McCoon, Samuel, 225.

McDougall, Gen. Alexander, 210, 335, 404.
McKean, Thomas, 350, 352, 412, 413.
McKinstry, Major. 374.

McLean, Col. 217.

McNaughton, justice, 133.

McVickar, Duncan, father of Mrs. Grant,
and a military patentee, 80, note.
Macon, Nathaniel, 253.
Madison, Francis, 176.

Madison, James, on the Vermont question,
350, 352, 353, 380, 404, 406, 408, 411.
Manchester, 78, 84, 143, 258, 261.
Manhattan Island, now New York, 25, 113.
Mansfield, Lord, 49.

Maps, showing the eastern boundary of
New York on New Hampshire, 50, 51,
52, 113, 114, and title page.
Marlborough, 393, 396, 397.
Marsh, Amos, 175, 176.
Marsh, Jacob, 169, 172, 174.
Marsh, Joseph, Lt. Gov., 277.
Marsh, Col. William, 239, 244.
Maryland on the Vermont question, 316,
317.

Massachusetts charter, 11, 39, 40, 45, 113; her

claim to the north, 3, 11, 30, 34, 35, 41,
44, 45, 47; her claim to the west, 11, 12,
14, 32, 35, 41, 301, 302; her early settle-
ments, 35, 38, 42, 56; her claim to Ver-
mont, 296, 299, 328, 351.

Mason, John, his grant and western line,
43, 45, 280, 281, 337, 341, 355.

Maunsell, Col. John, 148.
Maverick, Samuel, 18, 24.

Mead, Col. James, 130, 180, 194, 244.
Mead, Larkin, G. Jr., 454.

Mercer, John F. 425.

Merrimack river, 9, 11, 12, 31, 43.
Metcalf, Simon, 102, 508, 510.

Middlebury, 102, 272.

Middleton, Arthur, 388, 423.

Military affairs, in 1775, 197, 218; in 1776,

219, 223, 234, 235 in 1777, 254, 266; in
1778, 271, 273; in 1779, 284, 285; in 1780,
319, 323; in 1781, 341, 343, 369, 372, 373,
374, 375.

Minott, Samuel, chairman of New York
committee in Windham county, 286,
291.

Mitchell, Dr. John, his map of the British
provinces faces the title page, 49, 50.
Mob resistance to oppression, 152, 153.
Mohawk valley ravaged, 321.
Monckton, Gov., 72; his council report in
favor of a twenty mile line as the east-
ern boundary of New York, 57.
Montgomery, John, 353, 388.
Montgomery, Gen. Richard invades Canada,

214; captures St John's and Montreal,
217; is slain at Quebec, 218.
Montreal, unsuccessful attempt of Allen to

capture it, 215, 216; surrendered to
Montgomery, 217.

Moore, Sir Henry, governor, 29, 72, 83, 84;

is aided by Mr. Duane in his answer to
the censures of Lord Shelburne, 89, 90,
95; he obeys the king's order of July,
1767, 96, 97, 98, 115, 116, 154; biographi-
cal, 83, 84, 466.
Mooretown,now Bradford, Sir Henry Moore's

account of erroneous, 93, 94; granted
to William Smith, 93, 94, 509, 511.
Mott, Edward, 199; chairman of the com-
mittee of war, at the capture of Ticon-
deroga, 200, 206.
Mumford, Thomas, 199.
Munro, Hugh, 137.

New City (Lansingburgh), 379.
New Connecticut, 239, 245, 497-500.
New England, 18, 30; charter, 10; confed-

eracy, 14; New England people settle
Vermont, 61-64.

New Hampshire prior to 1764 extended
west to a twenty mile line from the
Hudson and Lake Champlain, 4, 5, 14,
43-57, 476, 477; then by order of the
king only to Connecticut river, 57–58,
478; her charters of townships treated
by New York as void, 60-64, 72; con-
troversies with Vermont, 280-283, 299,
311, 337-341, 351, 378-379; proposes a
division of Vermont with New York,
306-308, 415, 416; her troops under
Stark, 261–264.

