N.

Nassau, case of. See Jamaica, ; Miranda, Isaac.

Nava, Don Peter, 503 i; and see L.I., Barbuda.

Naval Stores ; and see Act of Parliament, for giving further encouragement etc.
-, -, and see Act of Parliament for the better and more effectual preservation of H.M. Woods.
-, -, and see Act of Parliament for preservation of white pine-trees.
-, -, Act, for encouraging, bill for, rejected, 48.
-, -,-, clause to prevent waste of trees proposed, 48.
-, -,-, clause proposed for, 87, 87 i.
-, -, Act for preservation of Crown woods in N.E., proposed, 450, 450 i, ii.
-, -, contract for masts. See Gulston, R.
-, -, contractor for. See Gulston, R.
-, -, hemp, experiments in Virginia, 235.
-, -, mast trees, N.E.; and see Gulston, R.
-, -,-, contracts for, 148 i.
-, -,-, contractor for. See Gulston, R.
-, -,-, premium upon, renewal of, enquiry concerning, 476.
-, -, N.E., trees growing in townships, claim to, 48.
-, -,-, clause in, act to preserve, proposed, 48.
-, -, N.H., mast trees, waste of, 300.
-, -,-, timber exported to Portugal, 95.
-, -, tar, experiments in Virginia, 235.
-, -,-, method prescribed for making, unsuitable, 235.

Navy, The Royal; and see Hosier, Admiral; Newfoundland, fishing Convoy; Jamaica, Naval Squadron ; Porto Bello.

Navy Board, contractor to. See Gulston, R.
-, -, Cornwall, Capt., case of, 210.
-, -, guardship for Bahamas, needed, 515.
-, -,-, request for, 516 xiii.
-, -, guardships, power for Governors to direct, request for, 210.
-, -, pirates, capture of man of war by, rumoured, 197.
-, -, pressing for, Jamaica. See Jamaica, Naval Squadron.
-, -, pressing of seamen for, 422, 424.
-, -, H.M. ships :—.

Argyle.
-, Berwick.
-, Drake.
-, Kinsale.
-, (Kingsale.)
-, Lenox.
-, Ludlow Castle.
-, Sheerness.
-, Southsea Castle.
-, Weasell.
-, Winchelsea.
-, —Argyle.
-, Berwick.
-, Drake.
-, Kinsale.
-, (Kingsale.)
-, Lenox.
-, Ludlow Castle.
-, Sheerness.
-, Southsea Castle.
-, Weasell.
-, Winchelsea.
-, -, station ships, L.I., 503.

Negroes; and see African trade.
-, -, Antigua; See Act for better government of slaves.
-, -,-, imports of, 441 v.
-, -, Bahamas, 23 iv.
-, -,-, imported, 515,515 ii.
-, -,-, imports, accounts of, required, 184.
-, -, Barbados; and see Barbados, Act to prevent carrying off.
-, -,-, imported, accounts of, 334 i, ii.
-, -,-,-,-, required, 195.
-, -,-, poll-tax, 332.
-, -, Bermuda, imported, account of, required, 197.
-, -, Carolina S., imports of, 416, 538.
-, -, Jamaica; and see acts laying duty on.
-, -,-, imports, 194.
-, -,-, rebellious. See Jamaica, negroes.
-, -,-, taxation of, imported, 475.
-, -, Leeward I., imported, account of, required, 200.
-, -,-, imports from, 441.
-, -,-, return of imported, required, 359.
-, -, Massachusetts Bay, 498.
-, -, Montserrat, imports of, 503 x.
-, -, Nevis, imports of, 503 ix.
-, -,-, insurrection of, forestalled, 1.
-, -,-, poll-tax, 151.
-, -, New Hampshire, imported, account of, required, 248.
-, -,-, .imports of, 661.
-, -, New Jersey, 549 i.
-, -,-, imports of, 377 vii, 379, 498.
-, -, New York, 498.
-, -,-, imported, 177.
-, -,-, number of, 163, 164, 164 i.
-, -, price of, 83, 84, 84 i; and see African trade.
-, -, Rhode I., 498.
-, -, St. Christopher, imports of, 441, 441 iv.
-, -, Sta. Lucia, trade in, 441.
-, -, trade in, report upon, 482 i.
-, -, Virginia, account of, 180.
-, -,-, act laying duty on repealed, 185.
-, -,-, imported, account of, 183 iv.
-, -,-, imports of, 622, 622 ii.
-, -,-, imports, accounts of, required, 185.

