the proceedings of the Massachusetts
government, II. 168; appeals to the
home government, 174; fined for sedi-
tious practices, 175; his papers seized,
and he again fined, 177; goes to Eng-
land to oppose Winslow, 178; ill suc
cess of the appeal in England, 179.
Chili, colonized by Spain, I. 66.
Chilingworth, author, IV. 384, n.
Choctaw Indians, I. 23.

Christ Church, Cambridge, V. 220.
"Christian Commonwealth, The," pub-
lished by Eliot, II. 510; suppressed,

512.

"Christian History," the, a weekly paper
published by Rev. Mr. Prince, V. 5, n.
Christison Wenlock, a Quaker, sentenced
to death, II. 481.

Christmas at Plymouth, 1620, I. 173.
Chronological cycles of New England,
III. viii.

Chubb, Captain, makes an attack on a
party of Indians, IV. 153; capitulates
at Fort Pemaquid, 154; tried for
cowardice, ib.; put to death by In-
dians, 158.

Church, Dr., a writer of verses, V. 218, n.
Church, definition and government of a,
in New England, II. 36.

Church, Benjamin, takes an active part
in the Indian war, III. 156; opposes
the burning of the wigwams of the
Narragansett fort, 179, n.; his reminis-
cences of the attack on the fort, ib.; ac-
count of, ib., n.; takes the field for a
third time, 198; closely pursues and
kills King Philip, 204; captures a
party of Indians under one of Philip's
sachems, 206; commands an expedi-
tion to the Kennebec region, IV. 35;
sent on an expedition into Maine,
52; his reception in Boston, ib; in
search of Indians on the Penobscot,
144; commands an expedition to the
Penobscot, 155; commands an expe-
dition to the eastern country, 269;
desires to attack Port Royal, 270; his
expedition ineffective, ib.; mentioned,
360, V. 415, n; provided with a gratu-
ity, 386; death of, 386, n.
Church, Thomas, his " Entertaining Pas-
sages," &c., quoted, III. 155, 156, n.,
157, n., 159, 179, n., 181, n., 198, n.,
204, n., 205, 206, 223.
Church of England, scheme to legalize
it in Massachusetts, III. 324; a meet-
ing-house in Boston to be seized for
the use of the, 395; encroachments
on the, by James II, 459; provision
by the Privy Council for setting up
the worship of the, in New England,
484; sentiments of King William the
Third towards the, IV. 7; conduct of,
towards its dissenters, ib.; grievance
of the members of, in Boston, 66; es-
tablished in Connecticut, 476; gains in

number after the religious excitement
caused by Whitefield, &c., V. 31; dis-
approved of the revival preachers, 41.
Churches, formation of, I. 432; organ-
ization of, II. 36; mutual relation
of, 39.

Claim of Right, The, concerning epis-

copacy in Scotland, IV. 8.

Clap, Roger, memoirs of, cited, I. 325.
Clap, Thomas, rector of Yale College,
IV. 580; V. 197; resignation from
Yale College, 303; vacates his place,
521, n.

Clarendon, Lord, mentioned, IV. 5, 384, n.,
586.

Clark versus Tousey, the case of, IV.
578, n.

Clark, John, arrest of at Salem for assist-
ing the Shakers, IV. 97, n.

Clark, John, rejected as councillor by
Shute, 409.

Clark's Island, landing on, I. 171; appro-
priated to the support of the poor in
Plymouth, III. 554; given to Nathan-
iel Clarke by Andros, ib.

Clarke, Capt. Daniel, takes the attorney's
oath, IV. 232, n.

Clarke, Jeremy, chosen "president re-
gent" of Providence Plantations, II.
221.

