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a surveyor to lay out land for the Palatines,
560; purchases land from Mr. Livingston for
the Palatines, ib.; deed of the land purchased
by, 644; contracts with R. Livingston to vic-
tual the Palatines, 653; reports to the Board of
Trade the measures he has adopted to settle
the Palatines, 655; unfortunate in falling into
R. Livingston's hands, 656; further particulars
regarding the lands purchased for the Palatines
by, 661; visits the Palatines, 602; obliged to
send troops to Livingston manor, 663; disarms
the Palatines, 665; appoints commissioners
over the Palatines, 669; greatly dissatisfied
with R. Livingston, 675; has suffered by giv-
ing him too much countenance, 676; scheme
of, for employing the Palatines, 678; commu-
nicates his inability to support the Palatines
any longer, 683; orders attorney general to
prepare draft of letters patent for the manor of
Livingston, 689; patent granted by, for the

Immigrants, early, to New Netherland, 52.
Improvements, early internal, 1091.
Independence declared by Congress, 1052, 1058;
effect of the declaration of, ou the Anglo-
American clergy, 1053.

Indian tribes, on Hudson river, 28; manners
and customs of the, ib.; trade among the, 31;
youths carried to Holland, 41; manners, 44;
sacrifices, 46; convert, career of an, 108; of
Montauk, petition of, 390; deeds for Robert |
Livingston's land, 612; name for ginseng,
1035; remains on Sandy creek, 1139, et seq.
Inglis, Rev. Charles, state of the Anglo-Ameri-
can church in 1776, by, 1047; family of, 1054;
prays for the king and royal family in Wash
ington's presence, 1056; and in presence of

Jacquet, Jan P., director at the South river, 106.
Jamaica (L. I.), the presbyterian church of,
transferred to the episcopalians, 114; letter
from, relative to the minister, 193; Mr. Prud-
den, congregational minister of, 194; agree-
ment of the town of, with Rev. Mr. Prudden,
196; return of births, deaths and marriages in
the town of, 197; church wardens of, sum-
moned before the governor and council, 201;
attorney general ordered to enquire into the
riot at, 202; Rev. Mr. Honyman appointed
episcopal minister of, 204; state of the church
at, ib.; Rev. Mr. Hubbard ordered to vacate
the parsonage at, 205; the sheriff ordered to
eject Rev. Mr. Hubbard and put Rev. Mr.
Urquhart in possession of the minister's house
at, ib; order to the church wardens of, to sell
the corn collected for the support of the mini-
ster, 206; and to pay the proceeds to the Rev.
Mr. Urquhart, 207; magistrates of, ordered to
levy a rate for the support of the episcopal
minister, ib.; fined for refusing to obey, 208;
Rev. Frs. Goodhue presbyterian minister of
210; difficulties between Rev. Mr. Bartow and
the Rev. Mr. Hubbard in the church at, 211;
church at, broken into, 212; Rev. Mr. Hub-
bard forbid to preach at, ib.; death of Mr.
Urquhart, minister of, ib.; another riot in the
church of, 214; report of the justices of, on the
said riot, ib.; order in council on said report,
215; fines imposed on dissenters accused of
said riot, remitted, 217, 229; memorial of the
inhabitants of, to Gov. Hunter, complaining

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an armed party, 1057; refuses the keys of the
churches to the American troops, 1059; an-
swers Paine's Common Sense, ib.; removes
to Flushing and returns to N. Y., 1060; has
no doubt of the success of his majesty's arms,
1064; thinks an American episcopate neces-
sary, 1065; biographical notice of, 1066.
Ingoldesby, Lt. Gov., order of, on the difficulties
in the Kings co. churches, 165, et seq.
Inland lock navigation, report on, 1085.
Innes, Rev. Alex., commission of, as chaplain
to the garrison on N. Y., 404.
Inscription in front of St. Peter's church, Albany,

1155.