Nevis ; and see Leeward I.
-, -, accounts of, 771 i.
-, -, Act for raising a poll-tax on negroes, 151, 771.
-, -, Acts, referred, 212.
-, -, amalgamation with St. Christopher considered, 40.
-, -,-, consent of Councils and Assemblies required, 40.
-, -, amalgamation of Government with St. Kitts, proposal rejected, 256.
-, -, Assembly, Journal of, 151.
-, -,-, Governor's speech to, 1.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 1.
-, -, Charles Fort, stores of war, account of, 771 xii.
-, -, Council, Clerk of. See Smith, Wavell; Cust, S.
-, -,-, Governor's speech to, 1.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 1.
-, -,-, minutes of, 151.
-, -, Councillors, 151.
-, -,-, appointed, 260.
-, -,-, death of, 1, 199.
-, -,-, persons proposed for, 199.
-, -,-, persons recommended for, 1, 359.
-, -, crops, failure of, 151.
-, -, drought in, 256.
-, -, drought in, 256, 441, 503.
-, -,-, broken, 256.
-, -,-, effect of, 151.
-, -, forts, etc., accounts of, 771 iii, xii.
-, -, Governor of. See Hart, John.
-, -, Governor Hart at, 256.
-, -, King George II, accession of, proclamation in, 737, 737 i.
-, -, Lt. Governor of. See Sibourg, Charles, General.
-, -,-, Commission of, 752.
-, -,-, residence required by, 110.
-, -, merchants trading to, petition by, 110.
-, -, negroes, exported from, 661.
-, -, negroes, imports of, 503 ix.
-, -,-, insurrection of, forestalled, 1.
-, -,-,-, ringleaders executed, 1.
-, -,-, poll-tax, 151.
-, -, Revenue, account of, 771 ii.
-, -, St. Paul, christenings and burials at, 771 xi.
-, -, Secretary. See Smith, Wavell; Cust, Savil.
-, -, Secretary's Office, 734.
-, -, sloop seized by Spaniards, 464, 464 i–v.
-, -, trade with Northern Colonies, 256.

Newcastle, Duke of. See Pelham, Holles.

New England ; and see Massachusetts Bay ; New Hampshire ; Rhode I.; Connecticut.
-, -, Cambridge, President and Corporation of Colleges at, address from, 794.
-, -, English vessel seized, 789 xv.
-, -, fish insufficiently cured, 721 i.
-, -, Governor of. See Shute, S. ; Burnet, William.
-, -, Governor of, salary for, 849.
-, -, Independent Company for, 849.
-, -,-, Captain of, 849.
-, -, murders in, 789.
-, -, naval stores ; and see Gulston, R.
-, -, shipbuilding in, 450 ii.
-, -, trade with Canada, 90.
-, -, trade with Cape Breton, complaint concerning, 721 i.
-, -, trade with Dutch West Indies, 21.
-, -, trade with French West Indies, 21.
-, -, trade, illegal, with Cape Breton, 90.
-, -, trade with Jamaica, 303 i.
-, -, trade with Newfoundland, 721 i.
-, -, vessels, Newfoundland seamen enticed by, 721 i.
-, -, vessels trading to Newfoundland, 721 i.
-, -, H.M. Woods in ; and see Act of Parliament, for the better preservation of.
-, -, Woods, Crown, waste of, 450, 450 i, ii.
-, -,-, act for preservation of, proposed, 450, 450 i, ii.

Newfoundland, address from, 712.
-, -, administration of Justice in, lack of, in winter, 743.
-, -, Bay of Fortune, 721 i.
-, -,-, French fishing in, 721 i.
-, -, Bonavista, 743.
-, -, Boston vessel seized by Indians at, 789 xiv, xv.
-, -, Carbonier, 743.
-, -, commodities, prices of, 743.
-, -, English vessel, act of hostility against, 774.
-, -, fish, shore and bank fish, 721 i.
-, -,-, well cured, 721 i.
-, -, Fishery, 99, 786.
-, -,-, abuses in, complaints concerning, 451, 451 i, ii.
-, -,-, account of, 721 i.
-, -,-, Admirals, report upon, 306.
-, -,-, bonds taken from New Englandmen, 553 ii–xv.
-, -,-, convoy, 51.
-, -,-, Convoy, Commodore of. See Bouler, E., Captain R.N.
-, -,-,-, Commodore of, Heads of Enquiry and Instruction for, 75, 93, 532, 543, 546.
-, -,-,-, Heads of Enquiry, reply to, 306, 306 i, 553, 553 i, 721 i, 743.
-, -,-, decline of, reason for, 306.
-, -,-, Placentia, grants by Lt. Governor, objection to, 674, 674 i, ff.
-, -,-, prices, 306.
-, -,-, returns of, 705 i–iv.
-, -,-, salmon, 99.
-, -,-, scheme of, 306 i, 743 i.
-, -,-, ships from Barnstaple, 721 i.
-, -,-, ships from Bideford, 721 i.
-, -,-, ships, victualling of, 721 i.
-, -,-, survey for, petition for, 69.
-, -, Fishing Admirals, 721 i, 743.
-, -,-, complaints of, 721 i.
-, -,-, duties of, 721 i.
-, -,-, return by, 674, 674 i.
-, -, fishing boats, cost of, 721 i.
-, -, Indians, fur trade with, 743.
-, -, inhabitants, encroachments of, 721 i.
-, -,-, number of, 306 i.
-, -,-, occupation of, 721 i.
-, -, Justices of the Peace, complaints against, 721 i.
-, -, Justices, want of, in winter, 306.
-, -, Little Martier, 786, 786 i.
-, -, Little Placentia, French brandy smuggled into, 721 i.
-, -, Placentia, 743.
-, -,-, by-boat keepers, complaints against, 721 i.
-, -,-, Commissary of stores, commission of, 604.
-, -,-, Commissary of Musters, commission of, 605.
-, -,-, fishery, complaints against Lt. Governor concerning, 451 i, ii, 721 i.
-, -,-,-, referred, 451.
-, -,-, fishing Admirals, certificate by, 786 i.
-, -,-, fishing ships at, complaints of, 721 i.
-, -,-, fort at, 721 i, 786.
-, -,-, garrison of, chaplain of, 607.
-, -,-, Fort Major, Commission of, 606.
-, -,-, garrison of, provisions for, 727.
-, -,-, Governor of. See Philipse, R.
-, -,-, harbour, 721 i.
-, -,-, Lt. Governor. See Gledhill, S.
-, -,-, Lt. Governor, complaint against, 721 i.
-, -,-, provisions for, 721 i.
-, -,-, sale of liquor at, on Sabbath, 721 i.
-, -,-, Surgeon, Commission of, 608.
-, -,-, Sutlers, 721 i.
-, -,-, wages in, 721 i.
-, -, Port le Basque, 789.
-, -, St. John's, 743.
-, -, shipbuilding in, 721 i.
-, -, survey of coast, petition for, 69.
-, -, survey of, proposed, 96, 99.
-, -,-, by Capt. Taverner, 96 i, 99.
-, -, trade, fur, 743.
-, -, Trepassey, fishing ships at, complaints of, 721 i.
-, -,-, provisions, 721 i.
-, -,-, public houses at, 721 i.
-, -, Trinity Bay, 743.
-, -, wages in, 721 i.
-, -, woods in, waste of, 721 i.