Clarke, John, of Aquetnet, I. 511; his
"Ill newes from New England" cited,
ib., n.; his dispute with Coddington,
II. 346; a leader of the Baptists, ib.;
opposes Coddington's commission, 349;
makes a visit to Massachusetts, 350;
arrested at Lynn, 351; fined for mis-
demeanors, 352; goes to England with
Roger Williams, 354; opposes Win-
throp's designs, as agent for Rhode
Island, 560; applies for a charter,
562; makes an agreement with Win-
throp, 563; his return from England,
and obsequiousness to the royal com-
missioners, 602; demand against the
colony, and imposition of a tax, III.
101; death of, and remarks upon, 232.
Clarke, S., author, IV. 384, n.
Clarke, Walter, governor of Rhode Island,
III. 106; governor of Rhode Island un-
der the charter, IV. 235, 236.
Cleaves, George, is appointed by Rigby
to manage the territory known as Ly-
gonia, or the Plough Patent, I. 595;
his difficulty with Richard Vines, the
agent of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, ib.;
goes to England, II. 384.
Clergy, married in England, in the reign
of Henry I., I. 102, n.; of Massachu
setts, 384; invited to a consultation
at Boston, 394.

Clerical costume, question of, I. 112.
Clifford, Lord, made Lord Treasurer, III.
10; Evelyn's account of the advance-
ment of, 11; displaced from office by
the Test Act, 20.

Clifton, Richard, rector of Babworth, I.
134; pastor of the congregation at
Scrooby, 134; removes to Holland,
139; his death at Amsterdam, 140.
Climate of New England, variableness
of the, I. 10; remarks on, by John
C. Gray, quoted, 11.
Clinton, Governor, his campaign against
Crown Point mentioned, V. 195.
Cloyse, Sarah, accused of witchcraft, IV.
104.

Cobham, Henry Brooke, Lord, his heresy

and death, I. 107.

Cochecho, settlement of Hilton on the, I.
205; George Burdet at, 517. See Dover.
Coddington, William, builds the first good
house at Boston, I. 328; elected an as-
sistant, 355; elected treasurer, 374; a
partisan of Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, 474;
chosen judge at Aquetnet, 511; estab-
lishes a settlement at Newport, 514;
chosen governor at Newport, 515; re-
elected governor from year to year,
605; description and view of his house
at Newport, II. 61; opposed by Gor-
ton, 119; desires a union of Rhode
Island with Plymouth or Massachu-
setts, 152, n. ; elected assistant for
Newport, 220; chosen president of the
Providence Colony, 221; applies for
the admission of Rhode Island into
the Confederacy, 223; his voyage to
England, 344; commissioned governor
of Rhode Island and Canonicut, ib.;
opposed by the Baptists, 349; averse
to a union with Providence and War-
wick, 355; revocation of his com-
mission, 356; declines to surrender
his office, 359; suspected of criminal
dealings with the Indians, 365; ar-
raigned for high treason, ib.; copy of
the instrument by which his com-
mission was revoked, 557, n.; joins
the Quakers, III. 105; re-elected gov-
ernor of Rhode Island, ib.; defends
the Quakers against Williams, ib.;
death of, 444.

Coddington, William, the younger, thrice
elected governor of Rhode Island, III.
504.

Coffin, Ebenezer, accused of illicit trad-
ing, IV. 300.

Coggeshall, John, disfranchised, I. 485;
chosen elder at Aquetnet, 513; elected
president of Providence Plantations,
II. 219; deputy-governor of Rhode
Island, IV. 235.

Coin ige of money in Massachusetts, II.
403, 525.

Coins. representation of Massachusetts,
II. 404, 405.

Coke, Sir Edward, reports against the
action of the Council for New England,
I. 209; denounces the independent ju-
risdiction of the eclesiastical courts,
250; a popular leader, 258; imprison-

ment of, 260; his relations with Roger
Williams, 405.

Colbert, and Louvois, supervisors of the
government of Canada, IV. 37.
Colchester, Conn., IV. 474, n.

Cold Harbor, so called by the Plymouth
colonists, 1. 168.

Colebrook, Conn., settled, IV. 576, n.
Coleman, a servant of the Duke of York,
his connection with the Popish Plot,
III. 243; convicted and executed,
245.

