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quid, 52; quarrel over the juris- 

 diction of Maine, 55 ; makes 

 hemp payable for taxes, 85 ; 

 fails to pass act for the preser- 

 vation of the woods, 92; ship- 

 building in, 104; opposition to 

 the King's prerogative in the 

 woods, 111-112; claim to the 

 ownership of Maine, 113-116 ; 

 encourages spinning and manu- 

 factures, 127. 



Masts, first brought from New 

 England, 2; need of encourage- 

 ment for, 3; supply in New 

 Hampshire and Maine, 4, 10, 

 53. 72, 77', premium on, 64; im- 

 portation of, 71, Appendix B: 

 export to foreign countries and 

 the islands, 102; restrictions on 

 export from New England, 106; 

 difficulties of procuring, 1 10, 

 note 2. 



Mercantilism, z^, 56. 



Merchants, object to incorpo- 

 rated companies, 20, 38; hesita- 

 tion to make contracts, 62; me- 

 morial from Boston and Ports- 

 mouth merchants, 69; petition 

 for removal of duties on tim- 

 ber, 72, 73; protest against dis- 

 continuance of the bounty, 75: 

 against the rules for making 

 tar, 78-80. 



Merchant Companies, struggle 

 for privileges. 39. 



Mico, his hostility to Bridger, 69, 

 92. 93, no. III. 



Morton. Thomas, discourse on 

 the "New England Canaan," 3. 



Naval Stores, importance of the 

 trade in, i, 3. 29, 56, 80; com- 

 pete with tobacco in Virginia 

 and Maryland, 5: proposals to 

 furnish, 6; cheapness of East 

 Country stores, 8. 42, 71; de- 

 pendence on northern crowns 

 for. 9, 75. 76; suggestion for 

 production of, 13; attempt to 

 establish trade by joint-stock 

 companies, 15-41; demand for 

 increased by French wars, 17; 



reports of the Board of Trade, 

 29; advantage of importing 

 from America, 35. 76; obstacles 

 to cheap production in Amer- 

 ica, 42, 58, 62; attempts at the 

 manufacture of in New York, 

 42-50; on the Kennebec lands, 

 50-55; Swedish monopoly of, 

 55-60; Swedish and American 

 prices compared, 60-61; hesita- 

 tion of merchants to import, 

 62; statistics of importation, 67- 

 68, Appendix B; report of the 

 Board of Trade, 70; petition for 

 the removal of duties, 72, 7y, 

 frauds practised by merchants, 

 74: an ofifset to manufactures, 

 128-130, 133; connection with 

 the land bank plan, 135; con- 

 clusions, 138-139. 

 Navy Board, report on speci- 

 mens of New England stores, 

 13-14 ; attitude of. 38-39, 58, 

 66-67; reluctance to pay pre- 

 miums, 69, 71, 72; financial em- 

 barrassment of, 81 ; suggest a 

 plan for encouraging stores. 

 Navigation laws, evaded by New 

 England, 105. See also "Smug- 

 gling." 

 New England, masts and tar 

 from, 2. 3; characteristics of de- 

 scribed by Josiah Child, 100- 

 loi; commissioners sent to, 9- 

 14; objections to Dudley's char- 

 ter. 21, 38: efYects of Bounty 

 Act in, 65-66; industries of, 102; 

 progress in trade, 105, 107; 

 quarrel over the King's prerog- 

 ative in the woods, 118-121, eco- 

 nomic independence of, 123, 

 136-139. 



New Hampshire, forests of, 4. 10, 

 53. 113; "Considerations" on by 

 Colonel Vaughan. 72; saw-mills 

 in, 103; exports of lumber from, 

 116; administration of justice 

 in, 120-123. 



New York, timber in, 4; Pala- 

 tine settlements in. 42-50; man- 

 ufactures in, 131, 133, 138. 



Northern crowns, England's de- 

 pendence on, 9. 75. 76. 