New Hampshire.
-, -, Acts, report upon, 405 c.
-, -, Acts transmitted, 661.
-, -, Acts of Trade and Navigation, seizure for breach of, 300.
-, -, addresses from, 794.
-, -, Agent of. See Newman, Henry.
-, -, annexation of Connecticut and Rhode Island to, refused, 18.
-, -, appeals, instruction concerning execution of judgments on, 238, 241.
-, -, Assembly, 173.
-, -,-, vote by, 506 i.
-, -, Attorney General. See Phipps, —.
-, -, boundaries with Massachusetts Bay, 335, 615.
-, -,-, Commissioner appointed to settle, 297.
-, -,-, Commissioners for settling disagree, 257 i.
-, -,-,-, proposal for, rejected, 506, 506 i.
-, -,-,-, resolution of, enquiry for, 324, 325.
-, -,-, definition of, 95.
-, -,-, determination of, Address for, from Mass., 506, 506 i.
-, -,-, disputes arising from, 257 i.
-, -,-,-, hearing of, 601.
-, -,-, instructions to Agent on, requested, 617.
-, -,-, land within sold by Mass., complaint concerning, 95.
-, -,-, map of, 257 iii.
-, -,-, proceedings on, 591.
-, -,-, settlement of, desired, 300.
-, -,-,-, need for, 498.
-, -,-,-, petition for, 257 i.
-, -,-,-, referred, 257.
-, -,-,-, requested, 95.
-, -, clergy, address from, 785.
-, -, coins and currency, paper, imports increased by, 661.
-, -,-, trade increased, by, 661.
-, -, Council, 173.
-, -,-, Clerk of. See Waldron, R.
-, -,-, at Indian Conference, 276 i.
-, -,-, minutes, 300, 498 ii, 661.
-, -, Council and Assembly, address by, 267 i.
-, -,-, Governor's salary, payment of, recommended to, 237.
-, -, Customs, Collector of. See Armstrong, R. ; Atkinson, T. ; Jaffreys, J. ; Bacon.
-, -,-,-, seizure by, 300.
-, -, fishery, 661.
-, -, Fort William and Mary, 661.
-, -, French Missionaries, intrigues by, 300.
-, -, Government of, address from, 785.
-, -, Governor of. See Burnett, William; Shute, Samuel.
-, -,-, instructions for, 773.
-, -, Governor's salary, petition concerning, 65 i.
-, -,-,-, referred, 65.
-, -,-, report upon, 97, 173 i.
-, -,-, referred, 173.
-, -,-, representation upon, 237.
-, -,-, royal sign manual for settling, 502.
-, -, Governor, support of Surveyor of Woods by, instruction for, proposed, 335.
-, -, imports into Mass., tax on, 95.
-, -,-, woollen, etc., increased by paper currency, 661.
-, -, Indians, Eastern, peace with. See Mass., Indians.
-, -,-,-,-, confirmed, 661.
-, -,-,-, Treaty of Peace with, 95, 95 i, ii.
-, -,-, peace treaty, 4, 5, 5 i–iv, 11.
-, -,-,-, ratification of, at Casco Bay, 297, 300.
-, -, Judge Advocate, 498.
-, -, Juries, unwilling to convict for Crown, 498.
-, -, King George II, accession of, acclaimed, 661.
-, -,-, proclamation in, 714.
-, -, lands in, grants of, cessation of, proposed, 335.
-, -, Lt. Governor of. See Wentworth, John.
-, -,-, Commission of, 747.
-, -, Merrimack river, boundary dispute concerning, 95.
-, -, Naval Office, Clerk of. See Bacon, D.
-, -, Naval Stores ; and see Woods, waste of.
-, -,-, exported to Portugal, 95.
-, -,-, masts cut without licence, case of, 498, 498 i, ii.
-, -,-, exports of, to foreign countries, measures to prevent, 498, 498 i, ii.
-, -, negroes, imported, accounts of, 661.
-, -,-,-, account of, required, 248.
-, -,-, imports of, 498.
-, -, oath of allegiance, 714.
-, -, Piscataqua, 95.
-, -, powder, account of, 300.
-, -, prospects of, 95.
-, -, Quamphragen, 95.
-, -, Seal of, 714.
-, -, sloop seized by Spaniards, 464, 464 i–v.
-, -, Spain, war with, effect of, 661.
-, -, stores of war, accounts of, 300 i, 661, 661 i.
-, -,-, request for, 300, 661.
-, -, timber exported to Portugal, 95.
-, -, townships, extension of, 48; and see Woods in.
-, -,-, laying out of, prohibition of, proposed, 335.
-, -,-, new, restriction of, proposed, 450 ii.
-, -,-, woods in, 498.
-, -, trade with Antigua, 498.
-, -, trade with Barbados, 498.
-, -, trade, effect of paper currency on, 661.
-, -, trade with Leeward I., 498.
-, -, trade with Portugal, N.H., 95.
-, -, trade stopped by war with Spain, 661.
-, -, war with Spain, rumours of, 498.
