New York presbytery consists of 35 ministers:

The dutch reformed presbytery of new York and new jersey consists of 20 ministers. i. 156. Lutheran ministers in new york are 2:

In new jersey none :

In philadelphia about 4. i. 157.

French protestant ministers in new york are 2:

In new jersey and pennsylvania none. i. 157.

Independent or congregational ministers in new york are 3:

In new jersey and pennsylvania none. i. 157.

Baptist ministers in new york are 3:

In new jersey are 5:

In pennsylvania about 4. i.

1764.

1765.

1767.

1768.

remaining indians at nantucket. iii. 36.

June 14. Indians and mulatoes at mashpee incorporated for the choice of overseers, etc. which act was repealed in june 13, 1788. iii. 9. 10.

July 5. Lancaster, new hampshire, incorporated. iii. 103. Plymouth, new hampshire, incorporated. iii. 111.

An english oration introduced at the commencement exercises, harvard college. i. 249.

New London, connecticut, has 79 sail of vessels; being 7 sail more than in 1774. ii. 212.

Small-pox in massachusetts, which causes a long vacation at harvard college. i. 109. 249.

Hospitals for inoculation for the small-pox first established in massachusetts. i. 108.

The expenses of the province of massachusetts bay amounted to £24,500, of which £1000 were for bounties on wheat. viii. 198. 199.

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Indians in duke's county are 313. iii. 92.

Plymouth contains 2225 inhabitants, including 77 negroes and 48 indians. iii. 170.

Waltham, massachusetts, contains 107 families, or 663 inhabitants, and 94 dwellings. iii. 271.

Duke's county contains 394 families, or 2300 white inhabitants; and 46 negroes and 313 indians. iii. 88.

Sept. Bridgewater contains 3990 inhabitants. vii. 168.

New Bedford has only two or three small vessels in the whale fishery at this period. iii. 18. Indians at mashpee are 271. iii. 14.

New Hampshire contains about 52,700 inhabitants, divided into nine regiments of foot, and one of horse guards, 80 justices of the peace and 31 representatives. iv. 79.

Ministers of the gospel in new hampshire are 64. iv. 78. 79.

East Tennessee began to be settled by a few persons under

general robertson; though it did not acquire that name for many years after. vii. 58. 1769. Dec. 22. Landing of the pilgrims at plymouth first publickly noticed at that place by the old colony club. iii. 176. 1770. July 3. First dissenting ordination performed in nova scotia. viii. 281.

The medical establishment at harvard college begun by a bequest of e. hersey; which was made adequate to its object by the bequest of j. cummings, william erving and e. sprague, made a few years after. i. 116.

Great storm and tide at plymouth. iii. 192.

Wolfborough, new hampshire, incorporated. iii. 119. 1771. The classis of Amsterdam, holland, resigns its ecclesiastical dominion over the dutch churches of new york and new jersey. i. 140.

1772. New York contains 148,124 inhabitants. i. 147.

1773. New York has 23 ministers of dutch churches, and 24 vacant congregations of that denomination:

45 presbyterian ministers, and 15 vacant churches:

21 episcopal ministers, and 1 vacant church:

3 lutheran ministers, and 10 vacant churches:

12 anabaptist ministers, and 4 vacant churches:

2 french protestant churches, both vacant:

2 moravian ministers, and 1 vacant church:

17 quaker meeting houses:
1 synagogue of jews :

7 baptist separate preachers : Roman catholics are prohibited. i. 147 to 151.

Sept. 1. Delegates from the consociated churches of connecticut and the synod of new york and philadelphia meet in convention at stanford, and are addressed by president stiles. i. 140. 1774. Rhode Island contains 59,678 inhabitants. vii. 113.

The association of congregational ministers of connecticut write a letter of encouragement to the boston churches, considering them as suffering in the cause of liberty; and send relief to those suffering under the boston port bill. ii. 255. 258.

New Haven has 108 vessels, in the whole 7170 tons, and 756 seamen; its imports from great britain are about £4000 sterling, and purchases at boston about £40,000 sterling per annum; its foreign trade is to the french west india islands, the receipts from which are about £3000 sterling per annum, and to great britain, only, in europe. ii. 218.

