erection of hands. P. 91. 92. so- licited by indians to settle on con- necticut river. P. 93. form a company with plymouth people to trade there, which project is given over. P. 94. a committee ap- pointed to make a code of laws for, which is confirmed and printed. viii. 9. 10. very early imports ma- deira wine; its productions and ex- ports. 12. and manufactures; in- corporates shoemakers, and pers. 13. caterpillars destructive in. 18. loses several ships. 18. 19. complaints about taxes. 24. "pride and excess in apparel" early in. 25. churches send relief to the bermuda church, which was 'ex- pelled the island. 31. 32. papers delivered to its general court by col. nichols and others, commissioners from charles ii. may 2, 1665. 55. suspects the object of the commis- sioners to be that of laying taxes; reasons why the commissioners were sent out to. 56. 57. suspect- ed in england óf being resolved on independence. 57. charles ii. dis- satisfied with answer to his letter. 58. answer of its general court to the commissioners. 59. commis- sioners answer. 61. accuses the commissioners of a breach of its pa- tent; answer to the commissioners, denying any injury to narragan- set and other indians. 63. letter from the commissioners, denying that they had infringed massachu- setts patent; oath of allegiance to, by commissioners. 64. letter to the commissioners, giving an ac- count of harvard college, of the law regarding town and grammar schools, with which the colony was well provided, and the number of christian indians in massachusetts. 65. letter to the commissioners, objecting to their power of hearing appeals from its courts, as a breach of its charter; letter to the com- missioners about attempts to arrest messrs. whalley and goffe. 67.
cused by gorton and others of exe- cuting laws in its own name, and of swearing to fidelity to its own go- vernment. 68. general court's answer to letter from charles ii.
about repealing laws derogatory to the king's authority, allegiance, the administration of justice in the king's name, use of the common prayer, administration of
ments, qualification of electors, and the case of capt. thomas breeden. 47.49. confers an honour on the hon. robert boyle; cautioned by him to use more guarded language. 49. 52. letter from charles ii. about renewing charter, granting general amnesty, laws repugnant to those of england, allegiance, use of the com- mon prayer, administration of sacra- ments, number of assistants, quali- fications of electors, and against tol- erating quakers. 52. 55. contro- versy with king's commissioners on all the points in dispute. 71. 82. summoned to appear before king's commissioners by attorney, in the appeal of the case of the charles of oleron; letter to, from commission- ers, complaining of its answer. 82. 84. publishes by sound of a trumpet, a defiance of the king's commissioners. 84. sends troops under capt. endicott and others against the pequots. 131. sends capt. patrick with troops against in- dians at block island. 143. and under capt. stoughton against the pequots. 145. x. 59. general court's letter or paper from the king's commissioners, col. nichols and others, requiring alterations to be made in the laws of massachu- setts. viii. 84. 87. letter to the king's commissioners about boun- daries. 87. summons the owners of the charles of oleron, to make good their cause, and gives notice to the king's commissioners. 88. 90. sends £500 as a present to the king for the use of the navy. 90. 91. objections of its committee about appeals to the king's commis- sioners. 91. 92. a brief narrative of its negotiations with the king's commissioners, col. nichols and others. 92. 96. raises troops for taking manhattoes, under the king's commissioners. 94. copy of the first quo warranto issued against. 96. 97. advantages in trade grant- ed to. 97. holds a day of prayer