Islip, slaves in, 867.

of being deprived of their church, 217; Rev.
Mr. Poyer, minister of, 218; church wardens
of, sued for the clergyman's salary, and their
plea, 219; state of the church at, represented
by the Rev. Mr. Thomas, 220; Rev. George
Macnish, presbyterian minister at. 222; Cot-
ton Mather, on the church difficulties at, 223;
memorial of the clergy, regarding the church
of, 224; date of the erection and location of
the first church at, 226; Rev. Patrick Gordon
designed as minister for, but dies, 227; Mr.
Vesey attended the church at, ib.; memorial
presented to Lord Lovelace, regarding the
church at, 228; dissenters gain possession of
the parsonage of, 217, 229; sheriff of, has con-
scientious scruples against ejecting the dis-
senters of, 230; members of the church of,
increased by the dissension in Kings co., 241;
Col. Heathcote, on the difficulties in the church
of, 239, 242; Col. Morris' account of the rise
and progress of the troubles at, 244; begin-
ning of the church of England in, ib.; Lord
Cornbury seizes the church of. 245; Gov.
Hunter's representation of the difficulties in
the church of, 250, 257; a statement of the
church of, 261; representation of the soc. for
prop. the gospel to Queen Anne, relative to
the church of, 265; order of the queen in coun-
cil respecting the church of, 268; the vestry
of, refuse to admit Mr. Poyer to their meeting,
270; and pay the minister's salary to the Rev
Mr. McNish, the dissenting preacher, 272
letter to the sec. of the soc. for prop. the gos.

pel from the members of the church of Eng.
in, 277; people of, threaten to stone the con-
stable if he attempt to collect the minister's
money, 281; petition of certain persons who
have been found guilty of a riot at. 283: report
of the magistrates on the riot at, 285; particu
lars of the opposition offered to the collection
of the minister's money, 257, et seq; complaint
of the people against the magistrates of, 259;
affidavits against the magistrates of, 294; an-
swer of the magistrates of, 297; Rev. Mr.
Poyer obtains judgment against the church of,
304; the presbyterians of, commence an action
for the recovery of the English church at, 309,
311; another riot at, ib.; the glebe lands and
church of, taken away from the episcopalians
after a possession of 25 years, 310, death of
the episcopal clergyman of, 311; Rev. Thos.
Colgan appointed episcopal minister of, 312;
mode adopted by Chief Justice Morris to close
the controversy respecting the church at, 313;
episcopalians obliged to worship in the town
house of, ib.; a new episcopal church built at,
314; state of the church at, in Mr. Colgan's
time, ib., et seq; Rev. Mr. Samuel Seabury,
episcopal minister at, 321; state of religion at,
under Rev. Mr. Seabury, 322, et seq; applica-
tion for a charter for the episcopal church at,
324; Rev. Joshua Bloomer episcopal minister
of, 330; the vestry of, sued, 331; argument in
the cause of the church of, ib.; decree in

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Laborie, Rev. James, minister of the French
church in N. Y., 413, 433, 478.
Lacey, Rev. Wm. B., rector of St. Peter's, Al-
bany, 1155.

Laidly, Rev. Mr., minister of the Dutch Re-
formed church of N. Y., 511, 512, 516, 517,
519, 520, 521.

Lake George, price of lands on, 1072.
Lamb, Gen. John, biographical sketch of, 536.
Lamersen, Joghim, precentor of Kinderhook
church, 894.

Land, price of, in 1791, in the state of New York,
1067; when leased, operates to debase the
minds of settlers, 1136, 1148.

K.

L.

chancery against the vestry of, 336; the con-
tinental troops disarmed the township of, 338;
episcopal church at, closed, 339; a giebe for
the episcopal minister of, purchased, ib.
James, Rev. Thos., of Easthampton, prosecuted
for preaching a certain sermon, 354, et seq.;
warrant to arrest, 357; apology of the, 358.
Jameson, David, commissioner for executing
the office of attorney general, 690; attorney
general, 913.

Jansen, Roeloff, who. 611.
Jenny, Rev. Mr., of Rye. 945.
Jerusalem thorn, the, 1129.
Jewish cemetery in N. Y., the first, 435.
Johnson, Rev. Mr., 1120.
Sir John, 1064.

