Index. 



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Palatines, settlement of in New 

 York, 42-45; discontent of, 46- 

 50; removal to Schoharie, 50: 

 migration to Pennsylvania, 50, 

 note 4. 



Parliament, Bj-field charter a 

 matter for, 35; right to charter 

 joint-stock companies, 36; ac- 

 tion toward the merchant com- 

 panies, 39; grant an appropria- 

 tion to Colonel Hunter, 44. 



Parliament, Acts of. 



3 & 4 Anne, 3. 9, 44, note i, 63, 

 89. 



8 Anne, c. 14, sec. 35, 45, note i. 



9 Anne, c. 22, 94, 114, 116. 



5 Geo. I., c. II, 75. 



6 Geo. I., c. 18, 40. 



8 Geo. I., c. 12, 77-78. 116. 

 2 George II., c. 35, 82-83, 118, 

 119. 



4 Geo. II., c. 28, 85, note 5. 

 16 Geo. II., c. 26, 83, note i. 

 24 Geo. II., c. 35, 83, note i. 

 31 Geo. II., c. 25, 83, note i. 

 4 Geo. III., c. 26, 85, note 6. 

 26 Geo. III., c. 53, 85, note 7. 



Partridge. William. 9-13, 106. 112. 



Pemaquid, rebuilding of the fort 

 at, 52. 



Pennsylvania Company, petition 

 for a charter, 30-33; proposal 

 recommended by the Board of 

 Trade, 23', answers to queries, 

 34; a matter for Parliament, 35; 

 petition for a favorable price, 

 36; analysis of the case, 36-41. 



Phips, William, 18, 19, 23 note 

 I, 27. 



Pine trees, preservation of, 89, 

 94, 116-119. 



Piscataqua River, nearness of for- 

 ests to. 4; dearness of labor, 12; 

 ship-building on, 104; saw- 

 mills on, 91, 103. 



Pitch, 2, 3, 5, 64. See also "Naval 

 Stores." 



Plaisted, Ichabod, deputy sur- 

 veyor, 87. 



Portugal, trade of New Eng- 

 land with, 106-108, 125, 126. 



Powys, Sir Thomas, opinion on 

 the Dudley charter, 16. 



Premiums, necessity of suggest- 

 ed, 29. 63; act granting, 64-65; 

 failure of Navy to pay. 68; 

 method of payment, 69; on tim- 

 ber, 71: statistics of, 74, note 2- 

 on hemp, 83. See also "Boun- 

 ty Act." 



R 



Randolph, Edward, petitions for 

 the office of surveyor, 87. 



Robinson, Dr., negotiates with 

 Sweden for stores, 57-58. 



Russia, see "Finland." 



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Saw-mills, on the Piscataqua, 91, 

 103; on Salmon Falls River, 

 102; fatal to the preservation of 

 the woods, 112, 116, 118, 121. 



Schoharie, settlement of Palatines 

 at. 50. 



Sheep-raising in New England, 

 66, 128-129. 133. 



Ship-building, in New England, 

 79. 102, 103, 126, 132; com- 

 plaints of master builders of the 

 Thames against, 104-105. 



Shute. Governor, proclamation 

 of, 94; praises Bridger, 97; de- 

 fends Armstrong, 98; complains 

 of opposition to the King by 

 the Massachusetts Assembly, 

 115- 



Slade, deputy surveyor, 99, 117. 



Smuggling, practiced by the col- 

 onists. 125, 129. 



South Sea Company, 40, 80, 

 note 2. 



Spain, trade of New England 

 with, 106-108, 125. 126. 



Spanish Succession, war of, 29, 56. 



Spinning, encouraged by Massa- 

 chusetts. 126-128, 137. 



Stockholm Tar Company, 56-58. 



Stock-jobbing.pro visions against, 

 20 note 6, 25-30, 41. 



Surveyor of the woods, office held 

 by Brenton, 11, 87; Bridger, 89, 

 Burniston. 95: David Dunbar, 

 53, 98; Wentworth, 99; duties 

 of, 90. 99; hardships of, 90-92, 