Collections of Historical Society, V. 200, n.
College, institution of a, in Massachusetts,
I. 548.

Collier, William, Federal commissioner
for Plymouth, II. 112.

Collins, a schoolmaster at Hartford, II.
48.

Collins, John, his letter to Governor Lev-
erett, in 1675, III. 22.

Colman, Rev. Benjamin, preaches funer-
al sermon on Dudley, IV. 341, n.; ex-
tract from a sermon preached before
Governor Shute, 403, n.; interested
in inoculation for small-pox, 414, n.;
election in Harvard College corpora-
tion, 416; promoted the idea of
holding a synod in Massachusetts,
456, n.; writes to Thomas Burnet on
the death of his brother the governor,
527, n.; accused of charges against
Belcher, 559; invites George White-
field to visit New England, V. 7;
sends account of the preaching of Rev.
Jonathan Edwards to England, ib.;
Whitefield preaches in his meeting-
house, 9; his sermon "Souls flying
to Jesus" cited, 12; mentioned, 20,
22; his judgment of the religious re-
vival, 38; offered the presidency of
Harvard College, 404, n.

Colman, John, his hearing of Shute and
Cooke mentioned, IV. 449.
Colonial Department, a, instituted, to take
the place of the Board of Trade, V.
375.

Colonial empire, the, of England, IV. 17.
Colee, Anthony, Dutch governor of New

Amsterdam, his answer to a letter from
Connecticut, III. 123.

Commencement at Harvard College, 1642,
II. 48.

Commerce, early of New England, II. 56;
of Massachusetts, as reported by Ran-
dolph, III. 300; of Boston in 1688,
566, n.

Commission, special, created for the gov
ernment of the colonies, I. 391, 394,
504, 633.
Commissioners, meeting of, to consult over
the invasions made by Frontenac, IV.
49; they plan the expedition against
Quebec, ib.

Commissioners of the customs, their opin-
ion on the Acts of Trade and Naviga-

tion in relation to New England, III.
280.
Commissioners to New England, appointed
by Charles II., II. 574; their arrival at
Boston, 578; their commission and in-
structions, 583; their meeting at Bos-
ton, 597;' at Plymouth, 600; in the
Narragansett country, 603; in Rhode
Island, 605; in Massachusetts, 606;
their controversy with the General
Court, 610; departure from Boston,
618; proceedings in New Hampshire,
619; in Maine, 622; their report of the
condition of New England, III. 37;
friendly relations of Plymouth with, 99.
Commissioners of the United Colonies, I.
631; first meeting of the, II. 112; lists
of the, 635, III. 599.

Committees of Correspondence, the insti-
tution of, referred to Samuel Adams,
V. 277; formed in Virginia, 460; of
Massachusetts, 461; the king's dis-
approbation of, signified to the Court,
476.

Committee for Trade and Plantations, IV.
60.

Common, Boston, laid out, I. 379.

Common lands, seizure of, by Andros, III.
530.

Common Schools, institution of, II. 262.
Compact signed by the Plymouth colo-
nists, I. 164.

Comprehension, measures of, affecting the

liturgy of Church of England, pro-
posed and defeated, IV. 9.

Compton, Henry, Bishop of London, sus-
pended, III. 456.

Conant, Roger, removes from Plymouth,
and is made governor of the settlement
at Cape Ann, I. 285.

Concord, the attack of the British on, V.
563.

Concord (Rumford), N. H., incorpor.
ated, IV. 462.

Confederation of four colonies, I. 623,
626, II. 3; population and prosperity
of the, 5; dissension in the, 239; prep-
arations for war with the Dutch, 315;
dissent of Massachusetts, 318; new dis-
sensions in the Confederacy, 325; at
tempt to revive the, III. 71; meeting of
the commissioners, 72; objections of
Plymouth, ib.; proposal of an amended
scheme, 74; agreement in relation to it,
75; the amended plan adopted by Con-
necticut and Plymouth, 77; amend-
ments proposed by Massachusetts, ib. ;
proceedings of the commissioners, 78;
meeting of the commissioners in refer-
ence to the Indian war, 166; last meet-
ing of the commissioners, 445.
Conference at Hampton Court, I. 129; at
Boston, 1636, 437.

