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Freemen of plymouth are 51. iii. 170.

"Fish boats at plymouth," and the fishery of importance there. iii. 167.

June. The general court of plymouth colony grants the profits of the fishery at cape cod to establish a free school in one of the twelve towns of that jurisdiction. It was opened in 1672, and was the first in that colony but no school house erected till about 1700, when plymouth became subject to the laws of massachusetts. iv. 80. 81. [The reader should distinguish between plymouth and massachusetts colony, and is referred to 1665 ant.] 1671. March 16. Rev. John Davenport, minister of Boston, dies. vi. 603.

R. Bellingham and J. Leverett chosen governour and deputy governour of massachusetts. vi. 610. Edgarton, and Tisbury, before called middletown, martha's vineyard, incorporated by governour lovelace of new york. iii. 85.

John Morton instructs the first town school in plymouth, which is just opened, "to read, write, and cast accounts.' iv. 86.

T. Mayhew obtains a commission from new york to govern martha's vineyard and the elizabeth islands. iii. 85. 1672. Laws first enacted in plymouth colony regarding schools. There is nothing in its records on this subject of a previous date. iii. 173.

iv. 80.

R. Bellingham and J. Leverett chosen governour and deputy go

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1673.

1674

of harvard college, dies. vi. 607.

Tar seems to have been made in considerable quantity at plymouth. iii. 187. 188.

R. Bellingham dies governour of massachusetts. vi. 610. Major J. Leverett chosen governour of massachusetts. vi. 611. 612.

M. Colve, sailing under a dutch commission, surprises and captures new netherlands. vi. 612. 667.

June 5. Weather is so cold, as to freeze water in new england. vi. 648.

Governour Prince, of plymouth colony, dies. x. 63.

Feb. 9. New Netherlands returns to the english by the treaty of westminster. vi. 667.

May 27. J. Leverett chosen governour of mass. vi. 612.

300 families, or 1500 indians, in duke's county. iii. 91. 92.

300 families of indians on martha's vineyard and chappaquiddick. iii. 86. 1674 and 5.

Indian troubles in virginia, which lead to bacon and ingram's rebellion. i. 80. 1675. May 12. J. Leverett chosen governour of mass. vi. 612.

June 21. [Dr. Holmes says June 24.] The war with king philip, which had threatened new england four years, begins: a general combination of indians against the english. i. (xxix) iii. 86. vii. 156.

1675 and 6. Marlborough, massachusetts, partly destroyed by the indians. vi. 592.

1676.

March 10. The king summonses massachusetts to appear by their agents at whitehall, that the claims of capt. mason and sir f. gorges may be determined: mr. w. stoughton and mr. p. buckley were sent agents, and remained nearly three years, returning in 1679. vi. 613. 614.

April 18. Indians attack sudbury, massachusetts, kill many persons, and do much other damage. iv. 56. 57.

May 3, J. Leverett chosen governour of massachusetts. vi. 612.

May 8, Indians do much damage at bridgewater, massachusetts. vii. 156.

June. The fish in a pond at watertown die suddenly without any assigned cause. vi. 648.

Nov. A destructive fire in boston, which burns the meeting house at the north end of the town. vi. 648.

Canal across cape cod contemplated. viii. 192.

Bacon, the leader of the rebellion in virginia, about this time burns, at jamestown, the first church built in that colony. i. 54. 80.

1676, 1689, 1702, 1721, 1730, 1752, 1764, 1776, and 1792. The smallpox in boston. A sixth part die of those who have it naturally; and one two-hundredths of those by inoculation. i. 109. 1677. May 27. J. Leverett chosen governour of massachusetts. vi. 612.

Dr. Thatcher, a clergyman and physician, publishes a tract on medicine, the first, on that subject, in new england. i. 105.

A brick building erected for harvard college, by subscription. vi. 610.

About this time roger williams publishes a book against the quakers. v. 209.

1678. May 8. Simon Bradstreet and Thomas Danforth chosen governour and deputy governour of massachusetts. vi. 612.

Sir William Berkeley dies governour of virginia, which office he had held from 1640. i. 80.

