N.

Narciss, Father, priest, 395.

Narragansett, county, timber in, 892 i.

Narvaez, Pamphilio, 291 i.

Naval Stores (iron, tar, timber, pitch, hemp, masts, rum etc.) in the Plantations, 118, 504, 513 ii; and see under Separate Colonies.
-, -, production of, 60, 72, 94, 285.
-, -, quality of, 50 i.
-, -, encouragement of, proposed, 234 i, 504.
-, -, Act giving bounty on, 94.
-, -,-, ending bounty on, 94.
-, -,-, giving further encouragement for the importation of Naval Stores, etc., 118, 118 i.
-, -, Bill for encouraging the importation of, from America, 651.
-, -,-, referred 100.
-, -,-,passed, 755.
-, -, rum, supply of, complaint concerning, 179.
-, -,-, Contractors for supply of, 327, 327 i–v.
-, -,-, duty on, 338, 348, 350, 353.
-, -, prices of, return of, requested, 107.
-, -,-, account of, by Navy Board, 114, 114 i.
-, -, imported into Jamaica, exemption of, from duties, recommended, 375 i.
-, -, masts, difficulty of procuring, 444 i.
-, -, export of, 547 iii.
-, -, imported, account of, requested, 588.
-, -, duties upon, 675.

Navy, H.M.; and see Jamaica, Lynches Island; Naval Stores.
-, -, Surveyor of. See Ackworth, Sir J.
-, -, sailors, entertainment of, at Virginia, forbidden, 261 ii.
-, -, Commissioners for Victualling, letter to, 338, 350, 353 i.
-, -,-, letter from, 348, 353, 444 ii.
-, -,-, contract with, for masts, 894 i.
-, -, H.M. Ships. See Alborough, Berwick, Bideford, Bredah, Deal Castle, Dolphin, Dunkirk, Experiment, Fox, Guardland, Happy, Kinsale, Lark, Leopard, Ludlow Castle, Lyon, Oxford, Plymouth, Rose, Solebay, Squirrel, Success, William Augustus.

Needham, Nedham, William, Councillor, Jamaica, proposed, 369, 392, 744, 972.

Negroes. See Antigua, Barbados, Carolina, S., Jamaica, Massachusetts, Montserrat, Nevis, New Hampshire, St. Augustine, St. Christopher, St. Vincent, Virginia, Marie Galante.

Neily, Charles, M., document signed by, 1035 i.

Nevis; and see Leeward I.
-, -, Accounts, Public, 159.
-, -, Act, 1727, for raising a poll–tax on negroes and other slaves etc., referred, 10.
-, -,-, 1728, for raising a poll-tax on negroes etc., 494.
-, -,-,-, referred, 597.
-, -, -, for providing a house and settling £500 per annum on H.E. and laying a tax on sugar etc., 494.
-, -,-,-, referred, 597.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 612.
-, -,-,-, report on, 636, 680 ii.
-, -,-,-,-, referred, 680.
-, -,-,-,petition of merchants against, 680 iii.
-, -,-,-,-, referred, 680.
-, -,-,-, disallowed, 783, 877.
-, -, Assembly, Minutes of, 494.
-, -, Council, Minutes of, 494.
-, -, Councillors. See Butler, T.: Smith, D.; Burt, P.
-, -, Governor. See Stewart, T.
-, -, Negroes imported, 159.
-, -, Proclamation of King George II, 159.
-, -, St. Paul_s parish, christenings and burials in, 159.
-, -,-, Minister of. See Robertson, R.
-, -, shipping returns (1720–1729), 1060.
-, -, trade of, 24.
-, -, Treasurer. See Bridgwater, E.

Newan. See Newman.

Newcastle, Duke of. See Pelham, Holles.

Newell, Richard, Mayor of Barnstaple, document signed by, 487.

