(1756), II. 473. See Six Nations and
other tribes by name.

Ingersol, Capt., at battle of Lake George,
II. 256.

King George's war, Colonial expenses in, 1.
460-461.

Kinnicut, Edward, commission for, 1. 359,
364, 377.

Jamaica, Shirley promised governorship of,
II. 429, 590, 595.

Jefferies (Jeffries), David, 1. 367.
Jefferies (Jeffries), John, appointed to over-
see repairs on Castle William, I. 93n.
Jelfe, Capt., 1. 125, 132.
Johnson, James, letter to, II. 130n.
Johnson, Sir William, letters of, II. 152n.,

168, 193, 243, 253, 282n., 342, 380n.,
444n.; letters to, II. 152, 158, 161, 166,
174, 179, 207, 270, 280, 282n., 336, 337,
338, 367; relations with Shirley, 1. xxviii;
II. 154n., 233n., 309, 324n., 359, 380,
444n., 459, 575; commissioned by Shir-
ley, II. 337, 342; instructed by Shirley,
II. 338, 367; wounded at Lake George,
II. 258, 260; remiss in forwarding news
of battle, II. 270; ordered to proceed
against Ticonderoga, II. 271, 272; al-
lowance from Crown, I. 383; influence
with Indians, I. 399, 425; II. 154, 203,
245; objects to Govr. Morris's proclama-
tion to Delawares, II. 438, 441, 477; men-
tioned, 1. 379, 385, 394, 429; II. 174,
192, 195, 212, 214, 278, 284, 302, 303,
436, 461, 469, 473, 490, 508, 511.
Joncaire, Chaubert, efforts with Seneca
Indians, II. 356.
Justices. See Lords Justices.

Kellogg, Martin, 1. 210; II. 185.
Kennebec River, settlements near, 1. 6; II.
56, 66, 69; Indian rights on, II. 57; tim-
ber near, II. 59; French to be driven
from, H. 70; forts to be erected on, II.
141, 151, 239, 346, 378; route to Canada,
II. 33, 53, 73, 239.

Keppell, Augustus, II. 177, 188.

Kilby, Christopher, 1. 93, 112, 272, 294,

467n.; agent for American regiments,
I. 495; II. 93, 575.

Governor of Louisbourg, 1. 312n., 327,
339, 340, 370, 386, 389, 393, 397, 402;
impresses seamen in Boston, I. 408, 412,
426, 456, 461; II. 3.

Laforay, Capt., II. 426.
La Galissonière, Marquis de, Shirley to, on
position of Six Nations, 1. 437-438; ex-
change of prisoners with, 1. 439-440;
position of Abenaqui Indians, I. 481;
mentioned, I. 486, 487.

La Gallette, Fort (Oswegatchie, Présenta-
tion), II. 345.

Lake Champlain. See Champlain.
Lake George. See George.

Lake George, battle of, Sir William Johnson
on, II. 253; William Eyre on, II. 259;
John Rutherford on, 11. 278; Massachu-
setts General Court on, II. 284; Shirley
on, II. 270, 309.

Lakes, Great, importance of, realized by
Shirley, II. 148, 180, 215, 226-227, 308,

567; need of vessels for, II. 224n., 296,
301n. See Erie, Huron, Ontario, Fron-
tenac.

Land banks, 1. xxiv, 79, 80, 84, 90, 98, 108.
Lane, Capt., letter to Shirley, II. 102.
Law, Govr. Jonathan, on aiding Shirley in

case of war (1744), I. 127n.; as to coun-
terfeiters hiding in Connecticut, 1. 230;
letters to, 1. 152, 171, 211, 212, 229, 248;
on troops for Hampshire County, 1. 248n. ;
mentioned, I. 247n., 426.

Lawrence, Govr. Charles, I. 109, 134,

145, 151, 157, 201, 464, 519, 534, 594;
to have charge of expedition against
French in Nova Scotia, n. 196, 225; can
spare no men to Shirley, II. 298; re-
solves to remove French from Nova
Scotia, II. 304; notice of, II. 19бn.
Leake, Robert, II. 398, 399n.
Leeward Islands, Shirley requests appoint-
ment as governor of, II. 1.
Legonier, Sir John, II. 8.

Lestock, Admiral Richard, 1. 358, 362.
Leverett, Clark, 1. 10.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 11. 72.

Lincoln, Richard Reynolds, Lord Bishop of,
Shirley to, II. 584.

keeper of ordnance stores, 1. 289.

at Fort Halifax, II. 121п., 139n.

Littlehales, John, to Shirley, II. 276, 538.
Lords Justices, instructions to Shirley, I.
43, 73. See also 1. 144; II. 242.
Loring, Capt. Joshua, 1. 165, 215; II. 206;
notice of, II. 20бn.

