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Bloomingdale (N. Y.), Van Cort- | Byrd, William, 2d, of Virginia,

landt's country place at, 32
Blue Ridge Mountains, 19
Books, 150-59
Bordentown (N. J.), 30
Boston, in 1750, 8 (note), 48-
49; rum distilled in, 105; Latin
School, 132; fire of 1711, 160;
slave trade, 195, 197; harbor
lights, 213; roads, 216
Boucher, Reverend Jonathan,
137, 138; cited, 206

36, 185

Byrd, William, 3d, of Virginia,
70, 129, 139, 156, 209

Calhoun, J. C., 140 (note)
Callister, Henry, indentured serv-
ant, 184

Calvert, Benjamin Leonard, lega-
cy to King William's School,
134

Calvinists in America, 161
(Mass.), Christ

Bragg, James, offers to teach Cambridge

navigation, 142
Brainard, David, 144
Brainard, John, 144

Brattle, Thomas, of Boston, 176
Bray, Rev. Thomas, commissary
of Maryland, 157, 175
Breck, Sarah, wife of Dr. Ben-
jamin Gott, 86

Brewster, William, of Plymouth,
library of, 152
Bridges, 226-28
Bristol (R. I.), 216
Brooklyn (N. Y.), 50
Brown University, 146
Brunswick (N. C.), 20, 38, 53
Building materials, see Architec-
ture

Bulfinch, Sarah, of Boston, 78-
79

Bulfinch, Dr. Thomas, of Boston,

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Church, 177

Campbell, Jean, indentured serv-
ant, 184-85

Cape Fear River (N. C.), 20–21,
38-40, 47

Card playing, 110-12
Carolinas, see North Carolina,
South Carolina
Carriages, 228-29

Carroll, Charles, of Maryland,
119, 149, 206

Carter, Benjamin, son of Council-
man, 123

Carter, Councilman, of Virginia,
35, 110, 123, 138, 156
Carters of Virginia, 55
Catesby, Mark, naturalist, 90
Catholics in colonies, 162, 187
Chalkley, T., 207

Charleston (S. C.), 17, 21, 38,
40, 43, 107; in 1765, 54; food,
104; brewing in, 105; theater,
124; education, 141, 142;
Jews in, 162; slave trade, 195,
197-98; slavery, 199; light-
house, 213; road from Eden-
ton to, 222

Checkley, John, of Boston, 205
Checkley, S., Diary, quoted, 164
(note); cited, 225

Cherokee Indians and the Ger-
mans, 22

Chesapeake Bay, ships on,

211

Childesbury (S. C.), school at,
141

Children, infant mortality, 87;
treatment of, 91; at funerals,
93

Christmas celebrations, 128
Church of England in colonies,
161, 163; church buildings,
169-71; clergymen, 171-75;
music, 176-77

Churches, 47, 163-64, 169-77;
see also names of denomina-
tions, Religion

Claus, Daniel, and Indian lan-
guage, 150

Cock fighting, 115-16
Cocke, Elizabeth, 90
Coleman, John, 87
Colleges, 145-46

Collins, Stephen, of Philadel-
phia, 81, 233

Colonies, 1713-63, 3; extent, 3-
4; commerce, 5; population
(1763), 6-7; see also names of
colonies, New England
Columbia University, 146
Commerce, 5, 149; see also
England, imports from; Slave
trade
Congregationalists in New Eng-
land, 161; meetinghouses,
163-64; Sunday observance,
165; ministers, 166-69; music,
176
Connecticut, 149; population,

8; Scotch-Irish in, 9; marriage
customs, 88; divorce, 89; at-
titude toward amusements,
117, 120; horse racing, 118;
schools, 131; roads, 216-17;
see also Hartford, New Haven
Connecticut River, boats on,
212

Convicts transported from Eng-
land, 190-94

Cooper River (S. C.), 41, 42
Copley, J. S., 147, 206
Courthouses, 61

Covenanters, books of, 153

Creek Indians interfere with
mails, 223

Crokatt, James, of Charleston,

68

Cross Creek (Fayetteville, N. C.),
21, 39, 148

Custis, Martha, 86, 95
Cuthbert, Joseph, of Savannah,

92

Cuyler, Philip, of New York, 81,
149, 217

Daingerfield, Captain, of Vir-
ginia, 138, 145

Danes in New Hampshire, 17
Dartmouth College, 146

De Lancey, Oliver, of New York,
89, 139

De Lancey, Susanna, wife of Sir
William Draper, 89
Delaware, 10, 13
Dentistry, 84-85
Divorce, 89

