Index 
279 
Netherlands, Belgian nuncio and, 78, 120; 
change in Propaganda control over, 121; 
commerce of, 102; correspondence with, 79, 
244; danger to Indies from, 215; fleet of, 
85 n, 88 n ; mission of Cordon to, 247; mis¬ 
sion to islands of, 130; navigation of, 68; 
relations with England, 79, 234; war with 
England, 73, 79; war with Spain, 104, no; 
vicar apostolic of, 130; see also Dutch 
Neufville, Pierre de, faculties for, 130 
Neutrality, 244; in French and Indian War, 240 
Neutrals, rights of, 66, 68, 240, 244 
New Batavia, desire of merchants to go to, 129; 
missions in, 128 
New Belgium, state of the Church in, 154 
New Brunswick, creation of vicar apostolic for, 
144, 145; request for diocese of, 147; vicar 
apostolic of (Eneas MacEachern), letter of, 
185 
New England, affairs of, 248; Capuchins in, 
128, 190; description of, 156; emigration to, 
188; missions in, 124, 153, 158; relation of, 
no; state of the Church in, 154 
Newfoundland, Bishop of, see Newfoundland, 
Vicar apostolic of 
Newfoundland, Vicar apostolic of, coadjutor 
for, 146, 168; jurisdiction of, 144; letters of, 
166; relation by, 167 ; selection of, 142, 143; 
see also names of individual vicars, e. g., 
O’Donnel, James Lewis 
Newfoundland, attestation in favor of mission¬ 
ary at, 165; capture of, 79; data on, 195; 
faculties for, 168; French missions of, 130, 
184; map of, 250; missionary deputed for, 
141; naval affairs off, 240; Recollet of, 140, 
184; relation of mission of, 193; religious 
affairs in, 166; sending of monks to, 166; 
state of, 185; treaty concerning, 95 
New France, bishopric of, 137, 155; convents 
and monasteries in, 135 ; Jesuits in, 161; 
missionary to, 150; missions of, 126, 127; 
state of the Church of, 154; vicar apostolic 
of, 154; see also Canada 
New Granada, miracle performed in, 103; rec¬ 
ommendation of gentleman of, 62 
New Mexico, bishop proposed for, 149; con¬ 
versions in, 157; death of Franciscans in, 
125; description of, 153; Dominicans for, 
124, 190; indulgences for, 125; missions of, 
149; prefect of, 133; relations of, no, 125, 
156; religion in, 153 
New Netherland, Belgian nuncio and, 78; cap¬ 
ture of, 79 
New Orleans, Bishop of, letters of, 175, 176, 
177, 179, 180, 181; renunciation of, 146; se¬ 
lection of, 147; subsidy for, 176; transfer of 
jurisdiction to, 145; see also names of indi¬ 
vidual bishops, e. g. } Dubourg, Louis Guil¬ 
laume 
New Orleans, administration of, 147, 192; Ca¬ 
puchins of, 184; diocese of, 142, 173, 192, 
223; Jesuits in, 188; missions of, 139, 179; 
parochial church of, 174; priests of, 192; 
Ursulines at, 176; see also Louisiana 
Newport, news from, 244 
News-letters, 55, 90, 107, 108, 187, 188, 227, 230, 
232, 233; see also Avvisi; names of places, 
e. g., Antwerp, news-letters from 
New Spain, clergy of, petition of, 131; colleges 
in, 187; description of, 103; Dominicans for, 
64; fleet of, 90, 96; funeral oration for 
founder of colleges in, 137; Jesuits in, 102, 
219; language of, 112; missionaries in, 132, 
153; missionary jurisdiction of, 186; navi¬ 
gation of, 90; progress of religion in, 157; 
regulars in, 153, 156; relation of, 116; rev¬ 
enue of, no; rising in, 243; viceroy of, let¬ 
ters from, 61, 214; see also Mexico 
New Sweden, state of the Church in, 154 
New York, Bishop of, confirmation of, 142; 
controversy of, 145 ; death of, 175 ; letter of, 
177; request of, 147; selection of, 146; see 
also names of individual bishops, e. g., 
Connolly, John 
New York, affairs of, 248; ciphers and letters 
from, 236, 251; discontent in, 80; erection 
of diocese of, 142; faculties for, 172; mis¬ 
sions of, 171; state of religion in, 171, 181, 
182; Washington’s plans against, 244 
Nicholas V., endeavors concerning Vatican Li¬ 
brary, 16 
Nicolas, Jacques, letter of, 185 
Nicolson, Father Francis, letter of, 169 
Nieto, Father Pedro, honoring of, 124; writings 
of, 124, 152, 153, 156, 157, 190 
Nimeguen, letters from, 83; treaty of, 84 
Noelly, M. de, letter of, 158 
Norfolk, Duke of, see Howard, Thomas 
Norfolk, Va., letters from, 178; pastoral letters 
to, 179, 180; schism of, 181; seizure of 
church of, 178 
Normandy, Capuchins of, 138 
Norte, Rio del, see Flumen Nortis 
North America, Capuchins for, 127; Carmelites 
in, 134; confirmation in, 140; creation of 
bishops in, 129, 180; English possessions in, 
247; French possessions in, 191, 247; In¬ 
dians of, 172; islands of, 185; Jesuits in, 
136, 195; Minor Observants in, 140; mis¬ 
sionaries for, 123, 125, 130; missionary col¬ 
leges in, 140, 175; missions of, 128, 158, 170, 
171, 193, 219; Puritans for, 124; relation of, 
153; special congregation on affairs of, 192; 
viceroy of, 151; voyages to, 149, 217; see 
also America 
North Carolina, case of polacca from, 235; 
troops for, 80; see also Carolina 
Northwest, proposed bishopric of, 146 
Notitiae Ecclesiarum, 39 
Nova Batavia, see New Batavia 
Nova Francia, see New France 
Novara, Bishop of (Cesare Spaciani), letter of, 
82 
Nova Scotia, boundary line of, 74; house of 
education in, 165; spiritual regulation of, 
143; state of Catholics in, 163; treaty con¬ 
cerning, 95; vicariate apostolic of, 143, 144, 
145, 147, 166, 168 
