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
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,
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,
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,
Cross Creek (Fayetteville, N. C.), 21, 39, 148
Custis, Martha, 86, 95 Cuthbert, Joseph, of Savannah,
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
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
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,
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,
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
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,
Hobby, Judith, wife of John Coleman, 87 Holidays, 127-29
Holland, imports from, 76 Hopkins grammar schools, 132
Hume, Robert, of Charleston,
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
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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