Sir William, visited by Messrs. Hawley
and Woodbridge, 1039; location of the an-
cient seat of, 1109.

Johnstown, churches and clergy in 1802 of the
town of, 1108; people of, generally Dutch,
1125; reference to, 1130.

Jones, Rev. Eliphalet, of Huntington, 345, 346.

Rev. John, of Bedford, 123; denounces
the church of England in his sermon, 935.
Joris, Adrian, conveys Director Minuit to N.
Netherland, 46.

Journal of Capt. Brian Naton's voyage, in the
year 1656, from New Amsterdam to East-
chester, 921; of a missionary tour to the Mo-
hawk and Black River countries, 1105.

be incorporated, 967; names of the freebold-
ers of, in 1728, 969; census of, in 1782, 996.
Kionontates, the, 22.

Knoll, Rev. Mich'l. Christian, complains that
the Lutherans have been deprived of the
church and glebe at Newburgh, 583; and
that he has been prevented from performing
divine service there, 584; asks that the giebe,
&c., be confirmed to the Lutherans of Ñ Y.,
585; exhibits documents in support of his
claim, ib.; serves as minister at New York,
Newburgh, &c., 590; complains of a pre-
tended Lutheran minister, 975, 979, 983.
Kocherthal, Rev. Joshua, minister to the Pala.
tines, petitions to be removed to America,
541; naturalized and ordered to receive land,
543; proposes to return to England, 544; pe-
titions for land at Quassaick Creek, 575; eom-
plaint against, for not having resided with the
Palatines for nine years, 576; deceased, 577.
Krieckebceck, Daniel, commissary at Fort Or-
ange, 36.

Kunze, Rev. John Christopher, Lutheran minis-
ter of N. Y., 1193.

Languages, diversity of, among the Indians, 32.
LaSalle builds the Griffin on the Niagara river,
1194.

Leisler, Jacob, appeal in a case between Rev.
Nichs Van Renselaer, Jacob Milborne and,
875; warrant to arrest, 877; difficulty between
Rev. N. Van R. and, referred to the consisto-
ry at Albany, ib.; final decision in the case
of, 879.

Lempo, Jan, sheriff of N. Netherland, 42.
Leyden, town of, 1123. 1148.
Little Falls, proposed improvement of the Mo-
hawk river at the, 1093; population of, i
1802, 1110; description of the village of, 1131;

theory as to the original height of the river at,
1132, 1135; the first newspaper printed at, 1197.
Liturgy, change in the, in Virginia, on the decla-
ration of Independence, 1054.

Livingston Manor, papers relating to the, 609;
Dongan's patent for, 622; number of cottages
on the, in 1702, 629; damage caused by a
freshet at, 679; troops arrive at, 682; petition
to Gov. Hunter for a confirmatory patent for
685; order to the attorney general to prepare
a draft of letters patent for, 689; Gov. Ilun-
ter's patent for, 690; freeholders of the camp
entitled to vote at the election of a representa-
tive for, 702; roll of the independent compa-
ny of the, 704; license to R. Livingston to col-
lect funds to build a church on the, 714; peti-
tion regarding the Palatines on the, 720; re-
port thereon, 721; order of council thereon,
722; surveyor general's report on the Pala-
tine settlement in the, 723; list of the Pala-
tines willing to remain on the, 724; people of
Massachusetts encroach on the, 729, 739, (see
Livingston, R., Jr.;) proclamations to arrest
rioters in the, 751, 785; an account of a mur-
der committed at, 788, 790; proclamation of
the authorities of Boston affixed in, 791; num-
ber of men removed to Massachusetts from,
792; a fort built in, 799, 800; proceedings of a
committee from Massachusetts in the. 803;
another riot and loss of life in, 819, 822; ac-
count of quit rent for the, 833; petition of Pe-
trus Pulver and others, praying the legislature
to investigate the title to the, 834; census in
1714 of the north part of, 905.

Peter, acquaints his father that one of
his tenants has been dispossessed by people
from Massachusetts, 812; affidavit of, 817.

-, Philip, succeeds his father in his offices
at Albany, and as proprietor of the greatest
part of the Manor of Livingston, 728.