New England; and see Massachusetts Bay; New Hampshire.
-, -, affairs of, report upon, 514.
-, -, Assembly, undutiful behaviour of, 576.
-, -, Boston Gazette, copy of, 1042 v.
-, -, claims in, 932, 1051.
-, -, clergy in, 929.
-, -, Council and Assembly, Minutes of, 975.
-, -, fishermen, complaint against, 395.
-, -, Indians, 25, 628 i.
-, -, Irish in, 25, 589, 628 i, 710, 929.
-, -,-, and Palatine families, settlement by, proposed, 628 i, 630.
-, -, ships, loss of, 277.
-, -, Speaker. See Oakes, U.
-, -, stores of war, account of, 975.
-, -, townships, method of erecting, 985.
-, -, Weekly Journal, copy of, 649 i.
-, -, woods, masts and timber, 50, 108, 516, 517, 553, 564 ii, 638, 738,856 i–iii, 894, 930.

Newfoundland, Act (William III) to encourage the trade to, 155, 527 i, 595, 708 i.
-, -, administration of, 666.
-, -,-, at St. John_s, 883.
-, -, clergymen for, 527 i, 666, 726.
-, -, constables, appointed, 939, 940 iii.
-, -, convoy, Commodore of, Heads of Enquiry for, 173.
-, -, crime and disorders in, 411, 423 i, 436, 527 i, 697 i, 708 i, 939.
-, -, emigration from, to Nova Scotia, 319 iii, 527 i.
-, -, fishery, 436, 527 i, 731, 833, 940 i.
-, -,-, encouragement of, 461.
-, -,-, illegal, 595.
-, -,-, scheme of, 940 ii.
-, -, fishing Admirals, complaint against, 437.
-, -,-, conduct of, 423 i, 437, 437 i, ii, 527 i, 697 i.
-, -, order to, 437 i (a, b), ii.
-, -,-, letter to, (437 a, b).
-, -, French ships fishing at, 928, 940 i.
-, -, Gaspey, French settlement near, 870.
-, -, Governor. See Osborne, H.
-, -, harbours, Admirals of, negligence of, 940, 940 i.
-, -, Indians in, 928, 940 i.
-, -,-, outrages by, 315.
-, -, inhabitants, grievances of, 437, 437 i, ii.
-, -, Irish in, disorders by, 939–940 i.
-, -, Justice, administration of, 708, 708 i, 939, 939 i.
-, -, Justices of the Peace, appointment of, 939, 939 i, ii, 940 iii.
-, -, maps of, 708 ii.
-, -, oil from, duty on, 720.
-, -, Placentia, defence of, 708.
-, -,-, fishery, 97, 143, 155, 423 i, 440, 708 ii.
-, -,-,-, encouragement of, 461.
-, -,-, state of, 527 i.
-, -,-, Fort Frederick, stores in, 959 viii.
-, -,-, fortifications, 527 i.
-, -,-, French at, treatment of, 97.
-, -,-, garrison, 319 iii, 681, 708 ii, 725.
-, -,-,-, conduct of, 527 i, 666.
-, -,-, Government, separation of, from Nova Scotia, 681, 708.
-, -,-, Governor. See Osborne, H.; Philipps, R.
-, -,-, Lt. Governor. See Gledhill, S.
-, -,-, traders with, petition of, 1016.
-, -, prisons, need of, 939.
-, -,-, proposed, specification of, 959 vi.
-, -, trade of, encouragement of, 461.
-, -,-, with Ireland, 487.
-, -, woods, spoil of, 527 i.

New Hampshire; and see New England.
-, -, Act for limiting duration of Assemblies to three years etc., 180.
-, -,-, for calling and electing Assembly men and their qualifications, referred, 746.
-, -,-, for regulating the assize of shingles, referred, 746.
-, -,-, for creating paper money, assent to, refused, 755.
-, -,-, for establishing the proportion of several towns to be paid in the province tax for 1728, referred, 746.
-, -,-, to repeal an additional act to the act for punishing criminal offenders, and repealing act prohibiting trade with Eastern Indians, referred, 746.
-, -,-, Triennial, passing of, solicited, 98.
-, -, Acts, referred, 56.
-, -, Assembly, proceedings of, 303.
-, -,-, Speaker of. See Wiggan, A.
-, -, boundary of, 898.
-, -, Councillors, list of, 93 i.
-, -,-, persons recommended for, list of, 93 i.
-, -,-, See Sherburn, H.; Penhallow, James, John and Samuel.
-, -, fort, William and Mary, stores, 59, 975 i, ii.
-, -,-, at Pemaquid, 975.
-, -, Governor. See Burnet, W.; Belcher, J.; Shute, S.
-, -, Indians in, 975.
-, -, Lt. Governor. See Wentworth, J.
-, -, Negroes, imported, free of tax, 59.
-, -, seals, 274, 361 i, 400, 747, 748.
-, -, Secretary. See Atkinson, T.
-, -, trade of, 71.
-, -, woods, 59, 71, 267, 286, 303, 444 iii, 483, 517, 564 ii, 6701, i, ii, 755, 1018, 1045.