New Hampshire grants, settled under char-
ters from New Hampshire by New Eng-
land people, 4, 60-64, 75, 147; their lands
regranted by New York to city specu-
lators, 72, 77-80; judgments in eject-
ment against the settlers, 118-121; their
execution resisted, and claimants under
New York prevented from occupying
under their patents,121-126, 127-129, 160,
162, see Green Mountain Boys; the titles
of the settlers denied by the New York
congress and state government, 223, 224,
240, 246, 247, 273-276; the capture of
Ticonderoga, 197-207; conventions for
separating from New York, and resist-
ing Great Britain, 225, 229, 233, 235-238;
declared an independent state by the
name of New Connecticut, 238-240;
name changed to Vermont, 244, 245,
246, 497-500; constitution formed, 254,
258; see Vermont.

New Haven, Conn., 13, 39.
New Haven, Vt., 143, 186.
New Jersey, 26, 32, 316, 317, 504.
New Netherland settled by the Dutch, 6;
granted by King Charles II to the Duke
of York and conquered by the English,
6, 7, 15, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25; its eastern
boundary a parallel line to the Hudson,
14, 15, 112, 483.

New York, colonial period, the charter,
is a grant of New Netherland, 6, 21-23,
25, 26; its confused language, 9, 19–23,
25, 26; boundaries -- its eastern, a twenty
mile line from the Hudson, and Lake
Champlain, 4, 5, 14, 16, 23-25, 27–41, 43–
53, 54-57, 112, 113, 114. 482-494, its
northern extent, 29, 30, its western ex-
tent, 34, 36-37, 41, 42, 46, 47, 114; a
royal colony, with its boundaries sub-
ject to the order of the king, 8, 45, 46,
119, 120; fradulent character of colonial
land grants, 65-74; her governors re-
grant the lands of the New Hampshire
settlers, 5, 72, 78-80, 86-89; and disobey
the orders of the king, forbidding fur-

New York, eolonial period, continued —
ther grants, 94, 99, 100-111; censured by
the king, 88,89, 105–108, 159; 159; hostile
and oppressive conduct of the govern-
ment, 54, 55, 56, 57, 118, 119, 140, 144,
148, 149, 151-156, 166, 167, 178, 482-495.
New York, revolutionary government con-
tinues the claims of the colonial, 223,
224, 240, 246, 247; its timid policy
against Great Britain, 203-206; the state
constitution annuls the titles and esta-
blishes an aristocracy, 246–250; applica-
tions to congress against the Ver-
monters, 240, 241, 250, 288, 289, 290, 296;
congress resolve to decide the contro-
versy, 297-300; the hearing, but no
decision, 312-318; Gov. Clinton's threat
to prorogue the legislature, 329-336;
the legislature urge congress to decide,
but deny its power to decide against
New York, 351, 356, 357; threatens
bloodshed unless congress decide
against Vermont, 432, 433; Gov. Chit-
tenden's comment on the threat, 433-
435; weakness of the New York govern-
ment, and the reason, 320-323, 330, 331,
341-344; its overtures to Vermont fur-
nish no security to their titles, 273–276,
293, 409; the state acknowledges the
independence of Vermont, 441-449, dis-
tribution of the $30,000, paid by Ver-
mont, 506-511

Nicolls, Col. Richard,governor of New York,
18, 19, 24-26, 30, 31, 47.

Nobles, John, 212.
Northfield, 3.

Northampton, 2, 34, 192.
North Hoosick, 124.

Northington, Lord, 95.

O'Brien, 82.

Olcott, Col. Peter, 312, 315.

Onion river, 131, 142, 145, 321, 469.
Ontario, lake, 114.
Orange, fort, 19.
Orange county, 340.

Orders of the king in council, extending
New York to Connecticut river, 5, 58-
60, 63, 64, 114, 226, 479; forbidding fur-
ther grants, 9, 480; and its continued
violation, 94-100, 103, 105, 115, 179, 226.
Ordinance members of New York legisla-
ture, 248, 249, 343, 344.
Ormsby, Jonathan, 470, 471.

Otis, James, 499.