New London, connecticut, has 72 vessels, in the whole 3247 tons, and 496 seamen, and 20 coasting vessels: its trade principally to the west indies; its purchases of british goods amount to £150,000 or £160,000 sterling per annum ; its exports are £70,000 sterling. ii. 219. 220.

Sept. 5. The first continental congress is organized at philadelphia: peyton randolph is chosen president, and charles thompson secretary. ii. 221.

Each colony to have one vote in this congress resolved upon; which is not to be a precedent. ii. 221.

Committees are appointed to state american grievances and the british acts, that affect american trade and manufactures. ii. 221.

Sept. 16. Suffolk resolves arrive by express from boston, and are highly applauded by congress. ii. 221.

April 18. British troops under col. smith, leave boston to destroy american stores at concord. ii. 224.

April 19. Battles between the british and american troops at lexington and concord, massachusetts. ii. 224. iii. 234.

April 19. Charlestown, massachusetts nearly abandoned: the inhabitants return in 1776. ii. 167.

June 17. Battle of bunker's or breed's hill; col. prescott commanding the american, and lord howe the british troops. ii. 167.

June 17. Charlestown, massachusetts, is burnt by the british troops. ii. 167.

July. Gen. G. Washington, with a commission from congress to be cominander in chief of the troops of the american colonies, arrives at cambridge to take the command. x.3.

Nov. 12. Gen. Montgomery takes montreal, with its shipping etc. ii. 238.

Dec. 31. Gen. Montgomery assaults quebec, and is killed within the pickets. ii. 244.

Small-pox in boston. i. 109. 2000 persons inoculated for the small-pox by drs. rand and hayward, near boston. i. 108. 109.

Dr. Benjamin Church is made director of the continental hospital, and superseded by dr. morgan. i. 111.

Cherokee indians convey kentucky country to col. henderson, which was taken possession of in 1779 by gen. robertson. vii. 62. Hillsborough county, new hampshire, contains 15,986 inhabitants. vii. 69.

Lancaster, new hampshire, contains 61 inhabitants. iii. 105.

Plymouth, new hampshire, contains 382 inhabitants. iii. 113.

New Holderness, new hampshire, contains 172 inhabitants. iii. 116.

Wolfborough, new hampshire, contains 211 inhabitants. iii. 120.

Middletown, new hampshire, contains 233 inhabitants. iii. 121.

New Bedford, msssachusetts, has 40 or 50 vessels employed in the whale fishery, when the war puts an end to the business. iii. 18.

1776. March 2. The americans begin the bombardment of boston. viii. 294.

Plymouth contains 2655 white inhabitants. iii. 170.

Duke's county contains 482 families, or 2822 white inhabitants, and 59 negroes. iii. 88. Waltham, massachusetts, contains 870 inhabitants. iii. 271. Expedition against ticonderoga and crown point, under general thomas. x. 3.

Inhabitants return to charlestown, massachusetts. ii. 167.

Dysentery fatal throughout most of the united colonies. iii. 216. 1776 to 1782.

Canada cost great britain 1,299,519£. 19s. 6 1-2d. sterling. iii. 122.

1777. Sept. 19. Battle between the americans under general gates,

and the british troops under general burgoyne, at stillwater, saratoga county, new york; the former successful. iii. 237.

Washington county, north carolina, is formed, comprising what is now east tennessee. vii. 61.

American expedition against the british troops on long island, which is successful. ii. 227. 1778. The british and hessian troops,

who had been taken prisoners at the battle of saratoga, are stationed at charlestown, massachusetts. ii. 168.

Middletown, new hampshire, incorporated. iii. 121.

Aug. 29. Battle on rhode island between the american and british forces. iv. 302.

1779. April. General Robertson, with a few others, establishes himself near the present site of nashville, tennessee. Lexington, kentucky, was then a new settlement. vii. 63.

1780.

1781.

June 20. General Lincoln attacks the british troops at stono ferry, near charleston, south carolina. iii. 240.

June 23. Cummington, massachusetts, incorporated. x. 44.

July 16. Stony point taken by assault by americans under general wayne. ii. 227.

Sept. Convention is held at cambridge to form the constitution of massachusetts, which was adopted the following year, and abolishes slavery. vii. 162.

British general grey carries off from martha's vineyard 120 oxen and 10,000 sheep, american property. iii. 89.