-, -, Woods, claim to, 227.
-, -,-, Crown, act for preservation of, proposed, 450, 450 i, ii.
-, -,-, Crown rights to, Attorney and Solicitor General's opinion on, 661.
-, -,-,-, enquiry concerning, 290.
-, -,-, Crown, waste of, 450,450 i, ii.
-, -,-, logs cut without licence, 95.
-, -,-, within townships, claim to, 335.
-, -,-,-, question of, 498.
-, -,-, claimed in townships, 73.
-, -,-, trees cut within townships, case of, 227.
-, -,-, waste of, 95, 227, 300, 661.
-, -,-,-, measures to prevent, proposed, 335, 498.
-, -,-,-, measures to prevent, unpopular, 227.
-, -,-,-, notices forbidding, 95.
-, -,-,-, representation on, 48.
-, -, Act for additional support of Government and making current £40,000 bills of credit, to lie by probationary, 181.
-, -,-, concerning appointment of Commission of Loan Office, referred, 176.
-, -,-, to ascertain the size of casks, referred, 176.
-, -,-, for the better regulating of elections, referred, 176.
-, -,-, to lay a duty on wheat, referred, 176.
-, -,-, for making current £40,000 in bills of credit, 377.
-, -,-, making current £40,000, sinking fund suspended, objection to, 456.
-, -,-, presenting forms of declaration of fidelity, abjuration and affirmation, referred, 176.
-, -,-, for preventing prosecutions by information, 835.
-, -,-, for support of Government, defence of, 377.
-, -,-,-, to lie by probationary, 181.
-, -,-,-, objection to, 181.
-, -,-,-, referred, 176.
-, -, Acts, objections to, 380.
-, -,-, report upon awaited, 206.
-, -, appeals, instruction concerning execution of judgments on, 238, 242.
-, -, Assembly of, 763, 828.
-, -,-, adjourned, 549.
-, -,-, expenses of, 377, 377 i, ii.
-, -,-, Journal of, 828 ii.
-, -,-, meeting of, 308.
-, -,-, recommendation to, 828.
-, -,-, unwilling to meet without pay, 624.
-, -, Assemblymen, choice of, instructions concerning, 718.
-, -, Baptisms, return of, difficulty in obtaining, 164.
-, -, Bishop of London, petition of, instructions concerning, 718.
-, -, Burials, returns of, difficulty in obtaining, 164.
-, -, coins and currency, paper, 549.
-, -,-, bills sunk, 625.
-, -,-, credit of, 456.
-, -,-,-, improved, 377, 377 iii–vi.
-, -,-, paper bills, interest on, question of sinking, 625.
-, -,-, Instructions concerning, 718.
-, -,-, sinking funds encroached upon, objection to, 181.
-, -,-, sinking fund suspended, effect of, 456.
-, -,-,-, objection to, 456.
-, -, Council, expenses of, 377, 377 i, ii.
-, -, Councillors appointed, 456, 565, 579.
-, -,-, death of, 377.
-, -,-, persons recommended for, 377.
-, -, Courts of Justice, proceedings in, instructions concerning, 718.
-, -, Custom House Officers, instructions concerning, 718.
-, -, Eastern Division, accounts of, 377 ii.
-, -, fines, forfeitures, escheats, instructions concerning, 718.
-, -, Governor of. See Burnet, Wm. ; Montgomery, John.
-, -,-, instructions to, 756, 757, 767.
-, -, Governor's residence, 377.
-, -, Governor's salary, reason for not settling, 377.
-, -, Governor, Council and Assembly, address from, 828, 828 i, 829.
-, -, inhabitants, census, objection to, 164.
-, -,-,-, ordered, 164.
-, -,-, number of, 549 i.
-, -, King George II, accession of, proclamation of, 683, 687.
-, -, map, difficulty in making, 549.
-, -, mines, gold and silver, opinion on, 181.
-, -, – royalties, instruction on, requested, 377.
-, -,-,-, proposal concerning, 456.
-, -, Naval Officer's accounts, 308, 624, 687.
-, -, negroes, accounts of, 377 vii, 379.
-, -,-, number of, 549 i.
-, -, Perth Amboy, Governor's residence at, 377.
-, -, – mayor of, certificate by, 377 vi.
-, -,-, merchants of, certificate by, 377 v, vi.
-, -, privateers, Commissions in Plantations, instructions concerning, 718.
-, -, Proprietors, surrender of, proposed, 599.
-, -, Quakers in, 164.
-, -, queries by Board of Trade, reply to, 164, 165.
-, -, Revenue, account of, required, 181.
-, -, Treasurer. See Allen, John ; Kearney, Michael.
-, -, Western Division, accounts of, 377 i.

