The Loyalists of America and Their Times Volume II Part 51

Maryland General a.s.sembly's reply to the message of the Lt. Governor on Lord Hillsborough's circular. i. 344.

Ma.s.sachusetts and other Colonial grateful acknowledgments to England for deliverance from the French and Spaniards. i. 27.

Ma.s.sachusetts Bay Rulers persecute the Baptists, etc. i. 87.

Prohibit writing or speaking in favour of the King as a capital offence, but authorize it in favour of the Parliament. i. 87.

Pet.i.tion Parliament in 1651, and address Cromwell in 1651, 1654. i. 108.

Ma.s.sachusetts Bay Rulers' treatment of Cromwell at his death, and their professions in regard to Cromwell and Charles the Second at his restoration. i. 124.

They evade the conditions on which the King promised to continue the Charter, and deny the King's jurisdiction. i. 149.

They present a long address to the King, and enclose copies of it, with letters to Lord Chancellor Clarendon, the Earl of Manchester, Lord Say, and the Hon. Robert Boyle. i. 152.

Ma.s.sachusetts Bay Rulers aggressors throughout upon the rights of the Sovereign and of their fellow-subjects. i. 75.

They side with the Long Parliament and Cromwell; their first address and commissioners to. i. 86.

They pa.s.s Acts for publication in England, and then adopt measures to prevent their execution in Ma.s.sachusetts--such as the Navigation Act, Oath of Allegiance, the Franchise, Liberty of Wors.h.i.+p, and Persecution of the Baptists and Quakers. i. 195.

They bribe Clerks in the Privy Council, and offer a bribe to the King. i. 205.

Their double game played out. i. 204.

Ma.s.sachusetts circular displeasing to the British Ministry. i. 341.

Circular from Lord Hillsborough, Secretary of State for the Colonies. i. 341.

Ma.s.sachusetts compensated by Parliament. i. 267.

Benefited by the English and French war. i. 270.

Ma.s.sachusetts General a.s.sembly refuse to legislate under the guns of a land and naval force. i. 357.

General a.s.sembly--Its proceedings on the quartering of troops in Boston. i. 358.

Ma.s.sachusetts never acknowledged the Act of Parliament changing its const.i.tution without its consent. i. 407.

Its proceedings before the affairs of Lexington and Concord to enlist the Indians. ii. 79.

Ma.s.sachusetts Legislative a.s.sembly's n.o.ble circular to the a.s.semblies of other Colonies, on the unconst.i.tutional and oppressive acts of the British Parliament. i. 338.

Ma.s.sachusetts--Seed-plot of the American Revolution. i. 1.

First emigration to. i. 1.

Mahon (Lord)--His reflections on the American contest; apology for George III.; unhappiness of the Americans since the Revolution; unity of the Anglo-Saxon race. ii. 154.

Mather (Rev. Dr. Increase) makes a violent speech--appeals from man to G.o.d--decision against him. i. 209.

His proceedings in England, i. 226.

Fails to get the first Charter restored. i. 228.

First protests against the second Royal Charter, then thanks King William for it. i. 229.

Merritt (Thomas). ii. 196.

McDonald (Alexander). ii. 195.

McGill (John). 196.

McGillis (Donald). ii. 196.

McNab (Allan). ii. 202.

Moneys provided for the war, abstracted from England and expended in the Colonies. i. 270.

Montcalm, French General, captures Forts Oswego and William Henry. i. 253.

Morris (Roger). ii. 200.

Montreal besieged and taken from the French. i. 267.

Navigation Act pa.s.sed by the Long Parliament in 1651, oppressive to the Southern Colonies, but regularly evaded in Ma.s.sachusetts by collusion with Cromwell. i. 111.

Neal (the Puritan historian) deprecates the persecutions by the Ma.s.sachusetts Bay Rulers. i. 120.

Newark (now Niagara)--Seat of Government of Upper Canada first established there. ii. 308.

Burned by the Americans. ii. 423.

New England--Two distinct emigrations to. i. 1.

Two separate Governments in for seventy years, and characteristics of each. i. 1.

New Plymouth--Original name of--first Sabbath in. i. 7.

First mild winter and early vegetation at. i. 8.

First "Harvest-home." i. 9.

Their government, toleration, oath of allegiance, loyalty. i. 15.

Their answers to the King's Commissioners. i. 18.