New Jersey, Act for appropriating a part of the interest money etc. to the incidental changes of the Government etc., objections to, 468.
-, -,-,-, representation concerning, 860.
-, -,-,-, disallowance of, 817.
-, -,-, 1698, declaring the rights and privileges of the subject etc., 307 v.
-, -,-, 1717, for running the division line between the Eastern and Western divisions, caveat against, 488.
-, -,-,-, confirmation of, 505, 727.
-, -,-, Quakers, 495, 669.
-, -,-, for Triennial Assemblies. 495, 669.
-, -,-,-, disallowed, 817.
-, -,-, 1714, for confirming of conveyances of land made by wills etc., referred, 624.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 650.
-, -,-, 1713, for shortening lawsuits and regulating the practice of the law, disallowed, 1721, reenacted, 1727, 465.
-, -,-,-, referred, 758.
-, -,-, 1713, acknowledging and recording deeds and conveyances of land, disallowed, 1721, reenacted, 1727, 465.
-, -,-,-, referred, 758.
-, -,-, 1728, for shortening of lawsuits and regulating the practice of the law, referred, 758.
-, -,-, concerning the acknowledging and registering of deeds and conveyances of land etc., referred, 758.
-, -,-, prescribing the forms of _declaration etc., _to lie by,_ 817.
-, -, Acts, passed, 188, 307, 356.
-, -,-, (12), referred, 458.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 613.
-, -, Address from, 30.
-, -, Agent for. See Partridge, R.
-, -, Assembly, Quakers in, schemes of, 669.
-, -,-, Addresses of, to the Crown, 817.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Hooper, R. L.
-, -, Council, Minutes of, 356.
-, -,Governor. See Burnet, W.; Montgomery, J.
-, -,-, resident, petition for, 537.
-, -, Perth Amboy, traders, certificate signed by, 307 i.
-, -,-, mayor of. See Parker, J.
-, -, Proclamation money, value of, 307 i.
-, -, seals, new, 274, 361 i, 400.
-, -, Secretary. See Smith, J.
-, -, Sinking Fund, 307.
-, -, Supreme Court, Western Division, Address of, to the King, 295 i.
-, -, woods, preservation of, 156 i.
-, Newman, Newan, Agent for New Hampshire, 59, 975.
-, -,-, petition of, 98.
-, -,-, letter from, 217.

Newton, H. C, Collector, Annapolis Royal, complaint against, 789.
-, -,-, correspondence of, 789 iii.