owing to questions with the com- missioners about allegiance. 98. great number of petitions presented to. 99. debate about appeasing his majesty. 99. 101. required to publish a declaration of war against the french in canada. 101. 102. general court petitioned by boston against disloyalty and in favour of appeasing the king. 103. 105. and by salem, newbury and ipswich to the same effect. 105. answer of general court to charles ii. part- ly about a letter from the king, which had no seal, &c. 108. 109. a public dispute held in with bap- tists. 111. 112. papers on andros's administration. 179. 183. letter of general court to joseph dudley, president of the council, complain- ing of breach of privileges. 179. appoints a committee to take charge of its papers and title deeds. 180. minutes of sir e. andros's council in. 181. 182. all its officers and laws to be continued during sir e. andros's pleasure. 183. an esti- mate of its expenses in 1764, in- cluding forts, salaries, etc. and bounty on wheat. 198. 199. ge- neral court, report of its committee about cape cod canal, with esti- mates of its costs, etc. 193. 196. an account of a part of mr. wil- son's gift of ammunition to. 228. 229. its receipt from rates, beaver trade fee, etc. 1632, 1633. 230. 231. its payments during the same period. 232. 233. general court impeach capt. william rous and others for trading with an enemy, who claim a habeas corpus. 240. 242. declares war against nor- ridgewock indians. 254. its troops take norridgewock, and kill father ralle and indians. 254. 255. ter to governour from eastern in- dians, with fac similes of their seals. 259. 263. opinion of council sent to malden church. 325. general court summons rev. marmaduke mathews before it, for preaching unsafe opinions. 325. 326. its act of privileges; claims for the house of representatives the privileges of the house of commons, about money bills, etc. 326. 327. visited by
plymouth settlers; it is subject to massasoyt; its squaw sachem or queen. ix. 57. indian language in. 223. proceedings against sam- uel gorton. 199. 200. very early insists, that there is no appeal from its proceedings to england. 201. charter from william and mary, re- ferred to.. x. 2. general court dis- franchises and dismisses three of its members from boston. x. 23. charter privileges usurped by sir edmund andros. 25. towns in, allowed to send two representa- tives, by the charter of william and mary. 26. legislative proceedings irregular. 26. prepares to make war against the narragansets. 60. insurrection in, headed by shays and day. 79. And see new eng- land, plymouth colony, maine, as- sistants, commissioners from charles ii., nichols, col. etc.
Massachusetts colony, indians. ii. 66. believe the house of kautantowit to be the abode of the good after death. 113. reduced by mortality from 30,000 to 300. 72. dispute with massachusetts about land. iii. 127. 127.
small-pox destroys many. kindness of whites to. 127. 128. on charles river. v. 32. car- ried off by pestilence just before the arrival of plymouth colony. 51. 54. great mortality among, by small-pox. 194. 195. P. 67. dress and habits. viii. 27. 28. number of, educating at cambridge, and of christian indians in massachusetts. 65. place of residence. ix. 236. And see mashpee, natick, martha's vineyard, narraganset, etc. Massachusetts, shipping in 1806. iii. 122. register. iii. 163. fires in, from 1701 to 1800. i. 81. insur- rection in, headed by shays. iii. 246. quelled. 248. 249. consti- tution of, formed; adopts the united states constitution. 161. provin- cial congress of; list of killed and wounded at the battles of concord and lexington. viii. 45. Massachusetts historical society al- phabetical list of its members. i. 8. x. 191. 192. laws and regula- tions. i. 3. circular letter. 14. ii. 277. donations to. 285. iii.
292. iv. 304. vii, 297. viii. 329. | Mather, rev. richard, of dorchester.
ix. 369. x. 188. library, books deposited in, by old south church. vii. 179. when incorporated. 181. first publishes collections. 182. list of its members recently elected. x. 191. Massachusetts medical society, remon- strance against college of physi- cians. i. 134. Massachusetts general hospital, peti- tion for. i. 127. Massachusetts indian language, eliot's grammar of, at large. ix. 243, et post.; and mr. pickering's introduc- tion to. 223, et post.
Massacre of english at virginia by in- dians. vi. 411. Massapee. iii. 175. Massaquatucket. vii. 140.
Massasoit. iii. 177. or woosamequen, chief sachem of wompanoogs. 33. comes to plymouth. 59. ac- knowledges himself a subject of king james, and enters into a league with the pilgrims. 59. 60. 61. or ousamequin. vii. 140. or massasoyt, his habitation at pucka- nokick. ix. 27. which is near nar- raganset bay, visited by plymouth settlers. 49. 50. overthrown by the narragansets. 54. 57. with 90 indians spends some days at ply- mouth. 60. acknowledges him-* self subject to king james. 68. or massasowat, a friend of plymouth people. 82. 84. 95.
Massassoomineuk, its meaning. iii.