Dixon, Captain Henry, 138
Dorchester (S. C.), 43

Douglas, David, and theater in
America, 124

Draper, Sir William, marries
Susanna De Lancey, 89;
travels in America, 210
Dress, 70-83

Dry, William, plantation of, 42–
43

Du Bois, Peter, 222; quoted,
53-54, 111

Dugee, performer on the slack
wire, 126

Dulaney, Daniel, of Annapolis,
36; brother in duel with Allen,
173
Dunkards, 14

Dutch, in New England, 10;

houses, 56; in New York,
106; schools, 135; language,
148

Dutch Reformed Church, 161,
163

Earle, Mrs. A. M., Child Life in
Colonial Days, cited, 129
Eaton, Samuel, library of, 152

Eaton free school, 137

Eddis, W., Letters, cited, 55, 76,
108

Eden, Charles, Governor of North
Carolina, 172

Edenton (N. C.), 38, 53; St.
Paul's Church, 172; route from
Richmond to, 220-21
Education, 130-48, 189
Edwards, Jonathan, 87, 140, 144,
168

Edwards, Richard, of Connecti-
cut, 152

Elizabeth (N. J.), 30, 50
Ellerton, James, tutor, 189
Elliott, Grey, library of, 156
England, influence on colonial
life, 3; commerce with, 5;
imports from, 76–82, 101, 105,
113, 115, 118, 159, 229; in-
dentured servants from, 182;
convicts from, 190-94; colo-
nists go to, 204–05
Episcopal, Protestant, see Church
of England
Equipages, 228-30

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Fredericksburg (Va.), 37, 52;
horse racing at, 117

French, as colonists, 6-7, 9, 16,
17-18, 148

Friends, see Quakers

Friends' Public School, Phila-
delphia, 134
Funerals, 93-95
Furniture, 63-64

Galbraith, Mrs. Andrew, 86
Gambling, 110-12
Games, 110-12, 121, 129

Garden, Commissary, of South
Carolina, 145

Gardiner, Hannah, wife of Dr.
McSparran, 87

Gardner, William, indentured
servant, 185

Georgetown (Ga.), 21, 40, 43
Georgia, 2, 15, 34, 182; foreign-
ers in, 17; architecture, 60;
education, 136; Library, 159
Germans, as colonists, 6, 21–22,

204, 234-35; in Pennsylvania,
13-15, 31, 56, 106; in the
South, 16, 17, 19; education,
134, 135; language, 148; reli-
gion, 161-62; as indentured
servants, 182, 183
Germantown (Penn.), 31
Germany, imports from, 76-77
Gibbern, Parson, of Virginia, 172
Godfrey, Thomas, The Prince of
Parthia, first American tragedy
acted, 125

Godfrey, William, 125

Goelet, Captain, 123; cited, 8
(note)

Goodburne, John, of Virginia,
library of, 152

Gordon, Lord Adam, cited, 49,
52, 104; travels through colo-
nies, 210, 216-17

Gott, Dr. Benjamin, 86
Grant, James, Governor of
Florida, oranges grown by,

100

Greeks in Georgia, 17

Green, Rev. Joseph, cited, 100
(note), 176 (note); quoted,
225 (note)

Groton (Conn.), 168

Gunpowder Day, 128

Horse racing, 115–20
Houses, 45-69

Hoyt, Epaphrus, quoted, 97
(note)

Huddlestons, schoolmasters, 136
Hudson River, ships on, 211

Hadley, John, inventor of quad- Huguenots as colonists, 6–7, 9,

rant, 125

Hagerstown (Md.), 37
Halifax (N. C.), 38, 53

Halifax, (N. S.), lighthouse at,
213

Hall, Clement, rector at Eden-
ton, 172

Hall, Henry, 173

Hallam, Lewis, 124, 125, 126
Hamilton, Alexander, tells story
of Washington, 108
Hamilton, James, Governor of
Pennsylvania, 158
Hancock, John, 108

Harrison, Peter, first professional
architect in America, 57
Harrower, Benjamin, tutor, 138,
139, 145, 184; cited,
Diary, quoted, 183
Hartford (Conn.), 49-50, 132,
212, 216

Harvard College, 145

103;

Harvey, Mrs. Eleanor, fortune
teller, 126

Hatheway's Tavern, Charleston,
duel of De Lancey and Had-
ley at, 109-10
Hempstead, Joshua, of New
London, 179-80 (note); Diary
117 (note), 239