Robert, price paid to, for lands for the
Palatines, 560; petitions for leave to purchase
land on Roeloff Jansen's Kill, 611; Indian
deeds to, 612, 613, 617; patent to, for the same.
615; petition of, for land at Taghkanick, 617;
patent to, for Taghkanick, 620; Gov. Don-
gan's patent erecting the lands of, into a
manor, 622; Lieut. Gov. Nanfan's reasons for
suspending, as member of the council, 629;
accused of being implicated with Capt. Kidd,
and of other grave misdemeanors, ib.; his
estate confiscated, 630; suspended as one of
the council, ib.; petition of, against abolish-
ing his office of secretary of Indian affairs,
ib.; filled that office twenty years, 631;
deed of the land sold to Gov. Hunter for the
Palatines, by, 644; contracts to victual the
Palatines, 653; Lord Clarendon gives a very
bad character of, 656; appointed a commis-
sioner over the Palatines, 669; impropriety of
his being president of the board, 673; endea-
vors to obtain the management of all the sup-
plies for the Palatines, 674; Gov. Hunter
much discontented with, 675; the most selfish
man alive. 676; property of, damaged by a
freshet, 679; transmits his accounts against
the government, 680; petitions Gov. Hunter
for a confirmatory patent for his manor, with
the privilege of electing a representative to
the assembly, 685; an account of the salary
of, 686; the attorney general ordered to pre-
pare a new patent for, 689; Gov. Hunter's
patent to. 690; license to, to collect funds to
enable him to build a church on his manor,
714; biographical sketch of, 725; mayor of
Albany, 903

Robert, Jr., grandson of the first pro-
prietor of the manor of Livingston, 727; suc-

ceeds his father Philip, 728; complains of en-
croachments on his property by people of
Massachusetts, 729; report of the attorney
general on the petition of, 730; report of the
surveyor general on the petition of, 733; re-
port of the council on the petition of, 734;
complains again of further encroachments on
his manor, 739; H. Van Renselaer's letter to,
753; applies to the government to raise the
posse comitatus, 767; report of the general
court of Massachusetts against, 769; commu-
nicates further information respecting the pre-
tensions of the people of Massachusetts to his
lands, 774; complains of the arrest of certain
rioters at Takanick, 782; and that one of his
tenants has been committed to Sheffield gaol,
783; affidavit of, respecting the abduction of
a number of his men from Ancram, by Robert
Noble and others, 792; complains to Lieut.
Gov. Delancey of further encroachments on
his manor by the people of Massachusetts,
801; protests against letting certain Massa-
chusetts people out of jail before his men are
liberated, 807; answers of, to charges made
against him by Jan Halenbeck, 808; measures
adopted by, against the banditti of Taghkanick,
810, 816; is prevented furnishing shot and
carriage wheels for the expeditions against
Niagara and Crown Point, in consequence of
the imprisonment of his people. 811; writes
to Gov. Hardy that people of Massachusetts
have taken possession of part of his manor,
813; and complains of divers other injuries
committed against him, 814; calls on govern-
ment for a force of fifty soldies to protect him
against rioters, 820; accompanies a force to
Tackhanick to disperse rioters, of whom two
were killed, 822; the old banditti at Taghka-
nick threaten, 825; applies for another pro-
clamation. ib.

-, Robert R., and Wm. Smith report the
proceedings of a committee from Massachu-
setts, regarding lands at Taghkanick, 803.
Lockier, Rev. Mr., of Rhode Island, 203.
Long Island, account of the state of the churches
in, 114, (see King's, Queen's and Suffolk ;)
Rev. Mr. Whitfield preaches on, 316; a list
of the slaves, in 1755, on, 856.

LOVELACE, Gov, reproves a minister of Southold
for his harsh treatment of a parishioner, 343;
presents a new seal to the city of N. Y., 397.

Lord, about to sail for Ñ. Y., 542; Sec-
retary Boyle's letter to, 543; death of, 544.
Lowville, town of, 1122; description of the falls
in, 1146.

