A.

"A. Z.," letter signed, 326.

Aaron, a negro, declaration of, 85.
Abbot, captain, 350.

Abbott, Edward, lieutenant-governor of
St. Vincennes, 426.

letter from, 119.

Abeel, John, grant of land to, 2.
Abercrombie:

general James, 545.

lieutenant-colonel James, death of,

349.

Abercromby, James, letters from, 203,
269.

Aberdeen, 483.

Abergavenny, Marq. of, MSS. of, xii.
Abraham, Father, his almanack, 460.
Acadians, 593.

Achincrue, Ayrshire, 268, 271, 272, 274.
Acrington, 330.

Acton, Middlesex, letter dated from, 203.
Acts of Parliament :

American Act, 51.
Barbadoes Act, 487.
Billeting Act, 50.

for changing the Council of Massa-
chusetts, 227.

confiscating property in American
ships, 465.

Declaratory Act, 51, 199, 348.

for establishing free ports in the
West Indies, 541.

Habeas Corpus Act, 285.

Bill to suspend the, 429.
suspension of the, 438.
imposing duty on tea, 114.
Insolvency Act, 573.

making it death to destroy any of
the King's ships, stores, &c., and
authorising the trial in Great
Britain, 156.

Mutiny Act, 286.

Navigation Act, 398, 522.

for the preservation of His Majesty's
dockyards, 86.

for restraining and preventing several
unwarrantable combinations and
undertakings in America, 50.
for the better preventing of illegal
meetings in any of His Majesty's
Colonies in North America, 405.

Acts of Parliament-cont.

Prohibitory Act, 280, 416, 472.
Quebec Act, 235, 266, 385, 566, 567,
568, 569, 572.

Restraining Act, 285, 328, 343, 350,
428, 434.

Revenue Acts, 85, 187, 266, 273.

likely to be repealed, 191.

repeal of the, proposed, 30.
for re-uniting the proprietory govern-
ments in America to the Crown,
487.

(a provisional) for settling the
troubles in America and asserting
the supreme legislative authority
and superintending power of Great
Britain over the Colonies, 265.
Sugar Act, 12, 24.

for securing the dependency of the
Colonies, 38, 39.

with reference to seizure of bullion
in America, 51.

Stamp Act, iii, iv, 12, 15, 18-28, 30-6,
45, 51, 52, 65, 203, 242, 364, 495.
petition against, 13.

repeal of the, 23, 24, 34, 37, 39–
44, 46, 47.
arbitrary, 331.

associations against, 295, 297.

cause of much discontent in America,
18.

disadvantages arising to America by
the several, 35.

mentioned, 16, 33, 44, 50, 111, 223,
293, 312.

those passed since 1763 to be re-
pealed, 51.

resentment against, 298.

of supremacy or taxation, refusal to
submit to, 314.

of Trade and Navigation, 29.
Adair, -, surgeon, applies for a grant of
land, 603.

Adams:

[John or Samuel], 216, 239, 304.
of powerful wrangling abilities,

222.

John, intercepted letters of, 335, 336,
390; referred to, 352, 364, 376,

388.

Mrs. Abigail, letter to, 335,

352.

John, mate of sloop "Liberty," 119.
[John Quincy], 490.

Joseph, petition of, 119.

Samuel, vii, 35, 63.

complains of the injustice of the
Stamp Act, 27.

Adams-cont.

Samuel, excepted from pardon, 321,
331.

letters from, 24, 27.

captain Thomas, kindness of, 119.
Adderley, Mr., 485.
Addington, 500.

Admiralty, the, 84, 86, 158, 197, 228, 259,
270, 286, 296, 397, 419, 433, 434, 442,
467, 468, 482, 577, 582, 583.

directions to be sent to, 81.
letter to, concerning the burning of
the "Gaspee," to be recalled, 88.
letters to, 59, 62, 84, 136, 232, 461,
509, 531, 532, 543.

licenses, 416, 419.

minute of, 429.

to reinforce the squadron in America,
406.

courts of (Vice Admiralty) in
America, 409.

Africa:

in West Florida, 211.

Judge of, in St. Vincent, 538.

importation of slaves to Virginia
from, 113, 121.

memorial of merchants trading to,

157.

Alarm, the, 176, 177.

Albany, 285, 375, 422, 442, 445, 446, 455,
459, 491.

barrack master of, 459.

county, 120, 200, 205, 285, 303.
Indians receive presents at, 374.
mayor of, ill-treatment of, 422.

Alcalá de Henares, 370.
Aldborough, 311.

Alice, Rev. J., solicits assistance with

regard to a Pennsylvania Act, 104.
Allan, of Nova Scotia, 416.
Allanby, -, provost marshal, memorial
of, 602.