Confession of faith, of the Westminster
divines, approved by the synod at
Cambridge, II. 183.

Conflagration, the, in Boston, 1711, IV.

332. n.
Congregationalism, difference between it
and Independency, II. 182; the Cam-
bridge Platform, 183.
Congregational Church, establishment of
a fourth in Boston, IV. 189.
Congress, of delegates held at Albany to
confirm a peace with the Five Nations,
V. 121; name given to a meeting
of governors in 1690, 244, n.; of the
colonies held at New York to discuss
the Stamp Act, 328; New York, de-
cision of, concerning taxation, 333;
continental, held at Philadelphia, to
consider the Boston Port Bill, etc.,
537; resolutions of the committee ex-
pressing sympathy, etc., 538; resolu-
tions for non-importation from Great
Britain, etc., 539; advise an address to
the king begging for the removal of the
grievances, 540; sends a letter of re-
monstrance to General Gage at Boston,
ib.; resolutions upholding and defend-
ing Boston in resisting the Acts of
Parliament, ib.; resolves of the differ-
ent committees, etc., 541.
Congreve,· - English author, IV. 384,n.
Connecticut, situation and extent of, 1. 3;
municipal system of representation in,
382; scheme of an emigration to, from
Massachusetts Bay, 444; settlements
in, 450; John Winthrop the younger,
made governor of, ib.; Vane and Peter
associated with him, 451; sufferings of
the first settlers of, 452; renewed emi-
gration to, 453; political constitution
of, 454; government of the colony for
the first year, ib.: first General Court
in, 455; population of the three towns
in, ib.; war with the Pequots, 456;
desperate condition of the colonists
after the Pequot war, 471; frame of
government of, in 1639, 535; election
of magistrates and early legislation in,
537; separation of Springfield from,
604; accession of Southampton and
Saybrook to, 605; treatment of the
Indians in, ib.; population of, at the
time of the Confederation, II. 6;
church-membership not a requisite for
the franchise, 8; legislature divided
into two branches, 9; number of its
towns in 1850, 12, n.; in 1643, 13,
early courts of justice in, 15; juries
and trial by, 19; early laws of, 31;
troubles with the Indians, 232; new
settlements, ib.; legal administration
in, 235; attempts to get a patent, 237;
imposition of an export duty at Say-
brook, 240; written code and Bill of
Rights, 375; hostility of, to New Neth-
erland, 377; suffers from Rhode Island
privateers, 378; controversy upon re-
ligious questions, 488; acknowledg
ment of Charles II. in, 536; mis-

ishment of vice in, 582; the manufacto-
ries in, 583; the military system in, ib.;
her immunity from political intrigues,
593; revivals of religion in, caused
by preaching of Whitefield and Ten-
nent, V. 26; preaching of James Da-
venport in, 27; association of minis-
ters held, concerning the disorders aris-
ing from itinerant preaching, 28; action
of the government to prevent irregu-
lar preaching, 29; arrest of James
Davenport for irregular preaching in,
30; renders assistance in the attack
on Louisburg, 67; population of in
1741, 192, 193, n.; appointment of
Jonathan Law as governor of, 192;
her issue of bills of credit, 193; sends
troops to the West Indies for service,
against Spain, 193; sends troops to the
siege of Louisburg, 194; her law for
regulating schools of learning, ib.;
raises troops for the expedition against
Quebec, 195; requests from Massachu
setts a retrocession of certain towns,
196; her military proceedings, 200,
201, 202; opposes a Federal constitu-
tion for the colonies, 200; replies to a
call for troops by Pitt, 202; the popu
lation and trade in, at the conclusion
of the French war, 301; her share in
the war against Spain, ib.; Governor
Fitch disclaims any illicit trading in,
ib.; the news of the Sugar Act in,
303; present a memorial to Parlia-
ment against the Sugar Act, ib.; ex-
tract from a treatise, giving reasons
why they should not be charged with
internal taxes, ib.; resistance in, to
the Stamp Act, 325; engage with New
York to relieve any sufferers from the
Stamp Act, 516; Governor Fitch con-
sents to support the Stamp Act and is
dismissed from office in, 517; demon-
strations in, on the news of the repeal
of the Stamp Act, ib.; the dispute re-
ferred to England, 518; her dispute
with Pennsylvania concerning a land
grant revived, ib.; Jonathan Trum-
bull made governor of, ib.; action in,
on the non-importation agreements,
519, 520; the census of in 1773, 520.
Connecticut River, course and descrip-
tion of, I. 7, 8; how far navigable, 9;
Plymouth factory on the, 339; expe-
ditions to, 369.

