The charter to be subverted (1774),
iv. 20, 21; patriots of, to be arrested,
20; the legislature meets in Salem,
22; proceedings of the council and
the house, 22; doors locked, dele-
gates to continental congress chosen,
23; regulating act in, 43, 44; two
other odious acts, 45; Pepperell an-
swers Boston, 46; spirit of resist-
ance in, 46, 47; number of the mili-
tia, 47; New Hampshire courts bro-
ken up, 48, 49; the mandamus coun-
cillors give way and resign, 49, 50;
delegates to congress in Connecticut,
50, 51; reach the Hudson, 51; Suf-
folk county convention, 54; the peo-
ple rise, 55, 57; good conduct of, 56;
councillors resign, 56; the court of
Worcester interrupted, 59; resolu-
tions of the Suffolk convention, 59,
60; formation of regiments, 60; wish-
es to revive the old charter, 60, 61;
resistance of, approved by congress,
72; the assembly forms a provincial
congress, 78; prepares for war, 79;
fortitude and resolution of, 94; con-
dition of the clergy, etc., 95.

The second provincial congress
(1775), iv. 121; committee of safety,
121; measures for defence, 121, 122;
gets news from England, steps taken,
148; soothes the Indians, and pre-
pares for war, 148, 149; the people
of, rush to camp, 163; proposes to
raise 13,600 (out of 30,000) for an
American army, 169; encouraged by
the support of Connecticut and Rhode
Island, 171; character of the army
about Boston, 171; no unity in the
army as yet, want of stores, etc., 173;
want of money, notes issued, 174;
asks congress for direction, 203; asks
congress to take charge of the army,
203; organizes government, 242;
Warren speaker, Bowdoin president
of council, 242; raises money 242;
prompt action on receiving the king's
proclamation, 272; in favor of pro-
claiming independence, 429; on se-
curing right to the fisheries, 526, 527;
opposes measures of congress in lay-
ing duties on imports, 560.

Declaration of independence re-
ceived (1776), v. 5; slavery in, 413;
new constitution rids the state of
slavery, 417, 418; question before
the courts, and decision, 418-421;
rights of conscience in, 421; how
Washington's advice was received, vi.
93; instructs delegates, 140; fur-
ther movements in, 141; delegates

disobey instructions, and result, 146,
147; laws and course as to paper
money, 168, 169; views of, as to a
general convention, 188, 189; insur-
rection in, how dealt with, 200, 201;
accepts invitation to the convention,
201; afraid of the western states,
263, 264; state convention called on
the federal constitution, 395; condi-
tion of the state, and clections, 396;
convention opens, 397; objections as
to property qualifications, representa-
tion of slaves, etc., 398, 399; period
of office for senators, 399; the con-
vention wavers, 400, 401; friends of
the constitution rally, 401; the slave-
trade, 402, 404; resolutions as to
amendments, 402, 403; these referred
to a committee, which reports ap-
proval of the constitution, 404; ob-
jections on the score of a bill of
rights, 405; the constitution ratified,
405, 406; refuses a second federal
convention, 466.

Massachusetts bay, first settlements on,
i. 221.

Massachusetts Bay Company. See Mas-
sachusetts.

Massasoit, Indian sachem, makes a
treaty with the Pilgrims, i. 210.
Masts, ship-load of, sent to England, i.
380; royal monopoly of pine-trees of
the north, ii. 241.
Matagorda bay, visited by La Salle, ii.

172.

Mather, Cotton, ii. 50; active in witch-
craft prosecutions, 52-54, 61–66;
"Book of Memorable Providences,"
58, 59; gets Dudley appointed gover-
nor of Massachusetts, 68; calls for a
synod, 262.

Mather, Increase, ii. 50, 51; on new
charter of Massachusetts, 54, 55;
nominates Sir W. Phips governor, 57;
objects to Franklin's "Courant," 258.
Mather, Richard, aids Welde and Eliot
in translating the Psalms from the
Hebrew into metre (1640), i. 280.
Matthew, General, raids in the Chesa-
peake on tobacco plantations, v. 327,

328.

Matthews, Samuel, governor of Virginia,
i. 149; death of, 149.
Mauduit, Israel, acting agent for Mas-
sachusetts, iii. 71; of old, adviser of
the stamp-tax, 461.
Mauduit, Jasper, agent of Massachu-
setts, ii. 553; iii. 68; with the other
American agents thinks the colonies
will submit to the stamp-tax, iii. 105.
Maurepas, Caron de, chief minister of

Louis XVI., iv. 39; character of, 39,
40; insinuations of, against Turgot,
370; aroused, v. 20; advice of Beau-
marchais to, 131, 132; advice of
Frederic of Prussia to, 241; yields to
an alliance with the United States,
242, 245; in the cabinet in old age,
266; death of, 523.