Oct. 9. American and french troops, the former under general lincoln, and the latter under counts d'estaing and dillon, after some days siege, ineffectually attack savannah, georgia, in which they lose count pulaski, who is mortally wounded. iii. 242.

New London, new hampshire, incorporated. viii. 175.

Winter extremely severe in the mississippi valley. vii. 64.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is incorporated in massachusetts. i. 112. April 10. East Sudbury, massachusetts, incorporated. iv. 53. May 12. General Lincoln, in charleston, south carolina, capitulates to the english forces under sir h. clinton and admiral arbuthnot. iii. 244.

Dr. J. Warren, professor of harvard college, delivers the first lecture, in massachusetts, on anatomy. i. 111.

At plymouth, massachusetts, indian corn is 3s. 4d. and rye 4s. a bushel; beef 21-2d. and pork 4d. a pound. iii. 212.

Oct. Colonel Scammel dies of a wound received at the siege of yorktown. iv. 96.

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General Lincoln is made secretary of war, by congress. iii. 245.

Massachusetts Medical Society is established, but not organized till the following year. 112. 134.

1781 to 1815. Bill of mortality in kingston, massachusetts, during this period. iii. 218.

1782. First licentiate in medicine in massachusetts. i. 113.

1783.

1785.

Canada costs great britain 1,299,519£ 19s. 6 1-2d. sterling to this year from 1776. ii. 122.

Duke's county contains 522 families, or 3056 white inhabitants. iii. 89.

Waltham, massachusetts, contains 698 inhabitants. iii. 271.

Plymouth, massachusetts, contains 2380 inhabitants, including 35 negroes. iii. 170.

Rhode island contains 51,869 inhabitants, being several thousands less than in 1774. vii. 113.

March. "The Plymouth Journal" printed at plymouth, its first newspaper. iii. 177.

Great storm and tide at plymouth. iii. 192.

Charlestown contains 150 buildings and 550 inhabitants. ii. 169.

1785 to 1806. Deaths and disorders in Edgartown, martha's vineyard. iii. 65.

1785 to 1807. No young man dies of consumption in edgartown, martha's vineyard; not so of the females. iii. 65.

for promoting christianity in foreign parts, is transferred to massachusetts. ii. 45.

Nov. Massachusetts Society for propagating the Gospel amongst the Indians, incorporated by the legislature of massachusetts. ii. 46.

Malden bridge built. ii. 167. 1788. Convention sits at boston for the adoption of the federal constitution. vii. 161.

The legislature of massachusetts recommends a collection to be made in all the churches, for the benefit of the society for propagating the gospel amongst the indians. $1561 were collected. ii. 46.

1788 to 1806. Deaths, marriages, etc. at chilmark, martha's vineyard. iii. 65. 1788 to 1815. Deaths and baptisms at kingschapel, boston. iii. 291.

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1797.

wayne, make a treaty with the western indians, called the treaty of granville, or greenville. ii. 4.

Strong and violent party divisions in the united states, occasioned by the treaty (mr. jay's) with great britain. ii. 176.

Brookfield, new hampshire, incorporated. iii. 120.

Dr. Belknap discovers the cellar of a store-house erected by bartholomew gosnold in 1602, on cuttyhunk, one of the elizabeth islands. iii. 78.

1799. Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccination is transmitted to the united states. i. 121.

New Hampshire contains 183,858 inhabitants; -472 justices of the peace, 92 attornies at law, and 129 ministers of the gospel. iv. 79.

Vaccination is first performed in the united states by dr. benja. min waterhouse. i. 122. 1802. Experiments made by physi

1804.

1805.

cians, under the direction of the boston board of health, result decidedly in favor of vaccination. i. 123.

Mashpee contains 380 indians in 80 dwellings, few if any of whom are of pure blood. iii. 4.

Middlesex canal, massachusetts, opened. ii. 174.

United States' marine hospital erected at charlestown, massachusetts. ii. 175.

Chelsea bridge and salem turnpike constructed. ii. 171.

Oct. 9 and 10. A hurricane destroys many timber and other trees in massachusetts. iii. 166. vii. 114.

New Bedford has 73 ships and 39 brigs. iii. 19.

Massachusetts state prison, at charlestown, erected. ii. 175.