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95, 99, 119; uselessness of as- 

 serted, 93; importance of as- 

 serted, 93; desirability of the 

 office. 99, 100. 

 Sweden, monopoly of the tar 

 trade by, 31, 56. 57. 75; im- 

 portations from, 67-68, Appen- 

 dix B; war with Russia, Den- 

 mark, etc., 75, 80; interest in 

 the Bounty Act, 80. 



T 



Tar, 10,000 barrels ordered from 

 New England, 3; made at Ply- 

 mouth, 4; encouraged in Mary- 

 land, 5; quality of New Eng- 

 land tar, 7, 44, 70; American and 

 Swedish prices compared, 59- 

 61, Appendix A; premium on, 

 64; statistics of importation, 67- 

 68, Appendix B; advantages of 

 having it from America, 70; 

 rules for making, 78-79, 82; 

 American and Finnish tar 

 compared, 80; efifect of bounties 

 on, 86. See also "Naval Stores." 



Taylor, John, contract of, 6; re- 

 port by, 7; destruction of the 

 King's woods, by his factor, 109. 



Timber, i, 2, 4, 8, 10, 64, 71-73, 76. 

 77, 86, 102, 103, 106, 107, 116, 117. 



Townships, ambiguous clause in 

 the Massachusetts charter re- 

 lating to, 109-110, 115-119. 



V 



Vaughan, Lieutenant - Governor, 

 " considerations " on New 

 Hampshire, 72; removes three 

 of Bridger's deputies, 94; seeks 

 the office of collector of cus- 

 toms and surveyor of the woods, 

 99; interest in saw-mills, 112. 



Virginia, products of, i, 5, 138. 



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Wallis, William, contract to fur- 

 nish stores, 6; complains of 

 Brenton's neglect, 88. 



Wentworth, Benning, defends 

 Bridger, 97 ; defends Arm- 

 strong, 98. 



Wentworth, Benning, (son of the 

 preceding) made surveyor, 99; 

 trade with Spain, 108; misdeeds 

 of his deputy, 122. 



West Indies, trade with by New 

 England, 102, 103, 105, 125. 



Wharton, Richard, agent for the 

 Dudley Company, 25. 



Woods, importance of the pres- 

 ervation of, 2 ; complaints of 

 waste, 88, 93; act for the pres- 

 ervation of, 94; ambiguous 

 clause of the Massachusetts 

 charter relating to, 95, 106, 108 

 and note 3; difficulty of preserv- 

 ing, 90-92, 95, 108-123; effect of 

 trade with Portugal on, 107; 

 quarrel over the King's prerog- 

 ative in, 111-123. 



