INDEX.

691

Mohawk valley, timber of the, 111 ; nature of the soilof the, 113; forts in the, 116; Christmas in the, 639.

Mcntagne, Councillor La , commands an expeditionagainst the Indians, 9; gives a pass to an Indianfrom Fort Orange, 40; cold blooded conduct of, 68.

Montanus’ description of New Nethcrland, 75.

Montauk Indians, (see Smith, Rev. J. C.; Occam ;Fowler.)

Montcalm, Gen. instructions of, transmitted by FatherRobaud to Gen. Amherst, 215.

Montreal , latitude and longitude of, 114 ; description of,in 1738, 155 ; Rev. Mr. Delisle, Episcopal ministerof, 320.

Montresor, Col., answer of, to Capt. Green’s observa-tions on a plan of a fort to be erected at the Oneidacarrying place, 325.

Moody, Sir Henry, catalogue of the library of, 640.

Moore, Gov. Sir Henry, at Johnson Hall, 233 ; assistsat the treaty of Fort Stanwix, 244; patronizes Mr.Adair’s work on the Indians, 259; ordered not todisturb any persons having valid titles under NewHampshire for land west of Connecticut river, 365 ;letters of, to Lord Sherburne, in answer to his lord-ship’s dispatch and vindicating his government fromthe charges contained in the petition of Samuel Robin-son and others, 365, 373 ; erects a church at his ownexpense in the county of Cumberland, 369; deniesthat he ever exacted fees from those unable to paythem, 370; writes to Lord Hillsboro’ that he refusesto grant any lands on the west side of Lake Cham-plain , 377 ; said to have refused to pass any patentsfor lands west of Connecticut river without paymentof his full fees, 382.

-, Rev. Benjamin, 657.

Morgan, Rev. Abel, moderator of the Philadelphia Bap-tist Association, 300.

Mosely, Rev. Richard, engaged as minister of Johns-town, 299; arrives at Albany on his way to Johns-town, 301 ; intends relinquishing the church at Johns-town, 307 ; resigns the living at Johnstown, 309;expresses his sense of Sir "Win. Johnson’s goodnessto him, 312.

-, Rev. Samuel, pastor of Windham, 205.

Mountains of New Netherland, 3 ; of New York , 111.

Moyne, (see Le Moyne.)

Munro, Rev. Harry, Episcopal minister of Albany , 257;biographical notice of, 258; complains that some per-sons have been endeavoring to disturb the peace ofhis congregation, 282 ; has a good congregation, 299;makes a collection in New-York for his church atAlbany , 301.

-> J ohn, elder of the Presbyterian church at Alba-ny , 280; mentioned, 380; affidavit of, regarding resis-tance offered to civil authority of New York in the N.Hampshire grants, 419; writes Sec’y Banyer informinghim of the continued persecution of the “ Yorkers,”433 ; instructed to take proceedings against RobertCochrane and other rioters, 435, 439; petitions to beappointed sheriff of Albany county , 441 ; sends infor-mation to N. Y. respecting the continued insolenceof the Bennington mob, 452, 463; applies for pro-tection against the Bennington rioters, 472 ; informsgovernment that they have commenced an armed or-ganization, 473 ; that he has arrested some counter-feiters and of his inability, to enforce the law in thenorthern part of the province, and that he declines toact any longer as a magistrate, 486.

-, Peter Jay, 258.

Murray, Rev. Alexander, notice of, 241 ; declines tak-ing charge of the Episcopal church at Schenectady ,255.

Muskcat, habit of the, 77.

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Napier, Mr., director general of hospitals of N. Y. , 366.

Nassaw fort, 4

-river, 15.

New Amsterdam, 4; population of, 5; church of, 15, 639;some of the houses in, built of stone, ib ; descriptionof, 76; changed to New York, 83. (see New York .)

New Connecticut, State of, the N. Hampshire grants re-solve that they be henceforth called the, 560 ; thename of, changed to Vermont , 567.

New England , the insupportable government of, obligesseveral colonists to retire to, and settle in N. Nether-land , 4 ; mode adopted for the construction of housesby the early settlers in, 23 ; price of cattle in, 24 ;intrigues at Fort Stanwix of the missionaries from249.

New Hampshire grants, controversy respecting the, 329;order of the Gov. and Council of N. Y. , in favor ofthe, west of Connecticut river, 357 ; claimants under,ordered to sue out their grants, 363 ; persons havingvalid titles to, not to be disturbed in the possession oftheir lands by the govt, of N. York , 365 ; lands heldunder, not to be regranted byN. Y., 375 ; PartridgeThatcher recommended to be the first governor of the,

378 ; petition to the king from certain persons on the,to the westward of Connecticut river praying to bere-annexed to New Hampshire , 412 ; certificate ofthe surveyor-general of N. York , of reservations infavor of the occupants of, 415; affidavits provingpublic disorders to have been fomented by New Hamp-shire on the, 416, et seq.; list and dates of the, westof Connecticut river, 430, 431 ; certain parties hold-ing, to be allowed not exceeding 500 acres, 437 ; therioters and traitors of the, retire to the mountainswhere they cannot be apprehended, 454; some ofthe, afterwards confirmed under New York , 477 ; theinhabitants of the, west of Connecticut river, resolveto send an agent to England , 486 ; the people of the,send agents to London to demand an alteration inthe jurisdiction, 487 ; plan of the Board of trade forthe settlement of the difficulties on the, 488; approved,502 ; (see Tryon , Gov.) a convention at Dorset de-clare the necessity of erecting the, into a separatedistrict, 554 ; further proceedings for the purpose offorming the, into a new state, 556 ; several of the,declare themselves independent of the State of N. Y. ,560 ; and assume the name of New Connecticut, ib.;