Abercromby, Genl. James, made a Lt. Genl.
in America, II. 428; arrival expected, II.
462; arrival reported, I. 467; is in-
formed by Shirley regarding conditions
in America, II. 468; consults with Shirley,
Webb, and Winslow, II. 479; delays to
reënforce Oswego, II. 540; inefficiency
of, I. xxviii; Shirley to, II. 468–471;
mentioned, II. 478, 493, 496, 499, 501,
502, 515, 522, 538, 547, 573, 579.
Abinaki (Abenaqui) Indians, position after
peace of Aix la Chapelle, 1. 481; relations
with New England, 1. 482.
Acadia, policy to be followed in, I. 327;
boundaries of, I. xxviii; II. 55, 450.
Nova Scotia.
Acadians (Nova Scotians), Shirley's feel-
ing toward, 1. xxvi, 320, 321п., 327, 336,
405, 476; designs of Govr. Knowles re-
garding, 1. 371; policy adopted for, 1.
354, 358, 388, 472; II. 64, 534; Gov.
Lawrence plans their removal from Nova
Scotia, I. 304; mentioned, I. 220, 326n.,
347. See Nova Scotia.
Admiralty, Lords of, Shirley to, I. 173;
mentioned, I. 215, 423.
Aix la Chapelle, peace of (1748), I. 439.
Albany, conference at (1744), I. 129; In-

See

dian conference at (June, 1754), II. 40,
47, 60; council of war at (May, 1756),
II. 453; barracks at, II. 305; Indian
trade from, II. 376; defense of, II. 457,
459, 560.
Albany Congress (1754), Franklin on ideas
presented at, II. 103; Shirley on results
of, II. 111, 117. See also Colonial Union.
Aldrich, Lieut., Shirley expresses obligation
to, I. 290.

Aldridge, Major, 1. 132.

Alexander, William, letter to Shirley, II.

177; James F. Mercer to, II. 335, 340;
attestations, II. 209, 444, 459, 477, 485,
488; mentioned, II. 251, 404, 461, 481n.,
499, 556.
Alexandria (Virginia), meeting of Braddock
and Shirley at, II. 196.

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Annapolis (Maryland), meeting of Braddock
and Shirley at, II. 154.

Annapolis Royal, 1. 123, 124, 131, 134, 138,
146, 150, 158, 163; II. 64; siege of, 1.
347; aid sent to, 1. 358, 365, 402; French
attack upon, I. 131, 374.

Anson, Admiral George, 1. 402.
Anson, Lieut., II. 7.

Apthorpe, Charles, 1. 313, 367.

Arms, poor condition of those furnished the
Colonial soldier, 1. 264; II. 276, 299;
Crown sends 10,000 to Massachusetts,
II. 401, 427; magazines recommended
for, II. 428.

Arrassangunticook (Arreregunticook, Arse-
gunticook, St. Francis) Indians, II. 34,
69, 73. See also St. Francis Indians.
Ashley, Major, 11. 256.
Atkinson, Theodore, I. 204, 206, 319, 325,
345, 353; notice of, 1. 3210.
Auchmuty, Lieut. James, 1. 307, 316.
Auchmuty, Judge Robert, 1. 13, 82, 86.

Backus, Rev. Simon, death of, 1. 309.
Bagley, Jonathan, II. 140.

Bahama, Shirley appointed governor of, 1.
xxx; Shirley at, II. 605.

Banks. See Land banks and Paper cur-

rency.

Banyar, Goldsbrow, sides with Sir William

Johnson against Shirley (1755), II. 361n.;
on rank of provincial officers, II. 505n.
Bastide, John H., I. 134, 157, 190, 221, 226,

232, 252, 281, 308; desires to raise men
for service, I. 309n., 312; II. 167; notice
of, II. 168.

Bay Verté Fort, II. 22, 30.
Beauharnois, Charles, Marquis de, Governor
of Canada, letter of, 1. 394n.; mentioned,
I. 438.
Beau Sejour (Beauséjour), Nova Scotia,
French strength at, II. 62, 134, 519;
captured by Monckton, II. 316.
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, Secretary
of State for Southern Department,
Shirley to, I. 456, 460, 462, 470, 478, 485,

488; mentioned, 1. 441; notice of, 1.
457.
Belcher, Jonathan, Governor of Massachu-

setts, I. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 36n.;
offers post of Judge of Admiralty to
Shirley, I. xxii, 2; dissatisfaction with,
in New England, 1. 18; Shirley proffers
assistance to, I. 23; becomes Governor
of New Jersey, 1. xxii; mentioned, 1.
39, 80, 88, 91, 95, 100, 307; п. 198.
Bellomont, Richard, Lord, II. 352.
Bennet, Capt. Moses, brings Shirley an
account of Louisbourg campaign, 1.
234, 236, 310, 312.