Newman, Henry, Agent for N.H., 498, 617.
-, -,-, instructions for, requested, 617.
-, -,-, letter from, 267, 785, 794.
-, -,-, petition of, 257 i.
-, -,-,-, referred, 257.

Newport, —, letter to, 63, 63 i.

New York.
-, -, Act for amending the practice of the law etc., 717.
-, -,-,-, draft of, sent over by Assembly, 461, 461 i, ii.
-, -,-, instructions to .Governor to pass, requested by Assembly, 461 ii.
-, -,-, object of, 461 ii.
-, -,-, clause added by Council, objection to, 461 ii.
-, -,-,-, referred, 473.
-, -,-, appointing Agent, 379.
-, -,-, to continue bills of credit, referred, 252.
-, -,-, for easier partition of land held in common and promoting the settling and improvement thereof etc., 709, 812.
-, -,-,-, object of, 363.
-, -,-,-, objections to, 363 i, 813.
-, -,-,-,-, referred, 474.
-, -,-,-, reasons for, 379.
-, -,-, for the more easy partition of lands, report upon, requested, 459.
-, -,-,-, representation upon, 812.
-, -,-, to encourage Indian trade ; and see trade, fur.
-, -,-,-, infringed by Albany traders, 164.
-, -,-, to let to farm excise etc., referred, 252.
-, -,-, for naturalising several persons, 835.
-, -,-, for preventing of prosecutions by information and their resolves by the Chancery Court etc., 824, 835.
-, -,-, to prohibit trade to Canada. See N.Y. Acts to encourage Indian trade.
-, -,-, for regulating the Indian trade in Albany, act explaining, reasons for, 379.
-, -,-, for regulating the Indian trade to the westward of Albany etc., reasons for, 379.
-, -,-, revenue, for three years, 134, 162, 164.
-, -,-,-, insufficient, 162, 164.
-, -,-, to revive several acts, referred, 252.
-, -,-, for support of Government, deficiencies supplied, 379 vi.
-, -,-, to vest in Thomas Hicks certain lands etc., confirmation of, proposed, 633.
-, -,-,-, confirmed, 657.
-, -,-,-, referred, 368.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 409.
-, -,-,-, request for, 413.
-, -, Acts of, 835, 842.
-, -, Acts, confirmation of, requested, 620.
-, -,-, list of, 835 ii.
-, -,-, repeal of, Instructions concerning, 718.
-, -,-, referred, 365, 449.
-, -,-, report upon, 390, 618, 619.
-, -,-,-, required, 694.
-, -,-, transmitted, 308, 309 i, 379, 380 i.
-, -, addresses from, 836.
-, -, administration, weakness of, 834.
-, -, Agent of. See Leheup, Peter.
-, -, Albany, 387; and see Act for regulating the Indian trade.
-, -, appeals, execution of judgments on, instruction concerning, 238, 242.
-, -, Assembly, 795, 824.
-, -,-, attempt to reduce officers' salaries, resisted by Governor and Council, 379.
-, -,-, Auditor General, dispute with, settlement of, 206.
-, -,-, claims of, 834, 834 iii.
-, -,-, Council's reply to, 841.
-, -,-, dissolved, 308, 835.
-, -,-, Government dependent on, for funds, 824.
-, -,-, Governor's speech to, 308, 308 i, 762 ii.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 308, 308 i.
-, -,-, Journal, 134, 134 i, 165, 379, 762 iii.
-, -,-, meeting of, reason for, 379.
-, -,-, money voted for fort at Oswego, 545.
-, -,-, new, 308.
-, -,-,-, vote by, 362.
-, -,-, nomination of officers, 824.
-, -,-, not impartial, 835.
-, -,-, resolutions on Courts of Chancery, 835.
-, -,-, Council reply to, 835.
-, -,-, prerogative infringed by, 379, 834.
-, -,-, proceedings of, 363.
-, -,-, revenue granted by, 134, 162, 164.
-, -,-, Speaker of, 835 ; and see Philipse, Adolph.
-, -, Attorney General, complaint against, 835.
-, -, Auditor General, dispute with settlement of, 206.
-, -, Baptisms, returns of, difficulty in obtaining, 164.
-, -, Burials, returns of, difficulty in obtaining, 164.
-, -, Canada, duty on goods to, 162,164.
-, -, coins and currency in, paper. See Act to continue bills of credit.
-, -,-, See Act for making current £40,000 ; and for support of Government.
-, -,-, value of, 377 iii.
-, -, Council of, 826.
-, -,-, address from, 834 iii.
-, -,-,-, to Governor, 829 i, 832.
-, -,-, Assembly's attempt to reduce officers' salaries resisted by, 379.
-, -,-, Minutes of, 165, 834 ii, iii, 835.
-, -,-, reply to Assembly, 835,842.
-, -,-, and Assembly 835.
-, -, Councillors appointed, 117, 124, 177.
-, -,-, deceased, 125.
-, -, Court of Chancery, abuses of, 835.
-, -,-, Assembly pass resolutions concerning, 835.
-, -,-,-, Council reply to, 835.
-, -,-, unpopular, 835.
-, -, Courts of Judicature, weakness of, 824.
-, -, entails, method of barring, 409.
-, -, escheats, account of, 164, 164 i.
-, -, Excise. See Act to let, etc.
-, -, exports. See Trade, fur.
-, -, fines and forfeitures, accounts of, 620, 620 i.
-, -,-, instructions concerning, 458.
-, -, Fort in Indian country, 623.
-, -, fort on Onondaga River, act for, 379.
-, -, Forts, stores of war in, accounts of, 319 ix–xii.
-, -, French, encroachments by, 683, 837.
-, -, Gazette, the, 829 i.
-, -, Governor. See Montgomery, J.; Burnet, Wm.
-, -,-, instructions to, 715 i, ii, 767, 819.
-, -,-, Speech to Assembly, 762 ii.
-, -,-, Council and Assembly, address from, 762, 763 iii.
-, -, grants of land in, 824.
-, -, grievances against French, 837.
-, -, House of Representatives, powers of, weakened, 824.
-, -, Indians, Far, trade with, 162,164.
-, -,-, (Five-Seven Nations), 832.
-, -,-,-, Conference with, 307.
-, -,-, trade with. See Acts to encourage.
-, -, Independent Companies at, appointments by Governor, 161, 162.
-, -,-, commission in, 161, 162.
-, -,-, muster-rolls, 134.
-, -, inhabitants, census of, 163, 164, 164 i.
-, -, Justices, Attorney General, etc., etc., address from, 763 iv.
-, -, King George II, accession of, proclaimed, 683, 687, 795.
-, -, lands in, for settling, dearth of, 379; and see Act for easier partition etc.
-, -, Mayor of. See Lurting, R.
-, -, Mayor, Aldermen, etc., address from, 763 v, 833.
-, -, merchants, certificate by, 377 iii.
-, -, Naval Officer's accounts, 624. 795.
-, -, negroes, imported, return of, requested, 177.
-, -,-, imports of, 498.
-, -,-,-, accounts of, 379, 379 xiii.
-, -,-, numbers of, 163, 164, 164 i.
-, -, Niagara, fort built by French at, 545, 837.
-, -,-,-, protest against, 361, 362, 362 i, iii, 412, 412 i–vi, 620, 623.
-, -,-,-, reply to, 362 iv.
-, -,-, French encroachments on Indians, 837.
-, -, Officers' salaries, reduction of, by Governor, 379.
-, -,-,-, by Assembly, attempted, 379.
-, -, Onondge river, fort on, vote for, 362.
-, -, Oswego, fort at, 762, 763, 837.
-, -,-,-, building of, 546.
-, -,-,-, destruction of, demanded by French, 683,684,684 i ff.
-, -,-, finished, 683, 684.
-, -,-,-, garrison for, 546.
-, -,-, money voted for, 546.
-, -,-, objection to, by French, 837.
-, -,-, frontier of, 832.
-, -, Palatines, subsistence of, 787.
-, -,-, petition concerning payment for, 786.
-, -, Patent officers, support of, instructions for, 206.
-, -, pirates' effects, instructions concerning, 819.
-, -, prerogative of the Crown, attempt to infringe, 379.
-, -, proclamation for continuing officers, etc., 762, 763.
-, -, queries from Board of Trade, reply to, 163, 164, 164 i, 165.
-, -, quit rents, 835.
-, -,-, accounts of, 379 viii.
-, -,-, evasion of, 812.
-, -, Receiver General. See Kennedy, A.
-, -, revenue. See Act, revenue.
-, -,-, accounts of, 164, 379 i–vii.
-, -,-,-, required, 181.
-, -,-, officers' salaries reduced, 379.
-, -,-, for three years, granted, 162, 164.
-, -,-,-, insufficient, 162, 164.
-, -, Schenechtady, 545.
-, -, sloop seized by Spaniards, 464, 464 i–v.
-, -, stores of war, accounts of, 379 ix–xii.
-, -, Surveyor General of lands. See Colden, C.
-, -, trade with Africa, 498.
-, -, trade, fur, accounts of, discrepancies in, explained, 379.
-, -,-,-, exports, discrepancies in returns of, 177, 178.
-, -, trade with Indians, increase of, 379 ; and see acts for regulating.
-, -, trade with Jamaica, 303 i.
-, -, Treasurer. See De Peyster, A.
-, -, Utrecht, Treaty of, infringement of, alleged, 684, 684 i, ii.
-, -, Wood's pence, 623.