A dry dock at charlestown, massachusetts. ii. 166.

The town of nantucket was begun. iii. 34..

1679 March 16. J. Leverett, governour of massachusetts, dies. vi. 611. viii. 44.

Aug. 5. [Dr. Holmes says 8.] A very destructive fire at boston. vi. 649.

Sept. 18. Sir William Jones,

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king's attorney general, reports against the claim of captain mason vs. massachusetts. vi. 621. [Dr. Holmes thinks that in regard to maine, a purchase was effected by massachusetts of captain mason in 1677; but, it seems, there was a judicial determination besides. See vi. 614 et seq.]

1679 and 80. A synod at boston. vi. 622. 623.

1680. Synod agrees upon a confession of faith for the churches. vi. 623.

1682. General Court of Massachusetts grants £50 to rev. william hubbard, for compiling history of new england. ii. 281.

1683.

Destructive fire at boston. vi.

649.

Joseph Dudley and J. Richards sent to england, agents of massachusetts colony. vi. 614.

Edward Cranfield arrives with a commission from the king to govern new hampshire. vi. 614. Charles II. appoints commissioners to examine the claims to the narraganset country. iv. 160. 1683 and 4. Freemen in plymouth are 55. iii. 170.

1684.

1685.

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1686.

S. Bradstreet governour of massachusetts. iv. 203.

Joseph Dudley, president, with a council of sixteen persons, appointed by james ii. to govèrn massachusetts, maine, new hampshire, and narraganset; whose powers are objected to in massachusetts. viii. 180.

Plymouth colony is divided into three counties. i. (vii.) Plymouth county is incorporated. vii. 161.

Mr. Gookin delivers the indian lecture at natick this year. ii.

111.

The laws of plymouth colony are revised and published. (vii.)

1.

Charter of massachusetts is taken away. iv. 160.

Dec. 19. Sir Edmund Andros, as royal governour of massachusetts, arrives, and the next day lands at boston. ii. 260. vill. 180.

Massachusetts privileges usurped by sir ed. andros. x. 25.

March. Boston harbour is frozen over. ii. 99.

A custom in massachusetts is, that all males go out on military days; those not having guns, to take pikes, etc.; the officer to pray before and after the exercises. ii. 107.

Rev. J. Eliot has made a practice of having an indian lecture delivered to the natick tribe every summer. ii. 108.

Rochester incorporated by plymouth colony. iv. 250. x. 37.

Representation and power of levying taxes strongly connected in the minds of massachusetts people at this period. viii. 179. 1687. Peltry and furs, to this period, are the chief articles of export from plymouth. iii. 189.

1689.

Plymouth town votes the following prices for grain: wheat 4s. rye and barley 3s. and corn 2s. 6d. a bushel. iii. 188.

Revolution in massachusetts against the usurpations of sir ed. andros, and the charter resumed. x. 25. 26.

Freemen in plymouth are 75. iii. 170.

Small pox in boston. i. 109. 1690. The expedition commanded by sir william phips, after appearing before quebec, abandons its object and returns to new england. It consisted of 2,000 men, principally pressed in new england for the service. Small-pox, want of ammunition, false intelligence, etc. occasioned the miscarriage of the expedition, which cost massachusetts £50,000, for the payment of which paper bills were first issued by the massachusetts colony. iii. 255 to 260. 1691. Sir Henry Ashurst, Increase

Mather, and J. Wiswall, appointed agents of plymouth colony to england to procure a charter. iii. 190. 1692. The charter of william and mary to massachusetts arrives, and annexes martha's vineyard and other islands to that colony.

They had been under the jurisdiction of new york. iii. 87.

Plymouth colony becomes a part of massachusetts, under the charter of william and mary. Χ.

2.

Two deputies first sent by plymouth to massachusetts legislature, held at boston, june 8, under the new charter. iii. 190.

The episcopalian church in boston [king's chapel, built in 1688hist. coll. first series, index.] the only one of that denomination in massachusetts. ii. 203.