Maury, Rev. J., in Virginia, iii. 66.
Maverick, Samuel, at East Boston, i.
223; a royal commissioner (1664),
376.

Mawhood, British officer at Princeton,
v. 106, 107.

Maxwell, General, at Morristown, New
Jersey, v. 102; takes Elizabethtown,
108; with Washington, 179; at Ger-
mantown, 193; at Connecticut Farms,
New Jersey, 424.

May, C. J., i. 489; first director, New
Netherland, 495.

Mayflower, the Pilgrims' ship (1620),
i. 205, 207.

Mayhew, Jonathan, of Boston, denounces
tyranny and priestcraft (1749), ii. 353,
354; patriotic, 552, 553; public spirit
of, iii. 83; strong for liberty, but dis-
approves violence, 136, 137; ovation
to Pitt, 214; advises union of the
colonies, 220; death of, 220.
Mayhew, Thomas, father and son, mis-
sionaries to the Indians, i. 385; the
son lost at sea, 385.
Mazzei, Philip, vi. 121.
Mecklenburg county, North Carolina,
declares independence and forms a
government (1775), iv. 196-198; pub-
lishes its resolves, 198; sends to other
colonies and congress, 198.
Mecom, Benjamin, editor of "Connecti-
cut Gazette," iii. 159.
Meigs, Return, of Connecticut, attacks
and destroys British transports at
Sag Harbor, New York, v. 152.
Melendez de Aviles, P., i. 54, 55; founds

St. Augustine, Florida, 56; massacres
the French colony in Florida, 57, 58.
Menomonies, Indians, ii. 93.
Mercantile system of Europe, develop-
ments of, ii. 87; of Portugal, Spain,
etc., 87, 88; applied to the colonies,
241, 242.

Mercer, Colonel, killed at Oswego, ii.
453.

Mercer, Hugh, ii. 455; at Pittsburg,
496; letter to Washington, iv. 146;
colonel of Virginia troops, 321; gen-
eral at battle of Princeton, v. 106,
107; mortally wounded, 106.
Mercer, John Francis, of Maryland, in
congress (1783), course of, vi. 95; in

the federal convention, on a privy
council for the president, 343; on
the judiciary, 349.

Meredith, Sir W., friendly to America,
iii. 102, 336.

Mermet, a Jesuit missionary, ii. 186,

187.

Merrill, Captain Benjamin, murdered by
Tryon, iii. 402.

Mesnard, René, missionary to the Cayu-
gas, ii. 148; on Lake Superior, 150;
lost near Green Bay, 150.
Methodists opposed to slavery, v. 422;
origin of, vi. 160; missions, superin-
tendents, etc., for America, 160-163;
opposed to slavery, 163; increase of,
in the United States, 164.
Miami river, ii. 364, 366.
Miamis, Indians, powerful

confed-

eracy, ii. 92, 155, 364; council of, at
Picqua, 364, 365; in Pontiac's war,
iii. 41, 42.

Miantonomoh, sachem of the Narragan-
setts, gives Rhode Island to Roger
Williams, i. 263; attacks the Mohe-
gans, 295; is put to death, 295.
Michigan, ii. 186.

Michigan, Lake, visited by La Salle, ii.
163.
Michilimackinac, iii. 45. See Mackinaw.
Micmacs, Indians, and Frontenac, ii.
182; harshly dealt with, 346.
Middleton, Arthur, in South Carolina, ii.
215; delegate to congress, iv. 32.
Middleton, Henry, ii. 550, 551; submits
to Cornwallis, v. 393, 394.
Mifflin, Thomas (1774), iv. 11; elected
a burgess of Philadelphia, 70; brave
words of (1775), 178; with Washing-
ton at New York, v. 34, 36; in com-
mand of Pennsylvania regiments, 37;
good service of, 83; in the "cabal
against Washington, 210, 211; words
of, to Gates, 212; quartermaster-
general, blamed by Washington, 213;
tries to excuse himself, 216.
Milborne, son-in-law of Leisler, and "the
Dutch plot," i. 601; executed in New
York, ii. 37.