Lothrop, Simon, commissioner from Con-
necticut, 1. 202.

Loudoun, John, Earl of, letters of, II. 483n.,

495, 521, 547, 561, 523n.; letters to, I.
499, 501, 526, 528, 536, 543, 550; in-
efficiency of, 1. xxviii; appointed to
command in America, I. xxviii; II. 419n.;
announces his accession to command, II.
483n.; attack upon Shirley, I. xxix; II.
502 ff., 551 ff., 563; delays to reënforce
Oswego, II. 540; urges Shirley's return
to England, II. 547; recalled by Pitt,
I. xxviii.

Louisbourg, Shirley's attack upon, I. xxv,
159, 161, 171, 214, 218n.; plan for ex-
pedition against, 1. 173; enlistment of
troops for, 1. 181-183, 187, 193; Massa-
chusetts troops at, 1. 264; aid from New
Hampshire, 1. 178, 179, 184, 187; naval
aid requested, 1. 173, 198, 205; surrender
of, I. 233, 239; Admiral Warren, Gov-
ernor of, I. 270; Shirley's account of
expedition, I. 273, 287, 293; II. 592;
plans for fortification of, 1. 280; various
accounts of capture of, 1. 273n.

Lyde, Byfield, I. 11, 307, 308n.; notice of,

I. IIn.

Lydius, John H., 1. 209, 379, 385, 393, 394;
II. 185, 195n.; aids Shirley with Indians,
II. 233n.; complaints of Johnson regard-
ing, I. 393; II. 244.

Lyman, Col. Phineas, neglected by John-
son, II. 259n.; suggested by Shirley to
command against Crown Point, II. 282n.;
mentioned, II. 496.

Lyman, Fort, II. 282n. See Fort Edward.
Lyttleton (Lyttellton) Fort, built, II. 388.

McDonald, captain of marines, recom-
mended by Shirley to Pepperrell, 1. 215;
mentioned, 1. 224, 251.

McGinnis (Magin), Capt. William, death of,
II. 256.

Kennebec River, Penobscot, Indians, and
Pepperrell, William.

Marshall, captain frigate Nottingham, II.
518.

Maryland, assistance against French and
Indians, II. 110, 123; action in 1755, II.
166, 236; in 1756, II. 371; conditions
in, after Braddock's defeat, II. 322n.;
enlistment of indented servants in, II.
386. See Sharpe, Horatio.
Mascarene, John Paul, 1. 122n., 134, 150,
157, 221, 226, 335, 346, 351, 359, 361,
363, 364, 379, 396, 481, 484; describes
French movements in Canada, I. 337;
letters to, I. 354, 370; notice of, I.

337n.

Massachusetts, boundaries of, 1. 8, 69, 158,
213, 481; II. 10, 29, 55, 378; defense of,
1. 127, 138, 370, 383, 453; II. 35, 86, 121,
139, 285; feeling toward Govr.
Belcher, 1. 14, 18; reimbursement of
war expenses, I. 420; II. 287; troops at
Louisbourg, I. 160, 168, 182, 183, 195,
197, 210, 256, 264, 394; troops not to
serve south of Niagara, II. 204; troops
at Forts Edward and William Henry,
II. 387; woodland in, II. 204; conditions
in (1755). See General Court to Sir
William Bollan, II. 283, 286.
Massachusetts, commissioners, Shirley to,
II. 60. Committee of war, Loudoun to,
II. 561.

to

Massachusetts General Court, address to
Shirley, 1. 169, 350; II. 47, 190;
Crown, II. 24; on aid for Crown Point,
II. 191, 285; to William Bollan, II. 283,
286; Shirley to, I. 122, 159, 167, 202,
346; II. 33, 40, 127, 174, 189, 387, 522,
527, 548.

Massachusetts, Colonial frigate, Capt. Ed-
ward Tyng, I. 288.

Menis (N.S.), Shirley recommends fort at,
I. 337.

Mercer, Hugh, 1. 313, 397.
Mercer, James F., letters of, II. 276, 335,
340; relations with Indians, II. 233n.;
mentioned, II. 377, 521, 538.
Meredith, Reese, II. 172.

Mifflin, John, II. 172.

Monongahela, battle of, II. 208; Govr. Din-
widdie on, II. 211; effect of, II. 218-220;
loss of arms at, I. 298; inquiry into be-
havior of troops at, II. 311, 316. See
Braddock; Duquesne, Fort.
Montague, Capt., II. 7, II.

Montreal, threatened, II. 135; possibility
of capture of, II. 295, 308, 383.
Montresor, James, applied to for engineers,
II. 423; at council of war, II. 453; con-
sulted, II. 460, 473, 539.
Morpain (Morpang), Captain, port of Louis-
bourg, I. 274.