Proceedings in massachusetts against the witches. iv. 160.

Sir William Phips arrives as governour of massachusetts, under the charter of william and mary. iii. 190. x. 26.

Boston representatives reduced from 4 to 2; but the number was altered by statute to 4, which continued till the revolution in 1775. x. 26.

1692, 1728, 1729, 1731, 1734, and 1735. Acts passed in massachusetts exempting episcopalians, anabaptists and quakers from taxes for the support of the congregational or "established" church. ii. 202. 205. 1692 to 1735. Acts passed in massachusetts during this period for the support of the ministry. ii. 202. 205. 1693. Colonel Fletcher, governour of new york, attempts to establish the episcopal church in that colony, which produces much excitement. i. 141. 143.

1694. June. The house of representatives of massachusetts pass an important act, declaring their powers, amongst others, to be the same with those of the british house of commons, in originating money bills, etc. viii. 326. 327.` 1695. Martha's Vineyard, the elizabeth islands, and noman's land, separated from nantucket and made duke's county by the legislature of massachusetts. iii. 88. 1696. There are 88 churches in massachusetts, 1 church in rhode island, 5 churches in new hampshire, 3

Wheat is 8s. a bushel, and flour 35s. a barrel, at boston. viii. 243.

1714. Chilmark, martha's vineyard, incorporated. iii. 88.

churches in maine, & 36 churches | 1713.
in connecticut; in all 133
churches in new england; to
supply which there are 123 pas-
tors. i. (xxvi.)
1697. Rev. Mr. Angier, formerly
minister at rehoboth, is settled at
waltham by public vote and with-
out the assistance of the clergy,
excepting one of that body, who
acted as moderator iii. 275. 276.
277.

1698. There are 1000 indians in
duke's county. iii. 92.
1700. Jesuits and popish priests are
forbidden by the legislature of
new york to preach in that colo-
ny, under penalty of perpetual
imprisonment, and, in certain
cases, of death, to prevent their
seducing the indians to the french
canadian interest. i. 143.
1701. May 26. Boston instructs its

representatives to use exertions
for the abolition of slavery. viii.
184. [An act for this purpose had
passed the massachusetts legisla-
ture in the time of governour win-
throp, viz. in 1646,"bearing wit-
ness against the heinous and cry-
ing sin of man stealing." See
mass. col. laws, 53.]

June. The first society of friends was formed at nantucket. iii. 32.

1702. Small-pox in boston. i. 109. 1705. Brookline, massachusetts, in

corporated. ii. 145.

1706. First town school house in plymouth, now a part of massachusetts. iv. 81. iv. 88.

July 13. Governour, council and representatives of massachusetts commit to prison w. rous, s. vetch and others, for illegally trading with the french and indians; whereupon a writ of habeas corpus is demanded of chief justice sewall, and refused by him. viii. 240. 241. 1707. Fitz-John Winthrop, governour of connecticut, dies. iv. 161. 1708. Aug. 29. Indians and french

from montreal do great damage at haverhill, massachusetts. iv. 129. 1712. Abington, massachusetts, incorporated. vii. 114.

1720. About this time, rev. cotton mather causes the introduction into new england of inoculation for the small-pox, which is first performed by dr. zabdiel boylsi. 106. vii. 73.

1721.

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Indians in duke's county are 800. iii. 92.

Indian corn at plymouth is 4s. to 5s. a bushel. iii. 212. Witchcraft in mass.

x. 7.

The clergy of massachusetts publish pamphlets in favour and against inoculation for the small pox, which disorder was in boston. i. 106. 109.

An unsuccessful attempt made by colonel thomas westbrooke, with his troops, to seize father rasles, or ralle, at norridgewock; which incenses the indians. viii. 253.

1722. Rev. Timothy Cutler, the rec

1723.

tor, and Daniel Brown, the tutor of yale college, with the reverend messrs. john hart, samuel whittelsey, james wetmore, jared eliot, and samuel johnson, clergy-` men of the congregational or presbyterian order, declare publickly their belief of the invalidity of any other ordination than the episcopal, which produces warm disputes and a stir in the colonies. ii. 128. 129. iv. 301.