Massey, jeffrey. viii. 106. Massey, john. viii. 106. Massey, rev. edmund. i. 106. Masters, john. iii. 266. cuts a passage from charles river to cambridge, for which the court promise payment. vii. P. 30. 60.
Masters' brook. iii. 262. 265. Masterson, nathaniel, appointed mar- shal of all york. vi. 593. 594. 596. Matacut harbour. iii. 20. Matakeeset bay. iii. 40. 41. Matakeeset, now pembroke. vii. 144. 171.
Matopan, or dorchester, settled. v. 134. 135. See dorchester, massa- chusetts.
Matfield river. vii. 151. 172.
i. 204. iii. 150. his preservation from shipwreck; arrives. v. 199. 200. 273. his answer to rev. mr. da- venport referred to. vi. 590. his death. 607. vii. 41. viii. 98. Mather, rev. samuel, of dublin, ire- land. vii. 29. 187.
Mather, rev. nathaniel. vii. 29. Mather, rev. dr. increase. i. 202. visited by john dunton. ii. 100. agent for plymouth colony. iii. 190. visits the confessors of witch- craft, at salem. 221. iv. 93. let- ter to, on the episcopal controversy in connecticut. 301. his treatise on baptism referred to. vi. 570. vii. 161. his manuscripts. letter to, from anthony wood. 187. his relation of the troubles which happened to new england by the indians, referred to. viii. 125. Mather, rev. dr. cotton, his magnalia. i. (xxx.) 203. 205. encourages inoculation. 106. visited by john dunton. ii. 101. 133. 147. forms dr. boylston of the manner of inoculating for the small-pox in turkey. 159. letter to, from gov. dudley, giving an account of an un- common tooth. 263. quoted. iv. 126. 138. his ratio disciplinæ. 180. letter to, on the episcopal controversy in connecticut. V. (v.) quoted. vi. 541. notice of ezekiel cheever. vii. 130. mag- nalia quoted. 132. 161. quoted. 162. quoted. P. 41. 45. mistake corrected. P. 45. 48. viii. 243. he- catompolis referred to. x. 56. Matlack, timothy, his letter to hon. william findley, giving an account of attempts to abolish slavery in pennsylvania and jersey. viii. 184. 193.
Mattachiest. ix. 83.
Mattachusetts.. See massachusetts. Mattacusets. See massachusetts. Mattakeeset. iv. 222.
Mattakeeset pond. iv. 92. 225. Mattaneaug, or windsor, connecticut, settled. vi. 307. Mattanwake, or long island. v. 89. Mattapoiset. iii. 200. iv. 258. 259. now rochester. 250. 263. x. 31. Mattapoiset harbour. iv. 252. x. 36. Mattapoiset brook. iv. 254.
Maverick, rev. john, first minister of dorchester. ii. 91. iii. 150. ar- rives. v. 133. settles at dorches- ter. 134. 135. 186. 189. 192. vii. P. 4. sworn a freeman. P. 29. mistake about his arrival corrected. P. 39. notice of. P. 40. forms a congregational church at plymouth, england; ordained episcopally in england. P. 41. 66.
Maverick, samuel. ii. 86.. v. 160.
vi. 500. vii. P. 4. 5. his house at winnesemet. P. 34. his pinnace. P. 58. receives from bull and oth- ers, pirates, a pinnace, in exchange for one captured by them. P. 73.
viii. 233. Maverick, samuel, king's commission- er, with col. nichols and others. vii. 92. (And see commissioners, &c. and nichols, col.) at pasca- taqua. v. 89. vi. 665. at boston. viii. 52. 58. 62. 64. creates disgust at pascataqua. 75. 77. 81. 82. 84. 87.90. 92. 94. 95. 109. Maverick, elias. viii. 233. Mawhawks, or maquas. ix. 236. And see mohawks.
Mawques, or mohawk indians. vi. 629. And see mohawks.
Maxwell, john, his disposition relative to judge s. sewall's denying a habeas corpus. viii. 241. Maydwell, thomas. v. 232. Mayes indians, their residence and number. ii. 25. May-flower, the ship which brought the pilgrims to plymouth. iii. 174.