Lubaugh, Rev. Mr., minister of the Dutch Re-
formed church, 1109.

Lucena, Rev. Abraham de, a Jewish minister
in N. Y., 434.

Lupardus, Rev. Mr., 137, 139, 147.
Lutheran Church, first minister of the, at New
Amsterdam, 103; at the South river, 105;
papers relating to the, 339-405; petition for
leave to erect in N. Y. a new, 487; petition
for a charter for the, 491; case of the, 493;
at Newburgh, incorporated with that at New
York. 584; a glebe granted for the, 587; of
Albany, petitions for leave to bury its dead,
871; misunderstanding between the latter and
Dom. Schaets, 880 papers regarding a pre-
tended minister of the, 975, et seq.; the old, in
William street, N. Y., pulled down, 1192.
Lydius, Rev. Johannes, 117; minister of Alba-
ny and Schenectady, 893; date of the death
of, 897.

-. John Henry, some particulars about, 893.
Lyman, Rev. Joseph, 1107.

M.

Mc Dole, Rev. Mr., a missionary in Canada, | Methodists, labors of the, in the early settle

1125.

McDougal, Gen. Alex'r., biographical notice
of, 536.

Mackenzie, Rev. Eneas, minister at Staten
Island, 119, 129, 130, 233, 235, 249.
Mac Nish, Rev. Geo, presbyterian minister at
Jamaica, L. I., 222, 230, 231; the minister's
salary paid to, 272.

Macomb, Alex'r., price of the tract of land pur-
chased by, 1070.

Madnan's Neck, Rev. Mr. Jones minister at,
346; petition from, relative to the meeting
house at, 348.

Maikans, the, 27; Indian tribes situated below
the, 28.

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1712, 949.

Manhates, the, 28.

Manhattan Island, buildings erected by the first
Dutch settlers on, 42; population of, in the
year 1625, 47.

Manheim, the town of, 1110; dimensions of, 1131.
Manittou, the, 46.

Manning, Capt., defence of, on his trial for cow-
ardice, 80; petition of, to Gov. Andross, 82;
articles against, 83; examinations against,
84; petition of, 86; answer of, to the charges
against him, 87; narrative of, 89; account of
the proceedings of, previous to his surrender
to the Dutch, 91; certificate of certain soldiers
in favor of, 95; divers orders issued by, 96;
letter of Ensign Chirston to, 99.
Map, Champlain's, table of remarkable places
on, 19; Bassett's, notice of, 1191.
Maquaas, the, 28.

Marbletown, slaves in, 849; census of, in 1703,
966; names of the freeholders of, in 1728, 970;
census of, in 17-2, 996.
Mascoutins, the, 23.

Massachusetts, people of, encroach on Living-
ston manor, 729, 739, 802, 812; report of the
legislature of, on Gov. Clinton's letter, 754;
vote of the legislature of, in relation to Michael
Halenbeke, 757; report of the general court
of, on Livingston's proceedings against Payne,
769; answer from the authorities of N. Y. to,
772; high sheriff of Albany seized and carried
off to, 778, 780; anthorities of, issue a procla-
mation for the arrest of the murderers of
Wm. Rees, on Livingston manor, 789; num-
ber of men carried from Ancram to. 792; or-
ders of the authorities of, respecting certain
citizens of N. Y. under bonds in, 796; respect-
ing persons charged with the murder of Wm.
Race, 797; proceeding of a committee from,
relative to lands at Taghkanick, 803.
Mather, Cotton, extract of a letter from, rela-
tive to the church at Jamaica, 223.

Increase, Rev. Mr. Vesey educated un-
der, 439.
Matthews, David, the last colonial mayor of N.
York, 1056.

Mauritius River, 27, 35, 38, 42, 47.

May, Cornelius Jacobs, sails with settlers to

ments, 1116; plan of the, to gain followers,

1118.

Mexico, town of, 1140.
Michilimakina, 22.

Milborne, Jacob, (see Leisler.)
Military Townships, price, in 1791, of the land
in the, 1079, 1081, 1083.

Militia of King's Co., names of those enrolled,
in 1715, in the, 183.