Conrentice Act, provisions of, II. 437;
passed anew, 1670, III. 8.
Convention called by the Prince of Orange,
III. 477.

Converse, Captain, sent to the defence
of Wells, IV. 93; makes peace with
some of the Eastern Indians, 144;
builds a fort on Saco River, 144; a
delegate from Massachusetts to con-
clude a peace with the Eastern In-
dians, 158.

Conversion of the Indians, II. 186, 336.
Conway, General, Secretary of State, op-
posed to the Stamp Act, V. 346; as a
member of the ministry, 363; men-
tioned, 377; in debate in House of
Commons, 424, 428.

Conway, N. H., IV. 441.
Cooke, Elisha, speaker of the Massachu-
setts House of Deputies, III. 379; sent
to England as agent for Massachu
setts, IV. 26; biographical sketch of,
26, n.; quoted, 42, n.; opposes Mather
as an agent to England, 204; rejected
as councillor by Governor Phips, 253;
rejected as councillor by Dudley, 254,
291; received into the Council by
Dudley, 340; death of, 340, n.; an
allowance to the heirs of, 385.
Cooke, Elisha (son), makes charges against
Bridger, surveyor of woods, IV. 400;
excluded from the Council by Shute,
ib.; opposition of Shute to, 408; chosen
as speaker of the House in Massa-
chusetts, ib.; publishes his vindication,
409, n.; requests a postponement of
action on Shute's complaint, 449; on
committee concerning Governor Bur-
net's salary, 506, n.; made a judge
of the Court of Common Pleas, 540;
mentioned, 565, n.

Cooke, George, a commissioner to Gor-
ton's company at Shawomet, II. 132
Cooper, Dr. Saniuel, pamphlet by, cited,
V. 126, n. ; mentioned, 176, n.; a writer
of verses, 2id, n.; as a pulpit orator,
219; chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives, 356, n.; a graduate of Har-
vard College, 405, n.

Cooper, Rev. William, Boston, V. 7..
Copley, artist, mentioned, V. 220.
Copper mines at Simsbury, Connecticut,
IV. 474.

Coram, Captain Thomas, interested in
Mason's land claim in Connecticut, IV.
365, n.; his scheme for the settlement
of Nova Scotia, etc., 567, 567, n.
Corbet, Abraham, excites disaffection in
New Hampshire, II. 620; punished by
the General Court, ib.
Corbitant, intrigues against the Plymouth
Colonists, I. 185; his followers dis-
armed, ib.

Corey, Giles, put to death for witchcraft,
IV. 109.

Corey, Martha, accused of witchcraft,
IV. 104.

Cornbury, Lord, succeeds Lord Bello-
mont as governor of New York, IV.
255; not interested in behalf of New
Englanders, 268; complaints against
charter government, 487.
Corner, Captain, in charge of marines in
Boston harbor, V. 393, n.; quarters his
troops in Faneuil Hall, 374, n.
Cornwall, territory of, established by the
royal commissioners, II. 622; in-