664–665.
-, -,-, letters, etc., from :
-, 1696 :—p. 3, 33, 34, 91, 379.
-, 1697 :—798, 856 I., 864 I., 880, 998, 1078, 1126, 1127, 1178, 1178 III., 1179, 1220, 1253, 1278, 1289, 1302, 1362, 1363 I., II., 1372, 1378, 1385.
-, -,-, letters signed by, 956 II.
-, -,-, accounts of his administration in Maryland, 862.
-, -,-, letters to:
-, 1696:—6, p. 3, 261, 312, 550.
-, 1697:—656, 658, 677, 798 I., 959, 1253, 1262, 1285, 1296, 1306, 1313.

Nicoll, 800.

Nicolls, Captain, pp. 118–119.
-, -, William, agent for New York, 13, 15, 25, 88, p. 81, 162, 167, 204, 225, 226, 228, 238, p. 148, pp. 151–152, 385, 544, 595, 751, 787, 916, 924, 972, 1005, 1288, 1321, 1323, 1329, 1387.
-, -,-, documents from, 157 III., 194, 394, 952.
-, -,-, documents signed by, 572, 691, 1006, 1190, 1208, 1391.

Noddles Island, 1219.

Norcott, his regiment, pp. 277–536 XIV., p. 328.

Norris, Commodore, p. 523.

Northampton County (Virginia), 315.

Northcott. See Norcott.

Northern Neck (Virginia), p. 660.

Northumberland County (Virginia), 306.

Norton, Captain James, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1253.
-, -,-, memorial of, 1231 I., 1232.
-, -, Joseph, 759 I.

Norwich, H.M.S., 927, 1089, 1182I., 1405, 1418.

NOVA SCOTIA, and see Acadia; p. 132, 250, p. 232, p. 255, 851, 874, 1388, 1394.
-, -, British claim to, 920, 921, 925, 947, 952, 1023 II.
-, -, included in Government of Massachusetts, 920, 1092.
-, -, fortifications for, 1024 II.