Niagara. See New York; Indians, Five Nations.

Nicholls, —, proposals by, on tobacco trade, opposition to, 417.

Nichola, pirate, ships taken by, 360.

Nicholson, Francis, General, Governor of South Carolina, 38, 562, 725.
-, -,-, charges against, 393.
-, -,-, instruction of, additional, request for, 354 iv.
-, -,-, letter from, 356, 356 i, ii, vi, viii–xvi, lii, liv, 508, 521, 804.
-, -,-,-, receipts for, 356.
-, -,-, letters to, 3, 7, 15, 22, 33, 35–37, 42, 60, 354 ix–xi, xix, 512, 513, 538, 649, 698, 699, 793.
-, -,-, payment of, 512.
-, -,-, presents sent by, 356 ix, x. xii, xxvi, xxxii.
-, -,-, report of, 807 i.
-, -,-, return of, 393, 397–399.
-, -,-,-, denied, 60.
-, -,-,-, rumoured, 37.
-, -,-, salary of, 97.
-, -,-, successor of, 393, 397–399.
-, -,-,-, appointment of, question, concerning, 354, 354 i ff.
-, -,-, thanks to, 354 x.

Nivine (Nevine), William, charges presented by, reply to, 1.
-, -,-, letter to, 732.

Noden, Ralph, Agent of Independent Co. Baha., 25, 29.

Norton, Benjamin, bond of, 550 i.