Otter creek, 102, 143, 164, 169.

Portsmouth, 64.

Posse comitatus, at Bennington, 123–126;
in Windham county, 287, 396.
Potter, Oliver, 212.

Poultney, proprietors, vote 100 acres to Seth
Warner, 139.

Powell, Martin, 225, 244.
Pownal, 84.

Pownal, John, secretary of the board of
trade, 49, 50, 95.
Preston, Major, 217.

Princetown, the New York patent of, 78,
79, 118, 120, 167.

Prisoners, exchange of, with Gen. Haldi-
mand, 321, 400.

Privy council favorable to the New Hamp-
shire claimants, 95.

Proclamations of New York_governors

against the settlers under New Hamp-
shire, 75-77, 117, 122, 134, 178-180, 478;
of Gen. Haldimand, 361, 368, 371.
Propagation society, 89.

Prouty, Francis, 429.

Punishment by whipping in common use in
New York, prior to the revolution, 160-
163.

Randolph, Edmund, 353, 411.

Rangers, Vermont regiment, 259, 265, 319.
Read, Jacob, 433.

Redding, David, his trial and execution as
a spy, 279, 280.

Regiment of Green Mountain Boys, 209-211,
214-215.

Reid, a New York claimant at Pawlet, 133.

Peters, John, 156.

York assembly, 331.

Boys, 104, 109, 142, 143, 144, 146, 164–167,
Rensselaerwick, manor of, 35, 67, 70, 242,

485, 486.

Revolution against New York justifiable,
152-153.

Rice, Barzilla, 338.

Riot act of New York, 180, 184.

Rioters, rewards offered for their apprehen-
sion, 117, 122, 123, 137, 146, 169-171, 190,
194; by the rioters for Duane and Kemp,
134.

Robinson, Col. Beverly, his letters to Gen.
E. Allen, 346-347, 354, 363.

Robinson, David, 467.

Robinson, Jonathan, 467.

Robinson, Leonard, 467.

Robinson, Moses, Gov., 117, 222, 225, 256,
301, 304, 363, 390, 396, 418; biographical,
467.

tlers, 84, 85-90; presents a petition to

Robinson, Samuel, senior, continued

the king, 86, 87; obtains a letter of
sharp rebuke to Gov. Moore, 88; and
an order in council forbidding further
grants, 94, 95; biographical, 85-90, 467;
Robinson, Col. Samuel, 225, 325, 363, 366.
biography, 468.

Robinson, Silas, captured and carried to
Albany, 122, 123.
Rockingham, 393.
Romans, Bernard, 199.
Rose, Samuel, 123.

Rosewell, Henry, 11, 39.

Rowley, Thomas, the poet, 226; on the
New York outlawry act, 183; his invita-
tion to New York tenants, 185.

Royalton burnt, 321.

borough.

Small, Major John, 118, 481.
Smith, Daniel, 225.
Smith, George, 360.

Smith, Israel, 447, biographical, 468.
Smith, John, outlawed by New York, bio-
graphical, 180, 183; 468.

Smith, Joseph, 172.
Smith, Melancton, 448.
Smith, Nathan, 212.
Smith, Patrick, 167.
Smith, William, 67.

Smith, William, the historian, 50, 93, 94,
140, 494, 508, 511.

Socialborough patent includes Rutland and
Pittsford, 129, 167, 168; the New York
claimants unable to gain possession,
169. 170. 174.

South Carolina, 343.
Southcott, Thomas, 11.

South river, 19.

Ryder, Sir Dudley, 49.
Rye, town of, 28.

St. Johns, 217, 271.

St. Leger, Gen., 369-372.

169, 170; his arrest and trial, 172-177;
joins Burgoyne, 258.

Spencer, Nathaniel.

Spicer, David, 430.

Spooner, Paul, 295, 301, 363, 386, 396, 418;
biographical, 469,

Springfield, Mass., 34.
Springfield, Vt., 82, 393.

Stamp act suspends the granting of lands,
80; its execution prevented by mobs,
80, 81, 83, 115:

Scott, John Morin, 210, 317, 388.
Scott, Moses, 122.

