Furs, advantage to English of trade in, II.
295, 375.
Gabarus (Chappeaurouge) Bay, 1. 175;
rendezvous for Louisbourg expedition,
I. 190; naval victory over French in,
I. 218n.
Gage, Col. Thomas, II. 208; account of
battle on the Monongahela, II. 311;
mentioned, II. 317, 453, 499; notice of,
II. 3120.
Gardner, Dep. Govг. John, II. 121n., 124,
gers Duke of Cumberland, I. xxvii; | Furness, William, deposition regarding
orders to Shirley, II. 118n.; Shirley to,
II. 401, 413; describes conditions in
America to, II. 415; requests arms and
artillery from, II. 427; William Pepper-
rell to, II. 430; Shirley to, on Crown
Point campaign, II. 433; Shirley to,
II. 442, 461, 463, 466, 478, 488, 515,
542, 563, 566; notice of, I. 497., II.
425n.
France, declaration of war (1744), I. 112;
(1756), II. 449, 450; peace with (Aix la
Chapelle), 1. 439; exchange of prisoners
with, 1. 394, 438-440; encroachment on
Colonial territory (1746), 1. 340; (1748),
I. 468; Massachusetts Assembly on
French advance, I. 480; aggressions of,
II. 22, 30; in Maine, 11. 33, 36, 49, 53; in
West and South, II. 44-45, 47; on the
Ohio, II. 73, 123, 128, 133, 212, 293, 451;
to be forced from the Chaudiere and
Kennebec rivers, II. 59, 70, 128, 592;
relations with Indians, 1. 150, 209, 247,
392, 483, 485, 487; II. 12, 34, 42, 86,
376; plans for 1755, II. 164, 180, 201,
240, 380; forces in America, I. 123, 132,
145, 229, 340, 355, 357, 366, 374, 405,
468; II. 278, 302, 309, 382, 393; reën-
forcements from (1755), II. 297; Shir-
ley's campaign against, I. xxvii; II. 26,
36, 238, 261, 305, 315, 355, 396, 433.
See Acadia, Braddock, Loudoun, Louis-
bourg.
Gayton, Capt., I. 201, 209, 211, 219, 222.
George, Battle of Lake. See Lake
George.
George, Lake, abandoned by French, II.
480; troops for, II. 257, 279.
George II. See Crown (British).
German Flats, troops to be posted at, n.
458; a gateway to Oswego, II. 459.
German immigrants, to be secured
soldiers, II. 120; many settled in Pennsyl-
vania, II. 410.
Gerrish, Samuel, 1. 188, 301; notice of, 1.
188n.
Glazier (Glasier) Beamsly, II. 496.
Glen, Jacob, II. 177.
Glidden, Joseph, II. 177.
Gorham, Col. Shubael, death of, 1. 309.
Gould, Capt., I. 309n.
Great Britain, issue with France in America
seen by Shirley, 1. xxiii, xxxiii; II. 221,
238, 350, 396, 450, 478, 515, 528, 531.
See Crown (British).
Frankland, Charles H., appointed collector Grand Pré, burning of, suggested, 1. 220.
of part of Boston, I. xxii.
Franklin, Benjamin, letters of, II. 103, 171;
compares Shirley with Loudoun, I.
xxviii; on Colonial union and parlia-
mentary rights in America, II. 103-107;
on army stores and provisions in Pennsyl-
vania, II. 171-174; mentioned, II. 95,
98, 157.
Frederick, Fort (Frédéric), feeling against,
II. 122; rumors of action at, II. 310.
See Crown Point.
Frederick, Fort (Pemaquid), I. 92.
Frederick (Nova Scotia). See Nova Scotia.
Frontenac, Count, II. 352.
Frontenac, Fort, erected by Courcelle, 11.
351; importance of, II. 228, 296; troops
at, II. 240, 249, 251n., 265n.; campaign
of 1756 against, II. 282, 345; French at,
II. 302, 351; English and French claims
to, II. 350; intelligence from, II. 343;
surrenders to Bradstreet, II. 240. See
also Cadaraqui.
Great Carrying Place (on the Mohawk),
repairs to be made at, II. 177-178; to
be cleared of French Indians, II. 200;
to be protected, II. 235, 282, 324; re-
ports of attacks upon, II. 253, 260;
William Eyre erects fort at, II. 259,
280; French troops at, II. 279; Fort
Williams to guard, II. 314; importance
of, 1.78, 199, 235, 281.
Great Lakes, II. 148, and see lakes by in-
dividual names.
Green, Benjamin, recommended by Shirley
for services on the Louisbourg expedi-
tion, I. 288.
Greene, Govr. William, letters of, 1. 330n.,
381;
letters to, I. 172, 200, 213, 329, 358,
359, 364, 366, 377, 378, 379, 382; II. 23,
124; friendship with Shirley, 1. xxix; on
loaning Rhode Island vessels for Louis- | Hoar, Major William, IL 335.
bourg expedition, 1. 331; as to the Albany Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl, orders
conference, I. 127n.; naval force requested
from, 1. 172; troops requested from, I.