Miln, Rev. Mr., of Albany, 1152.
Minisinck patent, the surveyor general's objec-
tions to the bounds of the, 987.

Minuet, Peter, governor of N. Netherland, 42;
arrival of, 46; succeeds Van Hulst, 47.
Miscellany, 1187.

Mohawk Indians, vernacular name of the, 902;
chapel, the, 1039; river, survey, in 1792, of
the, 1087; valley, missionary tour, in 1802,
along the, 1105; river communication between
Wood creek and the, 1137.
Mohegans, the, war between the Mohawks and,
43; remove to Connecticut, 48.
Mompessom, ch. justice, opinion of, in the case
of the Jamaica church, 240, 251.
Montagnars, the, 8.

Montagne river, 27, 35, 39, 42, 47.
Montauk Indians, claim of the, for land on the
east end of Long Island, 390, 392.
Montgomery, town of, census of the, în 1782,
996.

Months, Indian names of the, 33.
Moor, Rev. John, minister at Newtown, 107.
Rev. Thoroughgood, missionary to the
Mohawks, 117, 118, 124, 899, 940; perishes at
sea, 1151.

MOORE, Gov., biographical sketch of, 524; proc.
of, against R. Noble, $30.

Moravians in Dutchess co., summoned before
the council at N. Y., 1013; names and exam-
ination of the, 1014; further orders relative to,
1019; ordered to depart the province, 1020;
persecution of the, brought before the Board
of Trade, ib.; reasons for the law enacted
in N. Y. against, 1022; provisions of the act
against, 1026; a list of the, in New-York,
1029.

Morgan, Rev. Mr., of Eastchester, 119, 929.
Morris, ch. justice, denounces Lord Cornbury's
proceedings in regard to the church at Jamaica,
233; an account of the rise and progress of
the troubles in the church at Jamaica, by, 244;
renders judgment in favor of Rev. Mr. Poyer,
304; mode adopted by, to close the Jamaica
church controversy, 313.

Morrisania slaves in, 852; census of, 949.
Mosley, Rev. Mr., minister at Johnstown, 1151.
Mon, Rev. Emond, chaplain to the forces in N.
Y., 412.

Rev. Mr., a Moravian clergyman, 1015.
Moulinars, Rev. J. J., minister of the French
church, N. Y., 466; answer of, to the Rev.
Mr. Rou's protest, 470; defects in the answer
of, 1159; detains the church unjustly from
Rev. Mr. Rou, 1170; obs. on the answer of,
1171; sent for to plague Mr. Rou, 1172.

New Netherland, 35; first governor of New-Mourning ring, found on Burgoyne's camp
Netherland, 43.

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ground, description of a, 1193.
Muirson. Rev. George, proceeds to England to
receive holy orders, 113: minister at Rye, 120
effects great good, 121, 123, 124, 126: death of
213; licensed to baptize in Connecticut, 935;
is unable to do anything with the Indians, 937;
is opposed by the dissenters, 939.

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NANFAN, Lt. Gov., suspends Robert Livingston
as member of the council, 629.
Narrative of Capt. John Manning, 87; of Rev.
Gideon Hawley's journey in 1753, to Onohogh-
gwage, 1033.

Nassau, fort, 27; abandoned, 105.

Nation du feu, 23.

Navigation, inland lock, report on, 1085.

Neau, Mr. Elias, 113, 118, 125; date of his license
as catechist, 129, 130; further reference to,
937.

Neutral nation, the, 23.

New Brondalban, state of religion in, 1109.
Newburgh, papers relating to the first settlement

of, 539; Sackett's map of, 548; ferry between
Fishkill and, 580; letters patent for the glebe
at, 587; (see Quassaick creek; Knoll, Rev.
Christian;) the episcopalians take forcible
possession of the lutheran church at, 593; pe-
tition of Colden and Albertson for the Palatine
glebe at, 594; lutheran glebe at, surrendered
in order to be granted to the episcopalians,
600; more taverns at, required, 603; number
of houses, in 1767, at, ib.; petition for a char-
ter for the mission of, 605; for St. George's
church of, 606; census of, in 1782, 996; mis-
sion of, vacant, 1063; first newspaper in, 1195.
New England, is the scum of Old England, 247.
Newenhuysen, Rev. Mr., 402; forbids the Rev.