208. v. 129. arrives at charlestown. 131. vii. 153. P. 10.
Mayhew, thomas, governour of mar- tha's vineyard. ii. 64. iii. 33. 34. labours among the indians of mar- tha's vineyard 66. dies at the age of ninety. 69. 86. satisfied with the answer of indians; influ- ence over them. 87. attempts, (with his son,) to civilize indians, 83. prudence in managing with indians. 83. 84. introduces juries among them. 83. grant to, of martha's vineyard; visits indians to preserve peace; obtains commission to recover martha's vineyard, &c. 85. prevents indians from going to war. 86. instructs indians at mar- tin's vineyard. viii. 29. 231. Mayhew, rev. thomas, jun. of martha's vineyard; character. iii. 34. 67. first minister of edgartown. 71. labours among the indians. vi. 654. lost at sea on his passage to england. iii. 67. vi. 557. 654. 655. Mayhew, matthew, "brief account of the success of the gospel," &c. quoted. iii. 67. magistrate and preacher to the indians at martha's vineyard. 68. 69, 87. Mayhew, thomas, a justice of the court of common pleas at martha's vineyard. iii. 68.
Mayhew, john. iii. 67. a preacher at martha's vineyard; character. iii. 68. preacher at tisbury. 74. Mayhew, rev. experience, of martha's vineyard. ii. 47. character and works. 68. 69. death. 69. Mayhew, dr. matthew. iii. 69. 70. Mayhew, joseph, tutor at harvard col. lege. iii. 69.
Mayhew, nathan. iii. 69. Mayhew, john. iii. 70. Mayhew, jeremiah. iii. 70. Mayhew, rev. dr. jonathan, of boston, writings on episcopacy. ii. 196. 202. 212. iii. 17. 69.
Mayhew, zechariah, a preacher to in- dians. iii. 69.
Mayhew, thomas, esquire. iii. 17. iv. 87.
tried and condemned, but is re- prieved. ii. 229.
Mc crea, miss, mr. tudor's allusion to. viii. 298.
Mc culler, lieut. viii. 156. Mc curdy, lieut. john. x. 178. Mc duffee, col. john. x. 178.
Mc farland, rev. asa, of concord, new hampshire. iii. 112.
Me gregore, rev. david, of londonder- ry, new hampshire. iv. 78. Mc intire, mrs. x. 177. Mc kean, rev. dr. joseph. i. 248. iii. 287. letter from. 288. v. (vi.) professor of rhetorick and oratory at harvard college; sketch of his life and character. viii. 157. 167. settled at milton. 158. invited to settle in boston; a representative of boston. 160. chosen professor of mathematicks and natural philoso- phy, but does not accept; inaugu- rated professor of rhetorick and ora- tory. 161. dies; buried at the havana; epitaph. 164. 165. list of publications. 166.
Mc kean, william. viii. 165. Mc kean, agnes. viii. 166. Mc kean, william. viii. 166. Mc kean, elizabeth.
Mc kee, dr. iv. 293. Mc keller, peter. viii. 156.
Mc kennie, rev.
Mc kenzie,
his voyages. 43.
131. 143.
Mc kenzie,
ii. 11. 12. 23. X.
referred to.
Mecumel. See miantonemo. Mede, his opinion respecting the natives of America. Medford, taxed £3 out of £50 in massachusetts. vii. P. 1. tax for the support of ministers. P. 6. tax. P. 57. P. 60. tax. P. 85. tax. viii. 230. witchcraft at. X. 17.
Medical dissertations, list of. i. 117.
Meigs, mrs. ii. 231.234. 238.242. Meigs, josiah, president of university of georgia. ii. 227.
Meigs, major return-j.; journal of his expedition to quebec under col. benedict arnold; account of; hon- oured by congress; his military ex- ploits. ii. 227. captured at que- bec. 246. For incidents related in his journal, see arnold, col, bene- dict.
Mein's new hampshire register. iv.
Mendon settled. vi. 591. destroyed by indians. 592. Mendoza,
his treatise of war
referred to. vii. 216. Menehighon. See monhegan. Menemsha pond. iii. 42. 44. 45. 49. 58.
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