Milhet, John, of New Orleans, iii. 316.
Military academy, proposed by Wash-
ington, vi. 103.

Militia, use and value of, v. 52; ques-

tion concerning, in the federal con-
vention, vi. 312, 313.

Millar, John, on republican government,
iv. 289.

Miller, Thomas, secretary of state, col-
lector, etc., in North Carolina, i. 424-
426; enforces the acts of navigation,
425.

(1652), i. 302; established by con-
gress (1784), vi. 119.
Minuit, Peter, director-general of New
Netherland, buys Manhattan Island,
i. 495, 496; displaced (1632), 500;
leads colony of Swedes to Delaware
bay (1637), 503.

Mirabeau, address to the Germans, v.
223.

Miruelo, Diego, i. 27.

Mississippi Company, and John Law, ii.
227; the end of, 229.
Mississippi river, discovered by De
Vaca, i. 29; tributaries of, discov-
ered, 36; entered by Marquette and
Jollict on the north, ii. 156; La Salle
descends to Gulf of Mexico, 167;
reached by Iberville from the sea,
188; importance of, to the United
States, v. 308; reserved to the United
States by the backwoodsmen of the
West, 309, 310, etc.; negotiations re-
specting, vi. 421, 422; Virginia's
views and claims, 423.

Missouri, visited by De Soto, i. 42, 43;
St. Genevieve its oldest settlement,
iii. 62, 152; colonization of, 152.
Missouri river, visited by Marquette, ii.
157.

Mobile, De Soto at, i. 42, 43; Iberville
in, ii. 188; Fort Condé at, 235.
Mobilian language, or dialect among
the red men, ii. 97, 98.
Moffat, petition of, to the legislature of
Rhode Island, iii. 233.
Mohawks, one of the Five Nations, i.
583 (see Iroquois); asked to be neu-
tral (1775), iv. 148.
Mohegans, attacked by the Narragan-
setts, i. 295; faithful to the English,
393; locality of, ii. 91.
Molineux, William, of Boston, iii. 360;

on committee to meet the governor,
(1770), 376, 377.

Molyneux, of Ireland, iii. 27, 28; re-
ferred to, 261.

Monckton, Colonel, death of, in battle

of Monmouth (1778), v. 277.
Monckton, Robert, with Wolfe, ii. 503–
510; governor of New York, 551,
552; takes Martinique, 555.
Monk, General, i. 343; duke of Albe-
marle, one of the proprietaries of
Carolina, 408; a palatine, 420.
Monmouth, New Jersey, battle of, v.
275-278; very hot day, 277.
Monro, at Fort William Henry, Lake
George, bravery of, ii. 466, 467.

98; in congress, vi. 116; a rising
statesman, 141, 142; compromise
proposal of, for revenue, 142; report
of, on the subject in the fifth congress,
142, 143; procrastinates, wishes the
measure delayed, 143, 145; on a gen-
eral convention, 188; opposes a con-
vention, 189; on Washington's in-
fluence in the federal convention,
276; journey to the West (1786),
277, 278; plan for a north-western
ordinance, 279; course as to the
slavery question, 279; report of com-
mittee, 280; favors new constitution,
377; opposes Madison's election to
congress, 466.

Montagu, Lord C. G., in Charleston,
South Carolina, iii. 408; as governor
virtually insults the assembly, 432.
Montagu, Frederick, in parliament, iii.
336.

Montagu, John, admiral, at Boston,
iii. 406; in Newport, 434; blockades
Boston, 453.

Montcalm, Marquis de, ii. 453; captures
Oswego, New York, 453; takes Fort
William Henry, 466, 467; fails to
restrain savage massacres, 467; fore-
bodings of, 483, 484; attacked by the
English, 489; defeats Abercrombie,
490; courage in troubles, 492; not
supported by France, 500; has in-
sufficient forces, 504, 510; death of.
511.

Montesquieu, ii. 319; iii. 3.
Montgomerie, John, governor of New
York and New Jersey, ii. 253; death
of, in office (1731), 253.
Montgomery, Colonel (Lord Eglinton),
sent against the Cherokees, ii. 519,

520.

Montgomery, Richard, bravery of, ii.
485, 492; elected brigadier-general,
iv. 231; character and abilities of,
292, 293; advances and invests St.
John's, 293, 294; takes it, and also
Montreal, 296; junction with Bene-
dict Arnold, 302; resolves to storm
Quebec, 302, 303; situation of, almost
desperate, 303, 304; leads the attack
and falls, 304-306; tributes to his
noble character, 308, 309.