Berry, Thomas, I. 129.

Bien Aimé, ordered to Jamaica, 1. 202.
Blakeney, William, 1. 17, 25, 26.
Blanchard, Joseph, of New Hampshire, п.
254.

Bollan, William, Massachusetts agent, 1.
469n., 496; 11. 9, 585; Massachusetts
Assembly describes conditions in colony
to, II. 283; notice of, 1. 413.
Boscawen, Admiral Edward, captures French
vessels, II. 274, 304.

Boston, appointment of naval officer at, 1.
37; defense of, 1. 76, 93, 100, 158, 389;
II. 8, 11; troops for Louisbourg expedi-
tion to gather at, 1. 189; impressment of
sailors in, 1. 406, 410, 412; militia of,
ordered out, I. 413, 417; Shirley to
selectmen of, 1. 389. See also Castle
William, Massachusetts.
Boundary disputes, between Massachusetts

and Rhode Island, I. xxii, 377; with
New Hampshire, 1. xxii, 69; with New
York, II. 10; regarding Acadia, 1. xxvii ;

II. 10.

Bowdoin, James, 1. 13.
Bowen, Thomas, 1. 181n., 189n., 213, 229n.;

Shirley to, authorizing impressment for
Crown Point expedition, II. 520.
Boyce, Joseph, fugitive from Massachusetts
justice, 1. 212, 230.
Bradbury, Jabez, Shirley to, on conditions

in Maine, I. 253; mentioned, I. 259; to
Shirley on trouble with Penobscot In-
dians, 1. 261.

Braddock, Maj. Genl. Edward, announced

as commander in chief in America with
whom Shirley is urged to consult, II.
120; Shirley requests an engineer from,
II. 143; military operations planned
by, II. 144; meeting with Shirley ar-
ranged, II. 154, 156; gives money for
Indians to Sir William Johnson, II. 167;

authorizes Johnson to draw on Shirley,
II. 169, 175; expects to win a bloodless
victory on the Ohio, II. 181; proposals-
for a movement upon Crown Point,
Niagara, and Oswego, II. 186n.; progress
of march of, II. 202; defeat and death
of, II. 208, 211, 214; Shirley's descrip
tion, II. 217; Shirley's plan for retrieving
defeat of, II. 221; mentioned, II. 231,
241, 243; feeling in Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, and Virginia caused by defeat of, II.

3220.

Bradley (Bradly), Capt., II. 426.
Bradstreet, Dudley, 1. 147, 219.
Bradstreet, Col. John, 1. 132, 136, 195n.,

234, 238; desires to raise men for the
service, I. 309n.; letters of, on French
reënforcements from Canada and Europe,
II. 240; position of various regiments,
485; movement on Oswego, 487; Shirley
to, regarding enlistments and preparation
of boats, II. 334; as to progress toward
Oswego, 419; effect of capture of Fron-
tenac by, II. 296; captures French boats
on Lake Ontario, II. 304; victory on the
Onondago, II. 488; notice of, II. 240n.;
mentioned, II. 262, 443, 539, 570, 580.
Brown, Col. Thomas, I. 129n.; II. 72.
Burnet, Govr. William, 1. 40; endeavors
to obtain a fixed salary from Massachu-
setts Assembly, II. 88, 442; attempts to
open trade with Indians, II. 376.
Burton, Lt. Col. Ralph, at battle of Fort
Duquesne, II. 208; member, Albany
council of war, 453; notice of, II. 208.
Burton, Lieut., enlisting men in New Hamp-
shire for Shirley's regiment, I. 316.

Cadaraqui (Cadaracoui, Cattarocky) troops
at, II. 240, 267n., 280; attack upon,
opposed by council of war (1755), 1.
291n.; importance of, II. 294; attack
upon, proposed, II. 345, 381, 490; sug-
gestion of magazine at, II. 346. See
also Frontenac.

Cæsar, snow, designated for Rhode Island
seamen and troops, I. 238.
Caghnawaga (Cagnawaga) Indians, at the

battle of Lake George, II. 279; trade
with the French, II. 376.

Campaign of 1744-1745, instructions for
enlistments, I. 167, 181; in general, 1.
159-239. See Cape Breton, Louisbourg,
Pepperrell, Shirley, Warren.
Campaign against Canada (1747), in gen-
eral, 1. 323-370, 456-459. See Canada,

Champlain (Lake), Crown Point, and
Nova Scotia.