New York, Act for the easier partition of lands etc., 947.
-, -,-, repeal of, 48, 295.
-, -,-, need for, 495.
-, -,-, report on, 757.
-, -,-, for preventing prosecutions by informations, report on, 236.
-, -,-,-, referred, 313.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 357.
-, -,-,-, repeal of, 415, 451.
-, -,-, for frequent calling Assemblies, dropped, 495.
-, -,-, copy of, 495 v.
-, -,-, to revive an act to prevent desertion from H.M. forces etc., 890.
-, -,-, continuing the currency of bills of credit struck in 1720 etc., 890.
-, -,-, continuing the act to farm the excise etc., 890.
-, -,-, continuing the act to empower the Justices living in Schenectady to regulate the streets and prevent accidents by fire, 890.
-, -,-, for laying out, regulating etc., public highways in Suffolk, Ulster and Albany counties, 890.
-, -,-, ascertaining the allowances of Representatives in Suffolk County, 890.
-, -,-, for naturalizing John Frederick Gunter and others, 890.
-, -,-, for the effectual recovery of the arrears of several taxes etc., and for securing the duties on slaves not imported into the City of , 890.
-, -,-, for defraying the charges of the trading house at Oswego etc., Nov. 1727, 989 i.
-, -,-, for continuing acts for discharging the present demands on the trading house at Oswego, 890.
-, -,-,-, referred, 971.
-, -,-,-, opinion on, 976.
-, -,-,-, repeal of, proposed, 989.
-, -,-, for raising £730 etc, 890.
-, -,-, for licencing hawkers etc., 890.
-, -, Acts naturalizing (i) Jan de Wit; (ii) Thomas Timmer, opinion on, 1068.
-, -, Acts, 1727, referred, 182.
-, -,-, opinion on, 237.
-, -,-, passed, 495.
-, -,-, referred (19), 741.
-, -,-,-, (12), 971.
-, -,-, opinion on (10), 848.
-, -,-, (10), relating to the Indian trade, 1720–1729, repeal of, 1025.
-, -, Albany, Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the Common Pleas in. See Livingstone, P.
-, -,-, gaol of, 4 i.
-, -, Assembly, resolutions of, 355, 355 ii, 827 iv, viii–x.
-, -,-, reply of, to Governor_s Speech, 355 ii.
-, -,-, Minutes of, 495.
-, -,-, grievances of, 627 xii.
-, -,-, charge by. against Council, 827 xiii.
-, -,-, charges against, 989.
-, -,-, encroachments of, 743, 799 i.
-, -,-, Journal of, 989 v.
-, -,-, Speaker of. See Philipse, A.
-, -, Attorney General. See Bradley, R.
-, -, Chancery, Court of, changes in, proposed, 355, 495, 495 ii.
-, -,-, holding of a, concerning, 757, 827 iii.
-, -, Chief Justice. See Morris, L.
-, -, City of, gaol of, 4 i.
-, -,-, Mayor of. See Lurting, R.
-, -,-, Merchants of, certificate signed by, 307 iii.
-, -, Council, Minutes, 495, 495 iv, 799 ii, iv, vi, 827 vii, xi.
-, -,-, affidavits referred to in, 495 iv.
-, -,-, Committee of, to examine into grievances of Assembly, 627 xii.
-, -,-, memorial of, 743 iii, 989 iv.
-, -, Councillor. See De Lancey, J.; Barbarie, J.; Morris, L.; Courtland, P.; Walters; Walter, R.; Colden, C.; Alexander, J.
-, -, exports, 970.
-, -,-, account of, 977.
-, -, garrison, 800.
-, -, Governor. See Montgomery, J.
-, -,-, memorial of, 743 iii.
-, -, imports, 970.
-, -,-, account of, 977.
-, -, Indians, Secretary or Agent for the Government to the. See Livingstone, P.
-, -,-, fur trade by, encouragement of, 890.
-, -, Judge, Second. See Walters.
-, -, Medina and Co. v. Rene Hett, case of, 495 iii.
-, -, Officials, salaries of, 799.
-, -, Quakers, 669.
-, -, revenue, 799.
-, -, salt, free importation of, petition for, 870, 966.
-, -, seal, 307 iv.
-, -, Secretary. See Clarke, G.
-, -, ships, entered and cleared, list of, 495.
-, -, trade with Indians, 976, 980.
-, -,-, Act concerning, 1025.
-, -, woods, preservation of, 156 i, 267.

Nichols, Edward, 389.

Nicholson, Francis, General, Governor of S. Carolina, 130 i, 200, 285, 401, 539, 807 i, 853 i.
-, -,-, salary of, 807 ii.
-, -,-, death of, 1027.
-, -, Wargent, Factor to Royal Asiento Company, letter from, 281 xii (a).
-, -,-, 351.

Nicoll, Andrew, Lieut., 889.

Noden, —, Agent for Bermuda, 497.

Norris, John, a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, document signed, by, 50 i, 444 i, 864 i.

Northy, Samuel, petition of, 184 i.