Montreal, site of, i. 16; Sulpicians at,
ii. 140, 141; English flag raised at
(1760), 523; Ethan Allen's rash at-
tempt on (1775), iv. 295; taken by
Montgomery, 296.

Moore, Andrew, in camp at Rockfish,
North Carolina, iv. 387; with Caswell
defeats the Highlanders, 389, 390.

Moravians, in Georgia, ii. 287, 288; in

Salem, North Carolina, v. 487.
Morell, an English church clergyman, a
year in New England, i. 216.
Morgan, Daniel, ii. 420; the Virginia
riflemen under, iv. 247; character
and merits of, 247, 248; arrives in
camp, 248; leads riflemen in expe-
dition against Quebec, 298; takes a
barricade, 307; made prisoner, 307;
exchanged, v. 49; the riflemen attack
the British, 154; with Gates does
good service, 183, 187; meanly treated
by Gates, 191; in service again, pro-
moted, 476, 477; spirited and active,
480; great victory of, at the Cow-
pens, over Tarleton, 482–485; thanked
by congress, etc., 484, 485; compelled
by sickness to retire from active ser-
vice, 487; honorable career of, 487,
488.

Morris, Major, of New Jersey, killed in
battle, v. 210.

Morris, Gouverneur, in the New York
convention, v. 4; on special commit-
tee, 322, 323; opposed to slavery,
406, 407, 411; letters to Knox and
Greene, vi. 67, 68; in the federal
convention, 210, 215; claims repre-
sentation for property, 256; presents
report of committee, 257, 258; on
fettering legislation, 270, 271; on
property qualifications, 271; as to a
national judiciary, 272; on qualifica-
tions of members of congress, 296;
on suffrage, 297; on representation,
299; eloquent speech, 299-301; on
paper money, 302; on state interfer-
ence with contracts, 305; on encour-
agement of manufactures by govern-
ment, 307; on rebellion, 311; on the
slave-trade, new states, etc., 319, 323,
324; on the election of president of
United States, term of office, tenure,
etc., 326, 327, 332-334; one of the
committee of eleven, 334; on veto
and other power of the president,
342, 345, 347; on bankruptcies, 354;
prepares final draft of the constitu-
tion of the United States, 357.

tion, v. 4; in congress, 16; chief jus-
tice, member of the state convention
on the federal constitution, vi. 456.
Morris, Robert, in congress, iv. 237;
views on independence, 339; service
in congress, 425; supports independ-
ence, v. 8; efforts of, to raise money
for Washington, 103; on treating for
peace, 256; praises General Greene,
504; in charge of the finance depart-
ment, 508; favors a national bank,
508; gets a charter for the bank,
556; financial schemes and efforts,
556-558; on prospect of federal gov-
ernment, 559; head of department of
finance, vi. 25, 26; plan of, for a na-
tional bank, 26, 27; gets the "Bank
of America" incorporated, 29; efforts
to get capital for the bank, 28, 29;
entreats a loan from France, 31;
financial scheme of, 60; plan of, to
coerce congress, 61, 62, 66; letter of
resignation, 69; on disbanding the
army, 82; retires from office, 123.
"Mosaic" opposition, iii. 243; mo-
saic" ministry, 255.

Motte, Lieutenant-Colonel, iv. 258; with
Moultrie in the attack on the fort,
403; in the state convention on the
federal constitution, vi. 419.

Motte, Rebecca, patriotic spirit of, v.
500.

Moultrie, William, ii. 519, 550, 551; colo-
nel, takes Fort Johnson, Charleston,
South Carolina, iv. 257, 258; builds
a fort on Sullivan's Island, 394, 398;
resolves to hold it, 400, 402; force
of, and preparation, 403; brave de-
fence of the fort, and victory, 404-
409; duly honored, 410, 411; at
Beaufort, drives the British (1779),
v. 367, 368; course of, in Charles-
ton, 370, 371; governor of South
Carolina, excellent spirit of (1785),
vi. 153.

Mount Desert Isle, French settlement
on, broken up, i. 105, 106.
Mount Wollaston, Maine, i. 221.
Mowat, captain of the Canceaux at
Portland, Maine, iv. 183, 184; burns
the town, 263.
Moylan, v. 96.

Mud Island, fort at, v. 195; evacuated,
198.