Campaign of 1755-1756, in general, II.
127-396. See Abercromby, Braddock,
Crown Point, Champlain (Lake), Johnson,
Loudoun, Niagara, Oswego, Shirley,
Six Nations, Ticonderoga.
Canada, conquest of, suggested by Shirley
(1746), I. 163, 203, 206, 220, 284; proc-
lamation for conquest of, I. 323; plan
of operations against, I. 329, 333; move-
ment against, abandoned (1747), I. 386,
393; release of captives in, I. 506; plans
against (1755), II. 128-129, 197, 238,
296, 305, 379, 426, 442; efforts of French
to extend, II. 150, 240, 350, 380.
Canso (Canseau), women and children

leave, I. 132, 137; terms of capitulation
of, I. 147; importance of, 1. 152, 191;
resettled, 1. 199, 208; stores sent to, I.
221. See Annapolis Royal, Cape Breton,
Louisbourg.

Cape Breton Island, Shirley suggests neu-

trality of, in difficulties with France, 1.
137; originally a part of Nova Scotia, I.
161; advance upon, urged, I. 159, 161,
167-169; importance of, to French, 1.
177; movement against, 1. 181, 193,
196; should not be abandoned, I. 339;
Shirley requests coal lands in, I. 291.
See Louisbourg.

Cape Sable Indians, 1. 135, 139, 151, 157,
233, 258, 283, 348, 351.
Capitulation, of Louisbourg, 1. 233, 234, 239-

See Louisbourg. Of Oswego, II. 521.
See Oswego.

Carrying Place, between Kennebec and

Chaudiere rivers, II. 33, 53, 57, 73. See
Great Carrying Place, Oneida Carrying
Place.

Castle William, ordnance for, I. 93; II. II,
24; Shirley appoints committee to su-
pervise repairs on, 1. 93n.; defense of, I.
100; deserters from, 1. 152; to be forti-
fied, 1. 158.

Catawba Indians, efforts to secure friendship
of, II. 390, 396, 398.

Cathcart, Charles, Baron, 1. 17, 19n., 25.
Champlain, Samuel de, on the boundaries of

Acadia, II. 55.

Champlain, Lake, campaign against for-

tresses on, suggested, I. 343; English
fortress on, advised by Shirley, II. 67;
importance of, emphasized, 1. 297, 348;
II. 181, 215, 239, 308; plan for campaign
for control of, II. 424; company of ran-

gers for, II. 436; naval forces on, П. 454,
471; victory of Capt. Rogers on, II. 491.
Chandler, John, Massachusetts commis-
sioner at Albany, П. 60.
Chapin, Capt., II. 91.
Chapman, Major, П. 493.
Chappeaurous Bay. See Gabarus.
Charlemont, Mass., defense of, II. 87.
Charlestown, N. H. See Number 4.
Charter government for Nova Scotia. See
Nova Scotia.

Chaudiere River, settlements on, II. 57;
route to Canada, II. 33, 53, 329.
Chebucto, French withdrawal from, I. 360.
Cherokee Indians, importance in South, II.
355, 365; induced to take arms against
the French, II. 390, 394, 396, 398, 416.
Choate, John, Massachusetts commissioner
to Indian conference at Albany, 1. 129,

429.

Clarke, Robert, fugitive from Massachusetts
justice, I. 212.

Claus, Daniel, informs Johnson regarding

Shirley's agents among the Indians, II.
244n.; familiar with conditions in
Pennsylvania, 439, 441.

Clinton, Govr. George, letters of, I. 425,
449, 487; letters to, I. 392, 393, 398,
399, 426, 427, 441; promises to advance
loyalty of Indians to Crown, I. 425;
conditions of Indian and military affairs,
1. 450-456; urges efforts to offset French
work among the Canadian Indians, 1.
487; mentioned, I. 203, 230, 286, 294;
reclaims Six Nations from French
sympathies, I. 298; I. 301, 302, 311,
345, 353; management of Six Nations
committed to, I. 427; I. 429, 437, 451,
508; II. 183; notice of, I. 425n.

Coal land in Cape Breton, Shirley requests
grant of, 1. 291.

Colden, Cadwallader, informs Shirley as to
conditions in New York, 1. 441.
Cole, Lt. Col. Edward, II. 254.
Colonial union, for military purposes, sug-
gested, II. 12n., 19; advocated by Shir-
ley, 1. xxvii, xxxiii; II. 26, 30, 43, 59, 95,
114, 138, 204; common fund suggested,
II. IOI, 204; Massachusetts Assembly
on, II. 51; Franklin on, I. 103; Albany
Congress on (1754), II. 111-118; Con-
gress at New York proposed (1755), II.
251, 252; Provincial troops suggested,
II. 225-226, 238.
Colrain, Mass., plans for defense of, ш.
87.