Alleghany Mountains, proposed establish-
ment of a colony west of the, 75.
Allen:

Rev., 314.

Andrew, 439.

B., desires an appointment, 230.
Colonel Ethan, 314.

his letter to merchants of

for, 340.

associations in, 243.

handed round against oppressive
Acts of Parliament, 295, 297.

bank in, proposed, 46, 185.

bishop for, suggested, 224, 245.
consecration of, in Scotland,
by non-juring bishops, 483.
cannot be conquered, 391.
church government in, 50.

coal and provisions needed in, 303.
coinage for, plan of, 204.

committees of correspondence started
in, 156, 169.

all power lodged in congresses
and, 320.

Commons' resolution on tumults and
insurrections in, 35.

confusion and disorder in, 307, 297.
consequences of separation, 374.
copper mine in, 220.

corn from, imported to England, 149.
crown officers in, 482.

-

fees of, 125.

to be seized, 374.

customs in, 138.

commissioners of, 152. See also
Commissioners of Customs.
regulations, 410.

deacons and priests for, 40.
debts of the various provinces of, 33.
due to England and English
merchants, 22, 29, 244, 259, 261.
declaration of the united colonies,
337.

deplorable situation of, after the
peace, 481.

difficulty in, lies in exasperation of

both sides, 166.
emigration to, 181.

287.

distressed state of emigrants,

to be prevented, 485.

European Protestants as emi-

America-cont.

flour and grain exported to England
from, 389.

foreign officers seek to go to, 349.
forts and troops in, instructions con-
cerning, 61.

France and Spain, plan of, towards,
383.

French agents in, 383.
French support to, 470.

treaty with, 457, 461.

West Indies send stores to, 383.
-war in America alluded to, 52,
95, 249.

duke of Gloucester's plan to relin-
quish, 475.

hints for carrying on the war in, 408.
on the produce and manufac-
tures of, 22.

hostilities with, said to be
menced by Gage, 307.

com-

illegal meetings in, to be prevented,

405.

illicit trading in, 264–5.

independence of, alluded to, 18, 137,

150, 256, 276, 326, 331-2, 352,
360-1, 363-4, 371, 376, 388, 398
422, 448, 457, 470.

influence of the press in, 302, 331,

363, 429.

inhabitants of, computed, 26.

lands in, disposal of, 153.

grants of, 173, 187, 225.

purchase and sale of, 103, 288.
to be cultivated, 189.

licenses for, 445.

Lords' protest on affairs of, 70.
magistrates in, form of declaration,

203.

manufactures of, 5.

in, to be prevented or dis-
couraged, 40, 137, 189.

merchants concerned in. See London
merchants.

military stores supplied to, 228, 241.
by French and Spanish ships,

-

366.

by Holland and France, 405.
from Hispaniola, 339.

from St. Eustatius, 334.

natives of, [in London], petition of,

205.

non-importation agreements.
Non-importation.

See

office of ranger of the woods in, 240.

offices and officers in, list of, 488.

candidates and recommendations

for, 488.

ordnance stores for, 329, 330.

packets to, stopped, 390, 392.

pardon and protection offered to, 417.
partial concessions not to be accepted
by, 362.

persecution of Tories in, 371.

plans of accommodation or schemes
of reconciliation:

Mr. Fuller's plan of accommo-

dation, 30.

E 82140.

timber from, 487.

destruction of, 260.

trade of. See American Trade also
Trade.

united against England, 308, 319, 370,
398.

vine and olive in, cultivation of, 50,
97.

war in, occasioned by factions at
home, 390.

western coasts of, plan for discovering,
64.

parts of, proposed expedition
through to Asia, 184.
"American, An," letter signed, 164.
American :

agents in Paris (Franklin, Deane, and
Lee), 468.

anecdotes, paper entitled, 359.
army, the, 329, 440.

deserters from, 462.

daily expense of, 424.

divisions in, 448, 452.
French in, number of, 366.

trading to America.

militia, 290, 311, 462.
prisoners brought to England, 429.
privateers, 351.

at Plymouth, 473.

seas, fishing in, to be prohibited to
Americans, 251.

ships and shipping, 368, 396, 280.
trade, 5, 12, 16, 17, 20, 23, 25, 28,
29, 32, 33, 40, 58, 69, 89, 119, 193,
213, 243, 258, 259, 261, 274, 280,
353, 373, 378, 396, 409, 426, 437,
504, 509, 522.

laws to be revised, 39.
regulations for, 410.
See also Trade.

Traveller, the, 64.

Americans, the :