Index. 



151 



Fisheries, in New England, 102, 



126. 

 Fredericksfort, 53-55. 

 Furzer, Benjamin, g-io. 



G 



Gee, Joshua, his views on eco- 

 nomic policy, 59-60; recom- 

 mends bounty on iron, 76 ; 

 comments on proposed bill for- 

 bidding manufacture of iron in 

 the plantations, jy; views on 

 hemp, 83, 84. 



Godin, opinion of bounty legisla- 

 tion, 81-82. 



Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, 2, 113. 



H 



Hakluyt, "Voyages," i. 



Haynes, Richard, proposes to 

 furnish stores, 61; prices of- 

 fered. Appendix A. 



Hemp, encouragement of, 5, 10, 

 11; premium on, 64, 78, 85 ; 

 made payable as money, 65. 84, 

 85; encouragement found insuf- 

 ficient, 83; difficulties of culti- 

 vation, 84; efifect of bounties 

 on, 86. 



Hunter. Colonel Robert, plan to 

 transport Palatines to New 

 York, 42-44; secures an appro- 

 priation from Parliament, 44; 

 settles the Palatines, 45; quells 

 a mutiny, 47-48; financial em- 

 barrassment, 49-51. 



Iron, Swedish duty on, 75; Gee 



recommends bounty on, 76; 



manufacture of in Massachu- 

 setts, 127. 



Jackson, Commissioner to New 



England, 10-13. 

 Jafifrey, Deputy Admiral for New 



Hampshire, 120-121. 

 Joint-stock companies, as means 



of establishing trade in stores, 



15-41; arguments for, 20, 40; 



distinguished from "co-partner- 

 ies," 41. 

 Justice, administration of in the 

 woods, 1 15-123. 



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Kennebec River, settlements at, 



51-55- 



Lamb, Robert, 9-10. 



Land bank, petition for, 134, 135, 

 note I. 



'"Letter to a Member of Parlia- 

 ment," 56-58, yy, 126. 



Lidget, Colonel Charles, advo- 

 cates the production of stores 

 by chartered companies, 20. 



Linen industry, 126, 131, 136. 



Livingston, Robert, contracts to 

 feed the Palatines, 45 and note 

 6; made a member of a court 

 to manage the Palatines, 48; 

 his evil reputation, 49. 



Lords Commissioners of Trade 

 and Plantations, i, 5, 6. 



Lumber trade, 102, 112, 116, 123, 

 126, 132. 



M 



Maine, forests of, 4, 53, 113. 



Manufactures, danger of the rise 

 of in American plantations, 24, 

 38, 43, 125, 128, 132; influence 

 of the failure of Dudley's plan, 

 30; prevented by encourage- 

 ment of naval stores, 70; iron 

 in the plantations, 76-77, 127; 

 woolen, 79, 124, 130, 131, 136; 

 miscellaneous. 127, 128, 134; in- 

 fluence of currency question on, 

 124, 126-136; Mr. Banister's 

 views, 134; conclusions, 137- 



139- 



Maryland, naval stores in, 5. 65, 

 83, 138. 



Massachusetts, timber in, 4: char- 

 ter of, 2, 88, 95, 108; opposition 

 to the Dudley charter, 18, 20, 

 27; grants exclusive privileges 

 to Wharton, SafYyn & Co., 22; 

 refuses to rebuild fort Pena- 