Schuyler, Peter, 67.

Schuyler, Gen. Philip, 106, 210-214, 227, 255,
256, 264, 289, 322, 342, 442; favorable to
Vermont independence, 333, 334, 335.
Sears, Isaac, 210, 211.

Seat of government controversies, 337, 338,
444.

Settlers under New Hampshire charters,
their lands regranted by New York, 77,
78, 84, 116, 160, 162; justified in revolt-
ing against New York, 152, 153.
Shattuck, William, opposes Vermont and
banished, 393, 396, 397; at Philadelphia,
411, 412, 417; rearrested and committed
to jail, 422, 429; released on his sub-
mission, 431.

Sherman, Roger, favors Vermont independ-
ence, 252, 253, 350, 352, 433.

Sherwood, Capt. Justice, 360.

Stark, Gen. John, sent from New Hamp-
shire to Vermont, 260; his instructions.
260, 261; marches to Bennington and
advises with the council of safety and
Col. Warner, 261; his victory at Benn-
ington, 261-263, marches to the Hudson,
263, 264; censured and then thanked
by congress, 264, 265; in command at
Saratoga, 373, 374, 379; biographical,
469.

State of the Right of the New York assem-
bly controverted, 150, 151, 482-495.
Stevens, Benjamin, surveyor, 131, 145.
Stevens, Constable, 135.
Stevens, Simon, 156, 157, 338.
Stillwater, 321.
Stirling, Lord, 18, 19.
Stockbridge, 35.

Stone's Life of Brant, quoted, 273, 274, 342,
343, 344, 379; on the Canada negotia-
tion, 375, 376, 377.

Strong, Col. John, 226.
Stuyvesant, Governor, his boundary treaty
with the New England commissioners,
14, 15..

Sullivan, Gen. John, 315, 317.
Summary of the first ten chapters, 112.
Sunderland township, 78, 84, 167.
Sunderland, Peleg, 78, 84, 167, 175, 178, 180,
183, 188, 194, 198; biographical, 469.
Surveys of New York land claims prevented,
129, 130, 170.
Swift, Samuel, 166, 272.

Taplin, John, 156.
Taplin, John, Jr., 156.

496.

Ten Broeck. Col. Abraham, 182.

Ten Eyck, Sheriff of Albany county, cap-
tures Silas Robinson, 122, 123; his posse
defeated at Bennington, 123-126; at
Rupert, 135.

Terrorism, see Threats.
Thatcher's Journal, 473.

Sloughter, Governor, 33.

Threats by the settlers, used as a means of
defence, 160, 161, 162, 171.
Tichenor, Gov. Isaac, 383, 386, 394, 447;
biographical, 471.

Ticonderoga, Fort, built by the French, 2;
abandoned to the English, 30, 166, 195;
its capture by Allen, 197-209; evacuated
by Gen. St. Clair, 254, 255; abandoned
by the English, 265, 266; British forces
at, 321, 322.

Todd brothers, at Rupert, 133.
Tories, numerous in New York, 203, 204,
342, 343; the few in Vermont are ban-
ished and their estates confiscated, 234,
277, 278, 311, 376.

Totten, Joseph, 106.

Townsend, Micah, 308, 338.

Townships under New Hampshire, their

charters and organizations, 61-64, 157.
Treat, Robert, 223.

Truce with Gen. Haldimand, 322-324.
Trumbull, Adjt. Gen., 222.
Tryon county, 227.

Tryon, Sir William, governor of New York,
his corrupt land grants and hostility to
the settlers, 72, 100, 103, 104, 105, 109,
111, 134, 138, 142, 143, 145, 147, 166, 180;
resolve of congress for his arrest, 110,
111; his patent to Col. Howard, 157-160;
censured by the crown, 105-109, bio-
graphical, 103, 472.

Tubbs, Samuel, 129, 137, 174.
Tupper, Sergeant, 370, 377, 472.
Twenty mile line from the Hudson, the

eastern boundary of New York, 4, 27,
28, 29, 30, 33, 38, 40, 41, 47, 48, 49-53, 55,
57, 91, 113, 114.

