Chapter M: Manners of the people, 211

Mansfield, the Rev. Mr., tried for high treason, 274.

Mansfield, town, 132.

Manufactures of Connecticut, 190.

Mason, his claim to land in Connecticut, 33.

Massachusets-Bay, settled by Puritans, 16;
loses part of its territory, 103.

Merret, his singular treatment, charged with incest, 127.

Middletown described, 138.

Milford, 161.

Mill, curious invention of Joel Harvey, 147.

Minister, Sober Dissenting, manner of settling and dismissing, 217.

Moodus, a pretended sachem, 32.

More, Sir Henry, begins to regrant Verdmont, 105.

Motte treacherously sent against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 257.

Moyley, the Rev. Mr., fined for marrying a couple of his own
parishioners, 144.

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Neal, the Rev. Mr., his representation about Sunksquaw, Uncas, Joshua,
Moodus, &c., exploded, 32-34, 56;
refutation of his doctrine concerning synods, 125;
a sacramental test, 202;
the loyalty of New-Englanders, 204;
his enmity against the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
exposed, 205;
notice concerning, 33, 107.

Negro tried for castration, 85;
negro slaves, 108.

Nell, Mr., 164.

New-England, the Massachusets county, first so called by Charles,
Prince of Wales, 11;
divisions of, 13;
cause of its first settlement discussed, 107.

New-Fairfield, 147.

Newhampshire deprived of territory, 108.

Newhaven, first settled by the English, 20;
totally without authority, 31;
early proceedings, 56;
Blue Laws, 58;
state of, after the death of Cromwell, 62;
accedes to the Charter, 69;
particular description of, 147;
a ship fitted out to secure a patent, and wonderful consequences, 149.

New-Hertford, 147.

New Lights, notices concerning, 99, 202-204.

New-London, described, 120;
port of, well calculated for the grand emporium of Connecticut, 194.

New-Milford, 146.

Newtown, 168.

New-York, gains land from Connecticut, 77, 101;
from Massachusets-Bay and Newhampshire, 103, 104;
constitution of, subverted by the Sober Dissenters, 258.

Nichols, Colonel, deprives Connecticut of Long Island, 77.

Nichols, the Rev. Mr., cruelly treated, 274.

Norwalk, 163;
burnt, 260.

Norwich, description of, 123.

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Old Lights, notices concerning, 99, 202-205.

Oneko, King of Mohegan, 32.

Onions, vast quantity raised in Weathersfield, 188;
beds of, weeded by the females, 138.

Osootonoc River, description of, 119.

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Parsons, Hugh, found guilty of witchcraft, 137.

Penderson, Rev. Mr., joins the Church of England, 167.

Peters, the Rev. Hugh, account of himself and family, 50.

Peters, the Rev. Samuel, account of, 140;
interview with Governor Trumbull, 266;
escape from Portsmouth and Boston, 270;
reward offered by John Hancock for his capture, 270.

Peters, Rev. Thomas, his arrival at Saybrook, 17;
Church-system, 37;
school, 49;
character, 50;
some particulars of his life, 50, _Note_.

Peters, William, particulars relating to, 50-52, _Note_.

Phelps, treacherously sent upon an expedition against Ticonderoga
and Croton Point, 257.

Pitt, Mr., a Churchman, whipped for not attending meeting, 208.

Plainfield, 135.

Plymouth, New, founded, 16.

Pomeroy, Rev. Dr., character, 140;
sent for by the Windham mob, 265.

Pomfret, 133.

Population, 190.

Pork, unfair dealing in, 193.

Potter, Deacon, unjustly convicted of bestiality, 154.

Poultry of Connecticut, 185.

Powwow, ancient Indian rite, celebration of, at Stratford described,
164.

Prayer of some of the Episcopal clergy in the southern provinces
before Congress, 275.

Presbyterians, disliked and ill-treated by Sober Dissenters, 135, 199.

Preston, 123.

Produce of Connecticut, 178.

Pumpkin, hair cut by the shell, 153, 154.

Pumpkin-heads, a name given to New-Englanders, 153.