Indians capture nine families at merry-meeting bay, attack the fort at st. george's, and destroy brunswick, maine. viii. 254.

Feb. 24. Great storm and tide at plymouth. iii. 192. [This is the great storm in new england, which dr. holmes has placed under 1724.]

1724. Aug. 23. (O. S. 12.) Norridgewock indian village destroyed by the massachusetts soldiers, and father ralle, or rasles, is killed there. viii. 254.

Sept. 20. Gurdon Saltonstall, governour of connecticut, dies. iv. 161. 173.

About this time singing, by | 1748. notes, was introduced into the churches of mass. iv. 301.

1727. Five episcopal churches, only,
in massachusetts. ii. 203.
1730. Rhode Island colony has, in-
cluding negroes & indians, 17,935
inhabitants. vii. 113.

Inoculation for the small-pox
introduced at Philadelphia. vii.
73.

Small-pox in boston. i. 109. 1732. Savannah, geo. settled. ii 189. 1734. Halifax, massachusetts, incor

porated. iv. 279.

1735. Destructive fever in boston

and its vicinity. i. 107. 1737. Long disputed boundary between massachusetts and new hampshire settled by commissioners. iv. 127. [Dr. Holmes places this under 1740.] 1738. Jan. 15. Waltham, massachusetts, incorporated. iii. 280.

1739.

Wareham, massachusetts, incorporated. iv. 286. 1741. Fifteen missionaries & school

masters employed in new york, connecticut, and massachusetts, by the society in england for propagating the gospel amongst the indians. ii. 193.

Two missionaries and schoolmasters are employed in north carolina by the same society. ii. 193.

New Hampshire contains about 27 ministers of the gospel. iv. 79. 1742. North Hampton, in new hampshire, is incorporated. iv. 189.

Indian corn, near plymouth, is 20s. a bushel. iii. 212.

A Spanish prize, estimated at £800,000 old tenor, is sent into boston. iv. 292.

1745. Expedition against louisbourg: plymouth sends a full company of soldiers. iii. 192.

1746. Indian corn 2s. 8d. a bushel at plymouth. iii. 212.

Several persons killed and others captivated at contoocook, now boscawen, new hampshire, by the indians. x. 76.

1747 and 8. Putrid sore throat fatal in many towns of massachusetts. iii. 216.

1749.

A town meeting in boston declared illegal because held on the training day of the ancient and honourable artillery company. ii. 185.

Rhode Island colony contains 34,128 inhabitants. vii. 113.

A female negro burnt to death at cambridge, and a male negro hung in irons, for poisoning their master. ii. 166.

The settlement of walpole, new hampshire, begins. vii. 124. 1750. Malt houses common in plymouth to this period. iii. 188. 1752. Small-pox in boston. i. 109. 1754. The college in the city of new york, now called columbia, is established. i. 152.

Dr. James Lloyd introduces some improvements in surgery, in massachusetts. i. 110.

1754 and 5. The whole number of negro slaves in massachusetts, of 16 years and upwards, is about 4580. iii. 95. 96. 97.

1755. Rhode Island contains 46,636 inhabitants, including 4697 negroes and indians. vii. 113.

July 9. Gen. Braddock is defeated by the french and indians on the banks of the monongahela river; in which battle major george washington distinguishes himself. viii, 154. 155. 1755 to 1770. Three vessels, in the whole 470 tons, employed in the liverpool trade by plymouth merchants. iii. 167.

1758. The presbyteries of new york,

new jersey, pennsylvania, maryland and virginia, unite into a synod, called the synod of new york and philadelphia. i. 156.

Gen. Wolfe reconnoitres louisbourg previous to its second capture under gen. monckton. 192.

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1759. The virginia presbytery consists of 14 ministers :

Maryland presbytery consists of 11 ministers:

Pennsylvania presbytery consists of 29 ministers:

New Jersey presbytery consists of 11 ministers:

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