Valley Forge, 278.

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 67.

Van Dyke, Nicholas, 353.

Van Rensselaer, Col. Henry K., 380.
Van Rensselaer, Col. John, 397, 380.
Van Vechten, Col. 380.

Varnum, James M., 350, 352.
Vermont, (see New Hampshire Grants), de-
clared independent, 238-244; her name,
244-247, 497-500; formation of her con-
stitution, 254-257; its provisions, 268-
270; congress disclaim any connection
with Vermont independence, 250-252,
267; the council of safety carry the
state successfully through the campaign
of 1777, 254-266; their exertions com-
mended by Stark, 263; their state go-
vernment organized, with Thomas
Chittenden for governor, 276; confis-
cates tory estates, 277, 278; temporary
union with New Hampshire towns,
280-283; delusive overtures by New
York, 273-276, 409-410; a committee of
congress visit Vermont, 289-294; con-
gress on application of New York,
resolve to hear and decide the contro-
versy, 296-300; New York and New
Hampshire pass laws authorizing con-
gress to decide, 302; congress hears

Vermont, continued

.

New York and New Hampshire, but
neglects to decide, 312-315; proposals
for dividing Vermont between New
York and New Hampshire by the ridge
of the Green Mountain, 306-309, 413-
415; Union of parts of New Hampshire
and New York with Vermont, 337-345;
and conflicts of jurisdiction, 378-380
congress resolve to admit Vermont, if
she relinquishes her new unions, 351-
355; the Vermont assembly at first de-
clines to accede to the proffer, 357, but
under the advice of Washington, ac-
cepts it, 381-383; congress report in
favor of Vermont, but neglect to act,
386-390; negotiation with Canada, its
purpose and effects, 359-378, 396–401;
disturbances in Windham county, 391-
397; resolves of congress, hostile to
Vermont, 412-417; protest of Vermont
against them, 419-422; Gen. Washing-
ton on enforcing them, 423, 424; they
are not enforced, 425, 426; the législa-
ture of New York deny the power of
congress to decide in favor of Vermont,
but threaten bloodshed if a decision in
her favor is not made, 356, 432; com-
ment thereon by Gov. Chittenden, 433-
435; the Yorkers in Windham county
submit to the Vermont jurisdiction,
and all opposition ceases, 427-431; Ver-
mont after the peace, 438-441; terms for
the adjustment of the controversy agreed
on, and Vermont becomes a member of
the union, 441-449; distribution of the
$30,000, paid by Vermont among the
New York claimants, 506-511; publica-
tions in favor of Vermont independence,
235, 303, 304, 311; Gen. Stark on the
patriotism of the Vermonters, 263, 373,
374, 377; Vermont agents to congress,
301, 304, 305, 312, 349, 353, 354, 408, 425;
see Agents, Congress, New Hampshire
Grants, New York, Washington, West-
ern Lands.

Vernon, 3, 4.

Verplanck, Gulian, 448.

Virginia charters, 9, 10; her claim to west-
ern lands, 316, 403-406.

Voters, property qualification in New
York, complained of, 343, 344.

Wait, Col. Benjamin, 429.
Walbridge, Gen. Ebenezer at Castleton, 369,
370, 371; in command against the York-
ers at San Coick, 379, 380; biographical,

472.

Walbridge, Henry, 117.
Walker, Daniel, Jr., 189.
Wallace, Hugh, 102.
Walloomsack patent, its shape and extent,
116, 488; disturbances at, 117, 118, 122,
124.
Walpole convention, 338.
Walton, Gerard, 168.
Walton, William, 168.
War, board of, Vermont, 234, 284.
Ward, Asahel, 226.
Warner, Joseph, 198.
Warner, Col. Seth, a captain of Green Mount-
ain Boys against the Yorkers, 129, 131,
142, 164–167, 170, 172–174, 176, 178; his af-
fair with Justice Munro, 139; outlawed
by New York and a reward offered for
him,178-183, 194; captures Crown Point,
202; at Philadelphia and New York
with Allen, 209–211; lieutenant colonel