319n.; as to commission for Edward
Kinnicut, 1. 360, 364; mentioned, II. 157.
Grenville, James, II. 14.
Gridley, Col. Richard, praised by Shirley
for work on Louisbourg expedition, 1.
288; commands Provincial artillery at
Albany, II. 479; on service of Provincials,
II. 502; decried by Loudoun, 11. 509;
notice of, II. 168n.
Gulston, Joseph, feeling toward Govr. Bel-
cher, I. 16n.
Shirley to resist French, II. 12; Shirley
to, on military matters and French en-
croachments in Maine, II. 18, 52; men-
tioned, II. 72, 100, 134; notice of, II. 12n.
Holmes, Capt. Charles, II. 518.
Hood, Capt. Samuel, 11. 518.
Hooper, Samuel, of Marblehead, 1. 174.
Hooper, Silas, 1. 4.
Hoosack, Mass., defense of, II. 88.
Hopkins, Govr. Stephen, gives action of
Rhode Island on Shirley's call for troops,
II. 417; letters to, II. 385, 445, 483, 562,
578; mentioned, II. 282n., 429, 528, 556.
"Gypsy," Mrs. (Govr. Belcher's name for Howard, James, to Shirley, II. 143n.
Mrs. Shirley), I. IIN.
Hale, Robert, letters to, II. 131, 139; is to
solicit aid for Crown Point expedition
from Govr. Wentworth, II. 142.
Halifax, Earl of, approves conduct of Shir-
ley, II. 5, 14, 110; plan for Indian settle-
ments given to, II. 123; shown the im-
portance to England and America of
immediate action against the French,
II. 531.
Halifax, Fort, II. 121n., 136.
Halifax, N.S., II. 24. See Chebucto.
Halkett, Sir Peter, II. 99, 120; ordered to
Virginia, II. 134; notice of, II. 99n.
Halkett's regiment, ordered to New York,
II. 216; at Albany, II. 296.
Hamilton, Govr. James, is informed by
Shirley of French preparations to resist
Colonial advance, I. 468; mentioned,
II. 95, 110, 377, 385.
"Hard Money Colony," I. xxiv. See
Massachusetts.
Hardy, Govr. Charles, on garrisons among
Indians and provisions for raising
troops, II. 325; Shirley to, II. 305, 324,
460; meeting with Shirley hoped for,
II. 297; sides with Johnson against
Shirley, II. 361; will act in harmony with
Shirley, II. 380; mentioned, II. 432, 496,
505; notice of, I. 305n.
Hawke (Hawks), John, 1. 437; II. 91.
Hawley, Major, II. 156.
Hector, British ship, I. 264.
Hendrick, Mohawk chief, at battle of Lake
George, II. 256; Shirley's conference
with, II. 355.
Herkimer, Col. Johan Jost, furnishes pro-
visions for Shirley, II. 235.
Hubbard, Thomas, II. 25.
Hunter, Governor Robert, I. 442.
Hunt (Laforay), Capt., II. 426.
Huron Lake, Shirley plans to secure, II. 223,
228.
Hutchinson, Thomas, friendship with Shir-
ley, 1. iii, 129; as Speaker of Massachu-
setts House of Representatives, 1. 350;
at time of Boston riot, I. 407; Massachu-
setts Commissioner to Rhode Island, II.
140.
Impressment, in New Hampshire, 1. 1920.;
authorized by Shirley for Louisbourg
expedition, I. 200; uprising at Boston
regarding effort to obtain seamen for
British ships (1747), I. 408-418; relief
desired, 1. 420; II. 287; for Crown
Point expedition (1756), II. 434, 520;
no impress to be made without consent
of General Court, II. 526.
Indented servants, difficulties regarding
enlistment of (in Maryland), II. 386 and
note, 391 and note, 399n.; discussion
of question with Govr. Morris of Pennsyl-
vania, II. 405-411; Shirley refers ques-
tion to Henry Fox, II. 413.
Indians (general), English relations with, I.
115, 493; in Maine, II. 33, 49, 52, 69,
71, 364; in New Hampshire, I. 248;
French relations with, I. 150, 209, 247,
264, 392, 485, 487; II. 12, 34, 86, 133,
136, 368, 374; treaties with, 1. 138, 399,
425, 429; II. 71, 74, 77; friendly rela-
tions urged, II. 123, 291n., 367; in West-
ern Massachusetts, II. 84, 86, 285; in
South and West, II. 364; effect of Brad-
dock's defeat upon, II. 218; Shirley's
efforts with, II. 355, 374; Indian situa-
tion explained by Shirley to Abercromby
(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, L.
460-461.
Kinnicut, Edward, commission for, I. 359,
364, 377.
Innes, Col. James, on Braddock's defeat on Knowles, Capt. Charles, 1. 198; appointed
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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, 1. 93n.
Jelfe, Capt., I. 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, п. 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, п. 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, I. 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, I. 210; II. 185.
Kennebec River, settlements near, 1. 6; I.
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, I.
141, 151, 239, 346, 378; route to Canada,
II. 33, 53, 73, 239.
Keppell, Augustus, II. 177, 188.