Nova Scotia, Admiralty Court, need of, 789.
-, -, Annapolis Royal, fort, decay of, 213 ii.
-, -, Lt. Governor of Garrison. See Cosby, Major.
-, -, Collector. See Newton, H.
-, -, Canso, fishery at, 213 ii, 214, 700, 917, 994, 1041, 1041 i.
-, -,-, enquiry and instructions concerning, 716 i.
-, -,-, scheme of, 716 ii, 1041 ii.
-, -,-, Commander-in-chief at. See Cavally, F.
-, -,-, Commissary of the Musters at. See Jones, W.
-, -, Councillor. See Cope, H.
-, -, Fort Major. See Wroth, R.
-, -, French in, 631 i, 789, 994.
-, -, French inhabitants, oath of allegiance refused by, 631 i.
-, -,-, trade with French Colonies, 631 i.
-, -,-, Protestants, settlement of, proposed, 917 iii.
-, -,-, at Annapolis Royal, 917.
-, -,-, deserters to, 395.
-, -,-, settlement of, at Fundy Bay, 589.
-, -, Governor. See Philipps, R.; Armstrong, L.
-, -, grants in, 929.
-, -, Indians, 18, 213 ii, 315, 789, 929, 975, 1018, 1019, 1042, 1042 i.
-, -,-, Casco, Treaty with, 1042.
-, -,-, danger from, 963, 997.
-, -,-, intermarriage with, encouraged, 631 i.
-, -,-, meeting with, 1019.
-, -,-, trade with, 1042.
-, -,-, treachery of, 547 v.
-, -,-, dealings with and French intrigues with, 213 ii, 315.
-, -, lands in, claim to, by Indian deeds. 932, 1018, 1019.
-, -, lands between the Rivers Kennebec (Sagadahock) and St. Croix, settlement of, proposed, 300, 665, 683 i, 694, 695, 705, 753, 768, 929, 932, 948, 986, 9861, 1005, 1018, 1019, 1042 i; and see Georgia; Coram, Thomas; Hintze, Daniel.
-, -,-, claim to, by Massachusetts Bay, 285.
-, -,-, separation of, from , proposed, 705.
-, -, Lt. Governor of Province and Lt. Governor of Fort, separation of Commissioners of, inconvenience attending, 789.
-, -, naval stores, 118.
-, -, Pemaquid, fort at, 285, 974 i, 1018, 1019, 1042 i, ii.
-, -,-, harbour at, 1018.
-, -, Penobscot, settlements at, 997, 1005–1007 i.
-, -, Penobscot River, importance of, 997.
-, -, Placentia, separation of Government of, to be considered, 681.
-, -,-, Commissary of the Musters at. See Jones, W.
-, -, Report upon, 514.
-, -,-,(1721), 704 ii.
-, -, St. John_s Island, French invited to settle at, 315.
-, -, seal, 414, 574,640, 673.
-, -, settlement of, 227 i, 234, 296, 309, 319, 319 ii, 631, 705, 948, 963, 997, 994, 1005–1007 i, 1018.
-, -, timber, reservation of, 118, 133, 234, 319 i, iii, 359, 628 i, 948.

O.

Oakes, Urian, Dr., Speaker, New England, 285.

Oistine, James, document signed by, 773 VI.

Ordnance, Board of, letter to, 351 ix.

Orkney, Earl of. See Hamilton, George.

Osborn, Jethro, document certified by, 1062.
-, -, John, Capt., Deputy Governor, Montserrat, appointed, 397.
-, -, Obadiah, memorial of, 1062.

Osborne, John, merchant, of Boston, 278.
-, -, Henry, Capt., R.N., 423, 686, 883.
-, -,-, Governor of Newfoundland and Placentia, Commission of, 708 i, 725.
-, -,-,-, warrant for, 749.
-, -,-, instructions to, 708 ii, 725, 764, 968.
-, -,-, letter from, 938, 939, 959, 962.
-, -,-, letter to, 959 ii.
-, -,-, warrant by, 959 i, iii, v.
-, -,-, proclamation by, 959 iv.
-, -, Samuel, 530 i.

Osbourne, Robert Jonah, 530 i.

Oswego, money bill relating to, 4, 989, 989 i.
-, -, trading at, 890, 976, 989, 989 i. And see New York, Acts relating to .

Ottley, Drewry, 809 i (b).

Outerbridge, William, Col., Councillor, Bermuda, suspended, 183.
-, -,-, Chief Justice, Bermuda, appointed, 438.
-, -,-, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Bermuda, appointed, 457.

Ovick. See Lovick.

Oxenford, John, Assistant Inspector General of Customs, 675.
-, -,-, letter to, 113, 579, 588, 970.
-, -,-, document signed by, 977.

Oxford, H.M.S., 686, 700, 708 i, 725, 883.