Nova Scotia.
-, -, Annapolis Royal, Commissary of Stores, 347.
-, -,-, Fort, plans and estimates for, 53, 55, 55 i–iv.
-, -,-,-, request for, 46.
-, -,-,-, repair of, measures for, 387, 387 iii, v.
-, -,-,-,-,needed, 528, 528 i.
-, -,-,-,-, recommended, 586.
-, -,-,-,-, report upon, 528 i.
-, -,-,-,-, urged, 563.
-, -,-,-, ruinous condition of, 387, 387 iii, v.
-, -,-, fortification of, report upon bad condition of, 349, 349 iv.
-, -,-, French inhabitants, deputies of, 789 v, vi.
-, -,-,-,-, letter from, 789 vi.
-, -,-,-, ordered to take oath of allegiance, 789 v.
-, -,-,-,-, reply to, 789 vi.
-, -,-, garrison, clothing and bedding for, 387.
-, -,-,-, complaints concerning, 528.
-, -,-,-, defence of, measures for, 387, 387 iii, v.
-, -,-,-, grants to soldiers proposed, 586.
-, -,-,-, Lt. Governor of. See Cosby, A.
-, -,-, garrison officers, report signed by, 528, 528 i.
-, -,-,-, provisions for, 727, 789.
-, -,-,-,-, contractor for supplying. See Missing, T. ; Borland.
-, -,-,-,-, provided by Lt. Governor, 349, 528.
-, -,-,-, recruits for, proposal concerning, 563.
-, -,-,-, representation by, 387 v.
-, -,-,-, resolution of, 387 ii.
-, -,-,-, subsistence, bills for protested, 387.
-, -,-,-, troops required for, 551.
-, -,-, King George II, accession of, proclamation in, 789 xii.
-, -,-, Lt. Governor of. See Doucett, John.
-, -,-, officers and inhabitants of, testimonial by, 268 iii.
-, -,-, peace with Indians ratified at, 232, 232 i, ii, 268, 268 i, ii.
-, -,-, River, inhabitants of, 349.
-, -, Assembly, promise of, proposed, 586.
-, -, Beaubassin, French missionaries incite Indians at, 528.
-, -,-, inhabitants of, oath of allegiance refused by, 528, 528 i, ii.
-, -,-, missionary at, 789 xiv.
-, -,-, removed, 789 xiv.
-, -, boundaries, described, 55 i.
-, -, Canso, 90.
-, -,-, attack upon, 630 i, ii.
-, -,-, description of, 55 i.
-, -,-, (Canseaux), fish insufficiently cured, 721 i.
-, -,-, fishery, account of, 349, 349 iii.
-, -,-,-, Collector's fees, 232.
-, -,-,-, guardship for, proposed, 51.
-, -,-,-,-, ordered, 54.
-, -,-,-, report upon, 232.
-, -,-, fort at, proposed, 349, 563.
-, -,-, garrison of, provisions for, 727, 733, 789.
-, -,-, guardship for, 54.
-, -, Cape Breton, danger from, 232.
-, -, Cape Sambra, 578.
-, -, Chignecto (Chicanectou etc.), barracks at, proposed, 563.
-, -,-, description of, 55 i.
-, -,-, French inhabitants reply to report, 789.
-, -,-,-, trade with, forbidden, 789, 789 iv.
-, -,-, Indians, complaint against, 789, 789 ii.
-, -,-, inhabitants, behaviour of 789, 789 ii.
-, -,-, oath of allegiance, conditions demanded by inhabitants, 789 vii, x.
-, -,-, officers' report upon, 789.
-, -,-, proclamation in, 789 vii.
-, -,-,-, signed, 789 xii.
-, -, Civil Government, form of, order for preparing, 440.
-, -,-, proposals for, 586.
-, -, Cobeguit (Cobequid), 789 xiv.
-, -,-, description of, 551.
-, -, Council, 55 i, 268 ii, 349, 839.
-, -,-, minutes of, 349, 349 v, 789, 789 i.
-, -,-, quorum, made up of officers, 789.
-, -,-, Secretary, Lieut, from regiment acts as, 789.
-, -, Councillors, lack of, 789.
-, -, Customs, Collector, fees of, 232.
-, -,-, complaints concerning, 704.
-, -, defences, weak, 232.
-, -, description of, 55 i.
-, -, Fishery, importance of, 578, 586.
-, -,-, lack of regulations for, 721 i.
-, -,-, value of, 335.
-, -, forts, erection of, proposed, 578.
-, -,-, plans and estimates for, 46.
-, -, French inhabitants of the River, deputies of, 789.
-, -,-, petition of, 789.
-, -,-, subsistence of, 789, 789 iv.
-, -, French missionaries in, 232.
-, -,-, Indians incited to war by, 528.
-, -, Fundy, Bay of, proclamation in, 789 vii.
-, -, Governor of. See Philippe, R.
-, -,-, instructions for, 789.
-, -, Governor and Council, representation of, 551.
-, -, guardshjp, refitting of. proposed, 563.
-, -,-, requested, 90.
-, -, importance of, 335, 586.
-, -, Indians, Canada, war with, apprehensions of, 387.
-, -,-, Cape Sables, 232 i, 268 i.
-, -,-, circular letter to, 789.
-, -,-, Eastern, peace with, confirmed, 661.
-, -,-,-, peace with, signed, 232, 232 i, ii, 268, 268 i.
-, -,-, incited by Governor of Canada, 528.
-, -,-, incited to war by French missionaries, 528.
-, -,-, inter marriage with, encouragement of, 586.
-, -,-, kindly treatment of, urged, 341.
-, -,-, Norridgewock, 232 i, 268 i, 276 i.
-, -,-, peaceful, 789 vii.
-, -,-, Penobscot, 232 i, 268 i, 276 i.
-, -,-, presents to, 232, 268.