Mugford, James, of Marblehead, Massa-

chusetts, heroism of, in capturing a
British ship, iv. 340; mortally wound-
ed two days after, 341.
Muhlenberg, Rev. Peter, iv. 318; takes

command of troops, 321; regiment

of, marches to Charleston, South Caro-
lina, 401.

Murray, James, with Wolfe, ii. 503,
506; in battle, 508, 509; encounter
of, with the French, 522; advice as
to colonial arrangement (1763), iii. 50.
Murray, Mary L., good service to the
American army, v. 45.

Murray, William. See Mansfield.
Murray, of Rutland, Massachusetts, a
mandamus councillor, runs away, iv.
49.

Muskohgees, Indians, ii. 92 (see Crecks);
meet Oglethorpe, ii. 283, 292.
Mutiny act, to be applied to America
(1754), ii. 412, 413; applied to Amer-
ica (1765), iii. 105, 212.

Muzzey, Isaac, killed at Lexington, iv.
156.

N.

Necker, director-general of finances of
France, v. 132; favors neutrality in
American affairs, 266; clandestine
negotiations, 467; fall of, 469.
Negroes. See Slaves.
Negroes, free, disfranchised in Virginia,
ii. 256, 257; at Bunker Hill, iv. 223;
in the continental army, 223, 261,
262; enlisted by Washington, 322,
323; colonization of, proposed, 338;
position of, in New York, v. 120;
seven hundred at battle of Mon-
mouth, good conduct of, 276, 277;
as to question of citizenship, 580.
Nesbit, Lieutenant-Colonel, in Boston,
iv. 134.

Netherlands. See Holland and United
Provinces.

Neutral flags, rights of, i. 527; v. 341,

342.

Neutrality, armed.
trality.

See Armed Neu-

on, i. 410.

Nantasket, i. 237.

Nantes, edict of, revoked, i. 432.
Nanticokes, Indians, ii. 91.

Narragansett bay, claim of Massachu-
setts to, i. 287.

Narragansetts, Indians, i. 210, 211;
visited by Roger Williams, 266; do
not join the Pequods, 266; strife of,
with the white men, and submission,
294, 295; destruction of, 390, 391.
Narvaez, P. de, greedy after gold, goes
to Florida, i. 27; ill results, and loss,
28-30.

Nash, Abner, in North Carolina provin-

cial council, iv. 260.

Nash, General, at Germantown, v. 193.
Natchez, Mississippi, founded by Bien-

ville, ii. 226, 227; taken by Captain
Willing of Philadelphia (1778), v.

315.

Natchez, Indians, ii. 97; war of, against
the French, 232-234; extinction of,
234.

Naturalization act (1740), ii. 264.
Naval stores, bounty on, ii. 84.
Navigation acts. See Acts of Naviga-
tion.

Navy, American, origin of, iv. 263, 264;
flag of (rattlesnake and motto), 393;
difficulty of raising, v. 50; earliest
appointments of officers, 50, 51; ef-
forts of, on Lake Champlain, 59, 60;
authorized in the federal convention,
vi. 313.

Neal, James, of Maine, in Massachusetts
state convention, objections of, to the
federal constitution, vi. 402.

by Drake, i. 66.

New Albion, on Delaware bay, i. 509.
New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island,
i. 496.

Newark, New Jersey, i. 522.
New Bedford, Massachusetts, raid of
the British on (1778), v. 286.
New Belgium, i. 509.
New Berne, North Carolina, Swiss settle-
ment at, ii. 16.

Newburyport, Massachusetts, firm in
support of Boston, iv. 8.
Newcastle, duke of (T. H. Pelham), sec-
retary of state for the colonies, course
of (1724), ii. 250; colonial minister
for twenty-four years, 329, 330; tem-
porizing policy of, 330, 331; resigns
the southern department, 331; char-
acter of, 331, 332; dislikes his asso-
ciates, 358-360; prime minister, 408;
administration of, 408-456; advice
of, 440; resigns, 456; in Pitt's min-
istry, 471, 472; in favor with George
III., 534; course of, in the cabinet,
535, 540, 544; retires, 556.

New England, named by John Smith
(1614), i. 97; Gorges appointed gov
ernor-general of, 276; union of colo-
nies important, 289; conditions of
union (1643), 291; articles of confed-
eration between Massachusetts, Ply-
mouth, Connecticut, and New Haven,
291, 292; commissioners appointed
to carry out provisions of articles,
293; course as to slavery, 293, 294;
Maine, Providence, and Rhode Island
not in the confederacy, 294; popula-
tion of (1675), 383; Indian war in,