4;6

rights, xlii, 23, 30, 32; on
Comm, to draw a remon-
strance to the Governor,
172; on Comm, to enquire
into the Ogle petition, 158;
on Comm, to enquire into
use of fines and forfeitures,
157; on Comm, of griev-
ances and courts of justice,
139; on Comm, to instruct
Charles Garth, xlvii, 181;
on Comm, to report on the
Clerk of the Council's ac-
counts, 216; delegate to
colonial congress, x, xxi,
xxvi, xli, xlv, Ixvii, 6, II,
21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 93-94, 139,
180, 206, 321, 337, 343, 353;
sent by the Lower House,
13, 34, 82, 141; votes, 27,
152, 153, 159, 160, 187, 189,
191, 192, 193, 203, 225, 226,
255, 256, 257, 258.
Murray, Governor James (Que-
bec), xxv, 44-45, 46, H3,
148-149, 256, 257.
Muskets, 146, 147.
Muster Rolls, 127, 145-
Musters, 117; see also Arrest,
Exemption from.
Myar, John Jeremiah, xxix-
xxx, 52, 160, 173.

Nanticoke Indians, 120.
Naturalization, Act of Parlia-
ment for, 207.
Naval Officers, 21, 64, 65, 95,
124, 184, 209, 220, 225, 244,
421, 461.
Navigation, Of rivers and
creeks, xxxiii, 54, 57, 61, 62,
68; see also Potomac River.
Neale, Bennet, 115.
Negro Charles, 128.
Negro Clair, 128.
Negro Jack, 128.
Negro James, 128.
Negro Peter, 124.
Negro Taxables, 388.
Negroes, Crimes by, 124, 127.
Free, see Mulattoes.
Illegal importation of, 122.
Importation of, imposition on,
xxxvi, 72, 81, in, 169, 198,
200, 227, 253, 288.
Stealing by, 52.
Negroes and Other Slaves, Act
for the punishment of, 72,
80-81, in, 112, 168, 169,
198, 200, 226, 227, 253, 254,
287-288, 291.
Whippings for, if rambling
with dogs, xxxiv. 277.
New Castle (Delaware), 137,
138, 335-
New Hampshire, 352-353, 355,

367,4". ,
New Jersey, 138, 367, 411.

Index.

New York, City of, 6, II, 19, 21,
23, 26, 28, 139, 180, 206, 327,
328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334,
335, 336, 337, 338.
Merchants of, memorial of, to
Commons, 206.
New York, Province of, 207,
367, 4H.
At Continental Congress, 332-

333, 354-
Governor of, xlv, 138.
Newport Warehouse, 295.
Nicholas, John, 440.
Nicholson, James, 1 17.
Ninety Thousand Pound Act,
Ix-lxii, 184, 319; see also
Loan Office.
Non-Jurors, Double tax on, 450.
North Carolina, 367, 411.
Absence of, from Continental
Congress, 353, 355.

Oath, Of abjuration and the test,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 16, 17, 20,
21, 22, 24, 25, 41, 42, 73,
132, 138, 143, 200, 295, 307.
Of insolvent debtors, 279.
Judicial, xxiv, 134.
Of office, 4, 17, 18, 22, 143,
295, 307, 315, 458.
Oaths to the Government, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 10, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22,
24, 25, 41, 42, 73, 116, 132,
138, 143, 200, 307.
Ogden, Robert (New Jersey),

333-
Ogle, Anne (Tasker), xxxix,
50, 156, 158, 174-175, 180,
283-285.
Benjamin, xiii, xxxix, 175,
283, 284, 285.
Samuel, Esqr., xiii, xxxix,
171;, 283.
Old Town, The, 118.
Ordinance, For spending of
money, 6, 10-11, 11-12
(text), 13, 24, 27-28, 29-30,

32, 33, 93-
Ordinaries and Ordinary Keep-
ers, xi, xxxvi-xxxvii, Ixi,
Ixviii, Ixix, 64, 66, 145, 150,
177-178, 229, 359-360, 395,
445, 446, 447; see also Pro-
prietary, Receipt of Fines
and Forfeitures by.
Oronoko, Death sentence against,
125-
Orphans, see Guardians and
Orphans.
Otis, James (Massachusetts),
xl, 7, 9, 19, 328, 343-
Otterbine, William (Frederick
County), 44.
Owens, William, 121.

Paddington, George, 403.
Paper Currency, see Loan Office.
Paper Money, 127.
Paper Office, Commissioners of,
125, 3I9-

Papists, 77, 118; see also Non-
Jurors; Roman Catholics.
Irish, 72, 81, in, 169, 108, 200,
227, 253, 288.
Parchment, 258, 322.
Pardons, 117, 124, 127.
Parish Boundaries, 75, 83-84, 93,

112, 211.

Parliament, see Great Britain.
Parran, John (late, sheriff of
Calvert County), 66.
Young (Calvert County), xix,
15, 32, 131, 143, 157, 166;
on Comm, to inspect the
public offices, 139; sent by
the Lower House, 59, 182,
260; votes, 27, 151, 152, 153,
166, 168, 187. 189, 191, 192,
193, 195, 203, 225, 226, 255,
256, 257, 258.
Patridge, Oliver (Massachu-
setts), 328.
Peace Proclamations, 126.
Pearis, Capt., 119.
Peck, Michael, 125.
Pecker, Augustine, 47, 278.
Pedlars, Licenses, 64, 395, 445.
Pennsylvania, 120.
At Continental Congress, 333,
354-
Governor of, xlv, 138.
Pennsylvania Acts, 127, 449.
Pensioners, County, To have to
wear badges, xxxi.
Perjury, 281.
Perkins, Isaac, 299.
Thomas, 299.
Perukes, 388.
Peters, Richard, 121.
Petition of Right (English),
xxi, 21.
Petition, Right of, 343.
Petitions, xxix, lii, 43, 44, 48, 49,
94, 95, 99, "4, "5, «6, 118,
142, 170, 174, 219, 236, 237.
Of administrators and execu-
tors, xxix, 44, 50, 142, 155,
157, 160, 173, 175, 180.
Of Annapolis citizens on elec-
tion, xxix, 136, 144-145.
Of Rev. Thomas Bacon, xxx,
43, 140, 145, 158.
For division of parishes, xxix,
75, 211.
For flag of truce, 121, 122.
Of former officers and sol-
diers, xxviii, xxix, Ixv-lxvii,
44, 47, 49, 50, 54, 58, 155,
158, 170, 173, 178, 179.
Of grand juries, 116.
Of Indians, 120.
Of languishing prisoners,
xxix, 43, 44, 47, 48, 52, 53,

54, 57, 78, 140, 142, 144, ISO,
170, 177, 179, 217.
For leave to sail, 117, 119.
Against leaving settlements,
118.