Albany (1754), II. 60.
Committee of War (Massachusetts), Lou-
doun to, II. 561.

Congress, Provincial, at Albany (1747), I.
390; (1754), II. 111-118:
Connecticut, a refuge for fugitives from
Massachusetts, I. 212, 230; commis-
sioners for conference at Middletown,
I. 419; expenses in King George's war,
I. 460; quotas of troops (1754), II. 21;
(1755), II. 238; attacked by Indians, II.
88. See Law, Jonathan.
Cook, Dr. (of Boston), 1. 3; his memorial to
the House of Commons, I. 4.
Coos, N.H., to be fortified, II. 141.
Cornwallis, Edward, 1. 488; Shirley re-
monstrates against favors shown to, 1.
503, 505.

Cosby, William, I. 442.
Council (British), Shirley to Lord President
of, 1. 93; approves conduct of Shirley,
I. 142. See Crown, Lords Justices,
Trade, Lords of, and individual ministers,
members of the council.
Council of Massachusetts. See Massachu-
setts, General Court of.
Council of War at New York (1755), dis-
position of remnant of Braddock's army,
II. 214; at Fort Edward, II. 499.
Counterfeiters from Massachusetts hiding
in Connecticut, I. 212, 230.
Courcelle, Lt. Genl. Daniel de Rény Sieur
de, erects Fort Frontenac, II. 351.
Court, Great and General. See Massachu-
setts.

Court martials, Shirley on the establishment
of, I. 194, 195

Credit, Provincial. See Land banks, Paper
currency.

Crown (British), right to forests in Massa-
chusetts, 1. 6; loyalty of New England
to, 1. 20; instructions to Gov. Shirley, 1.
43, 73, 144; Gov. Belcher not always
subservient to, I. 100; French declaration
of war against (1744), I. 112; declares
war against France (1744), I. 117; (1756),
II. 450; approves conduct of Shirley,
1. 142; Shirley outlines services rendered
to, 1. 505; II. 2, 587, 592; money granted
Massachusetts by, I. 506; II. 7; Massa-
chusetts to, II. 24; claim of, on Frontenac,
II. 350; grant to colonies, II. 463; peti-
tions of Shirley to, I. 588, 590, 592.

See Council (British), Lords Justices,
Bedford, Holderness, Newcastle, and
other ministers by name.

Crown Point, I. 297, 341, 349, 369; II. 134,

207; plans against, I. 302, 343n., 369,
392, 393, 403, 426; II. 120, 146, 162,
186n., 189, 272, 308, 424, 468, 471, 503;
French plans against, I. 468; Sir Wil-
liam Johnson on, II. 152n., Braddock's
plans against, II. 186n., 203; importance
of, I. 478; II. 67, 137, 181, 189, 282n.;
Sir William Johnson to attack, II. 136,
152-154, 158; refuses, II. 330n.; French
at (1756), II. 456; forces available for
campaign against (1755-1756), II. 219,
226, 372, 454, 469; Shirley urges move-
ment against, I. xxviii; II. 530-532;
conditions explained to Abercromby II.

471.

Cuba, troops sail for, 1. 81.

Cumberland, Fort (Maryland), danger of
attack upon (1756), II. 447.
Currency, Shirley on, 1. xxiv. See Paper

currency.

Cussenac (Cushenoc), English settlement on
Kennebec River, II. 78.

Cutt, Richard, Jr., instructed by Shirley to
enlist volunteers for Louisbourg expedi-
tion, I. 181.

Dagworthy, Capt. John, rank of, II. 372n.;
compared with Washington, II. 412.
Danforth, Samuel, II. 72.
Declarations of war, French (1744), I. 112;

British (1744), I. 117; (1756), II. 450.
De Lancey, Govr. James, at Shirley's con-
ference with Indians, I. 429; arranges
conference with Six Nations, II. 40;
Shirley consults, regarding expedition
against French and Indians under Sir
William Johnson, II. 133; asked as to
reluctance of New York to coöperate with
Shirley, II. 182; mentioned, II. 96, 111,
153n., 167, 169, 174, 199, 251, 496; sides
with Johnson against Shirley, II. 360.
De Lancey, Oliver, II. 169.
Delaware Indians, ravages in Pennsylvania,
II. 439.
Delaware territories. See Pennsylvania.
Derby, Capt., in Boston riot, I. 412.
Deserters from Castle William, 1. 152.
Detroit, Shirley's plans regarding, II. 228,
292.

De Young, John Batiste, states number of
French troops at Quebec and in Canada
(1745), I. 262.