Kilby, Christopher, I. 93, 112, 272, 294,
467n.; agent for American regiments,
I. 495; II. 93, 575.
Governor of Louisbourg, I. 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, I. 439-440;
position of Abenaqui Indians, 1. 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, II. 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-
Land banks, 1. xxiv, 79, 80, 84, 90, 98, 108.
Lane, Capt., letter to Shirley, п. 102n.
Law, Govr. Jonathan, on aiding Shirley in
case of war (1744), I. 127n.; as to coun-
terfeiters hiding in Connecticut, I. 230;
letters to, I. 152, 171, 211, 212, 229, 248;
on troops for Hampshire County, I. 248n. ;
mentioned, 1. 247n., 426.
Lawrence, Govr. Charles, II. 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, II. 72.
Lincoln, Richard Reynolds, Lord Bishop of,
Shirley to, II. 584.
Kilby, Thomas, recommended by Shirley as Lithgow, William, on distress of soldiers
keeper of ordnance stores, 1. 289.
at Fort Halifax, II. 121п., 139n.
Littlehales, John, to Shirley, II. 276, 538.
Lords Justices, instructions to Shirley, 1.
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, I. 202.
Loudoun, John, Earl of, letters of, II. 483n.,
495, 521, 547, 561, 523n.; letters to, n.
499, 501, 526, 528, 536, 543, 550; in-
efficiency of, 1. xxviii; appointed to
command in America, 1. xxviii; II. 419n.;
announces his accession to command, II.
483n.; attack upon Shirley, 1. xxix; II.
502 ff., 551 ff., 563; delays to reënforce
Oswego, II. 540; urges Shirley's return
to England, II. 547; recalled by Pitt,
1. xxviii.
Louisbourg, Shirley's attack upon, I. xxv,
159, 161, 171, 214, 218n.; plan for ex-
pedition against, I. 173; enlistment of
troops for, I. 181-183, 187, 193; Massa-
chusetts troops at, I. 264; aid from New
Hampshire, 1. 178, 179, 184, 187; naval
aid requested, I. 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, I. 280; various
accounts of capture of, 1. 2730.
Lyde, Byfield, I. 11, 307, 308n.; notice of,
Lydius, John H., 1. 209, 379, 385, 393, 394;
11. 185, 195n.; aids Shirley with Indians,
II. 233n.; complaints of Johnson regard-
ing, 1. 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, I. 388.
McDonald, captain of marines, recom-
mended by Shirley to Pepperrell, 1. 215;
mentioned, I. 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.
Massachusetts, boundaries of, 1. 8, 69, 158,
213, 481; II. 10, 29, 55, 378; defense of,
I. 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,
11. 561.
Massachusetts General Court, address to
Shirley, 1. 169, 350; II. 47, 190; to
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, 1. 288.
Menis (N.S.), Shirley recommends fort at,
I. 337.
Mercer, Hugh, 1. 313, 397.
Mercer, James F., letters of, I. 276, 335,
340; relations with Indians, II. 233n.;
mentioned, II. 377, 521, 538.
Meredith, Reese, II. 172.
Mackellar, Patrick, engineer at Oswego, п. Mermaid, British frigate, I. 518, 535, 547,
455, 522, 537.
Mail service with England suggested, n. Messessagues, Indians, II. 335, 340, 357.
3150.
Maine, forts in, 1. 91; enlistments in, 1.
182-183; French settlements in, I. 36;
Massachusetts troops in (1755), II. 285;
treatment of Indians, II. 363. See
Mohawk, Indians, 1. 139. See Six Nations.
Monckton, Col. Robert, II. 157; to com-
mand in Nova Scotia, II. 206; captures
Beauséjour, II. 316; mentioned, II. 464.
Monongahela, battle of, II. 208; Govr. Din-
widdie on, II. 211; effect of, II. 218-220;
loss of arms at, II. 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;
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, I. 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, 1. xxii, 11; for his son, I. 37,
86.
Navy, importance of, 1. 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, 1870.,
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. 25on. 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; ¤.
1, 4, 7, 587, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602,
603, 604, 605; quarrels with Duke of
Bedford, 1. xxvii; notice of, 1. 12.
New England, attitude toward Govr.
Belcher, 1. 13, 17; loyalty to Crown, 1.
20; neutrality of, proposed, 1. 134; cap-
tures Louisbourg, I. XXV; paper currency
in, I. 462. See Connecticut, Massachu-
setts,
Island.
New Hampshire, appointment as governor
sought by Shirley, 1. 15; troops sought
from (1744-1745), I. 154, 177, 190, 184,
187; (1755), II. 132; grant for Crown
Point expedition, II. 426n. 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, n. 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, 11. 83-89, 102.
North Carolina, treatment of Indians by, II.
364; troops of, II. 457.
Northey, Sir Edward, 1. 418.
Norris, Isaac, I. 171n.
Nottingham, British frigate, п. 518.
Nova Scotia, arms for, I. 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; пI. 32, 119, 196,
225, 285; Shirley requests governorship
of, 1. 503; French encroachments upon,
П. 62, 69, 128, 150, 450; settlement of
English in, 1. 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.
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