Putnam, General, curious anecdotes of, 133;
kills a bear and cubs, 134;
his narrow escape from Indians, 134;
terrible to them, 135;
alarms the country in a letter concerning Admiral Graves and General
Gage, 262.

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Quackery triumphant, 145.

Quaker, shrewd retort of one upon his judges, 99.

Quinnipiog, kingdom, 147;
refuses to grant land to the settlers, and is murdered, 56.

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Rattlesnake, some account of, 188;
use of skin, 223.

Reading, 168.

Rebellion, true sources of, in America, 247.

Religion, the established, 84, 85.

Reptiles, 188.

Revenue, 196;
objections against raising, in America, 244.

Rhode-Island, infamous law of the General Assembly, 169.

Ridgfield, 168;
burnt, 259.

Rivers, the three principal, described, 114-118.

Rivington, Mr., plundered, 258.

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Sabbath, rigidly observed, 213;
how broken by an Episcopal clergyman, 213.

Salary of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, &c., 198.

Salisbury, 147.

Sandeman, Rev. Mr., doctrine of, 168.

Sassacus, Sachem of the Pequods, his kingdom and character, 119, 120.

Saybrook, founded, 16;
described, 124;
its civil and religious establishments, 37;
early proceedings, 46;
enters the confederacy, 62;
refuses to send agents to England to oppose the king, 49;
forms an alliance with Hertford, 49;
and joins in a secret application for a Charter, 64.

Saybrook platforms, some account of the, 155.

Scovil, the Rev. Mr., cruel treatment of, 274.

Sealbury, Rev. Dr., taken prisoner, 258.

Sects, religious, in Connecticut, some account of the, 198.

Sharon, famous for a mill, 147.

Ship, wonderful story of one fitted out in Newhaven, 149.

Sick, horrid mode of visiting, 219.

Skunk, description and wonderful property of the, 184.

Smith, Rev. Mr., notices of, 53, 138.

Smith, William, notices concerning, 100-102, 105, 113, 175.

Sober Dissenters, religion of, in Connecticut, 85;
their uncandid conduct toward Episcopalians, Anabaptists, Quakers,
&c., in regard to parish rates, 207;
and their severe treatment of Mr. Gibbs for refusing to pay them, 148;
their humanity to sick strangers and persons shipwrecked, 219;
partial support, 219.

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, notices
concerning, 52, _Note_, 105, 167, 170-175, 205.

Soil, 178.

Sommers, 139.

Stafford, the New-England “Bath,” 142.

Stamp-Act, proceedings and opinions relating to, in Connecticut, 229.

Stirling, Earl of, his claim in Connecticut, 25.

Stonington, 122.

Stratford, description of, 163.

Stratford River, 118.

Strong, Rev. Nehemiah, 160.

Suffield, 139.

Sunksquaw, a pretended sachem, 32.

Superstition, striking instance, 200.

Symsbury mines, account of, 142.

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Tarbox, Capt. David, remark on leaving Governor Trumbull’s house, 267.

Tea, act of sending, to America opposed, 251.

Temple, Mr., seditious letters imputed to, 251.

Test, sacramental, unnecessary in New-England, 202.

Thames River described, 114.

Ticonderoga, secret expedition against, 258.

Tolland, 139.

Torrington, 147.

Travellers, English, how treated by landlords, 111.

Tree-frog, agility of, 189.

Trumbull, Governor, furnishes a dress for the effigy of Mr. Grenville,
233, _Note_;
writes an insidious letter to General Gage, 256;
adds to an alarming one of General Putnam’s, 262;
and spirits up the mob against the loyalists, 264;
writes the eighteen articles for Dr. Peters to sign, 264;
his reply to Dr. Peters when asking protection from the Windham
mob, 266.

Trumbull, David, in command of the Windham mob, 264;
handing Dr. Peters the document containing high treason, to sign, 264;
his remark upon Dr. Peters refusing to sign it, 265.

Tryon, Governor, his character, 113;
escapes the mob at New-York, 258;
leaves Danbury, 258;
Ridgfield, 259;
releases the prisoners at Newhaven, 260;
leaves Fairfield and Norwalk, 260.

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Uncas, a pretended sachem, 32.

Union, 132.