-, -,-,-, request for, 349, 528.
-, -,-, proclamation signed by, 789 xii.
-, -,-, St. John's, 232 i, 268 i.
-, -,-, Treaty of Peace with, 4, 5, 5 i–iv, 11.
-, -,-,-, articles signed, 232, 232 i, 268, 268 i, ii, 276, 276 i, 277.
-, -,-,-, ratification of, 232, 232 ii, 268, 268 i, ii, 276, 276 i, 277.
-, -, inhabitants, French, embargo on export of corn and cattle, reply to, 528 ii.
-, -,-, fear of Indians alleged by, 528 i.
-, -,-, incited by Missionaries, 528 ii.
-, -,-, lands in St. John I., laid out for, 232.
-, -,-, oath of allegiance, question of, 232.
-, -, – , -, refused by, 335, 528, 528i–iv, 586.
-, -,-,-, to be required from, urged, 551.
-, -,-,-, taken by, 349, 349 ii, 528.
-, -,-, remove to Cape Breton, 232.
-, -,-, sawmills erected by, 586.
-, -,-, settlement or removal of, urged, 563.
-, -,-, trade with Cape Breton, 586.
-, -, La Grande Pre, 789 ii.
-, -, lands in, grants of, await survey of woods, 586.
-, -,-,-, instruction concerning, 335.
-, -,-,-, proposed, 335.
-, -,-,-, instructions concerning, alteration in needed, 563.
-, -,-,-, new terms proposed, 586.
-, -,-,-, petitions for, delays in granting, 586.
-, -,-,-,-, despatch of, proposed, 586.
-, -, King George II, accession of, proclamation in, 789, 839.
-, -, Lt. Governor, commission of, 749; and see Armstrong, Lawrence.
-, -, memorial on, by Governor Philipps repeated, 13.
-, -, Mines (Minis) barracks at, proposed, 563, 586.
-, -,-, description of, 55 i.
-, -,-, fort at, proposed, 528.
-, -,-, French inhabitants' reply to report, 789.
-, -,-, French missionaries incite Indians at, 528.
-, -,-, Indians at, complaint against, 789, 789 ii.
-, -,-, inhabitants, behaviour of, 789, 789 ii.
-, -,-,-, oath of allegiance, conditions demanded by, 789 vii, viii, ix.
-, -,-,-,-, refused by, 528, 528 iii, iv.
-, -,-, officers' report upon, 789.
-, -,-, proclamation in, 789 vii.
-, -,-,-, signed, 789 xii.
-, -, Naval Officers' fees, 232.
-, -, Naval Stores in, 335.
-, -,-, reservation of woods for, instruction for, 586.
-, -,-, trees reserved for, instruction concerning, 563.
-, -, oath of allegiance in French, 789.
-, -, officers, petition of, for grants of lands, 586.
-, -, Owl's Head, 578.
-, -, Pisigitt (Pisiguith), oath of allegiance, conditions demanded by inhabitants, 789 vii, viii, ix.
-, -,-, proclamation in, 789 vii.
-, -,-,-, signed, 789 xii.
-, -, Port Rossway, 578.
-, -, provisions supplied to Governor of Cape Breton, 528.
-, -, Regiment at, officers make up a quorum on Council, 789.
-, -,St. John I., 528 ii.
-, -,-, King George II, accession of, proclamation in, 789 vii.
-, -,-,-,-, signed, 789 xii.
-, -,-, lands in, laid out for French inhabitants, 232.
-, -, settlement of, by disbanded soldiers, proposal for, 578.
-, -,-, encouragement of, needed, 586.
-, -,-, encouragements for, proposed, 586.
-, -,-, fund for, from sale of lands in St. Kitts, proposed, 586.
-, -,-, measures for, report upon, ordered, 440.
-, -,-,-, urged, 563.
-, -,-, projects for, abandoned, 586.
-, -,-,-, representation on, 576, 586.
-, -,-, urged, 55 i.
-, -, settlers, from England, transport and grants for, proposed, 586.
-, -,-, intermarriage with Indians, encouragement of, proposed, 586.
-, -, Shebuctoo, barrack proposed at, 586.
-, -, sloop for Government service proposed, 586.
-, -, soldiers, discharged, grants proposed for, 586.
-, -, Surveyor General, instructions to, 586.
-, -, trade with Cape Breton, 90.
-, -, trade, fur, with French, 349.
-, -, trade, illegal, with Canada, 90.
-, -,-,-, measures against proposed, 90.
-, -, traders to Minis, etc., complaint against, 789.
-, -, traders restrained from dealing with Minis etc., 782 ii, 789.
-, -, woods in, instruction for preserving, 586.
-, -,-, preservation of, measures for, proposed, 335.
-, -,-,-, report upon, required, 440.
-, -,-, reservation of, instruction for, proposed, 335.

Nuestra Senora de Belem ; case of, 270, 270 i.

O.

Ockhold, Thomas, Councillor, Bahamas, death of, 23 ii.

Odwin, John, document signed by, 480 v.

Ogden, Samuel, letter from, 86.

Olds, Edward, Barbados, case of, recommended for determination, 447.

Ordnance, Board of, 515.
-, -,-, Secretary of. See Jones, Bell; Short, Edward.

Orkney, Earl of, Governor of Virginia, See Hamilton, George.

Oswego. See under New York.

Ottaway, Robert, deposition of, 509 xi.

Ottley, Drewry, Treasurer, St. Kitts, document signed by, 771 xiv.