Hempstead (L. I.), horse racing
at, 117

Henry, Cape, lighthouse on, 213
Hext, Sarah, wife of John Rut-
ledge, 86, 87

Hildreth, Joseph, schoolmaster,

136

Hobby, Judith, wife of John
Coleman, 87
Holidays, 127-29

Holland, imports from, 76
Hopkins grammar schools, 132

16-17, 148

Hume, Robert, of Charleston,

44, 93-94

Hungary, imports from, 77
Hunter, Robert, Governor of
Jamaica, 193

Hunting and fishing, 97-98,
113-15

Hutchinson, Thomas, 141; cited,
23, 27-28

Indentured servants, 88, 181-
188

India, imports from, 77
Indians, 20, 22, 223; in New Eng-
land, 10; Six Nations and
New York, 12; trade with, 105;
education, 144; interpreters,
150

Inness, Colonel James, founds
free school, 141
Ipswich (Mass.), 216
Ireland, imports from, 77
Irish, as colonists, 17; as inden-
tured servants, 150, 182
Italians as colonists, 17
Izard, Ralph, of South Carolina,
travels in Europe, 206

Jefferson, Thomas, 123
Jeffries, Deborah, letter to her
father, 91

Jennings, Sam, races in East
New Jersey, 117
Jersey City (N. J.), 50, 117
Jewelry, 82

Jews, as colonists, 6-7; in New-
port, 9-10; in Virginia, 16;
synagogues, 162

Johnson, Samuel, 140, 234
Johnston, Gabriel, Governor of
North Carolina, 38

Jones, Elizabeth, wife of Colonel

Thomas Jones, 205
Jones, Frederick, 222

Jones, Colonel Thomas, 77, 90,
91, 139, 199; quoted, 125-
126, 200

Jones, Dr. Walter, of Virginia,
148

Kalm, Peter, 209, 227

Kean, Thomas, actor, 124
Keef, John, indentured servant,
185

Kinderhook (N. Y.), 216
King William's School, Annapo-
lis, 133-34

King's College (Columbia Uni-
versity), 146

Knight, Lowbridge, of Bristol,
209

Knight, Mrs. Sarah, and Con-
necticut roads, 217

Labor, 178-203

Lancaster (Penn.), 31; horse
racing at, 117

Land tenure, in New England,
24, 26-28; quitrents, 24-25;
manors and estates, 28-33, 34;
in the South, 33-44; land
speculation, 43-44
Languages, 148-50

Laurens, Henry, 144, 200, 205,
223-24; cited, 54, 111; ac-
count of slave market, 198
Laurens, John, 44
Lee, Jonathan, of Salisbury, 167
Leman, Christian, starts fruit
nursery at Germantown, 100
Libraries, 152-54, 157-59; see
also Literature

Library Association of Phila-
delphia, 158

Lindo, Moses, of Charleston, 149
Liquors, 104-09
Literature, 150-59

Lloyd, Thomas, of Virginia, 185
London, John, of Wilmington,
234

Long Island, horse racing on,
117; fair on, 121

Ludwell, Philip, Governor of
North Carolina, 37
Lutherans, 161-62

McDonnel, Captain, 210
McSparran, Dr. James, of Rhode
Island, 87, 99, 145, 200, 240;
Narragansett church, 169
Magazines, 154

Mail service, 221, 223

Maine, 33; Scotch-Irish in, 8-9;
schools, 131

Manigault, Mrs., of Charleston,
and the theater, 125; cited,
225

Manigault, Peter, 157
Manors and estates, 28-34; see
also Land tenure, Plantations
Marriages, 86-89
Maryland, 2; foreigners in, 14–
15, 18-19; population, 15–16;
estates, 34, 35; stores, 62;
food, 103; horse racing, 117,
119; education, 132-34; reli-
gion, 162, 171, 172-73; inden-
tured servants, 186; negroes,
195; roads, 215, 219–20
Massachusetts, population, 8;
Scotch-Irish in, 8-9; divorce,
89; hospitality, 103; produc-
tion of rum, 106 (note); horse
racing, 117, 118; education,
131, 133; negroes, 144, 202;
see also New England
Mather, Cotton, 141; library of,
152-53

Mathew, William, Governor of
the Leeward Islands, 187
Maynadier, Daniel, rector in
Talbot County (Md.), 173
Medicine, 92-93; education in,
146-48, 189

Mein, John, of Boston, book-
seller, 157

Mendes, David, of Rhode Is-
land, 208
Mennonites, 14

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