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Reformed church in, 402; original survey of
Wall street, in, 403; first Lutheran churches
in, 404; king's chapel in, 406; petition to
purchase ground for an English church in,
407; Trinity church in, erected, 409; Corn's.
Sebring applies for leave to run a ferry be-
tween Long Island and, 421; remonstrance
thereto by the corporation of, 423; applica-
tion by the corporation to enlarge the ferry
bounds of, 425; ground granted for a Jewish
cemetery in, 435; the presbyterians of, apply
for a charter, 460; remonstrance against in-
corporating the presbyterian church in, 462;
difficulties in the French church of, 466; pe-
tition of a baptist preacher in, 480; a new
reformed Dutch church erected in, 484; peti-
tion for the removal of the shertff of, ib.; pe-
tition for leave to collect funds to erect a new
Lutheran church in, 487; petition of the
French church of, for a charter, 489; and of
the Lutheran church of, for the same object,
491; difficulties in the reformed Dutch church
in, 510, et seq; riot in the French church in,
522; appearance of a comet at, 883; a mora-
vian church in, 1027; a list of the quakers in,
1028; and of the moravians in, 1029; a fourth
part of the city of, burnt, 1060; regulations
of the stage between Philadelphia and, in
1776, 1191.

Niagara, (see Onjagera.)

N. Van Renselaer to baptize any children,
872; denies the validity of English ordina-Nichman, David, a moravian bishop, 1016, 1017,
tion, 873; ordered to make good his objec-
tions, 874, 875.

New Marlborough, census of, in 1782, 996.
New Netherland, first settlement of, 27; the
course to, 28; settlers sail for, 35; names of
immigrants to, 52; surrendered to the Eng-
lish. 78; state of the churches in, 103.
New Orange, the inhabitants of, absolved from
their allegiance to Holland, 77.
Newport Fort, 1097.

New Rochelle, Rev. Mr. Bondet, minister of,
126, 941; petitions Gov. Fletcher for aid, 926;
license to erect a church in, 942; names of
the inhabitants, in 1710, of, 946; petition for
a charter for the church at, 948; granted,
949; census of, in 1712, ib.; petition for
leave to build a new parsonage, 954.
Newspapers, early, in the State of New York,
1195, 1196.

Newtown, L. I., an Episcopal church built in,
315; names of the slaves in, 863.

New Utrecht, names of the inhabitants of, in
1698, 135; slaves in. 860.
New Windsor, (see Windsor.)

New York, restored to the English, 65, 78; ac-
count of the church in, 111; the English of,
the scum of New England, 247; papers re-
lating to the city of, 395; early seals of the
city of, 397; proposals to erect a new Dutch

1018.

Night, Rev. Mr., 1117.

Nine partners, an account of the ill treatment
received by a regimental serjeant at the, 984.
Noble, Robert, carries to Massachusetts cer-
tain persons belonging to the manors of Cla-
verack and Livingston, 776; seizes the high
sheriff of Albany, and carries him to Shef-
field, 778, 780; fortifies his house, 785; pro-
clamation to arrest. ib. ; flies to Sheffield, 788;
and others, carry off a number of men from
Mr. Livingston's iron works at Ancram, 793;
proclamation against, $30.

Northampton. (Fulton Co.,) character of the
town of, 1126.

Northcastle, slaves in, 955, 856; petition against
Justice Pelham from, 950; census of, in 1782,
958.

Northfield. (Saratoga Co.,) very little attention
paid to religion in, 1127.
Norton, Rev. Mr., 1112.
Norway, (Herkimer Co.,) state of religion in,
1111; people of, mostly baptists, 1124.
Nott, Rev. Eliphalet, 1107.
Nucella, Rev. Mr., 116.
Numerals, Indian, 33.

Nutten Island, Palatines ordered to land on,
552; ordinance for establishing courts of jus-
Lice on, 554.

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