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INDEX.

(see Vermont .) Tlios. Young encourages the peopleof the, to form a state constitution, 562 ; the recom-mendation of congress to form state constitutions sentto the, 563 ; report to the N. Y. Prov. Cong, on theeastern part of the, 564 ; the inhabitants of, meet inconvention and declare their independence, 566 ; theindependent government attempted to be establishedby the people of, discountenanced by the continentalcongress, 569 ; proposals tendered by N. Y. , for thesettlement of the difficulties in the, 573 ; petition ofthe proprietors of the, to the king, 619.

New Hampshire, the province of, description of thebounds of, 334 ; the authorities of, lay out lands nearCrown Pt., 346 ; order of the king in council fixingthe boundary between New York and, 355 ; the go-vernor of, authorizes an exploration of the head wa-ters of the Connecticut river, 439; the council of,advises Gov. Wentworth not to take any notice ofGov. Tryon’s proclamation, 459.

New Holland, 15.

New Johnstown, 320.

New Low Countries, 15.

New Netherland , journal of, 1; why so called, 3 ; situ-ation, climate, appearance and rivers of, ib.; trees andanimals and fishes of, ib.; by whom peopled, 4 ; fortsand saw mills erected in, settlers sent to, ib.; firstsettlers in, ib.; the cause of the war in, 5 ; proposedto be mortgaged to N. England, 9; description of,by Father Isaac Jogues , 13 ; situation of, in 1644,

15 ; variety of sects in, ib.; conditions of land grant-ing in, ib.; date of the first arrival of the Dutch at,

16 ; climate of, ib.; Sec’y Yan Tienhoven’s informa-tion respecting the wild lands in, 19 ; proper seasonwhen emigrants should sail to, 22 ; rules observed inthe construction of houses and villages in, 23 ; modeof fattening hogs in, 24 ; cattle necessary for farmersin, ib.; classes of persons best adapted for emigrationto, 25 ; mode adopted in the granting of land in, 26;Montanus’ description of, 73 ; boundaries of, 75 ;the first immigrants to, 84. (see New York .) firstchurch erected in, 639.

Newspapers, early N. York , 209, 242.

Newton, Rev. Christopher, 379.

Newtown, L. I., Rev. Andrew Bay, minister of, 241.

New Utrecht, assessment roll of, in 1675, 102 ; popu-lation of, in 1738, 120 ; names of the inhabitants of,127.

New Yermount, the state of, 567. (see Vermont .)

New year’s day, ordinance prohibiting firing guns on, 62.

New York city , formerly New Amsterdam, 83 ; latitudeand longitude of, 114; fortifications of, 116; mayorand recorder of, appointed by the governor, ib.; cen-sus of, in 1738, 120 ; names of the officers and sol-diers in 1738, of the companies in, 138, ct seq.\ publiclibraries destroyed by the British in, 640 ; JamesDuane appointed mayor of, 651; names of the clergyof, in 1796, 857.

-college, order of the governors of the, for the

settlement of their township, 466.

-, province of, state of the, in 1738, 107 ; queries

relating to, ib.; census of, ordered to be taken, 108 ;

Cadwallader Colden ’s observations on the climate, soil,water communications, &c., of, 109 ; situation of, 111;timber of, extent of settlements in, the highest partof, 112; the great inland lakes of, ib.; minerals of, ib.;soil of, 113 ; climate of, ib.; boundaries of, 114 ; ex-penses of the government of, 116; length of the ses-sions of the legislature of, previous to 1738, 158 ;papers illustrating the controversy respecting Vermont ,between New Hampshire and, 329 ; bounded east bythe Connecticut river, 332; report of the attorney-general on the eastern boundary of, 334; surveyor-general’s observations thereupon, 339 ; extract of aletter from Gov. Wentworth furnished by order of theboard of trade to the agent of, 341 ; report of thecouncil of, on the east bounds of, ib.; proclamationdeclaring the Connecticut river to be the east boundsof, 345 ; order of the king in council fixing the boun-dary between New Hampshire and, 355 ; petition forthe erection of several counties west of Connecticutriver and in the northern part of the province of, 358 ;report of the council thereupon, 361; the governorof, forbidden to grant any lands already patented byNew Hampshire , 375 ; Gov. and council of, to grantwarrants of survey to certain parties holding underN. Hampshire for not exceeding five hundred acres ofland, 437 ; council of, recommend the issuing a pro-clamation reiterating the claim of New York to thelands west of the Connecticut river, 455 ; an accountof the temper of the rioters in the eastern part of,472 ; memorandum of the townships formerly grantedby New Hampshire and since confirmed by, 477 ; thecouncil of, resolve to make a representation to his ma-jesty’s government on the proceedings of the peoplein the northern part of the province of, who continueto bid defiance to the law, 487; a military force de-manded to put down the Bennington mob by the coun-cil of, 484, 534. (see Haldimand, Gen.) lands of, tobe settled in townships, 635 ; Sir C. Hardy resignsthe government of, 636 ; proclamation of the lastroyal governor of, 655.

New York, provincial congress of, Ethan Allen expressesa desire to be reconciled to, and thanks that body fortheir respectful treatment of the Green Mountain boys,554 ; appoints Seth Warner, Lt. Colonel, ib ; reportto the, on the state of Cumberland and Glocestercounties, 564.

-, State of, designs formed to dismember the, 554,

555, 556, 557, 559 ; committee of safety of the, pro-test against the continental congress organizing a regi-ment in the N. II. grants, independent of, and de-mand that the insurgents be required to submit to theauthority of the, 557 ; demands the recall of Col.Warner’s commission, 559 ; deprived of five coun-ties by the king of Great Britain , ib.; several of theN. H. grants declare themselves independent of, 560 ;resolutions of the committee of safety of, on learningthat Vermont is endeavoring to be independent, 567;the committee of safety of, order the distribution ofthe resolves of congress discountenancing the inde-pendence of Vermont to be circulated throughout theeastern part of the, 569 ; proposals of the, for the