Morris, Lewis, II. 123n., 184, 482.
Morris, Govr. Robert Hunter, letters of,

II. 121., 1зon., 330n., 333, 366, 388,
391, 399n., 431, 486, 578; letters to, II.
95, 110, 130, 133n., 232n., 248n., 249n.,
326n., 327, 330, 393, 399, 405, 438, 481;
states needs of Pennsylvania, II. 331,
sympathy with Shirley, 1. xxx; II. 431;
proclamation regarding Delaware In-
dians, II. 478.

Morris, Roger, II. 131, 209, 369, 436; no-
tice of, II. 369n.

Naval officer in New England, post sought
for Shirley, I. xxii, 11; for his son, 1. 37,
86.

Navy, importance of, I. xxv, 148, 173, 180,
196, 200, 205, 214, 224, 228, 334, 423;
II. 149; on Lake Champlain, II. 168,
176; on Lake Ontario, II. 178, 187.,
200, 227, 298, 344; feeling of Shirley
regarding, II. 202, 228, 249, 344, 537.
Necessity, Fort, Washington surrenders at,
II. 82.

Neutrality of Cape Breton and New England
proposed in 1744, I. 134; neutrality of
Indians, II. 250n. See Indians.
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham, Duke of, let-

ters of, I. 12, 17, 121, 155, 386, 401; let-
ters to, I. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20,
22, 38, 39, 79, 86, 89, 115, 116, 125, 131,
145, 153, 157, 159n., 161, 196, 221, 251,
254, 265, 273, 280, 287, 291, 293, 320n.,
327, 332, 334, 336, 339, 395, 397, 404,
420, 424, 457, 493, 499, 505, 508; II.
1, 4, 7, 587, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602,
603, 604, 605; quarrels with Duke of
Bedford, I. xxvii; notice of, 1. 12.
New England, attitude toward Govr.
Belcher, 1. 13, 17; loyalty to Crown, I.
20; neutrality of, proposed, 1. 134; cap-
tures Louisbourg, I. xxv; paper currency
in, 1. 462. See Connecticut, Massachu-

setts,
Island.
New Hampshire, appointment as governor
sought by Shirley, I. 15; troops sought
from (1744-1745), I. 154, 177, 190, 184,
187; (1755), II. 132; grant for Crown
Point expedition, II. 42бn. See Went-
worth, Benning.

New Hampshire, and Rhode

New York, commissioners from, 1. 318, 419;
Shirley requests post of governor of, 1.
508; interest in Massachusetts Indian
warfare, II. 91, 128; aid requested of, II.
138, 170n., 287; troops for Crown Point
expedition, II. 156, 190n.; difficulties
with Shirley, I. xxix; II. 324, 378. See
Clinton, George; Hardy, Charles; John-
son, Sir William.

New York City, proceedings of council at,

II. 214; Congress at, suggested, II. 252,
326n.; Council of War at, II. 371.
Niagara, plan for campaign against, II. 145,
146n., 164, 179, 184, 187, 189, 196, 215,
219, 249, 268n., 356, 457; Braddock's
plans regarding, II. 147, 154n., 155, 203;
danger from the French, II. 180, 214,
240, 261; importance of, II. 228, 393,
471; Shirley to command expedition of
1756 against, II. 404.

Nichols, Major Ebenezer, wounded at battle
of Lake George, II. 258.
Norridgewalk (Norridgewock) Indians, Shir-
ley to, I. 247; relations with the French,
II. 33; mentioned, II. 69, 73, 74, 102.
Northampton, Mass., boundaries of, II.

90; Indian troubles near, II. 83-89, 102.
North Carolina, treatment of Indians by, II.
364; troops of, II. 457.
Northey, Sir Edward, 1. 418.
Norris, Isaac, II. 171n.
Nottingham, British frigate, n. 518.
Nova Scotia, arms for, 1. 456; boundaries

of, II. 10, 55; plan of government. for,
I. 280, 291, 328, 336, 470, 472; need of
troops for, 1. 163, 402, 488; II. 347, 464;
military operations in, I. 202, 210, 220,
222, 251, 351, 358, 386; II. 32, 119, 196,
225, 285; Shirley requests governorship
of, 1. 503; French encroachments upon,
II. 62, 69, 128, 150, 450; settlement of
English in, II. 63; French to be expelled
from forts of, II. 128, 134, 145, 196, 206,
308; importance of,.II. 148; Shirley ex-
plains situation in, to Abercromby (1756),
II. 472.

Number 4 (Charlestown, N.H.), defense of,
II. 89.

Quaker Assembly, Shirley declines to give |
counsel regarding, II. 95.
Quebec, Henri de Pont Briand, Bishop of,
notice of, I. 483n.

Quebec, importance of, for conquest of Can-

ada, I. 207, 332; French troops at, I.

262.

Quincy, Josiah, II. 140n.

Quotas of troops to be furnished by colonies,
II. 19, 26, 29.

Race, William, murder of, 11. 171.
Randal, Sir John, I. 4.

Rank, difficulties caused by differences
between provincial and regular, 1.
xxix; II. 493, 495, 497, 501, 510, 513,
516.
Rhode Island, aid against Louisbourg re-
quested from, 1. 172, 180, 200, 227, 423;
against Crown Point, I. 378, 391; re-
fused, 1. 381; boundary of, 1. 377; paper
currency in, 1. 83, 104, 106, 230; Shir-
ley on government of, 1. 61; II. 115;
troops for Nova Scotia, 1. 358, 360, 364,
366, 377; for Crown Point, II. 125,
417; urged to assist Loudoun, II. 562.
See Greene, William, and Wanton,
Gideon.

Robinson, Sir Thomas, letters of, II. 70, 97,
98, 119, 241, 243; letters to, II. 62, 72,
107, III, 123, 144, 195, 206, 217, 221,
238, 261, 289, 309, 315, 343, 350, 355,
364, 368, 379; mentioned, II. 94, 95,
125, 134; notice of, II. 7on.
Rogers, Capt. Robert, п. 461; victory on
Lake Champlain, II. 491.

Rous, Capt. John, 1. 201, 218, 233, 251,
318, 339.

Ruggles, Col. Timothy, 1. 19n., 25; at battle
of Lake George, II. 255; suggested by
Shirley as fit commander against Crown
Point, II. 282n.
Rutherford, Capt. John, on the battle of

Lake George, II. 278; on French knowl-
edge of country in dispute, п. з01; on
position of Indians, П. 302; notice of,
II. 278n.

Ryal, Capt., I. 148, 151.

Ryder, Sir Dudley, on impressment of sea-
men within the colonies, 1. 418.

Sacrament Lake. See Lake George.
St. Clair (Sinclair), Lt. Genl. John, 1. 321,
323, 325, 326, 332, 333, 342, 356, 388n.;
II. 208, 317, 453; on Shirley's military
ability, II. 579n. ; notice of, 1. 32in.

St. Denis, Governor, cited as to boundaries
of Acadia, II. 56.

St. Francis (St. François) Indians, negotia-
tions with French, II. 34; expedition
against, II. 141. See also Arrassangunti-
cook.

St. Francis Lake, II. 352.

St. Johns (Nova Scotia), plan to drive French
from, 11. 63, 134, 196, 201, 206.
St. Johns Indians, I. 139, 157.
St. Lawrence (Iroquois) River, Shirley on
limits of, II. 300; importance of control
of, I. 334; II. 227, 295, 301, 567.
St. Pierre, Legardeur de, death of, n. 256,
272.

Sanders, Capt. Thomas, 1. 219, 249, 361;
notice of, I. 258n.

Saratoga, raided by French, 1. 297.
Schenectady, winter quarters at (1755-1756),
II. 296.

Schuyler, Col. Peter, to Shirley on poor con-

dition of arms from Virginia, II. 277;
letter to, II. 195n.; mentioned, II. 194;
notice of, II. 2770.
Scions, John, 1. 212.

Seally, Benjamin, deposition as to French
fleet, I. 373.

Shamblea, Fort (Crown Point), I. 208.
Shamokin (Penna.), fort to be erected at, II.
432.

Sharpe, Govr. Horatio, letter of, II. 386,

446n.; letters to, I. 164, 236, 370, 396,
446, 578; II. 14; to command against
Fort Duquesne (1756), п. 395, 400;
would send no southern forces against
Crown Point, II. 434n.; requests a com-
mand for Washington, II. 446n.; men-
tioned, II. 110, 472.
Sharpe, John, 11. 585.
Shelbourne (Shelburne), Earl of, opinion of
Loudoun, I. xxviii.
Shelden, Capt., I. 209.
Shirley, Frances Barker (Mrs. William
Shirley), letters of, 1. 8, 11, 15, 37; in-
fluence with Newcastle, 1. xxi; asks post
for her husband, 1. 8, 11, 33; notice of,
I. XXX, Ion.

Shirley, John, I. 397, 424n.; п. 110, 232п.,
249n., 400.

Shirley, Govr. William, birth, 1. xxi; ex-
perience in New England, I. xxii; sees
importance of struggle with France, I.
xxiii, xxxiii; summary of work in
America, 1. xxiv-xxxi; relations with
Govr. Belcher, I. 13-22; commis-
sion and instructions as governor, I.